stokes and mccollum will be fascinating to see.or sexual assault. hankey, nicknamed the count, won the bdo world title in 2000 and 2009. he was sentenced at chester crown court today, having pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to the attack last year. as well as being given two years in prison, he was ordered to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years. we'll move on to rugby union, where england have been confirmed as host of the 2025 women's world cup. australia will host the men's and women's tournaments in 2027, and 2029, before the competition is the first time to the united states. all that was decided at a meeting of the world rugby council in dublin earlier. our reporter was there. there weren't too many surprises in dublin here today. however, the world cup in 2025, it's ambitious. the last time house of the 2010. that's when the final was held at the cuiken soup, hold on to 2025, it will be nationwide, so that at twickenham, 82,006, on top of that there are hopes that rugby union will be to generate millions of pound

black and general mccollum. then president trump's call to secretary raffensperger discussed needing to find 11,780 votes. how should we interpret that? >> we shouldn't ever try to make a public official -- they have a sworn oath to uphold the constitution and you have to step forward and do it. you know based on the information you have -- i would be honest with you, it troubles me when you have that kind of conversation going on. i read them just like everyone else on this stage. we need trust in the system. we need grassroots involvement with young people reaching out which we are doing in this campaign, restoring trust and actually having people who have a record that have stepped up and done everything they've ever said they had done and you build that trust on the campaign trail doing what i have done and what most of us have been doing for a while. i'm troubled when we don't trust our system. i'm hopeful the advances georgia has taken, that this will be the safest election because our country come our fut

. >> thank you, chair mccollum, appreciate that very much.e to thank the witnesses for appearing before us today. the past several months have highlighted how important it is for us to adequately fund our military. russia's unprovoked, illegal and appalling invasion of ukraine must continue to be met with strong resistance from the united states and our allies. adversaries like china, iran and north korea must know that america will stand firm with its allies and we have the ability to win any fight. while i commend the department's swift response to the ongoing conflict in ukraine, i'm disappointed bit department's fiscal year 2023 budget request. inflation continues to increase costs for all sections, cech, to sectors. and once again the biden administration is short changing defense. i hope we can reach a bipartisan consensus, similar to the one that led to the final passage of the fiscal year 2022 appropriation bills. this includes robust defense spending at a rate much higher than requested by the administration. congress must ensure tha

hari: 100% of mccollum's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.years, only about half of the school's graduating seniors and seniors throughout the region have pursued a post-secondary education. but there is a new effort underway to set san antonio's young adults on a different path in life. >> alamo promise says if you commit to go to college, wea™re -- we are going to meet your need. hari: now in its third year, the alamo promise program covers tuition and fees for up to three years at any of the five community colleges in the greater san antonio area. it is funded with public and private dollars. all graduating seniors at nearly 50 area high schools in mostly low-income neighborhoods with college -- with low college going rates are currently eligible. >> we are working on something called alamo books so that when you go to college you don't even have to pay for your text books. hari: students are required to apply for federal financial aid. the program pays any remaining costs or a student's full tuition and fees. about $6,000 a year. >> you d

granger: thank you, chair mccollum. i want to thank each of the witnesses for appearing before us. i look forward to hearing from you about how the air force and spaceports are preparing for both current and future conflicts. i want to begin by restating my serious concern about the inadequacy of the administration's request for defense spending. inflation is dramatically decreasing the department's buying power and this budget proposal fails to provide the funds needed to maintain and modernize our military. looking at this year's request, it's clear that the air force wants to retire older systems to find ones. this needs to be done in a thoughtful manner. he must be prepared for future conflicts, and we should not do that at the expense of current needs. as the war in ukraine has shown us, it is critical that the united states have the warfighting inventory that's flexible, capable, and ready, and we must protect our strategic advantages in the air and in space. as we develop this year's bill, i look forward to working with all of you to ensure that our airmen and guardsmen have

mccollum. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. mccollum: thank you, mr.er. and thank you, chair delauro. i rise in strong support of the additional ukrainian supplemental appropriations act. the biden administration, congress and the american people have been unflinching in our support f for the people of ukraine. under desperate circumstances, the ukrainian people have valiantly resisted vladimir putin's illegal, unjust and unprovoked invasion of their country. today the house of representatives has another opportunity. not only to stand with the people of ukraine, but to stand together with our fellow democracies against this authoritarian aggression, by passing this supplemental. as chair of the defense appropriations subcommittee, i know how critical it is to continue our commitment to provide ukraine withrow bust security assistance -- with robust security assistance. at the same time we must provide the department of defense with the additional tools to respond to the russian aggression. and that's why we've included $2.1 billion in this legislation

i during does to coaches in particular if they don't have a lot to do with each other because mccollumroach and a similar personality in that sense and hopefully that will mean this collaboration between the two of them across that and then set up it gets results for england in the end. last night we brought you news as the first black african to win a stage on the tour but he did not write but one of the most bizarre and unfortunate sporting injuries right after that when last night he injured himself on the podium. the 22—year—old was struck in his left eye by the cork from the bottom of percent of he was opening to celebrate winning. he went to hospital with husband —— doctors discovered a haemorrhage and suggest he withdraw from the race to risk it getting worse. if we go let's return to our top story because we are just over an hour away from the oblique final ranges taking on frankfurt's and even the prime minister has been sending his offers of good luck. i want to wish the rangers the best of luck into tonight she will be final. a lot has happened to the club since he last had

i would agree with representative mccollum. >> madam chair, as chair of the department of defense interior appropriations subcommittee, i look forward to working with you, ms. davis, the department of interior to make sure that the department of the defense turned over every single record because they, , too, were invold in a lot of these schools and the way in which children were not treated with the dignity they deserve, and the families had their whole future of ripped away from them. and we owe it to our tribal brothers and sisters to everything that we can to face a wrong, to right or wrong to make sure it never happens again. with that i yield back. thank you, madam chair. >> thank you, represented. the chair when i recognized the gentleman from illinois mr. garcia. >> thank you, madam chair, ranking member, and, of course, and especially the witnesses for sharing their most intimate, tragic and important stories that we need to move forward by passing this legislation that has been presented by representative davidson. today's hearing comes just one day after the department of inter

>> well, thank you, chair mccollum, you make a great point.t we did in terms of sharing intelligence with our allies and partners was very, very helpful to demonstrate that we wanted to be transparent. and this is a tribute, a credit, to the president. it was his decision to move forward. and make sure that we shared as much information as possible. that created trust amongst our allies in a more meaningful way. and that trust create -- allowed us to create a greater unity. so from the very beginning, you've seen the president, myself, secretary blinken, work hard to make sure that we united the alliance, as much as we could. and they have -- we have been united from the very start. we hope to be that way going forward. but to answer your question, the sharing of intelligence was a key element in getting us to where we are right now. >> and then, my last question, i know i'll probably get a brief answer because we're going to be talking to your staff as we move forward. but there's a lot of focus on the indo-pacific and rightly so. but then wh

bonamici: a statement from representative mccollum supporting h.r. 5129. i'm grateful hfor her strong support. letters from various organizations, individuals, and localities supporting this bipartisan legislation to re-authorize this community services block grant. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. bonamici: thank you, madam speaker. millions of families and individuals across this country from the locally driven anti-poverty programs and services backed by the community services block grant program. we are here today to make sure it continues to meet their needs and the unique needs of our communities. i am pleased that the house is taking up this long overdue update to the community services block grant program with strong bipartisan support. csbg enables community action agencies to be innovative, leverage public and private resources for their communities, and cost efficiently administer many programs, including head start, liheap, nutrition assistance, weatherization, job training, housing and assistance for those experiencing homelessn

mccollum. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. mccollum: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, chair delauro. i rise in strong support of the additional ukrainian supplemental appropriations act. the biden administration, congress and the american people have been unflinching in our support f for the people of ukraine. under desperate circumstances, the ukrainian people have valiantly resisted vladimir putin's illegal, unjust and unprovoked invasion of their country. today the house of representatives has another opportunity. not only to stand with the people of ukraine, but to stand together with our fellow democracies against this authoritarian aggression, by passing this supplemental. as chair of the defense appropriations subcommittee, i know how critical it is to continue our commitment to provide ukraine withrow bust security assistance -- with robust security assistance. at the same time we must provide the department of defense with the additional tools to respond to the russian aggression. and that's why we've included $2.1 billion in this legis

which i thought very hard for in which i'm very grateful for chair mccollum and her staff for their indulgence as well, an interesting thing for for helping our units upgrade from the h2 the j model. i did want in a couple of things. human air force reserve seek to finish the basing study will ultimately determine where these planes go. firstly, the subcommittee has twice passed language to the air force reserve that was written with the ac 133j9 in both fy '16 and fy '17 reports state in your identical identical language, a designated specialized mission as well as a traditional tactical mission and the committee encourages the team of the air force reserve to review the requirements to ensure specialized units are allocated equipment upgrade necessary to address safety concerns associate with these missions come in court. so general scobee assessment in 2019 before the subcommittee said the following are fundamental basis is going to be that we put those aircraft in our special mission which include the firefighters and the aerial spray unit in youngstown. so point number two is that under t

i would agree with representative mccollum. >> madam chair, as chair of the department of defense interior appropriations subcommittee, i look forward to working with you, ms. davis, the department of interior to make sure that the department of the defense turned over every single record because they, , too, were invold in a lot of these schools and the way in which children were not treated with the dignity they deserve, and the families had their whole future of ripped away from them. and we owe it to our tribal brothers and sisters to everything that we can to face a wrong, to right or wrong to make sure it never happens again. with that i yield back. thank you, madam chair. >> thank you, represented. the chair when i recognized the gentleman from illinois mr. garcia. >> thank you, madam chair, ranking member, and, of course, and especially the witnesses for sharing their most intimate, tragic and important stories that we need to move forward by passing this legislation that has been presented by representative davidson. today's hearing comes just one day after the department of inter

martha mccollum is here.into. the house energy and commerce oversight subcommittee is going to have a hearing on this. never fear. the fda deputy commissioner, the fda center of food, 18,000 employees at the fda, $6.5 billion annual budget. they have offices, 13 laboratories, 50 states, these are the people that are employed by the american taxpayer. one of their areas is food safety and they did figure out there was a food safety problem and it took months for them to do anything. what are we paying for becomes the question here. we employ an enormous amount of government bureaucracy and disproves as you are saying that it is grossly inefficient. the american people have lost faith in the government's ability to protect them from these sorts of things, we can't be watching everything. we are doing our jobs, living our lives in this country, these people have a job, they basically have lifetime job security as well. if anybody gets fired for this, someone should be. if you were alerted to something that was a