mr. turner. mr. turner: thank you, chairman gimenez, and ranking member mciver. i represent a large portion of the port of houston, the ship channel, generating millions of jobs, nearly a trillion dollars in economic activity. one of the issues we've been facing are the ship to shore crane used in many u.s. ports. the biden administration announced a $20 billion deal to develop domestic manufacturing of these crane. i fully support that. and it's important that that money continues to flow. but let me ask you, mr. davis, how long do you foresee before we have enough of these crane made in the united states to meet the demands of our sea ports in a reliable way? mr. davis: thanks for the question, congressman. it's a great one and really speaks to the thinking several steps ahead, right? i don't have a great sense of the manufacturers of these equipment would have a better sense. but my best, most aggressive estimate is about two years hence. and that's not from right now, that's from when the funding's in place, the purchase orders are put down. so give or take w

mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: all time has expired. the question occurs on the turner nomination. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. mrs. blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. under common motion on 55 - 45 while we wait a final confirmation vote to be called we will show you his confirmation hearing from last month. >> thank you mr. sherman ranking member and the committee i'm so happy and honored to be here with fuel to really think all the members of the committee thank you for your engagement and your ideas of rebuilding the american dream for our nation's forgotten communities it was a pleasure to visit with each and every one of you all but one said that was because of a scheduling conflict. i'm so great to have the time to meet with you, thank you for making the effort and i hope our conv

mr. turner. mr. speaker, may i ask how much time is remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has 18 minutes remaining. mr. casten: ok. you know, josef stalin said that one death is a tragedy and a million deaths is a statistic. when we talk about constitutional crises and hacks into $5 trillion systems, that risks sounding like a statistic. i want to share just a couple stories from my district i respect, like all of us, 1/435th of the population. to understand the real-life consequences that are happening now. first because of what elon musk and donald trump have done, and, second, because of the failure of this body to fulfill their oversight role. these announcements came through, one of the first calls i got was from a local homeless shelter. they'd been almost immediately locked out of their h.u.d. portal. that means that 200 people in my community what thought they had housing for a cold night in the middle of january were at risk of getting put back out on the street. i got a call from a county health department who was wondering

mr. turner well, when he said that i missed the opportunity to avoid waiting for succeed? interesting. yeah. pretty simple is because i hear most students it is night. chipped it for days. this is yours for, for most can finish the job. actually, the, if in the mine or yours is fucks near the, the worst thing that i saw a sort of boardman we shall speak is funding actually pretty much in a few full shirts that i'd be interested in. skip progression. fox on the show. it shouldn't be used to hit junk 1000. you probably didn't need to just got a new quote is what i said, just say, you know, i'm still friends because i believe i encourage you to test shop in regards to some of the pictures the sympathies you should have damaged the the the, the model number is sco listed and political advance the claim that i did last because the people of course get the each skins difficult. it sounds as opposed to a tool, for example, that are both a scrupulous question i put in the school and put a lot of trouble to them. nobody. shouldn't. acosta. look for some of the most of the dumpster, but that all

mr. turner, great to see you. ms. hill. happy black history month. i believe as a public works event going on here shortly. >> yes. try to get us moving if you could return to slide ten. deputy director robertson did a very good job with the last and in the accounting team of projecting the city's upcoming deficit what it means and i'm just wondering while this slide is labeled retirement status, i wonder if it's also a good kind of future budgetary planning slide also and my my question here and i think it piggybacks on commissioner wolfowitz's question is i'd like to know the breakdown of these positions and upcoming retire ment's and i think we just need to be realistic about how we support and have honest conversations around how we could potentially leverage retirement to i believe a prepare for what will be a pretty tough budget seasons coming up. i wanted to ask one if that is sensible to make that type of request not just the detail but is there a way in which we can do some forward planning around these potential up to upcoming retirements n

mr. turner, for joining us for our first neighborhood beautification day of the year. >> we do and in fact we are we are broadening those opportunities for people to work off tickets and other issues by by working with us homeless prevention. second thing i was also surprised by the number of youth particularly high schoolers who are participating who are getting various credits and volunteer hours. but if you really look at what they are really doing is they are the economic future of san francisco that is being able to go to college ideally college here in our own city would be great. >> but the economic power that we support by making sure that folks can go to college be well prepared for college seemingly is a very impactful thing and i would actually argue that most of the participants there were students participating in that. >> is that correct? director sure. we certainly did have a great turnout. we often have good turnout from students and i am going to announce and i hope rachel gordon is not going to get upset with me. >> a very clever opportunity this year that we will be nomi

mr. turner, personal thanks for the opportunity to visit with you in my office. i really appreciated that we have the same focus the traditional market is available interest rates are low individuals can afford to literally get a mortgage. when the opportunities are available so the entry way to getting that mortgage rates is simplified and brought down. more people can do the traditional markets have the home ownership. i personally believe equity in that home should beat without home owner and not with the federal government. i really do like the idea of having the individual have that homeownership opportunity. i would just like your thoughts for just a minute. i do not need to push it too far. isn't that really what this is all about is allowing individuals the ability to gain equity in their home? and for them to have that value rather than to be paying rent through federal program? wouldn't it be much better to have a private sector loaning the money and an individual actually getting equity in their home? >> senator thank you senator round is great to meet

mr. turner. mr. gozar. ms. fox. >> fox votes to side the table. >> mr. grow-man. mr. cloud. mr. cloud votes aye. mr. palmer. mr. higgins. mr. higgins votes aye. mr. sessions. mr. bigs. mr. bigs votes aye. ms. mays. ms. mays votes aye. mr. fallon. mr. fallon votes aye. mr. donalds. mr. perry. mr. timmons. mr. birchett votes aye. ms. green. ms. green votes aye. ms. boebert. ms. luna. mr. langworthy. mr. burleson. mr. crane. mr. crane votes aye. mr. jack. mr. mcgwire. mr. mcgwire votes aye. mr. gill. mr. gill votes aye. mr. connolly. >> nay. >> mr. connolly votes nay. ms. morton. >> no. >> ms. norton votes no. mr. lynch. mr. lynch votes no. mr. crushwortny votes no. ms. o'connell. mr. emfume. ms. brown. >> brown notes no -- i'm sorry, yes. yes. voting no to table. >> ms. brown votes no. ms. have advancebury. >> i vote no to a motion that would table a subpoena for elon musk. it's out of order to discuss what the motion is? ok, guys. >> it's out of order. >> order, order, order. all right. let's go. >> ms. stansberry votes no. mr. garcia. mr. garcia votes no. mr. frost. mr. frost vo

mr. turner: mr. speaker, i rise to share the story of a federal scientist, in his own words, was fired by president trump and elon musk. quote, i have a ph.d. in biomedical engineering. i was hired by the national cancer institute and was performing four to five-month rotations to provide my scientific expertise and skill sets in offices. i assessed the scientific progress of grants that fund cancer research. this scientist, overseeing scientific progress of grants that fund cancer research, was fired. and the very grants have been frozen. university of houston, in my district, has had countless grants frozen, leading to uncertainty and confusion about the future of the research. according to the national cancer institute, over 40% of americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. firing cancer scientists and freezing cancer research is shortsighted and irresponsible. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? wi

mr. turner from texas. also, welcome to the committee, sir, for your 5 minute questions. >> thank you, chairman green and ranking member thompson. it's good to be with everyone. what i've noticed is that they are same running themes from each and every one of you. let me just say that the small city of houston, we face thousands of cyber threat every year. cyber workforce, critical. the grants to state and local government, critical. and cities and states under constant attack, a coordinated approach, collaboration all , important, and that's why i'm a strong supporter of cisa. in fact, when it came into existence, we went thumbs up. aviation, the port, utilities, our water systems are a constant -- are under constant threat, and as a mayor, that is something that kept me up every night. when we saw what happened in atlanta when the ransomware gangs took over, municipal police costing the city a great deal. we all tried to intensify our efforts, built layers and layers, but we simply didn't have enough mone

mr. turner: federal employees ensure the safety and well-being of every american and these efforts to reduce federal workers will only bring them harm. thousands of federal workers in texas' 18th congressional district serve vital roles, including health care, transportation and safety, social security and much more. to every dedicated federal employee, our message is clear. we have your back. we will fight in congress to protect your rights, your jobs and your ability to serve the american people. your work does not go unrecognized. i urge my colleagues to stand against this calculated attack on federal workers and the values of public service. thank you, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from the district of columbia seek recognition? without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. norton: i thank the gentleman for yielding to me. these are unprecedented and extraordinarily difficult times for our federal employees. the trump administration seems intent on dismantling much of the federal government,

mr. turner thank you. >> and commissioner woolford, you just made the point i was going to make and all of this you know we are in a time in a space where we need to be very pragmatic but at the same time we cannot forget who we are and the fact that we can get that caliber of a project, that caliber service providers i think it says a lot. i also want us all to be mindful again the time we're in commissioner woolford mass timber used to be a premium between builder's risk cost and others have it's a different day either in tariffs, labor market there's but i bring that all up to say that i have full trust in our staff ability to do the due diligence, to do the vetting and to hold the line. i've never seen a project come before us that i felt was too expensive, too crazy but complicated absolutely. and this is one of them. yeah. and so i ask that we remain diligent and i think all the questions are great but what a day we have in front of us. but again and again commissioner woolford i think you just you started where i'd like to end. look at our ability to attract the world's best and tha

mr. turner. mr. gozar. ms. fox. >> fox votes to side the table. >> mr. grow-man. mr. cloud. mr. cloud votes aye. mr. palmer. mr. higgins. mr. higgins votes aye. mr. sessions. mr. bigs. mr. bigs votes aye. ms. mays. ms. mays votes aye. mr. fallon. mr. fallon votes aye. mr. donalds. mr. perry. mr. timmons. mr. birchett votes aye. ms. green. ms. green votes aye. ms. boebert. ms. luna. mr. langworthy. mr. burleson. mr. crane. mr. crane votes aye. mr. jack. mr. mcgwire. mr. mcgwire votes aye. mr. gill. mr. gill votes aye. mr. connolly. >> nay. >> mr. connolly votes nay. ms. morton. >> no. >> ms. norton votes no. mr. lynch. mr. lynch votes no. mr. crushwortny votes no. ms. o'connell. mr. emfume. ms. brown. >> brown notes no -- i'm sorry, yes. yes. voting no to table. >> ms. brown votes no. ms. have advancebury. >> i vote no to a motion that would table a subpoena for elon musk. it's out of order to discuss what the motion is? ok, guys. >> it's out of order. >> order, order, order. all right. let's go. >> ms. stansberry votes no. mr. garcia. mr. garcia votes no. mr. frost. mr. frost vo

then we've got housing secretary scott turner on how mr. trump makes homes afford and will save the suburbs. edward lawrence live at white house and what do you have? reporter: yeah, it was more than an hour long cabinet meeting and uncovered a lot of ground domestically and foreign policy and internally the president is setting up for a massive cost cutting measure for taxpayers within the federal government. the president turned over the beginning part of the meeting and government employee. and elon musk said he could get $1 trillion in savings for the government by end of 2026 and asking the workers for five things they did last week justified by this. >> there's a number of people on the government payroll who are dead, which is probably why they can't respond. and some people that aren't real and fictional individuals and collecting a paycheck -- somebody is collecting paychecks on these individuals and are these people real or alive? i think it's a reasonable expectation. reporter: about one million workers responded to that and abou

then we've got housing secretary scott turner and how mr.rump will make moments affordable and save the suburbs. but first up, our own edward lawrence is live at the white house. what you got? >> reporter: larry, where do we start? more than an hour-long cabinet meeting, and he covered a lot of ground domestically as well as with foreign policy. internally, the president is setting up for a massive cost-cutting measure for taxpayers within the federal government. the president turned over the beginning part of that meeting to elon musk, a special government employee. and elon musk then justified saying that he could get $1 trillion in savings for the federal government by the end of 206. he also justified -- 2026. he also justified that government e-mail asking workers for five things they did last week. >> we think there are a number of people on the government payroll who are dead, which is probably why they can't respond, and some people who are not real people. literally fink aal individuals that are collecting -- well, somebody's collec

turner. your contributions have been entered into the congressional record. thank you, mr. speaker. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. menendez, for five minutes. .. mr. menendez: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor a dedicated member of our community, mrs. kim nesbit good. kim owns the funeral home in new jersey. in its role, she builds on the legacy of her parents who started the business nearly 100 years ago. but her advocacy and accomplishments run much deeper than just her business acmen. when it comes to uplifting black voices and making real progress in the fight for equality and justice in the city of elizabeth and beyond, kim nesbit good's legacy is unparalleled. as a founder of friends and organization of black women dedicated to the success and prosperity of their community, kim has been a leading voice for creating change for women, for families and for our community as a whole. as the founder of the friends of new jersey legacy foundation, she's working tirelessly to recognize black history

mr. president, president trump has made it clear we are going to be building things in america again. one of those things we're going to be building is communities. it's a big job, but scott turner has the grit, the determination, and passion to get it done. i look forward to working with him on this important mission. mr. president, i yield the floor, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. [inaudible conversations] we are meeting today to consider nomination of robert f kennedy junior. we are still waiting to get our members here and will proceed with statements and we will rotate one side to the other prepare for the vote to confirm, the opportunity to deliver change to our nation's healthcare system. he spent his career letting the epidemic and advocate for transparency. mr. kennedy responded to questions during the process and in the course of 900 questions by the committee. mr. is going beyond what's required. i will vote in favor of his nomination and i strongly encourage both sides. >> i'll have a brief statement and several colleagues are going to make statements. we are going to

scott turn service connected a terrific young guy and -- scott turner is a terrific young guy and going to make us all very proud. >> thank you, mrpresident. >> in just over one month, illegal border cros crossings plumed but numbers that no one has seen before and much more than 100% and we have unleashed american energy at levels that will soon be reported, but we think we'll get it going very quickly. we have incredible people on the energy front. i think we have really great people on every front. i'll let you know if they're not good, but i think they really are. we're finding every day to get the prices down, inflation is stopping slowly. part of the reason it's stopping is because of high interest rates and other problems we inherited, but we have to get the prices down, not the inflation down, the prices of eggs and various other things. eggs are a disaster. the secretary of agriculture is going to be showing you a chart that's actually mind boggling what's happened. how low they were with us and how high they are now. but i think we can do something about it, madame secretary, and you'll do a fantastic job in that positi

turner. sen. kennedy: and fannie mae and freddie mac did the same thing. mr. pulte: they probably did. sen. kennedy: we have a house of cards. it is worse than it was before the 2008 housing crisis. you have the federal government adopting a policy -- do not worry about how much you make, we will loan you all you need to buy a home. and then when folks get in trouble, the federal government says do not worry about it, we will make your payments for you. so, you will not default. re: -- or you will not have to sell your home. that is one of the reasons that housing prices are so high, isn't it? mr. pulte: in many ways. sen. kennedy: are you going to fix that. mr. pulte: i am going to work very strongly. sen. kennedy: is that a yes or no? mr. pulte: i will absolutely work on that issue, i promise. sen. kennedy: i mean, this is absurd. now i want everybody who can afford it to own a home. mr. pulte: yes. sen. kennedy: but if you start giving away money and giving away homes, we are going to have another housing crisis. and the numbers are worse today as a result of the biden administration the

turner. sen. kennedy: and fannie mae and freddie mac did the same thing. mr. pulte: they probably did. sen. kennedy: we have a house of cards. it is worse than it was before the 2008 housing crisis. you have the federal government adopting a policy -- do not worry about how much you make, we will loan you all you need to buy a home. and then when folks get in trouble, the federal government says do not worry about it, we will make your payments for you. so, you will not default. re: -- or you will not have to sell your home. that is one of the reasons that housing prices are so high, isn't it? mr. pulte: in many ways. sen. kennedy: are you going to fix that. mr. pulte: i am going to work very strongly. sen. kennedy: is that a yes or no? mr. pulte: i will absolutely work on that issue, i promise. sen. kennedy: i mean, this is absurd. now i want everybody who can afford it to own a home. mr. pulte: yes. sen. kennedy: but if you start giving away money and giving away homes, we are going to have another housing crisis. and the numbers are worse today as a result of the biden administration the

turner is a terrific young guy. he's heading up h.u.d. heal make us proud. >> thank you, mr. president. petroleum: gray -- president trump: great job. in one month, illegal border krozzings have plummeted by numbers nobody has seen before. much more than 100%. we have unleashed american energy at levels that will soon be reported, but we think we are going to get it going very quickly. we have incredible people in the energy front. i think we have really great people on every front. i'll let you know if they are good. i think they are. we are fighting every day to get the prices down. the inflation is stopping slowly. but part of the reason it's stop is because of high interest rates and other problems that we inherited. but we have to get the prices down. not the inflation down, the prices of eggs and various other things. eggs are a disaster. the secretary of agriculture's going to be showing you a chart that's actually mind-boggling what's happened. how low they were with us, and how high they are now. i think we can do something about it. i think you are going to do a fantastic job

[laughter] scott turner is a terrific young guy heading up hud and he will make us all very proud, right? >> thank you, mrdent, sir. >> president trump: great job. in just over one month illegal border crossings have plummeted by numbers nobody has seen before and we've unleashed american energy at levels that will soon be reported. but we think we'll get it going very quickly. we have incredible people on the emergency front. i think we have great people on every front. i will let you know if they are not good but i think they really are. we're fighting every day to get the prices down. inflation is stopping slowly. but part of the reason it's stopping is because of high interest rates and other problems that we inherited. we have to get the prices down. the prices of eggs and various other things. eggs are a disaster. the secretary of agriculture will be showing you a chart that is actually mind-boggling what has happened and how low they were with us and how high they are now. i think we can do something about it madam secretary. i think you will do a fantastic job in that position. one of the most imp

turner's. >> a terrific young guy. he's heading up hud and he's going to make us all very proud. right. thank you, mr. president.ob. >> in just over. >> one month. >> illegal border crossings have plummeted. by numbers that nobody. >> has actually ever. >> seen before. >> it's much more. >> than 100%. >> and we've unleashed american energy at levels that will soon be reported. but we think we're going to get it going very quickly. we have incredible people. on the energy front. i think we have really great. >> people on. >> every front. i'll let you. >> know if they're not. >> good, but i think. >> they really are. and we're. >> fighting every day to get the prices down. the inflation is stopping slowly, but part of the reason it's. >> stopping is because of. >> high. >> interest rates and other. >> problems that we inherited. but we have to get the prices. >> down, not the inflation. >> down, the prices of eggs and various other things. eggs are a disaster. the secretary of agriculture is going to be showing you a chart that's actually mind boggling what's happened, how low they were with us and how high they a

turner is a terrific young guy. he's heading up hud, and he's going to make us all very proud. right. >> thank you. >> mr.president. thank you very much. great job. in just over one month, illegal border crossings have plummeted by numbers that nobody has actually ever seen before. it's much more than 100%. and we've unleashed american energy at levels that will soon be reported. but we think we're going to get it going very quickly. we have incredible people on the energy front. i think we have really great people on every front. i'll let you know if they're not good, but i think they really are. and we're fighting every day to get the prices down. the inflation is stopping slowly, but part of the reason it's stopping is because of high interest rates and other problems that we inherited. but we have to get the prices down, not the inflation down. the prices of eggs and various other things. eggs are a disaster. the secretary of agriculture is going to be showing you a chart that's actually mind boggling. what's happened, how low they were with us and how high they are now. but i think we can do somethin

president about a turner agency that things weren't going so well and he wanted to scale back some things. and then the president just get rid of all of it. he goes, are you hauer, mrsident? i think they got it reversed. he is reporting to the president and the president is making the final decision. >> it's interesting the president says he wants him to be more aggressive because some people are upset that they say he has been too aggressive by cutting these jobs, including usaid workers overnight only 2,000 on leave and changed it to 1600. certain people goat stay and the leader get to stay. donald trump talking about elon doing a good job. this is at cpac. >> i signed an order creating the depart department of governt efficiency. you probably haven't heard of it. [cheers] >> which is waging war on government waste, fraud, and abuse. and elon is doing a great job. he is doing a great job. we want to make forecast smaller, more efficient. we want to keep the best people and we're not going to keep the worst people. >> brian: and almost every agency wants him to come in. guilty and gut. treasury. helps. because secretary has certain responsibilities and the preside