loudermilk, can you hear me i suppose not. to our technician, can you get mr. loudermilk back on? i see that -- his mouth is moving, but we can't hear him. >>> there appears to be a problem with the internet. we have an agreement or a hard stop at this time. so we will have mr. loudermilk probably one of our first members at the next meeting of our distinguished guests, when they come. with that, i'd like to thank our distinguished witnesses for their testimony today. without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit additional written questions to the chair, which would be forwarded to the witnesses for their response i ask our witnesses to please respond as promptly as you are able without objection, all members will have five legislative days. >>> maxine waters doing some housekeeping as she wraps up today's hearing of the financial services committee of the louse at which jerome powell and treasury secretary janet yellen testified about the economy and more on the economic recovery. yellen saying the u.s. could potential reach full employmen

loudermilk at the next meeting of our distinguished guests. i would like to thank our distinguished witnesses. without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit additional written questions to the chair, which will be forwarded to the witnesses for response. i will ask our witnesses to please respond as promptly as you are able. all members will have five legislative days within which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. with that this hearing i >> is rf a political impossibility?

loudermilk at the next meeting of our distinguished guests. i would like to thank our distinguished witnesses. without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit additional written questions to the chair, which will be forwarded to the witnesses for response. i will ask our witnesses to please respond as promptly as you are able. all members will have five legislative days within which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. with that this hearing is at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, janet yellen and jerome powell testify before the senate banking committee about the economy and federal response to the pandemic. at 2:30, a senate armed services subcommittee holds a hearing on sexual assaults in the military. on c-span2, the senate is back at 10:30 a.m. to work on nominations for the assistant health and human services secretary at deputy energy secretary. on c-span3, a senate committee meets at 10:00 a.m. to review changes to campaign finance and election law with eric holder a

host: back to h.r.1, georgia congressman barry loudermilk explained his opposition. let's look and then get your response. [video clip] >> i rise not only in opposition, but in strong opposition. especially to the attempt to nationalize our federal elections, and the notion that people like joseph kirk of bartow county, georgia, the election superintendent who has done a phenomenal job administering our elections, is not as qualified as people in this room as to how to run an election. more and portly bureaucrats in washington, d.c., they can administer an election in bartow county better than our election supervisor can and has. it's a notion beyond compare. this flies in the face of our founders, especially those at the constitutional convention. there were arguments against article one section four, the elections clause, because the fear stated was that those in power could use that power to manipulate elections to keep them in power. that one day someone would use this authority to manipulate the elections so they can maintain power. madam speaker, i believe we h

loudermilk: i yield back. mr. davis: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california. ms. lofgren: i'd note for the record, i'm not worried about the administers -- administrators in georgia. i'm worried about those in georgia cutting sunday early voting, absentee voting, restricting the use of drop boxes to suppress the vote. and i would now recognize the gentlelady from georgia, mrs. mcbath, for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. mcbath: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of for the people act, a bill critical at restoring our election integrity. it includes my bill, the election official integrity act, which would make it so election officials can't have a direct stake in the outcome of the election that they are overseeing. just like it would be wrong to have a player referee a game. it is wrong for election officials to participate in federal elections and campaigns. excuse me -- campaigns. as a representative of the great state of georgia, i know

. >> host: go back to the house today over hr one listen to larry loudermilk of georgia on the house floor tuesday speaking out against what he called the lfederalizing of local elections . >> i rise not totally in opposition to this bill but in strong opposition . especially to nationalize our federal elections and the notion that people like yosef kurt of bartow county georgia, the elections superintendent who has done a phenomenal job administering noour elections is not as qualified as people here in this room as to how to run an electionand more importantly bureaucrats in washington dc . the idea that appear can administer an election in bartow county better than our elections supervisor can and has . it's a notion beyond compare. in fact it flies in the face of our founders especially those atiathe constitutional convention ti. there were arguments against article 1, section 4 the elections clause because the fear that was stated was that those in power could use power to manipulate elections to keep them in power. what someone would use this authority to manipulate the electio

now let's bring in georgia congressman barry loudermilk.ooks like the targeting of asian women. what do you know about this? >> i have been in touch with local law enforcement officials who are specifically the sheriff of cherokee county, which was the first aside of the horrific events that unfolded yesterday. i warn people don't jump to conclusions. let law-enforcement investigation. it was a tragedy regardless of race-- and there was more than just asians. there were two white individuals that died and one hispanic, so it could be a mental health issue, it could be a myriad of things. stuart: wait a minute, we have to deal with this, all across the country there's been an outbreak of violence against asians, people blaming them for the pandemic. here we have a situation where six of eight people killed our asian women. we have to take this very seriously. we have got to do something about this. we have got to speak out. i know we don't know the motivation of this person, but eight dead, six asian women. of this demands a response. >> wel

of the house, the republicans talking about their opposition to elements of hr one, congressman loudermilkf georgia is speaking out against the idea of "federal lysing" of local elections. -- "federalizing" of local elections. [video clip] >> i rise in opposition to the bill to nationalize these elections where people like the elections supervisor in georgia, who has done a phenomenal job administering our elections, is not as qualified as people here in this room as to how to run an election and more importantly, bureaucrats in washington, d.c., the idea that they appear can administer this election in our county better than our election supervisor can and has is a notion beyond compare. this flies in the face of our founders, especially those at the constitutional convention. there were arguments against article one section four, the elections clause, because the feeler that was stated was that those in power could use that power to manipulate elections to keep them in power. that one day someone would use this authority to manipulate the elections so they can maintain power. alexander h

host: back to h.r.1, georgia congressman barry loudermilk explained his opposition.'s look and then get your response. [video clip] >> i rise not only in opposition, but in strong opposition. especially to the attempt to nationalize our federal elections, and the notion that people like joseph kirk of bartow county, georgia, the election superintendent who has done a phenomenal job administering our elections, is not as qualified as people in this room as to how to run an election. more and portly bureaucrats in washington, d.c., they can administer an election in bartow county better than our election supervisor can and has. it's a notion beyond compare. this flies in the face of our founders, especially those at the constitutional convention. there were arguments against article one section four, the elections clause, because the fear stated was that those in power could use that power to manipulate elections to keep them in power. that one day someone would use this authority to manipulate the elections so they can maintain power. madam speaker, i believe we have

loudermilk at the next meeting of our distinguished guests. i would like to thank our distinguished witnesses. without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit additional written questions to the chair, which will be forwarded to the witnesses for response. i will ask our witnesses to please respond as promptly as you are able. all members will have five legislative days within which to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. with that this hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> president biden will mark the 11th anniversary of the affordable care act. listen live with the free c-span radio app. >> president biden speaks to the nation about the mass shooting at boulder, colorado. this is just under 10 minutes. i have spoken with the governor. i will be speaking with the mayor on the aircraft. we are w