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Congressional staffers attended a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in 2013. Some staffers dismiss claims in the Congressional Management Foundation report. They say lazy cohorts don't make use of Congress' extraordinary resources and instead outsource research and decision-making to lobbyists. (Associated Press/File)
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This Aug. 4, 2017, photo provided by Jillian Weiss shows Dane Lane, left, and his transgender wife, Allegra Schawe-Lane, outside the federal courthouse in Covington, Ky. The couple is filing a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that they endured sustained discrimination and harassment during a year as co-workers at an Amazon warehouse in Kentucky. (Jillian Weiss via AP)
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FILE - In this August 11, 1977 file photo, David Berkowitz, center, the tabloid-loving, police-taunting "Son of Sam" killer, is in the custody of police after his arrest, in New York. Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 is the 40th anniversary of Berkowitz's capture. (AP Photo/File)
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Farhad Nouri, center, observes his drawings on display at an art exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Nouri, a migrant boy from Afghanistan, has been nicknamed Little Picasso for artistic talent, and is using his first ever exhibition to help another little boy in need, a Serbian boy recovering from brain tumor surgery. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
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Farhad Nouri observes his drawings on display at an art exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Nouri, a migrant boy from Afghanistan, has been nicknamed Little Picasso for artistic talent, and is using his first ever exhibition to help another little boy in need, a Serbian boy recovering from brain tumor surgery. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
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Farhad Nouri, center, signs copies of his work at an art exhibition in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017. Nouri, a migrant boy from Afghanistan, has been nicknamed Little Picasso for artistic talent, and is using his first ever exhibition to help another little boy in need, a Serbian boy recovering from brain tumor surgery. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)
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FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Two LGBT-rights organizations filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017, challenging President Donald Trump's tweets declaring he wants a ban on transgender people serving in the military. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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FILE- In this June 13, 2016, file photo, Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks about details of the fatal shootings at Pulse Orlando nightclub during a media briefing in Orlando, Fla. Gay rights advocates said Scott's office broke a promise made after the shooting in Florida that he would sign an order prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ state workers and contractors. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
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Jim Brenner, left, and Chuck Jones, discuss Florida Gov. Rick Scott's failure to sign an order protecting gay and lesbian state workers from discrimination on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017 photo, Cleveland Indians' Michael Brantley, center, walks off the field with a trainer, left, and manager Terry Francona in the fifth inning of a baseball game, in Cleveland. Brantley was placed on the disabled list after injuring his right ankle. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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FILE - This March 8, 2016 file photo shows State Sen. Dave W. Marsden, D-Fairfax, during the floor session of the Virginia Senate at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. In early April, lawmakers rejected McAuliffe's proposed amendment to a towing bill leaving him the option of vetoing the bill or signing it into law. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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A taxi filled with women from many nations pay their fare as they arrive at an unofficial border station across from Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec on Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y., early Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The migrants are being driven north by the perception, real or perceived, that the age of President Donald Trump means the United States is no longer the destination of the world's dispossessed. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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As utility crews extend the power grid to a complex of tents, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, right, stands on the Canadian side of pathway, that serves as an illegally crossing point from Champlain, N.Y., to Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Migrants crossing into Canada are processed by the RCMP in the tents before being turned over to the Canada Border Services Agency. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Luggage from migrants fills a pathway at an illegally crossing point from Champlain, N.Y., to Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Officials on both sides of the border first began to notice last fall, around the time of the U.S. presidential election, that more people were crossing at Roxham Road. Since then the numbers have continued to climb. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer informs a migrant couple of the location of a legal border station, shortly before they illegally crossing from Champlain, N.Y., to Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Officials on both sides of the border first began to notice last fall, around the time of the U.S. presidential election, that more people were crossing at Roxham Road. Since then the numbers have continued to climb. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer standing in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, advises migrants that they are about to illegally cross from Champlain, N.Y., and will be arrested, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Officials on both sides of the border first began to notice last fall, around the time of the U.S. presidential election, that more people were crossing at Roxham Road. Since then the numbers have continued to climb. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, left, standing in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, advises migrants that they are about to illegally cross from Champlain, N.Y., and will be arrested, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Officials on both sides of the border first began to notice last fall, around the time of the U.S. presidential election, that more people were crossing at Roxham Road. Since then the numbers have continued to climb. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A taxi filled with women from many nations pay their fare as they arrive at an unofficial border station across from Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec on Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y., early Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The migrants are being driven north by the perception, real or perceived, that the age of President Donald Trump means the United States is no longer the destination of the world's dispossessed. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Illustration on solving the immigration puzzle by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017 file photo, American League's Cleveland Indians pitcher Andrew Miller throws a pitch, during the MLB baseball All-Star Game in Miami. All-Star reliever Andrew Miller may need more time to recover from knee tendinitis, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Miller was placed on the 10-day disabled list last week with soreness in his right knee that had bothered him for weeks. The elite, late-inning left-hander was having control issues and the Indians felt it was best to shut him down before it worsened. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
