chair grassley: senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: thank, mr. chairman, and mr. patel, there is absolutely no doubt you have the experience and expertise to lead the fbi, and we welcome you here today. we are pleased that you are here. i've been listening to my colleagues across the dais and listening to their questions, and it has led me to one thing, why are the democrats so afraid of you? mr. patel: i don't know, senator, you will have to ask them. sen. blackburn: i will tell you what i think, listening to their questions and your responses, they know you are going to go in and you are going to clean up that political cabal that has been over there for years. you are going to reposition the fbi to its core mission. you stated that earlier in this hearing, and there will be no more political persecutions and no more two tiers of justice, and they have like having two tiers of justice. they have enjoyed it. and it has helped to them, they think, in their political mission. they have enjoyed targeting catholics. they have enjoyed targeting parents. for the americ

blackburn: ok. and we have talked some about the neutrality treaty, which i think is of concern to all of us and as i have looked at this and i appreciated senator sullivan's questioning on this, we look at how president trump is going to push forward with getting this issue addressed. we have heard a good bit about this, looking at what happens coming out of the port of memphis. i think that the government of columbia learned a lesson, that we are not going to go soft on some of these issues and when you look at the fact that the u.s. is a primary user, the primary user of the panama canal and we are also panama's largest provider of direct foreign investment, i think those two things should be significant. our foreign investment into panama is $3.8 billion annually. this is why people are looking at this issue. professor, let me come to you on this and we thank you for joining us remotely. shouldn't our investment in panama be contingent on their adherence to the neutrality committee ensuring pana

earlier, wolves beat second—tier blackburn rovers 2—nil. in scottish cup history, with queen's park knockinge in front. then there was a nervy final few minutes for queen's park fans, as rangers were awarded a controversial stoppage—time james tavernier. queen's park will find out who their quarterfinal dunfermline 3—nil. lewandowski, lopez, raphinha and garcia with the goals. to italy now, and leaders napoli have dropped points, they are now four points clear of second—placed inter. calvin nash and captain caelan doris. scotland did get back into the game towards the end again in the second. again today against dangerous opponents on their home turf. hard for the victory. you'd always expect them to have purple patches you know, we didn't give some of their individuals opportunities. by finn going off. but i thought we delivered an intent to attack in the right way, and certainly, without into the game. they are. one was a bit unlucky. a kick that bounced back into their hands. so we know when you're behind in the scoreboard against such a quality side like ireland, you've got to make sure

senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: let me indicate there is a vote at noon and we have less flexibility than we used to have in rolling the timeframe so i'm going to try to keep everybody to their five minutes. senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: i appreciate what senator tuberville said and senator duckworth just alluded to this. that it is very difficult for the veteran to get their records. and i think one of the things we should look at is who owns those records. it would be so much more helpful if the veteran himself controlled those records. if individually we owned our health care records. every one of us. and then that way you would not have the problem you are talking about. the veteran would be in charge of their records. and would be able to take it, whether they are in community care, whether they are in tricare, whether because we have seen just an inordinate amount of waste. in trying to build the electronic health records. whether it is cerner, epic, oracle, it is like they cannot figure this o

elon musk and doge is here to stay, we have more with john yoo and senators joni ernst and marsha blackburnand trump makes a pivot on tariffs, reciprocity. art laffer, congresswoman claudia tenney weighing in and trump's approval rating soars to historic highs we talk with rich lowry and david webb on set. but first. we go to fox news jacqui heinrich live at the white house. reporter: yes president trump said on air force one today he would be announcing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports and this we're, reciprocal tariffs to any country that charges the u.s., sounds like an 11th hour deal, like with canada and mexico, might not stave it off, he said to our bret baier ahead of super bowl, those deals are not really working out, he might revise them too. >> you announced tariffs on canada and mexico, you immediately got action from both on border security. >> i dod a lot. >> is that good enough. >> no. >> something has to happen. it is not sustainable i'm changing it. reporter: some changes are hitting roadblocks, federal judge blocking elon musk and doge from accessing records,

senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: thank you, madam chairman. mr. puerto, -- mr. puerta, i am sorry for your loss. your son had an adhd diagnosis. i was looking at our medicare program in tennessee and there are over 400,000 children in our state of 7 million people who have an adhd diagnoses. i know that we have, so many times, seen kids that you deal with the pain would try to get something. my heart breaks for you. i hope that we take a deeper dive. if confirmed, that robert f kennedy will take a deeper dive into how we medicate children and work on these issues. thank you for the good work that you were doing. ms. norring, thank you for your support of kosa. we share your heartbreak. i stepped out of committee to speak to a group of children who are here for wired human and are working on this issue. the work that you and other parents have done has encouraged these children to stand up and be a resource to their peers and help them through this issue. i think you -- thank you for that good work you are doing. sheriff barnes, i want to talk to you about hidta.

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i want to bring in tennessee senator marsha blackburn.and folkf school. which, by the way, you were so adamant at the time about the damage it was going to do. but this is also a long-term trend that's been happening far too frequently, and i'm concerned that we're so far behind, can we even catch up? >> we can catch up, and school choice in our states is something that is going to help these children catch up. here is what we have learned, is that that because of covid and being out of the classroom, many children never learned how to study. how to process information. how to collaborate with their colleagues and do that that peer-to-peer coaching that many times students will do with one another. because they missed that. in that covid period. we also know that the during covid so many parents began to figure out that what their child was being taught had nothing to do with reading, writing and arithmetic. and as we have seen, our students have continued to fall behind in educational attainment. when you look at it on a global basis. an

marsha blackburn, so good to have you. [laughter] >> good to be with you with.evin: have a great weekend. we appreciate you. >>> be sure to watch bret baier's exclusive interview on the fox broadcast network tomorrow. you can see is it at 3 p.m. eastern during the pregame coverage for super bowl lix between the chiefs and the eagles. fly, eagles, fly. >>> overseas hamas releasing three more hostages this morning but not before forcing them to deliver public speeches thanking the terrorist group. to foreign correspondent trey yingst who has that story. >> reporter: kevin, three additional hostages were released from gaza today as part of the ceasefire agreement. the men are ohad, or and eli released from the central city. they returned barely recognize,, and clearly had lost significant amounts of weight while in hamas cap ativity. as you see these images, remember they've all paid unimaginable prices. eli's wife and two daughters were murdered in their ohm, or's wife killed in front of him, and ohad's wife was kidnapped with him and later released in november of

earlier, wolves beat second—tier blackburn rovers 2-0. the draw for the last 16 is on monday. one of the biggest upsets 34—time winners rangers. it finished 1—0 at ibrox. it was a nervy final few minutes for queens park fans opponents are on monday. lewandowski, lopez, raphinha, and garcia with the goals. their 1—0 defeat to getafe leaves them in 19th. serie a leaders napoli have dropped points after being held in a goalless draw. rb leipzig are up to fourth after a 2—0 win over st pauli, grand slam hopes firmly on track. and captain caelan doris. in the second. for the victory. a lwa ys always expect them to have hutchies in the which =-= and they areéa they did and they ore o . team brilliant attacking team when they get opportunity time and i we covered space. i thought we covered down pretty well. we some of the opportunities 77 individuals opportunities. —— individuals opportunities. obviously fin they obviously hamstrung by fin going off and does he is recovering but we intent to 7 intent to attack in delivered intent matter? ire —————r , right way and 27:5 ' ithieiballr

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chair cruz: senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: welcome. we are delighted that your friends and family are all here to support you, and we look forward to you serving the nation well as our commerce secretary. you have heard a good bit about spectrum today and the ntia, the fcc, the work they are doing there. i will just highlight with you how critical getting that spectrum out. we need a lot of that mid-band spectrum going to auction, and we have auction authority that has lapsed. chairman cruz is working to move us forward to reimplement that, and we would like your support there. as we realize how important it is to have connectivity all across the country. and we want to do this without preference for whether it is wire line, wireless, fixed wireless, satellite. the point is to get people connected. so, your attention on that issue will be welcomed and we thank you for that. i do want to talk with you about china. we -- this is something in tennessee that many of our innovators and manufacturers talk about. china is now the leader in 57

blackburn: thank you, mr. president. today is national girls and women's sports day. it's a holiday that celebrates women's many accomplishments in athletics. to be certain, we do have a lot for our athletic women and girls to celebrate. and soon after i leave the floor and these remarks, i'll be heading to the white house to join president trump as he signs an executive order to keep biological men out of women's sports. this move is a triumph for the more than three million high school and college female athletes who deserve safety, fair play, and equal opportunity to succeed. in many ways, it is disturbing that this action is even necessary. since title 9's enactment in 1972, which required equal resources for women's sports, the lives of millions of young women and girls have been improved with the benefits of fitness, teamwork, and leadership experience. yet despite these advances for women, for four years the biden-harris administration waged a war on women's sports. instead of empowering young women, they denied b

chair crapo: senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: thank, mr. chairman and thank you for being with us. i have no doubt you will be confirmed and you are going to do such a solid job for the people of this country. [applause] i do have several issues i wanted to talk with you about and did not have time to cover them all when we met prior to the meeting but rural health care is very important to me and the people of tennessee. 78 of our 95 counties are rural counties. we have seen hospital closures so we have focused on access in rural areas. my rural health agenda, which is bipartisan, focuses on innovation, telehealth, access points, work shortages and also senator warner and i have together focused on making certain that we address the area wage index and do that fairly for our citizens that are in rural communities. i would like a commitment from you that when confirmed, you and your cms administrator will work with us to make certain the area wage index is balanced and it is fair to rural areas. mr. kennedy: senator, both dr. oz and myself

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blackburn rovers, who are sixth in the championship, are hosting premier league side wolves. that plymouth argyle, who are bottom of the championship, take on premier league leaders liverpool. always a tricky tie. no matter what team you play. it is an away game. it is their final, probably. as many times as liverpool comes anywhere. but, it is true that if you play with the team that has so much played together that there is always, has not played so much played together that there is always, for the players, a bit more difficult. i think we have seen a few times when we played with a team that hasn't played much together, even in the champions league game, these players were able to play a very good game. india need 305 to win their second one—day international against england in cuttack and gain an unassailable 2—0 series lead. england won the toss and decided to bat and joe root and ben duckett both made half centuries. ravindra jadeja took three wickets. india got off to a flying start and were 48 without loss from six overs, but their run chase has been interrupted by a

blackburn mrs. >> blackburn i mr. marshall mr. >> marshall i mr. >> wyden. no. mr. wyden. >> miss cantwell, no. >> miss cantwell, no. mr. bennet, mr. bennet, no. mr. warner, no. mr. warner, no. mr. whitehouse, mr. whitehouse, no. miss hassan, miss. hassan, no. >> miss cortez masto. >> miss cortez masto. >> no. >> miss warren, no. >> miss warren, no. >> mr. sanders, mr. sanders, no. >> miss smith, no. >> miss smith, no. >> mr. lujan, no. mr. lujan, no. >> mr. warnock, no. >> mr. warnock, no. >> mr. welch, mr. >> welch, no. >> mr. chairman, >> chairman. votes i. >> mr. chairman the final tally. >> is 14 ayes. >> 13 ayes. >> the vote. >> was. would the clerk please restate the vote. >> mr. chairman. >> the final tally was 14 ayes. >> 13 ayes. >> the vote was 1413. the nomination is reported favorably. we will now turn to other senators who would like to make a statement. since i asked my republican colleagues to hold off at the outset, i'll go to the republican side next. first, senator tillis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i voted i. >> today. >> and i want. >> to just briefly

chair crapo: senator blackburn. sen. blackburn: thank you mr. chairman. mr. greer, i'm delighted to know you have such strong tennessee roots. how appropriate that your family hails from trade, tennessee. we think that is a pretty good motto. we need to get you back in this state and let you see our world-class logistics in memphis and meet some of these wonderful manufacturers that we have in the state. trade is important to us in tennessee. last year we had about $62 billion in goods and manufacturing plants with over three over -- with over 360,000 workers. this is automobiles, appliances, tennessee whiskey. that of course being a primary export from our state, but tennessee is one of those states that is a manufacturing powerhouse and because of this, the inputs are imported. right now i have two bipartisan bills and commerce committee -- in commerce committee that deal with supply chains and strengthening those supply chains, because those key components, whether it is specialty metals or minerals or pharmaceutical ingredients, all of this in advanced ma

earlier, wolves beat second—tier blackburn rovers 2—0. aston villa v spurs. upsets in scottish cup history with queens park knocking out 34—time winners rangers. it finished 1—0 at ibrox. seb drozd's second—half strike put the championship side in front. it was a nervy final few minutes for queens park fans as rangers were awarded a controversial stoppage time penalty after two var checks. goalkeeper calum ferrie made one of the most important saves of his career though to deny james tavernier. queens park will find out who their quarterfinal opponents are on monday. aberdeen willjoin them in the draw for the last eight after they beat dumferline 3—0. in la liga, we're only 15 minutes into the game between barcelona and sevilla and we've already seen two goals. robert lewandowski got the opener for barca — captain rohit sharma hit a superb 119 from 90 balls to power india towards victory. the final match of the series is in ahmedabad on wednesday. after racing into a 17—0 lead with tries from calvin nash and captain caelan doris. they're aiming for a third st

senator marsha blackburn. where is marsha? hi. senator katie brit. thank you, katie.e lee, where's mike? i love his new haircut. i love that haircut, mike p. he just said the hell with it, right? i think you look great. senator cynthia loomis. hi, cynthia, doing a good job. and roger marshall. thank you, roger. great. mark wayne mullen, oklahoma. i love oklahoma. i don't know what it is. oklahoma, i went 77-77 counties. it's never been done. second was ronald reagan, 56, right? yeah. and tommy tuberville, a great coach. you know, his quarterback was named mahomes, he was a great college coach. and i said, how good was he? he said, you don't want to know how good. he made me into a great coach. pretty good quarterback, right? yeah. he was very good. good guy, too. also, governors, we have govern governor glenn youngkin of virginia, good job. bill lee of tennessee. bill, thank you. jeff landry, louisiana. thank you, jeff. kim reynolds of iowa. thank you. we're trying to move, you know, education back to the states. you do know that. we're making a big move and counting

blackburn, aye mr. wyden, no. ms. cantwell, no. mr. bennet, no. mr. warner, no. mr. whitehouse, no. ms. hassan, no. ms. cortez masto, no. ms. warren, no. mr. sanders, no. ms. smith, no. mr. lujan, no. mr. warnock, no. mr. chairman? the chairman votes aye. the final tally is 14 ayes, 13 nays. chair crapo: with the click please restate the vo--with the clerk restate the vote? >> 14 ayes, 13 nays. chair crapo: the vote is reported favorably. since i asked my republican colleagues to hold off at the outset, i will go to my republican colleague first. senator tillis. sen. tillis: i voted aye today and i wanted to briefly explain why. i believe in my 65 years -- i will be 65 in august -- that mr. kennedy will be one of the first people coming before who is not a trained health care expert. he views this through the lens of an attorney. he's brought many lawsuits on food safety, vaccine safety, a number of other things. mr. chair, i think it was senator warnock that said that the president said he was going to go wild in the department of health and human services. i hope he does. i hope h

in the early cup game — wolves scored two goals in two minutes to win 2—0 at championship side blackburnueezed a shot past the goalkeeper to make it i—o. defence again for matheus cunha to score his 12th goal of the season. well, we saw what happened to liverpool in the fa cup just their keeper to thank, with late heroics at the end, to seal their spot in the quarterfinals. dan ogunshakin reports. with ten scottish caps to their only celtic and rangers name only celtic and rangers have this cup name only celtic and rangers have - this cup to ibrox more in hope expectation. more in hope suddenly grew. than expectation. those expectations suddenly grew. the stuff of queens park dreams... they it's the hope that they say it's the hope that you, and in the dying 5459 gift“: ii? “2 $55 9995 of 1111 999 999! '9 999 9999 of stoppage 1111 919 999! '9 999 9999 of stoppage time, penalties7 to arranges penalties threaten to crush the tale. after not crush the fairy tale. after not one but two the ar checks... was still time for one there was still time for one more rangers chance of but this was to

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blackburn: we look forward to that.you and i, before you came forward as the secretary, the nominee, we had talked in years past about over medicating youth. and concerns over that. i was looking at a report from tenncare, which is our medicaid program in tennessee. i was concerned when i saw a number that tenncare had spent $90 million in 2024 alone on adhd. this was 400 and 17,000 of our -- 417,000 of our children. and $90 million. to me, that's heartbreaking. what is happening there. so, how will you prioritize oversight of prescribing practices, while promoting alternative solutions, such as counseling, behavioral therapies, community-based interventions for our youth? mr. kennedy: exactly. that is the solution. 15% of american youth are now on adderall or some other adhd medication. even higher percentages are on ssris. half the pharmaceutical drugs are now sold here, 70% of the products from pharmaceutical companies are from the united states, even though we only have 4.2% of the worlds population. not only that,

>> thank you center blackburn thank you for the reauthorization.good friend. >> he is a good man too. >> cook cell summarize it this way this is time in our nations history the worst time of our narcotics trafficking and death is not time to distant franchise or divest from the program. they are national. they rely on local law enforcement task force andon contributions. the funding to stop fully fund the program it offsets the contributions of thehe locals. the municipal agencies having hiring problems or stepping away from the programs for keeping staff is very difficult reauthorization is very critical to keep the program running. >> i have talked to some of our law enforcement agencies. they have talked about sanctuary city policies. they note senator lee brought this with you. in the sanctuary city to go after these traffickers that it is more difficult. sometimes you have to find a workaround. i would love for you to talk for just a minute about what we can do that would help you all as you try to deal with sanctuary cities to get these drugs

blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman.. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk will continue to call the roll. vote: the clerk: mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk will continue to call the roll. vote: the clerk: mr. cornyn. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12 no debate is permit the during a vote. the senator although suspend. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator although suspend. the clerk: mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate ismented during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. graham. mr. grassley.

blackburn: always good to see you. i appreciate that.as we served in the house, you were known as being a consensus builder and problem solver and i think as we look at the v.a. and the situation there we need someone who can build consensus among employees and solve problems that are existing in the v.a., so you made a comment about it was important to get the right people doing the right job and i agree with that. and i -- as we have been overseeing the v.a., something that has been a consistent problem is the return to work policy and a lack of individuals that are working full time at one point at a v.a. benefits they were only required, according to secretary mcdonough, they only had to work in person two out of 10 days. and then in health care thing had to work in person five out of the 10 days, so that is a problem and i believe that is why the backlog is at 265,000. if you put those under 120 days on that list, you are at 956,000. this is because people do not go to work. so where are you on that and having that return to work po

americans overwhelmingly voted in favor for a part already some reaction on capitol hill senator marsha blackburnto exit posting mexico and canada are going to learn the hard way if they refuse to work with us to secure our borders there will be financial consequences. congressman eli crane posting i appreciate president trump taking bold actions and put a stop to the fentanyl crisis. too many american families have suffered the loss of a loved one enough talk, time for action. the white house is in your torso a tarsalgo into effect on tuesd. these new tariffs could increase u.s. gasoline prices by up to 70 cents a gallon. president trump acknowledge reporters friday there could be temporary short-term disruptions. last night president trump special envoy posted this a photo showing as you mentioned those six americans are freed from venezuela bread trump reacted to the news on social media saying in part quote it is so good to have the venezuela hostages back home and very important to note, venezuela has agreed to receive back into their country all venezuela illegal aliens and camped in the u.

so, senator marsha blackburn, where's marsha? hi. senator katie britt, thank you. katie.mike lee, where's mike? mike i love his new haircut. i love that haircut. mike. he just said the hell with it right? huh? i think you look great, senator. cynthia lummis. cynthia, where are you? cynthia. hi, cynthia. doing a good job. and roger marshall. thank you. roger. great. markwayne mullin, oklahoma. i love oklahoma. i don't know what it is. oklahoma. i went seven. and 56, right? yeah. and tommy tuberville, a great coach. you know, his quarterback was named mahomes. he was a great college coach. and i said how good was he? he said, you don't want to know how good. he made me into a great coach. he's a pretty good quarterback, right? yeah, he was very good. he's a good guy too. also governors. we have governor glenn youngkin virginia. thank you glenn. good job. bill lee of tennessee. bill, thank you jeff landry, louisiana. thank you jeff kim reynolds of iowa, thank you. we're trying to move. you know, education back to the states. you do know that we're making a big move and we're

blackburn. mr. blumenthal. ms. blunt rochester. mr. booker. mr. boozman. mrs. britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mrs. gillibrand. i'm honored to be sitting here to be nominated for the next sector of the v.a. i want to think my friend kevin cramer for the kind introduction. i appreciate his work and your work as well. i thank him for that. i would like to thank president trump for his nomination and his willingness to have not on the veterans of this country. i'm privileged today and appreciate the chairman and ring them mentioning my family because i would not view without them. my wife of 36 years is with me lisa. i have my son copeland, his wife your guide my son cameron and his fiancÉe. and then on the one of the quizzes altogether and that is jordan. she is our daughter. also on the public is watching what no of the list of a didn't mentio

chapman's mother was friendly with the then mistress of mount vernon jane charlotte blackburn. washington resulting in her commissioning chapman for this massive group portrait that you can now see in the museum here at mount vernon in 1834. and i like to imagine chapman interviewing her while painting this on the piazza for chapman palling, meanwhile, could help chapman break into the new york art scene, which was quickly surpassing philadelphia in the early 19th century. his wildly successful satirical pamphlet, it's published with washington irving in 1807, had launched a career as a popular novelist, playwright and critic. like his friends, artist and inventor samuel f.b., morse and novelist james fenimore cooper, pauling's work was focused on nationalist themes. he aimed not only to support american art, but also to promote the idea that american cultural and natural resources could compete with those of europe. chapman had met and impressed members of pauling's intellectual circle while studying in italy in the 1820s, especially cooper and maurice cooper had commissioned