chair britt: dr. westlake, thank you for the incredible work that you've done as a medical professional and an advocate working to protect americans from the dangers of illicit drugs like fentanyl. in my view, we need to be as bold as possible when it comes to taking steps to protecting american children and families from the scourge of fentanyl. that is one of the reasons that i am a cosponsor of the halt fentanyl act. can you comment on the impact that frs class scheduling had on the enforcement landscape over the last several years? if there are any myths about class scheduling that you would like to dispel? dr. westlake: thank you for the question. the myths would be that people who are incarcerated from it. it has been reported that people are not being incarcerated for it for the same reason the people are not dying from it. because it does not exist . i do not envy the job that you have on the dais of addressing, one of the things that you address is the illicit fentanyl scourge. the lowest han

britt: that's what i thought. i would like to applaud the administration for inserting accountability back into the agency by pausing these quarterly blank checks. i know that there has been a lot of conversation around the bureau for the last few days, but i want to focus on the last couple of years, particularly the $2 billion the cfpb received from 22 through the last receipt on january 22, 2020 five. congress specified in statute that the fed should fund the cfpb through the combined earnings of the federal reserve system. as i mentioned, the fed has no current earnings. they have a balance sheet of -200 million. instead of the recent audit statement saying the fed is funding the cfpb through assessments on reserve banks, mr. chair, there are only two statutes that authorize the fed to make reserve bank assessments and neither permit the cfpb to fund transfers. so, what [no audio] what authority, exactly, did the federal reserve have to assess the reserve banks in this manner? >> senator van hollen? senator va

i mean, republicans from alabama, like alabama senator katie britt, have started to freak out publicly about what trump and musk dismantling the government is doing to her state. specifically, quote, senator britt was one of the first republicans to raise concerns at home soon after the trump administration directed the nih to slash $4 billion in costs for medical research grantees. senator britt, whose state has received more than $518 million in nih grants just for projects that are currently active there, tells a local news outlet that she will press trump officials to take a, quote, smart, targeted approach to cuts so as to, quote, not hinder lifesaving, groundbreaking research at high achieving institutions like the university of alabama at birmingham. >> what do. >> you think the odds are that she's right? that there what did she call it, that they're going to take a smart, targeted approach because they're trying hard not to hinder lifesaving work. what do you think the odds are that she's right about that? did i mention that 20,000 people, 20,000 alabama residents, just phoned

britt: zero, right? mr. powell: zero. sen. britt: that is what i thought. i would like to applaud the commitment to stretching and acting director vote for inserting some icon back into the agency by pausing these quarterly blank checks. i know there has been a lot of competition around the bureau the last few days but i want to focus on the last couple years, particularly the $2 billion the cfpb received september 2022 up until the last receipt on january 2, 2025. congress specified the fed shall fund the cfpb through the combined earnings of the federal reserve system. however, as i mentioned, the fed has no current earnings. it has a balance sheet of -$200 billion. so instead of the recent audit statement saying the fed is funding the cfpb through ss minced on its reserve bank through assessments on its reserve bank, there are only two statues that allow the assessments and either permit the cfpb to fund transfers, so what authority exactly to the federal reserve have to assess the reserve banks in this manner the last two years? i just want kind of a fa

let's bring in britt clennett in tel aviv. the hostages include some americans still in captivity. >> reporter: they do, whit. these talks with the israeli prime minister netanyahu very much focused on phase two of this cease-fire deal. president trump wants the war to end and he wants all those hostages released including those six americans. now, netanyahu still weighing the possibility of another round of fighting in gaza, as hamas shows they are still in control of the streets there. and that will be a point of contention with the president. the two leaders also expected to discuss iran and a potential normalization deal between israel and saudi arabia. now, before heading to d.c., netanyahu said israel and the u.s. will continue to redraw the map of the middle east, critical to the big picture here is the west bank, where israel is intensifying its operations, explosions ripping through janeane, a city known as a militant stronghold. whit. >> whit: britt clennett for us tonight, thank you. >>> now to that blockbuster trad

house judiciary committee g chairman jim jordan, special katie britt and congressman mike collins. mike, you were fantastic from georgia. as well as a senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley. thank you very much. you look great. and, house judiciary committee chairman, jim jordan, who is a special guy, a special man. and house homeland security mark green. thank you very much. thank you, mark. we have many other congressmen and senators that i am not going to introduce because this is about your daughter. this is about something so important. thank you all. we have to say, bert jones is in the room. purchase your lieutenant governor. he was on this site. thank you very much. i see you sitting there. thank you very much. the state and local officials, law enforcement organizations, we have everybody. most of them represented in the room, incredible people and i have never seen them come together like they have. not for this kind, but different bills, different passages having to do with many different things from homeland security to taxes 250 different items. i have never seen suc

appearing thin and frail, so let's bring in abc's britt clennett in tel aviv. what more are you learning utthose hostages? >> reporter: those families of the three hostages released this weekend now describing how the men endured horrific conditions. you can see them there. looking frail and gaunt as they were handed over from hamas to the red cross in gaza. one brother said they were subjected to physical and psychological abuse, adding that he doesn't think the remaining hostages will actually survive the conditions any longer. they only discovered after they were released that their loved ones were murdered in the october 7th attack. there are still six americans held captive by hamas in gaza. israeli prime minister netanyahu returning home tonight after his meeting with trump in d.c., praising the president's revolutionary creative vision for gaza. a nod to trump's bombshell proposal to clear out the palestinians there, something outrightly rejected by palestinian authorities. it comes as israeli forces withdrew from a strategic corridor in gaza allowing pa

appearing thin and frail, so let's bring in abc's britt clennett in tel aviv. what more are you learning about those hostages? >> reporter: those families of the three hostages released this weekend now describing how the men endured horrific conditions. you can see them there. the three men looking frail and gaunt as they were handed over from hamas to the red cross in gaza. one brother said they were subjected to physical and psychological abuse, adding that he doesn't think the remaining hostages will actually survive the conditions any longer. they only discovered after they were released that their loved ones were murdered in the october 7th attack. there are still six americans held captive by hamas in gaza. israeli prime minister netanyahu returning home tonight after his meeting with trump in d.c., praising the president's revolutionary creative vision for gaza. a nod to trump's bombshell proposal to clear out the palestinians there, something outrightly rejected by palestinian authorities. it comes as israeli forces withdrew from a strategic corridor i

abc's britt clennett is in tel aviv with the very latest.rning to you, britt. >> reporter: good morning, janai. yeah, another three israeli hostages back on home soil after they were freed by hamas in central gaza. this morning there was relief from the crowd here in hostage square, even as ohad ben ami, eli sharabi and or levy, all of them looking very thin and frail were handed over to the red cross in deir al balah. hamas again very much projecting this image of authority and order on the streets in gaza with another highly choreographed ceremony. netanyahu referring to their gaunt appearances in a statement saying, we will not move on from the shocking images we saw today and vowing a response. now, israel is releasing 183 palestinian prisoners as part of the first phase of the cease-fire deal, 1,900 prisoners will be released in return for 33 hostages. american sagui dekel-chen among six u.s. citizens still held in gaza. whit? >> whit: all right. britt clennett for us, thank you so much. >>> we turn to the growing legal battles over the

katie britt. i talked. >> to senator bill. >> cassidy of louisiana. me he worries it will hurt universities like those in his state without big endowments. he said he wants people in louisiana to benefit from research dollars, so that they don't all go to places like massachusetts and california. in addition, you have this new group of house and senate republicans, most of whom represent rural districts and states, introducing a bill to save the usaid food for peace program. this comes as trump and his billionaire ally, elon musk are trying to dissolve usaid. they want to save it by moving this program into the department of agriculture. why are there farmers? sell crops to the government and make money off of them? take a look at what congressman tracy mann of kansas said. quote, for 70 years, kansas and american farmers have played an active role in sending their commodities to feed malnourished and starving populations around the world. he calls it a free gift from the american people that will help vulnerable communities. there's also the question

but the feeling of like britt and jermaine got an hbo show, like tyco won and oscar.ger, he finished her film and, did you go back to high school? eco-yes. [laughs] it was like being awoken from a great dream. it was like someone being like wake up and i was like oh god, this girls high school. >> stephen: all-girls? because yeah. >> stephen: oh, that's rough. >> i had my lovely group of friends who were so excited for me but it was very weird. it was a strange time and the film was released, so i was going -- like i came to new york with kate to do publicity and then had to go back and do my english exam and then i went to the venice film festival and i was at dinner with quentin tarantino and then it's like that paper was late. >> stephen: we have to take a quick break. we will be right back with more melanie lynskey, everybody, stick around! [cheers and applause] ♪ who cares for what you've got ♪ ♪ if you're not having any fun? ♪ ♪ have a little fun ♪ (tony hawk) i still love to surf, snowboard, and of course, skate, so i take qunol magnesium to support my muscle a

senator cassidy, senators cassidy and britt in the last one he for hours, cutting medical funding isng to help lsu peered we are from a red state and our tax dollars, we get back more tax dollars, senator britt said you cannot cut medical funding, as well pure these are the kinds of things you should be focused on as opposed to the yelling and the kind of scattered outrage that seems to afflict the party. i am a believer that the reason elon musk is able to do this, democrats in congress and republicans, the reason he is able to usurp your responsibility as you have not exercised oversight is possibility in so long and you have not been a budgeting body and so long. you go through shutdowns and defaults. that is the only language that comes from congress. if you want to take back this responsibility, hold hearings, identify cuts that you would impose as opposed to the one the president is talking about, and with that, your honor, that is my opening argument. >> dana: all right, we will continue on. >> greg: i rest my face. >> dana: federal government, less popular than ever, so the q

senator britt. senator britt: well, that was amazing. thank you. um, my colleague nailed it. chair cassidy, ranking member sanders, and members of this committee. i am honored to join you today to introduce president trump's nominee for secretary of education, my friend, linda mcmahon. it is clear that our current education system isn't working. we have the status quo and that's actually failing our kids. as you mentioned, mr. chairman, the latest naep scores show the students' reading and math scores are down in almost every single state. to the point where only 30% of eighth graders are meeting reading proficiency levels. the status quo in education just hasn't failed students. it's failed parents just like me. and very respectfully, mr. ranking member, the america that you just described, the one that you're fearful will be created. it already exists. our students deserve better. our parents deserve better. we have to do something different in order to achieve a different result. for far too long, the department of education has catered to far left bureaucrats at the expen

i want to bring in abc's britt clennett in tel aviv in what's known as hostage square.e was also tears of joy as keith siegel, the first american in this ceasefire deal to be freed after 15 months in captivity. as i say, there were tears. there were there were cheers, there were claps. but also, i think the overwhelming emotion here is one of relief as we saw those images on the big screen here in hostage square of keith siegel in his black cap, looking slightly thinner than he was before. he was waving at the crowd on the stage there in gaza city, in the port. now he will be taken for assessment. we don't know what his condition is like, and he'll meet there with his wife, aviva, and their son as well. now aviva herself. she was also taken with keith on october 7th from their kibbutz kfar aza. aviva was released in 2020 3rd november and the week long ceasefire, then an aviva speaking to us in september, said that when keith comes out, he's going to be treated like a king juju brit. >> we also know that the other two hostages have already been reunited with family membe

britt: i love to hear that. as we look to the last couple of years, i will put on my appropriator hat, the budget for the fbi has been decreased. you are going to help us return america's trust in the fbi but as we look at that and try to make the numbers work, i want on your radar, i want you to be thoughtful about this, it's easy to say let's cut training, that's an easy thing to cut first and i think that's the worst thing we can do. we want to make sure our men and women are ready to find leads that lead to trafficking rings and other things good you talked about the rapes and sentinel -- fentanyl and the murders. we want them equipped to make those strides for the american people and i want the commitment from you that as we look at those things you will take a good look at training and make sure that's not the first thing that gets cut. mr. patel: absolutely, high standards and merit. sen. klobuchar: truth is incredibly important as an fbi director and some things i asked you about in the first round, you

britt clennett is in tel aviv. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit.inister netanyahu headed to washington, d.c., and expected to meet with trump on tuesday. before taking off today, netanyahu praised israel's alliance with the u.s. saying they can continue to redraw the map of the middle east. now talks with trump expected to focus on phase two of the ceasefire deal, but there are so many aspects of this deal that are still not thrashed out. it must include an end to the war and a plan for the day after in gaza. put simply, those questions just haven't been addressed by israel or hamas. israel has always maintained hamas cannot be in power by not providing a convincing alternative and hamas have used the pause in fighting to project this image of strength and authority in the devastated gaza strip, but this pause has brought so much relief. keith siegel this weekend, becoming the first american israeli to be freed in this deal along with two others. there are two u.s. nationals still believed to be alive held inside gaza, civilian sagui dekel-chen due

senator katie britt. thank you katie. mike lee, where is mike? i love his new haircut. love that haircut mike. he said to hell with it. i think you look great. senator cynthia lummis. doing a good job. and roger marshall. thank you roger. markwayne mullin, oklahoma. i love oklahoma. i don't know what it is. i 177 out of 77 count -- 70 out of 77 counties. 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. a pretty good quarterback right. he was very good. also governors we have governor glenn youngkin of virginia. thank you glenn, a good job. bill lee of tennessee paid thank you. jeff landry, louisiana. thank you. kim reynolds of iowa, thank you. we are trying to move you know education back to the states, we are making a big move and we are counting on linda mcmahon, linda mcmahon and sitting next to you is the new star is born caroline, congratulations. new star, a star is born. patrick morrissey, congratulations.

britt, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. rounds, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr.ly, no. mrs. moody, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, no. mr. sanders, no. the clerk: mr. schiff, no. mr. whitehouse, no. mr. marshall, aye. ms. baldwin, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. schumer, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. markey, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. mr. padilla: no. ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: ms. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, no. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. young, aye. vote: the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 53. the nays are 47. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of health and human servic

following that, we have senator scott and senator britt who will introduce our nominee. then we will administer the oath which is required. after the oath, senator leffler will be recognized for an opening statement followed by questions from our members alternating between each side. i now recognize myself for five minutes for purposes of an opening statement. senator leffler. as i already said, welcome to the committee and thank you for your willingness to serve. i greatly appreciate the time you spent meeting with me and my colleagues prior to this hearing. i want to take a minute to recognize some of your family here supporting you today. first, your husband, jeff. thank you, jeff, for being here. next, your brother brian, and his family who i understand traveled from washington, d.c. from their farm in illinois. also your parents, don and linda who are watching from florida today. we appreciate you all making the trip here and tuning into this hearing. as a former member of this buddy, you understand the importance of the advise and consent process. i appreciate you

senators from alabama, katie britt and tommy tuberville, i don't have to tell you, are republicans. anything to say about these nih cuts. >> katie britt has hinted that the cuts should be considered carefully, which is, i. >> guess. >> as good as we can hope for at this point. it was a pretty milquetoast thing. pretty. i mean, i would say. >> a scaredy. cat sort. >> of protest. tommy tuberville, who i would point out has received millions of dollars from to leave public institutions, complains that that we can take no more waste. so he is fully on board with the cuts. >> so? so, vaughn, republican senator of maine susan collins is actually pushing back on this nih cap on the indirect costs. what's she saying? >> right. and all of this comes. let's be clear, chris, before robert f kennedy jr was confirmation vote actually takes place, we anticipate that happening here in the senate later on this week. and susan collins is a republican senator who just a few days ago said that she intends to vote for the nomination of kennedy. yet at the same time, over the weekend, learning about the

and i think katie britt is talking about this too. there's a concern that just broadly cutting is going to basically stop the the creation of medical. >> research is worried. >> about across. >> the country, a bunch of professors getting fired. what this is saying is for the million dollars, we're going to give you 8000 850,000 actually has to be spent on that medical research. your product, not 50% of it on salaries. >> you're not concerned that this is going to have an impact on cancer research, on medical trials? >> no. theoretically, more dollars go to cancer research and less to go to the professors. >> the overhead theoretically, but people who know how these things work say that's not what's going to. >> happen, because it's their job, because. >> it's there. they're the ones. abusing it. right? >> the the university system has. >> abused the. >> american public. and this grant system for for ages. >> look, i think gretchen's got a point here. everybody wants cuts. everybody knows government can be made more efficient, but the

sarah clock reports from britt brisbin. to now, the rain has eased its ways of northeast in queensland, our underwater with hundreds of properties submerged to make use of rain fell earlier this week, breaking multiple records in the region. the authorities say more is coming. we remind prepaid for the ongoing prospect of more ride and the likelihood of mold flooding, lights, flash, flooding, and river rain, flooding sides of sites. the results of the multi new weather events, cool surface temperatures and the central pacific spring, which with this part of a stretch of the deluge of swollen waterways, flood warnings are still in place and the defense post has been called in to help with the clean up there is a lot of water in those catchment says already incredible amount of water on the ground. there is more significant ryan to come. so i will type dice for that water to come out of those systems. a number of communities have.

britt. mr. budd. ms. cantwell. mrs. capito. mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. under common motion on 55 - 45 while we wait a final confirmation vote to be called we will show you his confirmation hearing from last month. >> thank you mr. sherman ranking member and the committee i'm so happy and honored to be here with fuel to really think all the members of the committee thank you for your engagement and your ideas of rebuilding the american dream for our nation's forgotten communities it was a pleasure to visit with each and every one of you all but one said that was because of a scheduling conflict. i'm so great to have the time to meet with you, thank you for making the effort and i hope our conversations will not be the end but only the beginning of a great and true partnership to meet the mission and serve the american people i would also like to take a moment to thank my wife robin who is here with us for her unwavering support over nearly three decades of us being together from college at the university of illinois to the nfl th

i would like to thank both senator scott and britt for their introduction. [inaudible] quick certainly. i wouldi like to thank both senator scott and britt for the introduction provide the opportunity to welcome my friends and family, thank you all so much for being here with meme today. i would also like to thank president trump for his confidencep in me too lead a department whose mission and authority were a special focus for his campaign. he placed mick american education the best in the world. return education to the states where it belongs and free american students in education bureaucracy through school choice. c november proved america's americansoverwhelmingly supporte president's vision. i'm ready to enact it. education is the issue that in terms of national successor prepares american workers to win the future. i've been passionate about education's and my earliest colleges on a study to earn a teaching certificate. this has continued to my business career as a connecticut state board of education member. at the university trustee, from chair of

katie britt, senator from alabama had to go say do not take our nih dollars. >> jeanine: greg at?osed to be having. there is so much fraud. hundreds of billions of dollars and fraud. imagine you had an icon on your computer screen, and it was the white house, you never double-click on it. it was just there. musk finally double-click, and we are seeing the files. it is read-only. nothing is happening. we are reading the files. and that is enough to scare the poop out of these democrats. it is a gravy train for them. they rubber-stamped these th things. there was no control, no stop gap. this is becoming a revelation for people. so when you are a victim of fraud, there is the victim, the perp, the person you call to stop the fraud. so the democrats, they are not the victim. they are not the people trying to stop it. who are they? just by simple logic, they are the perp. embracing the character. oh, my god, you are going to have the social security numbers. you idiot, these guys run paypal. they have the social security numbers. you not bag. either they are so stupid that they don't

the eighth district of illinois in the honorable katie britt, united states senator from alabama. >>nt. thank you to the honorary cochairs, senators roger marshall and senator maggie hassan and all the organizers of this wonderful event. brothers and sisters, yes, i say brothers and sisters, despite our differences in race, gender, language, politics or religion itself, where others only see differences, today it is important that we rely on what unites us, and that is the almighty god. you remind us in the holy koran, o mankind, we have created you from male and female and we have made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another. indeed the most honored of you in the sight of god is the most righteous of you. o god, help us embody the sacred truth to see beyond our differences and recognize the worth you have bestowed upon every human being. instill in us the qualities of mercy, justice, and humility. make us servants of peace and advocates for the oppressed. inspire leaders, president, congress, our speaker, our leader, or supreme court, and all of our elected officia

britt. 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. mr. hagerty

britt slabinski, a recipient of the medal of honor himself, sat down with fellow recipients to hear their to their transition into the veteran community. it■s nothing we won, right? we're pretty vocal on that, saying, look, i didn't win anything like we're a recipient of this. you're going to highlight me for the day. we're four guys get killed. never crossed my mind about receiving the medal of honor. never. i was told i was being put in for it the day after the battle. the highest level of valor. you want to understand, why did these people lose their lives? why aren't they in my place? can't refuse it. we don't have the wear if you don't want to. they feel you earned it. people think war ends the moment you get home. no. war sticks with you. for me, it was like i was in a fog. really? for. for several months. you're literally on the edge of life and death at any moment. and then 12 hours later, you're at home and you're going to birthday parties and you have to go back to assimilating that life. it's fascinating how many of our brothers and sisters. it■s a significant problem. end up o

on about katy britt united state senator from alabama. >> thank you, mr. president.sisters, yes i say brothers and sisters. despite our differences in race, gender, language, politics or religion itself, or others only see differences, today it is important that we rely on what unites us. that is the almighty god. you remind us all man kind we have created you for mail and female. and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another. indeed the most honoredht of you in the sight of god is the most righteous of you. oh god, help us embody the sacred truth hurried to see beyond our differences and recognize the worth you have bestowed upon every human being. instill in us the qualities of mercy, justice and humility. make usce servants of peace and advocates for the oppressed. inspire leaders, our president, our congress, our speaker, our leader, our supreme court all the elected officials nationally and locally to act with sincerity and wisdom and to remember power lies not in the authority but in our service to humanity. asas elected officials been givn

britt slabinski, a recipient of the medal of honor himself, sat down with fellow recipients to hear theirmilitary service to their transition into the veteran community. it■s nothing we won, right? we're pretty vocal on that, saying, look, i didn't win anything like we're a recipient of this. you're going to highlight me for the day. we're four guys get killed. never crossed my mind about receiving the medal of honor. never. i was told i was being put in for it the day after the battle. the highest level of valor. you want to understand, why did these people lose their lives? why aren't they in my place? can't refuse it. we don't have the wear if you don't want to. they feel you earned it. people think war ends the moment you get home. no. war sticks with you. for me, it was like i was in a fog. really? for. for several months. you're literally on the edge of life and death at any moment. and then 12 hours later, you're at home and you're going to birthday parties and you have to go back to assimilating that life. it's fascinating how many of our brothers and sisters. it■s a significant p