davis: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> thank you, mr. davis. what i would like to do is to give 30 seconds for any closing thoughts. miss collier, did you have something you could do with 30 seconds? >> >> you are too stupid to go down like any other person in america. but not you. that is how stupid and how big a failure the american is. >> mr. chairman, i don't know who that is coming from, but that is offensive. >> thank you. it was a call made to my government state office. >> ma'am, i can put those up also. i don't think it is appropriate -- [crosstalk] >> that is inappropriate, mr. chairman. >> you are recognized for your 30 seconds, mr. sessions. mr. sessions: i want to thank the witnesses that were here today. i would personally like to meet with them. i have no say in granting this out, but the difference between the truths on both sides and reality in the middle is that there was a lot on the side. that is very simple. texas jim crow laws took place by democrats until literally the year 2000. and it was a two party system that changed

why should observer access be limited in. >> madam chair, mr. davis, i don't know if i have to go directly to the chair in these hearings. >> no, just the witness can answer. >> thank you very much. mr. ranking member, i'm not exactly sure where you're getting your facts from, but authorized observers who were authorizeded accord to go arizona state law and i know you're a proponent of states making rules had the access required as appropriate in maricopa county during the 2020 election cycle. >> we'll get you some information from the official election observers from the house and work to make sure it doesn't happen when we're out doing our constitutional duty. how much money did you budget to administer the 2020 elections? >> we-- mr. davis, we budgeted well over $23 million. the issue that we ended up having, of course, was the global pandemic that i don't think that anybody finally realized the impact financially. so it ended up being a heck of a lot more than that that we spent. public outreach, safety equipment, ppe, finding and locating new pla

i look forward to and from our witnesses today and i would now like to recognize ranking member mr. davis for his opening statement. started, i would like to point out that today's hearing was scheduled at the same time as a markup in the financial services committee, which both of my colleagues, -- colleagues serve on. my staff has reminded your team on numerous occasions that with two thirds of committee members on that particular committee, one that actually sets their calendar a month in advance, i would ask for consideration in the future to take a look at the financial services committee hearing schedule. rep. lofgren: if i may address that, i know it is a concern and we want the full participation of every member. however, i think it would be more to -- correct to say they schedule their hearing during our hearing because our hearing was noticed before there is but we notice our hearing on july 21 at 11:46 a.m. they noticed there is at july 23 at 9:00 in the morning. i do agree with you we want all our members present. rep. davis: i appreciate that. thank you for your consideration

mr. davis, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you madam chair. it's great to see the witnesses. sorry i haven't been able to be on the entire time, but we have been keeping tabs on the testimony and keeping an eye on mr. style. i don't want a coup d'etat on the ranking side. it is great to see everybody, can't wait to see everyone in person. i want to start my questions with mr. adams. mr. secretary, i do want to say thank you for coming here today, it was great to see you a few weeks ago in washington. as the chief election official for the state of kentucky, do you believe government should mandate how states and jurisdictions administer elections? >> i don't have a problem with the voting rights act and basic revisions. there is some good stuff that congress is going to pass. but i don't want is a micromanagement of our election systems. states are different. that is my first argument. a second argument is come up with respect to congress, i think we do a better job at the state level of a finding space across the aisle to work with each other

has joined us, mr. davis, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> well, thank you, madam chair, nice to see the witness. sorry i haven't been here the whole time and keeping a tab on the testimony and an eye on mr. style, and the ranking side. but it's great to see everybody, can't wait to see all of new person again. and start my questions, mr. secretary, i do want to say thank you for coming here today. it's great to see you a few weeks ago in washington. as the chief election official for the state of kentucky, do you believe the federal government should mandate how states and jurisdictions administer elections? >> well, i certainly don't have a problem with some basic provisions, ndra that congress is going to have. i don't want a micromanagement of our elections systems because states are simply different. the first argument. with respect to congress i think we do a better job at the state level especially across the aisle to actually work with each other and get things done, it's a less toxic atmos

mr. davis: thank you. i yield back, madam chair. chair plaskett: thank you very much. at this time we'll call on salud carbajal of california for his five minutes. mr. carbajal: thank you, madam chair. and thank you to all the witnesses that took time to join us today. local and regional food systems are critical for both rural economies in addressing food insecurity in the united states, which skyrocketed during the covid-19 pandemic. in my district, these markets give area residents access to fresh and nutritious foods while supporting the local economy. public investments in local food systems have proven broadly successful and need further upscaling in technical support in order to reach more people. ms. kennedy, what sort of additional investments in the funding, technical assistance and outreach can we include or look into to assist and expand local and regional markets? and what lessons can we take from the success and flexibility of smaller operations to apply to the larger food supply chain in the united states? ms. kennedy: thank you. thank you, congressman. i

i see mr. davis has joined us. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. it is great to see the witnesses. i've been keeping tabs on the testimony. we are keeping an eye on mr. stiles. a coup d'etat on the ranking side. it is great to see everyone again. i want to start my questions. i want to say thank you for coming here today. it was great to see you a few weeks ago in washington. as the chief elections official for the state of kentucky, do you believe the federal government should mandate how states and jurisdictions administer elections? >> i certainly don't have a problem with the voting rights act in basic provisions. -- voting rights act and basic provisions. but i don't want is a micromanagement of our election systems because things are simply different my second argument is with respect to congress, i think we do a better job at the state level of finding space across the aisle to work with each other and get things done. it is a less toxic atmosphere than what you have in washington. >> we look at the last two election cycles. [indiscernible] t

i want to follow up on something mr. davis touched on and mr. coach nelly was touching on regarding the voting rights act of 1965. that was an important piece of legislation. it fell within the lines of what the courts in the constitution and our founders intended, the qualification of electors. in other words, who can vote? that is something within the federal purview. we were very clear that the times, places and manner it was to be interpreted literally. that was reserved for the states. the voting rights act of 1965, as my colleagues have cited was about the electors who can vote. that is in the constitution, that is a federal issue. the rest is reserved to the states. something that mr. raskin brought up, the role social media has played in disinformation, maybe that could be some of the explanations why the current president of the united states spread false information about george's election law. i do think it is -- george's election law. i think i think it is imperative we follow election law, not just emotions. we've experienced what c

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mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you to my good friend, mr. bilirakis. h.r. 1, the democrats' so-called for the people act, would create a public money slush fund using corporate fines to fund political campaigns. including their own. based on numbers from the last election cycle, h.r. 1 would add up to an average of $7.2 million into each congressional candidate's campaign. my motion would ensure any fines collected by the federal trade commission, under this bill, would go to the victims of fraud and not be used as a pathway to fund congressional campaign coffers. victims, like the thousands of students that were cheated out of $62 million by a debt relief scam recently prosecuted by the f.t.c., or the patients with liver disease who spent thousands on a sublament that -- supplement that was deceptively marketed as a treatment. or those struggling with an opioid abuse that was part of a scheme that overcharged them for medication for withdrawal. if h.r. 1 were to become law, many of t

>> my opinion poll, i think marvin davis -- >> i've unmuted mr. davis so he can speak. >> well, good afternoon, or good evening. this is marvin davis. i'm the chief financial officer here at the felton? great question? one of the things that was actually advantageous for us in moving to this location was actually the proximity of the clients we serve, and we're -- you know, and transportation. so, you know, we are -- we currently have locations, the sites are actually -- i mean, the programs are actually in locates further up van ness and one in the mission? and so yes, these are definitely better locations for serving our clients. >> excellent. thanks. >> thanks. >> commissioners, any other questions or comments? this is an item for discussion that will come back to our next meeting as an action item, so thank you to mr. davis, thank you, miss ruggels, for your presentation. >> excuse me. may i enter -- actually, it won't come back to you, this item. this item is done after we move onto the next item, just so you know. it contains one item, one-time pu

. >> and i see the ranking member, mr. davis, has joined us. now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. by keeping tabs on the testimony i had a littles coup d'État but it's great to see everybody. mr. secretary thank you for coming here today. it was great to see you if you days ago in washington with basic k provisions there's some good stuff but i want a micromanagement of the elections. the second argument is with respect to congress i think we do a better job of funding space across the aisle to work get things done. it's a less toxic atmosphere than we have in washington. >> the last two election cycles we sawaw the reference in 2020 d haven't been able to produce a single boat that was suppressed and even stacey abrams testifiee before the committee. >> what was the last part of your question? >> you testified before the committee of the turnout that it doesn't really matter. can you explain how that makes sense when in the record turnout theie committee hasn't been suppressed and they are saying voter turnout doesn't matter. i think

anthony davis thank you, mr. speaker. i thank -- mr. davis: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the rules and appropriations committee for bringing my amendment to the floor. my amendment increases funding for the national institute of food and agriculture, life and research and education activities account by $2 million, by decreasing the agriculture building and facilities account. i'm pleased that my colleague, bobby rush, co-leads this amendment with me. the goal of the amendment is to increase funding for the multicultural scholars program designed to increase the diversity of the food and agriculture, scientific and professional work force. currently the multicultural scholars program received only about $945,000 a year. this level of funding is critically low, given the current racial ethnicity gaps in food and agriculture sciences and given the fact that communities of color were disproportionately harmed by the dual economic and health crisis in our country. for example, even though people of color represent nearly 1/4 of the u.s. population, farmers of color co

thank you. >> go ahead, mr. davis. >> typical. oh, it's working now. okay. i just thought derek wanted to shut me up. it's the epitome of bipartisanship, obviously. look, this committee, i like to think it's like the conscience of how do we get to that point of bipartisanship? how do we get people talking again? and unfortunately, congress isn't made up of the members of this committee. we've just been selected outside of small group and i would like to think we were probably selected because we are more bipartisan, because we can understand our differences in our districts and understand how we can come together, and i got to actually -- it pains me sometimes to do this, but chairman kilmer and vice chair timmons, previous vice chair graves, have done a great job in moving this process along. but my biggest fear is as we keep going, that even this committee will probably become more partisan, and i hope we strive to make sure that that does not happen. but no one can control perlmutter. that's what happens. i really enjoyed your comments, ms. ripley, and yo

banks also is a leader of a large caucus, mr. davis is also -- or representative davis is also a ranking member and speaker pelosi didn't object to him and then representative nehls also voted to object along with representative banks and representative jordan. why do you think there was a difference between her objecting to representative banks and jordan as opposed to representative -- >> i don't know because she named a chairman who objected to presidential and she has raskin who asked for impeachment too so i don't know if the objection matters because her members have objected before. >> yes, sir. >> the bus with the gear on it, that's a finding from the senate report. >> yeah. >> what do you want to find out, who locked the bus? >> why was it there? why didn't they have the gear on? >> isn't the answer that they were just incompetent? what more do you know? >> well, then what's the solution? we want to find solutions. this is why when you look at sheriff troy nehls, 30 years of law enforcement. first, what did he do that day? he

banks also is a leader of a large caucus, mr. davis is also -- or representative davis is also a ranking member and speaker pelosi didn't object to him. and representative nells also voted to object, along with representative banks and representative jordan. why do you think there was a difference between her objecting to representative banks and jordan as opposed to representative davis and -- >> i don't know, but she has raskin who objected and asked for an impeachment, too. i don't know if the objections matter, because her members have objected before. >> leader mccarthy, the large bus with the gear on it, that's a finding from the senate report. that's exactly what they -- >> yeah. >> -- investigated. what do you want to find out? who locked the bus? why didn't they have the gear there? >> wasn't the answer just they were incompetent? what more do we need to know about it. >> what's the solution? weapon want to find solution. when you look at sheriff troy nells, 30 years of law enforcement. first, what did he do that day? he had b

. >> yes, and i will start with mr. davis' sentiments about the virgin islands as the prettiest place. and i wanted to start out with the strongest nation in the world and many reasons for it, and part of it is energy independence that we have to protect, and also here that we are so blessed to have agricultural independence. we can feed the entire country and much of the world, and our agriculture is the all the panelists and those who want to participate, a few of you mentioned in your testimony that you are utilizing or looking at establishing e-commerce as a tool to boost your sales. of course, e-commerce requires strong rural broadband and many of our rural areas lack this connection. can any of you speak to how critical rural broadband is not only for e-commerce but for the rest of your operations as well? thank you. >> i would love to speak to this. i live in charlotteville, new york which is in the the middle of nowhere. we don't have broadband internet. we also don't have cell phone service. i'm speaking to you over

. >> go ahead, mr. davis. >> typical. it's working now. it's like the conscious of how do we get to bipartisan and how do we get people talking again? congress isn't made up of the members of committee. we just been selected outside of small group. we were probably selected because we are more bipartisan, because we can understand our differences and our districts and understand how we can come together. it pains me sometimes to do this but chairman and vice chair have done a great job in moving this process along. my biggest fear is as we keep going that even this committee will become more partisan. i hope we strive to make sure that does not happen. i really enjoy your comments and look at your opening statement. everything you mentioned in high conflict is this institution. i like to think i represent my constituents. i believe they want people who are bipartisan. there seems to be a lot of talk when you get to congress about nonaggression packs but politics decides to get in the way as you're hear longer and ambition gets in the way.

mr. speaker. could i begin by echoing and supporting very much your fine tribute to ian davis and thank him for all his service to this house and wish him all the very best in his retirement. mr. speaker, i know members from across this house will want to congratulate darren -- on their 2-nil win against germany, the first time any team has beaten germany in 55 years in -- [inaudible] games. we wish them all the best for their game against ukraine on saturday, and we'll all be hoping against hope that finally football is coming home, mr. speaker. in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have meetings later today. >> katherine fletcher. >> mr. speaker, after yesterday's game, many of our german friends are heading how many. does my right honorable friend agree if they want to stay here drinking all our beer, then they need to join the 5.6 million people who have already successfully applied the settlement scheme before today's deadline in the. >> yes, mr. speaker. i thank my honorable friend. she's absolutely right, and i am thrilled that an astonishing 5.6 million e.u. nationals have already

mr. speaker, we aren't continuing to learn lessons all the time. >> we now have david davis. >> mr. speaker. forty years ago this country led the world and social builder paid since then we found so far behind we are now only 21st and world ranking. we are to succeed leveling up the uk that we must resort social ability across the country. the fastest and most cost-effective way to do that t is to reengineer the classroom , decapolis and the benefits of modern technology. to provide lessons to the ability of each child. countries around the world america australia, private schools in the uk are already doing it will be prime minister undertake to give every working-class child the opportunity to reach their full potential, opportunity basedte o on their abilities are not where they grew up or how rich their parents were. >> prime minister. >> yes mr. speaker i am thankful to my honorable friend for thehe personal tutorial with using a laptop in the opportunities provided by this type ofhn technology the massive increase in the scognitive powers that's made possible by technology and

david davis. >> mr. speaker, 40 years ago this country led the world in social mobility.ince then we have fallen so far behind, we're now only 21st in the rankings. if we're to succeed at leveling up the u.k., then we must restore -- the fastest and most cost effective way to do that is to reengineer the classroom to capitalize on the benefits of modern television using belgium to provide -- intelligence -- [inaudible] countries around the world are already doing this from america to australia and private schools in the u.k. including eton are already doing it using world class british technology. will the prime minister undertake these modern technologies to give every working class child the opportunity to reach their full potential, opportunity based on their abilities not where they grew up or how rich their parents were? >> prime minister. >> yes, mr. speaker. i'm thankful to my right honorable friend for the personal tutorial he gave me with using laptop and the opportunities provided by this type of technology. the massive increase in the -- powers of kids that is

i appreciate it, mr. davis. i yield back, mr.ive minutes. >> let me make noelt that our colleagues on the republican side have talked about this phenomenon of getting three vaccines in less than a year. it is a phenomenon, but it has everything to do with the fact that the federal government negotiated the price of these drugs. let's not forget that in the course of this discussion. abbvie is my subject, but i also feel responsible for their practices and i want to make sure we continue to have innovation and medical advancement, but i also want to protect the consumers. humera has been on the market for 18 years but it's still under patent protection. first i'd like to put exhibit 19, a presentation you delivered to investors in october 2015. as you look there, it shows that the actual ingredient for humera expired in 2016. did i read that right? >> i believe you did. >> as sh slide shows, however, abbvie filed for scores of additional patents on hue measure a, 22 patents on treatment, 24 patents, up quote, created what this dec

mr. davies to inquire. >> thank you mister chairman, and thank you madam secretary. madam secretary, i applaud president biden for taking action to ensure that everyone as facility to provide for and care for their family. -- a permanent modernization of the child tax credit, child and -- and the er eye to see. in addition, i raise the importance of three other refundable tax credits. one a tax credit -- to renters who spent only 30% other graphs gross income on rent and utilities. it's essential, but only have a limited number of families. and advance it'll refundable credit for ranchers could help every eligible taxpayer of ordered housing. making the adoption tax credit refundable would help thousands of children join prominent, loving families. the atsc currently disadvantage is low and middle income families, which is why the atsc was refundable during the great recession. essentially expanding american opportunity tax credit would help millions of low and middle income families towards college. also, i want to work with you to ensure the billionaires pay their

i don't think as mr. davis says, it's not a one size fits all. rachel: yeah.tainly looking forward to more smiles and less masks moving into the school year in the fall. thank you, both. >> thank you, rachel. rachel: all right. as the border crisis deepens, texas is taking action to stop the spread of covid from migrants. lara trump reacts to governor abbott wants latest executive order next. ♪ ♪ i feel it coming ♪ i feel it coming ♪ so, you have diabetes, here are some easy rules. no sugar. no pizza. no foods you love. stressed? no stress. exercise. but no days off! easy, no? no. no. no. no. but with freestyle libre 14 day, you can take the mystery out of your diabetes. now you know. sir, do you know what you want to order? yes. freestyle libre 14 day. try it for free. (man) eye contact. elbow pump. yes. very nice, andrew. very nice. good job. next, apparently carvana doesn't have any "bogus" fees. bogus?! now we work hard for those fees. no hundred-dollar fuel fee? pumping gas makes me woozy. thank you. no $600 doc fee? ugh, the printing, the organizing. no

. >> thank you, recognize the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, to inquire. >> thank you, mr. chairman and welcome, mr. secretary. i have serious concerns that social security and supplemental security income, benefits being paid to foster youth are not getting to them and are not even always being used for their benefit. so, mr. secretary, will you permit working with my subcommittee and with social security to find a remedy for this serious problem? >> i say it's great to see you and thank you for always championing the cause of so many kids who are underserved, underprivileged and here, i look forward to working with you. we, too, are trying to do a better examination and we want to review the work being done by gao on this particular issue and as you know, it's complicated because here we have to work with our state and local partners who actually administer some of these programs. you're right, we have to make sure that these kids get the kind ever care that you and i would expect to give to our kids and we want to make sure that those kids have some-- they have their voi

mr. davies from illinois. >> thank you mister chairman. welcome mister secretary. i have serious concerns that social security income benefits that are being paid to foster youth, are not given to them, and are not even always being used for the benefit. so mr. secretary, will you commit to working with my subcommittee, and with the social security to find a solution for this problem. >> congressman, it's great to see you. thank you for always champing the prize of kids who are underserved and underprivileged. i look forward to working with you. we are trying to do a better examination on a review, we want to review the particular issue. you know it's complicated. here we have to work with our state and local partners who actually administer some of those programs. we have to make sure these kids get the kind of care that you and i would expect, and we want to make sure those kids their voices are included in this as well. >> thank you mister secretary. many of the safety net hospitals in my district, lower as children, loretta, mount sinai, the new insight, they a

. >> the gentleman from illinois, mr. davisan, and let me thank you for holding this very informative and important hearing. mr. gonzalez, let me appreciate the fact that abbvie has such a strong presence in the state of illinois where i live and where i come from. i also want to appreciate the tremendous scientific achievement as well as the efforts toward diversification and the work that you've done to assist in making sure that we're able to fight the coronavirus. but let me ask, a moment ago i . heard you talk about possibility of negotiating discounts. of course, i understand that the pharmacy benefit manages entities that negotiate the price of medication for insurance companies.ti did i understand you to suggest that negotiation could be beneficial to insurance companies in terms of the prices that they would ultimately pay? >> the way the system works is we compete for a formula u position, formulary position. as part of that negotiation, we negotiate with the managed carey organization, or the pbm, what discount or re