cardin: next to ago to senator inhofe and then senator inhofe it will be -- sen. inhofe: i've a question for mr. kelley. let me share and hear if you have heard of a situation like this. the december covid relief, the ppp loans that took place, in order to be eligible, businesses must have lost 25% revenue between the years of 2019 and the years 2020. some businesses have changed ownership in that time and it does not seem to be -- theirs does not seem to be anything that would address this. in the town of cushing, oklahoma , a couple named jd meisner and his wife bought a newspaper a month before the lockdowns began. their business model states the same yet they have been able desk they have been unable to have this problem addressed. i am sure not -- i'm sure they are not the only ones where this has taken place. what would you suggest that looking at ways to mitigate? -- mitigate the circumstances they found themselves in? mr. shear: it is a good question. i'm only three weeks into this job but i can assure you that -- mr. kelley: it should apply as as first dr

let me recognize senator inhofe. sen. inhofe: i've got two questions to ask. i want to get them both in five minutes. the first has to do with what we have been talking about, the nds. it wasn't long ago, just last week, someone in the new administration, not the president, but someone else, was talking about how we have to be revising the 2018 nds and writing a new nds for 2022. this concerned me a bit. i want to ask, first to general mcmaster, then a comment from dr. wright. what principles and priorities should be retained from the 2018 nds? lt. gen. mcmaster: i am a fan of the 2018 nds. maybe i am a little bit biased. it derived from the work we did on the national security strategy in december 2017, a strategy i think made an acknowledgment that was long overdue, the return of great power competition. we rejected assumptions under which previous policies had been based. foremost among them was that china, having been welcomed into the international order, would play by the rules and liberalize its economy and not pose a threat. what the 2018 defense strat

inhofe: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: thank you, mr. president. it's obvious to just about everyone outside of washington that the situation on our southern border is a crisis. i can't believe that anyone wouldn't believe that it's a crisis. but there are some who would answer that it isn't a crisis. president biden and the d.h.s. secretary refuse to call it a crisis. it's not just a challenge. they call it a challenge. this isn't a challenge. this is a crisis. ask anyone you see on the street if it's a crisis. people lined up coming in illegally. you don't have to take my word for it. look at the facts. we've had a 173% increase in border apprehensions compared with one year ago. 173% increase. this past february apprehensions were the highest total for february in 14 years. d.h.s. admits we're on track for the most illegal migrants in more than 20 years. this is on the border. this is today. this is what's happening. last week main street media news reports found the administration is restricting information border patrol agents are a

inhofe: thank you, mr. chairman. proud to have shelley chard here. she is a 1990 two graduate of the university of oklahoma. she has 29 years of experience implementing the clean water act, the safe drinking water act, and comparable state statutes and certificate programs. she served as an officer for and on the board of directors of organizations like the association of clean water, drinking water administrators, and others. shelley, in case this sounds familiar to you, this introduction, it is exactly the introduction i gave you 10 years ago, and using the same words. at that time, that was a big issue. republicans were a minority. it was during the obama administration. there was a tendency to get things more toward the federal government at the time. the take issue of the day among the ag community was a bill trying to get the regulation from the states to the federal government, something we disagree with. you did a great job at that time witnessing and i am sure you will do the same thing today. you have gone on to hold other positions. you ar

>> thank you, senator inhofe. while the commission believes in the value of service to the individuals and nation, it ultimately concluded that policy makers should make every effort to make voluntary approaches to service. this is primarily looking at the intangible benefits that come with the spirit of volunteerism. in addition, when you look at trying to make service in whatever form mandatory, certainly for military service there is a constitutional requirement under article 1, section 8 to raise and support armies, provide navys. there was concern about forcing individuals into other forms of service against their will. perhaps a bigger issue however is the incumbent cost if you would make mandatory service something that was a universal requirement. roughly 210 million adults in the u.s. population today we could not afford 210 million service opportunities. and we, again, go back to the importance of the volunteer spirit in providing service, whether it's at the local, state, federal level. >> i understand

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let me recognize senator inhofe. sen. inhofe: i've got two questions to ask. >> the first has to do with what we've been talking about and that's the nds. it wasn't long ago just i think last week someone in the new administration, it was not the president but someone else was talking about are going to have to be revising the 2018 nds and write a new nds april 20, 2022. this concerned me when i heard this so i want to ask a question first to general mcmaster and a comment from doctor wright. the question would be in your opinion what pencils and priorities pto be retained from the 2018 nds? >> thank you senator. i'm a fan of the 2018 nds because maybe i'm biased but it rose from the work we did thenational security strategy in december 2017 . a strategy that i had acknowledged, made an announcement that was long overdue that was the return of great power competition and that we rejected assumptions under which previous policies have been based. foremost among them was that china having to be welcomed into the internation

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chairman. >> thank you, senator inhofe. we have a joining by webex, senator cardiff. if you are there, take it away. >> thank you very much. i have enjoyed the testimony of our witnesses. thank you for holding this hearing. i think it is critically important as we look at building back better, how do we have an electric red that meets the challenges we have two realities of climate change and can reduce carbon emissions? that needs to be our goal. i want to cover two points if i can, during my time. first, 20% of our total electricity is generated by nuclear power, but it is over 55% of the carbon free electric productions. as we are talking about building back better, we have a very old nuclear fleet. any specific suggestions as to the importance of at least maintaining our capacity for nuclear generated electricity, and how can we go about doing that? what type of additional federal policies are needed in order to be able to maintain our capacity for nuclear power? >> you are in the energy business, so -- >> i can't agree more. i can't think that we can afford to ta

chair: thank you, senator inhofe, senator shaheen? >> you, mr. chairman, let me echo the ranking members. thanks for each of you for all of your effort over the last year. i want to pick up on the question about syringes because, i just want to point out we have a company in new hampshire that has been producing syringes, they have had a contract, which i appreciate is not in your purview, that they need some certainty in order to address their supply chain concerns. right now they are waiting to hear from the department about whether they will have a continued contract. we have a lot of companies out there, as you all know so well, who want to help in this effort, but they cannot make the expenditures unless they have a certainty that what they are producing will be needed. one of the areas where i think the dpa has been helpful has been with the personal protective equipment. we have two companies in new hampshire, which is producing n95 mask material in american performance polymers, which is producing non-latex rubber gloves. again, it has be

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calculating the gpa, they see the transcript now they have committee -based evaluation they split inhofea look at the same time and the essay and recommendations they are speed reading. one person reads while the other person looks at the transcript and will summarize as they are going. most of the essays mindnumbing lease similar that's they could really focus more less on one that they want to read and more that gives them a sense of who they are to be much more authentic. they read something in the essay book that ends up being the essay and is not authentic from the 18 -year-old prospective. so again i just finished nicole's book last week. i loved it. it's a page turner. anything we haven't talked about? >> so the solutions that you are proposing getting of the problem and one that constantly came up what is feeding the obsession and you were there as well. with that health if we stop drinking the schools? >> it would. you're in the magazine business also they make money. us news does not exist as a magazine but it makes money on the ranking colleges have tried to put stop participa

and with that piece of legislation to pass inhofe a century and those that he may as well not nearly good enough but yet so much better than what came before it that is what change looks like. what a joy to be with you thank you for joining us tonight thank you for writing the book. >> thank you for all the kind words and for being here. this was such a fun conversation. thank you so much. >> thank you for joining us tonight everyone in the audience as well. please learn more about this book and their more of the tenure war here from cambridge massachusetts and harvard bookstore. please keep reading. be well

inhofe: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for oklahoma. mr. inhofe: i understand we are not in a quorum call. the presiding officer: correct. mr. inhofe: i'm down here today to talk about something i've talked about many times before, an that's the need to have a strong defense budget so we can deter our adversaries. you know, it's not like it used to be in the old days. it's for real. these guys, china, for example, is in a position they have never been in before. i think it's important we talk about this -- this budget that's coming up again. it's more important now than ever. over the past few weeks, the senate armed services committee has been having hearings where we've heard from top military leaders, defense experts, and the pentagon officials. what we have heard has been grim. general h.r. mcmaster told us since the 1990's, china has undertaken the, quote, largest peacetime military buildup in history, unquote. averil davidson, who leads the united states indo-pacific command said, quote, i think our conventional deterrent is actually

here is senator james inhofe. he is a republican from oklahoma. he has been critical of efforts to control climate change. here's a little bit from him on the senate floor. >> one of those in virginia commissioned a to be done of the weather casters on tv. they came back that 63% of the weather casters that any global warming that occurs as a result of natural variation and not human activities. so when i hear people, i am good friends on the other side that really believe this. i think sometimes you have to open it up and realize there is another side to the story. so when they say 97, 98 prep set of scientists agree it just isn't true. my good friend senator whitehouse, had an amendment for the moment was one sentence it says that global warming i'm sorry climate change is real. and it is not a hoax. well there's a rule against talking by your own books on the senate floor so i can't do that that hoax came from a totally different interpretation. hoax was the idea this is happening, climate change but it's due to man made gases in other words ma

similar reaction coming from james inhofe in the senate. this paints a bad image to the rest of the world that we have these barricades and fencing. it doesn't look like it's going any time soon as officials brace for answers on monday. >> and they're bracing for other possible attacks as well. thank you. >>> as we learn more details about the capitol insurrection, we have this california congressman and former house impeachment manager eric swalwell who filed a lawsuit against donald trump and his allies for allegedly inciting the riots. >> this lawsuit is seeking money for damages and a court order requiring trump to give a week's notice before holding future rallies in d.c. joining us right now is danny civalis. what are the implications if this suit goes forward? >> this suit asks for damages but the causes of action are interesting. it incorporates a civil rights statute that criminalizes someone like eric swalwell and members of congress from doing their job. a separate section that criminalizes knowing about it, being in a position o

americans a typical family of four making 100,000 will get $5600 in direct checks caddying child poverty inhofe including historic expansion of the child tax credit benefiting 66 million kids across the country extending unemployment insurance around 11 million americans we would have a point where people would be losing it later this week if not headed toward the passage of this bill tens of billions of dollars of rental and homeowner assistance to benefit lower incomes disproportionately black and brown and also the most significant investment since world war ii with the earned income tax credit 17 million low income workers and significantly reducing health insurance premiums for millions of americans. family of four making $80000 can see a monthly premium go down by $200 a month in addition to direct checks they are receiving and the child tax credit and other components. we mentioned on friday the plan for the president on thursday i want to put some more meat on the bones a president will deliver the first primetime address to commemorate the one year anniversary of the covid-19 shut down

i want to complement past chairman senator inhofe who i've worked with for the last few years in the bicameral way and it wasn't an easy two years. jim was a terrific partner in getting that done and jack reed is now the chairman of the committee and continues to be the ranking member and we will continue to work together to get things done. that is always our framework. how can the national defense authorized in a bipartisan way to make sure the process continues to work in this year the priorities are one out of we build those partnerships? last year re-created the end of pacific initiative as a way to build partnerships in asia building on the european defense initiative that we had done previously so we want to look for thoseve opportunities to continue to enhance those partnerships. to understand how those partnerships help us deal with the threat environment that we face and a threat environment from a national defense stand point is pretty straightforward progression of china north korea iran and transnational terrorist groups. we have to come up with eu monitor that because t

over in the house, a democrat on the armed services committee, over on the republican side, senator inhofe, asking for answers, details, anything that they can give them as to why the national guard troops have to remain. general russell honore, we have yet to see his report, but some are reporting in the leaks of the draft recommendations that he will actually say congress needs to see a 24/7 quick-reaction task force, something that could be on the ready to go in case any security threat comes about. but i want to talk about something really important here, because in my conversations with staffers, especially in the black and brown community here on capitol hill, they are reeling from the trauma of the insurrection that happened two months ago. i spoke to one staffer, remington bellford in the house. he told me he could not blend in on that day. he is reeling from the trauma. it's unimaginable what they experienced. and other staffers telling me they're not talking to their colleagues on the other side of the aisle two months out. they had some friends on the republican side and they're

make the 87-year-olds like chuck grassley and democratic shelby and jim inhofe have to sleep on the lumpy cots all night long. if they don't show up, then you have got the opportunity to break that filibuster. >> yeah, and this for joe manchin, this takes you back to an even earlier precedent. you are still listening to what joe manchin says he wants and trying to work within that and say, okay, here is a senate precedent that preexists the one they are using now. let's go to the other idea, a new idea, which is switching the burden. now it requires 60 votes to proceed and you're saying what if we switched that to 40 votes in order to basically continue debating the bill. >> i'd like to push the envelope a little bit, make it 45 votes. but the idea here is the burden is supposed to be on the minority. what joe manchin and kyrsten sinema have talked about, both of them, is this idea that you need to give the minority some skin in the game. the old filibuster, the one that they have lionized, it was about a minority feeling so intensely about an issue that they would take on a great burden

chairman. >> thank you senator inhofe. i think we have senator cardin,f my neighbor in delmarva. if you're there, take it away, please. thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman.havee thank you very much. the testimony off thi our witnesses.ink thank you for holding this at u hearing. i think it'ss critically important. as we look at building back better, how do we have an two electric grid that meets the challenges we have, meet climate change and meets carbon emissions? that's our goal. i want to try to cover two points, if i can, during my ger time.e. 20% of our total electricity is generated by nuclear power, but it's over 55% of the carbon free electric a productions. nu talking about . building back better, wewe have a to veryy old nuclear fleet.east any specific suggestions as to the importance of at least maintaining our capacity for nuclear generated electricity?l and how can we go about doing ded in that? what type of additional federal policies arepower? needed in or be able to maintain our capacity for nuclear power? mr. fowke, you're in the energy business, so -- >> yeah

here is senator inhofe a republican from oklahoma and has been critical of efforts to control climatechange here's a little bit from him on the senate floor. >> through the universities here in virginia commissioned a poll to be done of all the weather testers on tv. they came back that 63 percent of the weather castor said any global warming that occurs is a result of natural variation and not human activity. and those that really believes this and sometimes you have to open it up and realize there is another side to the story 97, 98 agree it just isn't true. my good friend senator white house the amendment was one sentence s. global warming i'm sorry climate change is real and it is not a hoax. there is a rule about talking about your own books in the senate but the idea is it is happening but due to man-made and man is causing that. so i said how arrogant is it for people to say man can do something and it's dangerous to even then rebroadcast that. and basically that's like spewing the stories like teetwelve so if he wants to believe it's only warming to natural causes that is his

inhofe: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. inhofe: thank you, mr.dent. president biden has a lot of duties and obligations, a lot on his plate right now. but the important thing that we are involved in, we're all concerned about the nominees, who they are, what the process is, and what do we and the minority have -- leverage we have to impact that. i think that xavier becerra is not fit to be our secretary of health and human services. and i say this because of his appalling track record disrespecting the sanctity of life. blatantly attacking first amendment rights and his extreme policy views. now, throughout his career, mr. becerra has proven that he has no shame when it comes it his pro-abortion beliefs. as attorney general of california, becerra led a years' long lawsuit targeting the little sisters of the poor. this order of catholic nuns is devoted to caring for the early poor. all they want is to be free to operate in accordance with their religious beliefs. i think we can all understand that. but becerra sued the federal government to force

is quickly approaching and in your testimony you state the community banks have seen a demand cut inhofe for the second round of ppp compared to the first round. can you provide more detail is the reason for that? that people are qualifying or there is demand? or comments coming back? can you elaborate further? and meet please. >>. >> and then to demonstrate and those are many small businesses. and as i mentioned in the testimony and it diminish the numbers are qualified. >> you suggest if we do another round there would be more targeted why the applicants in your business did apply for the first round. with a not in business? with a struggling with a thought they could do without it? it went to go through the hassle of the bank didn't contact them? what was the reason. >> and then with the first run with their bank and that was not helpful and then with having time in the business. and then for that first round draw given that timeframe not able to access that second draw and then to survive but i think it's about having information and in the testimony. >> and the banks are not doing t

i'm glad we can take steps to cut child poverty inhofe the need to do more to get quality affordable childcare. with paid family and medical leave especially in the middle of a pandemic one out of four workers do not have paid sick leave. i am thrilled we could protect millions of workers but we need to help more people plan for retirement one out of four have no retirement savings and women are 80 percent more likely to face poverty in retirement. there is more progress we are making. president biden is taking important steps to protect workers but we know that work is not done yet and even when it is we will do more to ensure people are safe from workplace hazards and pandemics harassment and discrimination that they work to address. president biden to the previous administration that shielded the largest corporations from being held accountable for violations of workers rights. and in addition to these much needed steps that i strengthen the right that to collectively bargain we all know the economy cannot work without women it's also painfully clear it is not working for them. on

topic before we -- more -- a little more on 0 to the climate change issue, and here is senator james inhofe. he is republican from oklahoma and he has been critical of efforts to control climate change. here's a little bit from him on the senate floor. >> one of the universities here in virginia commissioned a poll to be done of all the weathercasters of -- on tv, they came back that 63% of the weathercasters said that any global global warming that occurs is a result of natural variation and not human activities. so, when i hear people -- i have good friends -- that really believe this and i think that you sometimes have to open it up and realize, there is another side to this story. so when they say that 97, 98% of scientist agree is just isn't rue true mitchell good friend senator whitehouse had an amendment, it says global warming -- i'm sorry -- climate change is real, and -- it is not a hoax. well, there's a rule against talking about your own books on the senate floor is so can do that but that hoax came from a totally different interpretation. the hoax was the idea this happening, b

and here is senator james inhofe and he is a republican from oklahoma and he has been critical of effortsto control climate change and here's a little bit from him on the senate floor. >> universities here in virginia commissioned a poll to be done of all of the weather casters on tv. they came back to 53 percent of the weather casters said that any global warming that occurs as a result of natural variations and not human activity. so i i hear people and another difference on that really believe this. and i think that you sometimes you open it up and realize there is another sidee to the story. so when they say that 98 percent of the scientists agree. my good friend senator white house had an amendment with one sentence and it says that global warming, i'm sorry climate change is real. and it is not a hoax. whether the rule against talking about your own books on the senate floor so i can't do that. with that hoax came from a totally different interpretation, hoax was the idea that this is happening, climate change but it's due to man made in man is causing this so what is unsupported is

i want to once again thank senator inhofe when he was chairman of this committee for working with me in a wonderful bipartisan way to be able to address this crisis for the people of flint. thank fully the city has replaced almost all the lead service lines in the city, but water challenges remain in communities all across michigan. in 2018, the state of michigan required all public water systems to begin replacing all lead service lines starting in january of this year. the process will occur over a 20 year period. it sounds good, but the final count across the state isn't exactly known. estimates are that they are as many as 500,000 in michigan alone, which could cost as much as $2.5 billion to replace. there has been a lot of discussion and important questions ask about how do we deal with this and navigate the challenges. what happens when the communities that have the biggest backlogs that need the most upgrades and fixes are put nationally. i will lend my voice to the fact that it is incredibly important that we address that issue. i would like to ask ms. chard, in michigan, co

i'm glad we can take steps to cut child poverty inhofe the need to do more to get quality affordable childcare. with paid family and medical leave especially in the middle of a pandemic one out of four workers do not have paid sick leave. i am thrilled we could protect millions of workers but we need to help more people plan for retirement one out of four have no retirement savings and women are 80 percent more likely to face poverty in retirement. there is more progress we are making. president biden is taking important steps to protect workers but we know that work is not done yet and even when it is we will do more to ensure people are safe from workplace hazards and pandemics harassment and discrimination that they work to address. president biden to the previous administration that shielded the largest corporations from being held accountable for violations of workers rights. and in addition to these much needed steps that i strengthen the right that to collectively bargain we all know the economy cannot work without women it's also painfully clear it is not working for them. on