mr. smith: thank you, mr. chair.i am now pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. ryan, who is the ranking member -- vice ranking member of the full committee. the chair: the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. ryan: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in support of the ndaa as it was reported out of committee under the strong bipartisan leadership of chairman rogers and ranking member smith. i proudly served two combat tours in iraq and sadly and personally know the human cost of conflict. the landscape we face is as serious as ever from land war in europe to the significant threats from china. and this body has a crucial decision in front of us. one that will have ramifications for my two young boys and for many generations of americans to come. will we choose to be patriots, continuing the 60-plus year precedent of coming together in a bipartisan manner as americans to keep our nation safe, or will we give in and give up ceding the ground of our d

that's mr. smithvernment promised to pay $25000, the cooperating in the congressman menzies case that was being handled by mr. smith. the prosecutors invoked his testimony more than 90 times during closing arguments. he said he did not receive a dime for his cooperation he's cooperated with the government promised $25000. weeks before congressman ramses to air his e-mail to prosecutors, i want my $25000 he said. he said he would like it's like winning the lottery. do you believe this? , the fbi promised the payment and mr. renzi said he was aware of the deal and never told the defense team. really. what you see as the most unethical tactics. violation of law while claiming to be enforcing the law. these people should be losing their law license. what it comes to generally six why did mr. smith give a target letter to president trump's lawyers on sunday night because he's a sick sop, a hitman. and why were the contents of that letter which were known only by the government and president trump's two or

mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. moulton, the ranking member on the strategic forces subcommittee. the chair: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. moulton: thank you, ranking member smith. i'm proud to support the 2024 national defense authorization act as passed out of the armed services committee. while this bill includes some provisions not in line with democratic priorities, it represents a truly bipartisan product that was overwhelmingly supported by our committee. i'd like to thank chairman rogers and lamborn for working with me on our markup process, particularly on critical areas such as restoring funding for critical national nuclear security administration efforts on nonproliferation at national defense -- missile defense policy. it adds critical oversight to the nuclear weapons modernization and while i firmly believe this world will be a better, safer place for our children without nuclear weapons, the reality is th

mr. smith: i seek opposition to the amendment and to claim five minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> most interesting argument from the gentleman. i'd like to yield a minute to mr. rogers. mr. rogers: i have concerns if this amendment were enacted as amended. lumber is a sustainable building project. innovative projects are being used throughout the country. i don't think anyone wants to limit the use of these timber products. the american wood council and southeastern lam her association are opposed to this amendment. i urge my colleagues to oppose it and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. perry: thank you, mr. chairman. again, this amendment doesn't prohibit the use of any of this material. not what the chairman said. not what my friend from california is going to state. doesn't prohibit any of that. all we're saying is at the federal government shouldn't put its thumb on the scale and demand and require that we use these products. the market w

mr. smith: mr. chairman. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? mr. smith: i request a recorded vote. thank you. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas will be postponed. the chair understands that amendment number 65 will not be offered. it is now in order to consider amendment number 66 printed in house report 118-142. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. davidson: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 66 printed in house report 118-142 offered by mr. davidson of ohio. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 583, the gentleman from ohio, mr. davidson, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. davidson: thank you, chairman. the amendment i offered would prevent the department of defense were purchasing data that would otherwis

mr. lee, no. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. the clerk: ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. braun, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. ms. warren, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. barrasso, no. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 61, the nays are 32. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. menendez: mr. president. the presiding officer: the chair recognizes the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: i call up my amendment 638 and ask it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senator from new jersey, mr. menendez, for himself and offenses proposes amendment numbered 638. mr. menendez: mr. president, ask there be unanimous consent for three minutes equally divided. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. menendez: this amendment is to reauthorize the firefighter cancer registry, which was passed unanimously by congress and signed into law in 2018. mr. president, the ?eapt is not in order. passed unanimously

mr. smith: thank you. i yield myself two minutes. let's be clear on what this amendment is doing. it's taking health care services away from service members and their family. that's what this is doing. it's denying them access to health care. and the only way this amendment makes sense is if you believe that transgender people do not exist. that's the only way this makes sense. and unfortunately, for the makers of this amendment, transgender people absolutely exist. this denial of their existence hurts certainly transgender people, but if you're a service member and if you have somebody in your family who needs this care, you're going to get out of the service now because the military is saying that your child doesn't actually exist. doesn't actually need the same health care that every other child needs. again, it's repeated over and over again, oh, this has nothing to do with defending the country. making sure that we have the best people serving in the military is the number one thing to do with defendi

mr. smith: thank you. appreciate the time. president biden's policy on ukraine has been clear and it's got two pieces. one is, do what we can to support ukraine, to make sure that a sovereign democratic ukraine survives and, second, don't go to war with russia. so it is the red herring of allred herrings to say that u.s. troops are going to be put into this conflict. the conflict is going on for over 18 months. we have very carefully not dragged u.s. troops or even nato troops into this conflict. what we are doing is we are supporting a sovereign democratic ukraine against a tyrannical dictator who is trying to take over that country through violence. if putin succeeds in ukraine, he won't stop at ukraine. and i also am interested in the sponsor of this amendment's remarks that the u.s. shouldn't care about what goes on in the rest of the world, which i guess means we shouldn't care about what's going on in china. the purpose of all of this is deterrence. we want to deter russia from going further than ukraine. he want to dete

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. and after that warm introduction, i will yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. frankel. ms. frankel: thank you. my, my, my, mr. speaker. the republican attacks on abortion never seem to end and now they're targeting the service women in the military. after that extreme decision by the supreme court overturning roe v. wade, half of the states in our country are banning or severely restricting access to legal abortion. just take a look at this poster and this map. the dark-shaded states are where these abortion restrictions are now in place and look at those black dots. those are over the 500 military bases in our country. many of them are in states that now ban or restrict abortion. that's why last year, mr. speaker, the department of defense established travel transportation allowances for service members and dependents who need to travel to access abortion. and shamelessly the republicans are now seeking to block this effort. our service members, they leave their hom

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. and after that warm introduction, i will yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. frankel. ms. frankel: thank you. my, my, my, mr. speaker. the republican attacks on abortion never seem to end and now they're targeting the service women in the military. after that extreme decision by the supreme court overturning roe v. wade, half of the states in our country are banning or severely restricting access to legal abortion. just take a look at this poster and this map. the dark-shaded states are where these abortion restrictions are now in place and look at those black dots. those are over the 500 military bases in our country. many of them are in states that now ban or restrict abortion. that's why last year, mr. speaker, the department of defense established travel transportation allowances for service members and dependents who need to travel to access abortion. and shamelessly the republicans are now seeking to block this effort. our service members, they leave their hom

mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- baldwin, markey, murphy, sanders, and smith. senators voting in the negative -- budd, carper, casey, collins, daines, king, manchin, menendez, murkowski, murray, peters, reed, ricketts, romney, schmitt, schumer, scott of south carolina, stabenow, and thune. mr. cassie, no. mr. schatz, no. -- mr. cassidy, no. mr. schatz, no. ms. warren, aye. mrs. shaheen, no. mrs. fischer, no. mr. wicker, no. mr. bennet, no. mr. tillis, no. mrs. feinstein, no. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, no. mr. hickenlooper, no. the clerk: mrs. hassan, no. mr. tester, no. mr. backer, no. -- mr. booker, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. mr. heinrich, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. cardin, no. mr. coons, no. mrs. blackburn, no. mr. rounds, no. the clerk: mr. panhandle, no. -- mr. panhandle, no. -- mr. mcconnell, no. mr. cotton, no. vote: the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. . the clerk: mr. wyden, aye. mr. brown, no. ms. cortez masto, no. the clerk: mr. kaine, no. mr. ossoff, no. the clerk: mr. grassley, no. ms. klobuchar, no. mrs. britt, no. the clerk: mr. briewm that y

mr. smith: mr. chairman. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? mr. smith: i request a recorded vote. thank you. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas will be postponed. the chair understands that amendment number 65 will not be offered. it is now in order to consider amendment number 66 printed in house report 118-142. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. davidson: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 66 printed in house report 118-142 offered by mr. davidson of ohio. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 583, the gentleman from ohio, mr. davidson, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from ohio. mr. davidson: thank you, chairman. the amendment i offered would prevent the department of defense were purchasing data that would otherwis

mrs. hyde-smith, no. mr. whitehouse, aye. . the clerk: mr. grassley, no. the clerk: reed, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, no. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. -- ms. duckworth, aye. mr. johnson, no. ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, no. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. tillis, no. mr. schumer, aye. the clerk: mrs. shaheen, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: boozman, no -- mr. boozman man, no. the clerk: mr. budd, no. the clerk: mr. graham, no. mrs. fischer, no. the clerk: warner, -- mr. warner, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. moran, no. the clerk: mr. schmitt, no. vote: the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: ms. collins, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. ms.

for what purpose does the gentleman from washington -- mr. smith: sorry, i didn't wait to be recognized. i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 214, the nays are 213. the amendment is adopted. pursuant to clpursuant to clause 18, the committee will resume its sitting. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2670. the clerk will report the title of the bill. when

mr. kaine, aye. ms. smith, aye. mrs. capito, no. mr. casey, aye. mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, no. mr. kelly, aye. mr. cassidy, no. mr. risch, no. mrs. hyde-smith, no. ms. hassan, aye. mr. rounds, no. mr. cotton, no. the clerk: ms. stabenow, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. mr. boozman, no. mr. mullin, no. mr. manchin, no. mr. paul, no. ms. ernst, no. mr. merkley, aye. mr. murphy, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. tester, aye. mr. hickenlooper, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. peters, aye. ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mrs. murray, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. ms. collins, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. mr. tbhent, -- mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. mr. cassidy, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. hagerty, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. mr. cruz, no. the clerk: mr. young, no. mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. million tillis -- mr. tillis, no. vote: the clerk: mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. durb

mr. kelly, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. cardin, aye. mr.fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. mr. casey, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. mr. wyden, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, no. ms. klobuchar, aye. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. mcconnell, no. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: have all senators voted? does any senator wish to change his or her vote? if not, on this vote, the yeas are 96, the nays are 2. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is

mr. chairman. thank you chairmen smith. we are pleased to have our witnesses here today and we have a tremendous amount of experience here today with all of you and i want to thank you for being here today. i will now introduce them mr. clarence carter i will start from my left left to the right left to direct the commission of the tennessee department of human services. mr. chad white is the auditor for the state of mississippi and robert knodell is the trick to the missouri department off social services and ms. sub -- kristi putnam is the secretary of the department of human services and doctors subtwelve. mr. carter i recognize youca for five minutes. chairman lahood ranking member davis and members of the committee thank you for the opportunity to testify on the tanf program specifically. my name is clarence h. carter with the department of human services. tanf is my last stop to a 32 year career in administration of public safety programs and agencies at the federal state and local government. i've had the blessing an

mr. smith: building off of that is really important. i think the president and a whole lot of people have explained what we're doing in ukraine. we should not fight every war everywhere, i agree with that. it's why i strongly supported getting us out of afghanistan long before we actually did. there was not a strategic interest there and also, u.s. lives were being lost in afghanistan. that was what was at stake. in ukraine, we are supporting, along with 53 other countries in the world, we are supporting an effort to protect a sovereign democracy against the dictatorship. those are core u.s. interests. the ukrainians are doing the fighting. all they're asking for is our support. if we can deter that type of aggression, it does advance u.s. interests, it does protect u.s. service members from having to fight. we don't want to fight at home. we don't want to fight anywhere in the world. but you have to stand up to dictators who are willing to push that if you're going to get to that place. that's what we're doing in ukraine in a very effe

that is where mr. smith may be falling down in his judgment about calling balls and strikes.hat prosecutors are supposed to do just like judges of the facts and the law do not match up to not bring the case. it seems like he has had a habit of bringing cases in order to win that he should not abroad. >> i listen to you governor and i read these other cases i read the supreme court decision these other juries did, i'm the attorney general i sit there as chief of staff to attorney general and if somebody brought to me, this is the guy that should be special counsel i would've advised the attorney general have they lost their minds? this is one of the last guys should be handling a case like this. do you agree or disagree kuester. >> i agree. this is historic, never has a president of the nine states been indicted let alone tried or convicted he is also the leading candidate for a party. you want to be absolutely beyond reproach. given the train of losses and what i would say abuses of the process in order to win, i think mr. smith despite his early career in his clear academic

and that is one of the statutes mr. smith has informed donald trump may be indicted on has to do with tampering with a witness. just like the qanon shaman, and just like stewart rhodes of the oath keepers. now, we have all the descriptions. we all have descriptions of the federal statutes in play, but we do not know what particular sections of each statute the doj is looking at. so that means this tampering with a witness charge, that could be exactly what it sounds like, witness tampering. it could be a charge about how trump's legal team allegedly tried to influence the testimony of witnesses like former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, but it could also be the same obstruction of an official proceeding section that the doj has used over and over again to prosecute january 6th defendants, the qanon guy, and stewart rhodes, the head of the coach keepers. or it could be both. we don't know a lot. but what we do know is this. the other two statutes were described to nbc news as conspiracy to defraud the united states and t

and mrs. smith for their generosity and commitment to the cause of freedom. in addition to mr. smith, we have a number of other manhattan institute trustees who have kindly joined us tonight, and charters ravenel, currie, michael kaufman, nico, nell and russell poyer. we're also honored have larry moen, our president emeritus, with us tonight. thank you for all you do in support of our work. i'd now like to recognize the hayek prize jury, the distinguished women and men who carefully read each nominated book before selecting the winner. this year's jury included brian anderson, don boudreaux, thomas easton, katherine ward, james pearson, amity shlaes, john taylor. and last but not least, the chair of the jury, john tierney. as many of you know, john is a contributing editor at city journal and one of the nation's most renowned science journalists. a author known for his keen ability to make complex ideas, engaging and accessible. he is a high-iq ian through and through and the perfect steward for this important prize and its important mission without. please welcome john tierney

mr. thune, aye. ms. smith, aye. the clerk: mr. scott of florida, aye. vote: the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. the clerk: mr. ricketts, aye. ms. duckworth, aye. mrs. -- the clerk: ms. gillibrand, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. king, aye. the clerk: mrs. britt, aye. mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. marshall, aye. mr. carper, aye. mr. grassley, aye. mr. kaine, aye. mr. murphy, aye. the clerk: mr. warner, aye. mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. the clerk: mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. manchin, aye. mr. tuberville, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: ms. baldwin, aye. the clerk: ms. hassan, aye. the clerk:collins, aye. mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: mr. lankford, aye. mr. graham, aye. the clerk: mr. rubio, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. mr. bennet, aye. mrs. murray, aye. mr. booker -- ms. warren, aye. mr. rounds, aye. mr. booker, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. cassidy, aye. ms. cortez masto, aye. ms. stabenow, aye. mr. brown, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, aye. ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mr. hoeven, aye. the clerk: mr. kennedy,

. >> now recognizing mr. smith from missouri. >> thank you, mr. shapley, mr. ziegler. i want to thank you both for your testimony and your willingness to come forward and tell the truth for the american public. i apologize of the behavior of some of our colleagues and how the press has treated you for doing what is right so the american people can see it. mr. shapley, included in the document provided to the ways and means committee is a document labeled exhibit 2. which is a portion of the special agent report. this document is located following page 41 of the transcript, this one. what is this document, and what recommendations are made in this document? >> this is the prosecution recommendation report that the irs agents produce out the end of an investigation when they are going to recommend prosecution to the department of justice. this was authored by special agent ziegler. several thousand pages. the facts and the elements in this particular report, the elements of each violation show which piece of evidence meets bad elements, so in this report, it recommended

mrs. hyde-smith, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, no. mr. heinrich, no. the clerk: mr. casey, no. mr. grassley, aye. ms. warren, no. 3 ms. lummis, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, aye. mrs. britt, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, no. mr. van hollen, no. mr. kaine, no. mrs. shaheen, no. mr. mcconnell, aye. mr. boozman, aye. the clerk: mr. schmitt, aye. the clerk: ms. stabenow, no. the clerk: mrs. fischer, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. ms. collins, no. mr. warnock, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. mr. thune, aye. the clerk: mr. peters, no. mr. hoven, aye. mr. tillis, aye. mr. tester, no. the clerk: mr. scott of south carolina, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. hagerty, aye. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, aye, mr. booker, no. the clerk: mrs. murray, no. mr. murphy, no. mr. johnson, aye. mr. moran, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. daines, aye. the clerk: mr. braun, aye. ms. cortez masto, no. mr. wyden, no. mr. romney, no. the clerk: mr. bennet, no. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, no. mr. wicker

i want to note the fact that mr. smith talked about process versus outcomes and it is important to deal with outcomes and not checking boxes the targets back, but to the families need and how do we make sure they have good outcomes? would you do on these issues on these grantees and subgrantees? the highest tax in the country by the way. >> my husband is from new york and there's a reason he no longer lives there but i will start by saying have recently transferred the program to the department, we are working with those previously who had responsibly, the comments about paying attention, recognizing there needs to be flexibility, there is a benefit to the component of this program. there's a huge benefit in the non-cash assistance part being able to support those who were in that position before so the question becomes, how we pay attention and subject grant made to the same controls we have other programs like the childcare development program. >> is there no flexibility to tailor to a family? is a something you can do?

mr. smith's team. 't know what's happening until this case goes to trial, quite frankly. >> final question for you is the separate meeting trump's lawyers had with jack smith's team yesterday on a separate potential indictment that has to do with january 6th and alleged election interference and attempts to overturn the election, trump said on truth social, my lawyers went there and they told the prosecutors this would be bad for the country to bring. do you think that's a valid reason not to charge? >> i think that's something like a prudential principle of prosecution for them to consider. i think this is where you consider how have we handled situations like this in the past and so on which i don't think is what about-ism. equal application of law. these two attorneys blanche and lauro were going to convince him not to prosecute is either naive or misguided and to show your defense would be particularly misguided, but difference of opinion, i suppose. >> different lawyers. david schoen, appreciate th

the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson. the gentleman from colorado, mr. the gentleman from tennessee, mr. kustoff. the gentlewoman from new york, ms. tenney. the gentleman from new york, mr. the gentlewoman from new york, ms. malliotakis. the gentleman from new york, mr. the gentlemthe gentleman from n. the gentleman from new york, mr. the gentleman from new york, mr. the gentleman from new york, mr. the gentleman from new york, mr. the gentlewoman from massachusetts, ms. clark. the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. the gentleman from california, mr. lieu. the gentlewoman from washington, ms. delbene. the gentleman from minnesota, mr. phillips. the gentlewoman from florida, ms. wasserman schultz. the gentleman from new york, mr. the gentleman from california, mr. sherman. the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. schakowsky. the gentlewoman from new york, ms. meng. the gentleman from illinois, mr. schneider. the gentleman from new jersey, mr. gottheimer. the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. manning. the gentleman from f

i assume that mr. smithtaking a look at every aspect really of the road map that the january 6th committee laid out of the various efforts, multifaceted efforts to retain power, despite the election and this meeting was one of them. >> this meeting seems important on a couple of levels. one, the premeditation is clearly established by the timeline. right? this happens way before january 6th the notion that anything happens is asinine. he has convened a meeting. he has formed stop. he wanted to carry out the overturn of the election. he says it's bs. cipollone, and i think it is hirschman that is almost ready to go to blows with team crazy in the overstock person. tell me what you think the significance is of this meeting being in focus by jack smith's team? >> i think it is tremendously important in the events that lead up to january 6th. what happens at that meeting, a handful of really crazy desperate ideas are proposed. seizing voting machines, having the u.s. military sees machines. there is actually a d

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. what this amendment be before us says is you cannot teach that the constitution is a racist document. as mcmc-- mrs. mcclellan pointed out, the constitution says black people are 3/5 of a person. the problem here is that we're not allowing with this amendment to have an honest discussion. and within the military and society as a whole, you can't have a functioning unit, a functioning institution if you don't understand this history properly. this amendment requires us to literally whitewash history. and if you are a black person thinking about serving in the military, and you know that's the military you're walking into, you're going to be worried about it. what d.e.i. does is gives an opportunity to assure people that they will be treated equally. assurance that they are needed precisely because of amendments like this. our country has a rich and complicated history. a lot of it is very good, but we need to be honest about what it is if we're going to recruit from the diverse populat

mr. smith is a distinguished fellow at the hudson institute, but many know him from the american enterprise institute, which he led as president from 1986 to 2008. mr. smith's career in washington began as a staff assistant to president richard nixon, working for daniel p moynihan during the reagan administration. mr. thomas was executive director of the presidential task force on regulatory relief. his he is a trustee of the calvin coolidge presidential fund. please join me in welcoming mr. dismukes and our panelists to the stage. he ideas and ideals. that guided coolidge. the president. the products not only of his no nonsense vermont upbringing studies at amherst and training in the law. they were also a result of his on the job experience as mayor of northampton. president of the massachusetts senate. and massachusetts lieutenant governor. and governor. during coolidge's coming of age as a practicing politician. american politics, including his own republican party, were seized by a new imp

mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. the clerk: mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. the clerk: mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. the clerk: mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. romney. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. ms. sinema. ms. smith. ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan. mr. tester. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- the clerk: senators voting in the affirmative -- daines, hyde-smith, paul, scott of florida, tuberville. the clerk: senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, boozman, budd, casey, cotton, capito, hoeven, grassley, klobuchar, padi

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mr. jack smith if ms. nestle can move against these individuals in michigan, mr. d should do against the ring leaders. what i was trying to figure out yesterday, this is all connected, right? it's easy to view these things in isolation or view them in a vacuum. all of these things are connected to some degree. do you agree that this either kind of leaves space for the special counsel but also almost kind of, puts the spurs in to bring his own cases against these same individuals across seven states. >> i think these actual charges are discreet in terms of submitting false signatures. any criminal defendant is going to look for other people to blame and say it was mitigated because they were misinformed or they were misled or given wrong legal advice even. so certainly that will play a part in all of these defenses. but in the specific state charges, i think you're going to see that they actually signed documentation that asserted incorrect information about their location and so in materials of actually defending that by saying that you didn't know whether that was