so although pennsylvania's influence. shaped the vermont constitution a georgia also had a camera assembly but possibly pennsylvania's biggest influence was in provoking a reaction. in other states of a people who were saw this democracy and kind of wanted to slow it down. so after this burst of constitution rating, there's a you know, there's a slow walk go that happens and other states that literally is about like things are really radical right now. let's let's wait a little while. this is john adams in massachusetts and and others are try to maybe slow walk things a little bit. and the result of the slow walk at a period of consideration was the massachusetts constitution. of 1780 that was begun in 1778. and john adams drafted this constitution. he had already written about what government should look like in a pamphlet. that was kind of a response to common sense. it came out just a few months after common sense in the spring of 1776. adams was writing to try to reassure people who were worried about independence tha

so, the committees in pennsylvania literally take over the government of pennsylvania and write the constitution. this constitution is the most distinct, it's the most different from our current frame of government and both from the british style and what came after we. they got rid of everything associated with the british system with aristocracy, with hierarchy. so, no governor. because what was the governor except an exemplar of royal power? no senate, because what was the senate except an exemplar of aristocracy? the house of lords in england, those people have their seats by inheritance, because they're aristocrats. why would you need an upper house if you are not encodting aristocracy? so, they had a unicameral legislature. instead of a governor, they created an executive council, a kind of president, really. people that the house representatives would appoint to advise that person, that person is execute the will of the legislature. it's super hyper -- itself. the legislature appointed judges, appointed people to office, election of some of these figures, some judicial figures as well. so

in pennsylvania counties bear all costs to run elections at every level. the need for more consistent funding was especially apparent in 2020. in addition to the pandemic, counties are required to update voting systems to incorporate a verifiable paper ballot and implement mail-in voting for millions of voters. for some counties, there was virtually no way they could have counted mail ballots without significant financial investment for equipment and additional manpower. despite some assistance from the federal government, many counties face the discrepancy between available resources and their needs. it was only because of nonprofit grants that many counties were able to purchase automatic envelope openers, scanners, and mail sorters to process ballots. we think -- thank the chairwoman and her cosponsors for introducing legislation that would create a permanent stream of funding for election and support that effort. we also ask members of this committee support any proposal that would shore up election infrastructure and access to the ballot. thank you fo

mastriano was and is a pennsylvania state senator. he helped facilitate a bust that took upwards of 130 or more people from pennsylvania to washington d.c., so that they could be there on january 6th. mastriano also worked with rudy giuliani to host conspiratorial hearings, lobbying allegations of election fraud in the weeks after the 2020 election. but most importantly, mastriano was recently named the republican party nominee as governor of pennsylvania. if he wins that race, he will be the most powerful figure in the state of pennsylvania, overseeing elections in the 2024 presidential election, where the pennsylvania election could be a close one. the fact that he has agreed to sit for an interview with the committee is a small but important victory for investigators and it shows just how many different layers, in terms of time, but also in terms of geography they are having to grapple with as they bring together the findings of their investigation. and, simultaneously keep finding out more things. >> so here's my take on. this wit

he is a disgrace to the commonwealth of pennsylvania.them should be arrested in my view. this was clearly a criminal conspiracy and this criminal cabal must not be allowed to get in the majority and the house. i'm one of those folks who do not buy that idea the democrats will just lose the house. we must win the house. not only to deal with the very real economic concerns that americans have and push through the big ideas that we do those things. but also for the future of the -- we cannot allow these people to be in charge in 2024 when it comes around. >> following up on that point of our -- but this is pressure campaign say to you about the possibility of a country turning power back over to republicans? what that may mean? what do groups and activists citizens out there to leading up to that? does this narrative help energize folks to recognize exactly what is happening? >> one of the most interesting things i think that has happened is what i've been hearing from certain republicans. which is the fact that these republicans are testi

you know, we are sitting here in pennsylvania. we still don't know who won the republican nomination for senator, because we are still waiting on ballots coming in. many states manage to actually conduct their elections on the day of elections. and yet democrats keep moving in the direction of election chaos. secretary ardoin, some of the witnesses here have criticized laws, like taxes sb 1, because it slows the expansion of non traditional voting methods like mail in voting. can you tell this committee about the security concerns and fraud concerns potentially posed by mail in voting? >> yes, and -- the concern in louisiana that we have found is that the concern is that we can't quickly enough process the ballots to make certain that the absentee requests are from the individuals that are actually asking for the ballots. we have to compare signatures, which requires additional equipment for us to be able to electronically do that. right now we are doing it, eyeball, in person. that slows down the process of being able to get indi

right think about pennsylvania politics.. 2016 going to donald trump. 2020 going to joe biden. if you're looking at the campaign strategy for both fetterman and oz, if you're a -- anybody that has close proximity to donald trump we're gonna highlight. a doctor oz being one of them. but how far do you go? looking -- >> and a lot of big trump supporters. between the top three candidates, in the republican's senate primary, this was a donald trump primary. in the center part of the state. all those things that daniel. stone democrats should lay on the identity of the republicans. -- they support guns. they support donald. trump they thanked the election was stolen. they support election more restrictive election laws. it is a two edged sword in this race, which is why john fetterman has a little bit of an opportunity here to demonstrate that he represents pennsylvania values. and doctor, us for new jersey, endorsed by donald trump, simply does not. >> so there's one kind of outlier here danielle. and that is fetterman. that all

in congress, i'm proud to represent the incredible dairy farmers of pennsylvania's 13th congressional district, who operate our farms and work to provide the milk, the butter, the yogurt, the ice cream that americans eat each and every day. as a doctor i have seen firsthand the advantages that providing whole mulg has for our nation's -- milk has for our nation's young people, the nutrients, vitamins, milk provides are essential to the development of healthy brainish two -- brain tissue, healthy bones, and healthy muscles. that's why it's so important that we once again have whole milk back in schools in the cafeterias so our students can have this each and every day. this june as we celebrate national dairy month, let's remember and let's thank our farmers who do so much to support our health, our nutrition, our nation, and each and every one of us. thank you. mr. speaker, right now american families are facing higher prices and supply chain shortages in our nation's grocery stores. right now, the cost of beef is up 10% from last year. the cost of bacon is up 15%. the cost of oranges

my name is rory challenge, and i want to find out who's my 1st destination. pennsylvania a u. s. states that is fully embraced crit bitco, and he's going to take over the world. it'll have to conquer america, and it's making good progress. recent survey suggest about a face for the american adults that already bought into crypto. so now that i'm here, i better get some right. this is shane bites inside is a man who's trying to make buying big cohen as easy as possible eyes. hey, rory, let me check. i don't mean to like very much. so the machines. yes they are. you want to use one i do because i don't have, i don't have any back going. so what do i do? this is brave you over me. first is click on the screen, get it started. yeah. you're gonna buy decline. it's like how much you want to buy . so here we go. 10 bucks. lots of the big spenders, just in the so that's, that's it. and then you can look on your wall and you can see you got to pick 1. 0 says it's pending. yep, that's it. i mean, you got it. every grill has been buying and selling bitcoin since the early days. now he ru

again, that's the pennsylvania raise. mehmet oz will be the nominee in pennsylvania.s now you have this race between mehmet oz and john fetterman who came out with his own health statement today saying he is going to be off the trail some more as he recovers from his operation and getting a pacemaker. >> juan: just a second on fetterman, that was a very surprising kind of medical statement because it had a lots of red flags in it. the bottom basically said he can serve -- run a campaign and serve as a u.s. senator but there was lots of cautionary notes in there coming from a doctor. you kind of wonder who in the campaign authorized release of that statement. big news here i was thinking that the voters of pennsylvania would not get to pick the winner of the g.o.p. senate primary in pennsylvania because i thought it was just going to be the matter of the best lawyers and the lawyers were going to argue over the unsigned ballots that have been in contested as mccormick tried it catch up with those 900 votes with mehmet oz. i think what you are seeing here is that there'

understand, here in pennsylvania and across this country, but especially here in pennsylvania, thosehe big lie have been rewarded with victories in republican primaries for governor, senate and for other races. now it's important that we come out in full force to defend our democracy. we work the polls. showing up in voting. ensuring that this 245-year experiment born a few blocks from where i sit today continues. the way we do that is by making sure that we have people participate in our process. understand what the other side is trying to do is make people not want to vote, not want to participate. it's important that we show up and that we fight back and that we push to defend our democracy. if we're going to make progress on reducing costs for pennsylvania families, if we're going to make progress on dealing with crime, in dealing with so many other issues that are important for us to address, we have to make sure that the foundation upon which we do that work, our democracy, is protected. the way we do that is by participating. >> the current governor, who is term limited, tom w

oz in pennsylvania. >> president trump endorsed dr.e is who is going to shake up washington. >> i want to take a moment to express my deep thanks to the great people of pennsylvania who have joined me so far on this journey and supported my campaign. i am blessed to have earned the presumptive republican nomination for the united states senate. >> no mention of trump in the new ad, imichael. >> in primary season he wanted to be perceived as donald trump's protege. i think for the general election he would like to be perceived as oprah's protege. president trump's pollster just did a survey for the aarp in pennsylvania. dr. oz i'm holding it in my hand has stunning negatives and they are across the board. 63% of all pennsylvania voters perceive him unfavorably, among republicans it's 38%. so i'm sure it's in view of these numbers that he believes he needs to pivot. of course, the pivot toward the center is a tale as old as time politically speaking but there's going to be so much money spent in pennsylvania, i don't think that john fett

>> guest: third in pennsylvania. it's an assembly which is different than in march. we tell folks come to third in pennsylvania, all the way back to 14th street, and on friday night we are going to the national ball at 7:00. actually at 5:00 5:00 we'ra communal feeding of anybody who was hungry can come but the reason is to show how much hunger exists two blocks from the capitol. and then on friday evening at 7:00 we are having the of morning because 1 million people died from covid and we haven't stopped one week andca just crid as a nation. our people died at a rate of two to five times higher. the pandemic didn't discriminate but we did. essential workers were sent out on the front lines but they weren't given health care. they giving a living wage and was almost like they were expendable. so we're going to have a service that morning on friday night for those that have died from gun violence, those of died from pandemic, those are dying in war and then at 9:30 a.m. on saturday morning, on third in pennsylvania everybody should come in here the voices. can ir say

like to stay to pennsylvania . he won't eat he's gone. he says he's using the state's alternative energy incentives and the profits from bitcoin mining. to make that happen, the coal is the dirtiest source of power there is. and coal waste is especially inefficient. so i asked bill the obvious question. do you think that the c o 2 emissions ah, a justifiable byproduct of clearing this landscape? i absolutely do. and what i'm asking you is just stop a minute. look at this. i understand where people say it's not perfect, but how many things in life are perfect. i, i mean, rory, i mean don't let perfect be the enemy. very good. so do you consider yourself an environmentalist? i absolutely consider myself an environmentalist. bill and his colleagues firmly convinced that they're doing what is best for this area. but i have a feeling people campaigning against climate change. i'm going to disagree who i am on my way to meet one has another coal waste power station. right? makes my spect chimney. there are plenty of bitcoin miners who say their

giuliani told pennsylvania state legislators that 8000 dead people voted in pennsylvania. you investigated those claims of voter fraud. can you tell us what you found? >> not only was it not evidence of 8000 dead voters voting in pennsylvania, there wasn't evidence of eight. we took seriously every case that was referred to us, no matter how fantastical, the matter how absurd and took everyone every one of those seriously including these. >> as it turns out even mr. trump's campaign lawyers knew that the dead voter claims were not valid. >> i guess the crooks in philadelphia are disappointed in this the only submitted 8021 ballots from dead people, mail-in ballots for dead people. it would be easier for dead people to smith mail-in ballots than it is to vote in person. >> roti was at this stage of his life the same ability to manage things at this level or not. and obviously they never proved the allegations that they were making and they were trying to develop. >> mr. schmidt, on november 11, 2020, president trump tweeted about you saying, and here's a quote, a guy named

in response to this crycy, the gentlelady from pennsylvania -- to this crisis, the gentlelady from pennsylvania, along with the the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. keller, introduced the bill enhancing mental health and suicide prevention through campus planning act this would help develop comprehensive mental health and suicide prevention plans to better support mental health needs of college students. specifically the legislation would direct the department of education to build on existing mental health care -- mental health programs to create evidence-based approaches to suicide prevention and mental health care. and it would encourage the department to collaborate with state agencies, nonprofit organizations, and stakeholders to help ensure these programs fully meet the needs of students. . in other words, the enhancing student care and suicide prevention through campus planning act is essential to ensure we care for student's well being. i want to thank ms. wild and mrn this critical priority and urge a yes vote on this bill. madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker p

but i do want to remind folks in pennsylvania, abortion is legal in pennsylvania.elect josh shapiro, because he is currently our attorney general, and he has consistently upheld a woman's right to privacy and her health care choices, and doug matriano, the election denier who infamously sold tickets to and participated in the january 6th infantry recollection cares nothing for women's rights, does not even believe in abortion services and care, and that the extreme cases of incest or life of the mother. so everything is on the line. we have to elect josh shapiro, governor, to veto pen, to be the backstop. critically important, as you know, is our senate race here, senator toomey is not seeking re-election. john fedderman is running. and he is the democratic nominee. he too will protect a woman's right to choose. we have to pick up at least two more democratic senators to break through the filibuster in the senate. so all eyes will be on pennsylvania for elections up and down the valley to continue to protect a woman's right to choose. >> pennsylvania really has bec

giuliani told pennsylvania state legislators that 8000 dead people voted in pennsylvania. you investigated those claims of voter fraud. can you tell us what you found? >> not only was there not evidence of 8000 dead voters voting in pennsylvania. there wasn't evidence of eight. we took seriously every case that was referred to us, no matter how fantastical, no matter how absurd, we took every one of those seriously, including these. >> as it turns out, even mr. trump's campaign lawyers knew that the dead voter claims weren't valid. >> i guess the crooks in philadelphia are disappointed in this. they only submitted 8021 votes from dead people, mail in ballots from dead people. probably easier for dead people to submit mail in ballots than it is to vote in person. >> rudy was at this stage of his life, the same ability to manage things at this level or not. and obviously, -- he publicly said it, they never proved the allegations that they were making. >> mr. smith, on november 11th, 2020, president trump tweeted about you. saying, here is a quote, a guy named al schmidt, a p

, who just won the democratic primary for senate in pennsylvania last week, said at the time that heccept patrick's reward in the form of a gift certificate to regional convenience store sheetz >> the fraud that we know that has occurred in pennsylvania in this cycle is a registered republican in luzerne county trying to vote for trump with his dead mother's ballot other than that, no, we have not witnessed any voter fraud here in pennsylvania. i want my reward you know, he wanted voter fraud and from one fellow lieutenant governor to another, it's like, you know, he can pay me in sheetz gift cards. that would be fine and the bottom line is, like, you know, my dude wants voter fraud. i delivered in pennsylvania, because that is the one, lone case of voter fraud documented right now, as of this airing >> seth: by the way, if you don't know about sheetz, outside of new york, it's the only place you can go to buy mouthwash, fuzzy dice, a 12-inch sub and a six-pack of keystone light at the same time. and yeah, if you want to quietly slip an adult magazine in there, go for it. it's not po

, even though trump lost pennsylvania. with each new primary election this year, the republican party has made sort of increasingly wild choices for who their nominees are going to be, to represent them in november's elections. well tomorrow, we're going to get more. tomorrow, there are primary elections in seven more states. and if you are looking to see who might be the next list, the next guy on the list of this amazing cast of characters republicans have been nominating this year, you may want to pay particular attention to montana. montana republican congressional contender ryan zinkin, if that face is familiar to you, if that name sounds familiar, it is probably because you remember him from one of his 18 gazillion different scandals during his time as trump's interior secretary. and when i say 18, there wasn't 18 gazillion, but really was 18 different federal investigations involving ryan zinke during his time as a trump cabinet member, and spent $12,000 of taxpayer money to fly on a private plane and $139,000 taxpa

or the pennsylvania state treasurer who is a republican, or the pennsylvania auditor general?that it? >> the answer is yes, the objection is only to joe biden. all of the other republicans who actually performed better than trump on the ballot, have absolutely no problems with their own elections. and that's very telling. but i do want people to pay very close attention to what josh hawley is doing. you're going to hear the same thing from senator ted cruz and a lot of others. this is going to be the big election lie version 2. it's where they try to shift the explanation away from the crazy conspiracy theories to something that sounds a little more reasonable, but i think people need to understand that the issues that he is raising there have all, to your point, been adjudicated. they were either rejected by the courts or the courts said we are not hearing these objections because they're being dealt with at the state level. republicans in congress are going to try to change the subject and claim that this is about how the rules were changed during covid, but those complaints

oz is registered to vote in pennsylvania.s voter registration record on pennsylvania's government website. he's been registered to vote there since late 2020. so where did this come from? oz's democratic opponent john fetterman posted a tweet noting that oz has registration listed as active in the state of new jersey. some democratic commentators went from that to say, he has a new jersey registration, therefore he's not registered in pennsylvania. but that's not how it works. as average people who have moved from state to state know, it takes time for you to be removed from the voter registration roles in your original state unless you go to the election authorities and say hey, i moved, it can take years for them to remove you from the roles. there is not illegal here, nothing nefarious here, politically embarrassing but entirely normal and no sign of voter fraud. even though we have millions of people double registered in two states at any given time, double voting actual fraud is very rare. >> double voting, not double re

wasting pennsylvania's time on this effort.ictim flits on the 2024 -- a big influence on the 2024 election. taking why dropbox is an mail-in voting and that sort of thing. we know he subscribes to the theory control over the electoral college, democratic victory in 2024 and appoint electors for the republican candidate. people say democracy is on the ballot in the 2022 gubernatorial election in pennsylvania, they are not kiddg. it really is life or death for democracy. amy: you have a quick comment on what is now shaved up to be this senatoal race? you have john fetterman, lieutenant governor, who had a heart attack, was in the hospital on primary day, heart patient versus the heart surgeon dr. oz has just been declared the winner of the republican senatorial primary? >> that is a fascinating twist. the reity, thoug both minute awes -- dr. oz and see mormick my both have been living outside pennsylvania for years, which hurts a lot of voters here understandably. both of them were people who basically made up new clinical person

lamb of pennsylvania and mr. torres of new york, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 7910. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman waters, representative gomez and representative sanchez of california, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on retaining title 1. thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? ms. wasserman schultz: as the member designated by mr. crist and ms. frankel of florida, i inform the house that these members will vote yea on retaining title 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. walorski and ms. spartz both of indiana, i inform the house that mrs. walorski and ms. spartz will vote no on title 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> madam speaker, as the member

a week before the election, the governor of pennsylvania, secretary of state ofnd pennsylvania, changedd election laws were instituted. in violation of this article, even though the republican legislature objected to what they were doing, objected to what they were doing. so lawsuit were brought. theyro were brought in court. the supreme court of pennsylvania that violated federal constitution ruled on it u.s. supreme court refused to take it up, it appeared that three justices wanted to take it up, it takes four, up like 2000. when al gore tried to litigate his way to house u.s. supreme court rehnquist said enough is enough. the rogue florida supreme court, kept changing the election laws in violation of article ii. is it your duty as president of the senate overseeing the process, and vice president of the united states, to accept the counting of electors even if you know that the federal constitution has been violated? didn't you take an oath to this the constitution of the united states, doesn't this supercede anything else. i'm not bringing this up to criticize anyone, this matter i

now, left-wing radicals are rolling into pennsylvania, pushing john fetterman.ided with socialists, backed a government takeover of health care, embraced parts of the green new deal that would cost you $50,000 a year. fetterman said democrats need to be ruthless. bernie sanders calls fetterman an outstanding progressive. fetterman admits he'll always vote with democrats. in this economy, that's the last thing we need. >> what do you think? >> well, i'm glad it's an ad focused on issues rather than his health, for sure. i actually agree that the issue around the health in and of itself, you have probably got a lot of men out there in pennsylvania who are thinking, you know, my doctor told me i need to do x, y, and z. but in this political environment, where republicans are expected to do quite well, where the wind is in republicans' sails, you do want to make sure you are positioned so that the median voter, the swing voter in the middle does not think you're too extreme. this ad really does a good job of talking about issues where fetterman is perhaps outside of

you know that state how do you think there's going to play out in pennsylvania?l be eight major topic of discussion. but only one of many in this election cycle. probably get a lot of airtime in the gubernatorial race since we have republican legislature in the state house and the state senate. that is likely to continue to be the case. but you know, i think people sometimes exaggerate the likely political impact sprayed the fact is in pennsylvania as in most of the country people's opinions are divided and they are nuanced. there are roughly comparable number of people who consider themselves pro-life is betty as consider pro choice. there's some people believe there's rights have some restrictions on abortion but pennsylvania is not the state likely to have a complete and total band with no exceptions that's not likely to pass the legislature. there'll be a lot of debate and discussion. i think pennsylvania will probably iterate its way to something that roughly reflects a consensus. street i would that be something that is okay, there are more limits on aborti

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. joyce: madam speaker, last week i heard from a woman in my district who told me about the direct impact that rising energy prices are having on her family. this year her energy bill will climb from $135 to $398 a month. this constituent is not alone. because of this record-setting inflation, 2/3 of americans have been forced to use their savings just to pay for everyday expenses. with gas now costing more than $5 a gallon, with diesel costs nearly 70% higher than they were a year ago, it is pennsylvania families who are now paying the price for president biden's failed energy policies. instead of using american energy, president biden is preparing to travel to saudi arabia in an attempt to bring more foreign oil into our markets here in america. americans cannot afford these record-setting prices. we cannot affor

giuliani told pennsylvania state legislators that 8000 dead people voted in pennsylvania.ud. can you tell us what you found? >> not only was there not evidence of 8000 dead voters voting in pennsylvania, there was not evidence of eight. we took seriously every case that was referred to us. no matter how fantastical, no matter how absurd, we took every single one seriously, including these. >> as it turns out, even mr. trump's campaign lawyers knew that the dead lawyer claims are not valid. >> i guess the crooks and put off here are disappointed and this. they only submitted 8021 ballots from that people, mail in ballots from that people. it is probably easier for that people to submit mail-in ballots then it is the vote in person. >> rudy was at this stage of his life the same ability to manage things at this level or not. obviously, i think they publicly said it, they never proved the allegations that they're making. >> mr. smith, on a november 11th, 2020, president trump tweeted about you, saying, and here is a quote, a guy named our schmidt, a philadelphia commissioner