mr. emanuel. thank you.e: i'm joined by california congresswoman member of house transportation and infrastructure committee michelle steel, congresswoman, welcome. congresswoman: thank you very much for inviting me today. mike: democrats got one major bill across, infrastructure with at least some bipartisan support. now they have to figure out how to pass a partisan massive socialist spending package, do they get that done? congresswoman: you know what, i hope not because this $1.2 trillion, this one you'll have to increase taxes and you'll have to really raise taxes and looking at revenues and spending because this is going to go to $256 billion that go to debt. i have my grandson and granddaughter on the way and i don't want my kids and my grandkids to pay for it because this is not what we are doing, congressional budget is saying so we have to look at the budget side, the revenue side and you know what how much you're paying for the gas, california and san francisco we pay 8.49 per gallon. this is not

mr. chairman. mayor emanuel, mr.plan, i look forward to our exchange today and the testimony you've provided. i thank your families for supporting you, amy and zack who i had the opportunity to meet in person but have spoken to before, and talana and other family members, leah, who are watching. thank you, mayor, for sharing your personal story, your journey, what that has brought to you, your decades of public service. to mr. kaplan, your daughter samantha and other members of your life who are with us today, it's wonderful to have both of you in front of us and have this chance to interact with you about these two important positions that have been vacant for too long with two absolutely vital indo-pacific partners for the united states. i am, as i think you both know, chair of the appropriations subcommittee responsible for our foreign assistance. japan is also a major donor in development assistance in the region. one of the reasons i worked with a number of my colleagues to help create the development finance co

mr. bolten: that's right. you were not there. you were there in 2017 when rahm emanuel was -- in 2017. when rahm emanuel was hearing the advice he had a notepad taking notes. i was on a program with him where he retrieved those notes and repeated back what some people said. the real weight of advice, the most common advice from the 16 or 17 the roundtable was probably apt for rahm which is "remember, it's not about you." you are here to serve the boss and make sure that the boss is successful. the one piece of advice that has been made public the person who said it was when we got around to the head of the table -- or the foot of the table. i placed the two most senior chiefs of staff on either end of the long table that we set up in the chiefs office. the most senior chief of staff was don rumsfeld, who had served as chief under president ford in 1974-75, i think. at the other end was vice president cheney, who had served as rumsfeld's successor 75-76. we got around and cheney, there had been serious thoughtful advice, cheney pauses and says "watch out for the vice president." mr. lew

mr. cleaver. and then ms. van duyne. emanuel cleaver ii: thank you. this has been very, very interesting. i almost ran over to make sure i was here in person. we have so many problems and you have been very articulate in uh giving us some reason to, you know, contemplate ways in which things can function better. we have multiple influences in one of them. is the media, and i understand but if you want to get attention and want to become a national personality. i mean if i took off my pants and ran around ah, you know, this building, i mean, i've got -- i would get significant coverage tonight, um, lock there -- >> yeah, lock him up. >> and i mean, but if i did, you know, to demonstrate that we have naked policy, uh, you know, then heralded and, and so that's a part of it that we, nobody wants to talk about because somebody wants to meet you to get mad at them. however, the good news uh, is uh, two weeks ago, a major news outlet. i'm not gonna mention them because i don't, we, we had this lengthy meeting. and they may not be ready to talk about it, but they are interested in something that

mr. chairman. and ranking member roche. it's an honor to have the opportunity to share a few words for rahm emanuel to be the next ambassadoro japan. we had a chance to speak to the new iaea director. mr. grossy. we talked about, not only iran's future in nuclear program but also north korea. it reminded me that japan, one of our most important allies in asia, is at the forefront of several key national security priorities for our nation. notably the nuclear threat on and from the korean peninsula. chinese actions in the south china sea and regional economic pressure. the undermining of hong kong's democracy and threats against taiwan. with the dawn of the aukus pact, they've signalled -- we need to be sure our allies and friends and partners, like japan, have a clear understanding of our goals. that's why the appointment of a new ambassador to japan is timely and critical. rahm emanuel is the right person for that responsibility. i've known him more than 30 years. perhaps his wife, amy, is the only person in the room who's known him longer. i've worked with him in many capacities. work as staff leader in the clinton white