risch: that is bright. this is high risk, even among them. it, it is not a high risk of severe outcome. all things considered, this is basically a nothing burger, as they say, it is not going to be a widespread pandemic. wanting they are not talking about is there may be some evidence that risk is increasing and people who have actually been heavily vaccinated. that has to be worked out. we will find out. >> laura: well, that is terrifying to hear that. dr. mccullough new york city is actually so desperate to get people messed up again that apparently -- masked up against that apparently there are using monkey pox. the state department of health stating that masks can detect against monkey pox. is there any truth to the whatsoever dr. mccullough? >> dr. mccullough: no, it is a hyperbolic reaction. there was a case of monkey pox last summer. they published it april of 2022, a man had lots of contact. he went to the atlanta, dallas. finally hospitalized but he was treated with the drug. it works fine. the important thing, they had they had alte

. >> chairman menendez, ranking member risch, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the united states response to russia's re-medicated and unprovoked attack on ukraine . the bipartisan support of members of this committee and majority of congress for ukraine is extraordinary. the work we are doing efwith your vital help in neighboring ukraine to achieve victory on the battlefield , advanced justice and accountability, support economic stability and energy security and intensify international pressure on the kremlin to end its unconscionable war. when it comes to russia's devastating war iagainst ukraine , the values and interests of the united states are clear. we are doing everything we can to help ukraine defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity. we are demonstrating the strength of our convictions by leading the global response to ensure putin's unlawful and immoral war of choice results in astrategic failure for russia . the american people and our government has made clear to the world we will not allow presidents putin and his tenablers to c

you know, senator risch related to it.heard from the king of jordan today in a meeting we had with him about these isis fighter camps in syria, 70, 75,000 strong. sounds like it's a great breeding ground for the next generation of isis fighters. what's your thinking about how we deal with that challenge? >> yes, so, i agree. it's a serious, serious problem, and it's fundamentally unsustainable. and we saw this with the grass attack in [inaudible] just a couple of months ago. so we have worked up till now, as far as i understand, with partners and allies try to get countries to take some of these people back. i think it's clearly not enough and we need to redouble our efforts and really insist. because keeping them here in the symbol is a totally incubator for more terrorism. also, on the issue of the humanitarian camps where families are, the conditions are horrific, and also potentially a breeding ground for more terrorism. >> let me ask you, you know, the 21st century challenges of where the battles are including in the

mister chairman if i can clean up my answer to senator risch. as i said nobody is currently stationed in china has gone to a hospital if they tested positive but they have gone into them if they tested positive when they come from overseas so mina state senator. >> thank you for your testimony and i look forward to working with you. >> let me thank senator coons as the chair of the foreign subcommittee on appropriations has worked with us on issues to maximize the departments benefit. also appreciate the things that are within the authorization elements we work together to try to preserve the authorization and i want to recognize that. i understand that senator portman is with us virtually . >> thank you mister chairman. i appreciate this hearing and understand this deputy secretary of the state department is returning diplomats to ukraine . can you tell us what that's going to happen and as you know 17 other countries have announced returns and most have personnel in place already including the eu and including friends and i wonder what archivi

brink: thank you, chairman menendez, ranking member risch, and distinguished members of this committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. i am honored to be president biden's nominee for the position of ambassador to ukraine. i am grateful for the trust and confidence the president and secretary blinken have placed in me. if confirmed, i commit to work with you to advance u.s. interests in ukraine. i am a career foreign service officer with 25 years of experience. my career focus has been supporting the freedom and independence of the countries of europe and greater europe. i view this work to which i have dedicated my professional life as fundamental to our own security. our collective effort has created more stable and capable allies and partners, opened markets for u.s. goods, and advanced strategic priorities which protect and defend the people of the united states. i am deeply proud to have advanced the longstanding strategic goal of a europe -- whole, free, and at peace -- over five u.s. administrations. i appreciate the leadership of the members of this committee an

i appreciate the work again of senators johnson, rubio, risch and grassley and all of our colleagues. a as we continue to to pray for uvalde and the families, i urge the senate to bass this good bill and take a step -- to pass this good bill and take a step in the right treks to keep -- right direction to keep schools and teachers safe. mr. johnson: i thank the senator from florida. i just spoke with max and gina and tom. these are parents of children who lost their lives in school shootings. these are parents who have come up with a solution, a nonpartisan solution. got it recommended by the federal commission on school safety. they told me that the day after parkland had a parent from sandy hook had a piece of legislation that they'd been trying to get passed but couldn't, that would help. they would have been 100% supportive of that piece of legislation come to the floor and passing by unanimous consent irrespective of the timing. they asked me to come to the floor today to ask my colleagues to lay aside partisanship, to do something for these families, provide them some measure of

greatly appreciate senator schumer and mcconnell's support, as well as senator menendez and senator rischossible once the perspective of all allies are dressed and native adopts the a session protocols -- accession protocols. .. stronger. not just because of the capacities, but because they are strong, strong democracies. a strong, united nato is the foundation of america's security. by joining nato, an attack on one is an attack against all. it's article 5 of the washington treaty and the core building block of our alliance. and the only time in history article 5 has been invoked was after 9/11 when the united states was attacked and all our allies rallied to our side. the united states will never forget that. and we will never fail in our pledge to defend every single inch of natoterritory . i welcome sweden and finland choosing that responsibility as well. it's going to benefit all of our people and today, president, prime minister and i committed we will work together to remain vigilant against the threats to our shared security and deter and confront any aggression while finland and

risch. the speaker: i repeat the members of the escort committee will enter through the lobby doors. >> madam speaker, the acting dean of the diplomatic corps. >> madam speaker, the prime minister of the hellenic republic. the speaker: members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you his excellency poip poip, prime minister of thf the hellenic republic. poip -- p.m.mitsotakis: madam speaker, madam vice president, honorable members of the united states congress, ladies and gentlemen. there is no greater honor for the elected leader of the people who created democracy than to address the elected representatives of the people who founded their country on the greek model and have promoted and defended democratic values ever since. i am conscious as i stand before you of the deep ties that bind our two nations together. they are a reason for celebration and thanks but they are also a reminder, i believe of our shared values and beliefs at a time when these ar

it is a day that we are blessed to have senator risch in our lives. it's his birthday. so -- ♪ ♪ happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. ♪ happy birthday, dear jim. ♪ happy birthday to you. ♪ and many more. happy birthday, mr. ranking memberng. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm honored you take time to do this. you know, when you get to this man it's kind of like every other day, you know, but i'm blessed. my successor governor has the same birthday i do, and he, however, he is much older than i am. he was born in 1942 1942 as happy birthday, my friend. a.d. but he doesn't feel that bad. and i said, i'll keep that in mind when and if i get there. seriously, looking back neither one of us can complain about the hand we were dealt. and he said god has got a crush on both of us. we are blessed. i said amen. i think is accurate could. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, happy birthday. many more and happy and healthy ones. it's refreshing to have theys department's engagements on partnership as we look forward towards putting together this year state depart

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. >> kayleigh: here on "the faulkner focus" senator risch tim scott had some thoughts about issues with>> but how does taxes on corporations lowering the cost -- >> the words that people speak are disconnected from the reality. you hear that inflation is good for people living in poverty. nothing is further from the truth. you know that baby formula is hard to find, but you knew that several months ago and you did nothing with it. it's almost as if the administration wants us to believe what they are saying as opposed to what we are seeing. >> hear the words out of their mouth and not what we see them doing. >> julie: first of all, baby formula aside, i just don't think any transmission of communication is happening from the white house. when kamala harris speaks, i don't think she should be speaking anymore. when she steps up to the podium, people are now looking for these blunders, and we are talking more about this. maybe she's doing it on purpose, actually. this might actually be a really smart move. >> raymond: don't does incentivize! [laughter] >> julie: trying to get her to screw

i greatly appreciate senator schumer's and mcconnell's support and senator menendez and risch to moveies are addressed and nato adopts the accession protocol. the bottom line is simple, quite straightforward, finland and sweden make nato stronger. not just because of their capacity, but because of their strong, strong democracies. a strong, united nato, is the foundation of america's security. by joining nato, allies make a sacred commitment to one another that an attack on one, is an attack against all. article 5 of the washington treaty and the core building block of our alliance and the only time in history article 5 has been invoked, was after 9/11 when the united states was attacked and all our allies rallied to our side. the united states will never forget that, and we will never fail in our pledge to defend every single inch of nato territory. i welcome sweden and finland, choosing that responsibility as well. it's going to benefit all of our people, and today, the president and prime minister and i committed that we're going to work together to remain vigilant against the thre

senator risch and senator menendez, the chairman, senator menendez, of the foreign relations committee, are considering marking up legislation urging the biden administration to designate russia a state sponsor of terrorism. so let's keep the pressure on piewvment let's let the -- putin. let's let the russian people know as long as putin is your leader, you will be isolated from the international community, your economy can't grow and more and more young soldiers will die. pick a new leader. the world will embrace russia. russia is a land of many talented people with a long, rich history and i am hoping and praying that the freedom-loving world will not make the mistakes in the 2022 we made in 1932, that we made in 1978 and 19 -- 1937 and 1938 where we thought it was to -- appease a brutal dictator. i will do everything in my power to help the ukrainian people as a member of the united states senate, i will do everything in my power to hold putin accountable and i will do everything in my power to work with democratic colleagues to isolate putin's russia. this is a difficult time for t

. >> thank you secretary -- mike senator risch. we have a lot of secretaries here today. we have a star-studded cast of very talented, smart and powerful women all doing this work for us. so, we are going to ask you to summarize your statements are full statements will be included for the record. going to ask you in five minutes or so then turn to the assistant administrator for and then arm bassett are in large for criminal justice. next chairman menendez, ranking member, et cetera portman, senator brasa, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the united states response to russia's pre-meditated and unprovoked attack on ukraine. the bipartisan support of members of this committee and the majority of congress before it ukraine is extraordinary. the work we are doing with your vital help is enabling ukraine to achieve victories on the battlefield, relieve human suffering, advanced justice and accountability, support economic stability and energy security and intensify international pressure on the kremlin to end this unconscionable war. when it

i appreciate senators schumer and mcconnell's supports and senator menendez and risch to move it throughtraight forward, finland and sweden make nato stronger. not just because of their capacity because of their strong, strong democracies. and a strong united nato is the foundation of america's security. by joining nato, allies make a sacred commitment to one another that an attack on one is an attack against all. it's article 5 of the washington treaty and the core building block of our alliance. the only time in history article 5 has been invoked was after 9/11 when the united states was attacked and all our allies rallied to our side. the united states will never forget that and we will never fail in our pledge to defend every single inch of nato territory. i welcome sweden and finland choosing that responsibility as well. it is going to benefit all of our people and today the president and prime minister and i committed we'll remain vigilant to the threats to our shared security and to deter and confront any aggression while sweden and finland are in the asession process. we're in on

risch and. -- the administration. i have spoken with dr. granholm many times since the invasion. i was at the white house having similar conversations. we have had a number of in-person person meetings to discuss how to address this. i think you and i met at the international energy. the focus on increasing production was our announcement of 300,000 additional barrels a day, which we worked with premiere kenney and the industry on. we continue to talk about issues like lng exports. >> have you all increased your production? >> for us to be able to help our allies, i say yes. record year for production for export. we had in december 4 .1 million barrels a day. but senator, we frankly don't agree with the to hunt and thousand barrel -- 200,000 barrel estimate by mr. wilkinson. we have 300,000 barrels of unused capacity in the pipeline system which we expect to build this year to increase production. once that is filled, the economics will probably work for additional shipment by rail which could be upwards of an additional 200,000 barrels a day. if midstream companies get serious a

. >> senator risch. >> could you comment briefly on your estimates of the sanctions relief that is contemplated, compared to what mr. malley and that side is, in a summary fashion describe that generally. >> yeah, so the sanctions relieve, 275 billion is compromised of about 134 billion in frozen iranian assets that they would get access to, and then it's a combination of an increase in oil experts, increase in nonoil exports and decrease in inport costs which add up to about $275 billion. 800 billion in five years and trillion dollars in 2031. i'm interested in mr. malley's estimates. but my colleague has done detailed analysis to arrive in our numbers and i'm interested in the administration's numbers to see why it doesn't agree. >> thank you for testifying. it's refreshing to talk about the this. and we sit here and we here about the handling of nuclear matters and that sort of thing and breakout time and all that. you've drilled down a lot deep near things that we need to widen our thinking on and we sincerely appreciate that. mr. chairman, we have other commitments, so we are going to move

risch: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from idaho. mr. risch: mr. president, i didn't stop the reading because it's pretty self-explanatory what this is. there was language in senate bill 1261. it left and went over to the house under division c that would have strengthened the ability of the united states to counter chinese influence abroad. and specifically the influence we're talking about here in one particular case especially is what's going on at colleges and universities around the country. what this does is put some very clear windows into what the chinese communist party is doing on college campuses, particularly as it relates to grants and money that they're putting into the colleges and universities. we're asking that the -- and directing the negotiators to see that there is such language in the final bill that comes out. thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: is there further debate on the motion? the question is on the motion. mr. risch: mr. president, i'll ask a roll call vote. excuse me, i'll accept the voice vote. the presi

i appreciate the work again of senators johnson, rubio, risch and grassley and all of our colleagues. as we continue to to pray for uvalde and the families, i urge the senate to bass this good bill and take a step -- to pass this good bill and take a step in the right treks to keep -- right direction to keep schools and teachers safe. mr. johnson: i thank the senator from florida. i just spoke with max and gina and tom. these are parents of children who lost their lives in school shootings. these are parents who have come up with a solution, a nonpartisan solution. got it recommended by the federal commission on school safety. they told me that the day after parkland had a parent from sandy hook had a piece of legislation that they'd been trying to get passed but couldn't, that would help. they would have been 100% supportive of that piece of legislation come to the floor and passing by unanimous consent irrespective of the timing. they asked me to come to the floor today to ask my colleagues to lay aside partisanship, to do something for these families, provide them some measure of c