continue to see what i continue to hear is how strong bipartisan support in both chambers of commerce of congress for you frame. and i think you heard speaker johnson address this just just the other day, which is very encouraging. so we have work to do to move the supplemental budget requests the present and move forward. we're determined to do that. and again, we're determined to do that because it's so clearly in our interest and congress time. and again, when we've gone to them, has stood up and delivered. and we expect that to happen uh, going forward again, not because it's not only because it's the right thing to do, but because it's the necessary thing to do to advance the interest of the united states. joe barnes with a telegraph. thank you. yeah. type items in the daily telegraph and that's a growing perception. the ukraine's western allies will move away from helping ukraine sustain and have a major count roof and sleepiness switches. strategy that's us extra step nc, lincoln speaking at the nato foreign ministers meeting in brussels, took out the strength of the nature of logic toll f

commerce clause. the federal government does have authority as applies to this. congress oversees the congressional and they take place. the second of the ability to regulate commerce congress showed, congress must and this isn't a partisan event. it must be the party of life. we did a bill on the act that says because it is the movement has tried to remove the personal interaction to sort of try to sanitize it to where mothers don't know until it's too late to the complications that doctor francis can speak to better than i and mail order abortions are fatal every time. but our prevention act that says at a minimum health standards need to be met. the patient, the mother would have an in person visit. the physician would have to be present during the process and there would have to be a follow-up to try to protect mothers at least during this process to work to. >> let me go back to the case for a little bit. can you tell us where it stands now and then i will follow up by asking what impact that litigation may or may not have on litigation that's percolating up through the federal circuit. >> right now we are at the supreme court

congress can do this. i would add to that that this is the way a lot of provisions work, various areas of the constitution are reserved to congress, whether it is bankruptcy, commerce and none of them say only congress can do this. we infer from the structure of government that that is how it works. >> is the 20th amendment relevant to our understanding as it was past several decades after? >> the original meaning of section three is not informed by the 20th amendment for the reason that you mentioned but the political question doctrine is implicated by the 20th amendment which speaks to the allegation that can happen anytime. we have not contested --. i see my time is up. we would ask the court switch the petition. >> thank you, counsel. mr. lebeau? you have five minutes. >> i'm not quite that tall. >> i understand. >> my name is read lebeau and i represent the republican party of minnesota. i invite the court to ask me questions at any point in way of the uninterrupted three minutes. this petition -- >> will your petition be some of the judiciary's ability questions and other questions here are different in a primary than a general election, like what power in te

the ministry of energy, the minister, the minister of energy, the minister of commerce, the meeting was dedicated to the congress, and representatives from both parties, and in principle, this is what we talked about, which is very important, it is true that the united states, they have always been a leader in sanctions policies, it is very important now. . that the conditions have already been created for such sanctions to be introduced, in particular, due to the successful cooperation of the house company and narahat in the issue of the production of a new type of nuclear fuel, the storage of spent nuclear fuel, why is it important for ukraine and the world? well, actually yes, we talked about it here with the management of the company, we have a successful experience of cooperation with holtek companies as well. and in ukraine, since the 21st year, we have completed and operated a centralized storage of nuclear polyno, this issue definitely has a commercial side, because thanks to this repository, we did not stop exporting to russia , even before the great war, the export of spent nuclear fuel, it cost us 200

of stalin . this is the 20th party congress were khrushchev delivers a sacred desalinization speech. commerce, the cult of the individual acquired such monstrous size because stalin himself supported the glorification of his own person. was it without his knowledge that stolen monuments were erected throughout the country? these memorials to the living? was it without stalin's knowledge that many of the largest enterprises were named after him? that many of the largest towns were named after him? the communist narrator continues. the inhabitants of ghana now known as stalin voiced their affection and loyalty to a great stalin and great soviet union. khrushchev continues. and when stalin asserts that he himself wrote the short course of the history of the all union communist party, the work created by a group into a book written by stalin, this calls at least four amazement. is a short biography is an expression of the most dissolute flattery. we need not give your examples of the loathsome adulation filling this book. they were all approved and edited by stalin personally. khrushchev continue

facial chaen in a way that lopez was facial challenge where -- the facts of lopez were clearly within congress's power under the commerceuse. this court found thatangts of that case were -- person a was going to pay lopez $4 too give that gun t person c after school. that's within the commerce power but thetatute was not within tona and so that constitute failed as it was existed the preamendment version ofhe gun free school zone on its face. >> i wanted to go back to your conversation with justice that touches on what you said with justice gorch about thinness in supreme court she did submit a sworn affidavit giving details abtarious threats not like he showed up saidredible finding of violenc >> i looked at that thas correct and a matter of pubc record that you can see it. >> i've gott. i don't mean to suggest that but i means in terms was necessary for the federal prosecution what we could have defended this case on if this nt to the federal jury for the criminal prosecution whether good or bad doe't matter we take that from a court decision in lewis whe there's a conceded constitutional problem with the underlying f

congress playing in this? the commerce community has spent a lot of time in the summer trying to get the spectrum auction reauthorization put together. it seemed like they could not get traction for multiple reasons. we did not have a speaker for a couple of weeks or 10 days. commissioner carr: painful times. roo soon. too soon. shane: i don't like the fact we are being compared. going into this election cycle in 2024, it is a tough time. what is it windy to look at in 2024 to hopefully get more wins in our categories? we have a lot of challenges on the landscape here. what are we focusing on a 2024? commissioner carr: there is a lot to be done. ted cruz is the ranking member of the senate commerce committee. doing some great work on spectrum and other issues and telecom on the house side. catherine rogers is the chair. she's been doing good work on spectrum as well. think it more difficult and more challenging. the predicate first step is let's get to give mother and tell -- get together until congress hears what we do on day one for the option authority and day two for the option authority. that would be the biggest s

congress, 66 of her bills were signed by five presidents. she is currently a senior member of the house energy and commerce committee, and a member of the house subcommittee, where she helped write part of the affordable care act. she was also just named one of time magazine's top 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence, at nearly 81 years old. she told us today she feels like the luckiest member of congress. >> including the distinction, how distinguished, my congressional district is produces the innovation capital of our country , i think, of the world. it is a great honor, but it is a tall order to represent this district the way it deserves to be represented. >> as for who might take on the seat ? rumored candidates include josh becker, josie midian, evan low, and former mayor sam accardo. the bay area has seen some significant turnover with female representation in congress over the last year. former representative jackie spear of san mateo retired, senator dianne feinstein passed away, and speaker emerita nancy pelosi stepped down from her leader position last november. >>> the thanksgiving travel rush is ramping up. our

concluding that the obamacare individual mandate was in fact in violation of an -- in excess of congress' commerce clause authority but then went on to rewrite the same statute not once but twice in order to save it from an otherwise inevitable finding of unconstitutionality so that one doesn't count. so because since then, pretty much everything has been part of our legislative prerogative. congress has choked on its own power. members of congress couldn't handle that much power. members of congress didn't want to go through all the work of all that power. so members of congress started delegating out the law make power to other branches of government. we've gotten lazy and sloppy. it's a detriment to the american people who find themself subject to regulations that cost the american economy between two and $3 trillion a year to comply with. those compliance costs are borne not by big wealthy blue chip corporations or some guy you imagine wearing a double breasted suit. no they're born by -- borne by americans. they pay it with diminished wages, unemployment and underemployment. these things are

idea that this comment from this member of congress is worthy of censure, that 22 democrats would join in censuring their colleague -- the one palestinian in commerce time when thousands of palestinians are being killed? i think it is shameful. amy: more than 300 ukrainian scholars, artists, activists have signed a letter expressing solidarity with palestinians in gaza. they write -- president zelenskyy was going to israel but when the plans leaked, he canceled those plans. your response? >> i think that is right. as ukrainian american, i stand in solidarity with people under occupation. the palestinians are facing a much more powerful neighbor, the israelis, he was are trying to do to palestinians what russia is trying to do to ukraine, which is snuffed them out as an existing nation. putin does not see ukraine as a legitimate state. netanyahu feels the same way about palestinians. his governing partners feel the same way about palestinians. certainly and resisting occupation, the palestinians as ukrainians need to follow international law. there should not be an attack on civilians. the attacks were terrorism. israel has the right and responsibil

of the road? in most cases, we see commerce pass an omnibus -- congress pass an omnibus bill before christmas.ing about a continuing resolution that goes into february. but there is not much time left for agencies to implement any new policy changes that congress will want to pass. i think it is a sign of the dysfunction we are witnessing more broadly in this congress, the data being the major one, and the appropriations cycle is just a signal of that dysfunction where members rally around to demonstrate whether policy interests are and using appropriations as a way to gain leverage. host: the reason it seems to be getting democratic support for the time being is there are no new things being introduced. ben: one of the challenges former speaker mccarthy had was trying to load these bills with partisan poison pills to rally his own caucus. i think the fact that johnson is leading -- at least at this point -- with a bill that does not have any of that and does not do egregious deep spending cuts makes it a more serious offer. host: if this is a short-term right now, what is the guarantee anothe

of the f.a.a. work force plan. moving forward. so that congress and aviation industry have a complete and most importantly, accurate picture in view of the staffing needs. we appreciate the commerce committee's inclusion of the crwg targets in this draft re-authorization bill. understaffing the f.a.a. requires mandatory overtime to our controlled work force including regular six day workweeks and 10 hour days and this leads to fatigue. last year's controllers at 40% of our facilities work six day workweeks at least once a month and several of our facilities require six day workweeks and 10-hour days every single week. air traffic control is already a highly stressful profession, working 200 hours per month layers on significant fatigue and inserts additional risk. in fact in june the d.o.t. inspector general issued an audit concluding while the united states has one of the safest air traffic systems in the world, a lack of fully certified controllers poses a potential risk to air traffic operations. to reach the crwg staffing targets, the f.a.a. must hire to the maximum through-put of the f.a.a. academy for more than just the next five years. we are thankful for the bipartisan gr

of the commerce, just t. and science subcommittee, mr. cartwright. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cartwright: i thank the ranking member of the fsgg subcommittee. mr. chair, good morning. here in congress we have a big opportunity to fight drug trafficking in this country. congress originally authorized the high intensity drug trafficking area program, hidta, in 1988 and renewed it in 1993 and 1998. the program provides significant financial assistance to state and local law enforcement and facilitates strong cooperation among those agencies and with federal law enforcement. that cooperation has led to many successes in our efforts to disrupt the market for illegal drugs by interdicting and seizing drugs off of our shores and within our borders. this high intensity drug trafficking area program removes the supply of illicit substances, making it harder for drug trafficking organizations to sell their products. for example, in 2021, the hidta program seized over 193 metric tons of cocaine products. 195 metric tons of methamphetamine. 2,900 metric tons of marijuana. four metric tons of hair win. and nine met -- metric tons of fentanyl. we know the toll the drug trafficking continues to t

of the centers for disease control and prevention testifies on the federal response to the covid 19 pandemic borja the house energy and commerce subcommittee. it marks her first time testifying before congress since becoming cdc director back in july. watch the hearing live at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span now, our free mobile video apps or online, c-span.org.

and just a host of other activities which enjoy broad bipartisan support both here in congress and among the american people. with respect to fiscal responsibility, this bill -- commercestice, science -- for 2024 cuts actual federal spending by $1.is 3 billion compared to the amount of mo enthat was enacted in the previous fiscal year fy2023. that's about an amount equal to 1.5% below the current level of spending. so we are culting spending in our -- so we are cutting spending in our appropriations process. families face challenges in their own budgets. i think they should expect government to prove it can make the same kind of difficult decisions u the fy2024 cgs bill crafted by senator shaheen and i delivers on that obligation, and i thank my colleagues on the appropriations subcommittee, both republicans and democrats, for working together to accomplish that goal. and in congress we've -- every once in a while we have a vote on a pending plan. it seems seemingly impossible to achieve the notion that we should at least be able to cut federal spending by one penny out of a dollar. senator shaheen and i have found a way to make that a penny and a half, 1.5%. that's s

commerce department has a lot of rollout responsibilities with the chips and science act and the broadband equity access and deployment bead program. so i need to hear you're going to adhere to congress intent in both of those laws. serious concerns are coming to light in this administration's handling of $65 billion going to broadband. the secretary general said commerce is failing to do basing checks resulting in potential unlawful duplication. recently "the wall street journal" reported that commerce-funded broadband will cost more to bring broadband to a home than the assessed value of that home. that's "the wall street journal." two weeks ago after months of letters from my colleagues and i with concerns that have been ignored, we released a report that found this administration is unlikely to reach all connected americans with broadband. now this is due in large part to this administration's extreme bias against nonfiber technologies. technologies like wireless and satellite broadband and then also its allocation of funding to parts of the country that already have high speed broadband like right here in washington, d.c. unfortunately. and as the report went ton uncover, the de

after the 2013 shutdown, congress passed advanced gush commerce put in place advanced appropriations for the v.a. each year. a lot ofhe funding for the current fiscal year has already been approved. if you go trisha gone, hospitals want shutdown, benefits will continue to be handed out. the things we see are a couple of hotlines, a lot of the headquarters staff will end up getting impacted. unlike some of the other departments which will see furloughs, we are talking about a few thousand employees. the bad news is it is still effective v.a. and creating a mess of services. nothing government operated is on its own island. you may not be able to get the department of labor services used to get. you might get the g.i. bill, but other veterans centers connected to that may be closed down. still a headache, and still something that the v.a. secretary told me he is going to be working to convince them this is something they should avoid. host: let's talk to a bob in cleveland, ohio. caller: i am a 74-year-old veteran. i was a farmer -- a fireman during the vietnam era. the pact era does not cover fireman who have been ex

commerce is committed to supporting policies that lead to better and faster internet acss. today, there are more than 130 federal broadband programs. congress has dedicated an unprecedented amount of taxpayer dollars for funding the programs in recent years which include the $65 billion for broadband deployment, affordability and adoption in the iija, as well as existing programs such as the iversal service fund or usf. as resources are made available and new funding programs are considered, be assuredof taxpayer dollars are not being wasted or duplicated. the usf for instance has helped internet service providers connect rural homes and health centers, schools, libraries and low income americans across the countryor more than 25 years. now with some the other programs working to achieve the same or similar goal, it is important that we evaluate the necessities of the usf and consider what it should support to ensure federal resources are aceving the intended purpose. and that efforts are not being duplicated. when we addrs those questions, we can turn to how we fund usf. usf is funded by contributions from providers based on resources thaare declining causing the contrution facto

energy commerce committee is continuing extensive work to identify the drivers of why cause of the supply chain can be unstable and leaked to the shortages we've seen over the last decade. it is congress alone we an oversight hearing, artest will shortages at a hearing. the chair did a request for proposals all leading to the hearing today on potential solution to spend numerous federal agencies and players. through this work a keeping a merge comes the economics of the generic drug market specifically sterile injectable drugs must be reformed. if you want a more stable pipeline of drugs including sustained investment in domestic manufacturing. earlier this year the "new york times" wrote an article diving into the complex supply chain for generic drugs that quote there is a high cost to low prices unquote. from there the article dives into the frailty of supply chains operate at low cost with these low-cost oftentimes being driven by artificially deflated price of from government programs like certain medicare and medicaid policies. even commissioner kayla agrees economics are the main driver witchy publication before this committee during a previous hearing. that's why today will be

collaboration with unions the commerce department and the companies to ensure labor standards are enforced. what steps has congress taken to prevent the race to the bottom in terms oflabor and the fact that there is competition with overseas semiconductor manufacturers? >> so, as you said, we are never going to mandate to the company. in the statute for the building of the facility the companies have to make their own decisions with respect to the workers and the facilities. that being said, this administration cares deeply about high labor standards and workplace conditions safety and wages so we are having every company that supplied to give us the workforce plan and we are going to work on that with them to make sure that they have high quality well compensated workforce to do the job. i see that as a taxpayer protection. they need a workforce who can get the job done. >> thank you so much. i yield back. >> now i'd like to recognize the gentleman from alabama. >> thank you chairman and secretary for your time today. sec., your department works to ensure the u.s. leadership and critical technologies such as artificial intelligence. this leadership depends on the

congress needs to advance long- term reauthorization of the -- thank you for your indulgence. >> think the ranking member. today, we welcome the testimony of grace arnold, the commissioner of minnesota apartment of commerce here on behalf of the national associations of insurance commissioners. mr. robert gordon, the senior vice president of policy for the american property and casualty insurance association. and mr. frank nutter, the president of the reinsurance association of america. mr. joseph petrelli, the president and cofounder of -- think in dublin, ohio. mr. -- is a specialist in financial economics at the congressional research service. and ms. sharon lewis, the executive director of the connecticut coalition for economic and environmental justice. thank each of you for taking time to be here. without objection, the written statements will be made part of the record. commissioner arnold, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify today. my name is grace arnold, the commissioner of the minnesota department of commerce which serves as the state insurance regular. i am a member of the national association of insurance commissioners, were in the co- vice chair

congress intended in both of those laws. unfortunately, serious concerns are coming to light about the administration's handling of 65 dollars going to broadband. over the summer the commerce department inspector general issued an alert that commerce is failing to do basic checks resulting in potential unlawful duplication. recently though wall street journal reported thatee commerce funded broadban will cost affording bringing broadband to a home via the assessed value of that home. two weeks ago, after months of letters from my colleagues and i with concerns that have been ignored we released a report that found the administration is unlikely to reach all connected americans with broadband. this is due in large part to the administrations extreme bias against non-fiber technologies like fixed wireless and satellite broadband. also his allegation to funding a parts of the country that already have high-speed broadband like right here in washington, d.c., unfortunately . as the report went on to uncover, the apartment of commerce allocated washington, d.c. more than $547,000 per unserved location. 33% of those locations or at the national zoo. this is a waste of taxpayer m

that violate the first amendment or the commerce clause even though congress could remedy those violations. there is no reason why the same should not be true of laws that violate the appropriations clause. moreover, in law the court struck down the infringement of the president's removal power over the director of the c.f.p.b. i hope now it protects congresses power as it did the president's power. supreme court's role is not just prevent the erosion of presidential powers but also congress' powers. the reason the cfpb funding structure is problematic is because when congress delegates its core responsibilities away to administrative agencies, the value of each americans' vote is diminished. as congress has delegated more responsibilities and more authorities to administrative agencies, americans have come to increasingly believe that their votes do not matter. they see that change -- that changes in congress don't change policies set by agencies. lack of congressional control over the cfpb creates the opportunity for special interest to capture the cfpb who run the agency according to their own ideological vision, not according to the will o