orchestrated by the state department and then sort of newly national security council, but they said we were to reassess national security policy in the whole big picture of american security, foreign policy and national and the entirety of us grand strategy. and he said that during the drafting of nsc 68 at that time, the pillars of our postwar foreign policy were failing. so basically we were in a moment we're having emerged victorious the second world war. we were nonetheless losing the entire for what really do we do with the post-cold war with the post-world two moment, with the early cold war? and then, you know, if you zoom very far out nixon, his colleagues came together and put together a us grand that arguably us up to win the long cold war and later was, as reagan saw it, set up the first principles that we ultimately use victory and contributed therefore to to enormous american success in the toughest contest we've had. if we're now in an era where certainly those at hudson believe we're facing something like a new cold war, at the very least, a sort of axis of adversaries worldwide. i mean, a tremendous foreign policy changes. i mean, everybody can un

iranians were to help us counter is the job of the state department you say to advance american national security andn and what they did in that instance with uganda is compromised american national security and empower our adversary representative it was good to see you thank you pretty amazing work in your authorship of the build back and you were instrumental in the passage of that bill and authorize u.s. international development finance corporation can you see them playing much more effective role in advancing our infant interestrp bought abroad and if youu could, in reforms like equity screen country eligibility teaches help u.s. investments in countries like panama. >> it is a big reform. that is the best tool we have them the initiative in the equity scoring is the message that something that has to be becausee right now and limits bt they can do and then raising the country of eligibility allows us to strategically were we can counter them we cannot do something reauthorization that hope that the bipartisan effort we don't do it we will see influence and goes to people not friendly to the un

i have seen good things about american national security and some steaks -- mistake so i thought this would be a good time to use my efforts had been in the public and private sector and where i felt the most happy is when i am doing something bigger than me. i felt that when i worked with the jesuits in mozambique and in the state senate and here. >> what other takeaways from your experience in the state senate and how do they translate to a career in congress? >> in washington state we have 10 delegates at 90% of them have come through our state legislature. the idea that if you want to turn an idea into a law you have to build consensus on how to work in a team and bring people with you and in the state legislature there were 49 members of the senate and one governor so i used to say the magic code is 25 plus 50 plus one and hear the magic code is 218 plus 60 plus one so i will be working on that magic code to turn ideas into law. >> now you will hold a seat vacated by cathy mcmorris rodgers, who retired. what did she tell you, any advice about the job? >> she was a tremendous repr

single biggest challenge or road block to getting manufacturing where it needs to be for american national security and senator, start with you. i will start with my own visual aid. >> this is a chart that jim mhoff created at armed services committee and basically what it shows is the time from concept of automobiles and goes back to 60's and 70's and you see the line for commercial aircraft and military aircraft are pretty similar, they are right around 4, 5 years. something happened in the 70's this is the trajectory of the time to develop a military aircraft versus a commercial aircraft. so the first part of my presentation is on -- i have 3d's for you today, but the first one is delay. if you want less of something, you should tax regularly. if you want more speed, faster development cycles you actually need to incentivize as criteria and how you do it, you need to promote and pay people the program is getting through faster to get to successful outcomes and so, yes, i absolutely think that time and speed are the things we need most of and we need to create incentives for them. >> i would use -- i

they are people who advance american national security and our goals around the world and our global leadership. i worked on energy policy, a very important part of not just. >> combating climate. >> change, but also ensuring that american competitiveness would be there abroad. this was a part of a bipartisan level of support. that's the problem here. is that what we're not talking about right now is reform. what's happening is. radical and reckless. it undermines our national security. it weakens us abroad with our allies. it creates a strategic opening for china and russia to exploit. now, now that the united states is no longer dependable and even against secretary rubio's rubric of how to measure if something is effective, it doesn't make us safer, it doesn't make us more prosperous, and it doesn't make us more secure by undermining usaid. so that agency really why. joey? >> why. >> why because. >> why does it make. >> it less secure? >> there's countless examples, jose, of usaid building partnerships and relationships with governments around the world to stabilize them. for examp

this is a development, madam president, that threatens americans' national security and americans' privacy. and that's even before u.s. government officials come around, once again, asking for the very same dangerous and irresponsible accesses. that's why ms. gabbard's statement was so important and why if she is confirmed the congress needs to hold her and the rest of america's intelligence agencies to it. now, during her confirmation process, ms. gabbard supported restrictions on the collection of communications records of america's journalists. she endorsed the biden administration justice department policy prohibiting its collection except in very narrow circumstances. that was a policy she said, and i quote, that was essential to protecting press freedoms and maintaining the critical balance between national security and upholding the first amendment. she also called for making sure that policy was actually codified. so i asked ms. gabbard about the collections of communications records of congressional members and staff, as was detailed in a department of justice inspector general re

and medicaid along with the affordable care act. how do we get to an agreement that protects the american people terms of health and safety, national security and economic well-being? immaculate safety to come up with a proposal, the conversation with the american people with these proposals that may be included? when in 2017 because republicans decided to go it alone. in common sense way, we at the common sense caucus. the agreement in 2017 around tax reform decided jam it down their throats of the american people set up a situation where 82% of the benefits without the wealthiest countries and in america. go back to 2017 just related to this, a combination about lowering the corporate tax rate to make sure america could be more effective 33% and the obama administration budget indicated prepared 28% for right republican ceos came to us and said 24% economically republicans were really interested in a bipartisan agreement and on the one hand you got democrats 20% and mail it and republicans, many saying 21 but many in mid 20s they work together. they have the projection. we could have landed the plane. instead they blew through a number of

it's national security and a safety. and the lives of americans are at risk. and we saw what happened. this week. we didn't have an faa administrator. the president had fired the aviation security advisory committee. and when you hire or you leave holes in the federal government, when you freeze hiring, you have issues where you have insufficient staff. we've known for some time, frankly, that there are not enough air traffic controllers. when you freeze that situation, you make it even worse. and so you magnify that. when you hire completely unqualified people whose only qualification is that they're they're loyal to you. and i hate to make potentially a sad prediction, but i think that when you try to break the federal government, you end up breaking it and it will cost american lives and national security. >> and let me ask you something about being qualified. i'm so, as i'm sure you could tell, i'm so deeply offended that in the moment where you need the president to come out here and give you the assurances that he's the head of the government, the govern

is the job of the state department and usaid to advance american national security. in uganda is compromise american national security and empower our adversaries. representative it's good to see you. thank you for your amazing work and authorship of the bill but you were instrumental in the passage of the bill and offer authorized u.s. international development finance corporation. can you see dfc playing a much more effective role in advancing our interest abroad and countering china's belton road. if you could, how could reforms like equity scoring and country availability changes help with investments in countries æ >> it's a big reform. that's the best tool we have to counter the bri the initiatives in the equity scoring is a must fix it something that has to be because right now it limits what dfc can do and raising the country of eligibility allows us to go out of the country strategically where we can counter the bri where we can't go now. it something we are going to talk about next month in the reauthorization and it's a bipartisan effort. there's a lot of

this administration believes these tariffs will protect our national security and put american workers first. and in the oval office yesterday, with elon musk, president trump took further action to make our federal government more efficient and effective. he signed an e.o. implementing the doge workforce optimization initiative. now agency heads will coordinate and consult with doge to significantly shrink the size of the federal workforce and limit hiring to essential positions only. the unaccountable bureaucracy will finally be reined in. on another important matter this morning, senate republicans continued to confirm president trump's exceptionally qualified nominees, most recently director of national intelligence tulsi gabbard, who will be joining us later at the white house for her swearing-in ceremony. it's imperative that the remainder of the president's cabinet nominees are confirmed as quickly as possible. on another important matter this week, illegal alien criminals continue to be arrested and sent home as part of the ongoing mass deportation effort of the trump administr

undermine and destroy american interests and values worldwide, this is the person whose copersons musk and trump want to lead our intelligence agency, to spearhead our national security operations. well, that doesn't make me comfortable sleeping at night. to talk amiably about a brutal dictator openly opposed to american interests and human rights, a dictator like assad, and like putin for that matter, shows at best a lack of judgment and, at woifshths allegiance to our -- at worst, allegiance to our adversaries. and even in cases of proven espionage against the american intelligence community, tulsi gabbard instead has sided with criminals. of course, i'm speaking about her support for edward snowden. in 2020, while she was a member of the united states house of representatives, she introduced a resolution suggesting that the federal government should drop all charges against edward snowden. there was only one other member who cosponsored this resolution, and that was former congressman matt gaetz. now in 2025, ms. gabbard still refuses to call snowden what he is -- a traitor to the united states. when she was asked about that at her hearing, she was given several o

jeffries: we are looking to find common ground and get to an agreement that meets the needs of the american people in terms of their health, safety, national security and economic well-being. pretty simple. that's all we want to do. how do we best protect in terms of their health that includes but not limited to, medicare and medicaid, along with the affordable care act that protects the american people in terms of their health, safety, national security and their economic well-being? reporter: let's say republicans do come up with a tax proposal that you have been looking for. going back to 2017, any lessons you have learned on attacking that 2017 tax bill that you can apply to the conversation you will be having in your district, with the american people about the issues that you have with some of these proposals that may be included in this tax bill? mr. jeffries: we were very disappointed in 2017 because once again the republicans decided to go it alone as opposed to working with democrats in a commonsense way. we, house democrats, are the commonsense caucus. instead of working with democrats in a commonsense way to actually find bipartisan agr

president, every member of this body is sworn to protect our national security and safety and the well-being of the american people. there's no more important responsibility for congress to fulfill than this. senators take an oath to defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and when the american people go to sleep at night, they rest assured that our homeland will be kept safe. as senators, we play a key role in making sure that the men and women in charge of our nation's security, that they're up to the task, that they're experienced, that they're qualified, that they're prepared. these are jobs with enormous responsibility. there is a zero, zero room for failure here. when unqualified or inexperienced candidates make mistakes in these jobs, the result is often that innocent people get hurt and in some cases, die. that's why this senate's confirmation process is just so important because the stakes are so high because there's no room for error when it comes to those who are placed in national security roles. i take this aspect of my job incredibly seriously. o

unfortunately, which is president trump's vengeful and self-interested destruction of our american national security. and to demand that we get information on how elon musk and his young marauders are using america's personal information. we want to know, what are they doing with all this information that they're gathering about all these americans? what is he doing with it? we have no idea. and no one is asking questions on the other side. again, it's important. if you listen to your constituents right now, on bolt sides of the aisle, i know in my district, republicans and democrat, they want to know. what's going on with all this information that elon musk is drawing out of the federal government? what is he doing with it? we have no idea. there's no investigation of t this. we demand answers and we think our friends on the other side should demand answers to this also. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. members are reminded to refrain from engaining in permits toward the president. the chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas. mr. hill: t

the house oversight committee, we're calling out this breach of law, privacy, and national security on behalf of the american people. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging towards personalities towards the president. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to 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. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. donald trump has been president only two weeks and he's delivering on his promises made, promises kept on behalf of the american people. i know firsthand of his courage as i led the house delegation for the opening of the american embassy in 2018 in jerusalem. the failed policies of biden-harris have left american families in danger of illegal aliens bringing lethal drugs, including fentanyl. yesterday president trump announced a deal the mexican government will deploy thousands of mexican troops to the border. canada is implementing n

faith and trying to reach and agreement that meets the needs of the american people, keeps the government open, and addresses issues around the health, the safety, the national security, and the economic well being of everyday americans. house republicans have chosen to walk away. [inaudible] mr. jeffries: i have no idea what the speaker of the house of representatives is talking about in terms of the budget or the spending agreement. at the end of the day, house democrats believe that urgent action is needed to drive down the high cost of living in the united states of america. and to protect medicaid from the devastation that house republicans are trying to bring to children, people with disabilities, and seniors in nursing homes and long-term care. house democrats have made clear we're going to protect and defend social security and medicare. we've also made clear that we will defend nutritional assistance to children, seniors, and veterans at a time when grocery prices are through the roof. yet house republicans want to take away nutritional assistance from everyday americans who they promised to help and are doing everything to hurt. reporter: [inaudible] mr. je

the treasury payment system which includes social security information and bank accounts for millions of americans and data that is critical to national security and the operation of the u.s. government and payments that go out the door annually equal to almost a fifth of the u.s. economy is not where the payment decisions are made because that happens inside the agencies that are currently being dismantled and the people who actually investigate waste, fraud and abuse at these agencies are the inspector generals who donald trump fired his first week in office in a midnight massacre. so we have to ask ourselves, what is really going on here? why did republicans block elon musk from appearing before this very committee last week? why is the administration so eager to allow elon musk and his hackers to have access to proprietary and private information in the treasury payment system? why are our colleagues across the aisle shielding them as they are breaking the law and why is the vice president trying to rewrite the u.s. constitution by tweets and undermine the judiciary? so obviously we're in the oversight committee and we have a lot

fully fund a multibillion-dollar rhythm and replace program to remove chinese equipment from american networks. mr. pearl would american national and economic securitye harmed if chinese firms set the global standard for 60 network equipment via this first mover advantage and how global hat affect the competitiveness of us companies. >> it would have a great deal of harm and i would echo my agreement i don't think this is a disinformation campaign . the battle against huawei and cte for two years and in order for businesses to sell equipment outside of china they need to be able to use bandwidth inside china and get those economies of scale but it's a very successful in terms of setting the global standard. that means the us will have a sideload market with few of its allies and partners and much worse technology, muscle much worse networks. we will have an inferior ecosystem and ultimately that means we will be put at a military disadvantage because as others have commented in a battle the electromagnetic main can be decisive and we gy will have the technology. >> i want to thank all the witnesses for a helpful testimony . senators will have until

fully fund a multibillion-dollar rip and replace program to remove chinese equipment from american networks. mr. pearl, would american national and economic security be harmed if chinese firms like huawei and z.t.e. set the global standard for 6-g network equipment via this first mover advantage? and how would that affect the global competitiveness of u.s. companies? mr. pearl: so it would have a great deal of harm and i would echo my agreement that i don't think this is a disinformation campaign. i thought battle against huawei and z.t.e. for almost two years and in order for their businesses to be able to sell equipment outside of china, they need to be able to use these bands inside of china. and get those economies of scale. but if they're successful in terms of setting the global standard, that means that the u.s. will have a siloed market with a few of its allies and partners, where we'll have much worse technology, much worse networks. we'll just have an inferior ecosystem and ultimately that means that we're going to be put at a military disadvantage. because as others have commented in a battle the electromagnetic domain can be absolutely

there are other policies we need to preserve, to pursue her to drive american growth and protect our national security we need to approach domestic and international politics in a strategic way. trade is part of that. we have other business to conduct. this includes supporting american manufacturing, pursuing trade policies, serving the farmers/ranchers you grew up with and the workers throughout our state and reducing dependence on china which there is bipartisan support for here. i believe we can do that by investing in the western hemisphere, which has been ignored by the administrations on both sides of the aisle. that is why senator cassidy and i are leading the americas act. this would bring critical supply chains back to our hemisphere, counter china's economic coercion of our neighbors which is going on as we speak in our own hemisphere and create pathways to economic security to reduce illegal migration in the hemisphere. are you aware of the americas act? are you thinking about ways in which our region we would extend existing agreements or work with congress to deepen cooperation and integr

american values and interest. stopping usaid work jeopardizes millions of lives and billions of dollars of investments and american businesses and farms. all will undermining national security diplomaticl efforts and global influence. it's great to be on this committee before coming to congress i spent many years working for seattle-based global health nonprofit organization employs about 1600 people in my district as well as around the world. many of our partners were funded ius got to see firsthand the direct impacts up effective programs and lifesaving work all over the world. the devastation beingav caused y this irresponsible funding freeze is alarming and painful. even that secretary rubio did a backtrack from trump's order set lifesaving humanitarian work will be exempt from freeze on foreign aid or waiver process funding has stayed frozen even for programs with a waiver and now this a new directive to put these on hold. drug deliveries have been stopped. lifesaving food is rotting in ports h we have abandoned people with experimental drugs and medical products in their bodies. cutting them off from the researchers who supervise their care. so, let's be clear for thi

illegally burrowing into classified and other sensitive information, jeopardizing our national security, and violating americans' privacy. to take just one recent example of what's at stake here, just last week the cia sent an e-mail using an unclassified system. an unclassified system to the white house, listing the names of all recently hired employees. this again from the cia. it takes months to get a cia employee a security clearance and then a year to train, suddenly all of their names are out and apparently to comply with an executive order no matter how much their skills might be needed. and an appropriate ai tool based on where they're working you can find out their identities. and these agents may be burned before they even start their career. now, i know that many of my republican colleagues profess to take the issue of unclassified servers very seriously indeed, the whole litany of attack on this earlier, but the fact is beyond the counter intelligence risk of foolishly exposing these officers' names, using channels known to be by foreign hackers, this identify and potentially dismiss recruited and t

and exemptions to restore a true 25% tariff, 25% on aluminum as well. the said administration believe these will protect american national secured input american workers first. in the oval office yesterday with elon musk, president trump took further action to make our federal government more efficient and effective. he signed an eo implementing the d.o.g.e. if workforce optimization and negative peer now agency heads will coordinate and consult with d.o.g.e. to significantly shrink the size of the federal workforce and limit hiring two essential positions only. the unaccountable bureaucracy will finally be reined in. on another important matter this morning senate republicans continued to confirm president trump's exceptionally qualified nominees. most recently director of national intelligence tulsi gabbard. who will be joining us later at the white house for her swearing-in ceremony. it's imperative that the remainder of the president's cabinet nominees are confirmed as quickly as possible. on another important matter this week, illegal alien criminals continue to be arrested and sent home as part of the ongoing mass deportation effort of the trump admin

and president trump are shutting down the agency that handles u.s. foreign assistance. workers were fired or placed on leave from usaid. several democratic lawmakers say this undercuts american national security. musk called the agency criminal and did not say what legal authority the white house has to shut down an agency without congressional approval. >>> today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington where he is expected to meet with president trump's middle east envoy, steve witkoff. on the agenda, negotiations on the second phase of the gaza cease-fire, which are set to netanyahu will meet with president trump tomorrow. for more on this, let's turn to matt bodner. in the first phase of the re stl cease-fire, how is it going? >> reporter: the cease-fire is holding for the moment but appears to be on shaky grounds. over the weekend, hamas released three more israeli hostages. this was followed by the release of 183 palestinian prisoners from israeli custody. at the same time, allegations of cease-fire violations were claimed. the idf says a vehicle was moving outside of authorized areas, making it a suspicious target. several incidents like this have taken place since th

and security. i could not agree more, and that's precisely why we're here today at this hearing to explore ways that we can secure american technology for the benefit of our economic and national security. for years, the chinese communist party has worked to infiltrate our national labs, targeting top scientists and siphoning off american research to fuel china's military ambitions. through programs like the dallas program, the c.c.p. systematically recruited elite scientists, nationals of the people's republic of china who are trained in the west, built their careers in american labs, and worked with american funding to develop american technology. and then the c.c.p. lured them back to china. it's a deliberate strategy to leverage u.s. taxpayer expertise for the benefit of the chinese military. and tragically we're starting to see the consequences. former d.o.e. researchers are helping china develop hyper sonic missiles, deep earth-penetrating warheads, and advance submarines. these are weapons designed to outmatch and deter the united states. make no mistake, beijing is actively exploiting weak security protocols. academic collaboration loopholes, and u.s. grant programs to

and russia are going to fill. you are an expert on national security. will getting rid of usaid make the americanple less safe? >> absolutely not. in china and russia are not going to waste their money on this nonsense. what it does, but it has done and what it has become so extreme is actually it undermines us. they are doing this in a lot of regions that are quite conservative socially. latin america, parts of africa, the middle east, for example. what we are actually doing is alienating hopeful locations and that is where china and russia can step into. speech of the president will talk to the president of panama and china's influence over the panama canal. china says panama says china does not have influence over the canal and the united states says, "yes, they do." who is right in that argument, and where do you see this ongoing? >> well, it is moving around a little bit. china absolutely has significant influence over the panama canal through its various state owned entities such as hutchinson's ports to control both ends of the panama canal or has controlled. after secretary rubio's very s

this bill is a serious economic national security and environmental vote, i urge my colleagues to vote for clean energy and for american economic and national security strength by supporting this legislation which we're voting on tomorrow. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today with a heavy heart to pay tribute to the life and service of captain rebecca lobach, an accomplished u.s. army aviation officer who was aboard the blackhawk helicopter in the tragic accident at ronald reagan washington national airport. mrs. foushee: a native of north carolina and a distinguished military graduate from university north carolina at chapel hill, she excelled in every aspect of her military career. from her rigorous flight training to her role as a white house social aide, her dedication to excellence, coupled with her remarkable leadership

and predictable reviews. as i mentioned, nuclear energy is vital to our nation's economic, national, and environmental security. to unleash american energy, we need an all of the above approach, and we need energy projects completed with greater speed than before mr. mccown, my nuclear licensing efficiency act focused on timely and predictable licensing. given the demand for energy domestically, how critical it is for nuclear companies to have regulatory certainty, certainty at the nuclear regulatory commission and how could that foster more investment and innovation to ensure u.s. global leadership in nuclear technologies? >> critical. crucial to deploy capital. you must have regulatory certainty, and it is, we have to make this simpler, better, faster for companies to invest. >> i'm just about out of time, but i get you to submit this for the record. last congress you came before the environmental subcommittee and testified on the progress the u.s. has made in unlocking domestic energy capacity. i want you to share in writing the impact exporting our oil and natural gas has on our economy. >> chair now recognizes the gentlelady

american interests and on imposing radical social ideas that divide us at home and spur resentment abroad. they refused to be held accountable to congress and american taxpayers who fund them. advocates evoke dangerous to our national security siding programs that counter, jacob protect us from the global spread of infectious diseases, and provide life-saving humanitarian aid. i understand the importance of these programs. at usaid i cochaired the counter china interagency group, over seven containment of two ebola outbreaks, and led the bureau for humanitarian assistance. but usaid's obsession with identity politics, , gender fluidity, population control, and climate fanaticism undermined these goals. americans are now aware of massive waste, fraud, and abuse of their money. every single project was corrupted by this radical agenda. they are not happy. usaid's leadership failed in its most basic fiduciary responsibility. and that is to avoid the kinds of reputational risks that would imperil the agencies legitimacy with congress and the american people. usaid's push developing countries rely on communist china for the green energy needs. two years ago, 130 african american lawmakers and religious leaders implored congress

and it is also harmful to national security. this is a national security issue. the bags of food and the vials of medicine usaid contributes, they are labeled from the american people. that improves our standing in the world and it keeps us safer because it's common sense to understand that people are much less likely to turn against the united states if we are saving their lives and their families' lives in their country. this decision also goes beyond usaid because the trump administration has also paused funding several programs at the department of agriculture that support farmers, food producers, foot banks, and -- food banks, and people struggling to afford food. at a time when food prices remain high, something i know our constituents care about, stopping these programs is inhumane and shortsighted. on behalf of our oregonian and american farmers, on behalf of those in america who want to retain what's left of our global leadership, i urge the administration to reverse this heartless and harmful decision. thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa, for five minutes.