she had been working to the assistant chief of staff at the interior department.she just wrote an article for the guardian headlined "i worked to elect kamala harris. she must break with biden on israel and palestine." welcome back to ♪ democracy now! explain exactly what your demand is. >> president bynes unconditional support for israel's assault on gaza has been widely unpopular with americans at large, with democrats, with american voters across the board, even within the american jewish community. vice president harris has an opportunity to chart a new path. not just because it is the right thing to do but because it is both a popular and politically savvy thing for her to do. at this moment she needs to support an arms embargo toi, reject aipac's right-wing agenda, and use the -- use the u.s. leverage broker lasting ceasefire, hostage exchange, meaningful status quo change in israel-palestine that means safety and a thriving future for all palestinians and israelis. juan: what is your sense that she would be willing to make that break from biden policies, es

, the native american political appointees at the interior department suggested to white house that this might be an opportunity for the united states to apologize for stealing the black hills from the sioux nation. and it was it was an outright theft. you know, make no mistake. and boy, did that come like a left balloon, you know, i think they had a democrat running for reelection for senate in south dakota. and there was no way the white house was going do that. but then on the occasion of the 175th anniversary, we thought maybe maybe we should do that and even broaden it out and so we wrote a speech. the before the event was, you know, a gathering to mark 175th anniversary of the bureau indian affairs. we sent it both to my boss the secretary of the interior and over to the white house, and we didn't ask for permission. we just sent it and said, this is speech i'm going to give and i figured, well, if they tell us no, i'll just go to new mexico, you know, and call it a day. but they didn't they weren't willing to say it, but it was it was important that they let us say it. so right. w

she shouldn't be employed at the department of interior. melissa schwartz belongs under a bridge. melissa had the nerve and lack of respect to confront me in the halls of congress following a department of interior meeting. in this hearing, she had the audacity to come and personally attack a member of congress. this d.e.i. hire made clear she doesn't work for the american people and she is simply another misguided mouth priest for liberal extremists that hates conservatives and people that disagree with her eccentric views. rather than focus on agency prior toirs the american people's priorities, facts and seeking to do what's best for america, schwartz spends most of her taxpayer time tweeting nonsense and trying to promote the biden regime's radical new deal scam. melissa and her colleagues believe that climate change is the ultimate threat to humanity. they are willing to kill american jobs and sacrifice the health of our economy at all costs as they pursue their extremist ideology. i'm committed to taking a stand against the biden rejam's attempt to cripple american energy and

gaza has prompted several government employees to design on tuesdays special assistance at the interior department. mariam hassle line resigned in protest against abided administrations, guides and policies. she's among a dozen officials who acquits since october the 7th, where they are. we spoke with marianne hussle night and she said her decision to resign was partly inspired by the student process and support of palestine across the united states. i really think that what i and other officials who have resigned have seen is month after month this really blind destructive support of israel and the israeli occupation even after all of the atrocities they have committed, committed and gaza. and really i think that there wasn't necessarily one tipping point. it was, it was a combination of things. alternately, i saw an administration that was really not listening to 2 voices like myself and others who are wanting to see freedom and justice for palestinians. i think that the administration has continuously ignored these voices in order to, to fund in or by funding and, and nibbling this genocide and

my i'm house, i mean had to be in a special assistant at the interior department. she is among a dozen officials or attended the resignation since october the 7th saying they could no longer work for the administration. oh, elliot, we spoke to my impass. i mean, she said a decision to resign was inspired by that student protest in favor of how to sign across the us. i really think that what i and other officials who have resigned have seen is month after month this really blind destructive support of israel and the israeli occupation even after all of the atrocities they have committed, committed and gaza. and really i think that there wasn't necessarily one tipping point. it was, it was a combination of things. alternately, i saw an administration that was really not listening to 2 voices like myself and others who are wanting to see freedom and justice for palestinians. i think that the administration has continuously ignored these voices in order to, to fund in or by funding and, and nibbling this genocide and, and gaza. and i think that the, the policies and ch

interior to be made only by an act of congress. this law was enacted in 1983 when there was conce among the ameran samoans about the department of interior making unateral amendments to amican samoa. they assured the congrs would step in if the d.o.i. tried to make such amendments. these concerns proved to be unfounded and the american samoa made attempts to return to the previous policy of d.o.i. secretarial approval. we believe t congressional approval requirement h stalled american samoa constitutional amendment process. samoa's constitutional amendment process to the pre-1983 status quo byequiring approval from the sectary of the interior for amendments to the constitution of american samoa. i would like to note that congress will retain its authority over american samoa as provided by the territorial clause of the united states constitution. i urge my colleague to join me in supporting this legislation, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas reserves. the gentlewoman from nevada is recognized. ms. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in suppo of h.r. 6062 which is sponsored by our c

she sued the obama interior department to prevent fracking off the california coastline.tay in the biden sphere because pennsylvania is a must-win state for democrats. >> i want to start off with what we know. we know under the biden administration, oil production in the u.s. climbed to a record level. 13 million barrels a day. does that change under a harris administration or a trump administration? >> what i think is really important about the biden administration is how they had to pivot when faced with inflationary concerns and a war involving the largest commodity producer. you had the biden administration essentially saying we will accelerate the energy transition and questions about the role of natural gas in the transition and yet, when they were faced with higher energy prices, all of a sudden, the biden administration became focused on keeping the oil market well supplied. like president trump, they asked opec for more oil and u.s. producers to put the money in the ground and produce more in terms of shale supply. when faced with economic realities, they pivoted

and so the department of the interior, along with usda and the department of commerce, have launched this joint secretarial order on co-management stewardship to manage where tribes participate in the management of federal lands, national wildlife refuges and the like because those lands were indian lands at one point, we have changed our regulations to make it easier to put land in trust for the first time since the indian reorganization act was passed 100 almost 100 years ago and the first time we putting land into trust for tribes in alaska and i'm really proud that where we have done that and that we're standing up to defend those decisions right now. and we're going to keep going. also, we are taking money that the president has invested in indian country to support community led relocation efforts for tribes that are facing impacts from climate change today i've a chance to visit a number of those communities. quinault tribe in washington, the village of napa kayaked up in alaska, the fort yukon tribe up in alaska to make sure that we're doing our part. tribes did not cause cli

interior department, became the 12th person to quit over biden's support for the gaza assault. at 24 years old, she's the youngest such resignee. in 2020, she cast her first-ever vote for president of the united states for joe biden. she spoke to democracy now! on tuesday. >> i resigned ultimately because i felt it necessary to advocate for palestinians who are at the hands of israel undergoing a genocide and with the u.s. kind of funding and backing and support of israel, i felt being in the executive branch, especially being -- it made me complicit, may be associated with the thing that i definitely most don't want to be associated with. amy: to see our interviews with other biden administration officials who've resigned to protest u.s. support for the assault on gaza, go to democracynow.org. here in new york a manhattan judge has postponed donald trump's felony sentencing trial until september 18. trump faces 34 felony charges of attempting to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election by falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments made to adult film

gay tyler cherry, formerly of the interior department, was promoted to the white house last month asntroversial hire was the arrival of andy woloski, who joined the white house digital team earlier this month as the new deputy director for platforms. the white house knows all this, and either they agree with it, or they are still incompetent and did not know about it, or do they just not care? the president functions, apparently, from manual winding, that is, he is just a puppet in someone’s hands, in this regard, another one. biden is not real, the real one is dead. a strange video has gone viral on social media. look, biden is walking along the white house building, and he, biden, is obviously much taller than usual, and taller, according to various sources, from 15 to 25 cm. in the version. they claim that the us president has been replaced; the real grandfather is still dead. joe biden, whom we haven't seen for 5 days, turned out to have grown a few centimeters, wait, what? people say biden looks unusually tall after never appearing in public. they say he even smiles differently.

be have the agency's shoestring budget have gone have gone unfulfilled by congress and the interior departmentwith the nation's rural national parks rather than civil unrest in big cities. speaker johnson toward the vandalism later this evening and said this, watch. >>> it's disgusting and hard to believe they would do this here on our own hallowed ground this is capitol hill. this is the center of democracy, the center of the greatest nation in the history of the world. these people are being as useful idiots and it's proxy it's in shambles. >> martin and other things is dangerous, the violence it's disgusting, said the speaker. >> irrespective of where you come out politically on the issue, let's take politics out of it all right? because we should. the bottom line is that this is illegal. we have laws for a reason. go in, tens of thousands may be hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to iconic american monuments. we are supposed to sit still as they do this damage? no one pays for a. who is funding in these groups? there is some reporting that iran is funding it as a designated terrori

the department of interior has a d.e.i. office and officers who train their staff to be racists towards white people. and national endowment officer has an officer to advancing racism. congress has the power of the purse under article one and stop blatant racism. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from maine seek recognition? ms.pingree: i rise in strong opposition to the amendment. we have the greatest strength as a nation is our diversity. american experience is not a singular experience and diversity programs exist. and business leaders having a diverse and inclusive culture is critical to performance. attempting to defund or block the implementation of these efforts takes us back in time where our nation's diversity was not seen as an asset. i oppose this amendment and i encourage my colleagues to do the same. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brecheen: i yield. ms.pingree: i yield. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman

members will continue work on a tour i 25 spending bill to fund the interior department and epa. members will also consider a resolution to establish a bipartisan task force to vestigate the assassination attempt against former president trp. at 2 p.m. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of congress in his first visit to the u.s. since the hamas attack on israel october 7. on c-span2 the senate returns to consider two nominations forhe use tax court and legal advisor for the state department. on c-span3 fbi directo christopher wray testifies on oversight of the agency including the ongoing investigation into the assassination attempt on former president trump. you can also watch

member of the interior department forges charlo signature. so all of a sudden all these white settlers come in and they think everything's fine. charles is there and his followers are still there. and they, you know, they get a very end of the deal and. the salish, we never forget it. i talked to the salish a little bit about. it and their histories are really what should be consulted on all of these things. i say in the book, i can i must, and i should only deal with this briefly, but i do. but there's this great symbolism when he's taking a carriage of montana. he writes in his diary garfield writes in his diary and, he writes of passing a dead pine tree. and apparently his driver said that tree died. he said that that tree used to be used as a hanging post and trees on which men are hung, always die themselves. and garfield writes this down, and i think that's there's just a lot of symbolism there that i couldn't impact. so i included that this is thing. yes sorry for the. yeah, but he was a general. i thought he was a real good friends wi

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the clerk: a bill making proppings for the department of the interior, environment and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2025, and for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today amendment number 93 printed in part b of house report 118-602, offered by the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. tiffany, had been disposed of. pursuant to clause 6ering rule 18, further proceedings will now resume on those motions -- on those amendments in part b of house report 118-602 on which further proceedings were postpone. amendment number 81 by mr. perry, amendment number 82 by mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 83 of mr. perry of pennsylvania, amendment number 85 of mr. perry of pennsylvania, and amendment number 91, ms. tenney from new york. the house will come to order. the house will be in order. we will now move to amendment debates. these will be two-minute votes. two-minute votes. members will -- the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 81 printed in part b of house report 118-602 by the gentleman f

just recently had the interior department's bureau of land management finalize the a new public lands rule enabling radical environment at groups to lock away more of our energy reserves under a so-called conservation leasing plan. the blm also finalize add new onshore oil and gas rule and a new venting and firing rule. in my state, blm is proposing to close off leasing on 45% of federal oil and gas acres and 95% of federal coal acreage. blm's failed stewardship extends to other states as well, including the blocking of new oil and gas production in the national petroleum reserve in alaska. each of these actions are specifically designed to drive up the cost of energy production on federal lands. and these costs are ultimately passed along to consumers. today americans are paying 46% more for gasoline at the pump. and at the same time utility bills are also rising and outpacing inflation. the environmental protection agency's latest onslaught of new power sector regulations will require utilities to spend billions of dollars to comply with burdensome regulations. or worse, force the p

subpoenaed numerous documents and emails related to the department of interior's implementations of this radical executive order, including this interim plan which i show and give for the record that is fully redacted. fully redacted. i wonder why the department would fully redact this plan if it had nothing to hide? as the co-founder and chair of the election integrity caucus, it is my privilege to introduce this amendment to restore transparency and confidence in our democratic process. while keeping partisan federal bureaucrats and the swamp literally from deliberately tipping the balance at the ballot box. i stand firmly behind the concept of one citizen, one vote, as enshrined in our constitution. however, i do not support this blatantly partisan mobilization of the federal government for political purposes. the funds appropriated in this bill should not -- should be used as intended such as to protect public lands for hunting, fishing, not implementing a partisan get out the vote initiative, using federal dollars and using federal employees. with that, mr. chair, i urge all my

just a continuation of, of, of the collective voice mario, my husband, a know would been with interior a department in united states. thank you so much for your time and your experiences following that resignation. thank you. the still ahead on ultra 0. will tally up the wins and losses of the you case labor party. unexplained lives, stones on the war and gaza matches on election day. and warnings of more rains and north is funds of the shows more than a 1000000 people hit by flags. the high pressure continues to dominate the weather across the australia at the moment, but take the down towards the southeast and go to that high that play as guides. light waves that has been allowing for some it's really cold. nice. a cool breaking cold into tasmania. cold enough to into the pots of victoria without hi, which has been stopped for some time instead of a blocking feature, which roaring in a step, followed weight and tony pack those. i suppose of course that is the side of australia. so it's money usually when the weather moisture that's getting fed into this opera fee to here that's going to produce t

. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more. >> neighborhood in san francisco are also diverse and fascist as the people that inhabitable them we're in north beach about supervisor peskin will give us a tour and introduce is to what think of i i his favorite district 5 e 3 is in the northwest surrounded by the san francisco bay the district is the boosting chinatown oar embarcadero financial district fisherman's wharf exhibit no. north beach telegraph hill and part of union square. >> all of san francisco districts are remarkable i'm honored and delighted to represent really whereas with an the most intact district got chinatown, north beach fisherman's wharf russian hill and knob hill and the northwest waterfront some

as assistant secretary to the department of interior for water and science, oversaw key agencies responsible for management of our freshwater resources and serves as water policy advisor for the office of new mexico governor grisham where she will help new mexican secure their water future. thank you, chairman, white house, and i look forward to hearing from the rest of our witnesses. >> thank you so much, senator tran 12. our next witness will be introduced by senator padilla of california. you have the floor to make your introductions, senator padilla. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it is my pleasure to introduce our witness, a fellow engineer, fellow angeleno, fellow immigrant. he's the general manager and chief executive officer for the metropolitan water district of southern california. the largest wholesale drinking water supplier in the country. it provides water to 26 member public agencies which collectively serve roughly 5% not just of the los angeles population or california population. 5% of our nation's population, roughly 19 million people rely on the metropolitan water district.

interior to help experiencing not just drought but severe drought. to drive collaborative solutions for water conflicts. just yesterday, i participate in sermon at the department of interior with some of our agricultural water users in the san joaquin valley ira dollars to sell the trickiest water in the san joaquin valley. you have work with interior to leverage ira investments to alleviate colorado river water conflicts with creative solutions. can you speak to important it is for congress to continue providing this type of funding? >> thank you for the leadership. to me, yesterday's sitter ceremony is an example of the collaboration. >> the farmers in central vaey. and that helped farmers, help us be able to leverage that is a great collaboration adaptation of hermas have been leading the way and conservation. they cannot do it alone but they'd financially. were able to invest a huge amount of money in the conservation appeared at work with the farmers w we call seasonal farming. that means if during the wintertime that's really valuable across the nation. as a huge competition for whatever they are farming. we can keep the land idle money to support them f

as assistant secretary to the department of interior for water in science, ms. trujillo oversaw key agencies and management development of freshwater resources but she now serves as water policy advisor for the office of new mexico governor michelle lujan grissom or uncluttered counsel be used to help new mexican secure their water future. thank you again chairman white has sent ranking member grassley for this opportunity to introduce our weight as i look forward to hearing from ms. trujillo and the rest of our witnesses for quick thank you very much senator lujan. our next witness will be introduced by senator padilla of california pre-have the floor to make your introductions. >> think it mr. chairman it is certainly my pleasure to introduce my friend and our witness today a fellow engineer, a fellow angeleno fellow immigrant chief executive officer for the metropolitan water district of southern california. the largest wholesale drinking water supplier in the country that provides water to 26 member public agencies. which collectively serves 5%, not just at

the operation of federal indian boarding schools by the united states department of the interior is one of the dictatorest chapters of -- darkest chapters of american history, the consequences are still being felt deeply by boarding school survivors and their families. the federal government funded over 400 boarding schools over 150 years. one of the earliest being the car lisle school, where children from my home state of massachusetts were stolen from their families hundreds of miles away and subjected to cruel and inhumane assimilation practices. when captain pratt founded the school, he imbued it with this motto, kill the indian, save the man. but we know all too well that these boarding schools did only the former. they acted as a violent means of assimilation and an essential tool in the united states government's dispossession of native people's b-- people's rights, land, and culture. children as young as 4 years old were subjected to systemic violent abuse. the department of the interior's recent investigation found that children were renamed from native names to english names,

the republicans are saying that there wasn't enough law enforcement on the street because the interior departmentnt on the streets. so that's another dispute that just came out this morning that is very, very interesting. >> a lot of people are looking in the context of these protests in the context of these protests in the context of these protests in the context of this time politically, back to the last time, an incumbent president dropped out mid primary season when lbj withdrew from the race in 1968. of course, the democratic national convention then was was was massively disrupted by antiwar protesters. could we look at something similar happening in august this year ? year? >> i'm glad you brought that up because, we're seeing lots of parallels to that. when lbj dropped out in 1968, there was sort of this sort of like euphofia sort of this sort of like euphoria coming from the democrats. okay, we got lbj out, and now we have hubert humphrey coming in, and everyone was like, kind of psyched about that. but still, they still had the problem of the vietnam war. those problems still existed. so

the first week in office, his department of the interior person who was just put in, the department of interior, she outlawed it. she said we are not going to use it. they were ready to start drilling. it took them a while to get ready. they are ready to start drilling, the money would be incredible, the prices were very high. we are the only country that stops drilling when prices are at an all-time high. we stopped drilling. but we will get that back and i will get that very fast. an -- that back very fast. anwar, unbelievable. i would cut taxes even further than before. that includes no tax on tips, right? no tax on tips. all the government does is harass everybody over it anyway. like a big harassment operation. they hired 88,000 irs people to go harass everybody. so, if you work in a restaurant, if you drive a cab, if you do anything having to do with tips i hope you will remember, bartenders, hospitality workers, a caddie, a barber, barbers get tips. i don't give mine a very big tip because i don't think they do a very good job. if you are an uber driver or anyone else who relies

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the park police president says that the department of interior, run by deb hayland has left the agencyunderfunded and undermanned. park police few of them that there were tried to do their job yesterday. but will prosecutors throw the book at these people or just let them walk off like the summer of love, all over again. fox news legal editor kerri is joining us now. i thought of you immediately. you were at doj, i was at the whitehouse. i know bill bar would have let these guys go unpunished, what do you think that the biden doj does? >> kaylee, i have to tell you i am disappointed thus far by the lack of reaction from the department of justice. the attorney general has not put out a statement. the fbi won't confirm to the justice team whether or not they are investigating. the u.s. attorney in washington d.c. that is responsible for this area, and the area around union station has said nothing. and you know, compare that, kaylee, to the vigor in which they pursued january 6th offenders, it was not just arrests that day, they pursued people in video cameras across the country, the fbi

on the first week in office his department of the interior person who is just put in the department of to use it. they were ready to start drilling, took them a while to get ready. they're ready to start drilling the money would've been incredible the prices were very high. were the only country that stopped drilling when the prices are an all-time high. we stopped drilling but we will get that back i will get it back very fast. they cut it, unbelievable. i will cut taxes even further than we did before. that includes no tax on tips. right? no tax on tips all the government does is harass everybody is like a big harassment. to go arrest everybody. you work in a restaurant and drive a cab or you do anything having to do with tips i hope you're going to remember bartenders, let's see hospitality workers, caddie, a barber, barbara gets tips i don't have my big tip i don't think they do a very good job. [laughter] if you are a mover, driver or anyone else who relies on tips the monies going to be one 100% yours. you better go vote if that does not get you out, if that does not get you out

approved by the department of the interior which outlines how much of the royalty payment should be paid to each land oner. while a lessee is waiting for approval on that c.a. from the department of superior, they pay 100% of the royalties to the federal government. even in cases where the federal government does not own 100% of the land. when the c.a. is finally approved, the state and private land owners get reimbursed for their share of the royalty payments. however, some bureau of left hand maght field offices are so understaffed right now that they have reportedly taking 800 days in some cases to approve a c.a., resulting in a delay or loss of royalties to states who rightfully deserve those funds. for an example, in new mexico, we have hundreds of oil and gas lessees on federal lands and state lands. many of those are in my district in the san juan and permian basin. indeed, 54% of production in new mexico impacts federal land. this bill represents a technical fix that would make sure that royalties flow to the state of new mexico or state of colorado or the dakotas or texas or the

reservations have the room police forces, but the bureau of indian affairs, the bia, division of the department of interior is also involved in tribal law enforcement. the roles of the bia, tribal police, local cops can be confusing. especially to the distraught families of missing women. back in mandan, the detective gave the office on spirit lake a call. she said no one called her back. does this complicate things when you have all these jurisdictional issues with reservations and cities, and everyone trying to work together and it doesn't always go smoothly. >> absolutely. you are, key pieces they have to come from somebody else, and that could be right away or several days. but you are waiting. >> loretta waited too, anguished over her daughter's disappearance. what's that like as a mom waking up every day and she still is not calling? >> i try to find answers or hear something. >> but nothing. you just knew, as her mom, something was very wrong. >> yes, i did. >> carlo was out there. somewhere. maybe alone. if anyone knew how to find her, it was her aunt . >> turns out carla and her aunt shared for th

i think you should decentralize like maybe move the department ofnterr to the interior. take take the department of transportation a5 traffic in l.a. if you do that, they will fix problems. and i think, you know. yeah, exactly like the dod has $250 billion they have no idea where itent last year so like okay you that and you could coue government in better. and i think we're going to see a huge turof communities. okay. i lied one lastst one more. okay. oh, yeah. this being a federal. hello. thanks for coming for being a veteran yourself. it sounds like, unfortunately, under this administration, just issues has been poor and under a trump administration that so should te treat vete and■j just from a governor just or at least just focusu i think maybe draw private money to help or at least so in consu. ke's more like $250 billion in funds. and give $250 billion of the product. robert fired, over 8000 employees actually has to deal with the va sometimes, like hect a lot better than it did. and then bam they hired 100% of those employees put someone like robert wilkie'' back

she previously served as senior advisor for native hawaiian affairs at the united states department of interior. she's been a house staffer and a lawyer. she's an alum of princeton and the american college of law. so we are honored to have the staff director serving as our moderator today. jennifer. good morning and good afternoon. thank you for that really generous introduction. i appreciate it. and thank you. to the cafÉ historical for bringing us all together today to talk about native suffrage. again, my name is, jennifer romero. i am i go by my my maiden romero professionally did marry an italian man the monaco last name and i think it has a nice ring to it but anyhow nice to see everyone this morning and the staff director and chief counsel of the senate committee on indian affairs working chairman brian schatz. the seniors her from hawaii. again, i've really just dedicated my my career to advance american indian and alaska native and native hawaiian affairs both a practicing lawyer and now as a public servant. so it's really my honor be here today to moderate this panel and really have a

i think you should decentralize like maybe move the department of interior to the interior. maybe like the fbi to the highest crime city, maybe move it to chicago, see how they like it that that'll be the safest city in america overnight. but, you know, take take the department of transportation and plop them in the middle of i-5 traffic in l.a. if you do that, they will fix problems. and i think, you know. yeah, exactly like the dod has $250 billion they have no idea where it went last year so like okay you that and you could cut theoretically you could cut the government in half and it would probably function better. and i think we're going to see a huge turn of that, especially in the intel communities. okay. i lied one last question. one more. okay. oh, yeah. this being a federal. hello. thanks for coming for being a veteran yourself. it sounds like, unfortunately, under this administration, just basically addressing veterans issues has been poor and horrible at best the state you really think under a trump administration that will or can approve and should so should the