mr. gonzalez, you're now recognized for your testimony. mr. gonzalez. >> i'm richard gonzalez. i'm the chief executive officer of abbvie, a company with approximately 48,000 employees dedicated to developing new innovative medicines for some of health care's most challenging diseases. the global pandemic of the last year highlights the critical role that the bio pharmaceutical industry plays in driving science and innovation to tackle the most significant diseases facing our society. our industry invests over $80 billion per year in research and development to meet those challenges and our company alone has invested approximately $50 billion since 2013 and has produced cures for diseases like hpv and therapies that are changing and prolonging the lives of patients suffering with cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious diseases. as we tackle the issues of drug pricing and access, it's important that we focus on what's working and what needs to change to make sure that patients get the medicines they need. the united states has the most advanced health care system in the w

mr. gonzalez for five minutes. mr. gonzalez: thank you, chairwoman sherrill and ranking member bice for holding this hearing today. it's clear extreme heat waves can have societal, economical impacts. in the northwest, it's essential we think about the future and how to mitigate these risks. i think we're all seeing now fires every year. it's becoming a routine part of life on the west coast. it's something i think we should all be very concerned with. can't imagine raising a young kid out there knowing you will have all the wildfires and all the smoke risk that comes with that. mr. elkabetz, your company aggregates data, models it, and relays it to clients in a user-friendly way. do you help respond to the questions that -- mr. elkabetz: part of our innovation comes from things that are real challenges and we engage with customers. at the beginning, we innovate mostly on how to make weather forecast more local. very fast when we engage with customers, we learned about 90% of the businesses, based on our estimation, are

mr. gonzalez of ohio, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote yea on h.r. 1664. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. deutch of florida, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. deutch will vote yea on h.r. 1664. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. amodei, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote yes on h.r. 1664. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. garcia of illinois, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. garcia of illinois will vote yes on h.r. 1664. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. aderholt of alabama, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform

mr. gonzalez of ohio, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote yea on s. 191 -- 1910. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 413. the nays are seven. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 555, i call up the bill h.r. 4502 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 69. h.r. 4502, a bill making appropriations for the departments of labor, health and human services, and education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2022, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 555, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of the rules committee print 117-112, modified by the amendment printed

mr. gonzalez, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez wim vote yea on en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from washington seek recognition? >> as the member designated by as the member designated by by mr. katko, pursuant to h. res. 8, mr. katko will vote no on fourteenth amendment number one. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from seek recognition? mrs.beatty: pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. lawrence will vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan. >> as the member designated by mr. aderholt of alabama, pursuant to h. res. 8 rntion i inform the house that mr. aderholt will vote no on fourteenth amendment number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will vote no on the amendments en bloc number1. as the member des

mr. gonzalez, i am interested in how ai can be used in wildfire responses. chief letson burke, can you respond? -- chief litzenberg. mr. litzenberg: anything we can use to create information in a usable fashion for those of us who are doing boots on the ground work is a bonus. if that includes the use of ai, we are in. that is something that should be explored into the future. mr. mcnerney: thank you. i yield back. mr. johnson: mr. gonzales is recognized. mr. gonzales? -- mr. gonzales: thank you for sharing your perspectives. i want to start with you and talk about spatial patterning. i would like to get your thoughts on this. new research indicates spatial matters are more fire resistant than those uniformly or evenly spaced. should we be encouraging more managers to adopt spatial reforestation or is more research required? mr. geissler: thank you for the question. i am not as familiar as a research -- with the research lately that has come out. i can tell you from a managers perspective that obviously changing the spatial relationship among dems or trees in

mr. gonzalez currently serves as a sheriff in the largest office in the state of texas and the third-largest nationally. he began as a civilian employee in a houston police department where he later became a police officer and rose to the rank of sergeant. he served on the elite hostage negotiation team and was assigned to the homicide division as an investigator. after serving 18 years with the houston police department, sheriff gonzalez retired in 2009 to serve three terms on the houston city council. he was elected by his peers in 2010 to serve as vice mayor pro tem, helping to manage the workforce of the city of houston. as sheriff of harris county and as a city councilmember, gonzalez has spearheaded innovative efforts to expand social services in order to reduce arrests, cybercrime and improve public safety. welcome, sheriff gonzalez. you may proceed with your opening remarks. >> chairman peters, ranking member portman, distinguished members of the committee, i am honored to appear before you to discuss my nomination to lead u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, ice. i want to than

mr. gonzalez, is now recognized for five minutes. representative: thank you. i want to pick up where my friends left off. i want to focus on the unemployment piece. when i tucked my businesses back home, the two biggest issues that they face, in particular small businesses, employment, not being a bowl -- able to get you back to work, and inflation. with respect to unemployment, in the monetary policy report, you cite several factors are keeping people out of the workforce, most of which were virus related -- early retirement, caregiving, fear of covid, and employ meant benefits. using those factors that you cited as responsible for on appointment, you agree that the factor is not a primary driver of getting people back to work? do you think if you lowered negative interest rates at that would materially change the unemployment rate? chair powell: i would agree that the most important thing that she will be very important if we were -- it would be very important if we were to see a significant increase in labor supply. just showing up in the form of matching i

mr. gonzalez, for five minutes. mr. gonzalez: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to recognize del rio border patrol austin scaro, who is retiring at the end of july after over 30 years -- a 30-year career in law enforcement. chief scarrow has honorably served 26 years with customs and border patrol, beginning his career in 1995, in the rio grande valley sector. he served border patrol in various roles across the nation, from washington, d.c., to grand forks, north dakota. he has been chief since july, 2020. he oversees 250 miles of the u.s.-mexico border, which has nine c.b.p. stations, five traffic checkpoints, and supports 47 counties in texas. chief scarrow's mission as sector chief has been especially challenging this year. del rio is the eye of the storm as we tackle this southern border crisis. over the last year, chief scarrow has led del rio border patrol agents during the highest spikes of migrant travis in united states history -- migrant traffics in united states history. they're apprehending thousands of migrants per day, some who surrende

mr. gonzalez: as the member designated by mr. tim sons of south carolina -- timmons of south carolina, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. timmons will vote yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. jacobs: as the member designated by ms. leger fernandez, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. leger fernandez will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> 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 nay on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker

mr. gonzalez, is recognized for five minutes. mr. gonzalez: thank you, madam chair. welcome, secretary fudge. my friend. good to see you. we miss you in cleveland, but cleveland is still very proud of you and grateful for your continued service to your country. i want to talk to you -- start off by talking about something we have spoken about in private which is veterans' homelessness. that's something that's a big issue in our country. certainly a big plyor of mine -- >> we'll leave the hearing in order to fulfill our long-term commitment to live coverage of congress. you can continue watching the hearing live online at c-span.org. the house about to gavel in. today expecting debate on several bills including one that would allow the federal trade commission to sue in federal

mr. santos and sheriff gonzalez for your willingness to serve three statements today. he census bureau mr. santos as you know provides a critically important service to our nation you talk about that in your opening statement and census data is important activity all around the country and nonprofits and businesses coming in planning a state and local governments and the data to make spending decisions in the federal government distributes more than a trillion dollars a year based on census data. so we have to get it right. and then of course census data supports districting process which is an essential part of the nations democracy and it is especially timely of the census bureau to be more responsive there's responsibility. the current to delay in providing census data for redress tree has negatively impacted a number of states in this country and one of them it is ohio that i represent very concerned about that. his work trying to do this process but we need this data. admitted but asserted by this is a prayer that they have now migrated to provide additional data t

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

mr. gonzalez any other committee hearings we heard from the members thank you very much. we appreciate you coming in with a great knowledge of what nasa means. thank you mr. chairman and thank you to the committee. >> before we bring the hearing to a close, thank you. the record will remain open for two weeks and for any additional questions for the committee to ask of the witnesses. i will make sure that we get the distribution of the full committee of the $5.4 billion both urgent and looking forward infrastructure needs and with that >> building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >> charter communications, along with these television companies, support-s

mr. gonzalez on this month. i will be fine and they come to me because on the unless i get because i'm frustrated with the money. love come on thing. i'm and i me know, i'm a little often come because was done with most guns for just shoes. i'm of the time is a good 1st than just this is good. food is on the find the one the i think this is there were there to between interest for the be in your logic. yes . you just have to keep it up for a long time. just can stop the name of the opening details for them. it was last night for a lot of them and none of that sort of i just got him on that emotional. the acknowledge is part of what human uses to have been human race overall. i think in the end, even though you've got to kind of computers, but i think when, when computer get to a certain stage you're sort events they are studying replacing more and more of what, what are logical the built to do, right? we used to chop would not have machine shop would. so part of that is being replaced. and eventually i think hum

mr. gonzalez, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky -- from texas is recognized. mr. gonzalez: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to include the text of the amendment in the record immediately prior to the vote on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. gonzalez: our ally, israel, was forced to defend itself in may from hamas and the palestinian islamic jihad who, over the course of 11 days, indiscriminately fired over 4,000 rockets from gaza into israel. my motion to recommit would provide $1 billion to israel to replenish and help the iron dome defense system. we must continue to stand with our ally, israel. we must continue to show the united states believes in their right to existence and defend themselves. we must do everything within our power to ensure they are equipped to defend against these heinous attacks and defeat these terrorists. madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewom

mr. gonzalez thank you for holding this hearing today it's clear extreme have ecological impacts and with recent events of the pacific northwest it's essential is that we mitigate these risk and we all see now it is a routine part of life and that something we should all be very concerned with i cannot imagine raising again kid knowing you have the wildfires and all the smoke. your company is at the center to aggregate in a user-friendly way have you faced any obstacles that your company provides them? >> so definitely it comes from those challenges mostly how so engaging with customers 90 percent of the businesses and even 2:00 p.m. to the most accurate way to do that. and just with that relation of the weather data and when to do the practice when is the best time to do that? but the more t interesting element is how do you make sure you get the right information so even if you have all the knowledge there is still a gap at the right individual gets the decision at the rightt time. we can benefit with the interface a person looks at the screen to make a decision that could be from stree

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: madam speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution , the yeas and nays are ordered -- 8, yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? mr. butterfield: as the member designated by mr. carson of indiana, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. carson will vote no, he will vote no on the motion to recommit.

mr. gonzalez isha recognized for five minutes. >> thank you madam chairman thank you chairman powell could i want to pick up where mr. hollingsworth left off and focus specifically on the unemployment peace and frankly when i talked to my businesses back home the two biggest issues that they face in particular a small business as employment and getting people back to work and inflation. so it's a timely hearing. first with respect to unemployment in the monetary policy report you cite several factors that are keeping people out of the workforce most of which were virus related so caregiving responsibilities covid and expanded unemployment benefits. using those factors which you cited in the monetary policy report that's response buffer diminished employment would you agree that t-zero just her posture is not a primary driver of getting people back into the workforce today and you think if you lowered to the negative interest rate that would materially save the unemployment rate?: >> let me try to answer that this way. i would agree with you that the most important thing, it would be very i

mr. gonzalez, one of the areas i'm how ai can be s used in wildfire response.ef litzenberg, can you respond to that? >> i can do my best to respond to that as the nonscientist or the practitioner. anything that we can use to take existing information and create it o in a usable fashion for the of us who are actually doing the boots on the groundof practitior work to me is a bonus. ifwe that includes the use of a then ior say we're in. that's something that should be explored into the future. >> thank you. madam chair, i'm going to yield back esnow. >> the gentleman yields back. mr.-- gonzalez is recognized. >> thank you, madam chair, and thank you to f our panel for beg with us today and sharing your perspectives. mr. geissler, i want to start with you and i want to talk about tree spatial patterning. i'd like to get your thoughts on this. new researchatat indicates that trees and spatial patterns are more fire resistant than those uniformly or evenly spaced. should we be encouraging more managersrs to adopt spatial reforestation or is more research and testing

mr. gonzalez. good to see. you. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for holding concern today and to our distinguished witnesses for their testimony. i think it's fair to say advocating for environmental justice is relatively easy, to just say yet. what studies he is facing politically inconvenient facts about the feasibility of some of the policies propose or in some cases recognizing aggressive advocacy may direct community attention away from problems that pose a greater or more immediate public health threat on the communities in question. i would argue this political dilemma has been on full display over the last few weeks despite a biden administration setting ambitious climate targets labeling carbon emissions as an accidental threat that will disproportionately hurt low income and minority americans. knowing this will bring down the high gas prices. currently hurting low income families. mr. hollie, i don't wantin to spend a ton of time on california. i've lived there before. it's a beautiful s

mr. gonzalez for five minutes. >> thank you chairwoman and ranking member for holding the hearing today. and to the witnesses for joining us. it's clear extreme heat waves can have societal and economic impacts and with the recent events in the pacific northwest it is essential we think critically about how we prepare for the future and mitigate these risks. i think we are all seeing now fires every year. it's becoming a routine part of life on the west coast and is something we should all be concerned with. can't imagine raising a young kid out there knowing you are going to have these wildfires and all of the smoke that comes with that. your company is at the center of this data model and ultimately to relate to clients in a user-friendly way. have you faced any obstacles helping clients respond to the information your company provides to them? >> thank you. so definitely part of our innovation comes from the things that are challenges and we engage with customers so at the beginning it was mostly around how to make whether a forecast is more hyper or local. when we engage with custome

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

mr. gonzalez. >> thank you, mr. chairman and through to our panel. in a way i'm encouraged by today's hearings. there's more broad agreement that's normal in this committee, at least amongst the majority of the panel. we do need clarity. we need clarity with respect to how we're going to regulate the space. we're pushing a lot of the innovation overseas. i hope we get that clarity. ms. parker, i want to start with your testimony. you suggest this uncertain regulatory environment does choke innovation and pushes projects overseas, correct? and it forces americans to do things like vpns as a workaround. you likely highlight this is a bad outcome for americans. >> that's correct. >> thank you. you also say that regulators are hesitant to get involved when relevant members are -- your words, relevant members, are hostile to crypto. some of the chairs on this specific committee, they would qualify as relevant -- >> they qualify as relevant, but not hostile. >> right, right. but some potentially. assuming regulators are listening, and i didn't want to put

mr. gonzÁlez. >> thank you madame chair, happy birthday.thank you to our witnesses for being here 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 and increase the security of domestic resources and supply chains. recycling and innovations in recycling need to be key part in addressing the climate challenge as was just discussed. it's of critical important ance we consider comprehensive government approach to spur rnd across relevant federal agencies, that's why i was proud to join the chairwoman in interdug the plastics waste reduction and research act. and applaud her leadership on this issue. s also important to recognize the unique roll of the department of energy in national labs allowing plastics optimization for advance recycling. mr. ibaka, in your prepared remarks you describe acc work with boe and national -- positioned to conduct research to solve challenges in withthis s doe nation labs how office challenged in that spac

mr. gonzalez, is recognized for five minutes. mr. gonzalez: thank you, madam chair. welcome, secretary fudge. my friend. good to see you. we miss you in cleveland, but cleveland is still very proud of you and grateful for your continued service to your country. i want to talk to you -- start off by talking about something we have spoken about in private which is veterans' homelessness. that's something that's a big issue in our country. certainly a big plyor of mine -- >> we'll leave the hearing in order to fulfill our long-term commitment to live coverage of congress. you can continue watching the hearing live online at c-span.org. the house about to gavel in. today expecting debate on several bills including one that would allow the federal trade commission to sue in federal court on behalf of victims of consumer fraud or scams. votes expected late afternoon. live to the u.s. house. the precious entity of our time with friends, everywhere we are we find ourselves in your compassionate presence. give us faith to see your involvement in all areas of our lives and rec

mr. gonzalez, for five minutes for questions. >> thank you mr. chairman. and thank you to our panel.a way i'm sort of encouraged by today's hearings. there is more broad agreement than is normal in this committee at least amongst the panel, the majority of the panel that we do need clarity. we do need clarity with respect to how we are going to regulate in this space because we are pushing a lot of the innovation overseas. i hope we get that clarity. mr. parker, you suggest, to my earlier point, that this uncertain regulatory environment does choke innovation and pushes products over seas correct? thank you. and it forces people the use vpns as a work around and you highlight this is a bad outcome for americans? >> that's correct. >> thank you. you also say that regulators are hesitant to get involved when relevant members are -- your words, relevance members are hostile to crypto. subcommittee chairs on this specific committee, they would qualify as relevant. >> they qualify as relevant, but not hostile. >> right. >> right. >> but some, potentially. assuming regulators are listening

mr. gonzalez. this is the first cloob collaboration in 10 years to have a new terminal as an integral part of the project, not to be considered 30 years down the road. in closing, i'm convinced that in the next six months we will begin to see tangible benefits of consolidating the d.t.x. and the lane 21 into a single project. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. hello, caller, your two minutes begins now. >> caller: hello, i live on the outer sunset by the great highway. and one thing is one category for collisions. it does not respect the right that the upper great highway had zero collisions in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and only one collision in 2017 when it was fully opened. and 17,600 to 19,900 vehicles were using it 24 hours a day, every day. it's interesting how these statistics are categorized in such a way to promote permanent closure, no matter how dangerous it is to the people living near it or the ones visiting. the highway negates the vision zero goals and creates more collisions, not

mr. gonzalez. this is the first cloob collaboration in 10 years to have a new terminal as an integral part of the project, not to be considered 30 years down the road. in closing, i'm convinced that in the next six months we will begin to see tangible benefits of consolidating the d.t.x. and the lane 21 into a single project. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, caller. hello, caller, your two minutes begins now. >> caller: hello, i live on the outer sunset by the great highway. and one thing is one category for collisions. it does not respect the right that the upper great highway had zero collisions in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and only one collision in 2017 when it was fully opened. and 17,600 to 19,900 vehicles were using it 24 hours a day, every day. it's interesting how these statistics are categorized in such a way to promote permanent closure, no matter how dangerous it is to the people living near it or the ones visiting. the highway negates the vision zero goals and creates more collisions, not

mr. gonzalez: she will be representing our community and country in this summer's game, come competing in the women's pole vault event. her victory at the women's trials in the pole vault event caps a phi-year journey to get to the games. i am incredibly proud of kateie for this. congratulations to kateie and her family. we look forward to watching you make northeast ohio proud. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise to honor my constituent, mr. mohammed hussein ramond. he was a lieutenant general in the imperial iranian air force. prior to the revolution in 1979, iran and the united states were close allies. u.s. fighter jets were based in iran and a number of u.s. military personnel were as well. when the revolution occurred, the u.s. embassy re