, and also by the ranking member, the gentleman from new jersey of the energy and commerce committee.ressional action, the partly cloudy's authority -- the fcc authority to issue spectrum licenses ends this year. this bill will also ensure that fcc has the authority it needs to continue issuing licenses to provide coverage and wireless speeds across the united states. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 1108, to extend the authority of the federal communications commission to auction commercial spectrum. our nation's air waves are one of our country's most important natural resources. indeed, radio waves are a critical component in building next generation wireless networks and delivering high-speed services to american consum

[applause] ♪ >> house energy and commerce committee holds a hearing on expanding u.s.y production. then house lawmakers passed a measure to end the nation's covid-19 public health emergency status. later, representatives, on protecting religious freedom and human rights. >> the new york a congressman has decided to temporarily step down from his committee assignments. he informed his republican colleagues at a party conference meeting. the house gop's steering committee had assigned santos to a small business and the science of space and technology committees. republican representative of new york and the house democrats, pete aguilar and ted lieu, spoke about the decision shortly after it was announced. >> like all of my colleagues, particularly in new york state i supported george santos as the nominee and the people of his district voted to elect him. >> i am just struck by the chaos, confusion, dysfunction of the republican conference. they defended putting him on committees and now they are announcing he's not going to serve on a committee. i don't understand what

a member of t the energy and commerce committee when her 18 congress.mate caucus. congressman what is your priorities for the 118 congressman when it comes to energy and climatete legislatio? >> we hope to show we do not need to sacrifice energy independence. we do not need to sacrifice more affordable prices we can still reduce emissions. we think we have the formula to dove that. >> what is a special formula to make that happen? [laughter] is not that complicated we need every available energy source we have with emphasis on affordability, reliability and clean it we need to but the and drive those three factors. i am confident the marketplace will take some good direction. quick what when clean is not always affordable one of us other priorities get in the way of the other one? >> the best answer to that issue it. you can see what happens when you get those priorities out of alignment. not only did they sacrifice enenergy independence, affordability, reliability they're not clean the putting out more gas emissions and ever. we went to make sure the u

states is the one to lead to make that happen. >> and for the jurisdiction of the energy and commerce committeed then man it comes to energy. >> i do have several colleagues here and to be on the energy and commerce committee. >> it's bad when you start listing names because you don't want to miss anybody that this committee does have broa jurisdiction and certainly the issue of11 energy is at the forefront of the 118th congress and the republicans package a bill we believe american energy is independent and security and so important. we must do more. there is more in these packages to secure american and resources and permitting reform and modernizing energy infrastructure lng exports and as mentioned there is new lng we are exporting into germany to power 50000 homes one of the best things we could do to reduce carbon emissions it is important to domestic energy and then to bring down carbon emissions. with sequestration. america needs to lead on energy but exciting technology to have that small nuclear reactor —- reactor america needs to lead and unleash so that we are dominant and energy fo

tuesday morning the senate commerce committee considers the nomination of the head of the feeder -- federal communications commission and the senate finance committee considers the nomination of the commissioner of the irsfficials from the department of the state, justice, and white house testify before the senate foreign relations committee on combating fentanyl trafficking. watch next wve on the c-span network or c-span now our free mobile video app. head to c-span.org for scheduling information or to stream video live or on-demand anytime. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. jerome powell, chair of the federal reserve recently talked about efforts by the central bank to tackle inflation including recent rate hikes. he discussed the effect of the pandemic on the economy and how other countries are managing inflation. from the economic club of washington dc, this is about 40 minutes. >> can i have your attention, please? can i have your attention? [clapping] ok. thank you. so as you know our special guest is the chairman of the federal reserve board who has now completed five years

watch her testimony before the senate commerce committee tonight at 8:00 p.m.rn on cspan2, c spent now are free mobile video app or online at

to start by saying congratulations on holding your first hearing as chair of the energy and commerce committee. you have been a champion of expanding all forms of american energy. i'll forward to working with you in the rest of the committee to deliver affordable and reliable energy to all americans i look forward to also getting to know my colleagues on the subcommittee on both sides of the aisle and trying to find common ground that we can work on to move america forward. i also wanted to saying all the democrat members that voted for the sbir last week. it was truly a bipartisan bill. thank you for that. i want to thank the four witnesses that have attended a hearing today. i look forward to your insights on the state of american energy. america became a global leader in crude oil and natural gas production while also leading the world in a missions reductions. we do this by encouraging the entrepreneurial spirit in the private sector. it is estimated that shell revolution saved u.s. consumers 203 billion dollars annually. that breaks down to about 20 $500 per family of four. it also lower

you can watch her before the commerce committee at 11:00. president biden will talk about the economy at the national association of counties legislative conference. watch live coverage starting at 1:00 p.m.. you can watch live coverage here on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. all this week beginning at 7:00 p.m.. c-span is featuring reruns of q&a. tonight, alan maimon talks about his book spotlighting a small town and appalachia. he discusses the impact of the closing of co-mines, the opioid epidemic and flooding have had on the community. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcast on our free c-span now at. pp. what we do know is there were three different objects shot down over the weekend, friday, saturday and sunday by the u.s. military. what we know is not much beyond that other than where they were shot down. on friday over alaska, saturday up in canada, and sunday over lake huron. officials are not really ready to classify or describe what these objects were. the are calling them aerial objects. the reasons they were sho

protection act, to bills which together would do all five of these things, advanced out of the commerce committeewith broad bipartisan support. the committee votes followed a series of important hearings in the senate judiciary and commerce committees as well as in the house that established a clear record of harm and the need for new online protection for young people. we have named the problem and debated the solution. now was a time to build on last years momentum and disrupt the cycleon of harm by passing privy and safety by design legislation. let's make 2023 figure that congress finally takes a huge step towards creating the internet children and families deserve. thank you so much for having here today, and i look forward to your question. all thet to thank witnesses it and as you noted some of the nerves are going to vote and will return. at the bottom of this discussion from the legal point of view is section 230 of the communications decency act which i'm sure you're all aware of, as to the liability of these companies for the speech that is broadcast or is exercised over their social m

i yield now three minutes to a member of our energy and commerce committee, dr. schrier, the gentlewoman from washington state. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. schrier: thank you, mr. ranking member. thank you, mr. speaker. our health care workforce is stretched to capacity after having spent now three years on the front lines of the pandemic and add to that recent spikes in r.s.v. and flu. our hospitals have been overpacked with a shortage of available beds and a real worry and sometimes a reality that there won't be room in a hospital if we get sick or injured. and due to stress and burnout, hospitals across the country are experiencing staff shortages. what health care workers and hospital workers don't really need now is more stress on an already stressed system and that's exactly what this bill will do. as we all know and as i can tell you as a pediatrician, people who are not vaccinated have a significantly higher risk of being hospitalized if they contract covid. so why in the world would we invite people from around the world to come visit t

i yield now three minutes to a member of our energy and commerce committee, dr. schrier, the gentlewoman from washington state. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. schrier: thank you, mr. ranking member. thank you, mr. speaker. our health care workforce is stretched to capacity after having spent now three years on the front lines of the pandemic and add to that recent spikes in r.s.v. and flu. our hospitals have been overpacked with a shortage of available beds and a real worry and sometimes a reality that there won't be room in a hospital if we get sick or injured. and due to stress and burnout, hospitals across the country are experiencing staff shortages. what health care workers and hospital workers don't really need now is more stress on an already stressed system and that's exactly what this bill will do. as we all know and as i can tell you as a pediatrician, people who are not vaccinated have a significantly higher risk of being hospitalized if they contract covid. so why in the world would we invite people from around the world to come visit t

privacy protection act to bills which together would do all five of these things advance of the commerce committee with broad bipartisan support. the committee votes filed a series of important hearings in the senate judiciary and congress committee as well as the house that established it your record of harm and the need for new on line protections for young people. we have named the problem and the data solution now it's time to build on last years momentum andd disrupt the cycle of harm y adding safety by design legislation. thank you so much for having me here today and i look forward to your questions. >> i want to thank all the witnesses and some of the members are going to vote and will return. at the bottom of this discussion from a legal point of view is in section 230 of the communications act which i'm sure you're awaree of is the liability of these companies for speech that is broadcast or exercised over social media. it provides that companies will not be treated as a publisher or speaker of any information provided bypr another person. they earn an act would change that. and unless t

the commerce committee will come to order. today, the commerce committee is meeting to consider the nomination of gigi sohn to be a commissioner for the federal communications commission. this committee has already held two previous hearings about her nomination and so we know a lot about her background, her views, and important transparency issues and we thank her for being here again today. if we want someone on the federal communications commission who is truly committed to the job, then i believe ms. sohn fits that bill. she has a very long history atfi being part of the process at the fcc and she is qualified.th she will help deliver for the american people and she has a keen eye on something that all members of this committee care passionately about and that is affordable, accessible broadband. thank you for you leadership and advocacy on that issue. although she has been before our committee, she has now been criticized for important policies like standing up for free speech. i want to thank you for your policy position

she is 11 of the single most qualified candidates to ever come before the commerce committee for confirmation knew that before she testified before this committee in december of 2021 as a president biden's nominee for the scc based on her decades of service protecting the public interest that she had we certainly know it now she comes for the committee for a third time that her record is historically good. since president biden selected ms. sohn she's become the subject of smears, cover standards, and personal attacks. let's be clear, it is not just missed sohn that is suffered during this process. the american people have suffered as well. an telecommunications broadband are more important than ever the federal communications commission, the expert agency has been missing a commissioner. and without sohn the scc has been unable to take critical steps to close the digital divide. make sure the internet remains open for everyone, protects consumers and ends the homework gap once and for all for american children. make no mistake, every day she goes without being on the scc is a win for giants

he could have traded in one of his permanent committees for commerce and stayed on it.temporary assignment. there's were others that wanted it. i gave it to two other senators. no particular reprisal in mind. i have no animus against him at all. >> martha: he says it's because he ran against you. >> that's not true. >> martha: you're saying he had the opportunity to stay if he wanted to? >> he could have picked that as one of his two main committees. i gave to it senator capito and senator lummis who argue that they too could be good members of the commerce committee. >> let's go back to this chinese spy craft, spy balloon, whatever you want to call it. the "wall street journal" today sort of with tongue in cheek on the editorial page says sunni other spy balloons lately? an $850 billion defense budget and we can't detect a chinese airship. we're learning that there were ten similar chinese spy flights that made it in to american territorial waters from guam to south carolina and then one is in latin america. is this acceptable? >> look, i'm one of the gang of eight. on

today later this evening actually the energy and commerce committee will hold the first house hearinggb and we'll bring it to you when it happens. >> john: looking forward to that. he is in mission, texas. >> dana: senators receiving classified briefings at fly objects are being shot down across the country saying it is not enough and there is a growing demand from both parties for more transparency. here is senator kennedy saying this last hour. >> i get the impression that had a civilian not sighted the balloon and reported it to the media, that the biden administration would have -- would not have said anything. the president needs to talk straight up to the american people. >> dana: todd young has been in the briefings and joins me now. i noted yet that marco rubio from florida said 99% of the information could have been made public and be declassified. do you agree? >> i do. it is an unfortunate habit this administration has. in fairness we see it the previous administration. 95% of the information is read about in the newspaper afterwards. have the president speak to the issues

today faced bipartisan criticism and probing by lawmakers who hauled him before the senate commerce committee where nolan admitted there remain vulnerabilities in the system that led to that ground stop, a computer system known as notam. the issue with the system last month led to the first nationwide stoppage of flights since the september 11th attacks in 20 to 01, and of course it left tens of thousands of americans stranded across the country. just two days later, a delta flight had to abort its takeoff from newark's jfk airport after an american airlines flight crossed right in front of it. [ bleep ] delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. >> then earlier this month, a fedex plan trying to land in austin had to change course to avoid potentially hitting a southwest flight on the same runway. and just moments ago, we learned of a third near collision under investigation. cnn's gabe cohen starts off our coverage as the faa chief announces an extensive safety review of the agency. >> reporter: a series of system meltdowns and disasters. >> we cannot and must not become complacent. >> reporter: lea

and so i've launched an investigation as the ranking member of the senate commerce committee into big we are going to be devoting realtime energy and resources to examining, to documenting the abuses, the censoring, the silencing, to bringing sunshine and transparent city and hopefully to bring real accountability to this attack on our free speech. ashley: right. sunshine is always the best disinfectant, as they say. senator ted cruz, pleasure to speak with you this morning, senator. thank you so much. >> thank you, ashley. ashley: let's take a look at concern the thank you. let's take a look at the futures. we know that inflation on the wholesale level is also running hot. that's got investors pushing the sell button in the premarket. the dow off 304 points. let's see how it all works out, because the opening bell is coming up next. ♪ go on, take the money and run ♪ good luck. td ameritrade, this is anna. hi anna, this position is all over the place, help! hey professor, subscriptions are down but that's only an estimated 15% of their valuation. do you think the market is overreactin

joining me right now is missouri senator, member of the senate armed forces, joint economic commerce committees. it's just storied to me that every time we hear from john kirby he tries his best to change the conversation, blame it on trump and yet we still have no information whatsoever about 3 unidentified flying objects that were forced to be shot down in our air space in america. >> we need more transparency. good to see you again. what they can spin from balloon in air space. even as briefings as senator we asked questions about it. there's no good news for why this thing wasn't shot down over alaska. it was allowed to traverse again over the lower 48 states including missile silos in the dakotas. missouri. also the national geo spacial intelligence agency near st. louis. it went across all the targets and as much china wants to spin it's a weather balloon. that's nonsense. the larger here, maria, we have a president that embarrassed the united states withdrawal from afghanistan, tens of billions of dollars left behind and we have a president who doesn't honor sovereignty of our border in

i'm also proud to continue serving on the commerce economy committee -- commerce committee of which i'ma long-term member. the jurisdiction is broad. it's the senator's plains, trains, and automobiles committee, and its oceans and space. it's the technology committee. our work is inherently forward-looking and is often some of the most interesting and relevant work in the congress. no surprise the committee offers plenty of opportunity to deliver for south dakotans. with a reliable internet connection being increasingly essential for everyday life, closing the digital divide is more important than ever. as a member of the commerce committee, expanding broadband access has long been a priority. i worked to support broadband expansion, reduce unnecessary obstacles to build be reliable networks and to hold federal agencies accountable to ensure federal funding for rural broadband goes to its intended purpose, which is expanding broadband access to areas that currently lack it. i also believe we need to hold big tech platforms accountable. south dakota yaibs and many americans are -- south

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>> well energy and commerce committee, of course, we continue to address the medicaid medicare a bigdiscretionary spending we've taken it off the table not talking about cuts. but we are talking about reforms how can we make it better, certainly, that is one of the initiatives one of you off goals in energy and commerce committee on budget committee as you mentioned what we're concerned with us debt ceiling the negotiations and stop spending. also, the tax structure, you know i proposed a fair tax a fair simple solution to taxation, we need to be thinking about big ideas like this to address our tax situations and address our tax structure. maria: great points, thomas what about you we've got data on docket next week, your thoughts, on what is most important, you've got durable goods, you've got, a number of other reports before the big jobs number that we will get for the month of february in a couple months. i want to know if february has a big revisions to those january numbers 517,000 jobs created month of january, i know a whole host of earnings out next week as well what are yo

. >> reporter: chief operating officer andrew waterson told the senate commerce committee the issue was caused by a cascade of problems starting with a severe winter storm that impacted hubs in denver and chicago that overwhelmed network operations and ultimately forced the airline to cancel nearly 17,000 flights. can you guarantee that this won't happen again? >> we will do everything we can to make sure this doesn't happen again. we won't spare any expense. >> reporter: the head of southwest's pilot's union said its warnings to the airlines went ignored. >> management did not listen to its pilots and frontline employees who saw this coming. >> reporter: southwest has and returned every lost bag except about 200 that are unidentified. was their apology sufficient? >> ultimately it's going to be the customers that make that decision. >> reporter: while texas senator cruz said congress should take a hands-off approach -- >> i don't think there's a role for government regulating fees, deciding how many drink coupons a customer gets. >> reporter: committee chairman maria cantwell believes

which we now call the energy and commerce committee. president reagan credited senator broyhill as being a key force in the 1985 tax reform package and the 1978 legislation that allowed cable companies to connect to existing utility poles that led to the explosive growth in cable television and communication. and in the 10th congressional district that i'm proud to represent it led to a boom in fiber-optic manufacturing jobs that communities are still benefitting from today. it was then co-actual cable, fiber today. he always prioritized constituent service at home and was truly a pioneer in that regard. at a time when district offices were deemed to be of lesser importance to many on the hill, then congressman broyhill kept his district offices fully staffed by trained professionals who were ready to help with whatever issues his intents had with -- constituents had with federal agencies. that's something i learned from him. his district became north carolina's 10th congressional district in 1969 and i'm only the third representative f

he'll be testifying in front of the senate commerce committee, no doubt they will be grilling him aboutber of the issues inc including outage in early january, some of the runway incu incursion near misses and want s a safety summit and saying we need to mine the data to see whether there are other incidents that resemble the ones we have seen in recent weeks we've had airplanes that have wings clip each other, jfk and also around the country, some close calls in terms of tarmacs where one plane was taxiing and was almost hit by another plane as it was coming this to land. so this is what billy nolan plans to talk about tomorrow he is saying he wants a call to action no doubt the senate commerce committee is going to be grilling him tomorrow not just about the note am outage but whether or not the country can do a better job when it comes to commercial aviation. >> phil, thanks. >>> coming up nvidia ripping higher as one firm says the semi is positioned to win the ai race how should you play it we'll hit the options pit next with that trade and during february we are celebrating black h

the energy and commerce committee has a bill that is far weaker than ours. that would really trash california's law which is very strong. we don't want to strongest privacy rules in america under the guise of doing a privacy act. we are hoping to get serious about this and move the bill that anna and i introduced. it is the toughest bill that has gotten all the kudos from the civil society and people who are looking to really control the misuse of data. >> do you think those regulations would have to come at the expense of profitability for these companies or not? >> right now, a lot of money is made by targeted ads. we know that. i also know these companies are very successful. they have changed the flow and thousands of my constituents have jobs in these companies. i want prosperity in the valley. i am confident these companies will be able to adjust and be profitable while respect in the privacy rights of their customers. quest i want to ask y something i found interesting. here is a picture of you and eric staal will. you have two women scientists. i wan

sohn is one of the single most qualified candidates for any position to ever come before the commerce committee for confirmation. we knew that, before miss sohn testified before this committee in december of 2021, as president biden's nominee for the fcc, based on her decades of service protecting the public interest, that she had an outstanding record. and we certainly know that, now as miss sohn comes before the committee for a third time. that her record is historically good. since president biden's elected ms. sohn, she's become the subject of smears, double standards and personal attacks. let's be clear, it's not just ms. sohn what suffering is process. the american people have suffered as well. because, in the time when telecommunications policy and broadband are more important than ever, the federal communications commission, the expert agency, has been missing a commissioner. without ms. sohn, the fcc has been unable to take critical steps to close the digital divide, it sure the internet remains free and open for everyone, protects consumers and and does the whole work out once and for

utah senator mike lee who got from his perch on the commerce committee.ving a rough week. first biden exposed his plan to pull social security up from the roots and now this. but it was his social security and medicare hating tea party brother in arms florida senator rick scott who ticked off mitch mcconnell. >> unfortunately, that was the scott plan. that's not a republican plan. that was a rick scott plan. i mean, it's just a bad idea. i think it will be a challenge for him to deal with this in his own re-election in florida. >> ouch. as a parting gift, mcconnell had the medicare and medicaid defrauding floridian booted from the commerce committee too. scott isn't real happy about it. he called mcconnell petty and told reporters mitch is backing up biden again. it looks like scott won't be campaigning alongside mitch in 2024 when rick scott is up for re-election. joined me now is hayes brown and jeremy peters, "new york times" correspondent and author of insurgency, how republicans lost their party and got everything they ever wanted. that means i have

watch her testimony before the senate commerce committee tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan2, c spent now are free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. ♪ c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including buckeye broadband. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ buckeye broadband support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. associate attorney general discusses the biden administration's efforts to address mental health concerns what working to and substance abuse crisis in the country. she also talks about programs intended to help those in the justice system will have expense mental health and substance abuse issues. >> good afternoon everyone. good afternoon everyone. i will use my outside voice. my name is janet thompson i am a commissioner from boone county, missouri. and before i start this script, look around you guys. this isam amazing. look how many people arere here. [applause] this is huge and thank you for taking this step to really highlight th

in support of h.r. 497, the freedom for health care workers act, introduced by my energy and commerce committee colleague representative duncan. i want to start by making one thing clear. i believe in the safety and effectiveness of vaccines. i'm a physician. i'm pro-vaccine. at the same time i'm a conservative and i believe in individual choice. it is my firm conviction that whenever possible the federal government should leave decision making to state or local authorities. additionally my background in medicine has informed my belief that medical decisions are extremely personal and should be made by individuals in consultation with their doctors. so at the -- at the end of 2021, when the centers for medicare and medicaid services announced a decision to mandate that health care workers receive a covid-19 vaccine to remain employed, i oopposed the decision. i believe this move by the biden administration to be unnecessary, inappropriate and a net harm to our health care system as a whole. that is why, with my colleague, vern buchanon, and i, we led a let we are 113 other members outlining our

weeks ago parents from franklin county, pennsylvania, ray and deb, came before the energy and commerce committee and told the story of their son zach who lost his life to fentanyl poisoning just a few short months ago. it's time for president biden to address this crisis that has killed thousands of men, women, and children across pennsylvania and offer to us a concrete solution to secure our border and put a stop to these needless american deaths. american families are struggling. so far we have seen shockingly few attempts from the biden administration to confront kitchen table issues that face every american. pennsylvanians do not need a green new deal focused e.p.a. that threatens to takeaway their gas stoves. families in my district do not need more government handouts that only raise the price of groceries, gas, cars, and housing, and continue to grow our national debt. what americans need tomorrow night here in this chamber are answers. we can't afford another year of emptiness. and we cannot afford another year of president biden's failed policies. thank you, madam speaker. i yield. the

senate commerce committee has jurisdiction over about half the u.s. conomu.s. y, including all of telecom and all of big tech. and so in my role as ranking member of the commerce committ i launchednvestigation a full investigation into big tech censorship, where we are going to take the twitter files. we're going to take whattake whn musk has made public and use that as a roadmap to go aftereb, facebook, to go after google, to go after youtube, to go after ticktock, to go after all of big tech that is tryinge to silence conservatives. and we are going to bringwe're accountability. we're going to bring transparency. we're going to shinegobrinwe arc and expose their collusion with democratsol and the deep ce state to try to silence conservatives. >> you have put out that seven out of 10 americans get political newsl news from sl media. what is sounding like to me, senator , is that you are demanding an audit similar did o to what elon musk did uponn purchasing twitter, which wasngh very revealing in terms of, wow, how corrupt it was, one-sid how one side

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while testifying before a senate commerce committee, a leader of a pilots union accused southwest of ignoring years of warnings. >> for years our crews have been sounding the alarm about southwest's aging technology and outdated operations processes. >> reporter: this was an operational failure that went on for more than a week while passengers were unable to rebook or reach customer service. >> it took hours to reach a live person. if they ever reached a live person at all. >> there is no amount of people we could've put in place to handle all the calls at that time because of the scale of the disruption. >> reporter: southwest says that it is making upgrades to its technology, but the root causes of the meltdown will take longer to fix. paul hodson leads a nonprofit that advocates for airline passengers and says that while passengers suffer, investors are the winners. >> good service costs money and bad service saves money. that money can be used for dividends, stock buybacks and executive compensation. >> reporter: southwest says that it has processed refunds and returned lost bag

three unidentified flying objects might be commercial or benign later today the is that the commerce committee will hear from the acting faa administrator, billy nolan, where questions about espionage and our airspace will be addressed. andrea mitchell has the latest >> reporter: a potential breakthrough in the search in the atlantic for the chinese spy balloon debris they said significant debris, uding electronics and large sections of the structure have been found but big questions about the smaller objects last week. those unidentified objects could be balloons and could be for academic research. >> on the fourth one over laike huron, first shot missed, second shot hit >> reporter: the lake is several hundred feet deep. they may never find the wreckage from the two others. in the yukon where a c-17unloa equipment saturday night and in alaska >> there's really difficult terrain in the arctic circle with very low temperatures in the minus 40s. >> reporter: senators in both parties not satisfied. >> 95% of what was discussed in that room today could be made public without compromising the secu

tuesday morning, the senate commerce committee considers the nomination for the federal communications commission. on wednesday, the commissioner of the irs. later, officials from the departments of state, justice, and the white house testify before the senate foreign relations committee on combating sentinel trading. -- fentanyl trading. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenksyy addressed the british parliament during his second trip abroad since russia invaded his country. he thanked the british government for support of ukraine and predicted victory over russia, saying it would change the world. here is a look at his remarks. [applause] >> mr. president, welcome. not

baker, ktvu fox two news southwest chief operating officer, is expected to tell the senate commerce committee that the airline did not have enough resiliency and its operation during bad weather over the holidays. andrew watterson remarks will be part of tomorrow's hearing. that will explore the cause and effect of recent air travel disruptions, including southwest meltdown in december. waterson said the company's new scheduling software became overwhelmed after severe weather slam two of its key airports. southwest says it has since processed all refunds, return passenger baggage and completed most reimbursement requests. alrighty checking in with the weather. we've got another warm day tomorrow. a little warmer than today. today's highs pretty warm . you can see him back here their upper sixties and some places. fairfield was 68 65 sunny ville. it's february. this isn't supposed to be happening. it does happen from time to time, doesn't it? and we've had plenty of rain. plenty of snow so we can manage this for the most part. you can see outside live camera shot there. the san francisco over

senate commerce committee will hear from southwest executives and oerts about the cancellation of nearlyflights around the holidays because of some bad weather. a lot because of operational issues. >>> also this week president biden is going to deliver his second state of the union address. that's tuesday night. expected to cover a wide range of issues. the economy, international security, policing, gun violence, and you can watch it on nbc bay area. it starts tuesday night 6:00. >>> the grammys started 20 minutes ago. viola davis already has a new title to add to her accolades. the rare and coveted egot status. yes, davis won her first grammy tonight during the pretelecast ceremony for her performance of the audio book for her "memoir." an egot is the grand slam of an emmy, grammy, oscar and tony. she is the 18th person ever to achieve that status. also, beyonce already won two grammys. then during the show she won another. bringing her total all-time to 31. she is now tied with the -- for the record of moans wins held by the british conductor george sultty. she could surpass the record

. >> reporter: chief operating officer andrew watterson told the senate commerce committee the issuecaused by a cascade of problems, starting wa severe winter storm that impacted hubs in chicago, overwhelming its crew scheduling system and operating and ultimately forced the airline to cancel nearly 17,000 flights. >> can you guarantee that this won't happen again? >> we will do everything we can to make sure it doesn't happen again. we will not spare any expense. >> reporter: but the head of southwest pilots union said it is warning the airlines when ignored. >> management did not listen to its pilots and a lot of frontline employees saw this meltdown coming. >> reporter: southwest that it has it reimbursed more than 273,000 claims. and returned every lost bag, except about 200 that are unidentified. >> was their apology sufficient? >> well come ultimately it is going to be the customers that make that decision. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruz said congress should take a hands-off approac. >> i don't think there is a role for government regulating fees, deciding how many drink c

coe fac he could face life in prison >>> the house energy and km commerce committee plans to hold a hearing near east palestine, ohio no date has been set yet our george solis has the latest from the ground where waste removal has resumed. >> re >> reporter: emotions still running high >> norfolk southern is making me question whether i'm a good parent >> reporter: three weeks since the derailment, charise, mother of two, says she's feeling trapped between the sea of doubt. >> i have a son and daughter, are they in ten years going to be diagnosed from cancer from this >> reporter: the epa temporarily paused shipments over the weekend. they're now being transported from east palestine to epa-vetted disposal sites in nearby cities. >> the addition of these disposal locations gets us closer to having enough capacity to finish the cleanup. >> reporter: officials in michigan and texas irate over what they say was the surprise delivery of tons of contaminated waste from the derailment. >> the outward effect of it looks like we're being sandbagged >> reporter: ohio's governor announcing five truck

hasn't been aha i want to ask you about your role, you are the top republican on the senate commerce committeeyou're also a dad. i know you know how hard it is to keep kids off-line in this app called tiktok. it's been downloaded 200 million times. you think it's espionage. are we at the point where we're past a ban, where this is just so embedded that you can't get rid of it? >> yeah. look, tiktok is incredibly concerning. you're right with our kids, if you have teenagers, if you have kids in junior high or high school they're all using it and the degree to which they have infiltrated our children is disturbing. there are lots of problems with it. there are problems in terms of the messages they're pushing on young kids, body image messages, for girls eating disorders, they push one message after another. messages of self-harm where the algorithms push self-harm messages on young girls. we're seeing disturbing figures among teenagers, on upon of that the espionage risk. the chinese communist government has access to all of the information tiktok collects. i think it is a serious threat. commi

so that was pretty petty. >> bill: commerce committee. you are on other committees, right? >> i'm on armed services, homeland security. i've been on the committee for four years, ran the biggest business anybody who served in the senate. governor of the third biggest state in the country, third biggest economy in the country and i got kicked off of commerce. i have a relationship with ted cruz. i will work on commerce on the issues i care about. >> bill: the relationship not cool with each other, am i right? >> i will keep doing my job. >> bill: senator, thank you for coming on today and we'll stay in contact. rick scott from florida. thank you. >> dana: possible clue in a new jersey murder mystery. will this surveillance video help find the suspect who shot and killed a republican congresswoman? the fight over less oniplans. >> we're faced with learning loss and school closures and pry toreization after activism. school system determined to view parents as the enemy. when aspen dental told me that my dentures were ready, i was so excited. i love the confidence. i love that

the acting and ministry to of the federal aviation administration testified before the senate commerce committeearding january's airline software outage which delayed thousands of lights nationwide. he also talked about modernization efforts the faa and

pandemic is overacted that passed on the house floor pre-227 -- 203 member of the energy and commerce committeethe chair of that hundred 18th congress we absolutely have to do with fennel come across our border for the very first hearing is called a halt fentanyl acts were it's unbelievable what i talk about this back home. the fentanyl analogues currently schedule on the fda schedule. would not permanently schedule them. social justice issues to issues such as that have to deal fentanyl come across our border. west virginia is bringing this before the committee. in a small town of west virginia meant over millions of opioids. so, what our bill today says are the pharmaceutical distributor disturbing to that you have liability for the pharmaceutical distributor said everybody showing up had a prescription. in the pharmacy had a prescription to fail. we are filling our orders that are clearly obvious to anyone you are supplying were going to hold you accountable for that those two bills will go before us today we are talk to the other side of the aisle. the average energy and commerce as is enfo

one of the single most qualified candidates for any position to come before the commerce committee. e knew before this committee testified and is president bidens nominee based over decades of service protecting thead public interest that she had an outstanding record but now her record is historically good and now becoming the subject of smears and double standard so let's be clear the american people have suffered asn well because in the time when telecommunication policy and broadband are more important than ever the fcc the expert agency has been missing a commissioner in the fcc has been unable to take critical steps to close the digital divide to make sure the internet remains free and open and protects consumers and ends the homework cap once and for all for american children. make no mistake every day without being on the fcc is a win for giant telecommunication companies and theirir army of lobbyists here in washington dc. it is a loss for the american people and why do they oppose her because she believes in darwinianan paranoia inducing competition in the telecommunication

you can watch her before the commerce committee at 11:00. president biden will talk about the economy at the national association of counties legislative conference. watch live coverage starting at 1:00 p.m.. you can watch live coverage here on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org.

certainly the will from the chairman of the commerce committee, i spoke to her personally. i promise you that we will have a markup. that doesn't sound like much, but it is a big promise. it means we will come together as a judiciary committee and put on the table the major uses of legislation and try to decide as a committee if we can agree on common goals and comment efforts to reach those goals. i think we can do this. just sensing what i heard today. i think it -- i think as a father and grandfather that me wes do it. -- we must do it. ms. bride and others have come here because of the passion for the children they have lost, it makes a difference. as painful as it is. ms. lemke, good luck at the hilltop with washington you. you have done great service to our country by coming here today. and to the others, thank you for sharing this information. now it is our turn we need to roll up our sleeves and get down to work. it won't be the bill that we want to write, but if it is a step forward, do it. we have to. the hearing record will remain open for a week for statements t