mr. van orden talked about. one thing, i love this dust on the boots. he's been on the ground, in combat and dust on the boots and there's a wonderful colloquy with senator tim sheehy quizzing pete hegseth. take a listen to this. jowski what is the diameter of the rival round fired out of m4 a1 rifle? >> a 556. >> how many pushups can you do? >> i did five sets of 47 this morning. >> how many rounds of 556 can you fit in magazine of m4 rifle? >> depends on the magazine but standard issue is 30, senator. >> what size rondos the m9 brett tafanely stan darling stone issue fine up for? >> a 9-millimeter, senator. >> what kind of batteries do you put in night vision goggle? >> duracell. [ laughter ]. >> right there representing qualifications that show you understand what the war fighter deal withs every single day on the battlefield. larry: so, duracell batteries and lots of pushups. very impressed and mr. van orden, he is kind of a soldier's pentagon chief, won't he be, if he gets it? he's a really, this will be the first time i can't remember in how long.

mr. van van orden and what did you take from the hearing? >> i was not surprised at all.here are no more moderates on the democrat side in senate, that is a shame. here is what happened today. pete hegseth had a great day, don donald trump had a great day, american people had a great day, you know who had a horrible day, xi jinping, vladimir putin, and hezbollah, and al qaeda, houthi rebels because we got someone in pentagon, who will follow donald trump's lead and make shire sure we have peace together. we are closest to world war iii than we have been in my lifetime. we will protect our citizens and allies it is fantastic. we're thrilled. there is a bunch of navy seals, my brothers in combat in arms came to support him, we're than full republican members and thank you senator that got pete hegseth into office, let's goamerica it back. larry: pete hegseth of the not anxiety parade to fight back -- pete hegseth was not afraid to fight back, can we run that clip. here it is. pete is a fighter. >> small handful of anonymous sources were allowed to drive a smear campaign all

mr. van orden. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mr. van orden: thank you. this bill is going to go a long way to reverse the lawlessness of the biden administration. i'd like to tell you a story for a moment. a criminal illegal alien entered the country with known gang tattoos and was allowed through biden's porous border. he made his way to the state of wisconsin where he had warrants issued in dane county for strangulation, suffocation, false imprisonment, battery and disorderly conduct. he was not detained and deported as he should have been because dane county is a sanctuary county. he then made his way to minneapolis, minnesota, where he was arrested for simple property crimes. he was not detained and deported as he should have been as a criminal illegal alien because minneapolis is a sanctuary city. then he made his way to a small 5,6 -- a small town of 5,600 people, my hometown, where he brutally rape administer and savagely beat her daughter over a period of days and was finally arrested for domestic battery, strangelation, suffocation -- strangulat

mr. van orden. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mr. van orden: thank you. this bill is going to go a long way to reverse the lawlessness of the biden administration. i'd like to tell you a story for a moment. a criminal illegal alien entered the country with known gang tattoos and was allowed through biden's porous border. he made his way to the state of wisconsin where he had warrants issued in dane county for strangulation, suffocation, false imprisonment, battery and disorderly conduct. he was not detained and deported as he should have been because dane county is a sanctuary county. he then made his way to minneapolis, minnesota, where he was arrested for simple property crimes. he was not detained and deported as he should have been as a criminal illegal alien because minneapolis is a sanctuary city. then he made his way to a small 5,6 -- a small town of 5,600 people, my hometown, where he brutally rape administer and savagely beat her daughter over a period of days and was finally arrested for domestic battery, strangelation, suffocation -- strangulat