mr. collins that centered on the first impeachment inquiry into than president donald trump. rep. collins: i thank the chairman, and it is interesting that, again, parliamentary inquiries, some of the things are some of the things we will discuss today, in a different arena. for everyone who has not been here before, this is a new room, new rules, it's a new month. we've even got a cute little stickers for our staff so we can come in, because we want to make this important, because this is impeachment, and we have done such a terrible job of it on this committee before, but what is not new is what has been reiterated by the chairman. what is not new is the facts. what is 90 with the same, sad story. what is interesting, before i get into this in part of my opening segment is what was just said by the chairman. we went back to a rebel of mr. moeller. he also quoted him saying the attention of the american people should be on foreign interference. i agree with him completely. i guess the american people did not include the judiciary committee, because we did not take it out. we did n

mr. collins: they just get more and more emboldened and they create larger and more heinous crimes. that's exactly what happened here in the laken riley murder. mr. speaker, i encourage all my colleagues, let's get this passed today. let's get this done. i'll leave you with one other thoughttoo. i've always heard a saying, there's nothing with any meaningful legislation that happens in this town up here until the american people demand it. by god they're demanding that this get passed and we get these criminals out of our country. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: we have no further speaker, mr. speaker. reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. mcclintock: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lamalfa: i thank my colleague for leading this charge. we seem to have a common california problem any way on a lot of issues. reminding people that califo

mr. collins: they just get more and more emboldened and they create larger and more heinous crimes. that's exactly what happened here in the laken riley murder. mr. speaker, i encourage all my colleagues, let's get this passed today. let's get this done. i'll leave you with one other thoughttoo. i've always heard a saying, there's nothing with any meaningful legislation that happens in this town up here until the american people demand it. by god they're demanding that this get passed and we get these criminals out of our country. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: we have no further speaker, mr. speaker. reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. mcclintock: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. lamalfa: i thank my colleague for leading this charge. we seem to have a common california problem any way on a lot of issues. reminding people that califo

mr. mike collins of georgia. mr. collins represents laken riley's hometown and her grieving family in this house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. collins: thank you. i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today to encourage my colleagues to support the laken riley act. mr. speaker, i think it's important that we record into history exactly what happened to this young lady. young lady didn't have a care in the world. she was just out for a jog, enjoying the day, when an illegal criminal took her life away. he didn't even have any remorse. never hesitated. this legislation could have prevented her death. her murder was in our country -- murderer was in our country illegally. known criminal. abused a child in new york sity, flown to athens, georgia, a sanctuary city, all of this on the taxpayers' dime where he was cited for shoplifting. every part of our system failed laken that day. there's nothing -- there's nothing we can do to bring her back. i tell you what. we make sure thi

mr. mike collins of georgia. mr. collins represents laken riley's hometown and her grieving family in this house. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. collins: thank you. i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise today to encourage my colleagues to support the laken riley act. mr. speaker, i think it's important that we record into history exactly what happened to this young lady. young lady didn't have a care in the world. she was just out for a jog, enjoying the day, when an illegal criminal took her life away. he didn't even have any remorse. never hesitated. this legislation could have prevented her death. her murder was in our country -- murderer was in our country illegally. known criminal. abused a child in new york sity, flown to athens, georgia, a sanctuary city, all of this on the taxpayers' dime where he was cited for shoplifting. every part of our system failed laken that day. there's nothing -- there's nothing we can do to bring her back. i tell you what. we make sure thi

mr. collins, always good to see you. appreciate that.as we served in the house, you are known as being a consensus builder and a problem solver. i think that as we look at the va and the situation that is there, we need someone that can build consensus among the employees and solve some problems that are existing in the va. you made a comment about it was important to get the right people doing the right job and i agree with that. as we have been overseeing the va, something that has been a consistent problem is the return to work policy and the lack of individuals that are working full-time at one point had a va benefit they were only required, according to secretary mcdonough they only had to work in person two out of 10 days. and then in healthcare, they had to work in person five out of the 10 days. so, that is a problem. i fully believe that is why the backlog, as you mentioned, that long term backlog 265,000. if you put those under 120 days on that list, you are at 956,000 this is because people do not go to work. so, where are you

mr. collins.we served together in the house, those four years of donald trump's first term or four great years for america's veterans, donald trump was the veteran's president, we did things from expanding the mission act, greater account ability for va employees, we loosened standards for the g.i. bill, donald trump sent us down a path to modernize electronic health records. the list goes on and on from the va crisis hotline to other issues that were priorities for him you and i had a chance to work on in the house among the greatest accomplishments in the 8 years i served in congress. now we have another four years and you are going to be a great secretary working with a great president and can't wait to work with you to do better things for america's euros. i do have some concerns about the condition of our medical facilities. you and i talked about this in my office. the indianapolis medical center is due for a total replacement. it is in the va's 5 you develop plan meaning it is a project you

mr. collins in c-span. you're the best of what you do. you are well appreciated and thank you. mr. ollins, the kentucky got mentioned witch hunt. here's an example of a witch hunt. the roy moore case from some years ago, i mean when he was up for election all this dirt was dug up on them and we got beat by doug jones it was just, it just dissipated just like that. was any truth to it are just a bunch of, -- >> host: go ahead. congressman? >> guest: no problem. this caller probably summed up best the feelings of a lot of people. i'm not going to everybody. they look at different cases especially when he gets involved in our election cycles, process cycles. no matter where you fall on this, is it being used? you would ask is it proper to look into these committees or have these committees that the house is looking into, views of government? this is whatov people see. he made a great point there that it's his personal perspective but perspective of many on the left and the a right, is what is the role of government in sometimes our elections? what his role of media or social media? wha

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discussion and possible action regarding the push the relation decision and order the matter of randy collins mr. demicco thank you chair. good morning. and so this is a matter i'll give a brief summary and then i'm available for questions. the matter involves randy collins who is a respondent. he was a member of the board of examiners from 2014 2024. during that time he was also the founder and ceo of ftf engineering i the three counts in this case are that during the period in question that is included in the statute of limitations from 2020 to 2024 count one there was one year in which respondent did not file a form 700 as 2022 count two there were five occasions in which the respondent mr. collins did not include paid the various contracts over the $10,000 threshold that ftf engineering received and then count number three there was one year where respondent did not file a certificate of taking the ethics training and did not file a sunshine ordinance declaration. now the unique thing about this matter and the reason that our proposed penalties are at 200 per count for a total of 600 is that

mr. chairman, when you're ready to legislate you'll find no harder worker than doug collins [applause] >> more now from veteran affair nominee doug collins from the c-span archives as top republican on judiciary commite, mr. collins questions scholars at 2019 congrsional hearing that centered on the fit impeachment inquiry into president donald trump during first term in office. >> it is interest forking that again parliamentary inquires and i believe some of the things i'm going to discuss today because we are sort of coming here today in a different arena, for everybody who has not been here before, a new room, new rules, it's a new month, we got cute little stickers for our staff so we can come in because we want to make this important and this is impeachment because we have done terrible in this committee before but what's not new is basically what's been reiterated by the chairman. what's not new is the facts, what is not new is the same sad story, what's interesting before i get into my -- part of my opening was what was just said by the chairman, we went back to the a redo of mr. m

mr. collins, you're recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i kind of want to take a little different tack in what i want to talk about. mr. dellinger, like you i've got about 40 years of experience. my dad really believed in child labor. so i've got a little bit of experience in the trucking business as well. and i kind of want to hit on a couple of things. probably sound like a basketball the way i bounce around but if you'll bear with me a little bit. i want -- i saw your -- several of y'all's testimony, i kind of want to package all this in where i want to go, talking about whether it was truck porking or driver shortages, or just inflationary things that you've seen in trucking. and i want to ask you where tort reform would fit into the equation. when i think of things even like truck parking 10. , 15 years ago, we parked at the consign yes or the shipper. that way we'd be there to get loaded or ready to get unloaded. now you can't do things like that. because of the liability. that's sitting out there. with all the nuclear verdicts you s

congressman collins: thank you, mr. chairman. looking around i'm seeing people i have worked with before on both sides of the aisle and especially to the new members. i am honored to be sitting here as nominee for the section secretary of the v.a. i'd like to thank the senator for that kind instruction. it's about the vet. i'd also hike to thank president trump for his nomination and his willingness to not only have confidence in me but inspect this country. my wife of 36 years is with me, lisa. she's right here. i have my son copeland and his wife holly. my son cam ron, his fiancee, matty and then on the end we have the one that glues us all together and that is jordan. she is our daughter but there also is one that probably is watching right now. my 86-year-old father who spent 31 years as a georgia state trooper. dad, i'm here because of you and mom and i love you. america is the greatest nation on earth. i believe because of the men and woman who serving. the men and women who serve and willing to take a step up to protect th

mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo.s. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley.

mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. mr. hagerty. [inaudible conversations] [cheers and applause] oh, my goodness. we've got this from years and years ago and days ago from here. oh, i talked to so many of you who have holiday parties but i have sickened i am so proud of our team and this is a team that spans many years of doing extraordinary work on the half of the people. and as you all have heard me say many times, i am fully aware that i am the public face of a lot of our work, and so i have the benefit of running into people all over our country. and i will tell you i am fully aware that when they are thanking me they are thanking our team for the extraordinary commitment that you each have an as the team has two lifting up american people, lifting up their condition come lifting up their hopes and dreams, and understanding through it all the nobility of publ

mr. collins, you are recognized. rep. collins: thank you, mr. chairman. i want to take a different tact. mr. dollinger, like you, i have about 40 years of experience. my dad really believed in child labor. i have a bit of experience in the trucking business as well. i wanted to hit on a couple of things. i probably sound like a basketball the way i bounce around but if you bear with me a little bit -- i saw in several of you all's testimony, talking about whether it was truck parking or driver shortages or inflationary things you have seen in tracking. and i want to ask you where tort reform would fit into this equation. because when i think of things like truck parking, 10, 15 years ago, we parked in the shipper. that we would be there to get loaded or unloaded. now you can't do things like that because of the liability that it is sitting out there. with all the nuclear verdict that you see going on -- and i would just like to get your input on what you see as a specific -- if you see a need for tort reform out there at the federal level -- i know we hav

mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. ms. duckworth. my administration has begun the largest the regulation campaign in history are exceeding record-setting efforts of my last term. in total, the biden administration imposed $80000 in additional regulatory costs the average american household over the last four years. i promised to eliminate ten regulations for every regulation which will put many thousands of dollars back in the pockets of american families. to further unleash majorities in the house and senate which we took a long with the presidency reported past the largest tax cut in american history including massive tax cuts for workers and families and tax cuts for domestic producers and manufacturers working with the democrats on getting an extension of the original tax cuts by reading any paper. my message to every business is very double, a make your product in america give you the lowest taxes of any nation are not. if you don't make the products in america, whi

mr. chairman. >> senator collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> good morning. 11:02 a.m. eastern, 8 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. >> we're following. >> two major stories for. >> you this hour on capitol hill. >> two of. >> president trump's white house picks. facing questions from. lawmakers as part of their confirmation hearings. >> please keep an eye on the bottom of the. >> screen for a qr code. you can. >> follow through. that qr. >> qr code. >> the latest from these. >> two hearings on the web. >> but first, any moment now, president trump. is going to be. addressing the nation on a deadly plane collision after a military. helicopter crashed. >> with a passenger. >> jet, plunging. >> both aircrafts. >> into the frigid. >> potomac river last night. the horrifying. >> moments of this terrible. >> crash caught on camera. >> let's go to the videotape. you'll see the chopper colliding. >> into the civilian jet. which was carrying. >> 60 passengers. here you see the video and four crew members. >> that blackhawk. >> helicopter was carrying three u.s. army soldiers. officials believ

mr. collins response and for this legislation. his father served in congress representative my congressional district many years ago and i think he does great justice to lincoln riley and all of the people in georgia and our country by advancing this legislation and earning significant bipartisan support for this bill in our house and likewise as we have seen in the senate. with that, i yield back. chair foxx: thank you very much. thank you, madame chair. >> i just want to associate myself with the remarks of this side of the dais. i appreciate the passion and information and it is -- i'm a cosponsor of this bill and it is critical to do this to protect our women, our children, our society and individuals because crime is out of control in -- and this is one thing that we can do to help to get -- to make sure that those people responsible are being sent out of our country. and so i appreciate that and i just, i did, i'm not asking the question. simply a rhetorical question. but as we talk about president trump's parton of the j6 i

mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. i humbly submit for you nominated to serve as the 17th administrator of the environmental protection agency. the american people made their voices heard in november giving president trump a mandate to lead our nation to prosperity. i am grateful that the president-elect is giving me the opportunity to lead the epa at this critical time. our mission is simple and essential to protect human health and the environment. we must do everything in our power to harness the greatness of the american innovation, but the greatness of american conservation and environmental stewardship. we must ensure we are protecting the environment while also protecting our economy. throughout my life i've been privileged to hold such titles as congressman and state senator lieutenant colonel nunn has meant more more to me than husband's son and father. while one of my identical twin daughters arianna is now back in college i'm excited to

mr. hegseth. all right. i'm going to take it to you, jake. that's two people. lisa murkowski, susan collins. people were looking toward joni ernst, but she's indicated that she's going to stay on board with pete hegseth. is there anybody else that could be a no vote after all? roger wicker, the chair of the armed services committee, was signaling that he did want the vice president to stand by to be a tiebreaking vote. >> so the only. >> other person i. >> would look to is mitch mcconnell. >> mcconnell voted yes today. >> on advancing the nomination, which listen. >> it's a good signal. >> it's not a complete. you're out of the woods situation, meaning you're going to get mcconnell's vote. i don't know that you're going. >> to. >> get his vote. he hasn't said one. >> way or another. >> listen, the people who are. >> in charge of. >> seth's nomination believe. very strongly that he will be confirmed to be secretary of defense. >> hard stop. >> now, does that mean. that that jd vance won't have to come up here. >> to break. >> a tie vote on. >> his on a. >> 830 on a friday night? no, it does n

collins: would you seek to reduce its availability in any way? mr. kennedy: no, not at all. sen. collins: the state of maine has seen a steady and disturbing increase in lyme disease cases over the past decade. we talked a little about this in my office. in 2023, maine had a record number of lyme disease cases, nearly 3000 reported cases. fortunately, there is a promising vaccine trial for lyme disease underway at maine health in portland. vaccine trial for lyme that is underway at maine health in portland. access to lyme disease would be a monumental step forward in reducing the burden of this disease which could have lifelong effects. as h.h.s. secretary if confirmed, what influence would you exercise over new vaccine aprovals such as one for lyme disease? mr. kennedy: we have talked about this. i have had lyme disease. every member of my family has had lyme disease. and my son was paralyzed for a year. i have a son who has been suffering with devastating effects from lyme disease for two years. nobody who will fight harder to find a vaccine or treatment for lyme disease. >> i a

mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. mr. cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. >> i rise in support of sean duffy to be secretary of transportation. last week congressman duffy was reported favorably out of the commerce committee without a single no vote. all 28 members of the commerce committee republicans and democrats voted in favor of august and duffy. two weeks ago congressman duffy appeared before the commerce committee for nearly three hours for two rounds of questions. his family seated behind him and he thoughtfully and ably answered the questions put forth by all of the members of the committee. the resounding bipartisan support for his nomination supports republicans and democrats believe congressman duffy is imminently qualified to serve as the secretary of transportation. transportation is not republican. it's not democrat. transportation is for all americans from roads to bridges to waterways to airspace. all americans depend on the department of transportation to help ensure a safe and efficient tra

mr. cassidy. ms. collins. mr. coons. the clerk: mr. cornyn. ms. cortez masto. mr. cotton. snl mr.cramer. mr. crapo. mr. cruz. mr. curtis. mr. daines. ms. duckworth. mr. durbin. ms. ernst. mr. fetterman. mrs. fischer. mr. gallego. mrs. gillibrand. mr. graham. mr. grassley. mr. hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. it's an honor to be serving as the 55th secretary of the interior. this is a tiny town of 40 people. the streets were not paper maker of all gravel. my father was a world war ii navy. officer who served in the pacific. my dad died when i was a freshman high school and my mom went back. to work in higher education. i was blessed to have learned from them about service and about leadership and sacrifice and certainly from both of them the love of the outdoors. growing up i worked in her family's grain elevator. every job i had all the way through junior high to the end of college is one that required showering at the

mr. president, senator collins and murkowski have now said they will vote against pete hegseth. are you worried about confirmation and your reaction? >> and no surprises there. it's too bad. you know, it's the way the way it is too bad. >> now this all comes as we are learning the dollar amount this evening that pete hegseth paid the woman who accused him of sexual assault in 2017 as part of a nondisclosure agreement. according to documents he provided to the hill. hegseth paid the woman $50,000. now he has denied the allegation. he was never charged in the 2017 incident, which his attorney has pointed to, including on this show. and hegseth said that that nda, which they don't even call an nda, was to prevent his accuser from trying to tarnish his career. my first source tonight has played many key roles in the democratic party. former congressman, former chief of staff to the obama white house, two term chicago mayor and recently returned ambassador to japan rahm emanuel. and it's great to have you, mr. ambassador, because we're hearing tonight that trump's team is confident t

mr. president, senator collins. >> and murkowski have now said they will vote against pete hegseth. are you worried about his confirmation and your reaction? >> and no surprises there. it's too bad. you know, it's the way the way it is too bad. >> and when would you adjourn congress to make recess appointments, mr. president? >> well, i'd take a look at that. i listened to john thune. he's doing a fantastic job. we're moving along. the democrats are trying to delay government, as they always do. they can't help themselves. even john ratcliffe, who's very, very strong, very popular and liked by the democrats, i guess he gets a lot of democrat votes. that's taking a long time and it shouldn't be taken a long time. they're maxing everything out so they can delay everything as much as possible. >> sir. support an effort to use recess appointments if you choose. >> to do that. i'd be willing to use recess appointments. it's up to john. we'll see. and john thune is a great guy, great senator, and knows his stuff inside out and backwards. but i would use recess appointments if he wants to

mr. president. >> senators collins and murkowski. >> have now said they will. >> vote against pete hegseth. >> are. >> worried about his. >> confirmation and your reaction? >> and no surprises there. too bad. >> joining us now is steph gaetz, politics reporter for axios. steph good morning. nice to see you. so tillis of course they're one of the key potential votes here on pete hegseth nomination. just because they need four if they're going to block you know four republicans would have to vote against pete hegseth if they were going to block his nomination. we heard collins and murkowski say that they're not going to do it, but they're not enough by themselves. is he on the fast track? >> it looks like. >> he has. he will have the votes today to be confirmed. of course, we're looking at the procedural vote. >> yesterday. >> and one other key player that people were watching, and i was watching very closely was mitch mcconnell. of course, whether he was also going to join with with collins and murkowski and the fact that he at least was willing to vote to move forward with this nomination seems to

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president collins please proceed with the meeting when you are ready. >> thank you, mr. dhaliwal. i would like to start our meeting by reading our land acknowledgment statement. the san francisco arts commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the roma two alone. who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions the roma two shall only have never ceded nor lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers of this place as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. >> as guests we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, relatives and relatives of the roma to community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. as a department dedicated to promoting a diverse and equitable arts and culture environment in san francisco, we are committed to supporting the traditional and contemporary evolution of the american i

mr. chairman. mark center collins? let's think you mr. chairman. ms. does stand out to have a particular grave harm to our national security by revealing top-secret information. including sensitive sources that's jeopardizing agents in the field. so, let me ask your question. if confirmed, would you support or recommend a pardon or any kind of clemency for edward snowden? >> thank you for the question senator collins. if confirmed as the director of national intelligence, my responsibility would be to ensure the security of our nation secrets and would not take actions to advocate for or any actions related to snowden. quickly answers know is that correct? correct. parks in 2020 you introduce that whistleblowers act which would amend the espionage act to make it more difficult to prosecute individuals who reveal classified information in particular the bill would allow individuals to even top-secret information as long it's not done with the specific intent to injure the united states or advantage any foreign nation. yorkville would also have created a

mr. president morgan commissioner collins how do you vote? i vote enthusiastically. >> i thank you. passes. congratulations. >> nomination and election of commission vice president at this time is there any motions any questions we will check for public vote public comment please. >> madam secretary, there is no one approaching the podium and there is no one on the public comment line. mr. britt we go okay, go ahead commissioner karger thank you very much. >> president morgan i would like to nominate as an honor and a privilege of serving with her our commissioner paula collins. >> in terms of the role of our vice president of the service fire commission, i second that. >> do you accept commissioner collins? >> i do. >> president frazier how do you vote? >> motion passes. okay. >> item number nine. adjournment i am sorry. >> vice president collins, i. i just want to add my thanks to you army. >> morgan commissioner ami morgan you're welcome. you did a wonderful job as president. you were comprehends if you honored the past, you led us to the future. you and our most senior commissio

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mr. husted, aye. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, blumenthal, collins, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin, hassan, kaine, kelly, kim, lujan, merkley, murray, padilla, reed, schatz, schiff, slotkin, and wyden. mr. crapo, aye. mr. cotton, aye. mrs. mr. coburn and mr. cornyn, aye. ms. murkowski, no. mr. warner, no. miss also. the clerk: ms. alsobrooks, no. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. hegseth. the fox news weekend morning. co-host to be secretary of defense. we're watching this live along with you joining us now from the capitol's julie sirkin, nbc news congressional correspondent, who's been covering this confirmation process closely. julie, we're trying to listen, as i know you are as well. can you tell us what anything about how this vote is unfolding on the senate floor right now, how it seems like this is going? we obviously saw a yes vote there from joni ernst, a no vote from lisa murkowski. two closely watched female republican senators. >> and so far it is just collins and murkowski that have voted no on the republican side of the aisle against pete heck, s