collection of small business loan data for lgbtq-owned businesses. later the house will start debate on a repeal of a number of trump administration regulations. follow live house coverage here on c-span. >> tonight, former vice president mike pence talks about the future of the republican party. he's speaking at the reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. live coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. online at c-span.org. or listen live on the c-span radio app. . we will play you some of the comments from president biden and the attorney general, merrick garland, from yesterday's event at the white house and hear some republicans and their views on the crime wave across the country. one quick program note, representative jamie raskin, who we had scheduled for 8:30, will

be joining us a bit later, 9:30 eastern. here's the reporting on the president's plan from the chicago sun-times this morning. chicago in spotlight as biden targets guns with anti-crime agenda. they write -- host:

host: they say biden's plan would have the bureau of alcohol, tampa bay, and firearms devote more resources to tracking guns, rogue dealers, and revoke the licenses of those who sell guns in the hand of criminals. it allows cities to spend more of the federal dollars received from the american recovery plan on community-based policing, anti-violence programs, community policing, and hiring more officers. host: a different view on the plan from rich lowry, of "the national journal," a contributing editor for politico magazine, writing today what the anti-crime agenda gets wrong, writing that if there were any doubts that rising crime was a real issue with a potential to do major political harm to democrats, that's the subtext of joe biden's decision to interrupt his push for his trillion dollar spending plan to announce this anti-crime agenda

and it's a good thing -- host: read more at politico.com. just a quick look at some of the homicide rates across the country. we talked about this yesterday with analyst jeff asher, homicide rates through may of this year. portland, oregon, up 82%. tucson, up 76%. minneapolis, los angeles, 30 5%. philadelphia, 28%. again, your thoughts on the biden anti-crime plan. (202) 748-8000, if you support that. (202) 748-8001 if you oppose.

for law enforcement officials, we would love to hear from you. (202) 748-8002. here is some of what president biden had to say yesterday at the white house. [video clip] >> crime historically rises during the summer and as we emerge from this pandemic, with the come -- the country opening back up again, the additional summer spike may even be more pronounced than it usually is. for folks at home, here's what you need to know. i have been at this a long time and there are things that we know that work to reduce gun violence and violent crime and things we don't know about. things we know about. background checks for purchasing a firearm are important. a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. no one needs a weapon that can fire 30, 40, 50, up to 100 rounds. unless you think that the deer are wearing kevlar vests or something. community policing for programs

that keep neighborhood safe and keep folks out of trouble. these efforts work, they save lives. but over time these policies were gutted and woefully underfunded. in our conversation today we talked about a strategy to supercharge what works while we continue to push the congress to act on sensible gun violence legislation. host: president biden at the white house yesterday, we opened the program about -- asking about what you hear from the administration. if you support the president's plan, (202) 748-8000. if you oppose, (202) 748-8001. from "the new york times" this morning, a couple of stories. "with homicides rising, biden frees money for public safety, saying wednesday that states could draw from 300 and $50 billion in federal stimulus money to shore up police departments, vowing to crackdown

on gun dealers who failed to run background checks as the white house asked to combat the alarming rise in homicide rates in american cities, the speech making it clear that he hadn't -- he intends to approach crime prevention by wading into a national debate about whether the government should give police departments more resources or spend the money on mental health and other social services instead. the president tried to appeal to both sides on wednesday, saying that this is not the time to turn our backs on law enforcement or communities. under the plan, state and local governments will be allowed to use their designated $350 billion in coronavirus relief funds programs like hiring police officers up to pre-pandemic levels, paying overtime for policing work, and supporting community-based and high violence groups. governments struggling with high crime will be able to go further, hiring more officers than they had during the pandemic.

they also do some analysis in the paper of the announcement yesterday. this is analysis by alexander burns in the new york times. why choose? democrats seek to fund and reform the police, writing that "in the nash -- the nation's capital, the president but the weight of his office to hide a crime-fighting agenda, unveiling a national strategy

host: that's from "the new york times." the attorney general, part of that announcement yesterday at the white house. here's some of what he had to say. [video clip] >> the increase in violent crime is deeply troubling, so last month the justice department launched a comprehensive violent crime reduction strategy that is built around four principles. setting strategic enforcement priorities, fostering trust and earning legitimacy within communities, investing in community-based prevention and intervention programs, and measuring the results of these efforts through a decrease in violent crime.

not merely by arrests and convictions as they -- as if they were ends in themselves. now, we know the lions share of violent crime reduction work is shouldered by state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement partners. core to the strategy is support for the critical work you will be doing in the weeks and months ahead. everyone of our u.s. attorneys offices is working with local partners to establish an immediate plan to address the spike in violent crime that typically occurs during the summer. the law enforcement components of the department are making enhanced resources available to help prevent and disrupt violent crime and to focus on the most dangerous, most violent offenders. host: (202) 748-8000 if you support the president's plan, (202) 748-8001 if you oppose. for law enforcement officials, (202) 748-8002.

on twitter, we are @cspanwj. robert says to be honest, the only way right now to curb future gun violence is to stop the sale of all ammunition and reloading supplies apparatus now . i grew up shooting many different firearms and like to target shooting, but. rick, baldwin, missouri, you are first up. go ahead. caller: please to be with you this morning. i listened to the president's speech. it's hard to understand, he was having trouble on the stage. anyway, i think the summer of love last year was the tipping point. there was so much crime last year, people allowed to run rampant in some of those cities. you mentioned at the beginning of this session, portland seeing a spike in crime. minneapolis. tucson, i'm not sure about that

situation on the border. but letting people throw molotov cocktails, bottles and rocks at police, when is the ban on soda bottles coming? the ban on lighters? the ban on cloth that goes into a molotov cocktail or the other ingredients? when is that coming? when is the ban on just any of those things that were used? i think the country, this city allowed people to run rampant and i believe it is spilling over into other areas of violence right now, to the president banning cannons >> part of c-span's long time commitment to bring you live gavel-to-gavel coverage of congress. you can see this conversation on our website at c-spa