internal affairs, the treasury, the social fund, the federal service for veterinary and phytosanitary surveillance, the federal agency for state reservesnd for everything for victory and transferred equipment for the needs of the fighters; today, here in the building of the popular front are the simplest people from the team. the team supported him when he offered to send a fundraiser for the scouts; he is very happy with his today’s award, but says that the police helped the guys without an eye, from the bottom of their hearts. thanks to organizations such as the popular front, accordingly, people are beginning to realize that it is really necessary to unite, and that the guys on the front line need our help, acquaintances, friends go to the zone of a special military operation, accordingly, from there they write letters about what they need, well, i got to the point where i turned to the popular front and i will continue to help in any way i can. by the way, now , thanks to the decision of the government, the federal body... the executive authorities can transfer to the front vehicles that are not used in their departments, are being

the agenda of the russian forum exhibition, but about other events; the stand of the federal agency for state reserves at vdnkh. the exhibition is set up as a functioning underground storage facility, as the organizers note. the exhibition of rosrezerva is unique the opportunity to enter the granaries of the motherland, a storehouse of state material values. visitors to the stand will learn the history of the reserves from the incas to may. our days will see the famous can of konservav from artik, if you haven’t heard about it, you will definitely find out. in the studio of the expert institute of social research at the russia forums exhibition, a new project was launched to achieve the country, the affairs of the people. specialists and political scientists openly discuss topics that relate to the exhibition itself, the successes of our country in general and innovative solutions in the economy, industry and other areas. let me remind you that the aic dnh studio opened on december 12. here, leading russian political scientists, sociologists, public figures and journalists analyze important events in

internal affairs, the treasury, social foundation, the federal service for veterinary and phytosanitary surveillance, the federal agency for state reserves of the fighters. today it's in the building here. front, the simplest people from the collectives of federal government bodies, these are not bosses who allocated funds with their signature, these are ordinary people who transferred, some 100, some 200, some thousand rubles from their salaries, and many they do it monthly, from these funds these huge sums add up, which today help our fighters a lot, the sums are really huge, during the existence of the fund we managed to collect everything for victory. 14.5 billion rubles. transfer large sums, 100 rubles each. 500 thousand, with these funds we purchase everything necessary for our fighters, winter and summer uniforms. the team supported him when he offered to send funds to raise funds for the scouts, he is very happy about his today’s award, but says that the police helped the guys without eyes from the bottom of their hearts, and thanks to people like this organizations, like the popular front, respectively, people are beginning to r

state and military management russian federation, reserve control points for the state and armed forces, improvement of the mobilization training system in the russian federation, development of a warning system for government agencieswould like to note that all relevant committees of the federation council recognized the consultations. on the official portal of legal information, her staff was replenished with several new assistants and advisers. by decree of the head of state , anton vaina was reappointed as head. alexey gromov and sergey kiriyenko remain first deputies. deputy head of administration maxim oreshkin was appointed, who was promoted from the post of assistant to the president. dmitry kazak, magomedslam magomedov, vladimir ostrovenko and dmitry peskov also remained deputies. he also retained his post as presidential press secretary. yuri sviridov was appointed his deputy, vladislav kitaev will be the head of the protocol. his deputy will be mikhail kazarinov. vladimir midinsky, dmitry mironov, yuri ushakov, andrey fursenko, ruslan edelgiriev, larisa barycheva, dmitry kalimulin and dmitry were appointed assistants to the president shalkov. for the first time in the administration as assistants to the h

exist absolutely local and state law enforcement entities should have access to the same technologies as we seem to be protectively reserving for only select federal agencieso mr. jones, you stated earlier thank you for wearing the badgey brother. you stated earlier yes you are deploying these systems please clarify for america, then their great restrictions on actually deploying the technology to land drone. we as a technology primarily to track criminal trials which are not using it primarily to land drones which is what the technology does, am i correct in that assessment or not mr. jones. >> wealth over troop and we are using technology to track the drones and we are also using technology electronic aims to intercept him when the drone at a place of our discretion. >> give us another 5 percent or detract 100 drones, how many area landing. >> like you stated earlier, fy 24 southwest what we actually ended 60 mitigated 60 of those aircraft. >> sixty of the 45000 that you encounter. >> well there you go, that's what i'm saying, using a technology to track but you're not using the technology to fully mitigate and so this is what we have been talking about

russian federation from reserve control points of the state and armed forces, to improve systems. mobilization training in the russian federation, development of a warning system for government agenciesuld like to note that all relevant committees of the federation council recognized the consultations as valid. in addition, today the senators considered the candidacy of boris kovalchuk for the post of chairman of the accounts chamber. during his speech, he noted that the priority in the work will be the implementation of national goals set by the president, including achieving the technological sovereignty of the country. a huge number of people work in russia talented people capable of creating truly unique products and technologies. in this regard, the task of the accounts chamber is to do. everything for the states to efficiently fulfill their function of supporting the creation and development of new industries and technologies. the candidacy of boris kovalchuk in the federation council was approved unanimously. anna voronina, nadezhda nefedova, alexander makridin, sergey kuznetsov, news. well, now to the most important international news: vladimir putin’s first foreign trip afte

federal agency for fisheries will take place in the indian and atlantic oceans. two ships with specialists set off on the voyage, who will study fish reserves in the economic zones of nineteen african statesafrican expedition, the geography of the fishery will expand even further. and this, of course, in turn, will contribute to further. the implementation of the upcoming expedition will be a significant factor in maintaining the possibilities of effective and rational exploitation of servy biological resources by the russian fleet, taking into account the scale of scientific significance will have. fundamental importance for strengthening the position of the russian federation and not only in the areas of direct research, but in the world ocean as a whole. after the evening news release, do not miss the continuation of the action-packed series return, and we continue to follow the development of events. be with us. good evening everyone, 2 years ago, doctor of astrology, ajaim hambi was a guest of our program, then he made several important predictions on air, some of them are already beginning to come true, 2 years later, the doctor is again in our...

and absolutely local and state law enforcement entity should have access to the same technologies that we seem to be very protectively reserving for only select federal agencies. so, mr. jones, and thank you for wearing a badge, my brother. you had stated earlier that yes, you're deploying these system, but please, clarify for america that -- that there are great restrictions on actually deploying the technology to land a drone. you're using the technology primarily to track criminal drones, but you're not using the technology primarily to land drones which is what the technology does. am i correct in that assessment or not, mr. jones? >> well, both are true. we are using technology to track the drones and we are using it to intercept and land the drone at a place our discretion. give us the numbers by procession. if you track a hundred drones how many are you landing? >> like i stated earlier, for fy-24, in the southwest border we landed 60 of them and mitigated 60 aircraft. >> 60 of the 45,000 that you encountered? there you go. that's what i'm saying. you're using the technology to track, but you're not using the technology to fully mitigate. so this is wh

and absolutely local and state law enforcement entity should have access to the same technologies that we seem to be very protectively reserving for only select federal agencies. so, mr. jones, and thank you for wearing a badge, my brother. you had stated earlier that yes, you're deploying these system, but please, clarify for america that -- that there are great restrictions on actually deploying the technology to land a drone. you're using the technology primarily to track criminal drones, but you're not using the technology primarily to land drones which is what the technology does. am i correct in that assessment or not, mr. jones? >> well, both are true. we are using technology to track the drones and we are using it to intercept and land the drone at a place our discretion. give us the numbers by procession. if you track a hundred drones how many are you landing? >> like i stated earlier, for fy-24, in the southwest border we landed 60 of them and mitigated 60 aircraft. >> 60 of the 45,000 that you encountered? there you go. that's what i'm saying. you're using the technology to track, but you're not using the technology to fully mitigate. so this is wh

way was debated before the court about the way the agency can you state for the record how dodd to be funded on an al cfpb are funy that the federal reserve can request to the federal reserverd transfers from the federal reserve system they tram banks to f but you set that amount? dir. chopra: actually, congress sets the cap. rep. hill: what is that? dir. chopra: we have been going through budgeting for the beliet in statute and there is an index called the employment cost index , eci, maybe that is t w■i acronym -- rep. hill: is it a capf federale earnings? dir. chopra: it is a hard number adjusted by that index, year by year. it does not vary based on other performance. it is a set number with a cost deflator. rep. hill: is the last time the fed showed a net profit? dir. chopra:'ñ nonprofits and government agencies do not rertin the way -- rep. hill:h flows. dir. chopra: cash flow is totally different. re hill: when was the last time there was a net positive resu from the federal reserve? the last time they generated positive earnings? dir. cho i think the federal reserve act would call it "excessrep. hill: when was the t time? dir.pr e

once and for all in the unitede federal reserve's field policies and bring competition through the dollar in the united states of america? i love it. [chanting] how do we shutdown tletter agencies that populate these infested cities in just reforming it for you cannot reform if you want to get serious? get in there and shut it down. shutdown the svi. shut down the ats. shut down the cdc -- shut down the svi, the ats, the cdc, the department of education permit fire 80% of the federal bureaucrats in washington, d.c. and send theme they should've never had the job in the first place. ind every cause additional federal regulation of the congress never passed --the sec, f.t.c.. shut it down. so the question is how do we work together to make possibleachieved? how do we revive who we are, the constitution of 1789, the revolution of 1776? i am tired of standing around here complaining about it wish to translate this vision into action. that is what our founding ago. . you don't get this without making a sacrifice. it's easy to tap yourself on the back and say you say the right things. but if you want to tra into action, this is our moment. you want to end up in foreign wars and forei

coordinate with other agencies off the reservation for these cases that cross over able to and sometimes state boundaries. because what we have right now in places where there is clear federal jurisdiction is we have u.s. attorneys effectively serving as local prosecutors, and the investigation teams that support that, you know, doing local police work and it takes away from their ability to handle these cases. so this is another area whereby putting the local stuff in the hands of the local government, in this case the tribe, like we would anywhere else, will then allow the federal government to do what it's really, you know, good at and what its real mission is, which is to coordinate these complex cases that go across reservation and state boundaries. >> anything else? >> again, i want to thank you all for being here today. one thing that i -- i guess not the one thing, a bunch of things, but the thing that kind of puzzles me or demonstrates the problem we have in indian country is that it's obvious that criminals, drug cartels, those kind of things are going to look at places where they're safest from being arrested or being caught or whatever. we have a lot of america

for the state's various offices and agencies. >> time now. 406 well, new numbers out showing the inflation rate rising more than expected last month could mean the federal reserve will not cut lower interest rates. interest rates anytime soon. the consumer price index rose 3.5% in march. that's the highest annual gain in the past six months. it was mainly due to continued high gas, mortgage and rent prices at the white house. president biden acknowledged there's more to do to bring down inflation, but he says progress is being made. >> we have dramatically reduced inflation from 9% down to close to 3. >> now the federal reserve board was expected to begin reducing interest rates in june, economists say, with the inflation rate still high, that is not likely. >> one us senator is suggesting extending the time frame for tiktok to sell the us portion of the social media app now, washington senator maria cantwell told reporters that a one year deadline might guarantee success of a bill. a measure passed by the house would require tiktok parent company bytedance to divest itself of the app within six months, or face a ban. tiktok and its users say a ban would be a v

agency is funded. can you state for the record how dodd frank directs the cfpb to be funded on an annual basis? dir. chopra: the cfpb is a unit of the federal reserve system so we are funded in a similar way that the federal reserve board of governors is but we cannot set our budget. i can request to the federal reserve board transfers from the federal reserve system in the same way they transferred from banks to fund their operation. rep. hill: but you set that amount? dir. chopra: actually, congress sets the cap. rep. hill: what is that? dir. chopra: we have been going through budgeting for the future, but i believe it is set in statute and there is an index called the employment cost index , eci, maybe that is the wrong acronym -- rep. hill: is it a cap of a percentage of federal reserve earnings? dir. chopra: it is a hard number adjusted by that index, year by year. it does not vary based on other performance. it is a set number with a cost deflator. rep. hill: when is the last time the fed showed a net profit? dir. chopra: nonprofits and government agencies do not report profits and loss in the way -- rep. hill: say positive or negative cash f

for a toxic workplace culture that included sexual harassment and racial discrimination at the agency. in testimony the federal reserve vice chair michael barr and acting comptroller of the currency michael hsu also testified on the state of the banking system. this is about two hours. >> senate banking, housing, and urban affairs committee will come to order. we hear testimony from three key regulators who see responsible for protecting your banking system and make sure it serves all americans. the hearing comes one week after release the depended view on sexual harassment in workplace misconduct at the fdic. it may clear the fdic has serious long-running problems. for far too long if leaders >> chair, you owe workers at the fdic, the committee, the american people clear answers and decisive actions including your plan for restoring the fdic's culture and regaining the trust of your employees. the steps you will take to put an end to workplace misconduct including harassment and discrimination. fdic culture and regaining the trust of your employees. the steps you will take to put misconduct, and discrimination and ensure victims are not silenced. and how you'll ensure perpetrators are finally held accountable. the fdi

and government which is reserved for different thing than those occupying the halls of united states government. whether in the intelligence agencies or otherwise. as a federal lawmaker who has been lied to repeatedly throughout the years on various elements within our government including some from the department of justice and the fbi on the abuse of the authorities that very same authority that we are talking about here. forgive me if i'm not willing to take the word of the intelligence community. we have a responsibility to our constituents and voters everywhere and everyone to protect them by getting this language right, by getting it right before it becomes law, not after. when all we can say is oh we or sorry or more likely members who support that will help them covered up. that's not right in second my college is confused by the protestations of the passion he'd like to confuse you as to what this expansion of authority actually means and what it does. they are suggesting we are offended by this expansion because it would allow them to target more individuals. that is not the problem. not at all. the problem is rather that this amendment is so broad

for any federal, state, or local agencies to look at cost measures. and costs will continue to skyrocket, exactly what phrma wants. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman is recognized. mrs. rodgers: i'm pleased to yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pence: thank you, mr. speaker, and chiang you, chairwoman rodgers, for healing me time. aproud to support the protecting health care for all patients act chinad by a true leader, chairwoman rodgers. we need to recognize and affirm every life is precious and a gift from god. it's unconscionable that health care payors use quality adjusted life years as a measurement to determine if treatment options for patients are cost-effective? federal health care programs should provide patients with the best care available, regardless of pre-existing conditions and those suffering with disabilities. it's important we find discali and ethically responsible -- fiscally and ethically responsible solutions to reduce health care costs in this country without devaluating the sanctity of life. i urge

focusing federal and state agency efforts on detection, prevention, and restoration efforts for combating this disease. i want to recognize representative tokuda for her work on this legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas reserves. the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. ocasio-cortez: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 1726, the continued rapid ohia death response act of 2023. introduced by my colleague from hawaii, representative jill tokuda. this vital legislation addresses the urgent need to combat rapid ohia death, or r.o.d. which led to the loss of one million ohia trees in hawaii since its discovery in 2014. the significance of these trees cannot be overstated. they are hawaii's most abundant native trees and play a crucial role in preserving the state's unique biodiversity and protecting its native ecosystems. it's essential we take immediate action to stop devastation and ensure this iconic species. this bill emphasizes the need for research and aid to enhance our understanding of this deadly funding us and explore -- fungus and explore ways to combat this. it works with the state of hawaii and

federal, state and local agencies to address the issue. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support 8812, the wrda act of 2024, and i thank my colleagues for their kind words. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd yield five minutes to the gentleman from north carolina, the t.n.i. water resources chairman, mr. rouzer. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for five minutes. mr. rouzer: thank you, chairman graves. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 8812, the water resources development act of 2024, remembered to -- referred to in short as wrda. i want to acknowledge and their chairman graves, ranking member larsen and ranking member of the subcommittee, ms. grace napolitano, for their work and partnership in crafting this bipartisan wrda bill that we are considering today. today's wrda bill will be the last for my good friend, congresswoman napolitano, who has served honorably and effectively in this chamber for 26 years. i am incredibly grateful for her leadership and her many