Question about the lawsuit, california has passed legislation to try to curb the abuse of lawyers that he thinks will help, there are abuses going on so california has passed legislation as well to try to limit the abuses that are occurring there. Mr. Deutch mr. Buckland, isnt there a difference between a Business Owner who refuses to include a required number of handicapped spaces for who refuses to make the restrooms accessible, and a Business Owner who runs a business who has follow all of the Technical Assistance as best as he or she could, and the grab bar is two paper oo high or the towel holder is a couple of inches off. Or the line on the handicap parking space that is there is drawn slightly crooked . Theres a difference between them, isnt there . And shouldnt we incentivize, dont we want the people in the bad actors, to actually have to do whats necessary and lawsuits absolutely, are required to get hem to do it, but shouldnt we require or give an opportunity to the small Business Owner who used all good faith to comply with the law, the opportunity to fix something when it might take five minutes to fix instead of making them pay 10,000 or 12,000 when a lawsuit is filed . Mr. Buckland with all due respect, if the only issue is the grab bar is two inches off, the business fixes that, theres tissue unless theyre in a state with damages, theres no money paid out. You only collect mr. Deutchland i want to correct that, maybe i misunderstand but the stories aye heard from businesses in my district in south florida where one in five of these cases are filed, the story the guy who runs the bagel shop i stop in in the morning shared another story he, got hit with a lawsuit for one of these very minor mistakes, hes used all good faith to try to comply and youre right, hes going to raise it by those couple of inches and its going to cost him 1,000 in plaintiffs legal fees which is a cost that he never should have had to incur. Mr. Buckland im sorry, but unless hes somehow fought against the original complaint, why would there be attorneys fees . Mr. Deutchland mr. Weiss, can you answer that . Mr. Weiss because the suit is filed before the owner knows what the issue is. To get rid of the lawsuit, you end up settling it. Mr. Deutchland i think the chairman understands this, and the Ranking Member of the committee understands, theres no one on this committee who fights harder to keep the courtroom doors open for people who deserve justice in this country than i do. Believe me, hes telling the truth. Mr. Deutch but in this situation, all i think were looking for is the opportunity for someone, for a small Business Owner, to be able who has exercised all good faith, only tried to do the right thing, to continue to do the right thing without being forced to pay an extravagant amount of money given the opportunity to fix it and they will. I really appreciate the panel for being here, i think this is a really important discussion. Mr. Chairman, i yield back. Mr. Franks i thank the gentleman. This concludes todays hearing. Without objection, all members will have five legislative days to submit adegreesal written questions for witnesses for additional materials for the record. I want to thank the witnesses, thank the members, an thank the audience for being here. This hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] cspans road to the white house coverage continues later today with a Donald Trump Campaign event in new jersey. Hell speak with voters and reporters in lawrenceville with that state set to hold its primary on tuesday, june 2. Hell be joined by new Jersey Governor Chris Christie who has endorsed him for president. See that live tonight at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. The house is done with legislative work for the week but earlier today they passed the first appropriations bill of the year for military construction and Veterans Affairs. During the debate, new york congressman Sean Patrick Maloney offered an amendment intended to reverse language that was added to the Defense Authorization bill which the house passed last night. We spoke with a capitol Hill Reporter to learn more. Host the u. S. House got rowdy with the defense spending bill. , tellng it for the hill us what that fight is all about. Two years ago, president obama issued an executive order prohibiting federal contractors from discriminating against members of the Lgbt Community. House republicans inserted an amendment into this years defense bill that states religious organizations and other contractors for the federal government cannot be discriminated against on the basis of religion and the Lgbt Community and democrats interpreted that as a potential opportunity that would open up discrimination against the Lgbt Community. Host that came up in the motion to recommit Late Wednesday in the Defense Authorization bill that was shot down, the authorization bill passed and then again it came up as an amendment this time once again it was Sean Patrick Maloney, the democratic congressman, bringing forth an amendment. What was he trying to do . Guest last night was the Defense Authorization, democrats used a procedural maneuver that would have amended the Defense Authorization to eliminate that republican provision that was intended, framed as promoting religious freedom. Maloney, who is openly gay, was warning that this was personal for him and that, you know this could open up discrimination against people like him system he was trying to in last nights and this morning with the military Construction Veterans Affairs communding bill, he was trying to prohibit any funds from being used to go against the executive order president obama issued. Host and the new york congressmans amendment cape came came up far vote. You saw it on cspan, your headline captures some of the flair at thehill. Com. Chaos in the house after g. O. P. Votes down lgbt measure, linking to our video. Why was that vote unusual . Guest house republicans, upon taking the majority in 2011, brought back this procedure for considering spending bills that allows lawmakers to offer unlimited numbers of amendments. While Republican House says return to regular order and open process, it also opens the opportunity for democrats, the minority party, to hijack the process and force votes on things leadership would otherwise deny them having. While maloney was denied a vote on the Defense Authorization, which leadership controlled the amendment process there, he was able to force it on this spending bill that came up today. Host right. It seemed to rub democrats fairly raw in terms of that vote procedure. Your tweet about the followup on that, you said whip hoyer is calling out specific republicans who changed their votes, jeff denham, greg walden, mimi walters, david young switching their vote. Vote. Did you get a chance to talk to members who switched votes or hear why they switched votes . Obviously a strong whip operation on the republican side. Guest originally the measure was passing. However, because the house had already passed the provision stating otherwise the night before, Republican Leadership felt that they had to beat back this amendment that maloney offered today. So even though it was originally passing, Republican Leadership, including majority leader kevin mccarthy, could be seen on the floor, pressing members to change their vote. Some of the members included lawmakers you mentioned, like walden and jeff denham and so democrats were complaining that these members were changing their votes without specifically coming to the well of the house so that everyone could see who exactly was changing their votes. Instead they were somehow able to change their votes electronically without having everyone see them do it. Host all of this happening on the last day, legislatively, for the week. What does this say about relations Going Forward but in particular next week . The house has a lot to get done tpwhever memorial day recess. Do you think an incident like this or whats happened over the last day or more, does it have an impact on relations between the two parties . Guest its clear democrats will use the open amendment process to their chang, especially while were in the middle of an election year. Last night, House Minority leader nancy pelosi was clearly linking or trying to link the both the lgbt measure as well as a separate provision related to the Confederate Flag as what she described as, you know, discrimination that donald trump has been promoting in his campaign, turning into legislative proposals in the house from house republicans. Host our guest is cristina marcos, follow her reporting at thehill. Com and on twitter, cimarcos. The house went on to pass that spending bill for military construction and Veterans Affairs by, and tonight here on cspan well show you floor debate and vote on that lgbt rights amendment offered by new york congressman Sean Patrick Maloney. That will follow tonights live Campaign Event with donald trump. At 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2 a house hearing looks at employee misconduct at the Environmental Protection agency and on cspan3, president obama awards the National Medals of science and technology to this yearsry sip yents at the white house. Cspans washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Coming up friday morning, the chief policy editor for Morning Consult to discuss the overtime rule issued on wednesday. Will be on delich to talk about the deal wean the r. N. C. And Trump Campaign to raise money for the campaign. And leo shane with the military times will be with us to break down a measure that passed in the house on wednesday night be sure to watch washington journal giving live at 7 30 eastern on friday morning. Join the discussion. Next, remarks from Vice President joe biden on economic inequality, racism, and Educational Opportunities for low income children. He spoke earlier today at the National Urban league here in washington and was introduced by that organizations president , mark morial. This is 50 minutes. Good morning, urban leaguer. As we prepare to greet the Vice President , let me thank all of you for three tremendous days here in our Nations Capital engaging, walking, speaking, talking, and pushing and pushing the very important agenda for the people. Give yourselves a warm round of applause. And while there are many, many important people here in the audience, i would be remiss if i did not acknowledge the presence, first, once again of the congresswoman from the great state of ohio and the city of columbus, joy beatty. Joyce beatty, along with former secretary of labor and now senior vice chair of the National Urban league board of trustees, the honorable alexis erman. In 2009, when we met in chicago, and we asked the Vice President to come the Vice President came. In 2014 when we met in cincinnati and we asked the Vice President to join us, the Vice President came and joined us. I am proud this morning once again to welcome to the National Urban league the honorable joe biden. Now, as i prepare the main street Marshall Plan i shared with you during the release of the 2016 state of black america on tuesday, i reflected on the following words of Vice President bidens memoir, promises to keep. In that memoir he, wrote, in the days to come, we will be tested on whether we have the moral courage, the realism, the idealism, the tenacity and the ability to sacrifice some of the current comfort to invest in the future. Joe biden is a friend to the urban League Movement through every step of his career. In helping us get the affiliate under way in wilmington, delaware, over a decade ago. Hes exemplified moral courage, idealism, and tenacity as a champion for civil rights, workers rights, and the rights of communities of color. With great gratitude for his unwavering dedication and the greatest respect, i am proud to present Vice President biden with a 2016 Lifetime Achievement award for his leadership and service. Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the National Urban league, the urban League Movement, the people we represent all across the nation, i am proud to present to you, the Vice President of the United States, joe biden. [applause] Vice President biden hello, everybody. Thank you all. Lease, sit down. As they say in parts of my state, my city, my name is joed bien and yall are the one that brung me to the dance. You think im kidding, im not kidding. Still a mayor. Thats how we got to know one another years ago. Mr. Mayor, i base the significance of the award i receive, the few that i do, on the consequence of the organization presenting the award. I mean it sincerely. And you do the same thing all of you. The consequence and people behind the award. And this means a lot to me. This means a lot to me. This, for me, is consequential. Joyce, i was in your hometown yesterday, eating jennys ice cream. And joyce, joyce represents a district which encludes a town that most people realize is one of the biggest towns in the city, cities in the state, and we were doing something that joyce fought a long time for. I want folks to know. Is that we are changing administratively the rule on what constitutes overtime. Its going to give a pay raise to well over 4. 5 Million People who deserve it. People who are mislabeled management, who are working 70 hours a week and getting paid for 40. Well, we changed that yesterday. Nd we did it in your hometown. I heard mark, when i was standing back stage, say, when you invited me i came. Yall cant get rid of me. Ive been chasing you my whole career. And i meant what i said, although we did not have an urban league in wilmington for the longest time. I got my start with the naacp. And i literally mean got my start. When i was a kid, i was no great shakes but i was involved in the civil rights movement, sitting in black churches on sundays, getting ready to go out and march and it was interesting, there was a guy named jim gillian, who was a great, great, great civil rights leader in my town he moved into delaware right around the time i was Getting Started as a young lawyer, i got out of law school and had a good job with what they call a white shoe law firm and one day after six months and a federal court case, they were honorable men and women, we won this court case, representing a corporation and i realized, this aint for me. I walked catity corner across what we call rodney square, to the basement of the building that housed the Public Defenders Office and asked for a job as a public defender. My town had been in flames. I graduated in 1968, i came home, like all of you, my two heroes, i dont have a lot of heroes, theres a lot of people i admire but two heroes i had were dr. King and beeny kennedy. Dr. King got assassinated that spring and my town was one of the towns that literally went up in flames. We were the only town since reconstruction occupied by the National Guard for nine months, drawn bayonets, people standing on the corners. I realized i was in the wrong line of work. Im not suggesting the other line of work, that there was anything not honorable about it. But it didnt move me. And so along came this guy named jim gillian. He was an incredible, incredible guy. And i had a guy named tony allen working for me. Tony worked for me, he said he wanted to get a ph. D. I said go ahead and get one, youre working for me. Then the son of a gun left me. He got a ph. D. And figured, im way ahead of biden. Ive got to move on. But all kidding aside, jim gillia tapped tony and he started the effort. And so, you have been youve been incredible. For the past 100 years, the urban league has led the fight for Racial Justice and with an emphasis all the time on economic opportunity. Not just basic fairness but economic opportunity. I was saying to some of my younger Staff Members talking about as i prepared for this last night, flying back from our hometown, i said you know, naacp and many others and all of you, those of us who played little parts like me, you know, got rosa from the back of the bus to the front of the bus, but you guys have been working like the devil