but, mr. chair, unfortunately this amendment does so much more than what the gentleman's true and honest intentions are. so with that, i'll reserve the balance of my time. and i oppose the amendment. the chair: t the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. crane: mr. speaker, i'd like to yield time to the gentleman from florida. the chair: the gentleman yields time to the gentleman from florida. the gentleman from florida is recognized. >> the american people need to observe what is happening on this floor. my colleague from arizona is simply saying that in the 88 -- $88 of billion we're sending across the river to the pentagon, we at least don't want that to fund u.s. troops, boots on the ground, in ukraine. mr. gaetz: and there seems to be no guardrail that some in this body would not accept so as to stop our country from inadvertently stumbling into world war ii. i have a amendments upcoming to stop security assistance but this is the humblest of amendments, seemingly t

mr. chair, i yield. the chair: the gentleman from georgia. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. the amendment is agreed to. mr. bishop: i demand a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from colorado will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 90 printed in part f of house report 118-216, for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. good: i have eanl amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 90 offered by mr. good of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 723, the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. good: i yield myself and i rise to reduce to $1 the office of surveillance and epidemiology. and conservatives reinstating the rule and created to reduce spending and use as a measure of accountability as oversight and reducing salaries. i invite my colleagues as a form of oversight and accountability.

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union, having had under jurisdiction h.r. 4367 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. 4367 and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to house resolution 723 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 4368. will the gentleman from north carolina, mr. murphy, kindly resume the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 4368 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for agricultural, rural development, food and drug administration and rerelated agency programs for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024, and for other purposes. the

>> mr. chair, i ask unanimous consent that the request for recorded vote on amendment 24 be vacated to the end. that the amendment will be withdrawn. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 65, printed in part -- amendment number 24, printed in part b of house report number 118-216. offered by mr. burchett of tennessee. the chair: is there objection to the request of the gentleman from ohio? mr. cuellar: mr. chairman, no objection. the chair: without objection, the request for recorded vote on amendment number 24 offered by the gentleman from tennessee is vacated. the amendment is withdrawn. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in part b of house report 118-216. on which further proceedings were postponed. in the following order. amendment number 13 by mr. correa of california. amendment number 23 by ms. wasserman schultz of florida. amendment number 25 by ms. escobar of texas. amendment number 29 by mr. cly

harris: thank you, mr. chair, i rise in favor of this amendment, this is the bipartisan amendment that includes priorities from members of both side of the aisle. i appreciate mr. bishop working on the amendment and ask for its support and reserve. the chair: the gentleman from reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. bishop: thank you. i rise in support of this amendment. this amendment includes 42 amendments, five bipartisan, 17 republicans, 20 for democrats. agriculture funding bill has starkly been a bipartisan bill and we'll need to channel that same cooperation if we want to pass appropriation bills into law. i thank the gentleman for offering the amendments and his cooperation in having this bipartisan en bloc amendment. i thank you and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. harris: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. bishop: i yield one minute to the gentl

mr. chairman. what's really harmful is a $2 trillion deficit, not the legislation before us. i yield to the gentleman from ohio, mr. miller. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. for one minute. mr. miller: i thank my colleague. thank you, mr. chairman. -i rise today to support a vital amendment included in the en bloc amendment to foster rural skills training and work force development. the amendment i offered with several of my colleagues would restore funding for one of usda's primary rural skills and work force programs at the world innovation stronger economy also known as rise grant program. as authorized in 2018 farm bill this work force training initiative provides assistance to rural areas to establish job accelerateors to cultivate the growth of high wage jobs and support rural economies. rural american regions throughout the country face challenges come bounded -- compounded by a lack of access training and workplace skills. this is an urgent issue that require ours attention and i

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. eaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 4665 directs me to report that it has come to no resolution thereon. the chair: 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. 4665 and has come -- 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 considering h.r. 4665 and has come to no resolution thereon. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> by direction of the committee on rules i call up house resolution 730 and ask for its immediate consideration. the clerk: house calendar number 39, house resolution 730. resolved that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 5692, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024, and for other purposes. all po

mr. correa of california. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 273, the gentleman from california, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. correa: i say to you, if you want to reduce fentanyl on our streets, i ask you to vote for this amendment. this amendment number 13 simply allows c.b.p. who hire additional c.b.p. sphergs at our ports of entry in addition to new border patrol agents. our ports of entry are the economic engine of our country and vital gate ways for international commerce and travel and collect more than $112 billion in duties and taxes every year. but our ports of entry are understaffed. c.b.p. told us they need 4,000 more agents at our ports of entry. and as you know, about 90% of the fentanyl seizures and other narcotics actually happen at our ports of entry and only 2% of the vehicles crossing being inspected. that's with only 17% of cargo coming across those ports of entry being inspected. if you want to stop, if you want to see more fentanyl, you need to hire more agents in ou

mr. chairman. the chair: mr. speaker, committee of the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 4665 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. 4665 and has come to no resolution thereon. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair announcer: today the house is working on 20 24 spending for four departments and operations. members are considering bill that would provide $300 million aid to ukraine, and negotiations are legislation to fund tntire federal government continue off the floor as lawmaker face amid light deadline on saturday to avoid a government shutdown. right now the house is it a recess. when members return, watch live coverage right here on c-span. ♪ announcer: as part of our new series, we are asking you what books do think shape

-- chair recognize mrs. bigs. >> my point of order that is not -- >> that is not a point of order. you're correct. the gentleman from arizona is correct. chair will now -- >> unanimous consent request. >> do you have a unanimous consent? >> yes. to reintroduce those six pages of testimony from devin archer -- >> okay. for the seventh time without objection. chair now recognizes mr. burleson -- >> you have called him and we could have questioned him. >> as you know, he's -- >> the chair recognize mrs. burleson. was that mr. bigs? okay. do you have a point of order? chair recognizes mr. burleson from missouri. >> thank you. professor turley, can you tell me, would it be illegal or unearth call for elected officials to utilize the resources in their office, utilize their staff to financially benefit family members business or their own? >> part of the problem -- the reason i think the illusion that defense is elucory, if the president was involved in that influence pedalling scheme, it would involve using his

the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: i yield myself two minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. diaz-balart: i have great respect for the gentlewoman, she's consistent and her and i have a good relationship but you heard it right now. this bill prohibits funding for the wuhan institute of virology, gain of function research and prohibits funding for any lab controlled by china, russia, cue bark iran, north korea and venezuela. we have a difference of opinion. i believe that taxpayer money going to labs controlled by these countries is just not something we should be doing. there is a absolute difference of opinion on that. if you believe, if anybody believes that u.s. taxpayer money should be going for those things, then you're going to have a problem with that part of this bill. if you, however, believe that u.s. taxpayer money should not go to fund those labs controlled by those countries, i would then ask you to support this bill. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman f

mr. chair and thank you to all the witnesses today. i just want to be mindful of the topic of this subcommittee and how mandates like esg distort markets and drive up cost for insurance and housing. mr. chair, i have to admit that i listened to all the opening statements and i'm not sure that any of our witnesses, if there was an example or any real data in connection between the disclosure requirements, which is simply about data and being transparent, to disclose what you are doing, to how it actually distorts markets and drives insurance costs. i have been listening. but again, it is just a reminder that people back home, again, this is just about transparency. it is about making sure we have the data to make the right decisions in terms of investors and consumers. instead of addressing real problems that my district faces, like high housing and insurance cost and accessibility, we are here today because republicans are trying to prevent simple common sense data from being in the public. for

then i think you mr. chair and i want to enter into the record and i'm asking this question because the and i'm so my colleagues that they know what's best when it comes to tribes. they either appropriate or discredit the viewpoint of indigenous people based on i guess political to the point that they want to score. folks have said there's there is no need for meaningful consultation. there's no need for consultation by indigenous communities which i find outrageous and it strikes me quite often as settler colonialist rhetoric which makes all the hair stand up on the top my head so a do believe we should be speaking for tribes without including them into these processes and discussions? >> thank you for the question in your hair looks great. thank you. >> also we visited the day one and are committed to making sure that we are engaging in meaningful consultation and not just in the pro forma way but a proactive way to assure additional engagement that's why the committed to stewardship and have led the way for

. >> thank you very much, mr. chair. thank you, mr. secretary for your willingness for being here and i appreciate you coming to deal with this. one of the reasons i wanted to be in this committee, i'm from ohio and talk about the transportation networks and the infrastructure existed failing many other communities and the ability to oversee bipartisan infrastructure law impacting northeast ohio, i represent the entire state of ohio but the country. it's very important in our networks and whether i'm thinking of the high-level bridge, the project in canton, all of these are critical projects. i know the folks in ohio, the 13th district are yearning for an opportunity to share, mr. secretary, all of the exciting opportunities that you can find and you can support through your position and whether it's talking to operating engineers and local labor. we do hope to see you in ohio in the near future but i won't totally put you on the hook for answering the question in the affirmative but i can feel that you want to be there. i want to talk

as you know, mr. chair, a lot of our projects or maintenance backlog will be contractors and that is probably not what you are asking but i want to point out that it is the private sector that basically implements our construction building in the on the ground projects. it is supervised by us. in public-private partnerships we have the national parks foundation, hundreds of other organizations helping most parks nowadays, especially bigger parks. we welcome and trying to be as innovative as we can working with those boards and donors to match money. the centennial match process is really helpful with that where we can put up 50% of the money that they would raise. that is great for fundraising apparently for donors. we worked a lot with the philanthropic organizations. they can do a lot of things quicker and faster for us, for the american people, and then as part of a donation, perhaps they can purchase a piece of land for us and donate it over. we do utilize the public-private partnerships a ton. we had t

the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. bost: thank you, madam chair. at this time i yield two minutes to the chairman of the committee, the gentleman from texas, mr. luttrell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. luttrell: i'm honored to be here to talk about h.r. 1530 as amended, the veterans improvement act of 2023. we have an obligation to support our veterans who served and sacrificed for our country, however there is currently a lot of red tape that prevents veterans from easily accessing the disability benefits they have earned from the v.a. this bill takes steps to make improvements including clarifying publishing requirement, questionnaire fornls v.a. website, these communication -- ease communications about the schedules of exam, veterans don't miss appointments. i would like to thank ranking member pappas and my colleagues, ciscomani and self, for their work on this amendment. it will provide veterans access they need to access benefits especially since the passage of the pact act last year as well as get new lawyers in th

. >> you, mr. chair and thank you for your willingness to be here and your stamina, appreciate you coming back. one reason i want to be on the committee, i am from ohio, we talk about the transportation networks and infrastructure but fails other communities and the ability to oversee infrastructure law and how it can impact not only northeast ohio but really the country, you can get anywhere within a matter of hours and it's important and whether i'm thinking of high-level grades, all of these are vertical project and i know the folks in ohio are yearning for opportunity to share with you exciting opportunities you can fund and support in your position whether talking through labor, we do hope to see you in ohio in the near future but i want totally put you on the hook but i feel like you want to be there. i want to talk about something you mentioned and i appreciate you acknowledging trying to call to attention an important issue and commitment my colleagues here, i get lessons about the administration

and, mr. chair, i've got to admit i sat and listened to all the opening statements, and i'm not sure that any one of our witnesses really gave us any example or any real data in connection between the disclosure requirements which is simply about data and being transparent to disclose what you're doing to how it actually distorts markets and drives insurance costs. i mean, i'm just, you know, i've been listening. but, again, it's just a reminder to the people back home that, again, this is just about transparency. it's about making sure we have the data, a make the right decisions in terms of investors and consumers. instead of addressing real problems that my district faces like high housing and insurance costs and accessibility, we're here today because republicans are trying to prevent simple, common sense data from being in the public. for some reason they've gotten on these anti-e esg and anti-woke with crew said is, whatever that means. -- crusade. it's really perplexing because, again, in my

>> respectfully, mr. chair, anything to speaking about what is subpoena compels or does not is squarely in the office of our general counsel. that is outside of what i can speak to. >> you cannot speak to whether those internal documents are in the production today? >> i cannot. >> the documents produced to the committee contained numerous redactions despite explicit instructions to produce unredacted copies of the documents. the committee is requesting unredacted copies of the documents as the subpoena compels them to do. can you commit to that? >> with regards to redactions, again, this is a space where the office of general counsel works with the office of legislative affairs and our components. we look forward to working with your staff in terms of the accommodations process but i would not say i am in a position to unilaterally speak to what documents will or will not be redacted. >> do you believe it is appropriate for an agency to fail to comply in a timely manner with the committee subpoenas and request

mr. chairman would like you i ask unanimous consent my full statement be made part of the record. in the interest of time i will just say chips for america represents a really historic investment and reassuring our semi conductor manufacturing innovation capacity. however, there are challenges in carrying out such an ambitious program. one of the concerns i have which i mentioned to the secretary is what steps the chips program is taken to ensure companies receiving funding implement the very highest standard for the handling of toxic chemicals. i come from silicon valley where we have seen firsthand the tremendous benefits of the semiconductor industry. but also problematic environmental legacy of some chipper production. we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to revitalize the semiconductor industry but we also have an opportunity to do it in a way that protects american workers. with that mr. chairman i yield back. >> thank you very much. i now recognize thank you miss lofgren. i recognize

. >> thank you, mr. chair. but it's for being with us this afternoon. thank you to your service to our country. i cannot think of many positions that one can hold in the federal government that is less valuable than yours. i can tell you that while the postal service is not a perfect system, i know many of the hard- working men and women back at home that serve the postal service. i know them to be professional and dedicated hard-working people. they operate in the imperfect system. i like to turn our attentions to elections for just a moment. with a high-end emphasis on the absentee ballots. through the pandemic. many of the aspects are being called into questions. the postal service has been called into question. serving in the north carolina legislature, we have attempted on a number of occasions to pass legislation that there has to be a time that there is a cut off to receive absentee ballots. north carolina just extended that to mag nine days. in many people's eyes, that creates question. our effort has been to eliminate the question about when th

mrs. neas: without question, sir. chair sanders: senator cassidy. senator cassidy: although i'm tempted not to because i'm southerner did not wear a -- i'll defer to senator tuberville. senator tuberville: i got two suits. i just forgot. thank you, mr. chairman, for having this hearing. i spent 35 years with the youth of this country as a coach, educator. this is not just a crisis that we have, mental health, it's an emergency. we got huge problems. this is probably the biggest problem we have in this country. it's getting worse every day. i saw it change in just a short period of time. the number one commodity that we have in this country is not gold and silver. it's our young people. and we're destroying them. and we're sitting back and watching it happen. i've seen prescription drugs take over our youth, especially a lot of kids that i work with. you know, we ruined the nuclear family and that's where a lot of this has got to come from. i counted up yesterday 32 mental health programs that we have in this country. 32. we spent tens of billions of

with that, mr. chair, thank you for being here today, and the chair now recognizes the ranking member of the floor committee, the gentleman from california, for four minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you. chairman powell, welcome back. we start by acknowledging the federal reserve made the right decision for the interest rate hike. this last november, i am cautioned against any approach to monetary policy that ignores the fed's maximum employment mandate and results in a recession with millions of people losing their homes and jobs. while we have had strong jobs growth thus far, experts contend that this trend will not persist with more rate hikes, especially in light of new challenges. for example, the recent bank failures have resulted in the banking industry further restricting credit, making it even more important for the fed to move with caution. the progress we have made in reducing inflation is borne out in the latest consumer price index data. in fact, it has been 10 months since the pass

thank you, mr. chairman, for having this hearing. i spent 35 years with the youth of this country as a co- educator. this is not just a crisis that we have on mental health, it's an emergency. we've got huge problems. this is probably the biggest problem we have in this country. it's getting worse every day. i saw a change in just a short period of time. the number one commodity that we have in this country is not gold and silver, it's our young people, and we're destroying them, and we're sitting back and watching it happen. i've seen prescription drugs take over our youth, especially a lot of kids that i worked with. you know, we've got to make a for this has come from, yesterday, i counted 32 mental health programs we have in this country. 32. we spend tens of billions of dollars.'r we are now going the opposite way. we have all kinds of addictions. talked to sherriff last week in montgomery, alabama, and he said, coach, i've never heard of the word fentanyl until two years ago. now, 95% of the drugs w

. >> chair recognizes mr. higgins from louisiana for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair, and mr. turley, retract from absurdity of twitter, back to civil officers of the united states shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. and high crimes and misdemeanors is not and never has been limited to indictable criminality. mr. turley, professor, please tell us briefly, sir, what was actual meaning in 1787 of high crimes and misdemeanors. >> well, this has been a matter of obviously robust debate for many decades. what we do know is that there were various terms that were offered and were rejected. the most famous being mal administration, and james madison was uncomfortable with that. but also uncomfortable with limiting it to treason and bribery. >> exactly, never designed to be limited by writ of statute. was it, professor. would madison argue that "betrayal of trust to foreign powers" is impeachable offense? >> there are references that type of betrayal of trust but also take a look at past impeachment

chair recognizes mr. edwards. >> thank you, mr. chair. just like to start out by commenting while this is not directly affecting this impeachment inquiry, i am so excited to have heard so many times from that side of the room how concerned folks are over keeping the government running because you're all going to get a chance in just a few hours to put your money where your mouth is and vote on some bills that's going to keep the government funded and i hope it's as important to you when you go to cast those votes as what you said that it is this afternoon. we've heard today that how many times joe biden has lied. he's lied about his role in his family's business dealings. we've also heard how in the white house he's struggled to keep up with new evidence about consistently shifted its messaging on president biden's involvement in hunter biden's foreign business affairs. this summer white house spokesperson ian sams shifted the white house's messaging to now claim that president biden was never in business with his son. this is dramaticall

granger: mr. chair, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from nevada. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nevada is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the chairman of the legislative graunch subcommittee and appropriations which has very specific jurisdiction over member pay, i just want to say plainly and unambiguously, in the 70 pages in this thing directly or indirectly, there is nothing, there is nothing that will lead to a member pay raise. mr. amodei: that will be next week where it is appropriately considered on the floor in terms of cost of living or other things on the floor. ms. delauro: will the gentleman yield? mr. amodei: yes, i will. ms. delauro: i would make reference to page 7 of the 71-page document, and in the senate bill they include a line that says -- the senate bill includes the blocking or the we break for live remarks from speaker mccarthy. speaker mccarthy it is clear i have tried every way listening to every person in the congress. when we went to vote, we passed it. it was tough but we got it thro

mr. chairman, i yield back. >> the chair now recognizes representative. >> thank you, mr. chairman. administrator, it looks like. we've got a worsening climate crisis and without insufficient funds in the disaster relief fund. in my district, the district of columbia, 13 public assistant projects totaling $7 million have been put on pause as well as 150,000 -- i'm sorry, $190,000. it has a mitigation project also on pause. it is critical that we replenish the disaster relief fund as soon as possible. could you speak to the impact on communities and disaster survivors if congress does not pass supplemental funding for the disaster relief fund? >> represented norton, right now, we are mostly watching the draw on the disaster relief fund and want to ensure we always have enough funding to support life sustaining activities that need to happen. is on hold. the largest impact on that is their ability to continue with new projects until they can get reimbursed for the work ? >> one of the programs that i am very excited and proud of is >> we have had great success in supporting a number o

plaskett: thank you, mr. chair. as we mark the solemn sixth anniversary of hurricanes irma and maria, i am reminded of the income middable spirit of virgin islanders who faced these devastating category five storms and the invaluable resource -- support we received from members of congress who rallied to secure much needed funding for our recovery. the impact of two twin category five hurricanes unleashed unprecedented destruction upon the virgin islandses of the united states. leaving a trail of devastation that will be remembered for generations. september 6, 2017, witness the relentless fury of hurricane irma, as it swept across our territory. carving a path of devastation that lingers in our collective memory. a mere fortnight later, hurricane maria desended upon our already devastated islands. compounding the damage exponentially. in the wake of these unparalleled catastrophes, the people of the u.s. virgin islands demonstrated incredible resilience and determination. other places receiving such damage cried an

mr. lee -- ms. lee. >> r thank you, chair comer and the ranking member mr. raskin. it's great to be on the committee. when i first came and i looked up on the wall and it is all the incredible former chair of the house oversight committee elijah cummings into reminds me of the first meeting, the committee meeting in the chamber. i can tell you it was incredibly powerful. i don't know mr. turley if you know, do you know what the subject matter of the hearing was? >> i don't. >> it was around insulin, price gouging of insulin and the first witness was a mother of twins who had to ration her insulin between two children. it was incredible because at that moment i thought this is exactly the committee i i want o ber on, here doing what is need for the american people and fighting back against greed and a number of broken systems and processes that i think again leave many families behind. here we are though, doing the bidding of a twice impeached indicted former president instead of working for the people of our country. mr. o'connor -- ms. o'connor, do you know this num

mr. chairman, i yelled back. >> chair recognizes mr. edwards from north carolina for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr. ziegler did you ever ask for access to hunter biden's laptop in your investigation? >> i do recall asking for access, yes. >> or you credit that access? >> i believe that is in the confines of my transcript. i do know, so, when we are talking about -- >> did you look at the laptop? >> so, i can jump in there. i documented a meeting where we had this discussion and it was included in my house ways and means committee transcript. special agent ziegler asked multiple times that he had certain pieces of certain downloads from the devices but he did not have access to all of them. that is when leslie wolf said that is because prosecutors decided not to give it to you all. >> so you effectively were denied access. mr. shapley, in your interview with the ways and means committee, he stated the following regarding efforts to obtain a search warrant for the time, former vice president biden guesthouse. we talked about t

. >> mr. chair, luis from arizona, we took a vote this saturday to adopt the bylaws amendment and create state convention composed of roughly, we will meet the definition of gender party, equal division, the chair will have an appointment process to meet that obligation and that requirement, that will be tone after consultation with our affirmative action committee or equity committee of the state committee, so we, therefore, consider that for the delegates at large and >> we are going to leave this program and taking you live to the summit in washington, d.c., by remarks from former vice president mike pence and senator lindsey graham. that event is expected to get underway to the top of the hour. here are some remarks by president biden on the contract negotiations between u.s. auto makers and both sides failing to reach an agreement. the president spoke at the white house earlier this afternoon. president biden: i want to talk very briefly about the auto strike and the contract negotiations betwe

senator braun. >> thank you, acting mr. chair.uch an interesting conversation because in my home state of indiana, crossroads of america, the biggest manufacturing state per capita and really in every nook and cranny as a strong immigrant presence. i think what we have to get to the bottom of is everyone want something to work better. how do we get there. the sad thing about this place, you have to get 60 senators to agree to it even on issues that have so much merit. i come up back in march of 2021 went with 16, 17 other republicans down to the border and when you see that up close, you see that humanitarian issues involved there. i traveled, visited all 92 counties in here the same thing. workforce, workforce, workforce. and, we know how immigrants become the entrepreneurs. the start up businesses and all of that. so, how do we get to where we kind of can solve the issue. listening to the border patrol, it all starts down there on the t southern border. the whole issue of comprehensive immigration reform so you do not have peopl

fitzgerald, for five minutes mr. chair, for about 150 years, the insurance regulators and laws have regulated insurance companies. the federal insurance office grows increasingly aggressive collecting data from insurance companies. most recently issuing a proposed data collection to assess climate related financial risk. fil intentionally chose to not collaborate with regulators on the climate data call. the treasury's own proposal could take 350 hours for the industry to produce the data. that is why i plan and i think other members of the committee will be part of this, to repeal the fio subpoena power in the coming weeks. can you quickly discuss the federal insurance office, the accumulation of power in recent years? >> thank you congressman fitzgerald for the question the federal insurance office was rated -- i was told that insurance companies were responsible for the global financial crisis which was not the case. it was banking and non-bank funding institutions. and the role was in the statute of the if i owe, to mo

my time has expired and i yield back mr. chair. >> the gentlest time has expired the chair now working as a gentleman from florida's 12th district for five minutes. >> thank you appreciate very much mr. chairman. archimedes working on closing the digital divide for decades as you know. yet rural americans remain on the wrong side of connectivity unfortunately. i'm fort fernando and citrus counties the counties i represent in florida reliable connectivity continues to be a top-tierpa issue. all american families need access to reliable high-speed internet regardless of their zip code. focusing on closing this divide as quickly as possible as michaelt and i believe it's a bipartisan goal so that citizens get connected and taxpayers are off the hook. speed is key permitting disputes and delays can stop construction in their tracks. hook. speed is key. disputes and delays can stall construction in their tracks and dis- incentivize the build out to the communities we are trying to target with all of these federal programs. delays resul

s we met with your indulgence, mr. chair, mr. pizzuro, the laws you listed, what you think is the most important change to make the more proactive in making sure that this material isn't disseminated on their platforms? >> they need to be mandated and they definitely, from a standpoint of just if we can just get them to standardize what they give and be a little bit more proactive, we are looking for incremental changes. there's a lot of changes that need to be done, but that's where we need to at least start. >> thank you very much. >> chair recognizes the lady from florida, ms. lee. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you to all our witnesses for being here today, for sharing your stories, your expertise and your insight about this important issue. i spent a large part of my professional career working on ending the sexual exploitation of children, domestic violence and human trafficking and it's very important to me that is congress, we are doing everything we can to bring awareness to this issue, to incarcerate perpetrators a

mr. secretary. their chair recognizes mr.rett. >> thank you for being with us this afternoon and spending so long to answer important questions. the eye i ja spent more federal dollars in many decades for the united states and per structure. specifically the eye i ja authorizing appropriated $661 billion over five years for the dot programs. more than double for the amount authorizing the previous service of transportation of law of the fastback. in preparation for the hearing the committee requested mdot the total amount of eye i ja funding distributed to date geo twos response was not comprehensive in its accounting of distributed eye i ja dollars and in fact differ from previous estimates provided to the committee by dot. do you agree a simple yes or no in order to effectively monitor funds you should be able to accurately pull the accounting of where the funds been allocated where they have been sent. >> absolutely i assure you we take good care that we can contract these dollars we know how complex it can be a simple que

the chair: mr.peaker, the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 4665 and pursuant to house resolution 723, i report the bill back to the house of amendments adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 4665 and pursuant to house resolution 723 reports the bill as amended by that resolution back to the house with sundry further amendments. under the rule, the previous question is ordered. is there a separate vote demanded on any? if not the chair will put them engross. the question is on adoption of the amendment. those in favor, say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it and the amendments is agreed to. those in favor say aye. , those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of state, foreign operations and the september 30, 2024 and forker purposes. the