espaillat: yes, mr. chair. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from washington, a member of the appropriations committee, mr. kilmer. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. kilmer: thank you, will chair. and i thank -- thank you, mr. chair. and i thank the gentleman for yielding. for the past several years i have been part of an effort to modernize the legislative branch, to ensure that this institution is working better for the american people. the committee on the modernization of congress passed 202 recommendations, roughly 2/3 of them have been fully or partially implemented. and we looked at everything. from congressional capacity to outdated technology to rising polarization. chair valadao, ranking member espaillat and your staffs have been invaluable partners in these efforts. importantly, the f.y. 2025 bill includes funding for something called the modernization initiatives account, which helps implement some of the open recommendations made by the modernization committee. it also includes language

kaptur: mr. chair, i yield six minutes to the gentlewoman from connecticut, the distinguished and extremely hardworking ranking member of the appropriations committee, ms. delauro. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: thank you, mr. chair. and my thanks go to chairman fleischmann and to ranking member kapter and to the energy and water subcommittee staff for your hard work on this bill. especially scott mckee and adam wilson. with this bill we have a rare opportunity to make strategic investments that lower energy costs for american families, promote america's energy independence, and support a robust and modern manufacturing sector. this is a real chance to ensure america's resiliency in the face of a changing climate and a shifting global economy. but that is not what the majority has chosen. instead, the majority has cut domestic investments in this bill by over 5%, and with it they will increase energy costs, jeopardize our energy independence and national security, hurt our globa

mr. brecheen of oklahoma. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1370, the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. brecheen, and a member opposed each will control five minute the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. brecheen: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment prohibits the i.h.s., end&health services from providing sex change surgeries at their hospital, clinics and reimbursing providers who perform those sex-change surgeries. i.h.s. is receiving $5.2 billion in appropriations from the bill we are debating we cannot allow that money to go toward mutilation of individuals. turning them forever into patients of a pharmaceutical industry if you don't believes this happening, look no further than main website for i.h.s. it is a host of resources for individuals seeking surgery and guidance for so-called care providers. their website tells you how to acquire surgery. thousand pay for it. where to go on the day of sunshinery. the i.h.s. has the gall to refer to this as, quote, gender affirming care, which, according

pingree: thank you, mr. chair. to be clear, i fully support all oversight efforts and believe the mission of the inspector generals across government is vital. but i disagree with the offset and the treatment of the e.p.a. in this bill generally. in the base bill, the e.p.a.'s cut by nearly 20%, almost every single account is cut except for the office of inspector general. quite frankly, the inspector general's office does pretty well under this bill. cutting every single program at the e.p.a. and seeking to increase funding for only one office, which happens to be the oversight office, is a clear attempt by the majority to politicize the inspector general, that's unacceptable. i oppose this amendment and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman is recognized. mr. mccormick: i love the environment. my favorite president is teddy roosevelt, the great environmentalist, and my dad was a forest ranger. i grew up with woodsy the owl and smoky the bear. i truly, truly have a grea

mr. perry of pennsylvania. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1370, the member from pennsylvania, mr. perry, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the gentleman is recognized. mr. perry: this prohibits the e.p.a. for using funds from action pursuing section 115 of the clean air act section 115 of the clean air act allows e.p.a. to mandate state emission levels to whatever level they deem appropriate if they find u.s. emissions endanger a foreign nation and the endangered nation has a reciprocal amendment to control these emissions in their own nation, sufficient as the paris climate accord. this allows the e.p.a. to vastly expand its regulatory authority and encroach on the right of the states to regulate their own energy sectors based on the actions sole loif a foreign nation. it is irresponsible to allow unelected bureaucrats at the e.p.a. to retain the ability to seize such expansive authority. if the u.s. government wants to pursue such a policy, one that in my opinion is constitutionally suspect,

the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. simpson: i'm pleased to begin consideration of h.r. 8998, the fiscal year 2025 department of interior environment -- the chair: the committee will be in order. please take your conversations off the floor. the chair: the gentleman from idaho is recognized. mr. simpson: i am pleased to begin consideration of h.r. 8998 fiscal year 2025 department of interior, environment and related agencies appropriations act. i commend chairman cole for his leadership and for his continued support of the interior bill. i would like to thank ranking member pingree and rank delauro for their work on this bill. it provides 38.4 billion in new nondefense discretionary spending which is below the 2024 level and 4.4 billion below the president's budget request. it rescinds 55 million provided to the presidio trust. cutting funding is never easy and with the national debt and inflation at an unacceptable level we had to make tough choices to rein unnecessary spending. this legislation prioritizes critical nee

mr. calhoun: i will. chair blumenthal: john barnett went through two days of depositions to haji wright's deposition? mr. calhoun: -- of depositions. have you read his deposition? mr. calhoun: yes. chair blumenthal: what was your reaction? mr. calhoun: heartbreaking. chair blumenthal: it was heartbreaking for sure, but didn't make you want to take action against those employees who put pressure on him and threaten him? mr. calhoun: senator, this was considerably before my time. i do know that that process was taken up by the governing authority to look into, and they came out with a determination that i know nobody is satisfied with it i understand that, and i understand why. but it did go through a process, and i know the family will take exception to that process. i understand it. chair blumenthal: i will turn to the ranking member for the second round. sen. johnson: senator, i deferred to senator hawley. i guess what i would like to do, and maybe mr. mckenzie would be the person to speak to this, or mr. calh

mr. chairman. thank you for this hearing. i want to thank the subpoena that you sent. i want to thank ranking member raskin, and your work. the letter you sent to the committee and i also support the creation of a commission to get to the bottom of what happened director i just want to give you an honest assessment of how this is going for you today. did you happen to catch the hearing many months ago? in education where there were a bunch of university professor of university presidents elise stefanik, asked a very easy question and couldn't get an answer. did you see that hearing? >> no, i don't think i did. okay. well, let me tell you. it didn't go well. and the short end of that story was those university professors all resigned. they're gone that's how this is going for you this is where this is headed. >> okay. >> this is i don't know who prepared you for this i don't know how many times you've testified in front of congress but a president was almost assassinated live on television, not

thank you, and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you, mr. chair. and senior member of the committee will begin with questions. >> think you so much, mr. chairman. former president trump has indicated that he would propose, if elected, a substantial increase in tariffs between tenants 60% and by doing those, eliminate the federal income tax. first, and the question would be what would the increase of tariff -- consumers and the economy? >> thank you. senator reed, so i am going to say that we go very far out of our way not to comment on campaign type information. we just don't do that. we also don't comment on trade policy. we have really specific and important jobs and we tried to stick to those. >> well, i'm glad i allowed you to establish that principle, mr. chair. but let me remind you that 10% increases in tariffs is going to have an effect on prices. 60% tariff increases are significant and, in fact, i have been told that to replace the income tax, we would have to raise tariffs across the board 70% to make up for the loss of the income tax. i

thank you, mr. chair. >> ms. white, you are recognized for five minutes. >> good afternoon, and thank you. thank you congresswoman, thank you chairman nells, ranking member wilson, ranking member larsen and all the members of the subcommittee to discuss passenger rail as an integral part of our national transportation system. i oversee our rail, aviation, ferry, public transit, bicycle, and pedestrian divisions. i also chair a regional cooperation. i want to thank congress for its support of the bipartisan infrastructure law, which has significantly advanced our rail investments. north carolina has received several chrissy grants, a $1 billion federal state partnership construction grant, and short line grants supporting economic develop.ment in rural, western, and south carolina. we are grateful for the bipartisan support we have received from both state elected leaders and our congressional delegation. rail is the only mode that does not enjoy formulaic federal funding, meaning projects often languish on shelve

hickenlooper: thank you, mr. chair. you covered this in terms of the cost, you know, the diagnostic tests that are leading drivers of the accumulation of this debt. so i think the health care price transparency act put forth by chairman sanders and senator braun who is a co-sponsor, but the health care price transparency act requires all negotiated rates and cash prices to be published for all shoppable health care services. i guess i'll start with the doctor el-said. how do you think transparency measures in this bill help? what role can that play in addressing the cause or creation of debt? dr. el-said: it plays an important role and i shared my story about needing a surgery for a hernia and that's the kind of shoppable health care that applies to. i do think we need to be thinking about it in comprehensive inclusion with care for the kind of health care that a lot of folks -- payment for the kind of health care that contract messak takes care of and is not shoppable and has to be done at the edge of real risk and is

mr. vice chair items will be appear on the board of supervisors' agenda of july 23rd, 2024, unless otherwise stated. thank you. mr. clerk clerk call our clerk call our clerk call our avenue avenue avenue avenue avenue (assessor's parcel block no. 4167, lot no. 013),with a public stair and scenic overlook; adopting environmental findings under the california environmental quality act; making findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section obligations or liabilities to the city an dare necessary to effectuate the purposes of the permit or this resolution. >> if were we joined by listeningcy lopez from the supervisor walton and welcome. >> thank you very much. hello chairman supervisor melgar and supervisor preston thank you for having me, i'm asking for 00 positive recommendations for the - the post will context the potrero for a pedestrian roughly. and help correct to the potrero public library and residents to the caltrans the 22 bus terminal and the waived at pier 70 and pass it to eric for more information. >> thank you welcome mr. l

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such are now recognizes kevin for the, to second the motion. >> thank you, mr. chair. i second the motion. >> we now have a motion and a second. i've asked -- i would ask the staff to identify raised hands. >> chair, i see dan stanton. >> you are recognized. >> thank you, chair. we just passed the resolution within this committee, and i was wondering if where in the agenda this resolution would be considered by the convention? >> i will defer to the staff on this one. >> apologism. one last time. this will be near the committee reports. we try to specify the purpose of the agenda platform committee reports. as we mentioned roles and credentials are adopted by your own, and so that is a great plan. we'll be sure to add it to the committee report section by the platform section. >> thank you. any further hands up, staff? >> chair, i see armando. >> you are recognized. >> hello, chairman, everyone. good afternoon. point of clarification. should the platform committee passed or present any platform items that are contradictory to any international law or any inhumane policy

such are now recognizes kevin for the, to second the motion. >> thank you, mr. chair. i second the motion. >> we now have a motion and a second. i've asked -- i would ask the staff to identify raised hands. >> chair, i see dan stanton. >> you are recognized. >> thank you, chair. we just passed the resolution within this committee, and i was wondering if where in the agenda this resolution would be considered by the convention? >> i will defer to the staff on this one. >> apologism. one last time. this will be near the committee reports. we try to specify the purpose of the agenda platform committee reports. as we mentioned roles and credentials are adopted by your own, and so that is a great plan. we'll be sure to add it to the committee report section by the platform section. >> thank you. any further hands up, staff? >> chair, i see armando. >> you are recognized. >> hello, chairman, everyone. good afternoon. point of clarification. should the platform committee passed or present any platform items that are contradictory to any international law or any inhumane policy

i'll now recognize the ranking member for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr.arouca, there are two types of federal train inspections. an inspection my qualified carman who inspects 195 points on each car and the locomotive crew inspection that covers only 12 points, what are some of the things that the shorter inspection does not cover? >> thank you, ranking member. well, i brought a little bit of a visual indication here so this is from-- i printed out the portions of the fra's mp and e or equipment compliance manual that the inspectors are required to use and that our members are required to is inspect, too. this is what our carmen are having inspect to. quite a tack of paper, 215, 232. this, these two pages is what a crew member is required to inspect to, 12 points of inspection. they're generallylized, versus a carman has to look at versus parts, gauges and tools, and unfortunately, and this is not to detract from our brothers and sisters in operating crafts, but they don't have the time to do this. they have other tasks to do, they have to get the freight

mr. chairman. chairman powell get a seat again. , displayed in the questioning, i going to hit a couple times my colleagues otherwise it because i want to make sure it's noted i raised them as well. first of all i want to agree with the chairman. i probably are more announcing and housing affordability than any other issue, and i agree with the chairman, and i know we discussed his about a rate cut and anderson most of your answer but i still want to have my two cents century. we've got to find a way to start bringing market rates down -- mortgage rates down of the people of -- unlike the housing market. we discussed the rate cut issue and and i know you have to navigate that. i i hope itnd sooner rather than later. i will not recap what i've done in the last couple of hearings with you, but it do think the discount window proposal that i've gotten and i know you're working on, the fourth we think about additional regulations we. do need some cases i think the discount window as an underused tool. it's o

i'll now recognize the ranking member for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chair. mr.arouca, there are two types of federal train inspections. an inspection my qualified carman who inspects 195 points on each car and the locomotive crew inspection that covers only 12 points, what are some of the things that the shorter inspection does not cover? >> thank you, ranking member. well, i brought a little bit of a visual indication here so this is from-- i printed out the portions of the fra's mp and e or equipment compliance manual that the inspectors are required to use and that our members are required to is inspect, too. this is what our carmen are having inspect to. quite a tack of paper, 215, 232. this, these two pages is what a crew member is required to inspect to, 12 points of inspection. they're generallylized, versus a carman has to look at versus parts, gauges and tools, and unfortunately, and this is not to detract from our brothers and sisters in operating crafts, but they don't have the time to do this. they have other tasks to do, they have to get the freight

mr. vice chair items will be appear on the board of supervisors' agenda of july 23rd, 2024, unless otherwise stated. thank you. mr. clerk clerk call our clerk call our clerk call our avenue avenue avenue avenue avenue (assessor's parcel block no. 4167, lot no. 013),with a public stair and scenic overlook; adopting environmental findings under the california environmental quality act; making findings of consistency with the general plan, and the eight priority policies of planning code, section obligations or liabilities to the city an dare necessary to effectuate the purposes of the permit or this resolution. >> if were we joined by listeningcy lopez from the supervisor walton and welcome. >> thank you very much. hello chairman supervisor melgar and supervisor preston thank you for having me, i'm asking for 00 positive recommendations for the - the post will context the potrero for a pedestrian roughly. and help correct to the potrero public library and residents to the caltrans the 22 bus terminal and the waived at pier 70 and pass it to eric for more information. >> thank you welcome mr. l

and i'd like to have, mr. chairanimous consent to enter into the record a "politico" article that says, coal dust concerns mount after baltimore bridge collapse. >> without objection, so ordered. mr. mfume: i'd also like to enter into the record a letter that i sent to administrator regan outlining the perils of that community and seeking help. >> without objection, so ordered. mr. mfume: and i'd also like to enter into the record the petition for rulemaking that many of the communities in that area have fought long to get. >> without objection, so ordered. mr. mfume: if i might, i want to commend people who are kind of nameless and faceless in one of those communities like mr. david jones and curtis bay, greg saltel, president of the curtis bay community association, mike middleton, dr. melanie thomas, angela smothers, johns hopkins bloomberg's school of public health, and coal-free curtis bay. all of which are working together and have been for a long time to underscore the problem that i want to take a moment to

. >> thank you, mr. chair. now i recognize daniel neutra, his brother over was taken hostage on october 7 to get his statement. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak. i'm daniel neutra, 20 years old, omar my brother turned 22 in captivity in gaza almost ten months ago on october 14. other day i found out he was kidnapped i was at college. my dad will be up at seven in with a phone call telling me he hadn't heard from over since the night before. spent the whole day in my dorm room reading the news and seeing gruesome images the atrocities that were happening. wondering if he was okay. and i called him more times than i can remember. when i filenet by rim to go eat noething i looked around and one in the entire building seem to know what happened. was like living in a different reality. and to this day many americans are completely unaware that eight americans are still being held hostage to this day. olmert is my best friend and dash of omer is still my best friend some i could all talk to. all the time to

>> first and foremost mr. chairke notes no one has a greater interest in the success of the roots and the people that work for them. if the railroads don't make money we cannot argue for better contracts, wages, benefits, working conditions, all that was out the window. secondarily the service critics might be critical of this bill are simply wrong. i'm sitting next to one of the largest rail customers in the country. i don't think you'll be supporting the legislation if you thought it's going to completely destroy it rail rail servicefor his entire indu. at the end of the day for the carmen you have two options you give the carmen enough time to do their job and inspect all these trains but you assign more to inspect the trains the answer is not what is currently going on which is to not properly inspect them at all. that is what i would say. >> thank you, i will yield the balance and recognize the ranking member for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chair. there are two types of federal train inspections. an inspecti

mr. chairman. >> chair now recognizes mr. khan late from virginia thank you, mr. chairman. well i hope the american people do appreciate the incredible daily risks. >> secret service agents take on our behalf you mentioned there are 36 regular client you've got that you protect constantly, but i was participating in the nato summit just two weeks ago. we had 32 heads of government and heads his a state plus visiting heads of state and heads of government presumably you provided protection for all of that is correct. >> just just saying help us understand however i will stipulate that does not going investigation. you don't want to go into too much detail in that until you've been able to ascertain all the facts and analyze what they mean. you can understand however, the anxiety we and the american public have about how could this happen? happen and how can we ensure it can recur. now there are some things my friends on one particular side of the aisle don't really want to talk about like ar 15s and access to them by 20-year-old or anybody for that matter. >> presumably dire

mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. gaetz, for five minutes. mr. gaetz: mr. speaker, i rise to notify the house of the creation of the congressional ill salvador caucus for which i will serve as chairman and for which i have appointedhe gentleman from texas, mr. gonzalez, to serve as the bipartisan co-chairman. congressman gonzalez has extensive relationships and insights drawn from his time in illalvador and throughout latin america and that will assist in leading the caucus. mr. speaker, ill salivary to's president has veteran ill salvador from the murder cital of the world into a reliable and stable partner for peace and security for the united states of america. the ill al have a door caucus will assist to nurture and advance the relationship, to encourage strong borders, strong culture, and the strong reforms that the salvadoran president has put into detect. they defeated th gangs they put prosperity on the march there. and even the 70,000 people who are incarcerated in that country are not just seeing their lives

thank you mr. chairhank you chairman. the program requires a nonprofit hospitals to have a contract with state or local government to provide charity care for low income patients. we know that pga of the government accountability office found more oversight is needed to ensure these contracts are valid and in compliance. and the whole panel, thank you all for being here today. dr. kagan what are the potential benefits of implementing stronger verification process for contracts toco ensure 340b savings are allocated to those that are most ined need? need? >> the lowest seems to be in this area we have existing policies that are meant to subsidize the care of those who cannot pay in full or at all. 340-b is one of those and it is reasonable to set up standards and enforce contracts about what you are doing with that money. >> fairly straightforward verification procedures? >> my understanding is there no verification. what you do with that money. anything in seems like a step in the right direction. >> it

mrs. luna: how much time do i have leftry maining? the chair: eight minutes. mrs. luna: i yield two minutes to representative biggs. mr. biggs: i thank the gentlelady. i find it intriguing and had references this isn't the kremlin and assertions that some of us received subpoenas and didn't respond. but this individual doesn't know the facts. when a subpoena was should, does he know whether service was made, does he know that? the answer was no. and wasn't. let's talk about why we are here today, the other side says wait a second, mr. garland was in compliance, except for what happened? three weeks ago now, the d.o.j. itself in pleadings to the court said we made changes to the transcript. but don't worry, don't worry about the changes, we took out repeat words and took out pauses and all kinds of things that were just small in nature. but how do we know? we don't know. but there was an audio recording and just like in the nixon tapes and thinks the controlling law here, the court said, if you change the written transcript, you got to provide the audio recording. t

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator crapo. and let me just say n/a polarized political environment it would be so valuable to have a bipartisan solution to the problems the report has uncovered. we are going to hear about today. going to do everything i can to make that possible. with respect to the record first ls condemns consent to enter into the record committee's report titled warehouses of neglect how taxpayers are fighting systemic abuse and youth, residential treatment facilities, this report contains shocking examples of abuse and neglect it to many facilities. second, about to introduce a panel of witnesses that bring the committee valuable expertise from across the spectrum of these facilities. one perspective that's not represented on the panel the voices of former patients at these facilities. many of whom are survivors of abuse and neglect bread there are over 100 of these persons in your room today. many have submitted testimony about their experiences i unanimous consent these s

chair, it appears we have no speakers. okay. public comment on this item is now closed, mr. clerk, i'd like to make a motion to send this item out of committee to the full board with a positive recommendation as a committee report on the motion offered by the chair, that this be sent to the board of supervisors recommended as a committee report. vice chair. preston. hi, preston. i member peskin i. peskin i chair melgar. i melgar i madam chair. there are three eyes that motion passes. thank you. thank you so much. let's go to item number three, please, mr. clerk, agenda item number three is an ordinance accepting irrevocable, excuse me, irrevocable offers of public infrastructure associated with the 1629 market street mixed use project, including improvements located within portions of market, brady, stevenson and colton streets, colusa place and chase court. accepting an irrevocable offer of dedication for right of way purposes of real estate property located at the intersection of colton and brady streets. dedicating this infrastructure and real property to public use. desig

mr. chairman and i yield act -- back. >> the chair recognizes -- >> mr. hair, i have unanimous consent to enter the new report from southern poverty law center that describes how pseudoscience has become a tool to minimize legal action targeting the lgbtq community. >> without objection for the chair recognizes mr. grossman from wisconsin. >> i want to point out for one second that america -- they talk about this dei obsession is being a succession to prior efforts of progressives or communists or what have you to the -- divide america. they fail to divide by income level so they are intentionally trying to divide america by race. the reason i believe this is true is if you look at this time in our history where people from all around the globe, and earn more than people of european descent. india, china, cuban people, there -- we live at a time were single women under 30 out-earn single men under 30. nevertheless we set up this bureaucracy that says if i'm a person of color and inherited $10 million, i'm put upon and should be given preference over someon

mr. minister. >> the chair recognizes the jennifer mr.uger why bridges on the short list of the potential in the next ice present of the united states. mr. donald for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ambassador bacon, thank you for being here. earlier this year the d.c. circuit, the d.c. district court here actually invalidated epa desiccation designation that allowed the state the flood to process clean water act permit applications, a process that's been a place for the last three years. our concern, the sunshine state that s epa agreed to give us privacy and going through the permitting process as opposed to having to go through the army corporation of engineers. in short, does epa stand give clean water act and endangers water act? you believe you are still with us orou you're not? i want to make sure i get -- >> i believe we are still filing what the court has told us we should do which i know there's a court ruling and i know there was some consternation there. let me circle back with you to see where we are in that case. >

mr. mfume. >> i have an inquiry of the chair. mr. chairman, we disagree on a lot of issues in this committee a lot of times, but we always ought to look and put a stop sign in front of ourselves when we start assailing by name the personal integrity of any witness. i mentioned this a few weeks ago with mr. fauci. he continues happen. i want to make sure i'm on the record so that members of the committee on both sides of the aisle will at least respect the personal integrity of a witness before this committee. >> the chair recognizes mr. higgins for his final few seconds. >> this is the oversight committee. this is where government is forced to sit in front of congress and be held accountable for their for the actions. >> mr. chairman, the gentleman's time -- but -- [talking over each other] >> it's not the mccarthy committee. >> order. the china recognizes ms. norton from washington, d.c. >> administrator regan, thank you for being here today. climate change and pollution are among the most urgent crises of our time. addressing them

i want to echo my >> your time ueis expired. >> thank you mr. chair, i want to echo my comments, sentiment that your mishandling of federal records and disregard for obligations under the freedom act are a front, we are all accountable including yourself and in addition, they cast a shadow on the legacy of millions of federal workers who serve the public diligently and respectfully day in and day out and i want to be very clear on this point, your troubling misconduct is an anomaly, not the norm and it is essential that you are held accountable so the american people can remain confident that their taxpayer dollars are being invested in a federal workforce that is committed to serving our nation is possibly end with the care it deserves. let me ask you, do you feel any remorse for the way in which you handled the federal records that have been reflected on the members of federal workforce who you have served alongside?>> i'm sorry i'm getting a little echoed here and i'm not sure i'm hearing every word you are saying. >> do you feel any remorse on how