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hawley: good.look forward to you doing that and i would hope this is something you could do on the first day after you're confirmed to send a message to parents and law-abiding citizens everywhere. this shouldn't be a partisan issue. i bet the parents who went to these meetings, they're republicans or democrats, they have no partisanship, but they want to know that their first amendment rights will be protected and you rescinding that memo formally after, frankly, the current attorney general lied to us about it for years would send a tremendous message. let me just ask you about the one other thing, and this is something near and dear to me. we talked about this when you came to my office. the department of justice administers a fund called the radiation exposure compensation fund. this is a fund that helps pay for the healthcare bills of americans who have been exposed to nuclear radiation by the government through no fault of their own. in the west and other parts of the country, the department

hawley: terrific. i introduced legislation with senator warren that would prevent this vertical integration by insurers, pbm's, pharmacies. this has got to stop. it is highly judgmental the patients, the costs, and the quality of care. thank you, madam chair. chair klobuchar: thank you very much. i will start again with you, ms. cooley. in 2021, a bipartisan coalition of 32 state attorneys general sent a letter to congress recognizing a lack of competition in important sectors like tech and supporting our to modernize our antitrust laws. that is when i spoke in my opening about rejuvenating our antitrust laws. you have to make some changes with the time when court cases make it difficult to bring the cases or when it is crying out because the new sector of the economy has grown and there's nothing that really gets done. that included this letter, support for the legislation i mentioned previously with senator grassley. the american innovation and choice online act. how would modernizing antitrust laws

senator hawley. sen. hawley: mr. patel, it is great to see you again. i enjoyed our conversation in my office a while back. let me ask you this. is it appropriate for the federal bureau of investigation to attempt to recruit spies or informants into religious institutions in this country? >> i do not believe so. sen. hawley: are you familiar with the recent actions of the fbi in this regard, including this memo i have here making a list of catholic churches and parishes they regard as potentially suspect and directing the potential recruitment of informants and other spies into those parishes? mr. patel: i'm familiar. sen. hawley: would you commit to me that you will, if confirmed, that you will finally and officially withdraw this memo and make it clear this is not only unacceptable but an absolute violation of the first amendment that every american enjoys under the constitution of the united states? mr. patel: if confirmed, yes. sen. hawley: will you commit to me that you will conduct an investigation and find out who wrote this memo, who spread this

hawley: i look forward to you doing that. i would hope this is something can you do on the first day after you are confirmed to send a message to parents and law-abiding citizens everywhere this shouldn't abpartisan issue. i bet the parents who went to meetings they are republicans, democrats, no partisanship. they want to know their first amendment rights will be protected. you rescinding that memo formally after frankly the current attorney general lied to us about it for years would send a tremendous message. let me ask you about one other thing. this is something near and dear to me. we talked about this when you came to my office. the department of justice administers a fund called the radiation exposure compensation fund. this is a fund that helps pay for the health care bills of americans who have been exposed to nuclear radiation by the government through no fault of their own. in the west and other parts of the country. the department of justice 45s administered that program for years. senator orrin hatch has written

hawley, mr. heinrich, ms. hirono. please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? the senators: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next group. the clerk: mr. kaine, mr. kim, mr. king, ms. klobuchar. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of

josh hawley, of course, the great senator from oil-no, wait. well we -- there you are, josh hawley. i'm sorry. we were not sure you were with us. senator hawley, thank you for joining us. this dei madness. and i know missouri has been grappling with some of this over the years as well. but the dei madness has actually infected our military. pete hegseth is having none of this taking his orders from donald trump. but the left they are going crazy, insisting that this is causing people to have hurt feelings, lose job opportunities, and the trans crowd is very, very upset. >> well, is he doing exactly the right thing, laura, i'm so glad to see him doing it. listen, dei, let's speak the truth here. dei is unconstitutional. what did the supreme court say a year or two ago? you couldn't use race as the basis in college admissions. not college admissions. why is the united states military? here's the other truth, laura, dei is what the elites use to stay in power. because they use it to divide working people. they tried u. try to turn whites against blacks and blacks against whites and his

caroline hawley, bbc news. plenty more on that throughout the course of our programme.oing to take your life to washington, that is pete hegseth, present from's pick. my hegseth, present from's pick. my incredible wife. she has changed my life and been with me throughout this entire process. i love you, sweetheart, and i thank god for you. and asjenny and i pray together every morning, all glory, regardless of the outcome, belongs to our lord and saviourjesus christ. his grace and mercy abounds each day. may his will be done. thank you to my father, brian, my mother, penny, including our entire family including our seven incredible kids. sorry, it is a lot of them! their future safety and security is in all of our hands. and to all the troops and veterans watching and here in the room, navy seals, green berets, soldiers, pilots, marines, gold stars and more, too many friends to know. 0fficers enlisted black and white, young and old, men and women, all americans, all warriors. this hearing is for you. thank you for figuratively and literally having my back. well pete heg

senator hawley: fantastic. will you work with this committee and relative subcommittees -- i managed subcommittee where we will do our own investigation to wet happen here at the fbi and doj, will you work with us as you discover the nature of these abuses and as you put a stop to this, will you work with us to make sure the american people get all the facts on this never happens again? quick senator, i look forward to working with you and the democrats. i would think this is something we can all agree on on both sides, that it should not be happening in the united states of america, and work together on it. senator hawley: let me ask you one other question in my few seconds remaining. this memo targeting catholic parishes repeatedly refers to as an expert source, a group called the southern poverty law center. the southern poverty law center has a history of an anti-religious group that has room -- has repeatedly gone after conservative and religious organizations, called them hate groups, called them sometime

our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has more.s rising for a breakthrough at last, all eyes were on what the qatari mediators had to say. we have reached a point where the major issues that were preventing a deal from happening were addressed has been distributed between both parties. we especially appreciate both the biden administration and incoming trump administration in their talks in the class —— in the talks in the past couple of weeks. october the 7th 2023 was israel's where state, an unprecedented attack by gaza by land, air and sea led by hamas. 1,200 people were killed, many of them attending a music festival. and hostages were taken, 250 of them. around 100 are still in gaza, their families desperate to have them back. israel responded with fury, vowing to crush hamas. in the war that has followed, swathes of gaza have been turned into rubble and more than 16,000 palestinians have been killed, many of them civilians. most of the population of gaza has been displaced. the suffering on a scale that aid workers say is har

hawley, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. justice, aye. mr. risch, aye. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: whitehouse, no. mr. husted, aye. mr. welch, no. mr. tuberville, aye. mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: ms. slotkin, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mr. young, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 59, the nays are 34. the nomination is confirmed. mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the nome nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the bessent nomination be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture accordance with the pro

hawley: great. still on the procurement topic, it gives me a sense of how you will ensure procurement policies prioritize american goods and services, particularly of industries vital to our national security. i think about our experience of covid. you were there for the onset of the pandemic. we learned, my gosh, the most basic medical supplies we are importing from overseas. our medical supply chains are so compromised in so many ways. have you given thought to how the procurement process might be used to safeguard critical supply chains and prioritize american manufacturers? mr. vought: i think that clear leadership from the director to make sure the viewpoint of the president is implemented at the level of policy that the ofpp is reviewing. a lot of times in the management functions at omd we are kind of on autopilot with regard to the tear direction of the president. using presidential management tools and his agenda to be able to drive in the policy across the federal government is something w

hawley: thank you. that's a great place to end. senator blumenthal did a fantastic work on this effort and it will be an incredible new day and refreshing to have a d.h.s. secretary to tell us the truth, who will be honest with the american people and who will enforce our law and i know you'll do that, governor noem. i look forward to supporting your nomination. congratulations. >> thank you for visiting with me and thank you to your family for their service as well. let me begin on a high note. thanking senator hawley for his leadership to essentially get some basic facts out of the secret service when we were investigating senator johnson and i as leaders of the investigation helping to lead it with -- it calls for a housecleaning top to bottom in the secret service and greater transparency with this committee and with the american public. gov. noem: yes, sir, i will certainly work with you to do that and to work to make sure that we have that transparency and the committee has the information that it needs to do due diligence of

republican senator josh hawley says his top concern remains national security. that is the sole criterion. that's the only criterion in the law because of u.s. anti monopoly law. hawley doubts tech giants like meta or google are eligible to buy tiktok. >> in washington, raquel martin. linked in. >> is in hot water tonight. the platform is being sued by half a million of its premium tier customers. say the company disclosed personal info to 3rd parties without permission. according to the suit, the company discreetly updated its privacy in september to say share data can be used to train ai models. sand opting out of the data sharing they say does not affect training that has already taken place. the customers are seeking unspecified damages for breach of contract and violations. and it added $1000 per person length in said in a statement, these are false claims with no mayor. >> still ahead on the news at 5, our coverage continues of the latest fire. the one that just started in la county today. plus, members of the legislature holding their first committee meet

hawley: very good. let me ask you a couple more things when it comes to the policies of life because again, you'll have a lot of influence over the regulatory environment. would you agree that federal funding for federal planning through title 10 through that grand program should not include federal funding for abortion providers? mr. vought: the president has made his view throughout the administration of the campaign and i'm not getting healed of the president in regard to the budget process. we've submitted budgets in years past to give the senate a sense of how he would budget. but i'm not getting ahead of the president on that. sen. hawley: let me be clear what i asked about was the trump policy in his first term. here's another one. pregnancy resource center, should they be able to receive federal funding through federal grants? that was the president's policy in his first term. do you think again as a matter of federal rules pregnancy resource centers ought to be eligible? mr. vought: the isn't a

senator hawley. sen. hawley: mr. patel, it is great to see you again. i enjoyed our conversation in my office a while back. let me ask you this. is it appropriate for the federal bureau of investigation to attempt to recruit spies or informants into religious institutions in this country? >> i do not believe so. sen. hawley: are you familiar with the recent actions of the fbi in this regard, including this memo i have here making a list of catholic churches and parishes they regard as potentially suspect and directing the potential recruitment of informants and other spies into those parishes? mr. patel: i'm familiar. sen. hawley: would you commit to me that you will, if confirmed, that you will finally and officially withdraw this memo and make it clear this is not only unacceptable but an absolute violation of the first amendment that every american enjoys under the constitution of the united states? mr. patel: if confirmed, yes. sen. hawley: will you commit to me that you will conduct an investigation and find out who wrote this memo, who spread this

this is smoot haully, folks -- smoot-hawley. prices went down, they didn't go up. [laughter] it's really -- every time someone comes on and says prices are going to go up, look at smoot-hawley. i've looked at it. let's fast forward. president trump's first term in office, he implemented these tariffs. you go back, 2018, you have the yellow line. that's inflation for us, personal consumption. inflation goes down, the blue line, tariffs, go up. the only time inflation went up, that was in response to covid, folks. this had zero to do with tariffs. now, i know wall street and the financial media with, they're just submitted to short-term -- committed to short-term corporate profits, right? we cannot win the future, right, if everything we measure is measured in quarterly times, right? every 90 days. that's the corporate sector. the bomb line, it's time for -- bottom line it's time for a longer game, for a longer prosperity for all americans. that's the true story about tariffs, that's the story you need to learn. ignore what you hear on financial media and anyone else

republican senator josh hawley says his top concern remains national security. that is the sole criterion. that's the only criterion in the law because of u.s. anti monopoly law. hawley doubts tech giants like meta or google are eligible to buy tiktok. >> in washington, raquel >> still ahead with some local educators are now telling students after finding out immigration officers are allowed to conduct rates in schools. plus, we're at an easr bay blood drive fly. they say now is the time to donate. and the latest conditions at that huge fire raging since >> back to the breaking news we're following this afternoon. what they're calling the hughes fire is burning near castaic lake right near the 5 after it started just before 11 o'clock this morning. this is a live look at some of the areas burning. this is courtesy of the chopper, but our sister station, ktla has at least 19,000 people have already been evacuated. this fire has grown really fast. it went from 50 acres to 5,000 acres. quickly. it's now up to 8,000 acres that have burned on federally owned land. go

hawley: fantastic. the last point, on mifepristone, the chemical abortion drug, you said yesterday that you would study its safety. i think that's good. i want to make an additional point about how the biden administration changed the rules on mifepristone. you pointed out -- i'm almost done, mr. chairman -- you pointed out that we need to honor the wishes of voters in states and their right to set life policy. i want to point out that the biden administration's rule, after the dobbs decision, means that in any state, including like mine, where voters say we don't want abortion performed after a certain point, if the biden administration rule on chemical abortion stance and you can male in -- and you can mail in drugs without a doctor visit or referral, that means no state ban, decision, no voter decision will matter. we will have a one-size-fits-all policy in washington. mr. kennedy: i will implement president trump's policies. chair cassidy: senator hassan. sen. hassan: thank you. and ranking member s

hawley: thank you. mr. kennedy, welcome. i enjoyed our conversation last month in our office, and thank you for remembering, as you did again today, my uncles, who we talked about, morris and lauren and jean, who all have recently passed away from parkinson's, grew up in a farm family. that was kind of you to remember them. so thank you for that. let me start by asking you a question about children and the safety of children. president biden's administration, his hhs, issued a rule, a rule, so it's binding. requiring that every doctor in america, including pediatricians who receive any kind of federal funding, so that's anybody who takes aca funding, excuse me, anybody who takes chip funding, this is almost every health provider in america requiring , them to conduct gender transition and gender, so-called affirming procedures. so that means hormones, that means puberty blockers, that means surgeries in some cases. they imposed that rule on doctors across the country. this has been litigated and it has been actually stopped

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republican senator josh hawley weighed in. he actually said that he agreed that that that the court ruled correctly, but predicts that somebody will buy it. elie honig, i want to go to you, you know, in his response, which is interesting because as we know, josh hawley is a trump ally. he is saying this was the correct ruling, though, but he said it's up to beijing to sell this if that doesn't happen, because we know that bytedance says it doesn't want to sell right now, then what are the options available? >> so when donald trump told you, pam, shortly ago, that congress gives him the final say, that's partially correct. but there are some important limitations on that. so congress did write into the law this sort of escape hatch, where if the president, whoever is president at that moment, officially certifies that there had been tangible conversations, negotiations going on for a sale of tiktok to a u.s. based owner that can put on this 90 day break, this 90 day pause. but the law is pretty specific about what you need. it

hawley: did -- >> thank you for letting me join you. i know you are entering this job at a difficult time in the sense that there's been a lot of questions about fraud that occurred and lost money that occurred during the pandemic and there will be an expectation of accountability as there should be for every tax dollar we spend but at the same time, we know speed -- time is money in business and small businesses particularly during a time of natural disaster or when they are just trying to make ins meet to keep the business open and they need help from the sba, time is also so important. give me some insights into the committee, how you expect to balance that, accountability and speed. ms. loeffler: thank you for making time to meet your first week in the senate, i enjoyed our conversation and i know that small businesses are championed in ohio based on your work. you asked an important question about accountability of these programs. americans are expecting them to be there and when they are not it creates another layer of uncertainty

the same three senators, vance, rubio, and hawley, they send another letter at this time to president president biden, president biden, five months have passed. use the number of -- i don't know the number from the top of my head. of the statute or another number of the statute to block this deal. use your powers. stop saying you have your back and things like that. he didn't do it. he took too long. that's why we are landing in this strange situation. we will resolve this. >> when u.s. steel was going to earn $4.64, you were willing to pay $35 for it. it's going to earn $1.35. it's not. let's stop kidding ourselves. maybe a $1. what is it worth if it makes a buck per share? >> i'm not going to go into this discussion right now. i think we have a much more important task to resolve on this thing. they have until february 2nd to pack and go. that's what the law says. like i hear a lot, they follow the law. they have to follow the law. >> i need your help for one last question. what is the biggest threat facing the u.s. steel industry right now? >> over capacity. over production of stee

cheryl: senator hawley is demanding that mayorkas testify in the wake of what happened in new orleansorning and in las vegas. that cyber truck that exploded at the trump hotel. there are many questions as far as the nation's security goes. you mentioned hearings, the senate confirmation hearings for the president's cabinet picks. that's going to begin this month but the only hearing that's on the current schedule is for defense secretary nominee pete hegseth for january 14th and president trump posted senate democrats are organizing to improperly stall and delay the confirmation process of many of the great nominees. they will try all sorts of tricks. republicans must allow them to do that. republican be strong, be tough. congressman, i think that's why there's the op-ed from the gop leadership on the foxnews.com that says we've got to move fast and together as one. >> certainly. the president is right. john thune is going to come in as the majority leader. they'll be sworn in tomorrow. they will set an agenda and you're correct, pete hegseth for dod is the only nominee on the agenda

and josh hawley is a lot of things stupid and amnesiac are not among them.ot when a republican senator goes on with that host on fox news and knowingly lies about someone like chris wray? it's not my job to defend chris wray. the crime did go down while he was the director of the fbi. he did follow the facts. these were court approved searches to retrieve national defense information. what what is this about? >> yeah, i mean, you kind of have to, like, go back and just remember, if we go back ten years, right, you're in a whole different universe when you're talking about the fbi, because now it's just sort of this accepted thing amongst donald trump supporters that the fbi is some, you know, radical left wing organization. and it's just not true. it's this is a fundamentally conservative law enforcement organization. and, you know, if you just think about the feeders that go into the fbi in general, when you're talking about law enforcement backgrounds, you have an advantage if you're military, right? so you can go in a little bit later if you're in the mil

. >>> senator josh hawley is on the judiciary committee and joins me now. get a lot of disclosure from kash patel, especially on january sixth. but will that look like, senator? >> number 1 it will look like a change just because what we have for the last four years is nothing but stonewalling and lies from the fbi and the fbi director when he has come before congress. on the world deserves to know, american people deserve to know exactly what the fbi rule was in january sixth. they also deserve to know what the fbi has been doing with its time while they have been pursuing january sixth defendants, they have not been putting drug kingpins behind bars, they have not been going after child traffickers, they have not been going after the drug cartels. it is time to get the fbi focused on, i don't know, criminals again and actually putting violent criminals behind bars? i think he will do that. >> jesse: democrats looked terrified. not really equipped to handle a guy like him? are we going to learn things about butler? will be learned things about the palm bea

josh hawley did just that.h of people like travis wolf and officer david lee, who was assaulted and killed in st. louis. and officers in kansas city who have been assaulted by illegal migrants, and others who have been carjacked and stabbed. would you agree with me that migrant crime sure as heck is an actual concern? and that you intend to do something about it? >> yes, senator, absolutely, and i am so sorry about travis and my prayers go out to his family. >> behind him was a picture of travis, who lost his life to illegal immigrant crime that some democrats deny exists. >> i appreciated her empathetic response in that moment as i watched it live. some argue that given the abject failure that "any warm body will be such an improvement." but that is why it is crucial that the governor skyro skyrock. is not only her job tightening the borders but it's about cleaning house, as we now have credible intelligence that there might be surface-to-air missiles that -- there is a lot going on in this country that is fri