take away the congress' ability to do the same, and it fails to be a congress. becoming instead a mere play thing for a corrupt executive. do not believe for one moment that if we fail to hold steve bannon accountable that he will be the exception. he will become the rule. not a rule of law. but the misrule of men. either we are all equal before the law or none of us is. this is the essence of our democracy. and as lincoln said, whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from wyoming. ms. cheney: could i inquire how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from wyoming has 5 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from mississippi has two minutes. and the gentleman from indiana has no time remaining. ms. cheney: i'm prepared to close then, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. cheney: thank you very much. madam speaker, just outside this chamber, over the north door in stat war r wary hall -- statuary hall, the old house chamber,

congress must act. thank you for the opportunity to testify. -- >> we work every day to help improve the transparency, security, accessibility, and accountability of elections in every state so every american has confidence in the outcome of every election, regardless of party, race, and if this chosen candidate lost or one. -- won or lost. regardless of color or political party, this is a great accomplishment worthy of celebrating while always looking to improve. instead, many seem to place propaganda in place of truth. some suggest they want to suppress the votes of their fellow americans. this is not new. it has been a long-term strategy. in 2004 in colorado, the dnc manual suggested launching a preemptive strike by encouraging minority leadership to denounce voter suppression, issue press release, when no signs of intimidation techniques have emerged yet. i wonder if these minority leaders being used in this way were told they were being used. in 2010, martha coakley was caught red-handed in her los

it's for not responding to congress' requests. and this is a real moment for congress. congress' power has been eroding for years, anyway, vis-a-vis the president, the executive branch. this has been true since 9/11 through republican and democratic administrations. but if congress foregoes its own subpoena power, if they say there is no such thing as subpoena power, it's just up to the supreme court whether somebody has to testify, then they have really put themselves in a spectacularly weakened position, and this is the moment where bennie thompson said they are performing for a party of one, and i think the republican party understands it is making a short-term play with long-term consequences here. >> olivia, i thought it was interesting that thompson and -- we don't have olivia at the moment, so let me pose this instead to paula. paula, they were taking on the role of fact checkers in realtime. you know, having to get up and say, okay, what we just heard from the gentleman from indiana or whoever is not true. but i also think that liz cheney kept bringing it back t

as many of you know, we just issued its 53rd quarterly report to congress.his quarterly report is unique, too. it is the first one issued in our 12 year existence when there are no u.s. troops or anybody in the u.s. embassy. there is no u.s. embassy there. in afghanistan. those of you who have followed our work know that many of the reasons for that unexpected quick collapse of the afghan government, or problems that we reported on for years. corruption, ghost soldiers, the dependence of the afghan military on u.s. airpower, contractors and other enablers as well as the overall incompetency of the afghan government. some in the press and on the hill have suggested this may be the only u.s. government agency whose stock has risen in the wake of the withdrawal. due to our penchant for telling inconvenient truths over the last 10 years. but i would suggest that you and the press corps must also be credited for telling unwanted truths about what was going on in afghanistan for the afghan -- evacuation in kabul. without the amplification of our work force by the

and congress needs to step up. congress needs to stand up and speak out on this because it will be both the right and left extremism. collate white supremacy is the biggest issue in the military and across this country when it comes to violence and domestic terrorism. the fact is all of these can be applied at any number of ways to root out extremism. it's really important that what congressman brown is doing in regard to congress, just like last year we put in a language to make sure the department of defense went to the issue of renaming bases and other assets that had been named for confederate generals and confederate officers. this is very similar to that. this is to let them know congress is serious about this. >> let me also add and to pick up on that whole of government approach that senator jones has now mentioned at least twice, the national strategy that the biden administration recently published on counter extremism, puts a huge premium or focus on that whole of government approach. it's not just the d

as many of you know, i have a copy of this, our 53rd quarterly report to congress. this quarterly report is kind of unique. it's the first one issued in our 12 year existence when there are no u.s. troops or anybody in the u.s. embassy, there is no u.s. embassy, in afghanistan. those of you have followed s igard's work is the reason for the unexpected collapse of the afghan government is something we have reported on for years, corruption, gulf soldiers, the dependent of the afghan military on u.s. mail -- airpower and other enablers as well as the overall incompetency of the afghan government stuff in the press and on the hill, it's suggested thatsigar may be the only agency that who stock is risen in the wake of the with drawl due to our penchant for telling inconvenient truths. i would suggest that you and the press corps must also be credited with telling unwanted but ground truths on what was going on in afghanistan through the evacuation in kabul and to date and without the amplification of our reports by the press, sigar would not have been as successful as i

that's why fbi director ray spoke to congress about that.hat's why secretary defense secretary austin ordered to stand down earlier this year and general millie has spoken accurately and appropriately in thehi military. it's important to get our hands around it. you haves senior commanders that have literally said before congress extremism doesn't exist in my formation and we know that's wrong statistically speaking it's inaccurate. so, they are committed to the extremism and they need to do better data collectionon and training so it's really incumbent upon them if they are going to be consistent with the commitment to address the commitment with where congress wants to go on this issue. we've got to work together, congress and the department to get after extremism. survey after survey shows that in the military the service members are experiencing more and more racism, anti-semitism in language conduct so the problem exists. we've got to get after it and they need the tools and to accept that. >> part of this problem we just have to be ver

everything congress had ever done i think this is one of the 10 most weirdest things congress has ever done. think about this. yes who owns sallie mae west and mark banks and schools. so it's like the fox living in the henhouse. the institutions that needed to make money and wanted to make money only have access to all this treasury department money. no risk whatsoever. through this odd piece called sally may. so i'll stop there because it's just a long story and i'm curious what you want to know more about 's we're talking moral hazards and the consequences so just to catch us up the federal government wants to pay for it, doesn't want to be seen paying for it . it's a little bit of a shell game so they're putting the money up but they're not, it's not on their books and then sally may gets created to basically their profits or losses are raised and they have every power of the federal government has on federal government rates. a new kind of hazard comes in and these are the colleges themselves. they were supposed to have skin in the game. and let's talk about what's happening with t

they don't report to congress. we use them but my solution would be to beef up, reclaim congressional oversight power which we have allowed to lapse and we've outsourced that to the inspector general. do you understand that assessment? not necessarily agree or disagree but understand where i'm coming from in. mr. horowitz: i understand the concern you outline about what the congressional oversight responsibilities are and how they've been executed. i'll just say, this legislation changes nothing about the president's ability to remove and i.g. there is no for-cause provision here. there's none of that. and to your point, as sigi chair, one of the things and allison has continued this, i know, as chair. i talk about all the time not only with my folks at d.o.j. but other i.g.'s, we're not free-range actor, i agree with you. we're in a constitutional system. we follow the i.g. act and follow the law. what i think the legislation does though, particularly the vacancies act, it doesn't limit the president's ability to

and congress. very much appreciate this. >> thank you and thank you for crystal riling the sup about technologists and legislation. thank you. and senator blumenthal? >> thank you, senator and thank you for having this hearing. there are now pretty good indications that the federal government is going to have or given rule making. in would be very, have been welcome. last week i wrote to general common. along with others, and four ok colleagues urging the f.t.c. to start rule making concerning previouscy. co-litigation of 24 civil rights group. others have joined in the call. the reasonable is simple, that congress has fameed to affect. they act abjectly to responsibility, not that the issues are simple or easy but the f.t.c. is supposed to fill gaps that occur when congress fails to do. so some members have expressed reservation about it. i have am not sure i uniform the prekempes ejection. i think the resource issues could be sur mounted and if congress were willing to act, that might be everyone

there are still questions that only congress can answer. congress still has a role to play. but the select committee has completely abandoned tha role. why else does the select committee want to hear from mr. bannon? because on january 5, mr. that, quote, all hell was going to break loose tomorrow. so according to the select committee, no person could have might occur that day. according to the committee that mr. bannon warned of violence on the fifth is proof that, quote, mr. bannon had foreknowledge of the attack on the sixth. never mind that the f.b.i. that theit was coordinated or potential violence occurringt -- every america with internet access knew that violence was a possibility on january 6. the question the committee should be asking is this -- how the united states capitol police the d.c. metropolitan police and the f.b.i. all have no clueg to break loose? steve bannon, a private citizen knew. so why didn't the capitol police have enough riotelds? why did it take multiple hours to deploy the national guard? these are worthwhile questions, and congress has duty an

there are two things congress needs to do. number one, they need to act on new enforcement authority and give themselves the tools to enforce their oversight in realtime. they need to pass something that gives them fast track authority with the courts and number two, there is something called inherent contempt where they can throw steve bannon in jail now and force him to sit there until he provides the documents, emails and testimony. he might get criminal contempt and be prosecuted. i want a process that ensures we get the information because we need to know what went into january 6th if we have any chance of avoiding another one. >> indeed. he might manafort it out. you mentioned representative scott parry, why is bannon important? it covers any communications he might have had but michael flynn who we know was the disgraced former military man who now is a trump lack. sydney powell, kash patel who was subpoenaed, representative scott sperry, the proud boys, the oath keepers, the 3%ers. he was talking to principals. one mor

officers of the congress out to arrest people who are in contempt of the congress. that's called the power of inherent contempt. it is a little awkward even though there is long precedent for it. we are not really in the law enforcement business here. we don't really have a jail. in a moment in time, the truth under the trump administration where the department of justice has become a political arm of the president n this case, president trump, you have to think about those things if you are serious about a system of checks and balances. i would hope that most people would be serious about checks and balances. >> look, i want to pull out what you are saying. this is not just a vote about steve bannon. obviously, he's a proxy for donald trump. but it's also republicans going on the record with their true views about how disposable congress really is. 202 republicans don't think that congress is thing on the same level as donald trump in exile at mar-a-lago. and i wonder if you can answer a question that i asked just about everyone. can a single party protect this cou

that decision could be overruled by the congress. it v would take 60 votes under e present but nonetheless, congress would have to overrule that. have some appeal to both sides of the aisle because of the consequences to people of not lifting it. but why what is -- i mean, many democrats at the extent of jeopardizing it, this is the first time. >> the congresswoman pelosi is talking about it makes a lot of sense. on the one hand, you authorize treasury to take the steps it needs to take to finance and on the other hand, to get the political support that it would need on both parties by having the fixes. making the claim and invoking the amendment without endorsing or oppose any specific proposal, can you just talk about those issues in general and why they come up as a way to get around the debt limit? >> some of the creative people when we are faced with a crisis like this and people go back and look at acts passed by congress about making commemorative coins and they take the parts of the constitution to figure out some runaround w

congress must act. thank you for the opportunity to testify. -- >> we work every day to help improve the transparency, security, accessibility, and accountability of elections in every state so every american has confidence in the outcome of every election, regardless of party, race, and if this chosen candidate lost or one. -- won or lost. regardless of color or political party, this is a great accomplishment worthy of celebrating while always looking to improve. instead, many seem to place propaganda in place of truth. some suggest they want to suppress the votes of their fellow americans. this is not new. it has been a long-term strategy. in 2004 in colorado, the dnc manual suggested launching a preemptive strike by encouraging minority leadership to denounce voter suppression, issue press release, when no signs of intimidation techniques have emerged yet. i wonder if these minority leaders being used in this way were told they were being used. in 2010, martha coakley was caught red-handed in her los

and congress needs to step up. congress needs to stand up, speak out on this because it will be both right and left extremism. clearly white supremacy is the biggest issue i think in the military and across this country when it comes to violence and domestic om terrorists. but the fact is that all of these can be roapplied in any number of ways. to reach out extremism and i think it's really important that congressman brown is doing with regard to the congress just like last year in the nda, eswe've put in language to make sure that the department of defense went through the issue of renaming bases and other assets that have been named for confederate generals and confederate officers. this is a very similar to that. it's an assistance to the department of defense to let them know that congress is serious about this . >> let me also add that to pick up on that whole of government approach that senator jones has mentioned at least twice. the national strategy that the biden administration recently published in addre

the congress authorizes the spending and taxes. for better or worse, congress mandates the deficit. treasury should be able to undergo the actions necessary to finance that deficit. we do face a run-up in our debt levels that is unsustainable. all of human history suggests that that is not going to work out well if it continues. i propose that congress tackle these two essential issues together, hopefully finding middle ground. that would be pairing a permanent suspension of the debt limit so that we do not have these every few years along with long-term reforms to stop the unsuitable rise, as well as structural forms to grow their economy. if you have a faster growing economy, the world can sustain higher levels of government spending. host: house and senate democrats with plenty of criticism about the death -- debt limit. nancy pelosi proposed giving the treasury department the authority to limit the debt. speaker pelosi: there are all kinds of suggestions. one that was endorsed a while back by mitch mcconnell, but who knows -- it was -- the manifestation now puts a responsibility

congress? so two questions. the psychology behind why and how some internal dynamics might change with a third entity instead of just two teams. liz wiseman: i can speak to a little bit on the psychology of why one of the things that i study is uh i mean leaders, i call multipliers who bring out the best and others versus leaders who are very smart and capable but have a diminishing effect on others. they tend to be very divisive leaders and often they have staying power in organizations and they have success. and i've spent a lot of time trying to understand why people keep working for them and why people follow them? and i think it addresses a couple of your concerns. and what happens is when people feel voiceless and they feel like their voice is not being heard, nobody is listening to me, i'm gonna go get behind someone who people are listening to. and even somebody abhors this person, this is my only avenue for voice. and it's what happens in the business world is people tend to follow them. the other dynam

i've been in congress nine years and worked for a member of congress for 16 years before that. do you know how many times i've ever come back to washington d.c. in the middle of august until this summer? zero. but she felt it so important to bring hr-4 to the floor without having a hearing for our part of the jurisdictional boundaries and hr-4 and house administration. this is their number one issue. their future, their dominance, and their power depends upon them changing the electoral system here in washington d.c. you're on the front lines of this fight. don't think that we can just sit back and prepare maybe for some contested elections. we can go out to certain parts of the country that are a little better than others and then we're not going to work hand in hand with the folks who are running these elections and we're going to be there and all of a sudden after election day you pick up and go home because we may have won, we may have lost. we need each and every one of you to be as dedicated on the front end as the democrats are to take republicans out of power. to make s

congress, however, took know action. it prompted the commission to pass an amendment to the sentencing guidelines in 2007 as a partial and modest remedy to the compelling problems associated with the ratio. in doing so, the commission unanimously and strongly urged congress to take on this recommendation and provide a comprehensive solution. in 2010, congress finally acted by passing the fair sentencing act which did not eliminate the disparity but significantly reduced the ratio from 100-1 to 18-1. but the fair sentencing act applied only to pending and future cases, leaving thousand of incarcerated people without a petition for relief. the first step act of 2018 made the fair sentencing act retroactive providing a pathway for relief for some but not all individuals affected by the sentencing disparity. it is now pastime to finish the job. the crack cocaine and powder cocaine disparity has greatly contributed to the rise of mass incarceration, devastated communities of color and severely undermine public don't instance

and now congress has an opportunity to finish the job. and today the house of represent representatives is poised to get that done. 50 years ago, the failure on drugs was first launched. when the president at the time declared drug abuse public enemy number one, at the time there were less than 300,000 people incarcerated in america. today 2.3 million disproportionately black and latino, many of them non-violent drug offenders, who instead of receiving incarceration, they received drug treatment. it was a failed policy then. we can't repeat that policy today as so many folks are dealing with the scourge of opioid addiction, and that's why i'm so thankful that we're coming together to pass the equal act to end the disparity and to address -- >> the gentleman's time as expired. >> -- the crime across this nation. i yield back. >> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chair. i appreciate my friend mr. jeffries mentioning cedric richmond and also kelly armstrong that had been such important parts of bringing this bill to t

congress must act. thank you for the opportunity to testify. -- >> we work every day to help improv elections in every state so that every american is confident, regardless of party or race and regardless of whether ones chosen candidate won or lost. today it's easier to register a vote more than ever in our history, regardless of where you live, what color you are or what party you affiliate with. this is a great accomplishment where the of celebrating, while only looking to improve. instead, many in this body seek to advance propaganda. everyone who wants clean and transparent elections is called despicable names. this course of conduct is not new. in 2003, a new york times editorial called election integrity a code phrase for voter suppression. that summarizes the false narrative we are seeing. in 2004, in colorado, the dnc election manual suggested launching a, quote, preemptive strike by encouraging minority leadership to denounce voter suppression, issue press releases and play stories when no sig

this comes from congress, the house andomon the senate.his seems to be in all of government approach. and geared toward the department of defense, i don't think it would be appropriate to just rely on that department of defense or the executive branch and congress needs to step up and speak out because it will be both right and left extremism clearly white supremacy is the biggest issue in the military and across the country when it comes to violence and domestic terrorist. but all of these can be applied in any number of ways to root out extremism. so just like last year with the ndaa issues we put in language to make sure the department of defense went to the issue of renaming the assets for confederate generals and officers. this is very similar to let them know congress is serious. >> also let me add on the whole government approach mentioning at least twice the national strategy the biden administration published to counter domestic extremism puts a huge premium more focused somewhere priority on the whole of governmentho approach not

it's about showing congress can follow through and do its job.k me through what we expect to see with this contempt vote later this afternoon. >> what kenz ger said there is the same thing his fellow republican liz cheney has said throughout this process really trying to speak to republicans and her fellow conservatives appealing to her better angels and trying to unlink the hold that former president donald trump still has over the bulk of his party. while we do expect to see, in kinzinger's words, that a handful of republicans may join the vote and send it over to doj, that's not even a small part of the republican party. the majority still stands in the former president's corner as he continues to tell the big lie about the 2020 election, which of course fed into the events here on january 6th. what we do expect, though, you said this vote could come in about an hour. that's an optimistic timeline. what we're watching to see here is after they end this debate period, whether or not there are any procedural delays made by republicans. you menti

congress steps back from the financial brink, but the crisis isn't over. compromise on a plan to save the u.s. from default but senate republicans blast their leader over bailing out democrats on the debt limit, accusing mitch mcconnell of cabbing. >> i don't understand why we're folding at the end. chris: we'll discuss what the gop plan is now with the number two republican in the house, congressman steve scalise, and

ask in congress is desperately needed. the house answered the call from congressman lewis and others to protect our precious vote. the bold version of the advancement act earlier this year. today in the senate, will be introducing a version of that bill that should get the votes it needed restore the voting rights act. as the microphone ought up there? do they have their microphones off? okay. this legislation addresses the courts 2013 and 2021 decision they should be passed by the house and surely be signed into law, there is no reason for delay. this legislation addresses the supreme court shelby county decision by restoring the justice department preclearance w powers that prevent states from enacting discriminatory voting changes. the legislature it limits the harm caused by the supreme court's decision earlier this year a private right of action and clear factors with which voters can bring lawsuits against attempts to disenfranchise them. fundamentally this legislation seeks to ensure the justice department have the

you're saying you have door number one, congress do it, itself, but congress hasn't done that since the '30s, you have civil, which takes longer, and the moment a person agrees to comply they get out of prison and that would be a civil suit filed by your committee, or the doj. so i guess what i'm asking you, if we take all of those options together, is it above or below 50% odds that steve bannon winds up in jail? because a lot of people are watching and saying, okay, complex history lessons, is he going to pay or not? >> i think he'll back down before he goes to jail. i know he loves the attention. he relishes it. in some sense, that's why i'm a little disappointed he's getting so much attention out of this. but we're going to be going after anybody who doesn't comply. on door number two, it is not remotely a foregone conclusion that it takes longer under civil contempt than criminal contempt. i disagree with that conclusion. >> to get to your point, you're saying your framework is you think he will blink. you think you guys are putting on the pressure and this is a significant vote, p

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the text of article five says congress.here are precedents that that memo is inconsistent with with respect to extending the deadline. >> thank you. i agree with you that the trump opinion blocking the e.r.a. is legally erroneous and should be withdrawn. >> why is the e.r.a. still necessary after all of the progress you have fought for and we have been able to achieve? do we still needed today? can you turn on your mike. >> yes. we need it. what i was trying to say is statutes can be easily changed, and have been. title vii and title ix have been changed. none of them are complete, and we cannot rely on the 14th amendment or interstate commerce clause. the violence against women act had a section in it which said the survivor could take federal civil action to get damages in federal or if no one would defend her at the state level. that was declared unconstitutional. the e.r.a. would give a survivor of sexual violence a chance in the federal courts. it was very clear that this gives the power to congress to enforce it throu

sometimes we have lost sight of that in congress. jonathan: one question on spending i wanted to bring up his looking at this, its current iteration of the bill you introduced, if it is just russia focused it would be about $80 million a year, but you mentioned this is more than just google translate, many of us have used google translate when it comes to trying to read articles coming out of china. what does $80 million get to you beyond google translate in terms of the benefits of the service? rep. castro: of course it is a translation that will be from folks that are familiar with the slogans, the particular sayings in china. a more accurate -- it is more accurate than a rough google translate. but the analysis is very valuable. we mentioned china and russia, but there is the potential to expand it beyond those nations. the analysis part is especially important. important not just for people in government, not just to benefit the state department or the department of defense and the administration, but also the media. i believe it

congress steps back from the financial brink, but the crisis isn't over.ust postponed. >> the motion is agreed to. chris: the two parties compromise on a plan to save the u.s. from default but senate republicans blast their leader over bailing out democrats on the debt limit, accusing mitch mcconnell of cabbing. >> i don't understand why we're folding at the end. chris: we'll discuss what the gop plan is now with the number two republican in the house, congressman steve scalise, and the democratic victory is overshadowed by disappointing jobs numbers. >> maybe it doesn't seem fast enough. we're making consistent, steady progress, though. chris: while in congress, democrats continue to fight over the president's domestic agenda. we'll ask senator chris kuhns on chances for party unity on the legislative to do list. the president's poll numbers hit a new low in the wake of crises at the border, in afghanistan, and a slowing economic recovery. we'll ask our sunday panel if joe biden will be a drag on democrats' chances starting with next month's virginia gove

collaboration in congress. the committee heard from business consultants and ceos in the fields of leadership development, and workplace civility. [inaudible] the committee will come to order without objection. the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. i now recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. i won't use all five. earlier this year. this committee made a conscious decision to explore some topics that aren't always easy to discuss. it's one thing to acknowledge conflict in the workplace is unpleasant, but it's quite another to really dig into that unpleasantness to ask why it exists and what we can do to address it. these conversations are hard because they force us to consider our own actions and to think about the roles we play in an institution that has become increasingly polarized. none of us want to shoulder the blame for congress is low approval ratings, but every member bears responsibility as uh one of our witnesses shoulder richards has said ther

it's congress' responsibility, the doj, ftc to have tool, but congress has the responsibility to updateitrust laws and prevent the conduct that whistleblower spoke about today. >> you're supposed to protect us as consumers, and we're all consumers in this case. so that is what i'm curious of. it sounds like you think you could do this through the ftc, perhaps you could do it through some of the consumer laws that are out there, but i'm curious, what specifically, you know, let me throw it this way, i think the issue of algorithm safety is something that's very hard for us to explain but you may get where i'm going to find out if an algorithm has been written and if it can be abused or weaponized that somebody needs to sort of look at this from an outside, maybe it's not a government internet person but maybe it's an outside board, you know, maybe it's the -- like the motion picture association, but with more teeth or something. who is going to look and handle that? these algorithms are what make these companies go. >> i think there's a robust discussion under way right now about section

this also matters because congress' ability to enforce its own powers can then shape how much power congressnd when people who defy the rule of law or who promote insurrections can get off the hook. this matters a lot. a key precedent goes all the way back to the '80s, when a reagan official, the mother of supreme court justice gorsuch, was held in contempt. back in 1982, she said she would sooner go to jail than comply. she ultimately resigned, and the documents were turned over. so congress got the evidence it wanted. i mention that because it left a muddled situation for the justice department, which did not prosecute her, but went on to prosecute another official in that same clash for contempt charges, also for defying demands to testify. yet this precedent can show why contempt is trickier in congressional cases than a courtroom like "my cousin vinny." even though they went after her, a jury then acquitted her. i mention that because it does show that even in the rare times where doj goes this far, people can beat the cases. and prosecutors don't like to bring cases unless they see a c

focuses on congress and the fact that congress is not letting the pentagon in some cases get the bang the buck they like to get so it's not only internal problem at the pentagon bureaucratic processes defined congress basically not willing to bite the bullet in some of these areas but why is it important like you mentioned, there's a lot going on in the world, the world is more dangerous and unstable in my judgment than the peak of the quote for our number one competitor marks militarily go into a lot of statistics that although it's going to have, they have more diplomatic around the world. but what really scary to me is they have a huge technological on us in key areas and frankly when you look at the role of our industry the role of our military and how our military has been successful and when it hasn't, look at what colin powell did at the beginning of desert storm and the technology that basically one that worked in the first three or four days. it's a technology we give more fighters so they are never in a fair fight. we don't want another country like china to have better tech