congressman timmons is in his second year, one of the youngest people ever to be elected in the state of south carolina to congress, is a graduate of george washington university where he has a degree in international affairs and political science. he has a masters in intellectual studies and a law degree as well from the university of south carolina. he has a masters from n.y.u. in cybersecurity strategy. he was in the south carolina state legislature before he was in congress, and a captain now in the air national guard. so i would like on behalf of all of the former members of congress here to bestow upon the two of them the distinguished service award for the terrific work that they've done on behalf of the united states congress. [applause] l.f.: so derek on behalf of the former members of congress we have the distinguished service award and also have the book that you were just hearing fergus talk about, his book that he has inscribed for you for this occasion. and so thank you. >> it's in there somewhere. l.f.: thank you for all the work you're doing on behalf of congress. dere

either me or vice chair timmons. i want to start actually with dr druckman.o i i just want to think through kind of what the pros and cons of adding more members to the house are. so last last hearing we focused on constituent services and i think it is probably undeniably so that your capacity to do case work and to address constituent concerns is probably easier with a smaller district at the same time over the course of the hearings that we've had. it's striking how many witnesses that we've had, who've spoken about the importance of relationships within a legislative body. and i can see probably some downside. if you substantially increase the size, it's already hard to have relationships with 400 and you know, if you include the delegates 440 others other than yourself that you know, that that that's tricky. and so i'm just curious if you can talk a little bit about what's achieved by increasing the number of members and you know, if you've got a sense of the puts and takes. >> yeah, well, like everything, there's pros and cons. uh, so certainly it does

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timmons of south carolina, i inform the house that mr. timmons will vote nay on the rule.he speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by miss kathleen rice of new york, i inform the house that miss rice will vote yes on h.res. 1404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? mrs. hartzler: as the member designated by mr. bacon of nebraska, i inform the house that mr. bacon will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what pforwhat purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition. >> as the member designated by chair johnson, thee she will vote yes on h.res. 1404. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. pfluger of texas, i inform the house that mr. fleug letter vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: -- mr. pfluger will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from flo

the main remembrance of martha's events were held on timmons and the country's capital. i'm attended by the states nita collaboration process included the signing of national anthem, the singing of national anthem, and a trio pick songs, laying flowers and observing a minute of silence. i thought of this news i will be back to the top of the hour. we hope enjoy with western audiences have been flooded with one wave after another or propaganda when it comes to ukraine. but what matters most is the generation of political and strategic facts. for example, the induction of 4 ukranian regions into russia and the sabotage up the north stream pipelines. these realities will determine the outcome of this cause. i will never be a victory for russia. we solution with my truly need not done, but you look at a meal crane more is a proxy war. this is a war between russia and the united states. naz on, on media comes to not shoot kit, then in carbon dioxide. merkel forces are, and you're not in your gauging conflict with russia for use. the american forces are here and defend nato al

vice chair timmons go on. >> renÉ representative larson. i like your idea of the four-year term.i want to give you something to think about. i do not know the answer to it. how would you deal with redistricting? >> that is a great question. i mean, it gets really tricky. it's a petty, of course, on how it is left up to the states. >> but if half the members of a four-year term is alternating, then someone would be in the middle of their term. i mean, i guess you can do it state-by-state. so certain states would get reelected. anyway, it is something to think about. >> well in terms, have you asked, what would that mean? i get the question. what would it mean if you went, say, two on an even districts. how would that breakdown? in terms of who is up for election during that two-year cycle. >> when you redraw the lines of what gets tricky. something to think about. i'm going to talk about the calendar and schedule. you are going to fix this, i feel it. so, the variables are this. 45 members of congress. an average of subcommittees, with 27 standing committees. five slot committees,

. >> got to get the thing done, so says jay timmons back of the president was all too eager to change subject from the looming strike to electric cars. visiting the detroit auto show on wednesday. >> president biden: give you a ride to washington. it's an uber. i like it. >> he may like it, but a growing number of americans don't like the job his administration is doing with 52%, according to our latest survey, now saying the biden administration hasn't been so competent. look at that number. by the way, even with mr. biden in michigan, a pair of house democrats who are facing very tough re-elections in the upcoming midterms, they didn't even travel to their home state to be with him despite the fact that he was going to be in detroit on wednesday. we're talking about representatives of dan kildee and elissa slotkin packages that they did back in d.c. to take part in official duties. congress was in session because that's the story and they're sticking to it. >> todd: they're not even trying to make real excuses anymore. that has been like we didn't want to be seen with the president.

jay timmons is president and ceo of the national association of manufacturers.ts in this moment, what needs to happen to avoid potential disaster for the american economy, sir. >> well, it is going to be a potential disaster, there is still time to get this resolved but only a few days left. we are grateful the president appointed the presidential emergency board and those members have been working with both business and labor to get an agreement and they have, you know, they have a construct that's available that really frankly needs to be adopted. but if this goes south and we see a strike, it could be devastating for manufacturers, it could be devastating for consumers, and we just need to see this thing get done. >> john: jay, when we think of trains hauling freight, we think of coal, grain as you pointed out, also think of oil, a lot of it moving from canada down into the you state, the keystone xl pipeline did not get constructed and also a lot of consumer goods after coming into the ports and last year saw all the ships sitting out there on the ports tryi

other caltrain service north from timmons station will be unaffected caltrain advisors riders who use the station's between the capital station in gilroy to plan alternate transportation, starting this friday. caltrain is working to try and figure out if they can offer bus bridges. but we should learn more about that in a few days if it's needed. of course, friday strike could happen if an agreement isn't reached between the unions and the railroads. pressure is mounting to do so because this has the potential to be extremely detrimental to our economy. the association of american railroads says the strike could have a 2 billion dollar negative impact on the economy per day. freight rails also carry about one 5th of the country's grain supply. so >> the strike could shut down the supply chain. it could also cause empty shelves at the grocery store. a big deal. and that is why congress does have the power to step in and block this strike. huge possibility that they would do this. but there's also still a possibility that the unions and the railroads. >> they get some kind of understand

timmons is recognized for five minutes. >> thinking madam chair. thank you all for being here. there so many of you and it's very kind of you to take out of your busy, busy days to come and testify before us here today.u earlier in this hearing my colleague, i thought tookr a pretty fastening live questioning with the albright do not want to rehash that but i do think it is worth discussing the economic relationship between the united states and china are two countries are obviously competing in a multitude of ways, economically, geopolitically, etsc cetera. it is really more than that.ie it's also a clash of civilizations. and is the clash of autocracy versus democracy. between capitalism i think we all realize the vastness of the chinese market and how lucrative it may appear to you all. but there is a cost to do business there. and as my colleague earlier set for the time being china is the ccp and the ccp is china. they control everything. culturally the chinese government use it as their obligation to give chinese businesses a competitive edge in the global economy through

timmons of south carolina, and mr. wilson of south carolina, i inform the house that both will vote yea on h.r. 8987. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. sherman and mr. vargas, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 8987. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. buchanan of florida, i inform the house that mr. buchanan will vote yea on h.r. 8987. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. eshoo, i inform the house that ms. eshoo will vote yes on h.r. 8987. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. rogers of alabama, i inform the house that mr. rogers will vote yes on h.r. 8987. the speaker pro

timmons, it's recognized for five minutes. >> thank, you madam chair. thank you all for being here, there's so many of you and you are all very kind to take time out of your busy, busy days to come and testify before us here today. earlier in this, hearing my colleague, congressman luetkemeyer, i thought took a fascinating line of questioning with you all. i don't rehash that but i think it's worth discussing the economic relationship between the united states and china. our two countries are obviously competing in a multitude of ways, economically, geopolitically, et cetera. but it really is more than that. it's also a clash of civilizations. it's a clash of autocracy versus democracy, a clash versus a command economy and capitalism. i think we all realize the vastness of the chinese market and how lucrative it may appear to you all, there is a cost of doing business there. as my colleague earlier said, for the time being, china is the ccp and the ccp is china. they control everything. culturally, the chinese government views it as our obligation to gi

just last year in illinois we lost the police sergeant wayne county deputy sheriff and tyler timmons, champagne police officer christopher overwhelm and officer french to gun attacks. my heart goes out to each of their families for their losses. we take an important step forward with last month's passage of the bipartisan saver communities act that includes finally a provision and i joined others inviting for for years, cracking down on straw purchases. today i'm announcing a new bill which would provide funding to the multijurisdictional task forces that investigate and disrupt the straw purchasing and illegal trafficking with the gracious permission of the family the bill will be named after officer french. we must do more than prevent officers being shot. last month the chicago police officer shot in the head while making a traffic stop by the grace of god she survived. and reflecting said the situation demonstrates how quickly and officers day can turn into something catastrophic. she's right. we have to do more to protect our law enforcement officers from the threats they face an

timmons, it's recognized for five minutes. >> thank, you madam chair.hank you all for being here, there's so many of you and you are all very kind to take time out of your busy, busy days to come and testify before us here today. earlier in this, hearing my colleague, congressman luetkemeyer, i thought took a fascinating line of questioning with you all. i don't rehash that but i think it's worth discussing the economic relationship between the united states and china. our two countries are obviously competing in a multitude of ways, economically, geopolitically, et cetera. but it really is more than that. it's also a clash of civilizations. it's a clash of autocracy versus democracy, a clash versus a command economy and capitalism. i think we all realize the vastness of the chinese market and how lucrative it may appear to you all, there is a cost of doing business there. as my colleague earlier said, for the time being, china is the ccp and the ccp is china. they control everything. culturally, the chinese government views it as our obligation to give