chair lofgren: mr. geissler and chief litzenberg, i don't have much time left, but do you have anything to add? >> thank you. there is one statement i would like to make. i agree with the comments from my colleagues on the panel. i would like to emphasize the application of that science also. there is a lot of really good work that's ongoing that will require just a little bit of funding. maybe increase collaboration between state, local, and federal agencies. we could get this technology to the ground, to the firefighters where it's going to make a difference. that interaction and collaboration i find is something that we should foster and support as much as possible. chair lofgren: thanks. mr. litzenberg: i will add and echo for all three panelists and emphasize what george geissler just said. there are places where this integration is already happening effectively. as science and data is created, it will be important to get this to the boots on the ground, practitioners. wildland fire leadership coun

chair. ms. lofgren of california, mr. schiff of california, mr. aguilar of california, ms. chaney of wyoming, mrs. murphy of florida, mr. raskin of >> kevin mccarthy was asked about inclusion. we will have his reaction after we hear from speaker pelosi. ms. pelosi: good morning. it's a good morning, because decision decisions as they are and difficult as they are and sad in some cases, they are liberating and enable us to go forward. as we gather here on the floor of the house right now, we are passing the invest in america act, an opportunity for us to not only build the infrastructure of america, but to build the middle class of america. it does so by putting equity front and center with the necessary focus on communities of color, rural communities and regions with persistent poverty. we are pleased that the president has come together in a bipartisan way with the united states senate -- senators for a bipartisan infrastructure plan. when we finish with this legislation, we look forward to continuing that conversation with them so that we can pass an infrastructure bill

security committee and negotiated the bipartisan commission and we thank him for his leadership, chair lofgren, having hearings for the safety of the capitol. intelligence being very important, adam schiff of the intelligence committee. pete ag did you lar, house appropriations committee, that is the committee of jurisdiction for this as well as the house administration committee. i'm saying this in seniority order. congresswoman liz cheney of the armed services committee has agreed to serve on the committee. she has a family matter and may join us depending on how long this takes. but we are very honored and proud that she has agreed to serve on the committee. representative murphy of the armed services committee, representative raskin, a constitutional scholar, over sight committee and major committee of jurisdiction, the committee on oversight also on the judiciary committee, which has standing in all of this. and we are proceed that representative luria, navy veteran, captain of the ship -- what was the title? ms. pelosi: retired commander and member of the armed services committee. her in

. >> chair, and lieutenant lofgren chairing the committee. i'm craig clemens and i serve as director of the wildfire research center at san jose university. i am honored to appear before the house, science and fire committee. i will focus on the fire science. i would like to thank congresswoman for her help in getting bills to the president. we have had 100 years of tree density and fuel condensation. and we have had fewer reason for fire detention, and your the core of our earth is zero. and so while i will want to foe foefocus on a few gaps of poorly understood extreme events. we don't have a understanding of the fuel that is spreading these wildfires. there is a high gap of the resolution data to understand the fire data and the capabilities of the fire assistance. in terms of the fire observational needs, we need to start treating fire weather as we do other fire weather phenomena, and we don't have to do that with the equivalent of the hurricane and fire hunters to see and observe the fires. we specifically need publicly available high t

chair lofgren, ranking member, and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss this. for justice, commissioned a national survey of elections officials which chair lofgren mentioned. to repeat fee found at that roughly, one of the election officials, approximately one in six, as jo, related concerns. in order for democracy to function, we cannot accept this situation. election officials across the country, regardless of political affiliation, risk their lives in pandemics to help us vote safely in 2020. we have the numbers of reference, highest turnout since 1900 with women, native americans were not able to vote. and how were they repaid with political interference, and i hope to make three points. first the election officials and disinformation are ongoing problems and threatening the security of our election, and the reports of election officials and workers. second the election commission on the cyber security agency had to work to help with combatting election disinformation and now information. and this includes the

[laughter] >> thank you, chair lofgren and our witnesses for their important discussion on the constitutionality of federal voting laws. professor rakove, you described awe the founders eloquently described the need for the ability of voters to elect a representative assembly that in john adams word was a miniature, an exact portrait of the people at large of the country. you discuss how that representation might not be what it is today, but today it is supposed to be every citizen whether they be native american, you know, black, latino, white that they need a representative that reflects them and our concern is that that's not happening, that restrictions in terms that are being enacted are targeted so that certain communities cannot, cannot succeed in getting that beautiful portrait themselves in congress. can you explain how the elections clause and its history apply to these present day concerns? aren't they in some way-- the concern is similar, correct? >> well, certainly. and written so much about periods of discrimination and the practice of voters. the framers early viewed as laboratoie

adam schiff democrat of california who's a chair of the intelligence committee, and zoe lofgren from california who is the chair of the house administration committee who has oversight over the capitolt grounds. also you see the other democrats on your screen as well, congressman i aguilera, stephe murphy of florida, jamie raskin of maryland and congresswoman luria of virginia all of them serving on this committee this morning. there committee begins their work at 10 a.m. eastern time on c-span3 this morning. president r president, issued a statement last night saying this about the select committee "nancy pelosi is spending a great deal of time, effort, and money on the formulation of a fake committee to ask what happened. will nancy investigate herself and those host: what are your thoughts on this select committee? they begin today, the chair of the committee, bennie thompson, has said they could call former president trump to testify as well. that from an interview that he gave yesterday. and that nothing is off-limits for the committee. again, 9:30 a.m. eastern time, i misspoke,

chair. adam schiff. zoe lofgren. pete aguilar, steph my murphy, jamie raskin and elaine luria. besides jordan and banks, mccarthy had recommended others. let us hear from lorena, california, democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to say that pelosi basically took out the trash yesterday. the january 6 insurrection was a violent attack on our democracy. jim jordan and donald trump incited that insurrection along with mo brooks and a few others. i do not understand what we are talking about. the debate is not between a -- should we be doing this together or should we not. the debate is why is the g.o.p. lying to the american public? they have lied throughout this whole thing. they are denying everything that happened on january 6. they need to stop. this is a tearing our country apart. i am sad that this is how the gop has decided to act, instead of stepping up and finding out for the american people what happened. i would also like to point out that kevin mccarthy's separate investigation is going to be wasted taxpayer money and he should not be allowed to do

adam schiff, chair of the intelligence committee. zoe lofgrenthe chair of the house administration who has oversight over the capitol grounds. you can also see the other democrats on your screen as well , congressman aguilar, congresswoman stephanie murphy, and congresswoman luria of virginia. there committee begins their work at 10 a.m. eastern time on c-span3 this morning. president trump, the former president, issued a statement last night saying this about the select committee "nancy pelosi is spending a great deal of time, effort, and money on the formulation of a fake committee to ask what happened. will nancy investigate herself and those host: what are your thoughts on this select committee? they begin today, the chair of the committee, bennie thompson, has said they could call former president trump to testify as well. that from an interview that he gave yesterday. and that nothing is off-limits for the committee. again, 9:30 a.m. eastern time, i misspoke, that's when the coverage begins. they are expected to gavel shortly after that. c

chair. ms. lofgren of california, mr. schiff of california, mr. aguilar of california, ms. chaney of wyoming, mrs. murphy of florida, mr. raskin of maryland, and mrs. luria of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 188, the house stands adjourned until 11:30 a.m. tomorrow.

they include democrats adam schiff and bennie thompson who will chair the committee. includes lofgrenalso note liz cheney is on the committee as well. we'll give you any breaking information on that. any surprising names to you in that thing? i'm surprised adam schiff is on the committee considering he got so much pushback being on the impeachment committee leading these other russia collusion things. >> dana: see a troublemaker when it comes to pelosi. better to put him on the committee maybe. reportedly kevin mccarthy house minority leader told republicans if you want her to put you on this committee she can put you on all the committees. i don't know if liz cheney who took a stand and stripped as conference chair is probably glad to be on it. >> trace: president biden is now in florida. [no audio] >> president biden: including i think i have the power to be able to get 100% of the cost for the county and state. i think i'm quite sure i can do that and so we are going to do that and there will be a lot you want. this could be a lot of pain and anxiety, suffering and even psychologic

the chair of the homeland security committee, do you want to say anything? ms. lofgren: house administration committee has held a series of hearings primarily with the inspectors generals looking at deficiency of the management of the capitol police. and unfortunately we found many. but that's not what spurred the attack but the response. the fact there were deficiencies in the management of the capitol police didn't cause the riot. we will make sure that the interim steps to be more safe at the capitol continue. but it's not a substitute for finding out what happened here, what caused a mob of americans to think this they were supporting the constitution when they tried to disrupt the constitutional process of counting the electoral votes, who paid for it, how was it organized. we need to find that out to keep the country safe. thank you, madam. speaker pelosi: thank you. in terms of the capitol police, they saved our lives and we be -- will be forever grateful to them and enabled us to return so we could honor our constitutional responsibility prescribed in the consti

chairwoman johnson, ranking member lucas and members of the committee including congresswoman lofgren, who's chairings hearing today. thank you for inviting me to provide testimony. my name is craig clement. i serve as director at san jose state university. i'm honored to appear before the house science space and technology committee for this hearing on the state and federal wildfire science, examining opportunities for further research and coordination. ly i will focus on the need for additional investment in wildfire science. i'd like to thank congresswoman lofgren. there is no doubt that wildfires are becoming larger and more severe in western u.s. this is projected to continue due to a number of factors, including 100 years of fire exclusion that resulted in increased tree density and changes in fire conditions caused by climate change. our nation needs to increase investment in fire science to empower decisionmakers in addressing the complex challenges we face. while i won't address all research gaps, i will focus on a few key aspects i believe are important. fundamental mechanisms of wildfire s

chairman will be benny thompson, his chair of the homeland security committee and negotiated the bipartisan commission and we thank him for his leadership. jerome lofgrenving keir hearings a jurisdiction for the safety of the capitol. and intelligence being very important to this, chair adam schiff of the intelligence committee. pete aguilar, house appropriations committee, that is a committee of jurisdiction for this as well as member of the house administration committee. i'm saying this in seniority order. congresswoman liz cheney, of the armed serviced committee has patriotically agreed to serve on the committee. she has a family matter that she's dealing with and may joining us depending on how long this takes. but we're very honored and proud that she has agreed to serve on the the committee. representative stephanie murphy of armed services committee. representative jamie raskin, a constitutional scholar as you know, oversight committee. that is a major committee of jurisdiction, the committee on over sight, also on the judiciary committee which has standing in all of this. and we're proud that elaine loria, a navy veteran, captain of the ship -

representative miller-meeks for her service including working for natural resources chair to rename the bill in alexander lofgren. he served as a combat engineer including a deployment to afghanistan. afterwards, he served in chair grijalva's office as part of the wounded warrior program handling issues and constituent case work concerning veteran health and benefits. as a staffer and veteran, he was a great proponent for his community, veterans and our nation's public lands, often encouraging returning veterans to reconnect with nature. tragically, his life was lost during a recent outing in death valley national park. our hearts go out to his family. renaming this legislation after mr. lofgren is a fitting tribute to his legacy and service to our nation. i urge my colleagues to support this bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from arkansas. mr. westerman: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. westerman: i am proud to speak today in support of h.r. 4300 alexander lofgren v.i.p. act

chair of the committee. other members include congressman pete aguilar, jamie raskin and adam schiff, zoe lofgren and stephanie other five lawmakers of the committee. joining us white house correspondent for politico and co-author of "the playbook" eugene daniels and an msnbc contributor. first of all congrats on your recent engagement and secondly, what, as we see these committee names come out including the very polarizing pick of lizz cheney, what dynamic does this set up for the select committee aiming to be nonpartisan? >> exactly. i think that she is trying to -- the speaker is trying to recreate what she wanted with this kind of 9/11-style commission, right, something that was nonpartisan, bipartisan, something that could be beyond reproach, something where it is focused on the facts and the whitewashing or what's happened -- what happened on january 6th and that's happened since then isn't a part of this committee. that's something she's been extremely focused on this entire time. that's it. they're trying to recreate this idea that this would be something that would be accepted by most people as fact,

zoe lofgren, bennie thompson, adam schiff is a chair, stephanie murphy, jamie raskin, the lead impeachment manager the second time around, liz cheney, and as we've been discussing adam kinzinger. what is the sort of talk among these members about their goal? does it line up with what claire just described? >> that's a really great question that is being overlooked in a lot of the discussions and the back and forth between mccarthy and pelosi. my colleague and i interviewed them for a piece previewing tomorrow, they told us in extensive interviews they laid out their objectives which are far more serious than how many republicans are going to serve on the select committee. take someone like stephanie murphy, for example, who actually worked at the pentagon in the wake of 9/11 and tried to implement some findings from the 9/11 independent commission from that report. these evidentiary gaps and make sure this doesn't happen again, the lines that were crossed and threatened our democracy. murphy has interesting personal story, her family escaped from vietnam. so she has personal reasons for th

. >> chair recognizes gentle woman from california, mrs. lofgrento each one of you and your colleagues for what you did. i was on the floor of the house, helping to defend the voters of arizona to a challenge to their electors while you were out trying to keep a violent mob from invading the capitol. so i really do want to thank you for your tremendous courage and stamina and heroism. not just for myself, i chair the house administration committee and i know how many others work in this capitol not only the staff to the members of congress, but the food service workers who were present and clerical staff, you saved them as well. and so they also owe you a debt of gratitude. i do realize that ultimately the rioters breached the capitol. but the time that you kept them out really made a tremendous difference. you saved the day. you saved the constitution. and it made a tremendous difference for our country. and officer dunn, i did hear you about the need for additional help and i want to pledge to you that we will work with the capitol police to make

thompson to chair the house select committee on investigating the january 6 insurrection at the u.s. capitol. six other democrats will serve on it, including impeachment managers zoe lofgren, adam schiff, and jamie raskin of maryland. >> we need to figure out who organize the violence of january 6, how did they organize it, and why did they organize it. what were the purposes of the different critical actors who were present on that day. a mako speaker pelosi also said republican congress member liz cheney will serve on the january 6 committee, one of 10 who voted to impeach donald trump for inciting the mob that attacked congress. kevin mccarthy said he was shot chain excepted pelosi's invitation and suggested republican leaders might strip her of her houseommittee assignment. attorney general merrick garland has ordered a halt to all federal executions while the justice department conducts a review of its policies and procedures on capital punishment. in a memo dated thursday, garland cites the "arbitrariness in its application, disparate impact on people of color, and the troubling number of exonerations in capital and other serious cases." attorney general garland als