where are house republicans? it only takes three to join us and we can move the taxpayer data protection act. i think we've been very clear in terms of the pushback that's taken place in the congress and we've been partnering with democratic attorney generals, unions, advocacy groups and democracy reform organizations as it relates to the litigation that has been filed that is successful to date in stopping the overreach and the unlawful, unconstitutional and unconscionable power grab being led by an out of touch, unaccountable and out of control billionaire puppet master. reporter: [indiscernible] mr. jeffries: 2028 is way off in the distance. house democrats are engaged in the hour by hour, day to day, week to week struggle on behalf of the american people. in the context of the first 100 days and beyond. there's a lot to like about stephen a. smith, including the fact that we are both die hard knicks fans. reporter: [indiscernible] mr. jeffries: i have not had the opportunity to speak with governor hochul abou

and senior housing.but there remains a great need for more operating and rental subsidies to reach our lowest income populations. with all that said, there is some good news of 662 oci funded affordable units under construction during the fiscal year 23 and 24 419 are at 50% ami and below of those 135 are at 30% army and below and 176 have an operating or rental subsidy. >> we were able to secure rare project based section eight vouchers for our two shipyard phase one projects that are finishing up construction in just the next few months. >> before i go on to our 2324 data, i'm going to provide a brief and i'm going to try to make it briefer summary of how we fund our affordable housing in the current funding environment. most of our projects are funded by a combination of tax exempt bonds allocated by the california debt limit allocation committee or sedlak in the low income housing tax credits allocated by the california tax credit allocation committee or sedlak. we also tap into other state sources w

[video clip] >> republicans control the house senate and white house. if they want to keep government open they should keep government open. we are working with them. the chairwoman will lead our efforts to negotiate and work through issues just like we have for many years through multiple congresses. that is our plan, that has always been our plan. if republicans need votes they can come to us and we are happy to negotiate. there is -- and i said this last week. there is very little appetite to help republicans when we do not trust that donald trump is going to spend the resources we have allocated for education, for health care, even for our defense. with elon musk and his unelected friends running through and combing through the federal system, we do not have those assurances. these are not advisory bills, this is not advisory spending. this is the full weight of law as described by the constitution. we are standing up for the constitution and our article one responsibilities. host: the representative saying there is very little appetite to help repu

we see nothing from house republicans, nothing from the administration. they told the american people one thing and they are doing another. and they are not even stepping in to protect the best interests of the american people, which is why taxpayer data protection act is so urgently needed. >> thank you mr. leader. can you attempt to answer your own question that you and -- posed which is why is elon musk accessing all of this data through the federal agencies? you mentioned names, social security numbers, medical records, things like that. what is your worst fear here about why he is doing this? >> that is a great question and i'm going to yield to our two sponsors. >> certainly we need that answer, but we know that we need the protection. this is uncharted, unprecedented ground. i'm telling you as a former treasury person, i mean, i was there during an actual crisis. now a self-inflicted crisis. we need the answer to why he's doing it. we need our legislation. we need this taxpayer data protection act. this is unbelievable lawlessness. we've always had

goals for affordable housing.ll put that as a motion and yeah, hear it from there. >> i'll second that motion. >> i second the motion and i would like to say as we are continuously widening the gap between our needs for affordable housing and these types of projects get us further and further away numerically that this could be a try to start doing it differently. that's still is conforming to state laws but it's done a little differently. >> commissioner ron i don't see any harm with giving more time for this to be explored. the the commission's interest in this is pretty clear in our desire to outcome. it's very clear as i said before, you know, if this comes back and nothing has changed i'm i think that the project i would likely have to reassess it at that time but i do have a question for for staff i do want to make sure we're not inadvertently de facto approving the project for some sort of timeline issue. again, under state law. so is there any maybe this is something that needs to be explored or to have a

and we know here in the house unfortunately that the house republican leadership has demonstrated no interest in reining in this out of control behavior. here in the house, all it takes are 3 republicans to join with us to protect the american people. >> leader jeffries, in addition to this bill, what do you see as the options that democrats have to push back on elon musk's efforts and doge's? >> we will continue to use the congressional arena. as well as the litigation arena. and the mobilization arena to push back against the far right extremism that we are seeing across the board from this administration and from house republicans. we will introduce legislation. we will move that legislation aggressively. we will work through the court system and we will continue to communicate to the american people about what's happening, why it's happening, and why the promises that were made by republicans to lower the high cost of living aren't being kept. this is day 18 of this new administration. not a single bill, not a single idea, not a single initiative to lower the high cost of living.

, housing, housing and yet there we were making excuses. this is a i've been to this location. it's basically nothing going on there. so it's a perfect fit. it's vital and if needed and we can no longer keep making excuses and passing the buck. so i strongly urge this committee and the board's advisors to move forward with this project and approve it because it will definitely address a very vital need in san francisco. and thank you again for your time effort on this matter and thank you. thank you for your comments. do we have anyone else who has public comment for agenda item number one? >> madam chair okay. >> with that public comment on this item is now closed. thank you. i would like to make a motion that we move this forward with a positive recommendation as a committee report on the motion offered by the chair that the ordinance be recommended as a committee report. vice chair chen chen. i remember a man when i would i chair melgar i melgar i. madam chair there are three eyes thank you. >> that motion passes at mr. clerk let's pleas

lease up and pre housing direct services, moving deposits, housing subsidies, housing support and navigation services ,housing stabilization and retention services. linkage to youth homeless the youth homelessness response system and access points and navigation centers. and note that these services generally support a housing for up to 70 foster care youth. we ask that the budget finance committee approve this resolution. thank you. >> thank you and thank you for your work on this and let's go to public comment on this item. >> yes, we now invite members of the public to join us today who wish to address this committee regarding this item number two. >> and that is your opportunity to approach the lectern. >> madam chair, we have no speakers seeing no public comments. public comment is now closed. and with that colleagues i would like to move this item to full board with recommendation and the roll call please. >> and on that motion to forward to the full board to the positive recommendation vice chair dorsey dorsey i member and guardrail and guardrail i turchin i can i we have three eyes t

we, house democrats, are the commonsense caucus. instead of working with democrats in a commonsense way to actually find bipartisan agreement in 2017 around so-called tax reform, they decided to jam the g.o.p. tax scam down the throats of the american people. and set up a situation where 83% of the benefits would go to the wealthiest 1% of the american and every single democrat said we can't support that because that's not in the best interest of the american people. understand, if you go back to 2017 which your question relates to, there was a conversation about lowering the corporate tax rate to make sure america could be more competitive. and corporate tax rate, as i recall, was at 33%. 33%. and the obama administration's budgets had indicated that we would be prepared to drop the corporate tax rate to 28%. that was a democratic position. the far right republicans were saying, we want to drop it to 20% or 21%. the c.e.o.'s of america said if you could lower it to 24%, 25%, that would put american companies in a competitive positi

speaker, the house is on fire. the house is on fire. there is nothing legal or constitutional that is going on. we have unelected billionaires running the country. we have a president who is pardoning violent criminals, and i suppose if they ignore the court orders, he'll just have this daily list of people that he'll pardon. so they can continue. mr. speaker, the house is on fire. the insurrection is continuing. and it's affecting you. whether you are a head start child out there that needs it, whether you are a senior in a nursing home who will get inadequate care, are you going to be laying in your feces for 10 hours because they are cutting medicaid, whether are you a farmer who has not gotten your usda funding, the house is on fire. .. whether you're a social security recipient and they've gone in and created a back door to your data, they know your bank account number, the house is on fire, y'all. we need to stop acting like things are normal. it is not normal. and i yield back to the gentleman. mr. casten: thank you to my friend,

lieu: republicans control the white house, senate and the house. it's completely on republicans to not have a government shutdown. if they can't get the votes, they're the majority party, it is their fault if there's a government shutdown. mika and some special guests. reporter: thank you. i do want to ask -- i know at the same time a lot of your members and just now you mentioned attempts to find common ground with the administration and republicans while they're in power. i just want to get your reaction to one of your members, congressman al green, filing these impeachment articles already. do you think it's appropriate? mr. aguilar: it's not a focus of the caucus. reporter: two questions for you. one california-focused. with the governor on the hill today, are you hoping that these conversations he's having with leadership as well as his meeting with the white house will help with leveraging california's position in trying to get some of this wildfire aid? and then more broadly, you know, do you feel leader thune and peekersons -- speaker johns

the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 26. a bill to prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 5, the bill is considered read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader, or their respective designees. the gentleman from arkansas, mrn from california, mr. huffman, each will control 30 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. westerman. mr. westerman: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert ex trawnious -- extraneous material on h.r. 26. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. westerman: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. westerman: i rise today in support of h.r. 26, the protecting america

at the white house. and it comes as tensions flare among gop lawmakers over advancing trump's agenda, putting the president's legislative plans at risk. cnn's jeff zeleny joins us now from the white house. and cnn's manu raju is live on capitol hill. jeff, to you first. what do we know? >> look, pamela. >> the center. of the. >> president's legislative agenda and the future of the president's legislative agenda hinges on meetings like this. and we know that house republicans will be here shortly to meet with the president. and essentially, he wants to sign a bill that will, you know, be the heart of his legislative agenda. but the question is, what kind of bill will it be? there are very different approaches here. the house wants to do one bill. the senate wants to break it into a couple of different bills. the president has said repeatedly he does not have a preference. he talked about one big, beautiful bill. but i am told in recent days he is coming around to the idea being pushed by senate republican

the clerk: house calendar number 3. house resolution 122. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 77, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, united states code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for midnight rules, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. the bill shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on the judiciary or their respective designees. and, two, one motion to recommit. ... the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized for one hour. fish fr for the purposes of debate only i yield 30 minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts pending myself which time i may co

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house republicans kept our promise. we passed a bill, i know it's hard to believe we had to pass this bill, but we passed a bill to prevents biological males from freely walking into girls locker rooms. it's ridiculous that we had to do it, but here we are. democrats would rather allow men to compete in girls sports than protect our little girls. they are truly out of touch with reality. for those that support this insanity, you are allowed to live in your distorted reality, but that doesn't mean i have to live in your distorted reality. and our girls don't need to live in your distorted reality, either. we fought for 50 years for women's rights. now democrats want to undo it. i can assure you that will not happen under my watch. house republicans are committed to putting a stop to this madness. we are the party of common sense. the difference between the democrats and the republicans is that our agenda is about opportunities, about freedom, and about putting america first. while their agenda is about control, dependenc

house democrats won't stand for it. i want to yield to start by the esteemed ranking member of the house budget committee, brendan boyle, to discuss this further. mr. boyle: thank you to representative neguse and my other colleagues. minutes ago house republicans finally released their budget resolution, and i congratulate them on reaching a landmarked agreement among themselves, we think. but the reality is the details are exactly as we feared and expected. it is a republican betrayal of the middle class. we just waged a whole long presidential campaign in 2024. what was the top issue? the top issue here in the united states was the same as most western democracies. the fact that costs had gotten so high coming out of the post pandemic era. the inflation crisis has hurt families in america and indeed worldwide. that is what republicans and donald trump talked about during the campaign. so what's in their budget? nothing to bring costs down. absolutely nothing. but what they do have is $4.5 trillion in more debt. this i

house ■democrats wantnothing to do with it.nd we are going to do everything in our power to stop it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the late great major general mason m. patrick. mr. haridopolos: a west virginia native, west point graduate, and world war i veteran honorably served the nation for 41 years. in 1921 he oversaw the creation of the air corps. recognized true experience from experience, learned to fly at the age of 59. his vision to place air pouer in its own branch was instrumental in building the worrell's first formidable air force n1950, patrick air force base in my district was named in his honor, recognizing his historic contributions to military aviation. today this base is known as patrick space force base a

and it was a modest house, you know, but it was a nice house. we i grew up in it and that, you know, the housing wasn't it wasn't something that was the object of speculation. well, you know, after the deregulation or large deregulation, the banks crash the economy in 2008, combined with trump university and a number of other schools, are basically running these classes. maybe you remember these from the early 2000, the first decade of the 2000, where they were saying middle class people, you can get rich, here's how you do it. you take the equity in your house, you borrow against it, you buy second house, you turn that into a rental property. then you take the equity in that house and you borrow them. you buy a third house and and turn it into a rental property. you become basically a landlord and you can get really wealthy because houses do appreciate faster than and plus you know, you can pay for the property and upkeep and everything with a rent and and you know, this is this is what you know, this was the pitch and this was the essence of t

>> yeah, the house.epublicans are indicating. >> they plan to press ahead with their. >> own strategy, even if. >> it is running into a collision. >> course with. senate republicans who. >> have their own plan. >> part of. >> the. >> speaker's plan. >> would include basically. every aspect. >> of the trump agenda, including major. >> tax overhaul. the senate republicans say that tax piece simply. >> is not ready. they want to punt on. >> that issue. >> and they're moving on a. >> the first step on this process next week taking a different approach. but there's another problem. the house republicans still still don't have an agreement among themselves about what this initial proposal would actually look like. and in talking to the members coming out of the meeting, they sounded more optimistic. but they also indicated there was more work ahead, even as they are facing a confrontation with republicans on the other side of the capitol. >> our message to our friends. >> and colleagues in the senate. >> is al

up the price of housing. to combat this, we are taking action. a few weeks ago, i helped maria contrary us move into her new home. maria is a widow and a hard-working mom of four kids. as a medication technician, she helps keep our seniors healthy. after renting for eight years, maria was finally able to buy a home thanks to down payment assistance from our arizona is home program. [applause] she now has a place of her own, a place to hang a photo of her beloved children and a place to one day passed down to them. maria's story signifies the perseverance of so many eras -- so many arizonans who work hard and saved for years but for many, homeownership remains out of reach. we owe it to them to create more opportunities to find a home, >> during my time as governor, we lowered costs by cutting government red tape and making historic investments in affordable housing programs. but make no mistake, we must do more. first, we must extend the state low income housing tax credit. this program has enabled the develo

, housing, housing and yet there we were making excuses. this is a i've been to this location. it's basically nothing going on there. so it's a perfect fit. it's vital and if needed and we can no longer keep making excuses and passing the buck. so i strongly urge this committee and the board's advisors to move forward with this project and approve it because it will definitely address a very vital need in san francisco. and thank you again for your time effort on this matter and thank you. thank you for your comments. do we have anyone else who has public comment for agenda item number one? >> madam chair okay. >> with that public comment on this item is now closed. thank you. i would like to make a motion that we move this forward with a positive recommendation as a committee report on the motion offered by the chair that the ordinance be recommended as a committee report. vice chair chen chen. i remember a man when i would i chair melgar i melgar i. madam chair there are three eyes thank you. >> that motion passes at mr. clerk let's pleas

is in the house. it really seemed like joe biden with not push back on the left at all and felt like bernie sanders was running his economic policy and my question is how can democrats, it seemed like obama did this more, push back on the left than sort of staying moderate because i feel a lot of people were turned off by some of joe biden's policies. >>it's interesting you have that perception because i have heard the same question in reverse. i have literally had progressive friends of mine say, you know, it really seemed like wall street was running his policies and why wasn't he more populist or aggressive and had it said to me including one particular good friend of mine in my district. so i think some of that is the perception of the person asking the question and where they're coming from. but it does speak to a larger issue and that is any time you're in the majority it is challenging to keep everyone within your tent rowing in the same direction and on the same side. as time goes on, we'll se

housing costs are too high. grocery costs are too high insurance costs are too high. utility costs are too high, and childcare costs are too high. american is too expensive. why can't my republican colleagues agree with that simple proposition and work with the democrats to get something done? no ideas, no bills, no proposals, no executive orders, nothing. from republicans. but chaos in cronyism. how is it that lowering the high cost of living for everyday americans? it's not. it's day 19 and we are still waiting. questions. >> we expect sometime the week in baby monday republicans released their taxes and government spending cut plan here. will democrats -- out of hand and can you elaborate what your concerns are if you start to metal around the edges, and how the programs? by the same token, tax cuts in there, they would argue is something that would lower cost for people. >> we had been waiting for this so-called budget proposal for weeks. when is it coming? and what's the problem? what's the problem? we have been lectured for months by republicans that they have a

housing. and there's a reason for that. and that is that you think if two people have the same income, they're living at the same level. that's not true if you're a disabled veteran. because you have the additional difficulties and the additional expenses of being disabled. you may have to pay for a health aide, you can't get across town to take advantage of a sale, you're going to have a variety of additional costs because you're disabled. and that's what your disability benefit pays for. those additional costs. it doesn't necessarily mean that you have a standard of living that includes your disability payment. today we deal with congresswoman de la cruz's or now we deal with congresswoman de la cruz's bill which i strongly support. and i hope will pass unanimously in the next few minutes. this deals with the h.u.d. community development block grant program. as i said, my legislation, which will come up hopefully not too long from now, that deals with a different h.u.d. program. and i urge e

they have the house, senate, and white house.f they really think that eliminating funding for cancer research is such a good idea, let them go get that bill passed. when we wanted to enact it, we on the democratic side, four years ago, the american rescue plan, which accelerated getting shots in arms, getting a whole host of things, whether you agree with that legislation or not, we went about it legally, past the house, senate. it was quite the process, that combined with some of the other initiatives we passed, especially inflation reduction act. but that is the way it happens. you cannot just have the executive branch say we are going to ignore the law, ignore the constitution and we are going to grab power and put unelected people into agencies, getting into the computer systems. you talk about a right to privacy in this country. everyone is concerned about a right to privacy, should be very concerned about what is going on right now. tara: the interesting thing, the budget they are messing with is the one that they, republic

housing supply.the end of the day reconciliation is going to go a different track, but everything else, given the fact we only have 53 republicans in the senate will require bipartisan solutions. moving forward i'm confident we can really put our fingerprint on this 119th congress with donald trump's big win and a majority in the house, there will be issues that require senate democrats adam venit to accomplish the mission and run our government. host: where are you on the budget process? are you in favor of speaker johnson's plan to put everything in one bill, or do you lean more toward the senate ill and breaking it up into two pieces? guest: i very much agree with speaker johnson. this should be one bill. there is a lot of complicated legislation that will be in this. everybody needs to be in the same boat. it has been difficult in the past to unify our conference and the only way to get across the finish line is to put everything in one bill, let the senate have it, and then get this done by east

>> address the house house -- address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> president trump said he'd lower food prices on day one, and the war -- end the war in ukraine on day one. bring down housing costs, make government more efficient, bring peace to the middle east. all those things sound grow great, don't they? instead of reducing the price of e.g.s -- of egg, they're making it illegal to pro report on avian flu. he's pushing tariffs to make things more expensive. instead of making government more efficient he's paralyzing agencies like the i.r.s. that under the biden administration recovered over $1 billion from billionaires who weren't paying their fair share. my constituents are afraid this administration will ruin their lives. on one day we answered calls all day from people concerned about elon musk running roughshod over the government. he also seems to -- these changes come at the expense of those americans who already make our country great. he also seems

that is the house bill.n't just deal with border, we deal with whole 1 75 billion this russ vought talked about for the technology for border agents and defense spending, it deals with making sure that we renew the trump tax cuts, and add those items like no tax on tips, that president trump talked about at every rally. he really believes in it, it is important, it is something that a lot of people are counting owe'll do those, in our bill, starts with the budget we're finalizing details with budget committee, they are looking to go thursday to actually move the budget out of committee, we still have a couple final pieces we're tweaking, i feel confident we'll get there, then we start process, in march, circle your calendar, you will see 11 different committees in house taking action in the month of march to deliver on all of these promises, on top of that, that is one big beautiful bill, american energy production. finally opening up from the gulf of america in my district to anwar and alaska, and every poi

in the house.er pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 77, a bill to remand chapter 8 of title 5 united states code to provide for en bloc consideration and resolutions of disapproval for midnight rules and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuan t to house rule 122, the bill is considered read. the bill shall be debated for one hour, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member on the committee on the judiciary or respective designees. the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs, and the gentleman from maryland, mr. raskin, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arizona, mr. biggs. mr. biggs: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on h.r. 77. the speaker pro tempore: without biggs biggs i rise in midnight rules and allow congress to oversee rulemaking. the c.r.a. must report al

we leave it to take you over to capitol hill where the house is gaveling in. live coverage here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. holy and most wise god we seek your wisdom. wisdom to meet the challenges of this day, wisdom to discern what is the direction you with would have us go, wisdom to determine what is the truth you wish us both to hear and speak. how does a person become as wise as this? the first step you have said is to trust and honor you, o lord. so we take our first step today before any legislative matters are brought forth, before our committees are convened, and in advance of any votes brought to the floor to show our reverence for you, o lord. may we also trust that you will equip us, you will wide us, and will you speak to us with the sufficiency of your wisdom for the living of this day. believing in you and leaning on the strength of your name we pray. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the

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house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c., february 6, 2025. i hereby appoint the honorable mary e. miller to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2025, the chair will now recognize members from lists sub emptied by the ma -- sub emptied by the -- submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour at the bait. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time eq equally all cated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. williams, for five minutes. mr. williams: address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. willi

the white house press briefing. you can see the white house press corps is gathered there as we're waiting for the press secretary to come out. alex marquardt back here with us. and no doubt there are going to be a lot of questions about the conversation trump had with putin about what is happening right now, as they are kind of i think the white house, the administration, alex, trying to spin this as belarus, russia, just sort of respecting the position that president trump is taking. there's going to be a lot of questions about what has happened today, what belarus may have gotten in all of this, and what is certainly good news that americans are being released. >> i think we really need to look at belarus as an extension of russia here. and that president lukashenko is doing this because president putin almost certainly asked him to. the u.s. also exchanged a prisoner. we should note a guy named alexander vinnik, a russian who was extradited here to the united states a few years ago. he is a convicted money laund

waffle house and that 50 cent surcharge per egg. and tonight, news coming in of 100,000 eggs have been stolen, worth 40 grand. >>> in the northeast, dozens of skiers rescued from a ski lift. they had to use ropes to get them down. >>> in florida tonight, look at the images. the out-of-control boat spinning in circles. the driver of the boat unconscious. how they saved him. >>> and the countdown to the super bowl tonight. the eagles, the chiefs, and the 102-year-old fan who just might be the good luck charm. >> david: good evening. it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. we have a lot of news to get to, but we're going to begin with this dangerous evening ahead. what could be a treacherous ice storm across multiple states. the midwest right into the northeast tonight and tomorrow morning. more than 100 million americans are on alert right now. icy conditions, downed power lines, highways and roads covered potentially with black ice. the system moving across the midwest right to the northeast. treacherous c

they do three, four, sometimes five houses at a time.you stay later, you will see them yourself. simona: we don't have to wait long. from afar, we filmed a group of israeli soldiers entering a home. soon after, it is set on fire. it all happens in plain sight of the lebanese army and u.n. peacekeepers. the israeli army is stationed in both houses over there a few meters away. when we pointed our zoom lens at them they fired warning shots in our direction. it is clear they do not want to be filmed. reporter: a third of the inhabitants are christian. the historic church lies in ruins as does his 100-year-old family home. he took this video a few days back when he briefly returned with the lebanese army. the idf says it is still clearing villages of hezbollah's weapons and dismantling tunnel infrastructure they say are embedded in civilian homes. people here see it differently. >> there is nobody there. they just want to destroy everything. they don't want people to come back and live. simona: how many houses have been destroyed since the c

... >> i seek to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, today i rise to honor an amazing person, and honor francis may west buyers in my district, virginia's fifth congressional district. she was born january 25, 1915 in hanover county, where my family is from in the district, and she just celebrated her 110th birthday on january 25, 2025. mr. mcgwire: in january she married -- mr. mcguire: in january she married her sweetheart and had several sons. she has lived a life grounded in morality and in addition to her faith we have in common with me, we've never tasted alcohol and never smoked. instead, she invests her time reading the bible and helping those in need which i have no doubt added to her longevity and vitality of her spirit. even at the remarkable age of 110, she leads a home bible study, sharing her wisdom and faith with others. so on behalf of virginia's fifth congressional district, happy 110th birthday. and with that i yield back. the speaker

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 388 and the nays are 7, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the the unfinished business is vote on the the gentleman from from arkansas, mr. hill, to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 736. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 736 a bill to amend title 31 united statescode to amend ownership information report for reporting forms and registered before january 21, 2024. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representa

this is a win for the white house. i think not just people within the white house were becoming really frustrated with all of these injunctions put on what they call trump's america first agenda. but certainly people outside of the white house, the maga movement, really pushing the white house to kind of defy some of these court orders. and so i think that this is going to be a really welcomed reprieve from or for the people at the white house who felt that the courts were kind of abusing their power, overreaching when pausing or at least, uh, you know, kind of stopping some of these things like the federal freezes like this buyout program, like some of the other initiatives that trump has tried to push in the first three weeks in office. >> shermichael singleton is with us as well. shermichael. trump has repeatedly, as all of us know, attacked judges who have ruled against him. but does this this ruling show he should back off from that kind of talk? >> well, look. >> wolf, the. >> president stated i believe yesterday

every day in the trump white house, but did happen every day in the biden white house.y asked questions about elon musk's possible conflict of interest, but no one in the white house press corps asked a question about elon musk literally snatching food away from starving babies. there has not been one question asked in the white house by anyone in the white house press corps, to the white house press secretary or to donald trump about elon musk's decision, supported by donald trump, to take food away from starving babies, from starving mothers, from starving grandparents. in sudan, where the united states agency for international development was saving lives every day by getting food to people in the middle of a famine. elon musk's conflicts of interest, though, of course, are not as important as the people that he is actually killing in africa this week. and that is what he's doing. that is what's happening. you heard doctor atul gawande, former usaid official, on this program monday night, saying lives have already been lost. people have already died because of what e

no one on the republican side in the house and senate who control both the house and senate is going to speak up and challenge us. but we need to protect amer americans' privacy and their social security. for 40% of all americans social security is the basis for their retirement and retirement savings. for 28 million americans social security is the only thing that they have. that's why we have to make sure that we are protecting it as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. larson: the letter that we sent to -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. larson: thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. members are me inded to remain -- reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities towards the president. the chair recognizes the member from missouri, representative bell. mr. bell: mr. speaker, esteemed colleagues, and the people of the st. louis region, first i would like to say happy birthday to my father, john bell. happy heavenly birthday to my stepfather, larry greer. and happy founders day to the national a