the clerk: mr. kelly, no. p the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 47. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed to. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the leader. mr. schumer: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be given two minutes and senator gillibrand be given two minutes on this amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: mr. president, i want to thank my dear friend, senator gillibrand, for her work on this amendment and for being such a fierce advocate for 9/11 survivors. i'd like to thank the many republican cosponsors, including senators braun and lummis for their support, senator wicker as well and leader mcconnell. this is a huge step forward to making sure that first responders are not left behind. our firefighters, emt, fbi agents, construction workers were just running to trying to do their job and save lives. many first responders developed severe com

mr. kelly: mr. president, when congress passed the chips and science pact last summer, we made a promise to america that these historic investments would be felt in communities across the country. more microchip manufacturing facilities, more high-paying jobs that do not require a four-year degree, lower costs, a stronger supply chain and a stronger economy. since the chips act became law, companies have announced plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars to bring microchip manufacturing back to america, including in arizona. but here's the problem -- as currently implemented, when these projects receive scientifics through the chips act, they are subject to a new federal review under a process called nepa. this includes projects that have already received the necessary state and federal environmental permits and are already under construction. so factories that are being built right now in places like phoenix could be forced to pause construction and undergo a redundant federal review. and th

the clerk: mr. kelly, no. the clerk: ms. ernst, no. mr. cramer, no. mr. merrickically, aye. the clerk: mr. merkley, aye. the clerk: mr. risch, no. mr. barrasso, no. the clerk: ms. hirono, no. the clerk: mr. tuberville, no. the clerk: mr. hoeven, no. mr. mullin, no. the clerk: mr. lujan, no. the clerk: mr. marshall, no. the clerk: ms. duckworth, no. mr. welch, aye. ms. cantwell, no. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. lankford, no. the clerk: mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, no. the clerk: mr. cornyn, no. mr. graham, no. the clerk: ms. rosen, no. the clerk: mr. johnson, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, no. the clerk: mr. rubio, no. the clerk: mr. braun, no.. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. warner, no. the clerk: mr. warnock, no. vot: vote: the clerk: mr. paul, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 11, the nays are 88. under the previous requiring 60 votes for the akoption of this amendment -- adoption of this amendment, the amendment is not agreed

president, placing holds -- mr. kelly: mr. president, placing holds on hundreds of military promotions over a single policy disagreement is unconscionable. it's harming our national security and is is going to have cascading effects for years. not only will military services be left without confirmed leaders, but our senior leaders are going to have to do multiple jobs at once. this will disadvantage the services at every level and leave less experienced members to have to step in to fill their boss's shoes. as shutdown served in the navy -- as someone who served in the navy for 25 years, i want to paint a picture of what at that looks like in the real world. operations, plans, they will not get updated. these are the plans that prepare us for military conflicts, humanitarian disasters, and any conflict we face around the world. operations and exercises will suffer because they lack an expert at the head of the table who can weigh strategic risks and who is empowered by congress to make critical decisions. we won't have confir

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. durbin, aye. ms. klobuchar, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. menendez, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. p

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

it is not necessary to the authorities really thank you, mr. kelly, when mr. chiraghi pointed out, with the government, with the news that came out in those days or two, and now, it shows that the government officials are thinking that they will do everything they can to restore stability and trend to the capital market. as the sixth recent speech of the president, the reaction of the minister of economy and the news that mr. khandozi gave today that the authorities are trying to prevent measures that can increase the price of feed, production and increase the debt, the president emphasized and increased transparency and dealt with do you think these are the actions of the government? how much can it help to increase transparency now that i can bring back the souvenirs and prosperity of the market, i would like to tell you that it is very good for government officials, presidents, ministers, or other senior managers of the country to take a stand on an issue and express their opinion, but it is an important point. what's more, if these words match each other,

president, placing holds -- mr. kelly: mr. president, placing holds on hundreds of military promotions over a single policy disagreement is unconscionable. it's harming our national security and is is going to have cascading effects for years. not only will military services be left without confirmed leaders, but our senior leaders are going to have to do multiple jobs at once. this will disadvantage the services at every level and leave less experienced members to have to step in to fill their boss's shoes. as shutdown served in the navy -- as someone who served in the navy for 25 years, i want to paint a picture of what at that looks like in the real world. operations, plans, they will not get updated. these are the plans that prepare us for military conflicts, humanitarian disasters, and any conflict we face around the world. operations and exercises will suffer because they lack an expert at the head of the table who can weigh strategic risks and who is empowered by congress to make critical decisions. we won't have confir

chair schweikert: mr. kelly. mr. kelly thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for being here today to discuss this critical issue that faces too many americans that carry not only physical but also medical effects on families, but also high costs for folks that live with diabetes. and president nygren, great to see you again and being here. thanks for being an important voice tpopb this issue. i spent a good a time in the navajo nation. and i know what the impact of diabetes has on our tribal communities. we have had 22 tribes in the state. and this disease has dire consequences. and there are a lot of individuals that are suffering from this. and many are members of your tribe and the other tribes. and i know you worked very hard to imprets upon the federal government -- impress upon the federal government the importance of the special diabetes program for indians. could you talk a little bit more in depth about that, the impact it has had on the navajo nation. tell us why it's so important that congress re-authorize this program before it expires at

of as a journalist is showing that he looked i'm always tentatively, a complaint was filed by mrs. kelly's the right to accuse me of defending hot, full social media on and on. but the allegedly, the, from a through text in question one, not even mind. i was a political prisoner what she did, just reset the empties when you 40 to read. i mean, it's not 10 to dennis of bob who is the director of national media observatory at the ministry of communication in kind of route. i mean, because you don't. ok. mahoney don't, didn't want to tell us. do you think the journalist, us safe income really to come home? us lopez in the camera, rooney and press today. but if you read the headlines, this 2 trends can be observed. we probably note that there was a very strong instrumental ization of the press today, which is taken hostage by a certain number of loveliest, by political and economic forces, which have unfortunately transformed the camera. rooney and press into a forum where a certain number of conflict of problems and of let's say, social concerns are conveyed. we condemn it. we read credits, b

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. vance, aye. the clerk: ms. rosen, aye. mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. heinrich, aye. the clerk: mr. mullin, aye. the clerk: mr. welch, aye. mr. padilla, aye. vote: vote: the clerk: mr. paul, no. mr. cruz, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: mr. the clerk: mr. hawley, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 91, the nays are 6. under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. mr. rounds: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. rounds: i call up my amendment 813 and ask that it be reported by number. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. rounds, for himself and others, proposes amendment numbered 813. mr. rounds: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. rounds: china and russia are our near-peer adversaries in north korea and iran are no friends of the united states. in just a few minutes, we

mr. kelly: mr. speaker, i rise today to voice my strong support of h.r. 2670, the national defense authorization act, for fiscal year 2024. first i would like to thank chairman rogers and ranking member smith for their leadership throughout this process. i also want to thank my counterpart and friend on the sea power and projection forces subcommittee, ranking member joe courtney. this year's ndaa is a step in the right direction and threaten our national defense. the bill wisely rejects the biden administration's request of certain warships and aircraft such as f-22 and c-130 thus securing our continued superiority in the near term. our service members are the backbone of our national security and this bill supports our service members with a 5.2% increase in base pay. the largest pay raise ever in over 20 years. it authorizes a monthly bonus for junior enlisted members to counteract the effects of inflation. this legislation also expands the basic needs allowance to low-income service members, sup

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: ms. sinema, aye. the clerk: mr. warnock, aye. mr. sanders, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, no. the clerk: mrs. blackburn, no. the clerk: ms. smith, aye. mr. wyden, aye. mr. king, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, no. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: mr. crapo, no. the clerk: mr. casey, aye. the clerk: ms. lummis, no. the clerk: mr. paul, no. the clerk: mr. hagerty, no. mr. murphy, aye. mr. risch, no. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: ms. murkowski, no. the clerk: mr. rosen, aye. mr. hoeven, no. the clerk: mr. vance, no. the clerk: mr. sullivan, no. the clerk: mr. fetterman, aye. mr. ossoff, aye. the clerk: mr. blumenthal, aye. the clerk: mr. moran, no. mrs. feinstein, aye. mr. kennedy, no. the clerk: mr. president manchin, no. -- the clerk: mr. manchin, no. the clerk: mr. duckworth, aye -- ms. duckworth, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. hawley, no. the clerk: mr. cruz, no. mr. bennet, aye. the clerk: ms. hirono, aye. the presiding officer: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. padilla, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding offic

mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. manchin. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. menendez. 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. senators voting in the affirmative, baldwin, bennet, blackburn, brown, budd, cassidy, cornyn, cortez masto, cotton, cramer, cruz, daines, ernst, feinstein, fischer, grassley, hagerty, hassan, hickenlooper, hirono, hoeven, hyde-smith, johnson, kennedy, king, lee, lujan, marshall, menendez, murphy, murray, ossoff, padilla, reed, ricketts, risch, romney, rosen, rounds, rubio, schatz, schu

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. the clerk: mr. cotton, aye. mr. vance, aye. the clerk: mr. menendez, aye. the clerk: mr. lee, aye. mr. schatz, aye. ms. hirono, aye. the clerk: mr. romney, aye. mr. warner, aye. mr. risch, aye. the clerk: mr. cramer, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. kennedy, aye. the clerk: ms. warren, aye. mrs. blackburn, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mr. johnson, aye. the clerk: mr. van hollen, aye. the clerk: ms. duckworth, aye. the presiding officer: on this vote the yeas are 9 5. the nays are 2. under the previous order, requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is agreed to. under the previous order, the senate stands in recess until >> today lawmakers continue work on the 2024 defense program policy bill. also today the chamber is scheduled to recess at 3 p.m. eastern for an all-senators briefing on artificial intelligence. watch live coverage of the senate when they return at 2:15 eastern high r -- here on >> watch live coverage on our ee mobile video app, c-span now. >> a number of former military officials testified

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, padilla, reed, ricketts, rounds, riewbto, schatz, sinema, sulliva

kelly's assertions were disclosed in a statement filed in connection with those lawsuits. he said, trump questions whether investigations by the irs or other federal agencies should be undertaken into mr. strak or ms. page. i don't know of trump ordering such an investigation, kelly says, it appeared he wanted to see strak and page investigated. more white house officials disclose how routine it was for the president to put government secrets on displace. in 2017 trump revealed intelligence secrets to kremlin officials he welcomed inside the oval office. from loose lips to tweeting classified images to now flaunting precious boxes filled with classified material as if they were prizes. the danger has never been so clear. america's safety and may still be at the mercy of one man's ego and the fact that he could still become president, it's a truly terrifying thought. joining me now is nick ackerman and java ali. nick, i want to go to you first. you have the direct experience with a president who wanted to use the irs to target his enemies. talk about this in relation to the old nixon style and what danger trump posed contrasted to nixon. >> there's no question that donald trump is pull

mr. strzok and ms. page investigated. kelly's statement was filed thursday in connection with lawsuits, lawsuits we have covered on this program, brought by mr. strzok who was the lead russia investigation and lisa page against the justice department for violating their privacy rights. that's when the trump administration made public text messages between them. like so much of what we now know about the trump presidency, this revelation was found, where do you think? in notes taken by one of his own staffers, likely sitting in front of the resolute desk, listening to him rant. "the times" reports this, quote, mr. kelly said his recollection of trump's comments to him was based on notes he had taken at the time in 2018. mr. kelly provided copies of his notes to lawyers for one of the fbi officials who made the sworn statement public in a court filing. the news also raises new and important questions about something that is potentially illegal. illegal conduct on the part of the ex-president that we're just learning about now. "the

emerges, as you said it begins to become apparent that the lawyers for the house ways and means mr. kellyt get merrick garland into david weiss to prosecutors on this case to look at. they have a mountain of stuff that they've uncovered in the house ways and means. never seen a prosecutorial team less interested in the evidence that could help the case. if these guys have been going after alex murdaugh he would be ready to ramp up in office family members still. it's amazing that the disinterested in this mountain i whistleblower stuff, e-mails. david weiss, the prosecutor in delaware does not want to see what happens. at the last minute because they could not get the d.o.j.'s attention. they take it and file it with the court and essentially what they say they call it an amicus brief, what they're saying to the judge, your honor, you have to look at this and needs to be considered in this case. hunter's lawyers obviously light up they don't want it they start to oppose this in apparently one of their attorneys called the clerk and pretended to be, this is the allegation on mr. kidd lease

mr. kelly: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that ashley daniel in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. ms. duckworth: i join my colleagues today in expressing my great disappointment in our colleague from alabama and his continuing hold on military promotions. he has argued -- if i've seen him say this several times, that he is not affecting military readiness and that this hold on the promotions of senior officers does not hurt our national security and, if it did hurt our military readiness, that he would certainly stop the hold. so i'm here tee tell you d. to tell you about six different jobs and individuals nominated to those positions and for individuals to decide whether they think having these positions go unfilled with a confirmed officer is jeopardizing our military readiness. the first position is at the army space and missile def

bacon. >> thank you, mr. kelly. mr. duval, my first question, i get a lot of feedback are there our farmers and ranchers in nebraska, can you give your position of the negative impacts of water u.s. to our farmers and ranchers? >> yes, sir. it's the largest land grab of the federal government in history. and if you look at how that rule has moved from administration to administration, our farmers feel like a ping-pong ball going back from one side of the table to the other. not being able to make long-term decisions based on what evidence we have, this new rule that came out in december, it took it from a rule that was clear that we could understand to making it just as muddy as muddy water. right now we don't know what an ephemeral stream is, whether or not it's a navigable water or whether it's a significant nexus. so we're waiting on the supreme court to rule on the second case hoping it gives us clarity so that we can get a rule that is clear so that we could provide clean water like we always do. because water is a

the clerk: mr. kelly, aye. vote: the clerk: mr. warner, aye. the clerk: mr. kaine, aye. the clerk: mr. whitehouse, aye. the clerk: mr. booker, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 50. the nays are 45. the motion is agreed to.dchendoe nomination. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, rachel bloomekatz, of ohio, to be united states circuit judge for the sixth circuit. mr. cornyn: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from texas. mr. cornyn: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no, we are not. mr. cornyn: thank you, mr. president. under president biden's leadership, the united states has shattered virtually every record in the book when it comes to uncontrolled illegal migration flows. we we've seen record -- we've seen historic numbers crossing the border. the busiest day came before the public health title that was imposed as a result of the pandemic. the busiest day came just two months ago just before that title was lifted or expired, when border patrol apprehended 10,300 migrants a day. the pace of migration exceeded any

mr. kelly: mr.speaker, i rise today to voice my strong support of h.r. 2670, the national defense authorization act, for fiscal year 2024. first i would like to thank chairman rogers and ranking member smith for their leadership throughout this process. i also want to thank my counterpart and friend on the sea power and projection forces subcommittee, ranking member joe courtney. this year's ndaa is a step in the right direction and threaten our national defense. the bill wisely rejects the biden administration's request of certain warships and aircraft such as f-22 and c-130 thus securing our continued superiority in the near term. our service members are the backbone of our national security and this bill supports our service members with a 5.2% increase in base pay. the largest pay raise ever in over 20 years. it authorizes a monthly bonus for junior enlisted members to counteract the effects of inflation. this legislation also expands the basic needs allowance to low-income service members, supp

. >> mr. kelly? >> thank you, mister chairman. thank all of y'all, and mr.ewart wanted me to yield time just to tell you, thank, you for all of y'all are doing in the national security world, and what you have done for our nation. especially in the icy so. he wanted to thank you all for being here, and i relay his best. on, second mr. lobiondo, a kind of see the world the same way that you do an over ways, and i made over 20 visits to africa. mostly in north africa, the sale, and those areas that a lot of people don't go to. i also think that there is a lot of value that we are missing in the southern hemisphere, and i don't see that as violent extremism, or terrorism, or all those things. i see it as the great power competition. can you comment a little bit on just with the longevity of a relationship, being in those places, and do you agree with me that south america is a huge return on investment if we just invest a little there? >> congressman kelly, thank, you very much, and thank you for your willingness to get out to these remote places and see firsth

i want to pick up from my colleague mr. kelly left off on munitions. they have the few questions for secretary austin and general milley and if there's time i'd like to ask a question about my home military installation report lists. i'm relieved to see a targeted investment of $30.6 billion in our munitions enterprise but i remain deeply concerned about our ability to rapidly shore up capacities to meet their own readiness requirements. secretary austin and general milley can you please speak to the following. first the industry incentives provided by multipart chairman authorities, second what supporting industrial base are necessary to shore up the up the workforce entered what innovative technology such as added that of manufacturing are you looking at to integrate, to maximize cost savings and speed munitions production? lesley: thank you very much and thanks for your support throughout. let me just say up top as we provide security assistance to ukraine to chairman and i go through a weekly routine of looking at the requests and making sure we ha

mr. kellymadam president, i ask unanimous consent that ashley daniel in my office be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. ms. duckworth: i join my colleagues today in expressing my great disappointment in our colleague from alabama and his continuing hold on military promotions. he has argued -- if i've seen him say this several times, that he is not affecting military readiness and that this hold on the promotions of senior officers does not hurt our national security and, if it did hurt our military readiness, that he would certainly stop the hold. so i'm here tee tell you d. to tell you about six different jobs and individuals nominated to those positions and for individuals to decide whether they think having these positions go unfilled with a confirmed officer is jeopardizing our military readiness. the first position is at the army space and missile defen

i like to yield a bit of time to my colleague, mr. kelly. >> the gentleman only has eight seconds left. >> i was gonna ask a question for the, record mister chairman. >> mister secretary, my home state of mississippi has been a user of the conservation stewardship program in 2018 farm bill made a program impact in the way the programs delivered my state. dollars versus acres. can you update the committee on how the department plans to utilize the conservation dollars received in the inflation reduction act to better accommodate producers that can't get a scp contract under current conditions, and if you will take that for the record. >> very good. thank you, gentlemen. now recognize the gentleman from connecticut, miss hayes, four -- minutes. >> thank, you mister chairman. thank you so much so much for secretary vilsack for being here today. i will focus my questions on the s.n.a.p. program. i do want to highlight something, though, because words matter. a person seeking asylum here is not here illegally. they're following u.s. law as it's

mr. vice chairman ideal doctor paige again for hosting this. >> senator kelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank you all for being here today to discuss this critical issue that faces too many americans. that kerry not only physical but also medical effects or families but also high costs for folks that live with diabetes. and president nygren, great to see you here. good to see you again. and thanks for being such an important voice on this issue. i spent a good amount of time on the navajo nation and under all the index and diabetes has on our tribal communities. we've got 22 tribes in the state, and this disease has dire consequences. there are a lot of individuals that are suffering from this, and many are members of your tribe and the other tribes. and i know endo you've wd to impress upon the federal government the importance of the special diabetes program for indians. could you talk a little bit more in-depth about that, the impact it is set on the navajo nation and tell us why it's so important that congress reauthorize this program before it expires at the end of sept

mr. jackson: i thank the honorable congresswoman, robin kelly from illinois, for her remarks. it is now my privilege to yield to the honorable congresswoman, sheila cherfilus-mccormick, from the great state of florida. mrs. cherfilus-mccormick: thank you so much. i'd like it thank my co-anchor, representative jonathan jackson from the great state of illinois. last week a colleague of mine on the other side of the aisle referred to black service members as colored people on the very floor we stand on today. i, like many of my esteemed congressional black caucus colleagues, could not believe what i was hearing. as a person of color, it was jarring. not only was the congressman's comment beneath the office he was elected to serve, but it was a stinging reminder that racism is very much alive in today's day and age. we see it everywhere. from the highways we drive on to the neighborhoods plagued with disinvestment, and we learned -- and as we have learned, we can see it even here in the congressional floor and in the halls of congress. despite the progress we've made as a nation, a

senator kelly: thank you, mr. chairman. general brown, thank you for your decades of service and welcome today. i want to talk to you a little bit about our military's close air support capability. we've discussed this issue at length a number of times and you know how important this is to me and you know that, that our ground troops and special operators depend on this capability and it's often a life or death matter for them. and you and i have talked through some of the current planning that the air force is doing to transition to a future cast capability. and in my view, the design of our close air support needs to stay centered on the guys on the ground. so general, how will you achieve the same level of protection for those troops with future cast solutions and how are we going to avoid any kind of a gap? general brown: well, senator, i appreciate the question. and as we talked in your office a couple months ago, it's the aspect of not only the platforms that we operate, it's the technology that we use and still be ab

the daughter kelly said that dad liked being mr. that we ate a well balanced meal every night. went to bed on time all of our work got done. that our clothes were clean. my dad was my best friend. he took me everywhere with him, and taught me so much. >> scott loved his family, including the four legged members. >> mama bear. papa bear. and there was canine bear. >> and running a close second to family, scott's passion for the four bedroom house. it had more than just his fingerprints on it. >> our house is so wonderful. i know it sounds really conceded but it is. it is something to be proud of. >> and a lot of the nice things about it, he had personally worked on? >> yes. lots of projects. solar panels. wood burning stove. the pool had solar panels, he did it. >> all his doing. >> yeah, there were so many projects that he was excited and didn't house. >> now that house he loved so much. had become a crime scene. outside, officer stood watch. but inside? >> hello? police department. >> hello? >> can you come down here ma'am? >> yeah

of also whom are victim witness coordinators, kelly burkhardt, victim witness coordinator in the d.a.'s office, and in addition to this role, asa khalif, mr. khalif, i should not have to introduce him, he should be so well-known for his remarkable work as an activist and many other ways. we also have the wonderful safo fulton and micah thomas here on behalf of that group. our sheriff is here, senator shareef streak, p.a. senate district 3, done so much with his colleagues to try to address issues of gun violence and prevention around gun violence here. we have dr. zaf qasim, a medical doctor and emergency physician from penn presbyterian medical center. he is here with registered nurse stephanie horton, also works in emergency at penn presbyterian medical center and both of these individuals have come here to tell you what it was like to treat many of the injured in the emergency room on the night that occurred and to speak more generally about the reality of their everyday situation as gun violence victims coming in for years. dr. qasim has been doing the work at penn presbyterian eight years, but a doctor for 22 years. we have with us t

mr. chu >> peaks, greens, just like we saw out in lake tahoe. i fondly remember lake tahoe any way, kelly your point about the markets, we are green across the board just about near session highs right now. the s&p 500 now just sitting right below all that is on top of a 4500 mark so we have gained almost 100 points or so over the course of the last week here, by about 2/3 of 1%. to give you an idea where the s&p has been on an intraday basis, up about 30 points, up at 1 at the lows. so very much a positive day so far. dow is up 51 points to the upside the composite index, the real outperformer, up north of 1%, almost 1.25% technology trade really standing out in today's session so far. interest rates a big part of that discussion. i want to say it's four days in a row that we have seen the ten-year benchmark yield fall in terms of value, but rise in terms of price for that overall government bond. we're falling again. 3.78% for the benchmark ten-year note veeld the two-year falls to 2.36%. you can see that difference there, narrows just a little bit more we were north of 100 basis points

times," president trump explicitly told chief of staff john kelly that they "ought to investigate and get the irs on form or civil servants that mr. trump considered his political enemies." explicit testimony from his own chief of staff, but again, absolute silence on the other side of the aisle, including from the ways and means committee, which purports to be so concerned about any hint of interference by any political entity or individual over the pristine work of the department of justice and the irs. an agency, i might add, another piece of irony in this area, that has been disparaged as the boot on the neck of the american taxpayer for so long by the majority and denied resources by the majority. as we speak, they've cut $24 billion in the debt ceiling compromise agreement out of the $80 billion we provided to in fact give you more resources to do your job. i yield back. >> we are going to have two more questions, and at the request of the witnesses, and every 90 minute mark, we are going to take a ten minute bathroom recess, so we will recognize the next two question is and then go to that recess. we recognize representati

this john kelly is given a sworn statement and i will read part of it, it says president trump questioned whether investigations by the irs or other federal agent sees should be undertaken into mrmrs. page, i don't know about him ordering the litigation but it appeared to see that mistress truck and -- mr. struck and mrs. page investigative. >> let's step back and go to the underlying principle, and a healthy functioning democracy, there ought to be a divide between law enforcement and the president, this july 4 week, something the the framers wanted to establish, the president ought not be directing investigations into individual people, quite frankly that is why there are multiple special councils investigating former president trump and the conduct of former president biden run documents, you want to depoliticize it into individuals as much as possible. when i was at the justice department for joint meetings with the white house, if cases were going to come up, you would send the white house people out of the room, merely even asking the question of representing the idea he may be, the iris are to investigate these people, is itself incredibly problematic, for frankly anybod

quickly the first is the reference byth jared kelly, geopolitical the rise ofop geopolitical swing states published on may 15, 2023. the second of something you mr. wang wrote in november of last year on the ai war and how to win it and which are e must recognize our current operating model result continue on a trajectory for the next ten years result in us falling irrevocably far behind herrg wie large organizations often continuing the path to the demise even if it features painfully obvious court the reason is inertia, bureaucracies will continue to go deep into the abyss for an eternity. the third is a recent article by mark and gleason which articulates optimistic case for ai entitled why ai will save the world, and which is the single greatest risk of ai is that china wins global ai dominance if we the united states in the western electric i propose a simple strategy for what we do about this. the same strategy president reagan used when the first cold war with the soviet union which is we win and they lose. so ins ask unanimous consent to ende all three things into the record. without objection, so. ordered. i ask unanimous consent member

kelly has given a sworn statement and i want to read part of it. i says, president trump questioned whether investigations by the irs or other federal agencies should be undertaken into mr and or mrs. page. i do not know if president trump ordering such an investigation. it appeared however he wanted to see mr. strzok and miss page investigated. what do you make thereof story? >> so, let's step back from the story for a second and go the underlying principle here. in a healthy democracy there ought to be a divide between law enforcement and the president. frankly this july 4th week something the framers wanted to establish that the president ought not be directing investigations into individual people. frankly, quite frankly that's why right now there are multiple special counsel's investigating former president trump and conduct of president biden about doubts. when i was at the justice department for the forever joint meetings with the white house, and if cases were going to come up would send the white house people out of the room so near merely even asking the question or presenting the idea maybe the irs ought to investigate these people is problematic for anyone i

kelly, thank you for setting the scene for us. we're joined by former secretary of state and the current u.s. special presidential envoy for climate john kerry. thank you so much, mrcretary, for taking the time. let's start with where the president just left off, talking about the climate crisis with the king. what can you tell us about that meeting, and were there any decisions about tackling the climate crisis? >> well, the meeting was not a decisional meeting. this was a briefing for the president and for king charles. it was taking place because a whole group of investors and philanthropists and others who are deeply concerned about how to get more financing into the climate crisis to make the transition to clean energy. they all came together this morning at a different location. we had a long meeting, and his majesty and the president wanted to be briefed on what that discussion was and what we had done. >> and so, as the president now heads to lithuania, and the nato summit tomorrow, we'll also discuss the climate aspects of this summit in a minute. but first, you just heard the president say now is not the time for ukraine to join nato. if not now, then wh