mr. gonzalez. mr. gonzalez: thank you, madam chair. happy birthday. and thank you to our witnesses for being here today and for your expertise. i agree, congress must get to work on ways to accelerate innovation in plastics and battery recycling, reduce the environmental impact of their consumption and increase domestic resources and supply chains. recycling needs to address the climate challenge, as mr. hillmyer just discussed. we need to spur innovations through r&d and coordination across relevant federal agencies on the work. that's why i was proud to join the chairwoman in introducing the plastics waste reduction and recycling research act. this congress. and applaud her leadership on this issue. it's also important to recognize the unique role of the department of energy and its national labs in enabling next generation research and advanced recycling. mr. baca, i want to start with you. in your prepared remarks, you describe a.c.c.'s work with d.o.e. and its national labs. so the question is, how is the department of energy's office of science

mr. gonzalez, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote aye on the hill amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote no on the hill amendment. as the member designated by mr. o'halleran, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. o'halleran will vote no on the hill amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. granger of texas, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that ms. granger will vote yes on the hill amendment. i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. mikie sherrill, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. sherrill will vote no on the hill amendment. as the member designated by mr. donald

mr. vincent gonzalez, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote yes on h.r. 391. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. desjarlais of tennessee, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. desjarlais will vote nay on h.r. 391. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. butterfield: as the member designated by ms. jackson lee of texas, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that ms. jackson lee will vote yes on h.r. 391. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. steube of florida, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. steube will vote no on h.r. 391. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. mceach

mr. vince gonzalez, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote yes on h.res. 504. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. mcclabe of -- mrs. mcclain of michigan, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mrs. mcclain will vote no on h.res. 504. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. cohen, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. cohen will vote yes on h.res. 504. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on h.res. 504. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.res. 504. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? russell wilson -- mr. wilson: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. timmons of south carolina, pursua

mr. gonzalez. the gentlewoman from michigan miss tlaib is now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you so much, madam chair. appreciate it. thank you so much for all being part of this panel. i want you all to know when i ask the ceos of the six biggest banks in america if they knew what environmental racism was none of them were very familiar with it at all. each one by one said they -- i think the most one sailed was they were vaguely familiar. environmental racism isn't an abstract concept. i've seen it firsthand growing up in southwest detroit. the marathon oil refinery and the 217 black neighborhood have directly couldn't boughted to one of the worst air qualities in the state of michigan with high rates of asthma and cancer and when i visit schools, madam chair, and i read to the third grade class and they ask me what i do, i always start out asking how many in the class have asthma, and a third of the class will raise their hand and i talk about the fact that i work really hard to try to ge

does representative gonzalez: -- representative gonzalez: mr. skelly can you explain how this will impact energy use? we have to have reliable ways to store the energy. how would that project funnel storage? mr. skelly: with electricity consumption and production, storage is important. there are interesting advances. i am on the board of a company working hard and making good progress and storage. -- with storage. the other good way to think about it is with transition, you can move energy around the country. that actually can reduce some of the need for storage, because, as we all know, wind and sunshine are variable across the country. moving energy in time is important. but also, moving it in space can be just, or even more helpful in doing so. representative gonzalez: if we are going to take arizona sunshine and push it, that may require challenges. with that i yield back. thank you. >> representative bonamici you are recognized for five minutes. representative bonamici: we know that adjusting to the climate crisis and strengthening investme

mr. gonzalez has always moved me. this time she didn't buy, and i think that's a real chain much art nonsense. he's supposed to like it. it's mesmerizing terrifying because she wouldn't maria carlos have approved of going on to after her death these days some celebrities even specified during their lives. what is and is not allowed to happen to that pictures and videos, some even striving to become digitally a model like canadian actor william shatner, best known as captain kirk on star trek. tell me about the meaning of life. it was probably the longest interview that william shatner had ever given in a total of 45 hours based over 5 days. he answered questions about his life, his attitude on the basis for his immortal plumber, which future generations will be able to engage with. people will be able to ask william shatner's hologram the question. and the artificial intelligence by the he was firm story file will provide the appropriate answer. about 650 answers you gave to questions. they go into a database and then

mr. gonzalez is to recognize for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair, and thank you to our ceos for being on today. quickly, a big thank you for all you did to help us weather the storm during the pandemic, and i know it was all hands on deck across country and you'll certainly put your weight. i know we're all appreciative. i'm going to stay on this back retail investor topic, and mr. solomon, i'm going to focus primarily questions with you because we chatted about this. we had a hearing earlier this week on the ipo market, traditional. obviously we've seen a lot come public in the last year and i think it's good for two reasons. when it meets retail ventures have access to investment options but second the fact we have three solid option for companies to come public i think creates important options for competition for discoveries to raise money in the public markets. these are good. none of these equals are perfect and spacs in particular can benefit from clear disclosure so retailers can better understand incentives of sponsor ipo investors and suspense as these spacs go through the l

mr. gonzalez is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair, and thank you to our ceos for being on today. a big thank you for you helping us weather the storm during the pandemic and i know we're all appreciative. i'm going to stay on the spac retail investor topic and mr. solomon, i'm going to focus primarily questions with you because we've chatted about this. we had a hearing earlier this week on the ipo market and traditional stocks and obviously we've seen a lot come public in the last year and it's good for two reasons, one, that retail investors have access to options and the fact that we have three solid options and second, they create competition for companies to raise money in the public markets. none of these vehicles are perfect and spacs in particular could benefit from clear disclosures, so retailers can better understand the incentives of the sponsor, participants as these spacs go through their life cycle. my question to you, mr. solomon, is in your view, where do you believe the disclosure regime with respect to spacs could be improved such that retail investors

mr. vicente gonzalez, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. vicente gonzalez will vote nay on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. troy nehls, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. nehls will be voting yea on the motion to recommit. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. raskin: as the member designated by mr. lieu of california, pursuant to house resolution 8, i rise to inform the house that mr. lieu will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam speaker, as the member d

mr. gonzalez for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you now the panel. in a way i am encouraged for the hearing today, and there more broad agreement today in the majority of the panel that we do need clarity, and clarity with respect to how we are pushing a lot of the innovation overseas, and i hope that we get that clarity. ms. parker, i want to start with your clarity. you say that this is going to push projects overseas, right? yes. right. and it is something that you highlight that it is a bad outcome for americans? >> that is correct. >> and you also say that regulators are hesitant to get involved when relevant members, your word, relevant are hostile to crypto, and certain members would be qualified as relevant. >> relevant but not hostile. >> but some potentially. assuming that the regulators are listening, and i did not want to push you in that box, but i would encourage you to listen to full committee, and not quote relevant members who say ridiculous things like people should invets in the california lottery inzed of sipt si, and if possible

partly to help support max miller, a former white house aide challenging anthony gonzalez for his ohio congressional seat. mrump lashed out at gonzalez, calling him a fake republican and blasted president biden on several fronts. >> he's pushing trillions of dollars in new spending and the largest tax hike in history. he's putting onto the american people and american industry. it's going to be devastating. he puts america last. we put america first. it's very simple. >> the former president also used his time to repeat false claims about 2020 election fraud, no evidence of any significant voter fraud has been found. >>> hundreds of people gathered to stop asian hate in san francisco today in the aapi care fair. the aim was to arm people with pepper spray and whistles and offer information and welgness services. the co-founders who are from the west coast say they were compelled to expand to san francisco in light of so many attacks. >> this past year has been really inspiring for us to see how many people are speaking out against asian hate. both of us have attended several rallies in new york city. but we

mr. gonzalez is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you, secretary, for your time and attention today and your testimony. the covid-19 pandemic has certainly justified the importance of american innovation. it's impossible to imagine us getting through this if we hadn't innovated in testing therapeutics and of course the vaccine development. i think, similarly, it's hard or i would argue impossible to imagine addressing energy and environmental challenges without further innovation in energy storage, nuclear carbon capture. i'm pleased to see you mentioned those technologies. innovation's always been a core strength of our country and our competition with china, russia, and iran, we have to stay advanced and ahead of the game. i want to focus specifically on nuclear for a second, if we could. i've been pleased to read some of your comments regarding nuclear, particularly the importance of maintaining our existing fleet which i think is critically important in the face of looming shut downs often times driven by backwards poli

mr. gonzalez voted for donald trump's impeachment and that set off the former president.know, average day human beings. at love them are independent voters. some of them voted for trump. some of them voted against trump. but they really care about the community. and they are just not comfortable with the direction. steve: we hear that all the time. they don't care if an applicant is a democrat or republican. an independent, libertarian, anything. they just need people to work for them. >> that's exactly right. they are throwing money to get them there the thing that is not talked about, steve, is when that crash is going to happen. i mean, they can only pay people extra money so long before prices start to surge, and then they end up having to fire people. steve: i got a feel people are going to come back to work in september when the money runs out. we will see.you very much. thanks for going to ohio. lawrence: thanks, steve. steve: all right. meanwhile, let's go to the street behind me and there is our meteorologist janice dean with some folks behind her on this friday.

mr. gonzalez: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. timmons of south carolina, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. timmons will vote nay on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? mr. bergman: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. mcclain, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. mcclain will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. donald payne, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida seek recognition? mrs. cammack: thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. comer of the state of kentucky, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. comer will vote nay on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentl

mr. gonzalez rrp unfortunately, we lost bryson in april. following a battle with covid-19, bryson began to exhibit symptoms associated with covid psychosis. throw he fought to the bitter end, he tragically passed after taking his own life. mr. speaker, when i hear these stories and when i talk to the family, it is impossible not to get emotional. we lost a gifted, talented young man. and the hurt and pain that is afflicted upon those left behind is something no one should ever have to endure. this is a moment where we should turn grief into action and actively find solutions. to start, we should work with the scientific community to gain a better understanding of the mental health implications of covid-19 on americans and other root causes of suicide. in particular, amongst young americans. this will help us look for further warning signs and make sure that young americans get the help that they need. we must not let bryson's memory be forgotten. i pray for his family -- for his parents, shawn and tarra, and had his -- tara, and his two bro

hoping to oust incumbent representative anthony gonzalez, one of the ten hous republicans who voted to impeach trump for his role in the january 6 insurrection mr. trump has swor revenge on those detractors and the base is, too are you holding a grudge against those republicans? because trump seems to be >> yeah. >> yeah. should be voted out. >> reporter: as trum wraps up the summer schedule the criminal charges loom over his company and its long time cfo allen weisselberg. multiple sources tell nbc news charges against the trump organization could come as soon as next week the first charges to stem from the manhattan d.a.'s wide ranging probe of trump's business dealings this probe according to court documents centers on potentially extensive and protracted criminal conduct within the trump organization including falsifying business records, insurance fraud and tax fraud. >> the next question is to what degree did trump or anyone else know about it, direct it or even allow it to happen >> reporter: an attorney for the trump organization says they'll plead not guilty while calling the charges completely outrageous and describing mr. trump as ou

. >> even when you suspect that it might be and they tell you is in the gonzalez case which mr.ley cited dickens basically say no, they can't do it, no way to make your case and being advocate endogeneity do in a court. >> that's right. the court would say we don't have standing on the fourth amendment issue and we would be told we don't have the right to tell our customer that they should go look to see if the fourth amendment right seven pilot. >> what she we do? this may be the person this committee this congress has kind of had some kind of agreement on maybe we can work together on -- steps one, two and three what you think we should do because i do think, i mean, mr. raskin and i don't agree on a whole lot, agree when the cosponsor this legislation, it's telling and you've heard the comments from both sides to give us the one you 23 the united states -- >> putting aside the subha which we discussed i knew there are six berries i think you should look at but i think you need to strengthen these standards. you need to give course more concrete standards, give standing to com

gonzalez co-listen: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from mississippi, mr. guest. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. guest: i want to thank chairman defazio and ranking member graves for bringing this important, bipartisan legislation to the floor. h.r. 2016 will begin the possess to consolidate the overlapping disaster relief programs that delay disaster assistance for citizens in miss gonzalez-colon's district as well as my district of mississippi. mississippi has with stood flood, hurricanes and tornadoes over the last two years and many of these response efforts are still under way today. this is no fault of the federal agencies that are tasked with responding but it is instead a product of an overlapping program that result in duplicative assessments that delay the recovery process. this bill would establish a federal working group to help identify a more streamlined approach to helping americans respond to natural disasters. this commonsense approach to solving delays in federal disasters response would help expedite recovery and give a