the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i'm % the distinguished gentlewoman from new mexico, a valued member of the rules committee, ms. leger fernandez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new mexico is recognized for three minutes. ms. leger fernandez: mr. speaker, today after months of delay that caused the loss of ukrainian military advantage, that cost children's lives and access to food and aid, that allowed china to threaten the indo-pacific congress will finally vote. congress is finally going to vote to fund the fight against the tyranny of russia, iran, and china. to fight for democracy and peace. why did it take us this long? yesterday in rules the republican chair of the foreign affairs committee noted that every republican president since the soviet union era has stood on the right side of history and stood up to russia. presidents have eisenhower to reagan, bush, senior and jr., they new that russia's desire to reassert its empire by bombing and invading its neighbor also harms america and a

the supreme judicial in massachusetts. and by virtue of a judicial decision in 1783 that ruled that enslavement was incompatible with the massachusetts constitution on the grounds of the language in. the constitution that came from the declaration of independence. enslavement was abolished in massachusetts. so that's the second important lesson of the story. the abolitionist movement had to grow greatly in force over time, obviously, before it became what we know of it in the 19th century. but as they say, it quickened in that moment. that is when it came to life. it was born. there had been prior writers and thinkers going as far back as the early 18th century. james otis, who famously gave us the slogan no taxation without representation, also argued that the africans on the shores of the atlantic, there coast rather had the same rights as englishmen, and should be respected as having the same rights as englishmen. so the intellectual foundations had been growing, and then the politics quickened in the of the revolution.

we estimate that it will bring 3,000 new jobs to massachusetts. so it is just an example of what i'm talking about, when i'm talking about this kind of synergy that we could bring to public, private to insent the development and development of climate technology. >> governor maura healey, thank you so much for your time today. we appreciate it. >> great to be with you both. >> thank you, good luck. >>> speaking of climate tech, you may think of the agriculture industry as being green, but it's actually one of the world's biggest carbon offenders. that's why start-ups are coming up with futuristic ways to reduce waste. diana olich explains in her continuing series of climate start-ups. hi, di. >> hey, ty. what if i said we can now talk to plants? that plants can tell farmers when they are in distress and farmers could help them. that would not only reduce waste, but streamline the use of pesticides. sounds crazy, but it's real. even with the use of pesticides, 40% of most food crops globally are lost to disease and pests. agriculture already emits

massachusetts and 'ournalist and in massachusetts and journalist and author— in massachusetts and journalistetts and journalist and author matthew syed. _ in massachusetts and journalist and author matthew syed. good - in massachusetts and 'ournalist and author matthew syed. good evening to ou both. author matthew syed. good evening to you both- thank— author matthew syed. good evening to you both. thank you _ author matthew syed. good evening to you both. thank you for _ author matthew syed. good evening to you both. thank you for being - author matthew syed. good evening to you both. thank you for being with - you both. thank you for being with us. matthew, there is so much to talk about here about these meetings and it strikes me that once again the meeting of the world's two largest economies, and all we hear about are their differences and not areas of cooperation. that you are really far apart, even though as we head there, xijinping saying really far apart, even though as we head there, xi jinping saying the world is big enough or both of us. it is about time that the west recognised

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i'm % the distinguished gentlewoman from new mexico, a valued member of the rules committee, ms. leger fernandez. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new mexico is recognized for three minutes. ms. leger fernandez: mr. speaker, today after months of delay that caused the loss of ukrainian military advantage, that cost children's lives and access to food and aid, that allowed china to threaten the indo-pacific congress will finally vote. congress is finally going to vote to fund the fight against the tyranny of russia, iran, and china. to fight for democracy and peace. why did it take us this long? yesterday in rules the republican chair of the foreign affairs committee noted that every republican president since the soviet union era has stood on the right side of history and stood up to russia. presidents have eisenhower to reagan, bush, senior and jr., they new that russia's desire to reassert its empire by bombing and invading its neighbor also harms america and a

with protests in the main universities of the country has reached the boiling point: california, massachusetts, texas, georgia, the situation is truly explosive. young people and many teachers are demanding to stop the war in the gas sector. rallies both in defense of palestine and for israel. the police are acting very harshly, they are twisting women, and with all their force. this is where the vaunted one asks freedom of speech? a report from our subcorrespondent georgiy alisashvili from the usa. pro-palestinian withdrawal demonstrations at the new york institute of fashion and technology have not stopped since the evening before yesterday. a small tent has already been pitched here. the university administration gave the students an ultimatum to remove the tent city on friday, but the protesters did not obey; the police, after the massive ones, when the count was dozens of arrests, moved on to targeted isolation of the most active ones. a wave of student unrest hit the country's main universities in california, massachusetts, texas, but the hottest spot right now is in georgia. go away, go

the whole thing is going up to the massachusetts supreme judicial court.ting thing is this massachusetts law is much milder than the big federal law that's going to kick in, and biden second term. all the massachusetts law is does is force a locality to build multifamily housing where there is none of this being accounting of ethnicity, or raise, or national origin. none of the detailed micromanaging. and still there is a gigantic rebellion across the greater boston area. so imagine what is going to happen when biden fully re- institutes. he avoids doing until second term if he's reelected and re- institutes this is going to supercharge this happening in massachusetts. biden has pledged to use and billions and billions of new money lots of money boston includes state laws attacked single-family zoning the silts estates to imitate. mark: was this federal rule passed by congress? >> the advocates claim this regulation fulfilled the fair housing act that was passed in 1968. but the truth is they took a one or two straight phrases from the acts and completely

massachusetts? >> massachusetts is in the house and ready to mobilize. >> nebraska?> nebraska is in the house and we are ready to mobilize. >> new jersey? >> forward together new jersey is in the house. >> new york? >> energizing. >> new york is in the house and we are ready to go. >> all right. oklahoma? >> oklahoma in the house and we organizing and ready to go. >> south carolina? >> south carolina is ready. >> all right. tennessee? >> tennessee, the volunteer state, is going to show up. >> north carolina? who is from north carolina? there's north carolina. all right. all right. all right. all right. texas? >> texas in the house and we are mobilizing. >> washington state? >> washington state is in the house and mobilizing. >> all right. washington, d.c.? [cheers] >> they are ready and stay ready. and west virginia? >> we are in the house and we are mobilizing. >> is there anybody i didn't call? say it. >> rhode island. >> kansas in the house and mobilizing. >> kansas. all right. >> missouri. >> all right. >> oregon. >> anybody else? >> florida. >> anybody else? >>

and they arrived in they arrived a massachusetts in that order. and three of them arrived in boston properly. the dartmouth, the eleanor and the beaver fine, the william hit a storm and wrecked off of cape cod and it wrecked on december 11th. now, that could have been the of it. it's hard to imagine that crates full of tea are going to survive a shipwreck. it would have been a tea already, you'd think. but it wasn't the ships, the ships cargo was salvaged. and so one of the east india merchants with handling the east india companies affairs in boston, we call them the consignees one of the consignees got on his horse and rode out to the cape and sorted this out. he found some men to salvage the tea and he paid them in tea from. the williams consignment too, for labor, which was no small feat and potentially quite a dangerous job to be salvaging this off of the rocks the ship had wrecked. and of course, rocks and waves in a storm are dangerous places. so we paid them in tea and after several days, he finally found another ship captain dumb enough.

and will caroll for massachusetts.nvite their peers and others and say why they are mobilizing and why they are part of this movement. they represent thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of people across this country. give them a big hand. [applause] >> good to see you. come appear. >> good morning. it is our great honor and privilege to be here. more than that, i am here for purpose. my name is elena hurley from west virginia. i am a tri-state chairperson with the west virginia poor people's campaign. i am one of the 666,000 poor and low wage workers in my state. this accounts for 37.9% of the population. there are 313,000 people or 39.7% of the working force earning less than $15 an hour. i am one of those people. hardships. i am a person living with disabilities. i have been determined by the social security administration as disabled. therefore, a recipient of ssdi. $708 a month. it is not enough to live humanely. why am i working and earning less than what it requires to sustain my basic living need

the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr.cgovern: thank you, mr. speaker, and i thank the gentleman from pennsylvania for yielding my the customary 30 minutes. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i join the gentleman in condemning iran's attack on israel. and i want to also express my growing concern at this situation. i hope that president biden continues working to de-escalate tensions. i don't think that any of us want this to turn into a broader conflict that puts even more civilians at risk. i also want to thank president biden, mr. speaker, because as commander in chief, he ordered our military to shoot down more than 70 drones and three intercontinental ballistic missiles that iran launched. because of his actions and his work to unite our allies in the region, israeli airspace was defended and 99% of the projectiles were intercepted. that is real. that's concrete. and that's tangible. and listening to my friends on the other side, i think they blame joe biden for everything. i mean, they blame

the town of derry is nestled in the southern part of new hampshire, just across the border from massachusetts's always been known as sort of a working-class town. you meet a lot of blue-collar, just really salt-of-the-earth people. narrator: and "salt of the earth" was how everyone described jack reid. the local handyman was a fixture around town, a larger-than-life father of five. woman: hi. there's meggie and dad. it was very difficult to find anyone who had any animosity towards jack reid. woman: here's dad with his fishing gear. he's fishing already. -trying to catch a big striper. -look at this. he loved fishing, he loved cars, he loved sports, things like that. jack was just a hardworking, loving man, with his children especially. narrator: when jack didn't show up for a job in june of 2005, people who knew him immediately suspected something was wrong. his children put up flyers all over town. days passed. i don't know, just everything just seemed off. filippone: i immediately called jack's cellphone, and it went to voicemail, which i knew was not -- not a good sign. narrator: about a

it is, and massachusetts colour not too lon- is, and massachusetts colour not too long after_ is, andr not too long after that, but it started with medical_ long after that, but it started with medical marijuana first, so it would allow_ medical marijuana first, so it would allow people who could use marijuana for different illnesses they have tom _ for different illnesses they have to... people confronting death, helping — to... people confronting death, helping them with anxiety, people undergoing chemotherapy, help them with eating, that kind of thing, then_ with eating, that kind of thing, then with — with eating, that kind of thing, then with legalisation, and from leon's _ then with legalisation, and from leon's point, here in massachusetts it's become — leon's point, here in massachusetts it's become a big business but it's been _ it's become a big business but it's been a _ it's become a big business but it's been a bumpy ride. there were so many— been a bumpy ride. there were so many dispensaries that opened up, a number_ many dispensaries that opened up, a number of— many di

host: david in massachusetts when it comes to ukraine funding. the guardian and other publications reporting that mike johnson has indicated that the house will take up the issue with ukraine funding as the chamber reconvenes after a recess. johnson is opposed to additional aid. some are pulling to oust the speaker. they will take the necessary steps to address supplemental funding which includes money for ukraine, israel and taiwan. the senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid package in january. speaker johnson amended the proposal and told fox news on sunday that if we can talk to the other members and return, hopefully with some important innovations. watch how that plays out on the house side and monitor that by following our main channel on c-span. darrell in michigan, independent line. caller: good morning. thanks for letting me. i want to bring up the eclipse and another point of view. the previous caller said even some are embarrassed at the coincidence of the sun and moon are lining up. if we look back and looking the other direction, 2

. >> dana: change impacting the youngest patients at a major massachusetts hospital system. it will no longer automatically report neglect if a newborn tests positive for drugs. nate foye live to explain why. >> good morning, dana. massachusetts largest hospital network will now require written permission to drug test a new mother or infant baby outside of emergency situations. to answer your question the hospital says it's an effort to fight racism and promote health equity. mass general brigham says we have prior orized and are addressing policy that may perpetuate structural racism. substance use disorder has inequities in the context of pregnancy. hospital staff will only report a baby to state investigators if there is a perceived risk of imminent abuse or neglect. they found substance use disorder by itself is not child abuse or neglect. the new policy is also meant to help mothers recovering from drug addiction who may refuse treatments out of fear they may lose custody of their babies. the change is allowed under state law but soon the state law in massachusetts coul

molly line's live in chelsea, massachusetts, a suburb northeast of boston following this, molly, what do we know about the repurchasing of this facility? >> yes, this shuttered aging soldiers home in chelsea, massachusetts, as he mentioned had recently been home to many, many veterans who have since been moved to a new state-of-the-art facility as of the end of last year so now it's being repurposed used as a shelter to help in the system that has been overwhelmed partially because of the many, many arriving migrants getting here crowding the shelter system in massachusetts. however with an estimated 500 plus veterans in the bay state experiencing some kind of homelessness this latest selection has highlighted critics complaining how money could be better spent. >> there should be prioritization that folks who have been had the longest should be the first once served. that would help us to get the homeless veterans who have been home was quite a while and other residents who can't afford housing in the commonwealth of massachusetts and are driven into our shelter system. >> state offi

host: that is sheila in massachusetts. this from a usa today story, that front-page story, jurors being asked to decide whether the real estate mogul donald trump falsify business records in order to conceal or commit another crime, a purpose that turns those acts into felonies under new york law. both sides framing the cases being about election interference, but they are talking about two different elections. alvin bragg has said that the cases not falsifying records in order to unlawfully interfere with the 2016 election. former donald trump attorney michael: paid stormy daniels less than two weeks before t november rate election day and at a time of the trump campaign was still reeling from the october 7 release of the access hollywood tape. donald trump and his lawyers have said the case and all his criminal and civil cases are about the 2024 election, saying they represent an illegal attack on a political opponent and election interference at its best. he posted those exact words to his truth social media platform as

massachusetts voters, they know someone, former republican governor charlie baker.ist, fiscally responsible, socially moderate. but i'm my own person. there's no candidate like me, and that's why elizabeth warren keeps talking about me, charlie. you did a segment on why is she so afraid of me. >> is she going to debate you? >> what'd you say? >> john, is she going to debate you? >> >> she's going to have to. she debated the last two candidates, and right now i'm issuing a challenge, let's have at least 3-5 debates, senator warren. let's give the people a real chance to compare our credentials. she won't do it because she knows she's going to lose every im. kelly: -- every time. kelly: gentlemen, we're going to have to leave it there. appreciate your time. >> thank you. kelly: o.k. hotter than expected inflation data continuing to push out the timeline for rate cuts, higher for longer interest rates surgeon hi hurting home buying, but are they also impacting home improvement spending? joining me now is e, gfi ci, ed slidell. i've got to ask you, by the way, you're no

now, before the house and senate, the massachusetts house and senate. now, clearly, as you might guess, the club busters are not fighting on a level playing field with the bankers club, but they have one victories and remain much in the game. a major goal i had in writing this book was to convey in language how our financial system works where. the skeletons are buried so that more people feel empowered to join the club. busters and create a financial system that works better for the rest of us. so that's my intro. so that was that was great. thank you. it really excellent overview. and one of the things i think you begin to see here is how original this argument is. while there are certainly people who have written against the financial sector, the books a ability to put together, you know, in a way the socio ology or the political economy of the of bankers and the financial system, the group of people who belong to the club reproduce its power, the conflict with the folks who are trying to to to bring it down. so i wanted to start with a question that

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. and i want to thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, this place is so broken. it's pathetic. and it's interesting to listen to the gentleman from texas who is now managing this rule who regularly lectures us on the importance of regular order and making sure that we have a more open process. and the rule that he's bringing before the membership today, four measures, three of these measures are being brought to us under completely closed rules. no amendments are made in order. three of the bills weren't even considered by committees of jurisdiction. no hearings and no markup and yet here we are. what a wonderful process to celebrate. i mean, this place is not functioning. we don't even know whether this rule that we're spending time debating today will even pass. because there's such disarray on the republican side. it is a pathetic way for this congress to be run. but, mr. speaker, let me -- i could be here all day talking about the dysfuncti

he's live at mit in cambridge, in massachusetts. feel good to see you in a slightly different perspective. i believe where you all where a pro is, where the counts of protest has sprung up. a took us through how that is played out . so yeah, i mean reside suits so well that is in place. somebody must be able to be just missouri me to show you as you might be able to see the is right, the flag right next to the american flag. that is what you might call the official because the process, it's not very big. it's a couple of people. the reason we're having to zoom in to show you this is because my cumberland and i just went over to try to feel that we were told to double the site and says private police offices that we would be arrested. if we didn't leave immediately, so is obviously, well the police are keeping a distance from the protest as they to not once or the administration. there does not want any journalists on site, and that was made very clear to us. and we've been told by the assessors as well as other child list. i p. tell

host: that is sheila in massachusetts. this from a usa today story, that front-page story, jurors being asked to decide whether the real estate mogul donald trump falsify business records in order to conceal or commit another crime, a purpose that turns those acts into felonies under new york law. both sides framing the cases being about election interference, but they are talking about two different elections. alvin bragg has said that the cases not falsifying records in order to unlawfully interfere with the 2016 election. former donald trump attorney michael: paid stormy daniels less than two weeks before the november rate election day and at a time of the trump campaign was still reeling from the october 7 release of the access hollywood tape. donald trump and his lawyers have said the case and all his criminal and civil cases are about the 2024 election, saying they represent an illegal attack on a political opponent and election interference at its best. he posted those exact words to his truth social media platform

operator of the pirate radio station the test, 87.9 first of all in hyannis, massachusetts.gented located the station in june 2023. kelly admitted that he was the station's operator. the n.a.l. proposes a penalty of $20,000 against shane kelly. the enforcement bureau requests the grant of editorial privileges. >> thank you for all of your diligent work on this. i appreciate it. it is an important set of issues. it like a lot of work behind the scenes to get where we are. thank you very much. >> you know the enforcement bureau is my faith. for those of you keeping track at home, these are enforcement items. we have done new york, miami, philadelphia and now boston. keep up the great work. if you're the in the pirate radio business, the enforcement bureau is going to putout of business. thank you. >> miami, new york, philadelphia, boston. i really appreciate the work that it took to perform these investigations and bring these cases and congrats. >> the geometry continues. commissioner gomez? >> thank you f.c.c. has to show that ter use thed for the public's benefit. i'm pleas

massachusetts, running with the identical position on abortion of every democrat in massachusetts. romney was completely pro- choice as the governor of massachusetts, and then when he ran for president, completely flip-flopped and became as any other republican. so when donald trump says as he did this week that the republican politics, he means it. and he's not the first one to think so cynically about republican abortion politics. republican presidential candidates debated abortion, 24 years ago. when john mccain wanted to ban all abortions with exceptions for incest and life of the mother, and george w. bush >> do you believe in the exemption in abortion case of incest and the life of the mother? then you know it's interesting, you are talking about, here's one that says that george w. bush, supports the pro-life, so, in other words, your position is you believe there's an exemption for incest in the life of the mother but the one the platform that you're supposed to be leading >> i will. the platform talks about, >> it doesn't refer to have that constitutional amendment ought t

the. 55th massachusetts, and he talks about tubman's role working in the refugee camps. so the port royal shakespeare amid the sea island cotton plantations. these are all in the rural areas of buford and in the sea islands. tubman going to be based downtown in buford. she's based the refugee camps. so if you can imagine that there were in the coastal areas those areas are occupied by the union. as you go into the interior and the rice plantations are in the interior that's that portion of the lowcountry if you will is still controlled by the confederates. okay. so people once the u.s. army occupies buford and people including the cumbie people who i've talked about are finding any possible to get to buford. if they're inland they're coming on foot. they're also there are lots rivers running through the area, including can be there were people making basket boats and floating in baskets. ten, 20, 30, 40 miles to get to buford. literally risking their lives, building rafts and floating on these with their children and their elders. you know, to get to buford. these people

in addition to columbia and manhattan universities in new york, also the universities of massachusettserson, michigan, minnesota, new mexico, boston, two universities in texas and three universities in california are the scene of gatherings and protests of american students against the zionist regime and in defense of the people of gaza. ali rajabi of sed and sima news agency against columbia university in new york. the people of the municipality of binz in the united states cleaned the traces of the students' blood from the doors and walls of the marching paths and the floor of the cobblestones. a freelance journalist has published pictures of the cleaning of the streets around emerson college in the city of bissan, massachusetts . the police can be seen with blood spilled on the ground. american universities have been the scene of massive and unprecedented demonstrations in support of the palestinian people and opposition to the zionist regime for several days. students in 40 universities and colleges in america and canada set up tents and sit in solidarity with gaza. the american po

teixeira grew up in dighton, massachusetts, a tranquil corner of the state.of him when he's little. he looks just like a typical ordinary little kid. ♪ ♪ he seems to come from a big family. here he is playing a game online. he looks about six years old in this picture. he was obsessed as a young kid with military weaponry and hardware and world war ii airplanes. he was a bright kid by all accounts. in middle school, he made the honor roll. >> we understand he's reasonably close to his parents. he lives at the home of his mother and stepfather, but he's also close with his dad. we know that in middle school, he started playing "call of duty" and "grand theft auto" with friends online. >> he gets to high school, and it seems like maybe this is a period where there's some significant change in his life and starts to have problems. >> narrato it was a time that he would still talk about when he began dating crow after high school. >> there were many late night calls where he would rant to me about school. how much he hated his teacher and how much he hated some p

at the university of massachusetts in massachusetts, the security forces surrounded the students' sit-in and gave them 24 hours to collect their tents and end the sit-in. at the university of virginia, the police raided the gathering of students and arrested a number of them . at the university of texas, the police began to dismantle the tents students inside the kurdish university. the police surrounded the protesters , whose number increased, with pepper spray. the students of the university of new mexico also moved their sit-in to another place of the university due to the police attack. new york university also suspended four other students for participating in pro-palestinian demonstrations. in washington, the police raided the student gathering and arrested several professors and students. the pro -palestinian students at columbia university announced their sit-in despite the threat of suspension and expulsion from the university. they continue the united nations has announced the suppression of demonstrations in the united states of freedom of expression in this the country has be

pro-palestinian protests from here have already spread throughout america, from california to massachusetts, from texas to ohio. in scale, this is increasingly closer to the nationwide marches of the vietnam war, with police assaults and mass arrests. the hottest spot of the last few days is emory university in atlanta. the police used tear gas to disperse the students. but in these frames you can even hear shooting, rubber balls or bullets. plastic handcuffs were put on the detainees' hands. why are you doing this, explain to me, i just came to class i have a right to be here. at some point, stun guns were fired into the entrance. did you grab it? not only students, i am the head of the philosophy department, and this teacher was simply thrown to the ground, despite the fact that no one looked at the lady, american democracy, in the person of two coupes and a third in dark glasses with a rifle at an advantage, triumphed without looking at the television cameras. i'm a teacher, i'm a teacher. it was tough in texas. at the university of austin, the palestine solidarity committee demanded tha