mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. i yield my time so much as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. this is an absolute disgrace. it's beyond belief of how terrible this moment is. it's embarrassing to the people of the united states what is going on. we have seen three -- three versions of this bill written behind closed doors in speaker pelosi's office. and as we stand here this second, as we stand here, madam speaker this second, they are rewriting a fourth version of the bill in speaker pelosi's office. we will be recessing shortly, sometime throughout this debate, for the rules committee to present a fourth version of a 2,000-page bill. once again in this house, speaker pelosi is trying to pass a bill before no one knows what's in it, so then the american people can read it after it's been passed. let me tell you, madam speaker, i'll tell you what's in the version of the bill right now. it is the worst piece of legislati

mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. i yield my time so much as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker. this is an absolute disgrace. it's beyond belief of how terrible this moment is. it's embarrassing to the people of the united states what is going on. we have seen three -- three versions of this bill written behind closed doors in speaker pelosi's office. and as we stand here this second, as we stand here, madam speaker this second, they are rewriting a fourth version of the bill in speaker pelosi's office. we will be recessing shortly, sometime throughout this debate, for the rules committee to present a fourth version of a 2,000-page bill. once again in this house, speaker pelosi is trying to pass a bill before no one knows what's in it, so then the american people can read it after it's been passed. let me tell you, madam speaker, i'll tell you what's in the version of the bill right now. it is the worst piece of legislati

mr. smith, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. neal, and the gentleman from texas, mr. brady, each will control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from kentucky, mr. yarmuth. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material into the record on h.r. 5376. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. yarmuth: madam speaker, the bill before us today marks the triumph for our nation. after months of negotiations within our caucus, our committees, with our colleagues in the senate, and with the white house, i'm proud to present the most consequential legislation for american families since the new deal. the build back better act makes historic investments over 10 years to overhaul and reimagine entire sectors of our economy and society so that ev

mr. smith. we'll put you down as undecided. i will now yield to mr. thompson of california. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and ranking member cole and all the members on the committee. i'm pleased to represent the ways and means committee on behalf of chairman neil to discuss the changes in the rules committee print. as chairman neil stated last week, the provisions in this bill make bigger investments in our children, families and communities. they invest in the economy to fight climate change, they bring us closer to having universal health coverage and address our racial inequities. we're responsibly funding our priorities by making sure everyone pays their fair share. the changes before the rules committee today are in line with these priorities. for example, the new legislation recognizes the importance of investing in underserved communities. it includes investments, affordable housing for both renters and buyers. it contains changes that -- and encourages investments in indian country. i'm

mr. smith'll put you down as undecided. i will now yield to mr. thompson of california. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and ranking member cole and all the members on the committee. i'm pleased to represent the ways and means committee on behalf of chairman neil to discuss the changes in the rules committee print. as chairman neil stated last week, the provisions in this bill make bigger investments in our children, families and communities. they invest in the economy to fight climate change, they bring us closer to having universal health coverage and address our racial inequities. we're responsibly funding our priorities by making sure everyone pays their fair share. the changes before the rules committee today are in line with these priorities. for example, the new legislation recognizes the importance of investing in underserved communities. it includes investments, affordable housing for both renters and buyers. it contains changes that -- and encourages investments in indian country. i'm very

mr. adam smith, i inform the house that mr. adam smith will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by ms. carol miller of west virginia, i inform the house that mrs. miller will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. rush, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on the previous question. as the member designated by ms. craig, i inform the house that ms. craig will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote no on the previous question. as the member designated by mr. babin from the great state of texas, i inform the house that mr. babin will vote no on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose doe

mr. smith accused me of fighting hard for my constituents and to this charge i plead guilty. i am a very strong supporter of not double taxing people on their state and local income taxes and you know which radical president was the one who first championed this policy of not double taxing people on their state and local income tax, the founder of the republican party, abraham lincoln who in 1862 when they were instituting the income tax said of course we're not going to tax people on taxes they've already paid at the state and local level. that's a double tax and our party shouldn't stand for that. apparently today's republican party wants to stand for double taxation against people. mr. smith points out, well, this disproportionately benefits those states like massachusetts, that of the chairman, and maryland, my own state which invest, which tax heavier and invest more in state and local things. that's true. and in fact, your point got me looking online, comparing the rates of public investm

mr. smithu're a journalist, where you seek your approaches overlapping and whether they diverge? >> well, he is writing the first draft. journalism is the first draft history, i think they are similar in the sense that we have to do investigation, we have to think of h teams thingsn terms of a story, those are alike. i'm trying to think>> of some differences. >> i think for me, i was not trained as a historian but i've got my doctoral degree and and sociologists so while i am not an academic, i was trained in the academy so i think a lot about what rigorous research means and what it looks like and what it takes to do that. part of what i wanted to do with this book is take the best of the history i read, take the best of longform journalism. i take the best of the novelist and poet brett, put those things in conversation with real people. i kind of wanted to write a book of history that felt novelistic in which i was the protagonist traveling through these different places and i was sharing so

statistics show that we could have been better prepared if our health care was stronger, which it was not mr. smith. i did do 2 different t sheila dressy. one is the infrastructure of the country being 1st to cover countries. there were moved in 6 months. one the other? yes. so yes, in the ag village population and given it to call me has, elliptic, was in the infrastructure loaded island that the issue is, how did we deal with the 2nd week? i mean these up proportions which nobody in the world and a discipline, that is an infrastructure you should be taught because in good be good looking. he currently has its limitations. but looking at the infrastructure of it was available and looking at the vaccination, which has been the vaccination for them as it's a successful. and that is that the containment of what would have been the 3rd the south? do you agree with mr. mit those argument? him have to disagree. yes. this was a new wires that it does very shocked me. and it's not that bad for that back and much wants to beg for the checking. the status is of course on given the fact that's not done yet,

mr. chris smith of new jersey, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. smith will vote yes on s.1095. the speaker pro tempore: frosm the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition. >> as the member designated by ms. porter, pursuant to h. res. 8, that ms. porter will vote yes on h. res. 10985. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? as the member designated by mr. swalwell, i inform the house that mr. swalwell will vote yes on h. res. 1095. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> smelgd fer as the member designated by mr. waltz of florida, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. waltz will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: flue the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by representative roybal-allard, i inform the house that ms. roybal-allard will vote yes on s. # 95. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? as the member designated by mr.

non just mr. smith, we have a lot of things to improve on. the trainers had great combat experience, so we learned a lot from them. i joined the army because of the injustice wilmonson and our people are forgetting there's a war going on our country. we are led down into one of the girls sleeping quarters, warm and quiet soldiers, gravel sleep, they can before their shift starts again. the soldier who doesn't want to identify himself. he says he had friends who joined the russian back separatists fighting the government. the other than you're doing, i don't think about it. i don't feel anything. i'm a soldier and i have a task to do. regardless whether it's someone i know he's now the enemy. all relations are last reconciliation will take generations. these people have crossed red lines. so what kind of friendly relationship could there now be? early morning light reveals trees in the foggy gloom. the rain has stopped. soldiers discussed the night's events some plan. looking out across a conflict broken landscape for an enemy with no doubt eq

but i would agree with mr. smith, but a what should the international community be doing right now, or the e u, and the us taking the situation seriously enough? ah, there's rising awareness. fortunately. there is a serious situation. i agree with my predecessor that this is the most serious crisis we've seen in the end of the war. unfortunately, this crisis is one of the west, the use and the u. s. on making it self inflicted wounds, clothing what be seen at the un security council yesterday. so the west not only has not driven it crisis to emerge. it's officials are directly responsible for the emergence of this crisis on the need for urgent li, a. make a u turn and think this price is serious and all the price is a priority, but he says, self inflicted, what is it, what is it that they haven't done that they should have been doing? well, i mean, for 15 years we've gone since we, since the west has put over responsibility for leaving the country to the domestic leads. we are lacking any policy western long term str

. >> thank you, mr. smith, and thank you for having been an unwavering ally and friend to me personally but also to the people of hong kong over the past decade plus. and in your whole career, chairman mcgovern and other commissioners listening, thank you for the opportunity to testify told. i want to second all the words and points that have been made by my esteemed cleanings in this panel. i don't want to repeat what they said, but as you might have noticed, both professor david and mr. clifford referenced a statue that they are both familiar with. the pillar of shame is a 26 foot high towering sculpture. it depicts twisting and screaming anguish phrases and forms representing those who were cut down by the people's liberation army and the chinese government in tiananmen square in 1929. the sculpture was first displayed during the annual june 4th vigil organized in 1977, just before the handover. when it was first erected, the sculpture served not only as a public symbol but the canary in the coal mine. woul

she had she and mrs. smith and we get word. i'm at houston's great methodist hospital and we get word she's headed back and she's headed back to the hospital in an ambulance. she had started taking a turn for the worse so i toldthem she was on her way back . they had adjoining rooms the last couple of years i think they figured out that if one was in the hospital eventually the other onewould end up there to . i think it was sort of by design. so theyget her settled in our room so they go in and see her . he was not in a coma but she was somewhere else. she was pretty much out of it. she was in a very deep sleep. and i hate to be critical of the 41st president of the united states he looked awful. his hair was standing straight up. he had on an oxygen mask. he was in the hospital gown. he looked like if we been in the hospital for five days. but they get him in his wheelchair and they take him into a room . and he's just sitting there holding her hand. now, all of a sudden her eyes flew open and she looked at him. and she said

mr. smith, here are journalists. where gcr approaches overlapping and where do they diverge? >> well, he's writing the first draft, the journalism, the first draft of history. i think they are similar in the sense that, well, we have to do investigations. we have to think of things in terms of the story. those are alike. trying to think of some different -- >> i think that for me i was trying, i was not trained a historian but i was, i got my doctoral degree and trained by sociologist. while i'm not an academic, i was drinking the academy and so i think a lot about what rigorous research means and what it looks like and what it takes to do that. part of what i want to do with this book was take the best of the history that i read, take the best of long-form journalism and narrative journalism that i've read, take the best of the novelists and the poets that i've read, take the best and then put those things in conversation with real people. i kind of wanted to write a book of history that felt novelistic in which i was sort of the protagonist traveling through these different

mr. smith's house -- um -- once we parked at nick smith's house, we walked from nick smith's house to theg through the ruther central back side parking lot. nick smith lives on the same street -- >> you don't have to say where he lives. he lives within walking distance from here? >> yes. >> so you go to car source one? >> yes. >> that's the burnt out one? >> no. car source two. my bad. across the street. >> at car source two, that's where you spent most of the evening? >> yes. >> when you first got to car source two, the one at 59th and sheridan, what happened? ? >> the owners were there. sam, sal and his father. i think it was his uncle there, also. he was driving a van of some sort. >> what was the discussion? >> sam and sal thanked us for coming out to help. and then he said -- sal said, hey, why don't you guys hop in my car -- if i remember correctly, it was either a white or black bmw or mercedes. i don't remember exactly. >> why did he want you to get in his car? >> he was going to drive us down to car city council one, lot number three. >> did you agree to get in his car? >> i did.

host: mr. smith?st: i think it is going to be important to make sure we do this right, and that we are investing in the right projects. doing this right and doing the right things. with discretionary funding, it is going to be important to have performance metrics, regulations, fact sheets that make it clear, what are the criteria on which this money will be distributive? we have to make sure that these are shovel worthy projects, that they are good for the country and that there are specific criteria they are going to be meeting. host: our next question from twitter. what percent of our infrastructure has failed? to find failed infrastructure means. -- define what failed infrastructure means. guest: we have to consider that when we fail to invest in infrastructure, i know there is concern about the price. the economic generation will exceed the price of this because you have to consider that if we do not invest in infrastructure, it costs everybody money. there are inefficiencies in our system. we've

host: mr. smith?st: i think it is going to be important to make sure we do this right, and that we are investing in the right projects. doing this right and doing the right things. with discretionary funding, it is going to be important to have performance metrics, regulations, fact sheets that make it clear, what are the criteria on which this money will be distributive? we have to make sure that these are shovel worthy projects, that they are good for the country and that there are specific criteria they are going to be meeting. host: our next question from twitter. what percent of our infrastructure has failed? to find failed infrastructure means. -- define what failed infrastructure means. guest: we have to consider that when we fail to invest in infrastructure, i know there is concern about the price. the economic generation will exceed the price of this because you have to consider that if we do not invest in infrastructure, it costs everybody money. there are inefficiencies in our system. we've

. >> its limitations in other words, like the old days, mr. smithton, and he would have to sit on the floor and maybe it could be used or what cannot be used but i think that you put it back on the nominations on the on the legislation for sure, so that any kind of limitation on the, is demise in other words, if judicial nominees, have to meet 60 votes, that i think that you get a different category on the bench and you get people on the bench more mainstream and that's what's happening and both sides are funny at first on the left or the right is out there and that getting the majority on the bench. and you don't turn supreme court into the smaller version nine of member smaller version of the legislative body, it is not about that changing the laws in this weather there, it is about opposing the justice and about enforcing and deciding and stepping into disputes and finding justices in the process for all the parties. i know with elias, and can the nebraska supreme court over eight years, and over half of the trial judges and when i talked to them

mr. smith's house -- once we parked at nick smith's house, we walked from nick smith's house to the car sourcek parking lot. nick smith lives on the same street. >> you don't have to say where nick smith lives. >> okay. >> he lives within walking distance of here? >> yes. >> so you go to car source one? >> yes. >> and that's -- car search two, across the street. >> and at car source two, that's where you spent most of the evening? >> yes. >> when you first got to car source 2, the one at 59st, what happened? >> toners were there, sam, sal, his father, and i think it was his uncle there also. he was driving a van of some sort. >> okay. and what was the discussion? >> sam and sal thanked us for coming out to help. and then he said sal said hey, why don't you guys hop in my car. if i remember correctly, it was either a white or black bmw or mercedes. i don't recall exactly. >> and why did he want you to get in his car? >> he was going to drive us down to car source lot number 3. >> and did you agree to get in his car? >> i did. >> and who went to car source number three? >> me, dominic black, and

room for reform, but are we putting violent criminals back into our neighborhood and speaks for mr. smithn new york who is vulnerable and she is the victim? who speaks for her? so the real test for eric is to find that balance and if he says he is about being a conservative relative to public safety, then bring back crime suppression unit but then on the other hand he says how does he balance the police reform and keep residents safe? it's tricky. he probably should give me a call. >> lawrence: you know, chief. i agree with you. the bottom line what needs to happen i don't care if you are a conservative or a liberal on any issue. do you care about your citizens and are you going to get the bad guys off the street? no matter what political ideology it is. thank you so much, chief. >> absolutely. >> don't go anywhere, abby hornacek is here and she is going on the clock. that's next. ♪ ♪ relief ingredient. it's clinically proven, reduces inflammation and comes in original prescription strength. salonpas. it's good medicine. (music) meet honeywell forge. analytical software that connects asse

grosskreutz had been convicted of a drim and mr. smith had been convicted of a crime, juvenile adjudication. i think you should say the witnesses -- something like that. >> okay. what page is that on? >> i'm sorry. 34. and we are asking for the -- >> you want the word "some" instead of "one" or "multiple"? >> that's fine. >> how many was it? >> two, that i recall. >> there actually were -- i don't think you asked this. there were other conconvictions but i don't think the question was asked, so two. >> what was the answer? >> two. >> all right. i'll put down two then. >> and then there were some conversations regarding a cautionary instruction regard plg armstrong. >> yeah, i really struggle with that. >> and we had proposed edd the instruction to the court, we took uf at like 245 or something like that. >> yeah. >> so we are asking based on his testimony that the court instruct with that modified 245 instruction as relates to him. >> did you want to be heard? >> well, i would stand by what i indicated over the weekend in my email, but i

mrs. hyde-smith: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mrs. hyde-smith: i join my colleagues today highlighting the momentous occasion for not only my home state of mississippi but for our entire nation. senator roger wicker and i could not be prouder of our state. tomorrow, the united states supreme court will hear oral arguments in dodd versus jackson women's health organization, a challenge to a mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. this law, the gestational age act, was introduced by my friend, mississippi state representative becky curry, and was signed into law by mississippi governor phil bryant in 2018. this case presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the court to reconsider decades of misguided abortion law that began with roe v. wade and has continued under planned parenthood versus casey. there is no doubt that this case is the most significant pro-life legal opening in half a century and certainly in my lifetime. i am very proud that my state of mississippi is in the center of this. in the 48 years since th

mr. smith is a parent who went to a school board meeting. general garland, you have weaponized the fbi and the department of justice. you u.s. attorneys are now collecting and cataloging all of the ways they can prosecute parents like mr. smith because they want to be involved in their children's education, and they want to have a say in their elected officials. it's wrong. it is unprecedented to my knowledge in the history of this country, and i call on you to resign. thanks, mr. chairman. >> senator cruz. >> thank you, mr. chairman. for eight years under barack obama, the department of justice was politicized and weaponized. when you came before this committee and your confirmation hearing, you promised things would be different. i asked you specifically, quote, will you commit to this committee that under your leadership, the department of justice will not target the political opponents of this administration? it was your answer, quote, absolutely. it's totally inappropriate for the department to target any individual because of their pol

mr. smith: thank you, madam speaker, i want to thank the gentleman for yielding from texas. this resolution about the fiscal state of the nation is an important step in the right direction. now more than ever, congress needs to take an honest look at government spending and the role it's playing in this inflation crisis. all across america, families are struggling, consumer prices rose 5.4% in september, year over year. inflation is on pace to hit the highest levels in 40 years. and the congressional budget office has confirmed inflation has eroded the purchasing power of families. is it any wonder now that only 35% of americans say the economy is good. i will know that is just a bit smaller than the 37% of americans who believe that president joe biden is competent as president. make no mistake, the high prices americans are paying at the grocery store and at the gas pump are a direct result of the democrats reckless spending agenda. so it is a little laughable that my democrat colleagues would bring up this resolution now when for the last nine months they have rammed thro

. >> thank you, mr. smith. there was testimony the other day from a facebook whistleblower that said that interests follows incentives. we can say, behavior follows interest. china, responding to sanctions by passing a law and pushing back, and a lot of our actions have been lateral. we become easy targets. one of our, joanna chu mentioned a united front. they are very effective at targeting one country and rewarding another. how do we create an incentive system that creates interest in our values. we do that with corruption. we have rico. we do that with finance. we have various ways we have laws with that. we even do that with the environment. but the core value of the united states is written into the constitution and the blood of our people for centuries. as a professor, i have to tell my students, well, all of these human right treaties do not have a lot of enforcement available, and basically we do naming and shaming. it is important, but i do not diminish the importance of hearings and exposing naming an

mr. smith's house -- once we parked at nick smith's house we walked from his house to the car source one,-- >> he lives within walking distance from here? >> yes. >> so you go to car source one, the burnt out one? >> no, car source two across the street. >> at car source two is where you spent most of the evening? >> yes. >> when you first got to car source two, the one at 59th and sheridan, what happened? >> the owners were there, sam, sa*l and his father and i believe -- i think it was his uncle there also driving a van of some sort. >> and what was the discussion? >> sam and sal were coming out to help. and then he said -- sal said why don't you guys hop in my car. if i remember correctly it was either a white or black bmw or mercedes. i don't recall exactly. >> why did he want you to get in his car? >> he was going to drive us down to car source lot number three. >> did you agree to get in his car? >> i did. >> who went to car source number three? >> me, dominic black, and nick smith. >> and who was driving? >> sal. >> and when you got there, what happened? >> we got out and we hung a

s revealing interview with mr. smith. opening up -- i know we say this a lot, like never before. memoir. >> that's all coming up with t.j. >>> we're following a lot of headlines including the latest on the travis scott concert tragedy. eight killed. dozens other seriously injured at the concert in houston. officials were worried about crowd control and scott saying he'll cover all funeral costs and refund ticket prices to attendees and offering counseling sessions. >>> pfizer will likely seek authorization for boosters for everyone over the age of 18. the authorization from the fda could come as early as this week. >>> the 15th annual stand up for heroes benefit in new york city, bruce springsteen, jon stewart, so many others took the stage to help raise money for our friend and colleague bob woodruff and his foundation. >> bob and lee, what they have been able to do through the years. >> incredible. >> making a big difference. >> really makes a big difference. >>> now to potential holiday travel chaos. the deadline for tsa agents to be fully vaccinated combined with staffing sho

hi, mr. smith, how are things going? like he just lived and breathed this and this was all you did. and, you know, i had a baby late and loved this job, but it's two jobs. while don't cry for me argentina, when the media says congress is back on vacation, they're not. they're back in their district, you know, doing what their supposed to do. and, again, i never -- if you want me to be at your kid's eagle scout award, throw out your first baseball, you are giving me -- you said i can vote whether to go to war. this is a big deal. wherever you want me, i'm going to be all the time. so i'd do that, friends would come over take care of my daughter, she had no idea, she was having a great time but then i missed her. and then i would be with her and i felt guilty not being out at your kid's eagle scout award. so when i got the opportunity, which seemed like a good idea at the time to anchor a show on cbs which was supposed to be more political than it turned out to be and work three days a week it sort of keep your hand in it but not really, it seemed like a good opportunity. i feel so st

gross kreutz and mr. smith had been convicted of a crime.. >> what page? >> 34. you want to word some instead of one or multiple, several? how many was it? >> two that i recall. >> there was another witness with convictions but i don't believe the question was asked, so two. >> what was the answer? >> two. >> all right, i'll put down two then. >> then there was some conversations regarding a cautionary instruction regarding mr. armstrong? >> i really struggle with it. >> we had proposed the instruction to the court, which i think we took off of 245 or something like that. so we're asking based on his testimony, that the court instruct with that modified 245 instruction as relates to mr. armstrong. >> did you want to be heard? >> well, i would stand by what i indicated over the weekend in my email but i believe that -- i am looking up the specific instruction. did you say 245? testimony of accomplices. >> that's a good model for it. that is what i had planned on using if i had addressed it myself. >> judge, i just don't think it's necessary.

mr. smith, what about my thoughts that one of the most important, i mean, there's not enough state troopers inou the world to guard every election worker. bearing that in mind, isn't the best solution for our leaders to tell the truth to theirbo followers about the fact that 2020 and every election in recent history has been straightforward and honest and try to wean people from this idea that there's widespread massive voter fraud? >> not only are there not enough state troopers in the world to protect every election officials, but certainly not to protect our families as well. you are right in terms of the root were core of the problem and the solution normally to lie to tell the truth, that that is only met with so much success. typically that would be the antidotes and i haven't seen that successful as i would like it to. in addition i think it's about removing motivation for elected officials to lie about elections on the one hand and also on the otheran hand to take seriously d successful

. >> clerk: thank you, mr. smith. let's take the next caller. we have eleven listeners with three in the queue. >> caller: hi everyone. this is kayla de marco. i'm the project manager of affordable housing san francisco. i can say we really appreciate this move forward. it's just bringing to the forefront the problems that we're relying on the market to house our workers. this report emphasizes it, but i'm saying it again. housing means building affordable housing. we need a housing system baseded on the needs of the folks who live and work here and nonprofit developers know through our work and the pandemic how hard it's been for our workers. i really want to bring in the perspective. from that, we've really learned that strong schools can only happen with strong teachers who are rooted in the future of san francisco. to have that, we need stable housing to keep our teachers and workers in the city. for this reason, we've been having to look at really creative solutions beyond the typical affordable housing renting that's been available as an o

mr. chairman. chair manchin: thank you, senator. senator hyde smith. senator hyde smith: thank you, mr. chairman. you know, we are certainly dealing with an energy crisis here. it's the result of failed energy policy. that's no question there whatsoever. as we all know, the assault on the american energy became on day one of the biden administration with the cancellation of the keystone pipeline and moratorium on new oil and gas leases which significantly affected my state. the first lease sale in the gulf of mexico in a year is expected to take place tomorrow. only prompted by a federal court order is the reason it's taking place tomorrow. still, there's the hesitancy by the administration to schedule future lease sales as required by law under the 2017-2022 five-year program. additionally, since the administration is waiting on the infamous comprehensive review, no preparations for sales beyond 2022 have even been discussed. last time the issue of the comprehensive review was brought up, this committee was told by several witnesses they would have it by summer of 2021, which has come and gone.

i watched mr. smith goes to washington. i just need the boy scouts up there. it's important. no, i'm not in competition. well, i'm a competitive guy. i'm a competitive guy. madam speaker, this one minute feels almost like eight hours now. i want to thank my colleagues for standing with me, for standing with their constituents, as we do everything in our power to stop this bill. i hope the american public learned a little more. i hope my colleagues did, too. while it has been a long night for many of us who have been on this floor, my democratic colleagues chose to handle this debate differently. there's been good moments and bad. i just never thought power would go so far to tell another member where they can look. maybe he was having a bad night. i want to thank my colleagues on the other side for being here. i've enjoyed your company. i probably owe you dinner, too. will you get in trouble if you have dinner with me? we don't have to tell people. you could pick the restaurant. democrats were so unnerved with the truth behind this bill they booed, they yelled, they heckled,

mr. chair? >> thank you. ms. smith? >> thank you. as mentioned, the state of california departments of housing and community development recently issued two related funding opportunitis to help young adults in the child welfare system secure and maintain housing. the first grant opportunity is an $8 million statewide allocation to support the transitional housing program and that provides direct subsidies for current or former foster youth agency teen to 25. the second is a $5 million statewide allocation to fund housing navigation services to help young adults aged 18 to 21 to apply for suitable housing. in other words for san francisco to access these two related housing funds, the board of supervisors required to approve resolutions which gives health and human services toosing apply for and accept the funding. upon the receipt of our application, they will determine how much money san francisco will be awarded based on the number of youth in our child welfare system as well as the number of other countis that applied for this fun

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i thank chief william smith for his service to our country. thank you. >> thank you mr. mrvan. i now will recognize representative moore for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's heartening to hear about how the v.f.w. posts and across the country are stepping up particularly in response to the afghan -- failed afghan withdrawal. what can go to support great work being done locally by state and local organizations. >> thank you. [no audio] >> it appears ms. bartlett's connection is frozen. mr. moore, why don't you pose a question to another -- >> ok, thank you, mr. chairman, i can do that. this will be a question for ms. hetrick. you say stigma prevents veterans from seeking help they need. what more can this committee and v.a. do to help that? >> i've said this before and i say it often but messaging. in the military when you seek mental health care services you're often told you're at risk for losing your ability to be deployed or even at risk for losing your career. and so the stigma then carry into the veteran community and so if we can help active duty service mem

mr. chair? >> thank you. ms. smith? >> thank you. as mentioned, the state of california departments of housing and community development recently issued two related funding opportunitis to help young adults in the child welfare system secure and maintain housing. the first grant opportunity is an $8 million statewide allocation to support the transitional housing program and that provides direct subsidies for current or former foster youth agency teen to 25. the second is a $5 million statewide allocation to fund housing navigation services to help young adults aged 18 to 21 to apply for suitable housing. in other words for san francisco to access these two related housing funds, the board of supervisors required to approve resolutions which gives health and human services toosing apply for and accept the funding. upon the receipt of our application, they will determine how much money san francisco will be awarded based on the number of youth in our child welfare system as well as the number of other countis that applied for this fun