mr. carter of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote yes on h.r. 1629. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia rise? ms. wexton: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will vote yes on h.res. 275. and as the member designated by mr. allred, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. allred will vote yes on h.res. 275. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. calvert: madam speaker, i was mistaken on the previous announcement. as the member designated by mr. carter of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote no on the previous question on h.res. 275. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. timmons: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. wilson of south carolina, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote nay on house resolution 275. the

jimmy carter or joe biden? mr. perry: third term of obama but second term of jimmy carter and we were told then that we were running out of fuel but that was another lie and we don't have any jobs. we closed the keystone pipeline, how many jobs is that and we are told you can go make solar panels. it is china first. those solar panels, they are not rare but only in the united states. we have laws that preclude us. it makes us not cost effective. this is a china-first policy. this is coming from this administration and other administrations or others to those themes, those policies. as if the electricity comes from nothing. if tesla is magicically powered and drives around without having abunt anti-energy. china has about 70% of the world's rare earth preserves and going down the road and again, texas embraces wind power and solar power. we can have these as part of our grid, but what happens on a cloudy day? and you got china being empowered. is the gentleman aware we saw a report that china is producing more of the

mr. carter. rep. carter: thank you, madam chairman. [indiscernible] welcome, we are glad to have you take on this job. we are proud of you. [indiscernible] could you understand me? sec. austin: i did not get the very tail end of the question but i think i have the gist of the question. commerce men, i think your concern is whether or not the army is going to be the bill payer for modernization in the navy and the air force and the marine corps. let me start this answer by apply the work the army has done in terms of being forward-looking and working hard to develop increased capability to do some of the things that the chairman mentioned earlier. they do their part in providing long-range fires, linking systems together to be more effective. the army has done a lot of great work over the last 20 years in places like iraq and afghanistan. as we see iraq begin to wind down -- not wind down but close out, that will create some opportunities for them going forward as they no longer have to invest in certain things to sustain that effort. l

carter. after that, mr. mondale's 1984 democratic national convention acceptance speech when he ran for president against ronald reagan. ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> next, a 2015 conversation between walter and former president, jimmy carter, who served together in the white house from 1977 to 1981. this program was part of a tribute to the former vice president, hosted by the university of minnesota's humphrey school of public affairs. moderating the conversation is richard moe, mr. mondale's former chief of staff. >> i'm humbled tonight by president carter's presence with us, despite his personal health challenges. i was honored to be his vice president and to be with him at the center of most of his central decisions. we succeeded over our years together where many other presidential/vice presidential teams were shattered. what held us together is a deep, shared common bond, committed to truth and decency. and i never doubted the president's commitment to those values, and i don't doubt it today. we also succeeded because we

mr. carter one an -- won an election for the new orleans based house seat. later in the week, we will -- to provide consumers from debt collection practices. watch live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house on c-span, the senate on c-span 2, and you can also watch online at c-span.org, or listen with the c-span radio app. john dicken is with the government accountability office, the director of the public health and private markets division. here with us to talk about a noose study -- a new study that was done. welcome to "washington journal. good morning, thank you. host: tell our viewers and listeners of the role of the government accountability office. guest: the government accountability office, gao, is an independent nonpartisan congressional agency. often called the government watchdog. we do evaluations of federal programs, federal policies, federal spending at the request of congress, and of leadership in both parties, and so those reports become publicly available, both the congress and the general public. host: john dicken is joining us to talk abou

vice president, i know you went to atlanta a few weeks ago and you had dinner with president and mrs. carter. is there anything about that dinner you care to share with us tonight? >> quite a bit, yeah. >> the floor is yours. >> i called the president when the news came out and i watched your remarkable news conference, one of the class acts i've ever seen and i said, you know, mr. president, i can't help you on the health side, but why don't i come down and we'll spend an evening sharing stories about the good old days? and you said, that's it, down we went, and we had a wonderful, positive evening and we had a chance to retell some old stories and to remind ourselves of what wonderful years they were. >> mr. president, is there anything about that that you'd like to correct the record, or -- or add to it? >> i think if we had recorded that evening, it would be probably much more entertaining than it's going to be tonight. >> oh, well. okay. all right. >> we talked a lot about joan and so forth, so -- i would say that the mondale family and the carter family are just about as close as any t

mr. carter and running for vice president. in light of the experience you had in this office, and the kind of painfulness and humiliation of it all, what do you recommend? and he said, i recommend you take it. if you can get it. he said, it's wonderful. you'll learn more than any other way. you'll have more influence in one day than you'll have all year in the senate. and he said, i hope you'll consider doing it. now, i must say, i was never sure whether he wanted me to vice president or he wanted to be minnesota senior senator. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> well, he gave you the right advice and you did the right thing. >> that's right. >> what did it mean to you to have the office in the west wing that president carter gave you? no previous vice president had been in the west wing. >> well, that -- i think that was your idea. it meant everything because if you're over in the eob where most of the vice presidents had been, where hubert was, i used to say it was like being in baltimore. it's funny -- >> some of us spent a lot o

mr. carter of texas, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote no on the motion to table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. young from alaska, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. young will vote nay on the motion to table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. ocasio-cortez, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. ocasio-cortez will vote yes on the motion to table. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 217 and the nays are 209. the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 218 and the nays are 210. the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on passage of h.r. 3233, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. th

i'd love to touch a mrs. carter, of course because you know her. passion and commitment to mental health issues in this country really was a game a game changer and you know as first lady of georgia, you know, she shared the governor's commission, you know on on mental health and that this was such an important issue because of the stigma associated with it and then treatment and diagnosis really needing to come out. yeah in the open and then when she came to washington and she fully intended to be engaged in this issue and president carter, you know, of course supported her work and name the commission the presence commission on melton mental health and wanted her to share it but the personnel laws that the time really prevented the first lady from being able to for the president. actually have a member of his family. be employed if you will so it caused a whole number of changes and a new personnel authorization act for the white house that had to define now a structure around the office of the first lady that really had not existed before so mrs

so, mrs. carterd great impact not only on the issue of mental health, because she did serve in that capacity as a literary chair of the presidents commission of middle health. she had a long-standing impact on how the structure for modern first lady's office has been able to operate since that time. >> and hillary clinton asked governors of arkansas, pushed hugely for bettering education, for, particularly for minorities. she was very interested in that. and then of course, when she was first lady, she asked if laura bush got to the international scale in terms of human rights and is known for her famous comments at the beijing conference which is, human rights are women's rights, and humans rights are human rights. so, we just did a sampling of first ladies because at the time -- we are not saying that these are the only first ladies who did things for civil rights. >> of course, of course. well, i always, when we have these conversations, i lose track of time. so we're going a little bit over, but

mr. carter of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote yes on h.r. 2911. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. maxine waters, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. maxine waters will vote yes on h.r. 2911. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by by mr. georgia bar rino from the state of new york, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.r. 2911. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by miss rice of new york, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. rice will vote yes on h.r. 2911. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva

mr. carter. next we have mr. ryan, and then mr. diaz-balart. members, we will not be able to do a second round of questions. great attendance today. mr. ryan. >> thank you, madam chair. welcome, gentlemen, thank you for your service to our country. acting secretary roth and general brown, i'm very interested in the air force's c-130j basing study, specifically as it relates to the youngstown air reserve station. the air force has consistently told me that they can't complete the study until the station has eight aircraft assigned. can you please tell me why that is? it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. >> yeah, i'll start the answer, and general brown can fill in some details as well. i mean, the basic, to be simplistic about it, is eight aircraft that with anything less than eight aircraft, you end up with a mixed unit and the mixed unit is not advantageous either operationally or logistics. so for the time being we don't have eight aircraft. we have approximately five aircraft. and so because of that, then we stopped the study. and, yo

mr. carter: i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. carter: he rise today to congratulate a georgia legend on his induction into the georgia military veterans hall of fame class of 2020. coach vince stuley was inducted for his military service and his lifetime of selfless service to others. after graduating from college, coach duly served his country in the ma -- stuley served his country in the marine corps for two years. it's without question that he's had a positive impact on the university of georgia, as well as communities across the country. during his 25 years as head football coach at the university of georgia, the bulldogs won six s.e.c. titles and a national championship. coach steil stuley's service -- coach stuley's service did not stop on the field and has carried into the community. his community service has extended to organizations such as the heart fund, multiple cler owe sis, juv

mr. carter of texas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. ter will vote yes on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. pfluger: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. crenshaw of texas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. crenshaw will vote yes on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois rise? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. raskin: as the member designated by mr. rupp -- mr. ruppersberger of maryland, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. ruppersberger votes no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? mr. neguse: as the member designated by mr. perlmutter, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. perlmutter will v

mr. carter won in april 24 special election for the new orleans-based kelsey. later in the week work on a bill making changes to data protection laws to provide consumers with protection. watch live gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span2 and watch live on c-span.org or listed with the free c-span radio app. [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] go to c-span.org/coronavirus for the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. if you miss our live coverage it is easy to quickly find the latest things and the biden administration's response. use the interactive gallery of maps to follow cases in the u.s. and worldwide. go to c-span.org/coronavirus. the house foreign affairs subcommittee held a hearing on the impact of exit on the good friday agreement, the northern ireland peace accord. the two hour hearing focused on reaffirming the role of the united states in recent talks i made of violence and tension.

mr. carter, for five minutes. mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today with a heavy heart to remember and honor donald scott overton of savannah, georgia, who passed away on april 14 at the age of 89. scott served our country in the u.s. army and trained to be a pilot towards the end of the korean war, giving him a love for flying that he would have for the rest of his life. he became an accomplished glider pilot and enjoyed building planes from a kit in his garage. everyone who knew scott recognized his giving heart and love for adventure. with his wife and friend, scott cruised to all the constituents except africa. professionally, scott worked tirelessly as president of the arthur d. crane development company, and on numerous small water companies. i'm thankful for the immense impact that scott had on our community and i know his legacy will remain. my thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and all who knew him during this most difficult time. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize and honor georgia representative nic

mr. carter one in -- an april 24 april special election for the louisiana seat. watch live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house on c-span. cz senate on c-span two and watch online on c-span.org or listen online with the free c-span radio app. >> ways

mr. carter. next we have mr. ryan, then mr. colored. and we will not be able to do a second round of questions. great attendance today. mr. ryan? >> thank you madam chair, welcome gentlemen thank you for your service to our country. acting secretary and general brown, i'm interested in the air for c-130 air force study? as the air forces consistently told me they cannot complete the study until the station has eight aircraft assigned. can you please tell me why that is? it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me? >> yes i will start the answer, and general brown can fill in some details as well. the basic to be simplistic about it, the aircraft like with anything you end up with a mix unit. the mixed unit is not advantageous. either operationally or logistics so. for the time being we don't have a aircraft, we have five aircraft. because of that that we stop the study. and if and when, there are additional aircraft, that become available we will restart the study. and we will go on from there. but for the time being, anything less than

mr. carter, the whole number of the house is 431. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now recognize members for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today. we'll be considering the helping emergency responders overcome act, the hero act. mr. bera: this has been an unprecedented time of stress and pressure on our first responders, firefighters, police officers, our frontline health care workers. this is a no nonsense bill that will provide necessary resources to understand first responder suicide and pressure, but also to provide grants to provide peer-to-peer conversation and proactive reaching out to these first responders that are heroes. i urge all my colleagues to pass this bill unanimously. it's passed previously. it will make a difference and treat these heroes' they have taken care of us

mr. carter: mr. speaker, i rise today to remember and honor paul grassy of savannah, georgia, who passed away on april 11 at the age of 97. following the attack on pearl harbor, paul joined the u.s. air force and was assigned as a pilot in the eighth air force. he flew more than a dozen combat missions as a b-24 pilot. paul's most treasured purpose because discovering when he became involved with the building, growth, and development of the national museum of the mighty eighth air force in georgia. he had a passion for sharing his stories about the courage and the sacrifice of the people he served with. he loved to thing. he led us often in patriotic songs. in january of 2020, paul was awarded the french legion of honor for his service and role in helping to free france from nazi occupation during world war ii. i'm thankful for the immeps impact that paul had on our community and i know his legacy will remain and we will all miss him very much. my thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, an

mr. carter what april special election for the new orleans-based housekeeper later in the big work out a bill making changes to debt collection laws to provide consumers protection from certain death collection practices. life gavel to gavel coverage at the house on c-span see the senate on cspan2 you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ this week we are featuring book tv programs showcasing what is available every weekend on cspan2. tonight with feature bestsellers, first to late university professor and biographer walter isaacson shares the order received a nobel prize for the method for gene editing. examines the cost of racism for all americans. all by best-selling author james patterson a retired army ranger matt advertisement who profile men and women who fought in u.s. wars going back to vietnam. watch book tv tonight starting at eight eastern on cspan2. >> following a short break members began another round of questioning on the presidents 2022 budget for the justice department with attorney general merritt garland which in

mrs. carter uses a walker from time to time these days.t spent some of his time in a wheelchair, having survived any number of harrowing cancer scares, tumbles, false, scrapes, and injuries. also, jimmy carter is 96 and his wife is 93. president carter was the first president born in a hospital at the time of his birth in 1924, calvin coolidge was president. robert todd lincoln and annie oakley were still alive. the carters have been married for 74 years. they were married during the truman administration. they are old. jimmy carter was only 5:10 and his tallest height. no medically, people in their seventies and eighties are often already 1 to 2 inches shorter than they were at age 30 which is generally considered the time when shrinkage begins and we start slowly getting shorter, all of us. the other thing is, the carters are both shown in that photo sitting some deeply and they're well worn living room easy chairs. the washington post says that one technical reason for the steaming this more fema is the type of flash that was used and a

mr. carter for your five minutes followed by mr. doyle of pennsylvania.i do not have any other members on tap to take it away mr. carter. >> thank you madam chair. thank you for being here we appreciate this. i want to ask you in your written testimony you mentioned many of your patients are young adults and adolescents. why do you think that is? >> young adults certainly. we are not a pediatric clinic. we have not been seeing adolescents. i think it reflects potentially many things. perhaps younger people are more susceptible. as referenced before a large number of people and 18 -- 39 age group who have been infected by covid as time has gone on in older individuals and at risk individuals have been vaccinated first. we see the age profile of the population shift down. it is also possible that sicker people with more comorbidities at baseline and have a higher level don't register the changes to their health in the same way that a long-distance runner who was working at the time so that's where you started compared to where you are. i do think there are

instability will increase as we head towards elections and of course the government of prime minister mr carter me is in a difficult position here and as of course he wants to position himself for another term he wants to emphasize his achievements that he has made but when we look to the killings of the protesters as i mentioned before none have been brought to justice. 14 reporting from karbala this sunday thank you senator. 2 days in a row now and more than 400000. sorry 4000 people have died of 19 in a year and the infections show no sign of slowing 400000 of those were confirmed on sunday several states have gone into lockdown but many are calling on the national government to impose its own nationwide no. more with me in new delhi you had me the party i got my numbers confused but this is the way it is the numbers are so high and so is staggering every day and just not getting any better . so it's not the situation continues to be groom you know one milestone every single day is in cross both in terms of fresh cases and also in terms of the death count what we're seeing right now is state

mr. carter of georgia, mr. dunn of florida, are not going to be questioning.ng to move to recognize h mr. avcurtis of utah for your fe minutes off questions, followed by ms. barragan of california.. >> thank you,u,yo madame chair. mr. secretary, it's nice to be here with you today. i regret, i have not been in congress long enough to know you from your d.c. life, but it won't surprise you that you made a few headlines as attorney general in california. and i've heard of you.e in that role, you've led a and charge against a previous administration's efforts to expand access to association an health care plans.s, i would like to and discuss tho for a minute. although you've led that charge, research shows that premiums in states that allow these plans ls decreased enrollments in an ach, plan increased and offered in a marketplace increased by 61%. those are all good numbers. the individual marketplace prios to the actions taken by the previous administration, which you 105%. opposed, tell a diffe story. show an increase in premiums by 105%. would you agree that

mr. carter one in -- an april 24 april special election for the louisiana seat. watch live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house on c-span. cz senate on c-span two and watch online on c-span.org or listen online with the free c-span radio app. >> ways to improve the efficiency of voter access and how purging voter rolls impacts communities of color. >> the committee will now come to order. i have that am pleased that several members have joined us today. i will say greetings to each one of them and also establish a forum. we have with us mr. aguilar from california. he -- the ranking member from california. mr. davis of illinois. mary gay scanlon from pennsylvania, and of course myself. i will declare a quorum to be present. let me begin by saying good afternoon to all of you. i want to note we are holding this hearing in compliance with regulations for remote committee proceedings. generally we ask committee members and witnesses to keep microphones muted on not speaking to limit background noise. members will need to unmute themselves when recognized. witnesses

mr. carter, and followed by mr.oyle from pennsylvania, and i don't have any other members on tap, so take it away, mr. carter. >> thank you, madam chair. thank you, doctors, for being here. dr. pausic in your written testimony you mention many of your patients are young adults and adolescence. why do you think that is? >> well, young adults certainly. we're not a pediatric clinic so i have not been seeing adolescence, but i think it reflects potentially many things. we don't know if, perhaps, younger people are more susceptible. there are, as was referenced before, a large number of people in the 18 to 39 age group who have been infected with covid as time has gone on, and older individuals and at risk individuals have been vaccinated first. we have seen the age profile of our clinic population shift down. it's also possible that sicker people with more comorbidities at baseline and a higher level of disability at baseline don't register the changes to their health in the same way that a healthy long distance runner

mr. carter one on april 24 special election for the new orleans-based house eat. later in the week, work on a bill to protect consumers from certain debt collection practices. watch live coverage on c-span. see the senate on c-span two, and you can watch online at c-span.org. or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> c-span's "washington journal." every day, we take your calls live on the air about the news of the day, and we discussed policy issues that impact you. coming up thursday, the cost of prescription drugs in the u.s. compared to the rest of the world with john dicken of the government accountability office. then we look at the latest in the fight against coronavirus in the u.s. and globally with a director from the johns hopkins school of public health, and purdue university president mitch daniels on the new civics literacy requirement for its undergraduates and challenges facing higher education overall. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, text messages, an

mr. carter. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you to all the [indiscernible] i have concerns what we're looking at now fits nearly $100 billion to fund broadband. the emphasis is placed on policies that already serve areas [indiscernible] we've heard during the hearing about existing examples of cities that try to build out their own municipal network and failed after spending significant -- a can mentor money. cities that might be able to sustain the network, the lead to additional [indiscernible] a strain it can be for having to upgrade in those types [indiscernible] that is a problem and concern -- a problem that often many municipalities -- it is a concern for everyone. it is on the idea that growing billions of dollars will address long-term needs of our communities. i am concerned that too much emphasis is being placed on [indiscernible] i'm concerned that too much emphasis is being placed on -- billions of dollars and not enough on long-term sustainability. i want to ask you, these proposals focused on i

mr. carter pointed out the new rule is a good first step but there's still a lot of work to be done. what could we do, what should be done to ensure that incentive structure aligns with what should be the proper motivation for organizations like yourself and opio's? >> absolutely. i think the step that's been taken with this new rule. it's not perfect and it's ever going to get tot' perfect is already motivating for perform better. doctor goldberg and lester lynch did was really instrumental in the improvements we saw with the connection of ohio. incentives to perform, i am not sure what incentive would be better than hearing from recipients like we have today. it is life and death like they shared. we get up every day ready to do everything we can to try to save as many lives as we can. i'm not sure what other incentive there needs to be honestly. >> i agree that should be. but as we are looking oversight and accountability, what are the immeasurable's we should have? because first of all nobody was looking at them. we are self analyzing yourself in the mirror. but as we are looking

mr. carter, he is a terrific human being. >> extraordinary human being. >> good luck in the next chapter. of the few to beat rafael neddal is play. his nickname is el pecky, that is shorty in spanish. at 5'7", he's used to people underestimating him. >> that is something that amuses me and they also started respecting me over the years and that gives you confidence when it is time to step on to the court. >> the most successful tennis players today are much taller. rafael is 6'1" and novak is 6'2" tht and the serrenee women williams are 6 foot. it is part of viacom and cbs. >> it is no easy feat. >> for my talk of the table, we have a very special guest. first we have to go to the control room because control room could we bring in some music while we're making this introduction. why? because he loves this song. we're talking to hall of fame coach and cbs sports analyst that is bill cowher. before the fancy titles, that is for you. he was billy from crafton, p.a. and his new book "heart and steel" is published by viacom cbs and as a player and a philadelphia but most of us know for him th

mr. carter one an -- won an election for the new orleans based house seat. later in the week, we will -- to provide consumers from debt collection practices. watch live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house on c-span, the senate on c-span 2, and you can also watch online at c-span.org, or listen with the c-span radio app. john dicken is with the government accountability office, the director of the public health and private markets division. here with us to talk about a noose study -- a new study that was done. welcome to "washington journal. good morning, thank you. host: tell our viewers and listeners of the role of the government accountability office. guest: the government accountability office

mr. carter you are recognized for five minutes as her cleanup.thank you, madam chair i appreciate the opportunity to waive on and think all of the witnesses, this is very important for me i have a large minority population in my district and is very important in a very concerned that the pharmacist in the doctor's caucus in healthcare professional i would go to the clinical trials to set a good example in a very concerned about that, i want to start with you, i want to know, you mentioned in your testimony about the many communities that lack access to broadband internet or even the sales service, we all noted that is a problem and they get to know or they don't know how to sign up for an appointment or get there covid-19 vaccine, how can we address the challenges to make sure that these people that don't have access to self-service or other technology that is not a barrier to them getting covid-19 vaccines. >> certainly providing the access is a long-term goal for me in our state as well currently it does hamper their ability to ask questions of

mr. carter you're recognized for five minutes as our cleanup batter. >> oh thank you madam chair appreciatethe opportunity to wave on, and thank all of the witnesses. this is very important, very important for me, i have a large minority population in my district and it is very important and i'm very concerned as pharmacist and member of the doctors call health care professional, i went through the clinical trials myself with the vaccine to try to set a good example, and i'm very concerned about that. i want to start with you dr. shelton and i want to know you've mentioned in your testimony about the many communities that lack access to broadband internet or sales service, and we all know that that's a problem with we know that they can't get to know or they don't know how to sign up for appointment or to get their covid-19 vaccine. how can we address that? how can we address these challenges that -- to make sure that the people that don't m have access to internet or cell service or other kind of technologies that it is not a barrier to them gettingg covid-19 vaccines? >> well certainly pr

mr. carter: thank you, distinguished members of the armed services committee. i am pleased to see you. i miss each and every one of you. i'm honored to introduce the president's nominee for secretary of the air force, frank kendall, and his nominee for undersecretary of defense, heidi shyu. i got to know frank kendall in the 1980's in alabama , where we were both working on ballista mystic -- ballistic missile defense systems. we worked for president reagan's arms control. i saw immediately that frank was a superb program manager, a superb systems engineer, and a superb military leader. in the leak -- in the years after, we worked in the industry , and academia and law. we stayed in touch. when i became undersecretary of defense for acquisition technology and logistics, i asked frank become my principal deputy. and take my place as undersecretary when i was deputy and secretary of defense. through all these years, frank skillfully managed some tricky and troubled existing weapons programs while starting new programs, including ones in full, and i should say very early, recognition of t

carter. after that, mr. dale's 1984 democratic national convention speech when he ran for president against ronald reagan. >>> c-span is our unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >>> you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to establish lift zones so students can get what they need to be ready for anything. >>> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >>> next, a 2015 conversation between walter mondale and former president jimmy carter, who served together in the white house from 1977 to 1981. this program was part of a tribute to the former vice president, hosted by the university of minnesota's humphrey school of public affairs. moderating the conversation is richard moe. mr. mondale's former chief of staff. >> i'm humbled tonight by president carter's sprens with us,

mr. carter and he is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mister chairman, and thank you to all the panelists. this is certainly important, and i have to tell you that i have concerns. the proposals that we are looking at now, it's nearly 100 billion dollars to fund broadband broadband build out. and the emphasis is placed on policies and that in already served areas where there is networks. we have heard, and during this hearing about existing examples of cities that are trying to build out their own municipal networks, and after spending significantly and a significant amount of money, and having cities which may be able to sustain the network. and help government-run system, second lead to additional strain on local budgets. i know what a strain it can be so when you have to plan for the maintenance, or having it upgraded those types of things. and that is a problem and a concern a problem that is often made with municipalities. it is a concern for everyone. and the proposals that we've seen in this package focus on the idea that we're throwing billions of dollars to have the iss

mr. carter for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair and thank you mr. secretary, being here. mr.retary, is been almost 14 months now since the covid-19 pandemic started and it began in china. we know that but we still know the origin as far as whether it started at wet market or the institute of virology, and we haven't even had an investigation into telling us this and we need to get to the bottom of it obviously and assure you agree with that. we need to know so we can prevent this from happening again. that's crucial. i want to ask you very quickly can you just give me your perspective on how the u.s. and the global community, because this, in fact, impacts all of us have the government -- accountable and ensures its credible investigation into the origin of the covid-19 can be conducted. >> congressman, thank you for the question. i agree with you. we want to make sure that there is a transparent process that's based upon evidence that helps guide us in trying to take a look at this and dig down deep. we want to have accountability. we are now back on stage with the world hea