mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration h.r. 18 5, directs me to report it has come to no resolution thereon. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 185 and has come to nos resolution thereon. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declare lings the house in reis -- declares the house in recess

mr. guthrie: i reserve. the chair: the gentleman from kentucky reserves. and the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield two minutes now to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank you, mr. chair, for the time. my friends on the other side of the aisle seem unconcerned about the threat of covid-19 virus and they've shown that consistently over the time of the pandemic. they've dismissed the virus. the president of the republican party -- previous president -- dismissed it, too, and tried to claim you could just solve it with a light bulb going into your body somewhere or drinking some time of clorox. they've dismissed the science behind masking and social distancing. they dismissed peer-reviewed science and condemned dr. fauci, who is an american hero. the centers for disease control and prevention says that over 500 americans are dying each day from covid. i believe in science. i believe

mr. acting chair. >> thank you mr. clerk. i like to excuse today vice chair stefani and supervisor melgar. mr. clerk, can you please call item 1? >> i'll take a roll call to excuse. there is a motion on the floor to excuse mr. stefani and melgar. on that motion- [roll call] mr. chair, two ayes. no opposition. >> thank you mr. clerk. please call item 1. >> agenda item 1 is hearing to consider the transfer of type 21 off sale general beer wine distilled spirit liquor license to postscript collective llc at 499 jackson serve the public convenience or necessity of city and county. members who wish to provide public comment call the call in number which is 415-655-0001. the id, 2 (484) 696-1927. press pound twice and dial star fallowed by 3 to enter the queue to speak. one last thing, i'm in receipt of a memo from there desk of vice chair stefani requesting the item be considered as committee report which means we can forward to the board of supervisors meeting of january 21, 2023. >> thank you. i would like to now welcome officer

. >> thank you mr. chair. we have a tendency in this place to always run down everything congress does without washington does. i would submit the response as a nation to the pandemic is one of the most extraordinary responses in the bipartisan basis that this country has ever had. 22 million people out of work for the pandemic most other nations around the world didn't have enough aid. we spent on a bipartisan basis $5 trillion to make sure millions of people got back to work, to make sure we have a 3.5% unemployment rate not a 10% unemployment rate to make sure we didn't have a depression in this country, to make sure 6 million people didn't go into poverty. that's what unemployment insurance extensions were about. we voted not because it was going to help red states or blue states but because it was going to help the united states of america and we learned that lesson of the great recession that the stimulus plan which the republicans opposed was actually too small, that we needed to go bigger and the perso

mr. chair man. want to first to say congratulations to the ranking member for his continued leadership and dedication to the committee and i want to congratulate you as well it's been great working with you in the previous congress and i congratulate you also on your position. i moved to offer amendment number four to the rules of the committee on oversight and accountability. house rule 11 caused the house committees and subcommittees to issue subpoenas for attendance and witnesses and the production of documents. this amendment will require a majority vote m of approval by members of the committee prior to authorizing and issuing a subpoenaui in the conduct of any investigation within the jurisdiction of the committee. i think we have a real opportunityal today to execute strong bipartisan oversight and this is a rule quite frankly both democrats and republicans supported. i am particularly pleased that you supported this amendment. i hope we embrace this moment so we can show quite frankly the am

mr. chairman per. >> chair recognize mr. conlon. ecause i think the chair and pushes accommodations for the ranking member personally on his pledge to work and reasonable fashion to accommodate legitimate health needs. but, what we are debating here today is the rule. in the rule is the architecture of the next two years we need a rule that assures that should somebody else be in that chair, we have protection, we have rights. and so i think the amount is not unnecessary. in fact it improves things. over a million and a half american succumb to covid 19. people have died from this terrible virus. people are terribly vulnerable. long-term symptoms because of this virus. that's not just a nice thing to do if someone asks for. both for members and witnesses is going to be essential hopefully in a diminishing basis. nick had many, many rounds many variants of this virus, all of them deadly. i urge the adoption of this change and urged with witnesses. i think the german for giving me time to think that ranking member for his amendment. >>

mr. bost of illinois. the chair: punt to house -- pursuant to house resolution 166, the gentleman from illinois, mr. boston and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. mr. bost: i recognize myself as much time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bost: according to the bureau of labor statistics the consumer price index is defined as the average change over time in the prices paid by urban customers. let me say that again. urban customers. what about the 46 million americans who live in urban areas or 2.6 million workers on on a farm or 1.3 million working in the military. they are crushed. illinois 12th district is the largest agricultural districts in the region and home to scott air force base. but these hardworking patriots are ignored by the d.c. swamp. the president can't ignore their needs simply because they don't live in new york, l.a. and chicago. my amendment is simple. since the spending patterns of military personnel, individuals in rural areas are not included in the

mr. rubenstein: ok. 2% is firm? chair powell: yes. mr. rubenstein: the theory of raising interest rates is that it will decrease economic activity and increase unemployment. but you've been increasing interest rates for a while and unemployment is now at a record low. so what's wrong with the theory? why is unemployment not getting higher? chair powell: well, the labor market is strong because the economy is strong. and as i mentioned, it's a good thing we've been able to see the beginnings of this inflation without seeing the labor market weaken. it's just that -- there's a lot of demand for workers. in fact, if you look at the supply of workers versus demand for workers, demand for u.s. workers is now more than five million greater than the available supply. and the available supply consists of people who are either working or actively looking for a job. this was not the case before pandemic. the pandemic really had a significant -- left a lasting mark so far on labor supply in the united states. labor force participation rate came down

>> mr. chairman, thank you so much it means a lot to me and i've been ratified to receipts of a kind words of encouragement and 60 from kali temple side of the aisle, and i hope that these expressions of concern and water will become friendship of the year. i i planme to getting through ts thing and beating it and i thank you for your patience and indulgence.. [applause] >> and now it's my turn to welcome the members on our side of the aisle, mr. chairman. beginning with eleanor holmes norton who represents the great people of the district of columbia. mr. lynch of massachusetts. mr. connolly of virginia. mr.ll chris murphy of illinois. mr. connell of california. mr. mfume of maryland. ms. kaiser cortes of new york who is our vice ranking member carper this congress. ms. boards. of california. ms. bush, ms. brown and mr. gomez. those of the returning members. ms. brown about, mr. gomez of california, ms. bush of missouri. but from across the country our new f members, mr. chairman, are ms. stansbu

mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. moskowitz, for five minutes. mr. moskowitz: mr. speaker, thank you. i rise today to remind this body of the five-year anniversary of the shooting at my high school, marjory stoneman douglas, in my hometown of parkland, on february 14. the 17 lives we lost that day. i remember that day like it was yesterday. my wife called. i was on the floor of the florida legislature. and she told me that she had just passed the high school and she had never seen that many police officers in her life. we would soon find out that 17 people didn't make it out of the building. most of them children. i went home. i went to the school. i saw what it looks like when a mass shooting comes to your neighborhood. to your high school. i went to the hotel, the hotel where they were keeping the families of the children that were missing. . see, i knew they weren't missing. eight hours those families were in a hotel ballroom waiting to hear from the local police departmen

mr. comer: absolutely. the chair recognizes ms. ocasio-cortez. ms. ocasio-cortez: thank you, mr. chairman. this hearing is called federal pandemic spending: a prescription for waste, fraud, and abuse. the paycheck protection program, all of it. in wind up to this hearing on january 13, i see that the chair sent several letters to three states. pennsylvania, california, and my home state of new york. with serious allegations of widespread fraud and abuse. but i'm curious a little bit about how we got to these three states. mr. dodaro, if you were auditing or investigating what went wrong in states in the distribution of pandemic-related unemployment insurance, how would you go about choosing which states to examine? mr. dodaro: well, we would look at a number of factors. one would be the amount of money that would go there. we would look for geographic distribution of the programs. we would look for other characteristics the state programs -- a number of claims, for example, that have been there. and so we would -- we would take a nationwide sample. ms. ocasio-cortez: in your exper

so thank you very much, mr. chair, mr. chairman, i yield back. mr. comer: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. raskin: thank you kindly, mr. speaker. i want to address two points. one is, let's grab the bull by the horns with thirst point. -- by this i.r.s. point. the president's budget included $80 billion to increase staffing and update technology at the i.r.s. so our constituents can get their calls returned. if you're waiting for your i.r.s. tax refund, that's something you planned on, that's part of your family budget, and if it's stuck somehow, it's extremely frustrating for people not to be able to get through. now, they, bizarrely to my mind, blame telework for this. and they oppose the $80 billion. i think they say that will create 75,000 or 100,000 new i.r.s. agents who will be chasing working class people around the country. on the contrary, we've got a report showing the $80 billion will produce $200 billion in new revenue and it's rich people who are the ones that are being protec

so thank you very much, mr. chair, mr. chairman, i yield back. mr. comer: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. raskin: thank you kindly, mr. speaker. i want to address two points. one is, let's grab the bull by the horns with thirst point. -- by this i.r.s. point. the president's budget included $80 billion to increase staffing and update technology at the i.r.s. so our constituents can get their calls returned. if you're waiting for your i.r.s. tax refund, that's something you planned on, that's part of your family budget, and if it's stuck somehow, it's extremely frustrating for people not to be able to get through. now, they, bizarrely to my mind, blame telework for this. and they oppose the $80 billion. i think they say that will create 75,000 or 100,000 new i.r.s. agents who will be chasing working class people around the country. on the contrary, we've got a report showing the $80 billion will produce $200 billion in new revenue and it's rich people who are the ones that are being protec

mr. acting chair. >> thank you mr. clerk. ay vice chair stefani and supervisor melgar. mr. clerk, can you please call item 1? >> i'll take a roll call to excuse. there is a motion on the floor to excuse mr. stefani and melgar. on that motion- [roll call] mr. chair, two ayes. no opposition. >> thank you mr. clerk. please call item 1. >> agenda item 1 is hearing to consider the transfer of type 21 off sale general beer wine distilled spirit liquor license to postscript collective llc at 499 jackson serve the public convenience or necessity of city and county. members who wish to provide public comment call the call in number which is 415-655-0001. the id, 2 (484) 696-1927. press pound twice and dial star fallowed by 3 to enter the queue to speak. one last thing, i'm in receipt of a memo from there desk of vice chair stefani requesting the item be considered as committee report which means we can forward to the board of supervisors meeting of january 21, 2023. >> thank you. i would like to now welcome officer (inaudible) from san

aoc. >> thank you very much mr. chair man. this hearing is called federal pandemic spending a prescription for waste, abuse and fraud. the paycheck protection program, all of it. january 13th i see that the chair sent several letters to three states. pennsylvania, california and my home state of new york with serious allegations with widespread fraud and abuse. but i am curious a little bit about how we got to these three states. if you were auditing or investigating what went wrong in states and the distribution of pandemic related insurance how would you go about choosing what to states to examine? >> we would look at a number of factors. one would be the amount of money that would go there we would look for geographic distributions of the programs and we would look for other characteristics. we would take a nationwide sample. on a per capita level. >> i don't have the per capita numbers in my head so i don't want to venture or guess at this point. i would be happy to provide something for the record. >> what would be some of

supervisor safai. >> thank you, mr. chair. as you recall last week we approved the ordinance that prop c required to stand up oversight homeless commission and continued it today we are introducing ma'ams that are not required by prop c but also about good government. these amendments will help the city secure federal fund and stream line the bodies that report. the amendment it is clarify which staff the commission and verse committees and clone up reporting requirements. and so -- since they were substantive they had to be continued to today's board hearing. they have been distributed and we have emlow cohen from department of homeless supportive housing if she wanted say a couple worrieds to update. if not i think she had a lot on record but might be helpful if you wanted to give a couple more word busy the -- >> thank you. chair special supervisors. want to note that hsh worked with supervisor safai's office to feel draft amendments that impact the scoping work of 3 advisory body this is currently exist the local board. sh

mr. chair, i yelled back. >> the votes current on the floor. the committee will stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> the committee on transportation infrastructure will reconvene. the previously recessed hearing i yield myself five minutes, and then we will get moving. i joked on my way and this is like making it from the kid the table to the adult table so we are grateful. i wanted to get started. i represent the 19 the district in new york and we recognized in particular the two thirds of the flight delays and most of what concerns us exists because of issues in the northeast where my district is located. certainly we recognize that the technology is used terrifically in many cases outdated. i know we've all touched on and i don't want to rehash what has been discussed regarding the system upgrades, but to doctor buckley if you could, what other advancements in the technology would be appropriate in particular to address what has been a problem in the northeast? >> thank you for the question. to your point i think we have the

mr. chair man, there are many things we can do to improve the laws if we set aside. for the chance to search for bipartisan agreement rather than another missed opportunity by committee republicans to join with us in protecting meaningful oversight towards cumbrian surveyig form. turning this into more about political theater to extend the long pattern of failure on this. for years, republicans and the in thecommittee refused to prott oversight ofer disastrous polics they were silent in 2019 with 2d be u.s. customs and border protection declared a humanitarian crisis at the border. they refused to join with democrats in opposing orwellian policies that ripped thousands of children from the arms of their parents and send them away to vanish into a bureaucracy. one of the grand chapters of any presidency of the people will not be fooled when they pretend over the strong actions today to impose order of the border while suspending the deepest values. it doesn't have toef be this wa. let'say act to

mr. chair you all for being hard today were thank you to our witnesses. thank you for all that you do to help keep americans healthy, safe y. i'm sorry assistant secretary for.o'connell could not be with us today. i want to express my sympathies for the sudden death in her family and her loss. i appreciate she did submit testimony and has agreed to respond to rich questions. while all americans are relieved that we are emerging from the worst pandemic in our lifetime over 1 million american lives lost. examining thest response of covid-19 will help us prepare for the next health emergency. if we take ourselves back to those early days of the pandemic, i remember very well the public was scared, they were uncertain public health experts and government across the country mobilize to better understand the virus to develop vaccines and treatments and try to provide us with the answers inbi the face of great s,uncertainty. they work to follow these science and improving guidance as we learn new info

mooney itself recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. so think of a sinker i think it's important we talk about his issues. my question is directed at mr. doug holtz-eakin. earlier this year the government sponsored enterprises gses announced their plans for fa couple housing finance at the direction of federal housing finance agency. the plans call for lower down payments requirements and reduced mortgage insurance costs for perspective minority homeowners, among many other things, many of the changes disregard disregarding considerations of risk and ability to pay, and increasing homeownership by encouraging riskier mortgages is exactly what led to the 2008 financial collapse which actually disproportionally hurt the minority homeowners it was intending to help. moreover, fhfa director has refused to finalize a proposed rule that would've subjected these concerning changes to review and public comment. this administration frankly has a habit of circumventing traditional rulemaking process from the consumer financial protection bureau, c

cohen. >> no objection. >> thank you mr. chair and mr. garcia.hen i was talking to the employee at ntsb, she kind of gave me the answer that allowed me to shift and he is responsible for saying that there are improvements and that they don't seem to the bottom of the ocean. the 2015 safety recommendation calling for all aircraft using extended operation voice recorder and recovery doesn't require the underwater retrieval but nothing's happened with that it's listed as an unacceptable response for their failure to act on this. can you assure me there will be an unacceptable response in the public is protected because we will have floating cockpit reporters mandated by the faa? >> i can assure you we will look at it. i'm unfamiliar with that particular recommendation. we will look at that and i will have to take an iou on that. i'm not aware right this second. >> i appreciate you taking a look at it but that isn't a very good answer as far as i am concerned. this is his passion and desire to see this done and protect the public it was a flight from

mr. chair, i know we are running out of time, we've got some other things so i yield back. >> the gentleman is back. ranking member and i agree and vote have been called. i'm sure you all need a break. we have a few more people left for questions and we will do closing comment statements so at this time the committee will stand in recess until ten minutes after the last vote. there are only two votes i believe so this won't last very long so we will be in recess until ten minutes after the conclusion of last vote. [background noises] background. [background would resume questig i ask unanimous consent for tony gonzalez from texas to waive on to the committee for the purpose of asking questions. without objection, so ordered. welcome to the witnesses back, and now the chair recognizes -- for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and i want to say thank you chief modlin and chief chavez, please extend a hearty thank you to your agents who risk their lives for us. they are truly patriots and h

appreciate the time and would like with mr. chair if okay to invite up (inaudible) and kristen evans for their presentation, which will bring everyone up to speak. >> please. >> thank you. >> this mic right here? thank you supervisors. good morning. supervisor preston did a excellent job summarizing most of the presentation so i'll go through it quickly once it is up. >> if you could try to speak either into the mic or if the other next to you is easier, but if you can speak directly that would be great. >> can you hear me? perfect. >> thank you. >> so, i'll get started. in california sponsored by then assembly member david chu passed the public banking act which allows counties and municipalities in california to start a publicly owned bank. the reinvestment working group ordinance sponsored by supervisor preston was passed in 2021 with two goals providing business and governance plans for a non depository, step 1 bank and a full depository bank and lafco agreed to help with studying this process. next slide, jeremy. just to summari

mr. comer: the chair recognizes mr. grothman for five minutes. mr. grothman: ok. first question, kind of a follow jum on what we had in the past -- follow jum on what we had in the past -- follow-up on what we had in the past. the border patrol always seems to believe the vast amount of -- at least the guys i talked to down there, gas, they feel -- gals. they feel that most of the fentanyl is coming across not at the points of entry but other places, for the obvious -- but it is not caught as much because you don't have gotaways at the points of entry. in other words, there's -- even now, i believe you told me over half the fentanyl was coming in between the points of entry. but if you were going to sneak fentanyl across, you would not want to contact the border patrol first. am i accurate on that? mr. modlin: thank you, sir. so the question gets to, i believe, what we were talking about earlier, which was the gotaways and then of course the unknowns, the stuff that we don't know. potentially there is no way to know what is inside that group, both of those groups

mr. speaker, i encourage my fellow colleagues to join my co-chair, mrs. bonamici of oregon, and me on the bipartisan house career and technical education caucus as we work to restore the rungs on the ladder of opportunity for all. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. adams, for five minutes. ms. adams: mr. speaker, today i rise to celebrate the first day of black history month and to honor the greensboro four for exemplifying this year's black history month theme, black resistance. black history is american history. but it's important to remember that it is an ancient history. the greensboro four, also known the a and t four sparked the sit-in movement in 1960. think about that, only six decades ago during my lifetime black americans in the south were forced to use different water fountains, eat at separate lunch counters, go to different bathrooms, and most of all suffer the indignity of second class citizenship. that is why on february 1, 1

chair turner: mr. krishnamoorthi. mr. krishnamoorthi: thank you, mr. chair. thank you to all these witnesses. your exemplary record of public service is amazing and incredible. i want to direct my attention, direct my first question to dr. wilson. i understand you are president of the university of texas-el paso. back in 2009 a turkish graduate of the california institute of technology and m.i.t., a man named erdal published a paper about fast data transfers to make it more possible to speed forgey to something better than 4-g. he looked for academic funding and he also looked for a visa, and he looked for a way to stay in the united states. and he didn't get it. he went back to turkey, and guess who recruited him? the chinese communist party. he is the father of 5-g in the people's republic of china. because we turned him away. how important is it to upgrade our immigration system and take our immigration system to the next level to compete with the chinese communist party? dr. wilson: i think it's very important. and i would say there are two parts to this.

the gentle woman from pennsylvania is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chair. i rise in opposition to this resolution and i will yield myself such time as i may consume. >> the gentle woman is recognized. >> thank you. i rise as the ranking member of the ethics committee, a body that i am proud to have served on throughout my entire time in congress, and i also rise as a member of the house foreign affairs committee which i've also served on throughout my time in congress. many people don't understand the nature of the ethics committee. it's a unique body within this congress. it consists of an equal number of democrats and republicans, and it offers a mechanism by which complaints against members of congress and high ranking staff can be vetted, investigated, and adjudicated on pretty much of a confidential basis by the members of the committee and i'm very pleased what may surprise people, is to know that we often come to completely unanimous decisions in that very bipartisan committee. so with that said, i'm disappointed that my colleagues in the majority ar

mr. chairman the purpose of oversight is to collect facts to promote the common good. but the majority has offered no clarity what the solutions are to address what they believe to be the problem with immigration the existence itself is not problematic and has not been neither is immigration a problem for we are and immigrant society except descendents of slaves brought here involuntarily were native americans have been here for millennia we are all descendents of immigrants. people have wanted to come to america as long as the idea has existed we are premised on opportunity with the proposition all created equal two years before the revolution falling in love with the promise ofd america saying it is an assignment to humanity not an insane asylum but a place of refuge with political and economic persecution coming to america has spread and intensified ascetical democracies double freedom and meaningful economicc opportunity, under ferocious attack and pressure like e venezuela, cuba mexico and

mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from oregon, ms. salinas, for five minutes. ms. salinas: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. salinas: i rise on mental health monday to recognize eating disorder awareness week. this year's theme is "it's time for change" and indeed it is. after opioid use disorder, eating disorders are the second deadliest psychiatric illness, yet, they remain widely misunderstood. so i'd like to address some of those myths around them. myth number one, eating disorders are a choice. an eating disorder is an illness often diagnosed with other mental illnesses. no one chooses to have an eating disorder. myth number two, only females have eating disorders. eating disorders actually hurt people of all genders, ages, races, religions, sexual orientations and body shapes. myth number three, you can't recover from an eating disorder. this, perhaps, is the most important myth to dispel. recovery and treatmen

thank you, mr. chair. >> senator from nevada is recognized. >> thank you. as i said yesterday in the banking hearing, i wish you all the best and a pleasure to know you and be able to work with you. senator toomey: thank you very much. feeling is very much. >> director chopra, you know how i feel the work you do is so important and that partnership with the a.g.'s is key to address some of the consumer challenges that we are seeing. every time there is a law that is passed, usually there is some presented da toarl actor to figure out to take advantage. >> and i know also that members have complained to the bureau about billing inaccuracies and debt collectors to pay unpaid medical bills. can you talk about what you are trying to do that? >> we have taken a number of enforcement action. last week we released a number. mr. chopra: d.o.d. has been a big partner of figuring out our military family readiness and there is more work we can brief you on about. >> i know jack talked about and the civil relief act and the concern that our reserve and national guard a

madam chair. >> thank you, mr. clerk. i want to acknowledge that members -- supervisor safai is online. will be joining us shortly in person and i wanted to let everyone know that the way that we're going to go about with the presentation today is limiting all presentations to three minutes and those that actually (indiscernible) with the budget and legislative analyst report, let's have the presentation and the report from the budget and legislative analyst first before we go forward with all the questioning, so thank you and mr. clerk, please call item no. one. >> yes item no. one s resolution authorizing the arts commission to enter into an agreement with treasure island series 1, llc, the developer of a hilltop park at yerba buena island, to construct a foundation for a 69-foot tall sculpture by hiroshi sugimoto, as part of the treasure island arts program, for an amount of $274,076 for a term starting upon approval of this resolution and ending upon the completion of the foundation; and to authorize the director of cu