House is in at noon eastern for general speeches. 2 00 p. M. , members were welcome suspension bills including legislation providing more accountability in the Veterans Affairs department and to reauthorize nasa programs. Debate on legislation spending for 2015 transportation and housing programs. At senate begin their day 2 00 p. M. Eastern. General speeches first. Then senators will vote to move forward on three district judge nominations for virginia, massachusetts, and nevada. You can see the house here on cspan. President obama today is set to issue an executive order aimed at easing student borrowers debt load by capping repayments and 10 of their monthly income. The order would expand on a 2010 but leftcap repayments a hole in eligibility for people with older loans. Left out of that relief for people that borrow before 2007 or stop borrowing by 2011. Student loan debt reached more than a trillion dollars last year, an amount that has economist concerned, saying it is having a C
I was in a country that was a police state. I had heard that term my entire life. I never understood what it meant. I heard about the ussr and other nations that were surveilling people who visited the country. I felt, literally, like i was being observed in every place that i went. The place was very secure and very safe. There is very few crimes. But, it was because people had given up their liberty in exchange for security. That is what people are concerned about. Were going to give up our liberty in the name security. You said that the fisa courts were not a rubber stamp. I had a hard time following your argument. You said that the judges are reading the material and it is not a rubber stamp. That seems to be a nonsensical argument. It doesnt seem to be a determination of whether or not somebody is rubberstamping. I was a criminal defense attorney, never a judge. It seems to me, there is always a check and balance on the government. When you go and get warrants, you have an abba ca
Immigration reform and you heard them explaining how republicans are urging comprehensive Immigration Reform. Before i go to the next speaker, madam speaker, how much time do we still have . The speaker pro tempore you have 18 minutes. Ardard with that, i mr. Cardenas with that, i yield time to mr. Garcia of florida. Id like to thank the gentleman from california. Madam speaker, its been 20 days since the Senate Passed overwhelmingly bipartisan Immigration Reform bill. In the House Judiciary Committee, we have been considering we have considered four controversial bills, none of which address the 11 Million People that are already here. In south florida, for example, there are thousands of ven wail d families stuck in an immigration system with illegal or undocumented status. They have fleed and purchased homes and invested millions in our committee. Earlier this year, i introduced a bill, which would allow any. Esident of venezuela this is similar to what Congress Passed in 1997 with
Bought a steel mill, most advanced in the world. 3,000 chinese jobs, zero americans jobs. The way they are able to get around the buy american provisions segmented the multibillion project into 20 different pieces delby avoiding the buy american sections. This amendment would prohibit that from ever happening again. The other amendments speak to the 50 billion that is going to be spent by this bill and would require in various ways that this money be spent here in america on american goods, american steel, American Products and on american workers. We ought to buy in america. We ought never to have another bay bridge. We ought to do what we did in the american recovery act that required that some 800 million for amtrak locomotives be spent on american. 100 americanmade and indeed semen, the german company, has established a manufacturing plant in sacramento to manufacture those locomotives. We should increase the percentage of american content from 60 to 100 . This is american taxpayer
Rich arrest richard haas and elyse eu will join me to discussion. Also top officials arrested. Saudi Officials Say the corruption has cost the country at least 100 build. Wh billion . What is going on . We will explore. And a melee outside the turkish ambassadors residence in washington last spring. It resulted in u. S. Indictments of 15 Turkish Security officials bringing relations between the two nations to a new low. I will talk with turkeys Prime Minister who met with Vice President pence this week. But first, here is my take. The news out of saudi arabia has been startling, a country famous for its stability to the point of stagnation is watching a 32yearold crown prince arrest his relatives, freeze their Bank Accounts and dismiss them from key posts. But on closer examination, it shouldnt be that surprising. Hes now applying to saudi arabia what has become the new Standard Operating Procedure for strong men around the world. The formula was honed by vladimir putin, first focus on