mr. chair the committee of the school board recommends to the state board of education that they were approve the request from the curriculum center to update content in its personal [inaudible] oh, ok. oh. ok. right here? i found it. sorry about that. mr. chair the committee recommends the state board of education that they require that publishers of the construction materials on the approved lists make all agreed to changes listed in the individual product reports, require that all instruction materials establish manufacturing standards and specifications, that all electronic and structural material comply with the accessibility guidelines and the technical standards required by the federal rehabilitation act, require materials provide access to a parent portal as required, approved changes and corrections submitted in response to written comments and public testimony to the boe by november 2024 at 5:00 p.m. central time and adopt a list of approved instructional materials as approved by the

mr. chairman. and it has been an honor to serve alongside you along the subcommittee on the past two years. the most important subcommittee i've served on in myos 18 yearsn congress and working with you has allowed us to work together in a bipartisan fashion along with mr. graves and my ranking member, my bid, mr. larson, in getting this bill passed. phenoo back to louisiana and i think of them and member,ve my bid, mr. larsen, in f the of this committee and earlier this year we pass overwhelmingly bipartisan support longtime long-term faa reauthorization bill there six months since they resided lawsuit to assure compliance structures and therein. it addressed numerous challenges facing our aviation system modernization of safety and technology infrastructure and admiration of new interest of the u.s. guys including drones on airplanes and shortage of air traffic controllers and the poor treatment of airline passengers especially the passengers with disabilities. in our witnesses today across t

mr. chair, i yield back. >> thank you very much. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is tiresome. we have gone around and around on this for more than a decade and we still are looking at another half a decade at best to get a heavy icebreaker. the report unfortunately does not get into the details of why we are so far behind and the intricacies of the bollinger successes and failures. we need to know that. the other, i think, admiral gautier, you said something that sounded like budget. i think you used that word. that's money. bottom line i will ask you guys, is there a national security threat in the arctic as a result of the inability of the united states to have a presence in the arctic? >> congressman, we have not failed as the united states coast guard. year in and year out, to have a short presence with our coast guard assets cannot guarantee that moving forward is adversaries presence increases as the conditions of our current two icebreakers age and until we get recapitalized new cutters .

mr. chairdict then it has been an honor to serve a long suit and on-site the subcommittee for the past two years has been the most important subcommittee i've certain but it served on my 18 years of progress in working with you has allowed us to work together in a bipartisan fashion mr. graves and my ranking member my leader mr. larson getting this bill passed. your leadership in this committee is been phenomenal go back to louisiana and i think of them and mr. graves and hunter 19 congress is on track to become of the least productive in u.s. history and that is of the of this committee and earlier this year we pass overwhelmingly bipartisan support longtime long-term faa reauthorization bill there six months since they resided lawsuit to assure compliance structures and therein. it addressed numerous challenges facing our aviation system modernization of safety and technology infrastructure and admiration of new interest of the u.s. guys including drones on airplanes and shortage of air traff

. >> thank you, mr. chair. and it has been an honor to serve along beside you on the subcommittee the past two years. it's been the most important subcommittee i served on an 18 years in congress and working with you has allowed us to work together in a bipartisan fashion. my ranking member, my leader mrl passed. your leadership has been phenomenal and when they go back in my opinion to look at louisiana they will would f billy cannon, harry connick, mannings and mr. graves. the 118th congress is on track to become one of the least productive in u.s. history, that's not the case of this committee that ordovician repast overwhelmingly bipartisan support for longtime, long-term faa reauthorization bill. it's been over six months since it was signed into law -- contained therein. the bill aimed to address numerous challenges facing our aviation system and includes modernization safety and technology infrastructure, integration of new entrants into the u.s. skies including drones that are called airplanes, georgia

senator. >> thanks so much, mr. chair and ranking member cassidy for the hearing and good to see you, commissioner and i thank you for being here today. doctor califf, good companies target children for advertisements were knew trent poor food and we've been talking about the impact of that. these companies target parents by the claims, and many sugar beverages, all natural, unquote and could mislead parents to think that it's somehow a nutritious choice. doctor, what is the f.d.a. doing to address misleading junk food advisements for their children and parents. >> two-fold. the term healthy is an important term and way out of date and we are in the process of redefining the term healthy and putting it there for people with a nice looking symbol so that people can readily identify what a healthy food is and what is not. i've already discussed, i think, the difficult that we have with advertising in general. we are very restricted in our ability to restrain people with first amendment rights and the advertising industry is

mr. speaker, and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise to recognize our nation's hardworking, dedicated farmers, ranchers and other producers. in 1978, radio broadcaster paul harvey addressed the future farmers of america through annual convention and delivered a powerful message that highlighted the importance of our nation's farmers. and he said, quote, and on the eighth day god looked down on his planned paradise and said, i need a caretaker. so god made a were if aer -- god made a farmer. god said, i need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the fields, milk cows again, eat supper and go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the school board. so god made a farmer. i need somebody with arms strong enough to wrestle a calf and yet gentle enough to deliver his own grandchild, somebody to call hogs, come home hungry, have to wait lunch until his wife's done feeding the visiting ladies, then t

>> thank you, mr. chair. i thank all the witnesses for being here. i also thank the chair for having this hearing. i would just say, given the last question, i'm more interested in a pay raise for the american people than i am for a pay raise for those who are within the federal government. let me also say that i think it's appropriate to point out that, as the ranking member said, congress' job is to make the laws, and therefore, this requires congress to actually do its job, which i think all of you said. i will give you an example of why this decision is important. so congress passed a no surprises act bill. it was to address an issue with patience getting surprise bills when they thought they were in network and insurance companies decided they were out of network or an expert being called in who was on a panel of doctors who was in a network but decided was not. congress was very explicit in how it wrote that legislation. however, hhs, under this administration, decided to interpret it in a different way

mr. chairman. thank you for the time. >> chair recognizes mr. langworthy of detroit. >> i wrote a letter to you in february, expressing serious concerns request the transfer of mail operations from the buffalo processing center and deliberation center to the northwestern processing center. my constituents and myself recognize that these operational changes will enhance long-time delivery rates and reduce delivery times. simply put, forcing mail from buffalo new york, to be sent to the rochester processing center over an hour and a half away, introduces nume rouse opportunities for delay. as expressed, your test sites in atlanta, richmond, virginia, all express delays. western new york is no stranger to severe weather, especially in your winter months as we're experiencing now, which frequently disrupts travel. just last week, a snowstorm shut down parts of the new york state threw way, and led to travel bans. my constituents are rightfully worried that under your modernization plan, they will not receive your critical medications, important pack

mr. jones. the chair now recognizes mr. wheeler for his opening statement of five minutes. >> thank you. and good afternoon, chairman pfluger, ranking member gimenez. fbi. i currently serve as the assistant director of our critical instant response group in quantico, virginia. i've done that since july be, as you mentioned. in that past, i lead the fbiests in response to critical incidents and major investigations, which includes responsibility for to critical incidents and major investigations which includes responsibility for our counter unmanned aircraft program. as the u.s. continues to grow among the law enforcement sectors this technology also lends itself to increase malicious use by state, non-state and lone actors as you know. this technology poses some unique security challenges for us. for using a uas to conduct espionage and the u.s. naval facility in january. we believe uas are being flown for similar purposes over sensitive facilities across the united states. >> just last month the suspect was arrested and ch

and from illinois. >> thank you mr. chair and thank you mr. louis dejoy for your service and service standards have unfortunately going down during your tenure. and according to your own performance report, for this quarter, i am holding this up and assess the national singha f these first-class mail, today performance was 85 and 90 percent on time is 4.9 decrease over the same time last year that's what this quarterly. >> yes well i don't remember exactly but if you say so yes. >> yes and the price of the stamp was 55 cents in 2020, right. >> yes. >> in the price of a stamp today is 73 cents. >> correct. >> okay, sleep seen now six increases during your time in office what bothers me some other people pointed out is not only is the price of stamps gone up so much, these forever stamps that now quite six times during your tenure, that is 46 percent during a time when you say that inflation is gone up 20 percent. something else got up and that your compensation. your total compensation was almost $481,000 in your first full year of pay in 2021.

i'm not a time mr. chair and i yield back. he >> thank you mr. chairman thank you to all of our witnesses for being here. appreciate all of you very much. we have focused on the coast guard icebreakers and recapitalization efforts and their ability on our adversaries russia and china and the threat that they pose. i'm proud of what shipyards have stepped up to the plate to help meet the goals and combating or adversaries. the commitment to building the first u. s. heavy icebreaker in over 50 years underscores the dedication to national security and creating jobs here at home. the halter had amassed a quarter billion dollars in losses on the bse program. fast-forward to a bollinger is has invested over $100 million in mississippi in return has been almost immediate. bollinger has also expanded its mississippi workforce by nearly 50%. its new construction workforce in mississippi alone has more than doubled. future -- requires strong coordination flexibility and willingness to solve problems as they arise. effective and realistic planning budgeting

with that, mr. chair, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, mrs. napolitano, for five minutes. mrs. napolitano: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. napolitano: mr. speaker, i rise to speak in this chamber one last time as the most humble representative of the first district of california. i am incredibly grateful to the people and the southeastern los angeles county for the trust they have placed in me for the last 26 years. it has been my distinct pleasure and honor to serve you, to work with you. i have worked since the age of 12 for everything i have achieved. i was not expected to succeed with only a high school diploma. i believed in myself. i have been extremely fortunate to have made too many dear friends in the house and it's been a great joy to serve alongside you. past colleagues, current one from all walks of life and enrich the experience for friends and family. i wil

mr. putin has a strong role. the chair recognizes mr. mast. >> sometimes we speak about the quorum in here and it doesn't take a four-letter word to violate the forum. we absolve every single person that serves only come in here and we say words like we are sorry that the afghanistan withdrawal was not exactly perfect. but maybe we could have done the few things better and that's a violation of decorum against every person that puts on the uniform of this place absolutely lives up to being a swamp when we try to cover up the fact that 26 of your diplomats told you directly if you continue down the path that you were going that it was going to be a disaster. and we should not be covering thatyo up. i want to talk about a couple of things today. you are our top diplomat and that's not in dispute and have you've been in afghanistan since 13 american servicemembers were murdered? >> now i have not. >> have any of your staff visited in afghanistan? >> we have had people in afghanistan and i don't believe that the embassy. >> do you know who's

mr. chairman, i want to thank you for your tenure as the chair here. ve enjoyed serving with you and working with you. mr. secretary, you've done a good job in my opinion, in the four years that you have been here, under difficult challenges. we can all have different perspectives, but we're in a similar moment in american and world history, i believe. i want to talk about that as it relates to our efforts with ukraine, clear and present. i know you're doing a lot of things, but i think i want to have some assurance that in the remaining weeks allowed that we do everything possible to move the necessary military equipment, materiel, and authorizations that ukraine needs to win this war. with that in mind, there is a transfer currently, and i think you have the information, your staff does, of a dozen black hawk helicopters from the united states. they're awaiting approval from the state department to complete this transfer. i'm going to add up a letter, but can you comment on that quickly? >> congressman, i can't speak to a specific transfer. i can just

mr. clerk, are there any other public callers? chair friendly. there are no more callers. ank you, mr. clerk. is there a motion on agenda item six? discussion and possible action regarding the proposed stipulation and the matter of mark farrell. and so on. i moved to approve it. second. second. sorry. commissioner francois seconds. mr. clerk, would you please take roll? on the on the motion to approve agenda item number six. chair i, commissioner salahi. i, commissioner francois, i chair friendly with three votes in the affirmative. the motion is approved unanimously. thank you, mr. clerk. i now call agenda item number seven. and i'll note at the outset that because we only have three commissioners present, we will not be able to vote on this item today. but i hope but we're going to have discussion on it. so i hope the representatives from, i think the supervisor's office and whoever else is here will participate because i have some questions. mr. canning. yes. thank you. chair, just to introduce this item, this is legislation referred from supervisor ronan's office, the b

so i thank you, mr. chair, for your work on this legislation as well, and i look forward to seeing it pass with unanimous bipartisan support. i yield back. mr. bost: mr. speaker, i have no more speakers. i'm ready to close and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i have no further speakers and i'm prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i support this important piece of legislation and i ask that my colleagues do the same. i ask all my colleagues to join me in passing h.r. 9124 to designate the department of veterans affairs community-based outpatient clinic in auburn, california, as the louis a. conter v.a. clinic. and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. bost: mr. speaker, once again i encourage all members to support this legislation and i yield back the ba

mr. lynch: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, mrs. steel, for five minutes. mrs. steel: mr. speaker, i rise to thank my constituents, colleagues and friends for the wonderful four years i have spent serving in the people's house. it's been the privilege of a lifetime to serve orange and los angeles counties in congress. from helping my constituents to passing life-changing legislation, the work we've done has truly mattered. only in america can a first-generation immigrant who speaks english as a third language rise to become a member of this body. when my parents fled communist north korea for freedom in south korea, they never would have imagined that their daughter would be standing here today. on behalf of my beautiful diverse district, my team and i have accomplished a great deal. we've delivered significant funding to improve our orange county beaches through sand replenishment. we've also provided important infrastructure investments to our communities. with expanded health care

. >> thank you mr. chair. would like to take a moment of privilege to welcome our colleague congresswoman eric lee carter. it's an honor to have her with us. we are proud of the legacy she continues to carry. on behalf of our dear colleague senator jackson lee. the fbi criminal justice information services position as an information hub that provides a range of tools and services to law enforcement, national security partners in the general public. facilitates background checks on prospective firearms purchases maintains fingerprint databases and essential role supporting law enforcement and helping to keep americans safe. i am pleased to welcome acting director timothy ferguson here with us today. i look forward to hearing from him about what congress can do to best assist with the services it provides to law enforcement and the american public. to the extent my republican colleagues want to spend their time discussing uniform crime data reporting about the year 2021 i would urge them to work with us to recon

mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. cardenas, for five minutes. mr. cardenas: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor a lifelong community leader, a relentless at very cat, and effective elected official -- advocate and effective elected official. i rise to celebrate the contributions of robert "bob" mileshurtsburg. for those who know him best, they would describe him as a force of nature, fearless champion for good. one of harrison's five sons, bob was born in the city of los angeles and grew up in the benedict canyon. his family would later move eastward to california's desert town of palm springs, where bob graduate interested palm springs high school. bob -- graduated from paul springs high school. he got a taste for the political bug at an early age. the young bob forged relationships and supported many of the up-and-coming latino leaders on the east side of los angeles, people like gloria molina, halfaire becerra -- haeuf -- javier becerra. and he graduated from

the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson. ank you for your leadership on this committee. we all know that the chair-select will do an excellent job continuing the tradition of sevening the american people and what an exciting time in history that, as we face such positive changes with the removal of dictator assad from damascus, what can and needs to occur. but sadly, the assad departure and anything that's been positive was despite the biden administration, because hey, until last week, there was an effort to try to some level of normalization with assad, which is -- but that's not what we're here about today. but it's a continuation, and that is the biden administration surrender in afghanistan has actually set the stage for foreign policy disasters around the world, with mass murder, shamelessly being conducted around the world. our allies who stood with us for decades watched as the americans capitulated to terrorists creating safe haven for terrorism and abandoned allies. it was so incredible that this catastrophic decisi

mr. jones. the chair now recognizes mr. wheeler for his opening statement of five minutes. >> thank you. and good afternoon, chairman pfluger, ranking member gimenez. fbi. i currently serve as the assistant director of our critical instant response group in quantico, virginia. i've done that since july be, as you mentioned. in that past, i lead the fbiests in response to critical incidents and major investigations, which includes responsibility for to critical incidents and major investigations which includes responsibility for our counter unmanned aircraft program. as the u.s. continues to grow among the law enforcement sectors this technology also lends itself to increase malicious use by state, non-state and lone actors as you know. this technology poses some unique security challenges for us. for using a uas to conduct espionage and the u.s. naval facility in january. we believe uas are being flown for similar purposes over sensitive facilities across the united states. >> just last month the suspect was arrested and ch

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts mass, mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a very special tradition taking place this saturday, december 14. every year on the third saturday of december thousands of volunteers set out in a coordinated wreath laying ceremony cross the country and around the world. this ceremony is known as national writhe across america day. in 1992, morel worcester from harrington, maine, noticed he had an abundance of holiday writhes and decided to take the opportunity to honor our country's fallen soldiers. after contacting his senator, arrangements for made for the writhes to be played in arlington in an older section of the cemetery. this tradition would quietly continue until 2005. when a photo of the tombstones decorated with writhes covered with snow went viral. from there this quiet annual tribute to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice transformed into a mission o

we'll continue the dialogue, mr. chairou don't intend to get a , markup and get this bill passed before the end of your tenure? >> tomorrow. >> so you know, outside of the hail mary here, this is a dialogue to be continued and hopefully we can continue it early next year. >> senator hirono? >> thank you. i'd like to make sure that i have clarification on this. this is for professor osenga. didn't ebay shift the burden of going forward to the patent holder in terms of getting an injunction? >> yes, thank you. >> so one of the things that mr. babcock mentioned, and this is in line with senator tillis's line of questioning, it has to do with the importance of the availability of venture capital for startups. that would include small inventors in particular. mr. babcock, you said that venture capitalists are not going to be inclined to invest in inventions that cannot be protected as a property right. so are there a vc people that you talk with who can tell us that this is in fact a limiting factor for their wanting to provide

mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: gentlelady yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. meuser, for five minutes. mr. meuser: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, small businesses are the strength of our economy. we all know that. ploying half of all -- employing half of all americans and driving prosperity across our communities and country. yet these businesses continually are put under siege by a avalanche of federal regulations. the biden administration has imposed $1.5 trillion in regulatory costs and 326 million hours of paperwork on small businesses. that's hard to believe, but true. time and money that entrepreneurs should be spending growing their businesses, of course creating jobs. that's why i strongly support the proof it act which we'll be voting on today. this legislation forces federal agencies to analyze the true cost of their regulations and consider the direct and indirect burdens on small businesses. so very important. it allows small businesses to challenge unfair rules. ensures great transparency. and

first of all, mr. chair, i appreciate you bringing this hearing to the forefront in helping us all better understand the issue, like you, a year ago i had no idea. that this was an issue nearly to the degree that i now understand. it is just out of my circles. and not recognize within the folks that i interact with. so thank you to bringing it for the forefront. to all of you, thank you very much for taking the time to be here and for being brave and sharing your stories. i know that is very difficult. i could hear the difficulty in the tone in all of your voices at some point. and i believe that all the tribal nations are extremely fortunate that they have folks like you willing to advocate on, on the behalf of indian tribes everywhere. the issue of jurisdictions come up a number of times. i am kind of a simple thinker and i have been scratching my head through this wondering why this is such a complicated topic. i have got a couple of ideas i will be sharing with my staff to see how we can resolve that ver

. >> thank you, mr. chair for all the work you have been doing in your testimony today.e appreciate your being here and it is a great follow-up to what do we do next. maybe i will just start with the next stage of that question on jurisdiction. in light of the current court cases, which i think are little baffling and make it even more confusing, are you thinking about potential source of, you know, a law that congress could craft that made this more clear? if so, exactly how would that look? >> thank you, ranking members. i will try to not subject you. >> he has read the entire book. [laughter] >> i will just use public law 280 as an example. that law was passed as part of a national agenda to terminate tribes. we are beyond that now. we are in the opposite policy. that was still on the books. it not only affects the tribes that come under that wall, but we have seen over and over in the last 70 years, courts point to that law to make judicial rulings to the road tribal sovereignty. we saw that again just a couple of years ago. and, so, we had the ability to allow tribe

mr. cole: i yield two minutes to my very good friend, the gentleman from missouri. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you to the chair for your leadership and our raimann thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, twas five days before christmas and all through this house not a lawmaker was resting not even their spouse. the c.r. stalled, the debates full of heat while a shutdown shadow loomed over our streets. my friends, it's time to fund our defense and aid for our farms and disaster relief to protect our very own citizens from harm. our farmers work hard. they deserve every chance to grow and prosper, and enhance. mr. speaker, this christmas, this christmas let's give we, the people, their due, funded government from leaders who are true. so as we vote on this c.r., let's keep this in sight, america first and to all a good night. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma. oklahoma i am prepared to close whenever she is. the speaker pro tempore: the gen

thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for being here. this is an incredible day for all of us. commissioner knesh, let's say today you are the secretary of the department of indigenous affairs and you're also an attorney in -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> did you? i was out. sorry. you have the ability to craft a bill, cross dep pew utization, got what, you have 30 seconds to answer, how do we craft that bill? in english, not lawyer. >> cross deputization is a marvel when it works well, there's trust and respect between different jurisdictions. it exists out there so what a bill would take -- what would a bill do would focus on the shared training, the shared responsibility, the shared roles in terms of the protection, safety, prosecution and support for just the services. i think it needs to be as explicit as that. >> can it be simplified in a page? >> i think it could be. i know brian is a fellow law professor. put our heads together. i think so. >> for whomever wants to answer, you know, the navajo nation put out a booklet on their requiremen