mr. scott for his testimony. mr. scott of georgia, but i always said the younger scott. mr. scott: fair enough. thank you. i want to talk briefly about the supply chain a little bit. i can't talk about this without reminding the american public that's watching. the american farmer gets a little less of 10 cents every dollar you are spending at the grocery store. probably even less than that. right now. the increased cost of transportation and what is happening with inflation at the grocery store. the american farmers' not seeing that revenue. i went to the local grocery store on this past weekend, i passed over the steak because it simply cost way too much. i looked at the pork, and the pork was unbelievably high. i ended up with $5 worth of chicken i paid $7 or $8 for. when we talk about supply chain, it's not limited to the farmer. the american consumer's feeling -- is feeling the brunt of this. when they walk into the grocery store. i want you to know as a consumer that the american farmer is not benefiting from the price increase that is you are seeing. one of the issues

mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. and insert extraneous materials on s. 848 much. the consider teachers act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of s. 848, the consider teachers act introduced by senators ron and sinema in the senate and led by delegate holmes norton and representative spartz in the house. high quality teachers are the backbone of our nation's education system. since even before the covid-19 pandemic, communities across the country, particularly low-income communities, have faced a growing shortage of educators. to address this shortage, the teacher education assistance for college and higher education grant program, or the teach grant program, offers up -- up-front grant aid to incentivize individ

mr. scott is now recognized for five minutes. senator scott: thank you, chair laid -- mr. scott: thank you, chairlady. i appreciate that. secretary fudge, i am so proud of you. you and i served in the house for many years. and you are doing a wonderful job. now, i want to pick this up in a way and deal with two issues. i want to get to the rental one because that has raised some issues as well. but i think it's very important for -- because we got the nation watching this and while i am on that, chairlady waters, you are absolutely right. it was very important. this was her first chance to come before this committee, and she deserves to have this opportunity on her own. and i respect you and thank you for doing that. now, i want to set the record straight. first of all, the winehouse initial infrastructure proposal included a $213 billion investment to create and retrofit over two million affordable housing units that were badly and still badly needed. but in the bipartisan infrastructure agree

for his testimony paid mr. scott of georgia i always said the younger scott. >> fair enough. thank you. want to talk briefly about the supply chain just a little bit. i cannot talk about this without reminding the american public, the american farmer gets a little less than 10 cents of every dollar you're store.g at the grocery probably even less than that right now. the increased cost of transportation what is happening with inflation at the grocery store, the american farmer is not seeing that revenue. out to the local grocery store this past week and intending to buy steak i passed over the stake is simply cost way too much. i looked at the pork and it was unbelievably high. i ended up with $5 with of chicken i paid sevensu or $8 for. we talk about supply chain is not limited to the farmer for the american consumer is feeling the brunthe of this when they walk into the grocery store print i want you to know asas a consumer is not seeing the price increases you are seeing. we talk about supply chain we never thought of. issue of boxes and think about seed commenting about c

mr. scott: mr.resident, i'd like to thank my colleague, senator rubio for joining me to honor the lives lost in the horrific tragedy on june 24 when the champlain towers in surfside, florida, suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night. in honor of the brave men and women that risked their lives in search, rescue and recovery efforts. senator rubio and i were on the ground in surfside following the collapse talking to families, first responders, and members of the community. the pain these families are experiencing is unimaginable. those unexpectedly lost in this horrific tragedy were mothers, fathers, grandfathers and grandmothers, friends, aunts, uncles and cousins. they were children, grandchildren with their full lives ahead of them. i can't imagine losing any member of my family like this, but the thought of losing one of my grandchildren is too painful to imagine. we mourn with these families. we continue to pray for the surfside community, the families and loved ones of those lost, and all

mr. david scott of georgia, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. scott will vote yes on h.r. 4300. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. gosar: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. greene from georgia, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. greene will vote yes on h.r. 4300. and as the member designated by mr. gaetz from florida, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gaetz will vote yea on h.r. 4300. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? mrs. hayes: as the member designated by ms. wilson, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on h.r. 4300. as the member designated by ms. pressley, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. pressley will vote yes on h.r. 4300. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from the great state of michigan seek recognition? mr. moolenaar: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. aderholt of alabama, pu

mr. scott: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: madam president, less than 72 hours the suspension on the federal government's debt ceiling will expire. that leaves congress with two options. continue with the reckless, wasteful spending it's accustomed to without any accountability to the merge people -- american people or finally face reality. make some tough choices and chart a path forward that lowers the federal debt and gets spending under control. washington is constantly spending more money and taking on new debt without any plan to ever reduce the debt. since 1960 congress has raised or extended the debt limit more than 70 times. washington's choice to keep raising or suspending the debt ceiling is like raising the limit on your credit card month after month with no plan to pay it off. it's reckless and it's this kind of fiscal irresponsibility that is hurting american families and causing the rise in inflation we're seeing. as you can see here, 87% of americans are worried about inflation. 87%. low and fixed income

mr. david scott of georgia, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. scott will vote yes on the motion to table, the motion to reconsider. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. carter from the great state of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote no on the motion to table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. auchincloss, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. auchincloss will vote yes on the motion to table.

. >> thank you very much the gentleman from georgia, mr. scott, also the chair of the house agricultural committee, is now recognized for five minutes. >> and i just want to say that my great colleague, congressman williams, is not only just a great entrepreneur in the car business, he is also one of the great all-star third basemen for my atlanta braves in major league baseball. >> that's right. well, thank you for reminding us >> all right he's a good man. chair powell, it's good to have you back now last month you stated before the house select committee on the coronavirus, you said this, and i quote, you said a recent decline in commodity prices was evidence that price pressures will cool as supply from reopening the economy are worked out and stimulus files maintaining that our concurrent inflation is temporary and would eventually move back to a 2% target so i want to ask you while there is no doubt that soaring prices for commodities have fueled a sense of optimism for our farmers and our agriculture producers this growing season. given th

mr. scott: madam president, i rise today to talk about the new day of freedom dawning in cuba and the brave cubans marching for freedom across the island. for decades the cuban people have suffered atrocities, oppression, and misery at the hands of the castro regime. i repeated lid told the story of a cuban woman who was attacked by cuban security forces in 2015. they cut off her hand and stuck her hand in the mud to make sure it got infected. she complained that the regime was going to shut down a school in their neighborhood. i spoke about jose and the members of the patriotic union of cuba fighting every day to defend human rights, freedom, and the democratic movement in cuba. being a visits like jose daniel ferrer a are the future of cuba, not the ruthless regime. across cuba people are marching in the streets to protest against communist rule and demand that freedom, liberty, and basic human rights that have been stolen from them for decks. that he demands are simple -- libertad. what we'r

mr. scott. >> thank you for hosting this hearing today, and i want to thank you to be for being here. in florida, space is important for us. when i became governor, medflight have been shut down and we had lost 70 -- manned flight had been shut down. we lost 7500 jobs. we put effort into revitalizing our space industry. the private sector showed up. it has continua -- completely change the kennedy space center. now it is difficult to find engineers because of all the things happening. thank you all of you for what you have done. so, i want to talk about what you can do with your got to cuba. -- with regard to cuba. in cuba, the population showed up, protesting. now, the oppressive cuban regime is beating up peaceful protesters. they have arrested unbelievable numbers of people. these people are being tortured for speaking about simple things like freedom. when barack obama was president, he did a plan there. there is a lady that, when she -- she had her hand chopped off. her atrocity was she ex

the gentleman from florida mr. scott thank you for hosting this hearing today no one thank you to be for being here. very important and many jobs and so we put a lot of effort into revitalizing our space industry a lot of money into it. in the private sector showed up and it's really going to change the kennedy space center that whole area of the state now. it is difficult to find engineers because all of the there.happened i want too thank all of you for what you have done. >> so i want to talk about what you all can do with regarding to what is going on in cuba. >> i don't know if you are following what is happening in cuba but, that showed up for the protest and what is happening now is the impressive cuban regime is protesters, they were arrested unbelievable numbers of people, these people being tortured. for speaking about simple things like freedom. and when barack obama was president, he did the plan there and i'll tell you it worked. and when she hundred hinge chop off after the appeasement, second month, and sh

from florida, one of our most significant states in space issues is the gentleman from florida, mr. scott. >> thank you, senator. thank you for hosting this hearing today. i want to thank each of you for being here. florida plays a big -- it is very important. when i became governor, unfortunately manned flight had been shut down. we lost i think over 7500 jobs, so we put a lot of effort into revitalizing our space industry, and we put a lot of money into it, and the private sector showed up, and it's really completely changed the kennedy space center and the state, and now it's very difficult to find engineers because of all the things that are happening there. we have had a lot of success there and thank all of you for what you have done. i want to talk about what you all could do with regard to what's going on in cuba. i don't know if you're following what's happened in cuba, but the population in cuba -- [inaudible] protesting. the oppressive cuban regime is beating up peaceful protesters. they have arrested an unbelievable numbers of people. these people are being tortured, first abo

from florida, one of our most significant states in space issues is the gentleman from florida, mr. scott. >> thank you, for hosting this hearing today. i want to thank you for being herement. >> and you're right, senator, florida faces a big -- it's important when i became governor. a manned flight had been shut down and lost over 7500 jobs so we put a lot of effort into revitalizing our space industry and put a lot of money into it, the private sector showed up and it's really a change atted kennedy space center and the whole area in space difficult to find engineers because of all the things happening there. and thank all of you for what you've done. so i want to talk about what you all can do with regard to what's going on in cuba: i don't know if you're following what's happened in cuba, but the-- obviously cuba showed up and protesting, and what's happening now the oppressive cuban regime is beating up protesters, they've arrested unbelievable numbers of people, and these people are being tortured for seeking simple things. and when barack obama was president he did an appeasement p

scott colin. >> thank you, mr. speaker. let's pray together. father, on a day like today we wonder how we should pray and we are reminded by your scripture that this is the day the lord has made. let us rejoice and be glad in it. today, father, we can rejoice and we can also, as scripture tells us, we can be in continual prayer for those we serve and to those we love. father, we are reminded -- as i am inspired by those in the chamber -- they have faithfully served their constituents in this great state. in your relentless pursuit of us and your faithfulness, even when we are not faithful to you, as you relentlessly pursue us ultimately by sending your son, jesus christ, for the forgiveness of sins in whose name we pray. amen. >> amen. >> the honorable stephenson will lead us in the pledge of allegiance. >> members, let us pledge allegiance to the united states. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. honor the

senator scott you are remainder for the of your time for your questions. >> mr. airman and senator scott, if i mayng say one thing very briefly without imposing on the senators time, because i'm not sure what i articulated came through during the fire alarm and i apologize for the interruption to the hearing. senator scott, first, i appreciate your defense of the cuban people and your articulation of that so powerfully and consistently. second, i will take stock of what you said urging me to be even more vocal about the situation in cuba. as you know this is something profoundly personal to me. i was born in cuba and my parents brought me herere as refugees during the communist takeover and my father lost his business, the place of his birth and where he thought he would raise his family and the even the opportunity to lay his mother to rest. i join you condemning the authoritarian regime in cuba and the repression of the people of cuba and i echo your and the president and secretary of state and presidents national security advisors condemnation of the actions of

. >> some stern criticism for scott morrison, the men who succd mr. minister three years ago. you can see the two men are from the same party but perhaps no love lost beeen them. scott morrison was the winner in a power struggle that saw mr. turnbull rejected by his own mp's. more than half of australia's population have been in lockdown in rt weeks, although some states are beginning to ease. victoria is lifting restrictions from wednesday after reporting just 10 new infections among people already in quarantine. south australia is doing the same after reporting zero cases in the past 24 hours. all eyes are on new south wales, which is expected to extend its lockdown after recording 172 cases. the state premier had this to say ahead of the announcement. >> we have seen around the world when you have too many people being infectious in the community and you open up to early, countries that have claimed to have done so well with covid and have higher vaccination rates than ours have failed with the delta because they opened up too quickly. we don't want

mr. scott, also the chair of the house agricultural committee not recognized for five minutes. >> check lady, i just want to say my great colleagues, congressman williams is not only the entrepreneur he's also one of the great all-star for my that the braves. >> thank you for reminding us. >> a good man. chair powell, it is good to have back. last month the committee on the coronavirus you said and i quote prices these pressures by government from reopening the economy. maintaining this and it will move back so on one price is a sense of optimism for. he commodities, are your views on pressures today? >> i would say we continue to see prices come in this week exceed expectations not what we hope to see on your star the same story same of the economy in inflation, a narrow group producing readings but he also asked through. >> thank you for that and i agree a return for these price rates would be in need for our economy but as we know, increase in commodityon prices rise up ad consumer prices ov

mr. scottalso the chair of the house agricultural committee is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, chair lady, i appreciate that. secretary fudge, i am so proud of you. you and i have served together in the house for many years and you are doing a wonderful job. now i want to pick this up in a way to deal with issues. i want to get to the rental one because that's raised some issues as well but i think it is very important because we've got the nation, while i am on that, chair lady waters, you are absolutely right, it's very important, this was her first chance to come before this committee and she has this opportunity on her own and i respect you and thank you for doing that. i want to set the record straight. first of all, the infrastructure proposal included a 213 million-dollar investment to create and retrofit over 2 million affordable housing units that were badly and still badly needed but, in the bipartisan infrastructure agreement, that provision did not make the cut so her

mr. menard, and chief scott. colleagues? president walton? >> thank you so much, chair haney, and thank you, chief scott. always good to see you. just a couple of questions. so the $15.7 million for two acadamies, that is -- is that the correct number? >> president walton, $60.7 million for the total budget? >> correct. >> patrick, can you please verify that? >> yes, chief. in total, the proposed amount for the academy classes for both fiscal year '22 and fiscal '23 combined is $19 -- about $19.1 million. [please stand by] >> the reality isbased on our applicant pool right now , we're looking at more along the lines of 35 or soofficers . so that my neighbor acquired three academies because if we can only get35 , it may require that third academy.that's why we are framing this in the number of hires not the number of academies because the number of academies is a function of how many applicants we have had the time you're ready to start an academy and the applicant pool has gone downacross the country and in san francisco the last couple of ye

mr. good. >> thank you, chairman scott and secretary cardona. in 2001 the department of education publish add proposed rule prioritizing the development of culturally responsive teaching and learning and the promotion of literacy skills and grants under these programs. specifically the proposed rule references the "new york times" 1619 project and demonstrating aspects of culturely responsive learning. it says the revolutionary war was thought to preserve the institution of slavery in american colonies. do you believe this to be true and should this be taught in classrooms across the country? >> i do believe that our students should be exposed to culturally relevant pedagogy and material, but i would refer it to more as windows, mirrors and sliding glass doors. >> i'm sorry, time is short. could you answer yes or no do you believe that the revolutionary war was fought primarily to preserve the institution of slavery in the colonies? >> i'm not going to comment on specific questions regarding -- >> so you will not deny that you believe that? do y

scott: yep. thank you, mr. chairman. sen. peters: thank you, senator.hassan, you're recognized for your questions. sen. hassan: thank you, mr. chair, and thanks to all of the witnesses for being here today. i especially want to take a moment to acknowledge the heroism of the officers of the us capitol police, law enforcement and other employees of the capitol who bravely worked to protect our democracy on january 6th, and who have done so much work to restore our capitol since that day. i also want to thank all of the families of our law enforcement and capitol hill staff for what they went through watching this unfold in real time. sen. hassan: i want to start with a question to chief contee, if i could. chief, washington, dc, is obviously no stranger to large assemblies and protests. what is the standard process for protests in washington, dc, when it comes to inter-agency coordination and information sharing? following the events of january six, what recommendations do you have for improving coordination and information sharing? chief contee: thank y

now mr. accomplish i was accomplished in that we gather scott, some of the log in terrorism is not emanating from that part of just having things of self harm in belgium as migrant. to go to extremes and fight for asylum, although authorities and since they will not be blackmail and driven grounds to us the right to try again to extra julian us. however, one of the whistleblowers oldest friends believes washington's attendance will ultimately.

mr. russi. scott, we've had many hearings, and when the issue of reducing units in a building comes up, that's pretty much off the table from the beginning, especially in an environment that we have now, where there's a shortage of housing. so we -- we have agreed in a previous hearing that there are three units, and an illegal one is noncompliant. based on what we've continued to hear from you, i believe, and i'm accepting that, and i have many times, that this unauthorized unit is recognized as one of the three can't be dismissed so quickly, can it? >> i believe that's the case. i mean, given the history here, and what the board did find in the previous hearing was that the board did find in the previous units. since then, d.b.i. has come back, correcting the record, saying that there were only two legal units, and which believe that the third -- we believe that the third unit is an unauthorized dwelling unit because they had filed a conditional use authorize of what they believed to be a legal unit

mr. chairman. >> thank you representative larsen. i now turn to representative scott. >> thank you chairman. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. i know when we talk about cyber, we are typically thinking of more of a near peer type competitor, i guess or something coming from a little further away from home than central and south america. my question is, specific to south com and with regard to the budget, it seems to me that south com is the one that any time there is a budget reduction, south com always takes the reduction. what do you anticipate with regard to south k078, the transnational criminal organize igs zas that are responsible for killing more people in america than any other organizations? how do you anticipate the budget reductions to affect south com? >> representative scott, my understanding is that there is actually a slight increase in the budget for south com. we understand that the transnational threat's posed by the criminal organizations that operate across the border working with the department of department of homeland security to ensure that

scott. good talking with us on the program. mr. martini, it seems that we're in a chicken and egg situation. you can't help stop a tumbling currency when there's no functioning, government and finance minister to tell the world what the country's finance policy will be in the future. indeed many have been on a downward trend since even the ha did not change. since the government with the central bank are met, the real is continued in order to monetize debt. they are unable to pay back except for printing more money to give back to banks. and this has been resolved to continue with the mission. and we need to reform this because i think we need more confidence in the local currency and we need to call them and those things need that extra government and the need that we don't need any positive should that direction. and so the and the interview into the mission. yeah. so to interrupt, if it's put that to one side, experts and analysts continue to talk to us about lebanon being bailed out. he's not the only answer. i mean bailing ou

mr. chair. >> thank you senator. senator scott you are recognized. >> thank you chairman peters.y heart goes out to the senator and the family. mike was a wonderful person and aen great senator and mentor to a lot of people. thank you for being here today. thank you for your service. first i ampr really surprised and disappointed you have not been more vocal about what is going on in cuba. you probably know this that these are pictures of protesters being mistreated by the castro regime. we know there are over 500 dissidents have been detained and tortured i met with some of the families yesterday and i thank you have a role as secretaryo of dhs to be more vocal i'm disappointed you haven't the biden administration blames climate change and poverty for the border crisis march 16 regarding the situation at the southwest border that the unitedhe states needs all of government effort not only to address the current situation on the southwest border but longer-term solutions from other countries that are suffering worsening conditions. on may 7th you went to texas and said we must se

mr. chairman, yield the remainder of my time. >> thank you, representative scott. we move to representative cherill. >> thank you very much. i appreciate you all coming today. i want to thank you for your service as well as to extend my appreciation to all of the members of the defense intelligence enterprise, both military and civilian, for their selfless service to our country. the victories of the defense intelligence enterprise aren't always known to our fellow citizens, but your efforts play a critical and often unsung role in our nation's security and stability. as you are aware, the past few years there has been an increase in targets of the united states, people and its infrastructure. some number of adversaries to include china, russia, north korea, and iran. these gray zone tactics include cyberattacks, misinformation, and provide a safe haven to those who target the foundations of our democracy. so it's no secret that some of the first tools the u.s. leverages in response to this aggression are economic or financial in nature. in part due to the direct e

mrs. the republican state senate minority leader scott wilkes on why he is supporting a guaranteed income program for young people coming out of the foster system. >> there half as likely to graduate from high school and their chance of graduating from csu only 4% do that and they don't have hard facts that they believe as many as 20% of the present population or former foster youth. >> reporter: it passed unanimously at the state assembly and senate and it means setting aside $35 million in monthly cash payments to qualify for pregnant women and young adults who recently left foster care. local officials will determine the size of the payments and it could range from $500-$1000 a month and there are no restrictions on how the money is spent. >> i believe we should be doing all we can to lift these young people up. >> reporter: a smaller version of this program was launched in stockton and viewed as a success and then the mayor michael tubbs had a guaranteed income in february 2019 and 125 people in neighborhoods where people are living at or below stockton's median household income recei

mr. chair. >> thank you, senator hassan. senator scott, you're recognized for your questions. >> thank you. chairman peters. first, my heart goes out to the enzi family, to diane and the children and the grandchildren. tragic what happened to mike, what a wonderful person and what a great senator and mentor to a lot of people. so, secretary, thank you for being here today and thank you for your service. the first thing i'd like to say, i'm surprised and disappointed you've not been more vocal will what's going on in cuba. you probably to this, these are pictures of protesters being mistreated by the the castro regime. we know over 500 dissidents have been detained and they're being tortured. i met with some of the families, one of the families yesterday and i think you have a role, as secretary of dhs, to be more vocal on this and i'm disappointed you haven't. the biden administration blamed root causes, violenc poverty, climate change the united states needs an all of governor effort to address the southwest border, but strong longer terms solution, but migration from the hemisphere. may 7

. >> scott walker, mr. secretary do you have the votes? do you have 60 needed?s and a group of republicans who have each been at the table with the idea they can take this back to their caucuses and get the votes it will be an important procedural vote very soon to get the ball rolling on putting staff and bring the final test to the floor of the senate and don't think they would be saying so unless they mean it obviously there's all the twists and turns in the legislative process but today is a big moment you know, about a month since the president walked out of the west point and those republican and democratic senators with the broad outlines of a deal in that month since, we've been coloring in the lines and getting the details lined up and delighted to see this. it will be a historic investment, if we can get it through both chambers and on to the president's desk for a signature. >> speaker nancy pelosi said she won't consider a bipartisan bill without a, quote, "human infrastructure bill. there's word today from senator kyrsten sinema who is getting this