mr. chairman. >> that is, if i may say, also false. your questions are not an inconvenience for me. all it as is the opportunity to answer them. >> i look forward to your answers. >> thank you, senator hawley. senator hassan your record if a question. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for joining us, mr. secretary. the goods produced with forced labor is a core primary for u.s. congress and the u.s. government, and the department of homeland security has significant responsibilities for that effort. and october 2020 gl report reported, , however, forced labr division expenditures account for less than 1% of the total budget of the office of trade at cbp. and in october 20, 2020, homeland security investigations report from dhs ig found that hsi then that have a cohesive approach to carrying out its responsibility and combating human trafficking and that quote hsi may have missed opportunity to assist and say victims and support u.s. attorneys in the prosecution efforts. how, mr. secretary, does your budget request this year fulfilled dhs responsibilities to investigate and combat forced labor and supply chains for goods entering the united states and to prevent human trafficking? >> se

mr. kade: i'm going to say that is not an issue i am aware of. i don't think i can provide an answer that would be useful. sen. hawley: does anybody else have a view on this down the panel? mr. kade: if you could define the dir, i do not recognize that. sen. hawley: it is charged out of -- as part of medicare part d. independent pharmacist are concerned about this in my state and many of them looked to dirc's as a driver in their insolvency. as i talk to pharmacist around missouri, we have a long tradition of having a lot of independent pharmacist. pgm's they are not fans of the practice of dirc is particularly harmful in their view and i have to say i agree with them. the application of dir'c's retroactively is nontransparent and devastating to independent pharmacies. if anybody has a comment on that, i will take it. sen. klobuchar: we can ask if a few witnesses want to put it in writing. sen. hawley: that will be great. good suggestion. let me change suspects -- subjects and ask you about. >> pylon virtually. sen. hawl what is a reasonable timeey: --do you have a sense about what a reasonable time. it should look l

senator hawley: thank you very much for that testimony. thank you, mr. chairman for your , generosity. i just want to say in conclusion that i think it's vital that we are clear that anti-semitism in any guise, whether it's from the right or whether it's from the left, whatever it's excuse is is wrong. and as a person of faith, i just want to say that it is wrong. it is morally wrong and there can be no excuse for it whether it's wrapped up in a policy excuse or something else. we've got to be absolutely crystal clear about that. chair peters: thank you, senator. and i would like to thank everyone for participating in today's hearing. i would certainly like to say a special thanks to our witnesses for joining us today and providing their unique perspective and expertise on what is clearly a very complex issue. our witnesses today have provided us with insight into the current domestic terrorism threat that we face. we have heard compelling details about the real-world impact that domestic terrorism and violent extremism have on our communities, and how r

hawley? senator: thank you. mr. secretary, i asked earlier this year if you agreed with the national defense assessment that the u.s. military needs to be postured to deter and prevent a fate to calm plea by an operative -- a fait accompli by an operative. you said yes, a forward deterrent posture is essential to deny a fait accompli scenario. i assume you still agree? general milley: i do. senator: i assume this would apply to our ability to maintain a chinese fait accompli against taiwan? general milley: that is correct. nobody wants to see a unilateral change -- secretary austin: that is correct. nobody was to see a unilateral change of the status quote regarding taiwan. we are helping taiwan defense itself and accordance with the taiwan relations act. our position hasn't changed in that regard. we will continue to help them develop the capability. senator: general milley, would you agree the u.s. should maintain ability to defeat a chinese fait accompli against taiwan if necessary? general milley: i am not sure

mr. chairman. i want to pick up where senator hawley left off. we look at data going back several decades.e can see that there's nothing about the cost of higher education increase that we have seen that can be accounted for just with inflation. the data indicates that back in 1985 to cover room, board, tuition and fees, you are talking about $3859 a year. and for a private four year university, total average was just over $9,000 per year. and a lot of happened since then. wham broke up. parachute pants are no longer cool. nobody watches "alf" anymore, mercifully. but the costs that have increased with higher education are staggering. since then. we're talking about basically a five fold increase since then. it does not even begin to be something that we can explain through inflation. so, dr. akers, july 2017 federal reserve bank of new york study found that there's a -- effect on tuition of changes in subsidized loan maximums of 60 cents on the dollar. how does this pass-through affect explain these drastic leaps in the cost of higher education? >> well, i think federal subsidies or pell

mr. goldenberg. i yield back. inks for the extra time. >> senator hawley, you are recognized for your question. >> thank you for being patient for the witnesses. there are multiple hearings going on at one time so i've been running back and forth and i appreciate the chairman accommodating me so i can ask questions. thank you for the witnesses who are here remotely as well. i want to start with questions about the anti-semitic violence we have seen unfortunately in this country and seen a significant uptick of it over a period of years. this may we saw violence abroad that spilled over here domestically. jews across the state -- the were physically attacked. over 100 instances of violence during the first week of that conflict, which is remarkable. pro-palestinian protesters threatened, shoved, punched and threw fireworks in the diamond district of midtown manhattan, which is in area of many jewish owned businesses that led to 27 arrests and the hospitalizations of multiple people. pro-palestinian protesters attacked a group of jewish men who were eating at a restaurant. they waved palestinian flags and hurled anti-s

mr. hawley proposes an amendment of numbered 2734. mr. hawley: mr. and our children are in the crosshairs. this past year, the murder rate in this country rose year over year higher than at any time in six decades. this past year, the f.b.i. reports that fatale felony attacks spiked by over 50% on law enforcement officers. in st. louis missouri, my home state, 262 residents were killed in 2020. that's the highest number in over half a century. mr. president, cops are being targeted families are being targeted children aren't safe on the streets. we need to take action now to put more law enforcement officers on our streets to protect our families. now, i recognize that my friends across the aisle said they don't want to defund the police. that's outstanding. let's go a step further. let's fund them. let's put 100,000 new cops on the street right now to protect our families, to protect our children. i urge a yes vote on this amendment and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. mr. durbin:

mr. hawley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. mr. hawley: mr. president, i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hawley: thank you, mr. president. i rise today, mr. president, to talk about the challenges facing the cattle ranchers in my state and across the country, challenges not just to their day-to-day operations but to their very livelihoods, and i rise today to talk about what we can do about it. and i have a simple message. we can take action today that will work and we can take action that will make a difference, and we should take it now. the situation that faces our cattle ranchers in missouri and around the country and for that matter many other livestock producers is our very, -- is very very serious and the situation is untenable. let me tell you what i'm talking about. just in the last year the cost to consumers for beef has increased by double digits. that's year on year from 2019 to 2020, double-digit increase. what's happened to cattle ranchers, to tho