mr. cooper, you may begin. >> mr. cooper, thank you, sir. >> good afternoon to members of the committee. i am especially pleased to be here to explore with you the meaning of six words of the citizenship clause of the 14th amendment and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. the recurring debate over the meaning of these words boils down to a choice between two alternatives. doesn't mean subject merely to the jurisdiction of the united states, that is, subject to the laws of the united states as is virtually everyone on the united states soil including aliens who are here illegally, or are here for the purpose of bearing a child to make it an american citizen or does the jurisdiction of the united states mean something more than that. fully complete jurisdiction requiring an allegiance that comes from a permanent lawful commitment to make the united states once home. one permanently and lawfully resides. i believe that this interpretation is compelled by the citizenship clause is text structure and history as well as by

mr. president. question on ukraine, number one, is if you're not considering the security guarantees, are you open to other forms of, for example, intelligence cooperation with ukraine? and mr. prime minister, president trump has put forward a plan for gaza. does this fit into the two-state solution that the u.k. held for a long time? do you see it fitting into your general middle eastern strategy? thank you so much. pres. trump: thank you very much. we're open to many things but before i even think about that, that's almost pleasant to think about because that would mean peace has been arrived at. we have to arrive at that peace. and you know, you went 3 1/2 years with an administration that never even really had a meeting. they didn't have a meeting on peace. and there was no prospect of peace. i think frankly russia wanted to go through the whole long deal. i don't think they do anymore. i don't think they do. we had a very big impact on that whole situation. but i don't like talking about phase two until i get phase one -- phase one is they have to make peace. we have to get russia to agree. we have to get ukraine to agree. i think we will, i think

. >> we look forward to that coordination and make sure we are cooperating together. mr. bishop it is good to see you. thank you for the sacrifices you've already made. you talked about the federal agencies, federal law already i should say the requires we verify for federal contracts. we have learned that is not being enforced. so we don't know how any people are not legally present in the country that are also executed effective contracts or work for the federal government on this. that is federal law already. you and i have already spoken on this and your assurance to me was we will actually make sure that we are doing the oversight. is that true? mr. bishop: i know you are a student of all the details but omb is in command of and we will certainly use that office as tools to see the consistency we have. sen. lankford: with the federal program inventory that is one of those areas six years ago called the taxpayer's right to for the ability to see for the full into -- implementation. chr. paul: senator peters. sen. peters: i've sent numerous oversight requests to both d

mr. phelan: yes, sir. sen. wicker: and there may be questions for the record today because we will have rounds of only five minutes. will you cooperate in providing witnesses and briefers in response to congressional requests? mr. phelan: yes. sen. wicker: will they be protected interest reprisal for their briefings? mr. phelan: yes. sen. wicker: here end the required questions. all right, mr. feign, you have extensive -- mr. phelan, you have extensive experience in entrepreneurship. you testified in your prepared statement about health and welfare, about moving past the status quo. and recruiting and ship building and increasing and enhancing the industrial base through execution and accountability. could you elaborate on what you think we need to do based on what you've heard to improve recruiting? mr. phelan: thank you for the question, senator. i think there are a couple of different things. first of all, i think in the last month, as you mentioned in your opening statement, recruiting numbers have gone up. and i think that's a reflection of, first, the president's victory and, secondly, a return to the war fighting ethos which i

encourage regional allies to de-risk from china and to end cooperation with china and with huawei and then also to work with to provide them alternatives. mr. garbarino: how do we encourage them to de-risk? what can congress do? mr. kroenig: i think one is making the case. and making clear that we're not asking them to choose between the united states and china. there are areas where they can continue to have productive relations with china but there are areas like this where it's in their national security interest and in our national security interest that they end the program. the second thing that congress can do is work to find alternatives. so help the administration to develop a coordinated plan with allies, the united states is doing it on its own. that's one thing, if we can do it in partnership with the europeans, the japanese and others, that's much more powerful. provide incentives for the private sector through d.f.c. and some of the other mechanisms that have been mentioned. and so again, encourage them to de-risk and then provide alternatives. mr. gimenez: thank you, the gentleman from new york. and i do represent the sixth