. >> the hundred 17 congress i want to welcome everyone. we have three items on our agenda today and i'd like to quickly address 2 of them, committee rules and subcommittees before focusing our remarks on judge garland's nomination to serve as indications next attorney general. we are voting today to adopt committee rules for the hundred 17 congress and we made very few limited modifications on a bipartisan basis and my hope is we can adopt these rules by voice vote. we will be voting to formalize our subcommittees including jurisdiction and membership of each. we have 2 reconstituted subcommittees this congress, subcommittee on privacy technology and the subcommittee on human rights and the law which was previously chaired. i know our subcommittee chairs are eager to hold important hearings on legislation and oversight and i look forward to an active subcommittees schedule this year and i hope we will be able to approve these subcommittees by voice vote as well. let me turn to the major business at hand. judge garland's nomination to be at

it is the least effective congress in the history of congress. the only one worse was the congress before it. reporter: covid 19 relief bill is positive in polls. what is in your estimation three-quarters of the country missing? mr. mccarthy: i think when they sign up, 9% goes to covid. but in san francisco that has $650 million deficit, 92% of their deficit will be taken care of and won't have to wait until 2023 like the schools have, they will get their money now. if you are part of the swamp, it's pretty positive. if you are a federal employee, you get $21,000. and if you are in the -- if you come in here illegally, you will have assistance. so i think as people read this, they will find out no. if there is a correlation to january 28, tw 2009, there was same people in the white house that thought a stimulus bill was going to turn the country around. month later it jumped 12 points and more people thought -- why because they wrote the bill the exact same way and rewarded their political friends instead of solving the problem. how do you call i

that lawsuit is available to hundreds of members of congress who could each individually file one of those lawsuits against donald trump. there could be no end. >> when benny thompson filed the first civil lawsuit against trump based on january 6th, and eric swalwell filed a different one, what i thought was going to happen, is benny thompson would go first, and other members of the congress would decide they would join in. it could become a larger class. i didn't realize, if anyone had slightly different approaches to the same problem, it could be a parade that lasts until the end of his life. >> i've spent the day studying eric swalwell's lawsuit. we are going to be joined by the harvard constitutional law professor, laurence tribe. if he tells us this is a real lawsuit and it won't be dismissed, it will get to a jury. it will get to a washington, d.c., jury. then that indicates it's going to be many, many, many more. >> yeah, and -- well, i know he has been thinking about it and writing about it. i just read his piece. i can't wait for you to talk to him. >> we will do that. thank

that congress member vargas will vote yes on the amendments en bloc 4. and mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will also vote yes on the amendments en bloc 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 4. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 4. as the member designated by moore, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote ye

it makes clear those members of congress who are ready to certify the next president. when you look at the counts carefully, including the seven that are based on district of columbia law, they are legal to any challenge. they raise no constitutional problems. the factional allegations are specific and meet all of the requirements that would be applied. by someone who wanted to dismiss them. and not only, as you said, lawrence, every member of congress who would file similar suits but what about the survivors of the capitol police who were injured or killed. what about the people who with terrorized who were calling home to say good-bye to their loved ones? this is a very series serious lawsuit and it's going to be an important way for accountability to take place. even if for various political or other reasons the criminal prosecutions do not land trump in an orange jump suit. these lawsuits are going to provide financial compensation and punitive damages to the many people who were terribly hit by the insurrection. the people of the united states will not be fully co

it congress has a vital role to play. our plan will ask you to give the postal service relief from his current requirements to pre- fund its health benefits and will be allowed to fully integrate our retiree health plans with medicare. this change will save us more than $40,000,000,000.25 percent of the whole that we are trying to help. we will also be asking the biden administration to calculate obligations to the pension plan using actuarial crystals which will save an additional $12 million. and today, the postal service fans at a crossroads, facing enormous challenges and significant opportunities what happens next is up to us and we can continue to ignore these challenges and demanded that nothing changes while this great organization slowly dies or we can come together and do something really important for the united states postal service and the people we serve. thank you. >> postmaster general louis dejoy, you are now recognized for your testimony. dejoy: good morning chairwoman and members of the committee. i wan

intraparliamentary group conference during the 117th congress. senate national security working group for the 117th congress, signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, a short time from now i will be sworn in as the 54th secretary of the u.s. department of the interior. as such, i respectfully offer my dess rest ig nation from the seat representing new mexico's first congressional district in the united states house of representatives. effective immediately. i am excited to become the first native american cabinet secretary in history. although i also feel a sense of sadness in preparing for this new role. as a twice elected member of congress, it has been my pleasure and privilege of a lifetime to serve alongside you and my colleagues in our quest to improve the lives of the american people and find ways to both protect and advance the greatest democracy in history. as the daughter of a 30-year combat marin

doyle: i think congress is ready to regulate. i think both sides are interested in seeing what opposable's can build consensus. i think it can take a variety of looks. some of it may involve reforms to section 230. some people want to abolish section 230. another idea being promoted is the ftc and the fcc don't have the expertise, the manpower or their rules to police these internet platforms. when facebook. fined $5 billion, their stock lineup. these finds don't mean anything to these companies. we feel we need a new federal agency that exclusively regulates these internet platforms that is staffed with exports -- with experts that understands how the algorithms work and agency -- an agency that would have teeth in it to regulate these internet platforms. that is one idea gaining some momentum. others seem to be around various changes to section 230. there are members on both sides of the aisle that are ready to sit down and talk about what can be put forward in the same is happening in the senate. emily: did anyone of these com

we have already had in the 116th congress, 103 closed rules in the 115th congress. the last congress, we haved that number to less than 52, 51. and jim mcgovern, the chairman of the rules committee, very committed to try to make amendments including amendments on the republican side in order. and i have urged him to do that. hopefully we will move forward in a way that continues to allow this house to operate if he cantively and also give opportunity to your side and our side to raise issues. i yield. mr. scalise: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the only bipartisan vote was against the bill. every republican, and one democrat -- two democrats who voted against it originally, but the bottom line, it was the ma -- majority party and the president chose to go out alone. and every one of those ideas was thrown in the trash can. that is not a unity message or trying to work with people from all parties and all walks of life to come up with the best ideas. it was go it alone, socialist agenda, 90% wasn't dedicated to health. there wasn't a single amount of money put i

and when congress created u.s. postal service in 1970 and pledged to appropriate funds to pay for the cost of certain subsidized process that has been deemed such as premium for the blind and overseas i viewed this promise is consistent with the mandate that we be self-sustaining and congress required us to under charge for services or to provide services free for public policy and it makes sense congress should pay for the services or make up the difference. in fiscal year 2022 budget request for these reimbursements which total $330 million in revenue for go on maps. let me place are justified budget request in context. much for comprehensive action must be taken if we have any hope of revitalizing the postal service underage investment under t-mobile sever standards and the lack of operation precision has resulted in a system that does not have adequate resiliency to adjust and adapt to changing circumstances. i expected do not shy away from your own observations and questions about recent service performance in

might have illegally acquired information from members of congress on or after january 6 we're going to give you the details on this very alarming story this as security was on high alert today at the u.s. capitol because of an alleged at threat of violence by a militia group we're going to give you 360 of you up with our political panel and california has just announced they are going to try and phase out a gasoline powered cars from use within their state with one city now going as far as to ban all the new gas stations this as there is a campaign to recall governor newsome continuing to get stronger we have one of the leaders from that movement right here today to discuss. hughes and you're watching news views on our to america i. i. thanks for joining us you know during this week's congressional hearing it was confirmed that the f.b.i. tapped members of congress phones as well as possibly acquitted other data without their knowledge and education imagine they were not happy. again whatever we're doing with all phone data i'm confident we're doing it you know in conjunction with o

i think congress can work in parallel to that. i think we should work parallel to that but we need to create something in law that is durable, and that's what our relationship should be and that's what we're going to try to accomplish. >> host: jerry mcnerney, democrat from california has been our guest on "the communicators" along with cat zakrzewski of the "washington post." >> should the district of columbia become a state? the house oversight and reform committee is hosting a hearing on the issue. watch live coverage today starting at 11 a.m. eastern on c-span2, i might c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> the set is back today at 3 p.m. eastern to continue work on cabinet nominees. favorable schedule at 5:30 p.m. to confirm boston mayor marty walsh to be labor secretary. other nominees awaiting senate approval include deputy omb director and surgeon general. they may also take up an extension of the paycheck protection program which expires at the end of the month. the house is not in session this week but

look at this congress. there are over 140 democratic and republican women in the house and senate, the most ever in the history of our country. that translates to work we are doing in this chamber to better the lives of women and girls. today, we voted to pass the equal rights amendment and the violence against women reauthorization act. these are steps in the right direction. we have come a long way, baby, toward full equality. but we still have work to do. we unfortunately have a system in america that often suppresses women and does not support women. but we know that a woman is like a teabag, like eleanor roosevelt said, you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water. and i know for a fact women have continued to stand up against every barrier. point to this pandemic and you see how women, especially women of color, have borne the brunt of this health and economic crisis. but we keep moving it we will continue in this congress to fight for the women in america. this is our responsibility.

the purse and that congress has ceded its own power without earmarks. i agree that congress now cedes its own power, but not -- but not by not having earmarks. rather, congress cedes its power by failing to follow the budget process and stick to a budget. now, the greatest sin, congress can be fairly accused of lazy legislation by drafting vague provisions granting congress -- granting authority to agency heads to work out the details, and most of those details are worked out through massive regulation writing. congress can reclaim this legislative authority by including specific guidelines for implementing programs in both authorization and appropriation bills. congress should regularly review federal programs to ensure that funding criteria reflect the needs of the americans and engage in robust oversight of departments and agencies to ensure congressional intent is met. rigorous oversight and well-drafted legislation that clearly sets out congressional intent for how a program should be administered is the constitutional job of congress. a good examp

that's why i made the most of my time in congress. i spent every opportunity meeting with families, listening to small business owners, learning about our tech industry, connecting with brave service members and veterans, and working to deliver for the people. when i was a little girl, none of this crossed my mind as a possibility for me. i wasn't one of the students picked out to apply to college. in fact, i didn't apply to college until i was 28. i was constantly struggling to make ends meet and raise my child as a single mom. growing up, native women rarely held federal leadership positions, and now little girls everywhere will know that they can run for congress and win. and that this country holds promise for everyone. in fact, it's the unique experiences and struggles that make good leaders and why i became an organizer in the first place. i believe that it's the fact that i relied on food stamps to feed my family that makes me qualified to advocate for families like mine. it's the fact that i overcame addiction that makes me qu

what do you say to the democratic base that expects it of this congress? >> look, we're going to work on these problems. i'm not going to concede any of this. we've been through 47 days-- >> i'll concede for-- it's not going to get done unless you blow up the filibuster. >> maybe you and i should switch jobs. in 47 days we've made history almost every day, the first lgbtq member of the cabinet. the retaining the rescue plan, the paris plan. we are going to continue to make progress for the mrn people, that's our goal and what we are going to do and what we've done so far and continue to press forward on. >> so far you've been able to keep progressives pretty much at bay or on your side, you had senator sanders, senator warren, a lot of them coming out and praising this bill as the biggest thing since obamacare, but immigration reform, there's clearly strong agitation and desire to have something happen, there's a crisis down at the border in terms of separation of children from their family. how do you propose dealing with that, is that going to be a piece

with congress. i'm honored to now be participating in my fourth nomination hearing before this committee. the first time was as the nominee to be the state department's assistant secretary for the legislative affairs in 1993. i've learned firsthand the need for close and constructive coordination with congress, with consultation not just with notification. as a former congressional chief of staff, i have a deep appreciation for the role of the congress and the executive branch secretary blinken has spoken of his and the president's commit. to restoring congress' traditional role as a partner in our foreign policy making and if confirmed i pledge to play a lead role in that effort. with that commitment, i welcome your questions and look forward to our discussion today. thank you. >> thank you, ambassador sherman. mr. mckeon. >> mr. chairman, ranking member, members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you as the president's nominee to be deputy secretary of state for management and resou

some of the women of the hague congress were great suffrage leaders. others were labor leaders, teachers, housewives. in those three days, despite the confusion of translations, they worked side by side, disagreed and compromised. by the end of the congress, they formulated a plan for neutral mediation of the war and laid down a detailed and specific program to maintain a permanent peace after the war. the congress voted that the resolution should be carried by envoys to the various governments of europe and to the president of the united states. their plan, though well received, was not acted upon by any government until 1918. when many of their ideas were incorporated by woodrow wilson into the 14 points for the armistice. the women of the hague congress formed the international committee of women for permanent peace, which in 1919 officially became known as the women's international league for peace and freedom. still shocked by the massive destruction of world war i, people began to organize and mobilize, looking for ways to keep the peace and to i

to run for congress but was a business guy at the time. speaker bain or surprisingly resigned and someone stopped in my office and suggested that the army business ranger and we laughed and i told my wife about it and she said what did you tell them and i said i laugh because it was crazy and i said no, it's not paid you be great to that. we talked over how great it would be and she said this would be for our country. ultimately i decided to do it but since then when the questions was what will you run for next because so many people go into politics to to go onto the next thing and so it's flattering and humbling to have my income and i'm energized and what were working on to take majority back in the house but when senate brown won the senate race in 2018 i said if i'm still doing this i will take a look because i don't think he's i ben a good senator in terms of representing the views of ohio voters but i was not excited expecting senator portman to resign. i have taken a look at the governor's race and flattered by people that have sug

requests from the congress. priority one are mandates. these are statutory requirements for our work or conference or committee reports that outline requirements for gao requests for us to do our work. second, our priority is requests from chairs and ranking members of the committees. we treat both parties the same as our nonpartisan status so they have equal access to our work. priority three are recommendations from individual members of congress for our work. we have not been able to fulfill requests from individual members for probably 15 years now because of a lack of a resources. so right now, in order to get access to our resources, you have to get a committee to sponsor a request, or get it into a statutory requirement in law or in a conference or committee report. now, we're able to get to all of the requests that we accept. we may not be able to get to them as fast as the committees would like. so what i've been doing for many years now is meeting with the committee chairs and ranking members as many a

if it's not that, if it's a commodity as bitcoin has been, it's either question for congress how congress would want that to be overseen or it's possibly a question for the commodity futures trading commission. i would work with fellow commissioners and see how we can move forward and to the extent investors can be protected and invest in these markets that they are allowed to do so, but to do so and again the core function of investor protection and capital formation. >> i appreciate your cognizance of your jurisdiction, and also importantly the role of the congress in overseeing this and dealing with it. this is an area where i think with great potential for leadership if handled right and i think we should be very careful not to have to have the hand, but bringing your experience and expertise to bear, i think you can make a significant mark in this rapidly evolving market. i want to make certain that we take the right touch and the right word metered approach between our legislative oversight and the role that you will play if you are confirmed for this important independent agency. t

no lot has changed by congress. the entire crisis is created simply by joe biden's actions and words. when i watched stephanopoulos the other night. don't come. his own administration, his secretary said we are saying not to come back come later. he still telling them to come. he is creating this crisis now he will not even visit now denying the press for even watching or seeing what is happening in the border stations. these border agents are spread so thin. one.9trillion had no money to help them. i was going to a brand-new process facility, 9000 square feet a never that would happen, they take the parking not inputting up tents and taking the operational money to do it. they are removing agents from the border they are trying to protect where the wildest are being built to care for these individuals. and the president denies the right to even go there. and he said in his own words while he was running for president, in a presidential campaign, illegal immigrants should surge the border. that is exactly what is ha

congress mandated it because it was effectively the domain of congress. d.c. went dry against public will. there were 267 licensed saloons in the city that had to shut down that night. several thousand people lost their jobs on november 1. we will come back to morris sheppard later on during the repeal battle, sober member that name. d.c. goes dry on november 1, 1917. that means all breweries instantly have to shut down. what is going on is world war i. that is a reason why the anti-saloon league managed to push its message forward. the biggest ethnic group at the time in the country were germans. we had just declared war against germany. german-americans were also brewers. they were the biggest obstacle in the country against the forces of temperance. in and around the d.c. area there were six major breweries. two on capitol hill, two in foggy bottom, and one each in arlington and alexandria. i will show you the two on capitol hill. this is a national capital brewing company. it produces about 100,000 barrels of beer per year. during prohibition it became a d

to provide congress information. i really thought the trump administration was pretty transparent and certainly provided this senator and i think congress in general, they would issue reports, for example, with the details on what was spent of the $4 trillion that we had already authorized. one example is we were considering the fourth covid relief package before the august recess because of the information o.m.b. provided, i was able to provide my colleagues the fact that at that point in time there was $1.2 trillion that was unspent. and much of that was unobligated. so that certainly changed the debate within our conference. in the end, the result was, within the republican targeted bill, $350 billion of that, about $600 billion targeted bill, was repurposed from the previous bills which to me makes , sense. we all knew we had to do something fast, something massive we knew it was going to , be far from perfect. so that's just good governance, you plan oversight, you do the work and wait out the plan and then you

congress followed up with the 15th amendment which protected the right of black men to vote. it's very specific again in the gender the initial result of these amendments was the period known as reconstruction and the nation's first true almost democratic elections. the republican party swept elections around the country including in the south were alliances between former slaves and poor whites led to dramatic changes such as the first public schools infrastructure projects and the creation of our free press. former confederates hated it all and they countertop counterattacked often quite literally. through violence and intimidation acute klux klan and other white supremacist groups determined to force inequality in the nation. and it worked. they found a powerful ally in the supreme court. which slowly whittled away the meaning of the reconstruction amendments when the brilliant myra colby bradwell applied for the illinois bar. she was ejected because women could not be lawyers. bradwell appealed appealed to the supreme court citing the 14th amendment as establishing equal

every time i i come in front f the congress. i am a human being and i am trying to do the right thing, and i apologize to you if i have offended you in some way. i didn't really mean to. i meant to get my point across, because they are very, very important to the organization. i look forward to speaking with you again in future on the details of a plan, and thank you for your comments. >> i appreciate both of your comments. it's helpful. ms. torres, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i just want to yield some time to our guest. we didn't have a whole lot of time for you to answer my concerns, and i understand that they are delicate and you may not be able to discuss them openly. i want to yield my time to you in case you want to cover anything. certainly the dilapidated state of the post office in my home city and threats to close another office in the city of ontario that has the community very nervous. >> yes, ma'am. i will go back and look at the details of your district, but i will say on all those aspects, and you're talki

that would be very helpful information for this committee and the congress. i guess i would also ask if you've heard any examples from clients your association represents he was in the situation with a grant program that is publicly owned and privately operated questioning if they would be eligible for the program. >> the uncertainty around the requirements called the sco ge and are anxiously awaiting to begin the process to apply. >> you don't have any information when eligibility would look like? >> that's correct i do not. >> that's helpful. >> i think basically everyone on the panel that talks about the issues of those related to the system and has suggested that perhaps we should ensure that people are eligible and through no fault of their own. but then they find they are not eligible. but i'm also hearing from a lot of constituents that they will find out late in the game. and then it will be too late with the ppp. do you recommend a safe harbor where people are waiting for the program that could be excluded late in a game. >> and as the requirements a

but in 1775, pennsylvania will be inviting the congress to mental congress and their space. the common -- continental congressman in philadelphia a year earlier, but they chose not to meet independence. they met at carpenters hall. the first set of meetings, we would call that first continental congress, would be the first real sit down and the colonies, it is this idea of expressing to the british government what would be under british sort of constitution beloved at the time. this notion of the dressing grievances that we would have as british subjects, and ultimately the right to the king. say look, we are loyal bushes subjects in america. but, these things are happening, we have these grievances over these loss of rights, what of our connection with the government. the fact that they are taking away some of our local governments, they are closing down our local courts, they are giving these rules to follow that we have no say. so, there were this letter to the king. which again, perfectly within your rights under british law. and, they also agree as a group on an associa

caller: we send them to congress , the bills get so inflated. we expect our representatives to do what is best for us. can you explain about the process? they have been talking about adding earmarks to the policy. it sounds like that is already in there. guest: earmarks are the gateway drug of corruption. dr. tom coburn, he was instrumental in delivering the earmark man when congress banned them through a rule change. that has been reversed by democrats. both parties are responsible for this. i want to tell you how hard it was for our auditors to get detail on the $350 billion in this bill flowing to state and local governments. we tried for a week to get specifics. a line by line accounting on the 30,000 counties and municipalities that would receive $120 billion out of this bill. it took us a week. we were asking republicans and democrats. within 12 hours, we had oversight on where the money was going. i detailed some of these wealthy communities getting money. you have large cities that are mismanaged. new york, they are going to get more tha

what has the best shot of passing in congress? i have two guests who have spent their haentire careers trying t answer those questions. >>> back to school. the new u.s. secretary of education just laid out when he thinks all of our children will be back in the classroom. >>> we start with the latest on the mass shooting in colorado. steve patterson on the ground in boulder for us once again learning more about those ten victims. steve, so many heartbreaking stories. what are you hearing from people who actually knew these folks? >> reporter: i will be honest with you, i've been spending the last few hours blinking back tears learning about the heartbreak, the victims and their stories because it's so relatable. the victims range in age from 20 to 65. this is a whole spectrum of life lost fromec parents and grandparents to people that were just starting to figure this whole thing out. you have kevin mahoney, a father, that lived five minutes from the store. his daughter describes him as a hero. she's expecting a baby girl that will

some of the women of the hague congress were great suffrage leaders. others were labor leaders, teachers, housewives. in those three days, despite the confusion of translations, they worked side-by-side, disagreed, and compromised. by the end of the congress, they formulated a plan for neutral mediation of the war and laid down a detailed and specific program to maintain a permanent peace after the war. the congress voted that the resolution should be carried by envoys to the various governments of europe and to the president of the united states. their plan, though well-received, was not acted upon by any government until 1918, when many of their ideas were incorporated by woodrow wilson into the 14 points for the armistice. the women of the hague congress formed the international committee of women for permanent peace, which in 1919 officially became known as the women's international league for peace and freedom. ♪ still shocked by the massive destruction of world war i, people began to organize and mobilize, looking for ways to keep the peace and

host: a look at congress now. christina marcos, thank you for joining us. guest: >> congressional reporter for the hill thank you for joining us thise. morning. take us back to the senate's final action on saturday. what did it change about the one.9 trillion-dollar bill

it's working with one side of congress. and both of you have backgrounds where you have worked on a bipartisan basis. ms. young, in particular, on the appropriations committee. that's how you appropriate. i've spoken with some of the cardinals who were previously in charge who are republicans who worked with you and some who as ranking members worked with you and they said you did work with them. and that's very important. on covid, you know, five times, five times we've done that in the last year. unfortunately, this latest time, the administration chose to go a different route. i think it's a mistake for the country. i certainly think it's a mistake for trying to build some bipartisanship going forward on other issues that o.m.b. will be very involved with, like infrastructure. so i hope you are going to be a voice within the administration to say that you're willing and able to work with both sides and find that middle ground and get things done. on the crises that we face, covid-19 is at the top of the list, but it has

what is really sad is considering in this country that congress members, members of congress literally worried about the simplist thing, safety, even with fellow congress members. we are living in really difficult times and the fact that this is up outside of the united states capitol is just simply a shame. >> certainly is. it's going to be there for a while. abby, very quickly, the fact that the former president trump again today peddling this big lie saying that georgia election results were rigged coming on this day when there's such high security concerns in the u.s. capitol, it's pretty awful, the timing of this would always be bad but especially right now. >> it just underscores there's no remorse, no reflection. former president trump still thinks and believes in his big lie and i think it also just highlights the degree to which his republican party members who are still elected in office are actually enabling this by not more forcefully condemning the lies. in fact, across the country you see republicans using the lie as a pretext to pursue voter restrictions, efforts to expa

over the course of the pandemic, congress has worked together. republicans and democrats to pass five overwhelmingly bipartisan bills providing covid-19 relief to the american people. i think we would all agree that that relief was much needed. now in march we passed the largest stimulus package in. american history. in just a few months ago we passed the second largest. but what the democrats are not telling you is that much of the $900 billion we passed in the most recent relief package, and even some of the carriers act money has yet to be spent. and frankly folks, we do not even know exactly who has spent what money congress has doled out over the last year. i have long said the american taxpayer deserves to know where and how their money is being spent. bottom line, we need transparency and to know what has and has not been spent so far. this commonsense effort will help us get this information. onuntil we have those details, we should not continue throwing money to washington bureaucrats. and we certainly should not support this partisan $1

he goes there. >> what if trump ran for congress, right? or house, the house reps, and he got elected in the house, and then we took the house and we took the senate, and then he sent impeachment to both the president and the vice president? he would be president for the next two years, plus then he would be reelected for another four. good idea? >> that's a new one. he would be speaker of the house? >> yeah. >> all right. >> it's that old story of, you don't talk politics or religion with your friends or your family. >> ah, yes, the good fences make good neighbors theory of politics. at least here for now, the arguments are followed by laughter. >> going to be difficult for me to be here after all this. >> oh, no. i'm sorry. >> it's okay. it's okay. it's all right. >> nobody ruins a barbecue like bill weir. >> bill weir, cnn, lake minnetonka, minnesota. >> looks like fun. news continues. let's hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> thanks. i'm chris cuomo, and welcome to prime time. millions and millions of americans aredous prt

in 2010 i found myself running for congress. i would loo into science class rooms and see lines and lines and line of boys clamoring for the jobs. i know those jobs paid pretty well. almost $120,000. to me it didn't make sense. where are the girls? where are girls like me who could get a shot at one of these jobs and that's when i decided i wanted to build a program to teach girls to code. announcer: tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the communicators on c-span 2. ♪ host: george weigle, in the introduction to your new book, "not forgotten," you paid attention to a particular quote. how did that particular quote inspire you? mr. weigle: i have been fortunate to know consequential people, people who left a deep impress upon history, but there are also in this edition to 10 portraits some ordinary people my parents for example, and i think what misses loman said in death of a salesman, attention must be paid, is not only a deep humanistic truth, it is a deep biblical truth. every human person is an idea of god in the biblical view

congress just did improve the aca. they created additional tax credits, subsidies for those who have lost insurance, additional incentives for the 14 states that have not yet put the medicaid expansion in to take it up and they will continue to work to improve the aca. the point is we need to continue to work to improve the law, not throw the baby out with the bathwater and undermine the 160 million people who currently get insurance through their employer and leave that markets table while we improve the aca. -- that market stable while we improve the aca. it is an issue trump spoke about and did not affect at all. it is an issue president biden has spoken about and is serious about addressing drug pricing moving forward. it was part of his campaign. part of what he has put forward in his presidency and will work with congress as we move forward to begin to do something about those prices. host: michael cannon, do you want to talk about pricing? guest: democrats agree with libertarians in this area. we think the gover

some of the women of the hague congress were great suffrage leaders. others were labor leaders, teachers, housewives. in those three days, despite the confusion of translations, they worked side by side, disagreed and compromised. by the end of the congress, they formulated a plan for neutral mediation of the war and laid down a detailed and specific program to maintain a permanent paesz after the war. the congress voted that the resolution should be carried by envoys to the various governments of europe and to the president of the united states. their plan, though well received, was not acted upon by any government until 1918, when many of their ideas were incorporated by woodrow wilson into the 14 points for the armistice. the women of the hague congress formed the international committee of women for permanent peace, which in 1919 officially became known as the women's international league for peace and freedom. still shocked by the massive destruction of world war i, people began to organize and mobilize, looking for ways to keep the peace and to i

if this act is passed by congress and passed into law,

are those members of congress? certainly the reporting today shows there's at least some conversation. so i'm well beyond the jaw-dropping phase about january 6th, between what the military testified to yesterday to trump's involvement. you know, it just -- as i always say about donald trump, it only gets worse. it only gets worse. >> and you have been right. so, evan -- >> it's easy! >> evan, you said, listen, there's no indication that any members of congress are actively being investigated right now, but when you report whether investigators -- lawmakers helped rioters unknowingly, what form would that take? how would they unknowingly help? >> there have been accusations by some democratic members that they know that members -- republican members gave tours, for instance, in the days before and the weeks before the insurrection, as juliette just pointed out, we have seen some videos. you can see in the videos we've aired in the last few weeks that there are people in that crowd who knew where things were. you ha

these vsos, there are three of them that are chartered by congress. there actually may be more but i think there's at least three chartered by congress. and they often have in the state and local organizations, they often have counselors and service officers that are trained to help guide veterans and their families through the maze of benefits and the ways in which you have to pursue those benefits. and the va is a large -- it's the second largest federal department in the federal government. so it can be intimidating, admittedly. and so folks should not -- folks should know that's a resource that's out there. and again, i would your local member of congress or your senator can be helpful as well. >> congressman, i believe we might have one of your constituents on the line. >> hi, good morning. i'm actually in my congressman's district. i had a big and a small question. so we have mental health wards at the va hospital and such. the laws are governed although they're control by the states. the federal government doesn't control all the laws in those

at that level of congress but your local member of congress should also have a caseworker as do your senators. your senators from oklahoma also have caseworkers as well. we've found that people often don't know that they can turn to the members of congress to also troubleshoot a benefit issue. this is their job to advocate for you. >> if you would be willing to do that, stay on the line for just a second pretty congressman, she brings up and could you explain what that vso does not connection. takano: so it stands for veteran service organization. and some of the vso's that are the more widely known are vso's coordinations like the american legion. the veterans of wars. in vietnam veterans of america. disabled american veterans or vap, a paralyzed veterans of america. and they focus on those veterans often with spinal cord injuries and paraplegics. in disabled american veterans organization veterans that have recognized service connected disabilities. tithese vso's, chartered by congress any more but i think there are atea least three chartered by congress. and they often have in the

it is something that must be addressed by congress. wages have been stagnant for decades, literally decades when you adjust for inflation. even as the cost of a four-year college degree as sword. we saw in the early 1990's the average debt for someone gradting at a four-year institution at about $9,000. now it is closer to $37,000 and some change. as wages have been stagnant during that same period, of course we're just now fighting once again to raise the minimum wage, which has not changed from $7.25 since 2009, but even before then, wages have been stagnant. we have to do this to liberate an entire generation of young people to meaningfully -- in my county, thousands of people my age and below are living at home with their parents because they cannot afford to be independent and own a home or pay rent. that is because of crippling student debt mashed with wage stagnation. the president of the united states can exercise his authority under the higher education act and forget that that. unfortunately, as of now, as declined to do so s

congress has to set the example. and the example of standing up and saying, we're going to do more earmarks, we're going to bring earmarks back, bring back pork, more pork. that's a terrible example. and somebody has to stand up for the american taxpayers. somebody has to stand up for the children and grandchildren who are going to inherit this $28 trillion in debt. and i want to stand up for those people. and oppose earmarks. and lastly, as a top republican on the house oversight committee, one thing i've studied in oversight, not just in congress, but in my time in the kentucky general assembly, and in my study in history in american politics, is there's always a direct correlation between earmarks and corruption. and i said that to some members and they're like, oh, no, my earmarks won't be corrupt. they're going to go to building projects. the corruption's seldom with the hue miss -- municipality. the corruption is with the contractors and the subcontractors in the pork projects. there's usually a direct correlat

davis: i'd like to yield 1 1/2 minutes to my good friend, the newest member of congress, this congress, the gentlelady from new york, ms. tenney. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. tenney: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in opposition to h.r. 1, the so-called for the people act. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are touting the sweeping legislation as a win for transparency and election integrity. nothing could be further from the truth this. bill is an attempt to destroy democracy by federalizing aspects of u.s. elections, actually delegated to the states. it would prohibit commonsense voter i.d. rules, encourage ballot harvesting, require no excuse absentee and early voting, permit felons and noncitizens to vote, and make colleges and universities trusted voter registration agencies. i know firsthand the need for election reform and the consequences of elections run without transparency and oversight. i was sworn into office over 30 days late after an exhaustive 100-day post election count and the race for new york's 22nd co

as congress had intended in the law required. they cannot be replicated in the future without congressional approval. in addition to the swift response, the fed's response was massive and played a crucial role in the ongoing recovery. as is the case with congress, the fed must fight the urge to continue the response beyond its original purpose. last march the fed lowered interest rates to nearly zero and initiated a record expansion of its balance sheet. this accommodation has remained, and by both official forecasts and market expectations it will continue beyond the point of full recovery which raises at least two concerns. the first concern is that the increase footprint is almost a for -- permanent feature. if this is the case and there is no reduction in the size of the portfolio than the quantitative easing to date would amount to government that and i hope that that is not the case. the second concern is that such an accommodative stance leaves our economy vulnerable to inflation. the fed has signaled that its monetary pol

women traveling to the congress, not only battled minefields. the but also the ridicule and scorn other governments and communities. there were 300 delegates from 12 nations who attended the congress. 1300 people packed the large haul for three days. the difficult task of chairing the meeting, that went to jane adams of the united states. none could fail to admire the courage and spirit of these women from enemy countries who embraced and exchanged experiences with one another. some of the women of the hate congress, were great suffrage leaders. other were labor leaders, teachers and housewives. in those three days, despite the confusion of translations, they worked side by side, disagreed, and compromised. by the end of the congress, they formulated a plan for neutral mediation of the war, and laid down a detailed and specific program to maintain a permanent peace after the war. not the congress voted, that the resolution should be carried by envoys to the various governments of europe and to the president of the united states. their plan, the

news asia coming up on the program china's annual national people's congress gets underway we'll take a closer look at the plans the leadership from dealing with the economy to dealing with hong kong. after losing the last mayor to scandal and suicide so voters get set to elect a new city leader and they could make history in the process by choosing a woman. plus the man who found his life's purpose caring for animals much restricted zone his mission of kindness hasn't gone down well with other locals. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia china kicks off its annual meeting of the national people's congress a rubberstamp legislature of the communist party it's important not because of how the votes go that's a foregone conclusion in an authoritarian state but because the leadership takes this opportunity to roll out some of its most important new laws. red flags are flying on tiananmen square head of the most important event on china's political calendar this year's national people's congress takes on a special significance as a coincides with the centenary of the founding of the comm