mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from oregon, chairman of the transportation and infrastructure full committee, mr. defazio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. defazio: today is a historic day for this bipartisan, bicameral work in the congress. i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a yoipt explanatory statement to accompany the water resources development act of 2022. this bill makes mystery as the fifth c consecutive water resources development bill. the first time in the his throif united states congress this has been done. it authorizes 25 construction reports to the chief of the core of engineers. essential to portland, oregon, tacoma washington, and here in washington, d.c. the bill also meets the challenge of clie klee mat change even though some deny it exists by rebuilding and maintaining critical navigation jetties, break waters, to dimensions necessary to address sea level rise, extreme weather events, impacts of coastal st

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from oregon, chairman of the transportation and infrastructure full committee, mr. defazio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. defazio: today is a historic day for this bipartisan, bicameral work in the congress. i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a yoipt explanatory statement to accompany the water resources development act of 2022. this bill makes mystery as the fifth c consecutive water resources development bill. the first time in the his throif united states congress this has been done. it authorizes 25 construction reports to the chief of the core of engineers. essential to portland, oregon, tacoma washington, and here in washington, d.c. the bill also meets the challenge of clie klee mat change even though some deny it exists by rebuilding and maintaining critical navigation jetties, break waters, to dimensions necessary to address sea level rise, extreme weather events, impacts of coastal st

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise to recognize the hard work, resilience, and achievements of nebraska distance running standout, madison side of the aisler, as a high school freshman running for my alma mater, she was a top four finisher in class b at the nebraska state cross-country meet and member of the state class b girls state championship team. the following year she won her first individual state championship as a sophomore. prior to her junior season, mahdi suffered a serious ankle injury which required surgery. despite missing the entire summer training period and all but one competition leading up to the district and state championship races, she began running just 45 days after surgery and overcame improbable odds to repeat as individual state champion in 2021. it was an extraordinary achievement. this october mahdi's determination and discipline once again led to another individual state championship and in doing so she became just the 13th runner in nebraska high school cross-country history to be

mr. smith of nebraska? >> no. >> mr. smith of nebraska votes no. mr. kelly? >> no. >> mr.ly votes no. mr. smith of missouri? >> n-o, no. >> mr. rice? mr. schweichert votes no. mr. la hood votes no. dr. wenstrup votes no. mr. errington votes no. dr. ferguson votes no. mr. estes votes no. mr. smucker votes no. mr. hearn votes no. mrs. miller? >> no. >> mrs. miller votes no. dr. murphy votes no. mr. costoff votes no. mr. kind? mr. rice? mr. chairman? >> aye. >> mr. chairman votes aye. >> the clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, on this vote, i have 24 yeas, 16 nos. >> there being 24 ayes and 16 nos, the motion to submit, the committee report to the house has agreed to, and the documents are ordered reported to the house. pursuant to clause 2 l, members will have additional two days to file. without objection, the staff is authorized to make technical corrections to the report and to redact sensitive personal identifiable information such as social security numbers, street addresses, personal identification numbers, and banking information. the purpose of the ways and

people think about the filibuster, they think of the movie "mr. smith goes to washington", jimmy stewart, dramatic scene and he passes out during the filibuster. there are other traditions of congress and the senate in particular. role calls for the quorum and people would actually leave the building to delay votes and there were delaying take particulars, but came together in 1880's, before that some were successful, some not successful and that's kind of the focus of the modern era of filibustering. >> well, scott bomboy, let's go back to the 1880's. why do you keep referring to that as a very significant period? were there certain laws happening or senators or groups who were effective in using the filibuster tactics? >> well, after reconstruction, and essentially the 1877 elections and really in the 1880's and 1890's, there was a concerted effort to block some of the legislation, especially related to the jim crow era. the famous example in 1890 would have been the election or force bill and that would have allowed federal troops to monitor election

garland: in the course of mr. smith as special counsel, i have met with him. he's meeting with the members of his team to get up to speed. we already know he's already signed a pleading in the 11th circuit. he promised to the american people in his own statement that there would be no pause or hiccup in his work and i understand that that is exactly what's going on now. reporter: the committee on hill that is investigating january 6 is almost finished with their work and one of the things we know the department has been pushing toward is access to some of these transcripts. can you give us an update on whether the department is still pushing to get access to all of the transcripts of the witnesses that that committee has met with? a.g. garland: we would like to have all the transcripts and all the other evidence cleblghted by -- collected by the committee can so that we can use it in the ordinary course of our investigations. reporter: do you have the access you need? a.g. garland: we're asking for access to all of the transcripts and that's really all i can s

people think of it like the movie mr. smith goes to washington. jimmy stewart, seen where he passes a filibusterr but there's also t other delayed tactics tht have been part of the tradition of congress into the senate in particular. roll calls, multiple calls. something called the disappearing where people would leave the building to delay votes so there's been a lot of dilatory tactics but the filibuster itself as a tactic kind of came together in this period in t the senate and befoe that there were's products. but that is kind of the focus of the start of the modern era and filibustering. >> let's go back to the 1880s. why do you keep referring to that as a very significant period? where there are certain laws happening or senators or groups that were ineffective at using the filibuster tactics? >> after reconstruction and of the elections and in the 1880s and 90s, there was a concerted effort to block some of the legislation especially related to the jim crow era. a famous example would have been the election or the bill that would have allow

mr. smith's house and he told me to, you know, get the hell out. and he hit me over the head with his pistol and and so it really took two or three it took over two years to stamp this out completely with. you know, military officials and, officials, the freedman's bureau and judges sympathetic judges and others working really finally stamp this out. so so, of course, we see the advent reconstruction and its 12 years later and the compromise of 1876 we see the advent of jim crow laws in the south which were essentially state laws that deprived african-americans of the rights that they had been guaranteed under the 14th amendment. we see, of course, the you know, the advent, the civil rights movement, certainly in the 20th century. and it's not. until 1964 that the federal civil rights rights law was signed 100 years, 99 years after the after appomattox. and, you know, many of us were living at that time. and it just really sort of astonishing when you think about the chronology and really how l

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mr. smith: thank you. i thank the gentleman from texas. we are 12 days, 12 days until the democrat majority does not exist. in 13 days the republican majority will be in charge. americans are facing the highest spike in prices in 40 years because of the one-party democrat rule in washington. because of their reckless spending. the ways and means committee is the committee that effects the economy more than any committee in all of congress. what does the house democrats feel like their last 12 days, their biggest priority is, is not solving issues affecting working class americas, but issues in targeting their main political opponents. this legislation is only cover for what they have been campaigning on for years. and that is to get trump's tax returns. let me tell you, if you don't believe me now, this is called the mandatory audit program. it's about auditing all current and former presidents to make sure their tax returns are audited. but the chairman of this committee only requested how the mandatory audit program has worked for one pr

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mr. smith: it's been 75 days, 75 days since the democrats were supposed to pass fund for our government. just to keep the lights on. and we are less than two weeks away from christmas and they're trying to yam through a huge spending bill. why is that? because they have spent the last two years under one party democrat rule in washington, the white house, the house and the senate, spending excess money in their reconciliation packages. in fact in the first 20 months of president joe biden, he's added more than $10 trillion in new spending. that is a record for any president in his first 20 months in the history of the united states. it's also the largest debt increase by any president in his first 20 months. in the history of the united states. last year, they passed an appropriations bill that increased spending 7%. this year they're trying to pass a huge spending bill that increases it another 9%. if you look at the 10 years before when we had budget caps from 2011 to 2021, it was an average

cuellar, mr. smith, mr. scott, these members will vote yes on s.4104. >> for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> as the member designated by mrs. miller-meeks, i inform the house that mrs. miller-meeks will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia. >> bera, cooper, porter, cartwright, desaulnier, pingree and gallego, these members will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> as the member designated by representative smucker of pennsylvania and representative herrell of new mexico, they will vote yes on s.4104. as the member designated by mr. gooden of texas, i inform the house that mr. gooden will vote nay on s.4104. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? >> as the member designated by representatives velazquez, sewell, meng, veasey, suozzi, i inform the house the house that these members will vote yes on s.4104. >> for what purpose does the

merrick garland can step in but has to expire to congress why he might interfere with what mr. smith does but referral gives the topic he is responsible for. one is january but only the top brass on january 6, the people at the capitol, the 900 plus people now in the criminal justice system, that stays with local u.s. attorney's office in washington and the second big topic that has been carved out from maine justice to jack smith is the mar-a-lago documents investigation. host: this week jack smith asked officials in three states with communications with former president trump from the legal standpoint, what is -- what does that mean for his investigation? guest: it means one of the things he is looking at is the attempt to have the states create fake slates of electors to that states congress and just so we are clear, it is illegal for you or me to vote fraudulently, certainly illegal to come up with fake slates of electors to do the united states congress into gaveling in someone who is not elected by the people pursuant to the law. if it happens, it is against the law and i think

mr. smith: thank you. i thank my good friend for yielding, for his leadership. i thank my friend on the other side of the aisle. madam speaker, in late march of 2019, university of south carolina senior samantha josefson, sami to friends and family, left a late-night outing with her friends alone because she had to work in the morning. the extraordinarily talented student who had just earned a full scholarship to drexel universal law ordered an uber. in a congested part of columbia known as five points, a predator pretending to be her uber driver took her in his car and brutally murdered her. less than 24 hours later sami was found dead in a field. the murderer, nathaniel rowland, was caught in a heart -- caught. and in a heart-wrenching trial, rowland was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. presiding circuit court judge newman noted the, quote, horrific and most brutal nature of sami's murder and said, quote, it's the most severe murder that has occurred that i have been a witness to as far as presiding in court or participating in as a lawyer. almost im

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mr. smith's approach? >> sure.so does this signal a different approach? it signals a deep frustration. and i get that. again, not surprised the judge did not hold them in contempt. but to your earlier point, chris, legitimate businesses have legitimate custodians who know where the stuff is. they go look for it and in good faith, turned it over. so, you know, let's see if the justice department under mr. smith continues to be aggressive. in fact, i hope they are. the justice department is right here to litigate the case and try to get their stuff. >> chuck rosenberg, as always, thank, you sir. still ahead, house democrats beat expectations in the midterms. but will still be in the minority in just a matter of weeks. congresswoman maxine waters joins me on what a maga -- would look like. next. next. for episodic migraine. most common side effects are nausea, constipation, and tiredness. ask your doctor about qulipta. with my hectic life you'd think retirement would be the last thing on my mind. thankfully, voya prov

stay tuned for me or in my stream on nickelodeon, but mrs. smith, that all was shared. net, their bondage, the origin. it was look awkward and read to us to get in for it. and it was, you know, it's not meant smart. it was like we ship 70 middle nice people believe us. laugh suddenly kid talks a lot of doors. yeah. which are heading your c h 7 glove to see more style him closer to you know see to glad we cause you with that. dyslexia tested in more towards central loud upgrade up, well, you'll be put down that you're not on that on a and i said i want to do that. she's going to learn the sling, which goes now claire, forget to call me or i welcome back to was a part smith. austria is former vice chancellor hines. christians try her. this is true. let me ask you specifically about your country, austria, because as a neutral state, they play the very important role in navigating the east west tensions of the 20th century, but it's no longer unfortunately viewed by the russians as an impartial player. neither is by the way, switzerland, finland, and s

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scott, mr. smith, mr. cuellar and mrs. lawrence, i inform the house that these members are a yes on h. res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. mike simpson of the state of idaho, mr. simpson will vote know on h. res. 1531. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. you bush and ms. owe cast ms. ocasio-cortez, they will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. hice, i inform the house that mr. hice will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congresswoman manning of north carolina, i inform the house that congressman manning will vote yes on house resolution 1531. and mr. speaker, as as the member designated by congressman price of n

but i talked to mr. smith, the chairman of the committee, who indicates they are making progress and they are hopeful to get this done. so the rules committee i think will be subject to the completion of negotiations and the filing of the bill. mr. scalise: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. i'd like to be able to hear the gentleman's response. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the gentleman from maryland. mr. hoyer: as i was saying, it's not done, not filed today. we need to have it filed as soon as possible. the conferees are working on getting that. as the gentleman points out, this bill tends to be historically on both sides of the aisle where we add a lot of things to it which are not necessarily directly related but are because this bill is something we want to pass and that usually we -- not usually but we do pass and we'll pass this one gashers riders, if you will -- garners riders, if you will, on the bill. that's still going on. i'm cognizant and the gentleman is correct, we w

i was thinking at a time in america we need mr. smith goes to washington, we get the talented mr. ripley on january 3rd in the course of this. so if you had any self-regulation of people, of republicans in this, they would self-regulate. george santos would realize i shouldn't have lied. i shouldn't serve. i'm going to resign. that won't happen because there's no lack of self-regulation. and the republicans have no political incentive on their own. because they need every vote the democrats at this point won't be able to do anything about it but my guess is i'll make a prediction george santos' tenure in congress is a short one. >> our panel last hour brought up the question of any sort of legal implications with some of the filings he had done. so we're going to hold you to that prediction and see how this plays out and bring you back on for more on all of this. thank you both >>> the war in ukraine has been raging on for a year now there's no end in sight. rhode island engel looks at how it all started and the one thing we didn't expect, thex ♪ what will you do? ♪ what will you

>> they certainly should and i want to get to the point that mr. smith brought up. independent report that loudoun commissioned after attorney general was elected and said he was going to have his own investigation and denied report based on attorney-client privilege. well, now we have school board members saying, well, we didn't know what the grand jury -- the stuff that was in the grand jury report. it was different from the independent report. if that's the case, you need to fire your lawyer and otherwise perhaps they are not telling the truth and the things in the independent report actually were in the special grand jury report, if that's the case, then those 7 school board members that were on the school board at the time all need to resign. of course, they can release this report to the public and show them what they knew but, you know, i'm skeptical that they'll have the courage to do that. anita: yeah, we will wait and see if that happens. in the meantime quickly what are your thoughts on this new interim superintendent daniel smith. we heard the one parent

as a matter of fact, i have a vacation planned for later this month and i am actually hoping that mr. smith takes his time and does not do this over the holidays, because i think it is becoming increasingly likely that there will be an indictment in this case and i expect the indictment in this case to come down before any work is made it with the january six investigation. >> attention d. c. reporters, your christmas vacation may be canceled. luke, trump strategy this whole time has been to make the sweeping claims about executive privilege. does this now put an end to that? >> well, this very conservative panel of judges really put a piercing shot through this type of argument, because the opinion actually said that that was radical. it was a radical departure to try to treat the president different from other people who are under criminal investigation, or are have their houses searched because they are suspected of committing crimes. so, this along with the ruling that is going on in d. c. with the january 6th investigation, where top lawyers for trump are being forced to testify before

segal, mr. smith, thank you for sharing your story with us.s interesting how they can score within a point or a decimal of each other. it's sad. they won this award, but they gave up their dream. at what cost. >> and you know what? you hear people talk about this, and their initial reaction is always i wonder what they were accused of. people have this image that twins have telepathy. what is happening in these instances, right? >> is that so wrong? >> well we do that. the whole show has done that. >> fraternal journalistic twins. we wield it here. >> that's adorable. >>> with the breaking news. it's also breaking news that there is a place few people ever want to be, it's the dreaded middle seat on an airplane. but it turns out some people love being stuck between two strangers in a tight space for hours. just who are those people? we'll tell you who, next. >> are we going to meet them? >> no. we're going talk about them. e im for christmas. it was the best gift that i ever received, because it opened up my life. unwrap your family story, wit

among the very first actions that mr. smith check as special counsel.s the sign of fully on the departments case seeking to vacate judge cannon's ruling. saying he'd reviewed the filings of this litigation and approves all the arguments, seeking to restore access to the evidence taken from trump's beach home. today, just a short time ago, we got news. federal appeals court, a panel of three judges made up of two trump appointed judges and author john who is a prominent conservative appointed by george w. bush. they resoundingly unanimously agreed with jack smith and the doj. and the overwhelming majority of legal scholars weighed in on this. they wrote quote, this appeal requires us to consider whether the district court had jurisdiction, the power, to block the united states from using lawfully seized records in a criminal investigation. the answer is no. you need a lottery to understand what they're saying, pretty straightforward. the panel vindicated everyone who side, that judge cannon's ruling was lawless, reckless, out of nowhere and unjustified.

what is important here is that colorado agrees that mrs. smith serves all people.rve everyone. she has clients that identified as lgbt and she serves them. as the court many times today mentioned, her decisions turn on what the message is and not who the person is. we all want that freedom, whether we're a democrat publicist and don't want to write for a republican or a pro abortion photographer and don't want to have to film or photograph a pro life rally. >> martha: lorie, you're saying you serve people of all different sexual preferences, just when it not comes to a wedding website? >> i have clients that identify as lgbt. i cannot create every message requests of me. there's some messages that i can't create no matter who requests them. at the core of this case is the right for everyone to speak consistent with what they believe, whether their topics are similar to mine or perhaps different. nobody should be punished for communicating and speaking and creating custom artwork that goes along the lines with what they believe. >> martha: so kristin, based on the q

>> i was for going back to the days of the mr. smith goes to washington filibuster. in the end was a simple majority vote. i think she had a different view. i can't remember exactly what it was on that. >> you are not for just getting rid of the filibuster completely the way many of your colleagues are. >> no. that is absolutely correct. i think the filibuster serves an important purpose and it certainly one of the things that makes the senate different than the house. >> do you think there are even 48 votes for your position in the senate? >> it is hard to say. i think as with any piece of legislation or any policy or rules it's about explaining to folks. i think this has to be done in a bipartisan way and explain to folks about how this will make the senate work better. i've always believed if you are going to obstruct you have to put some skin in the game and i don't think right now folks who obstruct put any skin in the game. they can object and walk away and go home. i think it's more important that they work at their obstruction. if i want to obstruct a bill i

. >> so, if you want to pick up on the intro that we had about -- mr. smithpoenas in the seven battleground states at this time? >> i think it makes sense. this is the next step for anyone leading this investigation, particularly someone as thorough and fascinating as jack smith is purported to be, and as my sources told me he is. the justice department before the election, they sent subpoenas requesting documents and paper. they wanted to look through to see if there was any -- continued investigation, see what they found. the next logical step would be to subpoena -- of course, we had the election, so there was a pause. the fact this was happening just basically a few weeks after the election, and very shortly after jack smith -- he will try to pursue that testimony. i don't think we're gonna see him being particularly patient or crawling -- will bring them in just to see what they have to say, if they help the investigation, >> we know from the january six committee's investigation that the oath keepers communicated with the white house at several times, a

>> i think across the board there should be a universal apology to mr. smith.d up for his daughter's rights. his daughter had been sexually assaulted. he was not only cancelled, but the school board instructed law enforcement officers to remove him from the room. i'm so proud of the attorney general's office and the hard work from the grand jury. >> martha: we'll have more of my discussion with governor youngkin in virginia. we'll talk to him about what he was -- his plans are for 2024 next. it's nice to unwind after a long week of telling people how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. showtime. whoo! i'm on fire tonight. (limu squawks) yes! limu, you're a natural. we're not counting that. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm. when a truck hit my son, i had so many questions about his case. i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. your case is often worth more than insura

scott and mr. smith, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 9640. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. cicilline: as the member designated by ms. jayapal, ms. wilson, these members will vote yes on h.r. 9640. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. gooden of texas, i inform the house that mr. gooden will vote nay on h.r. 9640. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. luetkemeyer and mr. waltz of florida, these two members will vote nay on h.r. 9640. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> as the member designated by congressman hice, he will vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. turner of ohio, i inform the house that mr. turner will vote no on h.r. 9640. the speaker pro tempore:

what do you make of mr. smith issuing subpoenas in the seven battleground states at this time?e his step for anyone, leaves investigation, particular someone as thorough and fast moving out blacksmith's purported to be, and sources have told me he is. so, the justice department before the election, they had subpoenas requesting documents and papers they wanted to look through to see if there's any sort of predicate to continue the investigation, sort of see what they may find. the next logical step would be to subpoena people for their testimony. but of course, we had the election so there was a pause. so, the fact that this was happening, basically, just a few weeks after the election, very shortly after jack smith was made the special counsel makes sense. he will try to pursue that testimony. he's going to be very aggressive about it. and i think we'll see him being particularly patient or coddling of witnesses. and he'll bring them in just to see if they have what to say. if they'll help the investigation, fantastic, if they don't, he won't move forward. >> hunter, we know f

mr. smith's team said that they were told that the justice department would no longer pulled punches in seekingt orders or subpoenas. this is no longer the special master circus, the clowns may go home. the doj is no longer pulling punches. joining us now is california congressman, eric swalwell. he sits on both the judiciary and intelligence committee is. congressman, thank you for being here tonight. i wonder if you have read the analysis of what happened today in court. that the mere fact that the doj was trying to get this contempt of court conviction ruling, is evidence of a newly-emboldened justice department. did you see it that way? >> i do, alex. it is nice to finally see a party in court on his side of the field. so often this legal terrorists has other parties on their heels. he will just grind you down with frivolous motion after frivolous motion, and delay, delay, delay. that is what he does. it is clear that this team is not doing that. as a former prosecutor, i also see this effort to hold him in contempt as a win-win. you can have the court leave it in contempt and get the docum