gallego, i inform the house that mr. gallego will vote yes on h.r. 4616 the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by dr. neal dunne of florida, i inform the house that dr. dunne will vote aye on h.r. 4616. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> as the member designated by mrs. demings, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote yea on h.r. 4616. as the member designated by mr. crist, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on h.r. 4616. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. guthrie of kentucky, i inform the house that mr. guthrie will vote yea on h.r. 4616. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson, i inform the house that mr. lawson votes yes on h.r. 4616. the speaker pro tempore: for what

you know, you've got control of the white house and the senate. you've got control of the house. and you haven't passed a single appropriations bill. i mean, how are we supposed to run our business if we will not do our normal work and pass a budget and pass the 12 appropriations bills? the feders operating under the second continuing resolution under this fiscal year. one-third is date of birth through discretionary appropriations. that means 2/3 comes through on auto pile on the and the amount we are going to control, one-third of the federal budget, we haven't done our work and we are paying for trillions of dollars in spending and the democrats won't fund through regular appropriations. and that comes through at a cost. it is very difficult to get a phone call answered by a federal agency, by the head of a federal agency, by a cabinet secretary because we no longer make the appropriations and these folks are relatively new and they have no history of knowing they have to come to congress to get their appropriations bills passed and they basically ignore the congress. democrats

if we expand the house, the cost of elections will also expand. can house members have four-year terms to keep this from costing a fortune? george asks, i appreciate the comments that the work of congress has increased exponentially in the last hundred years, but wouldn't expanding the house increase the number of people spending their time raising money for the next campaign rather than governing? clearly campaign cost or something that this is a concern for people. anybody want to jump in on those? >> i would say this could easily cut both ways. smaller districts could lead to less costly campaigns per district. if you have to cover less ground, you are likely to have fewer media markets and need less outreach, so i don't think that i would confidently predict that on the whole a larger house would reduce the cost of elections to the house, but i don't think it would necessarily change it in any dramatic way. the second question just as aunt we going to more house members and are they the worst people in america? that is a concern. in some ways,

that was in the senate. top house democrats pointed to a procedural issue and finally passed the bill in december. again, a five-month delay for what? well, according to reports, the speaker slow-walked this bill at the request of the biden administration who prioritized climate administration and reforms over human rights violations in china. further, the biden administration asked that the bill be watered-down. truly disgusting when you look at the human rights violations going on in china. but mr. speaker, i'd like to yield to my good friend from georgia, mrs. greene, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from georgia is recognized. mrs. greene: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to the islamophobia bill. one thing that seems to be missing from this bill is the definition of islamophobia. what this bill does is it sets up through the state department an envoy to monitor and combat acts of islamophobia and islamophobic incitement that occurs in foreign countries. this is in foreign countries

the majority controls the house, the senate and the white house. they can pass whatever they want into law but with that responsibility comes a responsibility to govern the country and the majority has been adoning that are responsibility. october 1, 2021 was the beginning of the fiscal year. we should have passed the bill at that date. a continuing resolution was necessary and now we are on the second continuing resolution and in all likelihood a third one coming in february unless my friends on the other side actually start negotiating. at this point, we are no closer to passing these 12 bills or omnibus spending bill than we were back on october 1, this is truly a failure to govern. while the majority focuses to make government bigger and bigger, they are failing to fund the government. what happens as a result? we move from continuing resolution to continuing resolution, being no closer to a final spending deal not involving republicans until the very last minute and expecting us to support c.r. after c.r. the failure to have any conversations a

in the house of representatives. we only have 435 and you have an executive branch that is 180 agencies in the budget as $4 trillion, i'm not sure what we are up to now. 435 people to go after the executive branch is not a lot. it is the same amount as 100 years ago when the government was a lot smaller. those are things that i think we, i think need to be tackled for this to become a serious governance reform conversation more broadly. jonah: i want to encourage everybody, what is a line from dr. strangelove? there is no fighting in the war room. you guys are free to go after each other as much as you see fit. that said, i would like to hear from lee about this point about tackling the house first instead of the senate. part of my response to that is that the house is actually the more directly democratic majoritarian institution, so making it more majoritarian and democratic has a certain appeal. but what do you make of that point? is the senate really where the dysfunction is? is it just too hard to fix, so you go

>> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> today the supreme court is hearing arguments in women's health versus dobbs, a case that threatens abortion access across the country, not just in mississippi. mr. cohen: i walked over to see the demonstrators, protesters and objectors. there's a lot of controversy. but the fact is, standing law is that women have a right to choose, it's a personal right and it's enshrined in roe v. wade. roe v. wade was enunciated, approved by the supreme court when i was in law school. the right of a woman to choose is part of my political d.n.a. i hope it never changes. one of the justices asked one of the attorneys addressing the court why don't we just leave it to the states? the last time -- one of the last times mississippi and its confederate states, all of whom have typical abortion laws that would go into effect if roe v. wade was outlawed was when the issue was leave it to the states on slavery. that w

over the years, the report has documented scarcity in affordable housing and the roll of housing assistance and su fly in addressing that scarcity. the authors of this report work with me in the policy development division at hud. and i would like to take a moment to express my appreciation for the hard work they put in this report, as well as for the many years working on the worst case housing needs report. the report can be found at huduser.org. the report analyzes data from the american housing survey. it is sponsored by hud and conducted by the census bureau, collected since 1973 and every two years since 1984. it's a housing survey that provides the cost of financing and maintaining homes and the characteristics of the people who live in the homes. the data are typically ready for release 9 to 12 months after the survey field work is complete. and hud then requires some additional time to analyze the results. so the report is based on 2019 data. this is a key contextual factor, because the data were collected before the start of the covid-19 pandemic. is what does it mean to have a wo

>>> a discussion from the housing and urban development department by the bipartisan policy center. >> good afternoon, everyone. and welcome to today's webinar. my name is dennis sha. i'm executive director of bpc's new center for housing policy. we're very grateful today to have this opportunity to discuss heard's newly released worst case housing needs report. heard has reported on worst case housing needs since the mid1980s, providing an authoritateival look at the critical problems facing low-income renter households. the center was founded on the idea that every american, regardless of wealth or background should have the opportunity to live in a decent, affordable and safe home. working towards that goal requires a rigorous understanding of the housing challenges facing america's low-income households. as well as an appreciation for the national and regional trends in house. the worst case housing needs report is a critical tool that helped shed light on these issues. and as a former assistant secretary for the office within heard charged with producing this report for congress,

is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] >> the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. december 9, 2021. i hereby appoint the honorable julia brownley to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. create in our pure hearts, o god, and recreate within us this day new and steadfast spirits. be our judge. when we find ourselves caught up in the love of triumph, transform us. redeem our appetite for fighting and winning. beat the swords we wield against others into tools that instead carve out safe places for dialogue and collaboration. be our arbitrator, disrupt our incollinnation to fight and win -- inclination to fight and win. redeem our deep desire to conquer our adversaries and recast our spears into instruments that serve to reveal o

meng, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote yes on h.r. 6119. and as the member designated by ms. frankel, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on h.r. 6119. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from florida rise? ms. wasserman schultz: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. crist of florida, i inform the house that mr. crist will vote yea on h.r. 6119. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 221. the nays are 212. the pill is passed -- bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. roy: object. the speaker pro tempore: objection is heard. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> i have a motion at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: moves to reconsider h.r. 6119. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from connecticut seek recognition? ms. delauro: madam speaker, i have a moti

the jobs-housing fit report shows that deficited are present in all categories going forward, and the situation does not demand that we just spend more and more money to solve that particular problem. we should not be spending city funds on solving our market rate housing issues. i think none of these analyses that we've heard have talked about barriers to producing new housing. you know, the california department of housing and community development has sent a letter to the board of supervisors asking for findings about why several recent projects were rejected or delayed, 450 o'farrell street, and 469 stevenson street, and i will say that the board's position is extremely precarious. san francisco's way of doing business at the state level is to ignore state housing law as long as possible, and that's having dire consequences for every housing group in the city. [indiscernible]. >> clerk: we have one caller left in the queue. again, if you would like to speak and have not done so already, you would just need to press star, three. >> good afternoon, supervisors. this is kim [indiscer

the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. members, please removing your conversations from the floor -- remove your conversations from the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 839. resolved, that the house has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the honorable robert joseph dole, a senator from the state of kansas. resolved that the clerk comeup kate theses remain -- communicate these resolutions to the senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceived -- deceased. resolved that the when house adjourns today it adjourn as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased senator. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. accordingly, pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 188 and pursuant t

how have you found the arcane process is of the house a lot? well, just to amplify a little bit. i was professor of accounting and finance had 3 major u. k. universities. generally i was researching what i call the dark side of capitalism and now are confronted actually in parliament. you can see that there is in build lobby of big corporations and the rich people and frequently legislation is modified to appease those interests. and those people who are really negatively affected by the dark, our practices, whether it is bribery, corruption, money laundering taxes, dodging often there please are not really heard. and this is what i really want to represent in parliament. i una visor to jamie corbett, a slave of party leader to south law for contradiction. suddenly hooted, advisor, jeremy, carbon st. let's cut out the tax dodge. is the lobbying of these big corporations coming in to the non elected chamber of the house? a lot on the appointed, undemocratic jim. i think you're absolutely right, and one has to face up to these are a contradictions i came in the house and i did say t

i do not like many in the house of lords. the newly ennobled by been sick off has brought a wealth of experience as professor of accounting, a university of se field. he has immediately put this to good use and the cross party tends to hold the government of previous commitments to pensioners, but will it make a difference? he's in discussion with alex. love sick, a welcome to the i'll examine, shall pleasure to meet you and to be here. but you're a relatively new member of the upper house. the house of lords. you come on to the, the chamber with substantial outside experiences of professional of finance and accounting to see how have you found the r came process is of the house a lot. well just to amplify a little bit. i was professor of accounting and finance at 3 major. you can universities. generally i was researching what i call the dark side of capitalism and now are confronted actually in parliament. you can see that there is in built lobby of big corporations and the rich people and frequently legislation is modified t

but you're a relatively new member of the upper house, the house of lords. you come into the, the chamber with substantial outside experiences, a professor of finance and accountancy. how have you found the r came process of the house a lot? well, just to amplify a little bit. i was professor of accounting and finance at 3 major universities. generally, i was researching what i call the dark side of capitalism and now are confronted fully in parliament. you can see there is in build lobby of big corporations and the rich people and frequently legislation is modified to appease those interests. and those people who are really negatively affected by the darker practices, whether it is bribery, corruption, money laundering taxes, dodging off to the police are not really heard of. this is what i really want to represent in parliament. you advisor to jamie corbett. us live a party leader this out, not a bit of a contradiction suddenly who devised that? jeremy carbon seeing, let's cut out the tax dodge, is the lobbying of these big corporations coming in to the no

the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 837, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative -- >> mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings are postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. meeks: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to h.res. 317. condemning the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity being committed against uighurs and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups by the people's republic of china, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 317, resolution condemning the ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity being committed against uighurs and members of other religious ethnic minority groups by the people's republic

in the house. it it establishes statutory right for health care providers to provide and women to avail themselves to receive abortion carefree from medically unnecessary restrictions. the d.o.j. and providers and those harmed by restrictions made unlawful under the act could go to court to enforce those rights. it made the law the women's health protection act would protect access to termination of a pregnancy across the country. the codification of roe is the strongest weapon that we have to blunt these restrictive anti-woman state laws. we don't know what the decision will be from the court, but from what they have said about not respecting precedence, and all of that is troubling. what they had said about -- sometimes i think they need a session in the birds and bees for some of the kinds of statements that they make. i say that as a mother of five. six years, one week, five children. when you have five children in six years and one week, we can discuss this issue. that was great for me. that's

what was requested in the house was $7 billion. the committee ended up finding about 16% of that and about 92% of requests. requests were not funded fully, but it does look like appropriations made a real effort to submit -- to spread the money around. in terms of publican and democrat, fairly even. fairly even compared to participation. about 70% of democratic requests were funded, about 50% of gop requests, the amount was funded. talking to former numbers, this split is pretty traditional. this is a fair division. bypass standards and looking at levels of participation by both parties. this is what was funded. you can see the tough committees here -- transportation, energy, water, labor, health and human services, education. republicans got more of the split on energy and water, most on luke perry construction. democrats more on labor, health and human services. let us talk about equity and how funds were distributed by states. 46 states ended up participating plus d.c. and some u.s. territories the average amount of funding was $

if that happened the senate would be just like the house. the salvation to the country, of course, it's a bicamera legislature and what happens the pass and passes the senate must get the purview, review and the votes of the other body. so it's not the end of the world but would make things a lot different than it ever has been in a long, long, long time. so i hope that people of goodwill can continue to try to work in a way that's good for america, good for this institution but if they don't, our democracy is not 60 out of 100. democracy is a majority, a real majority. >> with the democratic caucus here being the only real voice for your side in the debate right now with the republicans having the house, the senate and the white house, did the change in that rule lessen their voice? i mean, they have not lessened tactics? >> the voice is not lessened at all except the rule is now on the senate that you don't need a majority on every nomination that comes forward. you still need 60 votes on the supreme court justice. so no, i don't think it's

needs— the same place as today. this house needs to _ the same place as today. information available in real time so we could io available in real time so we could go away— available in real time so we could go away and consider whether it would _ go away and consider whether it would be — go away and consider whether it would be appropriate now to ensure the house _ would be appropriate now to ensure the house can consider these matters next week— the house can consider these matters next week and the week after that. i will consider that but... he next week and the week after that. i will considerthat but... he is will consider that but... he is right to point out it is a fast moving situation. it is right for the government to monitor and respond to that when necessary but i hope he would agree that here and now, the matter debated, regulations in front of the house, this is the best response that can be given by this parliament today. i will and then i need to make progress. i am crateful then i need to make progress. i am grateful for — then i need to make

now the white house will say it is not transitory. the federal reserve even said that inflation is not transitory. so, we need to focus on inflation. the cure to inflation is not to spin your way out of inflation, and that is what $5 trillion of new money does. the cbo score on friday came back with a several provisions i think we should look at. one, the house democrats said the child tax credit would cost $185 billion. the cbo score says it costs about $1.6 trillion. $1.6 trillion. the cbo score on friday also said that pre-k will cost $750 billion. but the house democrats, under the build back better bill, they say it costs less then half of that. then you look at the obama care subsidies. house democrats say $74 billion. under the score on friday, $220 billion. so, are they not wanting to make these programs permanent? are they wanting them to sunset? or are they just creating a fiscal cliff, are they creating poverty track for the people of america, where if they get these programs, in a year they no longer have them? to me, it so

many caught game the rooftops and houses. the niners played the last game against the dallas cowboys january 3, 1971 before moving to candlestick park. the stadium hosted other events before demolition in 1989. it suffered damages from the earthquake. it was reconstructed to seat 10,000 fans with an all weather track, soccer field and scoreboards. it hosts many northern california football championship games. local high schools sacred heart and mission high school used the field for home games. the rivalry football games are sometimes played here. today it is a huge free standing element, similar to the original featuring tall pink columns at the entrance. the field is surrounded by the track and used by high school and college football and soccer. it is open for public use as well. w>> we broke ground in december of last year. we broke ground the day after sandy hook connecticut and had a moment of silence here. it's really great to see the silence that we experienced then and we've experienced over the years in this playgrou

and for all your work on the job-housing report. i want to say that, we also have fernando ortiz here as available to participate in the discussion. it's if it's okay with you, i like to invite fernando to share an assessment of the report. >> chair melgar: welcome. i have several questions. i will wait until after his presentation. welcome. >> thank you, chair melgar. thank you supervisors. i think i'll make this pretty quick. thank you planning department staff. this was really quite informative. i think as joshua said, one of the things that really stood out in this report is the need at the moderate income levels. that is something that we've seen throughout the rhna reporting and here as well where we see -- looking at my data here, in a need that was identified and report about 19% of the units that were produced should have been serving moderate income households. only 5% were meeting the need of moderate income households. one of the things that's astounding is the monetary value and kind of investment that the city needs to

over the years, the report has documented scarcity in affordable housing and the role of housing assistance and supply in addressing scarcity. the autho work with me in policy development at hud. i would like to express my appreciationor their hard work. the 2021 report and all evious worst-case housing needs reports can be found at huduser.org. the worst-case needs report analyzes data from the american housing survey. dahs has been llected since 1973 and every two years since 1984. the survey provides data on the physical conditions of homes, the cost of financing and maintaining homes, and t characteristics of the people who live in the homes. data are typically ready 9-12 monthsfter theield is complete. the 2021 worst-case eds report is based on 2019 data. this is a key contextual factor, beuse the data were collected for the pandemic. -- before the pandemic. what does it need to have worst-case housing needs? worst-case needs households are renter hseholds do not reive housing assistance, who have incomes at or below 50% of the area median income, are either paying more than 50% of the

this is just the house acting. the justice department will make a decision whether to prosecute or not. come on. is there anyone who believes that? it took the attorney general all of five days to treat parents as terrorists. all of five days. if the left-wing political group can write the white house asking the department of justice to use the patriot act against moms and dads and five days later the attorney general of the united states does just that, then what do you think he's going to do when 225 democrats in the house of representatives ask him to put president trump's chief of staff in prison? this is -- i've been in congress a while, 15 years. i've seen democrats weaponize the government to attack their political opponents. 10 years ago they used the i.r.s. to target good people around this country, good, conservative country. five years ago they used the f.b.i. to spy on abuse of fisa process, used the f.b.i. to spy on president trump's campaign. two months ago -- two months ago, the department of justice

>> the white house is the people's house. stand that we're here for a limited time, and we're here because we have this incredible privilege of serving the american people and looking after them and what they are concerned about. >> it's as if when we light this tree, we light something within ourselves as well, and during the christmas season, i think most americans do feel a greater sense of family, friendship, giving, and joy. >> the evergreen tree reminds us that even in the coldest, darkest days of winter, that light and abundance will return. >> through the years and through the eyes of first families. >> my grandmother decided in the mid-1920s that she was going to make christmas the biggest deal ever. >> my mother, i think, said it best when she said, you know, every day in the white house is a gift to my life, but never more so than at christmas. and i share that sentiment. >> in this hour, family, festivities, faith, and the work of the presidency, which doesn't stop any day of the year. ♪♪ >> announcer: the followin

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there's the moderate and effective governance out of thei white house. particularly people that are really thirsty for that but on your point the spending has gone nuts. we saw about another $8 trillion of debt and you've seen that continue under the biden administration. i think the chickens will soon come home to roost. is one too much spending with the methodology that was questioned but it was completely accurate to look at the last 800 years and they found overwhelmingly that at juncture points where basically the civilization decided to be stay in this spending consumption nine times out of ten policymakers said thisnd time looks different. of course it wasn't. gravity andai math always works. i think it's a major threat financially and part of that is the buildup of trump and part of it right now is on the democratic side. the other thing is what we've been talking about, a democratic system and we can't kill off the blessing we see in the american experiment and it's important when you think about the way in which the last president threatened a l

live coverage of the house here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. eternal god, we remember on this 80th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor that day lives in infamy, having left it's indelible mark on countless individuals, families, and our american history. on that fateful sunday morning, our country was alerted to the precariousness of our days. and the certainty of our future. god, we remember. call us back to the unity born from that sudden insult on our liberty. remind us how our country rallied as one to uphold our freedoms. god, we remember. bring to our memory the sense of shared meaning and shared sacrifices that our forebearers held on to fiercely as they rallied in response to fight our enemies and cling to the essential values of family and faith. god, we do remember. may we always tell of the innumerable acts of heroism in the face of the horrific acts that reached our country's shores and threatened our nation's sense of security and welfare.

as they said, republicans controlled the house, the senate and the white house, the responsibility to govern rests squarely on their shoulders. another reminder, the american public. our democrat friends have known this date's been coming for two years. this is a crisis that they created. didn't boghter to pass a budget. didn't do their appropriations bill. no bipartisan outreach. waited again and again for this cliff and created this crisis. it's been frustrating to watch this go on. and too i know middle class americans, one out of every three, will see a tax hike in the build back better bill two out of three millionaires get a huge tax cut. a quarter of a trillion dollars of this debt ceiling, a quarter of a trillion dollars of this increase will go to millionaires and billionaires and other wealthy americans. not to mention the heat your home tax, the toddler tax on middle class families, the made in america tax on our main street businesses. it's now clear, president biden is a paycut president. even as most americans work hard to get ahead in their careers and workplace, they'r

more in the house and senate butcertainly in the house . and i think that's, i know you are more to the right on the political spectrum but i've noticed that because the person like you nobody would ever have called a liberal or rhino or a moderate or a centrist, no one ever called you that and you're a very strong principle conservative. now because you've spoken against a former president, there are people who now think you're amoderate . my head is ready to explode. >> to your point, i'm a guy who carried two lives we lead occasions the statehouse when i was a governor decrying pork and constitutional minutes in our state. i've been about as far on the job category as you can get. and yet in the age of from i was viewed as a squish, rhino establishment. there's not one road race named after me in south carolina . i have consistently bought the establishments but i was a squish, party establishments and here's a telling thing . after my loss in next night i had a reorganized tour in the capital and so i was there with. home giving the tou

our second item is the house amendment to senate bill 610. which addresses the medicare sequestration. while most of the members on both sides of the aisle would agree that a resolution of this problem is necessary, i fear today's bill is a missed opportunity for bipartisanship. rather than pursuing a clean bipartisan deal, we have a bill which includes provisions addressing the debt ceiling and delaying the pay-go cuts from the majority's partisan reconciliation bill earlier this year. mr. speaker, two months ago, democrats passed a measure to increase the debt ceiling, leading us to the deadline we face today. at that time, republicans told democrats two things, which i think bear repeating. first, democrats needed to step back from their massive partisan spending priorities. and second, they needed to work with the republicans on solutions to our ever-increasing strkt urlly -- instruct urlly in -- structurely imbalanced debt. they didn't use reconciliation to address the debt ceiling. earlier this year, the majority passed a $1.9 trillion r

the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. e chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., december 27, 2021. i hereby appoint the honorable debbie dingell to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chin

the meeting was held prior to an expected house vote later in the week. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> being present the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. the select committee is meeting this evening to consider a report on the resolution recommending the house of representatives find mark randolph meadows in contempt of congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued to the committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. without objection the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at anytime. i'll now recognize myself for an opening statement: before i start my statement, let me on behalf of the committee add our condolences and prayers to the people of kentucky and surrounding states on the devastation they've received during the tornados. our hearts and prayers go out to all of those impacted. this week, i expect that roughly a dozen key witnesses will provide testimony on the rec

the u.s. house is about to gavel back in, working today on extending government funding, which will run out friday night at midnight. members could hold a number of postponed votes on bills involving the opioid image of mike -- epidemic. live coverage here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me? just and merciful god, you have promised to open your gates, that the righteous nation that keeps the faith may enter in. lord, we confess our unrighteousness and our faithlessness, both as a country and as individuals. show us the paths of right behavior and restore our faith in you. gracious god, you give peace to those whose minds remain fixed on you, whose trust in you gives them certainty in all life's challenges. lord, we confess that we've lost our sense of purpose and our ability to trust anything or anyone, even you. show us the way you would have us go and restore our confidence in your desire as you

how is the white house feeling? ey: again, they would argue they have a long list of accompliments and they sort of think they've accomplished the things and there is an inherent lag time until results kick in. and they're hoping it kicks in well before the summer for midterms. yamiche: when i talk to white house sources, they definitely feel they have accomplishments to talk about. but they feel pressure from critics. thank you for all your reporting and two in monday to the pbs newshour, one of the nation's top scientists reflects on his legacy as he steps down from leading the national institutes of health. and before we go, my heart goes out to the communities hit by the tornadoes and storms. the destruction is devastating. i hope those impacted get all the help they need. we will continue our conversation about the impact of the deadly storms and the challenges facing president biden on the "washington week" extra. fi it on our website, facebook, and youtube. thank you for joining us. i'm yamiche alcindor. thank

the inca houses reflect the societies class distinctions. unlike the artisans houses, the walls in the scholars quarter, and especially in the palace and temple, are built with incredible precision. each stone was shaped to within a fraction of an inch. the inca builders used no motor, and even today, their dry stone walls are unsurpassed. an attempt at a reconstruction. the gabled roofs were covered with straw which rested on wooden beams. the beams were fastened to stone supports with ropes made from plants. the farming terraces they were filled with soil brought up from the fertile little bumble valley. there called an dennis, hence the name of these mountains, the andes, the terracing makes artificial irrigation easier and stops the valuable top soil being washed away. ah, these terraces probably didn't produce enough to feed the entire population of much pete, you. many sites have been found within a radius of 5 kilometers, which were used only for farming. the farmers must have been meekness, members of conquered tribes forced by the i

that led to the georgia house which i served for six years on the georgia house of representatives and then came to washington, d.c. the troopers kid i use that term a lot in total respect for my dad. as a troopers kid to sit in the halls of congress and one day able to write a book with a first-hand experience of the amazing, i say that not in a positive term, some of the most interesting times that we live during the last few years. i am lisa's husband, father to three kids but yet sitting front row to some of the most incredible times we see in the number of years in our country. >> i have lived in small towns and i represent a lot of small towns. using the small towns. there is something about your background that i find fascinating. it really helps with the theme in the book. a lot of times in small towns and a lot of times in the military and in faith and having the rule of law, troopers background. the norms move towards the middle. you don't think of doing extreme things because you have the influences on you. if i is in a small town and walking down the street and he smoking.

the biden white house is declining to provide d.o.j. about the fbi handling of sexual assault allegations made against the former doctor for the women olympic gymnastic team and then it circles back to what is going on the schoolboard parents. talk to us about the house judiciary chair democrat representative jerry nadler with representative jim and jordan to subpoena administration officials involved. the white house or the fbi to go after schoolboard parents. what happened there? she's a senior member is presenting an opening statement he called attention to her merrick garland basically, it looks like he has lied to the house of the house judiciary committee. we need to have a hearing on this he was asking for unanimous consent back and forth a little bit of explosion. jerry nadler says i object on the other side, this is still jim's opening statement. some of us got involved in this argument over procedure because the procedure is what's driving or preventing the transparency that you were talking about. it is allowing the d.o.j. in

the house will pass that. this is on the house schedule for the week. they hope to consider their version of this and they will send it over to the senate and the senate will pass and it will head to the president. there are still some real sticky issues that they need to resolve in that and--in how military justice is configured in the pentagon. there is a push to remove part of the military justice system from the command structure. particularly with sexual assault. there's also the debt limit, this may not get done this week but it certainly needs to get done in the next couple of weeks. janet yellen has said that december 15 is the date where congress needs to send something by that date to the president to either suspend the debt limit or to raise it to a certain level. how we get there is an open question. republicans said they will not be part of raising the debt limit or suspending it again. they want democrats to use the budget reconciliation process which averts a filibuster for that. that says all kinds of procedural things that could add a l