.— with at the congress. good morning- _ with at the congress. good morning.morning. we are meeting l morning. we are meeting together under the theme of together under the theme of together for a together under the theme of togetherfor a fair deal together under the theme of together for a fair deal and the reason we have chosen that theme is because workers throughout europe are not getting a fair deal. let's take for instance wages. wages in the past year are increasing across europe by 4%. let's think about dividends. i4%. so it's very clear that the share of the profits being created are not being fairly shared with working people. that's made all the more worse because of the cost—of—living crisis, increasing prices, and then on top of that workers are hit with the consequences of interest rate increases. so there is a lot that is not right and a lot that needs to be put right and we are here to decrease costs exactly how to do that. —— to discuss exactly how to do that. do do that. -- to discuss exactly how to do that.— do that. -- to discuss exactly ho

farmers' congress good evening, this is basically the situation my mother is in, has been living, haseen living in the territory for many years, now hostilities are taking place, but she does not part with the garden, and from time to time charitable assistance comes to such residents in particular, residents of rural areas who have plots of land. these are free seeds for sowing. i recently brought them, so to speak, as they say, onions for sowing in the garden. this is free of charge. such humanitarian aid is currently taking place directly in this situation. how does your organization help people ? to sow seeds for free in order to have a harvest, in particular, we are talking about ordinary ukrainians and how it happens with large agricultural companies and medium- sized farms how to do it in general, how to get free seeds material thank you very much for the opportunity to convey this information, er, at the beginning of the war, we started a project called united communities, because i am also its executive director of the all-ukrainian association of communities, and we began to

extreme republicans, the hostage takers are threatening to crash our economy unless congress goods critical programs that millions of people rely on. defaulting on our debt could delay social security and medicare benefits for six point 9 million seniors in california alone. a constituent from upland recently reached out to my office concerned about her social security benefits. alicia like many other seniors are the victims of extreme republicans. alisha paid into social security her entire life with the promise that she would be able to retire with dignity. she deserves better. the inland empire deserves better and americans deserve better. if there are any reasonable members left in this republican majority, it is time to do the right thing. i yield back. >> for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. >> without objection. >> we are seven days from a debt default that would spell economic catastrophe for hard-working americans and virginians. we are in a hostagetaking situation where maga republic

you can look at things in areas that we prioritize, so, i'm excited about the 118th congress. it's good to be back on the frontline. people ask me, why would you ever run? in my lifetime, i spent most of my adult life fighting for this country as a navy seal. i think our country's in trouble. it is, we all feel it. at the moment, our country is in trouble, for me to not get back to the front line, i'm here, i'm -- >> remind the viewers when you last served in these halls. >> my history was i came in and 14, i did a term, single at large congressman. i was in the trump administration as secretary interior. then i took a lovely hiatus, spent time with the family, repairing all the fences that were down, and now, i am back. >> what will you bring to the table as a member of a presidents cabinet? >> different perspectives on the powers of an administration. also, there is a deep state, and the deep state is entrenched bureaucracy, we need to do things better and more efficient. i'll give an example, i'm pro defense. people ask, what about the duck sailing. well, the debt ceiling, -- it's re

will it pass congress? good evening, everyone. welcome to the next revolution.al day weekend. let's get straight to the questions about last night's debt ceiling. cut spending to 2022 levels. cap spending at 1% for the next six years. reclaim unspent covid funds. banning work requirements for welfare. increase spending on defense and vete

will it pass congress? good evening, everyone. welcome to the next revolution.e you're having a fantastic memorial day weekend. let's get straight to the questions about last night's debt ceiling. cut spending to 2022 levels. cap spending at 1% for the next six years. reclaim unspent covid funds. banning work requirements for welfare. increase spending on defense and veterans. fast track permitting for american energy ban federal regulations. that last point is what you may hear people describing as congress cannot pass regulations or legislation that adds to the deficit without making equivalent cuts elsewhere. to help us understand if this deal is any good we are joined now by someone who definitely understands how to read a budget, former entrepreneur and now of course 202024 presidential candidate. your reaction to this deal. >> i think it is a positive step forward. i think it is premature to celebrate too much, steve. funding for the irs. it was 80 billion came down to 78 billion instead. i think this was a victory, an incremental victory. this is just the

i am excited about the 118th congress. it is good to be back on the front line. when people ask me why would you ever run? i spent most of my adult life fighting for this country as a navy seal and i think our country is in trouble, and it is, and we all feel that. for me not to go back to the front line, i am here and i am an optimist. i think we can fix it. >> remind our viewers when you last served in these holes? >> i came in in 2014, at single at large congressman and then i was in the trump administration as secretary of interior. then i took a lovely hiatus, spent time with the family, repairing all of the fences and now i am back. >> what will you bring to the table as a member of a president's cabinet? >> different perspective on the powers of the administration, and also there is a deep state. the deep state is entrenched bureaucracy and we need to do things better, more efficient. i am for defense and people ask what about the debt ceiling? let's get a plan. it is reckless to spend money we do not have without a plan. can defense be cut? there are 800,

the you can look at things and prioritize the 118th congress. it is good to be back on the front line. people ask me, why would you ever run? in my lifetime, i spent most of my rights fighting this country. i think our country is in trouble. we all feel it. at the moment, our country is in trouble, should we go back to the front lines? i'm not optimist, i think we can fix it. >> reminds me of when you first -- >> my history was that i came in and did a term as a montana city goal at large. and then i was the trump administration secretary -- met what will you bring to the table as a member of a president's cabinet? >> different perspective on the powers of the administration, and also there is a deep state. the deep state is entrenched bureaucracy and we need to do things better, more efficient. i am for defense and people ask what about the debt ceiling? let's get a plan. it is reckless to spend money we do not have without a plan. can defense be cut? there are 800,0odyees and department of defense. frankly we are becoming a health care system and pension

at the end of november 2022 as an event that transformed humanity in so many ways, and i wish congress goodting their arms around that. liz: when congress sees something, they want to to slap their regulatory pause right on it, right? so what do you hope doesn't happen? >> i don't know, i really don't envy them. i don't know what they're able to do. so we think of chatgpt as being a unique product if offered by openai, then by bing, microsoft, now google, it's becoming an open source powerhouse, these technologies are available to the masses, i don't know this genie's going anywhere anytime soon regardless of what congress wishes. liz: you can't unscramble that egg. >> there you go. liz: we just had the parent of office depoe and office max sitting in that chair, and can and he's already struck a deal with moth to use chat-- with microsoft to use chatgpt for awe all kind of things. you launched in to 2016 on your own home grown artificial intelligence platform. to do what? what does it allow you at lemm maid to do? >> you're absolutely right. if you do the kind of thought experiment, which

will it pass congress? good evening, everyone. welcome to the next revolution.tic memorial day weekend. let's get straight to the questions about last night's debt ceiling. cut spending to 2022 levels. cap spending at 1% for the next six years. reclaim unspent covid funds. banning work requirements for welfare. increase spending on defense and veterans. fast t

preparation and holding of the tenth place of the international and environmental congress in the restrictions ivanovna matvienko goodon dear participants and guests of the nevsky international environmental congress, by tradition, we meet in one of the most beautiful and hospitable cities in the world, st. 320 years since its formation in our meeting. uh, the governor of st. petersburg, alexander dmitrievich beglov, is taking part. let's from the character of our congress congratulate him and all petersburgers on this wonderful holiday. i would like to note that st. petersburg has always paid great attention to issues of environmental well-being, and a number of projects have been implemented. with the participation of european partners, just to give one example , the construction of a treatment facility for the main sewer collector has been completed, and as a result, our city has become the only metropolis in the world where 98% of wastewater is treated, given the high status of the permanent host of the nevsky international environmental congress, st. to become the most modern most environmentally friendly metrop

good morning. host: what's the mood on congress as far as today? guest: i think everybody is waiting to see if any movement comes out of this meeting at all with the white house this afternoon. president biden is expected to meet with the top four congressional leaders at 4:00 p.m. the white house is refusing to negotiate over the debt ceiling. clean debt ceiling height while republicans have been demanding a number of different spending concessions and both sides have been in a deadlock so everybody is waiting to see if the stalemate can break if there's any kind of movement at all. just basically waiting to see what the next step forward is. the president met with -- hasn't met with mccarthy since february. everybody is just kind of waiting to see if anything comes of it at all. host: if something does come forward, do the leaders have to convince their majorities to go along? talk about the house in that regard. it is are they supporting speaker mccarthy on some path forward? guest: speaker mccarthy has a difficult path forward appeasing his cau

after ignoring the request of the congress to hand over the documents of the goods case , the us congress has threatened the federal police , i believe that the president is biased from biden prevented from his case will be investigated, the republicans say that based on the documents discovered, the current president of the united states had illegal financial transactions during the obama era. following a fire at a school in guyana, at least 20 students died . irfan alirezaei of the republic of iran said that this fire the dormitory of the school in the city of madinah in the center of guyana is an event. iran is a small country in the northeast of south america. following the eruption of smoke and ash from the popocatepetl volcano in the center of mexico, the country raised 104 for the volcano. in this event, a cloud of volcanic ash over a wide area became this volcano is located approximately 70 km from mexico city, and the activities may lead to the disruption of air traffic and the evacuation of the surrounding areas . watan was held in beirut . the al-mayadeen network agreed on this

they control house of congress, for goodness sake. also they put out a spending plan, they never foot out a poll blanket plan, which would include taxes, for example. that would have been eye-opening. republicans are not on the side of angels when it comes to physical sobriety here. including and extending tax cuts creates a huge deficit problem. so, i think going forward, legislatively, it would be best to solve this well in advance as the next crisis. if that doesn't do the job, then you go -- to the courts, but not at a time when we're facing an economic calamity. that is too little too late. >> let me tell you, if they ever do get that on a budget process, we three squares will enjoy that discussion because it's like it's actually an important discussion. we should be having that conversation. the legitimate differences in how conservatives and liberals think this country should raise and spend its money is a very, very valid discussion to have. sadly, that's not the one we're having. thanks to both of you, -- and solar and politi

good. i am sure that our congress brings together people of goodness. thank you for your attention. a-a of the government of the russian federation on the preparation and holding of the tenth nevsky international ecological congress, please. dear valentina ivanovna dear participants and guests of the jubilee at the nevsky ecological congress today , as part of the plenary session, we are discussing the topic of compatibility between man and the planet, our foreign guests in their video messages said that this agenda is extremely relevant today. is such an interaction possible at all, in which the development of economies and technical progress does not lead to environmental disasters and irreversible changes. every person on the planet has the right to a healthy living environment, clean air, water and soil, but if this is a human right, why does pollution occur? environment, ecosystem degradation and decline, biodiversity responses, first, accelerated industrial production is necessary to ensure the pace of savings. the growth of developed countries leads to a multiple increase in t

congress should simply do so again. raising our suspending the debt limit does not authorize new federal spending. it simply allows the government to make good on its existing commitments. so let me be clear. if congress does not address the debt limit, there are no good options that treasury or the government can use to save us from catastrophe. look, we're a country that keeps its word. generations of americans have protected the full faith and credit of the united states. that's been a bedrock of our global and there's no good reason to squander that reputation now and to trigger a manufactured crisis of our own creation. time is running out. every single day that congress does not act, we are experiencing increased economic costs that could slow down the economy. in 2011, we resolved the debt ceiling crisis right before the government had to start making payments. but at the 11th hour brinksmanship was the first ever of our downgrade of credit. consumer confidence fell by over 20%. the s&p plummeted by about 17%. spreads for mortgages and auto loans wideend which makes it harder for households to afford of houses and cars. investors are

congress should simply do so again. raising our suspending the debt limit does not authorize new federal spending. it simply allows the government to make good on its existing commitments. so let me be clear. if congress does not address the debt limit, there are no good options that treasury or the government can use to save us from catastrophe. look, we're a country that keeps its word. generations of americans have protected the full faith and credit of the united states. that's been a bedrock of our global and there's no good reason to squander that reputation now and to trigger a manufactured crisis of our own creation. time is running out. every single day that congress does not act, we are experiencing increased economic costs that could slow down the economy. in 2011, we resolved the debt ceiling crisis right before the government had to start making payments. but at the 11th hour brinksmanship was the first ever of our downgrade of credit. consumer confidence fell by over 20%. the s&p plummeted by about 17%. spreads for mortgages and auto loans wideend which makes it harder for households to afford of houses and cars. investors are

congress? [laughter] it is a good point. approving the spending in november it was a $1.5 trillion bill and janet yellen almost immediately in january said this is going to affect the debt ceiling and this was for spending for the next fiscal year. something that congress had to do. now we are in this so-called crisis because we are against the deadline. the debt ceiling was implemented as kind of a gap stop -- not a gap stop measure, but as a way for congress to look at how it money. so we get into these pickles every so often when they decide this is a big deal. host: what is the thinking about when the next debt limit would take place? guest: they pass it in the likely period would be march 2024. which they are excited about because even congressional republicans don't want a debt ceiling fight when they are trying to run primary elections, both for the presidential but also their own primary elections would be happening for a lot of them. i know that biden would like to see it not go out until 2025. some republicans make

good lines last night. it is a stocked game, stacked against you. >> jesse: letting referees bet on the game. insider trading is illegal everywhere except congressze out of there. here's what i don't understand. if you are a member of congress, you are going to make money when you leave congress so i can you just wait? you already have free transportation, free health care, free gym, free food, taxpayer-funded junkets, donor-funded vacations, due to go terms, be a lobbyist, and cash in. you can't wait that long? >> dana: that is your solution? spiel this is going nowhere, he dies the senate. >> dana: it is interesting, the media covered a lot -- kelly loeffler and david perdue in georgia, everyone looked at theirs but nobody looked at, is it paulie p? >> jesse: paulie p. >> dana: nancy pelosi has defended people being able to play the stock market on the hill. >> jeanine: nancy pelosi said but we are a free market economy. isn't this a a contradiction of what a free market economy is? nancy and the lawmakers can get ahead of what everybody else knows, get ahead of the curve and then profit off their own personal information. it is disgusting. >>

recently the congress, good to see youee and thanks for being here. recently the congress voted on a bipartisan basis to overturn the -- put forward by the by demonstration and shortly thereafter a the judge issued a preliminary injunction that affects 24 states including my state of north dakota stating the new rules. given that the epa is in front of the supreme court and is likely to provide clarity as to what epa's authority is over states and landowners with regard to rate leading the waters of the u.s. doesn't make sense to put a nationwide paws on your rule until the supreme court has ruled in that case? >> where we have seen those 2624 of wave in. we will be implementing it on the regime. the states that don't have a stay in place we will continue to move forward and we do believe number one i agree with the agriculturall industry and i appreciate you. >> well you know been outsourced and you have seen our concerns. >> guess i have and what we are attempting to do was to take those concerned to match them with the laws that we are required to

is there any risk of it not getting passed through congress at this point? >> reporter: goodorning. president biden and speaker mccarthy have both expressed confidence that this bill will make it through congress there is going to be some push back that is what we expect when lawmakers return to capitol hill from the memorial day hole iday a breakthrough was made over the weekend. both parties announcing a deal had been reached agreement, which still needs congressional approval, would extend the debt ceiling limit for two years. there is not change to medicaid. there is a change on food stamp programs that was a sticking point for republicans. there are members from both parties praising the agreement made, some republicans and progressives have raised concerns president biden arguing this budget deal is good news for americans and urging both chambers to pass the legislation. lawmakers have to act fast they will have more breathing room janet yellen has said the default deadline has been extended from june 1st to june 5th. >> brie, is there consensus to which side conceded

is housed under the library of congress will be used to protect copyrighted works amid growing use of artificial intelligence. the senate hearing is about an hour. >> good afternoon. we are looking forward to this hearing, and i called or the hearing on oversight of the library of congress. i would like to thank ranking member fisher for her work as well as the librarian of congress dr. carla hayden for again appearing before this committee, this time not for confirmation but for talking about as you done in the past your work and there's just a lot of interest as you know from past hearings in this building about the library of congress especially now that people are going back in an entry of many visitors to the library again. several senators, , we had a dinner with bipartisan dinner last night and a number senators mentioned that they were fans of you and your work, including people from both sides of the aisle, so just putting that out there first. and i think i've mentioned this before. maybe senator fischer doesn't know but my dream when i was growing up was to be a librarian. yes, i actually had a duly system set up with the books that i read in

congress. and was the chair of the house budget committee. governor, good to see you again. thank you. this is very, very relevant. the reason why i started with that was because, kevin mccarthy talked about the fact that this improves how congress works for the american public, by putting these discussions about money, spending, taxation back into the budget process and the appropriations process, which is great when you observe it and look at it. but republicans have very dirty hands on this one as, well everybody does. the budgeting appropriations process in america has been broken for years. it is why we had a government shutdown. it's why we have come to the brink on these conversations. i listen to kevin mccarthy, at his word i say great, i'm glad you are all fixing that. probably should not have happened in the course of a debt ceiling negotiation. but are you optimistic we can get back to the process in which congress, the president proposes a budget, the congress debated and we get things done in an orderly fashion? >> yes. you know i don't want to be a pessimist here on sunday

congress. and that's good. because over time, and it's not just recently, it's been over time, we in the legislative branch have conceded too much power to the executive branch. it's almost become a monarchy now where the executive branch is running the country in the legislative branch isn't doing anything at all. we have the power of the purse. the forefathers set this up so that the power of the purse lie with congress in the legislative branch. over time we have conceded that. whether it is a republican, dem rat, or independent, we need to see that back. host: the scrutiny act, why can it not through congress? guest: right now we have got a democratic-controlled senate. we passed it. it's part of the act. this week the senate is taking up that. i hope they pass it. then it will become -- hopefully will come to the president's task and he can sign it. host: planes fell, good morning. caller: buddy carter is talking about pharmacies and pharmaceuticals that have been in the business. my question is, how many

believed the future was better than the past and lived long enough to watch his grandson in congress because the goodness of america. the truth is we are better off today than we've ever been. we are in the right place to get it done. >> i can already tell there will be a few nuggets dropped. my grandfather stopped going to school in third grade because literally in south carolina 1928 there was no need for an educated black man is what he was taught. >> think about that picture and fast-forward to moving into my grandparents house my grandfather was teaching me these valuable lessons about being better or being better. it would have been so easy for him to be better all his life, but he believed in a time that it would be completely understandable why you wouldn't believe in the future of this country but he knew the sacrifices that had gone before him made his challenging plight less challenging that the abundance in his heart and love he had for my grandmother, that combination formed a new salvation for a generation. and because of that i was blessed with this inheritance of positivity, this concept

believed the future was better than the past and lived long enough to watch his grandson in congress because the goodness of america. the truth is we are better off today than we've ever been. we are in the right place to get it done. >> i can already tell there will be a few nuggets dropped. my grandfather stopped going to school in third grade because literally in south carolina 1928 there was no need for an educated black man is what he was taught. >> think about that picture and fast-forward to moving into my grandparents house my grandfather was teaching me these valuable lessons about being better or being better. it would have been so easy for him to be better all his life, but he believed in a time that it would be completely understandable why you wouldn't believe in the future of this country but he knew the sacrifices that had gone before him made his challenging plight less challenging that the abundance in his heart and love he had for my grandmother, that combination formed a new salvation for a generation. and because of that i was blessed with this inheritance of positivity, this concept

congress to raise the debt ceiling. that is where our focus is. we know that the only goods one in which congress acts as it has many times, almost 80 times since 1960, to raise the debt ceiling. what global markets and households in america and businesses need to see is that we have a congress that is committed to paying the bills that we have incurred as a consequence of our legislation, that we are not a deadbeat country. if congress fails to do that, it really impairs our credit rating. we have to default on some level whether treasuries or payments to social security recipients. that is something america has not done since 1789, and we should not start now. so, we have not discussed what to do if that does not occur with the president. our focus is on getting it done. annmarie: treasuries are the bedrock of the global financial system, and the asset managers i speak to end investors, they don't have the luxury of not contingency planning. should they assume that debt may not be's serviced there's no deal? -- if there is no deal? janet: if congress does not raise the de

from the 70s, but part of it for carter, it looks like he doesn't know how to negotiate with congress or have good legislative skills and ultimately what congress passes is a pretty big bill, makes changes, does deregulate the natural gas industry, by 21st-century standards, it would be a major piece of legislation but water down compared to what the administration wanted and makes people mad, people who oppose it, people not interested in these changes are also mad and carter is depicted as a bad legislative leader. it is a pretty good policy success but the politics of it keep getting away. if that wasn't complicated enough for you, now we've got foreign policy. a very active foreign policy presidency and there's a couple ways to break this down analytically. it is a short reading but had a good overview of the key stuff. some of this comes, we start again with carter as a person. carter is valued as a person, human rights were important to him. he wanted to have his foreign policy guided by sense of good of people in the world. that sounds great. again, who's going to be against human rights? a

congress woman, good to have you hire. the first time you're seeing this up close. sure you witnessed these from afar back in indiana. here you are in the middle of it now. 78th time we've been through this since 1960. are you worried? >> i not worried, neil. thanks for having me. i'm not worried. i have full faith in speaker mccarthy that they will work out and agreement good for the american people, worthy of the american people. the fact of the matter is, we passed a bill a month ago. we raised the debt limit. we took this issue off the table. the x date is coming up. >> neil: they said you didn't take it off the table. you know, obviously you're tying the spending cuts to that debt ceiling and they're opposed to that. having said that, congress woman, i am interested in what you make now of this reported new default date or possible default date, june 5 from june 1. now, again, this does seem to be a moving target. what do you think of that? >> look, the x date is whatever janet yellen says it is. if it's the first, we will go with the first. if she says it's th

good case. basically the supreme court said congress needs to do its job. that agencies cannot do the job. the problem is, any utility that has been operating under the epa's reg, it is an eight-year case. we cannot decide these things eight years later. the regulatory universe will follow the original will, not wait and see what happens at the u.s. supreme court. we can stop shutting down these executive orders that will shut down baseload fuel. the clean power plants, the vast majority of it was never enacted, right? they could never get the votes in congress. it still did a good job of shutting down coal filed -- coal-fired power plant in the united states. this is where i think democrat and republican's actually have an ability to come together. any one of the clean power utility plans being opposed by my colleagues on the other site of the aisle, you need 2.5 times the structure we have now. two thirds of all the cars in the united states elected by 2032, where are you going to plug them in? don't take my word for it. the "new york times" wrote an article too much to go about it. texa

those with better computer skills can do a good job. congress wants to strike a balance between the potential of technology and public safety. >> it's like a steam engine which was really disruptive when it was introduced to society. in a few years, it will become a supersonic jet engine with a personality and we need to be prepared for that. reporter: carlos rhonda, abc7news. ama: one of the most -- most talked about tools is available on the chat store. you can use chatgpt. it has wild with its humanlike ability. it is developed by openai here in san francisco. this app version also enables users to speak to the bought using their voice. aew fro the mpanieshe terror-related content is found on their platforms. the high court ruled twitter cannot be held liable for hosting tweets created by isis. the supreme court justices dismissed a case about social media algorithms that recommend content on google and youtube. the pair of rulings are wins for those platforms which have faced lawsuits over the issue. dan: a new college is coming to uc berkel

as far as how congress works is that a good thing? guest: we do not need to expect every member of a party to think the same way as every other member of a party. if 100 members of the house have big problems with this bill and want to vote against it, it leaves 345 others. especially on the right, there is a sense that some of these members will vote no on anything. any kind of deal you would have made with president biden, that is not going to get these members' support. that is standard operating procedure on the hill. their amount of leverage always seemed exaggerated to me. the same is true for some of the hard left progressives. any deal that kevin mccarthy is going to like, they are not going to like. you lose votes on both sides of the spectrum but you will have a whole lot of folks left in the middle. host: our guest is with us until 9:15, if you want to ask him questions about his book, (202) 748-8000 for democratss. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. independents, (202) 748-8002. if you want to text s, you can do so -- text us

in connecticut, neither approach is good when it comes to dealing i think congress is very good at spending money, very poor at getting anything forward. i think we've tried this plant in the past stopped spending. i think a lot of reasons, a large portion doesn't pay taxes so elected people are not held accountable. right now the many, they don't care what they get for it and it's a lot of who don't pay taxes, we don't care. last year was a bill importing their things was going to pay for it so the n solutions are a budget thing, it would be only income you pay taxes and if that is the case, we want to be interested in make sure they deliver something for the funds they spent. >> one more call on this topic, this is michael from florida, president biden's position on thison. >> the debt we currently have is from the trump administration. we have to pay what he's done, tax cuts. it's not free. you have to pay for them and

polarization, we can never lose sight of the fact that as members of congress, as leaders of congress, we serve a greater gooderve our constituents. we are here to solve problems. to passionate by debate issues. and to keep america moving in the right direction. my entire career was spent working in and around the capitol dome. i will always revere these hallowed grounds. i will always respect the people who work in this special place. even those i passionately disagree with. and i will always look back on my time serving the people of wisconsin and leading the house of representatives with love and appreciation. only in america would i have been able to work in such an awesome place with such passionate people on such important public policies. only in america would it be possible for a kid from janesville to go from an intern to speaker of the house. only in america would i be surrounded by such amazing roomful of people who helped make it all possible. so thank you for this tremendous honor and god bless you all. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the benediction, delivered by m

you know i never say i'm confident what the congress is going to do. but i feel very goodo a number of the members, i've spoke to mcconnell, i've spoke to a whole bunch of people. and it feels good, we'll see when the vote starts. there's no reason why it shouldn't get done by the 5th. i'm confident that we'll get a vote in both houses and we'll see. the uk government is taking steps to reduce vaping among teenagers in england. ministers have pledged to close a loophole allowing retailers to give free samples to children, even thoughh it's illegal to sell them to under 185. a ban on nicotine—free vapes for under 18's is also being considered. our heath editor, hugh pym reports. a recent laboratory test for bbc news on illegal vapes confiscated at a school showed some had more than twice the safe amount of lead, and nine times the safe amount of nickel. the prime minister said he was shocked by this report, and said he was taking further action to clamp down on rogue firms who unlawfully target children with these products. the measures include closing a loophole allowing r

the problem solvers caucus in the house, he is the chair of the republican main street congress, congressman, good to see, you thank you for on the problem solvers caucus, he played influential role in getting us to where we are. and he may have a very influential role to play over the course of the next few days, because of what we are talking about. there are some members of the republican congress who have said and tweeted that they will not support this bill. they are appear to be some democrats who are still getting more information on that who said they may not support this bill. so again, the 218 votes, you are going to have to be pi partisan one way or the other. >> i think everybody assumed that when the speaker of the house and the speaker kind of deal, of course joe biden is a democrat, they're a lot of folks in the house of the senate who i think understand that this, joe biden was never going to get everything he wanted. i think republicans did pretty good in the deal, joe biden made a big mistake in refusing to negotiate for 97 days. i think that put him back on his heels. but of cou

good opening statement. our our witness today can librarian of congress dr. hayden. afterr being appointed by president obama,a and confirmed by senate. that is4- pretty good. and she is the first woman ande the first african-american to lead our nation's library. doctor haden searched as ceo of in baltimore, maryland. beginning in 1993. earliery in her career. she held position with museumer of science and industry in chicago, university of pittsburgh and chicagoing which public library, and received her under graduate degree from roosevelt university and master of parts and phd from visit of chicago, if you could plead stand and raise your right hand: ... and its operations. at the library of congress is the largest library in the world with a collection of more than 175 million items and now in the fifth and final year of the current strategic plan for the library isib looking ahead to a new plan that will build upon our ongoing efforts to expand access, enhance services and become more digitally enabled. we appreciate the support and interest of this committee as