ultimately you want to lift omb p. up. that's whatt the name implies office of drug control policy. >> that's important to the whole ofa government approach and evy component and that leadership is such a critical piece. i will turn back to you. you mentioned earlier about the discussion of the evolving nature with respect to demographics and i wondered if you could talk more about that as well and what that means to approach an address to opioid crisis. and demographics were it to ethnic minoritiesgr and with respect to how much emphasis we are placing on the overall emotional and mental health of our adolescents. >> is certainly welcome news to me as a psychiatrist that we are elevating our discussions around member health and substance use. we have in this report the changing natures. some of this is ventured several times today expanded now now -- it's fentanyl now. dr. adams noted the mortality rate now in communities of color and we also noted how the regional differences have changed and the northeast is particularl

omb folks are listening into this hearing. will be calling them soon to find out what is going on. from the beginning we were warned. they would do anything they can to delay and kill this. not my words, they are scared i know i will be here for the next three years. and i will be on this. as you know, i am a survivor of head on drunk driving crash myself. and the families that i have met and i know that you have met, they need this done, we need this done. we are losing too many americans on the road every year. i look forward to working with you and your team for that implementation. hot air balloon regulations. we had a chance to chat on the street. it is an important tradition in new mexico and thriving industry. last year thehe federal aviation administration started regulating what was impossible for hot air balloon regulators to follow. i want to thank you for fixing this festival in new mexico. we know that much more must be done before the next and with upcoming rulemaking's after outreach by myself and senator heidri

and under the trump adminitration, even the treasury department had to run it through the omb.hen he came into the white house was he canceled that rule and so right now regulators all around government can write new regulations and they are no longer reviewed to make sure they are good for society by anybody so he really did tie people up with new regulations, but here is the thing. we found that as soon as we stopped new regulations, small business sentiment soared to the highest it had ever been since world war ii. you remember that, and it did, we found out, because new regulations are especially hard on small businesses, because they don't have like a whole compliance team to look at every regulation and figure out how to change things so they don't get in trouble so they have to hire outsiders and it costs them a lot of money. the point is that small business sentiment is now about the worst its been since world war ii and it's exactly because of all these new regulations. charles: it's in free fall. so kevin this is an example, what's in your book, the sort of drift towa

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based on what i have been learning here, omb had something to say about this and i hope the omb folks are listening to this hearing. it will be calling them soon to find out what's going on. from the beginning, we were warned that many of the auto manufacturers will do everything they can to delay and kill this. i know i will be here for the next three years. i am going to be on this. i am a survivor of the head on drunk driving crash myself. the families that i have met and you have met, we need this done. we are losing too many americans on the road each year so we have to get this done. i look forward to working with you and your team for that. hot air balloon regulations. we had a chance to chat on the street. hot air ballooning in new mexico is an important tradition and thriving industry. last year, the faa began implementing regulations that were impossible for hot air balloon operators to follow. i want to thank you and your team for your responsiveness for fixing this year's festival in new mexico. much more must be done before the next with upcoming rulemakings. after outrea

i hope that the omb folks are listening into this hearing, and i'll be calling them soon to find out what's going on. from the beginning, we were warned that many of the american factors will do everything they can to delay and kill this. not my words, fair. and so i know i'll be here for the next three years. and i'm going to be on this. as you know, i'm a survivor of head on drunk driving crash myself. and the families that i've met, and i know you've met, they need this done. we're losing too many americans on the roads every year. and so we have to get it done. i appreciate that, i -- forwards working with you when your team on that implementation. hot air balloon regulations? we had a chance to chat on the street during our short walk, but hot air ballooning in new mexico is an important tradition, a protected industry. last, year the federal aviation administration and committed regulations that were impossible for hot air balloon officers to follow. i want to thank you and your team for the responsiveness for fixing it for this year's hot air balloon festival in new mexico. we

we spoke with former omb director russ about the activists targeting conservative justices. watch this. >> this is what happens when you take the outrageous steps of leaking a document like this, they are trying to put massive pressure on the supreme court and intimidate physically the individuals. they are trying to essentially create violence in the streets so that they can change the result of this important decision. >> carley: south carolina congresswoman nancy mace's home was vandalized last year. the white house down plays the real threat to safety. >> joey: missouri and indiana are suing president biden, jen psaki and dr. fauci for cocludeing with social media giants to sensor speech it considers misinformation. brooke singman, good morning. >> brooke: republican attorney general are claiming the biden administration "pressured and colluded with big tech like facebook, twitter and youtube to squash the hunter biden story, wuhan lab story and information about the effectiveness of wearing masks to stop the spread of covid-19. one of the two attorney generals, eric eri

one of the first things is change the budget request that he or someday she and the omb request, when they are creating a budget request eventually sent to congress and haggled over. the president can reflect his or her agenda by requesting additional funding or there can be a punitive action are requesting far less funding for a specific agency in order to impact the power they have to carry out their agenda which may be in conflict with the president's. host: we have a tweet from carter. shout out to my teacher. altar high school, ohio. which court cases are expected to play the biggest roles in the exam this year? ladies? [laughter] sunshine: even though we like armchair gaming, we never recommend trying to guess. the college board has their mysterious ways. also we have a few other factors in play. this version of the test is only a couple years old. we are still finding ourwe are y with what they might do and what they might not do. in 2020 there were so many different prompts it is hard to say these were used, so these are the ones that were left over. my students are hoping for

could it be possible to round up, i hope there is somebody at omb still doing their job and trackingedirect it towards security in schools which is so important, so vital at this point in our history? >> we've demanded this administration for an accounting of all the covid dollars that has been appropriated. we believe that there are hundreds of billions of dollars of covid dollars still out there that have not been spent but unfortunately the money that is being spent is spent on items that so unfortunate. like $17 million for a golf course in florida. $4 million for a parking lot at a beach in south carolina. $783 million, david, for prisoners, including the boston marathon bomber. the list goes on and on, the waste that is in this. we held an accounting. we asked for this administration hold an accounting. >> by the way there is a lot of so-called woke spending in this too. these courses on racism. again stuff that has zero to do with covid but has everything to do with the sort of left-wing political agenda of woke democrats. it is an old phrase in politics going back to the mcca

doj requirements requiring the secretary of energy with your proposed budget prior to submitting to omb so doesn't have any impacts on the budget to recapitalize a test site infrastructure? >> i do not believe so. i've only done the process once. the nuclear weapons counsel assess the dod budget was adequate. >> maybe we can talk off line. senator rounds is next. >> first of all thank you to all of you for your service into our country and it is special that the entire counsel be to answer very special opportunity for us admiral richard that the missile-defense symposium with the conventional forces was breathtaking. he went on to caution make no mistake china strategic breakout is cause for action. and that we need to understand what we're up against. i would like you to share with us in simple english that third grade level as the west strap, commander what it is we're up against so the american people clearly understand how greatest threat truly is and to assure that we continue to pace the growing threat with her own capabilities can you also speak to how imperative it is that we do

. >> omb director when you were in the white house is he moderate.people in ohio want a mod accurate in that seat or has ohio changed. >> i will tell you he has a moderate conservative. everybody in this race has tried to be a conservative. the difference is in the tone. most of them are making it all about, you know, i am maga, i want the trump endorsement, i'm like trump. and then you have got dolan who said i support the trump policies, but i'm dolan. i'm not trying to be trump. it's going to be interesting to see how it plays out. we also have a gubernatorial primary. trump didn't endorse in it but he went out of his way at his rally a few days ago in delaware, ohio, to attack governor mike dewine saying is he a terrible governor. is he a terrible, terrible person and we will see how that goes tonight. my suspicion is divine, who is sort of the epitome of a traditional moderate conservative, low key ohio republican is likely to win the nomination easily tonight. >> brian: let me see, you might not like him he is a not a terrible person. is he a n

they stun what i've been learning here colin d has something to say about this and i hope omb folks are listening into this hearing of the calling them soon to find out what's going on. from the beginning we were warned other manufacturers are doing everything --. as you know i'm a survivor of head on drunk driving crash myself and i've met and i know you've met we are killing too many americans on the roads every year so we have to get it done and i appreciate that implementation. hot air balloon regulations we have had a chance to chat during a short walk of hot air ballooning in new mexico is an important tradition. the federal aviation administration follow. i want to thank you and your team for your responsiveness for fixing this year's festival in new mexico. much more must be done before the next with upcoming rulemakings. after our reach by myself and senator heinrich the department granted a one-year waiver for this rule. one of the questions that i have this has the faa continues to work on implementation of this rule and others do i have your commitment to provide practice ca

doj requirements requiring the secretary of energy with your proposed budget prior to submitting to omb so doesn't have any impacts on the budget to recapitalize a test site infrastructure? >> i do not believe so. i've only done the process once. the nuclear weapons counsel assess the dod budget was adequate. >> maybe we can talk off all right, maybe we can talk off line a little bit more about that. thank you very much. that is it. senator king, senator rounds i believe. >> senator rounds is next. >> senator rounds. >> thank you, mister chairman. admiral richard, first of all, let me say thank you to all of you for your service to our country. i think it is very special that the entire council be here today. this is a very special opportunity for us. admiral richard, in august of 2021 the space and missile defense symposium you described china's explosive growth and modernization of its nuclear and conventional forces as rest taking. you went on to caution, make no mistake, china's strategic breakout is cause for action. we need to understand what we are up against. i would like to hav

requires the secretary of energy to submit proposed budgets to the council prior to submitting it to ombo, add administrator last question. if you could answer quickly. has this had any impacts on the budget to modernize and recapitalize the test site infrastructure? >> i do not believe so. i've only done the process once and the nuclear weapons council assessed the budget for the test site is adequate. >> maybe we can talk off-line a little bit more about that. thank you very much. >> senator king, no, senator rounds thank you, mr. chairman. admiral richard, first of all let me say thank you to the service for the country and i think it is very special that the entire council be here today. if this is a very special opportunity for us. admiral richard in august of 21 the space and missile defense symposium described china's explosive growth and modernization of the forces as breathtaking. you went on to caution no mistake the strategic breakout is because for action and we need to understand what we are up against. i would like to have you share with us or describe in plain and simple e

the secretary of energy to submit the proposed budget of a council prior to submitting it to you or omb and so, administrator hruby, next question, if you can answer quickly, has this new review project had any impact on the [inaudible] and re-capitalize the test site infrastructure? >> i do not believe so. i've only done the process. once and in this process, the nuclear weapons council assessed that is the d.o.e. budget for the test site was adequate. >> maybe we can talk offline a little bit more about that. thank you very. much that is it. senator king, senator rounds i believe. >> senator rounds is next. >> senator rounds. >> thank you, mister chairman. admiral richard, first of all, let me say thank you to all of you for your service to our country. and i think it is very special that the entire council be here today. this is a very special opportunity for us. admiral richard, in august of 2021, at the space and missile defense symposium you described china's explosive growth and modernization of its nuclear and conventional forces as breath taking. you went on to caution, make no

omb's involved officer discharges. they worked a bit differently.e number comes 001 21 and then the second one that we reviewed or that the rv did in the fourth quarter was 002 21. so our first officer involved shooting which occurred in 2018 . it's 18 002 included the mission district on street. on march 6 at approximately 10:30 in the evening. there were officers patrolling in the district when they were flagged down a couple of spanish-speaking community members. the motion to the officers they repeated the term pistol and according to an individual was running down the street. that individual jumped into a parked vehicle which droveaway . the officers who were in a patrol car followed thevehicle , attempted to do a traffic stop. the vehicle did not initially stop. it did subsequently and at that time the officers were made aware that the individual who had been running down the street was now in the trunk of the car so there were a total of three individuals in the car. the driver of a female passenger who was not known to the officers until lat

the director of omb was a fellow named david stockman who remains a friend of mine. that was my first job, in reagan's first term. host: your trip the 16 book connects the reagan revolution with jfk. what is the policy connection? larry: it's a story i've wanted to tell for years. it has been in the back of my head. i worked with my pal, a terrific researcher and co-author. in a nutshell, john f. kennedy was a progrowth democrat. he was a taxcutting democrat. he was a supply-side democrat. when he ran in 1960, he really ran as the growth guy and richard nixon ran as the status quo. in those days, the republican party was ok with very high tax rate. eisenhower had no interest in cutting that 91% tax rate they inherited from fdr's new deal. kennedy did not explicitly run on it but set i want 5% growth. i want low unemployment because there had been three recessions during the eisenhower years. that is a little-known factoid, but it is true, factually. the connection to reagan some 25 years later was reagan lowered marginal tax rates and helped reignite a more abundant

the director of omb was a fellow named david stockman who remains a friend of mine. that was my first job, in reagan's first term. host: your trip the 16 book connects the reagan revolution with jfk. what is the policy connection? larry: it's a story i've wanted to tell for years. it has been in the back of my head. i worked with my pal, a terrific researcher and co-author. in a nutshell, john f. kennedy was a progrowth democrat. he was a taxcutting democrat. he was a supply-side democrat. when he ran in 1960, he really ran as the growth guy and richard nixon ran as the status quo. in those days, the republican party was ok with very high tax rate. eisenhower had no interest in cutting that 91% tax rate they inherited from fdr's new deal. kennedy did not explicitly run on it but set i want 5% growth. i want low unemployment because there had been three recessions during the eisenhower years. that is a little-known factoid, but it is true, factually. the connection to reagan some 25 years later was reagan lowered marginal tax rates and helped reignite a more abundant

when this european bureaucrat start designing our tax code former white house omb director is here tosing historically strong wage gains with the most recent data showing 5.5% pay raises, sounds good but compare that to a.5% price hikes because of inflation. edward lawrence is at the white house with how the biden administration is responding to all of this is been a u.s. chamber of commerce's and businesses are just beginning to feel the wage price cycle, they say they're struggling to find workers so they have to pay those workers that they do find more and they might have to raise prices to a feel the pressure because they have to pay the workers more. the latest jobs report, wages increased 5.5% over the past 12 months. the cpi inflation said that they .5%. workers are losing money to get another cpi reading on wednesday. the bank of england and the economic forecast says they will face double-digit inflation and prolonged stagnation, even recession. it was a most gloomy business outlook for any major central bank this year so far, the federal reserve acting chairman jay powell sa

of the obama administration, which is why his paper also includes probably the only history of the omb twitter feed that you're going to get but can i i really i found that to a really important point. out obama's presidency really coinciding the iphone being debuting just a few months into the obama presidency arguably both those being kind of transformative events in in the modern presidency. so, how does that how does that connect with this new reality that christian is also describing which is one where polarization means it's very hard for presidents to define leading except in a very fragmented way the way in which we all experience the media world at this point. yeah, and thank you susan. and and i think that's an interesting segue because what i want to discuss on christmas talking about we could spend all day arguing which came first the polarization or the new media which is affecting whom but but ultimately the polarization is sort of an effect into it, but you mentioned the iphone just from my own personal experience. i was a young speech writer for vice president gore at t

according to omb, the improper payment rate for unemployment insurance in fy 21 rose to 8.7%. there have been reports of the percentage could be much higher in june of 21, axios had an alarming headline. half of the pandemic employment money might have been stolen. i know the treasury has the payment integrity secretary about -- as the center have the authorities, capabilities, and finding it needs to confront the growing crisis of improper payments? >> i think different agencies have different authorities, in terms of looking into that. trying to address improper payments. some of that authority, some programs, resides with the treasury. we are doing everything that we can to make sure that the payments that we are making under the programs that our responsibility are not characterized by fraud. we have inspector generals. we have fraud prevention programs, controls in place, to address -- >> does the payment integrity center of excellence, is it government wide? >> i believe a number of different agencies, and of course doj plays an important role there as well. >>, which is

according to omb the improper payment rate for unemployment insurance rose to 8.7 percent and there have been reports the percentage could be even higher. in june 2021 axios had an alarmingheadline, half may have been stolen . does the center have the authority, capability and funding it needs to confront the growing crisis of improper payments? >> i think different agencies have different authorities in terms of looking into that and trying to address improper payments. some of that authority for some programs resides with the treasury. and we are esdoing everything that we can to make sure that the payments that were making under the program are our responsibility to not, are not characterized by fraud. we have inspector general's and fraud prevention programs keeping controls in place. >> i want to inject the payment integrity is its authority restricted to the treasury or the government. >> i believe a number of different agencies and of course doj plays an important role as well l. >> the supply chain disruptions have been so severe that parents are desperately searching for baby fo

the omb, the workers, and the environmentalists, to try to get to the next generation. that's what we're all talking about, like this. we need to make this transformational shift to electrifying the transportation sector to reduce company missions and our dependence on foreign him energy resources, while we are paying making good paying a lender american jobs and strengthening supply chains. the fact of the matter is, this is an economic and national security issue. i've heard each of you today point to -- thank you to our witnesses -- about have heard each of you today pointed the complex global commodity market or described companies simply as price takers. the way you talk about your business, it's as if you have no control over anything. and you're just helpless participants in the global market. but i'm not sure that's true. your decisions on whether to increase, sustain or decrease production affect the price per barrel. but isn't it true that your project is so majority of the price that someone is paying, that the customer is paying for the cost of gasoline? so,