mr. blanchet:, you begin -- mr. blanchet, you begin. mr.lanchet: i am not much interested in leading canada. i did in making sure quebec is entitled to its own vision for the future. in quebec, we do not have energy issues that much because we are lucky. it is luck that we can produce green energy and a large amount but the whole planet cannot afford this idea. this canadian idea, this conservative idea in this very liberal idea we have to produce more oil, export more oil believing that the money from it will reduce gas emissions, which will not happen. mr. o'toole: all canadian families deserve a recover. when it comes to leadership, our natural resources sector is a leader in environmental social governance. any canadian resources are removed from the global supply chain, you know who fills that gap? saudi arabia, venezuela, russia. all of these organizations and companies egging their emissions down. let's get emissions down and canadian resources to market so we can have job opportunity and fight climate change. mr. singh: when it come

i know they are hard for you. mr. mcauliffe: that's why you got tossed out. mr. mcauliffe: terry, you have -- mr. youngkin: ter are you, you have no idea what you are talking with. that money belongs to virginians not terry mcauliffe. they are going to overtax us again by $2.6 billion again. they are piling on tax upon tax. we are going to eliminate the proashry tax, double the standard deduction, declare the largest tax rebate in virginia history. we are going to cut the taxation on our military retirement up to $40,000. they'll stay here. we, in fact, find virginia losing out with families moving away to the other states faster than their moving here because our taxes are too high and we are going to bring them down and make our cost of living in virginia lower. mr. todd: 30 seconds. mr. mcauliffe: glenn youngkin will have no ability to bring jobs here because he wants to ban abortion. he's against gay marriage. i got people to move to richmond, virginia, 1,000 jobs. because we are a welcoming state. with extreme positions businesses won't come here. i have nest

mr. davidson: thank you. i think the witnesses -- i thank the witnesses, i appreciate the written testimony and verbal testimony as well. mr. smith, a november, 2019, survey by the clearing-house found that 80% of financial app users were not aware apps may use third parties to access consumer financial information. from your personal experience can you speak to the progress made within the fintech industry that would improve awareness of how their financial data is being used? mr. smith: with respect to the issue surrounding consent, and knowledge of consent, a lot of progress has been made. our company makes it cheer that finecity is a services provider in the middle of the process between the consumer and the financial services provider that hold their data. the f.d.x. organization has also put in place a working group and has promoted standards, u.i. standards, that make it very clear how to use consent or how to apply consent in a best practices format. it also makes very clear the players that are involv

thank you. mr. anchet, you deny quebec has problems with racism yet you defend legislation that marginalizes religious minorities, anglophones and allophones. quebec is recognized as a distinct society but for those outside the province, help them understand why your party also supports these discriminatory laws. mr. blanchet: the question seems to imply the answer you want. those laws are not about discrimination. they are about the values of quebec. >> minorities cannot progress. if they wear their religious gear. mr. blanchet: quebec is not recognized as a distinct society. it is recognized as a nation on june 16. by the parliament. 281 votes said quebec is a nation and everybody here seems to agree with that. no more distinct society, which never adds any more meaning anyway. >> again, why they discriminatory laws and your support for it? mr. blanchet: we may repeat as may times as you want but those are not discriminatory laws. there seems to be people around here who will share this point of vi

you have 30 seconds. mr. in: again where i , started, you will hear lies, excuses, and extreme policies. what my opponent has done and recounted on what he said when he was trying to get the nomination, is that he would reform or remove qualified immunity. that is why the law enforcement community does not trust him. standing up for virginians is more than just rhetoric and political statements. it is about actions. and that is why the law enforcement communities trusts me. we are going to work together to invest in law enforcement, bring communities together and reestablish virginia as one of the safest places in america as , opposed to having four of the most deadliest cities today. mr. mcauliffe: i can speak to my record. we had the lowest crime rate in america. i got awards from the sheriffs association as well as the state police and others. i work very closely. and what i worry about is, if you look at his economic plan, the washington post wrote about it the other day it will defund , the police. his cu

mr. luetkemeyer: thank you, mr. chairman. ank you to all our witnesses today, an interesting discussion we're having here. whenever i discuss screen scraping with my constituents and explain to them what it is, they are aghast. they are absolutely horrified that when they give an ok to a third party to -- or to their utility company to direct draft off their bank account, they wind up with a third party having access to their account. they are absolutely horrified that this is happening. so to me, why do we allow that? why do we not have a separate agreement that says if you're going to be able to screen scrape and take that information and sell it, that the individual has to have a separate agreement with that company? or with a company that's going to a separate agreement with them that allows them to do that and then pay them for the information. why is that not a viable option? mr. carpenter? mr. carpenter: thank you, mr. luetkemeyer. it's helpful to think about the concept of screen scraping. it's an old technology that h

mr. latta. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to our witnesses for being here today on securing our communication networks. over the last year americans relied more than ever on broadband technology to earn a livelihood and provide an education to their children. u.s. networks rose to the challenge of meeting unprecedents challenge for voice and high speed data services. we must continue to build on our success and remain the global leader in wireless innovation. we must lead in these standards and in deploys 5g together. our leadership depends on ensuring that all generations of networks are secure and having policies that encourage investment innovation from trusted companies and the flexibility to bring new technologies to markets right here in the united states. congress and the trump administration have ways to protect and diverse the supply chain including the immaterial -- implementation of removing harmful equipment in our communication networks. we worked with colleagues to enact the bipartisan utilizing strateg

thank you, mr. ford. supervisor chan. >> supervisor chan: thank you. i mean, i think because of recently run for election, i do believe with our campaign law and code is that if you're running for office or if it's a candidate controlled committee that you are not allowed to actually ask for contribution for contractors or lobbyists. the contractors actually again also have actually pending or intent to submit bids six months prior to the individual to take office and running for office. so i believe that there is already a prohibition for electives or just candidates running for office asking for contribution from contractors. i do think that, you know, again, i mean full disclosure, i just filed a series of behest payments for our autumn moon festival and that is both meeting at the local and state requirements. however, i do believe that majority of those do not include interested parties. it's just the fact that i personally whether they are qualifying the definition of interested party or not, f

mrs. rodgers: thank you, madam chair. pleased to yield two minutes to the lady from indiana, jackie walorski. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from indiana is recognized. mrs. walorski: i thank my friend for yielding. for every single person born or unborn should have the opportunity to live the american dream. but this abortion on demand bill would destroy our country's future. today, we're embarking on the biggest step backward in our nation's history. this vote could be the most consequential vote that any of us take. today, the science is even more clearer than it was in 1973. a child in the womb is a living person. and yet, my colleagues on the other side remain obsessed with killing unborn babies in the name of female empowerment. many supporters of this bill, like me, call all of pro-life americans extreme. i heard it already this morning. but i have seen extreme. i've witnessed the cruelty of abortion and it's ugly. in south bend, indiana, a doctor provided abortions for decades. when he died in 2019, his f

you know, mr. suozzi brought something up today that i thought was an important question and how to ask it. you know, you are talking about increasing number of employees with the irs and will that increase the net vef knew, not just revenue, but net revenue, that's important and i think that's what he was driving at. at the same time when we talk bin creasing taxes we have to make sure that that doesn't decrease employment and decrease our net revenue. so that's something we have to consider as we move forward with what we're doing with taxes. going back to pro publica, leaks like these, especially without accountability, they shake our constituents' confidence in the irs, their confidence in our tax system? general is gone and the ability to secure the private information that they give us year after year is obviously on the line and i want our citizens to be able to trust our agencies, be able to trust our irs but seemingly we are a long way from that. all this is coming at a time when the admini

mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chair defazio. i come from memphis, which is the transportation hub, but i'm an american, and transportation moves goods and products and creates jobs. i'm proud to be for this bill. i would prefer it having the bill the transportation committee came up with. we worked until 4:00 in the morning to come up with a bill, but that's not reality. this is the only bill that in reality can happen. this is much more of a republican bill. bipartisan in the senate. endorsed by the chamber of commerce. endorsed by many, many republican groups. nobody, do i think more of than the dean of the house and i'm happy don young endorses this bill. i hope more republicans join with him. i'll vote to move america forward. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: thank you. at this time i yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. graves. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speak

mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, chair defazio. i come from memphis, which is the transportation hub, but i'm an american, and transportation moves goods and products and creates jobs. i'm proud to be for this bill. i would prefer it having the bill the transportation committee came up with. we worked until 4:00 in the morning to come up with a bill, but that's not reality. this is the only bill that in reality can happen. this is much more of a republican bill. bipartisan in the senate. endorsed by the chamber of commerce. endorsed by many, many republican groups. nobody, do i think more of than the dean of the house and i'm happy don young endorses this bill. i hope more republicans join with him. i'll vote to move america forward. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. graves: thank you. at this time i yield two minutes to the gentleman from louisiana, mr. graves. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. graves: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speak

. >> thank you, mr. -- >> [inaudible] >> -- and others, i shall have further meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in the last election, the prime minister said it clearly is wrong that hundreds of thousands of people rely on food banks to survive. about one in six people have the use a food bank as a result of the decision to -- [inaudible] the 20-pound uplift. new policies and my constituents are bearing the load. will the prime minister concede that the -- is wrong? >> mr. speaker, in fact, of course i'm very grateful to everybody who helps with food banks x they do a fantastic job. what this government has done throughout the pandemic is to put the most protection for those who need it most. i'm proud of what we've done by uplifting the living wage of the british people. >> mr. speaker, could my right honorable friend provide me an answer for -- [inaudible] powered by an inexpensive air source heating unit worrying about the payments on the electric car they didn't want either while they wa

mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the community college by head teacher steven gilbey is a fantastic school was 1600 people or mile area. the schools in desperate need of redevelopment and partner the school with the land based and columbia will the prime minister joined me and supporting the proposed rebuild that community college? my honorable friend is a great campaigner. but i can tell him is in addition the school project in the next decade are doing 100 immediately. twenty-one, 22 the council has been taking 5.3 million mr. speaker to improve buildings including at walter community college. >> part of me mr. speaker, with the prime minister growth me the impending cuts to universal credits will not just have a devastating financial impact on people but will also lead to stress and uprising and a detrimental effect on their mental health for it on top of the pressures of the pandemic could prove it devastating to some. >> mr. speaker i've answered many times the answer is no, it labor it would credit altogether m

mr. cole: thank you very much, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield one minute to my good friend and distinguished member from texas and fellow member of the rules committee, energy and commerce committee, and budget committee, mr. burgess of texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. burr burgess: i thank the gentleman from oklahoma. the national defense authorization act includes a provision requiring now women to register for the selective service. we all know that men have 30 days from their 18th birthday to register in case a draft becomes necessary. we also know the last draft was in the nixon administration in 1972. we are fortunate to have an all volunteer military force, and we know that our citizens unite in times of need. the selective service system has outlived its necessity. however, since it remains a requirement, we must not fundamentally change the relationship between the government and the governed by adding a provision to add women to the draft in this massive defe

thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for the witnesses being here today. i'm pleased that the committee is holding this very important hearing. as the united states finds itself facing increasingly dire threats on a number of fronts impacting our homeland security. from the deadly withdrawal in afghanistan to the security crisis along our southwest border, to the unprecedented cyber threats facing the american way of life, the american people are deeply troubled by what they are seeing. these threats are, of course, all happening in the context of the covid-19 pandemic in which clarity from the administration has been absent, similar to the mitigation of the pandemic at the southwest border as was recently confirmed by the dhs inspector general's office. what is most troubling to me is the lack of accountability this administration is willing to accept. nearlyinauguration, the narrative continues to be which blames the last administration for the current administration's shortcomings. this is just tire

mr. thompson: thank you very much. mr. speaker, while we are in the process of getting sponsors of this legislation, prepared to give his comment, let me say that we all have been involved in making sure that our schools are as safe as possible. clearly this legislation as offered by senator peters and representative langevin and others is integral to making sure that our schools are kept as safe as possible from cyber attacks. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the sponsor of the house version of this bill, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. langevin: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i commend the chairman for his strong leadership on cybersecurity issues. in support of this act before us today. this bill, the house companion of which i sponsored with representative matsui and katko and garbarino would help address a serious issue does not receive the attention it deserves. the cyber threats targeting our nation's

thank you. mr. evans -- rep. evans: thank you, mr. chairman.philadelphia is one of the largest black [indiscernible] nationwide. in several areas which has restaurants, shops closed, and a thriving art scene, [indiscernible] have college degrees. residents have suffered from decades of continuous economic this advantage. education attainment is below 25%. [indiscernible] dr. rose, those in philadelphia who currently have no education or little college education, what do you think is the most practical way for them to increase their economic opportunities? technical training, workforce development programs, holding an associate degree or earning a bachelors degree? dr. rose? dr. rose: there is no one answer to that question. for many students, workforce development programs are absolutely what they need. you know, some folks cannot commit to doing something for two years or four years. if we can get them through a program in six month or a year that can get them to the type of wage that is going to be life-changing for them, that's what we need

thank you, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> the gentlelady yields back. pursuant to today's being spen capabilities to detect and protect against these threats in communities nationwide. second, as cyber threats have grown -- >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. bishop, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary mayorkas, first i would like to ask you, againman pfluger asked you a moment ago how many suspected terrorists have crossed the border and you said you would be glad to answer in a classified context. why can't you answer that question in public? >> congressman, the information is indeed classified. and some of it is also law enforcement sensitive. on a more general basis, these are determinations that are made across the agency. and i should note, if i may, congressman, that i believe it was in late july that we provided a briefing to this committee with respect to the requested data. so it is information that we already have provided. >> thank you, sir.

mr. starmer. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i join the prime minister in his comments, a tremendous success on the bat battle of brn and on the g7 conferences. can i also offer my condolences to the prime minister on the loss of his mother. as i know firsthand, losing a parent is never easy. mr. speaker, how many extra hours a week would a single parent working full time on the minimum wage have to work to get back the 20 pounds a week the prime minister plans to take away from them in his universal credit -- [inaudible] >> mr. speaker, first of all, i think it's -- i thank the right honorable gentleman for his comments. but on his substantive point about universal credit, it is absurd because the labour party -- i'll give you, i'll give you statistics, mr. speaker. [inaudible conversations] every single -- in universal credit would lose their -- [inaudible] because they want to abolish universal credit, mr. speaker. if i think that -- [inaudible] should be very proud of what we're doing and continue to be able to support the l

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

this. >> thank you mr. chairman. >> chair recognizes gentlemen from florida for five minutes. >> thank you, i really appreciate it. and i'm going read some from chief scott's letter dated 9/11, 2021. the biden administration's team at dhs is laser focused on expediting the flow of migrants into the u.s. and down playing the significant vulnerability this creates for terrorists, human traffickers and even hostile nations to gain access tour o homeland. later on he says the experienced civil service staff with cbt, ice and dhs have provided multiple options to redice illegal entry zs skpre establish some semblance of border security through proven programs and consequences, yet every recommendation has been similarly rejected. secretary mayorkas is choosing to ignore the sound recommendations of career government leadership. despite his own admissions that he agrees with them. a grave concern is the fact that the secretary and other political appointments within dhs have provided inaccurate information to the

thank you all for being here. mr. paulson, thank you so much. again, mr. chairman, thank you. great hearing. >> thank you. now being consistent with the committee practice, we'll move to a two to one questioning ratio beginning with mr. swasy. tom? you're up. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'll try and keep is simple for the people in congress that are so complicated. 60% of americans do not graduate from college. i mean, that's the large -- that's the majority of the people in the country. i've been in public life for 25 years, and we've always been encouraging people go to college, go to college, go to college. 60% do not graduate from college. and i -- i looked at the u.s. census a few years ago, and it said there's 105 million full-time jobs in america, and of the 105 million full-time jobs, 89 million of those 105 million jobs pay less than $75,000 a year. so i -- i had an epiphany when i was meeting with welders one time that came to my office. young guys, had suits on. they were young guys, and they were part of a union. and i said, "what made you join the union?" "well, m

thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank my friend for yielding back and also note that when i was saying oran i was referring to openp ram also so i just wanted to make that clear. the chair now recognizes mr. plum, chairman of the pool committee for five minutes for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman doyle. if the u.s. doesn't lead the wireless future then others will dominate it the in a way that might undermine our national security and economic prosperity and chip as we know has build the world's largest 5g networks and huawei currently leads the market share. i don't know has more 5g subscribers in the u.s. and its connection on average. -- the early adopters and developers drive innovation and reap the economic benefits of that leadership and as we saw with 4 free, what's given to them we saw the booming app economy that was created. we all know the positive and negatives created by the tech boom but we have the ability to publicly debate those issues and when government gets involv

thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to thank all of the members of the committee for asking me to join the hearing today. i would like to commend all of the members of the committee for demonstrating a really good handle on all of the risks and challenges that are embedded in the subject that we're discussing today. how to change transportation. how to introduce new technologies and other things. i feel like you all have a very good handle on all of the things, the enormous aspects that have to be dealt with on this. when it comes to electric vehicles, the main part of the vehicle, of course, is the battery. this is what everybody is focused on. and battery costs, risks associated with the costs, and affordability are contingent on regional differences in manufacturing. huge regional differences in manufacturing. i can't emphasize that enough. that includes both supply chains and labor. i think everybody understands that. the cheaper evs are made in the locations where both of those things are way

>> thank you, mr. speaker. i've been asked to reply on behalf of my right honorable friend, the prime minister. as the house will know, he's at the u.n. general assembly in new york where he's helding meetings on climate change, also met with president biden for discussions on climate, covid and international security. >> [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. speaker. gp has done a brilliant job delivering the vaccination program, and now they're dealing with this huge backlog. as a result, of my constituents have contacted me about how difficult it is to see their gp face to face. just this week i've been contacted by someone who has been diagnosed with cancer, and she said to me, quote, i can't help but wonder if they'd have caught it sooner, if i'd been able to see someone in person instead of trying to describe my symptoms over the phone. can i ask the prime minister what the government's going to do to tackle the covid backlog and get face to face appointments back as soon as possible. >> can i thank my honorable

mr. bost: thank you. i yield three minutes to the gentleman from the state of michigan, general jack bergman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. bergman: i rise in support of h.r. 1281, to name the department of veterans affairs community basedout patient clinic in gaylord, michigan, as the navy corpseman steve andrews department of veterans affairs health care clinic. it is an honor for me to lead this legislation to designate a v.a. care facility in the hometown of a man who so embodied love and care for others. whether it was for a neighbor down the street, a constituent in his district, or his brothers and cysts for the arms on the bootlefield, steve andrews led a life of service in every sense of the word. starting with the defense of our freedoms overseas. the he entered the navy in 1967 as a hospital corpseman, going on to serve in the vietnam war. not only at the u.s. navy hospital in guam, but as a medic in the first marine division attached to a force reconnaissance company

thank you. mr. evans -- rep. evans: thank you, mr. chairman.iladelphia is one of the largest black [indiscernible] nationwide. in several areas which has restaurants, shops closed, and a thriving art scene, [indiscernible] have college degrees. residents have suffered from decades of continuous economic this advantage. education attainment is below 25%. [indiscernible] dr. rose, those in philadelphia who currently have no education or little college education, what do you think is the most practical way for them to increase their economic opportunities? technical training, workforce development programs, holding an associate degree or earning a bachelors degree? dr. rose? dr. rose: there is no one answer to that question. for many students, workforce development programs are absolutely what they need. you know, some folks cannot commit to doing something for two years or four years. if we can get them through a program in six month or a year that can get them to the type of wage that is going to be life-changing for them, that's what we need to

thank you. mr. scothon, you are now recognized for your testimony. >> members of the committee, i want to thank you for the opportunity to be here today to discuss mattel and fisher price's consumer safety efforts. at the outset, i ask or mr. kreiz's comments. i also share mr. price's view about the importance of trust in the safety of our products. i've placed my trust in fisher place personally. they played a key role in my daughter's childhood. until the rock'n play recall, this was a gift i gave to friends and expecting parents. the rock'n play was also used extensively by fisher price employees and their families. i assure you everyone at fisher press believes and every product we offer. we do not and would never sell any product about which we thought otherwise. that's a -- we recognize that one of the most important parts of a baby's development is sleep. newborns can sleep as much as 18 hours a day, while in france normally sleep 12 to 15 hours each day in their first year. recognizing that a

mr. schneider: thank you, mr. speaker. 30 years ago when the gulf war had 31 scud missile strikes from iraq. the population effectively defenseless. the second lebanon wa hezbollah fired 4,000 rockets and israel had no active defense. five months ago, over the course of just 11 days, hamas and other terrorist groups in gaza launched more than 4,500 rockets at israel. but because of iron dome, israel is no longer defenseless. iron dome has saved lives, both israeli and palestinian. america's commitment to iron dome is rock solid. today's vote will make that clear. in spite that some on both sides of this aisle will seek to make israel and our unyielding support for the u.s.-israel support a wedge issue. there are so many reasons for hope in the region. israel has a new government with the broadest measuring coalition, including arab parties. israelis and palestinians are talking to each other again. the abraham accords are changing the dynamic between israel and her arab neighbors. progress in all these areas start

mr. chair? >> chair: supervisor mandelman. >> thank you, mr. chair. colleagues, thank you for considering this ordinance. lgbtq people, until recently, have largely been ignored in the collection of information by all levels of government. thanks to legislation in (indiscernable) san francisco now requires many city departments to collect sexual orientation or gender departmentcation idenn on their clients. it will help us to determine if we're effectively and equitably meeting those needs. the ordinance today will expand (indiscernable) to collect sogi data. the city and account of san francisco is the largest employer in san francisco, with approximately 37,000 employees who reflect the diverse communities that constitute san francisco. the city currently collects certain anonymous demographic information, but we do not collect data about the sexual orientation or gender identity. this is due in large part to chapter "e" of the city's code which prohibits it city from inquiring into sexual orientation, practices, or habits of city employees. chapter

>> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, for being here today. thank you for visiting alabama. i hope your trip went well. >> it was great. >> i will say this -- after being here for five months, i get more calls about the v.a., but i know it's not your fault. we're not going to blame you to this point. but your situation reminds me of taking over a football program when i didn't have a quarterback and offensive line and everybody wondered why. it wasn't my fault. but thank you for being here to answer these questions. i just have one question for you. you mentioned the government management changes to the program. i'm concerned about who is leading the governance of the management of your digital modernization, the medical logistics system, the financial accounting systems, all these systems have to work together. how are you going to ensure that we don't get set aside from the ehrm? >> yeah, so that's a very fair question. you know, we're undergoing really three fundamental technological upgrades in the building right now. the electronic health