the united states of america is a beacon of freedom. my tenure in congress, i've spoken with world leaders in israel, in the middle east, in europe, across the globe. the world looks to the united states for leadership and for freedom. our great ally in the middle east, israel, has been threatened. its citizens have been threatened since its inception, and that is wrong. i associate myself partially with the remarks of the majority leader when he said we need to pass this bill today, and we do. we need to give israel and the israeli people the capability to continue to defend themselves against what are terrorist attacks on its people. over 4,000 rockets directed by terrorists, supported by countries such as iran and others which to seek destruction of israel. as americans, we could never allow that to happen. as human beings, we could never allow that to happen. and we need to be heard as that beacon of freedom in the united states of america, all over the world in our defense of israel, because other countries have let them down. toda

the united states of america is a beacon of freedom. in my tenure in congress, i've spoken with world leaders in israel, in the middle east, in europe, across the globe. the world looks to the united states for leadership and for freedom. our great ally in the middle east, israel, has been threatened. its citizens have been threatened since its inception, and that is wrong. i associate myself partially with the remarks of the majority leader when he said we need to pass this bill today, and we do. we need to give israel and the israeli people the capability to continue to defend themselves against what are terrorist attacks on its people. over 4,000 rockets directed by terrorists, supported by countries such as iran and others which to seek destruction of israel. as americans, we could never allow that to happen. as human beings, we could never allow that to happen. and we need to be heard as that beacon of freedom in the united states of america, all over the world in our defense of israel, because other countries have let them down. to

we want people to come to the united states of america, most would not be in this room had somebody not come to the united states of america under those generous immigration laws. businesses typically benchmark things and say what are my competitors doing, look at whatever else you compare yourself to see what you are doing, all the things you look at. it would be worth our time to compare our system of immigration to what other countries are doing. all i am standing for is the full of law and the fact that we have representatives, the executive branch is supposed to enforce them, a senior justice official. i can tell you often democrat administrations ignore the laws that are duly passed, more than we ever have and it is unsustainable. >> thank you for your presentation. many of us practice election law. at the municipal level, voting rights to noncitizens, the idea that the citizenry in the electorate could be reformed or reformatted is upon us perhaps sooner rather than later if such global initiatives, and when faced with that possibility and local municipalities. >> hard to watch p

president, we cut child poverty in the united states of america by over 50 percent and for black and own families, that cap was even higher. year after year, the united states has the highest rate of childhood poverty of any country on earth, we took a major step forward in cutting childhood poverty.eo and now it is clear to me that people all across this country, we must extend the 300-dollar per month for child direct payment for middle-class families receive. let me be very clear. if we do not pass the reconciliation bill, and not continue those payments, we will once again plunge the children of this country, and millions of them, back into poverty, and that is morally furthermore in the united states of america, every person should be outraged by the dysfunctionality of our child care system. i don't think there is anybody who disagrees with that. we have millions of people who cannot find childcare. we have families in vermont, and in maine paying 40 percent of their limited incomes for child care which is pretty amazing. we have childcare workers who are employed at starvation

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that's why governing magazine made me the public official of the united states of america. roud of that. so much of the reason he is running for governor is because of donald trump. i want every virginian watching tonight, i'm running for governor for you and if you elect me i promise you this i will raise the minimum wage to $15 and get paid sick days and put money in the education system and make sure all 700,000 virginians get quality healthcare. it will take off like a booster rocket. >> thank you to the northern virginia chamber for hosting this debate and for your participation. this is what democracy can look like. thank you to the panel and to the northern virginia community college for the use of the theater. stay with news four, washington.com for coverage and by the way, don't forget to vote. >> good evening. anybody got a question? do you support the existing laws with 44 states with the medicare program only in rare circumstances. why did they send a bill to the desk that in spite of the funding for all legal abortions for virginia medicaid recipients, would you

honor their commitment to this experiment in liberty that we call the united states of america. gentlemen, it's now my pleasure and deep honor to introduce secretary of defense of the united states of america, the honorable lloyd j. austin. [applause] >> thank you. it is an honor to be here with you and especially with the families and loved ones of those taken from us 20 years ago. with the first responders who raced to help and with our brothers and sisters in arms whose lives were changed forever on that day of fire. on behalf of the department of defense, let me renew our deepest condolences to the families and and loved ones of all those lost on 9/11 including the 184 souls taken from us in the attack on the pentagon, in the building and on flight 77. we know that you carry pain every day. we know that you bear your losses not just at times of ceremony, but also in ordinary moments of absence. in quiet minutes that can seem to stretch on for hours. all of us are here because we remember. and i hope knowing that is at least some measure of comfort. just as we once worked alo

we cannot ignore and not support the full faith and credit of the united states of america. right in this constitution of the united states, the 14th amendment, section 4, the validity of the public debt of the united states, authorized by law, shall not be questioned. the constitution says that. why should the congress question that? with that, i urge a strong bipartisan vote for the continuing resolution and yield back the balance of my time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the gentlewoman from connecticut reserves. the gentlewoman from texas. ms. granger: i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from connecticut. ms. delauro: i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentlewoman from maine, the chair of the appropriations subcommittee on interior and the environment, ms. pingree. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from maine is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. ms. pingree: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you to the chair for yielding the time. i want to rise to support the extending government funding and deli

why do we ask the taxpayers of the united states of america to do that? believe it is in their best interest. yes it is in the interest of israelis. but it is in the security interest of the united states of america. that is why we proudly stand up and support this funding. so that it can remain the democracy that honors human rights. does everybody honor human rights every day? america, we can look in the mirror. every country could do that. israel, unlike any other country in the middle east, it has a government that says you cannot do that. this is the right thing to do. israelis do it. a nation of laws, a nation of morals, a nation that is committed to the democratic process. this house will reflect overwhelming support in a bipartisan basis. i believe we will evidence our broad and bipartisan commitment to israeli security. israel's security. and, it's right to self-defense. i want to thank chairwoman rosa door for introducing this legislation. mr. speaker, i trust that we will pass this today. in just a few minutes. and i trust the senate will take

that is a pretty extraordinary thing that you have done, given your experience of the united states of americaed to marry an american because i need the witness next time they kidnap me. butjoke aside, we are human beings. dividing us between muslims, christian, westerner, african, middle eastern, i don't accept it. i am multiple identity. you know? i'm notjust like an african oran arab or muslim. i'm also open—minded, liberal—minded person and i have so many shared values with american and in all, i love american people. i think american people are decent people by and large. and i have no beef with americans. let me ask you this than. you, in the course of our conversation have said, "yes, i went to afghanistan, i believed in the concept ofjihad." tell me today what is your attitude to your religion and to those within your religion who still espouse this extreme jihadist ideology. so, of course, i completely condemn extremism, whether it's coming from muslims, jewish people, hindu people. i don't do extremism in any shape or form. today i want the whole of law and democracy for all, all hum

it would be very clear, we want people to come to the united states of america and have every opportunity that we have in fact most of us would not be in this room and somebody in our family not come to the united states of america is generous immigration laws. and i think businesses typically benchmark things and say what are my competitors doing them all forms and benchmark everyday the ratings or whatever else pretty did you compare yourself zero doing so your profitability and those kind of things that you look at our system of immigration comparing it to what other countries are doing. and again all i'm really standing for here is the rule of law. and the fact that we have representatives that are supposed to set these laws and executive branches branches that are supposed to enforce them. and the senior justice officially guesses what they would call it. i can tell you that often democrats administration ignore the laws duly pass and don't implement them. as we thought that in obama now and the biden administration in this area block or than we probably ever have. it's unsustainable

honor their commitment to the experiment of liberty that we call the united states of america. en, it is now my pleasure and deep honor to introduce secretary of defense of the united states of america, the honorable lloyd j austin. [applause] sec. austin: thank you. it is an honor to be here with you, especially with the families and loved ones of those taken from us 20 years ago. and with the first responders who raced to help. and with our brothers and sisters in arms, whose lives were changed forever on that day of fire. on behalf of the department of defense, let me renew our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all those lost on 9/11, including the 184 souls taken from us in the attack on the pentagon, in the building and on flight 77. we know that you carry pain every day. we know that you bear your losses not just at times of ceremony, but also in ordinary moments of absence. in quiet minutes that seemed to stretch on for hours. all of us are here because we remember. and i hope knowing that is at least some measure of comfort just as we once worked alon

united states to do with senate republicans are proposing. the chief policy officer of the united states chamber of commerce said "united states of america defaultingn its obligations is not an option". we should be listening to them and to the american people because if republicans continue on the path they are, it will cause job loss and household wealth will be hitting families of the country. so the necessity of raising the debt ceiling is so clear, then why are we here. i've been listening tof the republican colleagues in a to raise the debt ceiling because they don't like the democratic plans and the build back better agenda. there are two fundamental misunderstandings with this argument. but these are bills and republicans voted for policies and i have seen the back on in the states telling the constituent how they help deliver relief for small businesses and how to expand broadband that's part of the bill it comes to right now. and then what president biden is talking about with the build back better agenda. president biden and democrats will pay for the build back better agenda. and we are putting out proposals to do that to reform our tax

we know the full faith and credit of the united states of america -- this is in the constitution, 14th amendment, section 4 states the validity of the public debt of the united states authorized by law shall not be questioned, shall not be questioned. and even by questioning it, we brought down our credit rating was brought down when the republicans questioned it when president obama was in office. let's just talk about the consequences. our chairman of the ways and means key talked about what it meant in people's personal lives and this is what we are here about, people and their personal lives, their financial and health security. the consequences of not lifting the debt ceiling would be catastrophic. nonpartisan analytics said it could include a loss of six million jobs, elimination of potentially $15 trillion in household wealth, sending the unemployment rate to 9% and decline in the real g.d.p. of our country by 4%. what that means in people's personal lives according to the joint economic key, not lifting the debt ceiling could downgrade america's credit and increasing the cost o

these people helped the united states of america and we owe them a responsibility. i have always been for it. what we need to do. and let me tell you, we have a lot of brave men and women who have fought for this country. i have a son, marine captain, who served over in that region. fighting isis. my heart goes out to every single parent who has lost a loved one in service of our country. it wasn't a day that dorothy and i didn't worry when our son was over there fighting. so i will always stand with our military and those that assist our military. that's why i was proud as governor, we were the first state in america to functionally end veteran homelessness. we were the first state in america to add all these college courses to make sure we could get our veterans jobs as soon as they came out of active duty. first state in america to have our cyber vets. when i was governor, 26,000 more vets were hired through our program. i love our military. and i'm proud of our military here in the commonwealth of virginia. foip mr. youngkin, 30 seconds. mr. youngkin: today we se

i want to be very clear, we want people to come to the united states of america. and have opportunity we have in fact most of us will be in this room and 70 and her family not come to the united states of america. under those generous immigration laws. i think businesses, to saint when are our competitors doing, benchmark every day. look at your ratings or whatever else is you compare yourself and see how you are doing in your profitability for things that you look at. i think that we should, it would be worth our time to compare our system of immigration to one of the countries are doing. and again, all am really standing for here, is the rule of law and we have representatives who are supposed to set the font in the executive branch is a positive them in his u.s. attorney, over senior justice official i guess what they would call me. i can tell you that often democrat administrations ignore the laws the duly passed do not implement them. seeing it now divided in ministration in this area block and is unsustainable. >> we will ask one question i think so much for

being done by those who are power-hungry and have no concern about what is happening to the united states of americataken united out of it and just leaving it as states of america and that means that anyone from anywhere can destroy from the outside and within because we are destroying ourselves from within. host: the first hour of our program, we asked callers, do you think the u.s. is still the greatest country in the world. how would you answer that question? caller: in some aspects yes, in some aspects no. i am a minority and i see things from a different viewpoint. i am still an american and i see it from a global viewpoint. i have traveled and lived in different places and i have people in my family from different places. i do fully understand the fact that america can be great in so many ways, but it can also be harmful. there was once a thing called the ugly american. i see that in many places we go in and become ugly americans. i'm most afraid of and concerned about ugly americans are being ugly -- being uglier in america which will cause america to fall. if you are history major, you will

state of texas and there are no checkpoints out there. that's why texas is the number one state in the united states of america maybe number two for human sexing. dallas and hews. the top states for sex trafficking. what governor would want to sit around and watch his state lead that category. >> thank you. >> thank you, tucker. >> so vaccine mandates have nothing to do with covid, they have nothing to do even with vaccines, they have to do with forcing the population to bow to the will of a political party. and in the u.s. military, the effect has been devastating. one active duty u.s. navy commander has issued an urgent warning about what these mandates are doing to national security that commander joins us straight ahead. - hello, friends. michael youssef here. you know, the right says that christ was conservative. the left says christ was radical, but christ is the creator, god in human flesh, and he's the only one who can give you peace, and he wants to give you that peace, eternal peace. will you come to him? - [woman] are you looking for peace that can withstand any hardship that life can bring? visit findingtruepeace.com to find ans

they voted to shut down government and not under the full faith and credit of the united states of america. shutting down the government of the same time as rejecting assistance for their own constituents who were affected by hurricane ida. again, we will keep the government open and we will have the votes to do that and then we will go to the senate again. but the full faith and credit there is a national debate. why should it be that we as democrats always come to the rescue when it's a republican president, and we are coming to the rescue of our economy. of families and the interest they pay on loans and the job security and the rest of that. that's the debate that we have to have. and we must succeed. so again, with your messaging you will get a lot of people writing in and saying let's not renege on the national debt. the president was famous for not paying his bills and they want to do that again but we cannot let them do that and jeopardize our economy. how do you guarantee that there will not be a shut down? >> we put this bill together in a very bipartisan way and then when we add

response, and in the process, to build a healthier, more unified, more just, and more robust united states of americaso without further ado, let me welcome the man who would lead us out of darkness of this present moment and help us achieve a brighter future for queens, for new york, and a whole united states of america. our president, joseph biden. [applause] >> amen. pres. biden: chuck, thank you very much. as the old joke goes, my father would say thank you, and my mother would say, who are you talking about? [laughter] look folks, let me begin by saying i wish every american could walk down this alley with me to see and talk to the people who have been devastating, just talk to them. none of them were shouting or complaining. every one of them were thanking me as if it was something special, i mean this sincerely, that i was here, and hoped that we would be able to do something. this is america. where i am standing right now. these are the people, scranton, or anywhere around the world the country who built this country, and it is about time we step up. they are always the first ones her in the l

i want to be clear, we have big hearts, we want people to come to the united states of america. have opportunity we have in fact, most of us would not be in this room had someone in our family not come to the united aides of america. under those generous immigration laws. i think businesses typically benchmarked things, say what are my competitors doing, law firms benchmark every day. looking your ratings or whatever else you compare yourself and see how you're doing. your rates, profit ability. i think it would be worth our time to compare our system of immigration to what other countries are doing. all i am really standing for here is the rule of law. and the fact that we have representatives that are supposed to set these laws in the executive branch is supposed to enforce them. as u.s. attorney, senior justice official, i can tell you that often democrat administrations ignore the laws that are duly passed and do not implement them. we saw that in obama, we are seeing that right now in the biden administration, in this area, more than we ever have, it is unsustainable. >> one

being done by those who are power-hungry and have no concern about what is happening to the united states of americae taken united out of it and just leaving it as states of america and that means that anyone from anywhere can destroy from the outside and within because we are destroying ourselves from within. host: the first hour of our program, we asked callers, do you think the u.s. is still the greatest country in the world. how would you answer that question? caller: in some aspects yes, in some aspects no. i am a minority and i see things from a different viewpoint. i am still an american and i see it from a global viewpoint. i have traveled and lived in different places and i have people in my family from different places. i do fully understand the fact that america can be great in so many ways, but it can also be harmful. there was once a thing called the ugly american. i see that in many places we go in and become ugly americans. i'm most afraid of and concerned about ugly americans are being ugly -- being uglier in america which will cause america to fall. if you are history major, you wil

president of the united states of america. i request protocol to escort his excellency. on behalf of the general assembly, i have the honor to welcome to the united nations his excellency joseph redskins biden jr. -- joseph redskins biden jr. president of the united states of america and to invite and to address the assembly. # president biden: mr. president, mr. secretary-general, my fellow delegates. for all those who dedicate themselves to this noble mission of this institution, it's my honor to speak to you for the first time as president of the united states. we meet this year in a moment of intermingled with great pain and extraordinary possibility. we have lost so much to this devastating pandemic that continues to claim lives around the world and impact so much on our existence. we are mourning more than 4.5 million people. people of every nation, from every background. each death is an individual heartbreak. but our shared brief is a poignant reminder of our collective future which hinges on our ability to recognize our common humanity and act together. ladies an

occurring on the lands of afghanistan held by the taliban that allowed isis to attack the united states of america. i tried to change my conduct as a member of congress since that day to be a more responsible member, to do the things necessary, to be more worldly and understand what's going on, to make sure that i make the decisions that make the world -- help make the world a safer place. what we've seen in the last few weeks discourages me in making the world a safer place, but i rise to the call again to say we have responsibilities left in afghanistan. we have responsibilities to the people we left behind to allow and to help them escape near-certain death, and we also have responsibilities to those men and women who have served in afghanistan who answered the call because they saw what happened to our nation on 9/11 and say i have something to give, i have something, perhaps my life, to give to see that. -- to see that this doesn't happen again. i hope that we, despite the circumstances that we've seen in the last days, now have the ability as a united states congress, as a member of the unit

biden administration as though rio, texas looks more like a third world country than the united states of america, they are injured in a right after deportation flight carrying migrants lands in haiti. todd: restaurant latest move after black lives matter back the suspect accused of assaulting a host at the restaurant. >> it is wednesday, in my mind it was tuesday. todd: we are not to friday yet. the body of gabby petito, identified, her death ruled a homicide. jillian: her boyfriend brian laundrie is still missing. carley shimkus live in venice, florida has police investigator lead into his current location. >> reporter: the fbi confirming the body found at grand teton national park is that of gabby petito. the manner of death has been ruled a homicide, how she died remains pending a final autopsy. once the body was brought back home, the laundrie family attorney said may gabby rest in peace. brian laundrie remains the only person of interest and yesterday, the search resumed at the carlton reserve. atvs, drones and canines tackle the difficult conditions, 500 miles away deputies in the florida

security checks -- >> it would be nice if that was done before they brought the people to the united states of america. mr. secretary, are afghan refugees required to be vaccinated for covid before coming to united states of america? >> they are vaccinated in the united states before they are resettled into the united states. >> there are none of these afghan citizens that are allowed to leave these resettlement communities that are allowed to leave at any time they want. none of them are leaving unless they are vaccinated for covid, is that your testimony? >> they are tested for covid and vaccinated for covid? >> vaccinated before they leave? >> that's my understanding. >> all right. thank you, mr. secretary. is it the policy of the united states of america to take hard earned tax dollars and pay terrorist organizations? >> it is not. >> it is not. your testimony earlier was we're sending taxpayer dollars to afghanistan right now for humanitarian relief. who are we spending that to? >> to ngos and united nation agency using that assistance. not the the afghan government. >> the afghan, the taliban go

like to the united states of america and that is obviously the mission of our country. -- of our companymaine: i know right now you are kind of at the very front of the line with regards to the supply chain. is there a realistic possibility that we make the intermediate inputs and the end products in the u.s., particularly given a lot of the concerns about labor costs as well as the environmental issues? talking about climate change and all the things we need to do to sort of treat the earth better. >> every commodity is different but rare earth, the good news is we are actually leading the way. we have -- not to get into the minutia of what it means in the mining material space, but we recycle 95% of our water. the united states of america today has the second largest producer in the world, the lowest cost producer in the world. we actually can do this, it just takes a lot of investment. it is less about just labor costs than having the proper focus. at mp, we are years and billions ahead of others trying to do this. as i stressed earlier, we can't just focus on the rare earth. we have

the transit point. >> it would be nice if it was done before we brought tomorrow this the united states of america. >> are they rurd to be vaccinated before coming to the united states of america? >> they are vaccinated in the united states before they are -- before they are resettled into the united states. >> none of these afghan citizens that are allowed to leave these resettlement communities, ft. dix, dulles, et cetera, are allowed to leave new of them, none of them are leaving unless they're vaccinated for covid-19 s that your testimony? >> they're tested forever covid-19 and vaccinated. >> vaccinated before they leave? >> that's my understanding. >> all right. thank you, mr. secretary. is it the policy of the united states of america to take hard earned tax dollars and pay terrorist organizations? >> it is not. >> it is not. so your testimony earlier was that we're sending taxpayer dollars to afghanistan right now for humanitarian relief. who are we sending that to? >> to ngos and to the united nations agencies using that assistance, no the to the afghan government. >> not to the afghan, ta

honor their commitment to this experiment in liberty that we call the united states of america. ary of defense of the united states of america, the honorable lloyd j. austin. [ applause ] >> thank you. it is an honor to be here with you and especially with the families and loved ones of those taken from us 20 years ago. and with the first responders who raced to help, and with our brothers and sisters in arms whose lives were changed forever on that day of fire. on behalf of the department of defense, let me renew our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of all those lost on 9/11. including the 184 souls taken from us in the attack on the pentagon, in the building, and on flight 77. we know that you carry pain we know that you bear your losses not just at times of ceremony but also in ordinary moments of absence. in quiet minutes that can seem to stretch on for hours. all of us are here because we remember. and i hope knowing that is at least some measure of comfort. just as we once worked alongside so many of them, we now mourn alongside all of you. today of all da

and, boy, you take it down, you fell the united states of america. >> the power grid would go down. credit cards and financial transactions would stop, and 911 would struggle to find your. >> attacking gps would ripple through every facet of american society. >> reporter: david galan is a gps expert who sees a growing number of attempts to interfere with gps by jamming or skipping signals. >> i'm very concerned about a 911 attack. >> china and russia both have multiple backups over gps including ground-based systems. both have also developed satellite technologies. >> you need to get bull's-eye off of gps. >> reporter: it is not the only threat. >> space is becoming a major domain in the world, but it is all enabled through cyber and the needs for cybersecurity's. >> dave dewalt is a longtime cyber security expert. >> reporter: he says cyberspace is the other big target. >> i like to say we are prepared but we are not prepared. >> reporter: dewalt pointed to the recent hack that took down the largest fuel pipeline in the u.s., leading to fuel shortages. he says cyber attacks are esca

to protect this country we ntlove, the united states of america. mr. t i yield the floor brickwork's madam president, the united states lost 13 service members and afghanistan if your child in 2021. the heroic service and the ultimate sacrifice of these men and women will never be forgotten. they are marine lance corporal espinoza from texas. marine sgt nicole lg from california, marine staff sgt darren taylor hoover from utah, army staff sgt

[applause] please join me in welcoming the president of the united states of america, joe biden. [applause] as they say in delaware [inaudible] [inaudible] attorney general, secretary of state. i thought i saw him earlier today. i want to thank you for the welcome and making the trip out here and to my friends in congress. was she born in america, not canada she would be standing here. i'm glad to see the congressman and i want to thank you all. you have other places to be i know, three good friends who wanted to be here in washington right now so there's a lot. they are all in washington doing what they have to do. when you look at who you've heard from it's clear whether you are an engineer or an ibew worker on a combine to determine when you work for a company and everyone is building a clean energy future and a stronger economy because that is what this is about and we need everybody's contributions. yesterday i saw firsthand the devastation and the last two weeks i traveled to louisiana, new york, new jersey to see the destruction from hurricane ida. more people killed in new

in order to tell our adversaries wherever they are that the united states is strong and will stand up to protect the united states of america. that is a message that now has to go out to the world. >> neil: leon panetta, former secretary of defense, chief of staff, so many important positions in the history of this country. thanks for taking the time. >> thank you. you bet. >> neil: leon panetta. we will be going back to the hearings, but before that, i want to go to bret baier of "special report", best selling author. the one thing that struck me talking to leon panetta, that things will have to return. what did you make of that? >> he's a guy that knows a lot. someone that works with republicans and democrats and who knows the world. the world and the reality is that terrorism will be a problem in someplace that is a witch's brew of radical islamic terrorists. that is the taliban controlled afghanistan. couple of thing about secretary blinken's testimony. toward the end when you had questions about how many americans were on the ground, the number keeps coming back to roughly 100. it's been roughly hundred for a couple of

we need to do by september 30 and voted against honoring the full faith and credit of the united states of america. it is quite appalling. when republican presidents were there, we always had bipartisan support for that. we sent that bill to the senate, depending on what happens there, we will keep government open i september 30 and continue the conversation about the debt ceiling. but not for long. any discussion, when that happened before, when that republicans threatened to not support the full faith and cried when obama was president, the doubt that they can lower our credit rating is not good for our family -- our country, our families and the global economy. whatever it is, we will have both houses by september 30. we are pleased that in that same legislation, which the republicans rejected, we had our assistance for national disasters, setting some of their own regions, which they voted against. again, necessary to immediately meet the needs of the american people in times of disaster as well as the legislation -- appropriations for afghan evacuees to further welcome them to our country com

i think the united states of america needs to step back if it wants to help any of any assistance to the people who understand it's got in a position to negotiate those conditions. it has, it has been an aggressor. the taliban already made gestures towards russia towards china to it's the wrong to it's pakistan to within an easier would be like states and britain in particular. i think that feeling very upset because this is a defeat. it's a military defeat. however, you want to look at it and that imperial hubris, as it were, will not allow them to say that we need to move forward and continue within negotiations that we began in doha, that they cannot be any more saber rattling. it's no good for the african people. it's no good credit. that's not what the britain or america you've really got to find a way for the day we will be hearing for more people to whose lives were forever changed by america's wrong. we swore that in our special coverage on heard voices now for many of those who witnessed the $911.00 attacks, the allies would never be the same to see his spoken to one man who

and we will make sure that the full faith and credit of the united states of america is protected and preserved. the house will not allow the united states government to default on its obligations for the first time in american history. it is our hope that senate republicans will also do the right thing. and stop playing politics around the debt limit. i yield to our distinguished vies chair, pete aguilar. mr. aguilar: thank you, mr. chairman. as we talked about in our caucus meeting this last work period, house democrats were busy spending time at home talking about the importance of the president's build back better agenda. it's when we have those conversations that we are reminded the importance of the middle class tax cut that democrats passed this year anti-positive changes that it made into communities back home. this week is the -- as the chairman mentioned we are going to take up the women's health protection act so women can have the freedom to access the care that they need. as we have also said the ndaa will take critical steps under chairman smith's leadership to reduce do

checks first at -- >> it would be nice if that was done before we brought these people to the united states of america. mr. secretary, are afghan refugees required to be vaccinationed for covid before coming to the united states of america? >> they are vaccinated in the united states before they are resettled in to the united states. >> there's none of these afghan citizens that are allowed to leave these resettlement communities, fort dix, dulles that are allowed to leave -- none of them are leaving unless they're tested for covid? >> they're tested and vaccinated for covid? >> vaccinated before they leave? >> that's my understanding. >> thank you, mr. secretary. is it the policy of the united states of america to take hard-ended tax dollars and pay terrorist organizations? >> it is not. >> it is not. so your testimony earlier was that we're sending taxpayer dollars to afghanistan right now for humanitarian relief. who are we sending that to? >> to ngos and the united agencies that are using that citizens, not to the afghan government. >> not to the afghan, the taliban government. how are you account

these people who have traveled for over a month, with all the capabilities the united states of americawhy could we not have foreseen this and set up a system to handle it? we do not have a good immigration policy in the united states of america. laura: the ambassador said it is deeply flawed, but how do you think the u.s. tries to stabilize haiti so people will stay there? >> we been saying the same thing for months. i've been saying this -- i have not traveled to haiti since i left in 2015, but he has been back there several times. he has gone in deep into the civil society and he has understood that in order for us to make any progress in haiti, we have to have food, housing, and physical security. they are not going to send the marine corps to haiti again. when i left in 2015, the haitian police were professional, they were working, they were rating people on drugs, etc. we have to get back to a place where there is some modicum of security in haiti. and this is going to cost some money. laura: why do the think the u.s. backing as the interim leader of haiti -- just a week ago the p

this isn't the united states of america that we are looking at right now. o change and it has to change really quickly. maria: all of this is china is waiting in the wings hoping to overtake the united states. eric, let me ask you, i think your fire came too close to the fire, in terms of corruption fire. he figured it out that there was incredible corruption and once he figured it out and started talking about it they wanted him out. do you want your father to run again? eric: you know i do because honestly he's the only person that can save this country and it is an incredibly corrupt system. i see it every single day. it's incredibly corrupt and my father, you know, returned respect to the country and returned the greatest economy our nation has ever seen, rebuilt the military and did great things for america, america was prosperous and respected and under this guy, i mean, what's happening in washington is truly and i hate to use the word a clown show, this country deserves better. the citizens of this country deserves better. this go beyond democrats ve

colluding the states in the united states of america. has abandoned any pretension of securing the sovereignty of either texas or the united states by having these open border policies that you so well articulated. they have created a magnet that led to these massive groups of ray sans as well as the other groups that are coming here for one reason, and that's because they have sent a message and a signal to the entire world that they are not going to secure the border, they're going to allow them across. you talk to secretary mayorkas, repeatedly asking him why they did not stop the haitians from coming across the border in the first place are. chris, everyone knew, including the biden administration, the haitians had gathered on the mexican side of the border before they crossed, and the biden administration did nothing to stop those haitians who had gathered en masse in mexico coming across the border. chris: so, governor, let me ask you about what you're trying to do. you have set up what you call operation lone star in texas, and le