collins. the authors continued their pursuit to disprove the lab leak theory and fully support the nature theory. employing faulty assumptions and willfully ignoring circle evidence that -- circumstantial evidence that tended to support a lab leak hypothesis. why? why? they also tended to act more akin to politicians than scientists. the doctors expressed concerns that the lab leak theory if verified would have significant international political implications, particularly for china. dr. fauci also wrote that down playing a lab leak would limit the chance of new biosafety discussions that would unnecessarily obstruct future attempts of virus culturing. these are quotes. why try to avoid biosafety discussions when people are dying? science should be clear. even when politics are not. on april 16, dr. collins expressed dismay the proximal origin didn't fully squash the lab leak theory and asked dr. fauci if there was anything more they could do to put it down. i want to pause on anything more we

[applause] thank you so much, ranking member collins. i want to tell you how much i appreciate your efforts on this important issue. i'm proud to support the work that humana senator shaheen are doing and proud to work alongside senator kennedy and others. i want to tell you all how important it is that you continue to tell your story. so, maria, the people from my home state, tory, violet, where are you? this makes such a difference. you are changing hearts and minds. for me it was one of my dear friends. she had two children diagnosed with type one diabetes. her telling her story gave me a window into the sacrifices and struggles you make. to all of the mothers out there thank you for your vigilance and the dads too. we appreciate what you're doing to make sure that each and every one of these kids can live a happy and healthy and fulfilled life. please continue to do what you do so we can make sure that we do our job. doctor rogers, your research is needed. it's important so we can continue to make the right decisions here in this bod

fauci, doctor collins doctor ferrara ana, o correct? several scientists including those. >> was doctor also on the call? >> i believe he was on the call i am unsure about that progressive dr. fauci reiterate a suggestion to draft a paper on the call? >> i do not believe he directly suggested it but there is support for us looking further into the origin of the pandemic, yes regards to the deb i first conference call lead to the drafting of proximal origin at the time, no. these are separate events. eventually the conclusions from that conference call further conversations among the author ultimately in the march 17, 2020 paper the proximal origin the purpose of the conference call is not to write a paper. >> ought to shift to the conclusion of the paper. first, our analysis clearly show that source kobe to is not a laboratory construct or purposefully manipulatedrp viru. dr. anderson do you stand by that statement? >> i do. >> doctor gary do you stand by that statement? >> i do. >> doctor gary are there research techniques that can purp

"the source" with kaitlan "the source" with kaitlan collins starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> tonight, straight from the source, jack smith piercing donald trump's inner circle, his family. jared kushner has now testified before the grand jury in the january 6th investigation as well as hope hicks, the former white house communications director and trump whisperer. >>> plus, he's already shaking up the 2024 race, hoping to be a third party nominee. but democrats are growing worried tonight about cornell west and whether or not he could tip the election in donald trump's favor. he's here to respond. >>> and drug bust? the secret service has given up trying to find a suspect in the cocaine case that the white house has now closed. but questions still remain. i'm kaitlan collins, and this is "the source." >>> tonight, my sources have confirmed that jared kushner testified last month in the

commissioner collins, thank you. il comment and ask a few questions temperature important this the commissioners express themselves and concerns. for the benefit of you, chief and the benefit as the command staff. you get a flavor with the commission what the concerns are. and frank low the expertise on this as well. commissioner, clothes the dpw scenario is something i dealt with for 27 years when i came in we had a plumber. and in fact i grew up with that plumb per at one point in grammar school. there was a clear this yep that used to have robust activity with is now a plumber not that is past tense and history. for us chief, retournament this level. and i think you heart flavor of the commissioner i wanted say it is important we hear what the cho and the departmentful thank you, chief. it is important for us to hear when is real out there. i'm not saying we don't believe but factual information is important. >> if i may, i just locked up public works budget. and it says that 15% near low 15% of the ref now source

collins, no. mr. peters, aye. mr. blumenthal, aye. mrs. britt, no. mr. coons, aye. ms. stabenow the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. thune, no. mrs. capito, no. mr. moran, no. mr. ricketts, no. the clerk: mr. cantwell, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. young, no. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. the clerk: mr. lee, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. barrasso, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 61, the nays are 32. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. menendez: mr. president. the presiding officer: the chair recognizes the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: i call up my amendment 638 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will r

fine stierng fraser, collins. chooefr nicholson and staff amative have been a nert since after moving here in 2012 i was honored to be work as the disaster volunteer coordinator. and after leaving i was invited to join the mitt east nert so i could remain involved. will we had the challenges. for the duration of the nert program and our -- program is just constantly attracted world class talent. the previous members gone on to leadership positions in the city and the department of human resource s and emergency management and public health we know the will quality of staff is incredible throughout 30 years. we had detd indicated program coordinators. brown took the program to heights never seen. we are peerless across other team usa. recognized at state, level and international levels. and and. -- we did additional math. thanks to nathan calculated fema dollars and other measures. we upon estimate that every one dollar spent on nert is devolve 15 dollars spent in our just resilience across the city. so -- our endu

collins, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 96. the nays are 3. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. the senator from west virginia mr. manchin: i ask unanimous consent to speak for one minute. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: i want to take time for recognizing a gentleman that has been given ten years of service, being the nuclear expert on the energy committee, roy stanley. he's leaving us but not far. he's going to the department of energy, department of nuclear increase. thank you for the service you've given us. next of all, i want to thank everyone for voting for this amendment. finally the united states is going to start taking care of its own and producing the enriched uranium we need. it's long past due. mr. manchin: finally with this amendment we'll get started in the right direction. i want to thank all of my colleagues for voting for that. again, roy, thank you for your service. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: i cal

senator collins? >> thank, you mister chairman. let's assume that we dual achieve our goal of enacting the d.o.d. appropriation. if we use the administration's estimate for fuel costs, which the general, the government accountability office says underestimates costs by 20%, general milley. absent some relief from congress, how would military readiness be affected in terms of the departments flying hours, training exercises, and other activities needed to stay within the 20% shortfall? >> i think there is a direct correlation, if it's 20% shortfall in fuel, you can have 20% less firearms. all these aircraft ships as well and ground vehicles, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, they all rely on fuel. fuel consumed in the red states. we would end up reducing the amount of operational temple of our vehicle fleets, ground or air. the specific number of hours, we've done the, mafia back to for the record on the specific number of hours, it would depend on how long and how deep the c r was. but would have significant impact on flying hours

milly collins is a soldiers _ there? help yourself. milly collins is a soldiers wife _ there? collins is a soldiers wife who has - is a soldiers wife who has galvanised the community to help those being pushed to the margins. we found that more and more families are becoming homeless, because we get is like a domino roll—on effect almost, so you have an owner of a home that has let their property for, let's say, ten to 15 years to a person. now, they'll find that there daughter or son becomes homeless, so they now have to take that family, to actually accommodate their own children. , ., ., , ., children. this caravan tells one sto of children. this caravan tells one story of homelessness. - children. this caravan tells one story of homelessness. the - children. this caravan tells one i story of homelessness. the toilet children. this caravan tells one - story of homelessness. the toilet is at the back, — story of homelessness. the toilet is at the back, and _ story of homelessness. the toilet is at the back, and there _ story of homelessness. the toilet is at the back, and th

collins. authors continued their pursuit to disprove the lab leak theory and fully support the nature theory employing faulty assumptions and willfully ignoring circumstantial evidence that tended to support a lab leak hypothesis. why? why? they also tended to act more akin to politicians than scientists. doctor rambo, dr. fauci, dr. collins all express concerns that the lab leak theory if verified what if significant international political implications, particularly for china. dr. fauci also wrote the downplaying of lab leak would limit the chance of new biosafety discussions that was unnecessarily obstruct future attempts of virus culturing. these are quotes. why try to avoid biosafety discussions when people are dying? science should be clear. even when politics are not. on april 16, dr. collins expressed dismay at the proximal origin didn't fully squash the lab leak theory, and asked dr. fauci if there's anything more they could do to put it down. i want to pause and anything more we can

a feat that is unheard of i give a great deal of credit to patty murray and senator susan collins. this is a divided country. you say our politics are divided yet 12 appropriation bills passed in a bipartisan way out of committee. , incredible. we're also into build on our history of confirming more judges to make the judicial system more reflective it's a very high priority. we are not stopping what we get back on when to file cloture on three nominees the nlrb nominee, glenn wilcox scc commissioner ana gomez as well as the three fed nominees to fill up the fed we are filing those tonight for immediate votes when we return. i am very good news, it looks like we are going to confirm in a one block more than a dozen ambassadors print on the number 16 it make it a little higher, and make it a little lower. as you know there holding up the ambassadors we are able to move them for we have lots of other things we want to do when we get back. safety is a high party senator brown is relentlessly leading the charge for a spoke to his colleague in the senate tonight. together to put up enou

chair murray, vice chair collins number city committee. it is my pleasure to be here with you to be glycolic said this opportunity for present bites physically or 2024 budget request. our work as a whole of government approach to protect america's national economic security promote our competitiveness in the face of the very real and increasingly from china. as has been said by my colleagues about senator murray consider colleagues conveying with china requires everyone on the field operating as a whole of government that requires the use of the full extent of her economic, diplomatic and military tools. i'm so honored to be here with my colleagues in doing this work together. i look forward to working with you on a bipartisan basis with the senate as you develop additional building on the chips in science act to ensure we can't compete and secure our economic future. the commerce department partnership with you is leading the way in a bolder domestic agenda bring advanced manufacturing and critical industry back to the united states. and

we are passionate about educating and colline and every everett, thank you for sharing your story. >>ve: tell us how your scholarship helped your dream come true. >> absolutely. i was working as a registered nurse in 2011, when we lost my husband, his dad. when you grieve something that big, at a young age, you grieve more than the loss of your husband. in my path to restarts, i got a crazy idea to become a high school teacher and first semester, it was more expensive than i planned on and folds of honor came in to help me finish that and i'm about to start my eighth year of teaching and i often say that scholarship helped me finish that path and made me a better mom and woman. >> steve: lovely. you have your education now. everett, you have a future use scholarship, any idea what you want to do when you grow up? >> i would like to be a golfer. >> steve: a golfer? >> yes. >> dan rooney knows about that, he went to university of kansas, he's a golf pro. oh, we know. >> we are raising him right. >> as people look in on this fourth of july weekend, how can they help you help other famili

collins, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 47. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately note nide of the senate's action. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 141 is david m. uhlmann of michigan to be an assistant administrator of the environmental protection agency, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of david m. uhlmann of michigan to be an assistant administrator of the environmental protection agency shall be brought

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collins joins us live to break it all down. and later, from pageants to politics, we will talk to the first asian american woman to be crowned miss texas. she is not backing down from taking on the lone star states right wing zealots. all of this and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to, you i'm katie phang. we will start today still with a look ahead at president biden's upcoming 14th international trip as president of the united states. in just about two hours, he will begin a five-day trip to three european countries, for a series of high stakes meetings where russia's inner turmoil and war in ukraine will likely dominate discussions. tomorrow, the president will meet with america's closest allies. he is set to top british prime minister rishi sunak, and king charles the third, in a bid to strengthen nato alliance in support of ukraine. then, later in the week, biden will travel to lithuania for the 74th nato summit. after, to helsinki, finland, for a u.s. nordic allegiances summit. while biden focused on keepin

former republican georgia congressman doug collins joins me now.est wing, i'm sure you have. it's not like tour groups are constantly parading in and out of there. you have very tight security getting in there. don't they keep track of where everybody is and who comes in? >> yes. [laughter] that's the easiest one of the day right there, come on. here's my problem, if secret service says they can't figure out at least down to two or three people, let's just give them that much credit, about who left the cocaine, then congress next week needs to take up a bill immediately to bring the secret service forward and say what do you need to actually protect the most valuable house in this country. all the cameras, all the logbooks, all the security measures are keeping you from finding out who was in a room at a certain point. in time? under this administration it's become more and more of a joke. it seems like they're trying to hide stuff and not be transparent with the american people, and it seems like the secret service has gotten drug into it. david:

collins: mr. president, placing holds -- mr. kelly: mr. president, placing holds on hundreds of military promotions over a single policy disagreement is unconscionable. it's harming our national security and is is going to have cascading effects for years. not only will military services be left without confirmed leaders, but our senior leaders are going to have to do multiple jobs at once. this will disadvantage the services at every level and leave less experienced members to have to step in to fill their boss's shoes. as shutdown served in the navy -- as someone who served in the navy for 25 years, i want to paint a picture of what at that looks like in the real world. operations, plans, they will not get updated. these are the plans that prepare us for military conflicts, humanitarian disasters, and any conflict we face around the world. operations and exercises will suffer because they lack an expert at the head of the table who can weigh strategic risks and who is empowered by congress to make critical decisions. we won't have confir

. >> collin. >> janice: your name? about this baseball game that you are talking about. >> nolansville baseball. >> you won a championship. >> no. they have gone to little league world series two times in a row and possibly three this year. >> janice: amazing. and what's the weather today? >> hot and cloudy. >> janice: i think it's a perfect day for hot dogs. let's do. this let's go over and see adam our friend with dog house. now, adam, usually dog house is not usually a great place to be. when it comes to hot dogs. dog haus is a great place to be. >> i don't know what you are talking about the dog haus is the only place i like to be. come on. >> ainsley: you guys hold this and i'm going to make hot dogs. >> great. >> janice: what's the secret to dog haus hot dogs. >> the secret to dog haus hot dogs we do everything with the toppings grilled king's hawaiian bread. are you going to make a hot dog? >> janice: i am. i can see you put butter. >> we do a nice butter toasting to give beautiful coat that's what the bread loo

thank you. >> vice chair collins. >> thank you very much, chair baldwin. before i turn to my questions, i am going to make a few comments. first, i want to thank each of you for your extraordinary work. in my judgment, there is no investment that pays greater dividends to american families than our investment in biomedical research. and that is why i've been such a strong supporter of nih and i will continue to be one. and i think we're very fortunate that all of those who are on this committee share that view including the chair and the vice chair of this subcommittee. that is why i am puzzled at the flat funding for alzheimer's research. we have made real investments to help the 6.7 million americans aged 65 older, who are currently living with the alzheimer's and those who care for them. and we know that this number is on a trajectory to double by 2060. alzheimer's is also one of our nation's most costly diseases and it's one of the leading causes of deaths among seniors. as a senator representing the oldest state in the nation. this is of particular co

this is never an easy process, but hat's off to chair murray and vice chair collins. they are working well together and we're on track to pass all of our appropriation bills through committee, through regular order with strong bipartisan support. it's hard to do -- it is hard to do, but they're doing a great job and it's precisely how the appropriations process should work. both sides coming together, finding common ground, advancing bills that invest in american families, keep our communities safe and keep our government open. it is this kind of bipartisan cooperation that prevented any government shutdown in the last congress when democrats had majorities in the house and in the senate. not one shutdown. not even for a day. we didn't shut the government down. americans don't want to see one this year. there's a lot of work to do, but today's markup is another example that our appropriators are moving forward on a good path and i thank them again for their good efforts and finally on the supreme court ethics markup. this morning as i speak, the judiciary is holding v

wade was overturned, you teamed up with senator kaine, tim kaine, susan collins, kyrsten sinema, to write a bipartisan bill that would codify the freedom for women to obtain an abortion. this is the reproductive freedom act for all. but it has gone nowhere in the senate. - nowhere, mm-hmm. - why wouldn't democrats want to sign on to the most basic opportunity to codify roe into law? - you are asking such a basic, reasonable question. why not codify? and we've seen the democrats' response, which is the women's reproductive freedom act, which is much broader than just the codification. and i think, immediately after dobbs, the reaction was we gotta go full out. we have to ask for everything. there can be no nuance to this. it has to be entirely the democrats' bill. it's interesting. it's interesting to note that the two republicans, myself and susan collins, were not brought in to input onto that bill. i think the approach that was taken was, "we're going to just move out with our bill and we're going to use it to demonstrate that republicans don't care about a woman's right to choose, at r

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collin, fascinating piece. so let's start with this wagner group.he weekend that prigozhin was trying to summon a lot of them to reorganize in belarus. not clear for what purposes. what are the options that putin has to deal with this private army not so many miles away from moscow? >> yeah, thanks for having me, jonathan. i think, you know, first of all putin can try to integrate the wagner forces into the russian military, but that comes with a host of its own challenges including the fact numerous wagner fighters have been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. this opens up a whole new can of worms for moscow. the second option would be to install a new head to mostly keep wagner in place, keep its vast infrastructure in place and install a leader more pliant to putin and to the kremlin almost an anti-prigozhin, somebody that's going to kind of be really putin's lapdog. and lastly they can dissolve wagner into existing private military companies. sergei shogui, the defense minister. the russian energy giant now has its own private mi

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i'm kaitlan collins and this is "the source with kaitlan collins." >>> may 20th, 2024, it is somewhereeen what the special counsel pushed for in the classified documents case and what trump's legal team wanted. and why judge cannon is splitting the difference. trump could be going to trial on the campaign trail multiple times. in january, the day of the iowa caucuses, his civil case begins, his hush mon in new york starts 10 days after super tuesday and we could have a good idea if he will be the republican nominee and his classified documents trial starts in mid-may as was scheduled today by judge cannon, there's a possibility that trump could have effectively clinched the nomination by then, that was the month he did so in 2016. and of course, we're still waiting to see if he will be indicted in the january 6th case after he got a tore get letter last sunday. here's what his new attorney in that case said today. >> there's no need to appear in front of a grand jury right now, president trump has done nothing wrong, nothing criminal. when he saw the discrepancies and irregularities go

collins and dr. ferrar on it, correct? >> there were several scientists including those, yes. >> was dr. tobac also on that call? >> i believe he was on the call. i'm unsure about that. >> did dr. fauci reiterate a suggestion to draft a paper on that call? >> i don't believe that he directly suggested it but there was support for us looking further into the origin of the pandemic, yes. >> did the february 1st conference call shh lead to the event. >> the conclusions from that conference call further conversations among the authors ultimately led up in the march 17, 2020, paper, the proximal origin. the purpose of that conference call was not to write a paper. >> i want to shift to the conclusions of that paper. first, our analysis clearly show that sars covid is not a laboratory construct or purposely manipulated virus. dr. anderson, do you stand by that statement? >> i do. >> dr. gary, do you stand by that statement? >> i do. >> doctor gary, are they research techniques that can purposefully manipulate a virus without lea

collins: also want to encourage my colleagues to support my h.r. 1818 amendment, which expands the qualified tuition program, otherwise known as the 529 plan, to include aviation mechanic and commercial pilot courses. this is a long-term solutions for the aviation industry. it has 137 co-sponsors and tons of aviation industry and labor group support. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. la national if a: this year marks the 78th anniversary of the state of israel and re-creation after world war ii when many of the countries around the world got -- mr. lamalfa: this year marks the 78th anniversary of the state of israel and re-creation after world war ii when many countries around the world got their independence. on the day it was -- israel was officially declared independence back in 1948, of cou

collins, for five minutes. mr. collins: thank you, madam speaker. you know, i'm reminded of the old hymn, there's power in the blood. power in the blood. wonder working power. also reminds me of something else. congress has the power of the purse. you see, madam speaker, yesterday before i returned to d.c., i had a meeting with a local county official, which i thought we were going to discuss the infrastructure and workforce problems. he wanted to talk to me about veterans, homeless veterans and how it was increasing so much in his county. the fact that we have borders that are just porous with record numbers of people crossing those borders and here we are setting them up in rooms and with food. yet, we've got veterans all across this country who are living under bridges. when i got to the world's busiest airport, ran into a dear friend. marine on his way to his next assignment. you know, madam speaker, i thought it was very ironic because here we are this week and we're discussing military construction, veteran affairs, and related agencies approp