our congressional community knows profound terror of that day firsthand.congress fled for their lives. staff barricaded behind office doors. support staff who run this capitol hid under furniture the second of sound of blood curdling screams, sound of gas and smoke all remain raw. yet that day the capitol police, metropolitan police, and additional agencies, bravely threw themselves between us and violence. and may i thank the national guard for continuing that protection, ending the day and continuing that protection. with great patriotism -- [applause] again, harkening back to lincoln with great patriotism, determination, and resilience they answered the call to serve, putting their lives on the line to protect the capitol, the congress, and the constitution. your valor on that dark day is the stuff of legend. like the dome, they fought to defend a source of strength and hope and we thank you for that. united in gratitude, today we award them the congressional gold medal forever etching their heroism into our history. in doing so we thank those heroes fo

printed in the congressional record offered by mr. cicilline of rhode island.he chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 211, the nays are 217. the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 81 offered by the gentleman from california, mr. at takano on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 81 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. takano of california. the chair: re

as a congressional reporter i often get dinner party jokes about -- such great television, congressionalearings. but this is a case where it was, and it was the use of compelling video and very carefully scripted wording which was tailored to each member i think, and driven by each member. and i also think this committee was able to do something unique in that by choosing different themes and establishing one kind of captain member in charge of that theme or promotion of the theme, it was almost as if they were establishing subcommittees of one for each topic. that really allowed an incredible amount of cohesion, and focus. and the member driving it was able to put in their own words in a way, know the script and use the soundbites that that -- they thought were most important. it wasn't just made-for-tv. it was also made for social media. it was i think one of the most savvy committees in terms of tackling issues and a huge topic that you could see. and because of that there really wasn't much discussion of what wasn't on the table which i agree with the security, what happened with pol

i'd like to say, welcome to congressional climate, i am dan% with the environment so studies institute. me and my colleagues panelists, we are going to be your counselors today. we are going to hear about budget appropriations process, a great session and in addition we have one drink remotely today but well worth the ten minute delay and hopefully that meant everyone has a little extra time to get some donuts. before we begin, i like to say thanks to chris and helen and his staff for helping us get the room today. we couldn't do it without them and i am a manager so thank you very much. environments energy study institute dates back to 1984, one of these days they will and we started on a bipartisan basis member o congress provide education resource although a lot of peoese materials like journalists and members of the blic and our focus is climate change. out environmental energy and 1980 board o directors was a topic reported. today we provide all sorts of resources. weo briefings like this, highest profile things we do, we cover all sorts of issues and briefings. for example decemb

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congressional authority over the president's budget requests. for 10 years, there was a moratorium on this, in that it was brought back in the 117th congress. the argument for taking it away it was that it was going to help reduce deficit and reduce cost. that really was not the case because the deficit has increased over that period of time. one of the aspects that is powerful is if we can touch on this briefly because i mentioned those subcommittees, 99% of that goes to the executive branch. 0.5% to the legislative and 0.52 judiciary. this is not additional funding on top of the 302-a this is a small amount of funding within the executive branch among the 99%. it has now been capped at 1%. it is 1% within that amount that would otherwise have gone to the executive branch to make. members of congress are able to make decisions that are beneficial to their districts and their various constituencies . additionally, reforms have been made to the process that have addressed a lot of the concerns that some critics had for example, members of congres

i'm a congressional historian. i like congress. i like studying congress. one of the things that makes convert so interesting is that it is traditionally not a parliament. you can get these distinctive members of congress from out of the way places. ernest screening with a democratic senator from alaska, other left-wing senator. you don't think of alaska as a left-wing state. he was strong -- as we move into the current kind of politics that we have now, we've sort of lost that aspect of american political life. >> this next one is a little bit of a doozy. i don't think we're going to have time to totally answered. maybe you can give us a sneak peek into where it'll look up resources for it. what is the history of the u.s. capitol police origins mission, future, it several? >> this actually is relatively -- one of the great things about all of these federal agencies is they have offices of historians. you can go to their website. they have historians offices. that video that i played from bill goodwin, that's from the house historians office. so, federal ag

and the congressional scouting caucus. as a proud co-chair of all four of these bipartisan caucuses, these organizations are a great way for members to get involved and share interests. as a senior member of the committee on education and workforce, i've always supported and will continue to support career and technical education programs that provide learners of all ages with career-ready skills, restoring runnings on the ladders of opportunity. along with my co-chair, congresswoman suzanne bonamici of oregon, the bipartisan c.t.e. caucus highlights the importance of preparing a well-educated and skilled workforce. through this caucus, we have made tremendous strides in providing learners of all ages the skills necessary to obtain high-quality, family-sustaining jobs. one of the most -- one of those successes includes the passing and enactment of the strengthening career and technical education for the 21st century act. through these programs we give individuals the ability to restore the wrungs on the ladder of opportuni

i'm a congressional historian. i like i like congress. i like studying congress. one of the things that makes congress so interesting is that it's it's traditionally not a parliament that is that you can get these distinctive members of congress from out of the way places. i did a biography of ernest greening was a democratic senator from alaska. a very left wing senator. you don't think of alaska as a particularly left wing state, strong critic of the vietnam war in the 1960s. and as we moved into this, this the current kind of politics that we have now, we've we've sort of lost that aspect of american political life. this next one, it's a little bit of a doozy. and i don't think that we're going to have time to totally answer it. but maybe you can give us a sneak peek into maybe where to look up resources for it. what is the history of the us capitol police origins mission future it's cetera. is it's this actually. it's relatively easy to find one of the great things about all of these federal agencies is that they have they have offices of historians. so you ca

this will provide transparency for the administration to carry out its congressional congressionally authorized duty. more than 50% of my congressional district is federal land and accounts for nearly 44% of colorado's natural gas production. the underlying bill requires the administration to be responsible for their actions. if joe biden and secretary granholm continue to dip into the strategic petroleum reserve, they must have a plan in place to increase oil and gas production on land that has been locked up and overregulated by the federal government. that plan should be submitted to the congressional committees of jurisdiction. by requiring the administration to submit its plan to the people's house, we can provide important oversight as to how the administration will carry out this plan and provide feedback. on the western slope of colorado, we have seen firsthand the harm leftist policies have created in our communities. literally regulating our communities into poverty. with the stroke of his pen, joe biden unilaterally locked up federal lands for oil and gas production and de

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his attack was seen as a violation of the congressional decorum. he attacked senator butler from south carolina but had not alerted him, previously, to the idea that he was going to criticize them on the senate floor. that is what enraged preston brooks. you would think, you would hope, that the brooks caning of sumner would have triggered a reevaluation of the concept of congressional violence. it did not work out that way. brooks resigned his seat. he returned to the south carolina, he was overwhelmingly reelected by his constituents. sumner did not return to the senate for two and a half years. we're covering both from the physical violence but also from, what we would now called, ptsd. although that term was not used or understood at the time. violence and threats of violence continued right up to the run up to the civil war. the most favorite spot of these episodes certainly the most widespread of them, occurred in 1857. the issue before congress was a decision before president james buchanan, a democrat from pennsylvania. a sympathizer with t

lied to the voters of the third congressional district in new york. deceived and connived his way into congress, and it's now the responsibility of house republicans to do something about it. there are ongoing investigation investigations. the nassau county district attorney investigating george santos, the queens county district attorney investigating george santos, the state attorney general investigating george santos. apparently, the u.s. attorney from eastern district of new york investigating george santos. brazilian authorities investigating george santos. and ethics complaints have been filed calling for an investigation of george santos. this is not a partisan issue. but it is an issue that republicans need to handle. clean up your house. and you can start with the george santos. [inaudible question] >> we are still evaluating the dynamics as it relates to select committee on insurrection protection, which seems to be designed to abstract justice and execute upon an agenda that many of my republican colleagues have said is anchored and ultima

these are the pillars for the congressional black congress, working with champions in the congressional caucus. we want to hear the message that focuses on the implementation of the bills we passed around jobs, around housing, and with the inclusion of police accountability around justice. >> all right. thank you congressman steve horsford. switching topics to florida. the department of education has rejected an advanced placement high school course on african american studies, claiming the curriculum promoted a political agenda. florida governor ron desantis has been waging war on what he calls wokeness in the states schools and institutions. many teachers say they are caught in the middle of a political firefight. joining me now the president of the national education association. thank you for joining us tonight. i want to give you the opportunity to express your thoughts on what we saw this week coming out of memphis, the tragic story of tyre nichols and the five police officers who are now charged with his death. you represent a union that deals with education. what is the message

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a congressional gold medal to the enslaved. if you repeat things multiple times, people are more to remember than not. i repeat, we want to award a congressional gold medal to the american a enslaved. now there are many people who do not understand and because they don't understand, the reaction is why would you award a congressional gold medal to the enslaved? well, i have a dear colleague that my dear colleagues will be receiving. i'm going to read it, perhaps not in its entirety, but i will cover some of the important excerpts. this dear colleague reads, and this is a part of the style of it, the congressional gold medal, and it reads, confederate soldiers silence is a way of accentuating. confederate soldiers, confederate soldiers were awarded a congressional gold medal in 1956. the congress of the united states of america awarded a congressional gold medal to confederate soldiers in 1956. confederate soldiers were persons who fought on the side of many who were fighting to maintain the institution of slavery. we have rever

you weren't there -- named the new chair of the congressional black caucus. the headline from the hill this week -- what is your focus for the 118th for the cbc. how does that fit in to developing legislation and policy, -- on the house floor? guest: we celebrated our 51st year and we were the founders of 1971 by 13 founders come the original members of the congressional -- black members of the house of representatives and we have been known as the conscious of the congress, fighting for issues like voting rights and protecting our democracy and making sure that we are looking out for all constituents, critically those who are most marginalized and we have 50 eight -- 58 members, 18 million black americans represented and our job is to make sure their voices are heard in the halls of washington and on the house floor. host: in terms of how your caucus works in developing and promoting legislation, how is that done? guest: we meet every week and take policy positions as a caucus. we advanced issues like the john lewis voting rights act. i am working on an issu

the report recommends congressional executive dialogue. could this be, what could this accomplish? >> i think this is an important issue. it is not straightforward. when it comes to legal authority, you will have controversy and some misconceptions and maybe some politicization with the issue. you have already seen that with vaccine status, for example. that will have to be delicately addressed in this hyper-partisan time we are living through. we are very -- have very sensible measures to share risks that they be multi-state. it may be difficult to establish. i would hope for more progress in this area and the doctor and i and other former cdc directors have talked about that. realistically, it is hard to imagine that getting through congress anytime soon. barring that, the broader issue beyond data, including data, is the public health enterprise, the connection of federal, state, city and local health departments. often, it is not well aligned. this is something that in my eight years as cdc director i tried to address. we made some progress but more progress has to be made. as

consider two hypothetical congressional's -- congressional arms that in my view would be constitutionally improper. i will give you an example of what would be wrong and why. first, imagine a congressional statute purporting to dictate to the court how to construe the constitutional provision or the constitution in general. it would violate the power to say what the law is, the power of the court to determine for itself in its own independent judgment what the constitution means. true, congress has rod power to dictate to the court how to construe a particular statute and federal statutes generally. but it is largely derivative of the power to enact federal laws themselves. if a law can be written broadly, how is this different from a law written in more ambiguous language but featuring a clause telling the court to quote construe this law broadly? still, the power of congress to dictate to the rules of statutory disruption, it is not infinite. they may need the constitution itself to require that certain things must be said clearly and expressly by congress via a super clear statement. i

gary emphasized the importance of bolstering the executive congressional dialogue on the cdc, what do you see as the potential for willey moving dialogue -- really moving dialogue moving forward? i will it take to enable the agency to make its case -- what will it take to enable the agency to make its case to congress? >> i want to completely agree with everything that everyone has said. as a recent former member of congress, the only reason i went to the cdc was because of the speaker at a number congress -- at another congress in georgia represented the "crisis and i realize when i was going there that here i was working on the cdc related issues around the pandemic preparedness and i had never been invited and i did not know much about the cdc operation in atlanta and i was overwhelmed when i took the tour. i have had similar pores at other agencies of the nih, of others. i do not think that you can understate the importance of actual site visits and understanding the magnitude of what government officials are trying to do in these agencies and having those types of businesses are

after the republicans take congressional power in the lower house of representatives and use that powerhe biden administration. that's just to speak with a united front, the republicans. it is unlikely that he will be able to, after all, they did not even agree with each other on the candidacy for the post of speaker of the lower house of representatives and for the first time in 100 years they failed to vote on this issue. from the first attempt, that is, the political split is only deepening , meanwhile, on the eve of the second anniversary of the events of january 6, the washington authorities announced a high alert regime for a possible repetition of mass riots, and the chief of the metropolitan police received the right to single-handedly introduce an emergency position and even involve the national guard, however, judging by the calm on the city streets, these precautions were clearly unnecessary mikhail akinchenko vyacheslav arkhipov maria martanov. channel one washington a real journey into a fairy tale for children from all over the country, including from the new russian regio

correct congressional office put out a report to be altered by 2023.crats doing to make sure that program remains? >> we've always defended social security. we will always defended social security. democrats had a plan to make sure that social security solvent. this plan would kill social security. >> german, with arctic spoken to some republicans in the senate who have said they also like senator josh hawley for example. i guess you already have so many republicans saying and know on this why do you think some republicans? >> and think leader mccarthy would never go along with the maga republicans as he ran for speaker. and now he is still committed to them, still to put this bill before committee. i do not underestimate the power over mccarthy of these extreme maga republicans. we have to fight this plan now before more head of steam republicans supported. >> the so-called tax plan which would devastate working families and cut taxes for the wealthiest 1%1% in america so extreme, so t of touch, so unconscionable that you wonder who is sitting in some

congressional reporter from punchbowl news, max cohen.nk you very much. >>> we will have more on the race for speaker as our show continues. >>> next on "way too early," the man accused of fatally stabbing four college students is now back in idaho. we'll have the very latest on that case. >>> plus, hospitals in china are being simply overwhelmed with cases of coronavirus sparking concerns about a possible new variant. those stories and a check on the weather when we come right back. (woman 1) so i just switched to verizon business unlimited. it is just right for my little business. (woman 2) we switched, too. (woman 1) unlimited premium data, unlimited hotspot data. my point of sale is on point. (woman 2) you know it's from the most reliable 5g network in america? (woman 1) you know you can get up to 10 times the speed at no extra cost? (vo) when it comes to your business, not all bars are created equal. so switch to verizon, the most reliable 5g network in america, and get the unlimited plan that your business deserves. on the network a

but it is really a spectacle that george santos has a congressional office. this guy has deceived his voters, he's defrauded his district in new york, which is right near mine, and he is in queens, in northern parts of long island. the republican party is doing nothing about it. they have not condemned him. they have not rebuked him. they are embracing him as one of their own. it's no surprise, because they don't believe in free and fair elections themselves, it appears, so why would they condemn george santos, who undermines our free and fair elections? and >> good as the crow room to do a replay on that opening door shot, where i think the background we saw george santos which i didn't notice until congressman goldman just mentioned it so let's just watch is that congressman santos walking across the back of the shot there in the background right there? is that we are seeing back there? >> yes, that is. >> okay so that was your moment of truth. is that the only time you have gotten a chance to have a word with george santos directly? >> yes it is although i

i proudly rise today to represent pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. mr. thompson: the 15th congressional district encompasses 18th counties in the commonwealth of pennsylvania, nearly a third of the landmass. inincludes, cameron, center, including my hometown of howard, elk force, jefferson, porter, snyder, warren and union counties and also includes parts of indiana and other county. i take great pride in my service to the people of the 15th congressional district and work hard to earn their trust and be a diligent representative. when i'm not here in washington i spend my dines the road in the district traveling to meetings and events and work to connect with my constituents and truly be a voice for each community i serve. madam speaker, i appreciate the opportunity to speak here as i gave 144 one-minute speeches in the 117th congress. to be a strong voice for the citizens of the 15th district. the challenges before us remain great, it is my hope we'll tackle these challenges head on. it's the american way. thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back the

the congressional gold medal.when you think about it, 21 members of congress, many of whom were present on the capitol campus that day as thousands of rioters attacked the building, calling for members of congress to be strung up, and he didn't think that we deserved to be acknowledged for that, despite the fact that no members of congress nor their staff were injured as a result of that. but 140 police officers were. i also asked him to specifically call out certain members of congress. these are the i call them the tinfoil hat brigade, paul gosar, marjorie taylor green, andrew klotz -- [applause] -- people whose mischaracterizations are just downright lies about what happened on january 6th, or causing officers a great deal of harm, as well as, you know, our dialogue in this country. if you live outside the beltway, there were thousands and thousands, maybe millions of americans who had no idea about the brutality that took place in the capital that dayei because they were being lied to by their congressional re

he lost his congressional district.midable, but definitely not invincible. >> thank you very much for coming on and thank you very much for answering unequivocally that you are not interested in that seat. county executive is a pretty good job. >> it's a great job. thank you. >>> coming up next, two monkeys kidnapped. making a bit of a left turn. a vulture suspiciously dead and a big cat missing from her has been tat. what is going on at the dallas zoo? been tat what igos ing on at the dallas zoo? i just switched to verizon business unlimited. it's just right for my little business. unlimited premium data. unlimited hotspot data. (woman 2) you know it's from the most reliable 5g network in america? (vo) when it comes to your business, not all bars are created equal. so switch to verizon business unlimited today. woo! hey you. i am loving this silversneakers® boxing class. thank you aetna. yeah? well, i'm loving that zero dollar monthly plan premium. thank you, aetna. ah-ha. smartest move we ever made. well, it sure is.

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>> well, alex, right now it seems like the white house and congressional republicans are about as farosite on the scale of where they think, what they think needs to happen in order for the united states to not default on these debts. the first step in bridging that gap was taken by president biden yesterday, when he said he's willing to sit down with house speaker, kevin mccarthy, in negotiating the raising of the debt limit. he didn't say when that meeting is going to happen, but he certainly is aware of this looming deadline now that we approach that default deadline around june or july. after treasury secretary, janet yellen said, until then, she seeking extraordinary measures to be able to make sure what needs to be paid for in the interim is still paid for. this is really the newest obstacle, the latest obstacle in this second half of president biden's term. he marked the first two years of his presidency, two years since taking office, yesterday with these remarks at the white house, talking about all the legislative accomplishments he's been able to achieve, working across the

he committed and out now to fraud on the voters of our congressional district. lying about his education, his job career, admitting to crimes, passing bad checks, not paying rent that he was legally repo wire to pay. the point is this. republican and democrats, we can have a philosophical difference. what we should be able to trust, the integrity of our public officials. that's why you see bipartisanship in the district, calling for his ouster, and it's actually absolutely shameful that the republican party leadership in the house who knew about his situation, knew about him have not stepped up and an acknowledged that he in fact is not just a threat to the integrity of the institution, he may very well be a national security threat because he fails to the clothes where his money comes from. he fails t o the clothe where his money comei want to re reporting from puck news about how your campaign handled research on santos. after being handled a half baked apple packet on santos on the democratic congressional campaign committee, he, zimmerman, eu, decided agains

one of the reasons is there's been no congressional oversight. there's no sense of urgency from this white house or the bureaucrats that populate this town to move. i want to talk about that. oversight of our tax dollars, that's our responsibility. we've all heard reports of hundreds of millions of dollars of potential waste and fraud in the unemployment insurance programs in all 50 states. we've all heard reports of misuse of hundreds of millions of dollars of the stimulus money, of p.p.p. loan funds, but yet, there has not been a single hearing in the house oversight committee about this. the border crisis -- we've made several trips on this stliel to the bored -- this side of the aisle to the border. we've listened to the border patrol agents. their message is loud and clear -- under president biden, the border patrol has become the welcoming committee. they're begging for help to do their job. law enforcement officers in all 50 states are begging congress to force this administration to secure the border, to do something about the fentanyl cr

deputy whip of the congressional progressive caucus. up, two stories about saudi arabia, how the kingdom is funneling liens into donald trump's golf resorts and how saudi arabia imprisoned two wikipedia administrators who posted content critical of the country's human rights records. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. the justice department and congress are facing news calls to investigate donald trump's financial ties to saudi arabia the latest controversy centers on a new golf tournament which is owned by saudi arabia's sovereign public investment fund. the chair of the fund is saudi crown prince mohamed bin salman. the new league has paid millions to golf resorts owned by donald trump who has publicly supported the new league which is attempting to compete with the pga. >> appreciate the decisi to host this event. >> i have known these people for a long time in saudi arabia and they have been good friends of mine for a long time.

the congressional mandate.illl not always get an opportunity to get in front of those people the first moments they are getting the documents. >> from my perspective, i have been in the bureau now 24 years. i have only been a historian for most of that. perhaps our biggest issue, you know, because we held onto our records for so long, they did not go to national archives. in the early 2000, we started to change that and actually shift millions of pages over to the national archives where they can properly be taken care of. now, the question that i get regarding classification issues regarding fbi records and et cetera often come down to the narrative that they just do not have the people to process them and make them available. so, it is a broader government record simply declassification. of course, fbi records, people focus on them case-by-case and that makes sense because that is how the bureau himself focuses on them. identifying a record here and there that should be reviewed for classification is not alwa

the other thing you mentioned there and i know we want to talk about is congressional authorization. that something that separates the state department from other historians. john erin who wants to go in next and for everyone here and on c-span back at home who is watching about what you guys do. >> i can go. my position is very different than either adams or aarons and that i sit in the office of public affairs which is where the fbi's storage position was created back in the 1980s we hired our first one. sue came in and served until 93. and then the position was left open for a long time. the fbi in its history as you may well know is not always home and even story. we are in an agency who has had a lot of stuff written about us. and a lot of it has obviously been highly critical. a lot of this has to do some of the issues that we face today with declassification and with transparency and with records. back in the beginning days j edgar hoover took over the idea of the government records would be available to the public was not something people tended to think about. government rec