before we do that, we will give you certain proclamations, we will sign them. we will hear a little bit about them. >> first we have for your signature five official designations of special envoys. the first is steven witkoff, who is in the room, to be your middle east envoy. >> where is steve? steven witkoff, everybody. great job in the middle east. really great. but we will see how it all turns out. it is complex but i think he will do very well. >> next we have your special envoy to latin america. >> ok. good man. >> thank you, sir. next we have retired general keith kellogg to be your special envoy on russia-ukraine issues. >> we have made a lot of progress on russia, ukraine. we will see what happens. but a lot of progress has been made. we are going to stop that ridiculous more. >> thank you, sir. next, we have designation of richard grinell to be your envoy for special missions. pres. trump: i sent him to california to turn on the water. it was not easy because we had to go through a lot of environmentalists that are causing a lot of problems. we have bi

i guess we need a motion to approve. >> we do. i move we pay additional cola half % to all entitled members who are retired. >> point of information look at the agenda are we accepting and approving the analysis? >> yes. we would approve the analysis to pay a supplemental cola of 2-1/2% less the basic cola. >> second. >> public comment. >> do we have in person comment on this item? >> moderator, do we have callers on the line? >> there are no callers. >> thank you, public comment is closed. >> just society record is clear, i want to make surety person who made the motion approved of the amendment to the motion? >> amendment to pay after adopting the report. >> yes. >> okay. >> thank you. >> okay. moved and seconded all in favor? >> aye. >> opposed >> motion passes. >> next item, please. >> item 9 action itemful review and acceptance of the scent/68 report june 30, 2024. >> commissioners the action in front of you is to accept the gap 67-68 report. this report is separate from the funding report. which is presented in february. and

we want what we put up. we want a guarantee, we are getting equipment in the european is not adding up with us. we have an ocean in between and they don't. it's more important for them than it is for us, they are way below us in terms of money and they should be paying at least equal, they really should be paying much more by equal to us and they are billions below so we are looking to do a deal with ukraine secure we are giving them with rare earth and of the things. >> was not related to the market reaction? really badly in the united states and everybody. the "wall street journal" simply, every single country dying to make a deal with so good for them. he didn't know about our bank and you will see very substantial tariffs. >> 10000 soldiers on the border and illegal aliens out keep them seriously out and otherwise they will have a big penalty. they are not going to let the fentanyl from china they will stop sending us a tunnel mentor rare earth. >> i want security, putting in hundreds of billions of doll

and we build, we built -- [applause] you do what we also did? you know what we also did? in a short period of times i can time following a chapter of tremendous tragedy and heartache in our state, we built a brand-new world-class facilities at the veterans homes in chelsea and holyoke. [applause] when i visited, when they visit the holyoke veterans home i love seeing my friend rose roy. rose is 102 years old. she. she is a world war ii veteran. the staff take care of her like family. she leads us in the pledge of allegiance when we visit, right? rose, i know you could make the trip here tonight. i know you're at home watching with friends and they just want to say to you and to all out there who served, we all thank you for your service. we love you and we really, really want you to know that. [applause] i'm proud massachusetts knuckling the birthplace of the national guard, the birthplace of the united states navy, were state that always supported our military and that's why we're so proud to win a fleet of brand-new f35 fighter jets for our airbase at barnes in westfiel

we talk a lot about elections, as we should but we need to talk about what we do with power when we have it. when democrats make permanent material improvements to people's lives, that is when democrats win and win and win. i'm asking all of you to go big, to be audacious. this is part of our tradition. from the new deal to medicare to social security to the affordable care act. we need big personalities to push this new era for democrats. personalities like marianne williamson. people from outside politics. the fact that marianne williamson is a mega best-selling author is good. the fact that marianne williamson is oprah winfrey's personal advisor is good. the fact that marianne williamson has created social and cultural movements is good, because that's what democrats need to do now. be a cultural and social movement. so, be big, go audacious. marianne had the audacity to run for president twice, which means that she has talked to americans from across the country. she has heard them. we need to hear them now. she brings a perspective that includes everyone, and it is my honor, my plea

we were doing this, not to the extent that we were doing it now, but we were doing this that we became number one in oil and gas by far, and we were number three, even-numbered four. and then they pulled way back in the price is starting going through the roof, and then they went back to my plan, and by that time the prices had already gone up, so they really disrupted it, but now we will take it to a new level. it will be amazing. also, it is very powerful. clean coal. we have more coal than everybody. we have beautiful, clean coal. china is opening up a call plan every month. germany is opening up a call plan every two months. it is probably the most powerful form of energy in terms of generation of electricity, and we will utilize our good, clean, beautiful coal and oil and gas. we have more than everybody of everything, and we will take advantage of it, and i appreciate everybody being here. >> can i ask you about what is happening in an. senator wicker shepherded secretary hegseth through nomination. he said it was a rookie mistake for secretary hegseth to outline what would or wo

we all know we need that. they have done a tremendous job. and of course it is the basics of moving the decisions down to the lowest possible level, to let things get done faster. at the same time, maintaining the proper level of oversight and governance, which we know is critical using digital tools and other things. but just having good metrics and a contractor assurance programs. of course, for all of the above, using digital tools to analyze this mountain of data we generate to detect trends and inform the work we do in real time so that we avoid the problems, not just find them and fix them, but avoid them before they can impact our mission and projects. we are going to talk about the same four that teresa in dj teed up today. we will talk about innovation. then we will talk about infrastructure. thirdly, we will talk about operations and then finally, what makes it all work is developing the workforce of the future, are people strategy. let me start with innovation. i mentioned before implementing digital tools and digital transformatio

we must never grow tired. we must never grow weary, and we always must practice good.now last week only a few miles from here our nation witnessed a terrible tragedy when it 67 people were killed in a horrible accident near reagan airport. as one nation, we take solace in the knowledge that they are in the warm embrace of a very loving god. none of us knows exactly when our time on earth will be over. we never know. a truth i confronted a few short months ago when there was an incident that was now fun. it was not a good thing, but god was watching me. the chances of me being here, my sons are shooters, a very good, don and eric, and the chances of missing from that range with that gun, don equated it to a one foot putt. one foot, that is pretty bad. two feet can seat missing but one foot, you can't miss. he gained some religion. he went up 25% and if you'd know him, that's a lot. [laughter] he said there had to be someone who saved you and i think i know who it is. and i said, don, you've come a long way. he is a good guy. my two sons really couldn't believe it. had i

we do. we can talk about that. we did a lot of housecalls. security navigation, our team visited all the counties in minnesota. i regularly go to all 87. i am on my ninth tour as secretary. i want to highlight a couple of horror stories to illustrate how the things i talked about came into play in '23. first one, seemingly mundane. we have a couple high-profile ballot printing errors. one legislator in southern minnesota was not too pleased when she appeared on her ballot as a democrat. she is a republican. she was not happy. i don't blame her. none of us would be happy if we were misidentified. that became a story. many assumed incorrectly but understandably that was our office's fault. this is not about shifting blame. it is about explaining where the error lies. someone made a mistake at the local level. human beings will make mistakes. we had good communications. we reached out to the legislator, to political types, to news media, so everyone could understand not only how the error was made but how it was corrected. 17 people, discovered

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we will win! we will win! we will win! we won't rest! we won't rest! we won't rest! thank you, everybody. >> thank you, senator schumer. >> shut down the senate! shut down the senate! shut down the senate! shut down the senate! shut down the senate! hey! all right, here you go. >> i appreciate you all. all right, i was just elected to represent the 47th district in california. i succeeded katie porter, and like katie, like senator warren, before going into politics, i was a law professor. and we are here because we are in a constitutional crisis, the likes of which we have never seen in this country. we are here because elon musk, an unelected billionaire, is repeatedly and break -- blatantly breaking the law, including by usurping all authorities expressly reserved to congress. the constitution is simple. we appropriate the money and treasury delivers it. but elon musk taking it over threatens all that. he has time powers that even the president does not hold, including the power to close agencies he does not like, agencies that congress created an funded. who the h

we are ready, we are pumped. we have the food. we have the hotels, we have the experiences and powell street is filled with pop ups for all of you to enjoy, to experience. why san francisco is a world-class city and the perfect backdrop for all of this, all of this. we are a stage for all and all roads lead to union square. you can get here or bart, you can get here on a bus or drive here. i thought it was $300 million impact, no, $350 million impact, that's what we are talking about. >> absolutely, $350 baby. >> $350. i want to say a huge shout out to gap for dressing me in this blue smurfy thing. i'm excited to represent the warriors dub nation. we are so excited. thank you so much. we are coming off an incredible season holiday. our lights went off, we are rolling and not missing a beat. we are protecting this district. we want to say thank you to law enforcement, thank you to our police officers. you see them, they are everywhere. say hi to them. thank them because we couldn't do this without them. morgan is great. it's valent

we can't lose sight of who we are and we can't lose sight of our humanity. we can have those conversations and never lose sight of who we are. comprehensive immigration reform make sure people have a pathway to citizenship and those paying taxes. better border security was coming across our border with its chemicals for fentanyl and where it's coming from and processing because there are a lot of people here waiting to get processed through the system picked up and deported while waiting for the court date so we need to do better and it starts with comprehensive immigration reform. >> there are people reluctant to support immigration unapologetic trust act office in the building in the country forefront. last week newark it was my father's building. the teacher, a veteran immigration servicing business, a contract with the state of new jersey. in running for governor. it can happen to my family which means it can happen to your family as well and with this country and forth and that's why i am so passionate. >> i made a statement about this earlier and someo

what we are pleased about, in 2024 we had record results.record revenue, the first time the company reach that revenue. we had record profits of 27 billion. and we also freed up $14 billion of free cash flow in the fourth quarter. that is a really positive view of the underlying operations of the business. it is really the market that is changing. we are seeing additional tariffs and turbulence that comes in the wake of that. i think it will be turbulent, but i think we are well-positioned when you compare us to many of our peers. that is because we have a wide portfolio of plug-in electric hybrids as well as ev's, and we have a nice range of cars, and we sell in 80 countries around the world. because we operate in the premium segment, we are better protected than the mass market segment. lizzy: you mentioned donald trump's tariffs. how are you affected? i know your ambition is to build where you sell. are you already tweaking production plans to get around his tariff plans? >> we started building a flagship ex90 in charleston in the usa. we

we had day one and will -- if we look, we can look at the impact on treasury yields, steepening of the curve. yields climbing off the back of the first half for .54% is where we trade currently on treasuries. the dollar fell but currently a touch higher, brent trading at $76 per barrel on this rising u.s. stockpiles but we await and opec report later in the day. we have gold weaker now but a very volatile session yesterday. as traders parse the various threats when it comes to tariffs and the central banking story. a fresh eye on gold yesterday, but 2886 is where we trade currently. in asia, avril hong is on standby in singapore with a look at how tariffs and tech ripple through asian markets. avril: those are the main drivers for asia today. we saw the benchmark for the region, mostly negative territory amid the caution given some of these hawkish comments from powell and tariff uncertainty, clawing back some of the earlier declines. in the green now but i think this is mostly driven by the optimism surrounding chinese tech names. we are seeing japan back from a holiday, the nikkei lo

we see exactly where we agreed and where we didn't agree. >> here is my last question before we turn to you. and you underscored this in your opening remarks. the contrast between what i will call the objective indicators in the subjective indicators is startling across the board. when you look at numbers, things are going up. when you look at how people -- people feel down a whole range of things. the mental health section was shocking. satisfaction in virtually everything was extremely low. what is going on? >> i will take a crack at it. when i looked at the report, it takes me back to president jimmy carter's crisis of confidence speech in the late 1970's. he talked about americans' general pessimism related to the energy crisis and to a whole set of domestic economic indicators. high unemployment, high inflation the prime interest rate was like 21%. he really fingered those spiritual dimensions of what was happening to the american public. and then international crises abroad largely in the middle east. but then i think back kind of there now, there is a spiritual crisis that is

and we lead because we don't accept the status quo. we keep pushing forward. last year, we were able to get an additional 60,000 massachusetts people affordable healthcare coverage. because of the steps we took, people in massachusetts have access to breast cancer screenings, midwives, doulas, birthing centers, recovery coaches and so much more, because insurance is now going to cover it. i also know many of you have medicines you need to take for diabetes, asthma and heart conditions. but you go to the pharmacy totally stressed out because you don't know if you can afford it. we have taken steps to take that stress away from people. last week, i signed a law that says you're not going to pay more than $25 a month for that insulin, that inhaler, or whatever else it is you need. i think that is very important. i think the legislature for their work to get that build on. -- that bill done. [applause] speaking of health care, we've got a terrible company, steward, of massachusetts and in the course of that we saved six hospitals and protected 13,000 jobs, short o

and we are we are crystal clear on that direction and we are crystal clear on our mission and we will get this done. we want people to feel safe. we have some of the lowest crime statistics that we've had in decades but that is not enough. is it evidence that we're doing some of the right things? yes, it is. but that is not enough. i don't know of a mayor during my term and you probably have to go way back in the records that has had his first month with zero homicides during his watch. now i'm going to say this very clearly we have a lot of work ahead of us but it's a great start. car break ins are down 70% even from where they were last year and last year was a record in reductions in car break ins. so we know we have momentum. >> this is one more thing that's going to add to that momentum to get us to where we want to be. >> so as i close, here is what you can expect to see. we will have our command band stationed in the hospitality zone area. you've seen it in union square. that will remain but some also is vitally important to our success. you will see resources. you will see uni

we want to keep it that way. we want to keep it going. [applause] we want to keep it going. we have broken from decades of failed washington policies and restored common sense and sanity to our government. we unleashed american energy. we have already achieved record low illegal immigration. as you see, there is nobody trying to get in and that is what we have been waiting for for a long time. we have gotten woke ideologies out of our government and military. the water has now begun flowing in california as we continue to increase the flow in coming days. nobody has seen anything like that and i have taken strong action to regain control of the washington bureaucracy. for clarification purposes, because it was incorrectly reported yesterday, we have informed the federal workforce, which they have looked to do for many years, that if they are working for the federal government, they must show up to the office on time and on schedule. we don't want we don't want them e not very productive and it is unfair to the millions of people in the united states who are in fact working h

as we can see, we are emphasizing revenue solutions where we can. they account be at risk if the federal policies change something we are aware of. further federal policy risk city fema reimburse ams 240 million dollars are outstanding. not directly related dph, partially. as well as uncertain federal grant dispursements. risk of federal grants continued to be released in the schedule. assessment appeals. more local risks but declining property tax vowels risk lowering tax revenue and business tax risks related to pending business tax appeals. >> so, in light of those and the numbers and the risks, budget instructions from the mir were for permanent on going sucuts from departments. reducing general fund passport by 15% on going. beginning 25-26. a large focus is on assessing cbo grant allegations and contract awards to make sure we get when we are paying for and getting the most of every dollar we spends efficiently achieving out come we want. only upon funding community based organizations that demonstrate strong out come and cost effectiveness fo

now so how do we get smarter, had we share better and we have a lot of tools available that we actuallyk both the terry and we can coexist with 5g student do you think mr. gone that the innovation can occur with united states navy and a military, is a byproduct of the additional funds through spectrum auction. >> is a leaky piece of the puzzle to help them continue to advance and approve what they need us and we all need them to do keep us safe. >> ms. rinaldo will priority should congress have when addressing developing spectrum policies in this congress is using spectrum will you bring to the tape tabletop and address and even to be seen in this congress occurring. >> so i would say first and foremost, good and forget everything we need to plan need to implement the plan of any tip be sure that we need to make sure that we have oversight to hold everybody's feet to the fire. >> thank you and thank you for holding this important spectrum hearing today. background sounds >> thank you doctor joyce and now i recognize representative from california for five minutes requesting. >> thank yo

we will not shut up. we will stand up. we will speak up. we will rise up. it is time, as the african spiritual says, for us to lift every voice in condemnation of what is going on. [cheers and applause] we will fight legally. we will fight procedurally, and we will also fight legislatively. from the house of representatives to the united states senate, we will be introducing legislation to stop this assault on our constitution and separation of powers. lest you think i'm naive, do not categorize this as a left to right fight. this is not about left or right. it is about right and wrong. [cheers and applause] this is not about demonizing a political party. it is about telling the truth about donald trump's actions and elon musk's actions. we must as a people appeal to the consciousness of those moderate republicans that we can get to stand with us on legislation to save usaid. [cheers and applause] and so again -- >> usaid! usaid! usaid! senator booker: and so again, again, we are going to fight procedurally and shut down any processes we can that are compli

we can protest. we can put together lawsuits. we can sit-in. we can pray-in.f they arrest us, so be it, because we love justice. we can go to the doge office and have a sit in. it workers can't do it a preacher can do it because if preachers are not with workers he is not worth a -- well, you know what i'm saying. stand, because somewhere i read we have the right to free speech, and the right to assemble and the right to , protest. stand! because i read, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is what we fight for. stand until we let justice roll down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream. stand. stand, because if you hunger and thirst after righteousness he will be filled. here is my last word. hook up with your neighbor. hook up with your neighbor. neighbor, you can't bow. i can't bow. this ain't the time to bow. this is the time to stand. to stand, to stand! to stand, to stand! >> [chanting "stand"] [cheers and applause] >> stand! that's what we're going to do. we're going to stand. next we have the cochair of the congressional labor caucus,

can just we and we can. we can find approximately all. all the period of putin's regime. we can find it in the archive, documented and, described in different we can find the history of legislative crackdown. we can find their record of political repressions and on we can it's it's an example which is it's about nowadays and it is really important because only russian journalist russian journalist some time from time to time they have an access to russian military guys who fought in ukraine and time to time these military guys agree to with the russian journalists and we get incredibly important information and we well, somehow we understand how it works. and what these people have been through. and what do they think and how this mechanics work and what make what made them go there and what what their experience. just the second. and of course, we can we can observe the whole line, the whole history of our censorship and propaganda because at this point, russian dependent journalists become at the same time

heaven forbid we have to use it and it's meant for deterrence but if we have to, we can destroy our enemies and bring our men and women home with success as quickly as possible. thank you very much. announcer: nato secretary-general mark rutte discussed nato following a meeting. it was speaking with reporters the secretary-general to questions on president trump's phone call with vladimir putin and nato's ongoing support for ukraine. this program is just over 30 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. we've finished with the nato defense ministerial and the secretary general will now deliver a statement about those meetings, and then we'll take your questions. sec. general rutte: good afternoon, and it has been a very busy 24 hours. a lot has happened and it was very good to be able to consult among nato allies and ukraine here at nato. let me begin by expressing my shock and sadness at the news coming out of munich, where many people have been injured in what appears to have been a deliberate attack. -- good afternoon, everyone. we've finished with the nato defense ministerial and the secret

we will move quickly. we will rise. we will rise.applause] and we are not just going to compete but win. we are going to win. and speaking of winning, west virginia's coal and natural gas industries are going to win like never before in our new economy. and that is because america's energy independence, it begins right here in west virginia. [applause] our fight for prosperity is a fight worth having. it's a brawl for our future and it is one we are going to win. there are many fights with having here in west virginia. one is the drug prices. no challenge has been greater or quite frankly more personal for me than the fight against the open -- the opioid epidemic. as your attorney general, i have fought to hold those responsible accountable. we have done a lot of good things, we are making progress. but let's be clear, the site is far from over -- this fight is far from over. the drug crisis has touched every corner of our state. we have all seen it. the toll it takes on our friends, our families, and our communities. it's a crisis t

fed chair powell: we can we do, we will continue to do that. the regulatory and supervisory side is more contentious and political circles. we will continue to carry out as best we can and do so in a nonpolitical way as best we can. quakes that will be a major discussion topic in the task force. in my remaining time could you discuss the fed's five-year review monetary policy? what are the categories of issues the things you think would be helpful? fed chair powell: a good part of it will be the changes made in 2020 that remain in an environment where it had been stuck at the effective low around at zero for seven years and the highest we got our rate really was 1.5% and that was the highest of central bank. the concern was that the slightest downturn we do back and stuck. so we were looking for ways to make up for that, so then the question is, we got this inflation out of the pandemic and the events related to it but were at a different place now. and i think the chances are pretty good that we, that maybe that the effect of lower bound is st

we can drill. we can drill clean energy. we can reindustrialize big segments of the united states, and in terms of energy security, we can be an exporter of a technology that can retrofit many of the coal-fired power plants that china and india are currently building, getting us closer to 1.7 degrees celsius by 2050. this is a triple win issue. mr. o'connor what would be the , effect on repealing the robust suite of tax credits, the tech neutral tax credits in the ira for our ability to do next generation hot rock geothermal? mr. o'connor: thank you for the question. i think you've kind of answered it in the question, which is the technology neutral tax credits incentivize geothermal production. and so if you were to repeal the ira, you would necessarily be undermining that industry right at the time that it's really poised to take off. >> i yield back my time. chair latta: thank you very much. the gentleman yields back and the chair now recognizes the gentle lady from florida's 15th district for 5 minutes for questions. >>

and so we knew that when we got up we got to work and we worked together as a family, but that also taught me a lot about how you need to live your example and an example in front of the people that you lead of what you want them to do, but they also could respect you in the process of being in front of that organization. the one story i'll tell you, and i shared it with kay the other day about my dad was i remember one time i was building fence with him when i was about 10 years old. and we were building fence, stretching wires and out there putting up about 1.5 of this fence, and he turned to me and he said, christie, where's the post mall, which is the post pounder that you post the pound the posts in with, and i turned to him and i said, it's in the truck, and he said, go get it. so with my dad you ran everywhere you went. i turned and ran to the truck, grabbed the post mall, brought it back to him, handed it to him, and as i handed it to him, he said, you should know what i need before i know what i need. and i remember being a 10 year old girl thinking, how am i ever going to know wh

but we didn't do that for the next five years we averaged $6.5 trillion last year we spent 6.9! wall street journal just reported the first four months we spent $2.43 trillion multiplied times three that's $7,300,000,000,000.16 61% ahead above $4.4 trillion. population grew 2.6, this is completely unjustified no family no business would do this, that's what the federal government has done. so the question is, how do we return to a reasonable pre-pandemic spending level. i'm sure i know republicans do maybe democrats talk about zero-based budgeting. unfortunately i don't think we will ever return to that but here's the expects thing over the christmas break i went back to look at other budgets. we could use as a baseline as a reasonable baseline so i look back in 1998 we actually had a surplus of $69 billion under bill clinton. if you take that $1.7 trillion of total outlays from 1998 increased it to account for population growth and inflation used today's social security medicare interest payments so you exempt those programs but inflate bill clinton's total you have end up spen

we will see where we are at when we get there. sen.blumenthal: i appreciate the chairman indulging this additional time. chair moran: despite your earlier commentary about me. sen. blumenthal: i do not see anyone waiting. i am sorry. i apologize to senator king. the pact act established the toxic exposure fund to pay for extended and expanded benefits without impacting other nondefense discretionary spending. if confirmed, do you intend to advocate for undoing or altering the toxic exposure fund or would you like it considered continued in its present form? mr. collins: we will look at the prospect, but i think the intent of congress will be carried out. i know there is some discretionary with the funding issues. we will look at that as we go forward but at this point i want to see where we are at because there is concern that we could have helped the budget shortfalls and we have another on top of it that i promised to commit to you that we are going to make sure we look at so we can properly implement your intent. sen. blumenthal: fo

we pay more because we use more. the presence of chinese companies, especially chinese state companies, do raise serious issues and concerns for the neutrality of the treaty. in relation to some of the earlier questions, the canal is not limited to the actual locks of the canal and the transit of the ships. according to annex one, paragraph one, it includes the entrances of the canal and the territorial sea of panama adjacent to it. all of the activities we are talking about are within the neutrality regime in the treaty. sen. schmitt: i'm out of time, but the most dead on hit here is the treaty specifically prevents foreign operations and that is exactly what we have. prof. kontorovich: yes, to the extent these companies are in fact de facto controlled by china, this is something that could threaten the neutrality regime of the treaty. >> you said we all said china has operational control. i don't believe china currently has operational control. sen. schmitt: i didn't say all of you did, i said one of the witnesses.

we did there -- we did that. unlicensed is also important for continuing to support the next generation of diverse scientists and engineers. >> thank you. mr. powell, your testimony notes shared spectrum models are key and go on to list some of the advantages of shared spectrum. what is it about these bands that make them attractive to a wide range of entities? >> the in porton thing -- the important thing to emphasize as you attract a bunch of bidders who win licenses, not just a single company or a couple of companies. 228 companies or entities won licenses and when you use those, they are lower power, smaller geography, so it allows innovation and communities to set up their own networks. you referenced hbcus. howard university is using shared spectrum on its campus today as a consequence of the policy. you mentioned agriculture. there are places all over the country that are using cbrs to manage moisture control, automatic temperatures. these are bands they never would have had access to but for that. rep. ke

we are here because we are prepared to fight. we will litigate. we will organize. we will communicate. we will use all the leverage is available to us during the appropriations and budgeting process. we will fight. we will fight hard with you and for you. thank you. let's get it done. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, jason. i represent southern nevada. let me thank all of you for being here today to speak out in favor of this wonderful agency that does such terrific work all around the world. you are on the front lines, and the people you serve thank you, too. they may not know you by name, but they know their lives are made better by all the things that you do. you have read the latest memos calling people home, closing down offices, and what about the appointment of a person who stormed capitol now saying he will send the marines if you don't come home? [crowd booing] boo is right. we just have to ask -- have they gone mad? they seem to have forgotten that every dollar we spend on diplomacy keeps us from sending another soldier into harm's way. it keeps us fro

and we are we are crystal clear on that direction and we are crystal clear on our mission and we will get this done. we want people to feel safe. we have some of the lowest crime statistics that we've had in decades but that is not enough. is it evidence that we're doing some of the right things? yes, it is. but that is not enough. i don't know of a mayor during my term and you probably have to go way back in the records that has had his first month with zero homicides during his watch. now i'm going to say this very clearly we have a lot of work ahead of us but it's a great start. car break ins are down 70% even from where they were last year and last year was a record in reductions in car break ins. so we know we have momentum. >> this is one more thing that's going to add to that momentum to get us to where we want to be. >> so as i close, here is what you can expect to see. we will have our command band stationed in the hospitality zone area. you've seen it in union square. that will remain but some also is vitally important to our success. you will see resources. you will see uni

, where we aligned, where we missed. we used the consultant from that perspective to help us with some of the administration. but we did it all internally. >> i work for a couple of engineering companies. one of them went through a process like this. they brought in outside consultants because people on the outside could see things those of us on the inside missed. it is important you bring in this that you can. i think we are in another reinventing government phase. in particular with education. there is a big debate going on about the number of h one b visas we need to have because we are having imports so many technically trained workers. i don't know if iowa is experiencing this. you probably have folks who are educated overseas working in engineering, technically trained jobs, correct? >> yes. >> the fact we are having so many people come in is the current education system. we are not able to produce the number of technically trained people we need to be competitive in our economy, but also in regard to our national

we can't have 22 opposing, we can't have four. we are working through more detail now on what reconciliation would look like on the front end before we get the budget passed. but we are working to get it done. it's critical we get it done. to have more border security. to be able to deliver on better energy policy that lower costs for families. to make sure there is no tax increase on working families across the country. so there are a lot of things that we are going to work to achieve and get done along with real savings for the taxpayers of this country. then of course this week we are going to continue moving our agenda, stop fentanyl act. you heard about that. and monica de la cruz is on the frontline. she told you what it means in a district like hers to have this deadly foist poison coming into our country. president trump laid this out when he issued more tariffs using that as a weapon to get countries to work with us better on stopping the fentanyl. you are seeing some of those countries actually respond and do a better jo

i wonder if that is going to affect what we think we can do during a drought right now we we are trying to plan for no more than 20% rationing during a drought. but if consumption has already gone down significantly, i wonder how how we achieve that 20%. >> i will give a nonscientific response to that. in the last drought we called for 11% reduction systemwide which meant for our wholesale customers they had to reduce about 16%. >> it was dicey as to whether we were going to make that on a sustained basis. so i've already started to make sure we're asking the question of is a 20% reduction realistic going forward? certainly for some customers it is. we've got a handful of wholesale customers that have very, very high water use and they will be able to reduce. but those that are all down now in the you know, 55 and below range because their their environments are different than san francisco's. so asking them to do more is, you know, going to be a taller order than it always than it has been in the past. so i i i'm starting to question a little bit can we actually achieve that 20% in the

where we agree on what we want for our respective people. we walk prosperity. we want peace. we watch law & order. we want our states and our societies to be prosperous. where people have the right to be happy and pursue their own happiness. that is why we have had this historic relationship with the united states. during this visit we were able to outline our ongoing cooperation roadmap with this new administration. i believe we reached significant agreements around illegal immigration. we understand costa rica is one of the most prosperous countries in latin america and it is a destination for migration. also, we understand we need to strengthen our fight against international organized crime, something that mr. secretary has very generously offered to continue helping with, to help us with the waivers that freeze aid in that area of our country. and we talked about cybersecurity. i would like you to hear from him about all the details. . unless, mr. secretary, it is an honor and a pleasure and i believe we have paid for our joint work based on shared values, interests, and

we need a game changer and we need it right now.mittee took steps last year to remove unnecessary steps from the acquisition process. we can and should continue on that positive trajectory. i recently released an active and published a paper on innovation. i appreciate the positive comments and response that we have heard from the industry and from government officials. the paper lays out in specific detail how to implement these practices. it proposes the most conference is set of reforms in decades. first we must cut the red tape that burdens our defense workforce. our regulations are full of outdated and excessive compliance requirements. addressing this is exactly the type of work that doge's counsel -- contemplating. i am interested to hear our witnesses address how this committee can reduce the statutory and regular toy burnings even as we have our policy. government requirements have made it nearly impossible for commercial companies and startups to do business with the department of defense. we need to award commercial inter

when we fight! >> we win! >> when we fight! >> we win! >> ok, i'm really pleased to introduce our next speaker. representative ayanna pressley is in the house. where's she? i think i know the answer to this, but representative pressley, are you willing to withhold your vote until this constitutional crisis is over? rep. pressley: absolutely. last week, i saw a sign in the crowd that said doge stands for dangerous oligarchs grab at everything. and i said it then and i'll say it again. that elon musk needs to keep his grubby hands, his greedy grubby hands off of our government. [cheers and applause] you know, i don't know about all of you, but i'm having a hard time sleeping at night. my daughter is 16 years old and looking at colleges, and i'm so worried about the world that she's living in now in the world that she will inherit. and i asked myself, you know, how do we get here? how were working men and women convinced to believe that a failed businessman who was godless and lawless could lead them anywhere. because he lied. because he's a

frankly, we can do it just on oil and gas. we can work it out. so we intend to do it very quickly. we both understand that. and as america welcomes new foreign investment, we also want to ensure that companies build their products and factories here in america, not simply by the assets that we have. and japan is going to be opening up auto plants. new auto plants are being built currently as we, as we speak. they've just been started. toyota is one, and nissan's going to be doing something very exciting about u.s. steel. they'll be looking at an investment rather than a purchase. we didn't like the idea. u.s. steel is a very important company to us. it was the greatest company in the world for 15 years, many years ago, 80 years ago. and we didn't want to see that we've -- leave, and it wouldn't actually leave, but the concept , psychologically not good. so they've agreed to invest heavily in u.s. steel as opposed to own it, and that sounds very exciting and we're going to meet with nissan next week. the head of nissan, very great company, and they'll work out the details. i'll help