department of interior. i would like to welcome secretary holland -- haaland and denise flanagan back to the committee. i want to thank you all three for joining us today. to set the scene the administration is requesting a $2 million for 2025. that is a 5% increase over fiscal year 2024. i think it is important to note for contexts that congress has also provided the department almost $50 billion in appropriations over the last three years to the bipartisan infrastructure law an inflation reduction act. i look forward to discussing how the department is implementing those laws using the historic funding and justifications for the increase . it has been a year to the day since you were last before the committee for the fiscal year 2024 budget hearing. there have been some highs from renewing the compacts of free association which we finally accomplished as part of the consolidated appropriations act to achieve and record energy level production. i'm also supportive of efforts to work collaboratively with the

right now the state of alaska's looks at what's coming out of the department of interior. they are asking of the interior every single decision get working against alaskans. as a pretty tough week and oh one day the department closes off 13 million acres of our petroleum reserve. the heartburn here it's more than heartburn. we released a major land plan 10 full years of a lot i wrote 20 years ago to lift the plo's he public land ordinance and alaska for they took no time at all to close off millions more acres the state of alaska for the kicker on all this, if he did all on the same day, one day we come to dread fridays in alaska that is when we see the stuff coming out of washingtonda d.c. that's a burying alaska and our economy paid these decisions are piled on top ofth dozens of others. ofthe cancellation the 1002 area that need capping of oil and gas program in the area you are mandated to carry out. it's a lot of history in alaska, you know much of it. signing president carter promised the deal was off shoring 95% on short voted for that law. he voted his administratio

specifically, my bill requires the secretary of interior to reissue the 2022 department of interior final rule that delisted gray wolves in the lower 48 united states and ensures that the reassurance of the final rule will not be subject to judicial review. gray wolves were first listed under the endangered species preservation act in 1967. that's 57 years ago. in 2009, the obama administration upheld the decision to delist gray wolves when their interior secretary, ken salazar, a democrat from colorado, announced the decision at a press conference that the fish and wildlife service decision to delist gray wolves was a, quote, a supportable one, scientists have concluded that recovery has occurred, end quote. in 2011, congress directed usfws to reinstate a rule to delist the gray wolf in the northern rockies ecosystem. in 2013, the obama administration proposed delisting gray wolves in the lower 48 states. in november of 2020, scientists and nonpartisan career employees at the department of interior once again found gray wolves were fully recovered and once again issued a rule that return

theater and art institute, now it is the academy of arts, where i entered and studied at the department of interiorthe inner voice in me was not yet fully voice, parents, especially my father, well understood that theological school, a possible priesthood, is a step conscious deep inside, and did not rush things, but having chosen the path of an artist, i did not cease to be a christian, being immersed in my studies, having... communicated with metropolitan anthony melnikov , services in the cathedral, he also often occupied the belarusian department at that time, secretly helped young artists, he was always keenly interested in my life, my work and how... painting, he deigned to take me to his country house near st. petersburg in komarovo several of my works, when he became metropolitan of leningrad. and after the third year of study i had the opportunity to go to the trinity lavra and receive icon painting practice from marya nikolaevna sokolova. this interaction made an impact on me.

it was co-chaired by the department of agriculture of the department of interior. they released their 150 recommendations this past september. the report outlines ways you can fight fires, modernize the tools we use, and adopt a proactive approach so that our communities can be better prepared to face this problem in the future. our committee has taken some key steps related to the warts recommendation. last year, the senate passed the disasters of a vacation act, which makes it easier for people to get help they need after wild fires, as well as other serious natural disasters. this congress help? when the workforce and expand firefighters all across america. this community has also passed the wildland firefighter protection paycheck act by senator cinema to establish a permanent needed pay scale for federal firefighters. we will continue to advance this bipartisan legislation to prevent a pay cliff for wildland firefighters at the end of this school year. but there still so much more we need to do. wildfires have become a crisis for the country, and when the colt

time to the theater and art institute, now it’s an art academy, where i entered to study department of interiorfor the spiritual path, at that moment, probably, the inner voice in me, my parents, especially my father, was not yet fully heard... and it was not my mother who was so enthusiastic about either raphael, or rembrandt, or michelangelo, or titian , no one else, their canvases, in comparison with the icon, began to seem, excuse me, lifeless, although magnificent in technique, in red, in color, in my real passion, throughout my life , icon painting continues, there was a love for the sky. from early childhood, it attracted me, i sculpted small models of airplanes were made of plasticine; there were no others available; each airplane was impaled on the game. and in germany there was an opportunity to learn how to fly a helicopter. it was then that we took the first bird's-eye view of the temple monument in leiptsyg with nikolai petrovich machansky. now, alas, i rarely fly, but i enjoy controlling radio models. and in the evenings, when the weather permits, i go for a ride. on a bicycle, th

department of interior indian affairs bureau, roughly 4200 nationwide cases of murdered and missing indigenous people remain unsolved. that has more than 80% of indigenous this. men and women say that they have experienced violence in their lifetimes. >> we grew up. >> with the missing and murdered indigenous people around us. this is generations and generations now, actually, what's going on is that awareness and that cries being heard to make sure that justice is being served for all in the state of california. and that includes california's first people, the missing and murdered indigenous peoples crisis is a human rights crisis. >> it's a justice system crisis and it's a public safety crisis. and when it affects one of us, as we've said here today, it affects us all. >> they are calling for several pieces of legislation, including a proposal to strengthen california's feather alert system signed into law last year. that's to notify the public about missing indigenous people. the federal reserve chairman says that interest rates are going to stay the same for now. americans have been hopefu

as assistant secretary to the department of interior for water in science, ms. trujillo oversaw key agencies and management development of freshwater resources but she now serves as water policy advisor for the office of new mexico governor michelle lujan grissom or uncluttered counsel be used to help new mexican secure their water future. thank you again chairman white has sent ranking member grassley for this opportunity to introduce our weight as i look forward to hearing from ms. trujillo and the rest of our witnesses for quick thank you very much senator lujan. our next witness will be introduced by senator padilla of california pre-have the floor to make your introductions. >> think it mr. chairman it is certainly my pleasure to introduce my friend and our witness today a fellow engineer, a fellow angeleno fellow immigrant chief executive officer for the metropolitan water district of southern california. the largest wholesale drinking water supplier in the country that provides water to 26 member public agencies. which collectively serves 5%, not just at t

as an assistant chief of staff in the department of interior, she was appointed by the present himself president button, which is quitting because of the ridiculous comments that she says the president has made about jude's. jeez joyce yourself, by the way, this is the comment that she is talking about the bothers or folks the word there are no, israel wouldn't be a jew in the world or safe were there? no, israel, there'd be no jew in the world that is safe. here's what she says read with me. here's what greenberg call is saying about biden's comment that made her angry as a jewish american quote. he is making jews the face of the american war machine. and that is so deeply wrong, because so many of our ancestors were killed by state sponsored violence. you know, she seems manila to be saying 2 things here. she seems to be saying one that what is real is doing is not making to say for it's making being joyce in the world more dangerous. and so she seems to be comparing our foreign policy and out of israel to what happened in germany and other parts of the world when jews were slain for

department of commerce. she has an exemplary track record in the office of inspector general at the department of the interior and previously at the office of inspector general at the department of state. her leadership, experience, deep understanding of the mission of inspectors general and expertise in oversight and investigations will help the o.i.g. perform its vital role for the department of commerce. signed, sincerely, joseph r. biden jr., the white house, may 1, 2024. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on oversight and accountability and ordered printed. under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the gentleman from utah, mr. moore, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. moore: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. moore: thank you, madam chair. this is an important week in the house of refnts as we discuss several issues important to

greenberg call, who was previously the special assistant to the chief of staff of the us department of the interior. in his letter of resignation from the us government, he wrote: "with the continued disastrous support of the biden administration for israel's genocide in gaza, i can no longer in good conscience." the authorities are concerned about the consequences of these imbalances, not for israel and palestine, nor for the american people they are not informed. they also don't know how politically disastrous this is for them. do you hope that your resignation will be successful? i hope that this action of mine will be an inspiration to other officials of the american government so that they too can clearly state their views about the palestinian people. i also hope that my action will inform the jewish community so that they understand that we should have stood up a long time ago and distanced ourselves from what was done against the palestinian people in our name. to a carrier the weapon that was going to the occupied territories was not allowed to dock at the port of cartagena. according to s

it is such a breathtaking giveaway of our public lands that former department of interior solicitor john lesche said it should be called the mining charity act because of the giveaways for these mining companies rather than the chairity act. this bill allows anyone to put a stake in the ground on any open land and pay less than $10 a year to make a claim to those rights forever. our public land managers have long said that once there is a mining claim in place, they cannot do anything mining-related on that land. if this bill becomes law, the mining industry would be free to pick and choose which of our public lands to lock away and then permanently bury to destroy watersheds, to pollute our communities, and to do whatever it wants on those lands that it's tied up. the unintended consequences of this bill go far beyond mining and could hurt our communities irrevocably. i want to reiterate, this bill empowers anyone with a few dollars, including foreign companies, including inadversarial nations to take over mining claims and block uses of this land. this will & grace create chaos and not

the department of interior wants you to register to vote at national parks.m, the usda persuades your parents to register. and put is trying to register homeless people. you see what's happening here, biden is using your tax dollars to register democrats to vote in the election. you say wait, jesse, he wants everyone to register to vote. no, no, no, he's targeting people who interact with the federal government, people who are depending on government assistants, families not get food stamps, families in the free lunch program, free healthcare, homeless people. is this a demographic you would consider traditionally republican? i don't know, may be. it also looks to me like biden wants as many ballots floating around as possible. taxpayers, democrats and republicans across the country are funding a massive get out to vote project for biden. whether they like it or not. just this week biden's small business administration cop busted running voter registration drives in michigan. why michigan? here's how they explain it "this partnership will help connect michiga

as a senate staffer and advisor to the department of commerce and management of budgeting the department of interior, a reputation as a problem solver and coalition builder among b other things her work to permanently fund the land and waterot conservation fund laid e foundation for the great american outdoors act. most recently chris served as the president and ceo of the national marine sanctuary foundation where she transformed the organization into a leading voice for conserving and restoring u.s. borders primarily by aging local communities and businesses in stewardship. if confirmed as assistant secretary and skills and coalition building for science and thet environment. mr. chairman, as you know it is vitally important to effectively move theec nation's interests forward and in my view there is no onerd more prepared and well qualified for this post than kris. i urge the support for her nomination and for kris i would say go wolverines. thank you. [applause] we have a little bit of l controversy. it's go navy indigo maryland. [laughter] but other than that, you are fine. we appreciate the in

loved ones are present, they should refer to these relevant authorities so that the departments of the ministry of interior can receive from them. as long as they do not receive pumpkins, it is possible. regarding immigrants, to investigate and deal with various issues of afghan life in iran and to see the reports broadcasted in this news section, it is enough to join our channels in the virtual space at the address of sain mohajeran 233. you can also visit our website at the address wid .ir also more detailed news related to afghanistan follow an afghani in iran. afghanistan , the most polluted country in the world , has not exploded with all kinds of mines, so the world's largest surveillance program is being implemented in this country. but this program is now facing a serious budget challenge. the biggest demining project in the world is facing the challenge of lack of funds these days. 14. the war imposed by the world's aggressor powers on afghanistan has caused the country to become one of the most polluted areas in the world with all kinds of unexploded ordnance mines. more than 1,700 villages inclu

result of several years of groundwork by the entire alaska delegation and working with the department of interior and forest service. i know you have worked on that, but i'm hoping you can get your commitment that forest service is going to work proactively with your office to advance this legislation and address this challenge. mr. moore: we are going to continue to work with you on that. >> senator hickenlooper. >> thank you for being here, i appreciate your affection for our forest and commitment to it which i share. i want to reiterate and fixed bankers in various parts of the national forest and we have got a proposal in with the recreation that fixed anchors to remain in place. and i think we are going to get it reconciled. there are two sides to this i look at the cost to move fixed anchors and you have to go through every national park. it does president seem to make that much sense. a strong sentiment that way throughout the senate. let me ask you a question about housing. many of the smaller towns across the west and to a certain extent are having housing issues and i think local commun

pursue it on that basis you might want to be talking to the department of justice about what their capabilities are and to the department of interior about what they can do to push those. what is your view right now of that task force and whether there is a set up to be operating in. >> all of the agencies had been working on this and when we look at the regulations that set the bar for some of the ways we could enforce these actions. there is a constant conversation and relationship the department of justice looking at how we enforce the regulations with interior we have all received resources from the inflation reduction act so as we look at how we develop those grants and use the information and at the data and technology we are trying to be sure we leverage the resources together in this whole of government approach. it does take coordination but the development of the enforcement regulations and grant programs is being done in concert with not just the doj that the enforcement standpoint and interior and others as well. >> my time is expired. unanimous consent to submit for the record materials including statement on the stren

and working with the department of interior and forest service i know you worked on that.ho am hoping i can get your commitment that forest service is going to work proactively with our office so we can advance this legislation and address the split state ownership challenge. >> yes we are committed to continuing our work with you on that >> want to get it done sooner than later, thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you mr. chair. thank both of you for being here today. mr. moore, i always appreciate your affection for our forests in your commitment to it, which i share. every time i'm in the forest i feel like i am getting better i'm getting somehow my life resolves itself in positive ways. i want to reiterate what senator cantwell talked about the issues around fixed anchors in various parts of the national forest. we have a proposal and with the recreation act allows the fixed anchors that are in place to remain in place the house built come across i think we are going to do it reconciled the bridges to alert you that is coming. there are two sides to this. might look at t

and i'll quickly note that those were interesting because those were from the department of the interior rather than the environmental protection agency. so looking at how we manage our natural resources. host: the biden administration rolled back many of the predecessor's, the trump administration's achievements. why would it be a problem if the successor rolled back many of biden's acts? we're talking about executive orders that were issued on the first day or the first couple days of the biden administration. we see this every new administration. so the difference between rolling back using executive orders and how easy that is, compared to the legislative process, through the c.r.a. guest: right. that gets into, there's all these different ways to enact policy and some of them are a lot more long -- they have a lot more longevity than others. so executive orders are very easy to repeal. they do a lot of that at the beginning of administrations. and then legislation is, i mean, it's pretty hard to get something passed through congress. so laws are pretty hard to overturn and then regu

basis, you may want to be talking to the department of justice about what their capabilities are with respect to enforcement. talking to the department of interior about what they can do to push those leaks. what is your view right now of that methane task force, how often it meets, how often your team needs with these people whether there is an actual war room type of set up for the task force to be operating through and that kind of way. >> when the president stepped out in 2021 and cited methane in the methane pledge priorities, all of w the agencies have been working on this. when we look at the methane regulation this agency has ever finalized, that set the new bar for one of the ways we could enforce these actions. there is a constant conversation with the department of justice on looking at how we enforce our regulations . with interior as well as doe and others, we have received resources from the inflation reduction act. when you look at those acts, use the data in technology, trying to make sure we are using all this together. it does take coordination. the development and these grant programs is being done in concert with not just doj

the department of interior continues to hold domestic energy production back by releasing a five-year leasing plan for oil and gas production that contains the lowest amount of lease sales in history. with the option for the secretary to cancel any one of them as she deems necessary. the bureau of land management has issued rules that weaken our domestic energy production and create additional more red tape. the environmental protection agency has issued rules that weaken our domestic energy production and limit consumer choice for vehicles. the department of energy has issued rules that weaken our domestic energy production, limit consumer choice for natural gas appliances in our houses and places a pause on liquefied natural gas exports. makes no sense. even the securities and exchange commission has now decided it wants to get involved with climate policy, releasing a greenhouse gas disclosure rule that would lead to mountains of burdensome paperwork for companies and higher costs for consumers. the sec is meant to protect investors, facilitate capital formation and maintain market

we work in conjunction with the department of interior and the upn to work together and we want to make are producing energy enough to keep the lights on but we do it in the cleanest way possible. >> thank you for your hard work and i yield back. >> for download from texas. >> thank you for much and miss secretary welcome. we have had a series of days are on both sides we asked questions expecting complete answers on a bipartisan basis and we are delighted that you were here. since the last 10 minutes hearing about how great of a job secretary is doing in education tommy about liheap dumping billions of gallons of oil into the northeast every year. >> liheap? >> liheap. >> the low income heating? >> right. it uses diesel. that's the federal government low income opportunity in hampshire to keep people warm, poor people. in 2008 we are putting an increasingly amount of money into this. we are dumping billions of gallons of home heating fuel into the northeast rather than going to a clean solution. you talk about all these great things that happened but but ths government of the last four

a former special assistant to the chief of staff in the interior department said in her resignation letters any accusations of genocide. she is at least the fifth of biden administration staffer to leave over concerns of their policy. i spoke to her earlier.- i spoke to her earlier. there is a lot of — i spoke to her earlier. there is a lot of misalignment - i spoke to her earlier. there l is a lot of misalignment inside the ministration as a whole between people who work for the admin and leadership. unfortunately i think people, they are not listening to their constituents and they are not aware of how important this is, notjust aware of how important this is, not just for the sake aware of how important this is, notjust for the sake of palestinians on the grabber to the american public and how politically disastrous it is for them to continue. what you ho -e for them to continue. what you hope your— for them to continue. what you hope your statement _ for them to continue. what you hope your statement and - hope your statement and resignation will achieve? t resignation will achieve? i

curator of all technological vagaries is the dispatch department, the heart of the engineering systems of diamond high-rise buildings was launched even before the reader was engaged in interiorsuty around the clock. we have two heating points in the library, a heavy load, since it’s almost like a microdistrict, a special fire extinguishing system, the automatic relay race system is working. it is the most complete collection of classical music, we are one of those few places where you can listen to a high-quality vinyl record, here you can listen to music, audio texts, 3 years without stopping. acquisition principles, everything related to belarus, no matter what language it is in published, it will be here in the national library, we have a significant percentage of budget funding allocated for acquisition, in belarusian they say, and there were questions primarily of microbiological safety, except for our library, partly the art museum and archive, they do not engage in complex restoration, this is a leaf-sprinkling machine, this device allows us to do work with very valuable literature, which simply crumbles in our hands.

there is a disconnect between the numbers from dhs that the department of homeland security and the number of immigrants released into the interiorf the united states. of those numbers seem to be disconnected from the populations that we get from the census. they do a great job and for sure they will get there so this is not a criticism but the demographic update has a huge impact on the economic projections and therefore on the fiscal productions. this is just one of you a bit looking at the change in the labor force with over 5 million additional workers in the labor force over the budget horizon. and i should say in our projections we have the surge of immigration going from 2022 when it started through 2026. we don't know when it's going to end, so what's the basis of 2026 with a little bit of we aren't sure. there's conditions here and in the country's the regulatory decisions and policy decisions, social media, lots of things and it's something we are just going to have to keep watching and keep our eye on and see how long the immigration surge goes. now there's many impacts of immigration and what we have in thes budget ba

lily greenberg call, a now—former special assistant to the chief of staff in the interior department,etter: miss greenberg call is at least the fifth biden administration staffer to leave over concerns about the administration's gaza policy. israel denies any accusations of genocide. miss greenberg call is at least the fifth biden administration staffer to leave over concerns about the administration's gaza policy. lily greenberg calljoins us now. why did you decide now was a time to leave the administration? , , administration? until yesterday i was a political _ administration? until yesterday i was a political appointee - administration? until yesterday i was a political appointee and i i was a political appointee and i was a political appointee and i resigned because as an americanjew with i resigned because as an american jew with loved ones here americanjew with loved ones here in america i can no longer serve at the pleasure of the president while supporting and finding the genocide in gaza, 35,000 palestinians have been killed in the last eight months, 15,000 children are now

realize there is a disconnect the numbers from dhs the department of homelandom securityty on the number of immigrants released into the interior. those d numbers seem to be disconnected from that the population statistics we get with census. this is not a criticism at all of census. demographic update ofn the surge of immigration has a huge impact on the economic projections and therefore on the fiscal projections. this is just one view of it. look at the change in weight workforce since there were additional workers in the labor force or the budget horizon the 10 year budget window. i should say in our projections if surge of immigration going from 2022, when it started, through 2026. we actually do not know when it is going to end. what is the basis thank 2026 was a little bit of we are not sure. there are many factors behind the surge conditions here, conditions and the source countries. regulatory decisions, social media, lots of things. it is something we are going to have to keep watching and keep our eye on and see how long immigration surge goes. now there are many impacted tgraduation. but we have in our budget baseli

and i'll quickly note that those were interesting because those were from the department of the interiorather than the environmental protection agency. so looking at how we manage our natural resources. host: the biden administration rolled back many of the predecessor's, the trump administration's achievements. why would it be a problem if the successor rolled back many of biden's acts? we're talking about executive orders that were issued on the first day or the first couple days of the biden administration. we see this every new administration. so the difference between rolling back using executive orders and how easy that is, compared to the legislative process, through the c.r.a. guest: right. that gets into, there's all these different ways to enact policy and some of them are a lot more long -- they have a lot more longevity than others. so executive orders are very easy to repeal. they do a lot of that at the beginning of administrations. and then legislation is, i mean, it's pretty hard to get something passed through congress. so laws are pretty hard to overturn and then regula

andersonville is maintained by the department of the interior national park service.y are our sister agency. my agency does not do anything specifically with andersonville. host: one last text. if you are asked how does your agency mitigate headstone erosion because he says often order headstones are unreadable. guest: are agency watches and monitors all of our headstones continuously. we have at least one full-time american superintendent at each and every one of our sites and if he sees degradation in our headstone we replace that headstone and we have a regular replacement process to make sure all of our american service members who made the ultim sacrifice overseas are properly honored and recognized. i want to ensure every single american watching this is our humble charge we are very proud to do. host: you can find out more of the work of the commission at ambc.gov. charles djou is the secretary of the american battle monuments commission. thank you for your time. guest: we appreciate you and we appreciate c-span and please visit us in person if you can or at am

interior department, the u.s. government acknowledged the impact of the indian indian boarding schools on native-american childrenoughout history. one of four remains, and it's striving to reclaim its history and native culture. here's our reporter, jay vaie. >> reporter: step inside the school in oklahoma, one of four indian boarding schools left in the nation where they have children from 60 tribes. they celebrate culture through sewing and art. >> we bring in a lot of different cultures and languages. that's what's unique about riverside indian school. we're all native. >> reporter: it's also a place where alumni return to show their pride. riverside alumist ist alumist ie teaches art. >> if i were to come back and help our students try to get ahold of any type of talent that they had, especially when it comes to arts visually, that would be really fulfilling and satisfying for me. >> reporter: but riverside wasn't always this way. from 1819 to the 1970s, the u.s. government funded over 400 schools like riverside. >> families felt they had no other choice but to send their babies, their precious children, away

’s associate, whom we found in the ministry of the interior, in the ministry of reconstruction, was dismissed from the position of head of the legal departmentediately after a few weeks we were told that she would leave the customs, and so it happened, in early april she was appointed the head of the legal department at the customs, and she got access to the state secret. essentially, and this it's really a challenge, because now everyone will be happy, in three months everyone will forget about vityuk, he will float somewhere, so we need to follow vityuk, as well as mr. tabachnyk's protégé, you understand, we understand, ms. irina, and by the way, the news about the servant arrived of your people, let's say in the benches of lyubimchyk andriy klochka, whom nabu isa is suspected of being illegal. enrichment by uah 11 million, these are serious enough statements, who is he, why did you remember him so much, because today you wrote on your facebook that he is your absolute favorite, well, andriy klachko headed as olena shilyak headed a rather strategic committee in the verkhovna rada, it is a committee on local self-government and state constr

officers of the ministry of interior, and about 150,000 members of the security forces, the police and the police are in charge of holding the election today in various departmentssecurity and implementation supervision. i am informing you that today's elections will be held 8. in fact, the constituencies should be held fully electronically. the constituencies of abadan, tehran, tabriz, shiraz, malair, khalmabad, qaimshahr, and kermanshah are the constituencies that will be fully electronically voted in. god willing, we will witness a good election today . all over the country, and as i said in the beginning of my report to you, the minister of interior will officially announce the election at 8:00 a.m. i am at your service. election headquarters of the country. may your voice be remembered as the whisper of life, the love song of spring.

of innocent palestinians. then, an interior department staffer became the first jewish political appointee to publicly resign ing to the associated press, it is at least the fifth or mid senior level staffer within the biden administration to publicly resign over the white house's handling of the war. she is also the second political appointee to do so. palestinian american resigned from his job at the department of education back in january. there is an interesting point here. josh paul, a former state department official who we have had on this show and the first person to resign in the wake of israel's retaliatory campaign in gaza revealed in a recent interview, as far as he knows, about two dozen people in the federal government have resigned in the last month. this, the sheer number of resignations is not normal. sure, cabinet officials resign during trump's first administration over his own conduct. but rarely have we seen so many officials resign in protest over a president's handling of a war and his complicity in what many peel is a american backed genocide. i will speak to one of the officials that fe

>> primarily, the department of homeland security and department of justice along the border have the primary ne responsibility. in the interior, it is the services that have the responsibility for defending the bases. working with each individual service and then again, the department of homeland security and department of energy for specific critical infrastructure locations. those are the primary ones i am working with. >> thank you for that. the importance of fms was mentioned last week. general guillot, you mentioned it in the written statement. you and i talked about it a little bit last week when we were together. the fms programs not only increase interoperability to strengthen partnerships but can help reduce our partners' reliance upon strategic competitors as well. what are you hearing from your counterparts? i want to particularly direct that to general richardson. could you talk about this? >> this is a critical enabler. obviously with being able to have our equipment have up to date equipment and then having u.s. equipment and being interoperable and that sort of thing is imperative. what secretary alston and the