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c-span. relief act, and ask s immediate consideration in the s house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 33. a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986, to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of taiwan with income from sources within the united states. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 5, the bill is considered read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided. the gentleman from missouri, mrn from california, ms. chu, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of the u.s.-taiwan expedited double tax relie

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s courses charted. democracy and real time. this is your government at work. this is c-span.ing you your democracy unfiltered. >> now, republican idaho governor brad liddell delivering his 2025 state of the state address from the capital in boise. he compared idaho's governance to the plan that resident electron promised america and praises the states record on government efficiency. he also discusses his keeping promises plan for the state and efforts to cut taxes. increase infrastructure investments and expand school choice. this is about 25 minutes. [applause] [applause] welcome, governor. we look forward to your words of wisdom and your advice today and we will do with it from there. the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i assume that new gavel means things will happen a lot faster here. good. good. i appreciate that. mr. speaker, mr. pro tem, mr. president, honored legislators, my fellow constitutional officers, mr. chief justice, members of the judiciary, my wife teresa and our family, wave, you guys, my friends and my fellow idahoans. just two months ago, on t

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> with the passing of former president jimmy carter, c-span has been showing archival programs on the career and life of the 39th president. in 2019's story him john meacham moderated a conversation between jimmy carter and walter mondale discussing the importance of human rights and foreign policy as a way to promote democratic ideals around the world. former president carter died sunday at the age of 100. >> talk about your interest in human rights. given both your background in the segregated south and are international experience in the navy heading into your public career. >> i grew up in a little village which had about 50 families, farm families. my family was the only one that was white. all the rest of them were african-american. i grew up completely immersed in african-american culture, black culture. ulture. and i could see as a little child, even that there was a great distinction between white and black people. my mother, by the way, was a registered nurse and she never paid any attention to racial distinctions. she treated everybody the same in a very courageous way. but she was part of the medical establishment in pla

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. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers. >> up next, e s. house approves the first bill of the new congress. it is me after a nursing studenkied by an undocumented iignt who had been arrested for theft. passed. it requires the homend security department to detain undocunt immigrants on theft related crimes. the u.s. senate is expected to debate and vote on the measure next week. now, the house debate on the measure. laken riley was fore-ordained.as the day that joe biden took office. and reversed the successful trump policies that had finally secured our borders. since that day, just four years ago, more than 7.8 million illegal aliens have been deliberately allowed into our country. the population the size of the state of washington, our 13th largest state. very little is done to vet these millions of illegal migrants. we don't know how many terrorists and violent criminals are among them. and worse, the democrats don't seem to care. we know that the number of terrorists we're apprehending has skyrocketed and that violent international cri

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there's a small group of us, c-span watchers who call ourselves the crazy 88's. y, you are doing better than people who express themselves with cutting them off. it's up in the air on who is the most controversial host right now on c-span. number one, does trump lie and exaggerate? absolutely. why did kamala harris lose the election? one of the biggest lies she told , she said her parents were black. her dad is irish and you, who admitted himself that he has no african ancestors. so, how is she black? the lawsuit against abc, george stephanopoulos, he lied when he interviewed the representative to say that trump was guilty of rape. any of the platforms, if you just tell the truth, you don't have to worry about a lawsuit. you don't have to walk on egg shells. just report the truth and it will be fine. last point, kimberly, is there truth to the fact that the new ceo, tim feist, who has been at cnn for over 30 years, long as i've been alive, is it true that he's complicating -- contemplating removing the caller aspect from "washington journal," is that true? host: i

s, about 20 degrees before normal. there are quite a few events that we will be covering here on c-span including today, a wreath-laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery on c-span, our free mobile video app, online at c-span.org, and later this afternoon president-elect donald trump will appear at a pre-inauguration make america great again rally to celebrate his victory in the 2024 election at the capital one arena in washington, d.c. we will cover that live as well on c-span. back to calls, christina's in north carolina on our line for democrats. caller: i am calling into say that it is a sad day that america is going to put in a treasonous, corrupt traitor. a treasonous traitor. he is a criminal. he is a racist. the things that he says make america great again, it is a ku klux klan banner saying. america has never been great. it was built off the backs of slaves. the land was stolen from indians. america is going down the tube. donald trump has dementia and everybody covers it up. all the crazy stuff that he says, he don't pay his taxes yet he wants to bully every other country. there are states and police of

s -- melania's face. host: we will go on to dan. 50 lakes minnesota, independent. caller: thanks a lot for what you have done. c-spanchange my life when i was a primary caregiver for my mom. turn me on to c-span when you put trump on in the debates when he was first coming in to try to win the primaries. good and stand him or his family or the kids on the apprentice, my mom and i would laugh. then i washed himself with this guy was doing. he doesn't need the money and saw how hard they came after him. and what he was doing to shake things up and exposing some stuff that is coming out get people all freaked out. it is really interesting to see today. just how happy people were at the ball, at the luncheons and stuff, after they were getting off here. you showed all that stuff -- host: and dan, we spoke with some people too, who came here to washington. i want to show you what folks told us. our cameras went out today to talk to folks who traveled into washington for these inauguration festivities. take a look. >> hi, i am tracy richardson from ohio. i came here because i love this country. and my hope for the future

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c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. getting a front row seat to democracy. >> kelly leffler president trump 's nominee to serve a small businessinistration administrator testified at the confirmation hearing before the senate small business and entrepreneurship committee. she took questions as well as keeping small business competitive. a u.s. senator for georgia for 2020 until 2021. loeffler. i would like to welcome you all here today, and thank you for your willingness to serve. thank you very much, senator. i am also delighted to welcome the committee's new ranking member, senator markey, he has been an esteemed member of the committee for nearly 12 years. we both recognize the importance of our nation's small businesses deadly innovation, and i am excited to continue the bipartisan working relationship of our committee. i would also like to welcome back our returning members, and provide warm welcome to our new members to the committee. senators kurtis, justice, custard and shift. i am looking forward to working with everyone, and i expect a very productive term where we focus on the most pressing issues facing small busin

s. senate from connecticut in 2010 and 2012. next from the c-spanrchives, linda mcmahon's victory speech in the 2010 republican u.s. senate primary in connecticut. ♪ >> [crowd chanting "linda"] [applause] linda: and i love you. [laughter] i think some of my most fondest memories of this campaign trail will be little ones like that. who have shown up just spontaneously and have done little things. that really warms my heart because i'm really a sucker for kids. i want to thank all of you for being here tonight. a special thanks to my family. some of them could not be here. my friends, my tireless staff, and all of the volunteers, as many of you, all of you. [applause] because certainly without the efforts of all of our volunteers, i would not be standing here tonight having completed two rounds of the three that we have to go. i also tonight want to thank my opponents, rob simmons and peter schiff. they ran terrific races and their loyal supporters worked their hearts out for candidates and whom they really believed. this was a very competitive, comp

s. senate returns and will continue work on more of president trump's cabinet nominees including doug burgum to be interior secretary and later chris right to the energy secretary. on c-span at three live at 9:30 a.m. eastern kash patel president trump's picked to lead the fbi will speak to senators about his nomination before the senate judiciary committee. these events all stream live on

c-span, it's kind of small, right? i get it. but this document listed their so-called pay-for-s, how are they going to pay for the massive tax cutsindividuals, the wealthiest publicly held and privately held corporations in human history. and here are just a couple of the things that they are using as so-called pay-fors. $700 billion in cuts kicking millions of people off of medicaid. $500 billion out of medicare, reducing access to care for seniors everywhere. more than $150 billion in cuts to the affordable care act subsidies. what does that mean? if you're on aca, if you get your health care through subsidy goes away. your monthly insurance bill is about to skyrocket. tens of millions of americans who pay for their health insurance through the aca exchange and receive that subsidy are going to have to pay more. and what happens with that money? it doesn't go for roads. it doesn't go for firehouses. it doesn't go for hubl health. it -- go for public health. is goes for this tax cut. you i'm not exaggerating. this is not a flourish. they are literally cutting medicare, medicaid, possibly social security. the affordable care act.

c-span. a topic you're likely going to hear about in that hearing is the letter and the video released by r.f.k. jr.'ssin, caroline kennedy, former u.s. ambassador. here's the headline from "the washington post," she warns of "predator" r.f.k. jr. in a searing letter and video. the former ambassador urging senators to reject his nomination for h.h.s. secretary, questioning his ethics and views on vaccines. here's a portion of that video, released yesterday by caroline kennedy. >> i've known bobby my whole life. we grew up together. it's no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets, because bobby himself is a predator. he's always been charismatic, able to attract others with his personality, willingness to take risks, and break rules. i watch his younger brothers and cousins follow him down the path of drug addiction. his basement, his garage, his dorm room were always the center of the action, where drugs were available and he enjoyed showing off, having put baby chickens and mice in a blender to feed to his hawks. it was often a perverse scene of despair and violence. that was a long time ago and

c-span. thank you, and my heart goes out to los angeles. this is rhonda in sacramento, thank you, goodbye. host: you mentioned karen bass, again, that front-page story of the new york times, as l.a.'snferno begin, its mayor was not in town, mounting criticism of karen bass threatens her grip on leadership. that is her headline -- that is the headline of that story in the new york times. when a cascade of deadly wildfires erupted across los angeles region on tuesday, the mayor was on her way home from west africa where she attended the inauguration of a new president, her first trip abroad as mayor. it shows that ms. bass has traveled out of the country at least four other times in recent months before that visit, one to mexico for the inauguration of the president of mexico, three times to france for the 2024 olympic games in paris. the new york times noting that it is in contradiction to what she told the new york times in an interview in october of 2020 1, saying not only what i live in los angeles but also i would not travel internationally, the only places i would go if elected would be to d.c., sacramento, san francisco, and new york, in relation to l.a., the new york times sa

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c-span's point of interest. now senate majority leader john soon comments on the democratic 's use of the filibuster. also former wisconsin representative sean duffy nomination for secretary should -- transportation secretary. endorsed by the transportation committee by vote of 28-zero. his nomination now goes to the full side for a vote. was a sudden change of heart, because yesterday every senate democrat, the democrat leader, new democrat senators, long-serving democrat senators who expressed their desire to get rid of the filibuster, joined together and filibustered a bill. that's right, every democrat senator participated in a filibuster of yesterday's legislation. now, mr. president, i will leave aside the disturbing fact that democrats chose to unite to block a bill to protect living, breathing, newborn children born alived after an attempted abortion, but a lot of talk -- what i want to talk about today is democrats' apparent belief there should be one rule for democrats and another rule for everyone else. back in 2017, during president trump's first term, when republicans controlled the sena

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