mr. gonzalez of ohio, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote aye on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: as the member designated by mr. welch of vermont, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. welch will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. connolly: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. mfume of maryland, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mfume will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? ms. bush: as the member designated by mr. omar, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the ho

mr. gonzalez's back. i believe there's been accusations that the officers put their knee on mr. gonzalez's neck and i didn't see that when i watched the video but again, i want the entire investigation to beorne out before we make those kinds of pronouncements. >> reporter: family say gonzalez who is from oakland was the father of a 4-year-old boy and the main caretaker of his 22-year-old brother, who has autism. now alameda city police chief says the city hired an independent law firm to conduct the internal investigation into what happened. they've also asked the alameda county sheriff's office to conduct its own investigation in parallel and is standard procedure, the district attorney's office is also investigating. the police department is waiting on autopsy results into the cause of death. the three officers involved are on paid administrative leave until this investigation is complete. reporting live here in alameda, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. >>> developing in north carolina, a judge is expected to rule if body camera video of a controversial

mr. gonzalez's back. i believe there's been accusations that the officers put their knee on mr. gonzalez's neck, and i didn't she when i watched the video, but, again, i want the entire investigation to be borne out before we make those kinds of pronouncements. >> alameda's police chief acknowledges the video is hard to watch but says it is too early in the investigation to determine whether or not his officers used excessive force. the city has hired an independent law firm to conduct the internal investigation. the police department has also asked alameda county sheriff's office to conduct its own investigation in parallel and is standard procedure the district attorney's office it is also investigating. the police department is waiting on autopsy results into the cause of death. the three officers involved are on paid administrative leave until the investigation is complete. back out here at this memorial set up at the park where the struggle took place, family says gonzalez who was from oakland was the father of a 4-year-old boy and the main caretaker of his 22-year-old broth

mr. gonzalez: as the member designated by congressman cardenas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that congressman cardenas will vote yes on h.r. 941. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? mrs. hayes: as the member designated by ms. wilson, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on h.r. 941. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote yes on h.r. 941. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. soto: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. wasserman schultz, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. wasserman schultz will vote yes on h.r. 941. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. 8

mr. gonzalez's neck and i didn't see that when i watched the video but, again, i want the entire investigationthose kinds of pronouncements. >> a former attorney has been hired by the city to lead an independent investigation. the three officers involved have been placed on paid leave. police say the cause of gonzalez's death remains unclear pending results. >>> gretchen whitmer's accused kidnappers have been indicted. authorities say the new charges stem from an alleged plan to blow up a bridge near whitmer's vacation home in order to hinder police in october a total of six people were arrested on federal charges in the alleged plot to kidnap the governor. >>> federal investigators searched rudy giuliani's manhattan apartment and office seizing electronics including cell phones and computers, that is according to multiple sources. the investigation involves his dealings with ukrainian officials when he was former president trump's personal attorney his lawyer, robert costello, calls the searches unjustified and unethical. tells nbc news in a statement that read in part mr. giuliani respects t

mr. gonzalez's next. i didn't see that when i watched the video. but i want the entire investigation to be drawn out before we make these pronouncements. >> all his family knows is that he is no longer alive, leaving behind a 4-year-old son for their family to care for. >> he yells mommy, mommy. my papi died. somebody killed him. >> reporter: three officers involved are on paid administrative leave until the investigation is complete. >> a bizarre crime in the south bay. police are looking for the person who shot this arrow. you see it there? into the back of a vta employee. it happened in south capital avenue this afternoon. that is near james lake high school. investigators say that the vta employee was taking a walk during his break when he was impaled, rushed to a local hospital and tonight he is in stable condition. for months we have been talking about injections. tonight the covid treatment in the form of a pill. pfizer said that the new drug could be available by the end of the year and could dramatically change the landscape of how we batt

mr. gonzalez of ohio, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote aye on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? miss underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. walorski of indiana, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. walorski will vote yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by ms. barragan of california, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that miss bira began will vote no on the motion to recommit. as the member designated by mr. lieu of california, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform

mr. gonzalez.you can see that last you would normally expect to be asked by somebody from your own party. reflects the nature of the subcommittee. i hope you appreciated my team here. we loved one - - work very well together. thank you for joining us. thank you for your time and your offer to have your people meet with our members. and maybe a couple of briefings have been spawned by this conversation. we look forward to those. thank you for your service to our country and please extend our appreciation to the employees of the v.a. to do a remarkable job every day. >> it's an honor to serve i appreciate you as well. that concludes this morning's hearing. thank you to the witnesses for participating. clearly we have our work cut out for us with the fy 22 appropriations bill. we will keep members advised of upcoming hearings one scheduled. we have remaining budget hearings. we will keep you apprised if anything comes up in the interim let me know. with that, this hearing is adjourned. thank you every

mr. gonzalez's death. >>> the deadline to get a real id for air travelers has been pushed back again duethe pandemic. the department of homeland security is delaying it another 19 months until may 3rd of 2023. the deadline was october 1st. the real id will be required for airline passengers 18 and older. also for those entering a federal building or military base. passports, military id's or global entry card wills qualify to get through airport security. >>> the white house getting ready to clamp down on reality are wealthy tax dodgers. diane king hall is live from new york for today's money watch report. good morning. >> good morning. a crack down on tax evaders is looming. the white house is expected to propose increasing funding for the irs in order to clamp down on wealthy tax dodgers. that's according to the new york times. the president has proposed setting at side another $80 billion to uncle sam to help beef up enforcement measures. two tech giants saw big revenue growth in the first three quarters. google -- alphabet said profit rose to more than 18 billion. ups is out with its

mr. gonzalez's death. there will be three separate investigations into this incident. >>> fire watch, a 650-acre fire burns dangerously close to several homes in santa clarita. sheriffs deputies drove through neighborhoods with a loud speaker ordering families to get out. this morning the orders have now been lifted. fire crews up'd containment to 25% with conditions so dry all over the state, experts are predicting this could be a disastrous fire season. >>> solano deputies say a huge wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed two people was a cover up for murder. investigators say last august a vacaville resident murdered a woman he was dating and then started a fire to conceal her body. the fire exploded burning more than 30,000 acres, killing two people. it's one of several wildfires that made up devastating lnu complex. he was arrested in september but authorities only now connected him to the fire after an eight month investigation. >> i don't even have words. it is a tragedy of human life

mr. gonzalez's death. you can get more updates. >>> now to a coronavirus crisis. raging overseas. the official death toll in india has passed 200,000. it's likely the true number is far higher with local media reporting problems between official tallies and numbers of bodies in crematoriu many, s. vaccination centers in the western state ran out of doses just as india is about to vaccinate everybody over the age of 18 from may first. the country has seen more than 300,000 new infections every day for almost a full week. back here in the united states there are new concerns more more people are skipping their appointment for a second dose of the pfizer or moderna shot or not getting one the the average rate of daily vaccinations fell more than 20% from its peak earlier this month. >> you have to get to that 75, 80% of us fully vaccinated and really get this thing under control. >> pfizer said an anti viral to treat symptoms could be ready by the end of the year. >>> the a live look at the white house just ahead of his 100 days in office. the president is preparing for his first add

mr. gonzalez's neck.he entire information to be born out before we make those kind of pronouncements. >> there are two parallel investigations taking place here. there s a ground breaking response. in this case this is a man with bottles of liquor, and it's not clear yet why those services were not brought out and why two officers respond instead. at this point the mother of mario gonzalez is saying in a statement there is another way to deal with this, they did not have to kill my son. >> jake ward, live for us there in north carolina. thank you to you both. a lot to get to here on this show. for the first time now today we're hearing what happened inside the deliberations of the derek chauvin jury. talking a craig melvin about that process. craig will join us with his must see interview in just a moment. as president biden is calling on congress tonight to pass his families plan, we're talking with a congressman that is pushing for universal child care and whether or not the president's plan for that go

mr. gonzalez's death. there are three separate investigations into the incident. >>> solano deputies say a huge wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed two people was a cover up for murder. investigators say a vacaville resident murdered a woman he was dating and started a fire to conceal her body. e fire exploded burning more than 30,000 acres killing two people. it's one of several wildfires that made up the devastating lnu complex. he was arrested in september but authorities only just connected him to the fire after an eight month investigation. >>> more fire watch now, crews in southern california are starting to get a handle on a 650-acre fire burning dangerously close to several homes in santa clarita. all evacuations are lifted and families are returning home. containment has since been up'd to 25% as of this morning with conditions so dry all over the state, experts are predicting this could be a disastrous fire season. california's fire agency is losing a big asset, the world's large

mr. gonzalez: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. cardenas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote yes on house resolution 130. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. perlmutter: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. moulton of massachusetts, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. moulton will vote yes on h.res. 130. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. watson coleman will vote yes on h.res. 130. and as the member designated by mr. donald payne, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on h.res. 130. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. pressley: as the member designated by representative omar, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that represen

mr. gonzalez: as the member designated by mr. cardenas, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that congressman cardenas will be a no on the keller amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: as the member designated by ms. meng, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote no on the keller amendment. as the member designated by mr. keating, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. keating will vote no on the keller amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote no on the keller amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. moore, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote no on the keller amendme

mr. gonzÁlez, you are now recognized. >> thank you, madam chair, congratulations on your selection and ilook forward to your service in working with you and i want to start by saying that the va has done an amazing job of the rollout and that is one thing that i am grateful for and on another note i'm very frustrated and i have yet to get a response. so one of the things that concerns me is that they are constantly in jeopardy, $120 million below that and what is the rationale in this dramatic increase. >> i will come back to that question again. >> starting in 22 using the transformation fund, it's not the federal government overall, i.t. and four physical and the structure we have invested a lot in the itu, bringing them up to this full request. and that was also due to congressional action and these funds. and we want to make sure that we are allocating the resources necessary. >> i just want to say that i haven't spent as much time, i have spent a lot of times worrying about major breaches and so i came into this job very sensitive to the fact that we are doing everything we can to p

mr. gonzalez is eligible for the death penalty. this is a special circumstances case. there were multiple victims. [ sirens ] >> sounds like we do have a -- an active firing going on. >> reporter: the bloodshed thursday evening ended after a shootout with police. authorities did not say whether gonzalez was wounded by responding officers or shot himself. >> oh, look at all that blood. >> reporter: authorities say gonzalez locked the gates of the office complex with a bicycle type cable lock, trapping his victims inside. >> the details of their relationship is under investigation, but we can confirm there was a business and personal relationship between the suspect and the victims. >> reporter: police say he was carrying pepper spray, handcuffs, and extra ammunition, in addition to the firearm. >> what i heard was three shots in a row, boom, boom, boom, a pause, three more shots, another pause, and then four shots. >> reporter: the mass shooting in orange is the nation's third in three weeks. authorities have yet to release the names of the deceased. but luis tovar jr.

mr. gonzalez. mr. , vice chair, that was the last caller in queue. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. with no further public comment, public comment is now closed. supervisor safai, any closing remarks before we turn to your amendment? >> supervisor safai: yes. thank you, mr. chair. i will say i appreciate the callers and we have been in conversations or started some initial conversations with the idea of and we did look into that in this legislation with the idea of increasing standards currently looking at the existing standards, did they meet what was necessary particularly in an environment that we're in right now pandemic-like or otherwise. i will say, my experience in the industry prior to this current pandemic, there were a couple of outbreaks with infectious diseases and i'll just give an example. a couple of buildings were cleared one day and no one notified the janitors. the janitors, the entire building was empty. all of sudden the janitor started to call and found out there was an infectious disease that a worker had been exposed. this was far prior to the pandemic. having

mr. gonzalez. mr. , vice chair, that was the last caller in queue. >> chairman: thank you, madam clerk. with no further public comment, public comment is now closed. supervisor safai, any closing remarks before we turn to your amendment? >> supervisor safai: yes. thank you, mr. chair. i will say i appreciate the callers and we have been in conversations or started some initial conversations with the idea of and we did look into that in this legislation with the idea of increasing standards currently looking at the existing standards, did they meet what was necessary particularly in an environment that we're in right now pandemic-like or otherwise. i will say, my experience in the industry prior to this current pandemic, there were a couple of outbreaks with infectious diseases and i'll just give an example. a couple of buildings were cleared one day and no one notified the janitors. the janitors, the entire building was empty. all of sudden the janitor started to call and found out there was an infectious disease that a worker had been exposed. this was far prior to the pandemic. having

then there are meetings accompanied by director gonzalez, and mrs. lou. we've had successful meetings with new senate transportation chair gonzalez, her chief of staff and the chief consultant from the senate transportation committee as well as senator, alex lee, part of the assembly transportation committee and his staff who handles transportation policy. and we're working to set up meetings with the other members of the bay area delegation and the transportation chair and her committee staff. the end goal of these meetings as well as the ongoing updates to the capital network is to have all capital stakeholders aware of the dtx project, what we need and have them in our corner when the time arises for a specific funding request. with that, i'll happily hand i had over to the federal team. >> thank you very much, chair gee, and members of the board. thank you fort opportunity to provide an update on the infrastructure landscape. i'm a partner, a washington d.c. based government relations firm focused on representing local government entities before the u.

then there are meetings accompanied by director gonzalez, and mrs. lou. we've had successful meetings with new senate transportation chair gonzalez, her chief of staff and the chief consultant from the senate transportation committee as well as senator, alex lee, part of the assembly transportation committee and his staff who handles transportation policy. and we're working to set up meetings with the other members of the bay area delegation and the transportation chair and her committee staff. the end goal of these meetings as well as the ongoing updates to the capital network is to have all capital stakeholders aware of the dtx project, what we need and have them in our corner when the time arises for a specific funding request. with that, i'll happily hand i had over to the federal team. >> thank you very much, chair gee, and members of the board. thank you fort opportunity to provide an update on the infrastructure landscape. i'm a partner, a washington d.c. based government relations firm focused on representing local government entities before the u.

gonzalez. he died in their custody. these officers used the lowest degree of force. possible given the intensity of mr gonzales is efforts to evade their grasp, she says gonzalez was disoriented and intoxicated. thea officers had to take action to ensure his safety and that of the public. they couldn't leave him there. he could fall. they were very concerned about him falling, she says. officer james fisher, a 10 year veteran, seen here did put his knee on gonzales is back that is being used. it is a balance point, much like you would put your hand on rested on a railing as you go down the stair. there was never a point in time where any officers need was on mr gonzales his neck. nor was there a time when they were pressing down hard enough on his body to cause him not to breathe officer fisher as well as officers eric mckinley and cameron leahy. or on paid leave corado. gonzales says officers murdered his brother. the truth is that he was killed by the police department was heartbreaking to see my mother having to see her her firstborn spinal moments is troubling. it's hard to watch my condolences, o

mr. chair and members of the committee. rudy gonzalez with the construction trades. in that capacity, we have several thousand frontline public workers at the city and county. they deserve fair and transparent leadership with the head of this agency and we believe carol isen's appointment will bring just that. she not only has the experience necessary for this important role, but for those of us who've had to deal with her directly, sometimes in difficult circumstances and in opposite ends of an argument. she also brings the credibility that's necessary to be effective in this role. not only the management side of the city as an institution, but also the workers and importantly the community. so we appreciate her appointment is timely and not lost on us as an lgbtq leader. this also stands as an important statement with this appointment of inclusion and diversity which she represents, embodies and promotes with her own teams. so the building trades are in strong support of moving this forward and supporting carol isen. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker >> kim cava

gonzalez. police say he and all of the victims through a personal or business relationship. >> it is a horrible horrible tragedy that mrles made a decision to use deadly force to deal with issues he was dealing with apparently in his life. he will suffer and face the consequences. >> police say gonzales chained to the gates to the complex close so the first officers on the scene fired shots from outside. he is hospitalized in critical but stable condition.>>> my witness testimony in the fourth day of the trial of former officer derek chauvin. his supervisor was one of the witnesses who took the stand. you testified that the force used on floyd should have stopped earlier. >> do you have an opinion as to when the restraints of mr. floyd should have ended in this encounter? >> yes. >> when is it? are >> when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers. >> that is after he was handcuffed and on the ground and no longer resistant? >> correct. >> floyd's girlfriend also took the stand today. she testified about their struggles with opioid addiction. the defense has argued that drugs and health problem

mr. speaker, i ask unanimous -- consent to remove representatives bill huizenga, jay abernathy and gonzalez as co-sponsor of h.r. 157. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on april 14, 2021, at 11:24 a.m. that the senate agreed to, relative to the death of the united states capitol police officer, william francis "billy" evans -- evans, senate resolution 152. appointment, board of trustees of the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 4 of rule 1, the following enrolled bill was signed by the speaker on tuesday, april 13, 2021. the clerk: h.r. 1868. a bill to prevent across-the-board spending cuts and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20rks the chair will p

gonzalez on this bill. we would invite our colleagues to look at the bill and join us in cosponsoring it on a bipartisan basis. one thing i can guarantee you, mrpresident, this is not the end all be all, or the silver bullet that will solve all of our problems. but i think what it will do is show public confidence that we are serious about enforcing our laws and providing legal claims, the benefit of a hearing and validation. we are the most generous nation in the world when it comes to legal immigration, naturalizing roughly a million people a year. but the truth is my state, our states, those of us on this bill currently have borne the brunt of the crisis because of the failures of the federal government to deal with it. we developed a list of bipartisan cosponsors i hope the judiciary committee will resolve this crisis in a fair and humane way. the last thing i will say, mr. president is, we're all ears if somebody has a better idea. bur so far we haven't seen anybody step up and say, i've got -- i've got an answer or at least a partial answer or response that has bipartisan and bicameral support. i hope our colleagues will take a look at t

mr. chairman. and i recognize myself for five minutes. thank you so much for staying with all of our questions. and i just want to go back to something that representative gonzalez mentioned. and i am very excited that the f-150 electric truck is supposed to go into production a year from now. so exciting news coming up. but i want to ask you about some of the investing in mitigation and resiliency that doesn't just make our communities safer but we know is a really wise investment. the american jobs plan proposes $50 billion for improvements in infrastructure resiliency. i'm hoping you can talk about the priorities that you are looking at for that investment. and if you can tell me how you're going to incorporate nature-based solutions, such as reeves, beaches, education, into your plans. thank you so much. >> thank you. resiliency i think speaks to the fact that no matter how good we get at preventing climate change from reaching the worst outcomes, changes are happening around us right now. and it would be irrational to insist on continuing to build our infrastructure across the 2020s on the same terms we might have used in the 1950s or the 1920s. if a road i