mr. dunn dan: reserve. the chair: the -- mr. duncan: reserve. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from buffalo, new york, mr. higgins. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. higgins: i rise today in opposition to h.r. 1. my community of buffalo, niagara falls, are too familiar with the devastating consequences of decisions that put polluters over people. toxic waste dumped by hooker chemical in 1940's contaminated the love canal neighborhood of niagara falls. president jimmy carter declared a health emergency and congress passed the super fund act. in 1968 the buffalo river caught fire due to industrial contamination and considered biologically dead. atrocities like this led to the clean water act in 1972 and required hundreds of millions of dollars annually. after residents sounded the alarm for years in 2013, tie conda was found guilty. the super fund act, clean water act, the clean air act were each put in place after historic

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 140 and pursuant to house resolution 199 i report the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: under the rule, the previous question is ordered. the chair of the committee of the whole on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 140 and pursuant to house resolution 199 reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule, the previous question is ordered. is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment reported from the committee of the whole? if not, the question is on adoption of the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed will say no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor wil

mr. chair, it does not appear there are any members of the public wishing to comment on this item. >> hearing no request to speak on this item, i'll close public comment. commissioners, may i get a motion for consent item? >> i motion to approve the minutes from the february meeting. >> thank you commissioner brackett. second? >> second. >> thank you commissioner scott. madam secretary, please take roll. >> before i do that chair, could you come closer to the mic when you speak or move it closer. it sounds low. thank you. thank you commissioners. please announce your vote when i call your name. [roll call] >> mr. chair, the vote is 4 ayes and 1 absent. >> motion carries. thank you. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> next is the regular agenda. item 5b commending and expretssing appreciation to mara rosales for service upon the occasion of her departure from commission on community investment and infrastructure. discussion and action resolution 1-2023. director kaslofsky. >> thank yo

foxx: thank you, mr. chair. i yield two minutes to the vice chair of the education and workforce committee, the gentlewoman from illinois, mrs. miller. the chair: the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. mrs. miller: thank you for yielding, chairwoman foxx, and thank you to my republican colleagues for taking up this very important bill. there's been a push by powerful teacher unions, left-wing politicians, and most concerning, the biden justice department, to silence parents throughout our country. the biden administration used the f.b.i., the most powerful law enforcement agency in the world, to intimidate parents for showing up to school board meetings to oppose biden's radical agenda. parents' rights are nonnegotiable. parents are the decisionmakers for their child's education, which includes their child's curriculum. parents want schools focused on reading, writing, and math, not woke politics. the radical left in our country seeks to silence parents and use public schools and colleges to indoctrinate ou

>> mr. chair, i rise to claim time nopsition to the amendment, -- to claim time in opposition to the amendment, please. the chair: the gentleman has five minutes. mr. tonko: thank you. the gentleman seems fixated on key e.p.a. safeguards put in place. the history of environmental protection, especially under the clean air act, shows this is simply untrue. the united states has -- can have both clean environment and a strong economy. it is a false choice to assume otherwise. republicans who claim that ambitious climate action and economic prosperity are at odds are simply ignoring the facts. this is the same argument that industry has used every time with the clean air act, every time that it's been strengthened. and it has been debunked each and every time. when congress debated the 1990 clean air act amendments, the oil industry said, and i quote, the technology to meet these standards simply does not exist today. and predicted major supply disruptions. well, chemical companies said the law would

foxx: thank you, mr. chair. i yield two minutes to the vice chair of the education and workforce committee, the gentlewoman from illinois, mrs. miller. the chair: the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. mrs. miller: thank you for yielding, chairwoman foxx, and thank you to my republican colleagues for taking up this very important bill. there's been a push by powerful teacher unions, left-wing politicians, and most concerning, the biden justice department, to silence parents throughout our country. the biden administration used the f.b.i., the most powerful law enforcement agency in the world, to intimidate parents for showing up to school board meetings to oppose biden's radical agenda. parents' rights are nonnegotiable. parents are the decisionmakers for their child's education, which includes their child's curriculum. parents want schools focused on reading, writing, and math, not woke politics. the radical left in our country seeks to silence parents and use public schools and colleges to indoctrinate ou

mr. chair, it does not appear there are any members of the public wishing to comment on this item. >> hearing no request to speak on this item, i'll close public comment. commissioners, may i get a motion for consent item? >> i motion to approve the minutes from the february meeting. >> thank you commissioner brackett. second? >> second. >> thank you commissioner scott. madam secretary, please take roll. >> before i do that chair, could you come closer to the mic when you speak or move it closer. it sounds low. thank you. thank you commissioners. please announce your vote when i call your name. [roll call] >> mr. chair, the vote is 4 ayes and 1 absent. >> motion carries. thank you. madam secretary, please call the next item. >> next is the regular agenda. item 5b commending and expretssing appreciation to mara rosales for service upon the occasion of her departure from commission on community investment and infrastructure. discussion and action resolution 1-2023. director kaslofsky. >> thank yo

westerman: mr. chair, i rise today in support of h.r. 1, the lower energy cost act. as an engineer, i've learned that no issue is too difficult for american innovation and ingenuity, no difficult to solve when we will honestly identify the problem, develop a sound plan to solve it, and do the hard work to get the results we desire. the truth we all know is america has an energy crisis. energy is foundational through everything we do and for the sake of our future, we must solve this problem. energy prices in general have gone up nearly 40% in a little over two years. high energy costs translate throughout the economy causing inflated prices for every necessity of life, from the food we eat to the clothes we wear to the roof over our heads. president biden has said he's working to lower these costs, but his actions are drowning out his words. he's waged war on american producers, shutting down oil and gas leasing, banning mining development in certain areas, and insisting on keeping our federal regulations

. >> 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. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under consideration h.r. 1, directs me to report that 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. con h.r. 1 and has come to no resolution thereon. the chair lays before the house a message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states. when i took office two years ago, covid-19 was raging and our economy was reeling. millions of workers had lost their jobs, hundreds of thousands of businesses closed. supply chains were snarled and schools were still shuttered. families across our nation were reeling -- feeling real pain. but today 230 million americans have received -- have been vaccinated. we have created a record 12 million jobs and unemployment is at a more than 50-year low with nearly record lows for black and latino workers and women. wages are rising,

mr. vice chair. let's see, is there anyone board chamber room 250 who wishes to comment on item one if so lineup on the west wall of this room. seeing none. turn our attention to folks on the meeting remote. if you wish to comment on any agenda items today, call 415-655-0001, access code: 2497 672 9580 ##. then star 3 to enter the queue it speak. giving remote callers to indicate. i'm not seeing we have callers in the queue. >> okay. last call. anyone interested in testifying before public comment is closed? public comment is closed. any comments or questions for my colleagues? >> i would like to move that the clerk prepare resolution making a determination the issue ajs of a type 20 off sale beer and wine liquor license will serve the public convenience or necessity. >> motion offered by the vice chair that we appropriate a resolution making that recommendation on that motion member dorsey? >> aye. >> member safai. >> aye. >> vice chair engardio. >> aye. >> mr. vice chair, there is no opposition. >>

mr. chairman per. >> chair recognize mr. conlon. because 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. >

thank you very much, mr. chair. mr. taibbi, the emails and documents you have produced all date to around 2020, is that correct? mr. taibbi: no, there is a significant portion of them from 2017 and 2018 as well. ms. plaskett: thank you. mr. shellenberger, what dates do you have? mr. shellenberger: i believe that we had emails including 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019. mr. plaskett: mr. taibbiings you said 2018. do you have that? mr. shellenberger: i can't remember. ms. plaskett: how many employees did twitter employ in the 2019-2020. mr. taibbi: i don't know. ms. plaskett: do you know how many on the legal team? or in its public policy team? mr. taibbi: i don't. ms. plaskett: mr. shellenberger do you know how many were employed in content moderation during that time? mr. shellenberger: i do not know. ms. plaskett: we are looking at thousands of employees overall and hundreds in offices where the focus of emails and documents were released. i will ask you, mr. shellenberg, how many emails did mr. musk give you access to? mr. shel

mr. smith of new jersey. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 260, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. smith: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, like canarys in coal mine, tragic whales and dolphin deaths, geophysical surveys, especially sonar, has been the cause. this is the fast tracking of 3,400 offshore wind turbines, covering 2.4 million acres by 2030, more after that by 2040, all embedded into the ocean floor by massive pile drivers in the north atlantic planning area that includes new jersey's coast. the offshore wind industrialization approval process has left unaddressed and unanswered numerous serious questions concerning the potentially harmful environmental impacts on whales, marine life and the ecosystems that currently allow all sea creatures, great and small, to thrive. cindy siff, executive director of the clean ocean action, pointed out in a field hearing chaired by jeff va

the chair: four minutes. mr. scott: i yield three minutes three minutes to the gentlelady from california. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. >> today i spoke with teachers, principals and superintendents who have gone to school to learn how to educate, manage and supervise the education of our young people and they oppose this bill and the you supering of their expertise and their ability to teach. h.r. 5 has declared that we don't trust our teachers. i have to say the title of this bill is a lie. it's a trojan horse to what is best to educating our children and about the evisceration of public education. i'm a parent and i know what is best but i don't know what's best for your child and this bill would take the participation of parents out of the decision-making process and create anarchy in our education system. earlier today, i was in a committee hearing listening to republicans talk about china and this what i heard them say. they said shame on china. china is stifleling access to free thought and bann

mccollum: mr. chair. gen. milley: two european countries. we've done exercises with the brits and the french. also in the asia-pacific region. they are force multipliers. our subforce which is rarely talked about. i won't talk about in detail right now. our submarine force is incredibly capable and very deadly and extremely lethal. those two pieces i think would make a huge difference and help deter any kind of aggression by china. last thing is the philippines. the philippines and other countries in that region set aside the key line of communication that china relies on for their international access for the middle east, etc., etc. those allies and partners of ours are fundamental and us being able to conduct military operations or having access to those countries in time of conflict or crisis would be fundamental and would give us a decisive advantage. ms. mccollum: mr. chair. chair calvert: hopefully we can speed up the acquisition of those virginia-class submarines. ms. granger. ms. granger: our enemi

. >> the chair recognizes mr. mccormick. >> thank you, mr. > what a great honor to be in your presence, i appreciate you serving your country, i appreciate you being here with us today. separate from those part of the withdrawal i noticed when i was there in 2016 we lost american servicemen another person died while we were there but over the course of the last ten years when we were in afghanistan we did not lose too many people if i remember correctly. would you all agree? for those of you historians and afghan were we lost more in the last day that we withdrew. i would make the case fewer people than we had station in spain country and never fought in we stabilize an entire country in a strategically important area were now we have half the population in abject slavery because of their gender were you now have a harboring nation of many bad guys that want to do bad things to good people. i would make the case that maybe we shouldn't have withdrawn, it doesn't matter i don't care who the president is uneconomic this political, i find it iron

with that, mr. chair, i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland rise? mr. raskin: i rise to claim time in opposition, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. raskin: well, thank you, kindly. so now we move from the ludicrous to the absurd to the sublime. yesterday, they wanted a report from the president upon issuans of an -- issuance of an executive order for skuch orders have -- executive orders having an economic impact of $1 billion. today, they cut that by -- well, they've gone to 1/1000. now they want a report for every $1 million. the gentleman points out that i observed yesterday it would apply to only a handful of executive orders which is absolutely right. i wasn't arguing or concerned, as he said, that it applies to too few cases. i wags reflect -- i was reflecting how silly the whole exercise was. they don't understand how few executive orders they would apply to just like they forgot to put into legislation a requirement that it actually be published, something that wa

mr. chair. ladies and gentlemen, first, as a brother in arms, i want to thank you for your service. i graduated from west point in 2004, became a ranger qualified apache pilot, flew 750 hours combat in operation iraqi freedom. we fought in different wars, but we both, we all stood up for thisil nation. our service continues today. if you answered the call initially because of something deep down many in your soul that talked to you, that told you you had an obligation, not an option, to continue service and give back even to the point where you felt called, putting yourself in grave danger to the answer those in the world who also share what we believe all men created equal, all men and women allowed to breathe free and protecting american ideals are things that you did, putting your lives on the line to protect those. i want to personally thank you for your service. you've said many times that there is a feeling that's palpable amongst the american people that we have betrayed our allies, and

senator blackburn. >> thank you, mr. chair man. we appreciate so much that you are here. it's an important conversation to have, and we are grateful for your testimony. the chair man said he just couldn't square why some people would purchase guns or have guns. but i can to square is why we have prosecutors and judges that are letting criminals back out on the streets and not holding people who have committed crimes. that's letting people who shouldn't have a gun get a gun. so, let me ask, let me start with you. do you know who jack is? >> actually, i do not. >> okay. elijah dickens? >> i'm not really a name person, so no. >> let me tell you these are both good samaritans that exercised the right to carry a firearm and as a result were able to intervene during a mass shooting one in texas and one in indiana and they saved untold lives. these are the law-abiding citizens that we want to be carrying guns and whose ride too do so is protected. what about tyree reynolds? >> they are familiar to me but not in detail. >> they were using firearms into then released back to their

mr. smith of new jersey. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 241, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. smith: thank you very much. let me thank chairwoman virginia foxx for the extraordinary job she is doing on this important parental rights legislation, h.r. 5. i do want o to thank my friend from virginia, the debate has been civil. it's been disciplined. obviously we have a major fundamental difference, but there is respect on both sides. thank you, chairwoman for your leadership. mr. chairman, last month adrianna , a student at central regional high school in my congressional district tragically took her own life just days after a group of students attacked her in the school hallway and shared the video of the horrific assault online. they told the press that, quote, she took her own life after being threatened online, attacked on school grounds, then later harassed when video of the attack was spre

mr. chairn. good morning. since your last visit the country and leadership of president biden has made major progress to improve economic conditions including a record 12 million jobs. reducing unemployment to its lowest rate in 54 years. also reducing the deficits of $1.7 trillion. unfortunately many families are still struggling to afford basic necessities because of inflation. what is more, interest rate hikes especially for mortgages outrageously expensive. i raise this concern for you and a november letter the rate hikes continued to have an outsized impact on housing costs, as you know primary driver of core inflation. but mr. cherry think you will agree that congress also has a role. that is why i am somewhat disappointed after two months republicans have taken no serious action to address inflation. by this time last congress has democrats had passed the american rescue plan, to provide relief from the ongoing pandemic which included our committee's efforts to provide $70 billion of hom

mr. rogers: the chair recognizes ms. stefanik of new york for five minutes. ms. stefanik: thank you, mr. chairman. he want to ask both secretary austin and general milley about the unique role the 10th mountain division in fort drum play. i had the opportunity to visit with major general anderson who is doing a great job after the tremendous leadership by general beagle at fort drum. we discussed tkpwrepb jen anderson's initiative to return the mission to cold weather operations and mountaineering. given both of you were commanding generals at fort drum. are you very familiar with the post with unique strengths. what role do you see the 10th mountain division and fort drum specifically playing and outcompeting our adversaries in the arctic? secretary austin: 10th mountain division can play a significant role and does in that endeavor. i would also say there are multipurpose division. as they demonstrate they had can go a number of places and be very, very effective. because their strength is the quality of their people and their leadership. that's been demonstrate

the speaker pro tempore: mr. chair. the chair: mr. the the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill -- the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 140 directs me to report that 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. 140 and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess for a period of less than 15 minutes.

senator lee. >> thank you, mr. chair man. do think it's important in the conversation we are not talking about legislate priorities we are talking about the provision of the constitution. it's different tn a legislative priority when we get up to something we are making a law that is meant to stand the test of tim unless and until that amendment is removed or altered, it stands and it's the dp to interpret what that means. and that isxactly what happened here. i do think it is important, and i agree with senor walsh that it is very importa that we always focus on the rights of the law-abiding and keep those in mind when we consider legislation and the legislative strategies. e of the things you can do, the constitutional right involved, but really in any case where you are dealing with something that involvesublic safety, what are we doing tt might make it more difficult for the law-abiding to defend and protect tmselves? what is this lislation going to do to makes safer or less safe? it's important to remember a few dynamics

mr. speaker, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. goldman: i have no idea what hearing the gentleman from north carolina is referring to. because at the hearing with twitter executives that i attended, where the head of trust and safety was specifically asked if the f.b.i. had given any information, instructions, or directions about the hunter biden-new york post story, he specifically said, no. they did not receive any information. so if that's what you all think that you're basing this bill on, the actual facts in evidence are the pre-- are precisely the opposite of that. it's preposterous that you continue to say that over and over and over as if it's true when the evidence is directly contradictory to that. if i may have one minute, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield two minutes to my esteemed colleague from texas, ms. jackson lee. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. members are reminded to direct their comments to the chair. ms. jackson lee: how grateful i am to be on th

thawnch and i yield back mr. chair. >> thank you it and i recognize the gentlelady from the great state of alabama. >> five minutes. thank you so much mr. chairman and i want to thank you austin and milly for your years of decades of service to this nation thank you so much for your willingness to endure all of the lines of questioning. mine actually has to do what is probably the most important part of our budget which is investing in people. the servicemen and women who -- serve this great country. i know that both of you probably will agree that the strength of our military lies in its servicemen and women, and their families. and i am happy to see that president biden's defense budget prioritizes key personnel issues such as child care and health care. i also am glad to see that the military is prioritizing diversity equity and inclusion at the end of the day i think it's about military readiness if we want the best and the brightest to join our arm forces and rise to the rankses, we have to ensure that all america

i thank you mr. chair. ladies and gentlemen first as a brother in arms i want to thank you for your service but i graduate from west point in 2004 and became a ranger qualified apache pilot and flew 750 hours in iraqi prison. oiwe fought in different wars tt we all stood up to this -- for this nation could you answer the call initially because of something deep down in your soul that taught you that told me that you had an application and not an option to continue the service to give back even to the point where he felt called putting yourself in great danger. to answer to the world who share what we believe all men are created equal and protecting american ideals as she did putting your lives on the line. i want to personally thank you for your service. you have said many times that there is a feeling that's comparable to the american we have two trade our allies and we had to trade for those who stood with us during our time of need. and we abandoned them. we also got some feedback on addressing the 72,00

chair recognizes mr. grimshaw. >> thank you, madam chair. mr.chu for bringing republicans and democrats together, appreciate that. i want to get right to the critical point of concerns, tiktok is able to collect massive amounts of personal data, we all know that. that means it could, if it desired, to use the state to influence narratives and trends, create misinformation campaigns, and courage self destructive behavior, purposely allow drug cartels to communicate freely in organized human and drug trafficking. to be fair, all social media companies could do that. here's the difference, it is only tiktok that is controlled by the chinese communist party, all these other social media companies are not. mr. chew do you agree that tiktok is controlled by the ccp? >> no. >> i thought you'd say that. i disagree. as you thought i might say. here's why i disagree, your parent company is bytedance, right? >> that's correct. >> that is correct. many of the workers who work at bytedance or communist party members, right? >> i wouldn't know. >> i think, fo

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

mr. jordan: thank you. the chair now recognizes himself for an opening statement. 22 days ago, republicans on this committee released a report showing the federal trade commission sent 12 letters to twitter in a three-month time span. happened to be the three-month time that mr. musk had purchased the company. in the first letter after the first twitter files, the first question was, who are the journalists you were talking to? actually named four journalists personally. two of those four journalists testified the very next day. three weeks ago today, they testified that day in front of this committee. right here in this room. and in that hearing democrats asked them to reveal their sources. there's another thing that happened during that hearing. while one was testifying, the internal revenue service paid a visit to his home. left a note on his door saying, we'll be back in touch with you next week. that all happened. that all happened. and then we learned at the same time, it certainly appears that we still do not

mr. taibbi we appreciate your opening statementn the chair recognes the gentleman from uisiana mr. joson for five minutes. >> thank you botfor being here. it's n surprising tt minori isttacking in its opening statement and we apologize to bothf you. you shouldn't be treated that way for some the defendersf big tech in the biden a demonstration worked harto cast doubt legitimacy of your reporting and some have gone so far as to state it's if twitter is suppressing speech in coordination with the federal government. this morning we saw a stunning display of their attacking of your character we shouldn't be surprised that this is what the defenders of big vernment corruption to pick thiss thelayboo to destroy t messenger. we saw here on live television and everybodyan see for themlves. and the whistblowers as wel well. e sizzle andell. this iall in now. have documented carefully on the twitter files were couple of key facts. weill hear a lot of things with this is what they need to pay the federal government to intelligence agencies including the fbi used twitter and other socialedia