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 speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. sewell, the yellow hammer state, and pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. sewell will vote yes on the johnson amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rice of south carolina, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote nay on johnson amendment number 36. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: as the member designated by ms. frankel, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on the johnson amendment. the speaker pro tempore: fo

house. 2021, the honorable the s, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, following consultation with the office of the attending physician, i write to provide you further notification that the public health emergency due to the novel coronavirus sars-sov-2 remains in effect. signed, william j. walker, sergeant at arms. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces that the extend and effective october 2, 2021 of the covered period designated on january 4, 2021. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on september 30, 2021, at 1:58 p.m. that the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 5305. appointment, social security advisory board. signed sincerely, cheryl l. johnson, clerk. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek the speaker pro tempore: for what purpo

that he would be officially against the bill which is a formal republican position in the house of representatives against this phony infrastructure bill. and both of these bills, the reconciliation bill, the infrastructure a bill are a package. one can't exist without the other. we've given house democrats a tight window and they can't afford to lose more than a couple of members if they are going to pass t the $1.2 trillin fakeha infrastructure bill. so i'm more hopefulis than ever congress won't pass either of the bills as we meet here this morning.s they will havene offered $13 trillion of new spending since taking over the house of representatives on january 2nd of this year. for a reference that is slightly less in new spending than congress spent in total over the course of the entire trump administration. right now democrats are supposed to pass the so-called bipartisan infrastructure package. they have to pass. it also suspends the debt limit through december of 2022. and leader mcconnell has already stated the senate won't pass a bill that suspends, so it will likely die in the senate. i

indiscernible] >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> it is my sad rate honor to welcome members of congress and the congressional community to the commemoration observing 20 years since the terror attack september 11. that day we suffered losses we could not fathom and witnessed heroism that we will never forget. today and always, americans are united in grief for those who lost their lives and for their families and gratitude for the heroes of the day. may their memories always be a blessing. >> ladies and gentlemen, to sing the national anthem, the united states army band. >> ♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave [speaking foreign language]

which is a formal republican position in the house of representatives against this phony infrastructure bill. and these bills, both of these bills, the reconciliation bill, the infrastructure bill, are a package. one can't exist without the other. we've given house democrats a tight window and they can't afford to lose more than a couple of members if they're going to pass the 1.2 trillion fake infrastructure bill. so, i'm more hopeful than ever that congress won't pass either of the bills as we meet here today this morning. by the way, if they did, democrats will have authored, $13 trillion of new spending since taking over the house of representatives on january 2nd of this year. for reference, that's slightly less in new spending than congress spent in total over the course of the entire trump administration. right now, democrats are supposed to pass the so-called bipartisan infrastructure package. they have to pass a continuing, if they're going to pass that, they have to pass a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown by october 1st. just days away from today. now, this

signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. god, our creator, redeemer and sustainer, we pray your inspiration over the reconvening of this body, with much to be discussed, debated and decided, allow your holy spirit to brewed over the tumultuous waters and bring order and purpose into this new day. redeem the efforts and intent of all who endeavor to steward the responsibilities you have given them. may each of us speak out of genuine commitment, not just to the nobleness of our position, but to the welfare of our common humanity. may we exercise courtesy and compassion in our dealings with one another. even those with whom we disagree. sustain us when the days grow long and patience grows short. when we are jealous of our time and sparing of respect. may you in your kindness to us cause our love to increase and our -- mutual regard with each other win out. strengthen our hearts that when called to account we will be

speaker,ky not -- i cannot allow one of my colleagues to stand on the floor of the house of representatives and label the jewish democratic state of israel and apartheid state. i reject it. today this caucus this body, the house of representatives will overwhelmingly stand with our ally the state of israel in replenishing this defensive system. if you believe in human rights, if you believe in saving lives, israeli lives and palestinian lives, i say to my colleague who just besmirched our ally, then you will support this legislation. may i have 15 more seconds. ms. delauro: i yield the gentleman 30 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for an additional 30 seconds. mr. deutch: we can have an ability to debate lots of issues on the house floor but to falsely characterize the state of israel as consistent with those, let's be clear. it's consistent with those who advocate for the dishasn'tling of the one jewish state in the world. and when there is no place on the map for one jewish state, that's anti-semitism. and i reject that. i stand in support of this important le

the potential civil liabilities of a minimum of $10,000, was this discussed in the texas house of representatives as to the number of people who would be inadvertently swallowed up in this law? was that discussed when the texas house of representatives debated this law? rep. howard: of course, it was discussed, and we tried to make changes there as well. the fact is that that's what i'm hearing from many physicians that i've spoken with, that they are talking about retiring, leaving the state. they are somewhat risk adverse to begin with. they're not going to risk their profession by being sued for something they may not even have done. it's absolutely chilling. chair durbin: so there's no rape or incest exception in this law, correct? rep. howard: correct. chair durbin: except there is one reference to rapist and it says that no exceptions for victims of rape to be able to sue under this law so the texas house of representatives decided, well, we aren't going to create a rape or incest exception. we won't allow them to recover from their own victims. so was that discussed in the texas house of r

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on september 28, 2021, at 9:38a.m. appointment, smithsonian, american women's history museum advisory council, signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson, clerk. the speaker pro tempore: pursuan t to clause 1-c of rule 19, further consideration of the motion to concur in the senate amendment to h.r.3624 will resume. the clerk will report the tight and redesignate the senate amendment and motion. the clerk: hr3634, an act to authorize funds for federal highways, transit programs, and for other purposes. senate amendment. mr. defazio moves the house concur and the senate amendment to h.r.3684. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon, mr. defazio and mr. graves have 10 minutes remaining, the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon. mr. defazio: i yield one minute to the speaker of the house, the gent

together. >> also today, a disgraced republican member of congress who is in her first year in the house of representle speaker of the house nancy pelosi in the middle of press conference outside the capitol today whereupon our next guest congresswoman debbie dingell had a few words for marjorie taylor green grooerch we don't want to give congresswoman greene the pleasure of being on television which is the only thing that matters to republicans like her. joining us now is democratic congresswoman debbie dingell of michigan. i want to begin on what they call a point of personal privilege in the congress. and if there are more words you'd like to share with us about what you experienced on the capitol steps today. >> you know, lawrence, it's not my finest moment. i think we should be civil to each other. she was heckling. bullying quite frankly. had been bullying at the top of the stairs for ten minutes trying to disrupt the press conference with 150 of my colleagues that the speaker was having. throwing obscene comments and her hope was to cause trouble. she was bullying everybody. i said why can't y

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 speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on h.r. 1204. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition mr. stanton: pursuant as the member designated by ms. barragan, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. barragan will vote yes on h.r. 1204. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 1204. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. russ f

signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2021, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. with time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 10:50 a.m. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. mcclintock: madam speaker, every american knows the image of george washington crossing the delaware, the fallen rifle men at gettysburg, the soldiers raising the flag at iwo jima. we have moments of individual heroism and virtue so profounding and moving that they live within the proud story of our country. to these iconic images, history has now added another. that of a young marine sergeant in full combat gear cradling a helpless infant

our first witness is state representative donna of texas. she has been in the texas house of representatives for 15 years representing travis county. chairs the texas women's healthcare caucus. representative howard holds a bachelor's degree in nursing. a masters degree in health and education from the university of texas in austin and previously served on the board of the texas us inner's association and the texas public health association. edmond lacoresurntly serves in alabama and served in the alabama attorney general's office since 2018 and prior to that worked for a washington firm and the houston, texas office. he received his b. rarvetion from birmingham college. fatima is the president of the national women's law center. she has worked at nwlc for over 10 years. health reproductive rights. received her b.a. from ucla. clerked for judge diane wood on the seventh sitter. jennifer mascot is the director for the study of administrative state at george maison's universities. her scholarship focuses on administrative law, federal courts and constitutional law. previousl

. >> also today, disgraced republican member of congress who is in her first year in the house of representativesved from all committee assignments, decided to heckle speaker of the house nancy pelosi in the middle of the speaker's press conference outside the capital today, where upon, our next, guests had a few words for marjorie taylor greene. we are not showing you the video because we do not want to give house men greene the pleasure of being on television, which, of course, is the only thing that matters to republicans like her. joining us now is debbie dingell from the state of michigan, she is the senior democrat. i want to begin on what they call a point of personal privilege in the congress and if there are any other more words that you want to share with us about what you experienced on the capital steps today. >> it's not my finest moment. i think we should be civil to each other. she was heckling, she was bullying, quite frankly, she had been bullying us at the top of the stairs for about ten minutes. and she was trying to disrupt the press conference with about 150 of my colleagues

house of representatives. coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on h.r. 5293. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. evans: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on h.r. 5293. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from indiana seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. mrs. walorski: as the memberdesignated mr. baird of indiana, pursuant to h.res. 8, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house mr. baird will vote yea on h.r. 5293. as the memberdesignated by miss spartz of indiana, nows i inform the h

signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 4, 2021, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocate ed between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. kustoff, for five minutes. mr. kustoff: thank you, madam speaker. last week, our community in tennessee experienced a horrific tragedy. on thursday, september 23, last week, a gunman opened fire at the kroger and 15 people were shot and one woman, olivia king, a mother and grandmother, died as a result of her injuries in the hospital later that day. robota and i -- row bertha and i are -- roberta and i are praying for her family during this difficult time. maureen frazier said,

which is a formal republican position in the house of representatives against this phone infrastructure bill. these bills, both of these bills the reconciliation bill, the infrastructure bill, are a package. one can't exist without the other. we have given house democrats a tight window and they can't afford to lose more than a couple of members if they're going to pass the $1.2 trillion fake infrastructure bill. so i more hopeful than ever that congress won't pass either of the bills as we meet here this morning. either way, if they did, democrats will have authored $13 trillion of new spending since taking over the house of representatives on january 2 of this year. for reference, that's slightly less in new spending than congress spent in total over the course of the entire trump administration. right now democrats are supposed to pass the so-called bipartisan infrastructure package. they have to pass a continuing, if they're going to pass that they have to pass a a continug resolution to avoid a government shutdown by october 1. just days away from today. now the continuing resoluti

i served on the house of representatives on 9/11 20 years ago. i remember the day and the attack. was one of the first members of congress to visit ground zero where i saw the remains of the two twin towers still with smoke coming from the ground and esteem, a bit like a construction site as they tried to remove the rubble that were the remains of those towers. first, family members were brought in to see the site where their loved ones died which captureded my heart as i watched them see where their loved ones died. and after paying my respects to those family members and as i a was leaving, i found a makeshift memorial that new yorkers had placed and people had brought in flowers and cards, stuffed animals, teddy bears, notes, to pay tribute to those who died just a few weeks before at that location. i picked up one thing from the table of remembrance of honor and n respect. it was a piece of notebook paper with a jagged edge on the side slidetorn out of a spiral noteb. a child's hand writing. dear daddy, how much i love you. how i hope heaven is a wonderful place and i hope i l

secure the needed 270 votes during the certification and push the election to the vote in the house of representatives. and trump was fixated on this twist pence said. it was the provision that could theoretically at least keep trump in power. while the democrats held the current house majority the 12th amendment of the constitution stated voting on a contested election wouldn't be done by a simple majority vote in the house. instead the amendment said the election vote would be counted in blocks of state delegations with one vote per state. republicans controlled more delegations in the house of representatives meaning trump would likely win if the house chamber ended up deciding the victor based on the prescripts of that amendment. former vice president dan quayle thought trump's suggestion was preposterous and dangerous. trump's effort to cajole pence was a dark rube goldberg like fantasy. quayle believed. quayle told mike sense, quote, mike you have no flexibility on this, none, zero, forget it, put it away. pence said in reply, i know. that's what i've been trying to tell trump but he really thin

of 2021, sponsored by representative chu. we strongly urge you to vote yes on this critical piece of legislation when it's brought to the floor of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ross: i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a letter from 20 medical organizations including the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists, the american college of physicians, and the american medical women's association to name a few, expressing their support for h.r. 3755, the women's health protection act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert in the record a letter from 16 attorneys general expressing their support for h.r. 3755, the women's health protection act. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ross: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. let me first inquire, i assume my good friend from north carolina is prepared to close? thank you. with that, mr. speaker, i yield myself the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore:

katherine clark is the assistant speaker of the house. she representsth district of the commonwealth of massachusetts, and is adjacent to the most successful infrastructure project ever done. kathy clark, i stood in boston in abject awe and looked across the torn down southeast expressway in a north end i had never seen in my life area can we bring that infrastructure success to the rest of america? rep. clark: we are going to do just that. that project, the big dig, shows us what we can do. not only create good jobs, improve our roads and bridges, but also reconnect communities. we have seen that play out over and over again, that communities , especially communities of color and low income communities, have been cut off. so our infrastructure plan plans to do that physically, and also help those who have been cut off by lack of opportunity to be part of a roaring economy that we are going to build. tom: i will go with that. i think that is a very good idea. but do you do it linked to a social program, or is today's action going to be u.n. speaker pelo

young: madam president, when i served in the house of representatives, i walked into a lot of meetings back in indiana full of angry conservatives. you know what they were angry about? they were angry about the debt limit. 2011, 2013, 2014, and more. and in each of those meetings, madam president, i made the argument that raising the debt limit was a necessary thing to do, a responsible thing to do, a conservative thing to do. i still believe that. defaulting on our nation's debts will start a dangerous spiral of economic turmoil that will redowned to the disadvantage of the least among us. interest rates would rise, the value of the dollar would fall, essential government workers might not get paid, and so on and so forth. back in those days, as a republican in the house majority, we never failed to raise the debt limit. not once. and we also never failed to have a say in the spending that necessitated raising the debt limit. in 2019, we again raised the debt limit, this time through july 13 of this year. now it is democrats. it is my democrat friends who control the majority in both

the, house instead the amendment says the election vote will be counted in blocks of state delegations, with one vote per state. republicans controlled more delegations, in the house of representatives. meaning, trump would likely win, if the house chamber ended up deciding the victor, based on the pre-scripts of that. former vice president dan quail thought trump's suggestion was preposterous and dangerous. his effort to control events was a dark rube goldberg-like fantasy. and can precipitate a constitutional crisis. mike, you have no flexibility on this. none, zero, forget it, put it. away pump pence that i know that's what i've been trying to tell trump. but he really thinks he can and there's other guys in there saying i've got this power. i've. quail interrupted him. you don't, just stop it he said. pence pressed again. it was easy for quail to make a blanket statement from political winter. he wanted to know, veep to veep, whether there was even a glimmer of light, legally, constitutionally to perhaps put a pause on the certification, if there were ongoing court cases, and legal challenges. quill repeated. forget it. pence finally agreed, acting to overturn the election would

republicans controlled more delegations in the house of representatives meaning trump would likely win if the house chamber ended up deciding the victor based on the prescripts of that amendment. former vice president quail said thought that was preposterous and dangerous. quail told mike pence, quote, mike you have no flexibility on this, none, zero, forget it, put it away. pence said in reply, i know. that's what i've been trying to tell trump but he really thinks he can. and there are other guys in there saying i've got this power. i've -- interrupted him. you don't, just stop he said. it was easy for quail to make blanket statement from political winter. he wanted to know whether there was a glimmer of light legally or constitutionally and quail repeated forget it. pence finally agreed acting to overturn the election would be antthetical to his traditional view of conservatism. one man could not effectively throw the election to the house of representatives. quail told pence to let it go. mike, don't even talk about it he said. pence paused, you don't know the position i'm in, he s

president, make it out of the house of representatives. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the motion is invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 169, lily lawrence batchelder of massachusetts to be an assistant secretary of the treasury, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of lily lawrence batchelder of massachusetts to be an assistant secretary of the treasury shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas are 63, the nays are 35. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of the treasury, lily lawrence batchelder of mass to be an assi

washington earlierfor a rally by hard—right supporters of rioters who attacked the us senate and house of representativesof ten afghan civilians, killed in an american drone strike in kabul last month, say the attack amounted to a war crime. us officials have admitted the air strike, which killed 7 children, was a mistake. jeremy bowen has more from kabul. this is all that remains of the toyota corolla that the americans tracked for hours, as they convinced themselves — entirely incorrectly — that it was packed with explosives. five of the seven dead children were playing in the car when it was hit. its owner, zemari ahmadi — who they believed, wrongly, was an islamic state bomber — had just driven it home from his work with an american aid organisation. the survivors have moved out. after their terrible loss, they want compensation and resettlement in a safe country. this was america�*s last act of war before it pulled out of afghanistan, and the decision to fire the missile smacks of panic. and what a legacy. it isn�*t necessarily the parting shot of the americans, because they still have the capacity

that vote happened on september 14th, just three days after the attacks. >> the house of representatives bush the authority to use all necessary and appropriate force against the terrorists. the only member of the u.s. congress to vote against the resolution was representative barbara lee, california, democrat. >> mr. speaker, i rise today with a very heavy heart, one that is filled with sorrow for the families and the loved ones who were killed and injured this week. only the most foolish and the most callous would not understand the grief that has really gripped our people and millions across the world. this unspeakable act on the united states has really forced me, however, to rely on my moral compass, my conscience, and my god for direction. september 11th changed the world. our deepest fears now haunt us, yet i am con finished that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the united states. this is a very complex and complicated matter. now this resolution will pass, although we all know that the president can wage a war, even without it. howe

there are 435 members of the house and to remain that way since 1929. yet the population be united states is number 3 times and that of what it was. 929, number of representatives hasn't kept up the pace. i think it's time to have a serious discussion of increasing the numbers in the house. and one instance where you can see these deleterious effects, as in my home said it worked and saw wherever a 3rd of our population, both for the democratic party and of our 4 congressional districts. 0, represent by democrat increasing the number of foods in the house makes it harder for parties to draw maps that wouldn't danger themselves. and when sure, fair and accurate representation for all. so let me show you some agreed you example is the modern gerrymandering. so rather than being compact his guess you for is this what up compact these, these districts are all over the place. how? how is this even a district in north carolina district of a 12 that is bizarre. so what do we do in order to change that briefly? water, you start? katy put her finger on criteria. you want things that just can enforce. compactness is pretty good. that way. not breaking county lines or ste

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 speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., september 14, 2021. i hereby appoint the honorable john sarbanes to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben.

documents how close the united states came to having a presidential election thrown to the house of representatives efforts behind the scenes. one of the key scenes is january 4th john eastman this conservative lawyer confronts vice president pence in the oval office in front of president trump at the time and says you have to listen to us on this, try to consider maybe just pushing things to the house, see if there's time for alternate electors to emerge. this is based on different sources familiar with these events. that shows the pressure pence was under to try to pause what was happening on january 6th. >> bob, the day after the insurrection, trump condemned the violence on january 6th kind of. you detail a conversation between general milley and house speaker nancy pelosi about trump the next day. according to the transcript that you obtained in your book, she told milley, quote, you know he's crazy, he's been krscrazy a long time, so don't say you don't know what his state of mind is. he's crazy. to which milley replies, madam speaker, i agree with you on everything. you have interviewed pres

after a decade-long moratorium on congressional earmarks, the house of representatives has re-- has revived corrupt practice of earmarking tax dollars for politicians' pet projects. more than 3,300 earmarks consisting of $9.3 billion have been proposed by members of congress just this year which includes purchasing santa gifts in indiana and building fish markets in the virgin islands. we could save billions by pulling pork off the menu, but democrats are going to go with drawing 24 more cards instead. let's try another one. end welfare for politicians or draw 25. every year millions of taxpayer dollars are diverted into a special account that exists solely to subsidize the campaigns of politicians running for president. the program has dolled -- doled out dwdz 1.6 billion for politicians to date and there is currently $400 million sitting in the account. we could save the $400 million by pulling the plug on this welfare program for politicians, but once again, democrats will choose to draw 25 more cards. okay. next card. put the brakes on boondoggles or draw 25. washington continues to bai

up and launch career with considerable interest less than a decade later elected to the house of representativesn the fifth congressional district the same year ronald reagan was elected president. since then he has won reelection, 19 times always by a wide margin he loves his corner of the state and with his repeated victories his constituents love him back once he got to congress he went to work that his constituents care the most about the hard-won legislative victories are praised who tap in to lead the house security in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. and then to reduce waste and direct funds to projects all across the country as a former commonwealth attorney to defend kentucky from a wide array so before the rest of america was painful attention to discourage substance abuse he launched the anti- narcotics initiative with 32 kentucky counties then to remove billions of dollars worth of illegal drugs from the streets. much too long and economic distressni the appellation can counties around the region initiative to have a concerted effort to bring development to the region to revol

house and the senate. it will now go to president and joe biden for signing before government funding runs out at midnight. but another test of biden's agenda lies ahead as the house of representatives prepared to vote on a one trillion dollar infrastructure plan. how does your customer joins us live now from washington d. c. disaster, a versa. not quite the last minute, but almost. but all of this isn't over just yet. is it heidi? it is not barbara because just says congress is stamping out this fire. averting the government is shut down. there is yet another blaze that is arguably bigger looming on the horizon. and that is the debt ceiling. that is the point at which the us will run out of the ability to borrow more money to pay off its debts. and the date that is likely to happen is october 18th, unless congress does something to raise the debt ceiling. if the us does default on the loans, economists are predicting disaster potentially throwing the u. s. economy into recession and d, stabilizing global market. that could be millions of jobs at stake. now, historically, the congress has come together in a bipartisan basis to continually raise that debt ceiling. but this time, repu

you also have to remember that this is a motivation in the house of representatives and for anything to be passed into law . it needs to pass the house that needs to pass the senate, and it needs to be signed by the president of the united states. and i can tell you the you are the president has already assured is real, that it will get its funding progress. you made last spring, so what we're seeing here is an ongoing debate. but what it also shows is the increasing power of these younger, more progressive democrats who are challenging israel policy in the united states. thank you for that. can be health care. it's all white house correspondent. some of the world's top pharmaceutical companies are accused of limiting, coded 19 vaccines in developing countries. a report by amnesty international shows less than one percent of people in low income countries are fully vaccinated. in developed countries, it's 55 percent. amnesty says be 6 companies that have led the vaccine. rollouts have put profits before lives specifically by refusing to waive intellectual property rights to low income

questions about america's exit from of gone on a day after being grilled by members of the house of representatives. let's listen in this in the streets, calling for freedom in the face of violence and threats. repression of the afghan people is happening in real time. in the world must bear witness and hold the taliban countable. let me turn to the focus of today's hearing. mister secretary, the execution of the us withdraw was clearly and fatally flawed. this committee expects to receive a full explanation of the administration's decision on afghanistan since coming into office last january. there has to be accountability. we will have other hearings to develop a set of lessons learned over the course of the war to understand the many mistakes made over the course of 20 years. that the version of attention and resources when the bush administration decided to invade iraq, despite its irrelevance to the $911.00 attacks. but double dealing by pakistan and providing a safe haven to the taliban and the list goes on. we need to understand why successive administration made so many of the same mistakes

house of representatives from 1992 to 2003. the u.s. house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview. >> i met with kathleen johnson from the house history office. today's date is may 15, 2015 clear here with congresswoman clayton to talk about her career in congress. thank you so much for joining us today for. >> my pleasure delighted to be here. >> without we start off with some questions about the origins of your interest in politics to start. first off, when you were young we are curious to know that you have any female role models who you looked up to, who were they, what do you to them? >> well i think the first female is my mother. who is a person who wanted the best for her daughter. we recognize the contribution of certain, the high school founder, where he went to high school, lucy craft laney with her name, i had never knew her. but my knowing of her those two persons were female models. i would say the model for high school and others was neither female albert schweitzer, was going to be a doctor in

less than a decade later, hal was elected to the house of representatives in kentucky's 5th congressional district, the samefi year ronald reagan was elected president.r since then he's won re-election 19 times, always by a wide margin. he loves his corner of the state, and as he's repeated victories -- as his repeated victories absolutely prove,ad hs constituents love him right back. once hal got to congress, he quickly went to work fighting for the issues his constituents cared the most about. his hard-won legislative victories earned him praise from fellow house republicans who tapped him to lead the house appropriations subcommittee ono homeland security in the wake of theom 9/11 terrorist attacks. eight years later he became chairman of the full house appropriations committee, expertly cutting spending, reducing waste and directing funds to important projects all across the country. as a former commonwealth attorney, hal used his law enforcement credentials to defend kentucky from a wide array of threats. hal launched operation -- the narcotics initiative covers 32 kentucky counties

washington earlierfor a rally by hard—right supporters of rioters who attacked the us senate and house of representativesfter the relaxation of travel restrictions in england. france is recalling its ambassadors to australia and the united states, in protest over a security deal, which includes the uk.

one man could not effectively throw the election to the house of representatives. quilt told pence to let it go >> mike don't even talk about it he said. >> pence paused you don't know the position i'm in he said. >> even if you're someone like mike pence, who's very invested in publicly assuaging, and play getting your boss. if you're really committed in the rule of law, not letting trump overturn the election, but you're just trying to make trump less matter you, it's not going to help to call dan quail, right? and ask dan quail for his advice on how to do a trump. says you don't call dan quail just to appease trump even though you never had any intention of doing with trump want to do. but is didi described in this new book is the action of a man who really genuinely is searching for a way, he can do what trump wants. in that conversation later we counted with dan quail, with bob woodward and robert costa raises the prospect that there were real problems in the vote count in arizona. as maybe that was enough of a pretext. to justify not certifying the entire ele

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i did not know -- i was the minority leader in the florida house of representatives. i was sitting in my office in the capitol, it was early in the morning. i was not sure if i saw or my chief of staff came in and told me that a plane had crashed into a building in new york city. i remember watching cnn within, seeing a second plane crashing. i first reaction was -- i did not ask -- suspect a thing sister at the time. my first reaction, totally ridiculous, was a look, the planes went into this building, but the building is holding up. that was my first reaction. then, i don't know if it was the light -- next hour or so, we got an announcement over a loudspeaker. it was from the governor's office, i think at the time it was jeb bush, he said everyone is to vacate the capitol immediately. my reaction, again, stupid, was defiance. i said i'm not leaving the capitol, and i sat there probably for another hour or so until i realized i better get out of the capital. i lived in tallahassee, doing legislative business. i went back to my rental house in tallahassee. traveling to

well, if you recall what was happening in the house of representatives in december of 2019, the house of representatives was in the middle of impeaching president donald trump for alleged high crimes and misdemeanors concerning ukraine. if you'll recall, mr. president, from the trial we held on the senate floor, central to the allegations that were raised by democrats against president trump was conduct concerning ukraine. it remains astonishing that right in the middle of a partisan gladtorial battle concerning ukraine, simultaneously we were able to get republicans and democrats to work hand in hand to agree with complete consensus that we were going to come together and stop the nord stream 2 pipeline, we were going to stop what vladimir putin was doing. in december of 2019 our legislation passed. the cruz-shaheen sanctions legislation passed. mr. president, i will remind you of what the russian disinformation had been when we first introduced it. they said, it'll never pass and they said, even if it does pass, it's too late for it to have any effect. well, my memory serves me corr

the house of representatives voted to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month and suspend the nation's borrowing limits, something republicans are strongly against. the bill now faces an uphill battle in the senate. government funding is set to expire on september 30th. >>> take a look at this. the moment a 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked melbourne, australia today. the quake felt as far away as 600 miles away. only minor damage was reported. >>> and willie garson best known as stanford on "sex & the city" has died at 57. garson also what had memorable roles on "white collar clothe" and "hawaii 5-0." his son posted the news to instagram saying i'm glad you shared you love with me. for more news download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm tom hanson, cbs news, new >>> it's wednesday, september 22nd, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." diplomatic drive. president biden convenes a coronavirus summit of world leaders this morning, a day after urging unity in his first u.n. address. his ambitious vaccine goal. >>> breaking overnight, haitians freed. thou