we have to go back in history to understand the importance of the canal, the world and the united stateseses back to the 16th century. they are building a canal, technologically impossible in the 16th century so it's there galleons from south america would work in the civic died and transport their gold land and you'll related cargo atlantic side. the 51-mile distance from the pacific at the shortest from the pacific to the atlantic transport would transfer the cargo and transport them cuba and a key component and the gold rush in california and interest in the canal. panama was part of columbia and united states worked out a deal in the 50s and 60s to build a well groomed that connected on the pacific side with the largest on the atlantic side. that was instrumental in transporting people and cargo from the pacific and the westco coast to the east coast of the united states should. in the 1870s, 80s, the french were involved in an attempt to build the canal and that failed because of disease and corruption, technology and the way they wanted to build the canal. they wanted to duplicate th

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they will maintain control, internally in their own country and fend off other world powers like united stateses and remain relevant. iran does not have that, they aspire to be a world -- nuclear power. we only have capability to stop one of those two from getting a nuclear weapon that is iran. and so, you know, the thing about iran that worries us and i mentioned north korea using nuclear weapons as a deter ep. deterrent, we don't knowng what iranians would use a nuclear weapon for, you talk about a terrorist nation, the concern is make shooing that regime never gains access to a deliver able d nuclear weapon, and intelligence community is clearr eyed about that. >> and -- continues to be major disrupter in middle o east. >> one of the issues, right now we have seen the abraham accords and peace agreements that is a result of iran being weaker, poorer and less influential in recent years than in the decades before. that is something that you know we would like to see continue. because, the relative peace that we have enjoyed and peace agreement in past year, that is the trend we want to have we

country, ied lived in the country where --a third world -- where this would have been in the united statesee would not be able to at least fight back as well as you should have been able to, that is very disturbing. this was predicted disaster, there were a lot of problems that preceded this. this is about reckless leadership and i have never been more convinced that gavin newsom is more -- nothing more than an empty seat. hearing what he said a few seconds ago, that the empty reservoir, that was not a part m.o he state syste certainly he is not somebodycept that can accept responsibility, he will place blame on everybody else, will criticize donald trump, you want him there? maybe joe biden and kamala harris should be there they hehe is there president issues the vice president, and the forestry management, it's been mismanaged for years in california. spoke to many people, friends, relatives in california, you devastated, the cantilever this happenedyear. in the end what you have is donald trumpe and 2019 trying o get water from northern california to southern california and the environme

growing and evolving threat of malicious cyber-enabled activities against the united states and united statesal guys in partners by foreign actors of authorized, unauthorized access to ransomware and cyber-enabled sanctions evasion. section 9 of the executive order i have issued updates and criteria to be used by the secretary of the treasury and designating a person for sanctions for engaging in cyber-enabled activities and related conduct. i am enclosing a copy of the executive order i have issued. signed sincerely joseph r. biden junior, the white house. referre d to the committee on foreign affairs and ordered printed. under the announced policy of january 3, 2025, the gentleman from california, mr. lamalfa is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. lamalfa: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the topic of this special order. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. lamalfa: mr. speaker, colleagues, we see it every year, especially in the west when f