the speaker: thank you very much, madam speaker.hank the gentleman for yielding and for his distinguished role on the rules committee. now let us praise the rules committee for the important work that they do making sure that legislation comes to the floor in a way that is consistent with the rules of the house. and in this case a budget that is consistent with the values of our country. thank you, and thank you to the chairman, chairman jim mcgovern, for his leadership as well. and to each and every member of the rules committee. we have to salute them on both sides of the aisle for the time they put in and how they facilitate the work of the house. madam speaker, today is a great day of pride for our country and for democrats. we have a president with a big bold vision for our country. an unprecedented opportunity to keep our promises for the people. we promised for the people that we would lower health care costs by lowering the cost of prescription drugs. we would increase paychecks by building the infrastructure of america, and

madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? >> i rise to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. scalise: thank you, madam speaker. today i rise to recognize marty riser, a man of immense character and integrity who selflessly served the american people for over 20 years. after graduating from the college of holy cross, marty started at the department of commerce as an appointee under president ronald reagan. in the 1990's, marty came to the house of representatives where he worked for congressman dan miller in a variety of roles, ultimately finishing up as his chief of staff. after leaving capitol hill he went object to a think tank and taught high school before managing xerox's governmental affairs team. in 2011, marty came back to the house, joining the ways and means committee's health subcommittee where

madam speaker -- madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. luetkemeyer, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. luetkemeyer will vote yea. as the member designated by mr. graves, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. graves will vote yea. as the member designated by mrs. wagner, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mrs. wagner will vote yea. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on s. 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. gaetz of florida, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. gaetz will vote yea to senate bill 272. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from -- the

speaker. i want to just remind everybody, no matter what side of the bill you're on, there's a huge trust issue going on in america right now. people do not trust the system, and that's everyone's problem. if you think a centralized election bill to move the power to washington, d.c., and put it in the hands of congress and the courts is going to help, you're wrong. they don't trust us, and they don't trust the courts. a decentralized system is what has worked in america. so make sure that after you support this legislation you go back and you meet with the town clerk that runs the elections, the county clerks, the parish clerks, the municipal clerks and, yes, the state legislatures. i know the state legislatures are taking a real beating here today. preclearance expansion, is that a can of worms that this body really wants to open up? printed ballots. photo i.d. now we're going to mandate polling places, election timelines, primary mechanics, who can be a poll worker. these are all things tha

madam speaker. the coronavirus has got ton levels in memphis not known since last january. it's dangerous. fortunately today, the fizer vaccine was given final full approval by the f.d.a. for all people 16 and over. mr. cohen: this weekend, phil valentine, a conservative radio host in nashville, passed away. also one of the greatest football plays for the history, danton bartow, passed away. both passed from covid, both -- neither got the vaccine and both said toward the end of the life that they would encourage everyone to get the vaccine. i ask you, please get the vaccine. let america continue its activities and culture and lifestyles as we have in the past. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise to sound the alarm of bernie sande

the speaker: thank you very much, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and for his distinguished role on the rules committee. now let us praise the rules committee for the important work that they do making sure that legislation comes to the floor in a way that is consistent with the rules of the house. and in this case a budget that is consistent with the values of our country. thank you, and thank you to the chairman, chairman jim mcgovern, for his leadership as well. and to each and every member of the rules committee. we have to salute them on both sides of the aisle for the time they put in and how they facilitate the work of the house. madam speaker, today is a great day of pride for our country and for democrats. we have a president with a big bold vision for our country. an unprecedented opportunity to keep our promises for the people. we promised for the people that we would lower health care costs by lowering the cost of prescription drugs. we would increase paychecks by building the infrastructure of america,

the speaker. this is an account that has been confirmed by the speaker's office. why was the speakers permission even needed? by this time pipe bombs had already been found outside the rnc and the dnc, and writers had reached the steps. sergeant at arms irving felt the need the speakers approval then, what with the instructions and conversations he had with the speaker's office prior to january 6th? former capitol police chief steve stein has testified irving was concerned as many have said about the optics, and we know the speaker's office was calling the shots on all of the actions on january 6th but we don't have the details leading up to those conversations, leading up to the six because under the speakers direction the sergeant at arms has denied our house administration official request to preserve documents and communications. i will tell you the capitol police followed our ask and did provide that information. what are they hiding? what is the speaker hiding? unfortunately i don't believe

, for those of you who aren't professional speaker geeks, speaker reed, a three-decade period. so it grows up, becomes really mature in the early 20s. so that's the general -- oh, and then one last thing. we discovered in the process of writing the book that the speaker was the tip of the iceberg just in terms of the scoring, because one of the things we didn't expect -- we thought we'd just be telling a couple of knockdown, dragout, rock 'em, sock 'em fights about the speakership. in the antebellum period, there were other offices and oftentimes those offices were as important if not more important to the members of the house than the speakership and in many ways may be more important for the development of the parties than the speakership at various times. those include the printer, those include the clerk, those include the sergeant at arms, and, in fact, once there was even a fight over who the chaplain was going to be. at least once i found a chaplain deposed in a partisan -- so there's a lot of just interesting stuff, especially in the antebellum. and this is where we tal

speaker? especially kind of in this, well, up to when clay becomes speaker and then especially after clay becomes speaker? >> yeah. i mean, that's -- i mean, that's a whole other book. in fact, we address some of that in our book. i'll say a couple of things. first of all, i think you've described well what kind of is conventionally believed by the house, and i think there's lot of truth to it. having said that, one of the things that's striking looking in the history is that the members act as if, even during the period where we know this observationally, the committees would sometimes do wildly unpredictable things, that the speaker elections proceed as if the speaker is a dictator. it's really kind of striking. james sterling young wrote "the washington community," one of the most famous books in congressional history, and he has a great chapter on a section of henry clay, where he says clay is seen as being the father of american parliamentary power, but he got -- they wiped the floor with

, when clay becomes speaker and especially after clay becomes speaker. what's a whole other book and we address that in our book. you described well what was believed by the house, and i think there is a lot of truth to it. one of the things that is striking looking at the history is the members act as if even during the period where we know observationally that the committee will do wildly unpredictable things that the speaker will proceed as if the speaker is a dictator and it's striking even when you know. and james sterling young is one of the books in conventional history and clay is seen as being the father of all american parliamentary power, but he got -- they wiped the floor with him so many times. he lost so many things. he couldn't stack committees to save his life and all sort of failures and he is held up as the strong speaker in the antebellum period and maybe that's why he kept getting re-elect side that he was a weak speaker. . yes, you're right. the committees are weak and they're writing tooth and nail over this position. so either they

to be elected speaker. and so, it turns out that it used to be very common, -- multiple ballots for election, and actually have really good honest fights, will come back to that. then when i started coincidence, danny haster was speaker the house when i started this project. and fast forward to the president, although maybe this might not be it, as this might be more pleasant here. for those of you this would be more pleasant a picture. but when i started the project, if you were to fast forward to the president you see quite a different story. you would see a kabuki field -- theater set of performances upon the convening of every house of representatives over the years. or somebody leading majority parties would nominate somebody for speaker, somebody for minority peter would nominate someone for speaker, then there would be a vote, and surprise surprise, all of the disease would vote for the deeds, and all the ours would vote for the arts. whoever had a majority in the chamber would win and everybody woul

speaker, i began my remarks by saying _ speaker, i began my remarks by saying that — speaker, i beganmanitarian _ saying that we are witnessing a humanitarian emergency - saying that we are witnessing a humanitarian emergency from. saying that we are witnessing a - humanitarian emergency from afar. but the _ humanitarian emergency from afar. but the sad — humanitarian emergency from afar. but the sad reality— humanitarian emergency from afar. but the sad reality is _ humanitarian emergency from afar. but the sad reality is that _ humanitarian emergency from afar. but the sad reality is that this - humanitarian emergency from afar. but the sad reality is that this is - but the sad reality is that this is not like any means close to the first tragedy experienced by the afghan nation. the story of afghanistan is a country and our people torn apart by tragedy time and time again. 0ver people torn apart by tragedy time and time again. over the years great powers and vast armies have come and gone. it is the afghan people who have always been left behind. there is sadly no evacuation and no

she is a lame-duck speaker, and everyone knows it. the reason why nancy pelosi is refusing to see accomplished and well-respected hard-working republicans like jim jordan and jim banks is because she doesn't want the american people to know the truth or learn the facts. she doesn't want a fair or bipartisan investigation. she wants a political one. it is a fact that on that in december of 2020 nancy pelosi was made aware of potential security threats to the capital, and she failed to act. it is a fact that the u.s. capitol police raised concerns and rather than providing them with the support and resources they needed and they deserve, she prioritized her partisan political optics over their safety. the american people deserve to know the truth, that nancy pelosi bears responsibility as speaker of the house for the tragedy that occurred on january 6th. and it was only after republicans started asking these important questions that she refused to seat them. house republicans will continue to follow the truth and the facts and support o

next speaker, please. >> you have 36 questions remaining. >> next speaker. >> i'm a father of one and speaking on behalf of kids safe s.f. as one of its leaders. i along with kids safe urge to you approve the four streets. thanks to shannon and her team for their work and leadership and support of an innovative program that is effectively making our streets safer. on slow streets we've analyzed there are 80% less injuries compared to before these were slow streets. while this shouldn't be the top priority, because you're 18 times more likely to die from traffic violence than a fire. the fire department response times have improved on slow streets, including page street, where they had sfmta remove installations from the streets. please ensure that the fire department doesn't continue to ruin our slow streets. while slow streets have been disproportionately successful with residents, the design eliminates through traffic which is less safety for kids. we urge the slow street team to use diversion tools like shotwell's proposed design as well as block-in plazas. and we urge you as board

next speaker, please. >> you have three questions remaining. >> next speaker. good afternoon. >> go ahead. we can hear you. hello? let's go to another line and come back to this one. >> hi there i'm calling to ask about -- can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> okay. sorry about that. i'm calling to ask about what has happened with the rapid response team program? so far there has been mentioned a few vision zero fatalities and we know there was a hit-and-run a couple of weeks ago and an 88-year-old woman was hit. we don't know -- she was injured, but i don't know any follow-up on that. we're curious in the 72-rapid response teams are still in action. that was when m.t.a. would come out to a crash and see what was going on to implement safety measures, unfortunately, too late, but at least in the after math. and despite all of these recent vision zero incidents, i haven't seen any news or information about the rapid response team actions. so, if you all could address that in some random item or give the public some information as that program status, we would be v

wild: i don't remember who the next speaker was. it would have been somebody on the democratic side. but i remember paul gosar from arizona started speaking, and it was then that activities started and i started to get a series of texts, as did other members, from the capitol police. not a terribly unusual thing to happen. we get texts from the capitol police a lot, and ranging from an unlocked door or a fire alarm going off to a suspicious package. but pretty quickly they accelerated from there are a large number of protests on the capitol grounds to there are protesters attempting to enter. i am not giving you the exact wording, but the sequence, the next was there are protesters trying to enter the capital. and then i believe the next one was that protesters have penetrated the capital, or breached the perimeter i think was the phraseology. that caused me a lot of concern, and i started getting pretty stressed out, but i was looking around and i did not see a whole lot of stress on the faces of other members. we were all watching

next speaker please. >> caller: good afternoon, directors. this is eric chase, the city resident, calling to express my strong support for extending the four slow streets on your agenda today. although, do i not live in close proximity to a slow street, i seek to safe positive travel towards intended destinations. just to enjoy a rare calm space that's mostly free of cars. covid is going to be with us for some time. these outdoor spaces will continue to be valuable. slow street help to address another health crises, mainly traffic violence. our city aspires to be a transit first and vision zero city. carving out more places like slow streets are a boost to our floundering attempts at vision zero and will make travel on foot or bicycle safer more enticing choice. it will be grateful if you approve the extension of the four slow streets. i look forward to a future expansion of the slow streets network. i hope to close by expressing my gratitude and appreciation to director brinkman for 11 years of service. >> chair borden: thank you. next speak

the speaker has control over that. the same way she changed the intel committee with adam schiff to be a political committee. we are three coequal branches. we should have been having hearings on what is going on over there. we should have been able to gather they would collapse this fast. adam schiff was too focused on impeachment then doing the job he was supposed to do. >> just to clarify something you said quick, what could the house have passed this week that could have made an immediate difference with afghanistan. with the senate gone until september? you said the speaker should -- did not do anything to set aside money. >> she didn't set aside time even. the speaker many times, as you know, your values says a lot about you. how much time did we spend on this while the world was watching? how much time did we spend on it where afghans were clinging to our planes and falling off? how much time do we spend on finding more americans that were actually there? what we could have done is take up gallagher's bill. tell

speaker. i can tell the house the decision to the emergency handling at the airport took place two weeks ago. if i could just make a little more progress, mr. speaker. >> i will certainly give way in a moment. alongside this court mission, we worked for a better future for the people of afghanistan. the heroism and work of our armed forces contributed to national elections as well as the promotion and protection of human rights and equality's in a way that many in afghanistan had not previously known. whereas years ago, no girls went to school and women were banned from government, 3.6 million girls have been in school this year alone and women hold over one quarter of the seats in afghan parliament. this is speaker, we must be honest and except the huge difficulties encountered at each turn. some of this progress is fragile. >> [indiscernible] >> you have been evacuating people in extraordinary circumstances, but what the consequences of the rapidity of collapse in kabul? many have not been a

next speaker please. >> caller: good afternoon, directors. this is eric chase, the city resident, calling to express my strong support for extending the four slow streets on your agenda today. although, do i not live in close proximity to a slow street, i seek to safe positive travel towards intended destinations. just to enjoy a rare calm space that's mostly free of cars. covid is going to be with us for some time. these outdoor spaces will continue to be valuable. slow street help to address another health crises, mainly traffic violence. our city aspires to be a transit first and vision zero city. carving out more places like slow streets are a boost to our floundering attempts at vision zero and will make travel on foot or bicycle safer more enticing choice. it will be grateful if you approve the extension of the four slow streets. i look forward to a future expansion of the slow streets network. i hope to close by expressing my gratitude and appreciation to director brinkman for 11 years of service. >> chair borden: thank you. next speak

mr speaker, i the honourable lady. thank you, prime minister. mr speaker, as| the honourable lady.le coming out of afghanistan, it's about keeping people safe here, and we will not send people back to this nightmare? she is entirely right. we will not be sending people back to afghanistan and nor, by the way, will we be allowing people to come from afghanistan to this country in an indiscriminate way. we need to be generous but we must make sure we look after our own security. and over the coming weeks we will redouble our efforts, working with others to protect the uk homeland and all our citizens and interests from any threat that may emanate from any threat that may emanate from any threat that may emanate from a taliban —controlled afghanistan, from terrorism to trade. i give way.— afghanistan, from terrorism to trade. i give way. does he agree with me that _ trade. i give way. does he agree with me that we _ trade. i give way. does he agree with me that we have _ trade. i give way. does he agree with me that we have to - trade. i give way. does he agree with me that we have to

speaker. i will certainly give way in a moment. alongside this core mission, we worked for a better future for the people of afghanistan. and the heroism and tireless work of our armed forces contributed to national elections as well as to the promotion and protection of human rights and equalities in a way that many in afghanistan had not previously known. whereas 20 years ago, almost no girls went to school and women were banned from positions of governance, now 3.6 million girls have been in school this year alone and women hold over a quarter of the seats in the afghan parliament. but we must be honest and accept that huge difficulties were encountered at each turn, and some of this progress is fragile. i will give way to the honorable gentlemen. mr. doughty: i pay tribute to our ambassador and the diplomatic team in kabul and our armed forces on the ground, who have been evacuating people in extraordinary circumstances. one of the consequences of the rapidity of the collapse of kabul is t

of the speakers lobby were closed. we were standing there lined up behind the capitol police. i remember i reached down because there was a piece of wood sticking off the bottom of the stick i had and i bent over to knock it off with my foot. i was standing right in front of the glassware that door was at. as i was raising up, i heard pop, pop, pop, and i saw glass shattering everywhere. there were projectiles of some sort coming through that glass. there was a distinct pop, pop, pop and everything started busting. somebody started yelling, shots fired, and everybody got low down to the ground. i think that is when the capitol police decided it was safer to take the members out then stay here. at that point we started moving over toward the speakers lobby as well. the capitol police started moving everybody out. they moved us to a secure location. interestingly enough, right after we moved out of there was where the young lady was shot and killed. it was crazy. literally they were on three sides of us and we went out t

next speaker, please. >> you have three questions remaining. >> next speaker.afternoon. >> go ahead. we can hear you. hello? let's go to another line and come back to this one. >> hi there i'm calling to ask about -- can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> okay. sorry about that. i'm calling to ask about what has happened with the rapid response team program? so far there has been mentioned a few vision zero fatalities and we know there was a hit-and-run a couple of weeks ago and an 88-year-old woman was hit. we don't know -- she was injured, but i don't know any follow-up on that. we're curious in the 72-rapid response teams are still in action. that was when m.t.a. would come out to a crash and see what was going on to implement safety measures, unfortunately, too late, but at least in the after math. and despite all of these recent vision zero incidents, i haven't seen any news or information about the rapid response team actions. so, if you all could address that in some random item or give the public some information as that program status, we would be very gr

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. babin: as the member designated by mr. duncan of south carolina pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. duncan will vote no on h.r. 4. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition?

speakers and you're going to see it's worthwhile. two speakers. the first one is going to be kimberly ellis. she has started with the city not long ago as leading the helm on the department of status and women. she's no stranger to the women's empowerment. kimberly. [ applause ] >> each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women those, of course, were the words of the incomparable maya angelo. the women here today stand up for ourselves, for each other and for all the women who will come after us. good afternoon everyone. i'm kimberly ellis. i'm the director for the department of the status on women. our mission is to promote the equitable treatment of women and girls and nonbinary people with a particular focus on populations in need. today the work of d.o.s.w. is focused in three core service areas to catalize. those areas are health and safety and civic engagement and political empowerment. through these three areas, the department aims to improve the whole lives of our target communities including the health, wealth, physi

he had with the speaker's office prior to january 6th? former capitol police chief steve stein has testified irving was concerned as many have said about the optics, and we know the speaker's office was calling

speaker pelosi: a little bit before was in the public domain.e didn't make it known because it would be dangerous for them. a matter of hours. still until they were airborne it would not be safe for them. the secretary of defense, secretary of state, there is a real concern about members being in the region. with the shall we say knowledge as to what the risk would be to these members, the forces necessary to facilitate the visit and to protect them was an opportunity cost on what we needed to do to be evacuating as many people as possible. it's not just about them going to afghanistan. we are going to the region because there is a call on our resources militarily and the rest. this is deadly serious. we do not want members to go. reporter: do you specifically wish they hadn't gone? speaker pelosi: i think my letter speaks for itself in terms of people shouldn't be going there. reporter: have you spoken to them since? speaker pelosi: i haven't. i guess they are back now. i don't get as much of a distraction. the point is we don't want anybody to

speaker, as the member designated by mr. barry moore of the state of alabama, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. moore will vote nay on house resolution 601. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york seek recognition? ms. clarke: mr. speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman nydia velazquez, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. velazquez will vote yes on h.res. 601. and as the member designated by chairwoman carolyn maloney, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. maloney will vote yes on h.res. 601. and as the member designated by ms. robin kelly of illinois, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. kelly will vote yes on h.res. 601.

find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >>> now to a kpix 5 exclusive interview with house speakercy pelosi. >> she was in our newsroom just a couple hours ago, weighing in on the takeover in afghanistan, and some of the biggest issues facing california today. kpix 5's andr from that interview. >>> ken and juliette, it was a wide-ranging interview at 5:30, right there in our kpix 5 news room, ranging from topics from the coronavirus to the recall to the fall of kabul in afghanistan. >> reporter: in an exclusive interview from the kpix 5 newsroom, house speaker nancy pelosi spoke on a broad range of topics and was asked whether in the middle of a surge of the delta variant there could be federal vaccine mandates to stop the spread of covid-19. she said she was proud of mayors like san francisco's london breed for taking the lead on vaccine requirements. >> we don't have that kind of, shall we say, enforcement, but we should have moral suasion, and people should understand that for the common good, they should get vaccinated. if their own health makes that possible for thllse a requi

watched the vice president, speaker pelosi and others leave. went back to my office and changed because i had a 6:30 a.m. flight back home. so i go from being a teller on the house floor to complete a process that's going to go down our nations history as one of the worst days in the legislative branch history, but in the day -- in the end i'm going back to put my jeans on, hat and i go take a quick nap at the united gate at reagan national. the irony is, as i woke up, there were people that could have been at the capital that day that were sitting around next to us getting on our flight. so i don't think they realized the impact of the decision they may have made to break the law and disobey a direct order and come into that capital. and they should be held accountable for that. >> while congressman davis was acting as a teller, democrat madeleine dean was preparing the challenge for the state of pennsylvania. rep. dean: i was preparing for the pennsylvania challenge to the electors. i wanted to listen in on the first challenge, which was ariz

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this is speaker. these are interpreted, they are locally engaged in stock and others who have writ sterilized, supporting our military efforts and seeking to secure new freedoms for their country. we are proud to bring these brave afghans to our shows and we continue to appeal for more to come for life away with grateful. i'm very grateful to the prime minister home sex tonight this morning 20 times and that the u. k. will be taking $20000.00 refugees from afghanistan, but that only $5000.00 will be able to come this year. what are the 15000 men today around and wait until they've been executed? ahead. this is because that's the, the 5000 on who was been 200000000 to bring your further 5000 on top of the i think you'll be 10000 all together that we bring in under the, the iris and other programs. we will, we will be increasing that number over the over the coming is to, as i said, to, to 20000. but the bulk of the, they just been listening that to pretty bars johnson opening a special debate in the u.

with that, i would like to bring the speaker up. thank you for your speaker pelosi: congratulations. little did we know when it would be finally passed in the house, that john would not be with us. i do know that he is with us in spirit, as the congresswoman said earlier, he is looking down on us with great pride. certainly pride. the district she represents is full of history. but she is making progress in addition to honoring that history. the district that she has represented has seen great pain, but she wants to bring rate change. what better way than to vote. the to make things different. -- the vote to make things different. i just want to tell this one story. i was recently -- the case of shelby county versus holder. that would be eric holder, the former attorney general. right now he is working very hard to pass hr four, hr one, fairness in elections and the rest. i saw him recently and said to his wife, thank you for sharing eric with us, because the work he is doing for voting rights is just so remarkable. so remarkable. s

. >>> later, our exclusive interview with house speaker nancy pelosi. what she said about the california recall and how the president is handling afghanistan. >>> good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm juliette goodrich the for elizabeth. tonight we are following dangerous fire weather, prompting a red flag warning that just went into effect. >> let's check in with our chief meteorologist paul heggen with those putting crews on edge tonight. >> we have 16 hours to go in this thing. the north bay mountains, t hillo range. within this, not all of the red shaded areas are equal. we're really focused on the eastern half of napa county, the northern half of solano county. that's where we'll see the gustiest winds and lowest humidity. that's the combination that prompts the red flag warning. the sustained winds north-northeast. offshore direction 30 to 40 miles per hour. gusts up to 50 miles per hourúl. combine that with humidity levels staying below 20%, that's very dry air to go along with dry vegetation we have in place. we're going to watch this carefully

speaker.n i hated trump so deeply is that trump actually starting to root them out and take on their bureaucracies and we can them. exactly right, when you have state department of the justice department, 97 or 98 percent of their political contributions under the democrats when you know we try to implement a policy, which is not, you're going to facebook dragging leaking and sabotage than regular basis. i think whoever winds and 24, it's a republican nation in her office with the intent is one of the first part of businesses being to break up the bureaucracies make it possible for bureaucrats who made the public. right now you have a layer of news media and universities bureaucrats and politicians who literally sit on the country and represent a power structure which is opposite of the american people. we've been doing polling with jon mclaughlin with pay com issues in which any 5 percent rejection on the left, 85 percent they just don't care. the best example is whether or not you should hav

he is doing with the speaker is not doing. he brought us together to talk about these critical issues and what we can do about it. the leader of the minority party is doing the job that the speaker of the house is not doing, bringing members together to talk about ways we can help our afghan allies and get every american out of afghanistan from behind enemy lines. i want to commend the leader for that leadership. i served in afghanistan as a navy logistics officer. i was on the front lines in the process of turning over american equipment to the afghan army and afghan police to fight against the taliban. never what i have believed then, or up until this point today, that not just some but all of $85 billion worth of american equipment we turned over to the afghan police and afghan army would fall into the hands of our enemy. that is where we are, because of the negligence, hasty and incompetent withdrawal led by this commander-in-chief. all of the $85 billion worth of equipment has been left behind and fallen into the hands of