reserves the general reserve which is 128.7. it is designed for issues in the current year. and has to be reimburse in the the budget year. what you do spend it, you have to it creates like deposit required in the budget year. unless you near a situation you are eligible to with draw from your stabilization reserves the deposit falls, too. looking at our other reserves, it is minor butt school district reserve a mission is their's. not ours. and -- um -- the public health revenue management reserve is reflecting you will of the other enterprise and it is general funds have reserves. we created this was created because our largest single learningest department had no operating reserves of its own. so for a 3 billion dollars operation, did not seem fiscally prudent to have no revenue reserves. this was established at about 5% of net patient revenue per year should there be fluctuations in rates. other budget stabilization and fiscal cliff, state reserve um -- those are balance that can be appropriated by mayor and board. and the f

roy: reserve. reserve the balance of my time. tempore: the gentlewoman from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: the gentleman from florida a moment ago talked about the fact that we defund unrwa and policies that are pernicious. i agree with him. a part of the process that we carried out last year when we set out to change this institution. to return to some sort of regular order, to have 72 hours to rebuild -- read bills, to have single subject bills, to offer amendments on the floor, to actually have an appropriations proce. we passed seven appropriations bills off of the floor of the house. we passed three out of committee to the floor. we actually had some amount of debate, we were able to move things through. and we got some of our policy priorities and we sent them over to the senate and what do we do? we walked away and we went back to business as usual in the swamp. where a hand

speaker, and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman reserves.granger: mr. speaker, i urge my this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentlelady from texas yields back her time. the gentleman from california. mr. takano:ur speakers and am prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: t he gentleman is recognized. mr. takano: i sadly must oppose the bill but

takano: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves.exas is recognized. yield to the gentleman from tennessee, i want to thank him for his important contribution to this bill. he's been wonderful to work with and i appreciate that very much. i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, the chairman of the energy and wat■ subcommittee, mr. fleischmann, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. fleischmann: thank you, mr. speaker. and i yielding time to me and i really appreciate your kind words. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of the consolidated appropriations act for fiscal year 2024, particularly the energy and water development appropriations bill. as chairman of that subcommittee, i worked hard to ensure the bill includes many house republican priorities. out of a total of the money, the bill advances our national security, our energy security and our economic competitiveness in a fiscally responsible manner. to support our nuclear depermit, the bill funds the the bill funds the

the reserve policy states reserve apply to the flex funded hmo plan. the non capitated cost because those are fixed on a per member basis. that covers blue shield hmo and health net. self-funded ppo plan and self-funded dental ppo plan. for those and pie day so perhaps we'll talk stats here. the calculation methodology are outlined in this policy which were last updated in 2013 and the calculation that aon team every year is based on three levels of statistical confidence so that is what we use in the annual reporting at the close of the fiscal year to the chief financial officer and those are performed at the 95, 97 and 99 percentile confidence interval, so i'll show what that means . the 95 percentile is really a industry standard, so you could the 97 and 99 to be more conservative amount. the practice though has always been to set the most conservative of the highest amount. the 99 percentile has always been used for setting of the contingency reserves. so, what does all this mean? thanks to the good old internet i was looking for a way to try to he

rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo, member of the committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms.gt eshoo: i thank the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. mr. speaker, i rise today in h.r. 7521, the protecting americans from foreign adversary-controlled a.m. applications act. ensure te divestiture of tiktok from its people's republic of china controlled parent company, bytedance. why is it essential for congress to do this? because the p.r.c. bytedance, and this presents a serious national security threat to our country. tiktok has 170 million-plu u.s. users. and it collects tremendous amounts of sensitive data. they also collect substaiackgroe proprietary, which may only be available to tiktok. the national security law of the p.r.c. requires all chinese organizations to, quote, sup support, assets, a, and cooperate with national intellige

rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. i recognize the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo, member of the committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. eshoo: i thank the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. mr. speaker i rise today in support of h.r. protecting americans from foreign adversary-controlled a.m. applications act. this bill will the divestiture of tiktok from its people's republic of china controlled parent compa why is it essential for congress to do this? because the p.r.c. controls bytedance, serious national security threat to our country. tiktok has 170 million-plus u.s. users. and it collects tremendous amounts of sensitive data. they also collect substantial background data that may be which may only be available to tiktok. the national security law of the p.r.c. requires all chinese organizations to, quote support support, assets, assist, and cooperate

roy: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: i would yield one minute to the gentleman from missouri. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is now recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. roy, thank you, mr. speaker. l defies any kind of objective understanding of the reality of the situation that we're in. we're at $34 trillion in debt. mr. burlison: it is the highest debt to g.d.p. that we've experienced in the history of the united states of america. higher than we experienced after world war ii. and we just left a war. today we're at the same level of bt to g.d.p. and yet we're facing potential wars. this situation is the greatest threat toatity that there is. and to add more debt onto this nation is only ris

reserves the general reserve which is 128.7. it is designed for issues in the current year. and has to be reimburse in the the budget year. what you do spend it, you have to it creates like deposit required in the budget year. unless you near a situation you are eligible to with draw from your stabilization reserves the deposit falls, too. looking at our other reserves, it is minor butt school district reserve a mission is their's. not ours. and -- um -- the public health revenue management reserve is reflecting you will of the other enterprise and it is general funds have reserves. we created this was created because our largest single learningest department had no operating reserves of its own. so for a 3 billion dollars operation, did not seem fiscally prudent to have no revenue reserves. this was established at about 5% of net patient revenue per year should there be fluctuations in rates. other budget stabilization and fiscal cliff, state reserve um -- those are balance that can be appropriated by mayor and board. and the f

green: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves.entleman from louisiana is recognized. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i yield myself the balance omy the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: h.r. 4403 is important for sustaining local jurisdictions for encountering chemical, nuclear and radiological threats. without the support of programs like s.t.c., addressing and mitigating threats could become more difficult or cease to exist altogether which would jeopardize the safety and well-being of every individual residing in our country. passage of this legislation is vital to maintaining our preparedness and ensuring the security of the nation against the evo posed by terrorist attacks and other high consequence events that utilize nuclear or radiological materials. with that, i urge my house colleagues to support h.r. 4403 and i wish to thankur chairman green for his support in this pressure. i i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from tennessee is rec

takano: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves.rom texas is recognized. ms. granger: before i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, i want to thank him for his important contribution to this bill. he's been wonderful to work with and i appreciate that very much. i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, the chairman of the energy and subcommittee, mr. fleischmann, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. fleischmann: thank you, mr.; speaker. and i thank our wonderful chair for yielding time to me and i really appreciate your kind words. mr. speaker, i rise■ in strong support of the consolidated appropriations act for fiscal year 2024, particularly the energy and water development appropriations bill. as chairman of that subcommittee, i worked hard to ensure the bill includes many house republican priorities. out of a total of the money, the bill advances our national security, our energy security and our economic competitiveness in a fiscally responsible manner. to support our n

roy: reserve. msgr i reserve the balance of my time.from texas reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: the gentleman from florida a moment ago talked about the fact that we defunde e policies that are pernicious. i agree with him. a part of the process that we carried out last year when we regular order, to have 72 hours to rebuild -- read bills, to have single subject bills, to offer amendments on the floor, to actually have an appropriations process. we passed seven appropriations bills off of the floor of the house. we passed three out of committee to the floor. we actually had some amount debate, we were able to move things through. and we got some of our policy priorities and we sent them over to the senate and what do we do? we walked away and we went back to busins swamp. where a handful of people that they call four corners all sit back and decide for you. not the people in a handful of d cardin

i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves.tlewoman from texas is recognized.÷8 ms. granger: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.nanimous consent to yd 10 minutes of my time to the gentleman from connecticut, -- e gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, and that she be allowed to control the time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, i now delauro, to control the next 10 minutes. ms. delauro: madam speaker, i'm delighted and relieved to be finally fiscal year 2024. and for that, i want to thank chairwoman kay granger, chair patty murray, vice susan collins. i am proud to have made history with such experienced appropriators. 2024 marks■ the first time negotiations on government funding have been led on all four corners by women. i have many subcommittee ranking members and chairs, staff on both sides of the aisle, and i will be

but i reserve. pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from nevada is recognized. ms. titus: thank you. i don't have any speakers either. i would just think this is a efficiency, saving taxpayer dollars and working across the aisle. and i urge my colleagues to support it and thank you, mr. perry. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the■k gentlewoman yields. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. perry: i yield myself such time as i may consume and i thank the gentlelady for her kind work on this effort. in closing, h.r. 6277 makes improvements to theuthorities of the public buildings reform board or the prb -- pbrb established by the federal asset, sale and transfer act, to increase the number of federal properties the board be recommend -- recommend be sold or dedevelopment -- redeveloped. for allowing more properties, h.r. 6277 will ultimately reduce the cost of our federal real esta

reserve. ms. granger: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time.woman from connecticut. ms. delauda■2aker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: thgeoment ago talked about the fact that we defund unrwa and we defund some policies that are pernicious. i agree with him. a partut last year when we set out to change this institution. to return to some sort of regular order, to have 72 hours to rebuild -- read bills, to have single subjectilor, to actually have an appropriations process. we passed seven appropriations bills off of the floor of the house. we passed three out of committee to the we actually had some amount of debate, we were able to move things through. and we got some of our policy priorities and we sent them ove? we walked away and we went back to business as usual in the swamp. where a handful of people that they call four corners a you. not the people in this room as a body, but a handful of so-called cardinals. the same group that■veard guffawing in the back a minute a

i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. >> welcome everyone■i anticipated endlessly rescheduled energy week. over the next two days with onll shutdown, rather than a transparent discussion on how to fund theent, this chamber will vote on republican it's not hard to see. the u.s. producing more oil and gas than ever before and what do we have to show for it. ev face volatile prices because oil and gas are commodity resources. the communities nearest to this record-breaking production are overburdened with air crisis bee it is real is getting more dire each year. the united states should be leading the way to cleaner future not drilling deeper into this catastrophe. rather than addressing these issues head on and building a future that generation can be proud of, republicans are leading us toward me of the same stuffing the pockets of big oil executives who are hoping to make another quick wealth off the backs of hardworking americans. we have seen these wash under last y

rodgers: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i yield two minutes to the speaker emeritus, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership on this very important issue. i thank the distinguished chairwoman of t■heis energy and commerce committee, associate myself with her remarks as well as with mr. pallone's. i thank mr. krishnamoorthi and mr. gallagher, chairman gallagher of the select committee on china for their great leadership. bringing this legislation forward to the committee of legislative jurisdiction. i have a few points to make. it's interesting to hearhi respectful debate. first of all, this is not a ban on tiktok. i'm a grandmother of teenagers, i understand the entertainment val you a, educational val a. communication value, the business value for some businesses. this is not an attempt to ban tiktok. to make tiktok better. tic-tac-toe, a winner. the peo

roy: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves.he gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to ranking member delauro from connecticut for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. delauro: i rise to support this appropriations process. the continuing resolution keeps the government open while the appropriations committee in the house and senate finalize the 2024 funding bill that are in line with the agreement that has been the law since last june, reaffirmed in the top lines agreed to by leader schumer and speaker johnson earlier this year. while at the time of passing our last continuing resolution, i had hoped that we would not need this measure. now, we owe it to the american people to do our due diligence in reaching the end of this process. i appreciate the respectful bipartisan cooperation that took place to put forward this continuing resolution and move us closer to the finish line. there is now a shared understanding that the ultimate conclusion to the saga

rodge: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves.ntleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: i yield two minutes to the speaker emeritus, ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership on this very important issue. i thank the distinguished chairwoman of the energy and commerce committee, associate myself with her remarks as well as with i thank mr. krishnamoorthi and mr. gallagher, chairman gallagher of the select committee on china for their great. bringing this legislation forward to the committee of jurisdiction. legislative jurisdiction. i have a few points to make.■ it's interesting to hear this respectful debate. first of all, this is not a ban on tiktok. i'm teenagers, i understand the entertainment val you a, educational val a. communication value, the business value for some attempt to ban tiktok. it's an attempt to make tiktok better. tic-tac-toe, a winner. the people of china have come forth. the tibetans

we will check. >> as the federal reserve continues to look at proposals, has the federal reserve committee had any discussions regarding the adoption of risks and capital requirements? chr. powell: i do not know. has there been discussion in other committees about the risks and capital requirements? chr. powell: any discussion, i really do not know. if you ask me, any discussion, i do not know. >> it is not a priority? chr. powell: to put it mildly. >> thank you. i appreciate your answers and any other light you can shed on those matters. i yield back. >> recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman for being here today. following that exchange, i wrote a letter with my colleagues about the clean energy tax provisions. i appreciate your commitment to look at that. i wonder if i could put a sharper point on it. can you look at it before the rule is finalized? the concern i have is the number of banks waiting for some clarity on that. i prefer we not slow down, if we do not have to. chr. powell: i think there is a proposal, and we are well aware of the commentary. we will react ap

and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gelewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from missouri is recognized. mrs. wagner: i am prepared to close, if the gtlelady is prepared to close or yield. ms. wild: i am prepared to close. i yield myself such time as i may consume fhe purpose of closing. this bill turns our attention to where u.s. diplomacy goes a lone european union realizes that progress in bosnia is not inevitable. in that light i welcome tn tip negotiations. transatlantic cooperation between the u.s. and e.u. is essential to not only keeping the peace in the western balkans and ensuring a democratic prosperous future. join me i h.r. 4723 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore:he gentlewoman yields back. the gentlewoman from missouri is recognized. mrs. wagner: i yield myself the balance of my time. as vice chair of the house foreign affairs committee and as representative of the largest boss anyian community outsif bosnia i know what the consequences will be if we fail to stand strong against destructive politicia

rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. i recognize the gentleman from new jersey. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, ms. eshoo, member of the committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. eshoo: i thank the ranking member of the energy and commerce committee. mr. speaker i rise today in support of h.r. 7521, the protecting americans from foreign adversary-controlled a.m. applications act. this bill will ensure the divestiture of tiktok from its people's republic of china controlled parent company bytedance. why is it essential for congress to do this? because the p.r.c. controls bytedance, and this presents a serious national security threat to our country. tiktok has 170 million-plus u.s. users. and it collects tremendous amounts of sensitive data. they also collect substantial background data that may be proprietary, which may only be available to tiktok. the national security law of the p.r.c. requires all chinese organiza

roy: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentlelady from texas is recognized. ms. granger: i yield to ranking member delauro from connecticut for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. delauro: i rise to support this appropriations process. the continuing resolution keeps the government open while the appropriations committee in the house and senate finalize the 2024 funding bill that are in line with the agreement that has been the law since last june, reaffirmed in the top lines agreed to by leader schumer and speaker johnson earlier this year. while at the time of passing our last continuing resolution, i had hoped that we would not need this measure. now, we owe it to the american people to do our due diligence in reaching the end of this process. i appreciate the respectful bipartisan cooperation that took place to put forward this continuing resolution and move us closer to the finish line. there is now a shared understanding that the ultimate conclusion to the sag

i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves.mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i don't reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: the previous speaker said that illegal aliens who committed crimes should be detained and indeed they should. but this bill says that illegal aliens who somebody thinks may have committed a crime should be detained mandatoryily. that is un-american and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. bishop: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. tiffany. mr. tiffany: i stand in support of the laken riley act and first i want to express the sincere condolences from everyone in the seventh congressional district to laken riley. then candidate biden promised in 2020 we'd have open borders and we've seen the devastating consequences and it's happening. in january a father of three children was killed by a illegal alien in my congressional district in northern wis

first thing i would say is the federal reserve uses the l say is the federal reserve uses the personal its target measure, not the consumer price index, the cpi that you talked about previously, and they look at it, inks excluding food. that measure has continued to move down within less and a percentage point of their 2% target, so yes, it has been disappointing the last couple of months and frankly inflation has been disappointing across the world for well over two or three years, so yes, inflation is a big concern. in the united states we have also seen in the past two months and pretty disappointing numbers in retail sales, so again, this is a conflict thatis sales, so again, this is a conflict that is going on across the globe in terms of inflation is still high and yet things are slowing down in the economy and some countries in europe, we are talking about in a recession orflirting europe, we are talking about in a recession or flirting with one at this make the jobs of all central banks very difficult. the timing of the cuts will likely differ because under the hood, with infla

i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves.an is recognized. mrs. napolitano: this amendment clarifies that this act affects of existing banon oil and gas drilling in the great lakes. legislation banning the issue of new drilling permits in the ea in 2005, with support from both parties. while legislation bef us does undermine clean water act protections, it doe drilling in the great lakes. we'd like to call this week energy week, so let's look at the state of american energy today. despite you what hear on the other side of the aisle, we are experiencing a record oil boom in the united states. a record oil boom. there oil. the united states is the largest crude oil provider in -- producer in the world, outpacing russia, saudi arabia and other opec■ countries. last fall president biden had approved more permits, more permits for oil and gas drilling on public lands than the previous president had at the same point in his presidency. through passage of bipartisan infrastructure law and the inflation reduction house democrats are

takano: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves.er: before i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, i want to thank him for his important contribution to this bill. he's been wonderful to work with and i appreciate that very much. i yield to the gentleman from tennessee, the chairman of the energy and water subcommittee, mr. fleischmann, for three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. fleischmann: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank our wonderful chair for yielding time toppreciate yd words. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of the appropriations act for fiscal year 2024, particularly the energy and water development appropriations bill. as chairman of tt subcommittee, i worked hard to ensure the bill includes many house republican priorities. a e bill advances our national security, our energy security and our economic competitiveness in a fiscally responsible manner. to support our nuclear depermit, the bill funds the -- deterrent, the bill fundssecurity nuclear n and increases it

takano: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: reserves.ady from texas is recognized.ózgranger: mr. speaki reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas reserves. the gentleman from california. reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from maine, the distinguished ranking member of the interior and environment appropriations subcommittee, ms. pingree. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. pingree: thank you very much. and i thank you to the gentleman for yielding the time. i too rise to support the fiscal year 2024 consolidated appropriations act. i particularly want to thank rankdeing member delauro for her leadership and perseverance in working on this. and i also want to thank my chair and the cman simpson, who is a pleasure to work with and i appreciate your collaboration and partnership through this process. thank you too to chairwoman granger for your work on this andave made all the difference in us being able to

, the enemy currently has practically no strategic reserves, in order to deploy and form them , it iso mobilize, which should be expected in the near future, now at the base of the 21st motorized rifle brigade of the central military district, the enemy deploys the 27th motorized rifle division, and the formation process is very interesting. the 433rd motorized rifle regiment of this division is formed at the training ground in the area of ​​trehbinka, luhansk region, everything else at the totske training ground, in the central military district, well, let's see what they will get out of it, in terms of operational reserves, more of them have been spent, at least in the groups that are conducting active hostilities, for example, in the turkish direction , the operational reserves. today it is estimated at one motorized rifle battalion, but in the pokrov direction the enemy has three motorized rifle regiments, three rifle battalions of the mobilization reserve have been recruited in the donetsk and luhansk regions and somewhere up to two detachments of the combat army reserve, so it c

we have 54 million in the 9th rank in reserves. we have two heliard tons of iron , we rank 13th and 15th in zinc and lead, and we rank 32nd in gold . our gold content is about 300 pounds, but mining sector activists believe that not much exploration work has been done to identify all the hidden treasures of the country. the total areas of our discovered discoveries so far can be said to be around half percent of the country's area. if we want to explore in the same direction with the same style and style and do not go deep , then the debates about deep exploration are on the field of identification of mineral discoveries. 80, starting with aerial geophysics, the methods should be accelerated deep exploration deep exploratory excavations must be formed . but what it is currently showing us is that with a reserve consumption of around 110 to 112 million tons annually , we expect a serious decrease in the amount of our reserves for the next 14 years. what is clear is that we need deep discoveries. we need to discover new deposits of m

i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? mr. larsen: mr. chair, i claim the time in opposition to the amendment, although i am not opposed to the amendment. the chair: without objection the gentleman is recognized. mr. larsen: thank you. mr. chair, i want to yield one minute to the representative from massachusetts mr. auchincloss. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. auchincloss: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of my amendment with mr. perry to his bill the utilizing space efficiently and imp i support the intent and much of the substance of the underlying bill. i believe it is wise to require the federal government to be a good stewaf its leases and of taxpayer dollars. it is important to re-evaluate employee occupancy of federal buildings in this new post-covid employment environment, just as the private sector is doing. and to right-size our federal office space accordingly. this amendment makes two important provisions to th

questions about the fairness of this reservation.erhiu, but one it is one thing when there are such enterprises that are really important now for ukraine, for the defense capability of ukraine, and another thing is when, well, you gave an example, it is really being discussed, and when it will be economic armoring, well, basically, everyone will be able to adjust their somehow. do you pay and not fight and thus use this option? well, what does it mean to adjust your own? first of all, you will have a long time how many taxes you paid there. secondly, well, you will start paying taxes in the state, that is, if we are talking about arrange your own, everything is much easier there, go and make an agreement with vainko. well , everyone understands everything very well, but there they arrange their own, here we are talking about the general context of the state, about the fact that those who pay taxes really receive. a more advantageous position , but i like it, and because it is necessary for the state , not because we are there for som

chair, i reserve.r pro tempore: the gentleman reserves of the the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. kamlager-dove: i want to say in 2015 the obama administration published a rule regulating fracking on public lands. i should mention that the rule was not a ban on fracking but a commonsense requirement that companies disclose what chemicals they are using. it would alsod storage protocols for wastewater, barriers between wells and water zones, and the disclosure of the location ofdie protections for the public. the rule was challenged in the district court of wyoming, struck down, and appealed. the district courtyoming read the safe drinking water acts exclusion of fracking from that law's underground injection program that no could regulate fracking. this is a flipsy court case that has not been reviewed on the rule. the case does not mean that the federal government should have no rule or no role, rather, in regulating fracking for oil and gas. is too important for us to leave 100% to a pa

they are using this ample reserves regime, they have all these reserves, so they are gradually draining reserves from the system, but they don't know how far they can go, and they are making guesses. i've seen some research coming out of the st. louis fed saying, if you get it down between 10 and 12% of gdp, that might be right. >> david? maybe you can answer question for me. if they have the standing repo facility, which is something that you can break glass in case of a fire, in other words, if they don't have reserves, they can go to the fed for those reserves. what is the difference? i'm trying to figure out a reason to be concerned the fed could go too low on the balance sheet if this standing repo facility is something that really exists and will work. why should i be concerned? >> i agree with you. i don't think they should be so concerned, but i think they are worried that they will get blamed if they have a repeat of september 2019. they can mop up the mess very easily. that's exactly right. what's interesting is, if you use that measure, you are quite right. they were $4.1 tri

, non-reserve liabilities grow organically like currency and that also shrinks reserves at very slow pace. pace off slower pace of runoff and we'll have this soon and another time where you effectively hold the balance sheet and hold non-reserve liabilities to expand and then that ultimately brings you ideally in for, brings it into a nice easy landing at a level that's above what we think the lowest possible ample number would be. we're not trying for that. we want to have a cushion or buffer. we know that demand for reserves can be very volatile and we don't want to, again, find ourselves in a situation where there's not reserves and we have to turn around and buy assets and put reserves in the banking system the way we did in 201/20. 2019/20. reporter: hi, nancy marshal again with marketplace. chair powell, you said you're waiting to become more confident that inflation is getting to 2% goal before you cut rates. sum up more specifically what data you're looking at that would give you that confidence? >> sure, so we're most importantly looking at the incoming inflation data and th

roy: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. ms. granger: madam speaker i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut is recognized. ms. delauro: madam speaker i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. roy: i would yield one minute to the gentleman from missouri. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is now recognized for one minute. >> thank you mr. roy, thank you, mr. this bill defies any kind of objective understanding of the reality of the situation that we're in. we're at $34 tn debt. mr. burlison: it is the highest debt to g.d.p. that we've experienced in the history of the united states of america. higher than we experienced after world war ii. and we just left a war. today we're at the same level of debt to g.d.p. facing potential wars. this situation is the greatest threat to is. and to add more debt onto this nation is only risking us

because biosphere reserves somehow didn’t resonate with us, we had more and more reserves, national parkshis was perceived, here’s a friend. the belarusian part of the biosphere reserve is large, almost 50,000 hectares. western polesie was actually the first. in europe , a trilateral transboundary biosphere reserve on the plains, the second in fact, and one of the few on the planet, because the biosphere... reserves were usually created by one country, at best two countries, it is very rare when three countries found a common language, found a common natural basis and created a biosphere reserve. a biosphere reserve, it immediately determines that the interests of the local community should be taken into account as much as possible, here is the local community, the main one, the most developed - this is, of course, tomashovka and its nearest satellite villages. we are going on an expedition in the depths of our land , we are going away, intensely, and with such pains , we are increasingly opening up the fascination of the storm. we're heading out to a new folklore-historical expedition, a

lawler: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves.ers: mr. chair, what mr. lawler doesn't recognize is that the underlying bill makes the accredited investor definition meaningless. all you is check a box and poof. able to invest. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. lawler: i'm prepared to close. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lawler: look, this -- no -- thank you, mr. chair. i rise again to urge the house to adopt my amendment. the helping angels lead our startups act, otherwise known as halos act, into the underlying bill. ensuring that folks■2 have acces to capital is critical and this amendment will help ensure that our small businesses, which are the life blood of our economy, have greater access to capital and that accredited investors will be able to invest in these small startup businesses and i urge all of my colleagues to support the amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman from california is recogd. ms. waters:

interest on reserves by.we can begin to reserve our economy for the economy it is supposed to have. the alternative is you could simply raise requirements. we would see some of those hazards when you do it across the board approach what is your case for why you should keep paying interest on excess reserves? >> as you know, we don't see the downside that you are talking about. banks have a cost of funds and what they can earn. that is what really matters. the spread. >> if they wanted to do it, they could buy treasuries on their own and they could do that independently. i suppose they could independently keep it at the fed. they do not even have to put it on their own balance sheets in the same way. the immediate in. i do not see how that is already do. >> what i was going to say was earned a much bigger spread by lending to corporate. their incentive to lend is the same as it always was. this does not affect that. cost of funds and they have the ability to have reserves. they are not earning a profit on that

so, a transboundary biosphere reserve. the word border is the key word and it is so., we are now in the oldest section of the state border. there is, perhaps, not a single war in history, which would not affect or radically change polesie. the first world war with battles in polesie came precisely at this point where we are. we are standing right here on the terrace of the western bukh river. the russian soldiers fought very courageously, but it was impossible to resist. the result was that in this small group. both a russian breeder and a german lieutenant are buried here, ignorance of the russian army, this is an unknown person. yes from the russian army, well, that is, storage already, which was restored after, here about one and a half thousands, because it is not known exactly here , there are mass graves there in this place, because at that time the artillery was very powerful shrapnel, then there was no such reliable protection, even helmets are known, which we now know, there are army ones units and... some special security units put on this invention, just in

i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina reserves. the gentlelady recognized. >> i yield myself such time as i may consume. for the second time in less than two months with another shutdown looming we are wasting our time on a meaningless house resolution wse sole purpose is to justify republicans' lack of desire to have solutions. how did we get here? ms. jayapal: earlier this congress, congress passed cruel inhumane broken border bill h.r. 2. they say it is the only way to securehe border and say democrats have refused to bring up h.r. 2 in the senate but that bill has failed twice to pass the united states senate receiving 32 votes. there are a lot of republins over there in the senate that didn't vote for.r. 2. andfter insisting the only way was to do it through harsh security border legislation, publicans even get some democrats to agree to a border bill in the senate that was written by the senate's■x second most republican senator, a bill that minority leader mitch mcconnell called the toughest border bill in 30 ar what happene

i reserve my time.the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. massie: they said when we re-- on the other side of the aisle they said when we recite the names of illegal -- victims of illegal immigration they say the victims are props. and i resent that. i really do. because the other side of the aisle the next measure of the debate to enter names of victims who had been imild criminals using guns. so let's just agree today that whenr the names of people who have suffered at the hands of criminals whether they be domestic or illegal sadly as so many are now, that we don't call them props. with that, i'd like to yield three minutes to my good friend from texas and fellow member on the rules committee mr. roy. mr. roy: i thank the gentleman from kentucky, my good friend. he's probably as surprised as i am to be accused of taking orders from the former president and that following whatever the former president says. and you know, i think, you know, the gen

reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. larsen: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. h.r. 6276 directs the g.s.a. to establish standards for measuring occupancy in federal buildings. the bill directs the g.s.a. and federal tenants to use sensors to measureupancy, requires the heads of federal agencies to report occupancy and utilization data, and directs the g.s.a. to notify agencies and congress when occupancy in a federal building falls below 60%, at which time g.s.a. would be permitted to consolidate tenants. the bill further requires o.m.b. and. to develop a plan to consolidate agency headquarter buildings in the national capital region that result in the utilization rate of 60% or more. now, i agree with representative perry's goal to reduce agency costs by giving up unneeded space and i consistently made that point to him and others on the committee. i am opposed to this bill. the bill defines occupancy as the total number of employees p

to keep its reserve currency status, which i very much want as an american. we need to check and balance. in the early 1970's, the dollar was fully decoupled at the time from commodities like gold. it has followed a similar pattern to other nations around the world. i think bitcoin is increasingly becoming a part of the political dialogue and they tried to help out here. help these 52 million americans who have use crypto, that is the number that is through the electric vehicle. the union card. it is a massive constituency and i do not think a lot of people realize that. if contribute to organizations like a stand with crypto.org which is -- we have contributed to organizations like stand with crypto. if up with the super tuesday elections. we need to get crypto pro-innervation candidates elected that recognize the need for regulation. sonali: we have to leave it there. we hope to have you back soon. good luck with the conference tomorrow. that is coinbase ceo brian armstrong. ♪ thanks to avalara, we can calculate sales tax automatically. avalarahhhhhh what i

according to reuters, the rs field reserves are estimated at 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas of which 200 billion cubic feet are likely to be extracted immediately. in addition to over 310. million barrels of oil. these figures are of significant importance to the kuwaities side, as considering kuwait's natural gas reserves, which do not exceed 35 trillion cubic meters, the hydrocarbon value of the field could increase kuwait's reserves by 30%. mr. hamid husseini is a senior energy expert and chief executive of the monthly dunyaya energy or the world of energy. what is the significance of the rs field? 570 billion cubic meters of gas and contains nearly 310 million barrels of oil, making it a valuable resource for countries like kuwait and saudi arabia, which have few if any gas fields, the araj field holds even greater significance as they rely on gas imports for their domestic needs, refineries and other purposes. they have vested interest in accessing the r. fields resources as soon as possible. that is while iran is not in a rush as it has an abundance of gas fields within i

tried to be punctual, clear only holds reserve spots 20 minutes after your reservation time. after that your back to the regular line. >>> a lot of people will be hopping around at different events. maybe a soccer game or easter brunch. what's going on? >> there is a window of drying on sunday morning. that is a sigh of relief after all the rain this afternoon and this evening. we have the updated timeline with the live scan starting with storm ranger. i wanted to start off and show you the storm system. counterclockwise spinning, the center of low-pressure, a storm moving down the coastline as we continue to the weekend, keeping those chances. heavy rainfall continues at the 101 corridor from morgan hill to gilroy you are in it for the last hour. i still see some of this hanging on through san martin 5:46, gilroy 6:06 tonight. let's take it off to the north as scattered rain is redeveloping offshore. san mateo picking up for you around 6:00 this evening. the north bay got hit heavy early this morning, now things are spotty in nature. however, when the system lingers tomorrow