bowman of new york. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 667, the gentleman from new york, mr. bowman, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. bowman: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to offer a commonsense, good government amendment that has already passed this house on a bipartisan basis. decades ago, congress recognized that there's an inherent conflict of interest when elected officials who decide how taxpayer dollars are spent are also allowed to contract with the federal government to receive those dollars. that is why federal law prohibits every single member of this body from contracting with the federal government. at the time, it was thought there was no need to include the president, vice president, or members of the cabinet in this statutory prohibition because every recent executive had voluntarily divested of their financial conflicts of interest. unfortunately, that trend of presidential transparen

bowman of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new york. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise. mr. kildee: as the member designated by mr. ryan of ohio, pursuant to helps 8 -- h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. ryan will votey on the bowman amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> as the member designated by mr. babin from the state of texas pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. babin will vote no on bowman amendment number 25. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does gentl

bowman as well as their spano and that county executive. we are coming down after dealing with the other issue, the economy and rent. i thought it was just a rain storm. it took three hours, after trees had fallen on the freeway, going through a water tunnel, getting up to north broadway, this is my neighborhood, and seeing another retaining wall that had collapsed, and close the street, and the sandbags in front of my building, realized this was something we had never experienced, except for the last time we experienced it. the reality is what the governor said, this is not something we can continue to put on the back burner. i'm glad we have a bond as part of the voters having to make a decision of investing $3 billion into our infrastructure, which will happen in november. when you go to vote, please look at the pond and understand this is an opportunity for us to build up our infrastructure. in the meantime, a governor just got sworn in on tuesday, and we got her to be here in our neighborhood, in westchester, and throughout the state.

bowman of new york. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 667, the gentleman from new york, mr. bowman, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. bowman: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to offer a commonsense, good government amendment that has already passed this house on a bipartisan basis. decades ago, congress recognized that there's an inherent conflict of interest when elected

as you can see in this video that we're putting up now when he was arrested aaron larry bowman for a traffic stop. he reportedly beat bowman with a metal baton, breaking his jaw, some of his ribs among other injuries. what's your reaction to this indictment? >> i think it's important that we continue to prosecute officers that engage in this behavior to the fullest. their behavior hurts the profession and hurts those men and women that are doing the job to protect us throughout this country. so we have to continue and our justice system and communities demand that police do their job in a proper way. when they don't, we have to make sure the court system holds them responsible. >> aaron larry bowman was a guest on this show. this is what he said about the incident. >> i did exactly what he asked. the next few minutes, he snatched me out of the car and swung me to the ground and went to beating on me. while he was doing it, the rest of the police that was there were just standing around watching. he wasn't trying to help me. i was asking for their help. they wasn't helping me. they ju

environment correspondent sally bowman reports. 22—year—old studentjamie is one of the foot soldiers the volunteer from the flood action group is visiting this 88—year—old woman to offer advice and reassurance. well, i was flooded in 2011 and i vowed i could never cope with it again. it is an awful experience and you just cannot see the end of it. and then of course unexpectedly last year it happened again. but this time, she had the flood action group and her buddy, jamie. you just know that sometimes, without a big community effort, a lot of these houses would get severely damaged. waves of flooding over the past 1a years been the leaders here have had to become experts in what works and what does not. what we have got here is 150 sandbags, on pallets, - which were given to us by the county councih _ we have got two pallets - here and we have got a third one coming and we have also got a mobile flood barrier that we lay out. - injuly, the government announced a six year flood retention plan of more than £5 billion and more than 5 million is coming here. the bulk of that will be spe

bowman, for five minutes. mr. bowman: thank you, madam speaker. i rise to honor the lives of those lost due to senseless violence in my district. leon wayne, age 26, gun violence. shavar williams, age 28, gun violence. cory lowe, age 31, stabbing victim. richard black, age 39, gun violence. joseph ramirez, age 43, gun violence. ray harding, age 355 -- age 55, gun violence. aaliyah waiters, gun violence. marilyn montanez, age 18, gun violence. guy van lue jr., age 18, gun violence. jeremy logan, age 32, gun violence. amar'e ellis, age 18, gun violence. warren, age 35, gun violence. olivia green, age 15, fentanyl overdose. madam speaker, i ask rerecognize a moment of silence for the lives lost in my district due to senseless violence. mr. bowman: thank you, madam speaker. the pandemic of sense less violence is not only there. if you're black or latino in these communities, you're more susceptible to acts of senseless violence. when i was in high school trying to just be a good student and play on the football team, i ended up caught up in a situatio

bowman of new york. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 667, the gentleman from new york, mr. bowman, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. bowman: thank you, madam chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bowman: madam speaker, i rise today to urge support for my amendment that will take an important step towards restoring congressional war powers. this amendment will bring our -- our unauthorized military presence in syria to a long overdue debate in congress so we can ultimately vote to authorize or reject military action. members on both sides of the aisle have long recognized the constitution and the war powers act of 1973 grant congress the exclusive power to send our service men and women into war. i represent parts of the bronx and westchester county, new york, and in my district, i am humbled to represent so many veterans who have sacrificed s

again, i want to thank each of you, kathy gannon, saad mohseni, atia abawl, npr's tom bowman. each of you brings so much depth to the coverage of afghanistan. please continue what you do. the word courage that saad just mentioned is in each of you and here at the national press club, we wish you continued peace and safety. thank you for joining us. tom: thank you. kathy: thank you very much. >> we of the house proceedings

bowman start exerting the same kind of authority in the house as manchin and sinema do in the senate. if the house progressives hold together that would create challenges, given the fact that pelosi said by the end of the month there's going to be a vote on the bipartisan bill on infrastructure. look, i think the political imperatives now are different than the start of the summer. i think at the start of this summer, the president was above water, and he's now below water in every survey. the pressure is now on him and his party to deliver, and i think it's going to be very difficult for democrats to go home at the end of this year without giving him some kind of victory, and that i think eventually is going to be the argument internally in democratic politics is we can't deliver nothing. we have to do something. >> but that same argument leads to what we see happening right now, and every time you wander the halls on capitol hill, everybody knows their vote is necessary. no votes in the senate, so everybody says i'll vote for it if it has this, my pet project. mark warner, senator o

again, i want to thank each of you, kathy gannon, saad mohseni, atia abawl, npr's tom bowman. each of you brings so much depth to the coverage of afghanistan. please continue what you do. the word courage that saad just mentioned is in each of you and here at the national press club, we wish you continued peace and safety. thank you for joining us. tom: thank you. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're hundred -- we are funded by these companies and more. ♪ >> buckeye broadband support c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> the house ways and means subcommittee on oversight had a hilly -- held a hearing on access to higher i education. spying on alternatives to higher education,

again, i want to thank each of you, kathy gannon, saad mohseni, atia abawl, npr's tom bowman. each of you brings so much depth to the coverage of afghanistan. please continue what you do. the word courage that saad just mentioned is in each of you and here at the national press club, we wish you continued peace and safety. thank you for joining us. tom: thank you. ♪ c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. >> the world changed in an instant, but mediacom was ready. internet traffic soared and we never slowed down. schools and businesses when virtual and we powered a new reality. >> mediacom support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. coming up this morning, wall street journal labor economics reporter eric moraz joins us. then matter of honor -- then medal of honor r

randy bowman joins us now. randy, good to have you.to scholars in residence. the title is empowering, i'm sure by design. so who is eligible and how do you select the students? >> first, thanks for having me this afternoon, i appreciate it. the kids are elementary school-aged kids because we need to improve their cognitive ability before they get beyond the formative years. so they're elementary school-aged kids, and we only accept impoverished kids into the program. so in order to be in this program, you have to meet the federal definition of poverty. and the only way to hand out an opportunity this unique is to do it by virtue of lottery. so parents choose this program, they apply for their children to be accepted into the program, and then the lottery determines which kids actually get a seat. arthel: it's not a place for troubled kids or not an escape from bad parents. what does at last boarding school provide for the students? >> oh, it's a place for kids who have parents who value education, believe in their child's ability to le

. >> joining me now is jamal bowman of new york. thanks for being with us.e manchin says he's no on $3.5 trillion, the budget plan. what's your reaction? >> so, i've spent the last week touring the damage of hurricane ida in my district. we lost at least five lives right here in my district, 50 l lives in the region. people's businesses, small businesses have been completely destroyed, basements completely destroyed, houses of worship completely destroyed, homes completely destroyed. there were two iona college professors, both in their late 70s, driving in what they thought was a rainstorm that immediately became a flash flood. their car started to float. they couldn't get out. they both passed away. so, when we talk about a sense of urgency, people are losing their lives and their livelihoods right now because our infrastructure is 100 years old, and climate change is here to stay. so it's important for senator manchin and others to understand, people are dying every day in my district and across the country, and we have to go big right now in this moment.

i missed because of the fear of commander from the internal non short topic bowman. muslim shirley stuff, he has to give me the bonus advice, and him to conflict out of gunner said, no doubt, no. police's food found voltage didn't. there was no afghan national army. there were no afghan national police. we see a situation totally transformed. aim has always been, can we make sure this country no longer a haven for terror and terrors? the american troops training afghan soldiers ambushed by the taliban. as those american troops prepared to start coming home, the afghans realized they still need american help. they demand american fighter jets bail them out. american air support vote always be here to save today. he goes one does what are you going to john biggers? i'm not going to duncan's nerves and i'm not sure. i guess i got my the other part when i was and i got as it was meeting last odyssey got as an asthma. got all i don't get if phone i wouldn't know. you hold us to margaret. well jordan morning, thought i got more than they go, no more number over there long. got was a jordan one

my name is because of its commando on the internet for non short topic bowman, muslim leaf stuff. he has to give me the bonus, advice, and into conflict. i was gonna say, no doubt, not putting the system to the front of the tent. there was no afghan national army . there were no afghan national police. we see a situation totally transformed. our aim has always been, can we make sure this country no longer is a haven for terror and terrors? the american troops training afghan soldiers ambushed by the taliban. as those american troops prepared to start coming home, the afghans realised they still need american help. they demand american fighter jets bail them out. american air support vote always be here to say today you good one does what out a single zone bigger them. i'm not going to duncan is, and i'm not sure. i guess i got my the what i mean when i was and i got as i was meeting last odyssey got as an asthma, i don't get it on our good him. i know you hold us to margaret. well, jordan, one him that i got more than they go, no more. number over there. zahn got was a jordan mon

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when you are leaving, you're not getting anything. reserve as a male officer who is leaving after a bowman and commission and he's getting pension and other monetary benefits and other benefits which army defense forces gives to its offices. so oh, that was i think of the very last discrimination the while women have made strides, young forces remain a mil baskin that has resisted becoming more inclusive. in a recent hearing, the supreme court criticize the military policies that it says discriminate against women. last month, 72 female officers approached the court saying they were being denied permanent positions because of sexism. form officers say in just military needs to change to allow more women to join it's ranks very basic, the war has changed. so we do have gone back and we do have infantry and what, but oh that, that is one aspect beyond me. there are other things in the army as well. there's lots of state there. there is the supply called the thickness. now these are all, this is the women can so, and they can so very grateful for the new policies. core is determined to make t

giving a special recognition to bowman, scott, for donating the concrete. 15 years, it's rooted in that tradition of labor, hands on, really getting the people the skills that they need prepare them, right? as was the carpenters that help started the first academy, right? bringing in the instructors. we have bo, we have sergio that are standing in the back somewhere, right? they provide the curriculum to really get us started, right? we also have the laborers, the laborers training center, as you saw, providing the safety, making sure the people on the construction job site that are actually getting the work done, that they have percentage safety. now with us today is our president of the san francisco building and trade council and the secretary business manager for local 38 plumbers, larry mazzola, jr. [applause] >> thank you, ken. the tough part being going toward the end of the agenda is that everybody takes what you were going to say and uses it. so i might repeat some things, but i think some of the things that i'm going to repeat are worth repeating. so good morning. i'm honored

these 2 people have been killed and a bowman tax and the city and city of jobless. one last was near the city council and another just outside the town. 18 people have been injured. lava continues to erupt from the comfort of your volcano on the spanish island of la paloma seismic activity had eased off briefly on monday, but increased again. a few hours later, the volcanoes displaced nearly 7000 people since last week. dozens of haughty rebels and pro governments soldiers have been killed and fighting in yemen. they're battling for control of money. but the last northern city held by pro government fighters performed hundreds of thousands of people who fled conflict in other areas of the country. and those are the headlines coming up next and all the 0, it's inside story. goodbye me. ah ah, it is, yes, political crisis is the politic 1000 rallied against the present rule. so could the nation return to terrorism and all the president supporters is running out of patience that isn't ah, ah hello, welcome to the program, i'm ron kon, 10 years ago mass protest pushed u

he's been talking to coral, loves grandson about his recent meeting with musk bowman ocean. but i really liked that everything's in practically the same space and everyone sees the result of their work and what's happening around them. it's an enormous hanger about the size of a football field where they assemble the engines, carrier rocket, and landing module nearby. there's the glass partition and then 4 or 5 floors of engineers offices so they can look out onto the production area and see everything . actually, many of the engineers worked remotely, even from other states. the engineers developed things in groups with like 3 of them working remotely and 2 in the space ex office who can go down and look at everything, check and configure things, and then discuss them and make changes in the computer. mister marsha, this particular one was not he's a fantastic person to talk to that became clear during our phone conversation. he talks a lot, listen attentively and laughs a lot. he's the same way in person. totally not arrogant, understandably, he could have behaved in a dif

so it's going to be quite an important bowman, not only for the son guide corporation organization, but for the international community. because the debate as we speak though, is to what direction is that taliban going to take a country? and by consequence, what kind of relationship is going to be established in with those countries in the sun, guy, cooperation, organization. and many of those countries are neighboring. it's done just to give you an idea about the delicate task ahead for the organization. tragic is that, for example, has been very critical of that thought about things that it won't recognize the taliban government, those conflicting views within the international community. and the son guy organization are getting to create some programs for the policies. and this is why many people are pretty much concerned about deterioration of the security and stability in this part of the world if there's no international recognition of the target but in the near future. and if it's not even don't come together and bring about a comprehensive government that includes all the multi

at least 8 people have been killed and 9 others injured by ca, bowman. this is molly capital. it happened near a security checkpoint, close the president's residence in mogadishu. the target was a convoy heading into the palace l. chabad, which once to overthrow the government has claimed responsibility for the at least 3 people have been killed in a trained enrollment in the us state of montana. many more people i enjoyed, it happened in a remote part of the state as the amtrak train headed from chicago to seattle, at least for carriages, came off the tracks. earlier we spoke to one of the passengers. i was actually sleeping when we do rails. and so i woke up to what i would describe is like extreme turbulence. it was very loud. so i would say the 1st car were pretty calm, kind of just trying to make sense of what happened. and then among the people that we talked to that had been, and some of the cars that had turned over there was a wide variety, you know, dissociation to all the way to hysterics. and, you know, people were worried for their loved ones who were in the coach

and just now we'll be up to 3 to the families, but the bowman about any danger. we have no evidence of anybody being pools of flights, but i would ask him, obviously, and if the guy would ask him to, to raise it with the raise. the particular cases directly with, with my right honorable friends, so bars, johnson, hugely proud of the case effort over the past weeks evacuated many, but there are those who say that there are still those left behind who need help. well over the pond, the us president joe biden is also facing a barrel sharp criticism over the chemist on it to buckle around $100.00 americans . it's still found the ball with the town about in full control. washington now has a little room for maneuver. we do not have personnel on the grounds, we do not have assets in the country. we do not control the space where the over afghanistan or elsewhere in the region. given these constraints, we also do not have a reliable means to confirm the basic details of charter flights and creating who may be organizing them. the number of us citizens and other priority

chip bowman heads team heart that before the pandemic traveled to rwanda to perform life-saving proceduresber a few cases where we weren't able to get the wires out without risking injury to the heart. i think of a setting like that or even a regular how parisian is much more difficult, it would be very beneficial. i think it will be another step in the long trajectory of technology improving medicine. >> and vastly reimagining the meaning of wearable technology. judy: just fascinating. we can all hope that it works. fred's reporting is a partnership with the under told stories projt at the university of st. thomas in minnesota. that's the "newshour" tonight. i'm judy woodruff. join us tomorrow evening. for all of us, thank you. please stay safe, and we will see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by -- >> pediatric surgeon, volunteer, topiary artist, a raymondjames financial advisor taylor's advice to help you live your life. life well planned. >> consumer cellular. johnson & johnson. bnsf railway. the kendeda fund, committed to advancing restorative justice

bowman of new york. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 667, the gentleman from new york, mr. bowman, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new york. mr. bowman: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to offer a commonsense, good government amendment that has already passed this house on a bipartisan basis. decades ago, congress recognized that there's an inherent conflict of interest when elected officials who decide how taxpayer dollars are spent are also allowed to contract with the federal government to receive those dollars. that is why federal law prohibits every single member of this body from contracting with the federal government. at the time, it was thought there was no need to include the president, vice president, or members of the cabinet in this statutory prohibition because every recent executive had voluntarily divested of their financial conflicts of interest. unfortunately, that trend of presidential transparen

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another encounter that occurred just three weeks after green's death in which motorist aaron larry bowman was beaten 18 times with a police flashlight, despite being heard repeating, quote, i'm not resisting, i'm not resisting. in the graphic body camera footage that was only recently obtained by the associated press. i learned from the ap's investigation that nearly 70% of state police arrests are of black people. what is going on in louisiana, congressman? >> i think this department has a pattern, a culture of abuse. listen, all of the men and women are not bad, but we certainly have a culture of abuse that has been allowed to fester, and now it's time we take the necessary steps to remove the investigation from the hands of the very people who are violating. i asked the attorney general for an investigation to determine and evaluate those practices that we have seen all too often in louisiana where people's civil rights have been abused, where we've seen cover-ups that we continue to see each day, each month, a little bit more that demonstrates that this pattern and this culture is rea

that president biden and our federal elected representatives, schumer, gillibrand and congressman bowman who are all working hard to see that our community gets relief and that the people of this community have a chance to have a viable place to raise their families. without the constant fear of their live being disrupted. and it is not just that. even when it is heavy raining forecast gs a lot of people have been affected so many time, they have a sense of ptsd. they get a very -- a lot of foreboding when there is a big storm coming. and i don't blame them. it upends their lives anden dangers they are families. >> and it is already been, let's be honest, what is on top of what has already been a hard 18 months plus for a lot people just because of the state of the world today. so this is all addeding tos it more than just one storm one time no matter how historic it is. mayor, thank you very much for jumping on the phone. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity. i really appreciate it have a good day. >> you too. take care. >>> and now president biden will depart for the state in a

i spoke moments ago to congressman bowman of new york. let's play what he had to say. >> infrastructure vote, do you believe it will happen tomorrow? if it happens, what will the end game be? >> i don't know. we'll see if it happens before the build better act, i think it will be votesed down. i know it will be volted down. but we'll see what happens. still a lot of hours in the day to negotiate where we are. >> now, there is real consternation among centrist democrats who want necessary two bills to be separated. they didn't want tight be a package deal in the first place and one of them, stephanie murphy said it would be a significant breach of trust if that vote were to get delayed or voted down. garrett haake spoke to senator joe manchin who is in some ways at the center of this. >> the most important piece of legislation we've had in a year which is the bipartisan structure. it does so much in so many ways. clean energy, everything else. why wouldn't we take that and -- >> progressives don't trust you, sir. they don't trust you that

clemente bowman also said earlier, he said you're never strong alone in europe. realizes the importance of having good, strong negotiating partner with germany. >> jim bitterman joining us live from paris. many thanks. >>> and these are live pictures right now of a volcano erupting in the canary islands. let's bring those up. officials warn that the volcano in la palma is getting even more dangerous, and experts predict lava explosions could last another three months. nearly 7,000 people have been evacuated. but residents are in limbo as flights remain cancelled for a second-straight day. and journalist al goodman joins us now, live, from madrid with more on this. al, what are you able to tell us? >> hi. the latest, rosemary, canary islands emergency authorities early this day just after midnight local time sent out a series of urgent tweets to the residents of the island. ordering people who live in four villages on the eastern shore of la palma to stay indoors. they are basically locked down and that's because the lava flow from the volcano now in its ninth-str

i want to bring in congressman bowman, a member of the caucus thank you for speaking to me >> thank you for having me >> let me ask about joe manchin who said he is concerned about a, quote, entitlement mentality, unquote, about these votes thoughts >> i think it's important to look at any level of quality in our nation even on top of the pandemic you add racial lines along gender lines, add on top of that a pandemic, on top of that the climate crisis we're dealing with hurricane ida just recently destroyed my district. both bills, the bipartisan infrastructure bill, and the reckonciliation bill, are both part of president biden's agenda from the very beginning. he's working aligned with us, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and myself, to make sure we can lift children out of poverty, making sure we can save 43 million seniors from spending an enormous amount of money on their prescription drugs, making sure child care is universal, pre-k is universal, community college is universal the bill doesn't go far enough in terms of green infrastructure if we don't go green right now, we're going to

he's accused of violating the civil rights of aaron bowman. federal officials are investigating the beatings of at least three black men by louisiana troopers in recent years. democratic congressional leaders now say they have a framework deal to pay for a huge spending measure covering social and environmental programs. they gave no details today. and, there's no agement on the final size of the bill. party leaders, including house speaker nancy pelosi, said they still favor $3.5 trillion. >> we're finalizing on the outlays side, so if we need more, we need less, that will impact the choices we make there. but this was great progress. >> woodruff: party progressives and moderates remain divided over how big the spending bill should be. the u.s. environmental protection agency has finalized a rule to sharply limit the use of coolant gases known as h.f.c.'s. the goal is a reduction of 85 percent in the next 15 years. h.f.c.'s help cool refrigerators and air conditioners, but scientists say they help fuel global warming. california is now the fi