mr. mccormick. >> yes sir. so when it comes to the fiduciary fiduciary process with the va. and mr. mcgarvey and i have absolutely been digging into a very deep hole trying to figure out at the granular level the problems set here. the waters are extremely muddied. from start to finish. can you, can you walk me through because we have, we have one in a sense that by the time the veteran gets to the fiduciary threshold, there has been a process in place that has picked apart every single aspect of that veteran's life and like, ok, we're here. my concern is and what we don't know and it's like and what the ranking member says is like what really happens. can you give me your, in your opinion, is there enough? is there enough meat on the bone from start to finish, or because veterans' rights are just as important as any other americans' rights. so the fact that this is, this is happening and we don't have the processes in place that we think are there, can you, can you walk me through in your opinion what that looks like? >> i can walk you through in my my knowledge of seeing other peo

mr. mccormick, aye. mr. ricketts, aye. mrs. hyde-smith, aye. mrs. fischer, aye. mr. schiff, no. mr.zman, aye. mr. schatz, no. mr. marshall, aye. mr. gallego, no. the clerk: mr. thune, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. ms. ernst, aye. ms. collins, aye. ms. hirono, no. mr. merkley, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. welch, no. the clerk: ms. baldwin, no. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: mr. graham, aye. mrs. moody, aye. mr. warner, no. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. mr. husted, aye. ms. slotkin, no. mrs. capito, aye. the clerk: mr. murphy, no. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. sullivan, aye. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mr. sanders, no. mr. cornyn, aye. the clerk: mr. king, no. mr. reed, no. mr. markey, no. ms. warren, no. mr. cramer, aye. mr. paul, 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. mccormick knows, the fed moves the short end up and down for the two-year is the most responsive for the 10 year note yield incorporates talks about the possibilities of default, of inflation, all the things that could go wrong over a ten-year period. as the chair put it that influences the term premium. this has contributed to a higher a long end rate. the fed can't do anything about that, he said. we watch it and see what happens. >> in terms of anything related to politics he tried to stay away from it saying the president removing fed governors isn't allowed. he did talk about housing. he said putting housing finance back in the private sector has some appeal over the longer run, but i believe that with you in congress. did he overstep? michael: probably not. i do not think people would disagree with the idea that in a free-market society the housing finance business should be in the private sector. there have been efforts to bring it back for some time. the issue is how you do that and whether or not the housing market can collapse. there are a lot of people who supported presid

mr. mccormick be allowed to participate in today's hearing. without objection, so ordered. i recognize your opening statement. >> mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this committee, my name is max primerak, senior research fellow at heritage foundation and served at u.s. agency for -- >> have mercy. >> restore -- [cheering] -- [yelling] -- restore aids funding, save lives. restore aids funding now, save lives. [chanting] -- >> i guess these guys don't watch news, the funding was restored, give them a link to maybe fox news or something like that. resume opening statement. >> mr. chairman, i previously served at u.s. agency for international development and u.s. department of state and dedicated 35 years to international relations work. views i express today are my own. president trump's decision to shutter usaid reflects agency loss and trust of american people. it exposes bureaucracy that went off theide logical rails and no longer reflect the will or values of the american people. what should be and must be an effective tool of u.s. foreign policy

mr. mccormick, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. blunt rochester, no. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. sheehy, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. . the clerk: mr. merkley, no. the clerk: mr. budd, aye. mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. schatz, no. ms. smith, no. mr. husted, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mrs. capito, aye. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. mr. kim, no. ms. murkowski, aye. mr. coons, no. mr. kaine, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. 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 a

mr. mccormick be allowed to sit and participate in today's hearing? hearing no objection, so ordered. i recognize mr. primorac for your opening statement. >> mr. chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify before this committee. my name is max primorac, a senior research fellow at the heritage foundation. >> pep far-- pepfar saves lives! restore funding now. pepfar saves lives, restore funding now. pepfar saves lives, restore aids funding now! pepfar saves lives, restore aids funding now! pepfar saves lives, restore aids funding now. pepfar saves lives, restore aids funding now! pepfar saves lives, restore aids funding now. >> i guess these guys don't watch the news, pepfar was seen to to save lives so funding. they should watch fox news or something. >> from the department of u.s. department of state and dedicated 35 years to international work. the views i express my own, the agency's loss of bipartisan support in congress and the trust of the american people. it exposes a bureaucracy that went off the ideological rails, and no longer reflects the will or the values of the ame

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. baldwin. mr. banks. mr. barrasso. mr. bennet. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member, members of the esteemed committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. let me begin by thanking my girls who

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 political loyalty and how programs that assist the environment or unions organizing working people should be replaced by programs that ser

mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. 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. peters. the presiding officer: pursuant to too rule 12, no debate is permitted during a vote e the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. reed. the presiding officer: no debate is permitted during a vote. the clerk: ricketts. mr. risch. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. the presiding officer: no debate is permit during a vote. the senator will suspend. the clerk: mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. the pr

mr. trump did yesterday, was he criticized the biden administration for not making it happen sooner. >> brian: senator mccormick. >> steve: some of us wondering what was going on behind the scenes. >> emily: to your point the memory behind that gesture memory recall. all of this because the president is the president of the people. when you contrast that with a prior two presidents, you know, president biden, hoax changed the merchant of death for an nba star headlines questioned at the time was this the right call? where is here it is oncology throw vertable this was absolutely the right call. this is bringing an american home for not cutting off our arm to do so. might portend openings in the ukraine war. the point is we hold the power. again, under the obama administration, how long it took to pass the magnus ski act as if the presidential figure totally insulated not able to talk to totally separate from the american people. president who is intimate and says i see you, i won't forget you. 10 hostages in three weeks. that's extraordinary. >> steve: unbelievable. >> brian: i would love to get the details as