mr. raskin: mr. speaker, the united states of america just -- is recognized. mr. raskin: mr.peaker, the united states of america witnessed the most astonishing spectacle. we are here to debate aid to the people of ukraine defending themselves against a massive invasion by putin and his army. then the minority puts up the distinguished gentlelady from georgia who does not mention ukraine once. she does not mention the thousands of ukrainian civilians who have been slaughtered by putin's army. she does not mention more than 100 ukrainian children who have been shot and killed by the ukrainian army. instead she talks about a massive invasion at the border, a massive invasion which their own speakers have said today, hundreds of thousands of people have been apprehended in. that's very different from a military invasion. the one in ukraine, of course the gentlelady's not going to talk about that. she had a lot to say the other day when she heckled me continuously when i came to the floor it was like the rocky horror picture show in here with her chanting about the russia hoax and

mr. raskin. rep. connolly: gentlemen -- mr. raskin you did make that clear. >> mr. raskin -- the chair rules the gentleman's remarks did not refer to specifically or explicitly to the previous president. i would also point out mr. biggs you need to be on camera to be recognized. >> i apologize mr. chairman. rep. connolly: no problem. the gentleman from georgia mr. klein is recognized for his five minutes of questioning. are you there? you were there, there you are. mr. klein and then miss porter, i know you have been waiting. mr. clyde, we need to see you on camera. you were just on. there you are. you are recognized. rep. clyde: thank you very much chairman connolly and ranking member heise for this meeting. unnecessarily long wait times for receiving tax refunds, targeting kirk can -- conservatives to inexcusably conducting illegal asset forfeiture, it's no secret the irs is woefully unpopular with the irs -- with the people. i know these all too well. in 2013i was personally targeted by the irs for improperly depositing my legally earned and fully reported busines

mr. raskin: mr. speaker, on monday the rules committee met and reported a rule, house resolution 1023, the rule provides for consideration of the resolution accompanying house report 117-284. under a closed rule if the report is called up by direction of the select committee to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. the rule provides one hour of debate equally divided among and controlled by chairman thompson, vice chair cheney and an opponent. mr. speaker, if 90% of success in life is just showing up, then 90% of acting in contempt of congress is not showing up by failing to respond to multiple subpoenas you have been lawfully served. the rest of contempt is not turning over documents you have been ordered to produce s and acting with open disregard and scorn for the rule of law, congress and representatives of the american people. neither dan scabvino nor peter navarro have shown up in response to repeated congressional experience. they've blown us off completely. neath moth

mr. raskin: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 1065 and i ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 75. house resolution 1065, resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill, senate 3522, to provide enhanced authority for the president to enter into agreements with the government of ukraine to lend or lease defense articles to that government to protect civilian populations in ukraine from russian military invasion, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. the bill shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except, one, one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the

mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm very proud today to stand for this legislation with the party of democracy and freedom for the people rather than the party of big brother and failed drug authoritarianism. do you know that 150 million americans have used marijuana? half of the country. that's just the people who are being honest about it. half of the country has used marijuana, but you can still be denied a security clearance and government employment for having once used marijuana. that is plainly stupid and wrong and unfair. and we are disqualifying tens of millions of qualified and excellent job applicants for federal government employment, our fellow citizens, our constituents in democratic districts and republican districts. we are disqualifying those people from being federal government employees solely because they've used marijuana. my amendment is one that every member of the house should support. it says that americans should not be denied a security clearance simply because they have used marijuana. yo

mr. raskin: you have to defend with mr. kinzinger and ms. cheney. if you don't act like a robot or member of a religious cult, they will attack you, they will vilify you, they will denounce you. these people, mr. kinzinger, ms. cheney are constitutional heroes and they don't deserve your contempt, the insurrectionists and the lawmakers deserve your contempt because they're acting in contempt of the rule of law and the constitution of the united states. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from wyoming reserves her time. the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. banks: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, dr. jackson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. jackson: thank you to my colleague from indiana for the time. madam speaker, i rise today to speak about two great patriots who i'm proud to call my friends, dan scavino and peter navarro. these two men have served our country honorably. sadly, they are now targets of the political witch-hunt simply becau

mr. raskin even though we sometimes disagree we always agree to disagree and i love the debate that we have in the sub -- civil rights subcommittee and i would like thank you for your time. >> thank you so much for the excellent conclusion and making sure you be here with us today to participate. i have a few closing thoughts of my own. first i would like to thank our extraordinary witnesses beginning with the students that were with us in the first panel, i will think samantha hall who is a librarian from the great lancaster county in pennsylvania. we thank you so much for being with us along with her daughter -- your daughter. and dr. jonathan, who is with the american council of trusted alumni's and a teacher from virginia. i also was very moved by the testimony and seriousness in which all of you have approached a really important topic. i have a few cleanup thoughts i wanted to advance before closed. one is the question of the fine old lost art of american heckling. i got heckled by marjorie taylor greene on the floor the house. it was totally fine with me, they were about to gavel her

mr. raskin was quoting that report was a quote that i've also read about what happened on that day, and certainlyhad mr. pence left the capitol we could have had a very different outcome we. the effort have been made over to overturn the results of the election, the former president to seize power against the decision of the voters, that could've been the outcome. >> so, there is a conversation having as to whether or not the vice president to testify? >> as i say, will announce it when we're ready, but it has not been decided. and the committee works in a very consensus fashion, we listen to each other, we hear the pros and cons from our staff, and then we never had a contentious discussion, we move on together as a team on this committee. it's been very productive. >> congresswoman, thank you for spending sometimes with us. we appreciate it. still ahead everybody, nbc's -- on the border of tijuana, mexico, over the -- seeking refuge here in the u.s.. >> i love that the government is helping them, because they're going through a hard situation. >> but that's not what happens for people here? >>

mr. raskin. >> today democracy is under siege all over the world. just as we are working to defend democracy abroad, we are defending and fortifying democracy here at home. the assault on the american democracy that exploded on january 6 had two coordinated elements we have been able to see. one was a violent insurrection from the outside, infused by propaganda and disinformation. led my domestic violent extremist groups like the oath keepers, the proud boys, the 3%er. the q1 on networks. the militia groups. but the other component was a secret campaign on the inside. to replace our constitutional process governing presidential elections. with a tissue of lies and counterfeit processes that make a mockery of american democracy. this is with the political scientists call a self coup. it's not a coup against the president like most. it is one organized by the president, against the constitutional framework itself. but to contempt citations will go to persons who have critical information about both components of this assault on america, and the coordi

mr. raskin, you are now recognized five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. ms. fitzgerald, i was eager to ask you the question about the aggregation of data, about the aggregation and processing of data in large quantities can pose risks that might not be apparent just talking about a single piece of discreet information, and what can be done about that. >> thank you, representative raskin. i think the lesson we can take from all of these data points being combined about us is one, shows how important it is to have a comprehensive privacy law that covers personal data generally rather than the laws, hipaa, shrca, et cetera. the acronyms go on, and these personal data also show why commercializing intent doesn't work, it's just not available for the vast majority of internet users to grasp, may have consent of the website to use their data but are they consenting to be passed on to thousands of brokers never heard of? we urd of this, when a news outlet, got location from dating app grinder, i know you and members of committee signed rule making for protection dat

mr. raskin: you have to defend with mr. kinzinger and ms. cheney. if you don't act like a robot or member of a religious cult, they will attack you, they will vilify you, they will denounce you. these people, mr. kinzinger, ms. cheney are constitutional heroes and they don't deserve your contempt, the insurrectionists and the lawmakers deserve your contempt because they're acting in contempt of the rule of law and the constitution of the united states. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from wyoming reserves her time. the gentleman from indiana is recognized. mr. banks: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from texas, dr. jackson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. jackson: thank you to my colleague from indiana for the time. madam speaker, i rise today to speak about two great patriots who i'm proud to call my friends, dan scavino and peter navarro. these two men have served our country honorably. sadly, they are now targets of the political witch-hunt simply becau

representative raskin laider agreed with the parliamentarian that it was inappropriate and withdrew the offending words. this runs about an hour. passed. mr. speaker, vladimir putin's criminal war of aggression and atrocity against the sovereign nation of ukraine has dismembered the second largest country in europe. putin's soldiers have killed more than 2,700 ukrainian civilians and more than 100 children in ukraine. they have raped and murdered untold numbers of women, leaving their bodies in the street. they have wounded thousands of civilians, and they have displaced 10 million ukrainians, creating the largest

mr. cook's opinion on this. i believe that, in politics, timing is everything, and i believe that jamie raskin has kind of tippedhe hands of the democrats, and i think that what their plan is is to drop a bunch of subpoenas and charges on republicans just prior to the midterms, to try to sway the vote at that time. what does he think about that? guest: i don't think january 6 is going to change any minds from this point forward. i don't think there are any events that can happen from this point forward. the people capable of being outraged were outraged long ago. the people that have not been outraged are not likely to get outraged. i think this election is going to be more about inflation or whatever. free democrats, you try to do what you can do. it is not my job to tell them what they should or should not do. my job is to say whether it looks like it may work or won't work. i think trying to steer voters away from an election being a referendum up or down on who has the office now, and in this case, inflation, i don't think anything is going to steer this election any other way than being decided on those ele

mr. cook's opinion on this. i believe that in politics timing is everything. and i believe that jamie raskin has kind of tip the hands of the democrats, and i think that what the plan is, is to drop a bunch of subpoenas and charges on republicans just prior to the o midterms to try to sway the vote at that time. what does he think about that? >> guest: i don't think january 6th is going to change any minds from this point forward. i don't think there are any events that can happen from this point forward. i mean, the people that are capable of being outraged were outraged long ago, and the people that haven't been outraged are not likely to get outraged.. and so i think this election is going to be a whole lot more about inflation or whatever. for democrats to try to do whatever you can do but that's not my job to tell them what they should or should not do. my job is to say what looks liks it may work or won't work. i think trying to steer voters away from an election being a referendum up or down on who has the office right now, and in this case, inflation. i don't think that anything is g

mr. cook's opinion on this. i believe that, in politics, timing is everything, and i believe that jamie raskin has kind of tippedds of the democrats, and i think that what their plan is is to drop a bunch of subpoenas and charges on republicans just prior to the midterms, to try to sway the vote at that time. what does he think about that? guest: i don't think january 6 is going to change any minds from this point forward. i don't think there are any events that can happen from this point forward. the people capable of being outraged were outraged long ago. the people that have not been outraged are not likely to get outraged. i think this election is going to be more about inflation or whatever. free democrats, you try to do what you can do. it is not my job to tell them what they should or should not do. my job is to say whether it looks like it may work or won't work. i think trying to steer voters away from an election being a referendum up or down on who has the office now, and in this case, inflation, i don't think anything is going to steer this election any other way than being decided on those elements.