latta: thank you very much. first, i want to thank the chairman of our energy and commerce committee for helping get this bill to the floor. greatly appreciate his work and leadership. and also for members' work on this and also mr. doyle from pennsylvania as the chair of the communications and technology subcommittee. as we've heard today, that the united states has reached wireless, it requires the f.c.c. and nn -- ntia to work together, especially on this m.o.u., because of the new spectrum management we have to have out there in the landscape that we have. with that, i urge passage of the ladies and gentlemenslation -- legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. latta: thank you, madam speaker. i would ask bipartisan support for this bill which will continue the objective of trying to coordinate better between the two agencies, the f.c.c. and the ntia. and i yield back. the sp

latta: thank you. another separate subject, as americans continue to grapple with high energy costs, we should be voiding any actions that restrict energy products across our country. following up with the ranking republican, mr. upton's, questions on line 5 let me ask this. line 5 is absolutely crucial energy artery in the midwest. will you committee to ensuring it remains in operation even it has been deemed as safe and secure? secretary granholm: again this is not in the department of energy's purview. it is in court. it lies with state department and canada. mr. latta: is the department of energy working with the department of state to tell them exactly what -- you have the expertise on it what the importance line is? secretary granholm: the state department has expertise as well as identified by mr. upton earlier. they have a lot of people. they know this very well. mr. latta: follow-up. does the department of state know that -- how reliant ohio and michigan are especially northwest and southeast

latta: thank you very much. to permanently place fentanyl related substances and schedule 1 of the controlled substances act and i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the text of the amendment in the record and prior to the vote on the motion to recommit. mr. speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: joyed. mr. latta: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from new york, ms. velazquez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for two minutes. ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, i rise in support of this legislation because it is long overdue for our federal laws to catch up with the legal reality in almost every state in the union. because federal reform must place restorative justice as a top priority. i thank speaker pelosi, chairman nadler, and my fellow chairs for once again b

latta. i yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentleman yields back. the chairman recognizes mr. pallone for five minutes for his opening statement. >> thank you chairman doyle. this committee has worked in bipartisan fashion to lay the ground work for innovation in this country and this hearing is no exception. we begin today to explore wireless technology and it's important that we lay the foundation that we continue to lead the world in technological advancements. there's no question without them we would not have wireless emergency alerts, the app economy, smart phones and of course drones. just imagine that for a moment so much of this technology we rely on every day simply would not exist. these are remarkable achievements but our past success does not always dictate the future. the leadership in providing consumers with access to 4g wireless technology and wi-fi does not guarantee we will see the same result such as 6g and wi-fi 7. the united states is at risk of falling behind our counterparts across the globe in enhancing our national security

i am now yielding to my friend, ranking member latta, for his opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman and friend. thank you for holding today's hearing and for our witnesses being here today. it's great to look out and see your smiling faces. it's wonderful to be all in the same room together. and we are pioneering one of the ways to manage access to the airways. decisions on how best to manage the airways to maximize the potential has led to the growth of wi-fi and multiple generations of mobile technology from 2g to 5g. the app economy and so much more. the benefits these technologying had have been transformational to our economy and our way of life. a recent report estimates that unlicensed spectrum generates over $95 billion per year in the connective technology market. i am a co-chair of the wi-fi caucus. when wi-fi was first created, nobody predicted the impact it could have on the economy. in the 1990s congress provided the fcc to auction off licenses to use a portion of the airways and since then they have held over 100 auctions to power everything from 3g to the rad

latta for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. bergmann you point at your general authority to grant more licenses for the suspect from on september 30 this year however the fcc were gained authority to lower to a three gigahertz band in the jobs act. what's spectrum bands are in the pipeline how should we continue to make spectrum available for commercial use? >> thank you ranking member for that question. you hit onto the most important things for us which is authority and having a spectrum pipeline. her 30 years it's never been tried before so this is new ground and wing congress does that they are really important tenets. the lower gigahertz band is critical for congress can work to get access to that band. there are other bands that are important as well. seven gigahertz band is something that ntia looked and we this committee to look at that in four gigahertz as the band is internationally. the focus really is high band right now. >> ms. brown as you may know i'm cochair of the wi-fi caucus. recently the ftc made a commitmen

>> well, he's called extraweg, his name is oliver latta he's in berlin >> seth: gotcha.ink a guy who makes sense. yeah >> no, no, no. i mean, i set up a zoom with him so he could see me >> seth: oh so he saw your face, yeah that's helpful. you can't just reach out and be like, hey, this is american director ben stiller we were also, you know, dannemora, which was so fantastic. and i was watching this and while i was watching it, i was like, "it's so cool that ben did something completely different," but there is really like a prison element to both these shows. >> yeah. >> seth: did you know that from the jump >> no, i'm so dense. it took me about a year into shooting because i thought, "oh, this is really different than dannemora. we're doing this, like, sci-fi weird thing and you know, it's got a totally different feel and then about a year into shooting, i'm walking around the hallways and i said, "i feel like i'm in prison." and all of a sudden i'm like, "wait a minute, this is just like that prison thing i did this is exactly the same i haven't done anything differe

latta: thank you very much. to permanently place fentanyl related substances and schedule 1 of the controlled substances act and i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record the text of the amendment in the record and prior to the vote on the motion to recommit. mr. speaker -- the speaker pro tempore: joyed. mr. latta: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i now yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from new york, ms. velazquez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for two minutes. ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, i rise in support of this legislation because it is long overdue for our federal laws to catch up with the legal reality in almost every state in the union. because federal reform must place restorative justice as a top priority. i thank speaker pelosi, chairman nadler, and my fellow chairs for once again b

according to police, her mother, 21-year-old veronica latta ramirez seen on the right took the baby yesterdayor perhaps out of the sate. an amber alert is not being issued at this time but if you notice anything you're asked to call mountain view police. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. >>> the clouds are starting to move in, and we are going to see some peeks of sunshine today, and temperatures headed for the upper 50s, low 60s. cool out there, and the showers will begin in the north bay later on this evening. with some off and on rain across the bay area tomorrow morning. it should be clearing out by tomorrow evening. we're dry on friday, with some peeks of sunshine. temperatures in the upper 60s. and we will see the rain returning to the bay area on sunday. marcus. >> thank you so much, kari. and we're going to have another local news update in 30 minutes. i'll meet you back here then. >>> we are back. it is 8:30 on this wednesday morning. the 13th of april. we got a great crowd on the plaza, don't we. man. this is a preeaster crowd. thank you. thank you. beautiful m

latta for five minutes. >> i thank the chair for allowing me to join today's hearing and i thank the witnesses were testifying at today's hearing. today we are seeing the blame game played with maximum effort hired democratic colleagues. we have heard the other side of the aisle point their fingers in every direction because of the rise in energy prices. with the -- from day one of his ministers andve president biden institute policies that restrict the ability to produce oil and natural gas united states and canceled the keystone exxon pipeline issued a moratorium on ioil and gas exploration on federal lands using regulatory power bogged down the committee process for energy infrastructure projects and pushed his financial regulators in the fossil fuel industry. now his drinking convince the american people that american energy policy is not contributing to the rising gas prices and the war criminal putin. i'm glad we are holding this hearing today so we can set the record straight as to why they are hurting when they go to phillip their car at the pump. i want to thank you for your

latta for five minutes. >> i want to thank the chair for allowing me to waive on today's hearing and i also want to thank our witnesses for testifying before us today. today we're seeing the blame game played with maximum effort by our democrat colleagues. we have heard the other side of the aisle, the biden administration, to point their fingers in every direction to seek a culprit for the rise in energy prices. what the administration should be doing is pointing their fingers in the mirror. since day one of his administration president biden has pursued policies that would restrict the ability to produce oil and natural gas in the united states. he canceled the keystone xl pipeline, issued a moratorium on leases for oil and gas exploration on federal lands, used the immense regulatory powers of the administrative state to bog down the permitting process for energy infrastructure projects, and pushed his financial reporters to squeeze investments in the fossil fuel industry. now he's trying to convince the american people that this full-court press and anti-american energy policies