mr. donovan? how much broadband funding has been distributed to date? mr. donovan: distributed to the states is my understanding but not yet gone to providers. rep. houchin: so the very think many of you raised concerns about and that i raised concerns about seems to be part of at least part of the problem. another concern of mine with the notice of funding opportunities general prohibition on non-fiber projects. it is explicitly in conflict with congress's intent for the funding to be technology neutral, and it would likely impact deployment. state flexibility and prioritization consistent with the law should be protected, and it included flexibility with the workforce necessary to execute the projects, which the funding opportunity did not provide. making sure that internet access is available to unserved communities first is -- remains a top priority of mine as we were to try to figure out some of these issues, including the great number of different broadband programs we have throughout the federal government and streamlining that so that we can make su

mr. garbarino: how do we encourage them to de-risk? what can congress do? mr. kroenig: i think one is making the case. and making clear that we're not asking them to choose between the united states and china. there are areas where they can continue to have productive relations with china but there are areas like this where it's in their national security interest and in our national security interest that they end the program. the second thing that congress can do is work to find alternatives. so help the administration to develop a coordinated plan with allies, the united states is doing it on its own. that's one thing, if we can do it in partnership with the europeans, the japanese and others, that's much more powerful. provide incentives for the private sector through d.f.c. and some of the other mechanisms that have been mentioned. and so again, encourage them to de-risk and then provide alternatives. mr. gimenez: thank you, the gentleman from new york. and i do represent the sixth borough and your future home, miami. [laughter] i now recognize and welcome

mr. perry: lyle or not, criminal or not. how many of the 662,566 illegal aliens with criminal histories that i.c.e. has reported are now residing in chicago. mr. johnson: someone will have to get back to you -- mr. perry: do you take immigration information from criminals as they're arrested and processed, do you take immigration information? mr. johnson: our local law enforcement focuses on getting all violent individuals off the streets -- mr. perry: do you determine if they're here illegally, what their immigration status is as a function of your -- mr. comer: the gentleman's time has expired. feel free to answer the question, mayor. mr. johnson: the welcoming city ordinance ensures that our local residents communicate and trust local law enforcement to ensure that criminals and crime is being addressed and that's why -- mr. perry: you have no idea how many have been released into the city of chicago. mr. johnson: thank you very much. mr. comer: the chair now -- ms. pressley: peres i have a unanimous consent request. mr. come

mr. musk. >> how are you going to simmer down tensions? does mr. musk need to back off? >> well, i don't think the tensions are high. look, elon's a very special person and these cabinet people are special people. you know, these are very successful people or they wouldn't have gotten you know, they've attained the highest heights of government and they i think they have fantastic relationship to elon. and doge has been incredible. you know, hundreds of billions of dollars of waste and fraud and abuse has been found, already found. and that doesn't mean they don't have a little bit of an argument here and there about something. or maybe personnel arguments. there's not too many contract arguments. you know, contracts have been found. this is much more than just personnel. and we found hundreds of billions of dollars of fraudulent contracts or very wasteful. but i think fraud i think it's fraud. >> there was just another. >> plane crash. and i think i actually think i actually think they i think really the cabinet for the most part, i think they get along really well with

and if bad, how bad? mr. pearl: it's catastrophic for national security as well as both dod and the intelligence community, because we will not have access to advanced trusted secure technology. it's true that the u.s. will still ban huawei, but the rest of the world will use huawei. it will become more advanced, and it's not only telecommunications networks, which are obviously very important, but the plan the prc has with huawei is to leverage its control over telecom up the technology stack to be able to control other technologies. so i would say it's absolutely catastrophic risk. chair cruz: and soldiers use cell phones. mr. pearl: yes, and absolutely, and that's something that we've discovered in ukraine, is that a lot of these mobile technologies can be incredibly valuable. they've been used to triangulate drone attacks. they've been used to create accurate geographic maps of the combat zones. and so we're already seeing how these cell phones are -- and mobile technology is critical. chair cruz: ranking

mr. how the story is a hotel in central ukraine. the attack kills several people in these rescue is racing to save thousands. interested in the blast. us, luna, pro defense to an unknown sites. the theme that land touches down near the moon's south pole, but the control room struggles to assess its condition, the, and feel welcome to the program. you leaders have been joined by ukrainian president of beloved to me as a landscape for christ, talked and boosting europe's defense spending and showing up support for ukraine. reaching in brussels comes just days after the us post military agent, intelligence sharing with keith repeating nations are on depression and following the trump administration's decision to distance the united states from europe and security. ok, so all in grand as a form, a judge defense ministers, she's currently a member of the brussels institute for geo politics. welcome to dw, since president emmanuel macro has said, europe's future doesn't have to be decided in washington or moscow. so what does your need to

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especially to see how britain and its industrial leaders have out how to export the things needed to get those gifts dollars to balance their foreign. mr. griffith me how his firm did. they make spare parts like gaskets for british cars. he had just made a trip all through america to get the necessary contract. they say lord helped those who helped them selves and the marshall seems to be like the lord in that respect. there is no doubt in my mind how much marshall plans have helped, but some facts are worrying. it is hard to see how europe can fully recover as long as trade with eastern europe remains at the present low level. i had ideas pretty well sorted out for the time i went to visit our airmen at the risk base. europe has recovered safer at the 1938 level, but is not enough. a europe with greater population and more social justice must have a far higher production levels. above all, there must be greater integration of our men on the spot. news is when you go ahead, not questions. mrs. roosevelt, did you see a definite improvement in these countries you visited? receiving mostly? oh, yes. i've taken particular trouble, of cours

mr. donovan? how much broadband funding has been distributed to date? mr.donovan: distributed to the states is my understanding but not yet gone to providers. rep. houchin: so the very think many of you raised concerns about and that i raised concerns about seems to be part of at least part of the problem. another concern of mine with the notice of funding opportunities general prohibition on non-fiber projects. it is explicitly in conflict with congress's intent for the funding to be technology neutral, and it would likely impact deployment. state flexibility and prioritization consistent with the law should be protected, and it included flexibility with the workforce necessary to execute the projects, which the funding opportunity did not provide. making sure that internet access is available to unserved communities first is -- remains a top priority of mine as we were to try to figure out some of these issues, including the great number of different broadband programs we have throughout the federal government and streamlining that so that we can make sur

mr. whitman, what about at illinois? how do y'all handle that? mr. whitman: as in south carolina across the country, all of our schools are working to identify what those plans will be, how we'll handle the new opportunities that are made available to us through the house settlement. but i just reiterate a point coach beamer made, which is it's become very popular in today's world to take shots at college athletics. there have been a lot of cynics who have developed around the industry of the college athletics ecosystem, and we just encourage people to spend a day on our campus to really interact with our student athletes. we have great representatives here on the panel today, but to understand that the core of college athletics remains as true as it has ever been. it's about education. it's about personal growth and development. it's about how a program like ours at illinois can bring people together from all walks of life. it's just an incredibly important part of the american tradition, and there's nothing that has changed from that as college athl

mr. jeffries: yes. rep. burchett: how have they used the safety improvement grants? mr. baker: yes, sir, chrissy allows us to do projects we simply couldn't afford. rep. burchett: what's the biggest barrier for that? mr. baker: the biggest challenge going forward is will chrissy continue to exist because the need exists and we need to make sure in the next service re-authorization bill the program continues with advanced appropriations. once the grant has been given, the biggest barrier is just how slow it is to get from the award date is incredibly exciting and everyone is happy and there's a press release and press conference, and then the next couple years is sort of a painful slog of actually getting money in the ground of ties and rail and doesn't need to be that slow. rep. burchett: you think to improve that is to make it faster? mr. baker: yes, sir. rep. burchett: just call me tim. you get nowhere with signs of respect. mr. baker: noted. mr. burchett: has red tape interfered with the short line ability to build and i don't need the lawyer answer but the men sittin

mr. you of how far we've veteran palestinian rights activist. thank you. as well, former is really national security ministry or hard line, or is it me or been here and has called on the governments to cut off water and electricity in dallas after benjamin netanyahu. and on to the block of you monitoring aid from entering the region, gaza must, and your health and help means bombing all the aid stockpiles that her mouth has forwarded since the c spy began. and even before it, it also means completely cutting off electricity and water. i call on the prime minister to announce that israel will implement these measures before resuming come back, which of course must happen as well. well, israel's decision to block a was met with sharp criticism from our country, saw the re, it'd be egypt, jordan, and could tar accuse west jerusalem of using starvation as a weapon of war. well, it's not the 1st time now fairly pm has been accused of using such methods in java . in november, last year, the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for benjamin netan

mr. donovan, how would this legislation, the american broadband deployment act, impact your members and the industry's efforts? mr. donovan: you're increasing certainty for the operators as they're going through the process that they know if they get to the end of it, there will be a decision. you can proceed with your build or here's what you need to fix. but you're not sitting in limbo forever waiting, as my colleague said, when the shot clock goes off, you need somebody to blow the whistle to make sure that that's enforced. rep. carter: mr. spellmeyer? mr. spellmeyer: certainty encourages investment. rep. carter: we've had a change of administration. i've had so many companies come into my office. we need certainty, we need to know the future -- in order to invest, we've got to know what the future holds and what's going to be there and what's not going to be there. and, you know, i was in business for 32 years and i will tell you without certainty it's difficult to make business decisions. i think that's what we're up against. mr. donovan: as mr. hale said earlier, he's appreciating his

mr. black, how good to have you on the program with us. the us president trump has announced and he of is ready to negotiate peace, but europe has called for continuing the fight against russia. why do you think that is? why are we seeing a division here on the ending the conflict, the new crane? so i can tell you very honestly that i feel a shame a lot of your opinion easily now, especially based on countries in the european union, there was a full b ice in spreading day. i hate to against the russia is absolutely for me. absolutely not acceptable, and that's why i'm hearing the most go. i'm here in the states deluxe. to express that not everybody in the european union and not everybody in the european parliament is crazy. because really the need of these, with rush out, you need good relations with russia and, and now we can see on this is the situation. and it's all right and in the front where restaurants are leaning and we have no time as you can. you know, the supply of ukrainians. uh, the delta american health. now the empty tons of

so let's go back to mr. weston, how do you do? i'm sorry to interrupt, to do that, but obviously with the thing in and out as the different deed is all speaking back to what you was saying. you were saying that this hour of summit isn't just about what's happening in gauze, but it's about the region as a whole, from what you were saying. whether it's a, it's a, it's about the future, the uncertain the future of dependency and question. a lot of the steps speaking about i, these are the, the government, the natalie and the last few days where the is a, he is, have violated the c slide hostage deal that they sign back in generally. so we are at the cross fluids as part of the, but a scene in question is concerned and the future of seeing people also. so this summit is very important. it's a crucial summit. and i would say it's a one of the most crucial, some it's out of assignments around the but a senior in question because today we are facing and it isn't easy plan to completely equally they the by the scene in question and to pre

mr. evans: reclaiming my time. do you know how many of those homicides were committed by people illegally present in the country? i'm happy to show all of the sources for my facts. mr. johnston: we don't ask anyone's status at point of arrest. mr. evans: thank you for the answer. i'm glad you brought that up. because as you can see displayed here, we actually have a training bulletin to the denver police department dated january of this year which pretty much says you what just said. which is that denver police department is prohibited from asking for any information about the national origin, immigration or stenship status of -- citizenship status ever any individual and that's a problem because of the second item that we're going to display here which is the standard f.b.i. fingerprint card, something that i filled out for over a decade when i was a police officer, which has those items as mandatory fields. location of birth and then the citizenship. and so i've heard being a cop in the denver metro area that police officers in

how do you see that playing out? mr. whitaker: if confirmed, i will be right in the middle of those conversations. i appreciated the time we spent together last week. it is good to see you today and lastly. i think our european partners in nato understand the challenge. the question is how fast can they rise to the challenge? i'm planning on, if confirmed, going there in the first 30 days and meeting with every single ally one-on-one and finding out what their path to the 5% is. if they cannot get there, understanding why they cannot get there or unwilling to. those are the conversations that, with the confidence of the senate, i will be happy to have with all of our important allies in europe. sen. mccormick: i will just end with the statement, i agree with senator coons that based on article v, europeans and nato did step up after 9/11, but i will note that despite decades of constant pressure from american presidents, including democrats, nato used to underinvest relative to its commitments. this is not open to discus

mr. pizzuro: i don't know how many do. i don't know if they use technology but they should. >> senator kennedy: are they required to use it? >> mr. pizzuro: no. >> senator kennedy: we got to do something. my last question, do you find it ironic that all these people in big tech who dreamed about and talked about creating a utopia, have managed todd generate more hate and more harm than anyone could ever have possibly imagined - all to make money. >> mr. pizzuro: and lots of money they made. >> senator kennedy: do you find it ironic? >> mr. pizzuro: really. >> chairman grassley: senator blumenthal. >> senator blumenthal: that may be the only reason i am the only one left. >> chairman grassley: i am looking forward for your question. i am going to turn the gavel to senator blackburn. >> senator blumenthal: representative guffey, thank you for being here today. our hearts go out to you. your courage and strengths make an enormous difference. i know how strongly you supported the kids online safety act and i am deeply grateful

so we sit here today trying to figure out how we all get better at this. i will start with you mr. mcmurray. how do we get a better and how do we shorten the time. for review and when we find situations where literally the permitting process takes longer than the construction of these projects. how do we get better. soon i think you for that and one safe and have taken on that allegation or assignment as it's called have seen marked improvements in their time permitting georgia has not done that we try to do some other things in my testimony mentioned that we the office of environmental quality the state dot please with federal resource agency positions at the corps of engineers national marine fisheries with just fish and wildlife to name a few, located them in one office that we find so they can work as a team to work on our environmental reviews and permitting we've seen great gains there is money mentioned up to 80 percent improvement time and some of those permitting and reviews all but on some and so we call it in an alignment because most of the federal resource agencies outs

mr. buttigieg: complicated. >> stephen: well, thanks for stopping by. thank you so much. how? igieg: i mean, look, the state of the union is roiling. we've got divisions that we didn't think could get any worse, that have been picked at and pushed out again and again by the president whose job is to unite the american people who is supposed to be a walking symbol of what americans have in common. instead of course we have something else. the state of the union i think is really confused about why our leaders are talking about renaming things on a map instead of getting the price of eggs down. the state of the union is wondering whether we can get through another four years of being turned against each other by our own leaders or whether we can be summoned into something better. >> stephen: what was your reaction to tonight's speech? that's the first six weeks and where we are right now. how about how he summed up the state of our nation and what his plans are. >> it was classic trump. it was a lot of darkness and a lot of dazzle. but there was very, very little about the things

mr. zelenskyy how to approach mr.mp had maybe ite gone in 1 ear and out the other here's a bit of his reaction. >> i've busted to try to help ukraine comment to make sure we help them win a war that would get this war over in a way that we do not have further aggression. donald trump is the man to do it but i told him this morning, i told him do not take debate. do not let the media or anybody else get you into an argument with president trump. what he is doing today is resetting the relationship. you should be grateful. shannon: a lot of folks in washington thing if you've lost lindsey graham has been incredibly supportive of zelensky and aid to ukraine you might be in trouble. >> first, shannon, it was general kelly a marine corps general who made that statement about what trump said about u.s. service people. i choose to believe general kelly. look, senator graham has been a big supporter of the ukrainian people. this was clearly an example where he decided to preserve his relationship with president trump. shannon

mr. faulkender: i am. sen. tillis: how important are they to you? mr. faulkender: they are important to make sure u.s. operators have a gauge to engage in economic activity here instead of abroad. >> could you briefly describe how that activity changed after the passage of tcja and what can happen if we do not extend it? mr. faulkender: prior to the tax cuts and jobs act, if a company engaged in activity here, they faced a contemporaneous corporate tax rate of 35%. if they instead engaged in some of that activity abroad and had that recognized in a low tax jurisdiction, it could be minimal, single digits if not closer to zero. that encourages that activity to occur abroad rather than domestically. what the tax cuts and jobs act did is it simultaneously brought down the rate for tax and corporate activity here from 35% to 21% and raised the tax rate that would be paid on having that activity occur abroad. you reduce the webs that is the differential when it comes to where that activity is located thereby increasing the benefit of the activity occurring he

how will you prioritize taking on the ccp in this existential race for economic and technological advantage? mr. kessler: thanks for the question and the conversation yesterday. you left big shoes to fill and i look forward to learning from you about how to do this job effectively. you said it well. the priority for bis must be and i will be laser focused on how to keep sensitive technologies, sensitive goods, software out of the hands of american adversaries including china. on day one i am going to review with the staff the whole structure of the organization and the decision-making processes and make sure the agency is built to meet that challenge. sen. mccormick: senator kim just mentioned of the constraints on resources. as you know well bis is unique in that it has an enforcement arm. how have you thought about the resources or technology or have you thought about the resource that could be added on the enforcement side to be able to fulfill. mr. kessler: that is something i will immediately start to learn about when i get into office. i am concerned on the enforcement side -- right now i

how this is going to play out. it does cause them stress. >> let me ask mr. daniels to answer that question also. >> thank you for the question. air traffic controllers deal and have to manage with stress day in and day out, anything that adds to that any uncertainty is what brings added risk that has to be evaluated into the system. naa remains absolutely committed to working on any and all new technologies as long as we are part of that process, not only the amp lamenting a bit but the testing. we want to ensure the safe standards. >> had happened with verizon but not elon musk. >> neck is not involved. >> if you are leaning on somebody to award you the contract and you are threatening them with termination, they award the contract to save their own jobs and then put the american people at risk. with that i yield back. >> thank you. i recognized mr. burchett for five minutes of questions. >> thank you. i don't -- i'm not a pilot nor do i aspired to be but i want to say for the record that my mom actually flew an airplane during the second world war. i'm ver

mr. president. how much money is the u.s. going to put into the funds that are being created today? how does this provide long-term security for ukraine? pres. trump: we don't know exactly how much because we're going to be putting money in a fund that we're going to get from the raw earth that we're going to be taking and sharing in terms of revenue. so it's going to be a lot of money will be made from the sale and from the use of raw earth. as you know, our country doesn't have much raw earth. we have a lot of oil and gas. but we don't have a lot of the raw earth. and what we don't have is protected by the environmentalists, but that could be unprotected. but still it's not very much. they have among the best in the world in terms of raw. so we're going to be using -- taking it. using for all of the things we use including a.i. and weapons and our military. it's going to very much satisfy our need. it's something that just worked out really well. we have a lot of oil and a lot of gas. we have a lot but we don't have raw earth. so this has just about every component of the raw eart

and for mr. zalinski and how important in a moment was that in the world's view around to the mirror, zaleski is in how a potentially the id ology around the background to the conflict. but you mentioned, well certainly that was a moment of truth in men. it is, but at least in 3 major on 3 major issues. first, it was very revealing for the wide public not only in the us but all over the world. what is the true nature of the region and that's the leaders. so one calling himself president of the country is lane openly in the face of the us president. then the, the, the world press, the book, rushes down some on the issues concerning his company. well it's, it's kind of which habit it's, it's nothing surprising for us, but the good to toward the very good perspective for everybody to see in menu is packed. um uh i think that the, the us, the, the previous administration and the unit appeals way, not using the key for the dream. they have created frankenstein. and then in many ways, which sure is coming to hunt them and they don't know what to do about that. and is who do i? i don't think

mr. president. how much money is the u.s. going to put into the fund that is being created today and how does this provide long-term security for ukraine? >> we don't know exactly how much because we are going to be putting some money in a fund that we are going to get from the wrong earth that we will be taking and sharing in terms of revenue. so it's going to be a lot of money that will be made from the sale and the use of wrong earth. as you know how country doesn't have a lot of raw earth. we have a lot of oil and gas but not raw earth and what we do have is protected by the environmentalists but that can be unprotected. but still it is not very much. they have among the best in the world so we are going to be using it for all of the things we do including ai and including weapons and the military. it's really going to very much satisfy our needs. it is something that just worked out really well. we have a lot of oil and gas but we don't have wrong earth. so this has just about every component of the rare earth that we ne

mr. minister, how concerned are you that this isn't enough for the trump administration and that these tariffsnly control what we can control. the president is going to make his decision, respect that, but we're working very hard on the border and the fentanyl crisis. i think it's important for americans to remember it's an opportunity for us to of a continental security approach. this is important for our future. it's a rough and tumble world out there. we're together. canada and united states have been there together for over 150 years. we think it's important to keep that relationship strong. griff: so canada's cracking down. you're taking a page from the trump administration and designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. was it president trump's really push that moved canada in this direction? >> we were well underway, but there's no doubt that president trump's priority in this area helped accelerate a number of our investments. we think it's the right thing to do because like you, it's a scourge and it's a tragedy for too many canadian families and american families. griff:

mr. president. how much money is the u.s. going to put into the fund created today and how does this provide long-term security for ukraine? pres. trump: we do not know exactly how much because we will put in some money that we will be taking and sharing in terms of revenue. a lot of money will be made from the sale and the use of rock earth. our country does not have much raw earth. money. a lot of money will be made from the sale. and from the use of a broader earth. our country does not have much raw earth. we have a lot of oil and gas. we have a lot of oil and gas but we don't have a lot of raw earth. what we do have this protected by the environmentalists. that can be unprotected but still it is not very much. they have among the best in the world in terms of raw earth. we will be using that, taking it, using it for all of the things we do, including ai and weapons and the military. it will very much satisfy our needs. it is something that worked out really well. we have a lot of oil and a lot of gas. but we don't have r

how bad actors are acquiring usdot numbers. m.c. numbers, and other business identifiers to carry out their illicit schemes under the guise of legitimacy. mr. blanchard, in your opening statement, you described how a bad actor posed as taneger logistics to steal shipments and even added their counterfeit company to the fmcsa usa and fitness electronic records or safer website to appear legit. can you describe how bad actors are able to insert themselves so easily into the supply chain? maybe elaborate on that, please. >> yes, senator young. they're able to do this now through a whole multitude of ways. we have experienced everything from what i stated in my testimony where they are spoofing our emails and otherwise representing themselves on behalf of our company. they are also, there are instances out there now where individuals are actually purchasing m.c. and d.o.t. numbers on the black market. that is a major issue that we have to address and the fmcsa must do a more efficient job in our opinion of insuring that they go through those companies that are authorized to transport freight in the united states and remove those that are illeg

mr. trump said the focus on how to do fleet -- defeat inflation will be on reducing the cost of energy and taxpayer savings through doge. reuters picked up the foreign policy aspects last ni saying mr. trump recvethat letter earlier in the day from the ukrainian president saying he was ready designing proposed critical minerals deal, and mr. trump said the mastermind of the 2021 bombing during the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan had been detained. the washington times focusing on the speech, discuion of topics on it comes to immigration, saying the presintlso took credit for "swift a unrelenting action on immigration," noting border crossings are down from last year. and the washington post focusing on the democratic reaction of last night speech, saying representative al green got the ght off w auspicious start by hollering at mr. trump and refusing to drop down. democrats also held up signs that said things like muska steals and falls in response to his claim -- and musk steals and false in response to his claims. you can make comments. (202)-748-8000, democrats. (202)-748-8001, republi

mr. ambassador gerrish, can you discuss how we can address the issue of transshipment so we can assure that our domestic industries are being adequately protected from unfair trade practices? mr. gerrish: thank you, congressman. and the problem with transshipment is a major problem and something we absolutely need to address. your fighting trade cheats act is something that would be an important addition to the, you know, to our toolbox that we could use to address the problem of transshipment. there are other important changes that i think we need to make. some of those are included in the leveling the playing field act 2.0 legislation that has just been reintroduced as well, which would enhance the ability to address evasion of anti-dumping and countervailing duties, including transshipment. there's also problems with misclassification of products to evade the duties and even instances of undervaluing products to try to lower companies. -- companies' duty liability. so these are all significant problems. leveling the playing field act 2.0 would address these as well. it would apply the en

how will you prioritize taking on the ccp in this existential race for economic and technological advantage? mrssler: thanks for the question and the conversation yesterday. you left big shoes to fill and i look forward to learning from you about how to do this job effectively. you said it well. the priority for bis must be and i will be laser focused on how to keep sensitive technologies, sensitive goods, software out of the hands of american adversaries including china. on day one i am going to review with the staff the whole structure of the organization and the decision-making processes and make sure the agency is built to meet that challenge. sen. mccormick: senator kim just mentioned of the constraints on resources. as you know well bis is unique in that it has an enforcement arm. how have you thought about the resources or technology or have you thought about the resource that could be added on the enforcement side to be able to fulfill. mr. kessler: that is something i will immediately start to learn about when i get into office. i am concerned on the enforcement side -- right now it is

mr. president. 20% on china now. how high are you willing to go against china? pres. trump: i can't say. it depends on what they do with their currency. depends on what they do in term of retaliation, with some kind of economic retaliation. i don't think they'll retaliate too much. the united states has been taken advantage of for 40 years. the united states has been a laughing stock for years and years. that's why this gentleman has bill in taiwan instead of building here. would have been better for he built here. if we had a president who knew what they were doing, we had a lot of them, very bad on trade. i'm a huge fan of ronald reagan but he was bad on trade. very bad on trade. allowed a lot of businesses to be taken. i say that with due respect. he was so great on other things. but he was bad on trade. we are setting records right now. records like nobody has ever seen before. when you have companies like this coming in, and almost 40% of their company in one signature is going to be devoted to what he does which is one of the most important businesses in the wor