finally, we know that the biden administration lacks the resolve to resolve. the pentagon considered this week they're not aware of a single irgc officer have been eliminated by the response. yet administration officials say this is what sending a message of deterrence looks like. let's be honest here. you are allies see in this be an america that is willing to impose decisive cost on our adversaries? do our adversaries in turn see any reason to start changing their calculus? in the middle east we already know the answer. since the president telegraphed response to the deadly tower 222 attack, iran-backed terrorist have always want more attacks from iraq and syria to the red sea. iran and its proxies are undeterred, but beyond the region is there any reason to expect that the president's conduct of foreign policy is causing putin or president xi to think again? not a chance. no doubt then? commander-in-chif halting response to tear runs aggression emboldens moscow. russian forces like iran and its proxies were direct beneficiaries of president biden's hesitatio

finally, we know that the biden administration lashes r lacks resolve. the pentagon conceded this week they are not aware a single irgc sponsor had been eliminated by the response. yet this is what the administration says sending a message of deterrence looks like? let's be honest here. do our allies see in this behavior us willing to impose sdee sieve coes -- decisive cost on our adversaries? in the middle east, we already know the answer. since the president telegraphed a response to the deadly tower 22 attack, iran-backed terrorists have already launched more attacks from iraq and syria to the red sea. iran and its proxies are undeterred, but beyond the region is there any reason to expect that the president's conduct of foreign policy is causing putin or xi to think again? not a chance. no doubt the commander in chief halting response to tehran's aggression emboldens moscow. russian forces, like iran and its proxies, were direct beneficiaries of president biden's hesitation and self-deterrence as they escalated their invasion of ukraine. and beijing a

a senior border patrol officer told us on that trip to eagle pass that if the biden administration, if president biden by the stroke of a pen would issue an executive order today to just simply reinstate remain in mexico, they think that that would stop the flow by 70%. one stroke of a pen by the president. he does not seem to care. i told president biden this myself on multiple occasions. most recently a couple of weeks ago on the phone. i read him the law. that says that he has all this authority. but he refuses to act. and even -- that's even despite court orders by the way that instructed the administration to reinstitute remain in mexico while the litigation was going on. you know what they did? they ignored it. the administration refused it. i can keep going. september, 2022, the biden administration reversed a 2019d.h.s. public charge rule. what -- 2019 d.h.s. public charge rule. aliens we know will be a burden to taxpayers to receive immigration benefits. this matters because it's one of many instances in which the biden administration is actively incentivizing illegals to come

the biden administration's timid approach towards iran has place u.s. service members and crucial global trade routes at great risk. the administration's policy of appeasement towards the rainy regime has proven to be a dangerous fantasy setting the post abraham accords middle east on fire. urgent action is required to change course and reestablish deterrence. the iranian backed houthis have escalated their attack on commercial shipping in u.s. naval warships in the red sea since november 2023. the houthis have used drones, missiles and small boats to target both commercial and naval vessels across the southern red sea, the strait, the gulf of aden and the arabian sea. companies had to reroute ships around africa increasing shipping costs and travel times. normally an estimated 12% of the international trade amounting to over $1 trillion in goods navigate through the red sea and the suez canal annually. since the houthi attacks began, freight rates of east asia to europe have searched over 200%. 200%. since october 2023 the houthis have used an alarming

biden administration sought to retaliate with some degree of force. that said, there is a lot to look at with what the biden administration has not done. the united states has not targeted iran specifically. the irgc, video of the irgc -- who were in syria and iraq hightailed it back to iran right after the drone attack because we both they and the world know, at this point in time, the united states is not looking to start a war in iran. we are not targeting actual sites in iran. that could change if things escalate but nobody wants in the biden administration to go that far. and his response, while forceful, has still been somewhat limited and limited by choice. he is not looking to widen this regional war anymore than it already has. and there is no desire. this is a guy who pull troops out of afghanistan. he has repeatedly declined to send american troops on the ground to ukraine. he is not looking to start boots on the ground conflict. well any american conflict with iran would likely and poorly, we would still take a lot of hurt. iran has a capa

if we had any idea what the biden administration is doing to get american hostages home? i want to stop stating this fact -- every dollar goes no directly benefits hamas. hamas takes them hostage and joe biden gives gazans money that goes to benefit hamas. you can't make this stuff up. that is the undeniable truth. that's why i've been fighting for years to pass my stop taxpayer funding to hamas act which prevents u.s. tax dollars from going to gaza unless the biden administration can certify not a single cent will go to hamas. pretty basic. the hold american -- they hold americans hostage, they shouldn't get money. this isn't a solution in search of a problem. it addresses a very real threat of taxpayer money funding iron-backed terrorism that seeks to destroy israel and kill jews and kill americans. we cannot allow an american family with a family member being held hostage in gaza to see their tax dollars go -- an american family, your daughter is being held hostage and your tax dollars go to the same people holding your daughter hostage. joe biden's doing that. we've se

caller: i was telling you what i thought -- host: we are asking you to rate how the biden administration is coming -- is when it comes to israel, hamas, and iran. caller: biden, no matter what he does, is wrong. we should judge him -- that is what is wrong. everybody i know who has called in and said this before, but everybody wants to play armchair quarterback, and nobody can understand the man, the tension he is under. i approve of biden, even though i do not necessarily vote democratic every time. host: ok. jim is next in portland, oregon, democrats line. caller: this is jim from ore >> and china with democratic congressman krishnamoorthi. he serves as ranking member of the select committee on the chinese communist party. live coverage on c-span. >> i wanted to ask you about taiwan in the context of the conversation happening on capitol hill right now which is on this national security supplemental. it feels like congress is struggling to fund ukraine, aid, israel aid, there's obviously some money to counter china in that national security supplemental as well. are you concerned that

administration's actions. i don't think we can limit these things to the lawful actions of president biden. this is more than probable cause to investigate. i would hope, mr. chairman, that we would treat the trump administration with a similar desire to have accountability and find out what happened to that cash, suitcases of cash. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back, and i will note that i believe ms. rosenberg, and i'm not sure about mr. paley, but career employees, correct? i may have had it reversed, so you have the ability to ask them that, the chair recognizes the ranking member of the committee for an opening statement. >> thank you very much. mr. green, under the biden administration, the u.s. has maintained the most extensive set of comprehensive sanctions on iran, the biden administration has wrapped up pressure significantly, since the trump administration by designing sanctions for hundreds of additional entities for activity related to iran including illicit sale of iranian oil. further, president biden successfully negotiated a temporary cease-fire in the return of host

but as you have heard from the "washington post" reporter there, one other issue for the biden administrations that in this critical election year when president biden himself is in michigan, the idea is to perhaps try to recover some of the lost support from arab-americans who are very displeased with the biden administration support for israel in its war against hamas. >> yeah, an election year we usually see an intersection of politics an pd policy. elliott gotkine, thank you so much. >>> on the campaign front, nikki haley faces an uphill battle going into the south carolina primary. what she says victory will look like to her. next. xfinity rewards presents: '1st and 10gs.' xfinity is giving away ten grand to a new lucky winner for every first and ten during the big game. enter daily through february 9th for a chance to win 10gs. with the ultimate speed, power, and reliability the xfinity 10g network is made for streaming live sports. because it's only live once. join xfinity rewards on the xfinity app or go to xfinity1stand10gs.com for your chance to win. >>> nikki haley once again vowin

>> yes, i think the biden administration has moved very expeditiously during its time to help porcupine taiwan, but of course, we need to do more and i'm pleased through our committee under chairman gallagher's leadership, on a bipartisan basis, we were able to make various recommendations that made their way into the national defense authorization act, ndaa, with regard to taiwan and with regard to our military industrial base generally in order to deter aggression. >> now, i know there have been a few congressional trips to taiwan recently, last year, and i know that you were a member of the group that went with speaker pelosi. >> little noted. >> do you have any plans to visit the island anytime soon? >> yes, we plan to visit. we just have to kind of time the visit properly. as you know, a new president has been elected and so, i think it's only appropriate that we meet with the new president and we talk about, you know, how do we -- how do we move forward under his administration. >> and bill bishop, who i'm sure most, if not all of the people in this room read, recently suggested t

these are some of the areas the biden administration can do more. but they can overwhelm do more with more cooperation from capitol hill. >> what kind of feedback to you get from the administration on the work the meet committee is doing? mr. krishnamoorthi: it's positive. they have been working with us in a lot of ways. they have been providing witnesses. they talk to us in a classified and unclassified setting. sometimes in an informal briefing basis. overall very positive. >> i did want to ask you about these artificial spence talks they are moving forward -- intelligence talks they are moving forward with. it's unclear what they are going to entail much the administration wants to set some guardrails around a.i. what do you think about having u.s.-china dialogue on a.i.? what's your level of hope for those producing something? mr. krishnamoorthi: i think at a basic level, it's a good idea we are talking about how we don't want to have a.i. kind of being used for any kind of autonomous lethal systems. there has to be human beings in the loop when

after all, president biden, the leader of an open borders administration that has ushered in the largest border crisis our country has ever seen. the only reason i think president biden all of a sudden took an interest in the border is because he saw the approaching election and his plummeting poll numbers. since president biden took office three years ago, u.s. customs and border protection as encountered more than seven million migrants. i mentioned that a moment ago. seven million in three years. and that doesn't even count the 1.7 million got-aways. got-aways are people who are seen, although not detained, on cameras and other sensors and who are intentionally evading law enforcement. you can imagine only -- you can only imagine what they are up to, and i assure it's no good. but we've seen under president biden nearly double the number of illegal crossings that we saw during the entire eight years president obama was in office. now, to be clear, congress has not changed dramatically -- dramatically changed immigration laws in the interim that caused this dramatic increase in migrati

the policy of the biden administration is an open border, period. i've been to shelby park twice in the last month and a half, once before texas took control them once after texas took control and we are doing what we have to because the federal government will not. host: would you recommend other border state governors taking similar actions? would you recommend the governors of say arizona and new mexico do the same thing? guest: they better because the cartels have moved the flow since texas stood up and started defending our own border. the cartels have moved the flow over to arizona and california. remember, 24 governors across the united states supported governor abbott. some are sending support in the way of troops. yeah, they better start paying attention because the cartel has total control over the flow. they move that flow from texas over to arizona and california. yeah, they better start paying attention. host: when you say paying attention, what does that mean on the ground? guest: i would like to see other states step up and start doin

and it is the direct result of intentional and ineffective border strategy by the biden administration. it is no coincidence that the three fiscal years that correspond with this administration are the three worst fiscal years of illegal alien border apprehensions ever recorded area today, there are no deterrence policies in place and no consequences for violating our immigration laws. this administration has been three years prioritizing the processing of illegal aliens and releasing them into american communities and has refused time and time again to change their strategy. as a result, approximately 9.6 million illegal aliens have entered the u.s. in the last several years. a population that would make it the 11th largest state. the security concerns at this level of unchecked immigration cannot be overstated. today we know of a record number of known and suspected terrorists, special-interest aliens and other public safety and national security threats attempting to cross the border daily and those are the ones that we know about. there's another 1.8 million known got a ways that s

even in the form of unaccompanied children, designed to exploit gaps in biden administration policies and permanently reside in the united states. earlier this week, i was surprised by a "new york times" article that acknowledged the fundamental hypocrisy behind president biden's efforts to shift the blame once again. this is a quote from february 26 -- excuse me, 2024, "the new york times"'david leonhardt is the columnist. he said, in part, he said biden is the president, after all, and a president has significant authority to shape immigration policy even without new legislation. biden himself has been aggressive about using this authority -- albeit to loosen immigration policy rather than tighten it. so the current phenomenon, this crisis, humanitarian and public safety crisis, is as a result of president biden's own policies. it's not the laws that are broken or inadequate. it's his about to actually enforce the law, and his active encouragement for people to come to the border because they know they will successfully be able to stay in the united states. i mentioned before a trip

it is my sincere hope that members of this committee will take action to stop the biden administration's illegal and administrative rewrite of title ix. of course, there is a place for everyone, regardless of gender identity, regardless of sexual orientation. regardless of race or what sports you play. unsafe, unfair and discriminatory practices against women must stop. inclusion cannot be prioritized over safety and fairness and my testimony makes -- if my testimony makes me trans-phobic then you are a misogynist. >> thank you. i now recognized the opening statement. >> good afternoon. my name is sarah perry and i am a senior legal fellow at the heritage foundation. as a former varsity athlete, the mother of the girls varsity athlete and senior counsel for civil rights, the department of education i have, as the saying goes -- >> excuse me. moved to have the gentleman words taken down. >> the committee will suspend. >> madam chair, she is engaging in personality. >> can i just ask, how it is fair to be called trans-phobic? >> i would say men describing themselves as women are engaging i

joyce, for organizing this special order on the biden administration's ban on l.n.g. exports. while this is a clear election year stunt by president biden, the real policy impacts will be profound putting the national security of the u.s. and allies at risk and increasing greenhouse emissions and jeopardizing economic prosperity. what a shame. perhaps the greatest winner is russia and it's maligned allies and co-conspirators. before its invasion of ukraine russia weaponized its gas exports to extract the rules-based international order. the united states provided ourial eyes and the world a much needed check against those threats to democracy through reliable and accessible energy. but no more. president biden is abandoning our allies and helping russia and iran. this decision would decrease available alternatives to less clean forms of energy. many countries are relying on america. instead, the biden administration will leave countries like germany, india and japan to re-open high-emitting china plants. china is building new emission power plants and president biden's decision

it harder to get by this is the reason at the end of the day, we're going to have to hold biden administrationection in november. maria: if you want to just have some example of this administration paying politics, playing politics in the face of -- americans' health look at tiktok, right e.j., the biden administration claims tiktok national security threat bans anybody in government from a work phone with tiktok on what it does he do before election he does tiktok videos, so he can talk to young people. >> exactly, i mean how typically frankly of the left; right? everything they say 911 matches with what they do they are pro-choice not whether or not you can half comin not whether or not you can send your child to one school versus another there is rhetoric and reality, there is there are rules for elites, and common man the as you say law far against president trump anyone associated with him why this administration needs to go. maria: cheryl i know that with regard to the input costs ppi number, we continue to see pressure, in the housing market, that is a supply issue. what else should we

re-establish deterrence particularly with regard to the oil and gas regime that essentially the biden administration has lifted the trump administration's sanctions. i'll give you one statistic that's really important. end of the trump administration iranian iranians had about $4 billion in foreign reserves, that's not a lot. right now they have about $70 billion. that's what they fund hamas, houthi and hezbollah with. we need to crush them with the sanctions. by the way the president would give bipartisan support on this. i've directly raised it with the president of the united states. >> you heard the general talk about how capable the iranian military is. how worried are you if the u.s. were to take the fight directly to iran, do what you're say striking those iranian vessel, those ships and sinking them that suddenly we would be off to the races in a conflict that -- that engulfs the entire region and draws the u.s. yet again into another war in the middle east? >> i've talked to -- you can talk to members oof the pentagon on the armed services committee, on the intel we read, iran's not looking

last month i joined nearly 60 of my house republican colleagues to witness firsthand the biden administration's catastrophe at eagle pass, texas, in the del rio sector of our southern border. after being briefed by border patrol at the southern border, it became clear to me this administration has allowed dangerous terrorists, drug traffickers, child sex traffickers, and other human traffickers to enter this country easily as a result of this administration's wide open southern border policies. in fact, since joe biden took office, 361 individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watch list have been apprehended attempting to cross our southern border illegally. who in the world knows how many from that terrorist watch list were among the millions of got-aways, people who weren't apprehended at the southern border? in addition to these terrorists coming through our borders, more than 54,000 pounds of fentanyl have been intercepted at american borders. i know fentanyl well. i'm an anesthesiologist by trade. we use it in the operating room all the time. 54,000 pounds of fentanyl is enough to k

the biden administration could have chosen -- that is what the pentagon says. that's what the biden administration says. it's calibrated measure to tehran. as we've been saying all day, alex, one of the issues is, is the message simply not going beyond don't kill americans? like, is it going to move tehran strategy of trying to push america out of this region and put pressure on israel? i suspect not. and that leads really in the end to a wider question, the big question in this region, which is still to be answered sometime in the future. of the american soldiers who were killed in the strikes in jordan last weekend. and at the end of his statement, he said let all of those e who might seek to do us harm, know this. if you harm an american, we will respond. those very stern words coming after the strike that you talked about where we saw these 85 targets in iraq and syria being hit. i think at this point, the question that we have, that we are asking most urgently is really what result came from the strikes. we know that there is a battle damage assessment tha

in all candor, the biden administration is the first administration in my lifetime of either political party to take steps to diminish the security along our southern border. one such example is the termination of the highly successful migrant protection protocols remain in mexico. in 2008 and 2000 18 and 2019 the trump administration was confronted with caravans of illegal aliens approaching the border including family units from the triangle country surging to the border and making fraudulent asylum claims at the hopes they would be released into american communities. misguided court rulings a limited the time we could detain those family units even though we knew across the board close to 90% apprehended at the border were making fraudulent claims. unwilling to perpetuate the destructive catch and release policy, dhs worked in tandem with the department of justice, state and the white house to find solutions that were grounded in the roll of law. what we found was usually untapped legal authority in the immigration and naturalization act that allows the u.s. to require legal aliens

>> i think the biden administration could have acted sooner.'t know what all the details are in play that caused this hesitancy where over 100 attacks on americans resulted in very few responses by us. but at sh point, let's be forward looking and not back ward complaining. in reality, the united states at this point needs to have a very robust set of options on the table to include let's go back to sanctions for the pre-nuke iran nuclear agreement and put those in place. those ships are legitimate military targets and even though iran is threatening, they very easily could recall them and to date they have not. >> much more to come obviously as officials have been very clear. thank you. >>> we're continuing to cover the record-breaking rain in southern california. for more on what's happening in los angeles, let's bring in eric scott, public information officer for the l.a. city fire department. good morning. obviously it's very early there, 4:20 in the morning your time. so many california residents will wake up to this. and the fact that we

perry, the biden administration claims that there april 18th, 2023 proposed rule governing title nine and athletics will bring clarity. is that true? >> well, it wasn't until this administration where the definition of sex was anything other than clear, and in fact, the entire structure of title nine is built on a sex binary. the purpose of regulatory law and the administrative procedure act is to let the federal government contain and work on rules that clarify anything that might be perceived to be ambiguous. the previous administration had already released a title nine rule in 2020 making very clear certain guidelines on sexual harassment and sexual assault, and until this administration, there was no ambiguity whatsoever. >> and what harm will come to our female athletes by redefining sex in title nine to include gender identity. >> it is hard to quantify the market impacts of the individual girls were suddenly to vested of the opportunities to achieve scholarships, play on athletic teams, to pursue the classes that they want. to ultimately, because we know there is a connection b

so whenever we talk about how the biden administration needs to do something that's actually going to iran, this stuff -- and you know this, pete, from your long experience in the military -- these type of targets, it's the high value targets especially, it takes years to develop these plans, to know what is their pat person of life. this is not -- pattern of life. this is not just something we can pull out of our arsenal. so what are we doing in a week's a time? well, we'll see what happens, but unfortunately we have signaled to the iranian regime and their terrorist proxies that we're going to hit them so, listen, we've given everybody a chance to hide, makes no sense. the administration is saying these strikes are going to continue, we'll see. we shouldn't necessarily equate volume with efficacy, and i think that's a valuable point this morning. rachel: you know, morgan, it wasn't very long ago that the houthis were not even named as terrorists or considered or categorized as terrorists by this administration, but they were by the trump administration. i just think it's so interest

ali: how is the biden administration responding to florida's suit?l: they filed the first response in this week and essentially what the biden administration is saying is that the consolidated appropriations act of 2023 changed the rules in two fundamental ways. ali: that is the bill that established this 12 month continuous eligibility period. daniel: that is correct. the new rules under that law went into effect on january 1 and essentially what the biden administration is saying is that the law no longer allowed continuous eligibility to be optional. it is now mandatory for medicaid and chip. what the biden administration is saying is essentially that states were never allowed to disenroll people from medicaid r nonpayment of premiums during a continuous eligibility period and now the same has to apply to kids in chip. they have to have that same protection and that is essentially what the biden administration is doing. ali: at the same time, this chip stuff is happening, florida has also come under scrutiny from the federal government for disenro

granted, an escalation by the biden administration. we haven't seen anything like this in recent years, frankly, in this part of the world. but still limited so that the strikes were along the east syria, iraq border in a trench there that we know has a number of -- militia groups and camped there. now, that's a part of that border that runs through jordan that connects there to tower 22, which of course, the american base for those three, where those three american servicemen and women were killed. we are getting reports here on the ground about another kind of casualties that we have seen. you will know, of course, that there are 125 precision munitions used, according to the biden administration, the one bombers flying through the continental united states that they hit drone facilities, that they hit munitions, but then in terms of the numbers, 26 sites in syria, according to the syrian observatory for human rights, 23 members of iranian- backed militia killed there. and then here in iraq, 16 killed, 36 injured. according to iraqi

how would you rate the biden administration on that specifically? caller: a b at least. st: what leads you to that rating? caller: because that is what the generals in the military are recommended. it is not all biden. it is all recommended by the top officials. host: jim in oregon. that associated press poll asked people to -- what they thought should be taking when it comes to israel-hamas. this is what they concluded from the pole, saying that, overall, when it comes to the topic of recovering hostages that were held by hamas in gaza, 62% saying that should be the top priority of the united states when it comes to israel-hamas. when it comes to the topic of negotiating a permanent cease-fire, 53 percent saying that should be a top priority. 66% of democrats and 37% of republicans saying that should be a very important priority. then the topic of providing humanitarian relief to get -- two postings in gaza, 45% overall saying that is an important priority, 61% of democrats saying that, 29% of republicans. when it comes to the other topics that come associated with this,

senior biden administration officials say that president biden approved this strikes earlier in the weekw, all of this is coming just a day after the u.s. launched other airstrikes. those were retaliatory strikes against iran-backed militants in both iraq and syria. those followed the deadly drone attack last weekend on sunday on u.s. troops in jordan that left three american service members dead. cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson is live in israel on more on what it could mean for the region. first, let's get to cnn's oren lieberman at the pentagon. unlike yesterday's strikes, today's the u.s. did not conduct alone. >> reporter: that's right. this was one against conducted with the uk. it is the third time the two nations have operated together to strike houthi targets in yemen. the message effectively coming out together from these countries, saying that they find the ongoing attacks from the iran-backed rebel group on international shipping completely unacceptable, especially because they have targeted u.s. and uk commercial vessels and war ships. now, it is worth no

he says he was essentially forced out of his position by the biden administration. ief, good to have you with us on this interesting day. when we watch two of your bosses, the former president trump and the current president, joe biden, visit the border. what do you make of the locations that they'll be in today? brownsville and el paso. >> thank you for having me on, martha. it is very telling. once again, joe biden, it's a photo op. they don't want big groups of illegals in the background. they wanted to go to someplace slower. there's an unseen aspect as well. brownsville is where most of the ngrs are located. that's their home base. he will talk to them. notice there's nobody from texas there. president trump has a meeting with the governor of texas. he will hear what does and doesn't work with operation lone star, what the states had to put into this and it's telling that the biden administration is trying to tear down border infrastructure that is being put up in texas, which mirrors a lot of what us is border patrol is doing under multiple prior administration

how is the biden administration looking to tackle these fees?> the biden administration is using the consumer financial protection bureau to take aim at these fees, as well as the federal trade commission. when it comes to overdraft fees, they are trying to use new rules and regulations to limit the amount that banks can charge consumers when they overdraft. they are proposing a new rule that would require banks to show what their costs are to consumers when they enact these fees. banks really aren't interested in doing that. so the cfpb is giving them an alternative, which is to lower the fees to as little as three dollars, but possibly six dollars, seven dollars, or $14 as benchmark fees, which are still much, much lower than the fees as they currently stand. ali: and why is the biden administration taking on junk fees right now? why is this the moment they have decided to do this? >> right now a lot of the pandemic era stimulus is ending. inflation has been high for a while. people are relying on credit cards. the average consumer is really f

this is a big move by the biden administration. but it is also limited at the same time.and, there is a risk of destabilization, we're talking about that on the show. as you heard from the iraqi prime minister here, complaining about iraq's sovereignty being invaded. and also, accusing america of destabilizing the region with these strikes. and we just heard in the last few minutes -- i think maybe a response to that, suggesting that in fact it is iran and iran proxies that are destabilizing the region. so there is that piece of it. but another party, too, i think, is that we've seen -- we are saying, you know, 85 strikes, wide, deep strikes by the u.s.. but there's a lot that the u. s. hasn't done as far as we can tell and of course we should say that there is more to come. there is a lot of the u.s. hasn't done. for example, the u.s. hasn't hit iranian targets around damascus airport, which has been struck by the israelis, for example, last year, for example. so what does that mean? well, i think from these strikes, and also from what has it been struck, americans will

the biden administration has proposed two rules that will drastically alter title ix. the biden administration proposed rule redefines sex to include gender identity and extend protections to biological males. protections that were created and implemented for women and girls. if the biden administration is successful, it will mean more women will lose out on academic, and athletic opportunities that should have been afforded to them under title ix. again, the whole reason we put together title ix. last year we celebrated the 50th anniversary of title ixs enact ment. for the last 50 years, we've seen securing equality for women across the country. we cannot allow the administration to dismantle the rights and protections that women fought so hard to achieve. we must protect women and girls, and i encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to stay centered on this issue throughout the hearing. to our panel, thank you, thank you, thank you for being here before the subcommittee. i'm looking forward to having this very important discussion with you. and i now recog

yet this administration seems committed to doing the opposite. since president biden's inauguration, his administration has finalized 812 new regulations, costing the u.s. economy about $451 billion in compliance costs annually, and requiring 283 million hours of additional compliance paperwork by american workers. i continue to support an all-of-the-above i continue to support an all of the above energy approach to fuel our economy. at a time when prices are still hurting families -- the gentleman's time has expired -- joy the gentleman's time has expired. mr. rose: we should be unleashing, not overregulating -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from guam, mr. moylan, for five minutes. mr. moylan: mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate the 2023 guam business magazine executive of the year, mr. david alcorn. in 1975, dave moved from hawaii to guam to help launch king's restaurant. 10 years later alcorn and his wife bought the restaurant and became the owners of what is today one of the most successful local

meanwhile, the biden administration has allowed the iranian regime to build up a ghost fleet of tankers which are third country flagged takers. that fleet grew to about 70 vessels at the beginning of the administration to almost 400 tankers today. the iranian regime used that goes fleet to ship over one billion barrels of oil and to make unaccountable tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars. when joe biden came into power, iran was selling roughly 300,000 barrels of oil a day. today, due to the biden administration's appeasement of iran, iran is selling roughly 2 million barrels of oil a day. those billions of dollars went directly to fund terrorism. they went to the houthis, they went to hamas, they went to hezbollah. they pay for the houthis terrorism and for the october 7 atrocities in israel. the biden administration refused to meaningfully enforce our sanctions, and we are seeing the consequences with more in the middle east. in your judgment, how has the biden administration's appeasement of iran and refusal to enforce stations against iran, how has that worked out for the saf

joyce: it is deeply troubling to see the biden administration put party ahead of country. to put radical views ahead of the common good. to put left-wing fear mongering ahead of the american people. sadly, that's exactly what happened when president biden halted the permitting of additional liquefied natural gas export facility. let's be clear. this is not a pause. it is the first step of a process to ban outright any future export of l.n.g. l.n.g., a form of energy that is under the feet of my constituents. this was a political decision to pander to the far left that will lead to increased energy prices for american households. it will abandon our allies in a time of need. it will harm family-sustaining jobs and relinquish american global energy leadership. it is time to put a stop to the biden administration's policies that increase prices for the sake of pandering to the president's political base. it is critical that we pass the unlocking our domestic l.n.g. potential act and ensure that liquefied natural gas can continue to support american energy dominance. why are we