van hollen: thank you for bringing us together here. get one of us in this room or any american got up -- if one of us in this room or any american got up this morning and said we are not going to make our mortgage payments, or we are not going to make our car payment, or we are not going to make any of our debts that are due and owing, that family knows there will be consequences. someone could foreclose on their house. someone could repossess their car. that is bad damage to the family, and it is limited to the family. if the united states of america says we are not going to pay our bills on time, very bad consequences are imposed on every single american. senator schumer has just provided a list of what happens to american families if we don't pay our debts on time. that's why america has always paid its debts on time, as senator whitehouse pointed. because protecting the full faith and credit of the united states is protecting the american people. and it's right here in the constitution. in addition to the terrible fallout that woul

you see some senators like senator van hollen or members of the house who are speaking out more and more they are ready to say they are deeply concerned by the actions of the israeli government. however, what we need to do is move past deep concern. it's good to see more and more members of congress speaking out and saying they are worried about what could come down the line from this new government. however, what we really need are four members of congress to realize what is already happening right now is it is already too late, it's already too much and we need not just statements of deep concern but action and senator van hollen is an example of someone moving forward on pushing for an investigation of the killing of a palestinian-american journalist or you have members of the house like congresswoman rashida to leave, representative aoc, other progressive house members increasingly willing to speak out and say we need actual concrete action, meaning restrictions on u.s. funding, conditions on u.s. funding, that is what we need to be pushing for, actions. while the political will is s

thank you, senator van hollen and staff. the environmental studies institute tates back to 198 -- dates back to 1984. one of these days the slide will move. there we go. we were founded in 1984 on a bipartisan basis by members of congress to provide policymaker education resources. our focus is congress. though a lot of other people use ouraterials like journalists, meers of the public, students and our focus is really climate change. we started out environmental and engy and in 1988 our board board of directors deced climate change was the topic that would drive all o wk. today wpride all sorts of resources. this is just a spst of some of them. d briefings like this. probably our highest profile things we do. we cover all sorts of issues in briefings. for example, in december, the last briefing of the year we did was about cops 27. we did what we call the recops we where we had experiments come in and help congressional staff understand what had just happened in egypt and why that was important. we are here today doing clim

i am proud to be joined by sheldon lighthouse, chris van hollen.pect senator cortez amassed out, do expect senator lujan? he could not make it. look i think my colleagues for joining me on the topic to the urest of america and frankly to every american family. that is making sure america pays its debts. herman thanks about the fiscal implications for the federal government. we are here to talk about this is ann economic nightmare for every american family. this is devastating for them. it has never happened in the history of the country. it would threaten the health we know of our economy and the very stability of the global financial system just at a times when we are recovering. or the handful of maga extremists republican party that is the almost abstract parts of it. this default would mean real dollars coming out of american families wallets. mortgages, car loans credit card rates would all go up. moody's for instance predicts a default could raise interest rates substantially a surge in new mortgage rates to over 8%. it is estimated on an ave

menendez: senator van hollen. sen. van hollen: thank you for being here today. madam secretary, i want to follow up we know china has the ambition of becoming the dominant country and self-sufficient in key leading edge technologies. and they have a plan to do it. they have their 10-year plan they tie to follow those plans. i agree with you and with the president that the number one thing we need to do is get our house in order here at home. the chips and science act was a very important piece of legislation. the chips piece is funded. we need to fully fund the science part of the chips and science act to maintain our competitive edge. at the same time we need to do everything we can to flefnt most sensitive, high-end technologies that are -- that originate in the united states or with our partners, from falling into china's hands in a way they can use them, incorporate them in their military. i do want to applaud the administration for its efforts. you mentioned in your testimony the october, 2022, rules prohibited the export of u.s. origin technologies. that's

there were two just last year chris van hollen a democrat from maryland and also a democrat from new there is pressure to from staff and their members to show resiliency and a quick comeback. it doesn't seem to happen with john fetterman. you know, we have all become aware of the post stroke depression when our colleague had severe depression after his stroke and so it is interesting watching john fetterman walk around the halls of congress. i am there every single day. and he isn't able to really engage with anyone, reporters don't really, aren't able to talk to him and in a very social job where democrats have lunch together several times a week not able to engage i'm sure would be very, very difficult. something that one of fetterman's senior aides once said was difficult to differentiate the stroke conditions and the depression conditions that he was able to get help himself. >> yeah. that is really fascinating. such a good point to bring up. take a look at these poll numbers. things have changed so much in this country. 87% of americans agree that having a mental health disorder

. >> thank, you senator van hollen.thank, you mister chairman, and thank you for your testimony today. madam secretary, great to see you. i wanted to follow up on some of the things you just spoke about, as well as, in your testimony. which is we know that china has the ambition of becoming the dominant country and self sufficient in key leading edge technologies. and they have a plan to do it. they have their ten-year plan and they tried to follow those plans. i agree with you, and with the president that the number one thing we need to do is get our house in order here at home. that ships and science act was a very important piece of legislation. the chips piece, as you know was funded, we need to fully fund the science part of the chips and funds act to maintain our competitive edge. at the same time, we need to do everything we can to prevent the most sensitive, high-end technologies that are originated in the united states, or with our partners, from falling into china's hands in a way that they can use them and in

withi joined with her and others to -- alongside of my colleague, senator chris van hollen, these funds will be used to preserve the archives of the african american and develop a permanent home and research center for these materials, the largest collection of this -- of its kind in our country. the afro-american has been published for more than 130 years. i have seen a small fraction of these archives and i can tell thank you that there's so much history that needs to be preserved for the community, the state of maryland and the nation. the project will be digitized -- there's approximately three million forced, several thousand letters, audio recordings of thorough marshall and dr. king. the black press has played a critical role in the struggle for freedom for african americans, by highlighting issues that mainstream media ignored. if there is no black press would america address its story honorably in pa way that bends however slowly towards justice? we think not. the black press is america's -- plays a critical role shaping and preserving our community's history from the perspecti

van hollen: -- a simple statement which i hope every senator in this body agrees with, that the united states of america pays its bills on time. we have since our nation was founded. we have since our nation was funded. we never default on our debts. we always pay what we know. we honor our financial up additions to all americans and all those who invest in the american economy. and because we pay our bills on time united states has earned a reputation as a reliable, credible and trustworthy partner around the world and that helps everye single american in our entire economy. now as everybody in this chamber knows, in orderhe to maintain te full faith and states, we credit wake up one morning and say you're not paying your mortgage or you're not paying your car payment, you will face consequences. you don't pay your mortgage, you could have your home foreclosed on. you don't pay your car payments, your car can be repo ssessed. the same the logic applies to the united states government, but the consequences are not confined to just one individual or one homeowner or one car owner. if th