thank you, ranking member portman. any other questions? senator portman: thank you. it was allegedly rolled out in such a rush to your point it hadn't been fully tested for safety. twitter lacked real-time audio content moderation capabilities when they launched it. we're told in the wake of our withdraw from afghanistan that was exploited -- it was exploited by the taliban and taliban exploiters talked how cryptocurrency can fund terrorism. first off, is that accurate? mr. roetter, i'll start with you. and second, will twitter launch content capabilities? you said sometimes they are under pressure to ship products as soon as possible. was that why this happened? mr. roetter: so it is accurate they're under pressure to ship products as soon as possible. twitter in particular has a history of being worried about user growth and revenue growth. it's not the runaway success that facebook or google are. there were extreme pressures to launch things. a saying we had, if you walk around and ask enough people if you can do something, eventually you'll find someone that says

portman: you are being nominated as a nonpartisan national archivist. among other roles, the national archivist manages documents for democrats and republicans alike. given that you wrote negative sentiments about the republican presidents and saying that it was widely accepted that george w. bush was less intelligent than his challenger, how can we be assured that you will serve effectively in this nonpartisan role? dr. shogan: thank you. i stand strongly on my 15 years of nonpartisan government service at the congressional research service, at the library of congress, and at the white house historical association, which i joined in 2019 when president trump was president of the united states. i worked effectively with president trump's white house as he served as president and continue to do so under president biden's administration. also at the white house historical association, we have members of the board who are representatives from both republican and democratic administrations. i worked very effectively with that board of directors. sen. portma

last month, ranking member portman and i introduced bipartisan legislation to significantly enhanced that federal governments ability to detect, recognize, and evaluate biological, radioactive and nuclear threats. the offices of countering weapons of mass destruction and health security act reauthorize is the sea wmd office, which is set to expire it authorizes the new office of health security. the office responsibilities, illuminate ineffective or depleted of functions, institute a number of accountability and oversight measures, and appoints the chief medical officer to lead the office of health security, serving as a dual appointment, as the assistant for health security and reporting to the secretary of homeland security. these changes will ensure that our nation can develop a comprehensive national strategy, to protect all of our communities from these dangerous materials. public health threats that can have absolutely catastrophic effects. in addition to strengthening our homeland security and our preparedness, these changes will also make these offices more accountable to con

my ranking member, senator portman is at another committee hearing right now. he will be joining us shortly so i will immediately move to swearing in witnesses. it is the practice of the homeland security and government affairs committee to swear in witnesses. so, if each of you would please stand and raise your right hand. do you swear that the testimony that you will give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god? you may be seated. today's first witness is gary rasicot, acting assistant secretary for the countering weapons of mass destruction office at the department of homeland security. previously, mr. rasicot served as chief of operations at the safety security administration as well as several senior roles at the us coast guard including as director of marine transportation systems, director of the global maritime operational threat response and his deputy commandant for mission support. deputy for personal readiness. mr. rasicot was also an active duty coast guard officer for more than 24 years.

and that's why we would like to see vote on this to protect it. >> bret: senator portman.re one of them and there are others. senator collins, senator johnson, senator tillis but you have to get to 10. do you think we will. >> i think we will status quo. legislative function. appropriate role of congress to speak here and to be sure that one, we are i ensuring that peoe in relationships already aren't at risk of losing the ability to move from state to state which is about what this is about. two, we have got to be sure that we are not keeping on the books legislation that says that states don't have to honor other states which is currently the law on the books. now the supreme court decision came out counter to that. so all this legislation does is says let's go with the status quo. >> had some opinions in that dobbs case and say they specifically said it's only. this and not going to go other issues. >> that may well be true. that may be a risk out there and a million families who are in these relationships that are very worried about it. they adopted kids and financial

portman: i will give the same question two mr. roetter in terms of how to evaluate these trust and safety levels, particularly on the transparency team. mr. roetter: if we get from that more information to illuminate what these algorithms are doing and what the incentive structures are, that will be extremely helpful. today, we are operating in a vacuum, and we see that people will cherry pick one example and use it as evidence of whatever their theory is that these companies are doing that must be true because here is one example. effective the matter is that these companies are so massive that you can cherry pick examples to prove almost anything you want about these companies. without broad scale, representative data from which we can commute -- compute what is being promoted and reverse engineer what these accented -- incentives might be, we are never going to change. >> the issue that we face today is we have to trust without having a robust set of data to understand what is happening and making public conversations not trans

senator cardin and senator portman proposed a bill called the neighborhood homes investment act. finally we continue our bipartisan work with senator leahy, senator collins offering the lifeline act. the bill creates more flicks ability for states, local governments and tribes to use existing firms to get more affordable housing bills. finally while there is bipartisan interest in getting this approach done legislatively, the treasury has substantial authority to accomplish a lot of what we are seeking to do on their own with rule changes, so today we are going to make sure the direction is getting the congress and the treasury department to move more quickly together and getting it done will provide important progress again ensuring access to more opportunities for affordable housing. lots of ideas to talk about. every member has an interest in this, so i hope that we won't be here eating our cereal in the finance room but a lot of my colleagues have lots of interest and i want to thank the senator for his work on another important issue. >> i appreciate your willingness as you

endorsed us, senator rob portman, republican, legislative director, his door's does.rs, especially veterans who are coming on board, joining the vets for ryan group. we've got a broad coalition, here and that is ohio. we are not an extremist rob portman put the infrastructure bill together, republican senator about how you, j.d. vance is against him. he put the guy in troll. gun safety measures together with all the mental health. j.d. vance was against it. these are things that are important to ohioans. jt is in the extreme of the extreme, and that's why he's not going to win this seat >> the way you lay it out right there, if one didn't know any better, they'd say, man, tim, you have a huge lead, nobody must vote for this guy. that's not the case. he actually has strong support in ohio. who are they, and why? given what you've laid out for us, it would seem logical that he'd have much smaller support than he currently does. >> we are leading in the average polling we are leading. we've had polls that have had us up to 11 points mostly between three and four points,

that is what is happening on these 1000 acres area i want to think rob portman for being the gentlemannd decent man that he has and showing that democrats and republicans can work together to get big things done for our country. i really mean it. [applause] he is a good man. thank you. you're leaving a helluva legacy that is a consequence of you in large part. and thanks to the ohio congressional delegation today. tim ryan, congressman joyce beatty. i do not think we could have gotten the infrastructure built on without joyce. she was the final capstone. we thought it was hanging in the balance, but i do not what you did that last four hours. but whatever you did, you got it done. [applause] gonzales, mike kerry, tony for the work in the house. we are also joined by congressional leaders from around the country who fought for this bill. eddie johnson, the chair of the house science committee. this bill would not have gotten done without you. it would not have. i am also joined by another congressman, a tireless champion for american innovation and seeing that workers are part of the de

portman and st. louis senator wyden and senator crapo for your help. we have not only bipartisan support, we have support from both branches of government. but i want to acknowledge the work that mr. roberts and his organization, the national association of housing lenders have done in developing this legislation. we developed it as a need to be deal with affordable housing. covid-19 has underscored this need even greater. inflation has made it even more urgent that we do something in this regard. we are talking about the appraisal gap for communities that need investments. that need for affordable housing. but the cost of building or renovating -- and therefore it cannot be done under regular, commercial circumstances. this leads to the decline of neighborhoods, as well as to making words the wealth gap in america. mr. roberts, can you elaborate as to how the current market, which is anything but predictable -- and investors willingness to go into communities, how the neighborhood home investment act would help us deal with that challenge? >> yes. and

portman. you're recognized for your questions. sen. portman: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you to the witnesses for their testimony. this is obviously a serious issue, and i agree with ms. vinograd, who said that a lapse in the authorization would be catastrophic. i think it would help these transnational criminal organizations among others. and yet we need better data to be able to put together the right authorization to write sound policy. we know already what happens on the border with these drones. we know they're used for deliveries, not just for drugs but also narcotic, also currency and firearms other contraband. this committee has among its responsibilities, oversight of dhs and these border activities and we have a particular interest. and this issue of the synthetic opioids that are streaming across our border today, the numbers unfortunately are higher than ever. last month, enough fentanyl was seized, which is a synthetic opioid that's killing about two thirds of those who die fro

chairman. >> thank you ranking member portman. each of you would please and raise your right hand. do you swear the testimony will give before this committee will be y the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god? thank you. you may be seated. >> today's the first witness is samantha the acting assistant secretary for counterterrorism and threat prevention and law enforcement policy in the office of strategy, policy and plans of the department of homeland security. began her career serving president george w. bush as the deputy u.s. treasury attachÉ to iraq. subsequently served on president barack obama's security council for iraq. senior advisor to the national security advisor. previously she was a cnn national security analysts, senior advisor of the biden institute, and a visiting fellow at the university of chicago institute of politics. welcome, you may proceed with your opening remarks. >> adjournment peters, ranking member portland and distinguished members but thank you for inviting me too testify about the department of and security efforts to pro

chairman peters, ranking member portman, and members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to speak with you today about the faa's role ensuring safety, security and efficiency of the nation's airspace as it pertains to unmanned aircraft systems, or uas, or drones. at the faa, we are constantly working to welcome these beneficial new technologies into the national air system, while minimizing any impacts to our existing air transportation system and to the public. eevery day, commercially-operated uas contribute to our economy by inspecting infrastructure, supporting agriculture and other industries, assisting public safety agencies, and conducting a myriad of other tasks. congress has recognized these tremendous benefits to our economy and society and has been fully supportive as we integrate this technology into our airspace in a safe and secure manner. however, the faa does acknowledge the potential misuse of this technology poses unique security challenges that enable malicious actors to exploit vulnerabilities or circumvent traditional ground-

portman: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr.our recent visit to ukraine when we were able to meet with president zelenskyy and his top officials and see first hand what you can see on tv, but frankly, the emotion and just the incredible courage of the ukrainian people when you see it in person, it is much more powerful. including going to an airport right outside of kiev where a bunch of inexperienced national guard troops were able to fight off a larger and very seasoned group of russian and chechen special operators who landed at that airport. this was back on february 24. you may remember seeing this on television. i remember watching cnn and seeing these russian troops landing, 25 helicopters came in and they were going to use that as a staging area as you said to not just take kiev but take the entire country and topple the government. this small band of national guard troops fighting for their family, fighting for their homeland and freedom, as they told us, were able to instead defeat this group of highly trained chechen

we have a lot of republicans, former senator portman -- senator portman's former chief of staff has endorsedctor has endorsed us. we have a number of republicans coming onboard. over the last 50 days we're going to close this out and win this race. >> i remember coming to ohio in 2016 and interviewing a bunch of union workers who used to be a solidly democratic group, and the man of steel ad that was on local news, i watch the local news, and it was on every minute. the man of steel ad that made trump seem like the savior of the working man. that worked. how do you win back that union voter who went to trump? >> well, because j.d. vance has personally invested into companies that have benefitted from outsourcing and jobs in china. j.d. vance has given up on us. not only did he leave for california, but he said directly if you're a 55-year-old worker in dayton, ohio, you need to come to grips with the fact you're never going to have a good job again. that's not the kind of person who runs for the senate and wants to fight for someone's future. he has no connections to the workers in ohio. he

joining me as republican senator rob portman from ohio, one of the key supporters of the plan.ht there. nationally this is not a partisan issue. 70% of americans support gay marriage, same-sex marriage. it is majority of republicans. how do you explain the hesitancy and opposition from some of your fellow republicans? >> there was a concern from a number of people about the impact on religious liberty. if we were to codify the sreme court case, it would have consequences unintended perhaps but it would affect people's religious liberty. we spent the last few weeks working with language. we were trading language as recently as late this morning. i think we will get there. we needed a little more time to let people properly vet the language and determine how we could codify the supreme court which is the law of the land but in doing so not affect their religious liberties of early just groups engaged in adoption or health care or education. i think we are on the way to getting a solution. >> how do you respond to some folks include some republicans who talk to me today said they

thank you. >> thank you, ranking member portman.s chris cox, chief product officer at meta. mr. cox joined meta-in 2,004 as a software engineer and help to build the first versions of signature facebook features including the newsfeed. he later served as director of human resources leading the direction and tone of meta's company culture. in 2008 he began serving as vice president of product and in this role mister cox bill the initial product management teams before being promoted to chief product officer in 2014 and began his role overseeing the family of apps in 2016. your opening comments you skipped over an important part of the committee, the practice of this committee to swear in witnesses so if the three or four of you would stand up and raise your right hands? do you swear the testimony will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? all four in the affirmative, thank you, you may be seated. i have already -- please proceed with your opening. >> thank you, chairman peters, ranking member portma

. >> claire, where is rob portman? this is the seat to replace rob portman in the united states senate. rob portman was in the bush white house during 9/11. he understands threats to the homeland as well as anyone you've probably worked with on that committee and in the u.s. senate. we looked, i didn't find any republican condemnation of the qanon song, a cult-like trance in which j.d. vance's supporters at the trump rally were positioned during that public event and neither did i see anything over the weekend refuting the reporting "the washington post" that a lot of republicans including j.d. vance won't commit to accepting the results of the election. >> yeah, you ask what are the next steps. i think there will be three important steps that can save this country. the first would be republican leaders rejecting this kind of scary nonsense, and that would include rob portman. i'm disappointed and i think a lot of people are disappointed that when this happens in his state he does not stand up and say, wait a minute. a

portman: ok.s chief product officer i would hope this is one you would follow up on and it is not the direction you are giving your moderators. with tiktok, nearly half of american kids use tiktok. that is your audience. there are a lot of risks there. i understand tiktok is subject to the law of the united states, but it is also subject to the love other countries. with regard to china, is a true that tiktok has an office in beijing? ms. pappas: tiktok does not operate in china. you are right that tooth that is subject to the laws in the united states. >> is your current company headquartered in china? >> no, they are not. >> it is not headquartered in china? >> no, it is founded there but we do not have an official headquarters as a company. we are a distributed company. we have offices around the world. the leadership team is lucky in singapore. >> you have to be headquartered somewhere and i think it is the cayman islands. >> that is correct. >> so you are headquartered somewhere and it is the

take a listen to this back-and-forth between senator rob portman and tiktok's ceo. >> can you make the commitment that i just asked you to ask that you will commit to cutting all data to china and any other party located in china? >> what i can commit to is the final agreement with the u.s. agreement was satisfied all national security concerns. >> what you will not make a commitment to agree to what i have now twice asked you of? >> given the confidentiality, i will not be able to talk specifically about that agreement. >> i am asking if you'll make a commitment today? emily: alex, let's start with the big takeaways not the least of which was the exchange there, with senator rob portman. >> the exchange was not the only testy exchange she had. another republican also questioned her, basically voicing what we have seen a continuation of concerns from republicans as to whether or not the company will give any data to the chinese government. she is unequivocably continued to say no we will not. but she will not go as far as to say that they will cut off all data. how these hearing seem t

portman.senator johnson, you are recognized for questions. >> -- we obviously understood the threat the drones posed to this nation. the very serious threat. i was very frustrated at the time that we can offer greater authority. five years later, i'm enormously frustrated that we haven't make raider progress and was still taking what we are taking baby steps, went to meets out of control. 2000 sightings around airports, 69 invasive actions. let's get down to brass tacks. let's find out what our capabilities are. have we under the current authorities brought down drones around the types of events that the dhs can counter? >> senator, dhs has engaged in detection and mitigation of drones in and around, concurrent with the authority -- >> so we have taken controls? >> that we advance our technology in five years? >> we certainly have advanced technology in five years. yes sir. do we have the capability right now to prevent drones from entering restricted airspace around airports? >> currently, dh

and one of the things i wanted to say one more time, rob portman was great on this trip.espite whatever disagreements we have on other issues is, we are united for democracy and freedom. >> and that's something i brought up at the top of the segment, that americans need to understand that republicans and democrats alike have been working together on this. and this is something to celebrate, that, yes, there are one or two republican senators, a couple of house members, that aren't on board. but the overwhelming majority, and this is something we said also during the russian invasion during the trump administration, talked about how there was bipartisan support to bush -- push back on putin when donald trump was president of the united states. so it's been what the congress has done pushing back onner the new. you said something, senator klobuchar, i want americans to know, because they hear negative news all the time. they need to understand what people in ukraine are thinking right now, how grateful they are. we hear it from the ambassador of poeland. -- of poland. my da

republican senator rob portman, one of the key supporters of that plan.his is not a partisan issue. 70% of americans support gay marriage, same-sex marriage. and a majority of republicans. how do you explain the hesitancy and opposition from senate republicans? >> there was a concern about the impact on religious liberty. if we try to codify the supreme court case that it might have consequences that were unintended. so we spent the last few weeks refining the language. i think we will get there. but we needed a little bit more time to let people properly vent that language and determine how we could codify the supreme court which is the law of the land. to protect religious groups in terms of adoption and health care. i think we are on the way to a solution. amna: how do you respond to folks and republicans that say they don't want to do this before the election and democrats say it is political if the delay is for that reason. >> some republicans saw this as her -- as a ploy on behalf of the democrats, particularly senator schumer because it was pushed

following up on that point i returned from ukraine where senator portman and i saw firsthand the extent of the damage inflicted by the russian invasion. i was troubled to learn according to your written disclosures twitter's leadership recently considered agreeing to the putin regime's request to sensor and survey of russian twitter users . twitter ultimately did not agree to putin's request as far as i understand. what can you tell us about requests made by foreign governments and the rest of those commands posed . and why would a company like twitter consider the request to survey of users. >> i was surprised and shocked by that one on one conversation i had which i had with mister vanderbilt prior to his assuming the ceo role. i understand it's out of the frustration of the inability to perform and this kind of goes into content moderation which we talked about before and while that wasn't my main element and i've been informed i shouldn't go into detail of the conversations i've had with twitter, there was a we really don't have the tools to do things correctly this is a lot of work

senator portman, always good seeing you, my friend. >> thanks for having me on.nts. interest rates backing up a tad. this notion the federal reserve will be aggressively on top of things, while that might be welcome for some inflation fighters. some fear there is no endgame here. and that is kind of putting a lid on these rebound gains, tepid as they are. stay with us. ♪ another busy day? of course - you're a cio in 2022. but you're ready. because you've got the next generation in global secure networking from comcast business. with fully integrated security solutions all in one place. so you're covered. on-premise and in the cloud. you can run things the way you want - your team, ours or a mix of both. with the nation's largest ip converged network. from the most innovative company. bring on today with comcast business. powering possibilities. if you shop at walmart, you know that with thousands of new rollbacks, you can spend even less, to get even more, to make life even better. (vo) while you may not be running an architectural firm, tending hives of honeybee