that's the texas revolution. so taxes that republic of texas was not recognized by mexico mexico did not ratify the treaty that santa ana signed under duress. after having been defeated, so this is a republic of taxes. and at first they don't have any desire to enter the union. they're just another republic it's almost like jefferson's dream of that north american continent of six or seven republics all governing themselves, but not all under one one government. so that's 1836 then. back a little bit to to the territorial growth. so here's the here's where the the push for territorial growth is coming from in the united states. politically. it's coming from the jeffersonian side. first the republicans really the democratic republicans who then rename themselves a democratic party in 1827, and they're the agricultural party and their sense. they do not have a sense like the whigs do that wealth can be created through innovation and a division of labor. you got to pull it out of the ground or you have to grow it. t

we just finished over the past two years spending $4 billion in texas, taxpayer dollars for texas to fill the gap caused by the biden administration. we're starting a session next week on, you know, that we will add another $4 billion to secure the border, to enforce the multifaceted. we are not just texans for the city of el paso. the current governor of colorado, governors of other states, the leaders of other communities. we have removing microsoft. and it is because we don't have the capability to handle self-declared sanctuary cities with massive resources like guns in washington, d.c. they have the capacity to deal with this far more than el paso, but even more and more than del rio and eagle pass and all the other tiny communities on the border are going to being overwhelmed by the presence of illegal policies that people are turning this into an overall situation. what's it what's in the letter is a start by telling that, you know, he's going two years and about $20 billion to lay and then i urge him in the letter to see the real payoffs, whatever body here may already know a

jackson of texas, mccarthy. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i proudly stand to vote for speaker hakeem jeffries. the clerk: jeffries. jacobs, jeffries. james, mccarthy. jayapal, jeffries. jeffries, jeffries. johnson of georgia, jeffries. johnson of louisiana, mccarthy. johnson of ohio, mccarthy. johnson of south dakota, mccarthy. jordan, mccarthy. joyce of ohio, mccarthy. joyce of pennsylvania, mccarthy. kamlager-dove, jeffries. kaptur, jeffries. kean of new jersey, mccarthy. keating, jeffries. kelly of illinois, jeffries. kelly of mississippi, mccarthy. kelly of pennsylvania, mccarthy. khanna, jeffries. kiggans of virginia, mccarthy. kildee, jeffries. kiley, mccarthy. kilmer, jeffries. kim of california, mccarthy. kim of new jersey, jeffries. krishnamoorthi, jeffries. kuster, jeffries. kustoff, mccarthy. lahood, mccarthy. lalota, mccarthy. lamalfa, mccarthy. lamborn. lamborn: as long as it takes, mccarthy. the clerk: mccarthy. landsman, jeffries. langworthy, mccarthy. larsen of washington, jeffries. larson of connecticut, jeffrie

castro of texas. castro of texas. jeffries. chavez-deremer. mccarthy. cherfilus-mccormick. jeffries. chu. jeffries. cicilline. jeffries. ciscomani. mccarthy. clark of massachusetts. jeffries. clarke of new york. jeffries. cleaver. cloud. jordan. clyburn. jeffries. clyde. biggs. cohen. jeffries. cole. mccarthy. collins. mccarthy. comber. mccarthy. connolly. jeffries. correa. jeffries. costa. jeffries. courtney. jeffries. craig. jeffries. crane. biggs. crawford. mccarthy. crenshaw. mccarthy. crockett. jeffries. crow. jeffries. cuellar. jeffries. curtis. mccarthy. davids of kansas. jeffries. davidson. mccarthy. davis of illinois. jeffries. davis of north carolina. jeffries. dean of pennsylvania. jeffries. degette. jeffries. de la cruz. mccarthy. delauro. jeffries. delbene. jeffries. da leuzo -- deluzio. jeffries. desaulnier. jeffries. desjarlais. mccarthy. d'esposito. mccarthy. diaz-balart. mccarthy. dingell. jeffries. doggett. jeffries. donalds. mccarthy. duarte. mccarthy. duncan. mccarthy. dunn of florida. mccarthy. edwards. mccarthy. ellzey. mccarthy. emmer. mccarthy. escob

roy from texas, my good friend, he knows i respect his views. i have been his partner in anti-proxy voting crusades, pro-regular order crusades. i understand, i know that his intentions are pure. i know a lot of people are just freighted -- frustrated with the way congress works. you know i believe that in my bones. nobody has done more to lay out a plan for how we restore the basic functioning of this institution than kevin mccarthy. nobody. nobody has done that. now, you may not have gotten everything you wanted. there's things i want that i know is just not possible to get done in this congress. but mr. mccarthy has gone above and beyond in terms of listening to people with concerns and laying out a plan for how we restore the basic functioning of the house of representatives. furthermore, i believe no one has done more to bring us into the majority than kevin mccarthy. listen, i wish we had a bigger majority, right. i wish we could do everything over the next two years. but the american people gave us an opportunity, they gave us, republican

johnson: i thank the gentleman from texas. texas is well represented in the first district. certainly is. and madam speaker, i am delighted to introduce next for his first special order hour speech, in the 118th congress, representative mike lawler from new york. he represents the 17th district which includes rockland county, westchester and duchess counties. he served in the -- before serving in the u.s. house here, he represented the 97th district in the state assembly and worked on bank, education, housing. he has a broad range. he passed more bills than any other member of his conference. and really, it's a testament to his ability to work in a bipartisan, pragmatic fashion to approach the problems that we face. that's a skill that's going to come in handy here. he previously served also as a deputy town supervisor, as a senior advisor to a county executive. he was also the executive director of the department of new york. he graduated with degrees in accounting and finance. he was a valedictorian there, i i'd note. his greatest accomplishment is of course his wife and d

gooden of texas. mccarthy. gosar. donalds. gottheimer. jeffries. granger. mccarthy. graves of louisiana. mccarthy. graves of missouri. mccarthy. green of tennessee. green of tennessee. green of texas. jeffries. greene of georgia. mccarthy. griffith. mccarthy. grijalva. jeffries. grothman. grothman. guest. mccarthy. guthrie. mccarthy. hageman. mccarthy. harder of california. jeffries. harris. donalds. harshbarger. mccarthy. hayes. jeffries. hern. mccarthy. higgins of louisiana. mccarthy. higgins of new york. jeffries. hill. mccarthy. himes. jeffries. hinson. mccarthy. horsford. jeffries. houchin. mccarthy. houlahan. jeffries. hoyer. jeffries. hoyle of oregon. jeffries. hudson. mccarthy. huffman. jeffries. huizenga. mccarthy. hunt. mccarthy. issa. mccarthy. ivey. jeffries. jackson of illinois. jeffries. jackson of north carolina. jeffries. jackson of texas. mccarthy. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. mccarthy. jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. mccarthy. johnson of ohio. johnson of ohio. mccarthy. jo

instead that job went to texas governor greg abbott. i think this is an opportunity that was too good for the white house to overlook. jon: is a scathing letter that abbott gave to the president. may be our control room can call up some the text of that for me too. reporter: . he really let the president have it with both barrels regarding his border policies. joe biden, is now subject to the same criticism that the so-called border czar the vice president kamala harris was criticized for, for not actually going to the border. she went to a town 60 miles or so away. the president went to a border processing facility but did not actually go to the border. he is part of that letter, texas governor abbott says visit to our southern border in mexico today's $20 billion to little in too late. avoid the sites are most illegal immigration occurs and sidesteps the thousands of angry texas property owners whose lives have been destroyed by your border policies. your administration wants to shield you from the chaos that texans experience on a da

gooden of texas. gooden of texas. mccarthy. gosar. gosar. gottheimer. jeffries. granger. mccarthy. graves of louisiana. graves of louisiana. graves of missouri. mccarthy. green of tennessee. mccarthy. green of texas. jeffries. greene of georgia. mccarthy. griffith. mccarthy. grijalva. jeffries. grothman. mccarthy. guest. mccarthy. guthrie. mccarthy. hageman. mccarthy. harder of california. harder of california. harris. harris. mccarthy. harshbarger. mccarthy. hayes. jeffries. hern. mccarthy. higgins of louisiana. mccarthy. higgins of new york. jeffries. hill. mccarthy. himes. jeffries. hinson. mccarthy. horsford. jeffries. houchin. mccarthy. houlahan. jeffries. hoyer. jeffries. hoyle of oregon. jeffries. hudson. mccarthy. huffman. jeffries. huizenga. mccarthy. hunt. mccarthy. issa. issa. mccarthy. ivey. jeffries. jackson of illinois. jeffries. jackson of north carolina. jeffries. jackson of texas. mccarthy. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. mccarthy. jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. mccarthy. johnson of ohio. m

williams of texas. mccarthy. wilson of florida. wilson of florida. jeffries. wilson of south carolina. mccarthy. wittman. mccarthy. womack. mccarthy. yakym. mccarthy. zinke.mccarthy. the clerk of the house: reading clerk will now call the names of the members-elect who did not answer to the first call of the roll. the clerk: bacon. mccarthy. buys. -- bice. mccarthy. bishop of north carolina. donalds. buck. buck. cammack. mccarthy. davidson. mccarthy. donalds. donalds. dunn of florida. mccarthy. emmer. mccarthy. fallon. mccarthy. gimenez. mccarthy. hern. mccarthy. pallone. jeffries. ramirez. jeffries. rose. mccarthy. santos. mccarthy. spartz. present. walberg. mccarthy. watson coleman. jeffries. the clerk of the house: any members-elect who did not answer the roll? then they may come to the well and vote at this time. the clerk of the house: the tellers agree in their tallies that the total number of votes cast is 432. of which the honorable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has re

williams of texas. williams of texas. mccarthy. wilson of florida. jeffries. wilson of south carolina. mccarthy. wittman. mccarthy. womack. mccarthy. jack im. -- yakym. mccarthy. zinke. zinke. the clerk of the house: the reading clerk will now call the names of the members-elect who did not answer on the first call of the roll. the clerk: colin. mccarthy. bishop of north carolina. donalds. donalds. donalds. foxx. mccarthy. hunt. mccarthy. lamborn. mccarthy. santos. mccarthy. sewell. jeffries. spartz. present. tiffany. mccarthy. zinke. mccarthy. representative elect from oklahoma josh rashid. and victoria spartz of indiana once again present. those are the unofficial totals, we are waiting on be official tally in just a minute. you probably saw during that last vote, mccarthy lobbying on the floor. we have our cameras on the floor so we are able to show you some shots. a couple of tweaks that came out during that last vote from cnn, "i just asked kevin mccarthy why he can't pick up any of the 20. it is going to be this way until an agreement comes," mr. mccarth

keith self of texas. victoria spartz of indiana shifted her vote from present in the last round of voting to a vote actively for kevin mccarthy. that is the 14 votes kevin mccarthy pick up in the 11th round. seven republican still holding out against kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy can only lose four and still secure the house. eli crane of arizona voting for kevin hern. bob good virginia voting for jim jordan. andy harris of mail-in voting for jim jordan. pat rosendale of montana voting for kevin hern. a couple other members who shifted their vote in that round of voting tweeting outs bateman's. here are two of them. scott area of pennsylvania who came over to mccarthy side saying at 1:0 5 p.m. eastern on twitter we are at a turning point negotiating good faith with one purpose to restore the people's house back to its rightful owners, the framework for an agreement is in place, so in good faith i voted to restore the people's's house by voting for gop leader mccarthy. this is from politico, tweeting out,

williams of texas. williams of texas. mccarthy. wilson of florida. jeffries. wilson of south carolina. mccarthy. wittman. mccarthy. womack. mccarthy. jack im. -- yakym. mccarthy. zinke. zinke. the clerk of the house: the reading clerk will now call the names of the members-elect who did not answer on the first call of the roll. the clerk: colin. mccarthy. bishop of north carolina. donalds. donalds. donalds. foxx. mccarthy. hunt. mccarthy. lamborn. mccarthy. santos. mccarthy. sewell. jeffries. spartz. present. tiffany. mccarthy. zinke. mccarthy. gentleman from texas rise? >> madam clerk, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. the clerk of the house: the gentleman is recognized. >> kevin mccarthy has been our leader for the past four years and has overwhelming support within this conference. my intent today is to address the american people, who have been watching these proceedings -- my intent today is to address the american people who have been watching these proceedings and are concerned about what they have seen in this chamber over the

governor greg abbott in texas. quick break, and then tracking the gotaways from el paso and del rio into yuma and tucson, arizona. former republican gubernatorial candidate kari lake will pick pup on the arizona impact of -- pick up on the arizona impact of biden's policies at the border. that's next. who's on it with jardiance? ♪ ♪ we're the ones getting it done. we're managing type 2 diabetes and heart risk. we're on it with jardiance. join the growing number of people who are on it with the once-daily pill, jardiance. jardiance not only lowers a1c, it goes beyond to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death for adults with type 2 diabetes and known heart disease. and jardiance may help you lose some weight. jardiance may cause serious side effects including ketoacidosis that may be fatal, dehydration, (that can lead to sudden worsening of kidney function), and genital yeast or urinary tract infections. a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur. stop taking jardiance a

texas bearing the brunt. thunder sleet and freezing rain reported across the lone star state, making roads look more like ice rinks. >> it was so slushy, i thought i was driving through an icy. >> reporter: officials blaming the wicked weather for hundreds of crashes. at least two people are dead. >> because of icing, many roads in texas will remain very dangerous for the next 24 to 48 hours. anybody who needs to be out driving needs to be very cautious of the conditions. >> reporter: txdot is using more than 2,000 trucks and other equipment to clear the roads but is still warning residents to stay home. nearly half the flight going into and out of atlas are canceled or delayed for hours, and tens of thousands of customers are without power. the governor assuring residents that the grid is keeping up with demand. >> there is not anticipated to be any challenge to the power grid in the state of texas. >> reporter: but some are relying on old fashioned horsepower to keep moving during the storm. across the rive

jackson of texas. jackson of texas. mccarthy. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. mccarthy. jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. mccarthy. johnson of ohio. mccarthy. johnson of south dakota. mccarthy. jordan. mccarthy. joyce of ohio. mccarthy. joyce of pennsylvania. mccarthy. kamlager-dove. jeffries. kaptur. jeffries. kean of new jersey. mccarthy. keating. jeffries. kelly of illinois. jeffries. kelly of mississippi. mccarthy. kelly of pennsylvania. mccarthy. khanna. jeffries. kiggans of virginia. mccarthy. kildee. jeffries. kiley. mccarthy. kilmer. jeffries. kim of california. mccarthy. kim of new jersey. jeffries. krishnamoorthi. jeffries. kuster. jeffries. kustoff. mccarthy. lahood. mccarthy. lalota. mccarthy. lamalfa. mccarthy. lamborn. mccarthy. landsman. jeffries. langworthy. mccarthy. larsen of washington. jeffries. larson of connecticut. jeffries. latta. mccarthy. laturner. mccarthy. lawler. mccarthy. lee of california. jeffries. lee of florida. mccarthy. lee of nevada. jeffries. lee of pennsylvania. jeff

garcia of texas, jeffries. gimenez, mccarthy. golden of maine, jeffries. goldman of new york, jeffries. gomez, jeffries. tony gonzales, mccarthy. vicente gonzalez, jeffries. good of virginia, donalds. gooden of texas, mccarthy. gosar, donalds. gottheimer, jeffries. granger, mccarthy. graves of louisiana, mccarthy. graves of missouri, mccarthy. green of tennessee, mccarthy. green of texas. mr. green: and still i rise. and i cast my vote proudly for hakeem jeffries. the clerk: jeffries. greene of georgia, mccarthy. griffith, mccarthy. grijalva, jeffries. grothman. grothman. guest, mccarthy. guthrie, mccarthy. hageman, mccarthy. harder of california, jeffries. harris, donalds. harshbarger, mccarthy. hayes, jeffries. hern, mccarthy. higgins of louisiana, mccarthy. higgins of new york, jeffries. hill, mccarthy. himes, jeffries. hinson, mccarthy. horsford, jeffries. houchin, mccarthy. houlahan, jeffries. hoyer, jeffries. hoyle of oregon, jeffries. hudson, mccarthy. huffman, jeffries. huizenga, mccarthy. hunt, mccarthy. issa, mccarthy. ivey, jeffries. jackson of

he has live in eagle pass, texas on the border, hey griff. took cocktail or good afternoon for that live shot we could go back to the drone, that is exactly what ranchers, property owners and border patrol officials all along this sector in del rio once a president biden to see, the makeshift shipping containers of barbed wire line the banks of the rio grande to try to stem a tide of migrants which has exceeded 4.4 million encounters since joe biden took office on january 20, 2021. and they numbers in just the first 100 days of this fiscal year 2023 which began on octobee stunning part let me show you those pre-taking a look at this eric. more than 718,000 total encounters along the south west of border they are of which hundred 98000 were expelled under title 42. that means more than half a million and 100 days have been caught and released into the united states in hopes they may claim asylum and disappear into the shadows. now, in el paso specifically were present biden's right now we can show you in these 100 days of this fiscal year, the

the clerk of the house: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? >> mad yucca mountain clerk, i rise to nominate-d-d mad yk clerk, i rise to nominate a unifier, not a divider, hakeem jeffries for speaker of the united states house of representatives. the clerk of the house: the gentlewoman is recognized. >> we are on day four, the 13th vote, and house democrats continue to stand united with hakeem jeffries, with him and for him, because he is a uniter not a divider, and a positive force of nature. two days ago during the fourth, fifth, maybe the sixth roll call a nominator claimed this process should not be considered dysfunction. madam clerk, their process didn't begin this week. they have had months to figure this out. and americans should have profound concerns about what this portends. ms. escobar: as we gather here in this chamber on this solemn day, the second anniversary of january 6, when members of law enforcement were under siege, when there was an attempted coup, an insurrection that will live in infamy what we lived through was an assau

castro of texas. castro of texas. jeffries. chavez-deremer. mccarthy. cherfilus-mccormick. jeffries. chu. jeffries. cicilline. jeffries. ciscomani. mccarthy. clark of massachusetts. jeffries. clarke of new york. jeffries. cleaver. cloud. jordan. clyburn. jeffries. clyde. biggs. cohen. jeffries. cole. mccarthy. collins. mccarthy. comber. mccarthy. connolly. jeffries. correa. jeffries. costa. jeffries. courtney. jeffries. craig. jeffries. crane. biggs. crawford. mccarthy. crenshaw. mccarthy. crockett. jeffries. crow. jeffries. cuellar. jeffries. curtis. mccarthy. davids of kansas. jeffries. davidson. mccarthy. davis of illinois. jeffries. davis of north carolina. jeffries. dean of pennsylvania. jeffries. degette. jeffries. de la cruz. mccarthy. delauro. jeffries. delbene. jeffries. da leuzo -- deluzio. jeffries. desaulnier. jeffries. desjarlais. mccarthy. d'esposito. mccarthy. diaz-balart. mccarthy. dingell. jeffries. doggett. jeffries. donalds. mccarthy. duarte. mccarthy. duncan. mccarthy. dunn of florida. mccarthy. edwards. mccarthy. ellzey. mccarthy. emmer. mccarthy. escob

roy from texas, my good friend, he knows i respect his views. i have been his partner in anti-proxy voting crusades, pro-regular order crusades. i understand, i know that his intentions are pure. i know a lot of people are just freighted -- frustrated with the way congress works. you know i believe that in my bones. nobody has done more to lay out a plan for how we restore the basic functioning of this institution than kevin mccarthy. nobody. nobody has done that. now, you may not have gotten everything you wanted. there's things i want that i know is just not possible to get done in this congress. but mr. mccarthy has gone above and beyond in terms of listening to people with concerns and laying out a plan for how we restore the basic functioning of the house of representatives. furthermore, i believe no one has done more to bring us into the majority than kevin mccarthy. listen, i wish we had a bigger majority, right. i wish we could do everything over the next two years. but the american people gave us an opportunity, they gave us, republican

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jackson of texas. jackson of texas. mccarthy. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. mccarthy. jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. mccarthy. johnson of ohio. mccarthy. johnson of south dakota. mccarthy. jordan. mccarthy. joyce of ohio. mccarthy. joyce of pennsylvania. mccarthy. kamlager-dove. jeffries. kaptur. jeffries. kean of new jersey. mccarthy. keating. jeffries. kelly of illinois. jeffries. kelly of mississippi. mccarthy. kelly of pennsylvania. mccarthy. khanna. jeffries. kiggans of virginia. mccarthy. kildee. jeffries. kiley. mccarthy. kilmer. jeffries. kim of california. mccarthy. kim of new jersey. jeffries. krishnamoorthi. jeffries. kuster. jeffries. kustoff. mccarthy. lahood. mccarthy. lalota. mccarthy. lamalfa. mccarthy. lamborn. mccarthy. landsman. jeffries. langworthy. mccarthy. larsen of washington. jeffries. larson of connecticut. jeffries. latta. mccarthy. laturner. mccarthy. lawler. mccarthy. lee of california. jeffries. lee of florida. mccarthy. lee of nevada. jeffries. lee of pennsylvania. jeff

the gentlewoman from texas, ms. crockett. the members of the california -- and the members of the california delegation. ms. pelosi. ms. waters. mr. calvert. ms. eshoo. ms. lofgren. mr. sherman. mrs. napolitano. mr. thompson. mr. schiff. ms. sanchez. mr. issa. mr. costa. ms. matsui. mr. mcclintock. ms. chu. mr. garamendi. mr. behra. ms. brownley. mr. cardenas. mr. hoffman. mr. lamalfa. mr. peters. mr. ruiz. mr. swalwell. mr. takano. mr. vargas. mr. desaulnier. mr. tore -- mrs. torres. mr. valadao. ms. barragan. mr. carbajal. mr. correa. mr. kaw navment mr. panetta. mr. gomez. mr. harder. mr. levin. ms. porter. mr. mike garcia. mrs. kim. mr. obernolte. mrs. steel. mr. dewar. mr. robert garcia. mr. mullin. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> the speaker-elect, the honorable kevin mccarthy from california. >> madam clerk. mr. jeffries: distinguished members of the house democratic caucus and the house republican caucus, it's my high honor and distinct privilege to finally welco

gooden of texas. mccarthy. gosar. donalds. gottheimer. jeffries. granger. mccarthy. graves of louisiana. graves of louisiana. mccarthy. graves of missouri. mccarthy. green of tennessee. mccarthy. green of texas. jeffries. greene of georgia. mccarthy. griffith. mccarthy. grijalva. jeffries. grothman. mccarthy. guest. mccarthy. guthrie. mccarthy. hageman. mccarthy. harder of california. jeffries. harris, donalds. harshbarger. mccarthy. hayes. jeffries. hern. mccarthy. higgins of louisiana. mccarthy. higgins of new york. jeffries. hill. mccarthy. himes. jeffries. hinson. mccarthy. horsford. jeffries. houchin. mccarthy. houlahan. jeffries. hoyer. jeffries. hoyle of oregon. jeffries. hudson. mccarthy. huffman. jeffries. huizenga. mccarthy. hunt. mccarthy. issa. issa. mccarthy. ivey. jeffries. jackson of illinois. jeffries. jackson of north carolina. jeffries. jackson of texas. mccarthy. jackson lee. jeffries. jacobs. jeffries. james. mccarthy. jayapal. jeffries. jeffries. jeffries. johnson of georgia. jeffries. johnson of louisiana. mccarthy. johnson of ohio. mccarthy. jo

gentleman from texas rise? >> madam clerk, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. the clerk of the house: the gentlema >> the gentleman is recognized. >> kevin mccarthy has been our leader for the past four years, and has overwhelming support within this congress. my intent today is to address proceedings -- my intent today is to address the american people who have been watching these proceedings and are concerned about what they have seen in this chamber over the past two days. i am a member of the house freedom caucus and i am proud to say so. i believe the 20 members that have not nominated an alternate candidate have expressed their concerns with leadership and many of those concerns have been addressed and accepted by leader mccarthy and this conference. i believe this battle we are waging must end. kevin mccarthy fully understands that being speaker of the house will not be easy. kevin is aware that any legislation he would like to pass out of this house will require support and endor

narratives are people who were interviewed in texas. not necessarily who had been enslaved in texas, right? so these narratives develop because during the great depression. you know when they're putting people to work, they're also putting people writers to work to collect these narratives and the work really starts with black academics who send their students out from historically black colleges to go out and interview formerly enslaved people because they realize that it's you know getting they're getting older it's you know, 60 years after emancipation and that this is a valuable resource that's fading away. and so these black academics do some of this early interviewing of people and then the works progress administration kind of takes up the mantle of that and puts writers to work and has them have them go out and interview. formerly enslaved people and they ask about all kinds of stuff. food a punishment relationships church religious practices and there's a similar thing that happens with the indian pioneer histories. but again,

castro of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas is now recognized for five minutes on the amendment. mr. castro: thank you, chair. i rise to offer an amendment to the strategic production reserve act to prohibit the secretary of energy from approving new oil and gas leases on federal lands that have high concentrations of orphaned oil and gas wells. over the 160-year history of industrial oil and gas extraction in the united states, companies have dug millions of oil wells to fuel energy demands at home and around the world. when the pumps run dry and the wells are no longer profitable, companies are supposed to seal them up to stop toxic chemicals from escaping into the environment. unfortunately they often have not. between the lax regulations of the oil boom and the patchwork of current state and federal laws, oil companies have been able to shirk their responsibility to keep the communities around their wells safe. today the american landscape is dotted with abandoned, uncapped wells that lea

we have a texas border plan. twenty-five republican members that represent texas have put together a comprehensive border plan. we have all had input. i think it would honestly solve the problem. certainly take it back and make it one of the more secure times in our history where the border is been secure. we want to work with the president. he has ignored us. i can tell you this, we will pass upland out of the house of representatives. what chuck schumer and the democrats do with it in the senate, that it's hard to say. 17,200 hours. he will finally spend three of them at the border. hopefully that is a first step of a long thousand mile journey. arthel: i hear your points. i also hea you say the house is ready to make some moves and kick it over to the senate. the democratic-controlled senate. let's see what you've got, congressman. we will be waiting and hoping for some change for the better of the country and that crisis down there at the border. congressman of texas, thank you very much. >> arthel, thank you

chuck recalls texas had a similar problem when the texas public policy foundation was created. texas was in a different place than we are at california right now, darn close. texas managed to turn it around? do i think it will be easy? no, california is worth saving. it's a beautiful state. there's so much to offer. and i don't want to leave. most people don't want to leave. they're forced out. governor newsom is dragging them across state lines. it but i don't want people to have to leave. especially those who have lived their entire lives here, have a business here, have a family here. we want people to be able to stay. we want people to move here from texas instead of the other way around. california for three years in a row now, we've had the most one way trips out of our state. >> it is beautiful. but if you have to drive through a dozen homeless encampments to get to work, it gets frustrating. melissa, chuck, thank you for coming on. >> thank you. >> happy new year. >> speaking of california. the common sense department would like to remind you to get your tickets because

they are based in texas. they are alleging in this complaint that as soon as they started ramping up their unionization effort and they got calls to come back to the office and if they did not come back they might find themselves terminated. google is one of those companies that has its three day a week policy that they are enforcing. it is unclear how strictly they are enforcing it. in this case it seems to be pretty strict. ed: here in the bay area, lots of alphabet employees, lots of google employees. lots of them are contractors. that has been surprising, especially in the recent headlines around layoffs. that has become a flashpoint for the company. why is this an issue? mark: it has come up from a lot of their full-time employees that have complained, that they have this two-tiered system where contract workers do not have the same benefits as a regular google engineer might have. you were just talking about regulation with the big tech companies, this is baked into -- we are seeing this apple with reta

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i fact checked a story about texas, actually. and hb2, which closed down more than half the clinics here in texas. so i sort of just fell in love with the beat. and i had been thinking a lot. gender inequality and sexuality particularly because of where i come and the ways that my life was changing. moving from middle tennessee to the bay area. yeah. and just sort of carved out that space for myself at mother. the book came about by there is this that i did. it was a cover story for mother jones and i followed a young woman who was a graduate, university of mississippi, and she was going back and forth from oxford mississippi to little rock, arkansas, to try to get an abortion. it was arduous. it was a really intense journey. and i'm so grateful that i got to be there for her story. but i spent time with her. i spent time with the activists in jackson, mississippi, who were helping her get care. and it's one of those stories that i kind of had to fight to do. it came together at the very last. i had to argue with my editor puttin

but go to houston, texas. -- let's go to houston, texas. caller: i had a question specifically related to how the irs or state majorities and those multistate walkers, especially in the light of this working environment. my situation, i work for a company based out of chicago over annoying while -- and living in houston, texas. what is the expectation in terms of my residency and working in -- out-of-state? host: your question -- guest: your question is not alone. for purposes of the federal side, it is not the same issue as the state side. i will plant --punt. we have 50 states. they all have different rules. that -- you have to look at the various states but i suspect all the states are trying to texel -- tackle this. do you pay your taxes with texas or the other state you are talking about -- illinois. a lot of states are trying to figure out where is your residency and where is your place of employment? what are the requirements? host: with more people working remotely and setting up offices, are you seeing more questions about how can

state government former attorney texas supreme court. member of the judiciary committee special relevance but we are so honored to have this today is his leadership on the senate select committee on intelligence. so much oversight over nation secrets and the disposition and classification of the secrets. one other observation i want to make us from afar those of us here in austin and other americans look at washington d.c. it's broken and dysfunctional. look at capitol hill congress seems pretty broken and dysfunctional. i'm happy to say senator john cornyn supports this. manages to be both a principled conservative and a genuine dealmaker in the best sense of the term. company give you a few examples. he part of senator patrick leahy liberal democrat from vermont which is something women earlier today. he partnered with majority leader chuck schumer and senator mark warner tonic chips act. major new initiative with china and secure semiconductor supply chain. he part with chris coons really innovative to support you created and its free

texas attorney general. i went to the legislature and buy some quantitative measures generated more political power for a then for any bill in texa history. some officers recorded 300 lobbyist a day on my bills we could not get that bill passed because the speaker of the hous blocked those bills from passage . the legislature did nothing. the governor did not mobilize the agencies to protect texas children from these abusive procedures, did nothing. i couldn't argue the executive branch to move, i thought i would get relief and the appellate courts, in the judicial branch and i go up to the texas supreme court and the determined absurdly, that my wife is no more likely to transition my son in california under the sink and worry laws then she would in texas. and absurdly, not even reading claims that we can enforce an injunction against her in california when a plain reading of the bill says they will not enforce these injunctions, they will not obey subpoenas, they will not obey extradition in will not retur

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