i support this bill and every voice on the committee supports this bill. and i urge my colleagues to vote for it and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentlewoman from missouri is recognized. mrs. wagner: i yield as much time as he may consume to the author of this bill, the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill, who is the chairman of the digital assets committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized mr. hill: i thank the speaker and chair wagner and ranking member sherman for their strong words of support for my bill, which as ranking member sherman noted passed out of our committee unanimously by voice but passed this house of representatives twice already. most americans are prohibiting for investing in a wide variety of businesses. unless you are rich enough or what is called by the s.e.c. an accredited investor meaning you make $250,000 a year and you are not allowed to invest in private markets, only in our public companies. meanwhile, new businesses are staying private for longer bec

th bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. no further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part a of the report of the committee on rules accompanying this resolution. each such further amendment may be offered only i the order printed in the report may be offered only by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specifie in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the house or in the committee of th whole. all points of order against such further amendments are waived. at the conclusion of consideration of the bill fo amendment the committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the house with such further amendments as may have been adopted. the previous quest

members want to make changes to try to improve the bill. and as i said, the senate should not be cut out of the process due to president biden's foot-dragging. we still have time before the january 5 deadline, and the senate could move through the amendment process fairly quickly. we could do it today. we have ample time to vote on amendments and send an amended version back to the house for final passage. and i might add there's no reason for the majority leader to block amendment votes. senators deserve an opportunity to vote on amendments, and i hope the majority leader will not stand in the way of those senators on both sides of the aisle who want to offer amendments and then receive up-or-down votes. this bill does include some very positive developments beginning to rein in our nation's spending habits, but it's not a magic pill to cure the federal government's chronic financial troubles. america's $31.4 trillion debt developed over the course of decades. so it's unreasonable to expect we're going to turn that around with the passage

reforms in this bill. the first in over 40 years which will speed up over 200 projects to lower costs for consumers and protect our national security. this bill is not perfect and arguably it shouldn't be a divided government yields compromise and it slows the heavy hand of government but saving $2 trillion lifting families out of poverty and defunding i.r.s. agents is worth it. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. neal: i want to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from the virgin islands, congresswoman plaskett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. through democrat's leadership, democrats have protected our hard-earned, historic economic recovery. that team secured an agreement that prevents republicans from forcing devastating default and rejects their most extreme cuts in the g.o.p. default on america bill. president biden's agreement protec

bill: his instincts prove correct.ng leaves court in a prison van with a thirteen-month sentence. one of hong kong's most prominent voices now publicly silenced. supporters defiantly telling him he's not alone. it could have been worse. his "crime" happened before the introduction in june 2020 of a feared new national security law, under which anyone can now be charged with terrorism, subversion, secession, or foreign collusion. the penalty: up to life in prison. joshua: we can still go forward and overcome the threat. i would say that the threat could not defeat hong kongers, would just make hong kongers even stronger determination to keep on our struggle. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ bill: for each activist voice muted, there are many more still on the streets, watching, waiting to step forward. max: when you see joshua wong being arrested, it's not just joshua wong alone, it's also the thousands of protestors that is with him. thousands of other protestors are also being arrested, and these are smaller names, these are people that y

this bill is the beginning of that fight, not the end. many of us, including this senator, would like for us to be able to do more. but the fact of the matter is one bill cannot erase decades of financial troubles. we need to build on the progress made in this legislation in the months and years to come. of course, the best way to do that is at election time because it matters to wins elections. it matters who was in the majority. it matters who controls a body of congress and the white house. but the next big battle will be in the senate and house appropriations committees. as we know every year, the committees are fighting separate bills to fund the various components of the federal government. the process of drafting those bills is designed to involve public hearings, committee votes and rigorous debate. it gives every member of the appropriations committee opportunities to shake the spending bills and address america's spending habits. once a kid's voted out of committee, all 100 senators should have that opportunity to shape and appr

good morning. >> bill: great. >> dana: i'm great. >> bill: how are you feeling? >> dana: great. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. three decisions revealed yesterday. 21 cases to go. topping that list the lawsuits challenging president biden's student loan bail-out. high profile legal battles centering around free speech and real edge -- religious liberty and other things. >> dana: not many days left. >> bill: stand by. >> dana: did you see this? former president obama stirring up a battle over race relations in america. obama taking aim at presidential contender tim scott criticizing his approach to race in america. >> i think there is a long history of african-american or other minority candidates within the republican party who will validate america and say everything is great. and we can all make it. nikki haley has a similar approach. i'm not being cynical about tim scott individually. i am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of can't we all get along. that has to be undergirded with an honest accounting of our past and our present. >> dana: now senator scott is pushi

good morning. >> bill: good weekend? >> dana: yes, you? mine was quiet. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. investigators looking for suspects and motive after shots were fired into a crowd during a juneteenth celebration and looking into a horrific shooting at a father's day barbecue in a park. mike tobin on a monday morning has the latest from chicago yet again. mike, hello. >> hello, bill. the weather was perfect this holiday weekend that brought people out celebrating juneteenth and father's day. time and again in chicago when people gather, guns come out. in rows lawn on the south side people were bash cueing in the park for father's day. a sedan opened fire and five people were killed. the shootings were not limited to the violent areas in the south and west sides. there was a fatal shooting in the river north area and in lincoln park a group was drinking 4:30 a.m. near the zoo and got into a night and gunfire broke out and five people shot. >> it is unfortunate that this occurred. it is a fine day. people just enjoying their family activity. but violence prevails and th

no bill is -- the bill is considered as read.o amendment to the bill shall be in order except those printed in part d of house report 118-108. each such amendment offered only in the order printed in the report, by a member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by an opponent and proponent, shall not be subject to amendment and shall not be subject for demand of division of the question. it's now in order to consider amendment 1 printed in part d. of house report 118-108. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. huizenga: i thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. t the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 1 printed in part d of house report 118-108 offered by mr. my zhenga of -- mr. huizenga of michigan. the chair: the gentleman from michigan, mr. huizenga, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. mr. huizenga: thank you, mr. cha

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this was i-99 page bill. they had 72 hours to read it. 15 pages were just things we are taking back. what this does them a by january 1, encourages this body to pass all 12 of proration bills. do the job you are elected to do. it is not a 1% cut across the board. >> what happens between october 1 and january 1? speaker mccarthy: you have to pass some type of cr during that time period. >> does it say more democrats voted for this bill then republicans? do you have regrets not pushing for deeper spending cuts? speaker mccarthy: non-defense spending is lower than it was in 2022. what we just proved was democrats were here, they spent $6 trillion, they brought is inflation. they said the only thing they would do is raise the debt limit. now they voted for work requirements, they just voted to put paygo on our president. they kept spending. >> you said that she won't give up on the american people, what exactly do you mean by that? president biden said the other day that you did what you said you would do. how do

we'll debate this bill. we'll potentially and perhaps hopefully amend this bill. but our work is cut out for us. the american people deserve us to make the decisions that protect us from our adversaries, keep the american dream alive, and make certain that our children and grandchildren and those we've never met have a brighter future. the issue before us is one of those that has a consequence in all those arenas. i'll work with my colleagues today as we move forward on this legislation to make sure that the outcome is something that advances a cause that's important to me and to the people i represent. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. lankford: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. lankford: mr. president, years ago, talking like 15, maybe 18 years ago, i was speaking at a town in oklahoma and my daughter wanted to go with me, which was great. so we took off. i had reserved a hotel. so we get there. we're going to stay overnight and i'm speaking somewhere the next morning. we arrive at the hotel late that evening, and when i ge

this bill is 2% below inflation. so we're undercutting the ability of the navy to build the ships we need to defend america. with that i'll recognize senator collins. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, shortly the senate will consider the debt ceiling package that passed the house last night by a strong vote. i commend the speaker for his hard work and his negotiations to prevent what would be a disastrous default with catastrophic consequences for our economy, for people who rely on important government programs, for america's standing in the world. nevertheless, mr. president, there are two issues in this package that are very problematic. first, as you have heard from my colleagues, is the completely inadequate top-line number for our national defense. second is a harmful provision that would go into effect if any one of the 12 appropriations bills has not been signed into law. it were trigger an automatic meat ax indiscriminate across-the-board cut

there were other items in the bill. the bill expanded greatly. one of the things that made that happen was that it had early support from everett dirksen, the senate minority leader. he was a airily conservative republican from illinois. he had been an ally, a strong ally of joe mccarthy in the 1950's. he was someone who felt civil rights was certainly a party issue, something the republicans had to stand by. i think dirksen had a moral energy behind him. he often play politics with the bill. people from the democrats and other republicans did not know exactly where he was all the time. in the end, it was everett dirksen who makes her the bill had strong support from the very beginning among republicans and carried through up through the historic filibuster the next year. host: before we move on, let's take calls from our audience and hear from terry in tennessee. you are on with author and historian clay risen. go ahead, terry. caller: yes. in 1921, there was the black wall street massacre. you showed a picture of the government and white people

, bill.at the border, ok. at the border, we had a diminution of what we're seeing now. remember what he promised in 2016? he was going to build a wall across the entire border in the first four years and mexico was going to pay for it. we got a wall that's about 1/4 of the way done and mexico can't given us one peso yet. donald trump in 2016 was the guy that had no record so he couldn't be examined in a very specific way. he now said he was going to too that with immigration. by the way, congress for the first two years fully controlled by the republicans. not one change in the immigration laws. so of course, joe biden can come in -- >> bill: on the debate stage, he's going to say biden stopped it. you can go to the border today seeing piles of steel laying there in the arizona desert. >> bill, those piles of steel have been sitting there since donald trump was president. he didn't get it done. he couldn't convince the republican congress to fund the wall. he couldn't finish it. and he didn't

i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. nice to see you, partner.re joined by jonathan turley and bret baier with us now. bret, let's go to you. fox news can now confirm that hunter biden has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors on two minor tax crimes and admits to a gun charge that will likely keep him out of jails with court papers filed today. bret, your initial comment reacting t

better say great. >> bill: that's the right answer. i'm bill hemmer. good morning. these hearings widely seen as the republicans laying the groundwork for impeachment. today's hearing kicking off an investigation of mayorkas for dereliction of duty. committee republicans tweet this. clearly, secretary mayorkas is either delusional or in denial. his refusal to accept reality and listen to those on the front lines of his border crisis should tell the american people all they need to know about his leadership. here's some of what they had to say. just a few moments ago. >> he has disregarded his oath to the constitution by ignoring the basic tenets of that e cros our southern border because the secretary of homeland security removed 89 policies from two previous administrations. >> bill: congressional correspondent watching that starts us off and sets the table on capitol hill for this. good morning. >> good morning to you both. we won't actually see or hear from secretary alejandro mayorkas, we are expecting this hearing to be pretty fiery especially between democrats

and as i've explained, the sequester in this bill actually produces more domestic spending than the bill's core provisions which encourages irresponsible democrats to trigger sequester. others have claimed that we can find efficiencies in the pentagon to make up the difference. i don't disagree that -- in some places in our military but no serious person thinks that it's enough to make up for temps of -- tens of billions of dollars in cuts. moreover this claim assumes the biden administration will put our readiness ahead of social engineering. call me skeptical on that one when they start looking for efficiencies. still others supporters have shrugged and deployed the commonly used by rarely persuasive argument that the bill may be bad but there's no alternative and it's too late anyway. but it was and it remains our job to craft an alternative. we hear about things that add votes to the big bills and get in and things that subtract votes don't. again, we know from recent experience that the last two national defense authorization acts, that a higher defense number gets nearly 400 votes in

this bill would authorize v.a. major construction facility projects in california, new york, texas, montana, kentucky and oregon. as chairman, i have committed time and time again to provide the necessary funding that ensures our nation's veterans receive the quality care they deserve. it is well known that the v.a. health care facility and needs critical renovations. authorizing these project and will live in these six states have better access to care in modern settings. . . . i appreciate senatorrest to t, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. takano: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. takano: i rise to express my support for s. 30. i'd like to thank the chairman of the senate veterans affairs committee, senator tester, and ranking member moran, for introducing this important legislation. every year submits a budget for what v.a. needs to care for american veterans and t

bills aren't going anywhere. this is a waste of time. and rather than working across the aisle trying to find common ground, they continue to bring these messaging bills, you know, these bills that demonize immigrants, these bills that continue to chip away at the affordable care act, bills that continue to screw people in the middle class, that continue to bring these -- they continue to bring these bills to the floor. i don't know who their base is, but apparently it's popular amongst their base. but this is not about legislating. it is not about making law. it is not about improving the lives of anybody in this country. so mr. speaker, i urge a strong no vote on the underlying legislation and a no vote on this rule and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts yields back. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. i'll yield myself the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr.

omnibus bill. just before christmas, 20 republicans. here we are six months later, we had 149 or 139 vote in the house of representatives to have an unlimited debt ceiling of 4 trillion as it is now. the republican party can no longer call themselves the conservative party. when they are voting for these types of increases. the inflation that is caused by this, the inflation that has been imposed on the american worker, the destruction of the value of the dollar on behalf of china, nothing china loves more to see the dollar be destructed. these republicans can no longer be called conservative. you sit back and watch these guys do this again and again and it is unbelievable host: host:. host:host: who are the true conservatives then? caller: it looks like you only have 10 of them that voted -- the guys that voted against this stuff in the rules. that is where they should have been stopped. we have conservatives in the republican party. this is a one-party system and it is destroying the economy. you

we'll put it in many bills. but i never should have put it in a debt ceiling bill. they never should've put it in a bill where americans at the precipice of default. they could've put it in a permitting reform bill. they could've put it in energy appropriations bill at the end of the year. putting in a debt ceiling? this is a menu fractured issue, there's bipartisan interest right now in permitting reform. i'm a supporter of permitting reform. i support the permitting reform portions of this bill, other than the mountain valley pipeline. we could've gotten this done according to -- an regular order. for some reason, they decided to drop mountain valley pipeline in the midst of a completely unrelated bill, we've got to save america's full faith and credit and will drop mountain valley pipeline in that? who are these owners of this company that think they're that important? they're so important that they get to write the terms of their own deal, eliminating all administrative and judicial review? and get big to be on the part of the debt ceiling deal? give me a break.

— after this bill passed? when the bill passed, _ after this bill passed?n the bill passed, there - after this bill passed? when the bill passed, there was i after this bill passed? when the bill passed, there was a | the bill passed, there was a sigh of relief in the chamber, certainly by the moderate democrats and republicans who were glad it finally cleared the first hurdle. there was unhappiness, of course we expected that, from other members of the democratic party and the republican party who voted no to the bill. interesting when you look at the numbers, they got well over 218. 314 yes votes in the end, but there was a significant rebellion by the republicans, 71 opposed the bill, including members of the freedom caucus, who are ultraconservative. they wanted deeper spending cuts. and 46 democrats voted against it, including members of the progressive part of the party who are really concerned about some of the welfare restrictions that have been included in the bill. the kind of reaction we expected from those people. we expected that. but overall t

and now we pass this bill. all along i have said the most important thing is that all parties involved must take default of the table, no default, end of story, full stop . it was clear to me that if republicans would continue their refusal to raise the debt ceiling interest a straightforward way, then they needed to show the american people their plan. but we knew there were two choices when we said show us their plan. either they could not, which meant we could pass a plane clean debt ceiling, but we also knew if they did it would be such a partisan wish list, that once it was exposed to light it could never pass, and it could never really gained the kind of support that was needed. i called the plan the name d.o.a.. default on america and it was dead on arrival. republicans who supported the deal ran away in droves from the harsh cuts they just voted for. it was a disaster for them, a disaster for the american people. now we know that that your piece of legislation was a blessing in disguise. the republican

the chips bill infrastructure bill. the chips biii that— infrastructure bill.of work. there are things biden will now— work. there are things biden will now be able to turn to, that — will now be able to turn to, that is— will now be able to turn to, that is not about raising the debt— that is not about raising the debt ceiling.— debt ceiling. certainly something _ debt ceiling. certainly something he - debt ceiling. certainly something he will. debt ceiling. certainly something he will be | debt ceiling. certainly - something he will be touting, in the coming days. let's remind our viewers what exactly is in this deal that we have been discussing. it involves suspending the debt ceiling until 2025, suspending the debt ceiling until2025, meaning suspending the debt ceiling until 2025, meaning the government can borrow more money to pay its bills for the next two years. also a ten year freeze on spending except for defence. the budget will increase to $886 billion. i'm spent all funds will be returned. the estimate is that the government will cover around $30 bi

i'm bill hemmer. folks from the -- a lot of people limiting outside activity especially for anyone with underlying medical conditions who might have trouble breathing. video from the space station 240 miles up showing the extent of the smoke from wildfires billowing in the atmosphere. the mostly cloudy -- smoke is expected to stick around and the possible danger for many. listen. >> the levels that people if they were to be outside especially if they are exercising breathing faster, they are going to be inhaling particulates at concentrations the normal smokers would inhale. >> dana: dr. saphier joining us in a moment with more on the hazards to your health and what you need to know. our meteorologist is reporting from new york city time square. >> good morning. over 9 million acres on fire in canada. many of those fires uncontrolled right now. it has really prompted a lot of the smoke to continue to billow over the border. a blocked weather pattern in place across the country right now. big ridge of

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bill. >> bill: thanks. you will follow it.is on that for us today in d.c. >> i cannot really stomach another zoom, zoom here, zoom there. it wasn't get the work done in the right way. if you read the economic news and look at what's happening everywhere in the world, a three-day work week doesn't get the work done and doesn't get the productivity up. it doesn't help with the economy. >> dana: martha stewart on a rampage to get america back to work and major corporations are following suit. some businesses like sales force are now promising to donate to charity if their employees come into the office. i'm not sure that will work. at google if you don't show up at least three days a week you get docked in your next performance review. maria bartiromo is here to talk about it. is martha stewart is on to something and other business leaders are seeing a decline in corporate culture or productivity or creativity. >> i'm not sure about that. productivity is down, i will say. it is down for a number of reasons. we look at productivit

he voted for the bill. for the bill. ithink if representative massey. he voted for the bill. i think if that is any indication, he will be able to sway a few of these members, and as long as he is able to hit that mark, that threshold of half of his conference, i do think he will be ok after this. we conference, i do think he will be ok after this.— be ok after this. we are still watchin: be ok after this. we are still watching the _ be ok after this. we are still watching the debate - be ok after this. we are still watching the debate taking l watching the debate taking place here on the floor and awaiting the vote to start. let's take a look now at what will happen next because they still needs to be approved by both parts of what is a divided congress. overall, there are 435 votes in the house of represantitives. in order to advance a bill to the us senate, it will need the support of the majority — or 218 members. currently, house republicans control the lower chamber of congress with 222 votes. members

good morning. >> bill: good morning, i'm bill hemmer. joran van der sloot is in u.s. custody on a jet filled with f.b.i. agents heading for birmingham, alabama where he will remain in federal custody for the duration of the criminal proceedings held there and then returned back to peru to serve the remainder of a 28-year sentence for the murder of a 21-year-old woman in lima. >> dana: we spoke to the federal prosecutor who filed the u.s. charges against van der sloot is 2010. >> i had my doubts he would ever make it back to alabama to face justice for his crimes. van der sloot preyed on the emotions of a mother whose child had been murdered. van der sloot lied. there was no body buried where he said there was. and van der sloot was able to flee aruba to peru. >> bill: ted williams worked the case years ago. jonathan serrie has the news in birmingham, alabama. hello. >> the story is unfolding as we speak. the d.o.j. plane sent to peru to pick up van der sloot is on its way back to the u.s. and fox news digital has confirmed through van der sloot's attorney that van der

this bill is 2% below inflation. so we're undercutting the ability of the navy to build the ships we need to defend america. with that i'll recognize senator collins. the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, shortly the senate will consider the debt ceiling package that passed the house last night by a strong vote. i commend the speaker for his hard work and his negotiations to prevent what would be a disastrous default with catastrophic consequences for our economy, for people who rely on important government programs, for america's standing in the world. nevertheless, mr. president, there are two issues in this package that are very problematic. first, as you have heard from my colleagues, is the completely inadequate top-line number for our national defense. second is a harmful provision that would go into effect if any one of the 12 appropriations bills has not been signed into law. it were trigger an automatic meat ax indiscriminate across-the-board cut

i'm bill hemmer. good morning. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom," great to be back in your presence. >> bill: you as well, my lady. >> dana: what a gift to me. let's get to the trip. blinken is the first secretary of state to visit china in five years. he had a sit-down with president she. >> bill: that visit designed to restore stability. the secretary admits it is not all sunshine and rainbows. >> we are clear eyed about the challenges posed by the prc. the united states will advance a vision for the future that we share with so many others, free, open, stable and prosperous world. i came to beijing to strengthen levels of communication. we agreed on the need to stabilize our relationship. >> dana: the trip was originally scheduled for last february but the discovery of a chinese spy craft in u.s. airspace prompted the white house to postpone it. >> i don't know what more that chinese communist party has to do in terms of violating u.s. sovereignty and international law for u

a lot going on. >> bill: a plot to get to. >> shannon: this vehicle that bill mentioned has now made it to the floor of the ocean and we talk about these banging noises. they say they are in the area where they were heard. although other people say sometimes the sounds echo from very great distances. so it is tough to say. this is part of the last ditch effort to rescue these passengers in the final hours. >> bill: great question coming up. the vessel went missing sunday with a dive to the titanic. the search has grown roughly twice the size of the state of connecticut at this point. >> martha: the experts say the sub may have drifted. it depends on what its navigational ability is at this point whether it has battery and technology to control it in any direction. they also say it may have attached or hooked onto part of the wreckage. >> there are many pieces of the stern, the bow of the titanic and all sorts of pieces that fell off during that wreck. that's one of the problems in trying to find the submersible on the sea floor. it is like looking for a needle in a hay stack. >> bill

there were other items in the bill. the bill expanded greatly. one of the things that made that happen was that it had early support from everett dirksen, the senate minority leader. he was a airily conservative republican from illinois. he had been an ally, a strong ally of joe mccarthy in the 1950's. he was someone who felt civil rights was certainly a party issue, something the republicans had to stand by. i think dirksen had a moral energy behind him. he often play politics with the bill. people from the democrats and other republicans did not know exactly where he was all the time. in the end, it was everett dirksen who makes her the bill had strong support from the very beginning among republicans and carried through up through the historic filibuster the next year. host: before we move on, let's take calls from our audience and hear from terry in tennessee. you are on with author and historian clay risen. go ahead, terry. caller: yes. in 1921, there was the black wall street massacre. you showed a picture of the government and white people

messagerring bills a -- messaging bill and has no chance of becoming law. one member of this body went so far as to say on the republican side, is it really a loss that we aren't passing anything? ok, haven't we had enough bills like this one that put politics over policy and scare tactics over substance? this body should be focused on passing meaningful legislation that works to protect the health and safety of children, their families, consumers, not undermining the work of an expert agency like the consumer product safety commission. don't keep coming to the floor and saying this is about clean energy or grills. it is simply saying this agency which has the job of protecting people from hazardous substances cannot do it in the case of gas stoves and you are outrageous to say that an agency can't do it. my residents and constituents would like to think someone is looking at this stuff to see if it is going to explode in their face and you are saying no. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentle

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the american people pay the bills for our federal government. period. if we stop paying taxes, we will default. it is common sense. so, the dumb guys sitting right behind you, they are just wasting time, they are wasting money, and their job is not even a job. it floors me to think we are going on and on and on and on about this stuff and it does not really matter, except to the american people, which pay the bills. thank you. host: let's go to tim in iowa, independent. what do you say about the debt agreement passing the house? caller: good morning, greta. host: good morning, tim. caller: can you hear me? host: i can hear you. go ahead. caller: greta? host: we are listening. caller: ok. i think the other bill they had first was better. the one the republicans passed. but anyway, how are you going to pay the student loans back if they keep pausing the payments? host: under this deal they will not. they will not be paused anymore. caller: why were they paused in the first place? host: because of the pandemic. caller: shoot. oh, heck. ho: mary in st. paul

bill. >> bill: we're watching for that later today. thanks.onathan serrie live in alabama. >> sandra: investigative journalist was one of the last people to see van der sloot before he went to jail in peru. first off, you see these new video of him. we've been struck is the sheer height. this is a big guy. and he is -- >> 6-5. >> sandra: what is he like? >> natalee holloway disappeared in 2005. 2007 i spent two weeks with him attempting to extort money from the media at that time and successful at that. he had set the m.o. for his signature crime. we now see him facing charges for with beth. he was charming. he was six fought five and stood out thailand. he had an end goal with me and very kind while i spent time with him. i had to remind myself this guy was a potential killer. >> bill: you used the word manipulator and he loves the attention. he loves this? >> absolutely, for sure. we have taken him out of a horrific conditions in a per you jail and in america and taken care of because he is facing trial. much better circumstances. his life i

♪ >> bill: pretty good show.elcome to friday and now we find traffickers in disguise, smugglers touting themselves as social media influencers. the latest trend in a multi-billion industry with devastating consequences for human life. i'm bill hemmer. welcome at the end of the week. >> dana: it was a fast week. i'm dana perino. this is "america's newsroom." there was one day that wasn't fast but the rest of the week went by fast. you know what day it was. nobody wanted to talk to me that day but everything got better. a "new york post" story finding there is a stunning report how traffickers sell services to migrants who want to come here ille illegally. they post videos, some professionally produced. footage shows migrants happily crossing the border while glossing over the deadly consequences. >> bill: these smugglers are advertising in the open. authorities say they're powerless to stop it. republicans argue another example of a crisis that cannot continue. >> the big thing is, we have to elect someone that ca

. >> bill: good morning. >> dana: what? >> bill: for later. i'm bill hemmer, good morning at home. the nation awaiting the supreme court decision on the student loan bail-out. at stake forgiving more than $4 billion in student debt allowing people who received the federal loans to keep that money in their pocket. some lawmakers are pushing to repeal the president's plan for student hand-outs. grady trimble live at fox business on the hill. let's start there, grady. good morning. >> good morning to you, bill. the debt ceiling vote is getting most of the attention here right now. but another vote could happen as early as today that would undo president biden's student loan cancellation plan. the resolution already passed the house. it would scrap student debt forgiveness of up to $20,000 under the president's plan and it would require borrowers to start making payments again. those payments have been paused since the start of the pandemic. >> for the party behind a long list of pandering giveaways, student loan socialism just might actually take the cake. >> we should be in the busin

i'm bill melugin in for bill hemmer. right now republicans are just getting started on the road to the white house as president biden sits back biding his time waiting to see where the republican race is heading. the white house is using its pulpit to praise the president while he avoids the campaign trail. >> this is the president, if you look at his track record more broadly. if you look at what he has been able to do. he has been able to push forward and get done historic pieces of legislation. he has gotten more done than any other president. >> senator tim scott running for the gop nomination is here and joining us next. first peter doocy live on the north lawn. >> democrats at the highest levels in town are starting to suggest today that the biden 2024 platform doesn't really matter that much because they think whoever the republican nominee winds up being is going to be easy to beat. >> we'll see what alternative emerges on the other side. an extreme alternative. we want to protect and strengthen social security a