when i first got to the university of minnesota in 1982 i heard about this controversial study in newcity that took place in the 1960s and '70s in which an adoption agency, the louise wise services, felt that it was beneficial to twins to be separated, to grow up to develop their own identity. at the time, there was a researcher, dr peter neubauer, at the child development centre at the jewish board of guardians, who had wanted to study twins raised apart, and here was his sample. neubauer had a colleague and friend, viola bernard, who was the adviser to the adoption agency, called louise wise services. so she placed a set of twins in different families back in the 1950s. when she told neubauer about it he said, they must be studied. the scientists, you know, they were the masterminds of this study, neubauer and benard~ _ kathy and her sister, lori, were deliberately divided as infants as part of the research programme. they only met as teenagers by chance. we were really deprived of. being sisters, let alone twins. i think it was just - horrible what they did. we met with dr viola be

minnesota army national guard and it deployed in operation iraqi freedom earning a bronze star. she received her bachelor's degree from the college of saint benedict and her md from the university of minnesota and completed her residency at ucla. stephanie miller is the director of officers and enlisted personnel management and an advisor for senior officer matters in the offices of the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness. previously she served as the director of recession policy from 2015 until 2022. prior to that she was a special assistant to secretary of defense chuck hagel and ashton carter where she was responsible for a broad spectrum of programs including military and civilian personnel policies, military force readiness, defense health affairs, and, defense sexual assault prevention and response. ms. miller received her bachelor's degree from villanova university and holds a masters degree from george washington university. i would like to welcome all of our distinguished guests. and thank them for participating in today's hearing. i will begin by swearing in our witnesses. i ask each of you turn on your audio and make sure i can see your face. raise

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the university of minnesota's food protection and defense institute is doing great work. law to understand better how the lack of competition and the packing sector is directly impacting producers, and i wondered if you could talk briefly about what more the usda could be doing there on research? >> part of what we announced as part of the package to provide assistance, and help to expand process and capacity, today is a study that was required by the presidents competition order. it speaks a bit to this issue. look at the our office of chief economist offices is obviously engaged and involved in taking a look at the market in how concentration can potentially impact positively or negatively capacity and income. the fact that we had 263 applications for $150 million, almost $900 million, requesting five billion dollars in -- suggesting a demand in need. i'm excited about the opportunity for us to use the resources that are available under the american rescue plan to begin creating more capacity and therefore more competition, which we think will lead to better prices. obvi

it is interesting even this morning the university of minnesota study came out and this indicates a veryied with the omicron variant as ineffective makes no sense at all. i don't think we are following the science, being nimble. i would not lead this way. we are making victims of people who said we will protect our country at our own risk. ♪♪ these are young healthy americans who continue to want to serve and are being pushed out. i want to get to the race you are running in minnesota. people look at minnesota and say going to be a state but whether it is covid mandate for the chaos on the fourth of july and the crime downtown in minneapolis people are looking for an alternative. is minnesota in play in 2,022 for the red >> minnesota is in play, the cost of gas and groceries, patients coming to my office, fill their gas tank or get groceries for the family, people are beyond frustration, outraged and public safety, student choice, these are the things people are furious about. they see lack of leadership in minnesota as many states do. we had enough, strong, trustworthy leaders that are

fred's reporting is in partnership with the university of st. thomas in minnesota. been written about donald trump and his presidency. but few have examined the motivations of the republicans who initially were weary of him but later pledged complete loyalty. journalist and arthur does just that. donald trump's washington and the price of sub me mark, congratulations on this book. and i want say as you point out, this is not a book about donald trump. but you also make it clear what you think about him and what you believe he's done to this country. >> yeah, i mean, what's interesting is -- is that the people who have been his biggs enablers who have completely submissive to him throughout the last four years privately have great ambivalence about him to say the least. some of female who have been some of the most adorable supporters of his in congress and in the senate, lindsey graham, kevin mccarthy, privately show a great deal of contempt for him mitch mcconnell is an exemption. he's publically condemned the president much more vocally than the others. but ultimat

. >> thank you senator a proud graduate of university of chicago law schoolob i knew that in and i am from estate in minnesotang tradition of hunting and fishing i have talked with many gun owners like yourself who support the second amendment but believe in common sense safety measures including banning assault weapons i was lookk at the proposals and askun myself when this hurt my uncle in the deer stand and can you complain one —- explain based on your knowledgee of guns of the need of the assault weapon in the deer stand? >> thank you. as someone who spent someone on theirir spent time around guns and in my opinion the ar 15 is not the ideal weapon for deer hunting so he will not likely be using one. >> partly that makes assault weapons so dangerous is the high rate of fire. and with conversion devices turning that into fully automatic weapons they can be purchased from foreign manufacturers under $20 that's why this week i'm introducing legislation to require federal law enforcement to coordinate with local law enforcement to crack down on the's legal devices do you agree that keeping these off of our st

he committed to play baseball at the university of georgia with the intention of playing both baseball and football. the minnesotawins selected byron with the second overall pick of the 2012 major league baseball draft. byron is having an excellent season this year in which he was selected to participate in the major league all-star game. we're so proud of everything he's accomplished and will continue to accomplish. it's been a blast following your career, byron. we're looking forward to big things to come. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: mr. speaker, our nation is at a crossroads. after a year and a half of one-party democrat rule, america's on the brink of a recession. violent crime is on the rise and our freedoms are under attack like never before. homici

minnesota republicans, neither of which have engineering degrees. host: two just joining us to talk about the legislation that created medicare and medicaid. laurence kotlikoff it is from boston university. he serves as an economics professor and is the author of a book. also joining us, james marone of brown university, political sciences and urban studies professor. he has a book, "the heart of power." to both of you gentlemen, thank announcer: listen to oral arguments that led to decisions with major public policy implications. tonight, dobbs versus jackson women's health organization, the case that overturned the landmark 1973 ruling in roe v wade that protected abortion rights. the case centered on a mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. you can listen to the entire oral argument beginning at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span. announcer: c-span has unfiltered coverage of the u.s. response to russia's invasion of ukraine. bringing you the latest from the president and other white house officials, the pentagon and state department, as well as congress. we also have international perspectives from the united nations and statements from foreign leaders all on the

university of chicago law school, i knew that, and i appreciate you sharing that with the rest of the committee. doctor hunter, thank you for your service in the marine corps. i am from a state, minnesota, with a strong tradition of hunting and fishing. i have talked with many gun owners, like yourself, who support the second amendment. but believe in common sense gun safety measures. including banning assault weapons. i always look at these proposals and ask myself, with this hurt my uncle dick in his year stand? and could you explain as a gun owner, combat veteran, grew up sport shooting, based on your knowledge of guns, does my uncle dick need an assault weapon in history or stand? we >> thank you. thank you very much for this question. one of the signs i will get the microphone to our correctly when i pressed the first time to. and, as someone who has spent time around guns my entire life, in my opinion an ar-15 is not an ideal weapon for deer hunting. and so your uncle dick likely will not be using one for deer hunting. >> okay, thank you. part of what makes assault pins so dangerous, as our high rate of fire. as you know, which is also true when hands are actually modified. with

i went to a little college in minnesota called concordia college where i just had wonderful professors and then i went to the university ofgo, earned my phd and i teach at harvard university. i have been learning education guides for a long period of time and i decided that our educational system needed to have constant attention if it is going to be an effective and constantly improving school system. i decided to devote the last 25 years of my life to trying to achieve that. host: if viewers would like to call in and ask a question to our guest, you can. here are the phone lines. if you are a parent or a student , a student or a parent of a student, give us a call at (202) 748-8000. if you are an educator, the number is (202) 748-8001. all others, (202) 748-8002. we will be watching our text line. that line is (202) 748-8003. you can also send us a tweet at c-spanwj. what are the topics you discuss on your podcast and what are the topics that you like to look into? guest: the topic that has been dominating our podcast in the last couple of months has been the question as to whether or not the pandemic and the measures t

i went to a little college in minnesota called concordia college where i just had wonderful professors and then i went to the university ofgo, earned my phd and i teach at harvard university. i have been learning education guides for a long period of time and i decided that our educational system needed to have constant attention if it is going to be an effective and constantly improving school system. i decided to devote the last 25 years of my life to trying to achieve that. host: if viewers would like to call in and ask a question to our guest, you can. here are the phone lines. if you are a parent or a student , a student or a parent of a student, give us a call at (202) 748-8000. if you are an educator, the number is (202) 748-8001. all others, (202) 748-8002. we will be watching our text line. that line is (202) 748-8003. you can also send us a tweet at c-spanwj. what are the topics you discuss on your podcast and what are the topics that you like to look into? guest: the topic that has been dominating our podcast in the last couple of months has been the question as to whether or not the pandemic and the measures t

abroad graduate university chicago also and i appreciate you sharing that with the rest of the committee and doctor hunter thank you for your service in the marine corps, and i say minnesotah a strong tradition of hunting and fishing and i have talked with many gun owners like yourself, who support the second amendment believe in common sense gun safety measures including banning assault weapons pretty how easily these proposals i asked myself with this heard my uncle beckett's deer standing could you explains is another combat veteran who grew up shooting, based on your knowledge of guns, is uncle need an assault weapon in his dear stan. >> thank you very much and really times i i will get the microphone to work correctly, and as someone who had spent time around guns my entire life in my opinion they are 15 is not an ideal weapon for deer hunting and so your uncle likely when abusing onepi for dear hunting. >> okay and thank you part of what makes the assault weapons are dangerous is high rate of fire and ass you know which is also true when handguns are actually codified with conversion devices actually turned them into fully automatic weapons these devices can be purc

minnesota republicans, neither of which have engineering degrees. host: two just joining us to talk about the legislation that created medicare and medicaid. laurence kotlikoff it is from boston university serves as an economics professor and is the author of a book. also joining us, james marone of brown university, political sciences and urban studies professor. he has a book, "the heart of power." to both of you gentlemen, thank you for your input. guest: thanks. thank you so much. host: as far as events today you can see on the network, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations under the trump administration nikki haley was the featured speaker at a family picnic in iowa. it was during her remarks that she talked about her background acceptable and a governor, working for former president trump, and encouraged attendees to vote for conservative republicans in the 2022 midterms. you can see that event 9:40 tonight on c-span, c-span now, and c-span.org. that is it for our program today. another edition of "washington journal" comes your way for july 4, tomorrow, at 7:00 a.m. we will see you then. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the

minnesota republicans, neither of which have engineering degrees. host: two just joining us to talk about the legislation that created medicare and medicaid. laurence kotlikoff it is from boston university serves as an economics professor and is the author of a book. also joining us, james marone of brown university, political sciences and urban studies professor. he has a book, "the heart of power." to both of you gentlemen, thank you for your input. guest: thanks. thank you so much. host: as far as events today you can see on the network, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations under the trump administration nikki haley was the featured speaker at a family picnic in iowa. it was during her remarks that she talked about her background acceptable and a governor, working for former president trump, and encouraged attendees to vote for conservative republicans in the 2022 midterms. you can see that event 9:40 tonight on c-span, c-span now, and c-span.org. that is it for our program today. another edition of "washington journal" comes your way for july 4, tomorrow, at 7:00 a.m. we will see you then. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2022] [captioning performed by the