mr. king: mr. president, this afternoon i was privileged to be on the floor and have the opportunity -- i'm sorry. i call up my amendment 1989 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from maine, mr. king, proposes an amendment numbered 198. mr. king: as i mentioned, this afternoon i was on the floor. i was privileged to attend to the remarks of the distinguished chair of the finance committee where he characterized the upcoming tax bill that will be before us shortly. he characterized it as principally benefitting the middle-class and working class and denied it would be especially or in any way beneficial to the superwealthy in our country. well, i've always subscribed to ronald reagan's motto trust but verify. so i'm simply asking to verify what the chairman of the finance committee said this afternoon. my amendment would limit -- would just say, no reduction in tax liability to someone making more than $500 million. there are ab

the clerk: mr. king, no. mr. reed, no. mr. markey, no. ms. warren, no. mr. cramer, aye. mr.l, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. wicker, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. moreno, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. ms. rosen, no. mr. durbin, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, aye. the clerk: mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. mr. young, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 52, the nays are 48. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action. the majority leader. mr. thune: i move to waive the mandatory quorum with respect to the kennedy nomination. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the moti

mr. king, no. mr. lankford, aye. mr. heinrich, no. mr. cornyn, aye. mrs. britt, aye. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. moreno, aye. ms. ernst, aye. the clerk: ms. smith, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. mr. grassley, aye. the clerk: mr. smyth, aye. the clerk: mr. husted, aye. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. mr. padilla, no. the clerk: mr. schiff, no. mr. ricketts, aye. ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. mr. coons, no. mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. durbin, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. booker, no. mr. blumenthal, no. vote: vote: the clerk: ms. klobuchar, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. the presiding officer: we have 51 yeas. 47 nays. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of justice, kash p

mr. thomas, but in any case in my career. what about ben king? i can't remember what mr. king said. there are also other witnesses who-- who recanted. i don't know that. i don't know who said what. but you could see how someone who's looking at this case from the outside, who would say, you've got several witnesses all saying their testimony was coerced. can they all be lying? i don't know what they said. ok. but if they're present at the scene and they're saying mr. atchison was not the shooter, then tell me who is. all i know is i've presented the evidence that was presented to me at a jury trial, and 12 citizens listened to all the evidence, and decided that mr. atchison was guilty of first-degree murder. although the judge today said had those same 12 jurors listened to all of the evidence, they would have likely reached a different conclusion. you know that's her opinion. i respect it. i certainly disagree with it. the system doesn't want to acknowledge that they made a mistake. but you made a mistake. you made a horrible mistake. and the fact that it happened twice in the same

mr. king, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. mr. cruz, aye. mr. lee, aye. mrs. moody, aye. mr. daines, aye. mr. schiff, no. mr. booker, no. mr. padilla, no. mr. padilla, no. is led by this. we wish to be everywhere all times. with allies and partners and encouraged everyone to invest have they represent but it requires realistic nominees. a lot of to the media anyone suggests abandonment are trying to drive away allies. we are committed to that and understand the importance. the fiscal reality of the have to. nato has to spend more and we are very encouraged and behind closed doors acknowledging that reality nato read again is what trump said in 2017 that said president trump is abandoning nato turning his back on nato allies 2018 now almost every nato they said. considering there you are. we are proud to be. and we are going to this. can you expand on that a little bit? >> one of the self-evident the war in ukraine is the underinvestment the ability emerging technology and rapidly blind spot exposed to the aggress

mr. king. mr. van hollen. mr. lujan. mr. video to mr. chairman. >> no. state mr. chairman of the 8th or seven in the nazar 10. >> wide number two. thank you chairmen are you talking wyden number three? >> it says two. this is on tranche two. colleagues this basically takes what might finance committee republican colleagues have said through the course the day which is they didn't want tax breaks for the people at the top of billionaires the very wealthy and the likes and as soon as i heard them say that i said that's got some potential. that something went to be able to find common ground around so what i have done is essentially placed the thoughts of my finance committee republicans over the course of the day and to this amendment and would ensure we protect the middle class protect tariffs as well this is about whether we can find common ground the way the senate finance committee used to do it in builds on what i heard my republican colleagues saying today. >> mmf threatens the budget resolution and therefore it's out of order. i moved to table the bill of the

mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the presiding officer: a quorum is present. the ske is is it the sense of the senate that the debate on the nomination of russell vought of virginia to be director. office of management and budget shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: the clerk: ms. alsobrooks. ms. bald

thank you very much mr. king commissioners. item 12 e is requesting authorization to extend an existing contract with jump technology services for the period of july 1st 2025 to june 30th 2028 in the additional amount of $555,382 plus a 10% contingency for revised total amount not to exceed 1,000,550 $571,633 for the provision of leap's data management and reporting system. ben how do i say let us say it's status. and ria mercado will present this item. >> thank you. commissioners director dearman so will be both discussing the different elements. i'll be talking about the component for adult protective services and then rhea will follow up with elements for secure. so we are requesting authorization to modify this existing contract with jump technology services for the principal vision of leap's client management software used by adult protective services and for ii. this modification extends the contract from july 1st to 2025 to june 30th 2028 and the additional amount of $555,382 plus a 10% contingency for revised total not

mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey.mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. plan is to help the wealthy get wealthier tax giveaways families paying the bill. how massive giveaways going to be paid for? slashing services to families and families try to get on their feet so they can thrive and get to the middle-class. great betrayal. today we will consider russell the office of management and the budget really the place for this campaign is coordinated. we will hear very different ideas have to take our country forward. from my friends across the aisle will hear we need to continue to give massive tax giveaways to the wealthiest americans and we will hear how nonpartisan expertise that makes our country run smoothly should be replaced by those with politic

mr. king. ms. klobuchar. ms. klobuchar.ica's small businesses, no stronger advocate than our president. actually our commitment if confirmed i will work tirelessly to make small business again. i want to thank my wonderful husband jeff and my wonderful friends who have joined us here today most importantly i gave all thanks and glory to god. as someone who has meant my life working in small businesses, starting them, growing them and helping them succeed, i know that small business is big business for america. they comprise 99% of small businesses, 2 out of 3 new jobs. they are the opportunity and innovation engines that drive prosperity and growth and they power the american economy as much as they power the american dream and president trump make historic strides driving small business formation, blue- collar boom and agenda created 7 million new jobs. his first term accomplishments were so great that following the 2024 election small business optimism recorded largest jump since 1980 but it was more than 2 months before

king arrive right now. let's pause and watch but he shut. >> mr.. >> mr. president. >> are you confident the king will back your plan for the palestinian people? will you cut off aid to jordan if he's not on board, mr. president. >> mr. president. >> is saturday still your deadline for hamas, sir? sir. is saturday still. your deadline for hamas? >> yes. >> do you think they'll listen to you? >> are you confident you can get the king on board with your plan for the palestinian people? >> he's a great man. >> will you cut off aid to jordan if he doesn't, sir? >> that was good. >> great work. >> the way. >> you work. >> okay, i'm going to bring in alayna treene, who is at the white house. we heard some of our fellow journalists asking all the right questions. we didn't hear any answer from the president other than pointing to the king saying he is a great man. >> that's exactly right. and i think, of course, dana, the key question that's going to be at the center of these conversations today between king abdullah of jordan and president donald trump is going t

mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. senator king. >> one follow-up., give us an outline of the russian activity and militarization of the northern arctic ocean. i do not know how to define northern and southern when coming from the north full. on the russian shoreline, over the last year we have seen significant increase in both russian air and maritime activity in the vicinity of alaska both in the bearing and up in the arctic ocean. the incursions in the number of ships this past year equaled or exceeded what it was before the ukraine invasion after i think we all know the numbers dropped. we have also seen an increase in air patrols on the eastern side. the 2:00 o'clock approach between the greenland and iceland towards maine in the northeast portion of the united states. i am certainly concerned by that i would expect numbers to increase in the coming year. also, along those lines, the russian area patrols surface with significant on both coasts this year. >> last year we saw the most chinese vessels off the coast of alaska than we have ever seen.

mr. king: thank you, mr. president. the news is coming so hard and fast these days, that it's hard to sort it all out. every day seems to be something new that captures our attention, concern, our interest. and what i'd like to do today is try to put some of it in perspective and what's going on in our governing of this country. i don't believe what i'm going to be talking about today is partisan. it should not be partisan because what i'm really talking about is competent government and constitutional government. really two categories -- competent government and constitutional government. that should not be a controversial issue. neither of those are something that we should be arguing about. it's what we have a responsibility to carry through in terms of our jobs here in the u.s. senate. so the two categories i want to talk about -- my headings are thoughtless and dangerous. first i want to talk about thoughtless. the hiring freeze. a hiring freeze can be an effective tool if it's used thoughtfully and systematically.

king. >> thank you mr. acting chairman. >> first time, big promotion.itting here newsfeeds come across and i saw one the department of defense as indicated in its 2025 procurement plan to buy $400 million worth of tesla trucks, i'm going to let that fact sink in continental and going to say about that . adm. you talked about the activity the chinese in latin america, would you believe that that activity is number one significant and number two increasing and the nature of the laactivity as i understand it is public works projects,ports , 2 quarts in panama for example . is this significant activity on behalf of china and latin america? >> yes editor, i think all the efforts from infrastructure standpoint, the development of dual use sites at the facilities is a challenge and we should be concerned about that. >> i would point out to the committee two weeks ago we unilaterally disarmed in latin america when we destroy the agency or national development because that's the agency that provides funds for these kind of projects so we basically left the field

king: thank you mr. chairman. >> i've taken the gavel for information while senator lee goes to vote. let me follow up on that. i don't know the particulars of it. but i've been elsewhere so if i ask something which is a repeat i apologize preyed i will pick up where senator king left off. there were two folks who apparently were american citizens but who were passing information to these chinese commonest party that were recently arrested from the dod? i want to say he was out in san diego preyed i am a little vague on this but suffice it to say it's important. so if the restriction is on chinese citizens, and by the way , i am irish-american. so i am not saying we have this kind of prohibition upon chinese-americans. i'm trying to understand the interface when there's been an infusion of people with naturalized u.s. citizens but some ways still might pose a security risk. so we want fairness, we want to capitalize on talent but we don't want to be someone's sucker. take into account these naturalized c

mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. the last thing they need is another massive tax hike on top of that inflation. what happens if the tax cuts expire . if we do not extend these tax policies americans will be at with an over $4 trillion taxincrease . more than 2.6 trillion of that tax increase will fall on households giearning $400,000 per year and an average family of four making $80,000 will be saddled with the $1700 tax increase . this is the equivalent to 6 to 8 weeks work of groceries for a family of four . tens of mil

mr. doug king from ross well. you have a question on doge and elon musk for the congressman. doug, the floor is yours. >> thank you very much. appreciate you being here this evening and the opportunity to speak and ask questions. my question really comes down to do you believe that mr. musk is doing the appropriate work in the appropriate method apparently asked by the president and if so, why? rep. mccormick: so, this is the most commonly asked question. we reviewed all the questions, this is the number one question so we want to address it. some of you really wanted to have this question. let me explain how the history of the review process of government works, historically. when you go all the way back to carter, reagan, clinton, obama, bush, they all held review processes, sometimes it was called the grace commission, sometimes called digital services, they always had access and review where the money goes in government. president trump renamed it the doge, but they have the same information access as the digital services. wait, wait. i'm going to explain something. so fo

but it seems like you have decided it is going to be mr. king and his queen and you can pick which one is which. but either way, i want to talk about governor -- i'm curious if you know the answers to these questions, which party controls the white house? >> republican. >> which party controls the senate? gov. reynolds: republican. rep. crockett: is that the makeup in iowa? has that allowed you to get your agenda across? gov. reynolds: yes. rep. crockett: you have not had to bring in anybody to basically usurp any type of norms because you worked through the process question mark gov. reynolds: i did executive orders -- rep. crockett calling yes or no -- i'm going to reclaim my time. i also want to point out you talked about that you recently had three national declarations for disasters. i want to enter into the record unanimous consent, trump moves to abolish fema, shift disaster response to states. >> without objection. rep. crockett: my final consent says the budget is at risk even though we know you control all three levers of government. i

king ultimately bonded over their shared experiences and values. mr. this similar background. both parents had been to college. he was a privileged kid from atlanta. and i was in some ways a privileged kid from new orleans -- we both just happened to be black. and he liked the way i would answer his letters. but he never asked me to write a speech. he asked me to do some research on a speech he had to give, but for one, he didn't read speeches and he didn't need anybody to write them for him. and the ones that he wrote for himself were not his greatest speeches. geoff: wow. his greatest speeches were -- mr. young: were the ones that got written up after he preached them. somebody recorded them and transcribed them, but he didn't speak from paper at all. geoff: that was his process? he would preach. and whatever came to mind, he would say and it would be recorded and and transcribed? mr. young: pretty much. geoff: wow. mr. young: he did some writing. he wrote his books. but that was the way we did it in the black church. and then when i went to the smal

mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. thank you j.d. and the vice president for that kind introduction. deeply appreciate our friendship and that you were able to join you today. i'm profoundly grateful to president trump and the confidence he's placed in me. to honor to stand here before you as your nominee for the secretary of commerce. my family is here with me today and i like to introduce you to my wife allison behind me who for 30 years has been my great partner adviser and a spectacular mother to our wonderful children my eldest son kyle behind me brandon, casey and ryan. extraordinary sister eydie is also here as well as allison's brother rick and my sister-in-law abby and many of my closest friends who chose to come down to support me. i grew up on long island new york and my mother was an artist and art teacher my father was a professor of american history. my mother gene taught me how to appreciate life. when i was 14 she was diagnosed with terminal cancer but she decided she was going to die before then she was going to live

we know king abdullah and the jordanians are categorically rejecting mr.lan to empty gaza of palestinians, to create forcible displacement of 2 million people potentially to egypt and jordan, yet he sat to the right of mr. trump, looked awkward at times, did not criticize him directly at all. what we heard him say was, egyptians were coming up with a proposal that would be discussed in riyadh with the crown prince of saudi arabia. my understanding is, the egyptians are trying to put together an alternative plan for the future governments of gaza, perhaps involving a technocratic and -- government, not involving a political faction, getting hamas out of the equation, which americans could find hard to swallow. i think arab countries are trying to cobble together an alternative to pushback at the white house and say, this is the future of gaza. it talks to the fact there is a strategic vacuum over a future plan for the governments of gaza. sumi: thank you for your reporting. let's get analysis on all this with my guest, a senior fellow at the washington inst

the clerk: mr. king. presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is towered during a vote. is permitted during a vote. the senator although suspend. the clerk: mrs. hoody. -- mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate issinged during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. ossoff. the presiding officer: pursuant to rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. padilla. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the clerk: mr. paul. mr. pe

but it seems like you have decided it is going to be mr. king and his queen and you can pick which one is which. but either way, i want to talk about governor -- i'm curious if you know the answers to these questions, which party controls the white house? >> republican. >> which party controls the senate? gov. reynolds: republican. rep. crockett: is that the makeup in iowa?your agenda across? gov. reynolds: yes. rep. crockett: you have not had to bring in anybody to basically usurp any type of norms because you worked through the process question mark gov. reynolds: i did executive orders -- rep. crockett calling yes or no -- i'm going to reclaim my time. i also want to point out you talked about that you recently had three national declarations for disasters. i want to enter into the record unanimous consent, trump moves to abolish fema, shift disaster response to states. >> without objection. rep. crockett: my final consent says the budget is at risk even though we know you control all three levers of government. if this is what you want to do

have any kings or queens in this country, but it seems that y'all have decided it is going to be mr. king and his queen and y'all can pick which one is which. either way, i want to talk about -- i'm curious to know if you know the answers to these questions. which party controls the white house? >> republican. >> which party controls the senate? >> republican. >>>> which party controls the house? >> republican. >> is that with the makeup is in iowa? >> yes. >> and you haven't had to bring in somebody to basically usurp any types of norms because you have worked through the process, correct? >> i did executive orders. >> yes or no. i'm going to reclaim my time. >> all of the above. >> i want to point out you specifically talked about you had three national declarations for disasters and i want to enter into the record with unanimous consent trump moves to abolish fema, shift disaster response to states. >> without objection. >> my final unanimous consent i would ask says that mike johnson's budget plan is at risk of collapse even though we know that y'all control all three levers of govern

mr. king: mr. president, i'd like to begin my remarks this afternoon by talking a little bit about the constitution. i spent some time last week talking about the constitution and our failure to observe that the constitutional fundamental structure of the division of power between the congress and the executive is being violated and the congress is allowing it to happen. another provision of the constitution is the provision in article 1 about advise and consent. it's a fundamental check and balance built in to the constitution by the framers for a reason. it wasn't a throw-away line or a few sentences that were put in because they wanted to fill the paragraph out. again, it's part of the structure that was designed to protect us from tyranny. and the structure involved the division of power, the separation of power because the framers knew that if all power was concentrated in a single individual or single institution, that institution or that individual would inevitably abuse our people. that's h

mr netanyahu spoke shortly beforejordan's king abdullah met trump at the white house.

mr. president! >> couldn't this deadline risk undermining the talks with the king today? risk the lighter piece you are trying to -- pres. trump: no, we are not talking about a big situation. something that can go very quickly. it will not take a long time, okay? you know what a fully is, right? a bully is the weakest person. and they are bullies. hamas is bullies. the weakest people are bullies, you know that, right? >> mr. president, you are saying palestinians will live somewhere else safe, or exactly do you want them to live? >> is not where i want them to live, it will be where we ultimately choose as a group. i believe we will have a parcel of land in jordan, i believe we will have a parcel of land in egypt. we may have some place else but i think when we finish our talks we will have a place where they will live happily and safely. don't forget, they only want to be on the gaza strip because they don't know anything else. they've never had an alternative, and they don't want to be in the gaza strip, but they have no choice. they have to be. and they're being killed

mr. president, are you confident the king will back your plan for the palestinian people?reporter: the king of jordan met with president trump at the white house tuesday, where the two leaders discussed a conflict in gaza and trump reiterated his development plan for the area and proposal to relocate almost two million palestinians. >> we're going take it. we're going to hold it. we're going cherish it. >> reporter: king abdullah ii is the first leader of an arab nation to visit the white house in trump's second term. after the meeting saying he is firmly against the displacement of palestinians from gaza. he was less direct during his meeting with the president in the oval office. >> we will be in saudi arabia to discuss how we can work with the president and the united states. so i think let's wait until the egyptians can come to the president and not get ahead of ourselves. >> reporter: president trump doubled down on his warning there will be consequences if hamas does not resume the release of hostages. hamas said it would delay the release for this weekend claiming i

mr. trump meets israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and a week later -- king abdullah of jordan. leaving israel, netanyahu said he expects to discuss victory over hamas as he put it. tomorrow, netanyahu will meet with mr. trump's middle east envoy, steve witkoff, to discuss negotiations for the second phase of the ceasefire deal. those talks come after the israeli military said it fired at a suspicious vehicle in northern gaza that wasn't traveling on the route agreed to in the ceasefire. new preliminary data shows conflicting readings about the altitudes of the passenger jet and army helicopter when they collided near reagan national airport this past week. the national transportation safety board said different readings came from data from the passenger jet's flight recorder and data from the control tower. investigators say it could still be months before they have final answers about what happened. today, family members and loved ones of the 67 people killed in wednesday night's crash visited the scene. a short time later first responders said the bodies of 12 of the victims

mr. chairman. >> senator king, let me just say i think you will find a lot of bipartisan support in congress administration for a substantial increase quickly in our number of icebreakers. >> i believe that is the case and i appreciate that. >> we have senator peters and senator rosen. >> thank you, gentlemen, thank you for your service to our country and for being here today. as ranking member of the homeland security and government affairs committee as well as having served in the u.s. navy reserve i want to echo my colleagues concerns on the dangers of increasing the department of defense's rolling border security and civil immigration enforcement. i will be following up with the department of defense and the department of homeland security to get additional information including related to the dod deportation flights and dhs's use of naval station guantÁnamo bay. my question first, you previously stated the successful execution of your mission as commander of north.com and norad relies on cohesive strategies, integrated planning and collaboration across the whole of government. i complet

mrs. coretta scott king who really helped me see and identify what my purpose could be.re others. >> yeah. and she was clearly such a beautiful influence. >> and still influences me today. >> speaking of which, you write also in the book about nurturing relationships, which i think sometimes adults forget. it takes work. >> yeah, a lot of work. and relationships are so essential to our success and joy in our lives and careers. my grandma used to say there are few things in life you do well by yourself. this is an example of that. relationships also help us to deal with issues like isolation, burnout and disengagement. some of the first things we should do is form your kitchen cabinet, right? that's your personal and professional board of directors. you need to stock that cabinet with a variety of people with the cheerleader in your hype squad to your challenger that will give you tough love and push you to grow. >> you need both. >> your kitchen cabinet is an investment in you, and championing others is about you paying that forward. lifting up others so that, ultimately

unity from the eight clergy, white clergy, martin luther king's letter from birmingham jail, and then reginald dwayne betts's afterwords, aninhat, mr. betz writes, "my friends and i and many of the men and women i have encountered in prisons understands ourselves to be the antithesis of dr. martin luer king jr.. our violence showed the world that we sought a perverse justice and we carry her wondering if we deserve something more than the ways we beat ourselves up." what were you getting it? reginald: i think people imagine you walk into a prison and you forget what you did. i imagine people think prisons are filled with people who have no shame, no regret, no remorse, but i have done time with people who know they will live forever with what they have done. i know people trying to make amends, becoming mentors, organizing book clubs, you know, organizing religious communities, and what i wanted to say is that i don't think the world sees us the way we want to be seen. and i'm not suggesting that everybody is holy. i'm not suggesting that everybody is reformed or rehabilitated or deserving of a second chance or mercy. i am actually

king. >> thank you mr. chairman. america spending $40 billion and 40 in four and a.p in bureaucratic inefficiencies and organizations that have not that have not always been transparent for the american taxpayer. under the biden administration noted one out of every $10 actual people in need abroad. the reset study by the middle east forever revealed that usaid awarded $164 million in taxpayer funds to extremist organizations including 122 dollars two groups linked to designated terrorist entities. i believe my colleagues here would agree this reckless spending has drifted from american interest in said benefited foreign interest it's time we commit to cutting waste fraud and abuse and government funding program initiatives that with american values. people deserve to know where and how the money is being spent and how they align with the u.s. interest. should the organization include a comprehensive audit of usaid spending four years how should the audit identify waste fraud and programs that may have undermined for objectives. >> you could go back years but it's a

mr. president. >> why should. >> the king take in the palestinian people? i don't know. but he may have just something to say because we discussed just briefly. i think maybe you want to say it now or. >> well, mr. president, i think we have to keep in mind that there is a plan from egypt and the arab countries. we're being invited by mohammed bin salman to a discussions in riyadh. i think the point is, is how do we make this work in a way that is good for everybody? and obviously we have to look at the best interests of the united states, of the people in the region, especially to my people of jordan. and we're going to have some interesting discussions today. i think one of the things that we can do right away is take 2000 children that are either cancer children or in very ill state to jordan as quickly as possible and then wait for, i think, the egyptians to present their plan on how we can work with the president to work on the gaza challenges. >> so i want to tell. >> you that. >> excuse me. wait. just please. i didn't know that. what you just said. 2

palestinians as part of his plan to move them later today, jordan's king abdullah, will visit the white house, for his first meeting since mralestinian land. the families in this camp came from gaza, seeking temporary shelter after the 1967 arab—israeli war. when he was a toddler. he says gazans have learned the lessons of previous generations and will refuse to leave. middlezages. er the clays and he's an arrogant narcissist. that's not how things are done. jordan's government is treading a tightrope between its political ties to israel and the us, the gaza war strained existing fault lines here. queuing at food banks, adamant they can't take in any more refugees. we can't find jobs. if gazans come tojordan? we will die. butjordan is also under pressure from its key military ally. $1.5 billion a year. the choice is clear. jordan cannot take any number of palestinian refugees, no matter what the stakes are. but risks for amman mean risks for its allies, too. millions of refugees. of unrest is its biggest weapon and its best defence. let's speak to the of the middle east programme at chatham house. good to have you chatham h