ms. smith led the growth of the organization's methane emissions reduction program building up a small team into a substantial global operation on four continents. without objection, the witnesses' written statements will be made part of record. with that, ms. tomcik, you are now recognized for 5 minutes. welcome. >> thank you. and hello the, chair castor and members of the select committee. thank you for inviting me to to speak about protecting our health, our climate by cutting methane pollution. i'm patrice tomcik, a national field manager for moms clean air force, weren't money -- can more than one million moms and caregivers united to protect our children from climate change. we envision a safe and equitable future where all children breathe clean air and live in a stable climate. i'm a mother of two boys living in southwest pennsylvania on top of marcellus shale where many oil and gas operations are located within communities like mine. in the u.s. the oil and gas sector is the largest in

ms. smith: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection o. ms. smith: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the appointments at the desk appear separately in the record as if made by the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. smith: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, july 19, and that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, and morning business be closed. that upon the conclusion of morning business, the senate proceed to executive session to resume consideration of the wang nomination postcloture. fur

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ms. smith can navigate snafus adolescent just missed school, or you thought him talking. living with valentina, his flag is now a by that of the 80th god's tank regiment. recently decorated only by putin himself. but bravery and heroism have promised the peace flag will fly wherever these conflict takes for i'd gasdio ot from the look on the people's republic. u. s. house speaker nancy pelosi is plan trip to taiwan is now up in the air after joe biden says, the pentagon does not support seeing the top us official come to taipei. i think that the military thinks it's not a good idea right now, but i don't know what the status of it is. earlier the announcement of policies visit for august, who was followed by a harsh reaction from china as beijing warned it will take forceful measures if the u. s. house speaker follows through with her plan. it would be the 1st visit of such an american official to taiwan and 25 years. this comes just days after china lashed out at the us after an american naval destroyer was spotted in the disputed taiwan strait. u. s. navy claims the war

and yet that money ran, can you didn't, you want to say it, ms. smith can navigate laughing unless you just missed school or you thought him talking him living with valentina, his flag is now a bother of the 80th gods. tank regiment recently decorated ordered by putin himself. but bravery and heroism. they have promised that these flag will fly wherever these conflict takes them more. i'd gasdio ot from the la guns people's republic us treasury department has called on western countries to agree on a limit for prices of russian oil imports by the end of the year. but moscow says it will not sell it's crude oil on the global market unless it can turn a profit. if these price is being discussed or lower than the production costs, russia will not insure the supply of this oil to the world market. we will not work at a loss. the controversy comes as joe biden is pushing a green agenda on the in the u. s. which is expected to lead to further cuts in american fossil fuel exports to the already shorten shortage stricken you american journalists. manila chant e

ms. smithdo you agree that reducing methane pollution by the play leak detection and repair represents a key opportunity to increase our overall ppsupply of natural gas and help address high energy crisis both domestically and for european allies? >> thank you for this question, yes. it would indeed free up additional gas.wo it should absolutely be a priority. we're talking about millions of dollars worth of gas going up in flames or going into the air in the us every single day. >> is that if we are serious about maximizing the potential of our current gas that we should be doing all we can to mitigate leaks and we should be preventing flaring. with my time running i like to ship it to discuss efforts going on in my home state of california and using aerial surveys to improve the detection of methane leaks doctor kleinberg, as you know between 2017 and 2021, our lead pilot program california resources for lead program to use airplanes to detect methane leaks and sources including will field as

ms. smith's in a lot of places. and there is weakness in investment banking not in the trading, the fact that fixed income trading missed estimates with revenues coming in at 7.4 -- coming in at -- a volatile area. what is going to be the message of temporarily suspending share buybacks if that was also a balance from the value peoples on these shares? jonathan: and includes a $28 billion bill, so first was, if you are looking at numbers on the horizon, these might speak to it. sonali basak, your take. sonali: fascinating, you look at the trading on the day and even if you did see the boost in income it is not where wall street was exacting. jp morgan with fixed income volatility, they the gorilla in the room. how does that stand from morgan stanley citigroup which we are hoping for training to stay the day? -- training to say -- stay the day? a lot happening on wall street, jp morgan taking shares, but jp morgan has been investing in that business while they are cutting in other places. they were the first bank to

so ms. smith i wonder if you could take a little bit more about the other reasons we want to be very concerned in terms of public health and environmental justice for reducing methane pollution. >> yes, our long-term exposure from the oil and gas operations can be life altering for communities. benzene another human carcinogen is released in very large amounts and there's the estimated three quarters of 1 million attacks to children each year directly attributable to the oil and gas industry so again that's why we epa to do this well established authority as far as it possibly can. she methane emissions and in addition to the methane role epa should keep this well established authority to reduce air pollution he produces like power plants. >> much, i yield back. >> your recognized for five minutes. >> thank you ma'am chairman. i appreciate the opportunity to speak about this genesis when it comes to how people are impacted by the policies of my colleagues across the aisle. and they talk about envi

ms. moore will vote no on the smith amendment. as the member designated by ms. newman, mr. ryan, mr. doggett, mr. cohen, ms. lieu, -- mr. lieu and mr. panetta, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the smith amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. lamborn: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. wilson of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote nay on amendment number 16. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? ms. stevens: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. lawrence, mrs. trahan and mr. moulton, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the smith amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. fallon of texas, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote nay on amendment 16. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> as the member designated by

ms. arete republican congressman jason smith who is also a member of the budget committee, will be on tot the economy and the federal reserve decision to raise interest rates. then, we will discuss efforts to expand the supreme court, generate six committee development and the economy with georgia democratic congressman hank johnson. watch "washington journal" life at 7:00 a.m. eastern friday morning on c-span or on c-span now our free mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> cspanshop.org is c-span's online store. browse through our latest collection of c-span products, apparel, books, home to core, and accessories. there's something for every c-span fan and every purchase helps support of nonprofit operations. shop now or any time at cspanshop.org. ♪ >> earlier today, assistant attorney general matt olsen talked about threats to a nation security. the house judiciary committee hosted. watch tonight at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2. you can also see this on a free mobile video app c-span now or online at c-span.org. next, sena

ms. plaskett, and the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from the virgin islands. ms. plaskett: thank you. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and inc include extranes materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. plaskett: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. plaskett: let me begin by commending my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, representatives wenstrup, sewell, and blumenauer, and indeed the membership of the ways and means committee collectively, for joining me in support of u.s. trade and economic relations with our caribbean neighbors. this resolution is the product of a years -- of a year's worth of work and today would not be possible without the bipartisan support of my colleagues from across the aisle, particularly representative wenstrup and his leadership and our shirred -- shared commitment to a focus on u.s. t

ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. smith, crist of florida and mrs. maloney of new york, they will vote nay. and as the member designated by by mr. deutch and rice of new york, these members will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. wilson of south carolina, i inform the house that he will be voting yes on 345. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. neguse: the member designated by ms. moore and misstrickland, they will vote yes. and on behalf of ms. bass, ms. williams and mr. evans, those members will vote no. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. waltz and mr. gimenez of florida, these members will vote yes on s.3451. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. trahan and mr. ruppersberger, they will vote yes on s.3451. a

ms. hirono: thank you. mr. wyden: mr. president, i also want to briefly touch on the important legislation that senator smith, my pacific northwest colleague senator murray, and senator warner have recently introduced. they have an posh proposal, -- important proposal, the expanding access to family planning act. i'm proud to cosponsor this legislation. this is another area where chair murray and i work very closely together, because a lot of these issues can often involve medicaid, for example. i so appreciate my colleague bringing up her important bill with respect to family planning. the proposition behind it is pretty straightforward. the supreme court overturned roe against the will of the american people. states are criminalizing abortion. many women and girls are now being forced to carry pregnancies to term and give birth. if you're going to stand by this forced birth agenda, then you better guarantee basic health for women and families. that is really senator murray's challenge to senate republicans. you can't be pro-life and pro-family if you're against health care that saves lives and protects families. the murray legi

smith will vote no on the amendment by ms. speier. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new hampshire seek recognition? ms. kuster: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree, mr. pappas, and ms. leger fernandez i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the speier amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. keller: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. reschenthaler will vote no on amendment number 49. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? million neguse: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. allred, mr. evans, ms. pressley, mr. castro, ms. porter, and mr. soto i inform the house that these six members will vote yes on the speier amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. sal

ms. tlaib: i would like to thank chairman smith and chairman mcgovern for working with me on this important amendment and for their leadership for this process and thank congresswoman jacobs and support for the important policy change. with russia's war in ukraine and serious tension in the southern china sea today's world is being redefined between major nuclear powers. we don't have to look back far in history to see that there is danger here. the cold war was full of near misses that could have gotten out of control and ended in nuclear war. we are entering nuclear competition. we must remember one of the key lessons in the cold war that taught us that nuclear weapons, that we must preserve the ability -- step back and clearly signal de-escalation when necessary. the current draft includes a draft that prohibits and makes it impossible to reduce the stockpiles of icb mmp's the policy was created in implemented by lawmakers in promotion of company to profiter in production of these weapons, not in the best interest. the short sight he hadness places restraints on presidents, congress and

ms. waters: yes. the gentlelady does. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. >> h.r. 310 a bill to posthumously to glen doherty and sean smith in recognition of their contributions to the nation pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from california, msn from missouri, mrs. wagner each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. waters: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on this legislation and insert extraneous material thereon. the speaker pro tempore: without objection ms. waters: i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of h.r. 310, posthumously award the congressional gold medal collectively to glean doherty, tyrone woods, j. christopher stevens and sean smith to their contributions to the nation. i thank the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. lynch, for his dedication to ensuring congress honors the memories of the four brave individuals who served our country bravely for 59 collective years in public service. the congressional gold medal is an award bestowed

smith -- v.a. benefits, eligibility, health care that a veteran may be eligible for. rep. garcia: i will go back to msller and follow-up on the questions. you seem to say all the military damaged do not have a policy or program in place at the basic training level to ensure the new recruit knows. rep. garcia: what are you doing to make sure --? >> to inform them of their ability to pursue naturalization. sometimes may be establishing an office. the kind of programs -- >> as i began, let me indicate, in texas, because of the number of policies and responding to the crisis of smuggling, we are seeing the largest number of deaths of migrants coming into this country. under certain -- under circumstances of declaration -- of desperation. in the last 48 hours, 50 one dead migrants were found in an 18 wheeler near san antonio. i want this committee to have my voice as a record to know we acknowledge their desk, we are sad and we are taking a little moment to heart. fixing is broken integrate -- immigration system -- and many members of this committee have filed over and over again with a vast agreement. wou

ms. wasserman schultz: madam speaker, as the member designated by members rice, lawson, crist, smith, deutch, and maloney, carolyn, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on ordering the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> yes. as the member designated by mr. gimenez of florida, i inform the house that mr. gimenez will vote no on the previous question. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? mr. perlmutter: good afternoon, madam speaker. as the member designated by ms. diana degette of colorado, mr. mark desaulnier of california, ms. moulton of massachusetts, mr. suozzi of new york, mr. david scott of georgia, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by dr. joyce of pennsylvania, ms. stefanik of new york, mr. comer of kentucky, and dr. miller-meeks of iowa, i info

ms. williams, i inform the house that -- and the distinguished parliamentarian, mr. smith, that these members will vote yes on h.res. 1232. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia rise? >> as the member designated by mr. foster, mr. gottheimer, ms. houlahan, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.res. 1232. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 219 and the nays are 200. the resolution is adopted. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to h.r. 1232, house resolution 1230 is considered as adopted. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, seek recognition? mr. nadler: madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 1232 i call up h.r. 8404, the respect for marriage act, and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 8404, a bill to repeal the defense of marriage act and ensure respect for state regulation of marriage and for other purpo

ms. bass i inform the house and the distinguished parliamentarian, mr. smiththat these three members will vote yes on h.res. 1256. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from the commonwealth of kentucky seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. guthrie, i inform the house that mr. guthrie will vote no on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 218 and the nays are 207. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further proceedings today on the motion to suspend the rules if a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or if the vote is objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on the postponed question at a later time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4990, the i.t.s. codification act, as amended. th

ms. williams, i inform the house and the distinguished parliamentarian, mr. smith, that these three members will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 6. the chair: the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. thompson of mississippi, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote no on en bloc 6. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. thompson, i inform the house that mr. thompson will vote yes on en bloc 6. the chair: on this vote the yeas are 224. the nays are 204. the amendments en bloc are adopted. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: madam chair, i move that the committee do now rise. the chair: the question is on the motion that the committee rise. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the committee rises. mr. neguse: madam chair. the speaker pro tempore: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union h

ms. porter, i inform the house that and the distinguished parliamentarian, mr. smith, that these members will vote yes on h.r. 8294. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new hampshire rise? ms. kuster: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. pingree, ms. meng, ms. stevens, and ms. leger fernandez, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 8294. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois rise? ms. kelly: madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. demings of florida, mr. kahele of hawaii, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 8294. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. joyce: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. katko from new york, i inform the house that mr. katko will vote nay on h.r. 8294. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? ms. wasserman schultz: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote ye

ms. hirono: thank you. mr. wyden: mr. president, i also want to briefly touch on the important legislation that senator smith, my pacific northwest colleague senator murray, and senator warner have recently introduced. they have an posh proposal, -- important proposal, the expanding access to family planning act. i'm proud to cosponsor this legislation. this is another area where chair murray and i work very closely together, because a lot of these issues can often involve medicaid, for example. i so appreciate my colleague bringing up her important bill with respect to family planning. the proposition behind it is pretty straightforward. the supreme court overturned roe against the will of the american people. states are criminalizing abortion. many women and girls are now being forced to carry pregnancies to term and give birth. if you're going to stand by this forced birth agenda, then you better guarantee basic health for women and families. that is really senator murray's challenge to senate republicans. you can't be pro-life and pro-family if you're against health care that saves lives and protects families. the murray legi

ms. pressley, mr. evans and mr. allred, i inform the house that and the distinguished parliamentarian, mr. smith, that these six members will vote yes on h.r. 7337. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? mrs. cammack: thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. dunn and ms. salazar of florida, i inform the house that they will vote yea on h.r. 7337. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: madam speaker, as the member designated by congress members barragan, car dena, -- cardenas, kahele, jacobs and suozzi, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h. resolution 7337. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. upton of michigan and mr. katko of new york, i inform the house that messrs. katko and upton will vote yea on h.r. 7337. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam speaker, as

smith to inquire for. >> thank you, mr. chairman sharon to thank all the witnesses for taking time out of your busy schedules to be here. ms. huey, i know how hard these last few years it must have been for you. as a woman who owns and operates a small business, do one-size-fits-all paid leave and childcare policies regulated by burdensome federal processes make it harder to deliver benefits to employees? >> yes, sir, thank you for the question. it absolutely does. i could also speak to my husband small business. he has 20 employees may be a little less maybe 18 employees. he offers leave and paces employees when they're not there for this a lot of small businesses out there that offer benefits to working women and men that government mandates coming down would stop all of that. it would make the cost goods and services go higher. i think, if i might divert a little bit from that question but addressed something else i think the price of inflation is also going to drive up healthcare costs. having run a daycare center before i can tell you workers coming to work everyday with the price that gases, the food that they buy, m

ms. jackson lee: thank you, mr. blumenauer, for this kind of leadership. thank god relief is on the way. i yield back. mr. blumenauer: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from nebraska is recognized. mr. smith:: i appreciate the dialogue we have been having here today. i think it's important. as my colleague just mentioned that we work together to make sure this doesn't happen again. i think we need to look across the federal agencies to make sure that these very powerful agencies that have the power to shut down an industry, perhaps, that they have to plan ahead for what happens if that occurs. and people don't suffer as a result. when we hear the statistics that 90% of stores didn't have something, that means they had none, not just more expensive product that we see across the economy, it's hard to believe that the inflation rate is announced at 9.1% when it sure teams like things -- seems like things are a lot more expensive than 9.1% more than last year. the fact of the matter is let's work together to prevent this formula situation from ever happening again. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from oregon is recogn

smith, bbc news, in manchester. the defence secretary, ben wallace, has thrown his support behind liz truss to be the new leader of the conservative party and prime minister. his announcement came as mspaper so although the contest goes into september, people could start voting early so to have his endorsement now is a boost for liz truss, and also because he himself is popular with the conservative rank—and—file with polling such as yougov, and the conservative home website show him to be one of the most popular members of the cabinet so for him to come in behind liz truss booster. he said she had the breadth of experience, serving in the treasury and foreign affairs and for him as defence secretary a commitment to increase the defence budget seems to have swung it. for increase the defence budget seems to have swung it— have swung it. for me, liz is the one who will _ have swung it. for me, liz is the one who will do _ have swung it. for me, liz is the one who will do best _ have swung it. for me, liz is the one who will do best by - have swung it. for me, liz is the one who will do best by defence | have swung it. for me, liz is the i one who will do best by defence of the nation