speaker. that -- mr. hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. that bill will hold government officials more accountable, increase transparency and ethical standards, and increase voter protections, while instituting national redistricting reforms. where is it? n the senate, left untended, unconsidered. by the united states senate. because it's on mcconnell's desk and he will not move it. while this president and republicans continue to make it harder for americans to vote, and so confusion, unknown certainty about balloting, -- and sow confusion and unknown certain at the -- certainty out batting -- balloting, so many demonstrated and died for the act. but unfortunately too many in this country are trying to make it more difficult, not easier, to cast that central facet of being a citizen in a democracy. the right to vote. that is one of the 340, madam speaker, 340 bipartisan bills that are languishing on senator mcconnell's desk. he will not call them up. before the senate -- up before the senate for

speaker. i would like to reflect on the words of representative luria. this is a bipartisan bill. i'd like to thank not just my colleagues on the other side of the aisle but colleagues from all our states, representative luria and the rest of the virginia delegation, as i talk about the folks from the chesapeake bay delegation. everyone has an interest in this bill. it's an extraordinary effort across many areas where there's common interest. it's a great example of what we can get done when we're willing to focus on things we have in common rather than place where we have differences. e thing we do have in common are the thing december be stowed upon us by our creator and our obligation as humanity to protect and enhance those resources not only now but for generations to come. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from michigan is recognized. mrs. dingell: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from maryland, mr. sarbanes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentl

speaker. -- mr. uiz: thank you, speaker. i want to thank the congressional hispanic caucus going to the detention center. i was there to witness firsthand to what was going on. want to thank representative jayapal for this resolution and this matter.p in as a medical and public health expert, i have found three gross categories of violations in center.unty detention one is there was not sufficient recautions to prevent covid-19 from causing an outbreak in the facility. here was only one mass issue upon arrival and the second mask was not issued until the day arrived, knowing we were going to arrive. some women were there for six, seven months. is there was a covid-19 positive patient in the facility. the medical quarters, nobody was wearing an n-95 mask, the staff and other people in jeopardy. covid-19 patient was reported to be in isolation uring the time that we were there. furthermore, the second problem lack of health is the hygiene maintenance in the facility. there were reports that the curtains were infested with mold

speaker. this is not a bill, a vote, a debate that's about national principle. this is about politics. this is about grand standing. this is about political calculations. this is about the election. you want to talk about leadership, right now there's a real deal, a real counteroffer on the table. $150 billion more for education. $75 billion more for testing and tracing. $250 billion more for state and local government funding. $400 weekly enhancement employment insurance. $60 billion more in rental and mortgage assistance. it adds up to $1.6 trillion, more than the house democrats who are members of the problem solvers caucus asked for, they asked for $1.5 trillion. that is a real counteroffer. instead what you're seeing is a political calculation that's getting made and real lives are at stake. this is a serious offer that is on the table. and instead of sending this chamber home and ending up with nothing, how about we d our jobs and cut a deal because this right now, this debate is exactly

speaker.ohnson: i know the thoughts will be for the south and southeast. i am sure members across thoughts will want to join me in wishing her a speedy recovery. others in addition. i will have this meeting say today. >> [indiscernible] on behalf of my friend from fulton. my constituents are reeling from the destruction of the economy in a of this year. unemployment has skyrocketed. unemployment -- is the highest in the capital. facingat the same time an -- that there could be extra 4 million and this government. already facing the double whammy of covid and financial ruin. it will the prime minister please immediately stop the imposition of this dreadful plan? minister johnson: i must respectfully inform the honorable lady that the current mayor has essentially bankrupted dsl before coronavirus and had even hit and left a massive black hole in its finances, and any need to make up that deficit is entirely down to him, it gives responsibility. any charge or other measure taken to improve the f

speaker. before i begin today, i do want to extend my best wishes to melania. trump and our thoughts and prayers are with them as they battle covid-19. thank tom to malinowski for the amazing discussions we had going forward on this resolution. amazing person to work with. i thank you for your work, mr. malinowski, and everyone else. rise today to a -- at a moment and moment of discourse.or our echoing across the darkest caverns of the internet has led to divisiveness and anger. t has extinguish the light of political discourse in this cityry called by so many a on the hill. we can't be this beacon of hope we have been for so long if we can't address the mistrust invaded -- invaded our politician. today is not a panacea but requests about our purpose in this august body, stand up and condemn a dangerous, dehumanizing and conspiracy theory that the f.b.i. assessed with high confidence is very likely o motivate some domestic extremis extremists wolly or in part to in kribel activity -- in crimin

speaker. -- mr. uiz: thank you, speaker. i want to thank the congressional hispanic caucus going to the detention center. i was there to witness firsthand to what was going on. want to thank representative jayapal for this resolution and this matter.p in as a medical and public health expert, i have found three gross categories of violations in center.unty detention one is there was not sufficient recautions to prevent covid-19 from causing an outbreak in the facility. here was only one mass issue upon arrival and the second mask was not issued until the day arrived, knowing we were going to arrive. some women were there for six, seven months. is there was a covid-19 positive patient in the facility. the medical quarters, nobody was wearing an n-95 mask, the staff and other people in jeopardy. covid-19 patient was reported to be in isolation uring the time that we were there. furthermore, the second problem lack of health is the hygiene maintenance in the facility. there were reports that the curtains were infested with mold

speaker? especially kind of in this, well, up to when clay becomes speaker and especially after clay becomes a speaker? mr. stewart: that is a whole other book, and we address some of that in our book. i will say a couple things. first, i think you have described well what is conventionally believed by the house. i think there is a lot of truth to it. having said that, one of the things is really striking looking at the history is that the members act as if, even during the period where we know just observationally that the committee sometimes will just do wildly unpredictable things, that the speaker of elections proceeds as if the speaker is a dictator. it is really kind of striking, even when you know. and a little bibliography here. the author of one of the most famous books in congressional history, he has a great section about henry clay. he says clay is seen as being the father of american parliamentary power, but he got -- they wiped the floor with him so many times. he lost so many th

hoyer thank you, madam speaker. that -- mr. hoyer: thank you, madam speaker. that bill will hold government officials more accountable, increase transparency and ethical standards, and increase voter protections, while instituting national redistricting reforms. where is it? n the senate, left untended, unconsidered. by the united states senate. because it's on mcconnell's desk and he will not move it. while this president and republicans continue to make it harder for americans to vote, and so confusion, unknown certainty about balloting, -- and sow confusion and unknown certain at the -- certainty out batting -- balloting, so many demonstrated and died for the act. but unfortunately too many in this country are trying to make it more difficult, not easier, to cast that central facet of being a citizen in a democracy. the right to vote. that is one of the 340, madam speaker, 340 bipartisan bills that are languishing on senator mcconnell's desk. he will not call them up. before the senate -- up before the senate for a vote. muzzling democracy. that's 340 impor

speaker. our values are different. on this side of the aisle, we believe in a commitment to america. we believe that we will defeat this virus. because we will create a safe nd secure vaccine. mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct, the house is not in order. mr. mccarthy: you know the other difference in our values, in our commitment to america? you can read it, you can go to commitmenttoamerica.com. we actually reject defunding the police. we say we'll spend $1.75 billion more. on the police. not cut them $600 million. you know what we'll do with the money? community police, more training and 500,000 body cameras. we also have a plan. we can tell you how many jobs we're going to create. we're going to create 10 million ew jobs. i don't know how bad or how big you'll expand the marijuana business but in here it mentions that more than jobs. we're going to end the dependency on china. we just don't say it, we actually do it. we just came out w

, speaker reed. that's a three decade period. --grows up and become really becomes really mature in the 20th century. we discover, in the process of writing the book, that the speaker was the tip of the iceberg, just in terms of story. we just thought we would tell a soccer robot and ock'em fights. those offices were as important, if not, more important than the speakership. and may be more important for the development of party. those include the printer, those include the clerk, those include the sergeant and arms, and if there was a fight -- and once there was a fight over who would be the chaplain. there is a lot of interesting stuff. the is where we talk about development of party government, the conglomeration of offices -- offices in the antebellum period are in the eye of martin van buren, who is america's great party thinker. he has a theory about how you can these things together -- how you can knit these things together and control party politics. this is a vision test. i used to be able t

speaker. the clerk: october 1, 2020, i hereby appoint the honorable day, cuellar on this signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: order of thehe house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. with time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate a.m.nue beyond 10:50 the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina, minutes., for five ms. adams: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise this morning to honor two north carolina women who left us this year, former former dr. dorsett, representative mcalister. i admired and was friends with them.of they were both educators who service. public proud graduates of historically colleges. founded and led organizations to cell a -- ane

the speaker is right. i will talk a little about what is in the updated heroes act we passed last week to address this , but i have to emphasize that the president and cutting off negotiations and refusing to talk about this, is making the possibility of this national plan less likely every day. testing in contact tracing, we have $75 billion to supportn funding contact tracing but as important as the money is the fact that not only we should have a national plan, but we talk about clear benchmarks and timelines to achieve the level of testing necessary. there is only about 900,000 tests done per day around the economy and health experts that testify around our committee say you need $4 million at a minimum per day. when anyone tells we are doing enough testing in the president said anyone can be tested, that is not true. we are not doing enough testing. it is also a question of national governments guidelines. why do you think different states use different tests and a lot of times those tests do not work

so the speaker is right. look, i will talk a little bit about the heroes act, the updated act that we passed last week, but i have to emphasize again that the president, in cutting off negotiations and refusing to talk about this, is making the possibility of a national plan less likely every day. he does not want to do it. in terms of the testing and contact tracing, you know that we have $75 billion in funding to support the testing, contact tracing and surveillance. but just as important as the money is the fact that we state not only should we have a national plan, but we have to talk about benchmarks and timelines, and a strategy to achieve the level of testing necessary. right now, there are 900,000 tests being done per day around the country. haveh experts that testified before our committee say you need 4 million minimum per day. that is less than 25% of what is absolutely necessary. so if anybody says, we are doing testing, the president says anybody can be tested, that is not true. we are not doing

speaker.n 16 june, the prime minister agreed to provide free school meal vouchers to hungry children over the summer holidays after claiming just 24 hours beforehand that he was completely unaware of the campaign that was calling for it. last week, the liberal democrat education minister for wales, kirsty williams, guaranteed that free school meal provision during school holidays would continue until at least easter 2021, and yesterday the scottish government committed to do the same. can the prime minister confirm that he is indeed aware of these announcements, and, if so, when does he plan to do the right thing? pm johnson: mr. speaker governments of all stripes have , supplied free school meals since 1906, and i am proud that it was this conservative government that extended universal free school meals to five, six and seven-year-olds. the party opposite were in power for 30 of the past 100 years and never did anything like that. mr. speaker, we support kids of low incomes in school, and we

when he died, i was the incoming speaker and we had the honor of opening up the speaker's office and all of the rest even though i would not be sworn in for a day or two, but i have possession of the office, i could open it up to his family, at the time, he was the minority leader, and that is where he presided. we have a real personal connection to gerald ford, who filled this spot as determined by the 25th amendment to the constitution. we can do a couple of things at once. we can engage in our political activity for the public to make its verdict 25 days from now, and at the same time, honor our responsibilities to have something in place that does not apply to this president but certainly raises the issue if a president -- and this is not with bad intentions -- if a president becomes incapacitated, whatever it happens to be, he would not have the ability as ronald reagan had and president george herbert walker bush had and president george w. bush had to make a judgment for this. of time. i transfer the power. for this period of time. this sets up a formula. it's not for us to de

speaker pelosi: it takes time . and there has been a call for , why not execute the 25 amendment -- 25th amendment? that's not what we are doing. we are exercising the power the constitution gave us. jamie, did you want to speak? mr. raskin: it is interesting, i found the body had never been set up, and i guess the reason is there's never a good time to do it, because it is always just seen in its local circumstances as opposed to the need to have , this institutionally. say thess i would situation has focused everybody's mind on the need for following through on this suggestion in the 25th amendment that congress set up its own body. age of covid-19, where a law of government doctors have been afflicted, we need to act. reporter: this is a president who has been impeached. you made comments suggesting you think his mental state might be affected by the drugs that he is on. what do you say to those who say this is just another attempt to go around the public and get rid president through way way that is not an elect

speaker pelosi has also said she has tested negative. should they be doing anything special to ensure that they do not catch covid-19? guest: absolutely. obviously, all eyes are on the president's health and well-being, but the reality is that the presidency is more than one person, more than one man, and we need to think about what happens next. it is important to remember, the president is currently hospitalized with the virus that has killed 210,000 americans. this is a serious moment and we need to think about the president and keep him in our thoughts and prayers, but we also need to think about the vice president, the speaker, the president pro tem, and sunni members of the cabinet as part of the line of succession. it would be a real mistake for the vice president to continue his daily activities as he has been conducting them, because he to aight now, very close heartbeat away from the presidency. he needs to think clearly that even if the president doesn't pass away from this, the president may need to temporarily transfer power

speaker pelosi: this is not about any judgment someone has about someone's behavior. this is about a diagnosis, a professional medical diagnosis. let me be personal here. when this happened after the assassination of president kennedy, and you may not know this -- you were not born yet, when lyndon johnson became president, there was no vice anything had if johnson,to president the speaker of the house to become the president of the united states. and of course, this is what happened with gerald ford. after spiro agnew and all of that, he was a wing to the vice , very popular in the congress on both sides of the aisle, both sides of the camera -- of the cabinet. house ford came to the which is where he came from. mr. president, i am so honored to serve -- i was minority leader at the time -- i , and he said i served with your father and he would tell me stories about that . of opening upor office and had it open to his family, and that is where he presided and again where his children came and did their homework and all the rest. so we have a real personal connection

>> as long as speaker pelosi is involved i think the answer is no.ou've watched every single time we tried to have covid relief, she's held the process up and now she's strangling the american public by denying anything moving. you watch even her arguing with wolf blitzer because he wanted to read quotes in her own members asking her to take the deal. i think she cares more about politics than about the american public. it's obvious with her actions. remember why she said she doesn't want to go forward. she's fearful the american public will get a check and the president would get some credit instead of helping the american public in this time of need. >> i have a quick question regarding covid-19. if a deal is approved, what is your plan to keep the members and staff safe from the virus? >> that's a great question. four or five months ago i put a report out along with robbie davis and tom cole on how to keep the house safe. one of the elements was testing. unfortunately, speaker pelosi denied that, the protections on which cities we bring back and u

. >> the house will be in order. >> thank you madam speaker. to hold them more accountable and with those ethical standards and increase border protections with the redistricting reforms. where is it? in theen senate left unattended and then considered by the united states senate because it is on mcconnell's desk and he will not move it. and then to make it harder for americans to vote on to put confusion and uncertainty house democrats passed hr four to restore the john lewis act to restore the protections of the voting rights act that so many fraud on - - thought and demonstrated and died for. but unfortunately too many in this country are trying to make it more difficult not easier to cast that facet of a citizen of a democracy, the right to vote 340 bipartisan and those languishing on senator mcconnell's desk. he will not call them up before the senate for a vote to muzzle democracy. 340 bipartisan bills blocked were stalled or ignored. madam speaker let's not forget we began the majority in the middle of a government shutdown. nown longer

thank you mr speaker. my constituents like eve ryo ne speaker.ealth, worried about the livelihoods in the chaos thatis about the livelihoods in the chaos that is unfolded in relation to greater manchester will have done nothing to allay their fears. but they're also angry about the money thatis they're also angry about the money that is been squandered on the php p purchases come on the consultant, on the failing test entry system that my honourable friend, the secretary of state raised with the minister. the secretary of state didn't answer his questions then. we answer them now. why is manchester not entitled to the money that it needs to get by through this crisis when so much money has been wasted elsewhere? the money has been wasted elsewhere? the money that was put on the table for greater manchester is exactly the same as the amount that was agreed with the leadership of liverpool and of lancashire and is the support there to help people through which he is quite white to say —— quite right to say difficult times. after ten days, but the i

speaker. prime minister for his remarks about my honorable friend, the member for bolton south east. prime minister, how does an area which goes into tier 3 restrictions get out of those restrictions? >> the simplest and most effective way for areas to get out of those restrictions is, of course, to get the r down to 1 or below, and i am very pleased to say that some areas are already having a considerable effect with the measures that they are taking. >> can i press the prime minister on that answer? if the infection rate, r, in a tier 3 area has not come below 1, will it be possible in any circumstances for that area to come out of tier 3, if the r has not come below 1? >> obviously, the r is one of the measures that we look at. we'll take a decision based on a number of things, including the r, also, of course, rates of infection, rates of admission to hospital, and other data. but the most important thing is for areas that do go into tier 3-and i am very grateful to local leadership in the

next speaker, please. you will note that your line is unmuted. >> yes, i live in san francisco in district 11. good afternoon, committee members. i have spent some of my time during the period of isolation forced on us by covid reading up on climate change. i don't have to tell you that what is coming is genuinely frightening. this is why you're considering this ordinance. it's an early step in reducing san francisco's projection of greenhouse glasses and limited climate change. this is the low-lying fruit, the easy first step. i'm a homeowner and my home uses gas for the air and water heaters and the stove. i'm interested what you do next to establish a path for people like me to get rid of gas. i just just lowered my thermometer and going to attempt to get through with hats and sweaters and space heaters. i realize how trivial the steps are, but i think there are a lot of san franciscans like me who are very concerned about climate change and want to do all they can to limit it. it's certainly why i'm he

next speaker, please. >> caller: good afternoon, this is anastasia. thank you supervisor fewer and to supervisor walton, yee, mandelman and co-sponsors of the amendment. this will level the playing field between speculators and communities non-profit organizations and i fully support these amendments. thank you. >> thank you. are there any members of the public that would like to testify on this item? there is one more and i unmuted them. >> next speaker, please. >> caller: the council committee has an organization in support of this measure. thank you supervisor fewer for being that multi-year process to create the first kopa and bringing up-to-date with lessons learned and working through it and this could not be more timely given what we're hearing on the impacts of covid-19 recession and the amount of money being accumulated by speculators to begin to buy up buildings as they did in 2008 as the previous recession so thank you for this work and our presentation is in support of these amendments. >> than

next speaker, please. you will note that your line is unmuted. >> yes, i live in san francisco in district 11. good afternoon, committee members. i have spent some of my time during the period of isolation forced on us by covid reading up on climate change. i don't have to tell you that what is coming is genuinely frightening. this is why you're considering this ordinance. it's an early step in reducing san francisco's projection of greenhouse glasses and limited climate change. this is the low-lying fruit, the easy first step. i'm a homeowner and my home uses gas for the air and water heaters and the stove. i'm interested what you do next to establish a path for people like me to get rid of gas. i just just lowered my thermometer and going to attempt to get through with hats and sweaters and space heaters. i realize how trivial the steps are, but i think there are a lot of san franciscans like me who are very concerned about climate change and want to do all they can to limit it. it's certainly why i'm he

not one, madame speaker. what have they been doing?ter judge after that is what they are doing. to serve their ideological agenda, hoping they can control through the courts that which they cannot control through the democratic process. we have shown what it means to govern for the people. over the next few weeks americans will have a chance to choose the direction of our country. follows in the years ahead. they know republicans have failed them. bill.lth care no infrastructure bill. the president said he would invest in interest -- infrastructure. no bill has been presented. they know our republican colleagues have failed with action and irresponsibility. they know they offered a serious agenda of leadership. and have shown ourselves always to be for the people. madam speaker, today we will be considering a bill, we're in negotiations. i hope those negotiations work. frankly, speaker pelosi and secretary mnuchin reached four bipartisan deals. mr. meadows was not chief of staff, of course, at that point in time. let us hope that we ca

so we have a lot of speakers on this list. there are 10 speakers.m hoping that we are not going to hear from 10 speakers today on this item. so we have marissa praya, and we have benjamin bacloksi, and joe chen and diana alberto, and mark primeo and chris dunn. who is the main speaker for this item? >> marissa with the office of public finance. >> chair fewer: the floor is yours. >> thank you so much. let me pull up the presentation. our intent is that we will speak and other folks are available for questions if the chair and committee members have any. so, good morning. good morning, chair fewer, supervisor walton and supervisor mandelman. marissa pratai, the office of public finance. thank you for the opportunity to present this morning. the item before the committee is an appropriation ordinance that will appropriate the proceeds of three general obligation bond issuances, the sale resolutions for these items were heard and approved by the budget and finance committee at a special meeting on tuesday, october 6th. and approved by the full board la

next speaker please. >> go ahead, next speaker. >> speaker, please unmute yourself. >> can you hear me now? >> yes, we can. >> thank you. i have nine comments on this item. i will be very quick. on each of those. equity must mean different things to different people. i think equity is providing service everywhere across town, proportional to what the need is. but to not select certain routes or certain areas and ignore others. that's what equity means to me. two, the data here is misleading. it doesn't show routes that are not in service or people stranded or forced to walk long distances to the few routes that are operating. so you can take what you want from that the data. but it's necessarily incomplete. and what julie is calling line management or something and what i call street supervision relies too much on technology and the tmc and at this time in opinion. and to the provision and the field and that would be more useful. and for vehicle cleaning, it is clearly a real constraint. and i believe that most mobile cleaning teams at relief points would help in a number of ways inclu

when he died i was the incoming speaker and we had the honor of opening up the speaker's office, had possession of the speaker's office open to his family who at the time he was minority leader, that is where he presided and his children came and did their homework so we have a real personal connection to gerald ford, this spot is determined by the 20 fifth amendment to the constitution. we can do a couple things at once. we can engage in political activity for the public to make its verdict 25 days from now and at the same time honored our responsibilities to have something in place that does not apply to this president but certainly raises the issue if a president, not with bad intentions, if a president becomes incapacitated by whatever it happens to be would not have the ability as ronald reagan had, george herbert walker bush had, george w. bush had to make a judgment for this period of time of transfer of power so the sensible formula. not for any of us to decide that, it is about a process to decide it and as the distinguished gentleman said without the vice president, the vic

mr speaker, there is a further cause of anger.lly listen to the question, we might get on better. shouting. there is further cause of anger. lack of clarity about why particular restrictions have been introduced. for example, in the prime minister's own local authority, hillingdon, today there are 62 cases per 100,000, yet no local restrictions. but in 20 local areas across england, restrictions were imposed where infection rates were much lower. in kirklees it was just 29 per 100,000. local communities, prime minister, genuinely don't understand these differences. i wish i could pretend, mr speaker, that everything was going to be rosy in the midlands or indeed in london, mr speaker, where alas we are also seeing infections rise, and that's why we need a concerted national effort. we need to follow the guidance. we need hands, face, space, get a test if you have symptoms, and obey the rule of six, mr speaker. and i think it quite extraordinary that the right honourable gentleman has just said that he personally supports the rule

speaker pelosi: no. reporter: on liability? speaker pelosi: no. reporter: these allegations of corruption involving joe biden -- speaker pelosi: i'm not answering those question, we're talking about the coronavirus. i don't have all day for questions, that's what we're taking now. anybody else have a question on coronavirus negotiations? reporter: i'm wondering how confident you were that 13 republican senators would go over there. had discussions convincingn about republican senators? speaker pelosi: i'm not interested in a bill, we have to have strong bipartisan support in the legislation that we come together on. i would hope that we have bipartisanship in the house and in the senate. the last bill, the cares act was a terrible bill, it was corporate trickle-down, we had our bill taking responsibility, and we brought it. we didn't get everything we they still got $350 billion for the richest people in america, but nonetheless, we got a bill that made, made a difference, not everything but a difference. getting republican votes is not my job. th

i see him as one of the speakers. supervisor peskin, from the department of homelessness and from affordable housing and audrey malone from h.s.h. also. and i'm hearing -- this should be interesting. i'm hearing maybe some issues about it. so i'm anxious to hear. who is presenting right now? >> good afternoon. the department of homelessness and supportive housing presenting. >> chair fewer: thank you, miss whitney. you have the floor. >> good afternoon, chair fewers and supervisors walton and mandelman. the department of homelessness and supportive housing and i'm here today presenting and authorizing resolution for the city's project homekey application for the granada, which approved would provide 232 units of permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless individuals and low-income tenants. i would like to thank mayor breed for her support to support this first project to create 1500 new units of supportive housing in this city. and i want to thank supervisor peskin for co-sponsoring the legislation and for his

the speaker is joining us right now. madam speaker, thank you so much for joining us. as you know, there are americans who are being evicted from their homes. they can't pay their rent. many americans are waiting in food lines for the first time in their lives. can you look them in the eye, madam speaker, and explain why you don't want to accept the president's latest stimulus offer? >> thank you very much, wolf. i hope you'll ask the same question of the republicans why they don't want to meet the needs of the american people. let me say to those people because all of my colleagues we represent these people. i have over 30 years represented my constituents. i know what their needs are. i listen to them. and their needs are not addressed in the president's proposal. so when you say to me why don't you accept theirs? why don't they accept ours? our legislation is there to do three things primarily. to honor our workers and honor our heroes and our health care workers and our police and fire and first responders, our teachers, our transportation, sanitati sanitation, foo