mr. padilla: mr. president. the president pro tempore: the senator from california. mr. padilla: i understand that there is a bill at the desk that is dupe for a second -- that is due for a second reading. the president pro tempore: the clerk will read the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 8987 an act to amend the appropriations for catch-up payments for the united states victims of state-sponsored terrorism fund. mr. padilla: mr. president, in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule 14, i would object to further proceeding. the president pro tempore: objec tion is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. padilla: thank you, mr. president. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the president pro tempore: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. leahy: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president, a few minutes ago, before i opened the senate, i e senate, i >> tha

padilla: is there any evidence you've come across so far? mr. cuffari: nothing that would warranty our immediate notification to the committee. sen. padilla: you mentioned that facilities faced challenges in recruit the, the hiring and the residential of medical staff. so what ideas do you offer this committee on how i.c.e. can improve practices so that medical care is more consistent across detention centers? mr. cuffari: i believe in our review we found that recruitment of retention is a significant problem. we made a tph-p of recommendations already -- we made a number recommendations already to shore up that, to strengthen their recruitment and retention efforts and we look forward to receiving word back from the department on exactly what their process is and how to strengthen it. sen. padilla: eventually it comes to budget and resources which this committee and the senate and the congress as a whole needs to be involved. so please keep us posted. mr. smith. in july of last year i.c.e. issued a new policy on pregnant, postpartum and nursing

padilla: is there any evidence you've come across so far? mr. cuffari: nothing that would warranty our immediate notification to the committee. sen. padilla: you mentioned that facilities faced challenges in recruit the, the hiring and the residential of medical staff. so what ideas do you offer this committee on how i.c.e. can improve practices so that medical care is more consistent across detention centers? mr. cuffari: i believe in our review we found that recruitment of retention is a significant problem. we made a tph-p of recommendations already -- we made a number recommendations already to shore up that, to strengthen their recruitment and retention efforts and we look forward to receiving word back from the department on exactly what their process is and how to strengthen it. sen. padilla: eventually it comes to budget and resources which this committee and the senate and the congress as a whole needs to be involved. so please keep us posted. mr. smith. in july of last year i.c.e. issued a new policy on pregnant, postpartum and nursing

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padilla? >> thank you, chair. and have a question i want to get to, obviously. but mr. peters, i just want to pretend by expressing but i imagine you've heard from other members of the committee, other senators about the reports we hear. of abuse and exploitation and the bureau of prison facilities across the country and in california my office receives regular inquiries and concerns. about living conditions, for example. year long delays in receiving adequate health care, particularly troubling in the midst of the covid pandemic and beyond. so, appreciate your commitment to ensuring humane, efficient and appropriate conditions are restored in facilities around the country. but when asked about staffing here in the second, but all the point in the facilities, you're one example is of concern to me. fresno county, in california, has during the summer average temperatures of 93 to 97 degrees. the periodic triple digit temperatures and beyond are not common. yet, we received reports from fbi mendoza, in fresno county, that it lacks adequate air conditioning. you can imagin

padilla. senator ossoff, you are recognized for your questions, and after this question we will take a five minute break. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you to our panelists for your service to the country and the national defense, the defense of public safety. director wray, always a pleasure to see a fellow georgian. thank you for your continued service as well, each time we have engaged in a setting like this one, i have asked you to assess the drivers of elevated levels of violent crime in georgia, and nationwide. according to fbi data, violent crime did increase from 2020 to 2021. could you please provide the committee with an updated assessment of what is driving this dynamic? >> so, there are a lot of things driving the violent crime crisis that is occurring in this country, in georgia, and elsewhere. there are a few things. the traditional drivers are all there, drugs, illegal gun trafficking, gangs, socioeconomic factors, those are all still present. but in addition to that, we are seeing, and i hear this from chiefs and sheriffs all of the time as well as from our own agents, an alarming uptick in the incide

mr. carter: i reeled myself such time as i may consume. i rise in support of s.3092 the fire act, this legislation led by representative lofgren in the house and senator padilla in the senate are addressing the unique nature of wildfires. the bulk of fema's programs are designed to serve the victims of disasters caused by floods a hurricanes. however, climate change has made this threat grow each year. fema must serve all disaster survivors equally and adapt their programs to meet the challenges of wildfires. this legislation encourages fema to predeploy assets of times during high risk of fire, evaluate public assistance eligibility post-fire and address equity and assistance for tribal communities and require training for counselors and case workers to ensure they are able to meet the needs of economically damaged survivors. i support this and i ask my colleagues to do the same. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lamalfa: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the fire act makes changes to increase congressional oversight and for wildfire disasters and related reforms. this bill directs fema to report to

mr. trump has said he wants to re-create the underdog five of the 2016 campaign. he faces a range of challenges, including criticism from republicans and unpopularity in many .24 states. top advisers include chris padilla republican strategist, susie wilde, a florida-based political consultant who helped the president when the state in his previous residential bids and has led his political operation for the last 18 months. susie wilde is the daughter of pat summerall. laura is next, spokane, washington, republican line. caller: i am calling because i wanted to refute the idea that hillary clinton did not -- was not an election denier. by the way, i am an american citizen. i have the right to question any election meant to say what i want to be able to do that without persecution. this marxist idea of election deniers, but hillary paid for -- where this country went through three years of health over a false and fake dossier and a russian collusion scandal. three years, hundreds of millions of dollars and it was all fake. none of it had any merit. i am disgusted that we are not looking at what the problem is today. look at the major issues we have today because of the types of politicians in office now