quigley: thank you. ms. torres, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman and administrator guzman, for joining us today, including a robust conversation around how we can help our economy come back in this -- as we are beginning to vaccinate more people and turn things around. i want to focus your attention to cybersecurity threats as it relates to small businesses. one survey shows that 23% of small businesses in the u.s. suffered from a cyberattack in the last year. cyber attacks are costly for these small businesses and can put small businesses at significant risk of going out of business. as the threat of cybersecurity grows, there needs to be emphasis on supporting and protecting them. so for this reason, fiscal year 21, appropriations included a $3 million -- to fund the cybersecurity program. can you provide an update as to the status of this initiative? what else is the sba doing to help the small business community protect themselves from cyber attacks? ms. guzman: thank you so much. the essay is drafting

quigley: thank you. mr. womack. rep. womack: there's no secret i oppose the iran nuclear deal and support of the withdrawal. its pre-much unconscionable for administration to start negotiating with iran to reinstate the nuclear agreement, particularly given the known support to hamas in what we witnessed recently in israel. i believe we need to stand with israel. here's my question is we carry the sanctions issue a little bit further. what is treasury's role in this particular skirmish on sanctions with iran and hamas and what are you doing to ensure that money is not moving from that stage -- a actor to its proxy in an effort to attack our friends in israel? sec. yellen: we have sanctions that have long been in place on hamas and it is something treasury is working effectively to make sure that we carry out, we try to constrict their activities with other countries including those in the middle east to make sure it is harder for hamas to evade the sanctions . this is a very active engagement. with respect to iran, we ar

quigley. rep. quigley:. thank you madam chair. you told of chairwoman earlier today mr.iller, that you didn't speak with former president trump on january 6. however the reporter quoted another senior official who said they could not get through. they tried to call him. did you or anybody you know in the office try to contact president trump on january 6? mr. miller: i did not, and to the best of my knowledge, i am not aware of anyone else from my office either. rep. quigley: was their discussion about whether an active president should be reached about this, in the discussions that were taking place, decisions that had to be made? mr. miller: i had all the authority and needed to make the decision. rep. quigley: in the aftermath of january 6, to your knowledge, did anyone at the white house or dod attempt to limit the scope, the degree to which the dod or personnel cooperated with any investigation, including congressional investigations into the january 6 attack? mr. miller: no. there has been nothing like that that i am aware of. rep. quigley: i am the last questioner

quigley: thank you.emember when the pandemic first hit and when we first got to d.c., people thought we were courageous forgetting on planes, but it is nothing with your folks with thousands of people at a time, so i commend their efforts and i appreciate it. if you could give us a l'amour deep dive on the technology issues. i am hearing about ultraviolet lights being used on part of the process. i have heard of 3d screening that is being highlighted -- piloted in new york. can you give us more information? mr. lajoye: absolutely. do your first point, throughout the pandemic and this has been an opportunity for us to work with a number of small businesses, we are testing and fielding, and we have a number of key initiatives to get to the best ideas that may be out there to help revolutionize what is needed in a checkpoint sanitization. we do have a couple of locations around the country where we looked at a prototype effectively for a machine that runs a bin through it with ultraviolet lights to help san

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quigley, recognized for five minutes. representative quickly -- quigly: thank you. i respect the important work of this committee. i put in a famous -- shameless plug for the partisan transparency caucus. many of the efforts coming through this committee, they came through there and you ought to consider joining, anyone who is watching this. it's also indicative that there are areas where we can work together. last month i reintroduced the congressional reports act with support from the ranking member. this bill passed the house unanimously and i'm pleased again that it has bipartisan support and i want to point out and question a couple of points. you know, if someone wanted to find out more about this report, this would be a particularly difficult task. i guess i will begin by asking miss hemphill wits for your reaction. how difficult is it to get your reports at times or even find them? ms. hempowicz: extremely difficult. you have to know which agency is issuing them and what the timeline is and you have to cross your fingers and hope that the agency will meet th

this is a bold attack and we must address it equally boldly. >> illinois congressman mike quigley, comepoint and why it feels different this time. ♪ the things, you say ♪ ♪ your purple prose just gives you away ♪ ♪ the things, you say ♪ ♪ you're unbelievable ♪ ♪ ♪ applebee's irresist-a-bowls are back. dig in for just $8.99. >>> so the fighting in the middle east is taking quite a new violent turn as it destroyed a block that united states hose media outlets. look at that coming down there. these attacks are just the latest escalation after a week of worsening conflict between israeli forces and hamas. joining me now on the phone is a producer with al jazeera international. safwat, welcome to you in these terrifying times. i know you were in the building earlier today. what happened? >> well, what happened is one of the residents of the building in which we have our office, he came to our office and he said that he received a phone call from the israeli army and they gave him a deadline of one hour to evacuate the building and to tell everybody to leave the building. he informed the bure

mike quigley from the great state of illinois, appreciate it. lawmakers in the meantime in texas say they're closer to a deal on a controversial restrictive voting bill. it's still not fully clear what exactly is in the bill but a vote is expected this weekend and a fast texas will join 14 states enacted 22 laws that have restricted voting. msnbc reporter gary roebuck is at the state capitol reporting more on this. >> reporter: sometimes what isn't happening is more important than what is happening. let me tell you how we got to this point with this controversial voting bill in texas. it's the beginning of the month, beginning of may. they have two different bills related to voting rights. one was in the house chamber here and one was in the senate chamber in texas. a bipartisan conference committee made up of both chambers got together behind closed doors and decided for weeks what is going to be in this bill. we still do not know. we do not know what is going to be in this bill, but there's two points advocates are really worried about provisi

so called peaceful divides, the catholic falls road from the protestant shank hill road. frances quigley is a painter. he's lived all his life for this religious and political false line through this fancier clues living at 6 o'clock. everybody knows said, support salvage and everybody know or say that fence supports randers during the conflict us rollover mcellen's own hundreds killed and injured. just say the defense the graffiti on the falls road has a distinctly internationalist theme, nelson mandela, palestine, martin luther king and climate change old jostled for space here. after a few yards of no man's land, the graffiti is very different. you'll see that the british army and the british empire, celebrated not said the loyalists, are a minority on the island of ireland. changing demographics means they'll soon be a minority in northern ireland to the artwork. on this side is inward looking. it captures a siege mentality. selling support is a fire, a flags and eunice probably via flag, renter's matches. so the conflict here it's carried on the glass glasgow elsewhere. football is

the catholic falls road from the protestant shank hill road. frances quigley is a painter. he's lived all his life for this religious and political false line through this fancier clues me at 6 o'clock. everybody knows said support salvage. and everybody know or say that fence supports randers and during the conflict us rollover mcellen's own hundreds killed and injured. just say the defense the graffiti on the falls road has a distinctly internationalist theme, nelson mandela, palestine, martin luther king and climate change old jostled for space here. after a few yards of no man's land, the graffiti is very different. you'll see that the british army and the british empire, celebrated not said the loyalists, are a minority on the island of ireland. changing demographics means thou soon be a minority in northern ireland to the artwork. on this side is inward looking. it captures a siege mentality, selling supporters of ira flags, and eunice, probably via flags. renters matches. so the conflict it's here, it's carried on. the plot allows go elsewhere. football is seen as ca

quigley. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you, director, for being here.sir, i was one of the founding members of the transgender equality caucus, so i think justifiably concerned about their care under i.c.e. detention. as of february 2019, i.c.e. confirmed it was jailing more than 100 transgender individuals in 20 different immigration jails across the u.s. unfortunately, immigration detention is notoriously harmful for transgender immigrants who are likely to be seeking asylum because of transphobic violence they've already faced or fear, and because of histories, they're likely to suffer from depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other health conditions. additionally, in 2017, a congressional inquiry revealed that lgbtq people in i.c.e. custody are 97 times more likely to be sexually victimized than non-lgbt people in detention. do you know how many people are currently in i.c.e. custody who identify as transgender and which facilities they're detained in? >> sir, i do not have that information in front of me, but it's certainly something i ca

. >> mister quigley. >> thank you for being here. i remember when the pandemic first hit and we were coming to dc people thought we were courageous, nothing compared to your folks who were with thousands of people at a time so i commend their efforts and appreciate it. if you could give us a little deep dive on the technology issues, i am hearing about all provided lights that are part of the process, i heard about 3-d screening, can you give us more information on that and it's possible rollout? >> absolutely. to your first point throughout the pandemic, it has been an opportunity for a number of small businesses, we are testing and fielding, ultraviolet light that may help in checkpoint efforts, we had a number of key initiatives to get to the very best ideas we think may be out there that can help revolutionize what is needed at checkpoints by way of checkpoint sanitization so we have a couple locations around the country, the epa was one of them where we looked at prototype for effectively a machine that runs a thing through it w

quigley: thank you. thank you, madam chairman. january 6 attack obviously revealed the flaws in the security of the capitol. subsequent attacks on the capitol complex have provided further stark evidence with the need to improve the physical security of the complex and other federal buildings. this supplemental provides the vital urgent we need funding for security within the jurisdiction of the financial services committee and general government subcommittee. in this chamber, i remember one of my colleagues asking, when will the cavalry arrive, and while the closest thing was the d.c. metropolitan police department. courage in defending the members and capitol and our democracy saved lives and helped this congress return to business more quickly. this bill includes funding to reimburse m.p.d. for the costs associated from the 6th as well as other costs they have incurred due to the federal presence in this district. because we can't allow the district of columbia to shoulder the burden of defending congress on their own. in the a

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quigley, for five minutes. mr. quigley: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to discuss what we must do to prevent the next pandemic and why it is not only a global health issue but also an environmental one. the origins of the pandemic we're battling now are clear. unsanitary, unsafe wildlife markets. these markets, which were ref lent in some -- prevalent in some areas of asia and africa but present everywhere, including the united states, are fed by trade and wildlife. some of it legal. some of it illegal. all of it very dangerous. they are breeding grounds for a strain of viruses known as zoonautics which are diseases of intermingling of bodily fluids of other species in an unsafe and unsanitary market leaving for human consumption. others includes sars, mrsa, covid. covid-19 has truly opened the world's eyes to the danger of these markets and the global impact. and it should open our eyes to just how urgent the need for legislation around this is in order to prevent the loss of millions of lives. that is why over the course of the last year,

peter quigley president of kelly a worldwide staffing firm.ght spot this year up about 25% and near lip 125% in 12 months we are glad to have you with us. we can't have the head of kelly and not get kelly into the interview. what are you seeing in the labor market you heard the description there that the reason it is hard to find workers is more complex than just one factor and that factor being the unexpended unemployment benefits. >> thank you welcome back good to be with you. i think just to set the table when we talk about unemployment and employment, it's also helpful to note that for the first time since 1975 when the government started tracking it, people who say they are not in the labor force surpassed 100 million. so in addition to the unemployed and employed we have that group which is increased by some 5 million during the pandemic. the reasons why the unemployed are not finding work which sort of belies the rational or the numbers we saw in april where the number of job openings is at a record high but the job growth is relatively

couple other people we want to think about this book, sam quigley is the communications director at the patriotic millionaires. he was a fantastic research or writing partner to me and maurice during this process. the publishers of the book to be our tax the rich nationwide campaign with a conference in washington two years ago, and the and came tolerated to turn this into a book a guidebook look to jump in our third group is the patron to chamillionaire members who were out there every day. proud traders to the craft making sure that we have a system that everybody can live in. their five and thousand people in the country who makes more there about 500,000 million-dollar incomes in the country will have a few hundred members. so we are deeply grateful and have some recruiting to do. and some persuading to these other millionaires. a little bit about me, i am erica payne i grew up in raleigh, north carolina prevented chapel hill for my undergrad and worked in politics from the early part of my career. and then decided had enough of politicians. i went to business school at an nba only

listen to what some of what congressional mike quigley had to say regarding what this commission could do in investigating the events of january 6th. >> we simply can't let this lie. the risk is still out there. without this work, we won't know what took place. what's were the failures that allowed this to happen? how do we hold people accountable? and most importantly, how do we prevent it from happening again? there's too much at stake not to try to go it alone. >> lindsey and kendis, i should note senate majority leader chuck schumer indicated he could bring this independent bipartisan commission to a vote on the senate floor again when the time is right. he said it's within liss power to do so. they don't have the ten republican senators in order to break through and pass this legislation. the best option is seeming for house democrats like this select committee. it's not something congressional leadership wanted, but in order for democrats to move forward, they want to take this into their own hands. >> i know a lot of senators missed the vote, but bringing it back for a vote at t

joining me now to discuss democratic congressman mike quigley of illinois.dreds of pro trump supporters violently assaulted the capital, injured many including police officers:there is still no commission to investigate why this happened and how to prevent the next one. who's to blame? >> look, i think speaker pelosi is willing to compromise to get get a 9/11 commission going. i think the same could be said for what a january sixth commission could do. i don't know exactly why they don't want this commission to go forward except it probably would have results that don't comport to the big lie. >> can you have a viable commission to investigate something that is significant portion of the republican party sitting lawmakers will not publicly acknowledge? right? we had a reporter on in the last hour saying that the person is going to challenge liz cheney for her seat denies that it was pro trump supporters even in, you know in, that crowd that assaulted the capital. can you have a commission when the big lie lives? >> i think if you set it up the right way, you

democratic congressman mike quigley stressing the urgency of moving forward with the probe as democrats float the possibility of forming now a select committee. >> we simply can't let this lie. the risk is still out there, and i think without this work we won't know exactly what took place. what were the failures that allowed this to happen? how do we hold people accountable and most importantly, how do we prevent it from happening again? so there's just too much at stake for us not to try to go it alone. >>> meanwhile, president biden unveiling a $6 trillion budget proposal. the white house says the ambitious number is needed for a speed economic recovery. the money would boost infrastructure and the proposal is facing opposition from republicans who say it will drive the national debt to new highs. one senator calling it, quote, dead on arrival. some major testimony is coming this week. we are now learning donald trump's former white house counsel don mcgahn is expected to appear before the house judiciary committee behind closed doors on monday morning. he is answering questions on r

committee to continue to investigate the events of january 6th, and earlier today, congressman mike quigley asked about what this could mean. take a listen. >> we saw what the committee hearings in recent weeks, it doesn't work really well, especially when the other side is denying that the insurrection even happened and they weren't willing to pay for a defense supplemental to protect the nation's capitol, but if you have to go it alone, you have to go it alone. >> reporter: a congressional leadership did want this to be a bipartisan, independent commission. they wanted to have both sides' input for this. now that house democrats could be moving alone with the select committee, that would allow democrats to have subpoena power and this is something house speaker nancy pelosi has said she would be open to but has not yet fully committed if that's where things are going to move forward and of course congress is in recess right now. we don't expect the house back for another few weeks so not imminent steps here but this is something that house democrats now have the ball in their court to mov

quigley: thank you. thank you, madam chairman. january 6 attack obviously revealed the flaws in the security of the capitol. subsequent attacks on the capitol complex have provided further stark evidence with the need to improve the physical security of the complex and other federal buildings. this supplemental provides the vital urgent we need funding for security within the jurisdiction of the financial services committee and general government subcommittee. in this chamber, i remember one of my colleagues asking, when will the cavalry arrive, and while the closest thing was the d.c. metropolitan police department. courage in defending the members and capitol and our democracy saved lives and helped this congress return to business more quickly. this bill includes funding to reimburse m.p.d. for the costs associated from the 6th as well as other costs they have incurred due to the federal presence in this district. because we can't allow the district of columbia to shoulder the burden of defending congress on their own. in the a

quigley. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you, sir, for being here. i remember when the pandemic first hit and we were coming to d.c. people felt we were courageous getting on planes. i guess nothing compared to your folks who were with thousands of people at a time so i commend their efforts and the really appreciate it. if you could give us a little more deep dive on the technology issues. i am hearing about ultraviolet lights in use on bands bie part of the process. i've heard about 3-d screening that i'm hearing piloted in new york. could you give us more information on that and it's possible rollout? >> absolutely, sir. to your first point about this pandemic and this will do is come has been an opportunity for us to work with a number small businesses. we are testing and fielding ultraviolet light that may help in checkpoint sanitization efforts. we have really had a number of key initiatives to get to the very best ideas we think may be out there could really help revolutionize what is needed at checkpoint by way of checkpoint sanitization we d

quigley. >> thank you, madam chairman, welcome, sir, good to talk to you the other day. as i mentioned, i'd like to go into more detail. on august 28th, 2020, 20 dogs in the dus on a flight from chicago to o'hare due to inproper certificates, 18 of these dogs were held at ll, a customs control bonded warehouse and they waited to approve review. these animals were later found in small cages covered in feces and urine and had no food and water for days and some of the animals died. during the pandemic, live animals imports of pets increased significantly than they were concerned this would increase itself cbp lacks adequate facilities and procedures for animals around the ports of entry. at this point there is only one that is equipped to safely handle live animals lo he -- located in new york city. why is there only one cb pchltc bonded for animals for quarantine and can you commit more facilities for live animals at ports of entry? what resources do you need to do this? >> senator, thank you for the question. and number one, we did work with our interagency partners in c

quigley? >> thank you, madam chairman. welcome, sir, good to talk to you the other day. as i mentioned, i'd like to go into a little more detail. on august 28, 2020, 20 dogs entered the u.s. on a flight from jordan to chicago o'hare international airport. due to improper vaccination certificates, 18 of these dogs were denied entry and were held by alliance ground international, llc, a customs and border patrol bonded warehouse where they awaited appropriate review. these animals were found covered in feces and had been without food and water for several days. several of the dogs died, a clear violation of the animal welfare act. with this migrants to the border, the number of live animals has increased significantly. at this time there is only one such facility known as arp that are equipped to handle safely large animals due to quarantines. it is located in new york city, which obviously doesn't help everywhere else in the country. why is there only one cbp-bonded facility that is equipped to handle animals for call your attention -- quarantines, and what resources do y

quigley, a new member of the committee, is now recognized for five minutes, new. >> thank you, madam chairwoman. a new member and an old member. i started my first two terms on this committee and i know and respect its important work. and i'll put in a shameless plug for the bipartisan transparency caucus because i know a lot of legislation has come through the committee, began with the thought there is a bipartisan effort of that caucus. so, again, you ought to consider joining anyone who is watching this. and i think it's also indicative that there are areas that we can work together. last month, i reintroduced the acts congressionally mandated reports act, with the support of the ranking member, ranking member comer. this bill passed the house unanimously in the last congress and pleased again, that it does have bipartisan support. and i want to point out to a question a couple of points. you know, if someone wanted to find out more about these reports or just find congressionally mandated reports, this would be a particularly difficult task. i guess, i'll begin by asking, your re