she is the chair of the congressional asian pacific american caucus. congresswoman chu, thank you so much for being here. i know this has been a really intense day. >> it has been, most certainly. >> the hearing today was emotional in lots of ways. i'm not sure why i didn't know to expect that, but i was struck by it in watching the hearing. this is the first congressional hearing on this subject in more than 30 years. i just have to ask if you feel like it was effective, if the right things are being talked about, if the right audience is listening? >> it was a major step forward to have this hearing. we are finally getting attention to this terrible rise in anti-asian hate crimes, something that's been happening for a year now! and in fact, for a year, we, the congressional asian pacific caucus, have been trying to get a meeting with the department of

he started a pill grinlage, congressional -- pilgrimage, congressional bipartisan pilgrimage. he wanted his colleagues in congress to experience walking in his foot steps through birmingham, montgomery and selma. year after year we would march. year after year we would march. faith in politics. gosh. i know so many people who will be speaking tonight will be pictured right here on this amazing photo. people like steny hoyer, barbara lee, sheila jackson lee. so many would come year after year with john. and why was it important for us to come? it was important because, as john said, we must never forget. when i got the news that john passed, you know, we knew that pancreatic cancer, stage 4, was a kiss of death. but we also knew that if anyone could fight it, it would be john. i can remember sitting in my bedroom as i heard about john's death, having spoken to him only two weeks prior. my heart was heavy. but at the same time my spirit soared. because i knew that we had an opportunity to walk among an angel right here on earth. that he gave us the road map, he told us that we m

those need to be submitted for congressional review. can you imagine any scenario in which the biden administration would decide to participate again in the jcpoa concerning gentleman -- concerning iran's nuclear program or modifies any aspect of the current sanctions regime on iran? and would you not submit this to congress for review? ambassador sherman: it is always hard, senator. i'm not a lawyer. but any lawyer would tell you and has told me never to make a completely universal comment about such a question. what i would say to you is this administration, the biden-harris administration, secretary blanken, are committed to following the law. and if indeed whatever is decided falls within the terms of -- then we must indeed come to congress. mr. haggerty: i think this is the concern we have right now. that's at looking at legal interpretation of the document anti-racist and not the purpose of the act. the purpose of the act is to ensure congressional review. not a way to get out of complying with it. i encourage this administration

the vote held in every congressional district across the nation.enshrined in the library of congress as one of the most important documents in the history of freedom. it controls the elections and the law making processes that get -- them, the constitution of the united states. so the laws that are made our constitutional, -- to meet this need it was established in 1946 effect gathering agency that operates on a assembly line scale. the reference service with 150 full-time employees to keep congress fully informed. here is a member of the house of representatives foreign affairs committee seeking information about china from the director of this service. a congressman wants more facts about a recent government report so that he can draft the bill more intelligently, and participate more effectively in the deliberations of the foreign affairs committee. ch this particular request for information is one of thousands, some can be answered with a word, and some require weeks of research and book length reports. regular or special congressional committe

and of the congressional record.xcited today for the sense, has two members of congress, and approaching climax. the expected vote on the farm bill, which has been debated for weeks. senator lucas, the senate majority leader is called a hurry confidence of two senators who have been active in the battle to pass the administration's farm bill to see what they can do to do a favorable vote. senator anderson of new mexico, author of the bill, and senator, of wyoming, influential senate leader. they must inside the final taxes to be deployed on the floor of the senate. the bill is teetering in the balance. it could be defeated. just as they have made their decision, a pageboy enters and they leave through a private door to the senate chamber to debate on the farm bill that is in full swing. senator akin. senator morris. senator -- senator omani drawings of the debate. senator murray, the opposition would refuse. while the senate debate on the farm bill is underway, there also is activity on the south side. minority leade

house democrats are resurrecting the practice ending a decade-long prohibition on congressional suspended. hear hismm remarks. >> the appropriations committee is reported here in the senate to prepare to announce the return of earmarks. this is a process around here we know, the people back home might not know. so let me explain that the process of earmarks inserts individual projects designated for specific interest into a bill most often an appropriations bill. when i say individual projects it means senators doing it for probably their district or state. earmarks are a practice that have become a symbol to the americaner people of the waste and out-of-control spending in washington. i am strongly against the return of earmarks. the earmark moratorium was implemented as a direct result of the events leading up to the election of 2010. there is clearly a mandate coming from that 2010 election to do away with earmarks. : : elections or through contacting congress they don't have an impact. in this case, it had a very dramatic impact that has lasted at least until now, and at least until n

if you are really a top member, especially if you are the chair of the top congressional committee or ranking member. those are positions that can get you the big bucks. or if you are in leadership, democrat or republican. we have seen high-profile examples of members of congress going on to become lobbyists. billy townsend, who passed the law that makes it so that medicare can't negotiate drug prices, went on to become president of the pharmaceutical trade group. just shortly after they passed that bill and he made millions of dollars. there are high-profile examples of members of congress getting paid very well to become lobbyists. host: an example of how you can use the open secrets website, opensecrets.org, you can type amazon into that website and look at their contributions and lobbying efforts over the past year. when it comes to lobbying in 2020, amazon spending some 18 million dollars on lobbying, ranking ninth in 2020. that is up from $60 million in lobbying from 2019. what have you found about amazon lobbying? guest: amazon has increased at spending every year for the past

it's not for her congressional campaign. it's for something else entirely. >> it's for a presidential campaign that she waged in 1972. she went to the democratic convention and actually rounded out about 10% of the votes. she's a first african american women to run for president. she did it on a shoestring budget, and had a very admirable showing. but she had a reputation, a national reputation well before 1972. she was elected to congress in 1968 from a district that encompasses much of brooklyn. and she becomes very prominent in that campaign. her opponent in the general election and on a republican liberal ticket was james farmer. one of the great civil rights leaders. there's back and forth between these two and formerly runs on the idea that you know, brooklyn needs a man in congress. chisholm fires back, her campaign the is like the one that i expressed on this poster. unbutton unbiased. i'm fighting for surely chisholm to be congresswoman. she embraces this advocacy rule. she selected. she becomes the first african am

the elections held in every state and congressional district across the nation. here in skopbgs one of the post important documents of history of freedom. lawmaking processes that come with them of the written constitution in the united states. so the laws that are made may be constitutional and useful, lawmakers must constantly study to meet the need that was established in 1946, a fact- gathering agency that operates on an assembly line scale. the legislative reference service. with 150 full time employees to keep congress fully informed. here is a member of the house of representatives foreign affairs seeking information from china. the congressman wants more facts about a recent government report so he can draft a bill more intelligently and participate more effectively in the deliberations of the foreign affairs committee. this request for information is but one of,ands received each month. some of them can be answered with a word and some of them require weeks of research and book-length reports. regular or special congressional committees like the armed se

and of the congressional record. a little excited today for they sense, as do the members of congress, an approaching climax, the expected vote on the farm bill, which has been debated for weeks. senator lucas, the senate majority leader, has called a hurried conference of two senators who have been active in the battle to pass the administration's farm bill to see what they can do to get a favoral vote. senator anderson of new mexico, author of the bill, and senator from wyoming, influential senate leader. they must decide the final tactics to be deployed on the floor of the senate. the bill is teetering in the balance. it could be defeated. just as they have made their decision, a pageboy enters to call them and they leave through a private door to the senate chamber where debate on the farm bill is already in full swing. senator aiken, senator morris, senator hoye, senator amani, the opposition whip refuse futures. will the debate on the farm bill is under way, there is also activity on the house side. joe martin

basically, usurping congressional power when it comes to the issue of war. the war powers act, which was past 50 years ago, was supposed to balance things out. quite frankly, it hasn't. we had a hearing yesterday and the rules committee to examine how we could do things better. we talked about updating the war powers. -- war powers resolution. it was a bipartisan committee hearing. i am fortunate to serve with my ranking member tom cole who shares my -- on the issue. the hope is to establish a record and perhaps move forward legislatively to fix it. host: the war powers act passed nearly 50 years ago, in the waning years of the vietnam war did the constitutional -- been no more. the constitutional power of the president -- is clearly indicated by the circumstances only when pursuant to declaration of war, or specific statutory authorization, or national emergency created upon it -- upon attack on the united states. congressman cole, we seem to be operating under another one of those authorizations. where are we now in terms of being able to have troops overs

guest: >> congressional reporter for the hill thank you for joining us thise. morning. take us back to the senate's final action on saturday. what did it change about the one.9 trillion-dollar bill? >> there are two with restrictions to be a direct stimulus payments. so rather than the masculine amount so now they get payments of 100,000 now it's 80000 a number of people were concerned there were higher income people getting the payments they didn't necessarily need them. that is one major change we will see. it does meanan some people who did get stimulus checks last year with the trump administration when republicans controlled the senate will not get them this time. millions of people potentially depending on estimates. the second is the change to the weekly unemployment insurance supplement has been a key part of pandemic relief. initially in the house bill that would've been $400 per week but now it will remain at the status quo or $300 which was pursued by moderates in the senate to keep at the current level. >> how much work will the democratic leadership or the

>> the two most important authorizationst with the aumf which basically was the congressional response to 9/11. secondly the 2002 aumf okay that is going into iraq and there have been other measures since and that they are provided the justification for the executive branch to get us involved in numerous to conflicts and when they didn't suffice in 2013 with that particular location the obama administration stretched the nato alliance and got us involved in libya as part of nato and endlessly creative ways for the executive branch to get us into war and congress agreedd are not in stock dealing with it afterwards. >> certainly congressman mcgovern and with the amf efforts and with that republican side to and the aim mf and they have fallen short. >> it is hard to get a majority to vote with us. i think part of the problem is the executive branch is trying to usurp power but congress hasn't stood up to protect theup constitutional prerogatives. and for a lot of members of congress it is true on both sides they prefer not to vote on these issues were to debate the issues. standing on the

on behalf of the fourth congressional district of florida, i thank mr. schmidt for his dedication to educating the students of northeast florida and for his commitment to the success of his students and pearce alike. -- peers alike. madam speaker, i rise today to congratulate miss alli persil for being named teacher of the year in st. john's county. she received this honor for her work in teaching biology and agriculture at creek side high school. as a teacher for more than 15 years she worked tirelessly to help bring exciting educational opportunities in stem to her students and to encourage them to engage their curiosity. the philosophies and guise of her work is that all students should have limited opportunities to make connections in their opportunities through exploration and discovery. on behalf of the fourth congressional district of florida, i thank her for her dedication to educating the students of northeast florida and for her commitment to the success of her students and peers alike. madam speaker, i rise today to congratulation miss kristen

you are somewhere between ten and $15 billion per congressional district. my district has 730,000 people in it and if our office controlled ten or $15 billion of relief how much of a difference we can make and it's a great idea and i think it's worth studying in terms of how we appropriate money to look at ideas like that more and even if we communicate it to understand what is that per congressional district and is it really that much money flowing inst to my congressional district and it sure does not feel like it. >> host: are their oversight hearings happening on how the covid money has been spent togu date? >> guest: yeah, there was an oversight commission created a new panel of course our committee financial services has oversight of treasury broadly in a small business has oversight of small business so on and so forth and committees oversee health and human services, cdc, national institute of health but there was for the funding of separate oversight panel and of course congress has its own oversight committee so there have been hearings about it b

host: how many congressional campaigns have you worked on in your life? caller: that was the only congressional and i were done campaigns, gubernatorial campaigns, and then jim webb's senatorial campaign. host: under in a minute, why was congressman scott the only congressional campaign you worked on? why did you want him to be elected? caller: it was the iraq were at the time -- iraq war at the time, so it inspired me to get involved in politics. guest: i voted against the iraq war. i think the evidence that we had did not justify the war. host: congressman bobby scott is the chairman of the house education and labor committee. if you have been joining the washington journal, since the 90's, we appreciate you coming on and chatting with o >> you're watching c-span. your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to viewers as a public service. >> the u.s. house returns at 2 p.m. eastern. this afternoon members will debate

basically usurping congressional power when it comes to the issue of war. the war powers which was passed over 50 years ago was supposed to balance things out and it hasn't. presidents find ways to get around it. we had a hearing in the rules committee to examine how we can do things better, and we talked about updating the war powers. it was an important committee hearing, it was a bipartisan committee hearing. i'm fortunate to be able to serve with my ranking member who shares many of my concerns about this issue and the hope is to establish a record and perhaps move forward legislatively to fix it. host: the war powers act passed nearly 50 years ago in the waning years of the vietnam war which says in part the constitutional powers of the president as commander-in-chief to introduce armed forces into hostilities or situations where imminent involved in hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances or exercised only when pursuant to declaration of war or twos for the lithic statutory authorization or national emergencies created by an attack upon

and has also spent time thinking through congressional reform. so we have an exciting panel who has a lot of experience, sort of --. so why don't we get started. first questions i want to pose are to our former congress members. brian -- that is a question about, you know, whether or not there is a discontinuity between how political scientists see what's wrong with congress and what actual members see as what's wrong with congress. and this is sort of well-worn territory but i'll rehearse it for our audience. to say that political scientists have converged on congress' problems being, first off, a lack of capacity. this is an idea that's in congress overwhelmed but congress is understaffed, that it lacks the expertise necessary. the idea that congress has allowed its institutional prerogatives to go undefended. things like its spending power or the fact that the executives so easily seems to encroach on dock and its powers. and lastly the effects of the polarization. gridlock, partisan ran kor, it is difficult for members to work together. does

so, this is on the gold congressional coin of the seminoles, this is inscribed in it in our language, translates to it is good to climb and see. that was an actual message that was sent by palmer over the radio waves. so a lot of native tribes had co-talkers and i know at one point, you know, before the congressional committee as i was someone who was sharing before the congressional committee, there were some designs that were initially picked out by the committee with i didn't necessarily agree with those design elements, and we begin to share a story about our history of the seminoles and i share that. at one point time in our history, the language that are people spoke actually wanted to be eradicated off the face of the earth. but that same language that was so fiercely fought against during the conflicts, people know as the seminal wars actually was a very same language that saved thousands of american lives during world war ii. and when i explain to them our elements and what our desires were us for the sea simulation, and then the united states men in that particular committee

they will extend the paycheck protection program and award three congressional gold medals to capitol police. and now live to the house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. crib: -- chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. gracious god, as we aproshe another week of legislation, we pray with the psalmist, your favor on each leader of this chamber. endow them with your righteousness, that the judgments of their hearts and words of their mouths will demonstrate your defense of the disheartened. grant them an understanding of your perfect justice, that their legislation would reflect your deep affection for those in need of salvation. may the words we speak to one another, and the motions put forward be as refreshing as rain on a moon field. and may their decisions, their actions, and their passionate hearts serve this nation as showers watering the earth. bless each and all of us that in all that we say, in all that we do, in everything we accomplish this week, we would give honor to your glorious name. we

i represent california's 39th congressional district. this is one of the most diverse districts in the country and it's also a home to a vibrant asian american community. my district is truly a representation of america and what makes our country great. asian americans have and continue to make countless contributions to communities across the country and right here in the halls of congress. since the beginning of covid-19, we have increasingly seen asian americans becoming targets of hate across the nation. with more than 3,000 hate crimes against the asian american and pacific islander community. those crimes have been reported nationwide with an increase number of attacks against seniors. this week we saw senseless violence in atlanta that took the lives of six asian american women. an investigation is ongoing and we wait for more information. this comes during a time when violence and attacks against asian americans are on the rise. the hate, the bias, and the attacks we've seen against the asian american community are unacceptable a

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but i felt that i was owed that briefing because this was happening in my congressional district. and hhs officials and cdc officials needed to be as transparent as they could, and actually that's an understatement. i even feel during the pandemic health officials need to be transparent, period. and there were a lot of fears about how the virus could be spread. we didn't know enough and we did not have adequate testing. in fact, there was a lot of evasive and deceptive language in the response to my written inquiries to hhs about who had been tested. and in fact, you know, the folks that were in quarantine at that time -- >>> we're going to leave this program and take you live to a hearing with post master general lewis dejoy live here on c-span 3. >> members are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves. if i notice you have not unmuted yourself i will ask you if you would like the staff to unmute you. if you indicate approval by nodding staff wil

we have been hard on congressional republicans. far too often, republicans join democrats to drain the u.s. treasury from the right. republicans were in control for the first two years of the trump administration. we were running trillion dollar deficit during boom times. republicans have not stood on fiscal conservative principles for a long time. host: washington post speaks to that. on the right, congressional republicans may fret about higher deficits, but the most popular politician among their voters does not. donald trump blew past concerns about the deficit while running on protested -- unprecedented peace time debt levels. on the left, lawmakers have learned to ignore fears about spending too much. here is a quote. it has been a major shift. people have gone from being antigovernment to beyond being a neutral, to thinking, we need the government. it has to help us. guest: ronald reagan's quote, when somebody knocks on your door and they say i am from the government and here to help, you -- that was not a situation you want

we have six chairs of our congressional committees headed by women. we also have over, as i said, 194 women in congress currently. and i am proud to say that women's history month, and sometimes the men will roll their eyes in the back of their head, women, why do you need a month? because so often the strides and the hard work that it took for us to accomplish what was given to privilege, to men, are often overlooked. and i'm proud to stand here today to lead the special order hour to honor the women. as congresswoman wild said, the one who is often don't get a platform. they don't get a mike, they do the work every day. women are the predominant member or group of educators. so if you are educated in america, you are probably touched by a woman. nurses, those who are in hospitals and went through covid and all the suffering, the caregivers, and the nurses are predominantly women. we all owe a mount of debt to the mother who gave birth to us. we are often in the kitchens and in other places that women are so strong leaders. now we have women in the c

all these economic plans and congressional stuff going now will be meaningless. host: thanks for calling britain guest: -- for calling. guest: a big part of this relief package is about $70 billion in funding for coronavirus vaccine and distribution efforts. it is true there are limits to federal power. in texas and mississippi they are choosing to forgo mast mandates and allowing businesses to reopen. it is true there are limits even if there are these federal resources, governors or not choosing to continue pandemic restrictions and so -- until there is widespread heard immunity it will be more difficult to reach that point of relative pre-pandemic normality. host: we keep using the figure $1.9 trillion, several folks are sending texts and tweets like greg asking why is it still 1.9 with recent changes that should've trimmed the amount of spending? how much have we trimmed off? >> there hasn't been an official cbo report to come out with that, but democrats have been pushing for that figure because they argue it's what necessary to get the economy back on track

with the congressional research service. we're happy to have her in the medicine building down the street. she's a regular contributor to our dome. the latest article that she submitted was in eighth issue a couple years ago on bootlegging in the capital, that might suggest that she's really entered again out interesting little hidden corners of the capital, now janette is not a hidden anything. all of us know who she is. she's got a statue. it's precisely those kinds of figures in history that have the most to surprise us with, because we think we know who they are with their legacies. but maybe jane will share some new information that she's come across. >> [applause] thank you, truck it's honor to be here. i've had a lot of great experiences with a capital historic society, lauren in charlotte was very helpful as well. i appreciate that some of my current colleagues are here, and my boss jim is here with other people from my new office, and also people from might hold office. heather and mary from the historical office. e

our next witness is representative judy chu, carlos menchu represents the 27th congressional district of california which includes pasadena polytechnic school and the san gabriel valley in that order. she's been a member of congress since 2009 and among other things is chair of the congressional asian specific american caucus and congressmen to your wreck and iced for five minutes. congressman chu, you need to unmute. unmute. >> thank you, thank you so much. >> we hear you. >> thank you ranking member, ranking member and other distinguished members on the committee for the opportunity to testify before you today. it is with a heavy heart that we are here today still shocked and heartbroken about the murder of eight in georgia including six asian american women by a gunman who targeted three asian businesses, the first one being asian massage and then driving 27 miles to two other asian spots. his target were no accidents and what we know is that this day was coming. because of crimes like this i, as chair of the congressional asian pacific american caucus, urge the committee to undert

well jack dorsey was in the news the past week because last week he was giving congressional testimony from some sort of kitchen it looks like behind him you see a block cluck just like of course kaiser report is always ahead of everything we have our own block but as it's not plugged in it doesn't have anything but hello on it his head 1952 so i think this is a good way to look at the problem with this drive in america to shut down alternative media are turning to voice is of course jack was testifying before congress and they were vadra in him most of the democrats to basically the platform more people into silence more people because the response from blue checked twitter about this was became its own mean and a fun story in the big quaint community what time zone is jack in right now that clock says 19 $52.00 right here in california it's 9 52 am currently but definitely not 1952 which would be $752.00 and military time format so again this is a bluff measuring a few different things from the chain including what he had 1952 was the amount of sats what one gets for one u.s. dollar

in closing, the library's 2022 congressional budget justification continues a sequence of strategically planned modernization efforts, supported security of elects and enhances the safety of our work force. chairman ryan, ranking member and members of the subcommittee, thank you again for supporting the library of congress and for your consideration of our fiscal '22 request, and i'm happy to take your questions. >> thank you, dr. hayden. i appreciate that. we are going to start the questioning with the gentle lady from washington state, miss herrera butler. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll hold my breath on that one. dr. hayden in your budget justification the library introduces through the in the requests for fiscal year 2022 that involve critical modernize in the less gage system with the associate of 15 million. did the covid pandemic or the january 6th assault on the capitol play a role in identifying the need to upgrade these legacy systems and if appropriated the funds to group upgrade the system what is the time frame you foresee them to be completed. >> the request for the two

for the congressional black caucus, we actually have four nurses within the congressional black caucus reaching out in our own committees -- communities when we go back to our district. let me just tell you about in the heartland of it all in ohio. we have a young doctor by the name of dr. laurel espee bayo who put a video together what you're talking about. these are all black doctors. they will give you a statement go why you should get it, the ramifications if you don't get it, where you can go, and they've made themselves available to our younger folks because it's so important for you to know where you can go. and because of the disparities, it's really important for us to have community access. we have churches. we have health centers. but the biggest thing, if you don't know where to go and if you don't know about it, then you can't do it. so we are engaging barber shops and beauty salons to get engaged and to tell their constituents more about how to get the shot and where to go. >> and, congresswoman lawrence, same question. >> so, one of the things we're doing in detroit that

many people were surprised when i defeated a billionaire who tried to purchase this congressional seat. my election should not be an exception to the rule, rather it should be the norm. when we passed h.r. 1, it will be. thank you. -- when we pass h.r. 1, it will be. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, and thank all of my colleagues. i want to thank this amazing caucus standing behind us. h.r. 1 is a collection of over 60 pieces of legislation introduced over a period of many, many years. mr. sarbanes: assembled into an over arching package that can make a difference for the american people. the choice here is clear. you've heard it. you can win on the basis of your ideas and the programs that you put forward, which is what we choose to do. or you can try to win by suppressing the vote, drawing unfair districts across the country, and using big money to spread disinformation. we choose to open up the ballot box. we choose fair districts that respect voters. we choose to fight for the public interest, not the special interest. and all of those things are not -- none of those things are

and just take this example, as one congressional district. 101,000 people, in the congressional district i serve. we just surpassed the 100,000 mark. have contracted coronavirus. we have 113,000 children, kids, who haven't been able to return back to school, full time. and then, in the state of illinois, we now have 20,000 illinoisans who have lost their lives. so that is just an example of what is going on in the state of illinois and my corner of the state of illinois, that i am lucky enough to serve. and there just has to be a real sense of urgency around here. the fact that the -- the republicans in the senate have required the -- the 600-plus-page bill to be read, word for word. now, these stalling tactics. this vote-a-rama, as you referred to early in your show. it -- it -- we have got to get to work here. president biden understands that. the popularity numbers that you just went over. president trump never had those kind of numbers. so, the -- the momentum is -- is with us to get this going. the momentum is with president biden, to get this signed into law. and as he announced ea

congressional correspondent chad pergram has details we know so far. good eating. >> good meeting, infrastructure is the next part of the democrats wish list perhaps in name only. fox told the administration they may want to $3 trillion in new infrastructure spending. republicans are suspect. >> we are hearing the so-called infrastructure proposal may be approaching massive tax hikes and other job killing left-wing policies. it's because the g.o.p. contends it's a payoff to the left that focuses more on social policy than bricks and mortar. education incentives such as free college and a national paid leave program. one representatives who is a former mayor's and when the feds get involved, the price skyrockets thanks to red tape. >> when we did a infrastructure project, if we spent $1 of federal money that increases the cost of the project by 30%. >> democrats could raise the gas tax which pays for highway programs and congress could implement the biggest tax hike in three decades. they raise taxes on the wealthy and change the corporate rates. the pr

amy: mondaire jones, thank you for me with us, democratic congress member for new york's 17th congressional district. next up, the house passes the george floyd justice and policing act. we will speak to the longtime organizer mariame kaba. author of the new "new york times" best selling book "we do this till we free us." back in 30 seconds. ♪♪ [music break]

the day when it was that made it in the congressional hearing the f.b.i. might have illegally acquired information from members of congress on or after january 6 we're going to give you the details on this very alarming story this as security was on high alert today at the u.s. capitol because of an alleged at threat of violence by a militia group we're going to give you 360 of you up with our political panel and california has just announced they are going to try and phase out a gasoline powered cars from use within their state with one city now going as far as to ban all the new gas stations this as there is a campaign to recall governor newsome continuing to get stronger we have one of the leaders from that movement right here today to discuss. hughes and you're watching news views on our to america i. i. thanks for joining us you know during this week's congressional hearing it was confirmed that the f.b.i. tapped members of congress phones as well as possibly acquitted other data without their knowledge and education imagine they were not happy. again

>> john: let's bring in texas senator john cornyn as we detailed he was down there, bipartisan congressional delegation, him and henry cuellar, fellow texas member of congress. he's a congressman as opposed to being in the senate. the interesting thing was that you are taking a look at it. when you hear alejandro mae arcus saying it's the worst order challenge in 20 years, what's your reaction. >> my reaction is why didn't the biden administration -- why did the biden administration make it worse? revoking the migrant protection program, not enforcing the public-health order, title 42, coming up with no solution to the catch and release system that we know encourages illegal migration. they simply are making things worse. my hope is the president will come to the border. i would be glad to host him

four minutes to my dear friend from the great state of north carolina, representing the ninth congressional district, mr. dan bishop. mr. bishop: i thank the gentleman from texas, my friend, mr. arrington, for hosting this special order. it's an extraordinarily important topic. here's another angle on it. tomorrow on the floor of this house democrats will pass two amnesty, mass amnesty bills, h.r. 6, and h.r. 1603. consider that at the very time democrats are bringing these amnesty bills to the floor, what promises to be the largest surge of illegal immigration on the southern border, in at least 20 years, is building toward an unknown climax.

on the ground in iowa, the perception this has to be terrible of this attempted theft of a congressional seat? >> yes, even democrats in the second district said that if nancy pelosi overturns this election, it would be a very bad thing. they don't agree with it at all. those are democrats saying that. >> dan: that's good to hear. senator, thanks for joining us. we are also learning more about the bizarre 2018 gun incident surrounding hunter biden and his late brother's widow involving a fire arm tossed behind