mr. smith of nebraska? mr. reed? mr. kelly? mr. smith of missouri? mr. rice? mr. schweikert? miss velour ski -- were lower ski -- walorski? mr. arrington? dr. ferguson? mr. smucker? mr. hearn? misses miller? mr. beter? mr. gomez? ms. plaskett? >> hold on a second. mr. chair? >> yes? >> how has plaskett voted? >> she has not. >> mr. chair, is it possible to have her recorded as no? >> yes, entirely possible. [laughter] >> mr. rice? mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chairman votes no. >> the clerk will report the tally. 25 no's in 17 ayes. >> the amendment fails. are there any limits to the amendment of nature of substitute? mr. schweikert? mr. thompson? >> i reserve a point of order. >> mr. schweikert will be recognized as soon as the amendment is done. the gentleman is recognize. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i feel slightly guilty for the small tree we killed on this amendment. personally, and i know a couple of the conversations i have had on the side with members here from both sides, there is a discomfort in the part of the conversation we have been having about where we are subs

i guess my question is for mr. smith. mr.orres: do you have an obligation to provide accurate data and correct inaccuracies in data? do you have a legal obligation to do that? mr. smith: we maintain our status and signed a number of bilateral agreements with leading financial institutions that require us to maintain compliance to certain aspects of goba and we maintain compliance to both state and federal consumer privacy regs today and also maintain compliance to goba. that's the scope of the regulatory framework that we fall under. mr. torres: i have a question for mr. carpenter. i'm concerned about screen scraping because it involves the use of log-in credentials. what's the timeline in your opinion for full transition to a.p.i.? mr. carpenter: that's a great question and i wish i had a clear answer to give to you. i think you have to think about, ms. cochran talked about this and ms. wu did as well. last long tail in the u.s. while the biggest financial institutions who usually invest in their own technology stack are qui

mr. smith of nebraska. mr. smith of nebraska. mr. smith: yes. the clerk: mr. smith of nebraska votes yes. mr. reed. mr. reed: reed, yes. the clerk: mr. reed votes yes. mr. kelly. mr. kelly votes yes. mr. smith of missouri. mr. smith: yes. the clerk: mr. smith of missouri votes yes. mr. rice. mr. rice: yes. the clerk: mr. rice votes yes. mr. schweikert. mr. schweikert votes yes. mrs. walorski. mrs. walorski votes yes. mr. lahood. mr. lahood: yes. the clerk: mr. lahood votes yes. dr. wenstrup. mr. wenstrup: yes. the clerk: dr. wenstrup votes yes. mr. arrington. mr. arrington. dr. ferguson. mr. ferguson: yes. the clerk: dr. ferguson votes yes. mr. estes. mr. estes votes yes. mr. smucker. mr. smucker votes aye. mr. hern. mr. hern: aye. the clerk: mr. hern votes aye. mrs. miller. mrs. miller votes aye. mr. kind. mr. kind: kind, no. the clerk: mr. kind votes no. ms. chu. ms. chu: chu votes no. the clerk: ms. chu votes no. mr. arrington. mr. chairman. chair neal: no. the clerk: -- >> arrington. mr. arrington: arrington is a yes. the clerk: mr. arrington votes yes. cha

mr. smith of nebraska? mr. smith of nebraska? >> mr. smith of nebraska votes yes. >> mr. smith of nebraska votes yes. mr. reed? mr. reed votes aye. mr. kelly? mr. kelly votes aye. mr. smith of missouri votes aye. mr. rice? rep. rice: aye. >> mr. rice votes aye. mr. schweikert. mr. schweikert votes yes. ms. walorski votes yes. mr. lahood votes aye. dr. wenstrup votes yes. mr. arrington? mr. arrington? rep. arrington: yes. yes, sorry. >> mr. arrington votes yes. dr. ferguson? dr. ferguson votes yes. mr. estes? mr. estes votes yes. mr. smucker? mr. smucker votes aye. mr. hern votes aye. mrs. miller? mrs. miller votes aye. mr. blumenauer? mr. blumenauer votes no. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell votes no. mr. higgins votes no. mr. evans? mr. evans votes no. mr. chairman? chair neal: no. >> mr. chairman votes no. chair neal: is the clerk prepared to walk with the kelly? >> yes, mr. chairman, i have 25 nays and 18 ayes. chair neal: there being 25 nays and 18 ayes, the amendment fails. mr. wenstrup -- dr. wenstrup. mr. thompson? rep. thompson: mr. chairman, i have a point of order. cha

mr. smith of nebraska votes aye. mr. reed votes aye. mr. kelly -- mr. smith of missouri votes aye. . rice votes aye. mr. schweikert votes yes. ms. will or ski votes yes. mr. lahood votes yes. dr. when strip votes yes. mr. arrington votes yes. dr. ferguson votes yes. mr. estes votes yes. mr. smucker votes aye. mr. hearn votes aye. misses miller votes aye. ms. sewall votes no. mr. kelly votes yes. mr. chairman votes no. i have 25 nays and 18 ayes the amendment fails. or the amendment -- are there any more amendments to the nature of the substitute? mr. rice has an amendment to the desk. mr. thompson has reserved a point of order. the amendment will be passed out and the chairman will be recognized. the gentleman is recognized to proceed. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have to reiterate i have said before and my colleagues have said it as well, this process is fatally flawed. it is rushed to the point of ridiculousness. it was designed to prevent the minority from being able to see the exact law until one day or two before this markup. i hate to call it a hearing, because it's not a hea

mr. smith of nebraska? mr. smith of nebraska? >> mr. smith of nebraska votes yes. >> mr. smith of nebraska votes yes. mr. reed? mr. reed votes aye. mr. kelly? mr. kelly votes aye. mr. smith of missouri votes aye. mr. rice? rep. rice: aye. >> mr. rice votes aye. mr. schweikert. mr. schweikert votes yes. ms. walorski votes yes. mr. lahood votes aye. dr. wenstrup votes yes. mr. arrington? mr. arrington? rep. arrington: yes. yes, sorry. >> mr. arrington votes yes. dr. ferguson? dr. ferguson votes yes. mr. estes? mr. estes votes yes. mr. smucker? mr. smucker votes aye. mr. hern votes aye. mrs. miller? mrs. miller votes aye. mr. blumenauer? mr. blumenauer votes no. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell votes no. mr. higgins votes no. mr. evans? mr. evans votes no. mr. chairman? chair neal: no. >> mr. chairman votes no. chair neal: is the clerk prepared to walk with the kelly? >> yes, mr. chairman, i have 25 nays and 18 ayes. chair neal: there being 25 nays and 18 ayes, the amendment fails. mr. wenstrup -- dr. wenstrup. mr. thompson? rep. thompson: mr. chairman, i have a point of order. cha

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee. i apologize, i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for two minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the chairman and i thank the ranking member. for his support. longtime friends. let me quickly indicate that as i have embraced the ndaa over the years, it has always been my focus to deal with the military personnel and to make us the best, the strongest, and the most well-represented -- well rf respected and appreciated. i want to thank this committee and the rules committee for allowing my amendments 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198. many of them speak for themselves. let me clearly say i worked year after year as a breast cancer survivor to ensure that triple-negative breast cancer which is one of the most deadly forms of kanser that women in the military have the services that they need. let me just share with you that triple negative breast ca

mr. smith of nebraska votes mr. reed mr. kelly votes aye. mr. smith of missouri votes aye. mr. rice votes aye. mr. schweitzer votes yes. miss will or ski votes aye. mr. lahood, votes yes. dr. votes yes. mr. arrington votes yes. dr. ferguson votes yes. mr. estes votes yes. mr. smucker, votes pres. biden: aye. mr. hearn votes aye. misses miller votes aye. ms. delvenne no no votes. mr. chairman votes no. >> the clerk will tally the vote. >> i have 25 no's and 18 ayes. >> the amendment fails. does any other member want to offer an amendment? >> mr. thompson? >>>> i reserve a point of order. >> and we will perceive -- proceed with passing of mr. smith's amendment. -- passing out mr. smith's amendment. i believe the amendment has been passed out and those of us working remotely have it in their inbox. the gentleman from missouri is invited to speak in his amendment. >> it is my firm belief that american families are the foundation of our country. republicans have made it clear that we put american families first. we share the same goals of ensuring a working parent is able to spend t

mr. smith, and sphafpl alabama, mr. rogers, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr.smith: i yield myself 4:00. we have before us the national defense authorizing agt for fiscal year 2022 and i urge everybody to support this well put-together piece of legislation. thank you to all of the staff on the raoulsz key and this has been ar truly bipartisan legislative process. we had our markup in key like 16 hours and we considered over 800 amendments with a variety of and then before the rules key and 800 and we worked with members of this body a and crafted what i think is a very good piece of legislation and it is important that we pass this bill so congress continues to exercise overkpaoeus on the department of defense and the consecutive branch and granted you find that more troulg in charge of the white house. we need to exercise our and our mind and doesn't pass enough bills but we do so in the department of defense and should do so again and this b

mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for one and a half minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one and a half minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, madam speaker. let me express my deep appreciation to the committee and the staff for helping us zero in on a couple of things that are long standing interests of mine. one is an amendment requiring the department of defense to have a cost estimate for and p program evaluation for unexpected prices for nuclear warhead life extension. i would like to focus on one particular area that's been deeply troubling to me for years. i have in the middle of the city of portland a superfund site that people have been working on cleaning up the toxic residue of years. and one party has not been part of this effort. the department of defense. the department of defense built and decommissioned battleships for world war i, for world war ii, and the korean war, in the heart of the city. and we've been

can you hold on for two minutes, mr. smith? [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the committee will come back to order and we will now proceed to consideration of subtitle b. it will be considered as read and open for amendment. at this time, -- let me turn to -- who i believe is out there. a long way from where he usually sits as he gives his advice. he is the chief of staff to the joint committee on taxation to provide the technical description of the amendment and the nature of the substitute with an emphasis on the changes made. >> you have before you to join committee documents. they describe the underlying provision and the chairman's amendment and nature of the substitute. it makes five largely clerical changes in the underlying text of the legislation. let me take two minutes to highlight the main points in the underlying legislation. the underlying legislation provides that employers must maintain an auto enrollment p

the gentleman from missouri mr. smithof order. >> the gentleman's amendment is passed and the clerk will be recognized. >> thank you mr. chair. >> the gentle man is recognized to speak on his amendment. >> i truly don't understand why my democratic colleagues have it out for small businesses across america. these hard-working americans are the cornerstone of our economy, making up nearly 95% of all of the jobs. for democrats they don't care if they cost small businesses to go completely under. for these policies under this tax hike bill, the s corporations, partnerships and sole proprietorship's, the majority of all the mainstream businesses will experience a gigantic tax increase. meanwhile, the corporations with income up to 5 million won't see a tax rate change. staying the same at 21%. but if you are escorp, if you are a sole proprietorship or a partnership, you will be taxed in some areas at 39.6%. surely that is an oversight at war with small businesses like you are with everything else. or are you trying to rush th

any callers for this item, mr. smith? >> we have no callers in the queue. >> thank you, mr. smith.is now closed. i understand supervisor ronen is in support of this license transfer. given that, i would like to make a motion directing the clerk to prepare resolution determining this license will serve the public convenience and necessarity and we send it to the full board with positive recommendation. mr. clerk please call roll. >> on the motion offered by chair mar the resolution be drafted to find the public necessity would be served by the service premise and that be recommended to the board of supervisors for consideration on september 21st. vice chair stefani. >> aye. >> member haney. >> aye. >> chair mar. >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> thank you. thanks again, officer, and mr. martinez. we will send this to the board with recommendation. please call item 3. >> hearing on the status of sub-acute care in san francisco and plans to care for this vulnerable population to prevent unnecessary death. members who wish to commend call the call in number. 415-655-0001.

mr. jason smith. mr. smith: good morning. i'm here today because of what speaker pelosi announced last night. she announced to the world what we already know. she put herself in a box. that she -- she needs -- the legislative crisis that's before her is one by her own creation. she needs the progressives to bail her out of this situation of this week. that is why at 8:23 thursday evening, the budget committee noticed up to have a hearing at 2:00 on saturday. 2:00 on saturday. took eight hours. to mark up her $4.3 trillion spending bill. with only 1% of the total spending that has been scored by c.b.o. 1%. she moved this ahead, moved it forward, because she wanted to show some kind of fake momentum. with the progressives. that she was still having the reconciliation bill tied in with the infrastructure bill. this was the largest spending bill to be brought up in congress. it's the largest increase bill ever brought up in congress. we are facing the highest inflation that we have since 1981. this will only fuel the fire of infl

any callers for this item, mr. smith? >> we have no callers in the queue. >> thank you, mr. smith. public comment is now closed. i understand supervisor ronen is in support of this license transfer. given that, i would like to make a motion directing the clerk to prepare resolution determining this license will serve the public convenience and necessarity and we send it to the full board with positive recommendation. mr. clerk please call roll. >> on the motion offered by chair mar the resolution be drafted to find the public necessity would be served by the service premise and that be recommended to the board of supervisors for consideration on september 21st. vice chair stefani. >> aye. >> member haney. >> aye. >> chair mar. >> aye. >> mr. chair, there are three ayes. >> thank you. thanks again, officer, and mr. martinez. we will send this to the board with recommendation. please call item 3. >> hearing on the status of sub-acute care in san francisco and plans to care for this vulnerable population to prevent unnecessary death. members who wish to commend call the call in number

mr. adam smith of washington, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. smith will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cardenas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote aye on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. tom rice of south carolina, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rice will vote nay on house resolution 667. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote aye on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. wilson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i infor

murdaugh provided mr. smith with a firearm and directed mr. smith to shoot him in the head for the purpose of his son collecting a life insurance policy valued at approximately $10 million. but murdaugh survived the shooting calling 911 himself. police say he later admitted to the plot. it was back in june when murdaugh found his wife, maggie, and 22-year-old son paul murdered at their hunting lodge shot multiple times. the deaths remain unsolved and murdaugh denies any involvement. >> are they breathing? >> no, ma'am. my wife and my son. >> reporter: the day before murdaugh's attempted suicide earlier this month he left his law firm amid allegations he misappropriated funds. murdaugh's lawyer says he suffered from depression and had checked into rehab. for the last 20 years there have been many people feeding his addiction to opioids, one of those individuals took advantage of his mental illness and agreed to take alex's life. in the meantime, several other mysterious tragedies continue to swirl around the murdaugh family. authorities have ope

mr. babin will vote no on smith en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. reschenthaler will be voting yea on smith en bloc number 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 360, the nays are 66. the amendments en bloc are adopted. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on amendment 241 printed in part c of house report 117-125, offered by the gentlewoman from new mexico, msh further proceedings were postponed and on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment 241 printed in part c of house 117-125, offered by ms. leger fernandez of new mexico. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from new mexico. members will rec

mr smith stabbed him three times. and then based on a blood trail from the living room to the bathroom. moved mr moved mr lieberman from the living room to the bathroom to the bathroom to the bathtub where mr lieberman was found. the medical examiner says the cause of death is likely drowning motive for these kinds of crimes still under investigation. um we're still collecting evidence to determine the exact motive. mr smith had this to commit this horrible crime. david lieberman's daughter, april says the southern california native moved to san jose in the late seventies he attended san jose state fell in love with the area and his eventual partner and started a family. dave liebman was a caring dad. proudest grandpa and the fun uncle and a dedicated brother and son, april says in a text message she continues. he loved to dance love to help people and loved his family. investigators don't know how the two men came to know each other or what sparked a rage filled knife attack that ultimately took the life of a 72 year

mr smith stabbed him three times. and then based on a blood trail from the living room to the bathroom. moved mr moved mr lieberman from the living room to the bathroom to the bathroom to the bathtub where mr lieberman was found. the medical examiner says the cause of death is likely drowning motive for these kinds of crimes still under investigation. um, we're still. collecting evidence to determine the exact motive. mr smith had this to commit this horrible crime. david liebman is daughter. april says the southern california native moved to san jose in the late seventies he attended san jose state fell in love with the area and his eventual partner and started a family. dave liebman was a caring dad. proudest grandpa and the fun uncle and a dedicated brother and son, april says in a text message she continues. he loved to dance love to help people and loved his family. investigators don't know how the two men came to know each other or what sparked a rage filled knife attack that ultimately took the life of a 72 yea

mr smith stabbed him three times. and then based on a blood trail from the living room to the bathroom. moved mr moved mr lieberman from the living room to the bathroom to the bathroom to the bathtub where mr lieberman was found. the medical examiner says the cause of death is likely drowning motive for these kinds of crimes still under investigation. um we're still collecting evidence to determine the exact motive. mr smith had this to commit this horrible crime. david lieberman's daughter, april says the southern california native moved to san jose in the late seventies he attended san jose state fell in love with the area and his eventual partner and started a family. dave liebman was a caring dad. proudest grandpa and the fun uncle and a dedicated brother and son, april says in a text message she continues. he loved to dance love to help people and loved his family. investigators don't know how the two men came to know each other or what sparked a rage filled knife attack that ultimately took the life of a 72 year

mr smith stabbed him three times. and then based on a blood trail from the living room to the bathroom. moved mr moved mr lieberman from the living room to the bathroom to the bathroom to the bathtub where mr lieberman was found. the medical examiner says the cause of death is likely drowning motive for these kinds of crimes still under investigation. um, we're still. collecting evidence to determine the exact motive. mr smith had this to commit this horrible crime. david liebman is daughter. april says the southern california native moved to san jose in the late seventies he attended san jose state fell in love with the area and his eventual partner and started a family. dave liebman was a caring dad. proudest grandpa and the fun uncle and a dedicated brother and son, april says in a text message she continues. he loved to dance love to help people and loved his family. investigators don't know how the two men came to know each other or what sparked a rage filled knife attack that ultimately took the life of a 72 yea

mr. adam smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized mr. smith: i want to get the numbers clear. the budge proposed by president biden was $753 billion. by supporting this amendment we support president biden's budget of $753 billion. which was a $12 billion increase over last year's budget. last year's budget, the last budget from the trump administration, only increased the defense budget that year by $3 billion. so a $3 billion increase last year was perfectly acceptable to my republican colleagues in the house and senate under president trump. a $12 billion increase this year is not. so the numbers are being dramatically, just presented here as some kind of cut when it's actually a bigger increase that trump -- than trump did in his last year in the white house. let me make clear. i see the threats. i do agree with my republican colleagues on that point. i don't support the previous amendment that does a $75 billion cut. i understand the threat environment and i know that we need to modernize to meet that threat environment but the other

mr. adam smith of washington, p-pbt to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. smith of washington will vote yes on s.1889. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative stefanik of new york, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik will vote yes on s.189. >> as the member designated by mr. mceachin pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. walz pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. walz will vote yes on s.189. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on s.189. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. carter of texa

i yield back. >> thank you mr. smith. mr. pascrell, you are recogni ed for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. i would like to ask my first question to director -- or doctor and senior fellow janet holtzblatt. ms. holtzblatt, in your testimony you discussed potentially adverse effects on pure orders of voluntary compliance. how do you think the disclosure the purported tax returns on some very wealthy americans showing in some cases no taxes paid could affect levels of voluntary compliance? ms. holtzblatt? >> sorry. we don't really know. it certainly doesn't help in terms of morale and taxpayer confidence in the fairness of the system. hopefully, people remain honest about their own liabilities in light of the news about how other people are avoid the taxes. >> yeah. you know, when you look at the numbers, regardless of who is providing them -- you know exactly what i am talking about. when you look at those numbers and you are perceiving numbers about people who are trying to get away with something, for the most part.

mr. smith, to proceed. >> thank you mr. chairman. we've got a lot of work to do here. it has been interesting, as perhaps comparisons have been made, to what we are doing here and the gravity and magnitude compared to what we have done in the past and the amount of time granted and so forth. i will reserve more comments for later in this process. i do want to talk about a few technical items. good to see you, welcome. starting on page 226, it creates a new fuel credit for sustainable aviation fuel. on page 227, the amendment and nature of substitute defines what a qualified mixture of sustainable aviation fuel and kerosene is. it says "one such mixture is produced by the taxpayer in the united states." along with other requirements, i'm wondering if it means the components going into this mixture must be produced in the u.s., or the components must be mixed together in the u.s. to qualify? >> am i live? mr. smith -- it is a mixture credit, it must be mixed in the united states, but components m

murdock provided mr. smith with a firearm and directed mr. smith to shoot him in the head. sted suicide, saudi arabia of a high aggravated nature. pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. it's not clear whether smith has an attorney or how he intends to plea on the charges. murdock who has not been charged told south carolina police he was in such a bad financial position he thought death was his only way to ensure a life insurance pay out for his son his attorney says. >> he believes that $10 million policy had a suicide exclusion. suicide exclusions are only good for two years and he didn't realize that, so she arranged to have this guy shoot him. >> reporter: his lawyer said murdock was in a massive depression for the unshocking unsolved murder of his wife and son three months ago and he also has a severe opioid addiction. >> his father died of cancer that same week. most people couldn't get through that. he got through it with the use of opioids. >> just one day before the shooting murdock had abruptly resigned from his

>> so mr. smith was on 100% oxygen, he was having coughing spells, oxygen levels would drop to the 70s and we were very uncomfortable how long it was taking to get back to normal, so i knew he was going to need intubation and i felt that this ecmo, which essentially will give a chance for his lungs to rest, was the best chance that he would have to stay alive. we don't offer that at our facility. we don't have any machines in our hospitals. or cardiologists or intensivists. so i felt we needed to get him moving. so what had to happen was several nurses and myself called several facilities to look for a bed. we spoke -- we did get a bed that night, so i thought that's where we were going to go. but unfortunately, due to weather, we weren't able to fly him out that night. so next, the next morning, we were told to call back at 6:00 in the morning, but then, again, weather prevented us from doing that. >> it was really hard to make it happen. you made a lot of phone calls and finally you found some spac

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the leader from missouri for yielding. republicans and democrats agree we need to invest in infrastructure. but today, when our nation is running historically high deficits, when democrats want to add trillions of dollars to our debt, and inflation is nearly at the highest it's been in 40 years, we need to ensure these investments are paid for. when it comes to this bill, the math simply does not add up. we are told that this bill has $489 billion in offsets. in reality, the c.b.o. score shows just $180 billion in offsets. a $400 billion shortfall. this bill does not pay for itself. not even close. the fact is for house democrats, this bill was never about infrastructure. the speaker has had weeks to vote on it. instead, she's turned a bipartisan negotiation into a hostage negotiation. an exchange for fixing our roads, bridges, highways and dams, how democrats are demanding congress pass the most expensive piece of legislation in history, along with the largest tax increase in history. and unlike the infrastructure bill, w

yield two minutes to the ranking republican of the budget committee, the gentleman from missouri, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized for two minutes. mr. 134eu9: thank you, madam speaker. i want to thank leader brady for yielding. i truly hope that my democrat colleagues don't believe the garbage that they have been spouting. but i would say that they probably do. unfortunately for months, democrats have been pursuing a radical partisan agenda that contains the most expensive piece of legislation in the history of congress. all while ignoring our nation's debt. now they are scrambling. first they claimed it is republicans' responsibility to co-sign a loan for their reckless spending bill. even though they control the white house, the house, and the senate. then they tried adding a debt ceiling increase to a bill to keep the government opened knowing it would fall on its face in the united states senate. then they argued there wasn't enough time to raise the debt limit on their own. even though they have time and they have tools to do it. in fact, l

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the leader from missouri for yielding. republicans and democrats agree we need to invest in infrastructure. but today, when our nation is running historically high deficits, when democrats want to add trillions of dollars to our debt, and inflation is nearly at the highest it's been in 40 years, we need to ensure these investments are paid for. when it comes to this bill, the math simply does not add up. we are told that this bill has $489 billion in offsets. in reality, the c.b.o. score shows just $180 billion in offsets. a $400 billion shortfall. this bill does not pay for itself. not even close. the fact is for house democrats, this bill was never about infrastructure. the speaker has had weeks to vote on it. instead, she's turned a bipartisan negotiation into a hostage negotiation. an exchange for fixing our roads, bridges, highways and dams, how democrats are demanding congress pass the most expensive piece of legislation in history, along with the largest tax increase in history. and unlike the infrastructure bill, w

an affidavit says he provided mr. smith with a firearm and directed mr. th to shoot him in the head. smith is charged with assisted suicide, assault and battery of a high-aggravated nature, pointing and presenting a firearm, insurance fraud, and conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. it is not clear whether smith has an attorney or how he intends to plea on the charges. murdaugh, who has not been charged, told south carolina police he was in such a bad financial position he thought death was his only way to ensure a life insurance payout for his son, his attorney says. >> he believed that $10 million policy had a suicide exclusion. suicide exclusions are only good for two years, and he didn't realize that. so he arranged to have this guy shoot him. >> reporter: his lawyer says that murdaugh was in a massive depression from the shocking unsolved double murder of his wife and son three months ago. and that he also has a severe opioid addiction. >> his father died of cancer that same week. most people couldn't get through that. he got through it with the use o

with that, i will recognize ranking member mr. smith of nebraska for the purposes of an open statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman for the time. i appreciate that we are taking this time to further investigate the administration's tax enforcement proposal and the potential impact on our economy. we agree it is fundamentally unfair to the vast majority of americans who pay their taxes accurately and on time if some people don't. our system of voluntary compliance works because americans believe their friends and neighbors are also following the rules. our system should recognize that by not further burdening those who put substantial time and resources into following the law, we should work in a bipartisan fashion to find ways we can better track down those who cheat the system without undermining bipartisan successes in bringing accountability to the irs, like the taxpayers first act. that said, i come into this hearing with concern about president biden's proposal on a number of fronts. i'm very skeptical of the irs's projected return

murdaugh provided mr. smith with a firearm and directed mr. smith to shoot him in the head. ng of the weapon, but murdaugh survived the shooting calling 911 himself. he was airlifted to a hospital in savannah, georgia, for a superficial gunshot wound to the head. after getting out of the hospital, he checked himself into rehab, apologizing to his family and former partners. the day before the shooting murdaugh leaving the law firm his family helped build amid allegations he misappropriated funds. murdaugh's family has been the focus of national attention since the brutal unsolved murders of his wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul this past june. >> are they breathing? >> no, ma'am. my wife and my son. >> and what is your name? >> my name is alex murdaugh. please hurry, neither one of them is moving. >> reporter: murdaugh calling 911 after finding their bodies. both shot multiple times near the family's hunting lodge. his brothers speaking to us at the time asking for the public's help. >> my brother loved maggie, loved paul like nothing else on this earth. >> i can tell you