ray lahood joins us next. >> sandra: just looking at the flight paths here of the army helicopter andt crashed last night killing all on board. just looking at the proximity as we continue to look at some of the pictures live and video of what happened. here is the map layout. this is the path of the american airlines flight carrying those passengers as it was coming in. the last transmission from that flight path was 8:48.01 last night at altitude of 350 feet. the last transmission to the army helicopter as you can see was 3 seconds prior at an elevation of just 200 feet. okay. and this was the path as the helicopter came in. this is the path of the american airlines flight. just to give you an idea of thit mentioned a moment ago, most secured airspace in the nation. you're looking at the proximity to the white house, the national mall, the u.s. capitol, here's the airport itself where the plane was coming in for the landing in relation to the pentagon over the potomac river and it really gives you an idea of the airspace they were in when this happened as we continue to look for mor

lahood of illinois. mr. dunn of florida. mr. fitzpatrick of pennsylvania. mr. hern of oklahoma. ms. tenney of new york. mrs. luna of florida. mr. scott franklin of florida. mr. steil of wisconsin. and mr. kelly of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment, pursuant to section 4 of the united states semiquincentennial commission act of 2016, public law 114-196, and the order of the house of january 3, 2025, of the following members on the part of the house to the united states semiquincentennial commission. the clerk: mr. aderholt of alabama. ms. salazar of florida. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment of the following members on the part of the house to the united states group of the nato parliamentary assembly. the clerk: mr. turner of ohio, chair. mr. dunn of florida. mrs. wagner of missouri. mr. fitzpatrick of pennsylvania. mr. guthrie of kentucky. ms. van duyne of texas. mr. connolly of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to section 2-1, natural cult

lahood: i want to thank you tore your leadership. i rise today in strong support of the united states-taiwan expedited relief act. it is customary for the united states to enter into tax treaties to lessen double tax burdens and encourage cross-board investment. united states has tax agreements with over 60 foreign tax jurisdictions. yet, due to its unique political status, even as our 7th largest trading partner, we do not have a formal tax rangement in place. this bill would change it. it makes necessary changes to our tax code to provide certainty to businesses and workers between our two countries. as a member of the ways and select committee on china, i know how important our relationship with taiwan is both in terms of trade and national security. this bill will open the door for us to continue to develop strong economic partnership especially in technology and semiconductor sectors and help the united states reduce our reliance on china. again, i thank the chairman, speaker johnson and all the members of the ways and means com

joining us now is former transportation secretary under president obama, ray lahood. thank you so much for joining us. i'm just curious. we've just listened to this this press conference where we heard sean duffy, the u.s. transportation secretary, say, look, this was a clear night. so it doesn't look like there was any weather issues. the helicopter was in a standard flight pattern, as was the aircraft in a standard pattern. but then you see this horrific crash that has now confirmed to have left 64 people dead. when you consider that on the aircraft and three in the helicopter, what are your questions? what is your main question about what happened here? a rare mid-flight collision. >> well. >> first of all, my my thoughts. >> are with. >> the families. >> of the. >> passengers and. >> we are praying for these families that. >> they can. >> get through this very, very terrible. >> situation. secondly. >> as has been. >> mentioned. >> this is one of the the most tricky, trickiest airports to fly in and out of because of the vectoring that has to take place to avoid m

lahood, mr. fitzpatrick, mr. austin scott of georgia, mr. hill of arkansas, mr. crenshaw, mr. motion to adjourn. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chairs the ayes have it and the house stands adjourned and you can see it in their fierce love for our troops. i've seen it over and over again. i've been there, mr. president, when you've reached out to grieving families. i've seen you focus your entire being on a service member, a military spouse, or a military child. and by the way, nobody is going to stop joe biden from wading into a crowd of troops. he loves to grab service member's cell phone and call a stunned loved one, and of course everyone gets a self-ie. mr. president, that's just who you are. you pushed hard to make life easier for our troops and their families. base by for our troops is up almost 10% since you were sworn in. we're expanding access to affordable child care. and we're doing farmer to help military spouses excel in their own careers. president biden has also worked hard with congress to invest in america's future. the depar

lahood is recognized for five minutes. rep. lahood: thank you for your valuable testimony on this important subject we are talking about. there was some reference earlier about the election and may be the insignificance regarding the results of the election or somehow this was not a mandate on what happened in the election. this is our first full hearing really since the election. i guess i look at the election results a little differently. if we were sitting here six months ago and i would tell you donald trump would win all seven swing states, the popular vote, record amounts of african-american males, record amount of latino males, i don't think anyone would have believed us. but that was the results of what happened. the other thing that never changed in the election if you look over the last year, 72% of the country thought we were headed in the wrong direction based on the economy and immigration. we are headed in the wrong direction. you drilled down on that in economics and we have alluded to it today, the insecurities

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