the distinguished gentlelady from massachusetts, ms. clark. ms. clark: thank you, chief manger, for joining us. thank you for your work at the capitol police. i think your word was appropriate. the circumstances and challenges are relentless. and you meet them with hard work and dedication and we could not function without you. so we're very, very grateful. i was going to ask you about recruitment. i am delighted to hear that is one problem you don't seem to be having. i wondered if you are participating in any particular programs or associating with groups to help diversity within the hiring? chief manger: yes. first of all, we have contracted with a search firm that's helping us recruit because i don't want to take any chances. i want to make sure that's not the -- that doesn't become an issue for us. but more importantly, we have -- we're very pleased to have hired a chief diversity officer that came on board about two or three weeks ago. vila alejandro has hit the ground running to ensure our practices, our hiring practices, recruitment practic

and then so for ms. clark, if possible, i would like to see one of the iter rations with the tenderloin and central soma together to have a whole chinatown according to the chinatown coy submitted that was one of my issues with the map 3a. so i'd just like to see about that if possible. thank you. >> sorry. for quick clarification, to see that whole within, to see it complete or see it within a particular district? >> so one of the versions that has the tenderloin and central soma together, i would like that version to have the chinatown coy together. >> ms. clark, do you have a question? >> i do have a question, thank you. i guess a question is and, of course and thank you so much for all of this direction, i will do my best to maintain all of the work that you have done today especially in these fine details, i'll do my best to maintain that. of course, i may not be able to. i think that, for example member jeremy lee's comment of having and keep chinatown publicly submitted definition of chinatown full. tha

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speaker, as the member designated by ms. clark of massachusetts, i inform the house that ms. clark will vote yes on h.res. 1037. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that mr. kahele will vote yes on h.r. 1037. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. newman of illinois, i inform the house that she will vote yes on h.res. 1037. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 220, the nays are 203, the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the ordering the previous question on house resolution 1033 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 73. house resolution 1022, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 3807 to amend the american rescue plan a

how will franz 1st follow the french election on al jazeera with ah, this is al jazeera ah, hello ms. clark. this is a new the are live from doha. coming up in the next 60 minutes, ukraine says russia has launched a new assault on its forces blockaded inside a steel planted, merrier poll. indonesia bands the export of palm oil in an effort to stabilize soaring food prices. there are fears a decision may have the opposite effect. israel closes the on the border crossing.

ms. clarke of -- ms. clark of massachusetts, ms. blunt rochester of delaware, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on concurring to the senate amendment on h.r. 6968. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek rein addition. >> as the member designated by mr. tiffany of wisconsin, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. toughny will vote aye on concurring to h.r. 6968. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? >> pleb pleb mr. bishop of georgia, i inform the house that mr. bishop will vote yes on concurring on the senate amendment h.r. 6968. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gibbs of ohio, i inform the house that mr. gibbs will vote yes on h.r. 6968. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kahele, i inform the house that

speaker, as the member designated by ms. clark of massachusetts, i inform the house that ms. clark will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 219 and the nays are 206. the previous question is ordered. the question now is on the adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. reschenthaler: on that, i'd request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this vote is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? >> mr. sp

ms. clarke from new york, i inform the house that ms. clarke will vote yes on the raskin amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by. mr. ferguson: of georgia, -- by mr. ferguson of georgia, i inform the house that he will vote nay. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from delaware rise? ms. blunt rochester: as the member designated by ms. kelly of illinois, ms. bass of california and ms. degette of colorado, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the raskin amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. mchenry, i inform the house that mr. mchenry will vote nay on amendment number 3. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. connolly: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. price of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. price will vote aye on the raskin amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for

the chair now recognizes ms. clark for five minutes. >> i thank the chairwoman for congress convenienting this critical oversight hear on big oil and the gouging at the gas station. it's very clear to most americans that big oil's shameless profiteering is taking place at the expense of the people and of our planet. at a time when democracy and democratic values are a threat, the people of ukraine are being massacred and the american people are suffering due to a historic spike in gas prices emergeing from a once in a century pandemic, your companies are making record profits. nobody is more impacted by your actions than the low income and working class communities who spend the highest amount of their income on transportation and basic goods just to get by. these communities are suffering -- were suffering long before this current crisis, and now they are crying out for our help. and what is your response? you are enriching your investors with stock buybacks, and dividends, and lining your own pockets with millions af

clark morrow. >> matt, you appeared in the 2011 movie "contagion." >> he said he was feeling very warm in ms. tatum's class. i took his temperature again since i called. it was just a touch over 100. >> okay. well... >> the plot is about a deadly respiratory disease that spreads around the globe. it becomes a pandemic. >> hope you feel better, clark, okay? >> okay. thank you. >> attaboy. >> in the book, you write... how did the pandemic help raise public urgency for your case? >> i think it accentuated a lot of this for us because the very first thing we heard was, "wash your hands," right? and the first thing we both thought of was, "well, there's 770 million people who don't have access to clean water to wash their hands with." >> yeah, and it drove home for me, like, how interconnected we are. u know, if, you know, covid can hop on a plane and move around the world in a matter of weeks, you know, are we any safer than people who are there, right? and if they can't wash their hands and disease is spreading there, it's ultimately going to hit us, as well. and so it's the morally right thing

the behalf of general clark it is my privilege to join dr. john plumb, ms. deborah rosenblum and dr. rhys williams at this hearing and look forward to discussing how we work together to address some of most critical national security challenges facing our country, our allies and our partners. weapons of mass destruction are a complex trans regional problem that continues to present the direct threat to u.s. and allied interests, requires the application of specialized expertise and authorities across the whole of government. i welcome discussion related to u.s. so, role as a defense department coordinating authority for counter wmd. the unique challenges we face, the work we've done against both current and future wmd threats and our priorities for the coming year. over the past year in concert with our partners within the department and across the interagency we contributed to the development of the national defense and national military strategies. enhanced joint force resiliency to an implementation of wmd focus ring assessments, , improe global exercise