if they can do that to us and people in appalachia, they can do to anyone. amy: we have to wrap up.e have 15 seconds. >> they need to get this out of this debt ceiling package or let's just past the clean cr and get some of this bad stuff like permitting and the mountain valley pipeline and student loan stuff, it needs to go. thank you, tim kaine, the delegates from virginia and others who are fighting on our behalf. amy: maury johnson, thank you for being with us, southern west virginia landowner whose organic farm has been impacted by the mountain valley pipeline, member of preserve monroe, as well as the powhr coalition. protect our water, heritage, & rights coalition. we will link to your article "it is time to kill the 'dirty dea'' once and for all." >> powhr.org. and because next upcoming major supreme court ruling weakening the clean water act. back in 30 seconds. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "nocturne for bassoon and marimba" composed by connor chee. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we turn now to look at anothe

when we look at investment i new technology and investment in clean energy in appalachia, it's limitedl is controversial, so investors don't target the coal regions, which she says is a mistake. >> in a less predictable climate and warmer world, this opens up an opportunity for turning this legacy, this liability, into a resource >> gee othermal energy can be ue to heat and cool homes and buildings. another potential, data centers. they're some of the worst carbon offenders, but researchers in scotland are now studying how hot air from data centers can be pumped into coal mines and then recovered from the water to heat other buildings. back to you guys. >> diana, i'm trying to under the fuller story with this if it is geothermal and it is mines for coal that are the key to this, does it limit the kind of building, residential and businesses, does it limit the geographies to just those coal mine areas in, say, places like the uk or appalachia >> yeah, you have to be near the coal mine. that's what they're researching in appalachia, and that's why they put that development around the coa

america and small-town america in the heartland of america, continue to fight for the people in appalachia, continue to fight for the poor, sick and afflicted. continue to fight for the left behind. house democrats will fight for everyday americans to avoid a default and we will not rest until victory is won. course it is an aversion router that three times, three times you raised the debt limit under the previous president, those three times the american people never once had to worry that we would not pay our bills or their retirement was in danger. this is a manufactured crises by house republicans. an act of calculated cruelty that will put millions out of work and force families across the country to wonder where their next meal will come from. in my district, and an estimated 95,000 600 households with social security checks are at risk. my constituents are not alone. think of the people back home who elected you to represent their interest fatefully. it is a noah's interest to manufacture an economic crisis. we can fix this crisis right now, all we need is five brave republicans. fi

. >> reporter: hindman, kentucky, an outpost in appalachia.e. in a place like this, is it hard to get drugs around here? >> yeah, you can go about anywhere. and find anything you was looking for. >> reporter: nathan smith's drug addictions took 20 years of his life. painkillers after a work accident got his spiral started. then, crystal meth. >> i knew that, if something didn't happen, that i was either going to wind up in prison, or i was going to be dead. >> reporter: along troublesome creek, that is its real name, hindman's nearly 700 people live in one of america's poorest counties. its overdose rate nearly triples the national average. >> it's a crisis here. >> reporter: doug naselroad runs a county rehab program for former drug users. a dozen employees, all recovering addicts. naselroad takes them in, teaches them woodworking, how to build guitars, how to break with using. what is it about making guitars that helps people? >> the nature of making guitars, it is a long curve. the gratification is not instant. >> reporter: opposite of drug

. >> reporter: hyman, kentucky, an outpost in appalachia. heartache has a way of pshing down hope. >> in a place like this, is it hard to get drug as round here? >> yeah, you can go about anywhere and find anything you're looking for. >> reporter: nathan smith's drug addictions took 20 years of his life. painkillers after a work accident got his spiral started. then crystal meth. >> i knew that if something didn't happen, that i was either going to wind up in prison, or i was going to be dead. >> reporter: a long, troublesome creek. that's its real name. hyman's nearly 700 people live in one of america's poorest counties. its overdose rate nearly triples the national average. >> it's a crisis here. >> reporter: doug anyways arode runs a county rehab program for former drug users. a dozen employees all recovering addicts. naserode takes them in, teaches them woodworking, how to build guitars, how to break with using. >> what is it about making guitars that helps people? >> the nature of making guitars, it's a long curve. the gratification is

people in appalachia don't want to give up their land for this.at says the nation needs it, that's one thing. but congress exempting the operators of this pipeline from the normal permitting rules is not something i can support. i've made it plain to my colleagues and to the white house for months and months and months why they would add this without talking to me about it is beyond me. >> isn't this the joe manchin re-election protection act? isn't that the idea? >> you'd have to ask joe. they did work with joe. they tried to add to it the defense bill, they tried to add it to a year-end appropriations. what about a permitting reform bill? put it in that and do it in regular order. there's bipartisan support for permitting reform. that's where something like this should go. what you should do is make the permitting reform process better and make mountain valley go through that, and they can do it. they're a big company with resources. they can do it. but to exempt it completely is just something -- this project runs through two states. my colleag

you drew gunfire while traversing the hollers of appalachia on an atv. and these are all four books that took place you know decades if not centuries ago. you know what do you gain from going to these places today and where did you travel for gardening? to the valley and how did that inform this book? well, this kind of adventure, travel is a reward for spending four years behind the computer. you know, it's like it is the gym. i realized when i when i did skeletons on the zahara and i went to africa, i realized going to the sahara was maybe a once a lifetime opportunity and that instead of coming early on in the writing process to get them, it comes later in the process. so i had an entire manuscript. i went to the desert. i knew exactly the questions i wanted to ask and that worked really well i could ask. my god, i knew what i was looking for. and you know, it made me aware of, of the details. so that's, you know part part of my technique. i get, as i do a lot of the book research and write a lot of the narrative. so that know what i look looking for

america poor whites in appalachia blacks in the deep south, mexicans on the board.come but it doesn't match their skin color. that doesn't really work in their urinalysis -- their analysis of how this works. it's clear history for white affirmative action was once there and it seems like many on the left have skewed the histor now and is using it to discriminate against other ra races. there was a lawsuit at harvard because they want in meeting asian students in. even though they had the test scores where they said there's too many of you guys there. that's clear racism, you can't do that p because age the considered white and adjacent. listen, there's -- we need help black americans lift themselves out of poverty but it was for black americans, specifically black american born in america for descendents of slaves. people who are coming from all over the world having been blac are qualifying for the same thing. immigrants from the other parts of the world who never experienced savory are piggybacking on p who are going to be more successful anyway. exactly, there pi

you come to appalachia. you ride up and down the roads and see the farm houses where people live paycheck to paycheck. where they struggle like i just described. when the e.p.a. puts forward rules that has no consideration for the economic impacts on the people that it's going to hurt the worst, those people who get up every day and put their work clothes on, you know, 96% of the trucking industry is small operators, is small fleet companies. 96%. they are the ones that are the least able to go out and buy this new technology. and they are the ones that are going to more quickly go under and go out of business because of this onerous rule. mr. speaker, this c.r.a. is the right thing to do. democrats in the senate said so. republicans in the senate said so. i urge today in the u.s. house that we also say so. tell the e.p.a. this is a bridge too far. and i urge my colleagues to support s.j. 11 and let's overturn this rule. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back

you know, there's a lot ofd or people who are disenfranchized, ameramericans ,tiv poor whites in appalachiapoor blacks in the deep south, a lot more hispanics on the mexican american border. there's a lot of poor people in this country who are disenfranchized because of their income.try . eir skin it doesn't matter their skinn color. that seems to never really work in their analysis of thei how they how someone's advantage or not. >> you know, so interesting because there's a history for why affirmative action was once there. and it seems like many i on the left has skewed that history now and is using it to discriminate against other races. there was a lawsuiut at harvardg because they want admitting asian students and even though they had the test scores, they said it's too many ofeven d you guys there. you can i mean, that's clear racism. you can't do it. yeah, because now asians are and considered white adjacent.en yeah, no, i listen, there is a lot of merit to sit there and say right after the civil war and the priest and the decades afterwards, we needed to help black americans lift t

and you really travel a country from appalachia to a great episode and houston, texas.realize how big that population is. that group, that community, the nigerian americans in america are the most educated of any americans. so even more than asians, which is the stereotype. they have more advanced degrees than anybody, and they come here for all sorts of reasons. academia, the oil industry in texas, and when we go into a community and we look at who they are and we let them tell their story, the show is about letting me give my platform to people who usually don't get a list, high caliber attention. when you go, there we try to also have a thesis for each episode that extrapolates another facet of this huge subject, which is so integral to the forming and the evolution of this, which is immigration. of course, nigerian americans are perceived as just black, especially those nigerian americans who have grown up in this country, like me. i'm indian, but i've grown up in this country. but in that episode, we're also tackling blackness in america. and someone who is obvious

two are in west virginia right on the board of virginia and appalachia, virginia. to -- one of the rural health clinic -- they serve about 370,000 virginians. the ftc eased in our virginia health care center is about 2800 of t's. the work that they do, i see it every day is truly. tremendous i want to start with you on the fourth question hours in treat in your testimony -- you talked about indiana. the fqhc's that aren't doing their own grow your own program to train medical assistance. medical assistance work in a variety of health care settings, providing both clinical administrative tasks. they are critical members of the medical team. when i support the delivery of high quality care. from 2011 to 2021 the number of medical assistance employed in the u.s. grew from nearly 540,000 to over 75,000. reflecting the growth of this occupation is part of primary care teams. like other frontline workers, medical systems reported a lot of burnout and stressed. during covid, about 29% of them intended to leave their jobs within the last two years, by their own reporting.

how does the support for the pipeline that runs to the indigenous land in appalachia and imposed by a number of community groups? >> a couple things and i'm glad you asked the question because the permitting reforms in the agreement to preserve the preserve the bedrockprotectionse national environmental policy act and develops a policy by accelerating the environmental reviews while protecting the full scope of those reviews so that's important to note. and so we have some quotes from the organizations that have said the agreement includes an important down payment. this legislation helps us meet our customers demand for reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy by modernizing the permitting process. the natural resources defense council said, and i quote, president biden stood up to the extremist attacks and climate investments. so, we also have seen a long list of support for this agreement, and we think that's important and it's going to protect again the clean air act, the clean water act, the critically important things to see with the president is trying to do moving fo

from the dirt roads of the delta to the hills of appalachia.ese places aren't forgotten by those who live here. or by those who are from here but by some in washington who say they are unwinnable because the politics here and the voters here can be as red as the dirt. but to win, or even to make inroads down these back roads we must show up. if democrats did 5% better in rural areas it would transform the political landscape across america. and that's what dirt road democrats is all about. taking on the tough races, organizing and teaming up with candidates and state parties to take the fight to every part of our country even the parts the so-called experts say we can't win. we'll do what's hard, put in the time and make sure the work goes on to protect democracy, elect leaders who will bring us together and restore a belief in the promise of america in the forgotten places and everywhere in between. >>> meanwhile, last week, we reported on a series of bills being pushed by republican lawmake ners texas that critics would make it harder to vote

you traveled the world from appalachia to houston, texas. what did you find?pulation is. that community, the nigerian-americans in america are the most educated of any americans, even more than asians, which is the stereotype. they have more advanced degrees than anybody. they come here for academia, the oil industry in texas. when we go into a community and look at who they are and we let them tell their story. the show is about me giving my platform to people who usually don't get a-list, high-caliber media attention. when we go there, we try to also have a thesis for each episode that extrapolates another facet of this huge subject, which is so integral to the forming and evolution of america, which is immigration. of course, nigerian-americans are perceived as just black, especially those nigerian americans who have grown up in this country, like me. i'm indian, but have also grown up in this country. we're tackling blackness in america. as somebody who's not black, it was a very sensitive subject that i wanted to make sure i waded carefully into. while i

continue to fight for the people in appalachia. continue to fight for the poor, sick, arflicted. continue to fight for the least, lost, left behind. house democrats will continue to fight for everyday americans to avoid a default. we will not rest until victory is won. p the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentlelady from pennsylvania rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> let me just start by saying thank you, mr. leader. thank you for your moral clarity and leadership for all of us. as memorial day weekend approaches, and we remember those who gave so much, the last full measure of devotion, republicans are adjourning the house and surreying out of town. leaving behind the mess of their own making. walking out on paying our bills. turning their backs on gun violence crises. walking away from a broken immigration system. democrats are ready to work. it is clear republicans are no. ms. dean: empty promises

mountain valley pipeline was designed to help heat ten million homes -- 10 million homes across appalachiait was supposed to be completed, listen to this, five years ago. construction is more than 90% completed. but thanks to predatory legal challenges, the builders have now literally spent more time in court than on the job site. and a project that was supposed to cost $3.5 billion now has a price tag almost twice that size thanks to legal delays and legal fees. it's actually mind-boggling to think that in the world's most advanced economy, we simply let our critical infrastructure crumble, our skilled workers stay home, and our brightest ideas languish until radical environmentalists run out of legal challenges and unelected washington bureaucrats decide they're finally satisfied. thankfully, thankfully our colleagues from west virginia and wyoming are teaming up to introduce two bills that deliver real, real permitting reform. the capito and barrasso bills are designed to create a streamlined fast-track for energy and infrastructure projects, set enforceable limits on bureaucratic revie