the senate special committee on nutrition is looking into the connection between diet and hot disease. the sugar lobby succeeded in having a high fat diet declared guilty a false verdict that had serious consequences public health officials recommended that we reduce our intake of fats grains touted as cholesterol free replaced meat as a staple food. and so eating more brad more rice more potatoes for example because they're very low fat and you know eating less dairy less meat low fat dairy back kind of thing that was the standard advice for so many years and i think that is the most likely culprit as to why people have gained weight the u.s. government called on the food industry to market thousands of processed foods that were reduced in fat and saturated fat so if you're the food industry and you're supposed to reduce fat what are you going to replace them with well processed grains and sugar. agro industry sleight of hand made the transition painless sugar a cheap replacement for fat made light foods tasty and addictive chemist went to work extruding ingredients in the supermarke

the senate special committee on nutrition is looking into the connection between diet and hot disease. the sugar lobby succeeded in having a high fat diet declared guilty a false verdict that had serious consequences public health officials recommended that we reduce our intake offense grains touted as cholesterol free replace meat as a staple food. and so eating more brad more rice market tadros for example because they're very low fat and you know eating less dairy less meat low fat dairy back are nothing that was the standard advice for so many years and i think that is the most likely culprit as to why people have gained weight the u.s. government called on the food industry to market thousands of processed foods that were reduced in fat and saturated fat so if you're the food industry and you're supposed to reduce fat what are you going to replace them with well processed grains and sugar. industry sleight of hand made the transition painless sugar a cheap replacement for fat made light foods tasty and addictive chemists went to work extruding ingredients in the supermarket shelv

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this is one hour 20 minutes spent the senate special committee on aging will come to order. good morning everyone. the hearing today comes at a critical time as congress discusses how to get american workers back on their feet into pull the economy out of the ditch. workers of every occupation in every corner of the country have felt the effects of the devastating economic recession created by covid-19. the pandemic has been devastating to every corner of the country, especially workers. the harm has not been contained to anyone age group the impact onn older workers has been severe. as we all know the threat posed by the virus is magnetized for older adults for individuals age 15 and over one - - 50 and over accounting for 95 percent of all that's. millions of older workers had to make the impossible choice on continuing to go to work to pay their bills or to stay home to protect their health and their families. many saw their jobs disappear. in the pennsylvania the 12 month rolling average age 55 and older increased three.zero infrared 2020 and nine.2 percent february 2021

truman's most important so well, the thing is most famous for is the us senator was the so called truman committee, which is the senate special committee to investigate the national defense program. which may have saved taxpayers up to 11 billion dollars? it also put harry truman on the cover of time raised his political profile and his name recognition, especially among democratic party power brokers. so in 1944 harry truman was became her became a president franklin roosevelt's vice president running, mate. and this is very crucial because fdr was in declining health the public wasn't aware of that but democratic party insiders were well aware of fdrs declining health and they knew that whoever became vice president very likely would become president of the united states and the incumbent vice president henry wallace was unpalable for various reasons. harry truman had positive traits many positive traits and and is important fewer negative ones than others. so he was elected with franklin roosevelt in 1944 election and served 82 days as vice president until franklin roosevelt's sudden death on april 12 1945. so with that i

senator was the so-called truman committee which is the senate special committee to investigate the national defense program, which may have saved taxpayers up to $11 billion. it also put harry truman on the cover of "time," raised his political profile and name recognition, especially among democratic party power brokers. so in 1944, harry truman was -- became a president, franklin roosevelt's, vice presidential running mate. fdr was in declining health, the public didn't know that but insiders were aware of his declining health and new that the vice president would very likely become the president of the united states, and the current vice president, henry wallace, was unpalatable for many reasons. harry truman had positive traits and, as important, fewer negative ones than others. so he was elected with franklin roosevelt and served 82 days as vice president until franklin roosevelt's sudden death on april 12, 1945. with that i think i will turn it over to my colleague, tim. >> thank you, sam. here we have dwight d. eisenhower, 34th president of the united states. like harry truman, very

truman's most important well the thing he is most famous for, as you a senator was the senate special committee to investigate the national defense program. which may have saved taxpayers up to 11 billion dollars. you could also put harry truman on the cover of time. raised his profile and his name recognition. especially in the democratic party. so 1944 harry truman became president and franklin roosevelt's vice president and running mate. this was crucial because fdr was in declining health. the public was not aware of that, but democratic party insiders were well aware of fdr's declining health. and they knew whoever became vice president, would likely become president of the united states. the incumbent pry vice president, henry wallace was unpalatable for many reasons. harry truman had many positive traits, and it's impose important so he was elected with franklin roosevelt and served 82 days as vice president until franklin roosevelt's sudden death on april 12th 1945. with that i think i will turn over to my colleague tim. >> thank you sam here we have dwight d. eisenhower 34th president

this is one hour 20 minutes spent the senate special committee on aging will come to order. good morning everyone. the hearing today comes at a critical time as congress discusses

agriculture committee learned the senate has passed its version of the farm bill just as the senators planned this sporpbing. to meet the situation the chairman of the house committee has called a special meeting. it is apparent that the bill passed by the senate would not be approved by the house. legislation would be blocked since both houses have to approve. the house committee believes a compromise might break the deadlock. finally an agreement is reached and the chairman is instructed to submit a compromise to the joint committee representing the house and senate to be called in the senate office building. on his way over with the compromise, chairman stops by the speaker of the house to get his blessing. congressman from mississippi happens to be with him. the speaker of the house is always a powerful legislative leader and his support is important if and action. the speaker says a compromise is a good idea. a warning bell calls the speaker to the house. the chairman takes the electric railway train to the senate office building. during any day they often have to move about a great deal from one meeting to the other and this unusual railway saves a great deal of time and effort.

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>> since it looks like this bill doesn't really have a chance in the senate tomorrow, democrats will likely set up a special committee to look into january 6. do you think leader pelosi should make this bipartisan, maybe get adam kinzinger or liz cheney involved? >> well, first of all, the senate has to take a vote. i'm a firm believer that you are sent to washington to take a vote. so i want to see where people stand. just like the impeachment trial, just like all the other tough votes. we need to see where people stand and hold them accountable, or hopefully the voters will hold them accountable for it. i do think there needs to be a commission of some sort. i haven't had the chance to talk with republicans and democrats who have supported the commission. and let's not forget there were 35 republicans who said this is the right thing to do and we need to do it. i think we need to work with them to the extent we can. we're now willing to forward a commission or a committee of some sort. there are answers that we have to get to. we can't just get to the gao investigations, the i.t. investigation, the things that are

senate. should the white house set up a special investigative committee to look into the january 6 insurrection first let me say that the january 6 commission is not a partisan issue in and of itself. this is about finding out the truth behind an attack on our u.s. capitol, the first since the war of 1812. we need find out what the government response was, we need to see what people at top levels of government were saying to each other, we need to see what orders were given and followed or ignored. we need to make sure this never happens again. now, i still hope that this will pass the senate, that there will be ten votes on the republican side to make it happen. nancy pelosi said she felt mitch mcconnell's demands can be worked with, so i feel like there is still room for negotiation. nonetheless, if it doesn't come through, then there is still the idea of the select committee on january 6, but it would have to go forward as a democratic commission. i think it's far better to have a bipartisan commission, so i hope senators do the right thing and vote for it. >> in the event that senators don'

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but if the senate blocks the commission, pelosi has, at any time, the opportunity to charge any of her committee chairs with opening up a broader investigation or to create a special committee like the benghazi committee is the easiest comparison to make that would be tasked specifically with digging into this, again, if this fails in the senate and the speaker has gone to great lengths to say she would rather avoid that situation if possible. so, anna, let's talk about this if question in the senate. there were seven republicans? the senate who voted to investigate donald trump. that's less than needed. >> definitely an uphill battle. i think a pretty honest assessment you played was from senator thune at the top where he basically said a lot of republicans don't want to be talking about this right now, and they certainly don't want to be talking about this in the 2022 sibl. so to be able to convince republicans that this is the way forward and that this isn't going to dpet months and months of headlines, i think, is going to be the challenge for chuck schumer, and we'll see, what do they end up doing? there will be changes in the house package. can schumer appea

in the finance committee hearing room sitting in what has always been the chairman's chair is very special to me because i think it like this, the very first -- when i was at the senate finance committee there were no women members of the committee and the very first woman i ever saw sit in the chairman's chair, what was that daniel, was my daughter elizabeth when she was less than a year old. and that was the only female presence that i ever saw in that chair and by the way, seeing a woman behind you there on that chair that i always used to sit on, the staff chair right to the right of the chairman is always is always taking me back. but what is it like for you now to be on the committee when you can actually basically have the pen in hand, marking up in writing possibly a wealth tax and that's the committee where it would have to be written? >> i love it. i mean, i truly love it. you know, i think of it this way lawrence. change is hard. it is hard to get change in congress. you know this as well as anyone. that you get the little nibbles around the edge to fix something that comes up, maybe in an emergency to do something. but one a big price hits, that's when th

special select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. now senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is taking a different approach than kevin mccarthy who previously indicated his concerns that such a probe needs to be broader and focus on the violence from last summer, but today when i asked mitch mcconnell directly do you still believe an investigation of a broader scope, he did not go that far and said he's still reviewing it and makes sure that the staff is done in a bipartisan way and it's not a duplicative investigation. >> manu raju, thanks so much. let's discuss. obviously kevin mccarthy helped spread the lie that led to the insurrection. obviously he's a witness. he talked to trump in the middle of the insurrection. is it just self-preservation that's keeping him from doing this? >> i think the way he's looking tat is kind of the way republican leaders have been looking at every decision so far which is through the prism of donald trump and loyalty to donald trump. >> what does donald trump want me to do? what does donald trump want me to d

committee has learned that the senate has passed their version of the farm bill, just as senator lucas and his colleagues plan this morning. to meet this situation, chairman cooley has called a specialting. it is apparent that the bill which was passed by the senate would not be approved by the house. if there was not some way out, legislation would be blocked since both houses of congress must approve. the house committee believes that a compromise might rake the deadlock. finally, an agreement is reached and the chairman is instructed to submit a compromise to a joint committee, representing both the house and the senate to be called in the senate office building. on his way over to compromise, the chairman stops by for the office of the speaker of the house to get his blessing on. they happen to be together. the speaker of the house is a powerful legislative leader and his support is important. the speaker says a compromise is a good idea. a warning bell calls the speaker to the house. during any day, senators and congressmen have to move about a great deal from one meeting to another peer at this unusual little rail will saves a great deal of time and effort. the page boys seem

vote defeated in the senate, the house could give the investigative authority to do the same work, the same investigation, to a committee that exists or they could create a specialdid to investigate benghazi. either way, i can tell you their trust level in the house, which was terrible, is now also starting to get more terrible on the senate. this thing was negotiated right down to the end on the senate floor. we heard from house members over the weekend talking about just how broken they think this bipartisan process is. here was jason crowe on "meet the press" over the weekend. >> this has to get done. i am sick of playing the game of whack a mole with gop members in congress. every time we address one of their concerns, another one pops up. we just can't continue to do that forever. we need to get answers. >> reporter: there's concern that that whack a mole game is going on on issue after issue, not just here. watch speaker pelosi perhaps in the next couple of days to see what democrats will do. they said not getting to the bottom of what happened on the 6th isn't an option. >> if there's anything keeping hope of bipartisanship alive there it would seem to be

strongly, suggested that she'd approve a special-select committee in the house to investigate what led to the innsurrection if the commission vote fails in the senate. do you think that's the best back-up plan? it's pretty clear, they would just paint it as a completely-partisan effort. >> of course, they will. because people who don't even want an independent commission are, definitely, going to paint a select committee doing the work as -- as, also, partisan. but that is where they are. and so, not only do they not want an independent commission. they were -- they're prepared to criticize a select committee, which is the reason that speaker pelosi wanted an independent commission. so, why don't we just, all, face up to the fact that they totally do not want to face up to the truth of what happened on january 6th. and any responsibility that trump had because they are deathly afraid of trump and his base. >> president biden signed the covid-19 hate crimes act into law, today. addressing the rise in anti-asian hate crimes. you introduced the bill. 62 of your republican colleagues in the house, one -- your senate-republican colleague, josh hawley, v

special commission -- it's going to pass the house. then we'll have a big debate in the senate. then what will happen is a select committee will be formed in the house. this will not go away. wolf, what happened on january 6th has left an indelible imprint on my mind and it has left the imprint on millions and millions of americans' minds. for republicans to try to sweep this under the rug, it's a simple commission to investigate and get to the bottom. i'll tell ya, woflf, there's no words to describe about how i feel about this other than i'm saddened, disappointed, i'm angry. >> a bunch of republicans totally agree with you. they're so angry at the leadership of the republican party, the leadership of the house and senate. david, a lot of the concerns that the republican leadership in the house and senate have, apparently, are related to the mid-term elections coming up next year. they fear a commission like this could drag on and on and go into 2022. >> yeah. some of them are just saying that flat out, that politics in play here, they are concerned that it could -- by the way, you understand, wolf, of course, this comm

special guest today is the honorable jim inhofe. senator inhofe represented oklahoma since 1994 and serves as ranking member of the senate armed service committee where he plays a key role in assuring our military is the best equipment, training resources to meet our national security challenges. as a veteran of the u.s. army, he has defended this nation at the very principles that ensure our continued success. true to the constitution, senator inhofe has spent a long time defending the electoral college. most recently he published an outstanding piece in the daily signals about all the ways the left is wrong is in their design to abolish it. i'd encourage you to read it and share with others. great educations on the need for such a system. as he says in the piece, the electoral college, just one political party may affect all americans. before we hear from the senator, i want to mention one other critical educational tool, and essay to read at the center that's put together called essential electoral college. you can download it from the website heritage.org backslash electoral college. after the senator's remarks, he'll be joined by two more

senate will pass it. >> congressman, i have news for you. >> there is always hope, right? if not, we need to proceed anyway. if we have to proceed through a special select committee, we'll have to go that way. the american people deserve the truthful i was there on january 6th. i was the last person off the house floor. i was presiding when the attack came. i walked to the speaker's mob. i saw this angry crowd, breaking the glass, true i go to get at us. people walking with shirts that said camp auschwitz. this is the group that attacked our democracy. and to just not acknowledge that, to have some members, as you mentioned, try to say that nothing really happened that day, is insulting and disrespectful. by the way, not to me, not to members of congress, but to our staff. to the people who work up here from the cafeteria workers to the capitol police. it is insulting to the american people who expect to us respect our democratic institutions and elections. we'll pursue this. my hope is that we can do in a truly bipartisan way. if that's not possible, we'll to have move forward with the select committee. >> all right, thank you so much. >> all the best. be safe.

senators, are saying well, if republicans can hire staff, that would be okay. of course, they can hire staff. that's never even been a question, so we like that special that they want the committee to pose. >> to follow up on that question. it doesn't appear -- there's going to be an investigation no matter what happens, right? that's what you're basically saying is it's been something else, but this congress is not going to go by without some large-scale probe into january 6th? >> well, let's go back to 9/11, 9/11, you saw it took 14 1/2 months to get this signed by the president -- did you know that. >> yes. >> isn't that surprising to you? you would have thought just like that. but there was major opposition to a 9/11 commission. i know that because i had the first bill and i lost on the floor. we were in the minority at the time. and then tim roemer had the amendment to the intelligence bill with the help of the families and that's how we got a bill passed to the president's desk. but it took time. this has been really on an accelerated pace even though, why don't we have it? well, it's in the works and it takes time to negotiate, in the meantime, though in 2011 -- i mean, e

special commission they say they're not condoning what happened that day, but that the department of justice is already investigating and arresting people involved. other congressional committees are conducting their own inquiries. republican senator scott argued today is the most important thing is to get answers. after meeting with the sicknick family, he told reporters that's what they want, too. >> the interesting thing was what they said to me was more understanding of what happened with or without a commission >> reporter: the democrats see this vote as fundamental to democracy itself this was an assault on the capitol and aimed at lawmakers it undermines the peaceful transition of power that is at the heart of the political system, not to mention the commission passed in the lower chamber with bipartisan support. >> there was a lot of negotiations, and the leadership of democrats on both the house and the senate have agreed to the recommendations that were made, to make the adjustments. there's no excuse for a republican not to vote for this unless they don't want to hear the truth. >> reporter: and whether it might be convince moderates to get rid of the filibuster. scott, the senate's arcane process means there still coul

senate will pass. this but >> congressman, i have news for you -- >> i mean, there's always hope. but if not, we need to proceed anyway. and if we have to proceed through a special select committee, will have to go that way. but the american people deserve the truth. i was there on january six, i was the last person off the house floor, i was presiding when the attack came. i walked out of the speakers lobby and i saw this angry mob of fascist buying and breaking the glass, trying to get us. i mean, people walking around the capitol with confederate flags, with antisemitic shirts like camp auschwitz. i mean, this is the group that attacked our democracy. and to just not acknowledge that or to have some members, as you mention, trying to say that nothing really happened that day, is insulting and disrespectful. by the way, not to me, and not to members of congress. but to our staff. to the people who work up here from the cafeteria workers, to the capital police. it's insulting to the american people who expect us to respect our democratic institutions. and to respect elections. so we are going to get -- we are going to pursue this. my hope is we can pursue this in a truly bipart

senate education health and labor pensions committee, and the senator joins us right now. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning. steve: well you're a doctor so you've got specialime? >> [laughter] >> and by body you know what i mean. >> yeah, you know, gail, i just don't want to get into that tit-for-tat. i just don't understand what the problem is with him, but you know? i'm just going to do my job and he can do what he wants to do and we'll see what happens. steve: senator he says he's just going to do his job but that seems to be what you've got a problem with how he's doing his job. >> if he was being interviewed by a journalist they would have asked, did the nih, did your specific division of the nih give money to the wuhan lab. that's true. what he's arguing is he's parsing his words. he knows his group gave money, but he's saying oh, it wasn't for juicing up these super virus es. we gave it for other research. it's sort of like the planned parenthood argument. yes we give taxpayer money to planned parenthood, but not for abortion. dr. fauci is arguing yeah, we gave it, the nih and my group specifically gave it to the wuhan lab but they weren't supposed

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