mr. rosendale: thanks for having me on.triona: the european union's most senior diplomat joseph peralta of the bbc he's worried by the u.s. decision not to include new ukraine aid into the short-term funding deal. his remarks comes as the eu foreign ministry met in kyiv. the u.s. officials are reportedly concerned that corruption in ukraine could ultimately derail western support. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more. james: with the european union in ukraine, this was an attempted show of united front where you have what was hopefully 27 foreign ministers from member states, three were missing in the end, two from poland and hungary, two countries that have had political difficulties around continued support for ukraine. nevertheless, it is a meeting not to be dismissed. the european union has provided tens of billions of euros of military and humanitarian aid to this point. they've emerged from this meeting announcing continued training for tens of thousands of ukrainian fighters. so, we are seeing that con

mr. rosendale: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, fiscal 2022, corps of engineers, $8.34 billion. fiscal 23 $$8.66 billion. 2024, $9.7 billion. we cannot continue to reward bad behavior. a recent project in texas, the ike dike, coastal barrier project is currently projected to cost $57 billion representing the most largest civil engineering project in the united states history. which is 68% higher than the recent estimate which was at $34 billion. there is not a contractor that has built a home that would have a homeowner abide by those types of terms and conditions. how can the army corps of engineer be allowed to receive such a massive a funds when their project estimates are so routinely off base. and their time frames with which they are estimated to complete them are just as bad. a project? michigan for a new lock is currently projected to cost $394 million more than the biden administration's proposed funding. the list goes on and on and on. we cannot continue to reward this bad behavior. i reserve. the chair: the

mr. rosendale: i think that would be a huge mistake. one of the problems we saw over the last 15, 18 years was the consolidation of power within the speaker's office and within what they call the rules committee. so many of us members fought very, very hard back in january in order to restore the rules, it was a change of the rules but it was a restoration of rules so that we have a regular order in congress again. so each member is empowered. we don't have a super legislative status that's been granted to anyone that gives them higher privileges and control than any other member. and i think it would be a huge mistake right now to try and grant additional powers to the speaker pro tem. host: is that the general consensus of the freedom caucus snoaferl is it your perspective? how much is it shared there? mr. rosendale: i think it goes beyond the freedom caucus. i haven't had an opportunity to speak to many members this morning but most members of the congress don't want to see the reconsolidation of pow entire anyone's hands. that's dan

mr. rosendale, you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman and ranking member grijalva for holding the hearing today. president biden's harmful border agenda has been filled by states far from the border nearly since the day he took office. democrat leaders in sanctuary cities enacted president biden's leftist immigration policies and the crisis quickly spilled into rural states hundreds of miles away. president biden's secretary mayorkas and as administration officials were serious about controlling emigration and securing our border, we would not have this hearing today about new york state and the national park service. our countries national parks are some of the greatest treasures. to allow illegal immigrants to set up cantonese parks and hamper everyday americans rights to visit and enjoy these parks is just another example of biden and his cabinet putting their leftist agenda above indeed of americans. just the other week it was announced that 100 100 migre going to settle in billings, montana. what concerns me the most about

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rosendale. if you break it, you buy it. these eight republicans now own this chaos. the leader matt gaetz, weighing in last night. listen. >> i'm not here to make a judgement on where mr. steve scalise stands with rahabilitation or recovery, he is the type of person i could see myself supporting, supporting tom emmer, jody harrington, kevin hern, and people like lee zeldin are well thought of. >> griff: only thing certain, we are in for a lengthy and bitter battle with emotion raw. kelly armstrong on with you guys earlier talking about it. watch. >> the cost of my vote for a new speaker is rule change to our conference, i'm not interested in petty personal attack, i would like to have a position where one vote, particularly one of the most extreme votes becomes irrelevant, otherwise same car with different driver. >> griff: short list of names, you see steve scalise a front-runner, emmer, stefanik, patrick mchenry, johnson and of course jim jordan. one thing for sure, whoever it ends up being, you have another deadline six weeks away. november 16th, the government will run out of money, this environment is unclear what the plan will be. >> todd: are there any investig