and served in the bush administration. and one of the key focus areas that keeps on coming up is we need durable vaccines that reduce infections and prevent -- excuse me, prevent infection and transmissibility. everybody knows this. and yet the administration is allowing this misconception to go out there and they've lost credibility. and it's a shame. >> cj in falls church, virginia, democratic caller. you're next. >> caller: yes, good morning. mr. grogan, you're a well-spoken guy, you make your arguments very well. all the anger that you say is justified to put all this stuff behind us, i couldn't agree more. just a couple of real quick questions. how angry were you when working for trump that he was willing to tell the truth to bob woodward, who my guess is you're not a big fan of, and then he kept that from the public for, you know, a really key couple of months, throughout that february, march, and into april period. trump didn't take this seriously probably until after he left office, really. and he kept complaining

there were efforts over three administrations, one written, bush 43. before getting out of the treaty to develop ballistic missile defenses cooperatively for the soviet union and penn russia for modifications of the treaty to be agreed and work permit a joint development. all three efforts failed. bush wanted the united states and russia to agree to withdraw from the treaty together. here agreed to offer only a moderate response and he did. he said he disagreed with the decision to u.s. withdrawal was not a threat to russia security. they claimed at the time it was a huge mistake and undermines strategic stability and me nuclear forces and possible cap six months after the withdrawal in december 13 of 2001 when announced, may 242002, oscar treaty was entered into by the two sides in which they agreed to reach number of strategic nuclear warheads to arrange 2200. significant reductions. at the same time, my staff treaty pledged further work on cooperations and bush administration pursued those efforts until the last month of which it was in office and t

the biden administration is by far the biggest first year of an administration in that timeframe. when you consider the fact that typically what happens during the first chair of administration is that they are laying the groundwork for more substantive rule to come in the future, i think is a clear indication of the future where we are headed that there will be more economic costs coming. host: you mentioned the $201 billion number found in your report. you also mention a number of executive orders being signed and the topics of vehicle admissions and covid-19 safety measures. can you elaborate on what those things? guest: the vehicle admissions rule is probably about 90% of the net total. that is probably about $180 billion. that sets miles per gallon standards per year from 2023 to 2026. most people are familiar with the mandate from osha on employers of more than 100 employees to either vaccinate or provide testing for them. that was about $4 billion. that one was recently swept down by the supreme court. host: as far as the paperwork involved, talk a little bit about that. yo

the biden administration and trump administration. in one of your pieces, "at the start of the pandemic in 2020, president trump ludicrously proclaimed that anybody who wants a test, can get a test. that was baloney. despite promises in the meantime, it is still malarkey today. germany permits sales of more than 60 tests. germans can purchase tests for a dollar, while many americans cannot find or purchase a test at any price. " what happened? guest: the fda blocked the development and sales of the rapid diagnos tests in this country. it was a good example of the failure of the command and control in the entire pandemic. i got a call from my dermatologist, he said, ok, you have got to have a negative covid test before coming in. and i say, where my supposed to get a negative covid test? he said, the postal service will be sending them. that is great, i have an appointment in three days and i will trust the postal service? the county government was proud to be passing out free covid tests, so i went down to the public library and i tho

something the prior administration did not do the administration argued that selling anti-missiles,anks missiles to ukraine would be a deterrent against russian invasion, why didn't it succeed in deterring vladimir putin who appears to be void to invade right now. >> i think that is incorrect and it's great to be back with you i miss our sunday rhonda views when i was in office and quÉbec to california and i said margaret brennan is tough on you and i said that's terrific is a tough question toga start with. the javelins deter the russians during the trump administration there was not this type of buildup on the border bivalirudin we had a very stable policy and put very tough action, more than any prior administration in the history and that was a posture with the russians to know that we had business in this activity was not welcome and severe consequences, the change made a big difference and you are seeing that with ukrainians now in the videos of the exercises using the javelin letting the russians know if they come over and some of their other models frankly i wish we could've

small business administration.he serves as the voice for america's 30 2.5 million small businesses and innovative startups in president biden's cabinet. she grew up in a small business family and is an entrepreneur herself. she has spent her entire year -- career advising small business, and creating policies to help advance entrepreneurship and innovation. i know all of us recognize the importance of small business in our communities. they are economic engines but keep our communities by having. please join me in welcoming small business administrator, my friend, and my cousins boss, isabella got a cs guzman -- g arcias guzman. [applause] ms. guzman: that was great, thank you so much mayor suarez, and congratulations on your presidency i am so proud. and thank you to all the mayors and local leaders were here today for everything that you do for small businesses. from my previous role in leading on small businesses and startups in california, and now at the head of a federal agency responsible for advancing the am

the trump administration decided to get out of the treaty. again, i would say that the need then to deploy defenses and get nato into this game is a result of the proliferation push by the russians to enhance their missile capability to threaten europe. it's a good thing we have those technologies around that offer our nato allies an opportunity to be able to provide some defense against those systems. that's how it looks to me. people can disagree. i think it's the better -- i've got the better argument. not age more. what i am saying, after contemplate the notion of a new set of constraints on intermediate range launch missile systems from caught a new treaty because i want to think anybody -- i don't want anybody to think i am promoting inf treaty as it existed but perhaps regional arrangements where the chinese may be willing to come to the table because they have brody here and they are concerned about the deployment of new u.s. ground punch in asia. i believe they are concerned about the deployment of increasing effective russian missil

part of the goal of russia is to topple the zelensky administration.r cyber that could weaken zelensky and make him vulnerable. he is a new, young president. ann newberger is a most experienced people on cyber in this administration and in a very effective role recently in brussels to brief the allies. had a very important role to play in this and to attribute this to russia is pretty important today. >> yeah. general mccaffrey, let's leave the conversation with you. i want your thoughts on the pro russian separatists ordering the evacuations and the air of certainty hanging over what we hear now. >> yeah. i'm somewhat astonished by this. all the lights are blinking red and putin seeing the population of rodriguez false flag story of potentially american mercenaries with chemical weapons taking part in a ukrainian population. starting to look as if they are prepared in short order to attack at a minimum seize the entire two separatists provinces and potentially the russian speaking areas in the south. and invasion of the entire country does seem proble

administration, that's one area that i think the biden administration can really make progress on, goingpolicy out and making similar efforts, even though they're slow, even though it's going to be methodical and painful, and every move is going to be hard fought, really making sure that the administration starts to build up asylum capacity at the southern border. >> yeah, and i mean, we have to remember a judge reinstituted mpp, the administration decided to terminate that. yes, they're expanding, but doing what they have. tremendous article, thank you so much for your time. appreciate it. >> thanks so much for having me. >>> i want to continue our conversation, immigration activist and cofounder of "dream big vegas" is with me this morning, amiga, it's so great to see you. you're so involved and so passionate, what is your reaction to this new yorker story yesterday. >> i think involved and passionate are words to define, this is my life. this is not just about politics. this isn't about policy to me. this is what i'm living every single day, and reading the article i think it continue

small business administration. serves as the voice for america's 32.5 million small businesses and innovative startups in president biden's cabinet. administrator guzman grew up in a small business family, and has been an entrepreneur herself. she has spent her entire year advising entrepreneurs, launching ventures, helping small businesses navigate government and creating policies and programs to help advance entrepreneurship and innovation. i know all of us recognize the importance of small business in our communities, they are economic engines that keep our communities this i have radioing. please join me in welcoming small business administrator, my friend and my cousin's boss, isabela castillas guzman. [ applause ] >> that was great. thank you, mayor swa wez and congratulations on your presidency. i am so proud and thank you to all the mayors and local leaders here today for everything that you do for our small businesses, from my previous role leading on small businesses and innovative startups in the state o

the biden administration has a different view. they thought by publicizing them, it would lead to a debate within the alliance, and i respect that argument and i understand the argument but i had a different view earlier on. rep. lynch: my time has expired and i now recognize my colleague the ranking member, the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. grothman. for five minutes with his questions. rep. grothman: last year president biden lifted the sanctions on nord stream 2. do you want to comment on that, or your opinion as to why president biden dropped the sanctions? and, the effect? mr. grenell: i think that consensus is a nice word. it really sounds good, but my eight years inside the un security council will tell you that consensus is more times than not almost exclusively terrible for the united states. it is a watered-down statement, it is a watered-down set of policies and the lowest common denominator of what people believe. i want to respond a little bit to why we did not publicize the possible sanctions from the ambassador. the

cliff is deputy administrator of nhtsa. he joined the department from the california air resources board as deputy executive director. he also worked for the department of transportation of california and as a professor at cal davis. i am curious to hear how these roles will inform his approach at nhtsa. his testimony today will allow him to articulate to the committee how he plans to improve safety for the traveling public. rear admiral phillips is presently serving as the special assistant to governor northam for coastal adaptation and protection. she has a distinguished career in the u.s. navy for 30 years, retiring with the rank of rear admiral in 2013. i'm interested to hear from her regarding her plans on carrying out the critical duties of administrator, including oversight of the merchant marine academy and its program, as the chair mentioned, in addition to strategic efforts to grow the u.s. fleet. i want to note that i am disappointed and puzzled at one entity's recent refusal to provide drafting assistance, impro

the obama administration took tentative steps to limit the use of lethal force, but the trump administration issued its own set of weaker standards. three in all, 20 years and four administrations, the department of justice legal analysis permitting these lethal strikes has remained she rowedded in secrecy -- shrouded in secrecy. the biden administration has rightfully set to restore american leadership on human rights. to do so it will improve its lethal force policies. the branch must address systemic problems that for two decades have routinely led to erroneous targeting of innocent civilians. in addition to doing more to prevent these mistakes in the first place, we must ensure that erroneous strikes are followed by appropriate investigations and accountability, including redress to the victims and families. following a series of "new york times" investigations revealing systemic flaws in the department of defense mitigates and tracks civilian casualties, secretary austin issued a memorandum directing the department to develop a civil action plan within 90 days. the memo also comes in re

so our administration has a difficult circumstances. and i'm glad to see the president move more towards, i'll call it military deterrence. that is putting american forces on alert, essentially saying if you have any ideas, that's an important thing. i think that is really important because some of the threats of economic sanctions, while i have no problem putting them forward, because of some of the complications of the energy markets that we were talking about, putin may not fully respect those. so i'm glad that we have the military deterrence, as well. margaret: one second. i promised the folks that i would get questions from members, so i went to ask everyone to prepare those and when you do that, i believe the operator is going to remind you of how to join the question q. so if we can do that now, and i have more questions for all three of you but i don't want to exclude our audience. >> ladies and gentlemen, as a reminder, please click on the icon. when you are called on, press the unmute now button and proceed. please click on th

the biden harrison administration -- commended the biden-harris administration for announcing a comprehensive strategy. gun violence is a complex problem, and as stated, requires an array of solutions. president biden and vice president harris understand. this is a quote from giffords. every town said president biden is taking the comprehensive approach we need to address this crisis. is there more work to do? absolutely. the president is going to do everything he can from his perch to get this done. reporter: if the things he is pushing on that list, that he talked about, that would be good enough? ms. jean-pierre: we are not calling it good enough. he is doing everything he can from his perch from the white house, federal government, and using every tool in our toolbelt. that is what we try to do to make sure we are addressing a real problem, gun violence. the other part of that is urging congress to act as well, but he is not going to sit back. he is going to act. reporter: he is not going to push a ban on assault weapons, or closing the gun show loophole that just a bunch of years ago, he

i saw these problems in the prior administration. the u.s. has a tendency to talk well about democracy and human rights, but not always act to fulfill those values. i see this as a long-standing problem and my hope is now, as you see the biden administration talking up democracy, that we will follow through with our actions. host: your book is called "the dissent channel, american diplomacy in a dishonest age." why is it a dishonest age? guest: what i have seen in my experience inside the state department under different administrations, i have seen is talk a lot about our values and i have seen actions that do not support that. i go back to coups, you really see that pattern. we talk about the need to promote strong democracies, but leading with counterterrorism efforts across west africa, so our actions are not reinforcing democracy, they are reinforcing military leadership in the government. they are reinforcing weak institutions on the democratic side and strong security sectors. the are noty -- they are not promoting inclusivity in these

i hope the administration and the majority party will take this threat to u.k.seriously, ute -- to ukraine seriously, utilize any remaining levers of american influence to deter attack. and if putin proceeds, make him immediately realize it was a miscalculation. this will take coordinated, lethal military assistance and strong sanctions, including against the nord stream 2 pipeline. madam president, it will be critical that doaments come to -- democrats come to realize in other words stream 2 is one -- nord stream 2 is one of putin's top priorities. when this administration waived sanctions on the pipeline, despite the overwhelming opinion that the pipeline will make europe more reliant on and vulnerable to russian energy and will be an economic blow to ukraine, putin saw that he wouldn't be challenged. madam president, this is a crisis of putin's making. but we didn't get here overnight. waiving sanctions on nord stream 2 is one of the many missed opportunities to signal strength against putin. we first saw russia amassing troops on the border last april. yet,

bush administration time, long time ago, bush 43. bush is making statements like, we are not threatened by the soviet, now russian knew dear deterrent. we are prepared to reduce our level of strategic nuclear war heads unilaterally if necessary. we don't do the sizing of our nuclear forces looking at the russian capability. you know, those statements seem, you know, hard to believe given where we are now. but that was the thinking at the time. and that was the opportunity. but the relationship between the united states and russia soured. and i would argue it soured for a lot of reasons that are much more decisive than missile defense. things like china's -- russia felt weakness, felt exploited in a lot of ways with their weakness. they renewed their strength, partly because of the price of oil, partly because of some fiscal policies. they had grievances about not being treated appropriately. there was the view that the color revolutions on the border of russia were an effort by the effort by the united states to turn regimes against

this is a litmus test for the biden administration. there was no test on february 4, putin met with xi. they probably strategized to see how far they could push biden and nato. after all, xi has every intention of taking taiwan if he believes that the u.s. doesn't have the backbone to do what is necessary. so putin has thrown out the fleece. he's doing all the tests now. he's doing diplomacy through military threat. all the pieces are in place. when jennifer talked about a pontoon bridge, i've been looking for the engineers. the positioning of artillery. i've been looking for that. attack helicopters, field hospitals, the plasma was flown in. su-25s are in place because they will be used against any radars and the little air defense that they have. so when you put all of these indicators together, from a strategic perspective, certainly from someone who has been a planner like me in europe during the cold war, i see the pieces of the puzzle in place. mr. putin has the final say. he can pull the rug out from understood northeast what is

a's successive administration's have expanded these legal authorities for the obama administration tookeps to limit the use of lethal force in the trump mr. chin issued its own set of weaker standards. through it all 20 years the department of justice legal analysis permitted lethal strikes has remained shrouded in secrecy. the biden administration has soughtis to restore american leadership and togh do so it should improve its lethal force policies. the executive must address the systemic problem set up for teeny lead to erroneous targeting of innocent civilians. titian to doing more to prevent thesece mistakes in the first place. we must ensure a ronnie spectorr followed by appropriate investigations and accountability including victims and families. following a series of investigations revealing systemic flaws that they are partners defense mitigates to track civilian casualties secretary austin issued a memorandum directing the department to develop a plan in 90 days. it comes in response to a recent study mandated by congress which bound the department of defense is quote not adequ

is the lng export van to the administration? i statutory authority is looking at the national interest if we look at affordability. >> that the question is it being considered? yes or no. >> we are looking at the full range. >> i can interpret you say yes? >> we're doing the analysis more broadly. >> thank you very much. do you agree the united states interest to provide natural gas to reduce energy dependence. >> again there is a very significant energy security benefit from lng going to europe and japan. and look at the affordability of us consumers and look at the environmental sustainability of the footprint as well. but certainly their energy security benefits. >> i'm trying to get a yes or no because to make sure when i was with the chairman. i guess my time is expired i yield back. >> the gentle man recognizes the gentle lady from california who is also announced the retirement now recognizing the minority for five minutes. >> and for your friendships and working for years to improve the reliability. including the two bil

the obama administration took tentative steps to limit force. 20 years and four administrations, the department of justice legal analysis permitting these lethal strikes has remained shrouded in secrecy. the biden administration is also rightfully sought to restore american leadership. in addition to do more to prevent these mistakes, we must ensure erroneous strikes are followed by appropriate investigations and accountability including redress to the victims and families. following a series of new york times investigations revealing systemic flaws in department of defense, that the department of defense miigates and tracks civilian casualties, secretary austin developed a civil harm plan in 90 days. at this point i'd like to turn to ranking member grassley for opening remarks. >> this hearing will cover issues related to the department of defense use of force in war on terror. this will include targeted killings and the use of drones. these are important issues that are more appropriate to the senate armed services committee. now if the chairman knew what i was doing in the 1980s b

top priorities of this administration. like the rest of the department, i'm gravely concerned about the increase in traffic fatalities during the covid-19 pandemic. secretary buttigieg rightfully called it a crisis. while many stopped driving in the early days of the pandemic, those who remain on the road were more likely to engage in risky behaviors. as a result, we have seen an unprecedented rise in a rose way fatalities. i'm committed to turn this around. we have much to learn about why some driving behaviors changed during the pandemic. how we can encourage people to make safer choices, and how we can change a culture that accepts the loss of tens of thousands of people in really crashes as inevitable. we continue to work with safety stakeholders around the country to develop countermeasures, but more work needs to be done. a cultural change will take a transformational and collaborative approach to safety. everyone, including those who design, operate, build, and use the road system share responsibility for road safet

one of the things that the biden administration has done differently than we did in the obama administrationhappened during that annexation of 2014, and the obama administration was a little bit taken aback on the heels. we weren't passive exactly, but we weren't calling things out. we didn't know about the extent of the russian disinformation that was going on at the time, which we've learned since. one of the things that the secretary of state has done, that the president has done, that the nsc has done is they have gone out there and before russia does something, they have done a kind of prebuttal to try to inoculate people against russian disinformation and russian false flags. that's essentially what the extraordinary thing is that president biden just did there, that mike mcfaul was talking about, where he said, look, we have intelligence saying that russia will not only invade ukraine, it will go all the way to kyiv. this is the american way, the new way of getting ahead of disinformation, getting ahead of false flags, getting ahead of aggression with some idea that it can actually go

jenny flynn we hope this administration step necessary and helps you.d luck over the next couple days, we appreciate you taking time to share your thoughts with us. >> carley: don't wait until monday. biden administration latest solution on the border crisis created sending single adult migrants to baltimore and houston. our next guest is angel mom whose son was killed by an illegal immigrant. she shares her thoughts on that plan coming up next. >> todd: the pentagon preparing to evacuate from ukraine if russia invades. 1700 paratroopers will set up in poland to house americans. they will help with logistics of helps americans escape. jen psaki says the administration will not save americans in ukraine if they are stranded. listen. >> press sect. psaki: the united states does not typically do mass evacuations. we're encouraging american citizens to depart now obviously. >> todd: sounds familiar to something that happened in august. estimated 30,000 americans in ukraine. >> carley: house arrest in houston and baltimore, in an effort to cut detention cent

under the previous administration. to answer the question directly, we are in the process of reviewing as a matter of fact, two reports should be addressing the questions more directly what is done differently in terms of this leadership team was in upfront focus that included what was best to be put in place prior to setting anything else up. >> how does this create the program to provide the capital to small businesses suffering economic injuries to the pandemic? in creating this program to acknowledge the private sector would struggle to deliver relief to small dollar borrowers quickly. given the emphasis on the delivery of funds and the approach. to totally completely different animals it's a difficult based on the evidence that we have to make a comparison end of the any of work definitely says the programs have had issues in terms of a fraud environment but so have the programs as well we have our own issues with them to make up a comparison because of so many different aspects that have to be and goals in the tw

or now back in th biden administration.e in the brink of war in europe, the same people that drove america to the ditch that gave donald trump chance to become president are back in charge, in americaa is worst place than it is in just a short year, worst inflation, and covid mismanagement. all of things that are happening. good news, i guess in terms of this i think this american people now are seeing through tomorrow why you see you know glen youngkin winning in a -- blue state and the trucker issues, we're all tired of this. we're experiencing you know result of folks taking advantage of the law, and constitution. disregarding it, doing things that were illegal and improper, hopefully there will be accountability through john durham moving forward. mark: beautiful he said. you have see how media has exposed themselves. with what goes on. my view we should not be surprised much these media outlets, for the last00 years or so -- hundred years or so have really gotten away with murder, "new york times" covering up holocaust

force but the trump administration issued its own weaker standards.rough it all 20 years and for administrations the department of justice legal analysis permitting the lethal strikes has remained shrouded in secrecy. the biden administration is also rightfully sought to restore american leadership. the new show to do so with the lethal foreign policies. executive branch must address the senate problems for two decades have led to erroneous targeting of innocent civilians. in addition, to doing more to prevent these mistakes in the first place we must ensure erroneous strikes are followed by appropriate investigations and accountability. including redress the victims and families. following a series of new york times investigations revealing systemic flaws and department of defense of the department of defense mitigates and tracks the civilian casualties, secretary austin issued a memorandum directed department to develop a hard action plan within 90 days. it comes in response to recent study mandated by congress which found the department of defense

thank you for your testimony and a hope the sba administrators listen to you thank you. yield back. >> and i we recognize the gentle lady from new york. >> thank you ranking member for taking time to be here and we are grateful for your work and what you are doing and exposing the issues with the sba and how to improve it to make it more friendly to our business community we greatly appreciate that. and we know they have struggled and it's one of the reasons i partnered with senator lee for that transparency expenditures act. only through the fall audit can we ensure these mistakes are not meet again. we know sba has failed to respond to the's policies use set forth which are highlighting that we need to make sure we push them in the right direction but i want to specifically get back to an issue i had with the administrator bozeman in november and she said she was unaware that sba was illegal providing millions of dollars of loans to multiple planned parenthood affiliates and it's illegal for the federal funds to be used for abortion and all applicants and they must abi

we gave him at the very beginning of this administration. we gave him the brand new extension of new start asking for nothing when it covers all of our weapons and a fraction of the russian weapon systems. those are the types of mistake that lead vladimir putin to believe that he can push around the united states. that's the big mistake. this last comment here, bret. people have asked would this have happened under president trump? i don't think so. i can tell you this: it didn't happen and the only thing that has changed was who was leading the united states of america. >> bret: secretary mike pompeo, we appreciate the time. >> thank you, bret. have a good day, sir. >> bret: congressional democrats and the biden administration weighing a push for a new federal gas tax holiday. the effort reportedly would suspend the federal gas tax of roughly 18 cents pore gallon for the rest of this year. becomes as gasoline prices hit a seven-year high and inflation is rising at the fastest rate in 40 years. stocks were way up today. the dow surged 423. t

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she talks about the biden administration's policy agenda, her experience as governor of rhode island and the role of women holding leadership positions in the public and private sectors. from politico, this is 20 minutes. >> i'm a white house correspondent at politico. thank you for joining us on politico live. i'm excited to be leading our first conversation of women rule this year. i'm joined by commerce secretary gina raimondo. a former venture capitalist raimondo became the first female , governor ovarian 2015 and now -- governor of rhode island in 2015 and now is commerce secretary secretary raimondo, thank you for joining us today. -- thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >> have a lot to cover, but including -- years ago you found the only early venture stage capital in rhode island. you are later elected as a first female governor of that state. those tend to be really male-dominated fields even in 2021. as an anecdote or story you can share with us of when you felt you were underestimated because of your gender. >> every day. especially as state treasur

for other administrations when it comes to military affairs and strategy here. if you were in the room right now with this administration, would you advise taking a more formal military stance to this incursion? lt. col. vindman: i would. there are things we can do, frankly, there are more things we could have done yesterday. 12 hours ago, before this started, it was a symbol or geometry. we could have provided more with regards to armed defensive lethal aid, air defense, coastal defense, cruise missiles, we could have threatened russian naval forces. but now it has become more complex, because russian soldiers are dying, and that becomes risky. i would recommend still supplying ukraine, but being more cautious. certainly on the nonlethal side, there should be no restrictions. romaine: but when you hear the president of the united states say there will not be boots on the ground in ukraine, is that semantics? is there still an optionality that we could airstrikes or some sort of soup that maybe doesn't actually physically put boots on the ground? lt. col. vindma

i think that that is changing a little bit under this administration, the. it is hard -- though. it is hard. it is bringing those decisions back to how is this surveying the american people. host: we have been speaking with former diplomat elizabeth shackelford, now with the chicago council on global affairs. >> the state of the union address on tuesday, march 1 at 8:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org or the c-span now video app. >> coming up next, a subcommittee hearing looking at engagement. it is about one hour. >> the subcommittee on international development, organizations and corporate social impact will come to order. good afternoon, everyone. goals, priorities and successes. without objection, the chair has authorized the committee at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements and questions for the record. to put something on the record, have your staff email the previously mentioned email or contact committee staff. please keep your video function on at all times. members are responsible for muting and unmuting your selves. consistent with, staff wi

, the 16th administrator of the agency.efore i invite him on stage, i want to make sure we have a lot to brag about when it comes to protecting the environment and health of our citizens. between resources we spend on climate change, water, wastewater, solid waste, recycling and restoring sites to productive use, we spend more money than anyone else to be good stewards of the environment. i am pleased the infrastructure legislation included much-needed resources for some of our most pressing issues and i am excited to hear about administrator regan's plans for his agency, working with us to protect the environment as well as implementing legislation. please welcome the epa administrator and pretty good basketball player michael regan. [applause] administrator regan: good morning and happy new year. i am excited to be here. mayer, thank you for that introduction and for your leadership. -- mayor, thank you for that introduction and for your leadership. we have a lot of work to do together and time is of the essence. we laid

administration -- and the biden administration must delete it now. [applause] after promising during the campaign to shut down the -- buyers -- virus, president biden has had a shutdown of liberties. after he tried to stop the virus, it was our new conservative majority on the supreme court that struck that mandate down. [applause] i was there at the outset of the pandemic when president trump had me to leave -- lead the task force and i could not be more proud on what the american people have accomplished. we stopped to deliver thousands of supplies and started the development of vaccines. i marvel at how american workers stood for cap. -- that gap. american doctors and nurses are heroes and they should be commended by every american every day. [applause] that is why it was troubling to me when the biden administration administered a mandate on health care workers. after they went with out a vaccine for the entire year, the biden administration says you have to get vaccinated and -- or you will be fired. i am proud of our vaccines. i am vaccinated m

how much more out of touch could the biden administration be? crime is happening in americans' daily lives all across america. thousands more people a year are being murdered. violent crime has increased for two years, and there's no sign of it slowing down. the administration's plan to fix the violent crimes spike is merely another partisan gun control plan. that's what they think about, doing something about crime -- control the guns of people that abide by the law. it won't seriously reduce voopt crime if you do that -- violent crime if you do that. it focuses on issues that make up it only a tiny fraction of violent crimes, or maybe it doesn't contribute to the problem at all. for example, the administration wants to crack down on ghost guns, but ghost guns are involved in only a fraction of 1% of the crimes. particularly of the murders. biden administration also wants to focus on the so-called iron pipeline, and that's blaming red

why doesn't this administration get that?trying to use this as a ploy to change the demographics of our country quite simply. they are doing so at the exact same time. i mean, we are talking about 100,000 russian troops somewhere people can't point to on a map meanwhile we have lost 100,000 people to fentanyl overdoses in our country in the last year. so, we're worried about other place, other borders and our own people are dying. i have gone down to the southern border. as you well know montana shares 600 miles of a border with canada and i have gone up there. and i see the problems that we have with keeping it closed down meanwhile a southern border wide open. people are streaming across. we have problems with human trafficking. we have got problems with drug smuggling coming across there our people are dying and it's causing problems across the entire nation. >> carley: you are absolutely right about that. congressman, a lot of your republican colleagues think that the biden administration should have done more and acted s

i'm a member of that along with all of the operating administration -- or acting administrators. at a very high level, it has ou -- our focus. we are taking a review from beginning to end of the process, making sure we get guidance in place, make sure we get the appropriations tables out -- allocation tables out. starting to work on common language on notices of funding opportunities so that we can streamline that process. look at technical assistance for many of the applicants, hur rural, urban, that we get good applications here. look at the permitting process. look at the process of documenting those decisions. then all the way through to actually implementing those projects, overseeing those projects and closing them out. if confirmed, look forward to continuing my efforts to implement that process. certainly, there's a legal component. there are budget components. there are management components. make sure we have the staff in place to do that. it's a whole of department effort. >> you think these things, particularly in areas where we authorize things for the first time, me