state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. no person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of 25 years, and been seven years a citizen of the united states, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen. the actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the congress of the united states. and within every subsequent term of 10 years in such manners as they shall by law direct. the number of representatives shall not exceed one for every 30,000, but each state shall have at least one representative, and until such enumeration shall be made, the state of new hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, massachusetts eight, rhode island and providence plantations one, connecticut five, new york six, new jersey four, pennsylvania eight, delaware one, maryland six, virginia 10, north carolina five, south carolina five and georgia three. when vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof

we have seen that with state legislatures trying to rein in the professionals that administer elections across the country and assert more political control, more political supervision, because their political actors. it is very troubling that we have taken a sharp turn in the wrong direction after all those years in the 2000s where we were thinking we were working in the right direction. silvia: that must have been quite for you to see the work being dismantled and turning and now direction that is much more polarized. my students were not born one 2000 happened. bob: more h jokes -- age jokes. silvia: that brings me to my next question that you spoke about replacing -- placing partisan actors in the election administration. we have seen a lot of attacks on the professionals. i did read your opinion piece that suggest we build protections for the election officials in place. i saw that what you have been doing so far as a legal network of sorts. is there a more systematic reform that can take place to protect election officials? from systematic attacks, verbal or physical, is there som

texas 10 years to get state legislatures to rewrite the rules.g it in the matter right now pretty will be great if the federal government created the way for every home care workers are joined together in a union paid the same for child care workers who don't have the right to join together we would love to see congress make it possible for us to sit at theti national bargaining tae withth mcdonald's, wendy's and burger king with america, delta, united and southwest and have national collective bargaining a agreements and poverty wage work in sectors of the economy for the earning record profits. ceos are doing well and shareholders are not just giving dividends but share buybacks. that has to get countered with the ability of workers to have the power to bargain a better life. >> what do you mean a right to work state? >> no union can collectively bargain for a unionin shop. it allows employers to continue their antiunion campaign even live collective bargaining agreements to get members to drop their membership. >> other stilt states trying to

would be in this position, but i think about when i was first elected to office, which was in my state legislature. for the first year or so he would call me and say, you know, are you getting hateful messages yet? are you getting hateful mail? have they/your tires get -- sla shed your tires get? being an openly gay official he was worried about my health and safety and my security. of course he worries, his daughter is serving in congress, but i think he is delighted as was my mom. my mom was adorable during the celebration. martha kelly just walked by me. the fact that i was on only able to get my whole family but my whole community and my state because i am the first woman to, i am giving people a window into my life and that is really nice. >> republican ryan zinke is the new representative from montana's first congressional district about a familiar face. he was the interior secretary under president trump and served as montana's at large house member two years before that. he told c-span about his time as a navy seal, his previous public service and whether he really counted as a freshman me

would be in this position, but i think about when i was first elected to office, which was in my state legislature. for the first year or so he would call me and say, you know, are you getting hateful messages yet? are you getting hateful mail? have they/your tires get -- sla shed your tires get? being an openly gay official he was worried about my health and safety and my security. of course he worries, his daughter is serving in congress, but i think he is

safety legislation, and certainly we're hopeful we'll see some concrete action taken by the state legislaturee coming days. >> yeah, and certainly the states has been much more aggressive than the federal government. i have to ask you because you're the chair of the homeland security committee in the senate, how is it that schools have becomet shooing ranges and that mass casualty events are now a rite of passage for our adolescents? i mean if this was any other threat, if this was a virus there would be committees convene, there would be legislation suggested. how can congress do nothing? is this a matter of reframing this as a homeland security issue or should we effectively give up on the federal government in congress in terms of doing anything meaningful on this? >> well, we can never give up. we've got to keep pushing for that legislation, and i agree this is a homeland security issue. and when you think of government's role, i think probably one of the most fundamental roles government has is to keep us safe and to keep children safe in their school should be the top of the priority li

nobody in the past -- of course the state legislature could pass an unconstitutional state law. the oral arguments, we do not know for sure what the u.s. supreme court will do. there may be some compromise. but now they are trying to go back, get the supreme court to knock down the decision that was made. republican leadership had been admitting that these districts were partisan. it was 10-3. they said in an even state, why is it 10-3? they clearly were trying to do this through fair methods. what happened and even a bad year for democrats in north carolina? -- what happened in even a bad year for democrats in north carolina? an everyday person would say we need an independent redistricting commission. when democrats get the court back -- you heard it here. elena: democrats have played a huge role in redistricting in north carolina. you go back to the 1990's. kevin was a democratic legislature -- there was a democratic legislature. gov. cooper: we are so much more technologically diabolical today with redistricting. we do not go house by house and being able to gerrymander. it

that is what led me to run for state legislature, where i served one term and then i ran for congress. it was my real life experiences, i didn't think lawmakers understood how these laws were affecting everyday people. i wanted to go in and basically let them know, this is what happens when you do this. i thought it would be valued in the texas house. not necessarily. and are there was a former ambassador who talked to me when there came an opportunity to run for congress and he said, listen, you stay in texas and you won't get much done. not what you want to get done for your constituency. you'll be in a deeply red situation. a red house, red senate and a red governor's mansion. you have opportunities on the federal level. even if you go into the minority, we know that things actually change on the federal level and that's where you could be a champion for your community. and i thought about that and he writes. so i decided that this really was a good opportunity. >> was there something or someone in your early years, maybe as a child that triggered that interest in civil right? -- c

i support the massachusetts state legislature acting as quigley as -- quickly as possible on her proposal and i encourage other states to look for ways to ease the clip for and a half recipients. in the upcoming farm bill congress must thoroughly exam benefit. the $2 a meal is not nuvment we can and must do more to end hunger now. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm grateful the service chairman of the u.s. helsinki commission, also known as the organization for security and cooperation in europe. last week in vienna, all democracies of the 57-member parliamentary assembly unanimously supported ukraine in combination of war criminal putin. the world understands there is competition between democracies rule of whether opposed by thorns with rule of gun. putin is sacrificing young rus

-- instead of elected by their respective state legislatures. it is a case where what voters want most. a lot of states were giving the voters the choice, even before the amendment. they had moved of popular elections, doing whatever the people wanted. the norm shifted where people thought that people should get to choose their senators directly, and the constitutional amendment followed and locked that into place. so, it is another case where maybe the alternative had some attractive things about it. having state legislators have a voice in the national government would make some sense, but it is hard to imagine a popular movement back to that, back to that way of doing things. host: thomas reed, a republican from maine, here is a story about a book written about the former speaker. the most important politician you have never heard of, thomas reed was a larger-than-life speaker of the house during america's turbulent gilded age. he brought the position to prominence and forever changed the house of representatives. what more should people know

-- instead of elected by their respective state legislatures. it is a case where what voters want most. a lot of states were giving the voters the choice, even before the amendment. they had moved of popular elections, doing whatever the people wanted. the norm shifted where people thought that people should get to choose their senators directly, and the constitutional amendment followed and locked that into place. so, it is another case where maybe the alternative had some attractive things about it. having state legislators have a voice in the national government would make some sense, but it is hard to imagine a popular movement back to that, back to that way of doing things. host: thomas reed, a republican from maine, here is a story about a book written about the former speaker. the most important politician you have never heard of, thomas reed was a larger-than-life speaker of the house during america's turbulent gilded age. he brought the position to prominence and forever changed the house of representatives. what more should people know

guest: i'm concerned about the cases that have to do with independent state legislature theory. it's the idea that somehow the state legislature come in this case north carolina can ignore concerns by the north carolina supreme court about whether or not the legislative plan is legitimate. we are worried about this because it's not just about reapportionment, import -- important as that is for the right to vote but it can be applied to anything potentially. they could potentially say we will decide who won the election. we will not consider what the majority of people voted in north carolina and we will not consider what the supreme court in north carolina did so it's a crazy notion that a state government, whatever powers the state has come is only the legislature which are often gerrymandered. it doesn't include the people and doesn't includes is just the supreme court so it's a term in this concern. we are concerned about the affirmative action case where there is a strong possibility that the very long commitment to affirmative action and universities will be undercut or des

which as you know is this idea that somehow a state legislature in this case it is north carolina can ignore concerns by the supreme court about whether or not the legislative plan is legitimate and one of the reasons we are so worried about it it's not just about reapportionment it's huge for the right to vote but it cal be applied to anything potentially. they can say we are going to decide who one in north carolina. we are not going to consider what the majority voted or what north carolina did so it's a crazy notion that a state government whatever powers the state has in the constitution is only the legislature that are often gerrymandered to put it doesn't include the people or the supreme court so that case is of tremendous concern. we are concerned about the affirmative action case. harvard and north carolina cases where there is a strong possibility that a long commitment to affirmative action would be undercut were destroyed given the process in this country and dealing with the historicns founding failures and racism in this country to undo the work the affirmative action h

collins: there would be nothing more fitting than a georgia state legislature finishing the job it started last year and put ago statue of justice thomas you under the gold dome of the state capitol. justice thomas legacy of service and footprint on american juries preud dense is -- jurisprudence is orty of honor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor the life and legacy of john adams. a man who needs no introduction in cleveland or progressive field. thanks to his passion for baseball and his iconic drum. john passed away last week at 71 years of age. john, a 1969 graduate of parma high, bought a base drum at a garage sale and first hauled it to an indians game in 1973. over the next 46 years john and his drum would attend more than 3,700 games, including all three all star games, 11 playoff serie

we have already broken last year's record for the number of anti-lgbtq bills introduced in state legislatureslative session yet. there's a lot of fear and a lot of concern. we also know that even when these bills don't become law, they can still cause harm. last year there was a survey of transgender and binary youth, and 86% said these recent debates in state legislatures about anti-lgbtq bills have negatively impacted their mental health. >> we only have about a minute left. i wanted to ask you in terms of triefing to fight these, there are speeches when it comes to anti-drag laws, but for the wide battle, the political fight will be had here. do you think it will activate liberals the way it seems to animate conservatives, especially when polls suggest there's less support for frerns and latinos. >> yeah, i think the fact that this is a broader and coordinate ed attack really speaks to how harden points of lgbtq are pushing this agenda. and it's not in line with what the majority of americans feel and support in respect to issues. so i think what we have seen over time is that support for

if you have a state legislature that can enact some sort of change, you do it that way. i would prefer that. the truth is, talking about cities like manhattan, talking about seattle, portland, l.a., san francisco, it's going to take some money, because the state legislatures are in fact motivated by the same ideology that's pushing george soros. >> interesting. let's talk about mayors. organizers push to recall the new orleans mayor, latoya cantrell, have collected enough signatures to kick her out. the city has seen a surge in crime. i mean, monumentally. cantrell is accused of misusing taxpayer money. she was caught flipping the bird at some parade-goers during mardi gras. they were mad at her. the mayor's office says the gesture was intend tad be playful. i mean, yeah, that's classy. remember, a couple weeks ago, she was begging for money, anybody, any kind of help, because mardi gras was going to be off the hook, because she had defunded the police. she didn't exactly say defunded the police, but she needed more police. >> very clearly. the new orleans police departm

>> legalizing marijuana is a top priority and moving in its way to the state legislature how confident you what is the prospect quick. >> it will happen and i preface have a 16 -year-old and a 22 -year-old i'm not encouraging them but i've been on this issue since congress the first piece of legislation that started to move cannabis research into the v.a. with the opioid epidemic we were looking for alternatives. there were no alternatives when you got to congress people found relief in acupuncture so i started to move on that. we don't know what is in this and regulation and with that reality the racial disparities of incarceration. and then to have the streak in a should make those decisions and that is resonating you are creating the haves and have-nots when voting in that referendum seems a little paternalistic because the people say let us do it but then there is a patchwork and sports betting and in minnesota the one thing i find interesting is and with that growing side of this we have 11 indigenous tribes that are interested to grow this as another economic opportunity. >> so n

and in alaska we don't have the luxury of having the legislature to come in every other year as some statesuse others have broad-based taxes will have an income tax we are so reliant on the industry to pay our bills those things we are constitutionally required to do anchorages our closest town and we pay very high prices i don't think that's the highest rate for my region but we pay five dollars a gallon for gas and stove oil it was up around six or seven now his a 1799 for gasnd per gallon in 699 for stove oil per gallon and it's hard to have a life as a hunter or gather iflo you pay 1799. gallon of gas so prices of petroleum we are very aware of those stand even though and then from washington state that's a perspective. >> and welcome to the 20th fdistrict of texas you are known to so many of these people as an incredible advocate in the industry and you embody the american dream coming from a family of migrant workers and it is truly to be on stage with all three of you but coming from such different backgrounds willing to stand together to focus on solutions and taking a stand but imp

it's now making its way through the state legislature. why opponents say the proposal is essentially age discrimination. >> california has not reported 100,000 covid deaths over the last 3 years. more than half the deaths happened in the first year. the state has tallied more than 11 million confirmed cases of covid since the start of the crisis. experts believe many more cases went unreported. california has the 11th lowest covid death rate with few account for population. covid has killed more than 2200 californians this year a new bill aimed at phasing out tobacco products in california is making its way through the state legislature. >> the bill is known as ab 9.35. and it would forbid retailers from selling tobacco products to anyone born on or after january. first, 2007, some remember. damon connelly says the legislation would not affect anyone born before 2007. it could take decades for the state to truly see a full tobacco phase out. connelly argues that that will give california time to adjust while keeping was his goal of phasing

kumasi: a proposal to legalize cannabis cafes is making its way through the state legislature.aers sellnbis stdam.ike this would give cannabis retailers another revenue source while they fight heavy taxes and regulations. >> california is a destination for wine. it should be a destination for cannabis and for that to happen, you can't just be the more clinical, pharmacy like environment. it would be a huge opportunity for jobs, revenue and our economy. kumasi: the american heart association and loan associations say can -- at long association -- and american lung association say there are risks with consuming food and smoking. reggie: this has been accented for another six months, three hundred families will continue to receive a $500 monthly payment. for many, this money has been life-changing. helping them stay afloat through the pandemic. the extra cash may not seem like a lot the nonprofit that has been running it says it can give families a chance to make a strategic investment. >> the cushion of that investment allows them to start thinking, how do i sustain this? what is

another world is possible but it's because the state legislature adopted the law, the voluntary initiatives just are not working. >> we have interstate commerce and producers tell me we want consistency as we move our products from state to state. new york doesn't demand products that are bagged in plastic noodles, right? >> the industry is doing just fine. >> your state can change what you produce but you can't change where you receive. >> you are prohibited from using plastic peanuts in shipping. >> i doubt that there's an enforcement action but they are out of compliance with the new york law. >> wouldn't it make more sense to support the producers by not having a 50 state pattern and having the rules that support placing plastics with corrugated cardboard or so forth rather than state-by-state. >> we will welcome that. yes. i do hope we will continue in the subcommittee to examine these issues because it seems like there is a lot to be done apart. there are advantages for plastics in the medical gear and advantages in certain other settings in lighter weight automobile components or com

because of, that the state legislature and the governor had to intervene.is highest per capita murder rate in the country. i mean, this city is completely and totally dysfunctional. what is the city, what is the state leadership supposed to do. just let the city continue to spiral out of control? i don't want the final bill will look like and there might be changes, but it would be a response of a state legislature and the governor to just let this go on and on and on. in perpetuity. >> let me just say something. i think you are talking about different things. you are talking about the origins of this, how we got here. he is talking about what are we going to do from here, the solution. because that is the routine. you forget about the, origins you talk about the problem, then you blame the minority. we don't talk about how you got there. >> the mayor has talked about wanting resources to help address the issue of crime as it exists now, in addition to those of violence that he referenced. and other investments in reducing poverty and other things that we k

election results at the county level, by delaying the count, maybe they can hand this off to state legislaturesnly way to really combat that are organizations that senator worth, former majority leader again hart, former senator gary hart and a number of republicans as well are involved with at the local level getting local influencers to talk about this now, not after the 2024 elections, but to inoculate local communities against this kind of thing. >> tom rogers, thank you so much. mika, i continue to ask why do they keep doing things that are going to make them lose, right? i guess the more troubling conclusion may be that they know they're going to lose. the party that has lost 7 of the last 8 presidential elections in the popular vote know that they're a shrinking minority. so maybe they know that and say we're going to lose anyway, so let's try to just rig the process from the ground up. >> that's really disturbing. >>> coming up, donny deutsch back with a new edition of brand up, brand down. h a new edition d up, brand down ♪ honestly i don't care ♪ find the perfect vacation rental for y

he signed a bi that enables more oversight by his republican led state legislature. seen as retaliation after disney opposed state laws about sex education including the "don't say gay" law. all disney world's territory has acted as a self-governing area. it was argued this saves local taxpayers from large infrastructure and other costs to operate the property. here is what ron desantis had to say. governor desantis: my signature in this bill will impose florida law on this area, just like it is imposed on universal studios and sea world and all of these other places. and this bill and the structure we have created in this bill will ensure that the municipal debt that has been racked up will be paid by disney, not by florida taxpayers. james: with me is our north america correspondent. i learned earlier today that ron desantis got married at disney world back in 2009. he is now the governor. why has he made disney world such a centerpiece? anthony: you can't understate how important disney is to florida's economy and the influence it has had. but i think it was a good

there is no cover here through state legislatures.sider this as yet another step in taking away a baseline pillar when it comes to reproductive health care. i appreciate vice president harris calling it out as the attack on our public health. that it is. this is harmful and we don't know what is going to happen next. we don't know the other alternatives available to people and that is why i am generally afraid, rev. >> we are out of time but susan, your take on this. >> i agree, absolutely with the issue of accessibility and how this is a dangerous thing to propose to women by politically, it's just ridiculous that this lawsuit and they move forward with this lawsuit. we saw firsthand in 2022 that voters did not want extremism, even when it came to the issue of choice. >> susan del pressed ceo and juanita tolliver, thank you both for being with us this evening. after the break, one woman takes the fight against -- to new heights. by helping to literally feed america. i will explain just ahead. in just ahead. for an everyday item to be

this year has been leading the way among conservatives when it comes pressuring congress and state legislatures to take action against of the enemies of free speech and. that's big tech. with that said, two of the people who are leading that very worthwhile fight are first kara frederick, the director of tech policy here at the heritage foundation. and you may see kara on a number of tv shows, hear her on the radio. she's always listening to and watching because of her precision when it comes to the solutions that need to happen and i'm biased because she's a colleague here at heritage, but you'll enjoy her moderating of the conversation with our other guest, also a good friend. and that's congressman ken buck from the great state of colorado the author of a sad book. would you join me in welcoming both of them to the stage. all right. i hope everyone picks up their copy of crush. pretty good. so and congressman buck will be available sign books after this immediately. so anyone who wants to get a copy, it's theirs for the taking so very very interesting i think a degree of scholarship, sir tha

and the other states, a number of southern states began to try to pass similar acts. their legislature, to do the exact same. however, the civil war starts. so they don't really need to do this strategy any longer. what the 14th amendment does is clear what dred scott had done and what dred scott creates is 3 million people that have no political no state identity, that are just floating around and look who's going to take these people. the state decides they don't want them in the state. say, you know what, we don't want blacks here any longer. so you have to an identity that gives them some some roots where. they can't just be abused, forced out under of forced expulsion like they were in 1860. last question. i think your last comment getting along. i was thinking about the seems to me that in the context of the civil war era, it's useful to think of citizenship as a divided reality and not a singular. i mean, you're taught you got federal citizens here, which is really shaped in huge ways by the 47. but up in exist but for instance in. 5018 63 african-americans living in are citizen

state legislature in florida. i think this is an all-around positive situation for desantis and i'm sure disney is rethinking the wisdom of speaking out about the don't say gayla. gerry: don't say gay as that was one of the most as we had it fascinating that we have a situation where big business and republican went hand-in-hand and they do seem to be passageways the new politics, that's it for this week my great thanks to sarah westwood and philip levin we will be back next week on the wall street journal at large, thank you very much fo >> "barron's roundtable" sponsored by global x etfs. jack otter: welcome to "barron's roundtable" where we get behind the headlines and prepare you for the week ahead. air force jets shootdown a second flying object after last week's china spy balloon. ian bremmer on what is next for us/china relations and what it means for markets. investors knocked one hundred $70 billion off of the value of alphabet after microsoft unveiled its ai powered search engine. do we need to worry abo

and for the first time in 40 years we flipped the state legislature for democratic majorities in both the house and the senate, who pledged to do the same thing. you know what, we are do something in our state, and right now i can tell you that our state senators and our state representatives are working on bills as we speak, and i think that we're going to see them passed expeditiously through our state legislature and then signed by the governor. the question will be, will it be enough to protect people in our state because this is a national problem that requires national solutions. and you don't get checked at the border of ohio when you're driving into the state of michigan. >> that's right. i want to point out to our audience that while attorney general nestle is talking about the laws being passed in michigan, in other states, in 14 states, republicans are going after things like drag shows, pushing anti-transgender bills, adding abortion bills. so they can legislate. and i think this is really important to understand. they can legislate when they want to. so the things that th

they are investigating republican state legislatures and republican state legislators, taking cell phones republican members of congress, violating attorney-client privilege of 7 attorneys who are targeted. we cannot allowance fbi and department of justice politicized on behalf of the democrat party to get involved in challenges to elections, elections can be ugly, challenges can be ugly. this is a purely political process, in the end congress makes final determination, not grand juries controlled by democrats, this needs to be an area where fbi, department of justice, u.s. attorneys cannot go. the attorney general. should be think ised subjected to removal by no confidence vote of congress, it is too difficult to impeachment an attorney general, he is not in the constitution, this position of created by congress, 1789, george washington had first attorney general, department of justice itself. institution, was not created until 1870. under proposal of grant. we need to make modifications to it. and attorney general is powerful. he is unelected. you can see what this attorney general garl

in a charleston church and push for the removal of the controversial confederate flag at the state legislature. under trump, she supported his decision to pull out of the united nations human rights council. >> in this warehouse is concrete evidence of illegal iranian weapons. >> after leaving the trump administration, she returned to south carolina and wrote two books. in 2021, she announced she would not consider a white house bid if president trump was running. that's not how it has worked out. >> i don't think you need to be 80 years old to go be a leader in d.c. i think we need a young generation come in. >> pulls show nikki haley in single digits, but she has a record of winning tough races. she would be the first woman in the first non-white person to secure the republican ticket. >> we will see how that develops. first challenger then to donald trump with the republic -- for the republican nomination for 2024. the battle to curb inflation in the u.s. is not yet over. tell us more. >> the u.s. bureau of labor statistics has released its highly anticipated consumer price index, the main