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hoyer, for five minutes. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: i would remind the previous speaker that the bill sent, bipartisan bill from the senate, which does, in fact, deal with the critical issues she raised. the leadership of the republican party has refused to take that bill up. but there is another more important issue that confronts this house. that we should have acted on days, weeks, months ago. that is the security of the global community. the sanctity of international law. and the saving of the sovereignty of ukraine. mr. speaker, i rise today on behalf of an embattled israel and beleaguered ukraine. apprehensive allies around the world. a month ago speaker johnson said, quote, no one wants putin to prevail. i'm of the opinion that wouldn't stop in ukraine, said our speaker. if he was allowed, he would go all the way through europe. speaker johnson a month ago. there is, he said, a right and wrong. there is good v
hoyer, for five minutes. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: i would remind the previous speaker that the bill sent, bipartisan bill from the senate, which does, in fact, deal with the critical issues she raised. the leadership of the republican party has refused to take that bill up. but there is another more important issue that confronts this house. that we should have acted on days, weeks,...
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steny hoyer. i want to recognize him and yield five minutes. he, as you know, is the former minority leader, he is, for those who don't know, the dean of the maryland delegation. steny? mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding but just for the record, i was the majority leader. late at night, a ship being guided by people working for the port authority of baltimore lost control of a gigantic ship. unable to propel it or guide it, they called immediately to the transportation authority, as mre good news for -- we don't know how many people but perhaps hundreds, they acted quickly. we had a tragedy for the loss of six lives. working on that bridge to keep it in good shape and safe shape. tragically for them, that gigantic ship that had lost power and lost the ability to steer it took down a significant portion of the francis scott key bridge. causing their deaths. and that we lament and send our thoughts to their families. that was the immediate tragic effect. but the effect of these -- of this bridge and the sections of the bridge falling i
steny hoyer. i want to recognize him and yield five minutes. he, as you know, is the former minority leader, he is, for those who don't know, the dean of the maryland delegation. steny? mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding but just for the record, i was the majority leader. late at night, a ship being guided by people working for the port authority of baltimore lost control of a gigantic ship. unable to propel it or guide it, they called immediately to the transportation authority, as...
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senators in the other body, senators cardin and van hollen, the entire house delegation, congressman hoyer, congressman raskin who you'll hear from in a moment. congressman sarbanes, andy harris, congressman antonio, congressman glenn ivey and myself. i might, before i talk about the state's effort and what we're really dealing with when we think of this collapse, it's more than just concrete and bricks and steel falling in the ocean. it's interrupted supply chains >> c-span's washington journal, our live forum to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy, from washington and across the country. thursday morning, axios's sam talks about the effort from house leadership to pass legislation reauthorizing the foreign intelligence surveillance act. then, we discussed the arizona abortion ban, usaid to israel and ukraine. and wyoming republican congresswoman harriet. c-span's washington journal, join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> tonight, president biden and first lady jill biden host a state
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. >> joining me now is democratic congressman and former majority leader steny hoyer of maryland.s good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> first of all, we have to assume that democrats are going to help get this over the finish line if it gets out of the rules committee, if it gets to the floor, because the white house has so strongly endorsed it. basically, has the same numbers that were in the senate package, $61 billion in ukraine, for instance. is that true so far? >> andrea, i think that's a good assumption. we supported the senate bill. essentially the bills that are coming up, although they are separated, and will be voted on separately, the three bills in particular are essentially the senate bills. therefore, it would be reasonable to assume, a, we want to see them passed, and b, we will help achieve that objective. >> let's talk about how the speaker has completely changed his position now. he seems to be willing to ignore the motion to vacate and proceed with foreign aid, which is very unpopular with certain members of his party and with the former president with w
. >> joining me now is democratic congressman and former majority leader steny hoyer of maryland.s good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> first of all, we have to assume that democrats are going to help get this over the finish line if it gets out of the rules committee, if it gets to the floor, because the white house has so strongly endorsed it. basically, has the same numbers that were in the senate package, $61 billion in ukraine, for instance. is that true so far?...
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letter is mostly signed by moderate members of the party including the former majority leader steny hoyerere are those on the left of the party who see it differently. they have killed, in the last six and a half months, 33,000 palestinians, wounded 77,000, two thirds of whom are women and children. they have destroyed over 60% of the housing. they have destroyed the health care system. the infrastructure. no electricity, very little water. and right now we are looking at the possibility of mass starvation and famine in gaza. when you make those charges, that is not anti—semitic, that is a reality. so ourjob is to condemn hamas, a terrorist organisation that started this war, condemn in every form anti—semitism, islamophobia and other forms of bigotry. but we do have to pay attention to the disastrous and unprecedented humanitarian disaster taking place in gaza right now. former presidential candidate senator bernie sanders. that really does highlight the fine line that president biden is having to walk here between those progressives on the left of his party and those at the centre like
letter is mostly signed by moderate members of the party including the former majority leader steny hoyerere are those on the left of the party who see it differently. they have killed, in the last six and a half months, 33,000 palestinians, wounded 77,000, two thirds of whom are women and children. they have destroyed over 60% of the housing. they have destroyed the health care system. the infrastructure. no electricity, very little water. and right now we are looking at the possibility of...
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steny hoyer. i want to recognize him and yield five minutes. he, as you know, is the former minority leader, he is, for those who don't know, the dean of the maryland delegation. steny? mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding but just for the record, i was the majority leader. late at night, a ship being guided by people working for the port authority of baltimore lost control of a gigantic ship. unable to propel it or guide it, they called immediately to the transportation authority, as mre good news for -- we don't know how many people but perhaps hundreds, they acted quickly. we had a tragedy for the loss of six lives. working on that bridge to keep it in good shape and safe shape. tragically for them, that gigantic ship that had lost power and lost the ability to steer it took down a significant portion of the francis scott key bridge. causing their deaths. and that we lament and send our thoughts to their families. that was the immediate tragic effect. but the effect of these -- of this bridge and the sections of the bridge falling i
steny hoyer. i want to recognize him and yield five minutes. he, as you know, is the former minority leader, he is, for those who don't know, the dean of the maryland delegation. steny? mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding but just for the record, i was the majority leader. late at night, a ship being guided by people working for the port authority of baltimore lost control of a gigantic ship. unable to propel it or guide it, they called immediately to the transportation authority, as...
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hoyer: just hours ago in this chamber the prime minister of japan asked this congress, without u.s. support how long before the hopes of ukraine would collapse under the onslaught from moscow? the answer is, not long. it's been 469 day since we last secured aid for ukraine that. ukrainians continue to mount courageous and effective defense despite our inaction is a testament to their skill on the battlefield and their determination and courage to defend democracy. they are running dangerously low on ammunition, however. they cannot prevail without our help. i echo what prime minister kishida said today, the leadership of the united states is indispensable. let us not retreat from leadership. let us not leave our ukrainian allies without ammunition. america is the world's hope. let us not fall short. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is
hoyer: just hours ago in this chamber the prime minister of japan asked this congress, without u.s. support how long before the hopes of ukraine would collapse under the onslaught from moscow? the answer is, not long. it's been 469 day since we last secured aid for ukraine that. ukrainians continue to mount courageous and effective defense despite our inaction is a testament to their skill on the battlefield and their determination and courage to defend democracy. they are running dangerously...
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that coalition involves people like governor moore and senator van hollen, congressman hoyer, congressmanaskin. so many others, delegate stephanie smith, with us tonight. so many. i'm proud to be supported by marylanders who have contributed to my campaign. what we have seen in this race, having said that, having spent over $45 million of self funding the highest ever in history, i don't believe this is the way democracy works. i think that we should have a reform in these campaigns. i'm pleased to have been endorsed by m citizens united. we have to get the big money out of campaigns. i would support that kind of reform as a senator. because again these campaigns should be about the people, not about money. >> -- moderator: congressman trone. >> the entire democratic leadership in congress, hakeem jeffries, katherine clark, mr. aguilar, the entire leadership supports us. the understand, we get stuff done. we got stuff over the finish line. 26 bills passed last time just on addiction and mental health alone. plus pell grants to help citizens. we have to get the money out of the politics th
that coalition involves people like governor moore and senator van hollen, congressman hoyer, congressmanaskin. so many others, delegate stephanie smith, with us tonight. so many. i'm proud to be supported by marylanders who have contributed to my campaign. what we have seen in this race, having said that, having spent over $45 million of self funding the highest ever in history, i don't believe this is the way democracy works. i think that we should have a reform in these campaigns. i'm...
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schneider: i'd like to read in the record a statement from steny hoyer. mr. speaker, i rise today -- the speaker pro tempore: would the gentleman suspend? the gentleman's request was to read in the record a statement? mr. schneider: yes. if that's allowed by the rules. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman can insert remarks in the record without objection. mr. schneider: on behalf of steny hoyer, i would like to submit his statement talking about american hostage eti chen deemed to have been murdered october 7. his family is awaiting to bring his body home before they honor with him with a funeral and sit the jewish tradition of seven days of mourning. they'll not have that opportunity until his body is returned. we all join with the family and all of israel waiting for the return of every hostage, not just those living but those deemed deceased and i thank the speaker for his time today. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair would remind members of the rules do note allow references to persons in the gallery. does the gentleman have
schneider: i'd like to read in the record a statement from steny hoyer. mr. speaker, i rise today -- the speaker pro tempore: would the gentleman suspend? the gentleman's request was to read in the record a statement? mr. schneider: yes. if that's allowed by the rules. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman can insert remarks in the record without objection. mr. schneider: on behalf of steny hoyer, i would like to submit his statement talking about american hostage eti chen deemed to have been...
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thank you so much for that we do want to bring in tom hoyer, his 15 year-old son, luke was killed back in 2018 at marjorie stone min douglas high school in parkland, florida when 18 gunman killed 17 people and injured 17 others. here a board member and also a treasurer for the group stand with parkland tom, your reaction to today's sentencing and thank you so much for being with us. >> good afternoon >> i'm just saying this is an important step actually being game and all this is keep weapons at the hands of people, heard others, or hurt themselves. and we tend to focus on local law enforcement, fbi in school. parents have a role in this. we tend to talk about in terms of safe storage at home, but this family went way beyond that. they encourage their son to have a gun they were frivolous about his transgressions. and in the moment that they are in the office with him with a piece of paper showing that he was fantasizing about killing people with a gun. they chose not to tell anybody that he had access to a weapon and that's just on forgivable. and i think that just sets this apart fro
thank you so much for that we do want to bring in tom hoyer, his 15 year-old son, luke was killed back in 2018 at marjorie stone min douglas high school in parkland, florida when 18 gunman killed 17 people and injured 17 others. here a board member and also a treasurer for the group stand with parkland tom, your reaction to today's sentencing and thank you so much for being with us. >> good afternoon >> i'm just saying this is an important step actually being game and all this is...
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let's listen to steny hoyer and what he has to say will remain loud and clear for all to hear okay, well, i can rewrite some of that in order here. >> the totality of what the representative was saying. so daniel, for you for months, present, biden has been urging congress to pass this military aid bill for ukraine. if it does indeed go through how big of a when is this for him? what does this tell him also about the days ahead and working with members on both sides most vote. most voters don't vote based on foreign policy. it might be a change this year because of how salient gaza is. but this gets him back in a position to show the ukrainians that we're not going to abandon them for speaker johnson. it also secures his legacy a little bit on this issue. he was worried about how history was going to view him if he had let down ukraine and we had heard that ukraine could have fallen by the end of the year without this money they've been out of ammunition. and he does not want that on his watch but daniel, what's your opinion as to what change because speaker johnson wasn't always onboard
let's listen to steny hoyer and what he has to say will remain loud and clear for all to hear okay, well, i can rewrite some of that in order here. >> the totality of what the representative was saying. so daniel, for you for months, present, biden has been urging congress to pass this military aid bill for ukraine. if it does indeed go through how big of a when is this for him? what does this tell him also about the days ahead and working with members on both sides most vote. most voters...
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people like steny hoyer, former house minority if leader, one of the biggest advocates also weighingn on this. the other thing this is going to bring into question is what the role of u.s. troops in the region is right now. you know, you have troops there with sort of an undeclared mission. this is where multiple administrations have used what's called the war powers resolution of 1973 to justify sending troops overseas. and if this were to get into a bigger conflagration, what do you do? i mean, congress has the authorization in the constitution to declare war. we have only done that 11 times, haven't done that since the early 1940s against romania. what they have relied on mostly over the past several decades, and this goes back to the thorpe kin golf -- tonkin gulf resolution, aums, but also they've done just the war powers that an administration is given. the constitution kind of submits war powers in article i and article ii, and on the presidential side what they've done is used some of these old authorizations for the war in afghanistan and also for the war in iraq are. 2001 a
people like steny hoyer, former house minority if leader, one of the biggest advocates also weighingn on this. the other thing this is going to bring into question is what the role of u.s. troops in the region is right now. you know, you have troops there with sort of an undeclared mission. this is where multiple administrations have used what's called the war powers resolution of 1973 to justify sending troops overseas. and if this were to get into a bigger conflagration, what do you do? i...
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hoyer: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this legislation. all of the bills will address the issues at hand. i often say it is never too late to do the right thing but waiting to do the right thing comes at a cost. we saw that cost in israel as it emboldened iran launch an attack against israel. it is measured in ukrainian lives and towns and territory lost. 478 days congress' words of support deficientenned. today we act. we act to make it clear to the world that america is still the defender of freedom, democracy and international law as well as our friends and allies and the opponent of tyrants and terrorists. i urge my colleagues to vote yes. vote yes to show jews and israel america and beyond that this congress will always stand up for their safety. vote yes to demonstrate to russia, iran and north korea and to terrorists everywhere that america remains committed to defending freedom here and around the world. let our bipartisan support for ourial eyes endure in the months ahead whether it's to secure the release of 134 hostages held in
hoyer: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this legislation. all of the bills will address the issues at hand. i often say it is never too late to do the right thing but waiting to do the right thing comes at a cost. we saw that cost in israel as it emboldened iran launch an attack against israel. it is measured in ukrainian lives and towns and territory lost. 478 days congress' words of support deficientenned. today we act. we act to make it clear to the world that america is still the...