barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about

i know senator barrasso is interested in this. we just responded to your letter on this they should have inure inbox as well. first of all, i think we have to acknowledge -- chairman, you said this many times more eloquently than i could possibly. our country -- i put all of us in that category. our country has fallen asleep at the switch with some of these key critical technologies -- battery manufacturing, solar tv. the vast majority of that is produced in china. it's not just the mining piece. in fact, where china has a stranglehold on us is processing and those intermediate steps. we are in a hole right now. i feel incredibly proud to be part of the department of energy that has been given tools in our tool belt to really get our act to go there and to have a proactive, robust strategy to onshore, lee shore and reassert u.s. leadership. justice kind of a backdrop of where we're coming from. >> let me say one other thing if i may. i'm concerned about the geopolitical risk that we are not concerned with right now by trying to pu

senator john barrasso joins me, the white house will not drop the covid emergency until may 11th.> i am a doctor. the covid medical emergency is over and has been over for a long time. this emergency has nothing to do with covid. it has to do with government giveaways. up to president biden the emergency would never end because they use this as a cash cow to send money from the federal government unrelated to covid. what makes the point is this statement from the white house yesterday, that if we ended it today, it would cause chaos and confusion, not related to the disease but billions of dollars states and others are expected to get from this. all this money going out is one of the reasons we are hitting the debt ceiling earlier than expected since this was raise double over a year ago and we are hitting the debt ceiling because of the money spent. stuart: i expressed the opinion this is about control rather than illness, buying votes with taxpayer money rather than the illness and process itself. am i going too far? >> you are not going too far. there is an abusive element of w

barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today

the department to ensure maximum impact but also oversight integrity and certainly happy senator barrasso others get into detail of what we put into place to make sure we arete doing this right. we hired more than 1000 staff those contracting experts and others who can help on the oversight integrity of the process we are working hand in hand with inspector general and ofco spoken many times with tery donaldson in support of budget increase for her office. let me give you a few highlights of our work so far and happy to get into these in detail. the bill provides historic fundingg support for hydrogen. i know an issue of interest for many on this committee. we developed a national clean hydrogen strategy in corona. we made $7 billion available so far for regional clean hydrogen. i know of interest to many of you at the dais. we've issued announcements for 750 million for electrolyzer manufacturing research and demonstration to build out that critical capability in our country. we've issued funding announcement for game changing current management program, 2.25 billion for carbon storage v

i ask you to pass senator john barrasso's highway bill to invest in new roads, bridges, and tunnels allcross our land. i'm also committed to ensuring that every citizen can have access to high-speed internet, including and especially in rural america. a better tomorrow for all americans also requires us to keep america safe. that means supporting the men and women of law enforcement at every level, including our nation's heroic ice officers. [applause] last year, our brave ice officers arrested more than 120,000 criminal aliens charged with nearly 10,000 burglaries, 5,000 sexual assaults, 45,000 violent assaults, and 2,000 murders. tragically, there are many cities in america where radical politicians have chosen to provide sanctuary for these in sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public, instead of handing them over to ice to be safely removed. just 29 days ago, a criminal alien freed by the sanctuary city of new york was charged with the brutal rape and murder of a 92-year-old woman. the killer had been previously arres

listen to this exchange with republican senator john barrasso on protecting taxpayers. >> the americanhave seen examples of political targeting, weaponization of the tax code. would you be supportive of legislation codifying your prominence, additional -- >> i appreciate the question. i will share with you i believe the role of the irs commissioner is not to opine on whether to support a piece of legislation. >> john: so daniel warfold, the nominee, did say he's committed to not more audits on folks making under $400,000, but stopped short of legislation that would do just that. this matters because the irs is considering some proposals that may amount to a new tax on lower earners, like a new plan targeting the tip jar. that's right, waiters and waitresses who live off tips could soon be under new tax scrutiny. the irs promised to use a new $80 billion taxpayer fund to crack down on the rich. critics say it doesn't sound like they are cracking down on the rich. larry kudlow has got reaction in just moments. but first lydia hu live in a restaurant in montclair, new jersey, speaking to

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. >> thank you very much, chair man manchin, ranking member barrasso, cantwell, cassidy, cortez masco and i know there will be several others as well. thanks for the opportunity to provide you all an update on the implementation of the bipartisan infrastructure law. the bill as you said truly is a historic investment in renewing americanan infrastructure not jt for this year and next year but for decades to come. we are together rebuilding and increasing the competitiveness creating millions of lasting good paying jobs all across the country into the same time reducing energy costs for our fellow americans improving the energy security, promoting energy justice and tackling climate change head-on. the bill was also the culmination of years and years of the committee's excellent work including the critical bipartisan energy act of 2020 and i want to particularly callout the senators and staff for your phenomenal work for all the provisions that are in the bill. on behalf of the department, let me thank you sincerely for all your leadership and partnership. through the bipartisan infras

testimony with approval for access especially among federal agencies recently myself and senator barrassooad a letter this should be looked at from the perspective of broadband we had a horrific storm and a flood resulting in a declaration of emergency presented and adopted female authorized the easement from dia it should have taken a year or two to reestablish a row that was dirt it took more than a decade. that's why i appreciate the conversation that could not occur with this initiative so i am hopeful we can address those issues as well the first tribally owned telecom company began in south dakota which i learned a lot more about the cheyenne river buying a private company from new mexico to be lead the association in the past a model where the tribal consortium with their own networks and these have reduced broadband cost by 95 percent and increase peas dramatically do you believe tribally owned networks can build the same self-sufficient and thriving communities? >> absolutely the success of those that speak to the ability of tribal isps to participate successfully and those proje

this time last may was with senator mcconnell, the republican leader, senator collins and senator barrasso. we had the pleasure of meeting with president zelenskyy and affirming america's commitment to a ukrainian victory. one year into this war, my resolve has not softened. our resolve cannot soften either. the united states and our allies must remain steadfast in our support of the ukrainian people, not just for their sake but for our sake as well. through strategic investments, with ample oversight and accountability -- those are important -- we'll continue to shape the outcome of this war by giving the ukrainian people everything they need in order to prevail. and in doing so, we'll send a clear message to russia and china and any other authoritarian dictator that aggression against a sovereign nation will not be ignored. again, it is our own national interest that is at stake here. this war cannot end with a russian victory. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. durbin: madam president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from illinois. mr. durbin: madam president, let me firs

we discussed this yesterday and i want to go back to the question senator barrasso was asking about on the service industry tax compliance. i've heard a lot about this in tennessee. people in the service industry, hairdressers, delivery personnel, economy workers. they are incensed by this. many of them are women and they are soul providers from their family and you have said to chairman wyden and senator crapo that you're not going after people under $400,000. so let me put it to you this way. how many waiters, waitresses, hairdressers, barbers, economy workers do you know that are making more than $400,000 a year and why would they be targeted by this administration? >> thank you for the question. i think if the irs is successful -- >> the individuals and occupations that you mentioned will see only impacts and service improvements you can say you are not going to go after anybody that is making less than 400,000. in this category that would be affected by the service industry compliance program that is making more than $400,000 per year. so what you had done is to segment them out a

barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i come to the floor today to talk about combied -- biden administration's war on american energy. over the last two years joe biden's energy policy seems to have been based on two principles. one is restricting american energy production and the second, regrettably, is a policy that benefits china. time and again joe biden's energy policies have hurt america and have helped china. when joe biden's first day in office, he shut down the keystone xl pipeline, and i think he did it for spite. it would have brought 800,000 barrels of oil to this country every single day. joe biden then stopped all new energy leases on federal land, and in wyoming we have a lot of federal land. he did it in a way that was blatantly illegal. a federal judge actually ordered joe biden to follow the law, to sell energy leases. follow the law, mr. president. as of today, joe biden has leased fewer acres of federal land for energy than any president in modern times. and he raised the royalty rate for

easement approval, especially amongst federal agencies in coordination -- recently, myself and senator barrassoent wrote a letter to the department of interior along these lines. they should not just be looked at from the perspective of broadband. on the navajo nation, in new mexico, we had a horrific rainstorm and a flood that resulted. a declaration of emergency was presented and adopted. theme authorized the funding. -- could not secure easement from bia. the money was almost lost. we should have taken a year or two to get done with reestablishing a road that was there, but a bridge that was torn out, because of the flooding -- it took more than a decade. and that is why i appreciate the conversation, what we are talking about here. that cannot occur with this initiative. so, i am hopeful that we can address those issues as well. and kimball sekaquaptewa, the first tribally owned telecoms company began in south dakota which, i have learned a lot more about, the cia in cheyenne river sioux tribe, when they bought a pry in private company -- telecommunications authority from new mexico, godfre

chairman. >> thank you, senator barrasso. i would like to turn to eyewitnesses and will begin with assistant secretary dr. andrew light who will be followed by director jennifer energy of european commission, ms. jorgensen and finally fellow and energy studies at rice university doctor. thank you all for joining us, especially director general jorgensen for traveling so far and may be the jet lag, you will be able to get around so quick and will affect you. but i do appreciate the effort you've made to beer and it's a pleasure. so assistant secretary like we will begin with your opening remarks. >> chairman manchin, ranking member barrasso, and members of the committee, it's an honor to appear before you today to discuss energy security in europe and the role the us department of energy and supporting ukraine. nearly one year ago today putin's russia brutally illegal and immoral it again its full-scale invasion of ukraine. even for russia attacked with tanks and troops it'll reduce energy as a weapon to terrorize the ukrainia

barrasso: thank you, madam president.madam president, i come to the floor today to talk about the threat posed by china. on february 4, our air force shot down a chinese spy balloon. they did it over the coast of south carolina. the balloon had spied upon the united states for up to a week. one of the places that it monitored and hovered over was my home state of wyoming. joe biden did absolutely nothing until the balloon had already crossed thousands of miles of the united states. to me, this is another national failure from a president who already brought us surrender in afghanistan. people in montana could see the balloon from the ground. that's the way america found out about it. it wasn't from the administration. it wasn't from the military. it was from a reporter on the ground with a telephoto lens. the man took the picture from his driveway. i'm not convinced that joe biden would have done anything if that photographer in montana hadn't published those pictures online. hard to imagine any other president letting a