mr. wilson: peace through strength. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, house republicans leaked their plans for how they are going to cut tax force their rich friends at the expense of regular working period. news flash it'sfall,fall,fall. a recent analysis of the trump tax plan found it would on average cut tax force the richest 5% of americans and raise taxes on everyone else. the 95% of the population who doesn't hang out at mar-a-lago. and to pay for this sick and twisted plan that screws over regular people, they want to totally gut the federal programs that help regular people. they want to cut the snap benefits by hundreds of billions of dollars. slashing the food budgets of millions of americans by nearly a third. they want to rip heal

mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. the rule of gun access of invasion continues murderous conduct. the iranian regime and cuban communist dictatorship are working to destabilize west africa, with a murderous threat to the kingdom of morocco, an american partner for 250 years. records of the deposed assad syrian dictatorship confirm they sent militias for training last week. last week they invaded p.k.k. terrorists to a summit threatening our valued nato a ally, turkiye. president donald trump stood with morocco recognizing western sahara as moroccan. i appreciate chairing the more racko friendship caucus. in conclusion god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues. open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more never attacks imminent as warned by the f.b.i. trump administration will reinstitute existing laws to protect american families with peace through strength. best pest bushes to pete hegseth, i was grateful to attend the hearing where he qualified for secretary of defense, ably conducted by chairman roger wicker. i yield back. the speaker pro te

mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. the f.b.i. defines domestic terrorism as quote, violent criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals. stemming from domestic influences. end of quote. america's experiencing ongoing wars. witnessed in new orleans and las vegas and a plot to kill in florida. the moral fabric of america has suffered with four years of biden-harris policies. dangerous open borders, destroying jobs, crushing inflation, campus anti-semitism, woke mentality. and with the failure to lead globally and more. unified republican leadership will advance the conservative agenda to make america great men gwen. corrupt judge mer khan has samefully revealed trump derangement sentencing. this confirms the law fair backfiring electing donald trump with the corrupt judge receiving my invitation for the trump inauguration which he unintentionally promoted. in conclusion god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues. open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more 9/

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. this week president donald trump became the 47th president of the united states. he is immediately full -- he has immediately fulfilled his promises made, promises kept, on behalf of the american people with executive orders, restoring common sense. led by the president, speaker mike johnson, senate majority leader john thune, republicans are delivering an opportunity and freedom agenda by putting america first again, by working to cut taxes and ensure americans keep more money in their pockets, creating jobs, secure the border to make american families safe again, unleash all the above energy for american energy independence, and to provide for peace through strength with the american military. in conclusion, god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism con

mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. according to a report released by the house committee on homeland security, more than 125,000 illegal alien crossings took place in october alone. bringing the total number of illegal alien crossings since biden-harris of over 11 million nationwide. with speaker mike johnson warning of over 16 million illegal aliens. dangerously, these catastrophic border crossing figures do not account for the illegal gotaways, including drug smugglers and identified terrorists who threaten every american family. sadly, with the due policous policies of biden-harris among those illegal transgressors are unaccompanied children who are suffering at the hands of cartel smugglers. additionally, when unmet -- when i met with president donald trump this weekend on sunday at mar-a-lago, i know he is committed to securing the borders and protecting families and making america great again. in conclusion, god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues. open borders for dictators puts all america

mr. wilson: yesterday the president was sworn in as president of the united states and don fetterman of "the washington times" wrote an editorial stating pride in america is back and stated quote, the most iconic memory of the 2024 campaign came from the rally where donald trump stood with blood on his face shouting "fight." the moment seems to symbolize a patriotic renewal thanks to the now president. mr. trump is perfectly transitioned to lead a patriotic renewal and while others talk about patriotism, he acts. mr. trump understands the national security hinges on patriotic renewal and the secretary nominee head hegseth agrees, end quote. in conclusion, god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues and open borders to a dictator puts all americans at risk of more 9/11 attacks imminent as warned by the f.b.i. trump will reinstate and is reinstating existing laws to premotor american families with peace through strength. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the house will remain in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> mr. sp

mr. wilson. mr. wilson: everyone is invited to participate. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of ame america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. the nation of georgia and america are valued partners. georgians served with americans in the global war on terrorism. sadly, georgia faces a threat to its freedom. in october, a scheming dictator backed by war criminal putin, the chinese communist party, and the iranian regime rigged an election. the legitimate president of georgia is courageously standing with protesters and peacefully demanding free and fair elections. i reintroduced the bipartisan act to sancti

mr. wilson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. iraq has been oppressed by people who support iranian terrorism. sadly iran backed militias are part of the iraqi government, including the national security advisor. they were armed by terrorist soleimani. armed backed militias in iraq should be known as terrorists. there must be sanctions on kleptocrat politicians complicit with iron. any aid to iraq should be conditioned not going to terrorists. the policy of placing isis with iran has failed. president trump will reinstitute policies is of maximum pressure on iran, stopping iraq purchases of iranian electricity as he responds to the tehran regime to plot -- to assassinate him while they were shouting death to israel, death to america. in conclusion, god bless our troops as the global war on terrorism continues. open borders for dictators puts all americans at risk of more attacks

mr. wilson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for your leadership on this committee. we all know that the chair-select will do an excellent job continuing the tradition of sevening the american people and what an exciting time in history that, as we face such positive changes with the removal of dictator assad from damascus, what can and needs to occur. but sadly, the assad departure and anything that's been positive was despite the biden administration, because hey, until last week, there was an effort to try to some level of normalization with assad, which is -- but that's not what we're here about today. but it's a continuation, and that is the biden administration surrender in afghanistan has actually set the stage for foreign policy disasters around the world, with mass murder, shamelessly being conducted around the world. our allies who stood with us for decades watched as the americans capitulated to terrorists creating safe haven for terrorism and abandoned allies. it was so incredible that this catastrophic decision was the worst ever for american military an

. >> mrs. wilson lived in a house i tried to buy, and i lost the bidding war.ell, but she was running the country, so it was viewed as the second white house. >> yes. might be a good thing you lost the bidding war for that one. because your insurance bill, as we all know, just keeps going through the roof. you know, he literally. >> he always tries to bring it back to me, and i don't mind. >> no, of. >> course not. but i do think. >> i mean, you did bring it up. >> well, because biden put out a bunch of things at the last minute. rusty brazil. and i was. >> still talking about biden. it's trump now. and there's and he has been awfully busy. >> i was offering a bit of an historical, you know, kind of insight. >> is it of any value to me in terms of trying to understand the current moment? >> because if you undo everything that biden did, you find that that earnings per share go higher, like the pause on liquefied natural gas that's done. and now companies are going to make a lot more money. okay. i do think that the last things that they did that were prohibitiv

mr. lathan was born and raised in wilson, north carolina, at 94 he has a deep passion for drums. which placed him on many stages, from playing for the iconic singer james brown, the monitors, to st. john a.m.e. zion church, his home church. mr. latham has also served as an educator and drove a school bus. he's known for mentoring his former students. he's been featured in the african-american music trails of north carolina. madam speaker, joining many community members and recognizing sam "the man" lathan for his love of drumming and community is indeed an honor. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous concept to address the for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in my first speech on the house floor to applaud the men and women powering america's space flight industry. mr. haridopolos: i'm a proud resident of florida's space coast, the launch pad for ameri

leader hakeem jeffries, senator chris -- represent senator joe wilson, ambassador of france lawrence billie doctor benjamin. frances phelan. mr. chuck schwalm and mr. mark schnieder. ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mike johnson. speaker of the united states house of representatives. welcome to you all. we're so grateful to have you here in the people's house. i want to welcome members of congress, ambassador billy, to senior wish guests and all of our friends of france on this day, exactly 200 years ago. the marquis de lafayette entered this great half of the house. here's how history records the occasion. i love this. i'm going to quote it. speaker of the house henry clay, on behalf of congress and our nation, addressed our nation's guest with the highest strains of impassive and eloquence to which address general lafayette replied in a happy and feeling manner. the house then adjourned and each member proceeded by the speaker, took the general by the hand and gave him a hearty welcome. so cordial and fervent was the greeting that those who witnessed it professed its parallel canno

mr. guessel: hello to everybody. first of all, thank you very much for the wilson center, for organizing this discussion. should say that talking about the european union, the fundamental rights agency, coming from the council of europe, i should unfortunately say that there are so many european organizations and we all have things to do. so we do not need to be unemployed when it comes to fighting anti-semitism. this phenomenon is on the rise, and in the council of europe, we feel that this european problem is still really unresolved. the council of europe was founded more than 75 years ago, and still today in europe, we face anti-semitism and the tool of never again is very important in actuality to be really are very important motto. first of all, let me share my gratitude and appreciation of the role the ambassador has played over the years. she remains a truly global figure in raising awareness, creating positive accommodations and generally respect of everyone in this field and beyond. i'm very proud that one of her very recent visits has been to strasburg to the council of europe. it was absolutel

wilson near pasadena. you can see smoke from the fire still blanketing the area. in the meantime, governor newsom extended an invitation to president elect trump today. the governor invited mr. trump to come to california to meet with fire victims. see the damage himself from the ground. nbc's brittany hope has a look at what the president elect might witness if he accepts the invitation. reporter the devastation is just unbelievable. home after home is destroyed. pieces of home somehow. possibly with the winds. and that's heavy. i don't know how that got picked up. the winds are so powerful. for some reason, this migrant content truck still standing. a lot of the chimneys still standing. but that's about it. cars are destroyed. multiple cars. all of these palm trees just look frozen in time. and it's like this on both sides of the street, and it's just devastating. again, kingsport is a street in malibu vista are two blocks, two streets that people have been asking us to check out for them. obviously, people haven't been able to access their homes here since tuesday, so this is the first time we've been able to access it. and to show you this, and i'm just so apologetic an

. >> wilson walker reporting live at the federal courthouse in san francisco, thank you for helping us try to unpack all this. >>> in the meantime in a statement attorneys for david duong said, "mr. duong denies in i wrongdoing. we'll vigorously defend these allegations in court." and attorneys for andy duong said he is, "innocent of the charges. we have kept quiet in the hope the government would correctly come to see through investigation that the allegations are baseless," and today's federal indictment is sending shock waves through the city of oakland as sara donchey follows some of the reaction coming in. >> after this big announcement today, some of sheng thao's political opponents were very quick to condemn the former mayor, perhaps totally unsurprising news there. former oakland city councilman loren taylor lost to thao in the 2022 mayoral race. he was one of the targets of all of those negative political mailers allegedly sent to try and boost thao's campaign. he said today," it's clear the alleged corruption had an impact on the outcome of the election." >> it's about oakland voters, their choice, their ability to have real representation being stolen and we have to r

mr. graves: i don't have any further speakers. i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from oregon. ms. hoyle: i'd like to thank chairman graves, representatives wilson and rouzer for working together to bring this legislation forward to increase transparency for the person people. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation, it's a good bill. should pass. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman is recognized. mr. graves: h.r. 192 provides the necessary transparency for amtrak. this legislation passed the house last congress under suspension of the rules by voice vote. i look forward to it passing again today. with that, mr. speaker, i urge support of the bill and yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 192. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative -- mr. graves: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. graves: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: t

wilson of south carolina. johnson. wittman. johnson. womack. johnson. yakym. johnson. zinke. johnson. the clerk of the house: for what purpose does the gentlelady from the virgin islands seek recognition? ms. plaskett: thank you, mr speaker. northern mariana, puerto rico, the virgin islands and the district of columbia were not called. representing collectively four million americans. mr. speaker, collectively the largest per capita of veterans in this country. the clerk of the house: does the gentlelady have a parliamentary inquiry? ms. plaskett: i ask why they were not called. >> the house is not in order. the clerk of the house: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. plaskett: i ask why they were not called from the parliamentarian, please. the clerk of the house: delegates-elect in the resident -- and the resident commissioner-elect are not qualified to vote. representatives-elect are the only individuals qualified to vote in the election of a speaker. as provided in section 36 of the house rules and manual, the speaker is elected by a majority of the members-elect v

mr. chairman. i had a couple more follow-up questions. we recognize congressman joe wilson, who i'm sure is here.nice to have representation from the house foreign affairs committee. thank you. congresswoman, the un security council recently renewed the mandate for althea in bosnia and herzegovina through november 2025. it has been a constant challenge, and i worry that the u.n.-backed peacekeeping mission is needed now more than ever. perhaps in greater force because of the republic of serbia co.'s leader, who is sanctioned by the u.s., and he continues his secessionist threats. if confirmed will you commit to building consensus for maintaining that peacekeeping mission in the long term? rep. stefanik: yes. >> thank you. another i am concerned about is the international organizational migration and the u.n. refugee agency, which is supporting thousands of displaced from the russian occupied territory. we know we have about 7 million ukrainian refugees globally. 3.6 million internally displaced in ukraine. moldova, which is sandwiched between ukraine and has significant russian influence hosts re

mr. chairman, i had a couple of follow-up questions and first recognize congressman joe wilson who is herei'm sure in support of congresswoman stefanik. nice to have representation from the house foreign affairs committee. thank you. congresswoman, the u.n. security council for bosnia flew 2025, it's a constant challenge and i worry that backed peacekeeping is needed more than ever, because the leader who was sanctioned by the u.s. and continues successionist threats. if confirmed will you commit to building consensus for maintaining peacekeeping in the long-term? >> yes. >> another area that i'm concerned about is the work of the international organization on migration and the u.n. refugee agencies which is supporting thousands of displaced with the russian occupied territory. we know we have about seven million ukrainian refugees globally and displaced in ukraine. maldova, which is sandwiched between ukraine and has significant russian influence hosts refugees that are equivalent to 5% of its population, and dependent on u.n. humanitarian support. if confirmed would you commit to continu

mrs. blatch that keeps my party from doing as you wish. so blatch alice paul, lucy burns, kerry thomas and thousands of other women members of the national woman's party campaign against wilson in 1916. they campaign against all democrats as well because. they want to put pressure on the to change and make it uncomfortable for everybody and the woman's party in 1916 then had their own national convention not to choose a candidate because the were running candidates, but to force all major parties to send representatives, which they did, to persuade them, to vote for them in their convention, was chicago, right alongside the national convention, but without actually endorsing anyone. nonetheless, the national women's party was effectively supporting hughes because. they were explicitly anti wilson, charles evans hughes, the republican candidate, was supporting the anthony amendment, as teddy roosevelt had in 1912. hughes heavily for the black vote as a supreme court justice. he had voted to strike down the grandfather clauses that for years had prevented black citizens from voting. he wrote the majority opinion striking down segregation in the railroads, luxury cars, sleeping

woodrow wilson house executive or advisory council and it has been really a pleasure to have him on with us doing our diplomatic chats and of course tonight being a moderator for the discussion with mr. david frum. he is the author of ten books, most tropical trap trump apocalypse restoring american democracy. that was published in 2020. his first book, dead right, won praise from william f buckley as the most intellectual experience in a generation and from rich in the new york times as the smartest book written from the inside about american conservative movement in the national review. he was hailed for his history of the 1970s. how we got here as an audacious act of revisionism, written in a voice and style so original it deserves be called a revolutionary. in her review of frum's 12 novel patriots, arianna huffington said frum is someone who fearless fully speaks his mind regardless of where the chips may fall. so it's no he's able to convey so much truth in his fiction. his memoir of his service, the george w bush administration, the right man, was a york times bestseller, as was his 2018 book. trump foresee the corruption of the american republic. david frum has been active i

wilson of south carolina. johnson. wittman. johnson. womack. johnson. yakym. johnson. zinke. johnson. the clerk of the house: for what purpose does the gentlelady from the virgin islands seek recognition? ms. plaskett: thank you, mr speaker. northern mariana, puerto rico, the virgin islands and the district of columbia were not called. representing collectively four million americans. mr. speaker, collectively the largest per capita of veterans in this country. the clerk of the house: does the gentlelady have a parliamentary inquiry? ms. plaskett: i ask why they were not called. >> the house is not in order. the clerk of the house: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. plaskett: i ask why they were not called from the parliamentarian, please. the clerk of the house: delegates-elect in the resident -- and the resident commissioner-elect are not qualified to vote. representatives-elect are the only individuals qualified to vote in the election of a speaker. as provided in section 36 of the house rules and manual, the speaker is elected by a majority of the members-elect voting by surname. ms. plaskett: thank you, mr. speaker. this body and this nation has a territories and a colonies problem. what was supposed to be te

wilson who grew up on her family farm in seymour, iowa. senator fischer and i both liked the painting because the artist is from america's heartland, but the horizon could easily be florida, mrhe first time in history we are featuring the work of a woman artist at this lunch, and we thank the art institute of chicago for their assistance. looking at the vast open landscape of this painting we are drawn to the bottom of the frame where the land or the water, depending on where you're from, meets the sky, and the horizon endures. the enduring horizon is meaningful for us today as we mark our enduring democracy as we approach its 250th anniversary. a a reminder that what is over the horizon is our next chapter and it is my prayer that the people in this room can write that chapter together. i would now like to ask the senate chaplain dr. barry black, and we thank god he is back with us and in good health, to deliver the invocation after which lunch will be served. thank you. >> let us pray. king of kings and lord of lords, whose kingdom is above all earthly kingdoms, and who judges all lesser sovereignties, look with favor upon president donald john trump and vice president jam