a rise of new cases in michigan. when you talk about needing more resources, yesterday, over on the senate side, a number of republicans were saying, you know, i don't want to support the government funding bill, which tends to not -- it has become more political. should to say. used to not be that big of an issue. they said they weren't going to support it because they wanted to vote and make sure that vaccine mandates, that there is all these different mandates aren't put in place. is that helpful? even so, that amendment failed. it's still kind of a position of the party. saying we shouldn't have all of these mandates. we shouldn't necessarily -- could be going against what you're asking for. just more resources here and there in your own state and help from the federal government. mr. upton: a couple things. first of all i'll go back a step. our delegation generally works pretty well together. whether it's protecting the great lakes. the when we started covid we all worked together, republicans and democrats, try

a rise of new cases in michigan. when you talk about needing more resources, yesterday, over on the senate side, a number of republicans were saying, you know, i don't want to support the government funding bill, which tends to not -- it has become more political. i should say. used to not be that big of an issue. they said they weren't going to support it because they wanted to vote and make sure that vaccine mandates, that there is all these different mandates aren't put in place. is that helpful? even so, that amendment failed. it's still kind of a position of the party. saying we shouldn't have all of these mandates. we shouldn't necessarily -- could be going against what you're asking for. just more resources here and there in your own state and help from the federal government. mr. upton: a couple things. first of all i'll go back a step. our delegation generally works pretty well together. whether it's protecting the great lakes. when we started covid, we all worked together, republicans and democrats, trying

we had this terrible school shooting this week in michigan. and we have had some shootings in my district. in talking to some of the victims and survivors and my law enforcement folks, i was once on the education committee and i can remember the hearing we had with the columbine survivors. that was the first big school shooting i can remember. but i was on the committee, and there wasn't a dry eye in the place. and we know that kids, i'm a dad, kids can't learn if they don't feel like they are in a safe environment. visited literally a school every and it week i have been in is one that, until covid, office. there's been a big change in security from when i was a student to what they are today. and i have been seeing the live shooter drills. the day before parkland i was at , one of my high schools in kalamazoo, and had a live we shooter drill while i was there, speaking to 300 kids. i was back there the next week, meeting with the student council and others, law enforcement and debbie dingell came to my district, it was bipartisan, and i went

brenda lawrence from michigan -- mrs. brenda lawrence from michigan, i inform the house that mrs. lawrence will vote yes on h.r. 2930. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? -- for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? mrs. hayes: as the member designated by ms. wilson, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on h.r. 2930. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 364. the nays are 57. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i speak for one moment for a moment of silence. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. >> mr. speaker, this has been one of the darkest and most painful weeks our state of michigan has had in recent memory. we stand here, the michigan delegation, of democrats and republicans, along with the honorary michiganders, to ask congress see your own

he truly made a difference both in the south pacific and in michigan. the commitment and courage that he and so many others displayed during that time is unmatched. as admiral minimum knits famously said of those marines involved in our victory on iwo jima, quote uncommon valor was a common virtue, end quote. he will be remembered for his caring and calming personality towards anyone who had the opportunity to meet him. i encourage my colleagues to join me in remembering the life and selfless service of raymond hice, united states marine. may god rest his soul and comfort his family. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from iowa seek recognition? mrs. miller-meeks: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize a group of women in my district for their hard work that led to

bob: the first michigan map confused me so maybe it was a citizen's because it looked like west michigan was getting lagged. bob: the first california commission map in 2011 got whacked. it is good you get to see where is a texas? we got maps on saturday and there is a hearing the next week in the night before. it is not a car p.m. texas time and they released more maps that they want people to talk about at the hearing. the one hearing was going to happen out of 42 that the commission had. >> the census data was delayed this year as a result of the covid crisis. is that going to affect redistricting and how has it? ultimately, will it matter much or not at all? >> i think you already see states using it as an excuse and that is one way. in texas, they said we would have loved to have gone around the state and have lots of testimony per covid interfered, which is weird because the legislature took requiring testimony to be in person. there is no covid crisis that required you to testify in person. they could knock around the state if you are tested because of covid. the other thing that

and of course michigan is one example. those of us who are parents have a fear of -- for their youngsters who go out every day. 500 people in philadelphia area were murdered last year. so there's fear not because of the statistics and all the other things. there is a fear in america for people who are near these incidents that happen. the fear in america is the gun violence that's happening. i think it's reported but we have become numb to that information. as america struggles with it the district attorney in any of the cities struggle with t. the police struggle with it. and the fear and the image, the message of living in urban america is a bad one today. host: ok. bill is next. bill in ohio, republican line. caller: yes. i'd like to comment on the border situation. biden has completely neglected as far as letting illegal aliens into the country. and he's running his own death warrant on covid because they are spreading it all over the country. my only comment is mr. biden, please close the border. thank you. host: that

dan kildee of michigan, distinguished gentleman who is both a michigan state and university of michigan fan, pursuant to h.res. 8 i inform the house that mr. kildee will vote aye on the motion to move the previous question on h.res. 829. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. hagedorn of minnesota, i inform the house that mr. hagedorn will vote no on the previous question. the speaker: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? mr. jeffries: i inform the house that congresswoman garcia will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. palazzo of mississippi, i inform the house that mr. palazzo will vote nay on the previous question. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. reschenthaler will

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. i rise to recognize a cheerleading squad. after covid-19 shrank the number of teams that could make it to the state championship, the cougars had two points shy going to the competition. facing the loss of nine seniors, the team was determined to redeem themselves in had the 2021 season. mr. cline: they won this year's class 2 state championship. the cougars dominated the competition, earning a score of 275.5 points with their clowest competition trailing by 35 points. with this victory in the books, they have now claimed the state title in four of the last five years, highlighting just how talented this team is. following the win, co-captain kaley freeman, to not be there last year and this year redeem, they said there was no way we could rebuild but look at us now. this accomplishment is well deserved. mr. s

lawrence of michigan will vote yes on h.r. 4616. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut rise? >> as the member designated by ms. wilson, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on h.r. 4616. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlemann from new jersey rise? mr. pallone: as the member designated by mr. bill pascrell, i inform the house that mr. pascrell will vote yes on h.r. 4616. as the member designated by mr. albio sires, i inform the house that mr. sires will vote yes on h.r. 4616. as the member designated by mr. donald payne, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on h.r. 4616. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 410, the nays are 9. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 414, the nays are 9. 2/3 being in the affirmative -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 415, the nays are 9, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on t

host: let's hear from juanita in michigan. caller: i'm from a small city in michigan and we have had this problem for a long time. the united states has had this problem when it was required not to use lead anymore. so my question is, there using a lot of money to take potholes for structures that were built before 68. there is a lot of money because we've been flooded with a lot of money so that they automatically start siphoning off these moneys to take potholes on structures that were built for regulations started. that's my first question. host: we believe that there -- we will leave that there. guest: the question was how are they going to use this money. honestly it's up to each city and what kind of engineers and analytics. some of these firms are working in benton harbor and you can see that it's a slow going process. it looks like slow going. i think it's just a long process and they have to dig it up and test those pipelines. host: you are based in ann arbor. what did flint michigan teach not only the united states a

meeks: i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. tlaib. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. tlaib: thank you so much. i have a lot of emotions as i stand here before you today. this bill is a strong step toward combating islamaphobia but it's only a start. if the reality today is that muslim americans still face constant abuse here at home. while it's great to fight islamaphobia abroad, we need to address how widespread this disgusting hate is here in my country. simply put, my two sons and children across the country deserve to grow up in a country where their religion, their faith, won't be used to target them and endanger their lives and freedoms. must rim americans deserve representatives on beth sides of the aisle who will embrace them and love them for who they are, not those who encourage religious violence for their own political gain. mr. speaker, i would say to my fellow americans who believe in free, inclusive, and accepting country know that we will win this fight. the actions of a hateful

[applause] for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i speak for one moment for a moment of silence. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. >> mr. speaker, this has been one of the darkest and most painful weeks our state of michigan has had in recent memory. we stand here, the michigan delegation, of democrats and republicans, along with the honorary michiganders, to ask congress see your own children in the pictures of those who were lost in yet another school

the gentlewoman from michigan. >> i ask that words be taken down. the speaker pro tempore: the request of the words be taken down. the gentleman f the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the words. the clerk: mr. perry, you're either going to be persecuted or you're not, depending on who you are and who you vote for. let's face it, aside from the attempts to placate an anti-semitic member of this chamber all that is really happening here is house democrats are deflecting from the real issues confronting the house of representatives and that is that the maker of this bill has no business sitting on house committees, has no business in this chamber, a myriad of anti-semitic comments and those of support of violence and terrorism against the united states are totally unacceptable but we're not going to deal with that because we're going to deal with this. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will further report the words. the clerk: but american taxpayers shouldn't be forced to pay terrorist organizations, organizations that the maker of this bill

and of course michigan is one example. those of us who are parents have a fear of -- for their youngsters who go out every day. 500 people in philadelphia area were murdered last year. so there's fear not because of the statistics and all the other things. there is a fear in america for people who are near these incidents that happen. the fear in america is the gun violence that's happening. i think it's reported but we have become numb to that information. as america struggles with it the district attorney in any of the cities struggle with t. the police struggle with it. and the fear and the image, the message of living in urban america is a bad one today. host: ok. bill is next. bill in ohio, republican line. caller: yes. i'd like to comment on the border situation. biden has completely neglected as far as letting illegal aliens into the country. and he's running his own death warrant on covid because they are spreading it all over the country. my only comment is mr. biden, please close the border. thank you. host: that

the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. upton: thank you, madam speaker. i would yield myself the balance of the time. as much time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. upton: madam speaker, i know, first of all, i want to thank our leadership and our committee. i want to thank mr. pallone, mrs. mcmorris rogers, mr. guthrie, and obviously chair eshoo for moving this, and our staffs. for moving this legislation forward. this is a very important bill. all of our health care workers, particularly in this covid pandemic, are really heroes. they are. without exception. all of us know many of these workers because they're our neighbors and friends and each of us have heard those cries of woe as they have done their job every day, every day, day after day, for 24/7. i can't imagine how they do it. watching so many folks suffer as they try to help them from their hospital beds. passing on the sad words that they passed away to family members, maybe not even in person because of this terrible

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. kilmer of washington, i inform the house that mr. kilmer will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. ryan of ohio, i inform the house that mr. ryan will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. peters of california, i inform the house that mr. peters will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. butterfield of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. butterfield will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. hagedorn of minnesota, i inform the house that mr. hagedorn will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. amodei, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote no on the previous questi

host: in detroit, michigan, we will hear from alex. our guest may want to ask you a question as well. caller: good morning. ms. stockton, you are a breath of fresh air. the union i work in had a maximum of 20,000 people. when i left 48 years later, they were about 1000 and closed that union down to go to another union. i have friends that are still working who relocated to tennessee. the people down there are so brainwashed into thinking because of right to work and they make so little money when they brought the jobs in. they really are just sacrificing. they do not want to join unions because they are afraid they might close their plant and move somewhere else, that they do not want to pay people enough money. it is amazing. we used to actually go out and pick it even grocery stores who were bought out by big chains who was going to come in and remove the union and make it nonunion. you could drive a car and park it into a union job place. back in 1967, we were campaigning buy american. it is so amazing now that is the slogan everybo

the speaker: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. hagedorn of minnesota, i inform the house that mr. hagedorn will vote no on h.r. 4352. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kasten of illinois, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. kasten will vote yes on h.r. 4352. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. palazzo of mississippi, i inform the house that mr. palazzo will vote nay on h.r. 543 -- 4352. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, as the member designated by donald payne of new jersey, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on h.r. 4352. as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman of new jersey, i inform the house that mrs. watson coleman will vote yes on h.r. 54 -- 4352. th

host: detroit, michigan. steve. you are next. caller: i would like to ask you a question and see how honest you are. frederick douglass said in his autobiography the master wants you to be a direct and the democratic party has -- once you to be ignorant and the democratic party has been in charge of the educational department. also the senate in the house have been run by democrats in the last 100 years. the democrats have 75 senators and 60 plus senators three other times. even including under obama. they have had 300 congressional seats numerous times. all of the laws, rules, and regulations you are espousing have been written by democrats. if you voted for biden your part of the problem. host: heather mcghee? guest: let me unpack this. the thrust of what you are saying, i may have some fact checking on some of the numbers, the thrust of what you are saying is democrats throughout our history have been responsible for racist laws in addition to republicans. 100% true. 100% true. i am not a partisan democrat in the sense that i

host: detroit, michigan. steve. you are next. caller: i would like to ask you a question and see how honest you are. frederick douglass said in his autobiography the master wants you to be a direct and the democratic party has -- once you to be ignorant and the democratic party has been in charge of the educational department. also the senate in the house have been run by democrats in the last 100 years. the democrats have 75 senators and 60 plus senators three other times. even including under obama. they have had 300 congressional seats numerous times. all of the laws, rules, and regulations you are espousing have been written by democrats. if you voted for biden your part of the problem. host: heather mcghee? guest: let me unpack this. the thrust of what you are saying, i may have some fact checking on some of the numbers, the thrust of what you are saying is democrats throughout our history have been responsible for racist laws in addition to republicans. 100% true. 100% true. i am not a partisan democrat in the sense that i

let's hear from troy, michigan. caller: i have had two vaccine shots so far and i'm scheduled to get my booster today. i am anything but anti-vaxxer as people would call -- categorize me because i am anti-mandate. when this started, we were told that once we had the curve of people going to the hospital we were good to go. we could get back to normal. that did not happen. we were told stay inside, don't go anywhere, and the infection rate went up because people were locked inside. now we are told if you go outside you are ok because you are not around everybody. it keeps changing. it just keeps changing and changing. no matter what people do, we are still in the pandemic. this pandemic seems like it is never going to end. i am not alone in this thinking. we do not have public health care. we have government health care. you keep referring to public health care. it is actually government health care. we have seen what happens with public schools in this country, which are really government schools. they have fallen b

the largest populated county in michigan. not only with record floods that impacted families during the pandemic, come up four times alone to some households over the summer, it is devastating. we need to do something about it. i know it directly impacts our economy. chairman powell, can you outline what your plan is to fulfill that commitment to address climate risk to our financial system? chair powell: i would be glad to. the fed has a couple of ways that we will address climate cha are important. but they are not by themselves going to be enough. the first is to supervise and regulate financial institutions, particularly the large ones, to make sure they understand the risks that they're running and can manage them. the second really is from a financial stability standpoint, climate change has potentially significant effects on financial stability, and also on the broader economy. so we do a lot of research. our researchers are some of the ones around the globe who are doing the original research to understand the pathway

lawrence of michigan, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mrs. lawrence will vote yes on mplet 610 -- on s. 610. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. green, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. green will vote yes on s. 610. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kahele, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. kahele will vote yes on mplet 610. conscious -- on s. 610. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. sires, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. sires will vote yes on s. 610. as the member designated by mr. donald payne, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on s. 610. the speaker pro

we've already deployed emergency response teams in colorado, michigan, minnesota, vermont, new hampshire, and new mexico, ready to provide more hospital beds, as well. the bottom line is, we want to assure the american people that we're prepared. we know what it takes. and as this group of bipartisan governors has shown, we're going to get through it by working together. i want to thank the governors for the partnership and i mean that sincerely. with that, i'm going to turn it back over to jeff, and i understand you guys have some questions. jeff? >> okay. i think we're going to clear the press first. >> thank you guys. reporter: [indiscernible] >> thank you. thanks, guys. thank you very much. thankturing top writers from across the political spectrum on a variety of other and political topics. this morning, we are joined by joe lieberman

for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> today my michigan colleagues and members of the black caucus rise in honor of the life and service of congresswoman barbara rose collins. she dedicated her life to community and broke countless barriers. madam speaker, i ask that everyone rise for a moment of silence in the honor the congresswoman barbara rose collins. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: madam speaker, i ask that in the engrossment of h.r. 5314, the clerk be authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation errors and to make other technical changes as may be necessary to reflect the actions of the house. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous co

he made a stop in minnesota, and spoke briefly about the school shooting in michigan for beginning his remarks. >> please welcome the president of the united states. ♪ [hail to the chief] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. my name is sarah and i am a first-year student here. i'm in the heavy construction technology program, working toward my associates degree. i grew up in east prairie, and graduated from high school in 2018. a little about myself, i am listed in the minnesota national guard on my 17th birthday. [applause] thank you. i was deployed in october 2019 where i spent 13 months. while i was deployed, worked on large vehicles and power generation. the tactical powered generation specialist, we oversaw the maintenance of 400 power generation and ac units. i trained the whole time on vehicles such as the humvees, everything you can think of. when i returned from deployment, i was wondering, what should i do with my life now? i started looking for a program i could utilize my military experience as well as what i have known since growing up. i found dak

the gentlewoman from michigan. >> i ask that words be taken down. the speaker pro tempore: the request of the words be taken down. the gentleman from pennsylvania will take his seat. the clerk will report the words. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the words. the clerk: mr. perry, you're either going to be persecuted or you're not, depending on who you are and who you vote for. let's face it, aside from the attempts to placate an anti-semitic member of this chamber all that is really happening here is house democrats are deflecting from the real issues confronting the house of representatives and that is that the maker of this bill has no business sitting on house committees, has no business in this chamber, a myriad of anti-semitic comments and those of support of violence and terrorism against the united states are totally unacceptable but we're not going to deal with that because we're going to deal with this. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will further report the words. the clerk: but american taxpayers shouldn't be forced to p

we've already deployed emergency response teams in colorado, michigan, minnesota, vermont, new hampshire, and new mexico, ready to provide more hospital beds, as well. the bottom line is, we want to assure the american people that we're prepared. we know what it takes. and as this group of bipartisan governors has shown, we're going to get through it by working together. i want to thank the governors for the partnership and i mean that sincerely. with that, i'm going to turn it back over to jeff, and i understand you guys have some questions. jeff? >> okay. i think we're going to clear the press first. >> thank you guys. reporter: [indiscernible] >> thank you. thanks, guys. thank you very much. thank >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. ♪ click president biden briefly spoke to reporters about the omicron var

we've already deployed emergency response teams in colorado, michigan, minnesota, vermont, new hampshire, and new mexico, ready to provide more hospital beds, as well. the bottom line is, we want to assure the american people that we're prepared. we know what it takes. and as this group of bipartisan governors has shown, we're going to get through it by working together. i want to thank the governors for the partnership and i mean that sincerely. with that, i'm going to turn it back over to jeff, and i understand you guys have some questions. jeff? >> okay. i think we're going to clear the press first. >> thank you guys. reporter: [indiscernible] >> thank you. thanks, guys. thank you very much. thank >> both the house and senate have adjourned for the holiday recess and will return in early january for the start of the second session of the 117th congress. upon its return, the senate will take up the present climate and social spending plan known as build back better despite joe manchin announcing his opposition to the bill. senate democratic leadership will take up voting rights legisla

host: mike, michigan, republican. caller: i'm wondering why, i hear all the top news stories, but nobodies talking about everybody starts with when slavery came to the united states, but there's 300, 400 years for that that things were being done to the natives that nobody brings up. why doesn't the news ever cover that story? that's the biggest story missed. host: you gotta listen and talk to your phone. bill, ohio, and dependent. caller: my biggest story is afghanistan. the big story to me is we left the airbase and 5000 prisoners were released and it turns out one of them was wanted, the suicide bomber that killed 13 of our servicemen and to retaliate, we killed a worker and seven kids. i believe that's all joe biden skill -- all joe biden's fault. host: on the capital nearly 12 months ago january 6, 2021. the hearing, a hearing was held investigating the january 6 the tag. representative liz cheney serving on that committee. >> in the weeks before january 6, president trump's appointees informed him repeatedly tha

a democrat from hawaii and a liberal democrat from michigan. that was a friendship that lasted until phil hart died. >> he called me on the 14th, saying this is your anniversary. i hope it is better than the one you had in 1945. i saw him again today. at walter reed hospital. i was there to get therapy. we were wounded a week apart. phil hart had a superficial flesh wound. he was just the greatest guy in the world. he would bring us food and empty our bedpans and write letters for us. his wife was jane briggs. the briggs family owned the detroit tigers. he would bring in baseball tickets. just a wonderful man. the building is named after him where my office was. that symbolized what an outstanding person he was. >> that transcended politics. >> all the time. if you check my record with phil hart, there would be -- there would not be many similarities but we always respected each other. i used to sit in the back row of the senate. anytime phil hart would come in, he would nod and have a little smile on his face. a nice person, a decent person. >

i want to thank my friend from michigan for the time. i want to yield back to him and thank him for his work. yes, this process was flawed. first on the hands -- in the hands of the regulators. secondly i think it could have been far better in the majority, particularly as it relates to getting the views of the ways and means committee and the education and work force committee. with that, mr. ranking member, i yield back. mr. huizenga: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. sherman: i would simply say to our republican colleagues who may be watching you don't have to trust the 21 business groups who signed the letter i just put into the record. you don't have to trust me. listen to the words you just heard from our colleague, mr. hill. this bill does not increase government or regulatory power. you ought to vote for the bill. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from michigan. mr. huizenga: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to yield myself such time

host: we will go to dana in flint, michigan, republican caller. caller: yes, i apologize, i wanted to call the independent line. i agree with helping women maintain and get abortions legally and safely. science has got together with religion because life begins after the grain is developed not the heart. you have to have a consciousness first. -- after the brain is developed. before you get an abortion, you don't want to abort a fetus that is fully developed with a brain. you do it before the brain develops and as far as women being raped by outside agents and those coming into our community and impregnating her women, they have done that for hundreds of years to impregnate the women so the women have another country kids. with got to stop that. if you are confused, get a dna test as to who is doing it and if they are russian, send them back to their country and allow these women to have these abortions. guest: abortion is a very emotional and personal issue. it's theological and scientific step the one thing we should be able to agree upon is we

we've already deployed emergency response teams in colorado, michigan, minnesota, vermont, new hampshire, and new mexico, ready to provide more hospital beds, as well. the bottom line is, we want to assure the american people that we're prepared. we know what it takes. and as this group of bipartisan governors has shown, we're going to get through it by working together. i want to thank the governors for the partnership and i mean that sincerely. with that, i'm going to turn it back over to jeff, and i understand you guys have some questions. jeff? >> okay. i think we're going to clear the press first. >> thank you guys. reporter: [indiscernible] >> thank you. thanks, guys. thank you very much. thank you, thank you. ♪ announcer: c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more, including mediacom. >> the world changed in an instant. but mediacom was ready. internet traffic soared, and we never slowed down. schools and businesses went virtual, and we powered a new reality. because that media com, we are built to keep you ahead. announcer: media

we had $1 million of damage between farmington and southeast michigan. we continued to experience a nonstop deluge of windstorms. we had nine hard-hitting storms in nine weeks. i will say that again, nine hard-hitting storms in nine weeks. they created a cycle of destruction in our communities. if we can show the map, i would like to just show how badly hit we were here in southeastern michigan. i hear the storm cast said the first destructive severe storm warning -- it was the first time in detroit the weather service used his destructive storm warning, a new label, for the highest category of damage threat. these damaging storms have caused countless power outages and flooded homes, countless. we are talking power outages ranging from hours to days to ensuing over a matter of weeks. people are stressed, they are exhausted from the turmoil. with that, in the two years since the last science committee hearing my home state has experienced six severe storms, billion-dollar disaster events. no state in our nation's untouched by the damaging -- is untouched

terrance is in michigan. caller: i just wanted to throw out the voter fraud is a republican talking point. it's nonsense. if we are finding any fraud, its republicans. voting trace -- twice for trump. it's a talking point that leads to ally and it's a big lie. it leads to the deplorable mob sacking the capital. on january 6. it's nonsense. republican legislatures all across the country are implementing all kinds of voter suppression. all various different ways to keep people from voting. you're one caller touched on the social media. with the effect that is on people's psyche before they go to the ballot box. we've got this whole russia hoax thing and that donald trump knew nothing about russian ties. he admitted, i have no contact with russians. he said he knew nothing about the trump tower meeting with russians. he didn't know that mike flynn lied to the fbi about contact with russians. russia, did putin have a preference in the 2016 race? just ask yourself that question. did he have a preference. host: ric

this is michigan, the republican line. caller: i think the problem with the law they are trying to pass is too broad. i think they need to narrow it down so what you have are the license to vote, something to has your picture id on it, also i think they should have continuity across all states. this is a national election. there has to be continuity in the voting. each state should not be able to regulate whether or not you need to have a voter id. or whether or not you need to have people that are standing there watching you vote. i think they do need to make election day a national holiday. many households have two people working in them. there is childcare involved. this would give them the opportunity to hand off the kids. it makes perfect sense to me. you don't have to take time off work to do it. i really do believe it should be a national holiday. host: that finishes off this hour, hearing from you to changes in voting in the united states. thanks to all of you who participated. to everyone who purchase made it. two

this is michigan, the republican line. caller: i think the problem with the law they are trying to pass is too broad. i think they need to narrow it down so what you have are the license to vote, something to has your picture id on it, also i think they should have continuity across all states. this is a national election. there has to be continuity in the voting. each state should not be able to regulate whether or not you need to have a voter id. or whether or not you need to have people that are standing there watching you vote. i think they do need to make election day a national holiday. many households have two people working in them. there is childcare involved. this would give them the opportunity to hand off the kids. it makes perfect sense to me. you don't have to take time off work to do it. i really do believe it should be a national holiday. host: that finishes off this hour, hearing from you to changes in voting in the united states. thanks to all of you who participated. to everyone who purchase made it. two

host: kevin in michigan. independent. caller: happy new year. my number one thing happened in the last week. i watched joe biden on tv. i would like for you to play this clip. he said let's go brandon. i have seen his wife looked at him like he was crazy. she knew what it means. he should know what it means. if he doesn't, i'm worried about does he know anything? this is been going on for months. to sit there and him not know what that means, i think we have a president who doesn't have all of his marbles upstairs. he needs a cognitive test. host: joe in west virginia. caller: i just want to comment on january 6. i've been in d.c. many times with huge conservative crowds. i talked to a park ranger. he said there were at least half a million people there. he told me that when our groups came to washington, they had no cleanup. we did all of these things. when other groups came, it would take them almost a week to clean up after the crowds that were not conservative. when the tea party first came into the forefront of the news, i heard a young gir

host: mike, michigan, republican. caller: i'm wondering why, i hear all the top news stories, but nobodies talking about everybody starts with when slavery came to the united states, but there's 300, 400 years for that that things were being done to the natives that nobody brings up. why doesn't the news ever cover that story? that's the biggest story missed. host: you gotta listen and talk to your phone. bill, ohio, and dependent. caller: my biggest story is afghanistan. the big story to me is we left the airbase and 5000 prisoners were released and it turns out one of them was wanted, the suicide bomber that killed 13 of our servicemen and to retaliate, we killed a worker and seven kids. i believe that's all joe biden skill -- all joe biden's fault. host: on the capital nearly 12 months ago january 6, 2021. the hearing, a hearing was held investigating the january 6 the tag. representative liz cheney serving on that committee. >> in the weeks before january 6, president trump's appointees informed him repeatedly tha

a democrat from hawaii and a liberal democrat from michigan. that was a friendship that lasted until phil hart died. >> he called me on the 14th, saying this is your anniversary. i hope it is better than the one you had in 1945. i saw him again today. at walter reed hospital. i was there to get therapy. we were wounded a week apart. phil hart had a superficial flesh wound. he was just the greatest guy in the world. he would bring us food and empty our bedpans and write letters for us. his wife was jane briggs. the briggs family owned the detroit tigers. he would bring in baseball tickets. just a wonderful man. the building is named after him where my office was. that symbolized what an outstanding person he was. >> that transcended politics. >> all the time. if you check my record with phil hart, there would be -- there would not be many similarities but we always respected each other. i used to sit in the back row of the senate. anytime phil hart would come in, he would nod and have a little smile on his face. a nice person, a decent person. >

host: walter in michigan. yesterday on capitol hill, dignitaries, lawmakers and president biden pay tribute to the late senator bob dole. there is his wife, elizabeth told, paying her respects to her late husband. the minority leader, mitch mcconnell, also spoke at the ceremony. here's what he had to say about the late predecessor. [video clip] >> the son of hardship was laser focused on food security and rural issues. a wounded warrior who spent decades carrying veterans and americans with disabilities on his shoulders. bob was the last of the greatest generation to run for president, but he was never stuck in the past. his roots ran deep, but he was always looking to new horizons. from that first speech, through his years in leadership, through bob's incredibly active retirement in name only, he built brighter futures. bob was blessed with long life to watch this legacy take effect . that was no accident. bob liked to joke that he planned for longevity by closely studying our most senior colleagues. he had a

we have seen in michigan proposals for aquaculture in the great lakes. there is one aquaculture operation on the osama river which contains the so-called holy waters of trout fishing, a very sensitive ecosystem that supports trout. these operations can create massive pollution, spread disease, spawn invasive species and a multibillion-dollar fisheries in the great lakes. -- and threaten multibillion-dollar fisheries in the great lakes. at one point noah -- noaa weather encouraging aquaculture under the great lakes. that is why i have introduced legislation to ban harmful aquaculture in the great lakes and federally designated scenic rivers including the osama river -- osabo river in my district. can you address noaa role in making sure -- >> thank you representative kilby. -- kildee. you said that when aquaculture is done properly it may have an offense. -- benefits. i think that is the sweet spot for what noaa can bring to the table. we are very proud of our resources. rc grant program and also the great lakes environmental research lab that provides ou