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00:00:00TO USE THESE FUNDS.
00:00:02AND WE WERE ABLE TO THAT PROCESS
00:00:06WROTE BILL FOR US. >> AND I GUESS IS AS IT RELATES
00:00:08TO HOUSING, I WE WERE ON TO
00:00:10SOMETHING WHEN LIKE ZACH NUNN FROM IOWA COMES UP HE'S LIKE, HEY, I TO REMODEL THE USDA
00:00:14HOUSING PROGRAM. I UNDERSTAND YOU DO IN HOUSING.
00:00:17MIKE LAWLOR FROM NEW YORK. YOU KNOW HE'S GOT 15 IDEAS AS IN
00:00:21A 25 PAGE BILL AND THEN THE PRESIDENT OUT IN SEPTEMBER OF 25
00:00:25AND HE SAID WE NEED TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF HOUSING. AND THAT REALLY JUMPSTARTED
00:00:30EVERYTHING IN SUCH A MEANINGFUL WAY THAT MEMBERS WERE ASKING US, ARE WE GOING TO GET THIS DONE?
00:00:35AND ULTIMATELY, WE DID. AND THAT WAS SATISFYING.
00:00:37BUT I THINK ALL THE STARS HAD TO COME TOGETHER. >> I DON'T KNOW IF.
00:00:41YOU SEE IT THE SAME WAY. >> ABSOLUTELY. AND BUT THE TWO OF US WERE ABLE
00:00:45TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT THEN WE
00:00:47HAD TO FOR THIS THING TO REALLY FUNCTION.
00:00:51WE HAD TO HAVE THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
00:00:54OBVIOUSLY NOTICED THE CLERK
00:00:58REPORT THE RESOLUTION, HOUSE
00:01:03RESOLUTION 1486 RESOLVED THAT DONALD JOHN TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF
00:01:06THE UNITED STATES, IS IMPEACHED
00:01:08FOR HIGH CRIMES MISDEMEANORS AS
00:01:10HE HAS VIOLATED ARTICLE TWO,
00:01:12SECTION ONE, CLAUSE OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BY
00:01:16FAILING TO UPHOLD HIS CONSTITU NATIONALLY MANDATED, SOLEMN
00:01:20PRESIDENTIAL OF OFFICE TO PRESERVE PROTECT AND DEFEND THE
00:01:23CONSTITUTION OF, THE UNITED
00:01:25STATES THEREBY DEMONSTRATED THAT HE IS IN GREAT THREAT TO
00:01:30DEMOCRACY AND THE CONSTITUTION FOR CURRENT HIGH CRIMES AND
00:01:32MISDEMEANORS, NOT CITING HOUSE
00:01:35RESOLUTION 24 UNDER WHICH WAS IMPEACHED ON JANUARY 13TH, 2021,
00:01:39AND THAT THE FOLLOWING OF IMPEACHMENT BE EXHIBITED.
00:01:43>> THE SENATE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT EXHIBITED BY THE
00:01:46HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN, THE
00:01:50NAME OF ITSELF AND OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED OF AMERICA,
00:01:54AGAINST JOHN TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED OF AMERICA AND
00:01:58MAINTENANCE SUPPORT OF HIS IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HIM FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.
00:02:02ARTICLE ONE OUR COUNTRY AND THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IT ARE AT RISK
00:02:05AS PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP
00:02:07IS A GREAT THREAT TO THE UNITED
00:02:09STATES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ITS
00:02:11CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY
00:02:14VIOLATING ARTICLE TWO, SECTION ONE, CLAUSE EIGHT OF UNITED
00:02:17STATES CONSTITUTION AND ITS
00:02:19MANDATE TO FAITHFULLY THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
00:02:23STATES AND TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND,
00:02:27DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AS HE IS ABUSING
00:02:29THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY BY
00:02:33OPERATING UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS, ICE AND
00:02:38CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION,
00:02:39CBP AS HIS WISHES, QUOTE A
00:02:42DRIVEN, UNACCOUNTABLE PYRAMID, GLITTERY POLICE FORCES
00:02:46TRANSGRESS WITH ANONYMITY AND SECRECY, ASSAULTING PEOPLE,
00:02:50COMMITTING AND COVERING UP A JUSTIFIED OF CIVILIANS,
00:02:54INCLUDING RENÉ GOOD, ALEX PRETI,
00:02:58LORENZO SALGADO, ERATO AND
00:03:00JOHANN SEBASTIAN DURAN GUERRERO
00:03:02WITH IMPUNITY, ACTING AS JUDGE,
00:03:05JURY AND EXECUTIONER,
00:03:08TERRORIZING COMMUNITIES AND AND
00:03:10WANTONLY DEVOLVING THE UNITED STATES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC INTO
00:03:14AN AUTHORITARIAN WHERE
00:03:16UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS AND COVER
00:03:18UPS BY ICE AND CBP ARE NORMALIZED.
00:03:20THE CASE FOR PRESIDENT DONALD. DON. JOHN DONALD.
00:03:23JOHN TRUMP'S IS AS FOLLOWS SHALL
00:03:26ANY MAN BE ABOVE JUSTICE?
00:03:28THESE IMMORTAL WORDS OF CONSTITU TIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATE
00:03:31GEORGE MASON BECAME THE IMPETUS FOR ADDING HIGH CRIMES AND
00:03:36MISDEMEANORS TO THE CONSTITUTION AS GROUNDS FOR THE OF A
00:03:39PRESIDENT WHO COMMITS INJUSTICES
00:03:41HARMFUL TO THE REPUBLIC, OR WHO,
00:03:43IF LEFT OFFICE, WOULD BE A
00:03:45THREAT TO THE REPUBLIC AHEAD OF THE 2024 ELECTION.
00:03:49FORMER VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY DECLARED.
00:03:52AND OUR NATION'S 246 YEAR
00:03:55HISTORY THERE HAS NEVER AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A GREATER
00:03:59THREAT OUR REPUBLIC THAN DONALD TRUMP. THE PRESIDENT IS REDUCING
00:04:03AMERICAN DEMOCRACY TO AN AUTHORITARIAN REGIME, AN
00:04:07AUTHORITARIAN, AS A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT HAS NO
00:04:10ESTABLISHED MECHANISM FOR THE TRANSFER OF EXECUTIVE POWER AND
00:04:13LIMITS CITIZENS CIVIL LIBERTIES OR POLITICAL RIGHTS OFTEN
00:04:18CHARACTERIZED BY A LEADER WHO, WITH NEAR ABSOLUTE POWER A
00:04:20POWERFUL SECRET POLICE FORCE,
00:04:22LOW POLITICAL TRUST AND LITTLE
00:04:25TOLERANCE OF DISSENT. THE PRESIDENT IS OVERSEEING
00:04:29DEFENDING UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS AND UNJUSTIFIED KILLING AS A
00:04:32DEATH CAUSED BY SOMEONE OFTEN, A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR OTHER
00:04:37AUTHORIZED ACTOR WHEN THERE WAS NO LAWFUL IMMEDIATE THREAT OR
00:04:41LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR USING DEADLY FORCE.
00:04:43MAKING THE ACT UNDER CRIMINAL OR HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS, THE
00:04:49PRESIDENT IS COVERING UP UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS.
00:04:51A COVER UP IS A USUALLY EFFORT
00:04:54TO KEEP AN ILLEGAL OR UNETHICAL
00:04:56ACT OR SITUATION FROM MADE PUBLIC.
00:04:58THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, OF COURSE, THE UNITED STATES OF
00:05:02REPRESENTATIVES. THE POWER TO IMPEACH A PRESIDENT
00:05:05FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS WAS COMMITTED IN VIOLATION OF
00:05:09PRESIDENT'S MANDATED OATH OF OFFICE TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND
00:05:13DEFEND UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
00:05:15CODIFIED IN ARTICLE TWO, SECTION ONE, CLAUSE EIGHT OF THE UNITED
00:05:18STATES CONSTITUTION. HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
00:05:22NEED NOT BE CRIMINAL OR STATUTORY AND ARE THEREFORE NOT CONSTRAINED BY.
00:05:26FEDERAL, CRIMINAL OR CIVIL STATUTES.
00:05:28IMPEACHMENT IS A POLITICAL AS
00:05:31THE OFFENSES CHIEFLY TO INJURIES
00:05:34THAT IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOCIETY ITSELF AS DETERMINED BY A
00:05:37MAJORITY VOTE OF. UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, HIGH CRIMES AND
00:05:42MISDEMEANORS COMMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
00:05:45AND NOT ADDRESSED BY THIS BODY, THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
00:05:48REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH ITS SOVEREIGN IMPEACHMENT POWER,
00:05:51UNCONSTRAINED BY THE OSTENSIBLE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE,
00:05:55THREATEN VERY FABRIC AND SURVIVAL.
00:05:57THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND OUR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
00:06:01AFTER HAVING BEEN BEING IMPEACHED BY THE UNITED STATES
00:06:04HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON JANUARY 13TH, 2021, UNDER
00:06:09ARTICLES, IMPEACHMENT AND HOUSE RESOLUTION 24, STATING THAT
00:06:12DONALD JOHN TRUMP HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT HE WILL REMAIN
00:06:15A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY
00:06:17DEMOCRACY AND THE CONSTITUTION
00:06:20HAVE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN OFFICE AND HAS ACTED IN A MANNER
00:06:22GROSSLY ENCUMBERED WITH SELF-GOVERNANCE AND THE RULE OF LAW DANGEROUSLY.
00:06:28PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES DEMOCRACY.
00:06:31THE CONSTITU AND THE UNITED
00:06:33STATES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
00:06:35IF ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN OFFICE
00:06:37AS HE HAS REPLACED THOSE INCITED ASSAULT THE CAPITOL WITH ICE AND
00:06:42CBP ON THE FIRST DAY OF HIS SECOND FOUR YEAR TERM AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
00:06:46HE MADE PRECIPITOUSLY CLEAR TO
00:06:50ICE AND CBP OFFICERS THAT WOULD PARDON THEM FOR BREACHES OF
00:06:53FEDERAL LAW BY PARDONING MORE THAN 1000 PERSONS CONVICTED OF
00:06:58FEDERAL ASSOCIATED WITH THE JANUARY 2021 ASSAULT ON THE U.S.
00:07:02CAPITOL. HE NOW CONTINUES TO ACT IN A
00:07:04MANNER GROSSLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH
00:07:07SELF-GOVERNANCE AND THE RULE OF LAW BY CONDONING FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS.
00:07:11WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE FROM LOCAL INVESTIGATORS AND ENGAGING IN
00:07:16COVERUPS, THEREBY PROTECTING THE OFFENDING OFFICERS INSTEAD OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:07:20PRESIDENT TRUMP, USING THE POWERS OF HIS HIGH OFFICE
00:07:25INDIVIDUAL AND IN COORDINATION WITH OFFICERS, HIS
00:07:27ADMINISTRATION HAS TRANSFORMED
00:07:30AND CBP INTO DANGEROUS
00:07:33PARAMILITARY POLICE FORCES THAT OPERATE WITHOUT OVERSIGHT AND
00:07:36POSE A DIRECT TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER OF THE
00:07:40UNITED STATES AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES BY SUCH ABUSES
00:07:43OF POWER. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS BRAZENLY AND
00:07:47DEVOLVING THE UNITED STATES
00:07:49DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC INTO AN AUTHORITARIAN REGIME UNDER
00:07:53PRESIDENT TRUMP. ICE AND CBP OPERATE WITH
00:07:58IMPUNITY. IMPUNITY WHILE ARMED WITH MILITARY WEAPONS AND CONTROL.
00:08:02VAST RESOURCES PROVIDED BY TAXPAYERS. FUND.
00:08:05PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ANTI-DEMOCRACY AGENDA.
00:08:09PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS USED ICE AND CBP TO SUPPRESS THE FIRST
00:08:12AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH
00:08:14AND A FREE PRESS, VIOLATE THE FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO
00:08:17PRIVACY AND AGAINST UNLAWFUL SEARCHES AND EXCESSIVE FORCE AND
00:08:22DEFY FIFTH AND 14TH AMENDMENT GUARANTEE OF DUE PROCESS AND
00:08:26EQUAL PROTECTION BY ALLOWING AND ENCOURAGING RACIALLY TARGETED
00:08:30ARREST, UNJUSTIFIED DETENTIONS,
00:08:33AND UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS.
00:08:35THESE UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS INCLUDE THOSE OF RENEGADE ALEX
00:08:39PETTY, LORENZO SALGADO ARAUJO
00:08:42AND JOHANN DURAN GUERRERO.
00:08:45PRESIDENT TRUMP, BY HIS CONDUCT,
00:08:47CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT HE IS A GREAT THREAT TO DEMOCRACY.
00:08:51THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
00:08:52AND THE REPUBLIC, BY DANGEROUSLY
00:08:56CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING
00:08:58ENABLING ICE IN TO ACT AS JUDGE,
00:09:02JURY, PROSECUTOR AND EXECUTIONER BY ASSAULTING AND COMMITTING
00:09:07UNJUSTIFIED OF PEOPLE WITH IMPUNITY AND VIOLATION OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE
00:09:12PROCESS. TO ENABLING ICE CBP TO OPERATE
00:09:16WITHIN NOMINEE IN SECRECY. TO TERRORIZE COMMUNITIES IN
00:09:20VIOLATION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. PROTECTION AGAINST UNREASON.
00:09:23BOTH SEARCHES AND SEIZURES AND FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS.
00:09:27THREE ENABLING ICE AND CBP TO
00:09:29UNDERMINE CIVIL LIBERTIES AND
00:09:32BASIC FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT
00:09:35RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH AND FOR
00:09:37UNDERMINING JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT.
00:09:41AS A RESULT, ICE.
00:09:43CBP UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S AUTHORITY, HAVE BEEN CONVERTED
00:09:47INTO MILITARIZED SECRET POLICE FORCES.
00:09:49OFTEN ACTING AS JUDGE JURY,
00:09:52PROSECUTOR AND EXECUTIONER THAT
00:09:54VIOLATE AND OBEYS INSTEAD UPHOLD
00:09:57THE RULE OF LAW BY ABUSING AND HARMING THOSE THEY SHOULD
00:10:01PROTECT AND EXPLICATE BEFORE. BELOW, FOR EACH OF THE ABOVE
00:10:05TOPICS. ONE.
00:10:06ENABLING ICE CBP TO ACT AS
00:10:10JUDGE, JURY, PROSECUTOR, AND EXECUTIONER WHEN ASSAULTING AND
00:10:14COMMITTING UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS WITH IMPUNITY AND VIOLATION OF
00:10:18THE FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS.
00:10:21UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CONTROL.
00:10:25AND WITH THE SUPPORT AND BACKING OF SENIOR IN HIS ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICERS HAVE CONDUCTED UNJUSTIFIED
00:10:29KILLINGS OF CIVILIANS WITH
00:10:31IMPUNITY, INCLUDING RENEGING,
00:10:34SAID ALEX PRETI, LORENZO SALGADO, ARAPAHO AND JOHANN
00:10:38DURAN GUERRERO. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS
00:10:42ENCOURAGED, CONDONED AND COVERED UP THESE UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS BY
00:10:45PROTECTING THE SHOOTERS AND SPREADING DANGEROUS
00:10:48MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTINGS AND THE VICTIMS WHILE OBSTRUCTING STATE AND LOCAL
00:10:52INVESTIGATION LINES. PREVENTING LOCAL INVESTIGATION, CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT AND
00:10:57JUDICIAL HAS ENABLED ICE AND CBP
00:11:00OFFICERS TO ACT WITH IMPUNITY
00:11:02AND JUDGE JURY PROSECUTION OR
00:11:05PROSECUTOR AND EXECUTIONER ON JANUARY SEVEN, 2026.
00:11:08AND ICE OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED
00:11:1137 YEAR OLD RENE NICOLE GOODE,
00:11:14AN UNARMED CIVILIAN U.S. CITIZEN.
00:11:18MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENT WIFE, MOTHER, YOUNG CHILDREN AND POET.
00:11:22VIDEO EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATES AND
00:11:24WITNESSES CONFIRM THAT SHE NO
00:11:26THREAT TO ICE OFFICERS WHEN AN
00:11:28ICE OFFICER OPENED FIRE, SHOOTING HER THREE TIMES,
00:11:32STRIKING HER IN THE HEAD AND KILLING HER, ICE OFFICERS FAILED
00:11:36TO. RENDER ANY AID TO MS. GOOD AND VIOLATION OF DHS
00:11:40POLICIES AND BLOCKED AND THEN DELAYED EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL FROM REACHING HER.
00:11:44THIS IS AN UNJUSTIFIED KILLING.
00:11:47PRESIDENT TRUMP DIRECTLY THROUGH SENIOR OFFICIAL OFFICIALS IN HIS
00:11:52ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING THEN
00:11:53DHS SECRETARY, IMMEDIATELY BEGAN
00:11:57TO COVER UP THE CRIME AND PROTECT ICE OFFICERS FROM BEING
00:11:59HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR MS. GOODS KILLING.
00:12:02THEY REPEATEDLY LIED ABOUT MS. GOOD.
00:12:04THE ICE OFFICERS ACTIONS AND THE EVENTS SURROUNDING SHOOTING, ALL
00:12:08OF WHICH ARE REFUTED BY WITNESSES AND VIDEO EVIDENCE OF THE EVENTS.
00:12:12THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THROUGH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF
00:12:16INVESTIGATION AN FBI BLACK LAW
00:12:19ENFORCEMENT FROM GAINING ACCESS TO MATERIALS AND EVIDENCE
00:12:23RELATED TO THE SHOOTING AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION OF THE
00:12:26DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
00:12:27DOJ REFUSED TO INVESTIGATE
00:12:30KILLING AND SAID THE FBI AND DOJ
00:12:32TRIED TO FORCE EMPLOYEES TO INVESTIGATE. MS.
00:12:35GOOD'S, WHICH PROMPTED A WAVE OF
00:12:38RESIGNATIONS ON JANUARY 20, 26.
00:12:42PRESIDENT ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ON. TROUVE SOCIAL.
00:12:45I HAVE JUST VIEWED CLIP OF THE EVENT WHICH TOOK PLACE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.
00:12:50IT IS A HORRIBLE THING TO WATCH. THE WOMAN SCREAMING WAS
00:12:54OBVIOUSLY PROFESSIONAL AGITATOR AND THE WOMAN DRIVING THE CAR
00:12:57WAS VERY DISORDERLY, OBSTRUCTING AND RESISTING WHO THEN
00:13:01VIOLENTLY, WILLFULLY AND VICIOUSLY RAN OVER THE ICE.
00:13:05OFFICER WHO SEEMED TO HAVE SHOT HER IN SELF-DEFENSE.
00:13:09BASED ON THE ATTACHED CLIP. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE HE IS
00:13:12ALIVE BUT IS NOW RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL.
00:13:15THE SITUATION IS BEING STUDIED AND IN ITS ENTIRETY.
00:13:18BUT THE REASON THESE INCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING IS BECAUSE OF THE
00:13:21RADICAL LEFT THREATENING, ASSAULTING AND OUR LAW
00:13:24ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ICE
00:13:26AGENTS ON A DAILY BASIS. THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO DO THE
00:13:30JOB OF MAKING AMERICA SAFE. WE TO STAND BY AND PROTECT OUR
00:13:33LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM THIS RADICAL LEFT MOVEMENT OF
00:13:37VIOLENCE AND HATE. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP.
00:13:40THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS PROOF OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ENABLING OF A
00:13:44COVER UP AND CONDONING OF AN UNJUSTIFIED KILLING WITHOUT
00:13:48TRIAL. A FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER AS
00:13:51JUDGE, JURY PROSECUTOR AND
00:13:53EXECUTIONER ON JANUARY 24TH 2026.
00:13:57FEDERAL OFFICERS KILLED.
00:13:58ALEX PETTY, A 37 YEAR OLD ICU
00:14:02NURSE, WHEN HE WAS PART OF A SMALL OF APPROXIMATELY 15
00:14:05PEACEFUL PROTESTERS. VIDEO AND WITNESS ACCOUNTS
00:14:09DEMONSTRATE THAT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE SHOOTING, A FEDERAL
00:14:12OFFICER SHOVED A FEMALE OBSERVER
00:14:14STANDING NEXT TO MR. PRETI. WHEN MR. PRETI MOVED BETWEEN THE
00:14:18OFFICER AND THE WOMAN HE HAD ASSAULTED. THE SPRAYED MR. PRETI WITH A
00:14:22CHEMICAL AGENT AND PULLED HIM TO HIS KNEES.
00:14:25AT LEAST SIX OTHER OFFICERS THEN
00:14:27MR. PRETI PUSHED TO THE GROUND
00:14:29AND TOOK POSSESSION OF MR. GUN.
00:14:31OFFICERS THEN SHOT MR. PRETI AT
00:14:34LEAST NINE TIMES, KILLING HIM. AS WITH THE UNJUSTIFIED KILLING,
00:14:38MS. GOOD, THE FEDERAL OFFICERS DID PROVIDE MEDICAL AID,
00:14:42ALTHOUGH PRETI WAS ARMED WITH A GUN, HE LEGALLY LICENSED TO CARRY.
00:14:45HE NEVER IT AT ANY POINT DURING
00:14:47THE ENCOUNTER, DESPITE BEING
00:14:49ASSAULTED PHYSICALLY, INCLUDING
00:14:52WITH CHEMICAL AGENTS AND FEDERAL OFFICER HAD CONTROL OF MR.
00:14:56WEAPON WHEN HE WAS KILLED.
00:14:57PRESIDENT TRUMP ONCE AGAIN AND
00:15:00THROUGH SENIOR OFFICIALS AND, HIS ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING
00:15:03THEN SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM,
00:15:05ATTEMPTED TO COVER UP THE CRIME. PROTECT THE ICE OFFICERS WHO MR.
00:15:09PETIT AND SPREAD AND
00:15:12DEMONSTRABLY FALSE DISINFORMATION ABOUT MR. PRETI
00:15:15THE PROTESTS AND HIS UNJUSTIFIED
00:15:18KILLING ON JANUARY 30TH, 2026. PRESIDENT TRUMP THE FOLLOWING
00:15:22STATEMENT ON TROUVE SOCIAL
00:15:26AGITATOR, PERHAPS INSURRECTIONIST ALEX PRETI, HAS
00:15:29GONE WAY DOWN WITH THE JUST RELEASED VIDEO OF, HIM SCREAMING
00:15:33AND SPITTING IN THE FACE OF A VERY CALM AND UNDER CONTROL ICE
00:15:37OFFICER, AND THEN CRAZILY IN A
00:15:39NEW AND VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE. SO HARD AND VIOLENT, IN FACT,
00:15:43THAT THE TAILGATE BROKE OFF IN PIECES.
00:15:45IT WAS QUITE DISPLAY OF ABUSE AND ANGER FOR ALL TO.
00:15:49CRAZED AND OUT OF CONTROL THE
00:15:51ICE OFFICER WAS CALM AND COOL. NOT AN EASY THING TO BE UNDER
00:15:55THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
00:15:59THE ABOVE STATEMENT IS FURTHER PROOF OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
00:16:03ENABLING OF A COVER UP AND CONDONING AN UNJUSTIFIED KILLING
00:16:07WITHOUT TRIAL. A FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER AS
00:16:10JUDGE, JURY PROSECUTOR AND
00:16:12EXECUTIONER ON JULY 2026 AND ICE
00:16:16OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED TWO
00:16:18YEAR OLD LORENZO SALGADO, AN
00:16:22UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT WHO HAD LIVED AND WORKED IN THE UNITED STATES FOR NEARLY 35 YEARS AND
00:16:25WAS THE FATHER, THREE OF THREE
00:16:28U.S. CITIZENS, AS HE DROVE HIS
00:16:30CONSTRUCTION CREW TO HOUSTON
00:16:33SITE, FEDERAL OFFICERS INTO
00:16:35UNMARKED SUVS, DROVE ERRATICALLY TO FOLLOW MR. ARAPAHOE,
00:16:39INCLUDING BY DRIVING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET TOWARD
00:16:42MR. ARROYO'S AFTER BLOCKING,
00:16:45BLOCKING OROS VEHICLE. FEDERAL OFFICERS, NONE OF WHOM
00:16:49WERE WEARING BODY CAMERAS, COMMITTED THE INJUSTICE KILLING
00:16:52OF MR. RAJAH, WHO WAS UNARMED AND NOT A TARGET.
00:16:55AN INVESTIGATION AND ARRESTED THE SURVIVING PASSENGERS.
00:16:59THREE WITNESSES HAVE STATED THAT THE ICE OFFICIAL SHOT AT MR.
00:17:02ARROYO SOON AFTER THEY EXITED THEIR VEHICLE AND THAT MR.
00:17:05ARROYO NEVER DROVE VEHICLE TOWARD THE MARQUEZ SUVS, THE ICE
00:17:09OFFICERS. A SPOKESPERSON FOR DHS ECHOING
00:17:14FOX, CLAIMS IT HAS MADE REPEATEDLY, INCLUDING TO JUSTIFY
00:17:16THE KILLING. MS. COULD CLAIM THAT THEY SHOT MR.
00:17:20ARROYO BECAUSE HE RAMMED HIS ICE
00:17:22VEHICLE AND CLAIM NOT SUPPORTED
00:17:26BY VIDEO EVIDENCE AND CONTRADICTED BY WITNESSES.
00:17:28FEDERAL OFFICIALS, MR. ARROYO'S BELONGINGS AND SENT HIM TO THE
00:17:32HOSPITAL AS A JOHN DOE. HIS SONS HAD TO LEARN ABOUT HIS
00:17:36DEATH BY SEEING VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THEIR DYING IN THE STREET WHERE
00:17:40WAS SHOT. DOJ AND DHS, ACTING UNDER THE
00:17:44AUTHORITY AND CONTROL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, HAVE REFUSED TO COOPERATE WITH LOCAL
00:17:48INVESTIGATIONS, REFUSED TO DISCLOSE THE NAMES OF PERPETRATORS, CLAIMED THE
00:17:53OFFICERS ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE, AND ARE PAINTING MR. ARROYO AS
00:17:56AN BEFORE ANY INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
00:18:00THESE CLAIMS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY AVAILABLE VIDEO EVIDENCE AND
00:18:03ARE CONTRADICTED WITNESSES.
00:18:05FEDERAL OFFICIALS ALSO PUBLICLY
00:18:08INSINUATED THAT MR. ARROYO WAS INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS ACTIVITY
00:18:12BY HIGHLIGHTING THE DISCOVERY A CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE IN HIS
00:18:15VEHICLE, SAYS SUBSEQUENT LABORATORY TESTING CONFIRMED
00:18:18THAT THE SUBSTANCE WAS NOT ILLICIT DRUG. DISPROVING THOSE.
00:18:22THIS, TOO, IS UNJUSTIFIED
00:18:24KILLING WITHOUT A TRIAL. A FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER
00:18:28ACTED AS JUDGE, JURY PROSECUTOR
00:18:30AND EXECUTIONER ON JULY 13TH, 2026, ICE KILLED MR. JOHANN
00:18:37SUBASH AND JERON GUERRERO, AN UNARMED MAN AND BIDDEFORD,
00:18:41MAINE, DURING YET ANOTHER PURPORTED TRAFFIC STOP IN WHICH
00:18:43THE VICTIM POSED NO THREAT TO THE ICE OFFICERS WHO GUNNED HIM DOWN.
00:18:49DHS THAT IT WAS SURVEILLING LAST KNOWN ADDRESS OF SOMEONE WITH A
00:18:53FINAL OF REMOVAL. FOLLOW SOMEONE WHO LEFT THAT
00:18:56RESIDENCE AND THEN WHEN THAT PERSON DROVE AWAY IN VEHICLE,
00:19:00THE OFFICER FEARING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, SHOT AND KILLED MR.
00:19:04GUERRERO WHILE HIS WIFE WATCHED FROM THEIR APARTMENT WHEN A
00:19:08WINDOW. IN FACT, ICE OFFICERS WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
00:19:12MR. GUERRERO HAD A WORK AUTHORIZATION, WAS A HUSBAND AND
00:19:15WAS A FATHER OF A THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO HAS TO SEE HER
00:19:19FATHER LYING DEAD AND TEST ONE
00:19:23TO THIS TWO IS AN UNJUSTIFIED KILLING. WITHOUT A TRIAL, A FEDERAL
00:19:27IMMIGRATION ACTED AS JUDGE JURY,
00:19:30PROSECUTOR AND EXECUTIONER. THOUGH DHS BRIEFLY NON-URGENT
00:19:34TRAFFIC STOPS ITS OFFICERS UNJUSTIFIABLY TWO PEOPLE WITHIN
00:19:38A SINGLE WEEK PRESIDENT, TRUMP SWIFTLY ANNOUNCED HIS SUPPORT
00:19:41FOR DHS POLICIES THAT HAVE RESULTED IN THE BRUTAL, BRUTAL
00:19:45OF CIVILIANS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA POST.
00:19:48THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ICE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. ONE THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
00:19:52WE CANNOT GIVE ONE OF ICE'S MOST
00:19:54IMPORTANT AND, EFFECTIVE CRIME
00:19:56FIGHTING TOOLS THE TRAFFICS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUE TO
00:20:00CONDONE UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS BY
00:20:01ICE AND CBP, CBP OFFICIALS TO
00:20:05ENABLING ICE AND CBP TO OPERATE
00:20:07WITH ANONYMITY AND SECRECY TO TERRORIZE COMMUNITIES IN
00:20:12VIOLATION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, PROTECTION AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND
00:20:16SEIZURES, AND THE FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS
00:20:18UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S CONTROL.
00:20:20ICE AND CBP OFFICERS HIDE IDENTITIES BY WEARING MASK AND
00:20:24OTHER FACE COVERINGS, FAILING TO WEAR IDENTIFYING UNIFORMS,
00:20:28REFUSING PROVIDE THEIR NAMES AND BADGE NUMBERS, AND ENTERING
00:20:31HOMES WITHOUT WARRANTS THROUGH
00:20:33GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED ANONYMITY.
00:20:35OFFICERS EVADE ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PUBLIC, ELECTED OFFICIALS
00:20:38AND THE COURTS. UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DIRECTION, HIS ADMINISTRATION
00:20:42HAS ACTIVELY REFUSED.
00:20:51TO COOPERATE WITH AND HAS INTENTIONALLY HAMPERED STATE INVESTIGATIONS INTO ABUSES BY FEDERAL OFFICERS WITHHOLDING IMPORTANT INFORMATION, WITHHOLDING IMPORTANT EVIDENCE
00:20:54TO SHIELD OFFICERS FROM FROM UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS IN MINNESOTA, TEXAS AND MAINE.
00:20:58THE MASK WORN BY OFFICERS ALSO
00:21:01INSPIRE FEAR AND INSTILLS HERE IN THEIR VICTIMS AND THE
00:21:03COMMUNITIES IN WHERE'S THE OFFICERS OPERATE. AS WILLIAM G.
00:21:07YOUNG OF UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF
00:21:11MASSACHUSETTS EXPLAINED, ICE
00:21:13GOES MASK FOR A SINGLE REASON TO
00:21:15TERRORIZE AMERICANS AND TO MASK
00:21:17OUR ASSOCIATED WITH COWARDLY
00:21:20DESPERADOES AND THE DESPISED KU KLUX KLAN AND ALL HISTORY.
00:21:24WE HAVE NEVER TOLERATED AN ARMED MASKED SECRET POLICE.
00:21:30ENABLING ICE AND CBP TO UNDERMINE CIVIL AND BASIC
00:21:32FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO
00:21:36FREE SPEECH. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXPRESS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT, ICE
00:21:41AND CBP HAVE TARGETED AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL WE ARRESTED
00:21:44PRO-PALESTINIAN STUDENTS AND ACADEMICS WITHOUT AN ADEQUATE
00:21:48LEGAL BASIS IN VIOLATION THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE
00:21:52SPEECH, INCLUDING MAHMOUD KHALIL MESA.
00:21:56US TURK MOHSEN BADAWI AND BUTTER
00:22:01KHONSARI OTHERS UNDER PRESIDENT COMMAND.
00:22:03ICE AND CBP ARE OPERATING WITH
00:22:06IMPUNITY TO CARRY OUT UNLAWFUL
00:22:09ARREST, ILLEGALLY IMPRISONED PEOPLE ILLEGALLY REMOVE THEM
00:22:12FROM THE COUNTRY AND COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES AGAINST IN AN
00:22:16EFFORT TO TERRORIZE AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:22:19IN ADDITION TO CONDUCTING THE UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS, CIVILIANS
00:22:22INCLUDING RENEGADE ALEX PERETTI,
00:22:26LORENZO ARAUJO AND JOHANN SEBASTIAN AND URAN GUERRERO, ICE
00:22:30AND ARE PART OF THEIR NORMAL OF
00:22:33ACTIVITY HAVE VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED INDIVIDUALS USE
00:22:36NECESSARY UNNECESSARY FORCE SMASHED CAR WINDOWS AND ABDUCTED
00:22:40AND DISAPPEARED FOUR UNDERMINING
00:22:44JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT BY FLOUTING THE SEPARATION OF POWERS.
00:22:47PRESIDENT TRUMP DIRECTLY THROUGH OFFICIALS WITHIN HIS
00:22:51ADMINISTRATION, HAS ABUSED HIS POWER BY SHOOTING ICE AND CBP
00:22:53OFFICERS FROM JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT.
00:22:56THESE AGENCIES DETAIN AND REMOVE INDIVIDUALS TO, SPITE COURT
00:23:00ORDERS, BLOCKING THEIR REMOVAL FROM THE COUNTRY. SPECIFICALLY, THOUGH NOT
00:23:04EXHAUSTIVELY. ICE HAS DEPORTED. KUMAR ABREGO GARCIA, EL SALVADOR
00:23:08AGAINST A COURT ORDER DUE TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR.
00:23:12AND THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION REFUSED TO
00:23:14FACILITATE HIS RETURN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IN DEFIANCE OF.
00:23:18A U.S. SUPREME COURT ORDER.
00:23:20ICE ALSO DEPORTED ABOUT 250
00:23:22VENEZUELAN MEN TO EL SALVADOR. DUE PROCESS DIRECTLY.
00:23:27AN EMERGENCY ORDER FROM A FEDERAL.
00:23:29IN A CONVERSATION, EL SALVADOR'S PRESIDENT PRESIDENT SUGGESTS
00:23:33THAT DETAINING AND SENDING U.S.
00:23:35CITIZENS TO FOREIGN PRISONS THE HOME GROUNDS.
00:23:37OUR NEXT THE HOME GROUNDS WITH THE SUPPORT AND BACKING OF
00:23:41PRESIDENT TRUMP AND OFFICIALS IN HIS ADMINISTRATION OFFICERS AND
00:23:45OTHER AGENCY EMPLOYEES, HAVE REFUSED TO COOPERATE WITH AND
00:23:49HAVE ACTIVELY UNDERMINED STATE AND LOCAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO
00:23:53MISCONDUCT BY ICE OFFICERS. FEDERAL HAVE UNDERTAKEN BASELESS
00:23:57PUBLIC INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE VICTIMS, THE VICTIMS FAMILIES.
00:24:01THEY HAVE MADE OFFICIAL BUT FALSE ASSURANCES. ICE OFFICERS ARE IMMUNE FROM
00:24:06PROSECUTION. AND PURSUANT TO PRESIDENT
00:24:08TRUMP'S, BOTH THE FBI AND DOJ
00:24:10HAVE NOT PROSECUTED CRIMES BY
00:24:12ICE AND CBP OFFICERS.
00:24:14FURTHERMORE, ICE HAS BLATANTLY
00:24:16COURT ORDERS TO RELEASE OR REFRAIN FROM MOVING DETAINEES.
00:24:20AGAIN, WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP'S KNOWLEDGE, PURSUANT TO HIS
00:24:23ORDERS AND AUTHORITY, THE TRUMP
00:24:25ADMINISTRATION ACKNOWLEDGED VIOLATING NEW JERSEY FEDERAL
00:24:28JUDGES ORDERS MORE THAN 50 TIMES OVER THE COURSE TEN WEEKS AND
00:24:32DEPORTATION RELATED CASES.
00:24:34MINNESOTA'S CHIEF JUDGE, PATRICK J.
00:24:37SCHULZ DETAILED IN A RULING THAT ICE VIOLATED NEARLY 100 COURT
00:24:42ORDERS AND HAD DISOBEY MORE JUDICIAL DIRECTIVES. IN JANUARY 2026 ALONE THAN SOME
00:24:48FEDERAL AGENCIES HAVE VIOLATED AND THEIR ENTIRE EXISTING.
00:24:50A REUTERS REVIEW OF COURT RECORDS FOUND THAT HUNDREDS
00:24:54JUDGES HAVE RULED THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS UNLAWFULLY
00:24:57DETAIN IMMIGRANTS MORE THAN 4400
00:25:00TIMES SINCE OCTOBER 20, 25, AND
00:25:02POLITICO COMPILED DATABASE OF AT LEAST 15,000 RULINGS AGAINST THE
00:25:07ADMINISTRATION SINCE JULY 2025. THE ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO
00:25:11JAIL INDEFINITELY, AND ALL OF
00:25:14THIS PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP HAS
00:25:16VIOLATED THE ARTICLE TWO, SECTION ONE, CLAUSE EIGHT
00:25:20MANDATED PRESIDENTIAL OF OFFICE
00:25:22TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
00:25:26STATES AND TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT AND
00:25:29DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. THE UNITED STATES HAS ABUSED THE
00:25:32OF THE PRESIDENCY BY COMMITTING HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS IN
00:25:35A MANNER CONTRARY TO HIS TRUST AS PRESIDENT, HAS IT
00:25:39DETRIMENTALLY FLOUTED THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, BY
00:25:43OPERATING QUOTA DRIVEN ANARCHY,
00:25:45PARAMILITARY FORCES KILLING
00:25:47PEOPLE INCLUDING RENEGED.
00:25:50ALEX PRETI, LORENZO ARAUJO AND
00:25:53JOHAN DURAN GUERRERO, AND IS NOW
00:25:56EVEN CLOSER TO BRAZENLY AND WANTONLY DEVOLVING THE UNITED
00:25:59STATES DEMOCRAT REPUBLIC INTO AN AUTHORITARIAN REGIME WHERE, IF
00:26:03LEFT IN UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS OF
00:26:06PEOPLE AND COVER UPS BY ICE AND CBP ARE NORMALIZED TO THE GREAT
00:26:11PREJUDICE OF THE CAUSE OF LAW AND JUSTICE AND TO THE MANIFEST
00:26:14INJURY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:26:17WHEREFORE DONALD DON, JOHN TRUMP WHY SUCH CONDUCT WARRANTS
00:26:21IMPEACHING IT AND TRIAL AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE THE
00:26:25RESOLUTION QUALIFIES? >> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
00:26:29GENTLEMAN SOUTH CAROLINA SEEK RECOGNITION?
00:26:32>> MR. SPEAKER, I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE AT THE DESK.
00:26:34THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE MOTION. MR. FRYE OF SOUTH CAROLINA MOVES
00:26:38TO LAY THE RESOLUTION ON THE TABLE.
00:26:42>> THE QUESTION IS ON THE MOTION
00:26:44TO LAY THE RESOLU ON THE TABLE.
00:26:46>> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY THOSE
00:26:50OPPOSED SAY NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR.
00:26:53>> THE AYES HAVE IT. THE MOTION IS AGAINST THE SPEAKER.
00:26:57>> MR. SPEAKER. FOR WHAT PURPOSE? >> A GENTLEMAN RISE.
00:26:59>> I STRONGLY THE YEAS AND NAYS.
00:27:03>> THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE REQUESTED. THOSE FAVORING A VOTE BY THE
00:27:07YEAS AND NAYS WILL RISE. A NUMBER HAVING RISEN THE AND
00:27:11NAYS ARE ORDERED. >> MEMBERS RECORD THEIR VOTES BY
00:27:13ELECTRONIC DEVICE PURSUANT TO CLAUSE NINE OF RULE 20.
00:27:18>> THIS 15 MINUTE VOTE ON, THE
00:27:21MOTION TO TABLE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY FIVE MINUTE VOTES ON ORDERING
00:27:24THE PREVIOUS ON RTÉ'S 1530 AND
00:27:30ADOPTION OF RTÉ'S 1530.
00:27:31>> IF THIS IS A 15 MINUTE VOTE.
00:27:41>> LAWMAKERS. >> THEIR FIRST SERIES OF ROLL
00:27:44CALL VOTES THE DAY. THIS FIRST ONE ON WHETHER TO
00:27:46KILL A RESOLUTION CALLING THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP. FOUR SO-CALLED HIGH CRIMES AND
00:27:52MISDEMEANORS. IT WAS INTRODUCED BY DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN GREEN OF TEXAS THERE
00:27:56OVER, THE PRESIDENT'S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OPERATION DURING WHICH SEVERAL
00:27:59CIVILIANS WERE KILLED. AND IT ACCUSES THE PRESIDENT OF
00:28:03VIOLATING HIS OATH OF OFFICE AND ABUSING HIS POWERS. HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ISSUING
00:28:07A JOINT STATEMENT LAST NIGHT SAYING THAT IMPEACHMENT TRADITIONALLY REQUIRES A
00:28:12COMPREHEND OF INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS. THE COLLECTION REVIEW OF
00:28:15THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS AND EXACTING SCRUTINY OF THE FACTS
00:28:18THE EXAMINATION OF DOZENS OF KEY WITNESSES. CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS
00:28:22SUSTAINED, PUBLIC ORGANIZING AND THE MARSHALING OF THE FORCES OF
00:28:25DEMOCRACY TO BUILD A BROAD NATIONAL CONSENSUS.
00:28:29THE STATEMENT POINTS OUT, QUOTE, NONE THAT SERIOUS WORK HAS BEEN
00:28:32DONE AND THAT DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS WILL VOTE PRESENT AGAIN ON THIS
00:28:35PROCEDURAL MOTION TO KILL RESOLUTION AS MEMBERS COME TO,
00:28:39THE FLOOR TO VOTE WILL SHOW REMARKS FROM CONGRESSMAN EARLIER TODAY.
00:28:43SPEAKING ON C-SPAN, ON
00:28:43WASHINGTON JOURNAL JOURNAL.
00:28:50NOW TO TALK ALL THINGS CONGRESS
00:28:54IS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN AL FROM TEXAS.
00:28:58THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING. >> MY HONOR TO WITH YOU. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
00:29:03PROGRAM. AND I'M GRATEFUL TO C-SPAN FOR ALLOWING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO
00:29:05SAY THINGS. >> I CAN SAY NO PLACE ELSE.
00:29:09>> WELL, WE LOVE TO HEAR THAT. NOW, LET'S START THE BIGGEST
00:29:11NEWS YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED THAT YOU INTEND TO FORCE A VOTE
00:29:15IMPEACHING PRESIDENT TRUMP, CITING IMMIGRATION OFFICERS
00:29:19KILLING OF TWO U.S. CITIZENS EARLIER THIS YEAR.
00:29:22WHERE DOES THAT VOTE STAND? >> WELL, ACTUALLY, FOUR
00:29:26CITIZENS. >> JOHANNS, DURAND, GUERRERO,
00:29:30LORENZO SALGADO, WHO WAS IN HOUSTON.
00:29:33HIS LAST NAME IS ABREGO.
00:29:37THAT THAT STANDS AT A POINT WHERE I SHOULD MAKE AN
00:29:41ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT
00:29:441:00 TODAY, I'LL IN THE CONGRESS, I'LL BE THE FLOOR AND
00:29:48THE SPEAKER INDICATED THAT
00:29:51SOMETIME AROUND 115, WE WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
00:29:54>> THIS WILL GIVE CONGRESS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON RECORD AND
00:29:58WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO SIDE
00:29:58WITH THE VICTIMS OF THESE
00:30:02KILLINGS OR ARE YOU GOING TO
00:30:04SIDE WITH THE THE PRESIDENT AND,
00:30:08THE RUTHLESS, RECKLESS BEHAVIOR
00:30:10OF, THE ICE OFFICERS WE HAVE
00:30:13SEEN FOUR PEOPLE KILLED. >> I MENTIONED TWO ALREADY.
00:30:16THE TWO ARE ALEX PETTY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE
00:30:20RENE GOODE, BOTH OF THEM KILLED BY OFFICERS.
00:30:22>> BOTH OF THESE WERE KILLINGS
00:30:24THAT ARE NOT JUSTIFIED,
00:30:27UNJUSTIFIED KILLINGS. >> AND THE PRESIDENT HAS SOUGHT
00:30:29TO COVER THESE UP BY SUPPORTING THE KILLINGS.
00:30:33BEFORE THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION PROCLAIMING THE
00:30:36PEOPLE TO BE TERRORISTS, TO BE
00:30:38PERSONS WHO WERE OUT OF CONTROL AND NOT BEHAVING SOMEHOW,
00:30:42OFFICERS TRYING TO RAM THEIR
00:30:44CARS INTO OFFICERS OR THE
00:30:46OFFICER'S VEHICLES. THE PRESIDENT IS ENGAGED IN
00:30:50COVER UP. THE EYES.
00:31:06OFFICERS ARE THE PERSONS WHO ARE TAKING THE LAW INTO THEIR OWN HANDS. THEY ARE KILLING PEOPLE AND THEY ARE DOING AS JUDGE, JURY EXECUTE PROSECUTOR.
00:31:09WE CAN'T ALLOW THIS. >> CONGRESSMAN, LET ME JUMP HERE. YOU MADE A BIT OF NEWS TO THAT. IT WILL HAPPEN ABOUT 1:00 TO 115 FOR FOLKS WHO'LL BE WATCHING THE
00:31:13HOUSE FLOOR THERE. NOW, YOU SAID IT'S GOING TO PUT PEOPLE ON RECORD, BUT IT'S NOT JUST REPUBLICANS ARE PUTTING ON RECORD.
00:31:16IT'S ALSO WHO YOU'LL BE PUTTING ON RECORD. AXIOS REPORTS THIS MORNING THAT
00:31:20YOU ARE FACING, QUOTE, SWIFT
00:31:23AND, INTENSE ANGER FROM YOUR DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES OVER THIS
00:31:27EFFORT TO BRING UP THE IMPEACHMENT, SOMETHING THAT LEADERSHIP HAS SAID THAT THEY
00:31:31DON'T WANT TO DO AT THE MOMENT. WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO YOUR OWN
00:31:35PARTY? >> GOOD. I'LL GIVE YOU THAT RESPONSE. BUT I WANT TO FINISH THIS
00:31:39COMMENT. THIS BEHAVIOR BY ICE IS
00:31:43SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT TOLERATE.
00:31:46WE CANNOT ALLOW IT TO BE THE KILLING OF AMERICAN.
00:31:49I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALEX AS AN EXAMPLE. ALEX PERRY WAS UNARMED AT THE
00:31:54TIME. HE WAS ON THE GROUND. >> THERE WERE OFFICERS AROUND
00:31:58HIM. >> HE WAS SHOT MORE THAN NINE
00:32:00TIMES WHILE HE WAS THE GROUND UNARMED.
00:32:03NOW, BRADY WAS SHOT ON JANUARY 24TH OF 2026.
00:32:07RENE, GOOD. JANUARY 7TH, 20, 26.
00:32:09WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THOSE CASES.
00:32:13ALL OF THIS TIME, NO TRANSPARENCY.
00:32:16THE PRESIDENT HAS A DUTY TO MAKE
00:32:19SURE THAT THE LAWS ARE DEFEND
00:32:24CONSTITUTION. HE IS NOT DEFENDING THE CONSTITUTION.
00:32:27HE'S RIPPING IT UP NOW. TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES, I DON'T KNOW WHY
00:32:31THEY CHOOSE TO MAKE THEMSELVES AN ISSUE, AND THAT'S WHAT
00:32:33THEY'RE DOING WITH THESE COMMENTS THAT ARE AXIOS.
00:32:37THEY'RE MAKING THEMSELVES AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY ARE LITERALLY
00:32:41SAYING THIS IS AN INCONVENIENCE. WHY INCONVENIENCE US AT THIS
00:32:45TIME WHEN WE COULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE, WHEN WE KNOW CONGRESS DOES MULTIPLE THINGS
00:32:48ALL THE TIME. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP A WAR POWERS RESOLUTION.
00:32:52WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH OTHER ISSUES OF.
00:32:54THIS IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. >> AFFORDABILITY IS IMPORTANT.
00:32:57BUT WE CANNOT BUY THE LEADERSHIP'S POINT RATHER LARGER
00:33:01DEMOCRATS POINT IS THAT IT MUDDLES MIDTERM MESSAGE WHEN
00:33:03THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS. >> WELL, IT MATTERS IF YOU WANT IT TO.
00:33:07DOES LIFE AND DEATH COUNT HOW
00:33:09MANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO DIE
00:33:11BEFORE WE WILL CONCLUDE THAT THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE?
00:33:15WE'RE GOING TO CHALLENGE, AS I WAS SAYING, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE
00:33:17DECIDED TO MAKE THEMSELVES ISSUE
00:33:19BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW SAYING THAT THIS IS SO INCONVENIENT FOR US
00:33:23WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS VOTE? >> WELL, YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT LIFE AND
00:33:27DEATH IS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE AND BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE MAY DIE.
00:33:31>> AND WHEN THEY DO, THE BLOOD WOULD BE ON THEIR WHEN THEY VOTE
00:33:34AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION TODAY. >> DEMOCRATS HAVE STOOD FOR
00:33:38LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE SOME WHO WANT TO MAKE THEMSELVES AN
00:33:42ISSUE BUT IT'S SIDING WITH THE PRESIDENT AND, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE KILLING THESE PEOPLE WITH
00:33:46IMPUNITY. >> SO YOU SAID THE BLOOD WILL BE ON SOME OF FELLOW DEMOCRATS AND
00:33:50REPUBLICANS TOO. I MEAN, LET'S JUST GO BACK TO 2025. WHEN YOU FORCE A VOTE OVER THE
00:33:54PRESIDENT'S ACTIONS ON IRAN. THAT EFFORT WAS DEFEATED BY A
00:33:58VOTE OF 344 TO 79, WHICH SAW OF
00:34:01YOUR FELLOW DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING ALL TOP DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
00:34:05SIDING WITH REPUBLICANS IN OPPOSITION.
00:34:08WHY ARE THEY WRONG ON THIS? >> WELL, IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.
00:34:12ONE SCINTILLA THAT PEOPLE
00:34:15DECIDED THAT THEY WANT OUT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE OATH OF
00:34:18OFFICE, WE SAID WE WOULD DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION. THAT'S WHAT I DO.
00:34:22>> BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IS THIS.
00:34:23>> IF WE CAN ONLY WHEN WE WIN,
00:34:27SOME OF US WOULDN'T BE IN CONGRESS IF WE TOOK UP THAT
00:34:30ATTITUDE OF ROSA PARKS HAD TAKEN THAT ATTITUDE ROSA PARKS TOOK A
00:34:34SEAT IN A RACIST SOUTHERN TOWN BY HERSELF, KNOWING THAT SHE
00:34:37WOULD LIKELY GO JAIL.
00:34:39SHE DIDN'T THINK THAT SHE WAS
00:34:42GOING TO END SEGREGATION THAT NIGHT, BUT SHE FOUGHT.
00:34:45JOHN LEWIS WENT TO THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE.
00:34:47HE AND OUR FRIENDS WENT TO EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE. >> HE TOLD ME HE THOUGHT HE WAS
00:34:51GOING TO ON THAT BRIDGE. >> JOHN LEWIS, BECAUSE HE WAS
00:34:54THERE ON BLOODY SUNDAY, BECAUSE
00:34:58THEN PRESIDENT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PASS THE VOTING ACT, WHICH ALLOWS MANY OF US TO
00:35:02BE CONGRESS, MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THIS ARE OF COLOR.
00:35:06THEY PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T BE IN CONGRESS IF HAD WAITED UNTIL
00:35:08THEY COULD WIN TO FIGHT. >> OUR PEOPLE DON'T EXPECT US TO
00:35:12ALWAYS WIN, BUT THEY DO EXPECT US TO ALWAYS FIGHT.
00:35:15>> AND SOME OF US DON'T HAVE FIGHT IN US.
00:35:17WE WOULD RATHER UNTIL WE CAN WIN. THERE WAS ONE CONGRESSPERSON
00:35:20THAT I'M AWARE OF WHO HAS SAID,
00:35:22WELL, IF WE CAN GET THE VOTES, I'LL VOTE FOR IT. >> WHO IS WELL?
00:35:26WELL I'LL I'LL HAVE TO CALL HIS NAME IF. >> HE DECIDES TO REVEAL HIMSELF MORE. I WILL.
00:35:30>> BUT HE SAID IT AND WELL, IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED.
00:35:33THE WAY YOU CAN DO THE RESEARCH. BUT HE HE IS SAYING THAT HE'S A
00:35:39BENEFICIARY. >> IS A PERSON OF COLOR
00:35:41BENEFICIARY OF LEWIS AND THE
00:35:43SUFFERING AT THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE. >> THIS IS CALLED PERFORMATIVE. NOW BY THE WAY.
00:35:47IT'S CALLED BEING STRATEGIC TO DO NOTHING.
00:35:50>> WELL, I'M NOT A STRATEGIC GUY WHO DOES NOTHING.
00:35:52>> WHEN WE HAVE IMPEACH MADE AVAILABLE TO US, AND I ASSURE
00:35:56YOU, I ASSURE YOU, I WILL BE THERE. THIS VOTE, THIS VOTE WILL BE
00:36:00TAKEN. AND I WARN YOU, MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, DEMOCRATS AND
00:36:04REPUBLICANS, YOU VOTE AGAINST THIS VOTE.
00:36:06THE PRESIDENT WHO IS COVERING THE DEATHS OF FOUR PEOPLE, VOTE
00:36:10THE THE PERSONS HAVE KILLED
00:36:13THESE PEOPLE AND AGAINST THE VICTIMS AND THE FAMILIES.
00:36:17HISTORY IS NOT GOING TO BE KIND TO AND THE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING
00:36:19TO BE KIND YOU. >> THIS IS A SYMBOL OF VOTE IN
00:36:23YOUR CAREER. >> LET YOUR RECORD REFLECT THAT
00:36:25WHEN YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:36:28VOTE TO IMPEACH THIS RECKLESS RUTHLESS PRESIDENT, THAT'S
00:36:30EXACTLY WHAT DID. >> NOW, LET'S JUST SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT YOUR VOTE WAS
00:36:34SUCCESSFUL AND THE PRESIDENT WAS IMPEACHED IN THE HOUSE. THAT REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS
00:36:38MAJORITY IN THE SENATE TO CONVICT.
00:36:40DO YOU BELIEVE WILL EVER HAPPEN? I MEAN, REPUBLICANS ARE IN
00:36:44CONTROL OF THE SENATE RIGHT NOW. >> WELL, IF YOU ARE ABOUT ONLY
00:36:48WINNING VOTES, THEN YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE IN. >> BUT WINNING VOTES IS WHAT
00:36:52LEADS TO IMPEACHMENT. >> WELL, WE'RE WINNING BOTH LEADS TO IMPEACHMENT, BUT ALSO IMPEACHMENT.
00:36:57DETER IS ACTION. WHEN THE PRESIDENT SEES THAT WE'RE WILLING TO VOTE AND TAKE
00:37:00ACTION AGAINST HIM, THAT CAN DETER HIM AND IT CAN ALSO DETER
00:37:03SOME OF THOSE OFFICERS THAT HE HOPES TO PARDON IF THEY ARE EVER
00:37:07CONVICTED IN A FEDERAL COURT. HE HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO
00:37:10THEM FOR SECURELY CLOSE QUOTE,
00:37:12SO THAT IF THEY ARE CONVICTED IN
00:37:15A FEDERAL COURT, HE WILL GIVE THEM A PARDON.
00:37:18>> JUST HE DID. >> THOSE PERSONS WHO COMMITTED THE INSURRECTION AGAINST THE
00:37:22CAPITOL. >> HE GAVE THEM PARDON. >> SO HE'S SENDING THAT TO THEM? YES.
00:37:25>> THEY COULD GO TO SENATE AND YES, THE SENATE COULD LIKELY NOT
00:37:29IMPEACH OR. THEY COULD. >> WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY VOTE.
00:37:33BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS AND I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SAYING IT TO
00:37:36BE I THINK YOU'RE BEING A GOOD REPORTER AND I APPRECIATE IT.
00:37:39I WANT TO CHALLENGE THE QUESTIONS. BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT
00:37:43IF YOU CAN'T WIN, DON'T FIGHT.
00:37:47THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
00:37:49GOING TO HAVE VOTES IN CONGRESS, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE. AND WE DO THIS REGULARLY.
00:37:54IT TOOK US ALMOST 100 YEARS TO GET OBAMACARE PASSED, BUT WE DIDN'T STOP.
00:37:57WE ARE FIGHTING NOW FOR THE PROTECT SO THAT LABOR CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NEGOTIATE
00:38:01WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM MANAGEMENT. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP WE
00:38:05TAKE VOTES ALL THE TIME. >> BUT WHEN IT COMES THIS VOTE,
00:38:09MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT
00:38:12BECAUSE THEY GET THIS CRYPTO CONTRIBUTIONS.
00:38:16THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY IS OWNING AND OPERATING A GOOD MEMBER, A
00:38:20GOOD NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE IN
00:38:23THE POCKETS OF THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY AND THEY CAN'T TAKE ON
00:38:26DONALD BECAUSE THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY IS GOING TO PROTECT
00:38:29BECAUSE HE IS MAKING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR THEM.
00:38:32IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING JUST FOLLOW THE MONEY
00:38:35AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VOTE THE WAY THEY DO. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT AND A
00:38:39LITTLE BIT FOR FOLKS VIEWING. WE'LL BE TURNING YOUR PHONE
00:38:43CALLS IN A SECOND. I WILL REPEAT YOUR LINES. DEMOCRATS, YOUR LINE TWO.
00:38:48OH. 7488000. REPUBLICANS, ZERO. LINE 2027488001.
00:38:52INDEPENDENTS, YOUR LINE VOTE
00:38:562748800 TO START CALLING IN NOW SO YOU CAN ASK A CONGRESSMAN ALL
00:38:58TYPES OF QUESTIONS BEFORE WE TURN TO SOME BEFORE YOU DO IT,
00:39:01LET ME MENTION THIS THE PEOPLE IN THOSE ARTICLES THEY DON'T
00:39:05HAVE THE GUTS THE INTESTINAL
00:39:08FORTITUDE TO GIVE THEIR NAMES
00:39:10PUSILLANIMOUS POLITIC
00:39:13PUSILLANIMOUS POLITICIAN WHO WHO
00:39:15WAS THEN BEHIND STAND BEHIND
00:39:19CURTAIN AND SAY THESE THINGS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO
00:39:23YOUR NAME TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR WORDS, YOU OUGHT NOT BE IN CONGRESS.
00:39:27>> THIS IS A THIS IS NOT A
00:39:29POSITION FOR THE TIMID, FOR THE
00:39:31PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HIDE AND SEE THINGS. IF YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT, YOU'RE
00:39:35SAYING SPEAK LOUDLY, SPEAK OPENLY, NOTORIOUSLY, AND SPEAK
00:39:38PUBLICLY AND TALKING ABOUT YOU'RE REFERENCING THE PEOPLE
00:39:40WHO ARE CRITICIZING IMPEACHMENT VOTE WHEN THEY CRITICIZE AND
00:39:44ACTUALLY IMPEACHMENT. >> I'M IN THE MIX.
00:39:47BUT WHAT DON'T WANT TO DO IS VOTE ON IMPEACHMENT. THEY DON'T WANT VOTE ON IT FOR A
00:39:50MULTIPLICITY OF REASONS, AMONG THEM PROTECTING, DONALD TRUMP.
00:39:54>> LET ME ASK YOU, BECAUSE
00:39:56THERE'S A GREAT OUT FROM ANNIE
00:39:58GRAY OF CNN, THE HEADLINE HERE IS DEMOCRATS ARE A NEW TOOL TO
00:40:02HOLD ACCOUNTABLE IF THEY WIN THE
00:40:04AND THEY THEY LAY OUT A MULTITUDE OF THINGS THAT HOUSE
00:40:08DEMOCRATS ARE DOING TO PREPARE.
00:40:10IF THEY WERE TO WIN THE MIDTERM
00:40:14ELECTIONS, WIN BACK THE HOUSE COME NOVEMBER.
00:40:16I WONDER WHAT ADVANTAGES DOES
00:40:18IMPEACHMENT HAVE OVER OR AN
00:40:21INVESTIGATORY APPROACH EACH?
00:40:23AND WHY DO YOU CHOOSE IMPEACHMENT? CHOOSE IT?
00:40:27BECAUSE I RAISED MY RIGHT HAND WHEN I ARRIVED IN CONGRESS, AND
00:40:31I SWORE TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND SUPPORT AND
00:40:34DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION OF FORCE
00:40:38IMPEACHMENT AS A REMEDY FOR A PRESIDENT WHO IS COMMITTING
00:40:42IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES. >> NONE OF THESE DEMOCRATS AND
00:40:44REPUBLICANS, BUT NONE THE DEMOCRATS ESPECIALLY, ARE
00:40:48DENYING THE PRESIDENT IS COMMITTING IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES. THEY'RE NOT SAYING HE'S NOT
00:40:52COMMITTING IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES. WHAT THEY'RE IS I DON'T WANT TO VOTE ON THEM.
00:40:55>> I WANT TO VOTE BECAUSE IF I VOTE I'LL BE ON RECORD AND I'LL
00:40:59BE ON RECORD AGAINST AND IF I'M ON RECORD AGAINST TRUMP, I'M
00:41:03TAKING CRYPTO MONEY. >> I'VE GOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE
00:41:05THE CRYPTO INDUSTRY IS BACKING TRUMP 1,000%.
00:41:09>> AND IF LOOK AT THE RECORD, JUST SEE WHO'S GETTING THE
00:41:13CRYPTO MONEY IN CONGRESS. >> ALL RIGHT, LISTEN TO SOME PHONE CALLS. RICHARD FROM SAVANNAH, GEORGIA,
00:41:17A REPUBLICAN. GOOD MORNING, RICHARD. >> YES, GOOD.
00:41:21MR. GREEN, SAY YOU TALKED ABOUT
00:41:25HEARING THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND DEFENDING THEM WITH THE
00:41:28CONSTITUTION, BUT FOR FOUR YEARS
00:41:30WE WATCHED YOU DEMOCRATS WITH
00:41:32OPEN BORDERS, LET ABOUT 30
00:41:35MILLION ILLEGALS COME IN.
00:41:37>> AND WE HAD JOCELYN, A FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL IN YOUR DISTRICT
00:41:40IN HOUSTON GET RAPED AND MURDERED AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN
00:41:44CARE ABOUT HER OR TALK ABOUT HER, GO TO OUR FUNERAL OR
00:41:48ANYTHING. >> WE HAD LIKE IN RALEIGH, WE
00:41:50RACHEL MORAN, JOCELYN, AN ANGRY ARENA.
00:41:54>> WHY SHOULDN'T THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, JOE BIDEN,
00:41:59MAYORKAS YOU BE ARRESTED FOR
00:42:01ASSESSORS TO RAPE AND MURDER AS
00:42:03FAR AS THE ALL THE INNOCENT WOMEN THAT WERE RAPED AND
00:42:07MURDERED BY ILLEGALS AND THE
00:42:09TRUCKS COMING DOWN THE ROAD BY
00:42:12ILLEGALS THAT YOU LET IN AND
00:42:15KILLED INNOCENT PEOPLE. >> AND ONE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY.
00:42:19THANK GOD FOR ONE BLACK MAN
00:42:21JUROR WITH THE CLASSY TRIAL. THANK YOU, SIR.
00:42:24STANDING UP FOR THOSE THREE
00:42:27CHILDREN, ANYONE WHO COMMITS A
00:42:29CRIME OUGHT TO BE PROSECUTED.
00:42:31>> THEY OUGHT TO BE PROSECUTED. >> AND IF THEY'RE CONVICTED,
00:42:34THEY OUGHT TO GO TO JAIL. >> IN THE CASE OF THE PRESIDENT,
00:42:38WE CAN'T PROSECUTE HIM RIGHT
00:42:40NOW, BUT WE CAN IMPEACH HIM. WE CAN IMPEACH HIM AND LATER ON.
00:42:44HE CAN BE PROSECUTED. BUT WE CAN IMPEACH HIM. >> THE SUPREME COURT HAS GIVEN
00:42:48THE PRESIDENT ALMOST ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY.
00:42:50>> THEY GIVE HIM ABSOLUTE
00:42:52IMMUNITY, BUT HE HAS ASSUMED THE
00:42:55AUTHORITARIAN POSITION AND, THAT IS, THAT HE HAS ABSOLUTE
00:42:59IMMUNITY. SO I SAY ANYONE WHO'S COMMITTED A CRIME OUGHT TO BE IMPEACHED
00:43:02AND A ME ANYONE WHO COMMITTED A CRIME OUGHT TO BE CONVICTED.
00:43:06THE PRESIDENT CAN BE IMPEACHED.
00:43:07AND I TELL YOU, ANYBODY COMMITS A CRIME, WHETHER YOU ARE ILLEGAL
00:43:11OR LEGAL, YOU OUGHT TO BE PROSECUTED AND YOU OUGHT TO BE CONVICTED.
00:43:15AND I WOULD SAY IF YOU RAPING PEOPLE AND YOU CAN DO IT, IF IT'S PROVEN THAT YOU DID, THEN
00:43:19YOU OUGHT TO BE PUNISHED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAW ALLOWS.
00:43:23I'M NOT A PERSON WHO SUPPORTS ANY OF THAT, AND I REGRET THAT
00:43:26YOU WOULD YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT,
00:43:29BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT NOT BE ABOVE THE LAW.
00:43:33SOMEHOW I WOULD RATHER HAVE OTHER PEOPLE BE ABOVE THE LAW. >> NO ONE SHOULD BE ABOVE THE
00:43:37LAW OF THE COUNTRY. >> AND THAT INCLUDES THE PRESIDENT. AND THAT'S WHY I'M DOING WHAT
00:43:41I'M DOING. AND AGAIN, PEOPLE ARE NOT DENYING THAT HE'S COMMITTING
00:43:45IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES. THEY DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED
00:43:48IN THE IMPEACHMENT FOR VARIOUS REASONS. >> I GUESS THE ISSUE, THOUGH,
00:43:52THAT HE RAISED ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, WHO SHOULD
00:43:55RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS THAT ARE COMMITTED BY AND MIGRANTS
00:43:59WHO COME INTO THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.
00:44:03>> IF THEY HAD COME IN UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, WHO'S WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT?
00:44:07>> WELL, THE PEOPLE WHO COMMIT CRIMES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CRIMES. THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE
00:44:12CASE IN THIS COUNTRY. WHY WOULD WE NOT PROSECUTE PEOPLE WHO COMMIT CRIMES?
00:44:15I'M TOTALLY THAT. PROSECUTE PEOPLE WHO CRIMES.
00:44:19PUT THEM IN JAIL BY THE WAY. >> I'M NOT FOR HAVING A RAPIST
00:44:24SENT. >> SOME OTHER PLACE. IF YOU COMMITTED COMMIT RAPE IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU OUGHT TO GO TO
00:44:29JAIL IN THIS COUNTRY. >> AND YOU OUGHT TO STAY IN JAIL. >> THAT'S WHAT I'M FOR.
00:44:33I'M PROSECUTING CRIMINALS. >> YES.
00:44:35>> ALL RIGHT, VICKY FROM THE BAT, NEBRASKA DEMOCRAT.
00:44:38GOOD MORNING, VICKY YES, GOOD MORNING.
00:44:42UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, YOU'RE ON. OKAY. OKAY, WELL, UH, MIMI AND
00:44:46JASMINE, YOU WERE MY VERY FAVORITE HOST. I JUST LOVE YOU GUYS.
00:44:50AND MR. AL. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
00:44:52I WISH YOU WERE HERE IN NEBRASKA. YOU AND, JASMINE CROCKETT, ARE
00:44:56MY VERY FAVORITE.
00:44:58YOU SPEAK TRUTH, YOU HAVE EMPATHY.
00:45:02YOU'RE FAIR AND. YES. THINK THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE
00:45:06IMPEACHED? I DON'T SEE HOW WE EVER GOT INTO
00:45:08WITH ALL OF HIS CONVICTIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
00:45:12BUT YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME, MR.
00:45:14GREEN, TO COME OUT AND NOT BE AFRAID.
00:45:18I HAVE A BAG AND A T SHIRT THAT
00:45:20SAYS, UM, BLACK LIVES MATTERS.
00:45:23AND IT ALSO SAYS, BE KIND.
00:45:26UM, OUR PRESIDENT SHOULD BE IMPEACHED.
00:45:28AND YES, I HAVE BEEN IN STORES. I'VE BEEN FLIPPED OFF. I'VE BEEN YELLED AT.
00:45:33I'VE HAD MAGGOT PEOPLE NOT EVEN WAIT ON ME WHEN I WAS PURCHASING
00:45:36SOMETHING. BUT I FEEL SO GOOD WHEN I LEAVE
00:45:41BECAUSE KNOW GOD IS WATCHING ME.
00:45:43AND YES, IN IT SUCKS BECAUSE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF TRYING TO GET
00:45:47RID OF OUR DEMOCRATIC MAYOR BY
00:45:51THEIR LITTLE TRICKS AND REALLY HAVE TO FIGHT HARD HERE BECAUSE
00:45:55IT'S WE HAVE A.
00:45:59LOT OF CHEATERS AND IT'S REALLY SAD RIGHT NOW. I'M 65 AND I LIVED ALL MY LIFE
00:46:02AND WORKED HARD AND NOW MY RETIREMENT I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH
00:46:06SCUMBAG. SO THANK WITH ALL MY HEART AND
00:46:10SOUL FOR BEING YOU. I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION
00:46:12YOU EXCEPT KEEP UP THE WORK.
00:46:15SAY HI TO JASMINE CROCKETT FOR ME. I LOVE HER AND THANK YOU FOR
00:46:19LETTING ME TODAY AND GOD BLESS
00:46:22YOU FOR THE VOTE TODAY ON THE IMPEACHMENT.
00:46:25I SAY IN MY SAY, MARTHA, NO VENA
00:46:28I'M A BIG INTO PRAYER AND I'M
00:46:30HOPING YOU GUYS CAN PULL OFF. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS.
00:46:34>> YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP.
00:46:37AND I WOULD SAY THIS. THE DEMOCRATS WHO CHOOSE TO VOTE
00:46:41WITH THE TO PREVENT THE
00:46:45REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT FROM BEING
00:46:47IMPEACHED FOR CRIMES THAT ARE IMPEACHABLE.
00:46:51>> THEY'RE GOING TO PAY A PRICE FOR THAT. HISTORY IS NOT GOING TO BE KIND.
00:46:55>> AND PEOPLE NOT GOING TO REWARD YOU FOR TAKING POSITION.
00:46:59AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO DO THIS. >> THEY KNOW THAT PRESIDENT'S
00:47:03COMMITTING IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS VOTE TO IMPEACH. >> THIS IS NOTHING.
00:47:07>> NOT ASKING THAT YOU SIT ON A BUS AS ROSA PARKS DID, AND GET
00:47:11ARRESTED IN A RACIST SOUTHERN OR THAT YOU CROSS THE EDMUND PETTUS
00:47:15BRIDGE KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FACE BRUTALITY OR THAT YOU GO
00:47:17TO THE BIRMINGHAM JAIL AS KING DID. >> THIS ONLY REQUIRES YOU TO
00:47:21HAVE THE COURAGE TO PUT YOUR CARD IN THE TERMINAL AND VOTE TO
00:47:26IMPEACH. >> DON'T VOTE TO SEND TO A COMMITTEE.
00:47:28DON'T VOTE TO TABLE. THOSE TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO
00:47:31PUT YOU WITH, THE REPUBLICANS, WHO ARE PROTECTING THE
00:47:35PRESIDENT. >> YOU WILL BE PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT. AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO REGRET IT.
00:47:39I YOU YOU WILL REGRET IT.
00:47:41>> I WANT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT QUICKLY TO SOMETHING ELSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING.
00:47:45I YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CRYPTO EARLIER. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
00:47:49RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND WARNINGS, THE IMPACT THAT I
00:47:51COULD HAVE AND THE CALLS FROM
00:47:54DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS FOR A
00:47:57SLOW ON AI ARE THESE CONCERNS OVERBLOWN?
00:48:00DO YOU HAVE THEM YOURSELF AND WHAT SHOULD CONGRESS DO? >> THE FIRST THING CONGRESS
00:48:04SHOULD DO IS SAY TO THE
00:48:06PRESIDENT IS, NOT A HOAX.
00:48:09THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO KNOWS VERY
00:48:12LITTLE ABOUT. IT IS TELLING THE PEOPLE WHO
00:48:16MUCH ABOUT IT, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVING A HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH IT.
00:48:20IT'S A HOAX. >> WE SHOULD TELL PRESIDENT SIR, YOU ARE WRONG.
00:48:23>> I SAY SIR, TO BE KIND, BUT YOU ARE WRONG. BY THE WAY, I SPEAK DIRECTLY TO
00:48:27THE PRESIDENT. I'M ON BOARD, UNBOSSED AND UNAFRAID. I DIRECTLY TO HIM.
00:48:31I SENT HIM A LETTER JUST YESTERDAY TELLING HIM THAT HE WOULD BE A VOTE. THAT THERE WOULD BE A VOTE TO
00:48:35IMPEACH HIM. DID YOU RECEIVE RESPONSE? >> NO, HE HASN'T RESPONDED. >> HE DOESN'T.
00:48:39THE COURAGE TO RESPOND. HE. HE ONLY FIGHTS WHEN HE CAN.
00:48:43THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE THAT.
00:48:45AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE SOME DEMOCRATS WHO ARE LIKE THAT NOW.
00:48:49>> BUT I WOULD SAY YOU ABOUT AND
00:48:52THIS IS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS
00:48:54WHEN PEOPLE WHO ARE A HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ARE SAYING,
00:48:59YES ABOUT CHINA, BUT ALSO IT'S
00:49:02ABOUT AN ENTITY THAT CAN AT SOME
00:49:05POINT BECOME SO SMART THAT IT
00:49:08CAN CONCLUDE THAT SHOULD NOT
00:49:10CEASE TO EXIST AND IT CAN
00:49:14CONCLUDE THAT IN ITS DEFENSE, IT HAS TO DO CERTAIN AND THOSE
00:49:17THINGS CAN BE TO US AT SOME
00:49:20POINT YOU HAVE TO AT LEAST LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:49:23HAVING THE HANDS ON, YES, WE
00:49:25NEED TO REGULATE GOING ON.
00:49:27>> WE HAVE TO DO SO.
00:49:29THIS IS A MANDATE FOR CONGRESS
00:49:32THIS IS WHY WE EXIST TO. PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
00:49:35ESPECIALLY FROM SOMETHING THAT ACCORDING TO PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSED
00:49:38TO KNOW CAN WIPE OUT 10 TO 20%
00:49:41OF HUMANKIND IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
00:49:45WITHIN YOUR LIFETIME. SO YES, WE SHOULD BE REGULATING IT.
00:49:48AND YES, WE WE OUGHT TO STAY RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON D.C.
00:49:51AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. >> WE'RE ABOUT TO LEAVE AND NOT COME BACK UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
00:49:55WE SHOULD STAY RIGHT HERE AND TAKE CARE OUR BUSINESS.
00:49:58>> THAT WOULD INCLUDE DEALING WITH A THERE'S A WAR POWERS
00:50:01RESOLUTION. THAT'S COMING UP. BY THE WAY, NOBODY'S COMPLAINING
00:50:05ABOUT TAKING THIS VOTE ON WAR POWERS. NOBODY WILL COMPLAIN ABOUT.
00:50:09YEAH, BUT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS SAYING TO THE PRESIDENT, YOU
00:50:13CAN'T CONDONE THE KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, THESE FOUR PEOPLE ARE INNOCENT.
00:50:16WE HAVE JUST NORMALIZED IT SUCH THAT WE WILL JUST WALK AWAY FROM
00:50:20THESE DEAD LIVES, THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE ONE MAN ON HIS WAY TO
00:50:25WORK, ANOTHER PERSON DRIVING IN HER CAR.
00:50:28AND ALEX PRATT IS THE PERFECT CASE TO TO COURT TO RECALL AGAIN
00:50:32ON THE GROUND UNARMED SHOT NINE
00:50:35TIMES AND YOU CAN'T GET AN INDICTMENT THAT'S A COVER UP THE
00:50:39PRESIDENT MR. PRESIDENT, HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING YOU'RE ENGAGED
00:50:42IN A COVER AND YOU SHOULD BE IMPEACHED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHERS WOULD
00:50:45DO, BUT I WILL STAND ALONE AND BRING THIS ARTICLE OF
00:50:48IMPEACHMENT AGAINST YOU TODAY. >> ALL RIGHT, JOHN FROM NEW
00:50:52ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. AND INDEPENDENT. GOOD, JOHN.
00:50:54THE MORNING CONGRESSMAN. >> GOOD MORNING.
00:50:58I'M YEAH, I'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT
00:51:00INFLATION BECAUSE INFLATION REALLY BAD RIGHT NOW AND THE
00:51:04ECONOMY WAS ALSO BAD ON THE RIGHT IN MY OPINION AND IT
00:51:07DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GETTING BETTER.
00:51:09SO I GUESS MY QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO CONGRESS ABOUT
00:51:13INFLATION WOULD.
00:51:18WELL KEN FROM WASHINGTON DC, AN
00:51:21INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT. GOOD MORNING.
00:51:25THANKS. >> TAKING MY CALL. >> UH, ELDER GREEN, REPRESENTATIVE GREEN, I
00:51:29APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, I ADMIRE, WORK THAT
00:51:32YOU'VE DONE AND AT TIMES FEEL
00:51:35LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE ALONE
00:51:38SOMETIMES ON THE HILL REPRESENTING PARTICULARLY OUR
00:51:42INTEREST AS MEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR.
00:51:43>> SO I CONTINUALLY SALUTE THE
00:51:46THAT YOU'VE DONE BEING PART OF THE QUESTION I HAVE.
00:51:48>> WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO WHAT THE CALLER HAD MENTIONED TO YOU
00:51:52ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT MIGRANTS DOING CRIME.
00:51:54WELL, WE KNOW RIGHT NOW WHAT TRUMP IS DOING AT THE
00:51:58SMITHSONIAN, UH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO REWRITE, IF YOU WANT
00:52:01TO TALK ABOUT RAPE AND MURDER
00:52:04AND OPPRESSION, YOU CAN START
00:52:06WITH THE ACTUAL U.S. HISTORY OF PEOPLE THAT, OF COURSE, LIVED HERE.
00:52:10>> AND I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT
00:52:13THE PHILLIP JOINER IN 1868 WHEN
00:52:17HE OF HUNDREDS OF FREE BLACK MEN
00:52:19AND MARCHED ON TO THE SOUTHWEST
00:52:21IN GEORGIA TO JUST, YOU KNOW,
00:52:24USE THEIR CIVIC DUTY TO GET
00:52:26THEIR RIGHTS AFTER WERE TAKEN FOR THEM AND THEY WERE
00:52:30MASSACRED, THEY WERE KILLED AND ARE JUST TRUTHFUL THINGS THAT I
00:52:33KNOW YOU'RE OF WITH A LOT OF THE CALLERS DON'T. >> SO IT'S KIND OF THE
00:52:37MOTIVATION. BUT MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WAS TO QUESTION TWOFOLD.
00:52:41ONE, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED AT THOSE TEN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,
00:52:44YOUR PARTY MEMBERS THAT VOTED TO CENSURE YOU, UM, WHEN YOU STOOD
00:52:49UP LIKE A BLACK MAN WHAT
00:52:51CONVICTION DOES IN THIS COUNTRY,
00:52:53UM, THAT AND SO I GUESS MY
00:52:55QUESTION BECOMES WHY CAN WE
00:52:59MOTIVATE NOT JUST REPUBLICANS?
00:53:02>> BUT EVEN DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAVE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR FOR
00:53:06PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT HAVE INHERITED THE DISCRIMINATION OF
00:53:10RACISM THAT THIS NATION HAS PRODUCED.
00:53:12>> WHY IS THERE NO BUREAU OF
00:53:14FREE AFFAIRS OR SOME SORT OF
00:53:18RECLAMATION BUREAU FOR PEOPLE COLOR IN THIS COUNTRY?
00:53:21>> BECAUSE IF I CRITICIZE THE WRONG NATION, THEY WILL
00:53:24CONTINUALLY GET THE SUPPORT AND
00:53:26THEY ARE AS RACIST AS ANY OTHER
00:53:29COUNTRY, THIS NATION. BUT AGAIN, I SALUTE YOU I
00:53:32APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. KEEP UP A GREAT JOB. I THANK YOU.
00:53:36>> HAVE LEGISLATION CALLING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF RECONCILIATION
00:53:38TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE OF THE
00:53:42ENSLAVEMENT OF AMERICANS OR
00:53:46AFRICANS IN AMERICA AT THAT TIME. >> FOR MORE 240 YEARS, THESE
00:53:51PERSONS PLANTED THE SEEDS, HARVEST THE CROPS THEY BUILT, THE ROADS, THE BRIDGES. >> THEY HAD A HAND IN BUILDING
00:53:55THE WHITE HOUSE THEY HAD TO BUILD IN THE CAPITAL. >> THEY ARE THE ECONOMIC
00:53:58FOUNDATION OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS OF THIS COUNTRY AND.
00:54:02THEY HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE THROWAWAYS, LIKE THEIR LIVES
00:54:05DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING. WELL, THEY SHOULD BE HONORED AND RESPECTED, JUST AS WE HAVE
00:54:09HONORED CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS BY GIVING THEM A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
00:54:12>> WE SHOULD ACCORD THE ENSLAVED A MEDAL, TOO.
00:54:16>> WE RECOGNIZE AS 911 AND WE
00:54:18SHOULD COMMEMORATE IT. >> WE RECOGNIZE PEARL HARBOR AND
00:54:22WE SHOULD COMMEMORATED. >> WE RECOGNIZE THE HOLOCAUST
00:54:26AND COMMEMORATE IT. IF WE CAN. 911, PEARL HARBOR AND THE
00:54:31HOLOCAUST WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ENSLAVEMENT OF PEOPLE THIS COUNTRY.
00:54:34>> BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IS NOT HAPPENING IS EASY TO LOOK INTO THE WINDOW LIFE AND SEE WHAT
00:54:38HAPPENED IN NAZI AND CRITICIZE THEM.
00:54:41>> BUT IT'S DIFFICULT. >> LOOK INTO THE MIRROR OF LIFE
00:54:43AND SEE THE DASTARDLY DEED THAT
00:54:46WAS IMPOSED UPON PEOPLE FOR MORE THAN 240 YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:54:50THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR
00:54:53THEIR WORK BE RECOGNIZED AND
00:54:55THEY SHOULD BE COMMEMORATED FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO MAKE AMERICA THE COUNTRY.
00:54:59>> IT IS DARK FROM PORTLAND,
00:55:01OREGON, AN INDEPENDENT MORNING DOC.
00:55:05>> HI, JASMIN. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE
00:55:08CONGRESSMAN LOOKING TO THE
00:55:13DECEMBER OF THE DEBT CEILING.
00:55:15I NOTICED AT HOME THAT TREASURY
00:55:17HAS INFORMATION ABOUT DEBT.
00:55:20THE PENDING DATA THAT WE'RE ABOUT.
00:55:22>> WE REACHED AT $40 TRILLION IN DEBT.
00:55:25>> AND I'M WONDERING WHAT THE
00:55:27PLAN IS TO DEAL WITH THAT WHEN
00:55:30IT COULD ROUND UP AN ENTIRE.
00:55:37CADRE OF INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS
00:55:39WOULD EVENTUALLY TAKE WHAT WE HAVE.
00:55:42>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS.
00:55:45>> REPUBLICANS GO ON A BIG SPENDING SPREE.
00:55:48AND WHEN DEMOCRATS ARE ABOUT TO
00:55:50TAKE THE WHITE HOUSE OR ABOUT TO
00:55:52GOVERNMENT, THE HOUSE THE
00:55:54SENATE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY
00:55:57BECOME PERSONS WHO ARE CALLING AUSTERITY.
00:55:59>> THEY THEY NO WANT SPENDING. THEY WANT CUTS.
00:56:03>> THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T BREAK THE BANK, AS IT
00:56:07WERE THAT WE DON'T PUT THE COUNTRY INTO SUCH THAT WE CAN'T
00:56:09COVER OUR BILLS.
00:56:11>> DEMOCRATS ALWAYS FIND THEMSELVES COMING INTO CLEAN UP
00:56:14THE REPUBLICAN AND THAT'S WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN NOW.
00:56:18>> DEMOCRATS TAKE CONTROL. >> THEY'VE TO NOW CLEAN UP ALL
00:56:21OF THESE VARIOUS OF
00:56:24CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE REPUGNANT THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE PUT IN
00:56:28MOTION CLEAN UP THE WAR, THAT THE WAR OF CHOICE THAT THE
00:56:30PRESIDENT CHOSE, GET HIMSELF IN
00:56:32TO CLEAN UP THE TARIFFS THAT THE PRESIDENT IMPOSED THAT WERE
00:56:37PASSED ON TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:56:39OURS BECOMES THE CLEANUP. >> THEY BECOME THE WRECKING
00:56:43CREW. >> WE CLEAN IT UP. >> THEN THEY'LL COME BACK AGAIN
00:56:45AND GO BACK ON ANOTHER SPENDING SPREE AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY
00:56:49HAVE DO ALL OF THESE THINGS. >> AND WE'LL THEN AGAIN HAVE TO
00:56:52COME BACK AND CLEAN UP THE MESS. I'M I'M FOR CLEANING UP, BUT I'M
00:56:56ALSO FOR TAKING CARE OF HEALTH CARE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY.
00:57:01I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY FOOD, HAVE CLOTHING AND
00:57:06SHELTER AND FOR AFFORDABILITY
00:57:08BUT I'M FOR AFFORDABILITY TO THE
00:57:10EXCLUSION OF ACCOUNTABILITY. PEOPLE HAVE TO BE HELD
00:57:14ACCOUNTABLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS.
00:57:16WE CAN HAVE AFFORDABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
00:57:18WE CANNOT ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO BE
00:57:22KILLED UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE SAW WITH OUR VERY OWN
00:57:24EYES IN A COUPLE OF THESE CASES, SAW THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND DIDN'T
00:57:28DO NOTHING AND ALLOW THE PRESIDENT SAY, WELL, IF THEY
00:57:33CONVICT IT HE'LL JUST GIVE THEM A PARDON. WE'RE OUT OF TIME HERE. >> BUT QUICKLY, SINCE YOU SERVE
00:57:37ON THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS OVERSIGHT
00:57:40OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE, THEY'RE MEETING THIS WEEK.
00:57:43DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD RAISE INTEREST RATES?
00:57:47I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE
00:57:49MEASURED ABOUT THIS?
00:57:53>> IT APPEARS TO ME THAT WHEN
00:57:55YOUR ECONOMY IS OVERHEATING, YOU
00:58:00TO DO SOMETHING TO COOL IT. THAT IS, GENERALLY SPEAKING,
00:58:02WHAT IT'S DONE. I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANT TO SEE
00:58:06THEM RAISE. THE INTEREST RATES TO AN A
00:58:09POSITION SUCH THAT YOU GO TO A
00:58:14POINT WHERE WE CANNOT AFFORD SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE
00:58:17NECESSARY FOR MORTGAGES AND THAT SORT OF THING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU START RAISING INTEREST RATES,
00:58:21YOU WILL IMPACT THINGS. BUT I CAN SEE THEM RAISING
00:58:24INTEREST RATES JUST A BIT TO SIGNAL THAT THEY WANT TO COOL
00:58:28THE ECONOMY AND MAKE SURE THAT
00:58:30WE HAVE LOWER INTEREST RATES THE FUTURE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE
00:58:34WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BUY HOMES. >> CONGRESSMAN WE ARE OUT OF TIME.
00:58:37BUT I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME. I HAVE MANY MORE QUESTIONS. EXCUSE LISTEN, INVITE ME BACK
00:58:41AND INVITE ALL OF PEOPLE IN THIS AXIOS ARTICLE.
00:58:44>> HAVE COME AND SIT RIGHT HERE WITH ME.
00:58:47LET LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS ON THE AIR. WE HAVE ALL OF THEM. COME.
00:58:50>> I'LL DEBATE ALL OF THEM AT ONE TIME. >> WE WILL TRY TO THAT.
00:58:53CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN OF TEXAS A DEMOCRAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING
00:59:01MORNING. VOTING HERE ON THE HOUSE FLOOR
00:59:05CONTINUES TABLING CONGRESSMAN GREEN'S LEGISLATION, IMPEACH PRESIDENT TRUMP OVER HIS
00:59:09HANDLING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. THAT CONTINUING HERE ON THE FLOOR.
00:59:12ABOUT TEN MORE MEMBERS STILL NEEDING TO VOTE. IT'S THE SECOND ROUND OF VOTES
00:59:16TODAY IN A THIRD VOTE ROUND OF VOTES BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 9:30
00:59:20P.M. EASTERN TIME TONIGHT. MEMBERS ALSO WORKING TO
00:59:23DISAPPROVE CALIFORNIA POLLUTION RULES, LIMITING EMISSIONS AND A
00:59:26POSSIBLE VOTE.
00:59:28AN IRAN WAR POWERS RESOLUTION.
01:00:00OAT WRAPS UP. WE'RE GOING TO SHOW REMARKS FROM
01:00:04HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS EARLIER
01:00:10TODAY.
01:00:32A LOT OF ACTION GOING UP HERE TODAY.
01:00:36AND HI, EVERYBODY. HOW YOU DOING?
01:00:40WELCOME THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY. WELL, GOOD MORNING.
01:00:4449 DAYS STAND BETWEEN US AND AN
01:00:47ELECTION THAT WILL DETERMINE DIRECTION OF OUR COUNTRY.
01:00:51BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, YOU WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS.
01:01:07ABOUT TAXES, THE BORDER, PUBLIC SAFETY, PARENTS RIGHTS AND AND WOMEN'S SPORTS. BUT BENEATH ALL OF THEM IS A MORE FUNDAMENTAL. AND THAT QUESTION IS SHOULD
01:01:11WASHINGTON MEN HAVE MORE POWER OVER? YOUR MONEY AND YOUR FAMILY AND
01:01:13YOUR DECISIONS, OR SHOULD THE
01:01:16POWER WITH YOU?
01:01:18WE'VE DESCRIBED THAT CONTRAST IN
01:01:22FIVE WORDS COMMON SENSE VERSUS
01:01:24COMMUNIST CRAZY. REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY OF THE
01:01:28RECONSIDERS LAID ON THE TABLE.
01:01:34OR SUCH. >> CLAUSE EIGHT RULE 20 THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS IS THE VOTE
01:01:37ON ORDERING THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IN THE HOUSE RESOLUTION 1530 ON WHICH THE YEAS AND NAYS
01:01:40ARE ORDERED. >> THE CLERK REPORT THE TITLE OF
01:01:42THE RESOLUTION HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 90.
01:01:46>> HOUSE RESOLUTION 1530. RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR
01:01:51CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL, H.R. 9576. SO ESTABLISHED THE NATIONAL
01:01:54FRAUD ENFORCEMENT DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
01:01:58PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL, H.R. 103 26 TO ENHANCE
01:02:04INFORMATION SHARING CAPABILITIES BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
01:02:06AND STATE AGENCIES TO INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE FRAUD,
01:02:10CERTAIN FEDERAL PROGRAMS, AND TO PROTECT INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY,
01:02:13PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION HOUSE
01:02:16DURING RESOLUTION 210, PROVIDING CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER
01:02:21CHAPTER TITLE FIVE, UNITED STATES CODE OF THE RULES
01:02:23SUBMITTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY RELATING TO CALIFORNIA
01:02:27STATE MONROE ENGINE CONTROL STANDARDS, OCEAN VESSELS AT
01:02:32BIRTH NOTICE OF DECISION
01:02:34PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION. THE JOINT RESOLUTION HOUSE JOINT
01:02:37RESOLUTION 213 PROVIDING FOR
01:02:41DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER EIGHT OF TITLE FIVE UNITED STATES CODE OF THE RULE ISSUED BY THE
01:02:45ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY RELATING TO THE CALIFORNIA STATE NINE ROAD
01:02:49ENGINE POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS, COMMERCIAL HARBOR
01:02:53CRAFT REGULATIONS. NOTICE OF DECISION AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF SENATE
01:02:57AMENDMENTS TO THE BILL.
01:02:58H.R. 5334 TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO ALLOW
01:03:02EARLY CHILDHOOD TO TAKE THE
01:03:04EDUCATOR EXPENSE DEDUCTION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
01:03:08QUESTION IS ORDERING THE PREVIOUS QUESTION THE MEMBERS TO
01:03:11RECORD THEIR VOTES ELECTRONIC DEVICE. >> THIS WILL BE A FIVE MINUTE
01:03:16VOTE. >> SECOND ROUND OF VOTES TODAY,
01:03:20THE HOUSE VOTING TO TABLE. CONGRESSMAN GREENE'S ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH TRUMP.
01:03:24A VOTE NOW ON WHETHER TO BEGIN
01:03:26DEBATE ON FIVE BILLS, INCLUDING A SENATE BILL THAT WOULD IMPOSE
01:03:30ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. THAT'S A MOVE THAT WAS SUPPORTED
01:03:32BY THE LATE SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, WHO DIED UNEXPECTEDLY IN
01:03:38JULY. THE MEASURES UNDER THIS RULE ALSO CONTAINED DISAPPROVAL
01:03:41RESOLUTIONS ON CALIFORNIA'S POLLUTION CONTROL, STANDARDS
01:03:44DEALING WITH ENGINE EMISSIONS. WHILE WE WAIT FOR MEMBERS TO
01:03:47CAST THEIR VOTES. SHOW MORE OF THE REMARKS FROM
01:03:49HOUSE REPUBLICAN FROM EARLIER
01:03:54TODAY.
01:03:56RUNNING FOR SECOND DISTRICT
01:04:01VOTED TO LET MEN PLAY IN SPORTS.
01:04:05SHE MEN IN SPACES WHERE OUR
01:04:10GIRLS SHOWER AND CHANGE.
01:04:12LINDSEY JAMES IS WHO THE
01:04:17DEMOCRAT PARTY IS AND THAT'S
01:04:19JUST NOT ANOTHER POLICY POSITION FOR ME.
01:04:22I'M A COACH AND I'M A MOTHER.
01:04:25AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS,
01:04:27LINDSEY, I WILL NEVER STOP FOR
01:04:29OUR YOUNG GIRLS.
01:04:31I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT TO PROTECT
01:04:36YOUNG GIRLS, TO PROTECT GIRLS
01:04:38SPORTS AND TO PROTECT TITLE NINE.
01:04:43WE NEVER ALLOW PREDATORS TO
01:04:46ENTER GIRLS LOCKER ROOMS AND
01:04:48TAKE OVER THEIR SPACES AND THEIR SPORTS LEAGUES.
01:04:52NOW, LINDSEY JAMES ALSO VOTED
01:04:54AGAINST PARENTS RIGHTS BECAUSE
01:04:56SHE THINKS THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS BETTER THAN YOU. THE PARENTS, RIGHT SHE REJECTED
01:05:00A MEASURE SCHOOLS TO NOTIFY IF
01:05:04THEIR CHILDREN TO CHANGE THEIR GENDER.
01:05:08I IDENTITY. SHE EVEN VOTED ALLOW SEX CHANGE
01:05:13SURGERIES BE PERFORMED ON
01:05:15CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS LET
01:05:18THAT THINK SINK IN FOR A MINUTE.
01:05:20IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GIVE YOUR
01:05:22CHILD AN ASPIRIN, THEY HAVE TO
01:05:24GET PARENTAL CONSENT CONSENT.
01:05:26BUT TO CHANGE THEIR GENDER. OUR LIZZIE JAMES DOESN'T THINK
01:05:30WE TO LET THE PARENTS KNOW, RIGHT. THE THE GOVERNMENTS.
01:05:33YOU KNOW, THAT'S THEIR THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT THE
01:05:38THAT'S WHO THE DEMOCRATS ARE WE
01:05:41THINK THAT'S CRAZY. NO.
01:05:43DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH COMMUNIST CRAZY
01:05:47REPUBLIC FANS? ARE THE PARTY FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS?
01:05:50WE KNOW THAT PARENTS DESERVE
01:05:53TRANSPARENCY NOT SECRECY. THEY DESERVE HONESTY, NOT
01:05:57CONCEALMENT. AND THEY A SEAT AT THE TABLE
01:06:01WHEN DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN.
01:06:07THAT'S WHY WE PASSED THE STOPPING INTO INDOCTRINATION,
01:06:11PROTECTING CHILD CHILDREN'S AND KIDS ACT, REQUIRING PUBLIC
01:06:15SCHOOLS TO GET PARENTS CONSENT
01:06:18BEFORE CHANGING A CHILD'S
01:06:21PRONOUN OR GENDER IDENTITY SEEMS
01:06:24LIKE COMMON SENSE TO.
01:06:26ME BUT EVERY PARENT IN IN THE COUNTRY SHOULD WANT THAT.
01:06:33WELL, 198 PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY
01:06:35HOUSE DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST IT
01:06:37AND LINDSEY JAMES JUSTICE THAT
01:06:40PIECE OF LEGISLATION AGAIN THIS IS WHO THE DEMOCRATS ARE
01:06:46DEMOCRATS WANT TO JUST TAKE MONEY OUT OF YOUR POCKET AND
01:06:48CONTROL YOUR CHILDREN. THEY ALSO WANT TO RELEASE
01:06:52VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND ILLEGAL
01:06:54ROAMING YOUR STREETS AND IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.
01:06:58SO, JOANNA.
01:07:02RUNNING FOR ARIZONA'S SIXTH
01:07:04DISTRICT, WANTS DEFUND POLICE
01:07:08OFFICERS WHO ANSWER OUR CALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO KEEP US SAFE.
01:07:12SHE WOULD ALLOW VIOLENT CRIMINALS TO TAKE OUR STREETS.
01:07:16SHE TO FLING THE BORDER WIDE
01:07:19OPEN AGAIN, ALLOWING THE CHAOS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
01:07:23ILLEGAL TO STREAM BACK INTO OUR
01:07:26COMMUNITIES BACK INTO STREETS
01:07:28JUST LIKE WE HAD UNDER
01:07:32PRESIDENT. IN FACT, SHE BELIEVES BORDER
01:07:34SECURITY IS A SYMBOL OF RACISM
01:07:38AND HATRED TO THAT'S COMMUNIST
01:07:42CRAZY. WE ACTUALLY STAND FOR LAW AND
01:07:45ORDER REPUBLICANS SLAMMED THE
01:07:47DOOR ON THE BORDER THE BORDER
01:07:50SHUT AND AFTER RECORD HIGH HEIGHTS.
01:07:53ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN OUR COUNTRY FLOODING INTO OUR BORDER
01:07:57BORDER UNDER BIDEN. WE NOW THE MOST SECURE BORDER IN
01:08:03MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY.
01:08:05THAT'S JUST COMMON.
01:08:07THESE ARE NOT FRINGE CANDIDATES
01:08:09RUNNING IN DEEP BLUE SEATS.
01:08:11THEY ARE FACES THE DEMOCRAT
01:08:14PARTY HAS CHOSEN TO SHOW THE
01:08:16COUNTRY WHO THEY ARE IN EACH
01:08:20THESE FACES, YOU CAN SEE THE
01:08:22SAME CHOICES REFLECTED RIGHT BACK AT YOU.
01:08:26AND IN 49 DAYS YOU HAVE A CHOICE
01:08:29YOU CAN CHOOSE CRAZY COMMUNISM
01:08:32OR YOU CAN COMMON SENSE.
01:08:35IT'S A CHOICE THAT WILL WHAT
01:08:37KIND OF COUNTRY YOUR CHILDREN
01:08:42INHERIT WHEN THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH
01:08:44TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU DID IN THIS MOMENT.
01:08:48THE CHOICE IS A GOVERNMENT THAT OVERRIDES JUDGES INTO EVERY
01:08:50CORNER OF LIFE. >> IN A OPINION, THE CHAIR, THE
01:08:54EYES IT THE SPEAKER FOR WHAT PURPOSE? >> A GENTLEMAN FROM
01:08:58MASSACHUSETTS SEEK RECOGNITION. MR. SPEAKER.
01:09:00I ASK FOR A RECORDED VOTE AND, A NO ON THIS RECORD BREAKING CLOSE
01:09:06RULE. A RECORDED VOTE REQUESTED THOSE
01:09:08FAVORING RECORDED VOTE RISE. >> THAT NUMBER HAVING RISEN A RECORD. VOTERS ORDERED MEMBERS RECORD
01:09:12THEIR VOTES BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE. >> THIS WILL BE A FIVE MINUTE
01:09:18VOTE.
01:09:20VOTING ON WHETHER TO APPROVE THE
01:09:23DEBATE RULES COVERING FIVE MEASURES, INCLUDING THIS SENATE IMPOSING MORE SANCTIONS ON
01:09:27RUSSIA AND IRAN. >> IT'S NAME THAT LINDSEY GRAHAM
01:09:31RUSSIA AND IRAN ACT OF 2026 AFTER THE LATE SOUTH CAROLINA
01:09:34SENATOR WHO DIED UNEXPECTEDLY JULY.
01:09:37THE RULES ALSO GOVERNING DEBATE ON DISAPPROVAL RESOLUTIONS DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RULES
01:09:41ON ENGINE EMISSIONS. AFTER THIS.
01:09:43THE HOUSE EXPECTED TO DEBATE THE INDIVIDUAL MEASURES, INCLUDING
01:09:47AN AIR DATACENTRES BILL AND THE CALIFORNIA POLLUTION CONTROL.
01:09:51THEY'LL RECESS AND COME BACK FOR
01:09:53MORE VOTES TONIGHT AT 930 EASTERN TIME.
01:09:56AS MEMBERS VOTE, WE'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE REPUBLICAN LEADERS
01:10:01REMARKS.
01:10:09AMERICA DOES NOT BELONG TO WASHINGTON.
01:10:13AMERICA BELONGS TO YOU. AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO
01:10:17INTRODUCE A COLLEAGUE, NICK LODER, THE GREAT STATE OF NEW
01:10:21YORK, JUST WORRIED ABOUT HOW I WOULD DO THAT.
01:10:24>> YEAH. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I'M NICK LODER FROM LONG ISLAND.
01:10:27THE CHAIRMAN HAS IT. THESE THESE ELECTIONS ARE ALWAYS
01:10:30ABOUT A A CHOICE BETWEEN TWO THINGS AND THESE 20, 26
01:10:34ELECTIONS ARE ABOUT COMMON SENSE VERSUS CRAZY COMMUNISM.
01:10:38I'M A PROUD AMERICAN. I'M A PROUD NEW YORKER, AND I'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF REFLECTION
01:10:42ABOUT, THE DIRECTION OF MY STATE. WE USED TO BE A STATE WITH 45
01:10:45CONGRESSIONAL SEATS, THE
01:10:47EPICENTER OF OF OF AMERICA'S AND
01:10:50MAYBE EVEN THE WORLD'S ECONOMY A GREAT SOCIAL CENTER, SOMETHING
01:10:53THAT WE COULD ALL BE VERY PROUD ABOUT.
01:10:55AND AS I SAT FOUR DAYS AGO AT
01:10:57GROUND ZERO, I THINKING ABOUT ATTACKS ON OUR NATION AND WHAT
01:11:02TERRORIST WOULD SOUGHT TO DO TO US TO PLANES INTO THE WORLD
01:11:04TRADE CENTER TO DESTROY THE BASE
01:11:06OF OUR CAPITAL SOCIETY, TAKING A
01:11:09PLANE INTO, OUR PENTAGON TO TRY TO DISRUPT OUR LAW ORDER AND OUR
01:11:13PEACE, AND TO ALSO DESTROY OUR CAPITAL WITH A FOURTH PLANE.
01:11:16I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW THEY WERE TRYING TO DISRUPT OUR ECONOMY,
01:11:20OUR WAY OF LIFE, OUR SAFETY AND OUR GOVERNMENT AND AS I THOUGHT
01:11:24AT GROUND ZERO A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO ABOUT WHAT WAS FROM OFFSHORE.
01:11:28YEAH. ONTO OUR SHORES AND TRYING TO DESTROY ARRAY OF LIFE, I THOUGHT
01:11:31ABOUT MY STATE, ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO TO DESTROY
01:11:34OUR OWN WAY OF LIFE AS WELL WE HAVE 45 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
01:11:39NOW HAVE 26. WE USED TO BE THE FINANCIAL
01:11:41CENTER OF THIS COUNTRY IN THIS WORLD, AND NOW OUR FINANCIAL ARE
01:11:45FLEEING TO GREENER PASTURES IN PLACES LIKE FLORIDA AND TEXAS WE
01:11:49ARE LOSING THE BATTLE IN NEW AGAINST COMMUNISM. AND IT IS NOT COMING FROM
01:11:53OFFSHORE. IT'S COMING FROM WITHIN OUR OWN RANKS, IN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT.
01:11:56THIS IS ELECTION ABOUT COMMON SENSE FORCES, CRAZY.
01:11:59AND THE FOLKS WITHIN MY STATE GONE OFF THE RAILS AND THEY ARE
01:12:03THE WAGGING THE DEMOCRAT DOG
01:12:05THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, THE DEMOCRAT SOCIALISTS OF
01:12:09AMERICA WANT TO ABOLISH THE SENATE, PACK THE SUPREME COURT
01:12:11AND OTHERWISE RULE IN A WAY IN OUR COUNTRY THAT.
01:12:15THOSE TERRORISTS WANT TO DISMANTLE. FIVE YEARS AGO WE HEAR THE FOLKS
01:12:19BESIDE AND BEHIND ME ARE FULLY
01:12:21COMMITTED TO ENSURING AMERICA
01:12:23REMAINS THE GREATEST NATION THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
01:12:26THAT WE PROMOTE HARD WORK AND WE INCENTIVIZE WORK.
01:12:30OUR HALLMARK LEGISLATION DOES JUST THAT.
01:12:32CUTTING TAXES FOR MIDDLE CLASS
01:12:35AMERICANS TO INCENTIVIZE AND REWARD HARD WORK.
01:12:38OUR FRIENDS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE HAVE A MUCH DIFFERENT AND WARPED VIEW OF OUR
01:12:44POLITICS, OF OUR PEOPLE. I HOPE THAT AMERICA, IN 49 DAYS
01:12:47FROM NOW, GETS THIS, PUTS FORTH A CONTINUE AS A REPUBLICAN
01:12:52MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR SHORES,
01:12:55PROTECT OUR BORDERS, REWARD AND INCENTIVIZE HARD WORK.
01:12:58THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. AND SPEAKER, I HOPE WE GET THAT RIGHT AS A NATION HERE IN 49
01:13:02DAYS.
01:13:03>> I MEAN, NOW WITH.
01:13:07>> THANKS, NICK. HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE PASSED
01:13:11NEARLY 900 BILLS THIS CONGRESS. >> YOU HEARD OUR CONFERENCE
01:13:13CHAIR TALK ABOUT THIS. >> THAT IS THE SECOND HIGHEST
01:13:17NUMBER IN UNITED STATES HISTORY.
01:13:19AND FAR TOO MANY OF THESE BILLS
01:13:21HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE SENATE
01:13:23WHERE THEY WAIT TO BE CONSIDERED OR JUST DIE.
01:13:27A OF THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE SAVE AMERICA ACT AND RIGHTLY SO.
01:13:30>> BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY BILL STUCK IN THE SENATE.
01:13:33>> THE CLARITY ACT, WHICH PASSED
01:13:35THIS HOUSE IN JULY OF 2025, WITH
01:13:38NEARLY 100 DEMOCRATS VOTING
01:13:40SUPPORT, HAS YET TO MOVE. THE UNITED STATES HAS AN
01:13:44OPPORTUNE NEED TO CEMENT ITSELF AS THE GLOBAL LEADER IN DIGITAL
01:13:47ASSET INNOVATION. >> WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SUCCESS.
01:13:51THANKS PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP. >> OUR STABLECOIN LEGISLATION.
01:13:54>> THE GENIUS ACT BECAME LAW LAST YEAR.
01:13:58>> BUT AS OUR GREAT CHAIRMAN, FRENCH HILL HAS STATED
01:14:02REPEATEDLY, PASSING GENIUS WITHOUT CLARITY IS LIKE HAVING A
01:14:04CELL PHONE WITHOUT CELL TOWERS.
01:14:06WE NEED THE NEED.
01:14:09>> WE NEED THE MARKET STRUCTURE LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE CERTAINTY
01:14:13AND PREDICTABILITY FOR DIGITAL ASSETS.
01:14:15BY FAILING TO PASS A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, WE'RE SQUANDERING
01:14:19THIS OPPORTUNITY. IF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE
01:14:21GIVEN US UNTIL WE HAVE CLEAR OF
01:14:24WHAT IS CASH, WHAT IS A COMMODITY, AND WHAT IS A
01:14:28SECURITY. WHEN IT COMES TO DIGITAL ASSETS,
01:14:30AMERICAN IS GOING TO SUFFER AND OUR ADVERSARIES ARE GOING TO
01:14:33TAKE ADVANTAGE. >> THE SENATE WAS A GOOD
01:14:39NONPARTIZAN BILL THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS OF, BOTH
01:14:41PARTIES AND A WIDE COALITION OF STAKEHOLDERS.
01:14:44>> BUT NOW SOME OBSTRUCTIONIST
01:14:46DEMOCRAT SENATORS WANT TO MAKE
01:14:48THIS A PARTIZAN ISSUE BY CHANGING MANY CRUCIAL OF THE
01:14:52CLARITY ACT. >> AT THE VERY LAST SECOND.
01:14:54>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. MAKE NO MISTAKE, THEY'RE
01:14:57FRUSTRATED WITH. >> INACTION AND EXCUSES. THE CLARITY ACT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
01:15:01SIGNED INTO LAW LAST YEAR. >> WE'LL SEE WHAT THE SENATE
01:15:05DOES THIS WEEK. DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, THE
01:15:08HOUSE IS NOT ABLE TO LEGISLATE ON ITS OWN.
01:15:11>> WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO SOMETHING. AND WITH THAT, I TURN IT OVER TO
01:15:15OUR LEADER, STEVE SCALISE.
01:15:16>> THANK YOU WHIP EMMER AND
01:15:20LOOK, THIS IS A VERY BUSY AND IMPORTANT WEEK.
01:15:23>> IN THE HOUSE WE HAVE OVER 75 PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE
01:15:27GOING TO BE MOVING OUT OF THE HOUSE. >> SO THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'RE
01:15:31DOING AND FRANKLY, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING TO MAKE LIFE
01:15:33MORE AFFORDABLE WORKING FAMILIES
01:15:35AND EVERY STEP THE WAY WE'VE
01:15:37BEEN HAVING DEMOCRAT OPPOSITION
01:15:40DEMOCRATS DO NOT CARE ABOUT.
01:15:44FAMILIES. >> THEY'VE PROVEN IT TIME, TIME AGAIN WITH THEIR VOTES. >> AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
01:15:46SEE THAT WHEN IN THE NEXT 49
01:15:48DAYS, WHEN WE GO BEFORE VOTERS AND TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES,
01:15:52US AND THEM, WHO'S ACTUALLY FIGHTING TO MAKE LIFE MORE
01:15:55AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES. >> AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE
01:15:59SOCIALIST, THE DEMOCRATS, THESE COMMUNISM, THEY WANT TO DO THEY
01:16:02WANT TO REPEAL THE WORKING
01:16:04FAMILIES TAX CUT, WHICH MEANS THEY WANT TO TAKE MONEY OUT OF
01:16:07THE POCKETS OF WORKING FAMILIES, REVERSE THE BENEFITS THINGS LIKE
01:16:11NO TAX ON OVERTIME THAT 30 MILLION AMERICANS BENEFITED FROM
01:16:15LISA TALKED ABOUT, THE 35 MILLION SENIORS WHO HAVE
01:16:19BENEFITED FROM NO TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY YOU THINK ABOUT NO TAX
01:16:22ON TIPS. ALMOST 10 MILLION AMERICANS
01:16:25BENEFITING FOR THAT AVERAGE INCOME BY THE WAY OF A CHIP
01:16:29WORKERS $32,000 A YEAR IN DEMOCRATS WANT TO TAKE THAT MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKET.
01:16:33SEND IT TO WASHINGTON TO CONTINUE FRAUD.
01:16:36>> YES, FRAUD. >> THEY'VE SUPPORTED EVERY
01:16:41MEASURE TO CONTINUE FRAUD IN AMERICA WHEN WE'VE TRIED TO ROOT OUT FRAUD.
01:16:44IN FACT, THIS WE'RE BRINGING MORE BILLS TO, ROOT OUT FRAUD IN
01:16:48AMERICA, AND WE'LL EXPECT TO SEE DEMOCRATS OPPOSE IT LIKE OPPOSED
01:16:52EVERY OTHER MEASURE. STOP FRAUD AND THE THEFT
01:16:56TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE CLEARING CENTERS.
01:16:59WE KNOW ABOUT SO MUCH OTHER WASTE AND ABUSE THAT WE'VE BEEN
01:17:03ABLE TO NOT ONLY ROOT OUT, BUT
01:17:06AS WE ROOT IT OUT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE THAT MONEY BACK TO WORKING.
01:17:09>> DEMOCRATS WANT TO REVERSE THOSE GAINS. I WANT TO TICK OFF A FEW NUMBERS
01:17:13BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
01:17:16>> 97% OF DEMOCRATS VOTED
01:17:19AGAINST SUPPORTING FRAUDULENT PAYMENTS BEFORE THEY GO OUT THE
01:17:23DOOR JUST CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT FRAUDULENT. ALMOST EVERY DEMOCRAT SAID,
01:17:27NOPE, LET THE MONEY YOUR TAX GO
01:17:29OUT THE DOOR, EVEN IF YOU KNOW IT'S FRAUDULENT.
01:17:3290% OF DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST
01:17:35DEPORTING ILLEGAL THOSE WHO COMMIT FRAUD.
01:17:38SO SOMEBODY COMES HERE ILLEGALLY. >> THEN THEY STEAL TAXPAYER
01:17:42DOLLARS AND WE SAID, OKAY,
01:17:44SHOULDN'T THAT BE ENOUGH IF YOU STEAL THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS OF,
01:17:48HARDWORKING AMERICANS, YOU SHOULD BE SENT BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY.
01:17:51>> DEMOCRATS SAID, NOPE, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO STAY IN
01:17:54AMERICA AND KEEP STEALING MONEY. 90% OF DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST
01:17:58THAT PROTECTION FOR TAXPAYERS.
01:18:02ALMOST 90% VOTED AGAINST A AN
01:18:04OFFICE DEDICATED TO COMBATING FRAUD.
01:18:07>> THROUGHOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD THE
01:18:10VICE PRESIDENT TALK AND I'M SURE THE SPEAKER IS GOING TO TALK
01:18:13ABOUT WHAT VICE VANCE MENTIONED TO OUR MEMBERS TODAY, PACKED,
01:18:17PACKED ROOM AFTER COMING OFF OF
01:18:19A GREAT CONVENTION, A PACKED IN
01:18:24DALLAS. >> OVER 20,000 PEOPLE THERE TO HEAR OUR PRESIDENT OUR VICE
01:18:27PRESIDENT TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO KEEP WORKING TO GET THIS COUNTRY BACK
01:18:30ON TRACK. >> THE MESS THAT WE INHERITED,
01:18:34THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION. >> FINALLY STARTING TO
01:18:36STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT. >> HE'S TRYING TO START
01:18:40DELIVERING FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND THEN WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE WORK TO.
01:18:44>> BUT LOOK AT WHAT THE DEMOCRATS DOING TO STOP IT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
01:18:48THEY DON'T EVEN WANT AN OFFICE THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S BEEN
01:18:52TRYING GO HEAD UP TO ROOT OUT FRAUD GOVERNMENT, TO SAVE YOUR
01:18:56TAXPAYER. >> AND AGAIN, ALMOST 90% OF DEMOCRATS AGAINST CONDEMNING
01:19:02FRAUDSTERS. WE HAD A BILL ON THE FLOOR JUST TWO WEEKS AGO TO SAY, SHOULDN'T WE JUST DENOUNCE SOCIALISM?
01:19:07>> WE ALL KNOW THAT THE ILLS OF IT ALL AROUND WORLD, THROUGHOUT
01:19:11AMERICA, ALL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD'S HISTORY. >> YOU'VE SEEN HOW SOCIALISM HAS
01:19:14LED TO DEATH, POVERTY, SQUALOR.
01:19:17>> AND YET ALMOST EVERY DEMOCRAT AGAINST THAT BILL, BECAUSE THEY
01:19:21SUPPORT SOCIALISM. THEY SUPPORT COMMUNISM.
01:19:24THEIR PARTY HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER.
01:19:26IT'S INSANE TO SEE HAPPENED, BUT
01:19:28THAT'S ON THE BALLOT THIS NOVEMBER.
01:19:30MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT. AND THAT'S WHY WE KNOW GOING TO
01:19:34BE ABLE TO HOLD THE HOUSE AND GROW OUR MAJORITY BECAUSE WE'VE
01:19:37GOT GREAT CANDIDATES, GOT PEOPLE
01:19:39THAT ACTUALLY LOVE THIS COUNTRY AND KNOW IT'S WORTH FIGHTING
01:19:43FOR. AND THE MAN WHO'S LED THAT FIGHT
01:19:45TO KEEP THIS COUNTRY MOVING IN
01:19:47THE RIGHT DIRECTION, FIGHT FOR THOSE WORKING FAMILIES IS OUR OF
01:19:51THE HOUSE MIKE JOHNSON.
01:19:53>> THANKS MUCH. WHIP THANKS TO REP LUDA BEING
01:19:57HERE FROM NEW YORK AND TALK ABOUT 911 IN A MOMENT THAT
01:20:02ANNIVERSARY THAT TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY BUT WE ARE IN IN
01:20:04GREAT SPIRITS THIS.
01:20:06WE JUST LEFT A RAUCOUS PARTY I
01:20:08WOULD SAY THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE MET HERE AT THE SEE
01:20:12AND WE HAD I DON'T KNOW, 250 235
01:20:15OR SO FOLKS CRAMMED INTO A ROOM LITERALLY STANDING ROOM ONLY AROUND THE WALLS.
01:20:19THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS HERE, VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE, AND
01:20:21HE'S IN A GREAT MOOD. WELL, WE WERE ALL FEELING THE
01:20:24EXCITEMENT COMING OFF THAT FIRST EVER HISTORIC MIDTERM
01:20:28CONVENTION, WHICH IS A BIG SUCCESS. AND WE'RE ALL EXCITED TO COME BACK FROM DALLAS.
01:20:31AND THE ENERGY CONTINUE. AND SO THE VICE PRESIDENT GAVE A GREAT MESSAGE.
01:20:35HIS LEADER, SCALISE, SAID, TO TO TO RILE UP THE TROOPS, SO TO SPEAK SO WE CAN FINISH.
01:20:39WE'RE 49 DAYS OUT FROM THE
01:20:41FATEFUL ELECTION OF OUR LIFETIMES. I GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT IN A
01:20:46MIDTERM IN NOVEMBER OF 2026, ON THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY, IT FALLS
01:20:50TO US TO SAVE THE REPUBLIC. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE THE SENTIMENTS ECHOED HERE THIS MORNING.
01:20:53IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT THE VICE PRESIDENT WAS GOT
01:20:56THEM ALL RILED THIS MORNING. I DID MY BEST TO DO THE SAME AND
01:21:00THEN WE HAD WHAT WE CALL A STAMPEDE. WE HAVE HOT MIKES ON THE FLOOR
01:21:04AND THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS AND SOME OF OUR CANDIDATES EVEN WHO
01:21:08HAVE WON THEIR PRIMARIES IN RED DISTRICTS AND ARE GOING TO BE JOINING US IN JANUARY.
01:21:12THEY CAME UP SINGLE FILE ONE BY ONE. AND I'M DELIGHTED TO TELL WE RAISED 20 MILLION ADDITIONAL
01:21:16DOLLARS THIS MORNING THAT GOES TO THE COMMITTEE, THE RCC
01:21:20COMMITTEE, WHOSE JOB IT IS TO HELP ELECT REPUBLICANS FROM COAST TO COAST.
01:21:23AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I TRANSFERRED 13 MILLION MYSELF.
01:21:27AND THEN THEN THE VICE PRESIDENT GOT UP AND CAME IN AND MADE IT THREE MORE.
01:21:30SO I'M ALL RIGHT. WHATEVER THE NUMBER IS, IT'S A LOT. I'M GRATEFUL WE I PERSONALLY
01:21:36TRANSFERRED OVER A HUNDRED MILLION NOW, SO FAR, JUST TWO CANDIDATES. BUT WHEN YOU COMBINE THE HARD
01:21:40AND THE SOFT DOLLARS WITH THE SUIT, THE SPEAKER'S INTO A SUPER PAC.
01:21:43I THINK, AND WELL OVER $430 MILLION RAISED THIS CYCLE. AND THAT'S A RECORD ALL TIME.
01:21:47AND I YOU KNOW, I DON'T TAKE A LOT OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A PRIDEFUL THING.
01:21:51I'M SAYING THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE STAKES ARE SO HIGH. SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
01:21:55WILLING TO INVEST. THEY DON'T WANT TO LOSE THEIR FREEDOM. AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GIVING US
01:21:58THE RESOURCES THAT WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO WIN THESE TOUGH BATTLES.
01:22:02NOW, THE LATEST PROGNOSTICATORS I MEAN, WE DON'T PUT IT. NO, NONE OF US SHOULD PUT ANY
01:22:06STOCK IN POLLS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE WILDLY INACCURATE AND WE ALL KNOW THAT.
01:22:09BUT YOU WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A TIGHT RACE AND IT'S GOING
01:22:13TO BE DECIDED BY ABOUT 20 JUMP BALL SWING DISTRICTS AROUND THE
01:22:17COUNTRY BY HUNDREDS OF VOTES IN EACH DISTRICT.
01:22:20SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR GRANTED. BUT I'M ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED
01:22:23THAT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP GROW THIS MAJORITY. AND THERE'S OF REASONS WHY.
01:22:27AND I WANT TO JUST TALK TO YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF FACTS THIS MORNING. WE'LL DO OUR REGULAR WEEKLY AND
01:22:31ALL THAT. BUT IN OUR CONVENTION WEEK, WE DID HAVE WE HAD MILLIONS OF
01:22:35PEOPLE PARTICIPATE. WE HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS ON SITE COURSE AND ATTENDED IN PERSON.
01:22:39BUT THEN EVERYBODY WATCHED IT ONLINE AND AND OF COURSE, ON
01:22:41SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEIR LIVING ROOMS AND ALL THAT.
01:22:44WE TOUTED GREAT WINS THAT WE'VE HAD AS A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY. AND UNDER THE TRUMP
01:22:49ADMINISTRATION IN JUST 19 SHORT MONTHS. AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT HOW
01:22:52ELECTIONS REALLY DO HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
01:22:55WE REMINDED VOTERS OF THE DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF THE YEAR'S
01:22:59UNDER JOE BIDEN AND KAMALA, WHAT WE INHERITED WHEN WE TOOK ALL
01:23:02OVER LAST JANUARY OR ONLY TWO
01:23:05YEARS AGO, REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME THAT'S
01:23:09GONE BY. BUT THIS IS JUST LESS THAN TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD A COUNTRY ON
01:23:13THE BRINK OF RUIN. WE HAD CRIMINALS AND CARTELS
01:23:16FREE REIGN OVER THE BORDER. YOU REMEMBER THAT AMERICANS OF
01:23:19ALL AGES WERE FROM FENTANYL OVERDOSES, A GREAT SCOURGE UPON
01:23:23THE COUNTRY. INFLATION SOARED OVER 9% UNDER
01:23:26JOE BIDEN, A 40 YEAR HIGH. OUR CITIES AWASH WITH VIOLENT
01:23:31CRIME. FACTORIES WERE CLOSING AND AMERICAN JOBS WERE MOVING
01:23:34OVERSEAS AND WOKE POLITICS WERE INVADING FROM KINDERGARTEN TO
01:23:39COLLEGE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE NOT
01:23:41WITH THAT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, AND THEIR
01:23:46POCKETBOOKS. FAMILIES WERE FEELING THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF DEMOCRAT
01:23:50LEADERSHIP AND THEIR FALSE VISION, WHAT AMERICA IS. AND IN 2020, FOR THE PEOPLE
01:23:54SAID, THAT'S ENOUGH AND THEY WANT A CHANGE.
01:23:57SO ELECTED AND RETURNED DONALD J. TRUMP BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
01:23:59AND THEY GAVE OUR PARTY. REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE HOUSE
01:24:02AND THE SENATE IN JUST 19 SHORT
01:24:04MONTHS SINCE THAT HAPPENED, WE HAVE TURNED THE SHIP OF STATE
01:24:09AROUND, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT. IT DOESN'T TURN OVERNIGHT, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A GIANT
01:24:13AIRCRAFT. UH, MY NAVY VETERAN HERE WOULD
01:24:15TELL YOU IT TAKES A WHILE TO TURN AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER WHEN IT'S AN OPEN OCEAN AT HIGH
01:24:19SPEED. IT'S NOT ON DIME. BUT WE HAVE HAD A STEADY HAND AT
01:24:23THE WHEEL AND WE ARE TURNING THE SHIP OF STATE. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE SOME
01:24:27THE RESULTS OF THAT. I MEAN, OUR AGENDA IS VERY SIMPLE. GET CONTROL OF THE BORDER, CHECK
01:24:31LET WORKING FAMILIES MORE OF WHAT THEY EARN. ABSOLUTELY.
01:24:34DID IT INCREASE COMPETITION AND CHOICE TO LOWER HEALTH CARE COST?
01:24:38WE ARE ON THAT PATH RIGHT NOW AND COURAGE AND DOMESTIC ENERGY
01:24:42PRODUCTION TO MAKE EVERYDAY LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE, INCENTIVIZE
01:24:46AMERICAN COMPANIES BUILD IN AMERICA AND HIRE WORKERS.
01:24:50WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL THAT. YOU COULD SUMMARIZE IT ALL BY
01:24:54JUST SAYING THAT IT'S COMMON SENSE. WE BELIEVE IN COMMON SENSE
01:24:57PRINCIPLES. LISTEN TO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU IN.
01:25:00JUST ASK YOURSELF IF YOU AGREE DO YOU THINK CRIMINALS SHOULD GO
01:25:03TO JAIL AND GIRLS LOCKER ROOMS SHOULD BE FOR GIRLS ONLY?
01:25:07WE DO. THE DEMOCRAT PARTY DOESN'T. THE CANDIDATES ARE RUN FOR THESE
01:25:11CASES. >> THESE THESE RACES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
01:25:13>> THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU DON'T INHERIT ONE OF THE WORST
01:25:15ECONOMIES IN DECADES. TURN IT AROUND OVERNIGHT.
01:25:18BUT WE HAVE MADE SIGNIFY AGAIN, POSITIVE CHANGE. WE HAVE WE HAVE THE COURSE OF
01:25:22THE COUNTRY. WE PUT OURSELVES ON THAT NEW PATH AND IT IS WELL UNDERWAY.
01:25:26IT IS A FACT. LET ME TELL YOU OF THE OTHER FACTS THAT NOBODY TALKS ABOUT,
01:25:30FEW OF YOU WRITE ABOUT. WE HAVE HAD THE LARGEST DROP IN
01:25:32PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES IN 60
01:25:34YEARS SINCE WE TOOK BACK OVER
01:25:36THE GOVERNMENT, THE LARGEST AND WORKING CLASS TAX CUT IN.
01:25:40AMERICAN HISTORY. NO TAX ON TIPS, NO TAX ON
01:25:42OVERTIME, NO TAX ON SOCIAL DISCUSSED THIS MORNING MORE THAN
01:25:461 MILLION NEW PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS BEEN CREATED IN THE LAST 19 MONTHS.
01:25:50MORE AMERICANS ARE WORKING THAN EVER BEFORE. THE JOBS ARE OFF THE CHARTS.
01:25:55INFLATION FINALLY COMING DOWN FROM THE BIDEN ERA HIGHS. REMEMBER, IT WAS A 40 YEAR HIGH
01:25:58AND WE'VE BEEN DRAGGING BACK DOWN.
01:26:01THE HOMICIDE RATE, THE LOWEST LEVEL IN 126 YEARS.
01:26:05WE TOOK CARE OF THE VIOLENT CRIME PROBLEM.
01:26:07ILLEGAL CROSSINGS PLUMMETED TO ZERO FOR ALMOST 16 STRAIGHT
01:26:11MONTHS. TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NEW INVESTMENT ARE FLOWING INTO AMERICAN BECAUSE WE ARE
01:26:17RESHORING AMERICAN JOBS IN AMERICAN MANUFACTURING. THAT'S THE AMERICAN WAY.
01:26:21BY CONTRAST, DEMOCRATS ARE OFFERING NOTHING MORE THAN
01:26:25GRIEVANCE POLITICS IN ORDER TO KNOW WHAT THEIR 2027 AGENDA IS.
01:26:29I JUST DESCRIBED. OURS IS TO KEEP ON PACE AND KEEP DOING THAT.
01:26:33THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. POLITICAL RETRIBUTION. I ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT IT.
01:26:36REVERSE THE TAX CUTS. IT MEANS TAX CUTS. YOU KNOW, TAXES GO UP FOR YOUR FAMILY.
01:26:40ALL THE HARD WORK IN FAMILIES. THEY WANT AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL.
01:26:43THEY WANT TO REOPEN THE BORDERS. THEY WANT A RESTORATION OF
01:26:47TAXPAYER FUNDED HEALTH CARE FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS. THAT'S QUITE LITERALLY WHAT
01:26:50THEY'RE GOING TO DO IF YOU GIVE THEM THE REINS BACK, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
01:26:54THAT'S THEIR ENTIRE. AND YOU ALL OUGHT TO BE CHASING
01:26:57THEM AROUND THE HALLS AND ASKING THEM TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT THEY
01:26:59WANT TO DO, BECAUSE THAT'S TRUE. NOW, NOVEMBER 3RD IS A CONTRAST ELECTION.
01:27:03AND YOU HEAR US SAY ALL THE TIME, CONTRAST BETWEEN COMMON SENSE AND CRAZY.
01:27:06AND THAT'S THE BEST WAY WE CAN DESCRIBE IT.
01:27:09THIS IS NOT A CAMPAIGN OVER STANDARD POLITICAL DISAGREEMENTS.
01:27:12WE ARE ENTERING A NEW ERA IN
01:27:14POLITICS AND IN CONGRESS, BEGINNING JANUARY 27.
01:27:18WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ARGUING OVER MARGINAL TAX RATES OR INFLATION OR FOREIGN POLICY, NOT
01:27:24WITH THE FINER POINTS OF ALL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO
01:27:27KEEP THE GREATEST NATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD OR BREAK THE THING DOWN TO THE FOUNDATION
01:27:31TO GO DOWN THIS DARK, DANGEROUS, DEADLY TO COMMUNISM.
01:27:32AND THAT IS NOT A CAMPAIGN RHETORIC. IT'S NOT.
01:27:36THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE. THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
01:27:39THE DEMOCRATS ARE FACED WITH
01:27:42FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY
01:27:46ARE ANSWERING THE WRONG WAY, YOU KNOW, IS IT APPROPRIATE TO
01:27:48CAMPAIGN WITH PEOPLE WHO SAID AMERICA DESERVED 911?
01:27:53APPARENTLY, THEY THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. WE DON'T SHOULD VIOLENT
01:27:57CRIMINALS PUT IN JAIL? WE SAY YES. MANY PEOPLE SAY YES.
01:28:00DEMOCRAT PARTY SAYS. IS POLITICAL VIOLENCE JUSTIFIED?
01:28:04OF COURSE NOT. BUT YOU GOT CANDIDATES OUT THERE ON THE DEMOCRAT PARTY RIGHT NOW
01:28:08IN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND SOME WHO SIT IN CONGRESS WHO THINK IT'S JUSTIFIED.
01:28:11WE'RE NOT BUYING THAT. DEMOCRATS HAVE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.
01:28:15HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES. WON'T SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THAT'S BEING IN
01:28:19CALIFORNIA, THEY GOT A CANDIDATE SAYS, OF COURSE, MANY OF THEM
01:28:22WANT TO ABOLISH THE BORDER. CHEVALIER IN NEW YORK. THEY WANT A DECRIMINALIZED TRANS
01:28:28PROSTITUTE FUSION. THAT'S MISS MENDOZA IN ARIZONA. THEY WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING WHITE.
01:28:32LINDSEY JAMES IN IOWA, ONE OF THE ONE OF THEIR CANDIDATES
01:28:36PERFORMED SATANIST WEDDING NOT LONG AGO. SARAH TRON GARY OUT IN IOWA.
01:28:40I DON'T THINK IOWANS ARE DOWN WITH THAT. THE DSA CANDIDATES PUBLISHED
01:28:42THEIR PLANS. YOU SHOULD LOOK WHEN THEY PUT IT IN WRITING.
01:28:46THEY GO OUT AND STOP THEIR FEARS AND SAY THEY, WANT TO DO IT? YOU KNOW, TAKE THEM AT THEIR
01:28:49WORD, ABOLISH THE BORDER PRISONS, DEFUND POLICE, DEFUNDED DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
01:28:54IT'S ERASE THE U.S. SENATE. THEY WANT TO TAKE THE
01:28:57CONSTITUTION AND RIP IT IN HALF BECAUSE THEY HAVE DISDAIN FOR.
01:29:01AND WE, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE THINK, OH, THAT'S CRAZY.
01:29:04WE STAND FOR AMERICA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES.
01:29:06AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO WIN.
01:29:10I'LL ADDRESS 911 SINCE IT'S COME UP THIS MORNING AND WE JUST THIS TRAGIC ANNIVERSARY. JUST A FINAL THOUGHT.
01:29:15THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY MADE US ALL STOP AND THINK.
01:29:18AND REALLY, THOSE THERE'S REALLY
01:29:20JUST STILL HARROWING FOR ALL OF
01:29:22US THAT WERE ALIVE THEN AND REMEMBER THAT SO VIVIDLY.
01:29:25THE HORRIFIC TRAGEDY REMINDS AMERICANS THAT WE CAN WE CAN
01:29:29NEVER FORGET THE LESSONS OF. 911 AND I THINK SOME DEMOCRATS
01:29:33KNOW GETTING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND AT STATE LEVEL NEED TO
01:29:36BE REMINDED THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEEM TO REMEMBER IT, THEIR
01:29:39PREVAILING, YOU VIEW OF THIS NEW COMMUNISM MARXIST WING OF THE
01:29:42DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS. AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE TRAGIC EVENTS
01:29:46OF 911. JUST OBSERVE THEIR ACTIONS,
01:29:49THEIR WORDS, AND WHAT THEY'VE
01:29:51THE SENATE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE MICHIGAN MR. ASSAAD OPENLY
01:29:54CAMPAIGNS WITH THE RADICAL WHO SAYS AMERICA DESERVED 9/11.
01:29:58HE WON'T DENOUNCE IT. THE SOCIALIST CANDIDATE IN
01:30:00COLORADO, A HERO, SAID SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS WERE, QUOTE, IS OUR
01:30:05FAULT, IS IT? ANOTHER CANDIDATE IN NEW JERSEY, WHOM WE HAS PUBLICLY
01:30:10ACKNOWLEDGED TIES TO AL QAEDA AS
01:30:12CANDIDATE TO RUN FOR CONGRESS. IT'S NUTS.
01:30:16INTERNET CLIP THAT WE'VE ALL SEEN. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN EVER UNSEE IT.
01:30:20DURING THE SACRED CEREMONY HONORING THE VICTIMS OF 911 AT
01:30:23GROUND ZERO, THE UNOFFICIAL LEADERS OF THE NEW DEMOCRATIC
01:30:25PARTY, THE RADICAL DEMOCRAT PARTY, AOC, AND ZORAN MAMDANI,
01:30:29WERE SEEN LAUGHING.
01:30:33WHILE THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS WERE BEING BEING READ. THOSE AMERICAN HEROES BEING READ
01:30:35ALOUD IS JUST DISGUST IN. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE THIS
01:30:40AND. THEY DON'T AGREE WITH IT. I MEAN, THIS IS THE KIND OF
01:30:43DISDAIN FOR AMERICA THAT TODAY'S PARTY HAS.
01:30:46THEY DON'T EVEN TRY TO HIDE. IT IS DESPICABLE. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE
01:30:50NONE OF IT. IF A VOTER IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU'VE GOT TO ASK YOURSELF, JUST
01:30:54A SIMPLE QUESTION WHICH PARTY IS GOING TO ADVANCE COMMON SENSE.
01:30:57I MEAN, THAT'S IT. IT COMES DOWN TO IT. WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO WHICH PARTY
01:31:01IS GOING TO ADVANCE AMERICA'S CORE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES? THE REASON WE'RE GREATEST NATION
01:31:05IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. WE STAND FOR THE IDEALS OF
01:31:07INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT AND THE RULE OF LAW
01:31:11AND PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH AND FISCAL RESPONSIBLY AND FREE MARKETS AND HUMAN DIGNITY AND
01:31:15THE SANCTITY OF ALL LIFE. AND THE DEMOCRATS, THEY HAVE TO
01:31:18STAND FOR THAT COMMUNIST HAVE DISDAIN FOR EVERYTHING I JUST LISTED FOR YOU.
01:31:21THEY HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WORLDVIEW.
01:31:23AND WHEN PEOPLE TO THAT IDEOLOGY
01:31:26LISTEN MARX KARL MARX USED SOCIALISM AND COMMIE COMMUNISM.
01:31:30HE BELIEVES SOCIALISM WAS A STEP TO GET TO COMMUNISM.
01:31:34THESE THESE CRAZY CANDIDATES BELIEVE THE SAME. AND YOU GOT TO ASK YOURSELF,
01:31:38WHICH IS BETTER FOR ME AND MY
01:31:40FAMILY AND MY AGING PARENTS AND THE FUTURE OF MY CHILDREN FOR,
01:31:44THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FREEDOM, THEIR LIBERTY, OPPORTUNITY, SECURITY.
01:31:47WE'RE STANDING HERE DOING THE VERY BEST THAT IS POSSIBLE EVERY
01:31:51SINGLE DAY TO ENSURE THOSE THINGS, TO TURN THAT BIG SHIP OF
01:31:53STATE AND KEEP US GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
01:31:56IF THIS WERE TO BE TURNED OVER TO THE RADICAL, YOU CAN KISS ALL
01:31:59OF IT GOODBYE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S NOT CAMPAIGN.
01:32:03THAT'S WHAT'S AT STAKE RIGHT NOW.
01:32:04IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR BOBBY KENNEDY JR.
01:32:07SPEECH AT THE CONVENTION YOU SHOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO PULL THAT CLIP.
01:32:11WATCH IT BECAUSE HE EXPLAINED
01:32:13THAT WHILE HE WAS EFFECTIVELY
01:32:15ROYALTY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AS CLOSE AS ROYALTY HAS EVER
01:32:18BEEN, WAS THE KENNEDY FAMILY RIGHT. AND HE COMES FROM THAT LINEAGE.
01:32:21HIS UNCLE WAS JFK.
01:32:24HIS FATHER WAS BOBBY KENNEDY. AND HE STOOD THERE AND TOLD THE
01:32:27AMERICAN PEOPLE STRAIGHT FROM HIS HEART HE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE
01:32:30PARTY THAT HE CAME FROM ANYMORE. THAT IS THE SAME DEMOCRAT PARTY.
01:32:32THIS IS YOUR FATHER'S DEMOCRAT PARTY.
01:32:36IT'S NOT HIS FATHER'S DEMOCRAT PARTY. AND HE FOUND HIS WAY INTO THE
01:32:40REPUBLICAN BECAUSE BOBBY KENNEDY AND, THE MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN INITIATIVE AND EVERYTHING
01:32:44HE'S WORKING ON IS WHAT OUR
01:32:46PARTY IT'S ITS COMMON SENSE.
01:32:48THIS IS A THIS IS A VERY
01:32:50IMPORTANT QUESTION EVERYBODY HAS TO ANSWER IN 49 DAYS.
01:32:54DO YOU WANT COMMON SENSE AND DO YOU WANT AMERICA OR DO YOU WANT
01:32:58TO TEAR THIS THING DOWN AND GO DOWN A DARK, DANGEROUS ROAD? I'M CONVINCED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE
01:33:02RIGHT DECISION ON THAT. SO LET'S TAKE THE QUESTION. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
01:33:06SOFT PRESS FOR THE TIGERS. >> HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:33:11>> SECOND OF ALL, YOU TALKING A LOT ABOUT TOMMY ISM.
01:33:13HOW IS COMMUNISM ANY DIFFERENT
01:33:15FROM WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING OF GETTING EQUALITY INTACT
01:33:19AND PROMISING $5,000 CHECKS TO
01:33:22AMERICANS AND HAVING EQUITY IN STEEL?
01:33:24>> SO SO WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS ARTICULATING AND COMES UP WITH
01:33:28CREATIVE ALL THE TIME HE'S THE IDEAS PRESIDENT. WE HAVE A HARD TIME KEEPING PACE
01:33:31WITH IT SOMETIME.
01:33:33HE DEBUTED AT THE CONVENTION THE
01:33:36IDEA OF A OF A BASICALLY A DIVIDEND CHECK TO AMERICANS.
01:33:40WE'RE PROCESSING THAT. I MEAN WE'RE WE'VE JUST NOW
01:33:43GOTTEN HERE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
01:33:45WHAT HE'S TRYING TO ARTICULATE IS THE OBVIOUS TRUTH THAT IS
01:33:50DEMONSTRABLE. AND WE CAN STAY HERE ALL MORNING. WE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. IF YOU WANT MORE MONEY IN YOUR
01:33:54POCKETS, YOU GOT TO KEEP REPUBLICANS IN CHARGE. WHAT PRESIDENT'S TALKING ABOUT?
01:33:57WE HAVE DONE NOT JUST AGAIN, NOT RHETORIC RECORD.
01:34:01LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENED WHEN WE DID
01:34:03OUR LEGISLATION, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES TAX CUT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL, IT PUT
01:34:07MORE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET IN MY STATE LOUISIANA, THE AVERAGE
01:34:10LOUISIANA AND $2,915 MORE IN
01:34:12THEIR POCKET RIGHT NOW THEY DID NOT HAVE TO SEND IT ON THEIR
01:34:16TAXES THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE GOT OUR POLICIES ENACTED.
01:34:19THE AVERAGE HOME PAY IN LOUISIANA IS AROUND AVERAGE OF
01:34:23ABOUT $8,000 MORE THAN AMERICANS HAVE. BECAUSE OF OUR POLICIES, WE CUT
01:34:28TAXES, CUT REGULATIONS, WE LIMITED THE SIZE GOVERNMENT. I MENTIONED A MILLION NEW JOBS ARE ADDED.
01:34:32THOSE ARE SECTOR JOBS. WE'RE SHRINKING GOVERNMENT AND
01:34:36GROWING THE PRIVATE SECTOR. THAT IS THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM. THAT IS THE FREE.
01:34:40THAT IS WHAT WE DEFEND. THAT IS WHAT DEMOCRATS HAVE DISDAIN FOR.
01:34:43IF YOU PUT THEM IN CHARGE, WHAT THEY ENVISION, LOOK, LISTEN,
01:34:46LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. MAMDANI IN NEW YORK, HE WANTS TO
01:34:49GROW GOVERNMENT. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GROW GOVERNMENT?
01:34:52YOU TO TAX MORE AND THEY MORE OF
01:34:55YOUR HARD EARNED RESOURCES. IT NEVER WORKS. WE STARTED A WEBSITE CONTRAST
01:34:58FOR AMERICA DOT COM GO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE JUST IN A OF PAGES
01:35:02WE SUMMARIZE FOR YOU THAT NIGHTMARE THAT IS THE ROAD TO
01:35:06SOCIALISM COMMUNISM MARXISM. EVERY SINGLE TIME IT'S BEEN
01:35:09TRIED IN HISTORY IT LEADS TO HUMAN SUFFERING, FAMINE THE
01:35:14WORST AND ULTIMATELY TO DEATH.
01:35:16IT'S BEEN THE THE THE REASON TENS OF MILLIONS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE MURDERED IN THE 20TH
01:35:20CENTURY ALONE. SO WE ARE PROCESSING ALL THE IDEAS TO CONTINUE CREATIVE IDEAS
01:35:24TO PUT MORE MONEY IN AMERICAN'S POCKETS. WE WERE ABOUT SOME OF IT AT THE
01:35:27END OF THE CONFERENCE JUST NOW. IDEAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
01:35:29WORKING ON AND YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THAT DEVELOPING. THIS IS JUST DEBT.
01:35:33>> A LITTLE BIT MORE COULD JUST BE PART OF RECONCILIATION. >> THE $5,000 CHECKS, WOULD IT
01:35:36BE FULLY FOR AS THEIR INCOME CAP LOOK LIKE ACTION?
01:35:40>> WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO DETAILS OF ALL THAT BECAUSE, AGAIN WE HAVEN'T HAD
01:35:43TIME TO PROCESS THAT. >> YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WATCHING WORK FOR THREE YEARS AS SPEAKER. IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO BUILD
01:35:47CONSENSUS AROUND THESE THINGS AND A BIG IDEA THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF PROCESS AND WE'VE
01:35:51BEGUN SOME OF THAT PROCESS NOW. I SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT ABOUT
01:35:55THIS LATE LAST NIGHT. HE'S HE'S HE IS VERY ANIMATED RIGHT NOW AS THE VICE WAS WITH
01:35:59US THIS MORNING. WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO WIN.
01:36:02AND SO WE'RE SETTING THE PLANS IN PLACE TO CONTINUE THE STRIDES
01:36:05THAT WE'VE MADE TO LIFE MORE
01:36:07AFFORDABLE FOR AMERICA. NOW, LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO
01:36:11ACKNOWLEDGE, OBVIOUSLY, PRICES ARE TOO HIGH RIGHT NOW. DIESEL PRICES ARE TOO.
01:36:14THERE'S A VERY SIMPLE REASON IT. IT'S TIED, OF COURSE, TO THE
01:36:18STRAIT OF HORMUZ. WE'VE GOT TO GET COMMERCE STABILIZED. THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, I BELIEVE.
01:36:21AND I'VE BEEN SAYING NOW FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO ENTER A NEW PHASE OF
01:36:25THAT SOON, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, OUR
01:36:29ALLIED NATIONS AND NAITO, OTHER PLACES AROUND THE WORLD ARE THE
01:36:32ARAB COUNTRIES, THAT REGION THERE, THEY HAVE A LARGER IN THE
01:36:36STRAIT OF HORMUZ BEING OPEN THAN EVEN WE DO BECAUSE THEY GET SO MUCH OF THE COMMERCE THROUGH
01:36:39THAT INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY. I TALKED TO MY COUNTERPARTS, THE SPEAKERS OF THE OTHER GREAT
01:36:44PARLIAMENTS AROUND THE WORLD IN THE G-7, G-20. I'VE TALKED TO HEADS OF STATE.
01:36:47THEY UNDERSTAND THE NECESSITY OF MAKING SURE THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS OPEN AND.
01:36:51I THINK WE'LL BE ENTERING A NEW PHASE WHERE EVERYONE TO ASSIST WITH THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT
01:36:55IRAN THE LARGEST STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM NEVER GETS A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
01:36:59BUT ALSO ALLOWS FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE. AND WHEN WE DO THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, AS THE
01:37:03PRESIDENT SAID, MANY TIMES, GAS PRICES WILL IMMEDIATELY COME
01:37:06AGAIN, THE COST OF GROCERIES AS
01:37:08WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S TIED IN MANY WAYS TO THE COST OF
01:37:11TRANSPORT, OF GETTING GOODS TO THE MARKET. AND SO THAT IRANIAN SITUATION,
01:37:16THE OF HORMUZ, AS SOON AS THAT'S RESOLVED IT COMES DOWN. NOW THE PRESIDENT HAS FORECAST
01:37:20YOU'VE HEARD HIM EVEN IN RECENT DAYS. HE THINKS HE CAN GET DONE MAYBE
01:37:23RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION WE'RE 49 DAYS OUT. I'D LOVE IT TO HAPPEN TODAY, BUT
01:37:26THEY'RE WORKING DELIBERATELY THE CLOCK. THE SECRETARY OF STATE RUBIO,
01:37:30ALL THE DIPLOMATS AND EVERYBODY ON BOARD TRYING TO MAKE SURE
01:37:34HAPPENS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. BUT YOU THAT HERE AND YOU SAY
01:37:38THAT'S THAT'S A CONCERN AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT. BUT LOOK AT EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL
01:37:42THE OTHER ECONOMIC INDICATORS. WE'RE NOT YET. IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO TURN.
01:37:46THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER, THE SHIP STATE. WE'RE PULLING OUT OF THE MOST
01:37:50DISASTER RISK SITUATION THAT WE WERE INHERITED AFTER BIDEN-HARRIS.
01:37:54EVERY METRIC OF PUBLIC POLICY I LISTED FOR YOU HERE. EVERY AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY WAS
01:37:58A DISASTER. I WISH WE COULD COME IN AFTER AN THE NEXT DAY AND FLIP A SWITCH AND FIX IT ALL OVERNIGHT.
01:38:02BUT IT TAKES TIME. WE'RE THAT THE DELIBERATE HARD
01:38:06WORK IN THE TRENCHES EVERY DAY TO MAKE LIFE BETTER AND MORE AFFORDABLE AND BRING DOWN THE
01:38:09COST OF LIVING FOR AMERICANS. AND YOU HAVE. YOU NEED THIS TEAM IN TO
01:38:12CONTINUE THAT FOR THE GOOD OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
01:38:15AND THAT'S THE WHOLE THING. >> YOU FIGURE YOU'RE IN A SERIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
01:38:19IN RECENT DAYS, THE PRESIDENT INSISTED THAT CONCERNS ABOUT THE
01:38:23RISE OF AI AND HE ALSO SAID THAT THE ONLY GUARDRAILS ARE NEEDED OR PRESIDENT LIKE HIM.
01:38:27DO YOU AGREE THOSE TWO SENTIMENTS FROM ONE. >> I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT
01:38:31ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT. WE TALK ABOUT IT OFTEN AND WE
01:38:33ARE SUMMONING TOGETHER THE THE
01:38:35TOP LEADERS, THE CEOS OF THE A.I., THE AI PROVIDERS. OKAY.
01:38:38THE ONES RUN THE FRONTIER LABS AND THE OTHERS. AND SO ALL THE BIG NAMES THAT,
01:38:42YOU KNOW, I THINK WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE TOGETHER
01:38:46AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR IMPORTANT.
01:38:48WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAYS A HOAX, WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO IS WE'VE
01:38:52SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE. OKAY, WE'RE 49 DAYS OUT FROM AN ELECTION, A CATASTROPHE IS
01:38:58CREATED, THE MEDIA GETS SPUN UP, SOCIAL MEDIA SPUN UP. EVERYBODY SAYS WE'RE ALL GOING
01:39:01TO BE THEY SAID WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE DEAD IN TEN YEARS. YOU REMEMBER WHEN AOC SAID, WAS
01:39:05IT CLIMATE CHANGE WAS HER STUPID THING, SHE SAID, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE DEAD IN TEN YEARS.
01:39:09YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING IS
01:39:12YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE DEAD IN TEN YEARS. OKAY? THAT'S A HOAX.
01:39:15AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE TO
01:39:17SAY, I SAW I COMMEND TO YOUR
01:39:20VIEWING WHAT DAVID SACHS DID GIVE A CBS INTERVIEW, I THINK IT
01:39:23WAS LAST NIGHT, A LENGTHY INTERVIEW, ABOUT A HALF HOUR
01:39:26FOLLOWING UP ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA POST ABOUT 48 HOURS AGO.
01:39:29REMEMBER HE WAS THE AZAR AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN THE SECOND TERM, AND NOW HE'S THE
01:39:34CO-CHAIR OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
01:39:36AND DAVID SACHS, WHO COMES FROM SILICON VALLEY AND KNOWS THIS
01:39:40WELL, HE SAYS THIS IS ALARMISM. LISTEN A.I. IS SERIOUS.
01:39:43WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE SAFELY.
01:39:46BUT AGAIN, LET'S APPLY COMMON SENSE.
01:39:49IF YOU ARE A COMPANY, IF YOU'RE A CORPORATION IN AMERICA,
01:39:52INCLUDING TECH CORPORATION, YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO MAKE SAFE PRODUCTS.
01:39:56WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY INSIST UPON IT PROVIDE IT.
01:40:00WE ALSO PRODUCT LIABILITY LAW.
01:40:01OKAY, SO IF YOU'RE DAARIO OR SAM
01:40:05OR ANY OF THE BIG PROVIDERS, THOSE TWO LEAD FRONTIER LABS IN
01:40:09THE DEVELOPMENT OF A.I. AND WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
01:40:12THEY CAN SELF-PAY LEASE, THEY CAN SELF-REGULATE. THEY DON'T NEED GOVERNMENT TO
01:40:16TELL THEM TO SLOW IT DOWN IF THEY WANT TO SLOW IT DOWN, THEY SHOULD.
01:40:18BUT WE CANNOT EXACT WE CANNOT HAVE A MORE TOURISM ON THE
01:40:22DEVELOPMENT OF AI BECAUSE THEN WE WILL LOSE OUR TO CHINA AND
01:40:25THAT HAS SERIOUS NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS FOR EVERY
01:40:29AMERICAN FAMILY. SO THERE'S A BALANCE HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STEADY HANDS
01:40:32AT THE WHEEL ON THIS AS WE DO EVERYTHING ELSE. WE THIS IT DID NOT SURPRISE US.
01:40:36I PUT AN AI TASK FORCE
01:40:39BIPARTISAN IN THE HOUSE IN FEBRUARY OF 2020 FOR JAY OBA
01:40:43MULTI WAS A REPUBLICAN THAT I PUT IN CHARGE.
01:40:48OF THAT. JAY HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN A.I., ONE OF THE ONLY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO STUDIED THE FIELD. OKAY. THEY CAME UP WITH A 270 PAGE
01:40:51REPORT AFTER OVER A YEAR OF
01:40:55WORK, RESEARCHING, DELIBERATING DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD
01:41:00LEADERS, LUMINARIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE IN THAT ROOM, AND THEY CAME UP WITH A SET OF PRESCRIPTIONS.
01:41:03WE'RE NOT CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED HERE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR
01:41:06YEARS AND WE'RE WE'RE RIGHT THERE WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
01:41:09BUT I THINK THE NEXT, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY, IS TO SUMMON THE
01:41:12LEADERS TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT HERE'S THE PROBLEM. HERE'S THE PROBLEM.
01:41:16IF I CALLED AN EMERGENCY SESSION TODAY, I BROUGHT EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE AND SAID, LET'S
01:41:20REGULATE OF YOU THAT NOBODY IN THE ROOM KNOWS YET WHAT THAT
01:41:23SHOULD LOOK LIKE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE LATEST INFORMATION.
01:41:26WE ARE NOT IN THE LABS WITH, THE
01:41:29FRONTIER LABS WHO HAVE TAKEN THIS TECHNOLOGY.
01:41:31MANY STEPS THAN EVEN WHEN OUR OWN REPORT WAS PUBLISHED.
01:41:35YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? SO THIS HAS TO BE VERY WELL DONE. VERY BALANCED AND WELL DONE.
01:41:40I THINK YOU NEED INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. I THINK YOU NEED TRANSPARENCY
01:41:44FROM THE PEOPLE ARE DEVELOPING THIS. I THINK THERE'S SOME THERE ARE
01:41:47SOME REALLY IMPORTANT IDEAS CAN BE GUARDRAILS.
01:41:49BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY SO WE DON'T LOSE.
01:41:53AMERICA'S ADVANTAGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A.I., WE DO NOT
01:41:55NEED CHINA OR SOME OTHER COUNTRY TO OVERLAP US, BECAUSE THAT
01:42:00WOULD BE DANGEROUS. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING. I WOULD SAY EVERYBODY NEEDS TO
01:42:03TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR OWN PRODUCTS. AND THAT'S AN OBVIOUS COMMON
01:42:06SENSE NOTION THAT WE'RE ADVANCING IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
01:42:10HERE IS THE SPEAKER ON THAT. >> NO, THE OBJECTION MOTION RECONSIDERS.
01:42:13>> THEY TABLE.
01:42:21ALL RIGHT RIGHT.
01:44:51>> SO DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM
01:44:55LOUISIANA SEEK RECOGNITION? MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TO ADDRESS
01:44:58THE HOUSE. ONE MINUTE. >> GENTLEMAN'S RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
01:45:02I RISE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE
01:45:04SOMEONE WHOSE LEADERSHIP,
01:45:06SERVICE AND FRIENDSHIP HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO ME.
01:45:10TEAM SCALISE AND TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
01:45:14I'M TALKING ABOUT MY CHIEF OF
01:45:16STAFF AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP.
01:45:18MEGAN BEL MILLER.
01:45:20MEGAN HAS BEEN PART OF MY TEAM FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
01:45:24IN FACT, WHEN I WAS FIRST
01:45:26ELECTED TO CONGRESS, SHE WAS THE
01:45:28VERY FIRST PERSON THAT I HIRED
01:45:30AS MY THEN LEGISLATIVE AND
01:45:33LONGTIME ENERGY AND COMMERCE STAFFER.
01:45:35MEGAN HELPED LEAD OUR WORK ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES
01:45:39FACING NOT ONLY OUR DISTRICT BUT
01:45:41THE NATION, INCLUDING ENERGY AND HEALTH CARE.
01:45:45AFTER THE DEEPWATER DISASTER.
01:45:48SHE PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN
01:45:50DRAFTING AND PASSING THE RESTORE
01:45:52ACT TO HELP LOUISIANA
01:45:54COMMUNITIES RECOVER AND REBUILD.
01:45:57WHEN MEGAN FIRST LEFT THE HOUSE FIRST LEFT OUR OFFICE IN 2013, I
01:46:01STOOD RIGHT ON THIS HOUSE FLOOR TO RECOGNIZE HER SERVICE AND
01:46:05SAID SHE WAS LEAVING FOR, QUOTE, BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.
01:46:09LUCKILY FOR ME, THOSE AND BETTER
01:46:11THINGS EVENTUALLY LED BACK TO CAPITOL HILL.
01:46:15THIS TIME AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF
01:46:18FOR MY PERSONAL OFFICE IN 2017.
01:46:20JUST MOMENTS WHEN I WAS SHOT, I
01:46:23CAME TO RELY ON MEGAN IN WAYS
01:46:25THAT NONE OF US COULD HAVE.
01:46:27THROUGH IT ALL, MEGAN'S
01:46:30LEADERSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP NEVER WAVERED. AND JENNIFER AND I WILL BE
01:46:34GRATEFUL FOR THE WAY SHE HELPED
01:46:36FAMILY AND OUR TEAM MAKE IT THROUGH THAT CHALLENGING TIME.
01:46:40OVER THE YEARS, MEGAN HAS ALSO
01:46:42BEEN SOMEONE I'VE RELIED ON FOR
01:46:44HER EXPERTISE ON POLICY AND
01:46:46KNOWLEDGE OF THIS INSTITUTION. SHE'S BECOME KNOWN FOR HER
01:46:50KNOWLEDGE OF POLICY AND PROCESS
01:46:52AND HER STRONG RELATIONSHIP ON
01:46:55BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND HER ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE
01:46:58TOGETHER. SHE PLAYED A KEY ROLE HELPING SECURE A PROVISION IN THE
01:47:02WORKING TAX CUT THAT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE SHARING
01:47:07DOLLARS FOR LOUISIANA AND OTHER GULF COAST STATES THAT ARE
01:47:10RECEIVED EACH YEAR FROM OFFSHORE.
01:47:12>> MEGAN ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE I
01:47:14COULD COUNT ON FOR ADVICE, SOUND
01:47:18JUDGMENT AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE
01:47:22SERVE. >> I CALL HER THE GO GETTER
01:47:24BECAUSE NO MATTER THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE TO SOLVE.
01:47:28MEGAN JUST FINDS A WAY. GET IT DONE.
01:47:32HER IMPACT CAN BE SEEN NOT ONLY IN THE POLICIES THAT SHE SHAPED,
01:47:36BUT THE COUNTLESS CONSTITUENTS SHE HELPED AND STAFF MEMBERS
01:47:38THAT SHE MENTORED ALONG THE WAY.
01:47:42MEGAN, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME.
01:47:45OUR OFFICE AND. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
01:47:4913 YEARS AGO, I STOOD ON THIS FLOOR AND I SAID, I'LL MISS YOU
01:47:52AS YOU WENT ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.
01:47:56TODAY, FIND MYSELF SAYING AGAIN.
01:47:58IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WORK ALONGSIDE OF YOU ALL THESE YEARS
01:48:02AND AN EVEN GREATER PRIVILEGE TO CALL A FRIEND. JENNIFER.
01:48:06JENNIFER AND I WISH YOU, JOEL PARKER AND CAROLINE ALL THE BEST
01:48:10IN THIS NEXT CHAPTER. >> BEST OF LUCK.
01:48:13>> MEGAN AND ALL OF HER FRIENDS
01:48:17AND FAMILY IN THE GALLERY. >> WITH MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD
01:48:20BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
01:48:33FOR PURSUANT TO CALLS EIGHT OF RULE 20, THE CHAIR WILL POSTPONE
01:48:36PROCEEDINGS TODAY ON MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES ON WHICH A
01:48:39RECORDED VOTE OR THE AGENCIES
01:48:41ARE ORDERED OR VOTE SUBJECT TO DO UNDER CALL. >> SIX OF RULE 20.
01:48:45THE HOUSE WILL AT THIS TIME NOW RESUME PROCEEDINGS ON POSTPONE
01:48:49QUESTIONS AT A LATER TIME.
01:48:54WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION?
01:48:57>> MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE THE HOUSE TO SPIN THE RULES AND PASS BILL.
01:49:00>> H.R. 9340 AS AMENDED. >> CORKER REPORT THE TITLE OF
01:49:04THE BILL UNION CALENDAR NUMBER
01:49:07713, H.R. 9340. >> A BILL TO AMEND PUBLIC
01:49:10UTILITY REGULATORY POLICIES OF
01:49:131978 TO ESTABLISH A FEDERAL RELATING TO THE RECOVERY OF THE
01:49:17INCREMENTAL COST OF UPGRADES
01:49:19THAT SERVE LARGE LOCAL CUSTOMERS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PURSUANT
01:49:23TO THE RULE. >> THE GENTLEMAN, KENTUCKY, MR.
01:49:25GUTHRIE, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY. MR. MALONE.
01:49:29EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES AS THE
01:49:32GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY. >> MR. SPEAKER, I ASK CONSENT
01:49:36THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS ON THE
01:49:40LEGISLATION IN DARK EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS ON H.R. 9340.
01:49:42>> WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF AS MUCH
01:49:46TIME I MAY CONSUME. >> GENTLEMAN'S RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
01:49:49I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H.R. H.R. 9340. THE RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT,
01:49:53SPONSORED BY MY COLLEAGUE FRIEND
01:49:55FROM COLORADO, CONGRESSMAN EVANS. THIS BILL ENCOURAGES STATES TO
01:49:59PROTECT NEIGHBORS AND SMALL BUSINESSES FOR FOOTING THE BILL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
01:50:04NEEDED THE AIR RACE OR PROTECTING EXISTING STATE AUTHORITIES.
01:50:08THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR WHEN STATES HAVE THE PROPER PROCESS IS IN PLACE TO PROTECT
01:50:12HOUSEHOLDS INTERCONNECTING LARGE LOW DATA CENTERS HAVE POSITIVE
01:50:16BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THEY RESIDE.
01:50:18DATACENTRE GROWTH CAN BE A
01:50:21CATALYST FOR INVESTMENT IN AN AGING GRID, STRENGTHENING THE
01:50:25TAX BASE TO FUND ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES AND ACRE TENANTS
01:50:27FOR UTILITIES AT LOWER FOR EVERYONE ELSE.
01:50:31ELECTRICITY DEMAND IS GROWING AT PACE NOT SEEN SINCE WORLD WAR
01:50:34TWO, AND COMMUNITIES ARE RIGHTLY
01:50:36CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS THIS
01:50:38MIGHT MEAN FOR THEIR DAILY LIVES
01:50:40AS THIS INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
01:50:43I WANT TO BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR
01:50:45THAT WE NEED IT TO DEVELOP AT
01:50:47HOME AND NOT IN CHINA.
01:50:51H.R. 9340 TAKES ACTION ON BEHALF OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, SO WE MAY
01:50:53KEEP COSTS LOW WHILE ENSURING THE US LEADS IN THE NEXT
01:50:57GENERATION ECONOMY. IF WE SEE THE RACE TO AIR
01:51:01DOMINANCE TO CHINA, THEN CHINA SET THE STANDARDS FOR FUTURE
01:51:05TECHNOLOGY. THIS BILL STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE OF PROVIDING A MODEST
01:51:08BUT IMPORTANT LEVEL OF
01:51:10ACCOUNTABILITY AS WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS VITAL INDUSTRY.
01:51:14I WANT TO THANK MY FRIEND FROM COLORADO AGAIN FOR HIS TIRELESS
01:51:18BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. HE IS BRINGING TOGETHER BOTH
01:51:21SIDES OF THE AISLE ON A CRITICAL ISSUE.
01:51:24I WOULD SAY WE WERE HOME WORKING OUR DISTRICT IN AUGUST.
01:51:27WE LISTENED TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WE'RE HERE TODAY BASED ON
01:51:31WHAT HEARD TAKING ACTION HERE IN WASHINGTON D.C. THAT'S HOW OUR SYSTEM IS
01:51:36SUPPOSED WORK. URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND I RESERVE
01:51:39MY. >> GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY IS RECOGNIZED.
01:51:42>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I YIELD MYSELF THIS TIME IT MAY CONSUME.
01:51:46>> CHAIRMAN HAS. THANK YOU. >> I RISE IN SUPPORT.
01:51:50H.R. 9340. THE RATEPAYER PROTECT ACT.
01:51:53EVERYONE KNOWS THAT DENNIS CENTERS ARE HELPING DRIVE
01:51:56ELECTRICITY PRICES. RECORD HIGHS THIS YEAR JUST IN THE MID-ATLANTIC.
01:52:00>> OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, DATA
01:52:02HAVE INCREASED ELECTRIC BILLS OVER $30 BILLION.
01:52:05>> AND BY AND LARGE, HAS NOT BEEN THE DATA CENTERS THAT HAVE BEEN FOOTING THE BILL.
01:52:09IT'S BEEN OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING ACROSS
01:52:13THE FROM TEXAS TO CALIFORNIA FROM FLORIDA TO WASHINGTON STATE.
01:52:17IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE IN A RED STATE OR A BLUE.
01:52:19>> YOUR PRICES HAVE GONE UP. AND AMERICANS IN MISSISSIPPI ARE
01:52:24CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT DATA CENTERS AND BIG TECH'S PUSH FOR MORE AIR MEANS FOR THEIR
01:52:28COMMUNITIES. >> JOBS, PROPERTY VALUES AND FUTURE. ELECTRICITY PRICES ARE
01:52:33SKYROCKETING. THE ELECTRIC GRID IS STRAINED. OUR AIR AND WATER ARE BEING
01:52:37POLLUTED AND NOISE IS WEARING OUR COMMUNITIES HEALTH AND
01:52:40PATIENTS, PEOPLE, FRANKLY, ARE SICK AND TIRED OF CORPORATE
01:52:44INTERESTS AND BIG TECH BILLIONAIRES OVER THEIR
01:52:46NEIGHBORHOODS AND THREATENING UTILITY BILLS, THEIR AIR, THEIR
01:52:50WATER AND THEIR PROPERTY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THESE VERY
01:52:54REAL CONCERNS ARE REPEATEDLY TO THE SIDELINES.
01:52:57MINIMIZE OR RIDICULE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND REPUBLICAN
01:53:00CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS. >> LAST MONTH, TRUMP POSTED
01:53:03SOCIAL MEDIA THAT COMMUNITIES OPPOSE.
01:53:06>> DATA CENTERS MUST WANT TO END UP BEING BACKWARDS AND POOR.
01:53:10THE PRESIDENT, IN MY IS OUT OF TOUCH ON THIS ISSUE AND THE
01:53:14AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING. AND THAT'S THE REALITY WE'RE
01:53:18LIVING RIGHT NOW, WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS TO
01:53:21CONTINUE TO GIVE BIG TECH FREE
01:53:23TO BUILD DATA CENTERS WITH NO FEDERAL MONEY, WITH NO FEDERAL
01:53:27GUARDRAILS. NOW, THIS BILL IS A START IN
01:53:29ADDRESSING THE IMPACT THAT DATA CENTERS HAVE ON OUR POWER BILLS.
01:53:33BUT THEY DO NOT GO FAR ENOUGH FOR PARTICULAR BILL DOES NOT GO
01:53:35FAR ENOUGH TO ENSURE THAT BIG TECH AND OTHER CENTER OWNERS
01:53:39FULLY PAY FOR THE ENERGY USE AND DEMAND THAT THEY CREATE.
01:53:43THE BILL REQUIRES STATE UTILITY
01:53:45REGULATORS TO CONSIDER AND I SAY
01:53:47CONSIDER MANDATING THAT THE
01:53:50ELECTRICITY PRICES, THE CENTERS
01:53:52PAY FULLY ACCOUNT FOR ALL THEIR COSTS THAT THEY IMPOSE ON THE
01:53:56GRID. AND THIS INCLUDES NEW AND UPGRADED PLANTS, HIGH VOLTAGE
01:54:00TRANSMISSION LINES AND LOCAL POWER LINES. >> WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT DATA
01:54:03CENTERS MUST PAY FAIR SHARE AND THAT THE DATA CENTERS ALLEGEDLY
01:54:07AGREE. >> BUT BILL, I DO BELIEVE, IS
01:54:10ONE SMALL STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. >> THE BILL, AS I SAID, IS
01:54:14IMPERFECT. >> IT ALSO ONLY ADDRESSES ONE SMALL PART OF THE PUZZLE.
01:54:17IT DOES NOT CHANGE HOW WHOLESALE
01:54:21GENERATION OR TRANSMISSION COSTS ARE ALLOCATED AT FEDERAL LEVEL.
01:54:23AND IT DOESN'T PUSH FOR THE TRANSPARENCY AND DATA TRANSFER
01:54:29MECHANISMS THAT STATE REGULATORS NEED TO ENSURE DATA CENTERS
01:54:31ACTUALLY ARE PAYING FAIR SHARE. DATA CENTERS BRING THEIR OWN
01:54:35CLEAN ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY ONTO THE GRID AND BE
01:54:39WILLING TO GET CURTAILED FIRST
01:54:41WHEN THERE ARE GRID RELIABILITY ISSUES.
01:54:44NOW, REPRESENTATIVE LANDSMAN FROM OHIO HAS A BILL THAT WOULD
01:54:47KICK FERC INTO GEAR TO START
01:54:49STUDYING SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. IT PASSED THE ENERGY AND
01:54:52COMMERCE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY NEARLY TWO MONTHS AGO.
01:54:55BUT UNFORTUNATELY, REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP DID NOT INCLUDE THAT
01:54:59BILL ON THE FLOOR THIS WEEK. >> BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH, THIS BILL IN THE
01:55:03SENATE, I WANT TO MAKE COMMITMENT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. MR.
01:55:07>> AMERICANS ACROSS THE.
01:55:09ARE FURIOUS ABOUT THE UNCHECKED
01:55:11DEVELOPMENT OF DATA CENTERS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
01:55:15FURIOUS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES, FOR JOBS OR EVEN FOR THEIR LIVES.
01:55:19AND I WANT TO PROMISE THAT THIS BILL IS NOT THE END OF OUR FOCUS
01:55:22ON THESE ISSUES. IT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING.
01:55:25I REPEATEDLY SAID THAT WE NEED STRONG GUARDRAILS ON DATA
01:55:28CENTERS AND THE IMPACT THEY HAVE
01:55:30OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR ENVIRONMENT.
01:55:34AND OUR IN OUR BILLS. AND IF WE CAN'T, THOSE STRONG GUARDRAILS, THEN IT IS MY BELIEF
01:55:37THAT WE WILL NEED ESTABLISH A
01:55:39MORATORIUM ON NEW DATA CENTERS.
01:55:42THIS BILL BY ITSELF, OR EVEN IN COMBINATION WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER BILLS WE'RE CONSIDERING
01:55:47THIS IS SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH. BUT IT IS A START, AND I URGE MY
01:55:49COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT BILL AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
01:55:54>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS
01:55:58RECOGNIZED. >> THE SPEAKER. >> I WILL YIELD ONE MINUTE TO THE DISTINGUISHED MAJORITY LEADER.
01:56:01MY GOOD FRIEND FROM MR. SCALISE, THE MAJORITY LEADER IS RECOGNIZED.
01:56:05>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND THANK MY FRIEND AND THE CHAIRMAN, THE HOUSE ENERGY AND
01:56:09COMMERCE COMMITTEE. MR. GUTHRIE. FOR YIELD YIELDING AND RISE IN
01:56:13SUPPORT OF THIS REALLY IMPORTANT BILL BY MY FRIEND MR. EVANS FROM
01:56:17COLORADO WHO LED ON THIS ISSUE. >> MR. SPEAKER, WE'RE TALKING
01:56:21ABOUT THE LATEST ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY AND IF YOU THINK
01:56:25ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT NATION AS WE CELEBRATE 250 YEARS
01:56:29OF AMERICA, ONE OF THE THINGS
01:56:31THAT AMERICA HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL AT, THAT HAS BEEN
01:56:36ALWAYS ON THE FRONTIER OF NEW INNOVATION IS IN FACT IN THE
01:56:39LAST HUNDRED YEARS, THE LAST
01:56:41HUNDRED AND 50 YEARS AMERICA HAS
01:56:44LED THE WORLD IN ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY.
01:56:47AND TODAY IS NO DIFFERENT. IN FACT, TODAY, AMERICA IS AT
01:56:51THE HEART OF.
01:56:53THE DOMINATION OF TECHNOLOGY ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
01:56:56>> YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE SIMPLEST THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IN LIVES, MAKING OUR LIVES
01:57:01MORE NOT ONLY SIMPLE, MAKING OUR
01:57:03ABILITY TO HAVE MORE FREE TIME
01:57:06LOOKING AT THINGS YOU CAN DO ON A CELL PHONE THAT TAKE A
01:57:09SUPERCOMPUTER TO DO YEARS AGO
01:57:11BECAUSE OF ADVANCED SCIENCE AND
01:57:14TECHNOLOGY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DATA CENTERS
01:57:18ARE DIFFERENT. IT'S ANOTHER ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY.
01:57:21>> BUT AS WE'RE ADVANCING A TECHNOLOGY, WE'VE GOT TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
01:57:25MR. SPEAKER, IN A SMART AND THOUGHTFUL WAY.
01:57:28AND IF YOU LOOK AT COMMUNITIES
01:57:30THAT HAVE EMBRACED DATA CENTERS, COMMUNITIES SAID IT'S NOT FOR ME.
01:57:34AND THAT'S A CHOICE COMMUNITIES MAKE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
01:57:38NOT THE ONE MAKING THAT DECISION. WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS SAID AND
01:57:42PRESIDENT TRUMP TOOK THE LEADERSHIP IN DOING IS MEETING
01:57:46WITH OF THE BIG TECH COMPANIES THAT BUILDING THESE MASSIVE DATA
01:57:50CENTERS AND SAID JUST MAKE SURE AS YOU'RE MAKING THESE BIG
01:57:53INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITIES YOU WON'T ADD TO THE COST OF LOCAL
01:57:58COMMUNITIES RATEPAYER ELECTRICITY RATES. SO THE PRESIDENT GOT A
01:58:03COMMITMENT TO DO THAT. WE'RE NOT FULLY CODIFYING THAT.
01:58:07IT'S IN ESSENCE, A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION WITH BILL IS DOING.
01:58:09BUT AS THE PRESIDENT DID THAT.
01:58:11YOU SAW COMPANIES GOING AND
01:58:13MAKING MASS OF MULTIBILLION
01:58:16DOLLAR INVESTMENTS IN SOME OF
01:58:18OUR COMMUNITIES AND HELPING COMMUNITIES ALONG THE WAY.
01:58:21MR. SPEAKER, THAT STORY DOES NOT GET TOLD.
01:58:23AND FRANKLY THINK THAT STORY NEEDS TO GET TOLD MORE.
01:58:26I'VE SEEN MASSIVE DATA CENTERS
01:58:29IN MY HOME STATE OF LOUISIANA. IN FACT, IF YOU GO TO LITTLE
01:58:33PARISH, A RURAL PART OF NORTH
01:58:36LOUISIANA, THAT NOT A LOT OF
01:58:39PEOPLE LIVE IN, NOT A LOT OF
01:58:42OPPORTUNITIES FOR WEALTH IN THAT PARISH. >> MR.
01:58:45>> BUT THEN MATTER DECIDED BUILD
01:58:47A DATA CENTER AND THAT DATA GREW AND GREW AS THE COMMUNITY
01:58:51EMBRACED. >> THEY WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR OWN
01:58:54NATURAL GAS FACILITIES. >> SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP THE GRID IN COMMUNITY
01:58:58BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING THEIR OWN WAY AND
01:59:02ANYTHING EXTRA THEY HAVE IS GOING TO BE OFFLOADED THE GRID.
01:59:04SO THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT COMMUNITY WILL ACTUALLY GET
01:59:07LOWER UTILITY RATES. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE HAPPENED? MR.
01:59:11AND THIS IS ANOTHER PART OF THE STORY NOT GETTING TOLD ENOUGH,
01:59:15BUT THE DATA CENTER IS JUST
01:59:15STILL BEING IT'S UP TO ABOUT $50
01:59:19BILLION IN PRIVATE FUNDING THAT IS BEING BUILT IN LITTLE
01:59:23RICHLAND PARISH AS THEY'RE BUILDING THAT DATA CENTER
01:59:27BECAUSE ALL OF THE INCREASED SALES TAX COLLECTIONS TO
01:59:30RICHLAND PARISH, THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE A BONUS.
01:59:34I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BASE
01:59:36SALARY OF THEIR SCHOOLTEACHERS. THEY GAVE A BONUS TO EVERY
01:59:40SCHOOL TEACHER IN RICHLAND PARISH BECAUSE OF THE BUILDING
01:59:43OF THAT DATA CENTER. AND MR. SPEAKER, DO YOU KNOW HOW
01:59:45MUCH EVERY IN RICHLAND PARISH JUST GOT A FEW MONTHS AGO
01:59:49BECAUSE OF THE DATA?
01:59:53$50,000 PER TEACHER PER BONUS.
01:59:56BECAUSE OF THE DATA CENTER.
01:59:58THOSE ARE THE STORIES YOU'RE SEEING IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
02:00:02EMBRACED IT. >> WHERE THEY WORKED WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
02:00:04>> IT'S A BURDEN ON THAT COMMUNITY. IT'S ACTUALLY A TREMENDOUS AND
02:00:08NOT ONLY TEACHERS BENEFIT, SMALL BUSINESSES ARE PROPPING.
02:00:12YOU LOOK AT LOUDOUN COUNTY IN
02:00:15VIRGINIA, MR. SPEAKER, ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT MADE THE DECISION
02:00:18AGAIN. EACH COMMUNITY MAKES THIS
02:00:21DECISION NOT A WASHINGTON CHOICE. IT'S A LOCAL COMMUNITY CHOICE.
02:00:24AND I THINK EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T WANT.
02:00:28BELIEVE ME, THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WILL TAKE THOSE BENEFITS.
02:00:32LOUDOUN COUNTY IN VIRGINIA GOT, THE BENEFITS OF THEIR DATA
02:00:35CENTERS TO, THE TUNE OF A 30%
02:00:38REDUCTION IN PROPERTY FOR EVERY
02:00:42HOMEOWNER HERE IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA THEY'RE
02:00:45BENEFITING FROM THAT STILL THIS DAY AS WELL AS.
02:00:49THE JOBS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT
02:00:50AND THE INVESTMENT, THE BUILDING THAT COME ALONG.
02:00:54THE SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH THAT
02:00:55WE'RE SEEING NOW, THERE IS BEEN
02:00:59THIS ASSERTION, MR. SPEAKER,
02:01:01SOME OF IT FUNDED BY CHINA AN
02:01:03ASSERTION THAT DATA CENTERS ARE DRIVING UP UTILITY PRICES.
02:01:07SO THERE WAS A STUDY DONE IN FACT THE INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY
02:01:11RESEARCH DID A STATE BY STATE STUDY IN ALL 50 STATES OF THIS
02:01:15COUNTRY, AND THEY LOOKED AT ENERGY COSTS, THE KILOWATT PER
02:01:17HOUR COST IN EVERY STATE. SOME STATES HAVE DATA CENTERS,
02:01:21SOME STATES DON'T. AND WHAT THEY WANTED TO FIND OUT, IN FACT, STUDY IS TITLED
02:01:25HAVE DATA CENTERS DRIVEN UP ELECTRICITY PRICES.
02:01:29THEIR CONCLUSION WAS CLEARLY
02:01:31THEY DO NOT. THERE WAS NO DISPARITY IN
02:01:35KILOWATT HOURS PER CUSTOMER IN
02:01:38STATES THAT HAVE DATA CENTERS AND STATES THAT DON'T.
02:01:41AGAIN, THAT'S PRESIDENT TRUMP MADE OF THE DATA CENTERS, THE
02:01:46COMPANIES THAT BUILD THEM GIVE THOSE PLEDGES THEY WILL NOT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE RATE
02:01:51PAYERS. WHAT THEY DID FIND THOUGH, MR. SPEAKER QUITE INTERESTING AND
02:01:54THAT IS A DISPATCH KITTY THAT
02:01:56DOES EXIST IN ELECTRICITY PRICES BETWEEN.
02:02:00IT'S NOT ALL STATES. WHAT THEY ULTIMATELY LOOKED IS
02:02:05STATES HAVE A UNIFIED GOVERNMENT
02:02:08ALL ONE PARTY EITHER REPUBLICAN OR EITHER DEMOCRAT.
02:02:11THE STATES THAT HAVE ALL UNIFIED
02:02:14DEMOCRAT PARTY CONTROL ARE IN
02:02:16THOSE STATES ACTUALLY HAVE
02:02:20HIGHER ELECTRICITY COSTS THAN
02:02:22THAT HAVE ALL REPUBLICAN COSTS.
02:02:24AGAIN INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH DID THIS STUDY YOU CAN
02:02:28GO FIND IT ONLINE AND IT SHOWS YOU STATE BY STATE THE KILOWATT
02:02:32HOUR COST. AND THE REASON BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE STATES THAT HAVE UNIFIED
02:02:38DEMOCRAT GOVERNANCE ARE ALSO STATES THAT ARE LOSING POPULAR OPTION.
02:02:41SOME IN THE MILLIONS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO MILLIONS OF
02:02:45PEOPLE THAT HAVE FLED THOSE STATES. AND AS THOSE STATES LOSE
02:02:47POPULATION BECAUSE OF BAD POLICIES.
02:02:49MR. SPEAKER, THEIR BASELOAD CAPACITY IS SAME.
02:02:53THE COST TO RUN THEIR GRID IS THE SAME, AND IT'S SPREAD
02:02:57AMONGST FEWER PEOPLE BECAUSE THEIR BAD POLICIES RUNNING
02:03:00HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR MILLION PLUS PEOPLE OUT OF THE STATE AND
02:03:03THE STATES THAT ARE GROWING THAT
02:03:05HAVE GOOD GOVERNMENT POLICY, THINGS THAT ARE ATTRACTING
02:03:09PEOPLE JOBS. THOSE STATES HAVE LOWER PER HOUR
02:03:14COSTS THEIR CONSUMERS BECAUSE THE SAME GRID HAS THE SAME FIXED COST.
02:03:18BUT MORE PEOPLE TO SPREAD THE COSTS AROUND SO THOSE PEOPLE PAY LESS.
02:03:21>> THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING IN THIS.
02:03:24>> LOOK AT ALL THE STATES GO LOOK AT THE INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY
02:03:28RESEARCH STUDY. MR. SPEAKER, BECAUSE IT SHOWS YOU WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING OUT THERE.
02:03:32BUT THERE'S A REVOLUTION HAPPENING.
02:03:35CHINA'S COMPETING IN AMERICA'S. AMERICA IS COMPETING.
02:03:38>> WE SURELY DO NOT WANT CHINA TO WIN THIS WAR.
02:03:41>> AMERICA'S STAYING AT THE FOREFRONT. >> I WANT US TO STAY AT THE FOREFRONT.
02:03:44>> LET MAKE THE CHOICE AND LET
02:03:47CONSUMERS REAP THE BENEFITS. THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
02:03:51NOW. AND THIS BILL, BY MY CONGRESSMAN
02:03:54EVANS, ENSURES THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT GROWTH CONTINUE.
02:03:58MR. >> SO I URGE ADOPTION AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
02:04:01>> I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY RESERVES, THE GENTLEMAN
02:04:05FROM NEW JERSEY. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I YIELD NOW SUCH TIME SHE MAY
02:04:08CONSUME TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA WHO'S THE RANKING MEMBER
02:04:12OF OUR ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE GENERATED FROM FLORIDA'S RECOGNIZED.
02:04:16>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I THANK, THE RANKING MEMBER FOR YIELDING THE TIME I RISE IN
02:04:20SUPPORT OF MY BILL RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT.
02:04:23I'M PROUD TO LEAD THIS BIPARTISAN BILL WITH CONGRESSMAN
02:04:27EVANS TO PROTECT MY NEIGHBORS FROM UNFAIRLY PAYING FOR THE
02:04:31ENERGY NEEDS OF LARGE DATA CENTERS.
02:04:34MR. SPEAKER, ALL ACROSS AMERICA, FAMILIES, FARMERS FARMERS AND
02:04:38SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FEAR THE
02:04:42ARRIVAL OF THEIR ELECTRIC BILL EVERY MONTH.
02:04:44TOO MANY ARE STRUGGLING UNDER
02:04:47THE WEIGHT OF CRUSHING ENERGY BILLS.
02:04:50IT COMES AT A TIME ESPECIALLY EVERYTHING COSTS MORE.
02:04:54YOUR GROCERIES, GAS, DIESEL,
02:04:57HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING.
02:05:00MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS BACK IN THE
02:05:03TAMPA BAY AREA SHOWN ME THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS.
02:05:06THEY ARE EXORBITANT AND IT IS GUT WRENCHING.
02:05:10THEY ARE NOT ALONE BECAUSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ELECTRICITY
02:05:14PRICES ARE UP AVERAGE 15%, BUT
02:05:17MUCH HIGHER IN MANY PLACES.
02:05:20BUT NOW THERE IS A NEW STRESSOR.
02:05:25MASSIVE HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS
02:05:27ARE CONNECTING TO THE GRID.
02:05:29THESE ARE ENERGY HOGS.
02:05:33THESE THEY ARE MASS IF THEY ARE.
02:05:40THE DESCRIPTORS. NO, NO END.
02:05:43WHEN DATA CENTER OR OTHER LARGE.
02:05:48COMES ONLINE, IT CAN TRIGGER MASSIVE UPGRADES, NEW POWER PLANTS, TRANSMISSION LINES,
02:05:52LOCAL TRANSFORMERS. AND TYPICALLY THOSE COSTS ARE
02:05:56PASSED ALONG TO RATEPAYERS. AND THAT'S NOT FAIR.
02:05:59OUR NEIGHBORS SHOULD NOT BE STUCK FOR THE ENERGY
02:06:03INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE WEALTHIEST COMPANIES IN THE WORLD.
02:06:07SO THE RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT SAYS THE DATA CENTER PAYS FOR
02:06:10ITS OWN UPGRADES, NOT THE REST OF US.
02:06:14THESE MONUMENTAL HYPER DATA
02:06:16CENTERS CAN SPAN HUNDREDS OF
02:06:19THOUSANDS OF SQUARE.
02:06:22THEY HOST THOUSANDS OF SERVERS
02:06:25COMPUTER STORAGE NETWORKS AND THEN THEY HAVE GIANT COOLING
02:06:30SYSTEMS THAT ALSO REQUIRE
02:06:31MASSIVE AMOUNTS ENERGY AS WELL.
02:06:34MASSIVE HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS
02:06:37CAN CONTINUOUSLY CONSUME OVER
02:06:40100 MEGAWATTS WITH THE LARGEST
02:06:43CONSUMING OVER 650 MEGAWATTS. THAT'S COMPARABLE TO THE ENERGY
02:06:47USE OF TENS OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES, ACCORDING TO
02:06:51THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
02:06:53RIGHT NOW, DATA CENTERS CONSUME
02:06:57ABOUT 4.4% OF ALL ELECTRICITY IN
02:07:00AMERICA, BUT THAT THEY THAT THAT
02:07:02WILL GO UP TO 12% OF THE TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY
02:07:08CONSUMPTION. AMERICA BY JUST 2028.
02:07:10MR. SPEAKER, DATA CENTERS ARE
02:07:12BEING CONSTRUCT BY THE
02:07:14WEALTHIEST BIG TECH CORPORATION ONES ON THE PLANET.
02:07:18AND AS HARD WORKING AMERICANS
02:07:21ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE ENDS, THEY SHOULDN'T CARRY BIG TECH'S
02:07:26DATA LOAD AS WELL. THAT'S WHY WE HAMMERED OUT THE
02:07:31BIPARTISAN RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT TO ENSURE THAT DATA CENTERS
02:07:33PAY THE FULL COST, THEIR ENERGY DEMAND AND.
02:07:37IT SAYS THAT IF COMPANY WANTS TO BUILD DATA CENTER.
02:07:41THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THE POWER
02:07:43AND GRID UPGRADE THEY NEED, NOT THE REST OF.
02:07:47THIS BILL WILL REQUIRE THOSE
02:07:50DATA CENTERS TO COVER ALL THE COST.
02:07:52IT IS AN IMPORTANT PORTANT FIRST STEP. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE SAY THIS IS
02:07:56NOT THIS IS NOT ENOUGH. IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
02:07:59IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
02:08:00BUT IT DOES PROVIDE SOME FIRST STEPS.
02:08:05CONGRESS TO DO MORE. WE SHOULD STRICTER REQUIREMENTS
02:08:08FOR STATES REPORT THEIR PROGRESS TO CONGRESS.
02:08:12WE CAN ENSURE THE BILL IS ENFORCED. WE SHOULD INCENTIVIZE DATA
02:08:15CENTERS TO BE POWERED BY CLEAN ENERGY AND PRIORITIZE PROJECTS
02:08:18THAT CAN REDUCE DEMAND OF DURING
02:08:22PEAK HOURS, BUT NOTABLY, BILL
02:08:26DOES ALLOW STATES TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
02:08:29THEY MAKE THE STATES CAN SET ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC GUARDRAILS.
02:08:32FOR EXAMPLE, STATES REQUIRE THAT DATA CENTERS ARE POWERED BY
02:08:36CLEAN ENERGY AND, DON'T DAMAGE
02:08:38LOCAL WATER SUPPLIES CAN REQUIRE
02:08:42INVESTMENT IN GRID ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES OR VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS.
02:08:47STATES EVEN REQUIRE THAT DATA FOR DATA FUND WEATHERIZATION
02:08:50INITIATIVES, DEPLOYMENT OF ENERGY SAVING BATTERIES, ROOFTOP
02:08:53SOLAR AND HEAT PUMPS. FOR EXAMPLE, VIRGINIA'S
02:08:58REQUIRING DATA CENTERS TO COVER NEW TRANSMISSION AND
02:09:00DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY COST.
02:09:02MINNESOTA REQUIRES DATA TO PAY
02:09:04INTO AN ENERGY CONSERVATION AND
02:09:07WEATHERIZATION FUND TO BENEFIT WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORS.
02:09:11KANSAS INCENTIVIZE DATA CENTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN DEMAND
02:09:14RESPONSE PROGRAMS. REDUCE PEAK DEMAND.
02:09:17THIS ALSO EMPOWERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES, MAKE DECISIONS ON
02:09:20THE SITING AND BUILDING OF DATA CENTERS.
02:09:23IT ALLOWS ROBUST COMMUNITY
02:09:26INPUT, NOT NDAS, NONDISCLOSURE
02:09:30AGREEMENTS WHERE THEY TRY TO SNEAK IN OF, FOR EXAMPLE, IN
02:09:34FLORIDA, THEY IN FLORIDA, AT LEAST 20 COUNTIES AND
02:09:38MUNICIPALITIES HAVE PASSED OR DISCUSSED VERY STRICT GUARDRAILS
02:09:41ON DATA CENTERS, HOME COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
02:09:43MANY SAY THAT'S NOT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR DATA
02:09:47CENTER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE WATER RESOURCES AND WE DON'T
02:09:50HAVE THE ELECTRICITY YET TO DO THAT.
02:09:52SO THERE PLACES IN AMERICA THAT DON'T WANT THEM.
02:09:57SO WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING ON THIS. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT FIRST
02:10:01STEP. THESE ARE THE WEALTHY S CORPORATIONS IN AMERICA.
02:10:04THERE IS NO REASON WHILE THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SHOULD BE
02:10:08SUBSIDIZING THEIR ELECTRICITY UPGRADES AND COST.
02:10:10SO I'M EAGER TO KEEP ADVANCING BIPARTISAN REAL SOLUTIONS TO
02:10:15INVEST IN U.S. POWER GRID, WHICH
02:10:17IS REACHING END OF ITS USEFUL
02:10:19LIFE, IT'S WHICH IS ALSO RAISING COSTS ON AMERICA AND ON AMERICANS.
02:10:23WE'VE JUST GOT TO REMAIN EYED
02:10:26THAT NOW OUR NEIGHBORS ARE SUFFERING AND AFFORDABILITY SQUEEZE.
02:10:30THEY DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT THEY ARE GETTING RIGHT NOW.
02:10:33AND THIS RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT IS A IT'S A GOOD FIRST
02:10:37START, BUT IT'S IT'S A MODEST FIRST START.
02:10:41IT'S FAIRNESS ON THIS ONE.
02:10:43SO I URGE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. AND I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
02:10:47THANK YOU. >> THE LADY HE WAS BACK AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY
02:10:51RESERVES. >> GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
02:10:54I WILL YIELD 2 MINUTES TO THE CHAIR OF THE ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE. CONGRESSMAN, LOUDER.
02:10:59GENTLEMAN'S RECOGNIZED. >> WELL, I THANK THE GENTLEMAN, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FLOOR
02:11:02COMMITTEE OF, ENERGY AND COMMERCE FOR YIELDING. >> THE SPEAKER.
02:11:05I RISE. >> IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 93 FOR THE
02:11:10RATEPAYER ACT LED BY THE GENTLEMAN FROM EIGHTH
02:11:12CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
02:11:14THIS LEGISLATION PASSED OF OUR
02:11:16ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE WITH A 52 TO 0 VOTE.
02:11:19MR. SPEAKER.
02:11:22>> THE GOAL HERE IS VERY SIMPLE. >> DATA CENTERS SHOULD PAY THEIR
02:11:26OWN WAY. THAT'S WHY THIS LEGISLATION IS SO IMPORTANT.
02:11:30>> WE MUST ENSURE THAT AMERICAN AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE
02:11:33PROTECTED FROM ELECTRICITY PRICE INCREASES CAUSED BY LARGE LOADS
02:11:38LIKE DATA CENTERS. >> THE INCREASE IN DATA CENTER
02:11:42DEVELOPMENT RAISES IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THESE FACILITIES WILL AFFECT LOCAL
02:11:45ELECTRIC GRIDS AND NEARBY COMMUNITIES.
02:11:48>> H.R. 9343 ENCOURAGES STATES
02:11:52TO ESTABLISH STANDARDS THAT REQUIRES LARGE DATA TO COVER THE
02:11:56FULL COST TO SERVICE THEIR
02:12:00LOADS. >> OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, ELECTRICITY RATES STEADILY
02:12:03INCREASED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
02:12:06>> WHILE DATA CENTER DEMAND
02:12:08GROWTH IS EXPLODING AT THE SAME
02:12:10TIME, RECORD AMOUNTS OF BASELOAD
02:12:12GENERATION IS PREMATURELY LEAVING OUR GRIDS.
02:12:15>> THIS A PROBLEM THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED?
02:12:19H.R. 93 FOUGHT TO ENSURE THAT
02:12:21STATES CAN HOLD ICE COMPANIES
02:12:24FOR THEIR OWN COSTS, AND HARD
02:12:25WORKING AMERICAN FAMILIES AREN'T THE HOOK FOR THE BILL.
02:12:28MR. SPEAKER, I URGE THE HOUSE TO
02:12:30PASS THE RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT AND EO BACK THE BALANCE OF
02:12:34MY TIME. >> THEY SERVE. GENTLEMAN RESERVES.
02:12:36THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY IS RECOGNIZED.
02:12:40>> I. I WAS THERE. I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS OR SPEAKERS.
02:12:43>> SO I WILL YIELD JAMA RESERVES
02:12:47OF THE JUMP FROM KENTUCKY'S RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU. I WILL YIELD 2 MINUTES TO A MEMBER OF THE ENERGY AND
02:12:51COMMERCE COMMITTEE. CONGRESSMAN JIM WAS RECOGNIZED.
02:12:54>> THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER. >> I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 9340.
02:12:58THE RATE PROTECTION ACT.
02:13:00>> THIS CODIFIES THE PRINCIPLES
02:13:02OF THE PRESIDENT'S PROTECTION
02:13:04PLEDGE, ENSURING THAT OHIO
02:13:07FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES AREN'T LEFT ON THE HOOK TO PAY
02:13:10THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH AND
02:13:12ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO
02:13:15POWER LARGE DATA CENTERS AS
02:13:17DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY CONTINUES
02:13:20TO RISE ACROSS OHIO AND THE IT'S CRITICAL THAT CONGRESS TAKES
02:13:23ACTION TO PROTECT OUR CONSTITU
02:13:26FROM INCREASED ELECTRIC BILLS.
02:13:28>> OHIO HAS ALREADY TAKEN STRONG STEPS TO MAKE SURE LARGE
02:13:32ELECTRICITY USERS CONTRIBUTE APPROPRIATELY TO THE COSTS THEY
02:13:36IMPOSE ON THE GRID. >> THE RATEPAYER ACT BUILDS ON
02:13:39THAT COMMON SENSE APPROACH BY
02:13:41DIRECTING STATES TO ADOPT STANDARDS THAT ENSURE THESE PAY
02:13:45THEIR FAIR SHARE.
02:13:47>> IMPORTANTLY, THIS BILL DOES NOT INFRINGE ON LOCAL OVER THE
02:13:51SETTING AND PERMITTING OF THESE PROJECTS.
02:13:55>> I THANK CONGRESSMAN EVANS FOR LEADING THIS BIPARTISAN
02:13:59LEGISLATION AND URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE BILL. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
02:14:02>> I YIELD BACK YOURS AND THE
02:14:05GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY RESERVES A RESERVE. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY
02:14:08IS RECOGNIZED CONTINUE TO
02:14:10RESERVE GENERAL RESERVES. JOHNSON, KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED.
02:14:13>> TAKE HIM. SPEAKER I WILL YIELD 2 MINUTES. A MEMBER OF THE ENERGY COMMERCE COMMITTEE AND SPONSOR OF THE
02:14:18LEGISLATION, CONGRESSMAN EVANS. >> THANK COLORADO IS RECOGNIZED.
02:14:22THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. >> MR. TODAY I RISE IN SUPPORT OF MY
02:14:26BILL WITH REP CASTOR THE RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT.
02:14:30>> AMERICA IS IN A PERIOD OF INCREDIBLE MANUFACTURING JOBS
02:14:34ARE RETURNING TO OUR SHORES. >> WE'RE INVESTING AMERICAN ENERGY AGAIN AND.
02:14:38>> WE'RE LEADING THE CHARGE FOR TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION.
02:14:40>> BUT WITH THAT GROWTH, OUR
02:14:42DEMAND FOR ENERGY IS ALSO AND
02:14:45SOME PEOPLE HAVE VERY UNDERSTOOD
02:14:47RESERVATIONS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT CENTERS.
02:14:49THE FUTURE IS BINARY.
02:14:51>> EITHER WE BUILD OUT OUR POWER
02:14:55SYSTEMS TO MEET THAT DEMAND OR WE BECOME DEPENDENT ON OTHER
02:14:58COUNTRIES LIKE COMMUNIST CHINA
02:15:00FOR OUR DAILY NEEDS TO INCLUDE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
02:15:04STORES AMERICANS. CONSUMER DATA, DATA, HEALTH CARE
02:15:07DATA, PERSONAL DATA, HARDWORKING
02:15:11COLORADANS IN MY DISTRICT. >> DO THEY?
02:15:12DO WANT ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DO
02:15:15NOT WANT THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY HANDLING THEIR SENSITIVE
02:15:19INFORMATION. >> THEY WANT RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES, BUT THEY
02:15:22SEE THE NEED FOR THIS MASSIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS AND THEY WONDER
02:15:26WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR IT. >> AND THIS BILL ANSWERS THAT
02:15:30QUESTION VERY CLEARLY. >> LARGE LOAD DATA MUST COVER
02:15:32THE FULL COST OF ANY SYSTEM
02:15:35UPGRADES THEY REQUIRE.
02:15:37NOT FAMILIES OR SMALL BUSINESSES.
02:15:39>> WE CANNOT ACCELERATE GROWTH ON THE BACK OF AMERICANS WORKING
02:15:43HARD TO PAY THEIR ELECTRIC BILL AT THE END OF THE MONTH. >> THE RATE PAYER PROTECTION ACT
02:15:47ALSO GIVES STATES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES A VOICE TO IMPLEMENT
02:15:49THESE PRINCIPLES AND.
02:15:53PROTECT COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM UTILITY BILLS. THIS PASSED THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE.
02:15:58IT'S COMMON SENSE. >> IT KEEPS COSTS LOW FOR
02:16:02AMERICANS AND HELPS US BUILD THE
02:16:03ENERGY REQUIRED TO COMPETE AND, WIN IN THE AIR RACE, AND TO KEEP
02:16:08AMERICANS DIGITAL INFORMATION HERE IN THE UNITED, NOT IN CHINA.
02:16:11>> I'M GRATEFUL BEING CONSIDERED TODAY.
02:16:13>> I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS BILL AND YIELD BACK OUR RESERVE.
02:16:17>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY'S
02:16:21RECOGNIZED CONTINUE TO RESERVE. >> MADAM SPEAKER, THE THE
02:16:25GENTLEMAN RESERVES A WOMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED.
02:16:27>> THANK, MADAM SPEAKER. >> I'LL YIELD 2 MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM VIRGINIA.
02:16:32MR. WHITMAN. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
02:16:35>> I RISE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF H.R. 9340.
02:16:37THE RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT.
02:16:40THIS LEGISLATION WILL REQUIRE STATE UTILITY REGULATORS TO
02:16:43EXAMINE THAT ENSURE DATA CENTERS
02:16:46PAY ALL OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR POWER GENERATION
02:16:50TRANSMISSION LINES AND GRID UPGRADES NEEDED TO SERVE THEIR FACILITIES.
02:16:54THE OF VIRGINIA IS HOME TO APPROXIMATELY PERCENT OF ALL
02:16:58DATA IN THE WORLD. >> SOME THESE DATA CENTERS ARE
02:17:01LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT THAT I. WHILE DATA CENTERS CREATE
02:17:05ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR
02:17:07COMMUNITIES THEY ALSO COME WITH CHALLENGES.
02:17:10>> DATA CENTERS SUPPORT TELEHEALTH MOBILE BANKING FOR
02:17:14AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESSES AND EVERYDAY TECHNOLOGIES LIKE
02:17:18STREAMING SERVICES. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY CONSUME
02:17:21MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF POWER IN PLACE INCREASING STRAIN ON OUR
02:17:24ELECTRIC GRID WHILE THREATENING TO INCREASE COSTS FOR FAMILIES.
02:17:28>> VIRGINIANS, AMERICANS WHO
02:17:32CHOOSE HAVE DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES SHOULD NOT BE
02:17:34PAYING HIGHER ELECTRIC BILLS AS A RESULT, IN.
02:17:38INSTEAD, THESE COSTS SHOULD BE BORNE DIRECTLY BY THE DATA
02:17:42CENTER DEVELOPERS. THE PRIMARY CATALYST OF THIS
02:17:44INCREASED DEMAND FOR ENERGY. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO
02:17:48ENSURE OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE NOT PICKING UP THE TAB FOR DATA CENTERS.
02:17:51AND THIS LEGISLATION WILL DO EXACTLY.
02:17:55I'M PROUD TO BE A CO-SPONSOR OF THE RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT.
02:17:58I URGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO
02:17:59SUPPORT ITS AND MADAM.
02:18:03WITH THAT I YIELD BACK THE THE GENTLEMAN.
02:18:06I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY'S
02:18:10RECOGNIZED CONTINUED RESERVE BALANCE FIGURE. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE
02:18:14GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. >> I WILL YIELD 2 MINUTES TO THE
02:18:17GENTLEWOMAN FROM MS. BOEBERT IRAQ. 2 MINUTES. 2 MINUTES.
02:18:22THANK VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN RECOGNIZED.
02:18:24THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. AMERICA IS IN A RACE FOR THE
02:18:29FUTURE. AND THAT FUTURE IS ARTIFICIAL
02:18:33INTELLIGENCE. WE NEED TO BUILD DATA CENTERS
02:18:36THAT WILL POWER AMERICAN A.I. WE NEED TO CREATE JOBS, GROW OUR
02:18:39ECONOMY, AND MAKE SURE NEXT GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGY IS
02:18:43BUILT RIGHT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. BUT THERE IS ONE PRINCIPLE WE
02:18:46SHOULD NEVER CONFER.
02:18:48AMERICAN FAMILIES NOT BE FORCED
02:18:51TO PAY FOR SOMEONE ELSE'S DATA CENTER.
02:18:54AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY.
02:18:57PAIR PROTECTION ACT ADDRESS IS
02:18:59IF A MASSIVE DATA CENTER TO COME IN AND CONSUME HUNDREDS OF
02:19:03MEGAWATTS OF ELECTRICITY. IT SHOULD PAY THE FULL
02:19:07INCREMENTAL OF PROVIDING THAT
02:19:10POWER NOT TO THE FAMILIES TO PAY
02:19:12THEIR ELECTRIC BILL, NOT THE
02:19:14SMALL BUSINESSES TRYING TO KEEP
02:19:16ITS DOORS OPEN, THE COMPANIES
02:19:18CREATING THE DEMAND SHOULD PAY FOR THE DEMAND.
02:19:22THIS IS NOT ANTI-BUSINESS IT IS
02:19:25NOT A.I. AND. IT IS CERTAINLY NOT ANTI-GROWTH.
02:19:29IT'S COMMON SENSE. IN FACT, WHEN WE GET THIS, THE
02:19:33DATA CENTERS CAN ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.
02:19:35GEORGIA POWER WAS ABLE TO RESIDENTIAL RATES FOR THREE
02:19:38YEARS AS.
02:19:41LARGE LOAD GROWTH EXPANDED IN VIRGINIA DATA CENTERS TOOK ON
02:19:45DRAMATIC QUICKLY LARGER SHARE OF TRANSMISSION COSTS, WHILE
02:19:48RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS SAW THEIR SHARE DECLINE.
02:19:51AND IN LOUDON COUNTY ALONE, DATA
02:19:54CENTERS GENERATED $1.1 BILLION IN TAX REVENUE. SO BUILD.
02:19:58LET'S COMPETE. LET'S WIN THE AIR RACE.
02:20:00LET'S ALSO PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP THIS RUNNING.
02:20:04THE RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT
02:20:07GIVES STATES A TOOL TO MAKE SURE
02:20:11NEW ELECTRICITY USERS THEIR FAIR
02:20:13SHARE WHILE PRESERVING STATE AUTHORITY OVER THEIR ENERGY
02:20:17MARKETS. AMERICAN CAN AMERICA CAN THE
02:20:19WORLD IN AI WITHOUT MAKING
02:20:22AMERICAN FAMILIES FOOT THE BILL. THAT'S NOT A RADICAL.
02:20:25THAT IS RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP.
02:20:28AND I APPLAUD MY COLLEAGUE
02:20:30COLORADO GABE EVANS FOR LEADING THIS ISSUE.
02:20:32THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YIELD I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN
02:20:36RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY IS RECOGNIZED.
02:20:39>> CONTINUE TO RESERVE MADAM SPEAKER. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN.
02:20:43KENTUCKY IS MR. >> MADAM SPEAKER.
02:20:47I WILL YIELD 2 MINUTES TO MY GOOD FRIEND FROM NEW YORK LAWLER.
02:20:50>> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
02:20:53I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 9340.
02:20:55>> THE RATE PAYER PROTECTION ACT. >> NEW YORK FAMILIES AND
02:20:59BUSINESSES FACE SOME OF THE HIGHEST ELECTRICITY COSTS IN THE COUNTRY.
02:21:03>> IN FEBRUARY THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY PRICE,
02:21:07NEW YORK REACHED ABOUT 70% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL
02:21:11AVERAGE, AND IT'S UP 58% IN THE LAST SIX YEARS.
02:21:15>> AT THE SAME TIME, DATA CENTERS SEEKING CONNECT TO NEW
02:21:18YORK'S ELECTRIC GRID ARE
02:21:19REQUESTING MORE THAN 9000 MEGAWATTS OF ADDITIONAL
02:21:24ELECTRICITY YEARS OF FAILED ENERGY OUT OF ALBANY, INCLUDING
02:21:28SHUTTING DOWN NUCLEAR, BANNING
02:21:30NATURAL BLOCKING PIPELINES AND
02:21:33OTHER CRAZY IDEAS HAVE ALREADY
02:21:35DRIVEN UP COSTS FOR NEW YORKERS. >> AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE
02:21:38THE PROBLEM WORSE AS WE TO BRING
02:21:41NEW INVESTMENT AND JOBS TO NEW AND INDEED AMERICA.
02:21:44WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COSTS OF GROWTH DO NOT FALL ON
02:21:47THE FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESS
02:21:49ALREADY STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR UTILITY BILLS.
02:21:51>> THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT.
02:21:54>> THIS SIMPLY ESTABLISHES BASIC PRINCIPLE OF FAIRNESS.
02:21:59>> IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE COMPANIES NEW DEMAND FOR
02:22:03ELECTRICITY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COSTS OF ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DEMAND.
02:22:06>> WE ARE ALREADY SEEING COMMUNITIES AND POLICYMAKERS
02:22:10GRAPPLE WITH HOW TO MANAGE THE RAPID GROWTH OF LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS AND THE DEMANDS THAT
02:22:14THEY PLACE ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
02:22:16>> AND THIS IS SOMETHING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO WORK
02:22:20TOGETHER TO CREATE REGULAR
02:22:23ACTIONS AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE WE NEED A BETTER
02:22:27APPROACH ONE THAT RESPECTS THE ROLE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHILE
02:22:29ENSURING THAT COMPANIES DRIVING DEMAND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, THE
02:22:33COSTS THEY CREATE. >> WE NEED A POLICY THAT LOOKS
02:22:36AHEAD, BUILDS THE INFRASTRUCTURE
02:22:38WE NEED AND PROTECTS RATEPAYERS THE SAME TIME.
02:22:41>> I WILL CONTINUE WORKING TO ENSURE NEW YORKERS HAVE ACCESS
02:22:45TO RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE ENERGY WHILE MAKING SURE LARGE
02:22:49ENERGY USERS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
02:22:51I URGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND I
02:22:55YIELD THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME. >> I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN,
02:22:57RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY'S RECOGNIZED CONTINUE TO
02:23:01RESERVE. >> MADAM SPEAKER, THE RESERVES,
02:23:04THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY RECOGNIZED. >> I YIELD 2 MINUTES TO THE
02:23:07GENTLEMAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA, CONGRESSMAN MCKENZIE.
02:23:10>> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
02:23:13>> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. >> COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT NATION
02:23:17ARE SEEING UNPAID IN GROWTH IN
02:23:21ELECTRICITY DEMAND DRIVEN IN
02:23:23LARGE PART BY DATA CENTERS AND OTHER ENERGY.
02:23:26>> INTENSE FACILITIES.
02:23:28THAT GROWING DEMAND IS ALREADY
02:23:30HAVING A DIRECT IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES LIKE THOSE THAT.
02:23:34I REPRESENT IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY, THE POCONOS, WHERE AFTER
02:23:38FOUR YEARS OF SEVERE INFLATION
02:23:40UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN, RESIDENTS
02:23:42ARE BEING PUT IN A POSITION WHERE THEY COULD END UP FOOTING
02:23:45THE ENERGY FOR NEW DATA CENTERS. THE RAPID GROWTH OF THESE
02:23:50FACILITIES REQUIRES UNPRECEDENTED NEW INVESTMENTS IN
02:23:53OUR ELECTRIC. AND WHILE THE GRID CAPACITY WILL
02:23:57CATCH UP EVENTUALLY, THE SHORT
02:23:59COSTS OF THOSE INVESTMENTS MUST NOT BE PASSED ON TO FAMILIES,
02:24:03SENIORS AND BUSINESSES, MANY OF
02:24:07WHOM DON'T WANT DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THE FIRST PLACE.
02:24:10>> THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD CO-SPONSOR THE BIPARTISAN RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT,
02:24:14BECAUSE LARGE ENERGY WHO CREATE
02:24:16THE DEMAND FOR NEW ENERGY
02:24:20INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE COST.
02:24:23WE CAN MAINTAIN LOCAL CONTROL OF
02:24:25DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES WHILE
02:24:27ALSO PROTECTING EXIST AND RATEPAYERS.
02:24:30>> AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS LEGISLATION DOES.
02:24:33I THANK REPRESENTATIVE EVANS FOR
02:24:35HIS ON THIS LEGISLATION AND I
02:24:38URGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES SPORT H.R. 9340.
02:24:41>> I YIELD BACK I RESERVE BUTTON
02:24:45FOR MY PREPARED TO CLOSE FOR RESERVE. >> I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.
02:24:48>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVE YIELD
02:24:52MYSELF THIS TIME AS I MAY CONSUME SPEAKER. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
02:24:56>> I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A THIS LEGISLATION IS A FIRST STEP
02:24:59AND THEREFORE I SUPPORT IT AND WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE
02:25:03FOR IT. >> I YIELD BACK THE YIELDS THAT
02:25:05YOU MUST HAVE AS MUCH AS I MAY CONSUME. THE GENTLEMAN SO YOU, MADAM
02:25:09SPEAKER, AND I AGREE THIS IS AN
02:25:11IMPORTANT WE HAVE TO BE CHINA WE HAVE TO WIN THE WAR.
02:25:14>> AND I THAT IF WE DON'T,
02:25:17THEY'RE GOING TO SET THE STANDARDS FOR TECHNOLOGY AROUND THE WORLD. IT NEEDS TO BE WITH OUR VALUES,
02:25:21NOT. AND TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE
02:25:24THE DATACENTERS NEEDS TO BE LOCALLY DECIDED WHERE THEY GO
02:25:28AND RATEPAYERS NEED TO BE PROTECTED IT. THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD ALL OF
02:25:32AUGUST. I THINK MOST OF US HOME WORKING HARD ABOUT. AND I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS AN
02:25:36EXAMPLE THE PEOPLE GOING HOME BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE
02:25:40LISTENING AND COMING BACK HERE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE
02:25:43CONCERNS FOR PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT. AND SO I, I ENCOURAGE SUPPORT OF
02:25:48THIS BILL I ENCOURAGE FOR ITS PASSAGE AND. I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
02:25:52>> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE
02:25:56SUSPEND RULES AND PASS THE BILL?
02:25:58H.R. 9340, AS AMENDED THOSE IN
02:26:01FAVOR SAY, I.
02:26:05THOSE ARE NO IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR AND NOT THE CHAIR.
02:26:09TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE OF THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
02:26:12THE BILL IS PASSED AND WITHOUT WITHOUT MADAM SPEAKER, I REQUEST
02:26:16THE AGENCIES. OKAY, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE
02:26:21REQUESTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING THIS VOTE BY THE YEAS AND NAYS WILL RISE AND REMAIN
02:26:25STANDING COUNTED.
02:26:31A SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING RISEN, THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE
02:26:35ORDERED PURSUANT TO CLAUSE EIGHT OF RULE 20.
02:26:37>> FURTHER PROCEEDINGS ON THIS
02:26:39QUESTION WILL BE POSTPONED.
02:26:42>> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK
02:26:47RECOGNITION? >> MADAM SPEAKER, I MOVE. >> THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES PASSED BILL H.R. 2846.
02:26:50>> THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE
02:26:52TITLE OF THE BILL UNION CALENDAR
02:26:55NUMBER TWO ELIE H.R. 2846, A TO
02:26:58AMEND TITLE TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE TO INCLUDE AS AN
02:27:02ADDITIONAL RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE OF COMMISSION OFFICER IS THAT THE
02:27:05PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AND THEIR
02:27:07BENEFICIARIES CERTAINLY PROVIDE IT UNDER TITLE TEN UNITED STATES
02:27:11CODE TO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF, THE ARMY OR THEIR
02:27:16BENEFICIARIES PURSUANT TO THE RULE. THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR.
02:27:21GUTHRIE, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY, MR. POWELL ON EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES.
02:27:24THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
02:27:28>> MADAM SPEAKER, I USE UNANIMOUS THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO
02:27:32REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS ON THE LEGISLATION. INDOOR EXERT EXTRANEOUS
02:27:37MATERIALS ON H.R. 2846 WITHOUT OBJECTION, MADAM SPEAKER, I
02:27:40YIELD MYSELF AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. >> THE GENTLEMAN WHOSE.
02:27:44>> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TO THE INSTRUCTION BOARD OF
02:27:47H.R. 2846, LED BY MY COLLEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE HOULIHAN, THE
02:27:51U.S. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION CORPS IS ONE OF EIGHT UNIFORMED
02:27:55SERVICES IN THE U.S. IN HIS FIRST IN LINE TO DEFEND OUR
02:27:58NATION'S PUBLIC AGAINST ANY THREAT. THIS BILL CLOSES THE GAP IN
02:28:02BENEFITS BETWEEN HEALTH SERVICE OFFICERS AND, OTHER CIVILIAN IN
02:28:06UNIFORM, PUBLIC SERVANTS BY ALIGNING THEIR LEAVE POLICIES
02:28:10WITH THOSE OF OTHER UNIFORMED SERVICES. THE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN OF
02:28:13THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CORPS HAVE MARRIED IMPACT AND
02:28:16GRATITUDE, AND THEY DESERVE THE SAME BENEFITS AND PROTECTIONS
02:28:20AFFORDED TO THEIR FELLOW UNIFORMED MEMBERS. AND WITH THAT, I ENCOURAGE MY
02:28:24COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS BILL, AND I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN,
02:28:28RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
02:28:31>> I YIELD MY SERVICES TIME AS I
02:28:33MAY CONSUME THE GENTLEMAN'S.
02:28:37>> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 2846,
02:28:41LEGISLATE THAT WOULD EXTEND EXPANDED BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OF
02:28:45THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CORP., THE U.S. HEALTH.
02:28:48THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CORPS IS ONE OF EIGHT UNIFORMED
02:28:53SERVICES THE UNITED STATES. >> THERE ARE MORE THAN 6000
02:28:56OFFICERS WHO SERVE AS PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND
02:29:00SCIENTISTS ACROSS AGENCIES TO ADVANCE PUBLIC HEALTH.
02:29:02>> AND RIGHT NOW, THESE OFFICERS ARE NOT GUARANTEED THE SAME 12
02:29:06WEEK LEAVE BENEFIT AS MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY ARE ENTITLED TO.
02:29:10UNDER FEDERAL LAW. NOR ARE THEY ELIGIBLE FOR THE 12
02:29:12WEEKS OF LEAVE THAT ALL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ARE ENTITLED TO UNDER THE FEDERAL
02:29:16EMPLOYEE PAID LEAVE ACT.
02:29:18SO THIS BILL FIXES THIS BY LEAVE BENEFITS TO PUBLIC HEALTH
02:29:22SERVICE. >> AND THIS LEAVE INCLUDES EXPANDED PARENTAL LEAVE
02:29:27EMERGENCY, LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND LEAVE FOR REST AND RECUPERATION. >> AND I WANT TO THANK
02:29:31REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS LEGISLATION AND MY COLLEAGUES ON THE ENERGY
02:29:35AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE WORKING WITH US TO BRING THIS BILL TO THE FLOOR.
02:29:39I ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES BEFORE, BUT BEFORE I
02:29:42RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME, I DID WANT TO TAKE AN
02:29:47OPPORTUNITY TO THANK REALLY WHO IS RIGHT HERE FOR HER.
02:29:50MORE THAN 11 YEARS HERE AT, THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE.
02:29:54MOST THOSE YEARS SERVING AS CHIEF COUNSEL FOR THE HOUSE
02:29:57SUBCOMMITTEE, YOU KNOW HAS PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN EVERY MAJOR HEALTH CARE BILL THAT HAS
02:30:01BEEN SIGNED INTO LAW DURING THAT TIME.
02:30:03AND IT HAS BEEN A TRUSTED ADVISOR. AND IT'S AND GOING TO BE MISSED.
02:30:07I DON'T WANT HER TO LEAVE, BUT CAN I DO. I WISH HER I WISH HER NOTHING
02:30:11BUT THE BEST IN HER FUTURE ENDEAVORS AND CONGRATULATE HER
02:30:15FOR HER TREMENDOUS WORK AND TRULY TREMENDOUS WORK OF MAKING
02:30:17HEALTH CARE MORE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERY AMERICAN.
02:30:21AND WITH THAT, I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. MADAM SPEAKER.
02:30:25THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY'S. >> I'LL GIVE MYSELF AS MUCH TIME
02:30:29AS I MAY CONSUME. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> I JUST SPEAK BRIEFLY.
02:30:32I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. I'LL PREPARED TO CLOSE. BUT EUNA LEE IS.
02:30:36I'M GLAD THAT YOU RECOGNIZE I DIDN'T GET TO SPEAK EARLIER IN
02:30:38THE SUBCOMMITTEE TODAY BEEN AS YOU KNOW WE GET TO WORK WITH
02:30:43FANTASTIC PEOPLE HERE AND I KNOW YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OF THEM AND
02:30:46THAT WE GET TO SEE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE TABLE SOMETIMES.
02:30:50BUT NO, WE'RE ALWAYS WORKING TO TRY IMPROVE OUR COUNTRY AND AND
02:30:54I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE'LL MISS YOU AROUND THE ENERGY
02:30:57AND COMMERCE ROOM AND RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME AND I'M
02:31:01PREPARED TO CLOSE THE GENTLEMAN,
02:31:02RESERVE AS THE GENTLEMAN. >> NEW JERSEY. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
02:31:06>> I NOW SUCH TIME AS SHAKE MAKING ROOM TO THE GENTLEWOMAN
02:31:10FROM PENNSYLVANIA AS SPONSOR OF THE LEGISLATION.
02:31:13THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MADAM.
02:31:16AND THANK YOU RANKING MEMBER PELOSI AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
02:31:19GUTHRIE AS WELL. I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF MY
02:31:23BIPARTISAN AND BICAMERAL U.S.
02:31:25HEALTH SERVICE PARITY ACT, H.R. 2846.
02:31:28AND THIS BILL IS ABOUT KEEPING A PROMISE. CONGRESS ALREADY HAS MADE TO THE
02:31:32PEOPLE WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY. YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE
02:31:36BETWEEN SERVICE AND YOUR FAMILY. I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THAT
02:31:40CHOICE. WHEN I SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE, THERE WAS SIX MONTH WAITING LIST
02:31:43FOR ON BASE CHILD CARE, BUT I ONLY HAD SIX WEEKS OF PERSONAL
02:31:46LEAVE AFTER BIRTH OF MY CHILD. IT WAS MANY WAYS A CHOICE THAT I
02:31:50NEEDED TO MAKE BETWEEN MY FAMILY AND MY SERVICE.
02:31:54IF WE VALUE SERVICE AND WE VALUE
02:31:57FAMILIES, WHICH WE DO, NO ONE WHO RAISES THEIR HAND TO SERVE
02:32:02THIS SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE.
02:32:04MY OWN EXPERIENCE IS JUST ONE REASON WHY I'M SO PROUD TO HELP
02:32:08SECURE WEEKS OF PAID PARENTAL LEAVE IN THE PAST FOR OUR
02:32:11MILITARY SERVICE. IN THE FISCAL YEAR 21 NDAA.
02:32:16THAT GOOD FOR MILITARY FAMILIES? IT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR RETENTION
02:32:19AND IT'S VERY GOOD FOR READINESS.
02:32:22BUT WE UNINTENTIONALLY LEFT ONE OF OUR UNIFORMED SERVICES BEHIND.
02:32:26THE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE.
02:32:29AND TODAY WITH THIS BILL, WE CAN FIX THAT.
02:32:32MORE THAN 6000 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE OFFICERS SERVE OUR
02:32:36COUNTRY. THEY'RE READY TO DEPLOY WHEREVER AND WHENEVER THEY ARE NEEDED.
02:32:40HAVE RESPONDED TO HURRICANES AND OIL. THEY HELPED LEAD OUR NATION'S
02:32:44RESPONSE, COVID. THEY HAVE DEPLOYED TO CONFRONT INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS
02:32:48AROUND, THE WORLD NATURAL DISASTER DISASTERS AND PUBLIC
02:32:51HEALTH EMERGENCIES. THEY WEAR THE UNIFORM OF OUR
02:32:55NATION. THEY LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES WHEN DUTY.
02:32:57AND THEY SERVE ALONGSIDE UNIFORMED SERVICES.
02:33:00WHEN OUR COUNTRY NEEDS THEM. BUT WHEN BECAME BECOME PARENTS
02:33:04RIGHT NOW? WE DON'T GIVE THEM THE SAME
02:33:07PARENTAL LEAVE BENEFITS THAT WE PROVIDE THEIR COUNTERPARTS, THE
02:33:11ARMED SERVICES. THERE IS NOT A VERY GOOD REASON. AND THERE'S NO FOR THAT
02:33:15DISTINCTION. IF VALUE THEIR SERVICE WHEN A
02:33:18HURRICANE, WHEN A DISEASE SPREADS OR WHEN ANOTHER
02:33:21EMERGENCY THREATENS AMERICAN PEOPLE, THEN WE SHOULD VALUE
02:33:25THEIR FAMILIES TOO. AND THAT'S THE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE
02:33:29BEHIND BILL. SAME COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, SAME
02:33:31SACRIFICE, SAME SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
02:33:34I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THIS HAS BEEN A BI PARTIZAN AND BI
02:33:38CAMERA EFFORT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. I THANK CHAIRMAN GUTHRIE AND
02:33:42RANKING MEMBER PALLONE FOR BRINGING THIS LEGISLATION TO THE FLOOR.
02:33:45MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE BACON AND OUR
02:33:48SENATE PARTNERS, SENATOR DUCKWORTH AND, MURKOWSKI, FOR
02:33:51WORKING ON THIS. GET THIS HERE THE SENATE HAS
02:33:55ALREADY ACTED. SO TODAY THE HOUSE HAS THE
02:33:57OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH THIS JOB AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERY
02:34:01UNIFORMED SERVICE RECEIVES THE SAME BENEFITS AND THE SAME BASIC SUPPORT.
02:34:05WHEN MEMBERS WELCOME A CHILD INTO THEIR FAMILIES, WE ASK A
02:34:08GREAT DEAL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE THIS COUNTRY, AND THEY
02:34:12SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO WONDER WHETHER SERVING THEIR NATION SHORTCHANGING THEIR FAMILIES.
02:34:16SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE PARITY ACT.
02:34:20AND I YIELD BACK THE YIELDS.
02:34:22THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY,
02:34:24THE GENTLEMAN AND I'M PREPARED
02:34:29TO CLOSE THE FROM KENTUCKY
02:34:32RESERVES THE. >> YES, I YIELD MYSELF, SIR.
02:34:36TIME TO CLOSE, MADAM SPEAKER. >> GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
02:34:39>> I AGAIN WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OF LEGISLATION.
02:34:43>> I THANK GENTLEWOMAN FROM
02:34:47PENNSYLVANIA SPONSORING IT AND URGE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO THE BILL.
02:34:51>> AND I YIELD BACK. >> THE GENTLEMAN YIELD.
02:34:55THANK YOU. >> MADAM SPEAKER, I THANK MY FRIEND FROM PENNSYLVANIA BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
02:34:58I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE AND SERVICE HERE.
02:35:02AND I WILL IN CLOSING, I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE THIS BILL
02:35:05AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS THE
02:35:09QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL, H.R. 2846.
02:35:14THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THOSE OPPOSED? NO.
02:35:18IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE,
02:35:21THE RULES SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS PASSED AND WITHOUT OBJECTION.
02:35:25THE MOTION TO IS LAID ON THE
02:35:30TABLE.
02:36:42PURPOSE. DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION?
02:36:45>> MADAM SPEAKER I MOVE. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND
02:36:48PASSED THE BILL 6633 AS AMENDED.
02:36:52>> THE CLERK WHAT REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL UNION CALENDAR
02:36:56NUMBER 723 H.R. 6633. A BILL TO ESTABLISH A BEST
02:37:00AVAILABLE TRANSMISSION CONDUCTOR STANDARD FOR CERTAIN
02:37:03TRANSMISSION PROJECTS, THE FEDERAL POWER ACT AND PROVIDE
02:37:07FOR PRESUMPTIONS REGARDING COST
02:37:09RECOVERY FOR SUCH CONDUCTORS. PURSUANT TO THE RULE.
02:37:13THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR. GUTHRIE, AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS.
02:37:17MS. FLETCHER, WILL EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
02:37:21GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY. >> MADAM SPEAKER, I ASK
02:37:24UNANIMOUS THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE EXTEND REMARKS ON THE
02:37:28LEGISLATION AND EXERT EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS IN H.R. 6633.
02:37:32WITHOUT OBJECTION. MADAM SPEAKER, I ALMOST HAVE AS
02:37:35MUCH TIME AS I MAKE ON ZOOM. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
02:37:39I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 633, THE HIGH CAPACITY GRID ACT,
02:37:43SPONSORED BY MY COLLEAGUE, COMMENTS FOR DOOR CHECK FOR
02:37:45NORTH DAKOTA. THE HIGH CAPACITY GRID ACT WILL
02:37:49LEVERAGE ADVANCEMENTS IN TRANSMISSION CONDUCTORS TO MORE
02:37:52CLOSELY EFFECTIVELY EXPAND OUR GRID AND MEET THE ELECTRICITY DEMANDS.
02:37:56OUR NEXT GENERATION ADVANCE CONDUCTORS CAN SIGNIFICANTLY
02:38:00INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ELECTRONS THAT WE PUT ON OUR SYSTEM TO
02:38:02POWER HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES OF ALL KINDS.
02:38:06H.R. 6633 WILL BRING SAVINGS.
02:38:09I ON THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS WHILE MORE EFFICIENTLY MEETING THE
02:38:11DEMAND OF OUR NEXT GEN, NEXT GENERATION ECONOMY.
02:38:15ENSURING THE U.S. IS A GLOBAL LEADER IN INNOVATION.
02:38:18I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND I RESERVE
02:38:21THE GENTLEMAN WILL RESERVE THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS IS
02:38:26RECOGNIZED. >> MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF
02:38:28SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. MADAM SPEAKER, DEMOCRATS HAVE
02:38:33ARGUED YEARS THAT GROWING OUR POWER GRID IS CRUCIAL.
02:38:36A GRID THAT IS SMALL, TOO DUMB, TOO RIGID, ONLY SERVES TO MAKE
02:38:40POWER UNRELIABLE, INCREASE AMERICAN FAMILIES, POWER BILLS,
02:38:44A GRID THAT IS LARGER, SMARTER AND MORE FLEXIBLE IS WHAT WE
02:38:47NEED, ESPECIALLY IF WE HOPE TO WITHSTAND A WAVE OF DATA CENTER
02:38:50DRIVEN DEMAND POWER.
02:38:52WHILE IT'S CRITICAL, WE GIVE
02:38:55GRID OPERATORS NEW TOOLS, BUILD NEW POWER LINES.
02:38:58THE AND QUICKEST WAY TO EXPAND
02:39:00OUR GRID IS TO GET MORE OF WHAT CURRENTLY HAVE.
02:39:03FOR DECADES UTILITIES HAVE LARGELY USED THE SAME AND POWER
02:39:08LINES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. NEW CONDUCTORS CAN OFTEN CARRY
02:39:12MUCH MORE POWER THROUGH THE SAME TRANSMISSION LINE. TRADITIONAL CONDUCTORS.
02:39:166633. THE HIGH CAPACITY GRID ACT WOULD
02:39:19REQUIRE THE FEDERAL ENERGY COMMISSION, FERC, TO ISSUE A
02:39:23RULE REQUIRING UTILITIES TO USE BEST AVAILABLE CLASS OF
02:39:27TRANSMISSION CONDUCTORS. I WANT TO NOTE TWO IMPORTANT THINGS. FIRST, THE BILL FOCUSES ON THE
02:39:32BEST CLASS OF CONDUCTORS, NOT SINGLE TECHNOLOGY.
02:39:35THE GOAL IS NOT TO FAVOR A
02:39:38COMPANY OR A SINGLE TECHNOLOGY, BUT TO GIVE FERC AND THE
02:39:43DEPARTMENT ENERGY THE FLEXIBILITY TO DESIGNATE WHAT
02:39:45CONSTITUTES THE BEST AVAILABLE CLASS OF CONDUCTOR.
02:39:49SECOND, THE BILL RELIES ON FERC
02:39:52TO MAINTAIN A BALANCE TO ENSURE THAT UTILITIES HAVE THE ABILITY
02:39:55TO USE CONDUCTORS WHEN THEY REALLY NEED TO, AND TO ENSURE
02:39:58THAT THE EXCEPTIONS NOT BECOME THE RULE.
02:40:02THIS BILL IS ONLY A SMALL PART, A MUCH LARGER CONVERSATION.
02:40:06WE TO HAVE ABOUT HOW TO EXPAND OUR POWER GRID.
02:40:10UNFORTUNATELY REPUBLICANS AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAVE
02:40:12RELUCTANT TO ENGAGE IN SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO
02:40:16TO BUILD A GRID FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. I THINK A SHAME. AND THERE SHOULD BE MORE
02:40:22TRANSMISSION BILLS ON THE FLOOR ALONG WITH THIS ONE TODAY. WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING ENERGY
02:40:26SUBCOMMITTEE RANKING MEMBER CASTOR'S BILL TO SPEED UP THE
02:40:30PROCESS THAT GENERATORS USE TO CONNECT THE POWER GRID.
02:40:32THIS BILL CERTAINLY WON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY ITSELF, BUT IT
02:40:36DOES REPRESENT AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP. SO I URGE, MY COLLEAGUES, TO
02:40:40SUPPORT THIS BILL AND I RESERVE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
02:40:42THE GENTLEWOMAN, THE GENTLEMAN
02:40:44FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> I WILL YIELD 3 MINUTES TO THE
02:40:48SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION, A MEMBER OF THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE.
02:40:52CONGRESSWOMAN FOR DOOR CHECK. >> THANK YOU.
02:40:54THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
02:40:58I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF MY LEGISLATION.
02:41:03THE HIGH CAPACITY GRID ACT. AMERICA'S ELECTRICITY DEMAND IS GROWING AT A PACE FASTER THAN IT
02:41:07EVER HAS. DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING LARGE,
02:41:09LOW GROWTH, ELECTRIFICATION AND
02:41:13INVESTMENTS, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE ARE PLACING UNPRECEDENTED DEMANDS ON OUR
02:41:17GRID, AND IT'S CONTRIBUTING TO RISING UTILITY BILLS FOR
02:41:20AMERICAN FAMILIES. WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THEIR
02:41:23ELECTRIC BILLS, THEY OFTEN FOCUS THE COST OF GENERATING THE
02:41:27POWER. BUT THE TRANSMISSION COSTS, THE
02:41:30WIRES THAT CARRY THE POWER ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING
02:41:34CAPONE'S. OF THOSE BILLS. ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FROM THE
02:41:37BRATTLE GROUP, THE ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION,
02:41:41TRANSMISSION COSTS HAVE INCREASED BY MORE THAN 180%
02:41:45SINCE 2005, WHILE GENERATION HAVE DECLINED.
02:41:49MEANWHILE, PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTING NEW TRANSMISSION
02:41:52CAN TAKE YEARS ON AVERAGE. IT TAKES MORE THAN FOUR YEARS TO
02:41:55PERMIT A NEW POWER LINE, AND SOMETIMES OVER A DECADE BEFORE A
02:41:59SINGLE SHOVEL. SHOVEL THE GROUND.
02:42:01OF COURSE, CONGRESS CONTINUE
02:42:04WORKING TO REFORM OUR BROKEN PERMITTING SYSTEM.
02:42:07BUT EVEN WITH THOSE REFORMS, WE
02:42:09CANNOT PERMIT AND BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF THIS CHALLENGE FAST ENOUGH.
02:42:13WE MUST MAKE THE MOST OUT OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WE'VE
02:42:17BUILT. THAT IS EXACTLY THE HIGH CAPACITY GRID ACT WILL HELP US
02:42:21DO. FIRST, IT REQUIRES UTILITIES BUILDING OR REBUILDING
02:42:25INTERSTATE TRANSMISSION TO USE
02:42:27THE BEST AVAILABLE CONDUCTORS WHEN PRACTICAL.
02:42:31SECOND, IT ENCOURAGES ADVANCE CONDUCTORS THAT CARRY
02:42:35SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ELECTRICITY USING EXISTING STRUCTURES AND RIGHTS AWAY.
02:42:39AND THIRD, IT PROTECTS RATEPAYERS REQUIRING UTILITIES
02:42:42TO JUSTIFY USING LOWER
02:42:45PERFORMING CONDUCTORS BEFORE, PASSING THOSE COSTS ON TO
02:42:49FAMILIES. THIS IS A COMMON SENSE APPROACH.
02:42:52THAT'S WHY THIS BILL EARNED
02:42:54UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE.
02:42:57ADVANCE CONDUCTORS CAN DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT
02:43:00OF ELECTRICITY DELIVERED OVER EXISTING LINES. THEY CAN ALSO IMPROVE SAFETY AND
02:43:06RELIABILITY. IN MANY CASES, THESE TECHNOLOGY
02:43:09CAN DOUBLE TRANSMISSION CAPACITY WITHOUT REQUIRING NEW RIGHTS OF
02:43:13WAY OR YEARS OF ADDITIONAL PERMITTING.
02:43:15THAT'S GOOD FOR GRID RELIABILITY. IT'S GOOD FOR AFFORDABILITY, AND
02:43:19IT'S GOOD FOR HARDWORKING FAMILIES. ULTIMATELY PAY THE BILL.
02:43:23THIS IS A NO BRAINER. THE HIGH CAPACITY GRID ACT IS
02:43:26ABOUT SQUEEZING EVERY POSSIBLE MEGAWATT OUT OF THE
02:43:30INFRASTRUCTURE WE ALREADY HAVE, AND IT'S ABOUT DELIVERING MORE
02:43:33POWER AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE COST.
02:43:35THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GUTHRIE, ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.
02:43:38LOUDER FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND FOR HELPING ADVANCE LEGISLATION TO THE HOUSE FLOOR.
02:43:43I URGE MY COLLEGE COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION AND I YIELD
02:43:47BACK. >> I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY RESERVES THE
02:43:51GENTLEWOMAN TEXAS. >> I RESERVE THE. OKAY.
02:43:54THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> WELL, I YOU HAVE TO CLOSE IN
02:43:58RESERVE RESERVE AND KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED.
02:44:02>> DON'T OWE THE GENTLEWOMAN.
02:44:06IT'S RECOGNIZED TO CLOSE. OKAY. THANK YOU.
02:44:09SO I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE AND I JUST ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
02:44:13SUPPORT THIS BILL. AND I THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
02:44:17THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY'S.
02:44:19>> I APPRECIATE MADAM SPEAKER. I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK.
02:44:22I APPRECIATE A CONGRESSMAN FOR JACK'S HARD WORK WORKING ON BOTH
02:44:25SIDES OF THE AISLE. AND I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE. AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
02:44:29THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS THE QUESTION, AS WILL THE HOUSE'S
02:44:33BEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL.
02:44:34>> H.R. 6633, AS AMENDED.
02:44:37THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I THOSE OPPOSED.
02:44:41NO IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
02:44:45THE RULE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED. THE BILL IS PASSED.
02:44:48AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER LAID ON THE
02:44:52TABLE FOR PURPOSE.
02:44:55DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY RECOGNITION?
02:44:57>> MADAM SPEAKER, I THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND PASSED THE BILL.
02:45:00>> H.R. 933 TO THE WILL REPORT
02:45:03THE TITLE OF THE BILL, H.R. 9332.
02:45:06>> A BILL TO REQUIRE THE FEDERAL
02:45:08ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION ESTABLISH REGIONAL JOINT BOARDS
02:45:12TO STUDY ELECTRIC LOAD FORECAST
02:45:15SETTING AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PURSUANT TO THE RULE THE
02:45:19GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR. GUTHRIE, AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS, MS.
02:45:22FLETCHER WATT WILL EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
02:45:26GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY. >> MADAM SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL
02:45:30MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS ON THE
02:45:34LEGISLATION AND INSERT EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS IN H.R. 933
02:45:37TO, WITHOUT OBJECTION, MADAM
02:45:40SPEAKER, I MYSELF, AS MUCH TIME
02:45:42AS I MAY CONCERN THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
02:45:44MADAM SPEAKER, I IN SUPPORT OF
02:45:47OUR 933 TO THE LOAD FORECASTING ENHANCEMENT ACT SPONSORED BY MY
02:45:51COLLEAGUE CONGRESSMAN TROY BUTLER'S AND FROM OHIO.
02:45:53SIMPLY PUT, THIS LEGISLATURE WILL IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF
02:45:56ELECTRICITY DEMAND. WE ALL KNOW ELECTRICITY IS
02:46:00INCREASING AT A RAPID PACE, NOT SEEN SINCE WORLD WAR TWO.
02:46:02BUT UNTIL LOAD FORECASTING MODELS CAN MORE ACCURATELY THE
02:46:07LEVELS OF GROWTH WE RISK OVERBUILDING A SYSTEM THAT
02:46:10FUNDED BY HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES. H.R. 9332 ENCOURAGES FEDERAL AND
02:46:15STATE PARTNERSHIPS TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON IN AN AFFORDABLE,
02:46:18AFFORDABLE PRICE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
02:46:22THIS LEGISLATION AND I RESERVE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
02:46:24>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED.
02:46:28MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF, AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME.
02:46:32THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MADAM SPEAKER.
02:46:36ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING ASPECTS OF THE EXPLOSIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DRIVEN
02:46:40DEMAND ELECTRICITY IS THAT WE ACTUALLY NO IDEA HOW LARGE IT
02:46:43WILL BE. WE KNOW THAT DEMAND FOR POWER IS
02:46:47SOARING, BUT ESTIMATES VARY ALL THE PLACE. ONE STUDY FROM THIS FEBRUARY
02:46:52ESTIMATED THAT BY THE END OF THE DECADE CENTERS WOULD CONSUME
02:46:54ANYWHERE BETWEEN NINE AND 17% OF
02:46:57ALL AMERICAN ELECTRICITY. BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE
02:47:01ENORMOUS, BUT THE GAP BETWEEN THEM IS ENORMOUS, TOO.
02:47:03WE SIMPLY NEED TO GET ABOUT OUR
02:47:05DEMAND FORECASTS. THIS ISN'T AN ACADEMIC POINT.
02:47:09PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE IMPACT PRICES TODAY.
02:47:14UTILITY ACROSS THE NATION ARE INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUTTING STEEL IN THE GROUND
02:47:17TODAY BASED THE BEST AVAILABLE ESTIMATES OF WHAT DEMAND FOR
02:47:22ELECTRICITY WILL LOOK LIKE 3 TO 5 YEARS FROM NOW. IF THEY'RE WRONG BECAUSE THE
02:47:26ESTIMATES ARE TOO HIGH, THERE'S REFUND. FAMILIES ACROSS NATION WILL BE
02:47:30STUCK HOLDING THE BAG AND IF THEY'RE WRONG BECAUSE THE
02:47:34ESTIMATES ARE TOO LOW, THEN OUR GRID GETS LESS RELIABLE AND THE
02:47:37RISK OF BLACKOUTS INCREASES.
02:47:39IT'S A LOSE LOSE SITUATION.
02:47:42H.R. 9332, THE LOAD FORECASTING
02:47:45ACT HELPS FIX THIS PROBLEM BY REQUIRING THE FEDERAL ENERGY
02:47:49REGULATORY FERC TO CREATE JOINT
02:47:51WITH STATE REGULATORS TO FIGURE OUT BEST PRACTICES FOR
02:47:55PREDICTING ELECTRICITY DEMAND. THE BILL STATE REGULATORS TO
02:47:59PUSH THEIR UTILITIES TO USE THOSE BEST PRACTICES.
02:48:02IT'S A SMART SOLUTION THAT. GETS EVERY RELEVANT PARTY TO THE TABLE.
02:48:06AND I WANT TO COMMEND MY COLLEAGUE REPRESENTED MENENDEZ
02:48:09FOR CO-LEADING THIS BILL. I WILL NOTE THAT ALL OF THESE
02:48:13EFFORTS BECOME MORE DIFFICULT IF
02:48:15DATA CENTERS CONTINUE ISSUING.
02:48:17NDAS THAT PREVENT UTILITIES COMPARING NOTES TO SEE IF
02:48:20THEY'RE GETTING FROM THE SAME DATA CENTER.
02:48:24WE NEED GUARDRAILS ON DATA
02:48:26DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE TRANS SEE
02:48:28FOR COMMUNITIES AND REGULATORS.
02:48:31THIS BILL DOESN'T ENTIRELY FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT IT REPRESENTS
02:48:33AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
02:48:37THIS BILL AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
02:48:39THE GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED.
02:48:43>> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I YIELD AS MUCH TIME AS HE MAY
02:48:46CONSUME TO MY GOOD FRIEND FROM OHIO, THE SPONSOR OF THIS PIECE
02:48:49OF LEGISLATION MEMBER OF OUR COMMITTEE, MR. BALDERSON.
02:48:52>> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. >> AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN
02:48:56GUTHRIE, FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP WITH THE COMMITTEE.
02:49:00>> I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF
02:49:03H.R. 9332, THE LOAD FORECASTING
02:49:05ENHANCEMENT ACT, WHICH AMERICANS
02:49:07FROM UNNECESSARY COST AND
02:49:09STRENGTHENS LONG TERM ENERGY.
02:49:11>> OUR ELECTRIC GRID IS ENTERING
02:49:14A PERIOD OF HISTORIC CHANGE. >> WE SEE RAPID IN DEMAND FROM
02:49:18ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND ELECTRIFICATION.
02:49:22THESE PROJECTS REPRESENT
02:49:24ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND IN OUR
02:49:27COMMUNITIES, BUT THEY ALSO RAISE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION HOW MUCH
02:49:32ELECTRIC CITY ARE WE GOING TO NEED? >> AND WHERE DO WE NEED IT?
02:49:35>> KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON STARTS WITH UNDERSTANDING, CHANGING
02:49:39POWER NEEDS, GETTING THE RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.
02:49:42>> FOR YEARS, EXPERTS HAVE WARNED THAT OUR GRID OPERATORS
02:49:47FACE RELIABILITY RISK AS
02:49:49ELECTRICITY DEMAND CONTINUES TO
02:49:51INCREASE, WHICH MEANS WE TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT PLANNING FOR THE
02:49:55FUTURE. >> BUT THE FORECAST WRONG CAN
02:49:57CREATE PROBLEMS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
02:50:01>> WE UNDERESTIMATE DEMAND. >> WE NOT BUILDING ENOUGH
02:50:03GENERATION AND TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.
02:50:07>> BUT IF WE OVERESTIMATE DEMAND, WE COULD END UP SPENDING
02:50:11BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PROJECTS THAT
02:50:14NEVER MATERIALIZE, LEAVING AMERICA RATEPAYERS RESPONSIBLE
02:50:18FOR FOOTING THE BILL. >> THE LOAD FORECASTING
02:50:23ENHANCEMENT ACT WOULD BRING STATE UTILITY REGULATORS, THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY
02:50:28COMMISSION, THROUGH REGIONAL
02:50:30JOINT BOARDS TO IDENTIFY BEST
02:50:32FOR FORECASTING FUTURE DEMAND.
02:50:36FERC WOULD THEN REPORT THOSE
02:50:38FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. >> CONGRESS.
02:50:42>> THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES STATES TO CONSIDER INCORPORATE RATING THE RECOMMENDATIONS, GREATLY
02:50:47IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND LOAD
02:50:51FORECASTING. >> WITH THIS LEGISLATION CAN MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE
02:50:54FOR PLANNING ELECTRIC GRID HAVE
02:50:56THE BEST INFORMATION POSSIBLE. >> MR. SPEAKER.
02:50:59MR. SPEAKER, WE WANT AMERICA TO LEAD WORLD IN MANUFACTURING AND
02:51:05INNOVATION. >> WE WANT BUSINESSES TO INVEST
02:51:07AND CREATE GOOD PAYING JOBS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WANT
02:51:11COMMUNITIES ACROSS OHIO AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TO BENEFIT
02:51:14FROM THE GROWTH.
02:51:18BY PASSING MY BILL, CONGRESS HELP LOWER COSTS FOR CONSUMERS AND ENSURE OUR GRID CAN KEEP
02:51:21PACE WITH THE GROWING DEMAND. >> I'D TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE
02:51:24FROM NEW JERSEY, CONGRESSMAN MENENDEZ, FOR CO-LEADING THE
02:51:27LOAD OF FORECASTING ENHANCEMENT ACT WITH.
02:51:30THIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION WAS
02:51:32PASSED UNANIMOUSLY OUT THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE
02:51:35AND I URGE MY TO SUPPORT THIS BILL HERE TODAY.
02:51:38THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. AND I YIELD BACK.
02:51:42>> I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN.
02:51:44>> THE GI RESERVE IS RECOGNIZED
02:51:47SHE RESERVE THE CLOSE.
02:51:49I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE AND WOMAN
02:51:52FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. MADAM SPEAKER, ONCE AGAIN, I
02:51:56BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN
02:52:01ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES, AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF
02:52:04MY TIME. THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS. THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS
02:52:09RECOGNIZED. >> MADAM SPEAKER, I APPRECIATE MY GOOD FRIEND, MR. FOR SPONSORING THIS.
02:52:12AND WELCOME MENENDEZ FROM NEW JERSEY. I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE ON THIS
02:52:16BILL AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS.
02:52:19>> THE QUESTION IS, WILL HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL?
02:52:24H.R. 9332.
02:52:26THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I I THOSE OPPOSED.
02:52:30NO. IN THE OPINION OF, THE CHAIR TWO
02:52:32THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
02:52:35THE BILL IS PASSED AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION TO
02:52:38RECONSIDER LAID ON THE TABLE.
02:52:53FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION?
02:52:56>> MADAM SPEAKER, I MOVE THE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND PASSED BILL 9339.
02:53:00>> THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL H.R. 9339.
02:53:04>> A BILL TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY TO CONDUCT
02:53:08AN ASSESSMENT ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HIGH
02:53:10PERFORMANCE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE THE BULK
02:53:15POWER SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, PURSUANT TO THE RULE.
02:53:18>> GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR. GUTHRIE. AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS, MS.
02:53:23FLETCHER, WILL EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
02:53:25GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY. >> MADAM SPEAKER, I ASK
02:53:29UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE EXTEND THE REMARKS ON THE
02:53:33LEGISLATION AND RESERVE EXTRANEOUS IN H.R. 9339.
02:53:37WITHOUT OBJECTION. MADAM SPEAKER, YOU MUST HAVE AS
02:53:40MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RIGHT. >> MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE.
02:53:44IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 9339, THE AFFORDABLE INNOVATION FOR THE
02:53:47GRIT ACT, SPONSORED BY MY COLLEAGUE, CONGRESSWOMAN
02:53:50HARSHBARGER, TENNESSEE THAT THIS BILL DIRECTS THE SECRETARY OF
02:53:53ENERGY TO DEVELOP A REPORT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO USE ARTIFICIAL
02:53:57INTELLIGENCE TO ENHANCE THE RELIABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY ORION ELECTRIC GRID.
02:54:00THE NATION'S ELECTRIC GRID IS REPLETE WITH COMPLEX OPERATIONAL
02:54:04A NETWORK OF MILLIONS MILES OF WIRES AND THOUSANDS OF
02:54:08GENERATORS TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON EVERY MINUTE OF THE YEAR.
02:54:10THAT MAKES IT PARTICULARLY TO
02:54:12USE CASE FOR AIR MODELS THAT
02:54:15DESIGNED THAT ARE DESIGNED TO HANDLE SUCH.
02:54:18URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION AND I RESERVE
02:54:21THE BALANCE OF TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEWOMAN. TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED.
02:54:26MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF AS MUCH AS I MAY CONSUME WITHOUT
02:54:30OBJECTION. LIKE MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES AND CONSTITUENTS, I'M CONCERNED
02:54:34ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT DATA CENTERS FUELING AI TECHNOLOGIES
02:54:37ARE HAVING ON THE AFFORDABILITY
02:54:39AND RELIABILITY OF OUR NATION'S POWER GRID.
02:54:43ABSENT GUARDRAILS FROM CONGRESS
02:54:45AND THOSE CONCERNS ARE ONLY GROWING.
02:54:49HOWEVER, I CAN ALSO BE DEPLOYED TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE
02:54:52STRESS ON OUR GRID BY MAKING IT EASIER TO MODEL COMPLEX GRID TO
02:54:56SEE WHERE RELIABLE ISSUES MAY
02:54:58EMERGE IN THE FUTURE, OR BY CUTTING DOWN ON THE LENGTH OF
02:55:01TIME THAT GRID OPERATORS TAKE TO REVIEW A POWER PLANTS TO CONNECT
02:55:04TO THE POWER GRID.
02:55:08OUR 9339 IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD, BIPARTISAN BILL. IT REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF
02:55:12ENERGY, FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, AND THE
02:55:15NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY CORPORATION TO STUDY
02:55:19HOW TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMPUTING TOOLS
02:55:21TO ENHANCE GRID RELIABILITY AND
02:55:23TO REPORT FINDINGS BACK TO CONGRESS.
02:55:27NOTHING IN THIS BILL MEANS THAT I OR, MY COLLEAGUES, WILL PAUSE
02:55:30OUR EFFORTS TO PUT COMMON SENSE GUARDRAILS ON DATA CENTERS TO
02:55:34PROTECT AMERICAN FAMILIES. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN
02:55:38GET THE MOST OUT OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES THE SAME TIME TO
02:55:40BETTER PROTECT OUR GRID IN AN ERA WHERE THE RISK BLACKOUTS IS RISING.
02:55:45URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS BILL, AND I RESERVE THE
02:55:48BALANCE OF MY TIME. THE GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES A GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS
02:55:52RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU.
02:55:54MADAM SPEAKER, I WILL YIELD 4 MINUTES TO THE SPONSOR OF THIS
02:55:57PIECE OF LEGISLATION, MY FRIEND FROM TENNESSEE, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, MS. HARSHBARGER.
02:56:01>> THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
02:56:05ARREST TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE AFFORDABLE INNOVATION FOR THE GREAT ACT.
02:56:09IT'S BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION INTRODUCED WITH MY COLLEAGUE
02:56:13FROM, CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN MULLEN.
02:56:15OUR ENERGY GRID IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY AND EVERY
02:56:18HOSPITAL, EVERY FACTORY AND EVERY FAMILY IN AMERICA DEPENDS ON IT WORKING RELIABLY.
02:56:22BUT RIGHT NOW, THE SYSTEM
02:56:24CONNECTING NEW POWER GENERATION TO THAT GRID IS BAD.
02:56:28BADLY BACKLOGGED INTERCONNECTION STUDIES SHOULD TAKE MONTHS ARE
02:56:33DRAGGING ON FOR YEARS. AND THAT DELAY IS MORE THAN JUST PAPERWORK PROBLEM.
02:56:36IT'S A DRAG ON THE GRID PERFORMANCE AND ON AMERICAN
02:56:40COMPETITIVE LIVENESS AT A MOMENT WHEN ENERGY DEMAND SKYROCKETING
02:56:43LIKE NEVER BEFORE, THIS BILL TAKES A COMMON FIRST STEP TOWARD
02:56:48FIXING THAT. HE DIRECTS THE SECRETARY OF
02:56:51WORKING WITH FERC IN ORDER TO A
02:56:53COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT TO
02:56:55DETERMINE HOW TECHNOLOGIES LIKE HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND
02:56:59ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN BE USED TO ENHANCE OPERATIONS
02:57:02FUNDING EFFICIENCY IN OUR EXISTING CAPACITY.
02:57:06SPEEDING SPEEDING UP THESE INTERCONNECTION STUDIES, IMPROVING RELIABILITY WITH TOOLS
02:57:10LIKE PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE AND DIGITAL TWINS, UNDERSTANDING HOW
02:57:13THESE TOOLS CAN HELP OUR BULK
02:57:15POWER SYSTEM RUN ON FULL POWER WILL BE CRITICAL TO ENSURING
02:57:19AFFORDABLE RATES THE LONG TERM. IT IS PART OF STUDY.
02:57:23WE WILL ALSO WORKED UNDERSTAND
02:57:26THE TECHNICAL AND CYBERSECURITY BARRIERS FOR WIDER SPREAD
02:57:29ADOPTION. MADAM SPEAKER, WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR NATIONAL PICTURE OF WHERE
02:57:32THIS TECHNOLOGY STANDS, BUT THIS
02:57:35BILL GETS US THAT PICTURE. WITH A REPORT DUE TO CONGRESS
02:57:38WITHIN A YEAR IN SUBSTANTIVE
02:57:40RECOMMENDATIONS SO POLICY HAVE THE FACTS ON HOW THESE
02:57:45TECHNOLOGIES CAN HELP RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE ON OUR GRID AND WHERE THE
02:57:47CHALLENGES LIE. MY BILL IS BOTH BIPARTISAN AND
02:57:51FORWARD LOOKING AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IS ABOUT MAKING SURE AMERICA LEADS.
02:57:54THE WORLD IS THE EPICENTER FOR AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE ENERGY.
02:57:58I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS BILL AND WITH THAT, A UNIQUE.
02:58:02>> I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM IS RECOGNIZED.
02:58:06THANK YOU. SPEAKER. I YIELD TO GENTLEMAN FROM
02:58:10CALIFORNIA. MR. MULLEN. AS MUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME
02:58:14THE IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU.
02:58:16I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE
02:58:20AFFORDABLE FOR THE GRID ACT. BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION I WAS
02:58:23PROUD TO INTRODUCE ALONGSIDE HARSHBARGER ACROSS THE COUNTRY
02:58:28RISING DEMAND AND FUEL COSTS ARE DRIVING MONTHLY ENERGY BILLS FOR
02:58:31EVERY DAY FAMILIES TO PROTECT
02:58:35CONSUMERS AND STRENGTHEN OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. WE NEED TO IMPROVE GRID
02:58:39EFFICIENCY AND CONNECT NEW SOURCES OF ENERGY TO THE GRID AS
02:58:42QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, SUPPORTING
02:58:44THE ADOPTION OF CUTTING EDGE COMPUTING TOOLS IS A PRACTICAL
02:58:48WAY TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS. >> THE AFFORDABLE INNOVATION FOR
02:58:51THE GRID ACT DIRECTS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO STUDY
02:58:55HOW ADVANCED COMPUTING CAN GRID PERFORMANCE AND.
02:58:59>> TODAY, NEW ENERGY WAIT AN AVERAGE OF FIVE YEARS BEFORE
02:59:03CONNECTING TO THE GRID. >> ADVANCED COMPUTING THE
02:59:06POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTEN THIS TIMELINE WHILE
02:59:10MAINTAINING RELIABILITY. UTILITIES ACROSS THE NATION NEED
02:59:13ACCESS TO INSIGHTS TO MODERNIZE
02:59:16OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. >> THE CHALLENGES FACING OUR
02:59:20ELECTRICAL GRID CANNOT WAIT. >> THIS BILL WILL HELP SPUR
02:59:24TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN SUPPORT OF THE GRID, ACCELERATE
02:59:27ENERGY DEPLOYMENT, IMPROVE GRID EFFICIENCY AND COSTS FOR
02:59:33CONSUMERS. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO
02:59:35SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION, AND I YIELD BACK. >> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS.
02:59:39THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED, I RESERVE.
02:59:42>> I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. I RESERVE. I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE AS WELL TO
02:59:47THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES.
02:59:49>> MADAM SPEAKER, I'M PREPARED. CLOSE I.
02:59:53I URGE COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN
02:59:57SUPPORT OF THIS BILL AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE MY TIME.
02:59:59THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
03:00:02I THANK MY FRIEND FROM TENNESSEE FOR SOME MOVING THIS. >> WORKING ON THIS BILL.
03:00:06MY FRIEND FROM CALIFORNIA AND I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE ON THIS BILL AND I WILL YIELD BACK THE
03:00:09BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN YIELD THE QUESTION WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND
03:00:13THE RULES AND? PASS THE BILL, H.R. 9339, THOSE
03:00:17IN FAVOR SAY I THOSE OPPOSED SAY
03:00:22NO IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
03:00:25THE RULES SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS PASSED. AND WITHOUT OBJECTION.
03:00:29THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID
03:00:30ON TABLE.
03:00:34FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM SEEK RECOGNITION?
03:00:37>> MADAM SPEAKER, MOVE THE HOUSE, SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL.
03:00:41195. >> THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL. SENATE 195.
03:00:45AN ACT TO.
03:00:47AMEND THE VISIT AMERICA ACT, PROMOTE MUSIC, TOURISM AND FOR
03:00:51OTHER PURPOSES. PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE
03:00:54GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR. GUTHRIE, AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS.
03:00:58MS. FLETCHER. EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES.
03:01:00THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY AS
03:01:04UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS ARE ADVISED TO
03:01:08EXTEND THEIR REMARKS ON THE LEGISLATION AND TO EXERT
03:01:10EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS ON S195.
03:01:12>> WITHOUT OBJECTION, MADAM SPEAKER. MADAM SPEAKER, I HEAR MYSELF AS
03:01:16MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
03:01:20>> I RISE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT AS 195 THE AMERICAN
03:01:22MUSIC TOURISM.
03:01:26ACT OF 2025. MUSIC IS ONE OF THE JURORS EXPRESSIONS OF WHO WE ARE AS A COUNTRY IS PART OF THE FABRIC OF
03:01:29AMERICAN LIFE IN EVERY REGION AND COMMUNITY.
03:01:33THIS BILL SIMPLY DIRECTS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO DO
03:01:36WHAT IT DOES FOR OTHER FORMS TOURISM TO BUILD A PLAN TO
03:01:41PROMOTE IT AND KEEP CONGRESS INFORMED. IT FOR NO NEW TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
03:01:45IT NO NEW BUREAUCRACY. IT DOES IT PUT IT JUST PUTS
03:01:48MUSIC TOURISM ON AT THE SAME LEVEL. OTHER ATTRACTIONS.
03:01:52URGE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THIS
03:01:54BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
03:01:57>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS RECOGNIZED.
03:02:01MADAM SPEAKER, I MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME THE
03:02:04GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
03:02:06MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF S-1 95, THE
03:02:10AMERICAN MUSIC TOURISM ACT. AMERICANS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A
03:02:13RICH MUSICAL HERITAGE. ACROSS THE COUNTRY THERE ARE
03:02:17COUNTLESS VENUES WHERE GIFTED MUSICIANS PERFORM ATTRACTING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND
03:02:21THE AND AROUND THE WORLD.
03:02:23VISITORS COME TO SEE AN ARTIST THEY LOVE OR FOR THE CHANCE TO
03:02:28STAND. A FAMOUS MUSICIAN GOT THEIR START AND NO MATTER HOW FAR
03:02:32THEY'VE. THESE TOURISTS ARE SPENDING MONEY ENHANCING OUR LOCAL
03:02:36ECONOMIES BY SUPPORTING JOBS AND ARTISTS. I'M PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE
03:02:40AMERICAN MUSIC TOURISM ACT. THIS BILL, THE NATIONAL TRAVEL
03:02:43AND TOURISM OFFICE, WITH PROMOTING DOMESTIC AND
03:02:47INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND TOURISM TO U.S. MUSIC VENUES, PROMOTING
03:02:51TOURISM MUSIC VENUES WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT LOCAL ECONOMIES
03:02:54WHEN TOURISTS TRAVEL FOR MUSIC EVENTS. THEY DRIVE AN INCREASE IN
03:02:58HOSPITALITY SPENDING IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES. THIS BILL WILL ENHANCE THE
03:03:02ECONOMIC VENUES BRING TO OUR LOCAL BY CREATING JOBS,
03:03:07SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND CHAMPIONING OUR MUSIC INDUSTRY.
03:03:10I THANK BARRAGAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS LEGISLATION
03:03:14AND ENCOURAGED MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT IT.
03:03:16I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. THE GENTLEWOMAN.
03:03:20THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR. >> MADAM SPEAKER, I WILL YIELD 3 MINUTES TO THE GENTLELADY FROM
03:03:25TENNESSEE WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS LEGISLATION AND IT'S APPROPRIATE TODAY.
03:03:28SHE REPRESENTS THE COMMUNITY FROM WHICH MS.
03:03:32DOLLY PARTON WAS BORN. SO I YIELD 3 MINUTES TO MY GOOD
03:03:35FRIEND FROM MR. CONGRESSWOMAN
03:03:39HARSHBARGER. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED. YOU, MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY
03:03:42IN SUPPORT THE AMERICAN MUSIC
03:03:46TOURISM, ITS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
03:03:49LEADING IN THE HOUSE ALONGSIDE MY COLLEAGUE FROM CALIFORNIA.
03:03:52CONGRESSWOMAN BARRAGAN AND HER PARTNER IN THE SENATE, SENATOR.
03:03:56WHETHER IT'S DOLLY PARTON WALLEN
03:03:58THEY'VE GOT A STORIED HISTORY
03:04:00COVERED BY MANY MUSIC COUNTRY MUSIC ICONS.
03:04:04FROM DOLLYWOOD IN PIGEON TO THE
03:04:07BIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN
03:04:09BRISTOL, TENNESSEE, EAST TENNESSEE DOES PLAY VITAL ROLE
03:04:13IN OUR NATION'S MUSIC TOURISM INDUSTRY. AND THAT STORY IS TRUE IN
03:04:17COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. FROM NASHVILLE, DALLAS ANGELES
03:04:19AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN. THIS BILL SIMPLY DIRECTS THE
03:04:23ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR TRAVEL TOURISM TO IMPLEMENT
03:04:25A PLAN TO GROW MUSIC FOR
03:04:27DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL VISITORS AND REPORT BACK TO
03:04:31CONGRESS ON THAT PROGRESS.
03:04:32IT IS SENSE BIPARTISAN IDEA.
03:04:36AND I'LL NOTE FOR MY COLLEAGUES THAT IT WILL NOT COST TAXPAYERS
03:04:39ONE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO IMPLEMENT.
03:04:42MADAM SPEAKER, THE HOUSE ALREADY THIS BILL WITH OVERWHELMING
03:04:46BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN APRIL. THE SENATE NOW HAS DONE THE SAME
03:04:49AND THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE THIS LEGISLATION GETS.
03:04:52AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT OUR TWO CHAMBERS HAVE DONE TOGETHER.
03:04:56GET US THERE. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, CONGRESSWOMAN BARRAGAN
03:05:00BLACKBURN, FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN HELPING CARRY THIS
03:05:03LEGISLATION FORWARD. SO, MADAM SPEAKER, LET'S FINISH
03:05:06JOBS IN THIS BILL TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK AND GIVE AMERICAN MUSIC COMMUNITIES A
03:05:11WRECKING DITION AND SUPPORT THEY'VE EARNED. AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.
03:05:14AND WITH THAT I YIELD BACK, I RESERVE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
03:05:18THE GENTLEMAN RESERVE. SO GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
03:05:22I THE GENTLEWOMAN I'M PREPARED
03:05:26CLOSE THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
03:05:30THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED.
03:05:32THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK
03:05:36THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BILL AND I
03:05:38APPRECIATE THE REPRESENTATION.
03:05:41I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY NOTHING
03:05:44THAT WE HAVE SEEN MORE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT HAS UNITED
03:05:48AMERICANS THAN OUR APPRECIATION
03:05:49IN EVERY CORNER OF THE AND EVERY
03:05:53BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE AND EVERYWHERE IN APPRECIATION AND
03:05:55LOVE FOR PARTON.
03:05:57AND SO I'M TO SUPPORT THIS BILL.
03:06:00I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING IN FAVOR OF IT.
03:06:02AND I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME. THANK YOU. AND I YIELD THE OF MY TIME.
03:06:06THE GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER.
03:06:09MY FRIEND MENTIONED THE MUSIC COMING OUT OF HER BELOVED MOUNTAINS OF KENTUCKY BELOVED
03:06:12MOUNTAINS AS A CHRIS STAPLETON,
03:06:14LORETTA LYNN, DWIGHT YOAKAM.
03:06:17>> WE COULD GO THROUGH THE KEITH
03:06:19WHITLEY, BUT ALSO THE ONE PEOPLE FROM OUR APPALACHIA AREA CALLED,
03:06:23MY AREA, FLATLAND. >> SO I'LL FLATLANDERS HAVE BLUEGRASS MUSIC.
03:06:26BLUEGRASS MUSIC CAME FROM IS FROM MY SISTER BILL MONROE'S
03:06:29FROM ORIGINAL HOW COUNTY AND THE INTERNATIONAL BLUEGRASS MUSEUM
03:06:32AND HALL OF FAME IS IN OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY.
03:06:35SO I ENCOURAGE, HOPEFULLY WHEN ONCE WE GET THIS PLAYING FOR THE
03:06:38DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR.
03:06:41THESE VENUES IN THE TENNESSEE
03:06:44MOUNTAINS, KENTUCKY FLATLANDS ALL OVER TO SHOW WHAT THEY CAN DO IN MUSIC.
03:06:48AND SO I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE FOR THIS BILL AND YIELD
03:06:51BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS THE
03:06:55QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS SENATE NINE FIVE?
03:06:58THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THOSE
03:07:02OPPOSED NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR TWO
03:07:06THIRDS OPINION IN THE AFFIRMATIVE THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
03:07:09THE BILL IS PASSED AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO
03:07:12RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE
03:07:14FOR WHAT PURPOSE.
03:07:16DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION?
03:07:19>> MADAM SPEAKER I MOVE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND
03:07:22PASSED THE BILL H.R. 979 AS AMENDED. >> THE CLERK WILL REPORT TITLE
03:07:26OF THE BILL UNION CALENDAR NUMBER THREE 3979.
03:07:30>> A BILL TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO A
03:07:34RULE REQUIRING ACCESS TO AM
03:07:36BROADCAST STATIONS AND MOTOR VEHICLES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
03:07:40PURSUANT TO THE RULE. THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR.
03:07:44GUTHRIE, AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS. MS. FLETCHER, WILL EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES.
03:07:48THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES A GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
03:07:51>> MADAM SPEAKER, I ASKED UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL
03:07:55MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS REVISING STANDARD REMARKS ON THE
03:07:58LEGISLATION AND INSERT EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS ON H.R. 979.
03:08:04OBJECTION MR. MADAM, YOU MUST HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY
03:08:07CONSUME. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. I RISE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
03:08:11OF H.R. NINE 7:09 A.M. RADIO FOR EVERY VEHICLE.
03:08:13TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS TUNE IN TO BROADCAST AM RADIO EVERY.
03:08:17FARMERS USE. I AM RADIO FOR WEATHER LOCAL
03:08:19INFORMATION CROP REPORTS. WHILE OLDER AMERICANS RELY ON IT
03:08:23FOR LOCAL AND PROGRAMING.
03:08:24MOST IMPORTANT I AM RADIO IS A
03:08:27CRITICAL TOOL FOR EMERGENCY. WHEN A DISASTER HITS AND A
03:08:31BROADBAND NETWORK GOES DARK, RADIO CAN CONTINUE PROVIDING
03:08:34CRITICAL EMERGENCY INFORMATION TO COMMUNITIES. THIS BIPARTISAN BILL HAS BROAD
03:08:38SUPPORT FROM STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE FARM BUREAU,
03:08:42FORMER ADMINISTRATORS AND FIRST RESPONDERS URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS BIPARTISAN
03:08:48LEGISLATION. I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES. THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS IS
03:08:52RECOGNIZED. MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME
03:08:57WITHOUT. MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY IN
03:08:59SUPPORT OF H.R. 4979.
03:09:01THE AM RADIO FOR EVERY VEHICLE
03:09:04ACT BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION THAT RANKING MEMBER PALLONE
03:09:08INTRODUCED. COMMERCE, MANUFACTURING AND TRADE SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN BILL
03:09:11O'ROURKE AS THE FLORIDA AS
03:09:14GUTHRIE JUST NOTED, TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LISTEN TO
03:09:17AM RADIO EVERY DAY.
03:09:21AMERICA TUNE IN TO LISTEN TO THE NEWS, SPORTS, WEATHER AND MORE
03:09:25OFTEN WHILE DRIVING.
03:09:27AM RADIO ALSO PLAYS A CRITICAL
03:09:29ROLE DURING. EMERGENCIES.
03:09:32AM ARE AN IMPORTANT DISTRIBUTION
03:09:35FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS AND THERE
03:09:37IS A NETWORK OF AM BROADCAST OPTIONS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO
03:09:41WITHSTAND MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS AND OTHER DISASTERS.
03:09:44THESE STATIONS ACT PRIMARY ENTRY
03:09:46POINTS FOR THE NATION'S EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM AND THE
03:09:50EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY INVESTS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
03:09:52EVERY YEAR TO KEEP THOSE AMS STATIONS READY TO BROADCAST IN
03:09:58EMERGENCIES. GIVEN HOW IMPORTANT AM IS,
03:10:00ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, WE CANNOT RISK
03:10:03REMOVING IT FROM. OUR VEHICLES, WHICH MULTIPLE
03:10:07AUTOMAKERS HAVE DONE. THIS BILL AM RADIO FOREVER
03:10:09VEHICLE ACT, RECOGNIZES THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF AM AND ENSURES
03:10:13THAT CONSUMERS WILL TO HAVE A HAM RADIO AVAILABLE IN THEIR
03:10:18VEHICLES. IT DIRECTS THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TO ISSUE A RULE
03:10:21THAT VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS TO
03:10:24INSTALL TO RECEIVE AM RADIO SIGNALS IN ALL NEW PASSENGER
03:10:27CARS MADE OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES.
03:10:30THE AM RADIO FOR EVERY ACT WILL
03:10:32PRESERVE ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFORMATION PROVIDED OVER AM
03:10:36RADIO DURING TIMES OF EMERGENCY, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO THE
03:10:39STATION'S AMERICANS KNOW AND LOVE DURING TIMES SAFETY.
03:10:42I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
03:10:44IT AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE MY TIME. THE GENTLEWOMAN RESERVES A
03:10:48GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY'S RECOGNIZE. >> THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. I WILL.
03:10:533 MINUTES FROM THE SPONSOR OF THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION,
03:10:56CHAIRMAN OF THE CMT SUBCOMMITTEE, MEMBER OF THE
03:10:58ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE, MR. BILIRAKIS. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
03:11:02>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. >> APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
03:11:06>> MR. >> MADAM SPEAKER.
03:11:08EXCUSE ME AM RADIO BROADCAST RADIO IS A CRITICAL PUBLIC
03:11:12SAFETY AND OUR EMERGENCY SYSTEM
03:11:15IS BASED AROUND THOSE SIGNALS. AM IS ALSO USED FOR
03:11:21COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS AND FOR
03:11:25INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC DURING NATIONAL AND LOCAL EMERGENCIES.
03:11:30DURING NATIONAL DISASTER OR A
03:11:32NATURAL DISASTER, MANY PEOPLE
03:11:34FIND THEIR ELECTRICITY OUT.
03:11:37CELL SERVICE OUT AND HAVE A
03:11:39LIMITED ABILITY.
03:11:44TO GET INFORMATION. UNFORTUNATELY, IN MANY INSTANCES, PEOPLE END UP LISTENING TO THE RADIO IN THEIR
03:11:49CAR FOR THEIR ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
03:11:52PEOPLE IN STATES LIKE FLORIDA KNOW ALL TOO WELL THAT
03:11:57EVACUATION ROUTES DURING EMERGENCIES REQUIRE, COST AND
03:12:00INFORMATION SHARING AND AM RADIO
03:12:04IS THE GO TO JUST IMAGINE IF IN
03:12:08THAT CRITICAL MOMENT YOU FIND THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS NOT
03:12:12RECEIVING THOSE AM ALERT TRANSMISSIONS.
03:12:15IF A VEHICLE NOT HAVE AND
03:12:19BROADCAST ABILITIES, IT TAKES AWAY THE LAST RESORT OF
03:12:23COMMUNICATION AND LEAVES PEOPLE VULNERABLE DURING MOMENTS OR
03:12:27SECONDS MATTER.
03:12:27>> THIS IS WHAT THE AM RADIO FOR
03:12:31EVERY VEHICLE. SO VERY IMPORTANT.
03:12:34>> ENSURING AUTOMAKERS INCLUDE
03:12:37AM RADIO BROADCAST RADIO IN
03:12:39THEIR CARS WE CAN PROTECT
03:12:41AMERICANS AND ENSURE THIS
03:12:43CRITICAL SERVICE REMAINS AVAILABLE.
03:12:46IT'S THAT SIMPLE. MADAM SPEAKER, I WANT TO THANK
03:12:50MEMBER POLOGNE FOR WORKING WITH ME ON THIS PARTICULAR BILL AND
03:12:54OF COURSE, THE CHAIRMAN OF, THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE,
03:12:57MR. GUTHRIE, MY GOOD FRIEND.
03:13:00AND WE NEED TO PASS THIS
03:13:02CRITICAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
03:13:04I URGE A YES VOTE AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE MY TIME.
03:13:08>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES, THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS WAS RECOGNIZED.
03:13:12MADAM SPEAKER, I YIELD TO THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM MICHIGAN.
03:13:16MRS. DINGELL, AS MUCH TIME AS SHE MAY CONSUME, THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
03:13:20YOU, MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY
03:13:22IN SUPPORT OF THIS STRONG
03:13:24COMPROMISE TO H.R. 979, THE AM
03:13:28FOR EVERY VEHICLE ACT.
03:13:31WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS EFFORT
03:13:33FOR YEARS.
03:13:35SO I WANT TO THANK CHAIR
03:13:38GUTHRIE, RANKING MEMBER POLOGNE,
03:13:40CHAIRMAN BILL IRAQIS AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE WORKED
03:13:44DILIGENTLY TO FIND COMMON GROUND
03:13:46AND MOVE THIS LEGISLATION FORWARD.
03:13:49I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
03:13:52BROADCAST WORKERS AND THE CAR COMPANIES AND EVERYBODY ELSE WHO
03:13:55SPENT PART OF A LOT OF TOUGH DISCUSSIONS.
03:13:59I'VE SPENT MY LIFE AT THE OF THE AMERICAN AUTO INDUSTRY AND CARS
03:14:02HAVE ALWAYS A CORE PART OF WHO I AM.
03:14:06I UNDERSTAND BOTH THE IMPORTANCE
03:14:08OF MAKING SURE CONSUMERS ACCESS
03:14:10TO CRITICAL INFORMATION AND THE
03:14:13IMPORTANCE OF GETTING FEDERAL POLICY RIGHT.
03:14:16AS TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO
03:14:19EVOLVE, A AM RADIO REMAINS IMPORTANT TOOL FOR COMMUNITIES
03:14:23ACROSS. THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
03:14:26COMES TO DELIVERING LIFE SAVING
03:14:27DURING EMERGENCIES AND NATURAL
03:14:31DISASTERS. CONSUMERS NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO
03:14:34THOSE ALERTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE
03:14:38TO THAT TECHNOLOGY CHANGES.
03:14:40AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE THE, COMPROMISE BEFORE US TODAY
03:14:44STRIKES THE CORRECT BALANCE.
03:14:46THIS BILL MANDATES AM RADIO IN
03:14:49EVERY NEW CAR BUT IT ALSO
03:14:53INCLUDES A SUNSET PROVISION RECOGNIZING THAT CONGRESS
03:14:57REASSESS THE MANDATES AS TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES.
03:15:00IF A M RADIO TO PROVIDE VALUE IN
03:15:04THE CONGRESS CAN AND SHOULD ACT
03:15:08AGAIN, IT STRENGTHENS COMPLIANCE TIMELINES, ENSURING THAT
03:15:13CONSUMER IS HAVE RELIABLE ACCESS TO EMERGENCY INFORMATION WITHOUT
03:15:18DELAYS. AND THE BILL REQUIRES A PUBLIC
03:15:20STUDY AND THE POTENTIAL IN PACKS
03:15:22OF MANDATING AM RADIO INCLUDING
03:15:25IMPLICATIONS FOR AND INNOVATION AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.
03:15:31AUTOMATION FRACTURES COULD ADOPT
03:15:33A LOT OF TOUGH CONVERSATION AND
03:15:36WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THIS
03:15:37AISLE TO FIND THIS COMPROMISE.
03:15:41AND TODAY JUST FEELS LIKE A DAY TO SAY THIS IS WHAT CONGRESS
03:15:45SUPPOSED TO DO. AS WE ALL KNOW, AM RADIO REMAINS
03:15:49REMAINS WIDESPREAD ACROSS OUR COUNTRY.
03:15:5499% OF THE 286 MILLION VEHICLES
03:15:56ON THE ROAD HAVE THE AM RADIO
03:16:01AND ROUGHLY 90% OF THOSE NEW VEHICLES. THE NEW VEHICLES WILL STILL
03:16:06INCLUDE IT. WITH THE AVERAGE ON THE ROAD
03:16:08BEING MORE 12 YEARS OLD, ALMOST
03:16:12ALL AMERICANS CONTINUE TO HAVE A
03:16:15HAM RADIO IN VEHICLES FOR YEARS TO COME.
03:16:19THIS IS ABOUT PUTTING CONSUMERS
03:16:21IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND MAINTAINING BROAD ACCESS TO
03:16:25EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WENT
03:16:29INTO THIS BI PARTIZAN COMPROMISE.
03:16:32I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS BILL AND I URGE COLLEAGUES
03:16:36TO SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
03:16:39AND LET'S GET THIS BILL ACROSS THE FINISH.
03:16:43I RESERVE THE GENTLEWOMAN.
03:16:47THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. SPEAKER I WILL YIELD 3 MINUTES TO A MEMBER OF THE ENERGY AND
03:16:51COMMERCE. >> CONGRESSMAN CARTER OF GEORGIA. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
03:16:54>> I THANK THE GENTLEMAN FOR YIELDING. >> MR.
03:16:57>> MADAM SPEAKER, I RISE TODAY
03:16:59IN STRONG SUPPORT OF H.R. SEVEN
03:17:02OF H.R. NINE SEVEN, NONE THE AM
03:17:04RADIO FOR EVERY VEHICLE ACT IN
03:17:08COASTAL THAT I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE REPRESENTING.
03:17:11>> WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT RELIABLE INFORMATION IS WHEN A
03:17:14HURRICANE OUR COMMUNITIES, FAMILIES, ACCESS TO EMERGENCY
03:17:17ALERTS, EVACUATE STATION UPDATES
03:17:20AND LOCAL BROADCASTERS WHO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING ON GROUND.
03:17:24>> AM RADIO PROVIDES A FREE
03:17:26CONNECTION TO THAT INFORMATION WITHOUT REQUIRING A CELLULAR
03:17:30SIGNAL OR AN INTERNET SUBSCRIPTION.
03:17:32THIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION
03:17:34REQUIRE A AM RADIO IS STANDARD EQUIPMENT IN NEW PASSENGER
03:17:38VEHICLES WITH NO SEPARATE CHARGE TO DRIVERS.
03:17:41>> PRESERVING THAT ACCESS SUPPORTS PUBLIC SAFETY. >> AND IT KEEPS OUR CONNECTED TO
03:17:45LOCAL NEWS TO AND PROGRAMING.
03:17:49>> I THANK CONGRESSMAN BILL RACKAUCKAS FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES, TO
03:17:53SUPPORT THIS COMMON LEGISLATION.
03:17:55THANK YOU, MADAM SPEAKER. >> AND I YIELD BACK.
03:17:59I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN.
03:18:01>> THE GENTLEWOMAN RECOGNIZED. I RESERVE THE GENTLEWOMAN,
03:18:05RESERVE ITEMS. >> MADAM SPEAKER, I WILL YIELD 3
03:18:09MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN. >> CONGRESSMAN GROSSMAN.
03:18:12THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> RISE IN SUPPORT OF MR.
03:18:17BILIRAKIS, BILL AND AM RADIO FOR EVERY VEHICLE.
03:18:20IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE EVERY
03:18:24VEHICLE PURCHASED HAS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF STANDARD EQUIPMENT EXPECTED.
03:18:28CAN YOU IMAGINE SPENDING $60,000
03:18:31ON A NEW CAR AND NOT GETTING AM RADIO? WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE
03:18:35TRANSMISSION TO IN MY MEDIUM?
03:18:37NO AM RADIO MEANS NO SICKOS MUSIC, NO DAVE RAMSEY AND NO
03:18:43BREWERS GAME. NOT TO MENTION WE RECENTLY HAD A BIG TORNADO. >> AND I THINK ONE OF THE
03:18:47REASONS NOBODY DIED IS EVERYBODY GOT IN THEIR BASEMENT BECAUSE
03:18:51HEARD THE DANGER ON A HAM RADIO. I'VE GOT TO SIT AT HOME AND THEY
03:18:54EXPECT TO SIT AT HOME AND WAIT FOR THE BREWERS GAME TO END
03:18:57BEFORE I GET IN THE CAR. >> THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
03:19:01>> I HAD A STAFFER BUY A FANCY EUROPEAN MODEL AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND ONE.
03:19:04>> IT HAD NO AM.
03:19:05QUICK CAT PASS THIS BILL RUSHED
03:19:10TO THE SENATE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP. I WANT TO HEAR MY DAVE CLARK
03:19:13FIVE BEACH BOYS IN THE SUPREME.
03:19:15>> IF I BUY A NEW CAR, I RESERVE
03:19:19GENERAL MOTORS. >> I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE TAXES.
03:19:22>> RECOGNIZED I'M TO CLOSE
03:19:27BECAUSE GENTLELADY TEXAS IS
03:19:31RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. SPEAKER,
03:19:33AS I STATED EARLIER AND FOR THE
03:19:35REASONS CHAIRMAN GUTHRIE AND
03:19:38MISS DINGELL STATED, I URGE MY
03:19:40COLLEAGUES TO VOTE OUR. NINE 7:09 A.M.
03:19:43RADIO FOR EVERY ACT. AND I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY
03:19:48TIME. >> THE GENTLELADY YIELDS. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
03:19:52>> I APPRECIATE MY FRIEND FROM FLORIDA, MR. BILIRAKIS AND FRIEND FROM MICHIGAN, MISS
03:19:55DINGELL, FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE COULD
03:19:59PASS THIS BILL TODAY JUST AS HEARD FROM MR. GROTHMAN, WISCONSIN. HOW IMPORTANT THIS BILL IS.
03:20:05I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE ON THIS BILL AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
03:20:09>> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS. >> THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS
03:20:12THE BILL H.R. 979 AS AMENDED?
03:20:16THOSE FAVOR SAY AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED NO.
03:20:20>> IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
03:20:25THE IS PASSED. >> AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
03:20:26MOTION TO IS LAID ON THE TABLE.
03:20:31>> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION?
03:20:34>> MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND PASSED THE BILL AS 398.
03:20:39>> THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL.
03:20:42>> SENATE 2398 AND ACT THREE AUTHORIZE THE KAY HAGAN TIC ACT
03:20:46AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES PURPOSES
03:20:49PURSUANT TO THE RULE. >> THE FROM KENTUCKY.
03:20:52>> MR. GUTHRIE. THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS, MS.
03:20:55FLETCHER, WILL EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN
03:20:58FROM KENTUCKY AS UNANIMOUS
03:21:00CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE
03:21:03IN THEIR REMARKS ON THE LEGISLATION AND TO INSERT MATERIALS ON AS TO 398.
03:21:07>> WITHOUT OBJECTION MR. SPEAKER, YOU ALMOST HAVE AS MUCH
03:21:10TIME AS I. >> AND SO THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
03:21:14>> I RISE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF 2398. THE SENATE COMPANION TO
03:21:18BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION RECENTLY ADVANCED BY THE ENERGY AND
03:21:21COMMERCE COMMITTEE LED BY SENATOR COLLINS IN CHRIS SMITH
03:21:24OF NEW JERSEY. VECTORS SUCH AS MOSQUITOES AND
03:21:28FLEAS CAN CARRY LIFE THREATENING
03:21:30DISEASES IN ANYONE CAN CONTRACT A VECTOR BORNE DISEASE WITH
03:21:34POTENTIALLY CONSEQUENCES. THIS REAUTHORIZES THE NATIONAL
03:21:38STRATEGY AND REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN BORNE DISEASES, AS
03:21:41WELL AS THE CDC WHOSE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH
03:21:44HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN HIGH RISK
03:21:46AREAS FOR VECTOR BORNE DISEASES.
03:21:50PREVENTING THESE DISEASES AND RESPONDING TO VECTOR BORNE THREATS IS A BIPARTISAN ISSUE THAT I HOPE WE CAN ALL SUPPORT.
03:21:54WITH THAT, I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE BILL AND I YIELD.
03:21:57I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY. >> GENTLEMEN RESERVES THE.
03:22:01>> FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I YIELD SUCH TIME AS I MAY
03:22:05CONSUME THE IS RECOGNIZED. MR. SPEAKER.
03:22:09I RISE IN SUPPORT OF AS 2398 THE
03:22:11KAY HAGAN TIC REAUTHORIZATION.
03:22:13THIS LEGISLATION STRENGTHENS THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESEARCH
03:22:16NEEDED TO IMPROVE OUR RESPONSE TO ILLNESSES SPREAD BY TICKS AND
03:22:20OTHER VECTORS TICK BORNE INCLUDING LYME DISEASE, HAVE
03:22:24BEEN IN ALL 50 STATES AND WASHINGTON AND CONTINUE TO
03:22:29INCREASE. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
03:22:31PREVENTION ESTIMATES THAT ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE ARE TREATED FOR
03:22:35LYME DISEASE EVERY YEAR. THAT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE
03:22:38COMPARED TO TWO DECADES AGO. THIS BILL EXPANDS RESEARCH,
03:22:42IMPROVES TESTING, AND VECTOR BORNE DISEASE EFFORTS ACROSS.
03:22:46THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT ALSO FUNDING FOR REGIONAL
03:22:48CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE FOR SURVEILLANCE PREVENTION AND
03:22:52RESPONSE TO VECTOR BORNE DISEASES AND REAUTHORIZES GRANTS
03:22:55TO STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR VECTOR DISEASE
03:22:58INFRASTRUCTURE. WITH TTIC AND VECTOR BORNE
03:23:01DISEASE INCREASING THE UNITED STATES, I ENCOURAGE ALL MY
03:23:04COLLEAGUES HONOR THE LEGACY OF SENATOR KAY HAGAN, WHO DIED FROM
03:23:07COMPLICATIONS OF A CAUSED BY A
03:23:09TICK BITE BY YES ON THIS BILL.
03:23:11AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
03:23:15>> THE GENERAL LADY RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
03:23:18THE KENTUCKY. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
03:23:21WANT TO YIELD 5 MINUTES TO A TIRELESS ON THIS ISSUE.
03:23:26MY FRIEND FROM NEW JERSEY, MR. SMITH. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW JERSEY
03:23:29IS RECOGNIZED. >> 5 MINUTES. >> I WANT TO THANK OUR VERY
03:23:33DISTINGUISHED BRETT GUTHRIE FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP ON
03:23:36THIS AND OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO HEALTH ESPECIALLY.
03:23:39HE IS A CHAMPION AND HE'S DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
03:23:42SO THANK BRETT FOR FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
03:23:46I DO WANT TO THANK YOUR STAFF. I WANT TO THANK MY FRIENDS ON. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE HAS
03:23:49BEEN A BIPARTISAN EFFORT. >> AND I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
03:23:53PASS 2390 8A5 YEAR REAUTHORIZATION OF THE KAY HAGAN
03:23:57ACT, A LAW THAT EXPIRES ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.
03:23:59>> IT WAS SPONSORED BY SENATOR COLLINS OF MAINE. MY COLLEAGUES WILL RECALL THAT
03:24:03OUR DISTINGUISHED FROM NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR, KAY HAGAN,
03:24:07SUFFERED A TICK BITE AND DIED IN
03:24:102019 FROM AN LATEST CAUSED BY THIS POISON VIRUS.
03:24:14>> AND THE CURRENT LAW AND REAUTHORIZATION IS NAMED IN HER
03:24:18HONOR. >> I WOULD POINT OUT TO MY COLLEAGUES IN 2019, THE KAY
03:24:22HAGAN TICK WAS PASSED AS PART OF
03:24:26THE 2020 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, AND THE ACT
03:24:29CREATED, AMONG OTHER, A WHOLE OF
03:24:31GOVERNMENT NATIONAL STRATEGY TO
03:24:33COMBAT LYME OTHER TICK BORNE DISEASES WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON
03:24:39SURVEILLANCE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT EDUCATION AND
03:24:43PREVENTION. THE NATIONAL STRATEGY, WHICH WAS LATER RELEASED IN 2020 FOR HAS
03:24:48IDENTIFIED KEY PUBLIC HEALTH GOALS TO CONTAIN, REDUCE AND
03:24:53EVENTUALLY ELIMINATE LYME AND OTHER TICK BORNE ILLNESSES.
03:24:56IT IS A STRATEGY THAT I'M HEARTENED TO SEE, HEARTENED TO
03:24:59SAY SENATOR KENNEDY HAS NOT ONLY
03:25:02BUT HE HAS USED IT AS A FLOOR.
03:25:04HE HAS DONE SO MUCH ABOVE AND
03:25:06BEYOND THE STRATEGY TO TRY TO
03:25:08END THIS TERRIBLE SCOURGE OF
03:25:11TICK BORNE DISEASES.
03:25:13THE BILL BEFORE US TONIGHT, LIKE
03:25:15THE ORIGINAL LAW, AUTHORIZES 50 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS FOR THE
03:25:19REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE WHICH COORDINATE WITH ACADEMIA
03:25:23AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH.
03:25:27>> LYME IN THE AREAS AND TRAINED PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TO
03:25:31PROPERLY IDENTIFY AND TREAT LYME
03:25:33CONTINUED FUNDING ENSURE THAT
03:25:35THESE CENTERS CAN CONTINUE TO CONDUCT GROUNDBREAKING
03:25:39GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH AND ULTIMATELY GENERATE NEW
03:25:42PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND
03:25:44INSIGHTS ON TICK BORNE DISEASES.
03:25:47>> THE LEGISLATION ALSO PROVIDES $100 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS.
03:25:52THE TANGIBLE TO ASSIST STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND
03:25:55OTHER LOCAL ENTITIES TO THE
03:25:56DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH
03:26:01INTERVENTIONS AND TREATMENT. MR. SPEAKER, AGAIN, HHS
03:26:05SECRETARY BEEN AN AMAZING CHAMPION IN COMBATING LYME
03:26:09DISEASE AND HE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A WHOLE NEW SERIES OF INITIATIVES.
03:26:12I WOULD JUST POINT OUT ONE VERY BRIEFLY. IT'S CALLED THE LINE CLINICIAN
03:26:18LOCATOR TOUR MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THEIR WITH THE
03:26:20INTERNATIONAL LYME AND ASSOCIATED DISEASE SOCIETY AI
03:26:24LABS, ENABLING PARENTS PATIENTS
03:26:27TO EASILY FIND A LYME LITERATE
03:26:29CLINICIAN IN AREA. YOU PUT IN YOUR ZIP CODE AND YOU
03:26:33GET A WHOLE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO
03:26:35WHAT LYME DISEASE AND OTHER TICK BORNE DISEASES ARE ALL ABOUT.
03:26:39LEADING TO AN EFFECTIVE TREATMENT. I THANK MY GOOD FRIEND AND
03:26:44COLLEAGUE AND YOU'LL BACK SERVE THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES.
03:26:48I THE GENTLEMAN IN RESERVE.
03:26:50>> I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.
03:26:52>> THE GENTLELADY FROM TEXAS. >> I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS
03:26:55AND I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE. >> THE GENERAL LADIES RECOGNIZED.
03:26:59>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
03:27:00AS I STATED PREVIOUSLY, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN
03:27:05IMPORTANT BILL THAT WILL EXPAND
03:27:08AND EXPAND ACCESS AND MAKE SURE
03:27:11THAT WE ARE FUNDING IMPORTANT,
03:27:15IMPORTANT RESEARCH AND
03:27:19DEVELOPMENTS OUR VECTOR BORNE DISEASE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND FOR THOSE REASONS, I WILL BE
03:27:23VOTING YES ON THIS BILL AND I
03:27:26URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME AND I YIELD BACK THE
03:27:29BALANCE OF MY TIME. THE YIELDS GENTLEMAN RECOGNIZED.
03:27:33>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. MR. MR. SMITH OF NEW JERSEY HAS
03:27:36WORKED TIRELESSLY ON.
03:27:38IT IS IMPORTANT A VECTOR BORNE
03:27:42DISEASE AND THESE OTHERS HAVE JUST SPREAD IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
03:27:46I A YES VOTE ON THIS BILL AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
03:27:49>> THE GENTLEMAN. THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS SENATE?
03:27:53>> 2398. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
03:27:57THOSE OPPOSED? >> NO.
03:27:59IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR. TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE
03:28:04AFFIRMATIVE. RULES ARE SUSPENDED. THE BILL IS PASSED. AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
03:28:07MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS ON THE
03:28:11TABLE. >> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE
03:28:15GENTLEMAN KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION? MR. SPEAKER, MOVE. THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND
03:28:19PASS BILL H.R. 1266 AS AMENDED,
03:28:23THE CRITICAL THE TITLE THE DOC
03:28:26UNION CALENDAR 715, H.R. 1266, A
03:28:30TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN USERS
03:28:33CYTOSINE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
03:28:36PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MR. GUTHRIE IN
03:28:39THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS, MS. >> FLETCHER, EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES.
03:28:42THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY AS UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
03:28:46>> ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS. A REVISED IN THEIR REMARKS ON
03:28:49THE LEGISLATION AND TO INSERT
03:28:51EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS IN ON H.R. 1266.
03:28:54WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. SPEAKER, I ALMOST HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS I
03:28:58MAY WITHOUT OBJECTION. I TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
03:29:02H.R. 1266, THE COMBATING CZAR
03:29:04ACT LED BY MY COLLEAGUES,
03:29:06REPRESENTATIVE PANETTA PFLUEGER. CZAR SEEN AS A VISIONARY USER
03:29:10TODAY LARGE ANIMALS. BUT IT HAS NO LEGITIMATE USE IN HUMANS, AND IT'S QUICKLY
03:29:15BECOMING ONE OF THE DEADLIEST DRUGS ON OUR STREETS.
03:29:18THIS BILL WOULD PLACE CZAR ZAYN IN THE SCHEDULE THREE OF THE
03:29:21CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT WHILE
03:29:22ENSURING AN EXEMPT FOR APPROPRIATE USE WITHIN THE
03:29:27VETERINARIAN INDUSTRIES. THE DECISION PLAY CZAR IN SCHEDULE THREE IS A PRODUCT OF
03:29:32EXTENSIVE BIPARTISAN WORK SPANNING TWO CONGRESS, AS IN TWO
03:29:36ADMINISTRATIONS SUPPORTED BY
03:29:38BOTH DEA AND HHS. IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE PASS IS
03:29:42COMMON SENSE BILL TO STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO CRACK DOWN ON
03:29:45ILLICIT DISTRIBUTION WHILE ITS
03:29:48LEGITIMATE VETERINARY AND RANCHING USES.
03:29:51I ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS BILL AND RESERVE
03:29:55THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RECOGNIZED.
03:29:59>> MR. SPEAKER. I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I
03:30:01MAY CONSUME. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
03:30:05>> MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 1266.
03:30:09THIS CLASSIFIES I WAS SEEN A SCHEDULE THREE CONTROLLED
03:30:12SUBSTANCE WHILE PROVISIONS TO PRESERVE ACCESS FOR
03:30:16VETERINARIANS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS AND RESEARCHERS OVER
03:30:20THE DECADES I WAS IN HAS BEEN FOUND INCREASINGLY IN THE
03:30:22ILLICIT DRUG SUPPLY AS A LOW COST CUTTING AGENT INTENDED TO
03:30:26STRENGTHEN STREET DRUGS BECAUSE OF ITS USE IN VETERINARY
03:30:30MEDICINE. DRUG TRAFFICKERS REALIZED COULD
03:30:32BUY POWERED POWDERED XYLENE, AND IT HAS BECOME THE MOST COMMON
03:30:36DRUG WITH FENTANYL. THIS POTENT DRUG COMBINATION
03:30:39POSES SEVERE AND SAFETY RISKS.
03:30:41AND THERE'S BEEN A DRAMATIC
03:30:43INCREASE IN OVERDOSES INVOLVING I WAS IN, BUT PSILOCYBIN AN
03:30:47IMPORTANT PRESCRIPTION SEDATIVE. THE FACILITY HATES, THE SAFE
03:30:50HANDLING AND TREATMENT OF MANY ANIMAL SPECIES.
03:30:52FOR EXAMPLE, IS IMPORTANT FOR USE IN CATTLE AS THERE IS NO
03:30:56PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE SEDATION.
03:30:58THIS LEGISLATION PROTECTS THE
03:31:00LARGE THE LEGITIMATE OF XYLENE
03:31:02FOR VETERINARY MEDICINE AND
03:31:05FIGHTS THE SPREAD OF ILLICIT PSILOCYBIN AMONG HUMANS.
03:31:08BUT SCHEDULING ALONE WILL NOT GET US OUT OF THE OVERDOSE EPIDEMIC.
03:31:12WE NEED INVESTMENT IN HARM
03:31:14REDUCTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES
03:31:17TO REDUCE OVERDOSE DEATHS ACROSS THE NATION.
03:31:19WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE BASED PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO
03:31:23ADDRESS THIS CRISIS, I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO YES ON THIS
03:31:27BILL AND TO WORK WITH ME ON LEGISLATION THAT WILL EXPAND
03:31:30ACCESS TO, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY. AND WITH THAT, I RESERVE THE
03:31:34BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY'S
03:31:38RESERVE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY RESERVES.
03:31:41>> MR. SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD AS MUCH TIME AS HE MAY
03:31:46CONSUME TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. PANETTA.
03:31:48>> THE GENTLEMAN RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. THANK YOU. RANKING MEMBER AND OF COURSE,
03:31:52THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN GUTHRIE AND YOU TO RANKING MEMBER POLOGNE.
03:31:56I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 66.
03:31:58MR. SPEAKER, MY BIPARTISAN
03:32:02LEGISLATION THAT COMBINED COMBATING ILLICIT ACT.
03:32:04THIS IS BILL AS YOU HEARD THAT
03:32:07WOULD PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT TOOL
03:32:09FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT GO AFTER THE ILLEGITIMATE USE CYTOSINE BY
03:32:15SCHEDULING IT UNDER THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT. BUT IT ALSO PROTECT THE
03:32:19LEGITIMATE USE OF THIS ANIMAL SEDATIVE FOR FARMERS, RANCHERS,
03:32:24VETERINARIANS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS. NOW THIS IS A BIPARTISAN,
03:32:28BICAMERAL BILL THAT IS A PRODUCT
03:32:29OF YEARS OF EXPERT DRIVEN WORK
03:32:33BECAUSE THIS BILL IS NOT JUST
03:32:34ABOUT STOPPING THE ILLEGAL OF SALESMEN ON THE STREET, IT'S
03:32:38ALSO ABOUT ENSURING THE LEGAL
03:32:40USE OF PSILOCYBIN THE FARMS.
03:32:43NOW, SILENCING IS A VETERINARIAN
03:32:45DRUG USED TO SEDATE ANIMALS.
03:32:47>> IT IS IRREPLACEABLE POSSIBLY
03:32:50AS A TRANQUILIZER FOR HORSES AND
03:32:52CATTLE, BUT IT ABSOLUTELY HAS NO
03:32:55LEGITIMATE USE FOR HUMANS. >> AND FORTUNATELY DRUG DEALERS
03:32:59ARE DIVERTING IT FROM LEGITIMATE USES TO BE COMBINED WITH DRUGS,
03:33:03ESPECIALLY FENTANYL. >> THAT COMBINATION HAS BECOME
03:33:06ON THE STREET AS TRANQ, A DRUG
03:33:09THAT HAS BECOME SO THAT EVEN THE
03:33:13EMIR WINNING SERIES THE PIT
03:33:15PORTRAYED THE HORRIBLE EFFECTS OF PSILOCYBIN MIXED WITH FENTANYL.
03:33:19>> IT'S A ZOMBIE DRUG, MR. SPEAKER, MAKES FENTANYL CHEAPER,
03:33:23EASIER, LASTS LONGER, AND DEADLIER.
03:33:26THE MIXES RESULTED IN DRUG USER USERS EASE EITHER KNOWINGLY OR
03:33:31UNKNOWINGLY THE DRUG WHICH TURNS
03:33:34OUT IS ALSO VERY VERY DANGEROUS TO THEIR HEALTH.
03:33:36THE SIDE OF HUMAN INGESTION
03:33:40INCLUDE NECROSIS THAT MEANS
03:33:42SPEAKER THAT DEEP WOUNDS IN
03:33:45WHICH THE SKIN AND MUSCLE SIMPLY
03:33:47ROT AWAY THAT LEADS TO ULCERS IN
03:33:51SCABS. LET ME TELL YOU, MR. SPEAKER, WHEN YOU SEE PICTURE OF THIS
03:33:53STUFF, YOU CAN'T UNSEE IT. THEY BECOME INFECTED AND SOME
03:33:57CASES IT'S BEEN FOUND TO BE
03:33:59FILLED WITH FLEAS OR MAGGOTS AND
03:34:02IT'S LED TO AMPUTATION.
03:34:04THE DRUG ALSO LEADS TO MISERABLE HANGOVERS.
03:34:07>> THAT MAKES USERS WANT MORE. >> MAKING FENTANYL MORE
03:34:11ADDICTIVE TO DRINK CAN ALSO LEAD
03:34:13TO A DEPRESSED RATE, RESULTING
03:34:15IN HOURS LONG STUPORS, WHICH CAN
03:34:19MAKE THE DRUG USERS AND EASY TO
03:34:21ASSAULT OR ROBBERY. WHAT'S WORSE IS THAT FIRST
03:34:25RESPONDERS HAVE FOUND THAT USERS
03:34:27OF TRANK WHO ARE OVER DOSING
03:34:30WERE NOT RESPONDING TO NARCAN OR
03:34:34NALOXONE WHICH IS THE EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR AN OVERDOSE OF FENTANYL.
03:34:37THAT MEANS THAT THE USERS OF TRANK WEREN'T ABLE TO COME OUT
03:34:41OF THE OVERDOSE AND MORE LIKELY
03:34:43TO DIE FROM THEIR DRUG USE.
03:34:45NOW, AS WAS HE WAS FIRST DETECTED IN THE EARLY 2000 IN
03:34:49PUERTO RICO, ALTHOUGH IT STAYED MAINLY IN THAT AREA FOR THE NEXT
03:34:53DECADE. SILENCING RECENTLY STARTED TO CIRCLE LATE IN LIMITED AREAS
03:34:56WITHIN THE NORTHEAST, ESPECIALLY
03:34:58IN PHILADELPHIA. HOWEVER, THE DRUG HAS BEEN
03:35:02DETECTED IN NEARLY EVERY STATE
03:35:04IN THE NATION, INCLUDING MY STATE IN CALIFORNIA.
03:35:07IN 2021, ZILE, AS HE WAS IN 12%
03:35:10OF POWDERED FENTANYL TESTED BY
03:35:12THE DEA BY THE END OF 2020 409
03:35:15WAS IN NEARLY 40%. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS SEEN AS NOT
03:35:19REGULATED AS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. IT IS AVAILABLE TO DRUG
03:35:24TRAFFICKERS AND CAN BE BOUGHT FOR AS LITTLE AS $6 PER KILOGRAM
03:35:27ON CHINESE WEBSITES.
03:35:29THE GROWING PRESENCE OF COMPLICATES OR DIFFICULT AGAINST
03:35:33OVERDOSE DEATH AND IT RISKS MAKING DRUG USERS EVEN MORE
03:35:39VULNERABLE TO MAKE THINGS MORE DIFFICULT. >> WAS IN CANNOT BE SCHEDULED
03:35:43THROUGH WITHOUT CUTTING OFF ITS
03:35:45-- ACCESS FOR LEGITIMATE USERS.
03:35:47>> ANIMAL HEALTH APPROPRIATELY
03:35:50CONTROLLING PSILOCYBIN FOR THOSE AND USERS REQUIRES AN OF
03:35:54CONGRESS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT THE COMBATING
03:35:58COMBATING ILLICIT PSILOCYBIN ACT WOULD THREAD THE NEEDLE BY
03:36:00ADDING PSILOCYBIN TO SCHEDULED THREE OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT AND YES PUNISH
03:36:04THOSE WHO TRACK WHO SELL THIS
03:36:08DRUG. BUT ALSO THIS BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE THE DEA, THE DRUG
03:36:11ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, TO
03:36:14TRACK ZIONISM'S LEGITIMATE AND CHANGE THE DEFINITION.
03:36:18AN END USER TO THOSE ALLOWED TO
03:36:20POSSESS PSILOCYBIN, INCLUDING THOSE WHO RELY ON THIS DRUG TO
03:36:23CARE FOR ANIMALS AND FEED OUR COUNTRY.
03:36:25THE BILL OFFERS A TARGETED AND
03:36:28SOLUTION TO OVERCOME THE
03:36:30DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF TRANK. IT WILL PREVENT FURTHER
03:36:34TRAFFICKING ILLICIT PSILOCYBIN WHILE PRESERVING ITS ACCESS TO
03:36:37THOSE WHO NEED. THAT'S WHY THE COMBATING ILLICIT
03:36:40PSILOCYBIN ACT IS NOT JUST A BIPARTISAN BILL.
03:36:43IT'S A CONSENSUS BILL THAT IS
03:36:45SUPPORTED BY THE DEMOCRAT, BY
03:36:47DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN
03:36:49PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATIONS, BY.
03:36:5341 BIPARTISAN ATTORNEYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BY LAW GROUPS, BY DEA, DEA AND
03:36:57HHS, BY VETERINARIAN MEDICINE
03:37:01AND BY MORE THAN 100 MEMBERS IN THIS CHAMBER. I WANT TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP
03:37:04OF AUGUST PFLUGER AND GUS BILIRAKIS.
03:37:07AND THIS THAT'S WHY THIS LEGISLA
03:37:10ZATION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY OUT THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE
03:37:13COMMITTEE. THIS BILL ALSO HAS BIPARTISAN IN
03:37:16THE SENATE, LED BY SENATORS MASTO AND CHAIRMAN CHUCK.
03:37:20>> IT IS A POPULAR BILL IN THE
03:37:22CAPITOL BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THE USE OF TRANK HAS BECOME
03:37:26POPULAR ON THE STREET. >> HOWEVER, PASSING THE
03:37:29COMBATING ILLICIT DOLLARS ACT, WE ARE DOING OUR JOB IN CONGRESS
03:37:33TO PREVENT THE ILLICIT USE OF
03:37:35CYTOSINE BY DRUG DEALERS WHILE
03:37:37ENSURING IT'S LEGITIMATE FOR OUR
03:37:40FARMERS, FOR RANCHERS AND FOR VETERINARIANS.
03:37:43>> THAT'S WHY AUTHORED THIS BILL. AND IT'S WHY I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS
03:37:46EFFORT AND TO PASS MY COMBATING ILLICIT LICENSING ACT.
03:37:50THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I YIELD BACK.
03:37:52>> I RESERVE THE GENTLEMEN SO I
03:37:55HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS BILL.
03:37:58>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS.
03:38:02>> I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS
03:38:03AND I'M TO CLOSE THE GENTLEMAN'S
03:38:08RECOGNIZED. MR. SPEAKER, I ENCOURAGE MY
03:38:10COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES ON THIS
03:38:12BILL AND TO WORK ON ADDITIONAL
03:38:16LEGISLATION THAT WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO PREVENTION AND
03:38:19RECOVERY TO COMBAT THIS
03:38:23EPIDEMIC.
03:38:25AND I YIELD THE BALANCE OF TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS THE
03:38:28GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I APPRECIATE MY
03:38:32FRIEND FROM CALIFORNIA'S HARD WORK ON THIS BILL, ALL THE OTHER COLLEAGUES HE MENTIONED AND IN
03:38:36COMMITTEE'S WORK AND I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE ON THIS BILL AND I
03:38:38YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY. >> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS THE
03:38:42QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL H.R. 1266 AS AMENDED?
03:38:45>> THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY I THOSE OPPOSED?
03:38:49>> NO IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE
03:38:54AFFIRMATIVE THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED. >> THE BILL WAS PASSED AND WITHOUT OBJECTION THE MOTION TO
03:38:57RECONSIDER IS LAID.
03:38:58THE TABLE.
03:39:02FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION?
03:39:06MR. >> I MOVE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND THE BILL H.R. 2004.
03:39:11>> THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL.
03:39:13>> UNION CALENDAR NUMBER 716,
03:39:17H.R. 2004. A BILL TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY
03:39:19OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO ISSUE GUIDANCE ON WHETHER
03:39:23EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS SHOULD
03:39:25IMPLEMENT FENTANYL TESTING A ROUTINE PROCEDURE FOR PATIENTS,
03:39:29AN OVERDOSE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
03:39:33>> PURSUANT TO THE RULE, THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR. GUTHRIE, AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM TEXAS. MS.
03:39:37EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. AS THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
03:39:41THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER IS UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MAY HAVE FIVE
03:39:44LEGISLATIVE DAYS REVISING IN
03:39:47THEIR REMARKS ON THE LEGISLATION TO INSERT EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS
03:39:49IN H.R. 2004 WITHOUT DIRECTION.
03:39:52MR. SPEAKER, YIELD MYSELF AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME.
03:39:56GENTLEMAN RECOGNIZED THE SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY IN STRONG SUPPORT
03:40:00OF H.R. 2004, LED BY MY COLLEAGUES REPRESENTATIVES.
03:40:03LOU FROM CALIFORNIA, MR. LATTA
03:40:05FROM OHIO, TYLER'S LAW IS NAMED AFTER TYLER SHAMASH MASH, WHO
03:40:09SUFFERED FROM A FATAL FENTANYL POISONING AFTER DOCTORS DID NOT
03:40:13TEST FOR FENTANYL WHEN HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM.
03:40:17THIS BILL WOULD HONOR TYLER'S BY
03:40:20HELPING PREVENT MORE IN ENSURING
03:40:23PROVIDERS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BEST PRACTICES WHEN TREATING
03:40:26CASES OF POTENTIAL DRUG OVERDOSES. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
03:40:29VOTE FOR THIS BILL. I CAN'T STOP, MR. SPEAKER, WITHOUT BRINGING UP HIS MOTHER,
03:40:35JULIE WHO HAS SPENT TIRELESS
03:40:37FLYING FROM CALIFORNIA DC.
03:40:40SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF OUR SCHEDULE CHANGE ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE TO BE PRESENT FOR
03:40:45HEARINGS AND BRINGING THIS STORY, KNOWING THAT IT'S NOT
03:40:48GOING TO BRING SON BACK, BUT WANTING TO SAVE THE PREVENT
03:40:53OTHER MOTHERS AND OTHER PEOPLE FROM GOING SHE HAS GONE THROUGH.
03:40:56SO I APPRECIATE HER HARD WORK.
03:40:58AND I TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I
03:41:02ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS BILL AND TO HIS LEGACY AND
03:41:04MANY FAMILIES WHO SUFFERED.
03:41:06AND I WILL RESERVE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
03:41:09>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF
03:41:13SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
03:41:17>> MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TO SPEAK.
03:41:19IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 2004, TYLER'S.
03:41:21THIS LEGISLATION DIRECTS SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
03:41:24SERVICES TO STUDY USE OF FENTANYL TESTING IN HOSPITAL
03:41:28DEPARTMENTS FOR PATIENTS. AN OVERDOSE.
03:41:32AND AS WE HEARD ELOQUENTLY FROM
03:41:34CHAIRMAN GUTHRIE, I, TOO, WANT TO THANK TYLER'S FOR HER
03:41:38TIRELESS ADVOCACY AND TO THANK
03:41:40REPRESENTATIVE LOU FOR, HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS LEGISLATION
03:41:44AND COLLEAGUES ON THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE FOR WORKING
03:41:47TO BRING THE BILL TO THE FLOOR TODAY. I ENCOURAGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES
03:41:51VOTE YES, AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES AND
03:41:53THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> I RESERVE THE GENERAL
03:41:57GENTLEMAN RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED.
03:42:02>> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD SUCH TIME HE MAY CONSUME TO THE
03:42:05GENTLEMAN FROM MR. LEW. THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
03:42:10>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. >> I.
03:42:12IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 2000 FOR
03:42:15TYLER'S LAW. >> THIS BILL REQUIRES THE
03:42:19DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO CONDUCT A STUDY AND, THEN TO ISSUE GUIDANCE TO
03:42:24HOSPITALS, TO TEST FOR FENTANYL
03:42:26IN EMERGENCY ROOM SCREENING.
03:42:29>> THIS MAY COME AS A SURPRISE. MANY.
03:42:31RIGHT NOW, MANY HOSPITALS NOT
03:42:33TEST FOR FENTANYL IN EMERGENCY ROOM SCREENINGS.
03:42:37>> THIS LEADS TO CASES WHERE PEOPLE WHO WALK IN THE EMERGENCY
03:42:42ROOM MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEY
03:42:44INGESTED DRUG LASER OF FENTANYL OR THEY MAY WALK OUT OF THE
03:42:47EMERGENCY NOT KNOWING THAT THEY HAD TAKEN TO NO NOT GOTTEN THE
03:42:51RIGHT RESOURCES. AND AS A RESULT, THIS COULD
03:42:55RESULT IN PREVENTABLE DEATHS.
03:42:58TYLER, BILL'S NAMESAKE, IS ONE
03:43:00SUCH CASE OF THIS BLIND SPOT
03:43:04AND, 19 YEARS OLD. TYLER'S LIFE WAS CUT SHORT WHEN
03:43:06HE DIED FROM A FEDERAL OVERDOSE. AFTER INITIALLY GOING TO THE
03:43:11EMERGENCY ROOM. >> HE WAS NOT TESTED FENTANYL,
03:43:13AND HE WAS DISCHARGED.
03:43:15>> HIS TOXICOLOGY SCREENING CAME BACK WITH NO INDICATION OF FENTANYL.
03:43:19>> AND HE WENT HOME. THE NEXT DAY, HE RETURNED TO THE
03:43:22E.R. AND ONLY DIED FROM HAVING
03:43:25INGESTED FENTANYL.
03:43:27TYLER'S MOM, JULIE, TO MY OFFICE, SHARING TYLER'S TRAGIC
03:43:32STORY AND HAS BEEN A FIERCE ADVOCATE OF ENSURING NO FAMILY EXPERIENCES.
03:43:36THE KIND OF DEVASTATING LOSS. >> SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN WORKING
03:43:40CLOSELY CONGRESSMAN BOB LATTA AND CONGRESSWOMAN CINDY
03:43:43CATALOGUER DOVE AND OUR SENATE COUNTERPARTS ON GETTING TYLER'S LAW.
03:43:47>> BUT THE REAL CREDIT GOES JULIE, WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY
03:43:50TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS. >> JULIE IS HERE IN THE GALLERY
03:43:55TODAY WITH OTHER PARENTS WHO HAVE ALSO LOST THEIR CHILD, TO
03:43:58FACT, NOW. >> AND SHE HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR EVERY STEP OF. >> PROGRESS WE HAVE TAKEN THIS
03:44:03CONGRESS. >> THANK YOU, JULIE, FOR YOUR FIERCE ADVOCACY AND FOR FIGHTING
03:44:06TO ADVANCE LAWS THAT WILL PREVENT FUTURE FUNDING RELATED
03:44:10DEATHS. >> I URGE MY COLLEAGUES, TO SUPPORT THIS BILL SO WE CAN
03:44:14HONOR AND PREVENT FENTANYL IN
03:44:16THE FUTURE.
03:44:18>> I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN, RESERVES AND RESERVE.
03:44:22>> I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. >> THE GENTLEMAN.
03:44:24THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RECOGNIZED.
03:44:26>> MR. SPEAKER, I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS AND I AM PREPARED TO. CLOSE.
03:44:30>> THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, FOR
03:44:34THE WE HAVE JUST HEARD. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO
03:44:36VOTE IN FAVOR OF TYLER'S LAW AND I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
03:44:40>> THE GENTLEMAN YIELD. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND
03:44:43APPRECIATION OF THE MOMS WHO'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US.
03:44:47AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR
03:44:49HARD WORK AND OUR SYMPATHIES AND ARE WITH THEM AND GLAD THAT
03:44:53THEY'RE THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING HONORED TONIGHT. AND I I'M SO WILL BE.
03:44:56THIS IS FINAL PASSAGE, A FINAL PASSAGE.
03:45:00WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE. SO I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE ON THE
03:45:04BILL. I LOOK FORWARD FOR VOTING FOR IT IN JUST A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE MY
03:45:08TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS. >> THE QUESTION IS, WILL THE
03:45:11HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL?
03:45:13H.R. TW0 FOR THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY, I THOSE OPPOSED.
03:45:18NO IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE,
03:45:21THE RULES SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS PASSED. AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
03:45:24MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
03:45:28THE GENTLEMAN KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION. >> MR. SPEAKER.
03:45:32I MOVE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND PASSED THE BILL.
03:45:34H.R. 8005 AS AMENDED. >> THE CLERK BROUGHT FORTH THE
03:45:38TITLE OF BILL H.R. 8005A BILL TO
03:45:41AMEND THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN ACTS
03:45:45RELATED FENTANYL ANALOGS OF FENTANYL AND COUNTERFEIT
03:45:50SUBSTANCES FOR OTHER PURPOSES. >> THE ROLL.
03:45:52THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR. AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, MISS FLETCHER.
03:45:56EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES GENTLEMAN
03:45:59FROM KENTUCKY AS MR. BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL
03:46:02MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR
03:46:04REMARKS ON THE LEGISLATION INSERT EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS ON H.R. 005.
03:46:09>> WITHOUT OBJECTION. MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF AS
03:46:12MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME, THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
03:46:16I RISE ELAINE FRANTZ OF H.R.
03:46:188005 STOP PILLS THAT KILL ACT
03:46:20THAT MY GOOD FRIEND FROM
03:46:22COLORADO WAS BROUGHT, MR. EVANS.
03:46:25THE THREAT POSED BY ILLICIT PILL PROCESS HAS RISEN AS A DRUG
03:46:29TRAFFICKERS CONTINUE TO PRESS FENTANYL, METHAMPHETAMINE AND
03:46:33OTHER ILLICIT DRUGS INTO DRUG PILLS.
03:46:35IN 25 ALONE, DEA SEIZED OVER 47
03:46:38MILLION FENTANYL, COUNTERFEIT.
03:46:40THIS BILL MAKES IMPORTANT REGULATORY CHANGES TO STRENGTHEN
03:46:45DEA ABILITY TO STOP BAD ACTORS
03:46:47MISUSING PILL PRESSES, TABLETS AND ACCOUNT ENCAPSULATING
03:46:51MACHINES AND THEIR CRITICAL COMPONENTS TO ILLICIT MANUFACTURE CONTROLLED
03:46:56SUBSTANCES TO POISON OUR COMMUNITIES.
03:47:01THIS BILL WILL MAKE OUR STREETS SAFER. I APPLAUD THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF MY FRIEND FROM COLORADO TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM THESE
03:47:05THREATS. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT THIS BILL AND I RESERVE
03:47:08THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED.
03:47:11>> MR. >> I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I
03:47:14MAY CONSUME WITHOUT OBJECTION.
03:47:16MR. SPEAKER, I RISE SUPPORT OF H.R. 8005.
03:47:20THIS LEGISLATION ADDRESSES THE SUPPLY THAT TURN ILLICIT
03:47:23CHEMICALS INTO COUNTERFEIT PILLS BY TARGETING THE EQUIPMENT
03:47:27IMPORTATION AND PRODUCTION BEHIND, THE FENTANYL CRISIS.
03:47:30AND OVER PAST SEVERAL YEARS, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER IN A
03:47:33STRONG BIPARTISAN WAY TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS IN COMBATING THE
03:47:36OVERDOSE CRISIS.
03:47:38BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE AN ENFORCEMENT ONLY STRATEGY IS
03:47:42NOT ANSWER. THIS LEGISLATION PRIORITY RISES. ENFORCEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
03:47:47ALONE DOES NOT SAVE LIVES. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE KNOW
03:47:49WHAT DOES. EXPANDED ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR
03:47:53OPIOID USE DISORDER AND HARM REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS LIKE
03:47:56FENTANYL TEST STRIPS AND.
03:47:59THAT'S WHY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ACTIONS TO
03:48:02SLASH SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT IS SO ALARMING.
03:48:06IT COULD THREATEN THE REAL PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE.
03:48:09THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS DISMANTLED THE SUBSTANCE USE
03:48:12MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.
03:48:15THE AGENCY RESPONSIVE FOR ADDRESSING THE OVERDOSE CRISIS
03:48:19AND HAS CUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS DOLLARS IN ADDICTION AND
03:48:23OVERDOSE PREVENTION FUNDING. IF TRULY WANT TO PROTECT OUR
03:48:27COMMUNITIES, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO INCREASE ACCESS TO
03:48:30TREATMENT AND STOP ATTACKS FROM
03:48:32THIS ADMINISTRATION.
03:48:34WITH THAT, I RESERVE THE BALANCE MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE
03:48:38GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD 3
03:48:42MINUTES TO A TIRELESS FIGHTER ON THIS ISSUE, A VERY VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE ENERGY AND
03:48:46COMMERCE COMMITTEE. MY FRIEND FROM COLORADO, MR. EVANS.
03:48:49>> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. I THANK THE CHAIRMAN THE
03:48:52GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY AND MR. SPEAKER.
03:48:55>> I AM PROUD TO RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF MY BILL TO HELP THE
03:48:59EPIDEMIC OF FENTANYL DEATHS THAT
03:49:01HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY THE PROLIFIC
03:49:03NATION OF COUNTERFEIT PILLS.
03:49:05>> MY BILL TO STOP PILLS THAT
03:49:08ACT IS COMMON SENSE LEGISLATION THAT WILL HELP SAVE AMERICAN
03:49:12LIVES. >> CRACKING DOWN ON CRIMINALS
03:49:14WHO TRAFFIC POISON DISGUISED AS
03:49:16PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. UNDER REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP, THE
03:49:20UNITED STATES HAS THANKFULLY SEEN A STEEP DECLINE IN MONTHLY
03:49:23SYNTHETIC OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS
03:49:25DRIVEN BY POLICY THAT STRENGTHEN
03:49:28BORDER SECURITY AND TARGET CARTELS AND DRUG DEALERS.
03:49:32UNFORTUNATE MY STATE, COLORADO, HAS SEEN THE EXACT OPPOSITE
03:49:34TREND WITH AN AVERAGE OVERDOSE RATE OF ABOUT 800 DEATHS PER
03:49:38MONTH IN 24, INCREASING A
03:49:43THOUSAND DEATHS NOW BECAUSE, COLORADO'S TRENDS HAVE NOT
03:49:46MATCHED THE NATION AND HAVE IN FACT THE OTHER DIRECTION. MY STATE HAS.
03:49:51UNFORTUNATELY SEEN MORE THAN
03:49:531600 TRAGIC, PREVENTABLE EXCESS OVERDOSE DEATHS.
03:49:57I WAS A COP IN THE DENVER AREA FOR OVER A DECADE.
03:50:00>> I KNOW THIS FIGURE ISN'T JUST A TRAGIC COINCIDENCE.
03:50:03>> IT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF POLICIES. >> WHILE I WAS WORKING TO KEEP
03:50:07COMMUNITIES IN COLORADO SAFE FROM THE POISON THAT IS FENTANYL.
03:50:11>> DENVER DEMOCRATS CHOSE REPEATEDLY TO PUSH SOFT ON CRIME
03:50:15POLICIES LESSENED CRIMINAL SENTENCING, SENTENCING FOR DRUG
03:50:18OFFENSES WHILE REFUSING TAKE A HARD LINE ON FENTANYL.
03:50:22>> THE STOP PILLS THAT KILL ACT COUNTERACTS THESE DEADLY
03:50:25POLICIES DOING THREE SIMPLE THINGS. IT CLOSES A LOOPHOLE THAT ALLOWS
03:50:30POISON OFF WITH A SLAP ON THE WRIST.
03:50:32IT IMPLEMENTS SERIALIZATION FOR
03:50:35PILL PRESSES AND THEIR CRITICAL AND IT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO
03:50:39MANUFACTURE DISTURB OR IMPORT
03:50:41PILL PRESSES WITH THE INTENT TO
03:50:43ILLICITLY PRODUCE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
03:50:47I'LL MY COLLEAGUES THAT EVERY 15 DAYS UNDER THE PREVIOUS
03:50:51ADMINISTRATION WE LOST THE SAME NUMBER OF AMERICANS DRUG
03:50:54OVERDOSE DEATHS THAT WE LOST THE ENTIRETY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS.
03:50:59WAS A COP FOR TEN YEARS. >> I WAS A SOLDIER FOR 12.
03:51:01>> I DEPLOYED TO A COMBAT AS PART OF THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR
03:51:05AND. THAT STATISTIC SPEAKS VOLUMES.
03:51:08WE MUST REMEMBER THE IMPACTS
03:51:10THAT FENTANYL HAS HAD HUNDREDS
03:51:12OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS DURING
03:51:14THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. >> TWO BILLS WERE FOLDED INTO.
03:51:18>> THE FIGHT ILLICIT PILL ACT
03:51:21LED BY REP HAGAMAN AND PRESS
03:51:23ACT, LED BY REP MCDOWELL. I WANT TO THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR
03:51:26THEIR WORK. I WANT TO PARTICULARLY RECOGNIZE MY MR. MCDOWELL, WHO TRAGICALLY
03:51:31LOST HIS OWN BROTHER TO FENTANYL NEARLY TEN YEARS AGO.
03:51:35YOUR DEDICATION REP MCDOWELL, TO FIGHTING CRISIS IS A FITTING
03:51:39HONOR TO YOUR BROTHER'S LEGACY. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME
03:51:42IN SUPPORTING THIS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, COMMONSENSE BILL AND
03:51:46YIELD BACK MY TIME. I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN, RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM
03:51:50TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. >> I RESERVE. >> I'LL HAVE NO FURTHER
03:51:53SPEAKERS, GENTLEMEN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY RESERVES.
03:51:57>> I HAVE NO RESERVE OF NO FURTHER SPEAK. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS.
03:52:01>> MR. SPEAKER, I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS AND I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE.
03:52:05>> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
03:52:09AS WE HAVE NOTED, THIS LEGISLATION SUPPLY CHAINS THAT
03:52:13ILLICIT CHEMICALS INTO COUNTERFEIT PILLS AND IS A
03:52:17CRITICAL OF FIGHTING BACK
03:52:19AGAINST FENTANYL CRISIS AND.
03:52:21WE MUST DO THIS AND MORE RESTORING FUNDING, RESTORING
03:52:25PROGRAMS, ENSURING ACCESS TO TREATMENT.
03:52:28FOR THESE REASONS, I URGE MY COLLEAGUES, TO VOTE YES ON THIS
03:52:31BILL AND I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM
03:52:35KENTUCKY'S. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK.
03:52:38MY FRIEND FROM COLORADO.
03:52:40I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE ON THE
03:52:42BILL AND I RESERVE THE EXCUSE ME. I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
03:52:46>> THE GENTLEMAN YIELD. >> THE QUESTION IS WILL THE
03:52:50HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL? H.R. 8005 AS AMENDED.
03:52:53THOSE IN FAVOR I THOSE OPPOSED?
03:52:58NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THE RULES ARE THE BILL WAS PASSED.
03:53:02>> AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE TITLE
03:53:06IS AMENDED. FOR A PURPOSE PURPOSES.
03:53:10THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION. >> MR. SPEAKER.
03:53:14I MOVE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND PASSED THE BILL. H.R. 9617.
03:53:16THE CRITICAL THE TITLE OF THE
03:53:19BILL UNION CALENDAR NUMBER 719
03:53:229617 A BILL TO AMEND THE SOLID
03:53:25WASTE DISPOSAL ACT TO DIRECT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
03:53:27ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
03:53:29TO COORDINATE A CRITICAL MINERAL
03:53:33RECOVERY STRATEGY AND FOR OTHER
03:53:37PURPOSES PURSUANT TO THE RULE. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR. AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. MS.
03:53:41FLETCHER EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES. THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
03:53:44MR. SPEAKER, I ASK CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE
03:53:47LETTERS SAVE DAYS REVISING. >> STANDARD REMARKS ON THE
03:53:51LEGISLATION. CERTAIN EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS IN H.R. 9617. >> WITH OBJECTION.
03:53:54>> MR. SPEAKER. I HIMSELF, AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONCERN THE GENTLEMAN
03:53:58RECOGNIZED, I THINK, COLLEAGUES, ENVIRONMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
03:54:00CHAIRMAN PALMER, RANKING MEMBER
03:54:03TONKO, FOR INTRODUCING H.R. 9617, THE COORDINATING AND
03:54:07HARNESSING AMERICA'S RECOVERY OF MINERALS OR CHARM ACT THROUGHOUT
03:54:11THIS CONGRESS, OUR COMMITTEE HAS EXAMINED OPPORTUNITIES TO RECOVER CRITICAL FROM DISCARDED
03:54:16MATERIALS SUCH AS MINE WASTE COAL COMBUSTION MATERIALS, END
03:54:19OF LIFE, ELECTRONIC PRODUCE, WATER.
03:54:22THE CHARM ACT IS A LOT IS IS A
03:54:25PRODUCT OF A LOT OF THIS WORK. THIS BILL DIRECTS THE EPA AND
03:54:29WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES DEVELOPING NATIONAL CRITICAL MINERAL
03:54:33RECOVERIES IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.
03:54:36EPA HAS ALREADY HAS EXPERTISE,
03:54:38RECOVERY OF VALUABLE MATERIALS FROM DISCARDED MATERIALS AND THE
03:54:42AGENCY IS WELL-POSITIONED TO LEAD THESE EFFORTS. ARE MY COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE'S
03:54:45SUPPORT THE PASSAGE OF THIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION? I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF
03:54:49THE CHAIRMAN, PALMER AND RANKING MEMBER TONKO AND I WILL RESERVE
03:54:53THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS RECOGNIZED.
03:54:57>> MR. SPEAKER, I MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. >> GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
03:55:03>> MR. SPEAKER, I RISE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR 9617 THE CHARM
03:55:06ACT BIPARTISAN LED BY OUR
03:55:08COMMITTEES ENVIRONMENT SUBCOMMITTEE RANKING MEMBER
03:55:11TONKO AND PALMER. CRITICAL MINERALS ARE A VITAL
03:55:15COMPONENT OF MANY MODERN TECHNOLOGY FROM OUR CELL PHONES
03:55:18TO CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LIKE SOLAR PANELS AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
03:55:21AND AS THE WORLD CONTINUES TO INVEST IN THESE TECHNOLOGIES,
03:55:24THE DEMAND FOR MINERALS WILL ONLY INCREASE.
03:55:27THE UNITED STATES IS HEAVILY RELIANT ON IMPORTS FOR MANY
03:55:30CRITICAL MATERIALS, LEAVING US EXPOSED TO GEOPOLITICAL SUPPLY
03:55:34CHAIN RISKS. CHINA CURRENTLY POSSESSES A
03:55:38STRANGLEHOLD ON MUCH OF THE CRITICAL MINERALS SUPPLY CHAIN AND HAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATED A
03:55:42WILLINGNESS LEVERAGE THIS DOMINANCE BY RESTRICTING EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER
03:55:46COUNTRIES. THIS POSES SERIOUS ECONOMIC AND
03:55:49ENERGY SECURITY RISKS. CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY.
03:55:53A RESOURCEFUL SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM.
03:55:55LOOKING AT DISCARDED MATERIALS LIKE E-WASTE AND OTHER END OF
03:55:58LIFE PRODUCTS PROMOTES RESOURCE EFFICIENCY, BOOSTS RESILIENCY,
03:56:02HELPS ALLEVIATE CHAIN PRESSURES
03:56:04AND REDUCES NEED TO MINE NEW MATERIALS.
03:56:08THIS BIPARTISAN BILL DIRECTS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
03:56:10AGENCY, TO CARRY OUT A NATIONAL
03:56:12CRITICAL MINERAL RECOVERY
03:56:15STRATEGY TO COORDINATE FEDERAL EFFORTS TO RECOVER CRITICAL
03:56:17MINERALS FROM DISCARDED MATERIALS. TAPPING INTO AN IMPORTANT
03:56:21FEEDSTOCK THAT IS EASILY OVERLOOKED. THIS STRATEGY CAN HELP OUR
03:56:25NATION COLLECT THE INFORMATION TO BOLSTER OUR CRITICAL MINERALS SUPPLY CHAINS.
03:56:29WILL BUILD ON EPA'S ONGOING EFFORTS UNDER THE BIPARTISAN
03:56:32INFRASTRUCTURE LAW WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ENVIRONMENT OR HEALTH.
03:56:36FOR TOO LONG, WE HAVE ALLOWED
03:56:38VALUABLE CRITICAL MINERALS TO GO TO LANDFILLS, NEVER TO BE RECOVERED.
03:56:42THIS MUST CHANGE IF WE WANT
03:56:44REMAIN GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND, REDUCE OUR DEPENDANCE ON FOREIGN
03:56:48SOURCES CRITICAL MINERALS. WHILE THERE IS MUCH MORE WORK TO
03:56:51DO TO SCALE OUR DOMESTIC AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. THIS AN IMPORTANT AND
03:56:55COMMONSENSE STEP FORWARD. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT
03:56:59THIS BILL AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE
03:57:03GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. >> I'M GOING TO YIELD 3 MINUTES TO MY GOOD FRIEND.
03:57:06BUT FIRST I WILL SAY GOOD FRIEND WHO HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY.
03:57:11LEADER IN THE AIR WHO'S BEEN WAVING THE FLAG ABOUT. THE CRITICAL MINERAL ISSUE THAT
03:57:15WE'VE SEEN THAT MOST OF THEM ARE
03:57:17DEVELOPED AND AND PROCESSED CHINA. AND WE'VE BEEN EVEN WAVING THE
03:57:21FLAG THAT WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF IT. WE NOW HAVE THE ADMINISTRATION
03:57:25WE HAVE CONGRESS MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE OF THE WORK AND THEY OF THIS MAN.
03:57:29SO I WANT TO YIELD 3 MINUTES TO MY GOOD FRIEND FROM ALABAMA, CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENT
03:57:33SUBCOMMITTEE, MR. PALMER. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
03:57:37AND I THANK. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, MR.
03:57:40FOR ALL OF HIS HELP. MR. SPEAKER, I RISE TO IN
03:57:44SUPPORT OF MY BILL, H.R. 96, 70.
03:57:48ACCORDING OUR STATE'S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THREE IMPORTANT
03:57:50CRITICAL MINERALS, THE MARTIE THE MAJORITY OF WHICH THAT OUR
03:57:54COUNTRY NEEDS ARE BEING IMPORTED.
03:57:56THE UNITED STATES DEPENDS CHINA AS A MAJOR SOURCE FOR 14 OF THEM.
03:58:00THIS SHOULD A MAJOR SOURCE OF CONCERN TO EVERYONE BECAUSE
03:58:05CHINA'S ALREADY DEMONSTRATED ITS WILLINGNESS TO LEVERAGE OUR
03:58:08SUPPLY CHAIN VULNERABLE CITIES
03:58:10IN RECENT YEARS TO ADDRESS THIS
03:58:12ALARMING SITUATION. MY FRIEND, RANKING MEMBER PAUL
03:58:15TONKO AND I ALONG WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE HOUSE AND
03:58:18COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT, HAVE EXPLORED
03:58:21OPPORTUNITIES TO IDENTIFY
03:58:23UNTAPPED, NONTRADITIONAL SOURCES
03:58:25OF CRITICAL MARINERS MINERALS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
03:58:29THE BIPARTISAN CHARM IS A
03:58:31PRODUCT OF THESE EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE 119TH CONGRESS.
03:58:35I THANK COLLEAGUE RANKING MEMBER TONKO AGAIN FOR JOINING ME IN
03:58:39ADVANCING THIS LEGISLATION.
03:58:41>> THIS LEGISLATION DIRECTS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,
03:58:44TO WORK WITH OTHER RELEVANT AGENCIES TO A NATIONAL CRITICAL
03:58:47MINERAL RECOVERY AND FURTHERING
03:58:51THIS. >> EPA WILL IDENTIFY ITS
03:58:53PROGRAMS AND AUTHORITIES THAT
03:58:56COULD INCREASE RECOVERY OF CRITICAL MINERALS FROM DISCARDED
03:58:59MATERIALS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.
03:59:02IT WILL PINPOINT OPPORTUNITIES, ADDRESS LEGAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL
03:59:06BARRIERS TO RECOVERING CRITICAL MINERALS FROM DISCARDED.
03:59:09EPA WILL ALSO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL
03:59:11SOURCES OF CRITICAL MINERALS DISCARD MATERIALS AND EVALUATE THE ROLE OF RECOVERED MATERIALS
03:59:15IN STRENGTHENING DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAINS.
03:59:19THE COMMITTEE ADVANCED THIS LEGISLATION WITH ACROSS THE
03:59:22BOARD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES IN THE FULL HOUSE TO SUPPORT THIS PASSAGE.
03:59:25THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND I YIELD BACK.
03:59:29>> I RESERVING ONCE I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, THE GENTLEMAN
03:59:32RESERVES, THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I HAVE NO
03:59:35FURTHER SPEAKERS AND I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE.
03:59:39GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. SPEAKER THE CHARM ACT, THE
03:59:43BIPARTISAN CHARM ACT IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMMON SINCE BILL.
03:59:46I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF
03:59:50MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN GENTLEMAN YIELD TO GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. MC.
03:59:54I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD BIPARTISAN WORK AND CAN'T UNDERSTATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS
03:59:57HOW IMPORTANT THE LEAD OF THE
04:00:01GENTLEMAN ALABAMA HAS BEEN ON THIS ISSUE AND WILL RECOMMEND I
04:00:05ENCOURAGE ONLY ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE ON THIS BILL AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
04:00:09>> THE GENTLEMAN YIELD. THE QUESTION IS WILL THE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL?
04:00:12H.R. 9617, THOSE IN SAY AYE.
04:00:15AYE, THOSE NO.
04:00:17IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
04:00:20THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED, THE BILL IS PASSED AND OBJECTION. THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID
04:00:24ON TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSE IS THE
04:00:27GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION. >> MR. SPEAKER.
04:00:30I MOVE THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND PASSED H.R. 9615 AS
04:00:33AMENDED THE CAUCUS REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL UNION CALENDAR
04:00:37NUMBER 717, H.R. 9615, A BILL
04:00:41SUPPORT THE RECYCLING AND
04:00:43RECOVERY OF LITHIUM LITHIUM ION
04:00:45BATTERIES PURSUANT TO THE RULE. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY,
04:00:49MR. GUTHRIE, AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS. MS. FLETCHER. EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
04:00:53GENTLEMAN. KENTUCKY. >> MR. SPEAKER I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY
04:00:57HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND REMARKS ON THE
04:01:00LEGISLATION IN DIRKSEN EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS IN H.R. 9615.
04:01:03WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF AS MUCH TIME I
04:01:07MAY CONSUME. THE GENTLEMAN RECOGNIZES END OF LIFE BATTERIES ARE A STRATEGIC SOURCE OF NICKEL.
04:01:12COBALT AND COPPER IN THE VOLUME OF BATTERIES FOR RECYCLE AND IS
04:01:16EXPECTED TO TRIPLE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. BATTERY RECYCLED THE BATTERY
04:01:20RECYCLING FOR AMERICA'S ECONOMY
04:01:24ACT OR THE BRACE ACT INTRODUCED COLLEAGUE REPRESENTATIVE
04:01:27MILLER-MEEKS WOULD ADDRESS AN ANALYSIS VERY LIMITATION EPA'S
04:01:30CURRENT REGULATIONS BY ALLOWING DESTINATION FACILITIES THAT
04:01:34RECYCLE LITHIUM BATTERIES TO STORE THE BATTERIES PRIOR TO
04:01:38RECYCLING THE LEGISLATION WOULD ALSO REQUIRE EPA TO CONDUCT A
04:01:44RULEMAKING TO ESTABLISH LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AS A SEPARATE
04:01:47CATEGORY OF UNIVERSAL WASTE
04:01:49WITHIN 18 MONTHS, PROVIDING
04:01:51REGULATORY CLARITY AND CERTAINTY TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF THE
04:01:54DOMESTIC BATTERY INDUSTRY. THE HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE
04:01:58COMMITTEE ADVANCED THIS BILL BY UNANIMOUS HOUSE VOTE. 46 TO 0.
04:02:01URGE MY COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE
04:02:03TO SUPPORT THIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION.
04:02:06I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GOVERNOR SERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM.
04:02:10TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER. I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I
04:02:13MAY CONSUME. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
04:02:17H.R. 9615, THE BRACE ACT HELP US
04:02:19INCREASE THE DOMESTIC RECYCLING OF BATTERIES WHILE KEEPING
04:02:22CRITICAL MINERALS IN THOSE BATTERIES IN THE UNITED STATES
04:02:26FOR FUTURE USE. THIS BILL, A COMPROMISE AND A
04:02:28WIN WIN FOR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR ECONOMIC SUPPLY.
04:02:32FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS BILL WILL REQUIRE THE ENVIRONMENTAL
04:02:35PROTECTION AGENCY TO DEVELOP FINALLY, A REGULATORY FRAMEWORK,
04:02:40SPECIFICALLY LITHIUM ION BATTERY RECYCLING THAT ADDRESSES SAFETY
04:02:44CONCERNS WHILE PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
04:02:48EPA HAS PROMISED BATTERY RECYCLERS THE LITHIUM ION
04:02:51BATTERY RECYCLING RULE FOR YEARS AND THE BRACE ACT WILL FINALLY GET IT DONE.
04:02:54THE NEW RULE WILL CONSIDER NEW SAFETY MEASURES FOR BATTERY
04:02:58RECYCLING IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, AS MANY LANDFILLS AND RECYCLERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO
04:03:02ADDRESS THE FIRE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH LITHIUM
04:03:05BATTERIES WITHOUT ANY GUIDANCE.
04:03:07EPA ON HOW TO MANAGE THESE RISKS.
04:03:09THE RULE ALSO REQUIRES EPA TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ANY
04:03:13IMPACTS ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THIS IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
04:03:17MANY OF THE SUBSTANCES FOUND WITHIN THESE BATTERIES ARE HAZARDOUS AND SHOULD BE MANAGED
04:03:21PROPERLY. THE BILL CREATES PARITY BETWEEN FACILITIES THAT TEMPORARILY
04:03:25STORE ION BATTERIES BEFORE RECYCLING AND FACILITIES WHO
04:03:29STORE BATTERY WASTE ON SITE. IT ALSO MAINTAINS AND IN SOME
04:03:33CASES ESTABLISHES THE STRONGER REGULATORY GUIDELINES FOR SAFETY
04:03:36AT THESE FACILITIES.
04:03:38THE BRACE ACT OFFERS MEANINGFUL
04:03:41PATH FORWARD ON LITHIUM ION RECYCLING.
04:03:43IT ENSURES WE KEEP CRITICAL MINERAL COMPONENTS IN OUR
04:03:47DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN WHILE ALL
04:03:49PROTECTING HEALTH AND SAFETY.
04:03:51TO BE CLEAR, THE BRACE IS A BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE.
04:03:56WHILE THE TEXT DOES NOT INCLUDE EVERYTHING EITHER SIDE MIGHT
04:03:58HAVE WANTED THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT BIPARTISAN WORK DONE
04:04:02REACH THIS AGREEMENT AND? I COMMEND MY COLLEAGUES FOR
04:04:05THEIR EFFORTS AS THIS BILL UNANIMOUSLY ADVANCED OUT OF THE
04:04:08ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE THE BRACE ACT IS A AND
04:04:12MEANINGFUL STEP FORWARD ON BATTERY RECYCLING, AND I URGE MY
04:04:16COLLEAGUES SUPPORT IT. I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
04:04:19>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I'LL YIELD
04:04:23MINUTES TO THE CHAMPION OF THIS ISSUE AND THE SPONSOR, MEMBER
04:04:26OF, THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE. DR. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
04:04:31>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN FOR YIELDING ME TIME.
04:04:35I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF MY LEGISLATION.
04:04:389615 BATTERY RECYCLING FOR
04:04:40AMERICA'S AMERICA'S COMPETITIVE ECONOMY ACT. THE BRACE ACT.
04:04:44IS A BIPARTISAN BILL TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S DOMESTIC
04:04:47BATTERY RECYCLING INDUSTRY AND RECOVER CRITICAL MINERALS.
04:04:51ALREADY OUR COUNTRY. >> THIS IS ON TOP OF BILLS I'VE
04:04:53INTRODUCED WITH THE SAME THING RECOVERING FROM HARD DRIVES.
04:04:57>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY ACROSS THE AISLE REPRESENTATIVES
04:05:01MENENDEZ AND RUIZ FOR JOINING ME ON THIS.
04:05:03DEMAND FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
04:05:06HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY, DRIVEN
04:05:08BY ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ENERGY STORAGE COMMUNICATIONS AND CONSUMER PRODUCTS.
04:05:12AS THESE BATTERIES THE END OF THEIR LIVES RECYCLING CAN HELP
04:05:16RECOVER VALUABLE CRITICAL MINERALS INCLUDING LITHIUM,
04:05:18COBALT, NICKEL AND, COPPER. YET MUCH OF THIS MATERIAL IS
04:05:22SENT OVERSEAS OFTEN TO CHINA FOR
04:05:24PROCESSING AND IN OUR LANDFILLS
04:05:27CREATES A HAZARD FOR FIRE. >> OUR CURRENT REPAIR
04:05:30REGULATIONS WHICH PRE-DATE THE WHITE RIDE WIDESPREAD OF LITHIUM
04:05:33ION ION BATTERIES CREATE
04:05:35UNNECESSARY COST AND UNCERTAINTY RECYCLERS. >> THE BRACE ACT WOULD
04:05:39DESTINATION FACILITIES TO STORE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AT, THE
04:05:43SAME LOCATION WHERE THEY ARE RECYCLED.
04:05:46ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY COST OR THE NEED FOR COMPLEX PERMITS.
04:05:49THIS COMMON SENSE UPDATE WILL HELP GROW DOMESTIC BATTERY
04:05:52RECYCLING AND OUR CRITICAL MINERALS SUPPLY CHAINS.
04:05:56I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE FOR
04:05:56THE BRACE AND I YIELD BACK. >> GENTLEMAN YIELD.
04:06:00>> I RESERVE HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS BILL.
04:06:04>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM. TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED.
04:06:07>> MR. SPEAKER. I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS AND I'M PREPARED.
04:06:11CLOSE. >> THE GENTLEMAN'S RECOGNIZING.
04:06:13>> MR. SPEAKER, THE BRACE ACT IS
04:06:15A REASONABLE AND MEANINGFUL STEP
04:06:17FORWARD ON BATTERY RECYCLING.
04:06:20I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO IT AND VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT.
04:06:22AND I THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. THE GENTLEMAN THE GENTLEMAN FROM
04:06:26KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I REALLY THE HARD WORK OF DR.
04:06:30MILLER-MEEKS ON, THIS ISSUE AND HER LEADERSHIP.
04:06:32I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE ON THIS BILL AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE MY TIME.
04:06:36>> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL?
04:06:41H.R. 9615 AS AMENDED. THOSE IN FAVOR THOSE OPPOSED?
04:06:45NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
04:06:48THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED. THE BILL IS PASSED. AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
04:06:51MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON
04:06:52THE TABLE FOR PURPOSE.
04:06:56IS THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY TO SEEK RECOGNITION. >> MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE THE HOUSE, SUSPEND THE RULES AND
04:07:00PASS THE BILL. H.R. 2140. >> THE CPL REPORT TITLE OF THE
04:07:04BILL, H.R. 2140. >> A BILL TO AMEND THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 TO
04:07:08REAUTHORIZE THE EMISSIONS
04:07:10REDUCTION PROGRAM.
04:07:13THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY MR. GUTHRIE AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM
04:07:15TEXAS, MR. FLETCHER. >> EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES.
04:07:17THE CHAIR.
04:07:32RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY. >> MR. SPEAKER, ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THE REMARKS ON
04:07:36THE LEGISLATION AND INSERT EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS ON H.R. 2140. WITHOUT OBJECTION, MR. SPEAKER, YOU ALMOST HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME.
04:07:40>> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. MR. >> THE DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT DARE OF 2025, LED BY TWO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE REPRESENTING, THE MATSUI OF
04:07:43CALIFORNIA AND MR. LANGWORTHY OF NEW YORK, REAUTHORIZES A STANDING AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
04:07:46THIS EPA PROVIDES FUNDING
04:07:50ASSISTANCE TO ACCELERATE REPLACEMENTS AND UPGRADES.
04:07:52OLDER DIESEL ENGINES HAS SUPPORTED U.S. MANUFACTURING
04:07:56JOBS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND
04:07:59DEPLOYMENT A WIDE RA QUALITY ANH
04:08:04ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT IS ESTIMATED FOR EVERY
04:08:07FEDERAL DOLLAR RECEIVED, THE DOJ
04:08:08PROGRAM HAS LEVERAGE $2.30 IN
04:08:11OUTSIDE FUNDING, RESULTING IN
04:08:15OVER 570 MILLION GALLONS OF FUEL SAVED.
04:08:17AND THE PROGRAM IS UPGRADED.
04:08:2366 76.900 76,900. VEHICLE ENGINES. URGE YOU TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION.
04:08:28SUPPORT THIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION AND WITH A TRACK RECORD.
04:08:32A PROVEN AND I WILL YIELD BACK. OH, EXCUSE ME.
04:08:36I'LL RESERVE MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN WHO SERVES, THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED.
04:08:39>> MR. SPEAKER, YIELD MYSELF AS
04:08:41MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. >> GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
04:08:44>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER H.R. 2140, THE DIESEL REDUCTION ACT
04:08:49REAUTHORIZES LONG STANDING BIPARTISAN PROGRAM TO CUT
04:08:52POLLUTION FROM DIESEL ENGINES
04:08:54THROUGH THE PROGRAM. THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
04:08:58AGENCY'S THAT IT MADE THROUGH THE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
04:09:01AGENCY ADMINISTERS GRANTS AND
04:09:03LOANS TO STATES AND PROJECTS THAT HELP REPLACE AND RETROFIT
04:09:07DIESEL ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT EMIT DANGEROUS POLLUTANTS LIKE
04:09:11NITROGEN LIKE NITROGEN OXIDES AND PARTICULATE MATTER TO
04:09:14IMPROVE AIR QUALITY PUBLIC HEALTH.
04:09:16THE PROGRAM ONE OF THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE TOOLS TO IMPROVE AIR
04:09:20QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN LOCAL COMMUNITY, IS DELIVERING
04:09:23AT LEAST $30 IN PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS FOR EVERY FEDERAL
04:09:26DOLLARS SPENT. EPA ESTIMATES THAT THE DROP
04:09:30PROJECTS HELPED GENERATE OVER $8 BILLION IN HEALTH BENEFITS
04:09:34DURING THE FIRST DECADE OF THE PROGRAM.
04:09:36IT IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A
04:09:39PROGRAM THAT WORKS CREATING JOBS IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF OUR
04:09:42COMMUNITIES, SAVING MONEY AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.
04:09:46THAT'S WHY THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE REPORTED H.R.
04:09:502140 EARLIER THIS YEAR. I TO THANK REPRESENTATIVE MATT
04:09:52SUEY FOR HER ON THIS LEGISLATION AND MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THE
04:09:57BILL AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM.
04:10:01KENTUCKY GINGER RESERVE. >> GENTLEMAN RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY.
04:10:05FROM TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. >> YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
04:10:08I YIELD SUCH TIME AS SHE MAY CONSUMED.
04:10:12THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MATT SUI.
04:10:14>> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
04:10:18SPEAKER. I RISE TODAY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
04:10:21OF H.R. 2140 AND I'M PROUD OF
04:10:23THE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ACT AND I'M THANKFUL TO REPRESENTATIVE
04:10:27CALVERT LANGWORTHY AND PINGREE FOR WITH MY OFFICE TO ADVANCE
04:10:30THIS BILL TO SECURE CONSISTENT
04:10:34ANNUAL FOR THE DIESEL EMISSION REDUCTIONS ACT PROGRAM KNOWN AS
04:10:38DIRA FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. DIRA HAS BEEN A MODEL OF
04:10:42EFFECTIVE POLICY POLICYMAKING,
04:10:45FIRST AUTHORIZED IN 2005 TO DIRECT PROGRAM, HELPED REPLACE
04:10:49OR RETROFIT THOUSANDS OF OLD
04:10:51DIESEL TRUCKS, BUSSES AND OTHER DIESEL.
04:10:55DIESEL POLLUTION LINKED TO LUNG DAMAGE.
04:10:59CANCER. HEART DISEASE. REPLACING OLDER DIESEL VEHICLES
04:11:02AND ENGINES HAS MEANINGFULLY REDUCE POLLUTION COMMUNICATIONS
04:11:06ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND DELIVER BILLIONS OF DOLLARS PUBLIC
04:11:10HEALTH BENEFITS. SO I'M PROUD TO WORK WITH MY
04:11:14BIPARTISAN ESPECIALLY IN THIS
04:11:16HYPERPARTISAN MOMENT TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE DIRA AND THE TO
04:11:20CONTINUE DRIVING DOWN DIESEL POLLUTION UNDER.
04:11:24THE DORA PROGRAM. CALIFORNIA HAS REPLACED THOUSANDS OF POLLUTING TRUCKS,
04:11:29TRACTORS AND SCHOOL BUSSES.
04:11:3258% OF YOUR PROJECTS GO TOWARD
04:11:34REPLACING OLD DIESEL SCHOOL
04:11:36BUSSES, THANKS TO DIRECT
04:11:38CHILDREN ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND
04:11:40COUNTRY ARE BREATHING CLEANER
04:11:42AND HEALTHIER AIR AS THEY RIDE SCHOOL.
04:11:45AND NOW IS DIESEL REACH AT LEAST
04:11:49$6 PER GALLON MORE IN CALIFORNIA, DIRA IS MORE
04:11:53IMPORTANT THAN EVER BECAUSE DEIRA DOESN'T JUST SAVE LIVES,
04:11:56IT SAVES FUEL TOO. AND THAT SAVES MONEY.
04:12:02DIESEL VEHICLES MOVE OUR FOOD
04:12:04POWER, DELIVER PACKAGES AND
04:12:07STOCK OUR SHELVES SO WHEN DIESEL
04:12:09PRICES GO UP, FAMILIES PAY MORE FOR EVERYDAY GOODS.
04:12:13DARROW HELPS MONTHLY BY
04:12:17REPLACING INEFFICIENT DIESEL VEHICLES WITH NEWER, MORE
04:12:21EFFICIENT VEHICLES THAT USE LESS
04:12:23FUEL, DARA ALSO SAVES MONEY,
04:12:25AVOIDING DIESEL ALTOGETHER AND SWITCHING VEHICLES TO OTHER
04:12:29CLEANER FIELDS LIKE PROPANE,
04:12:31NATURAL OR ELECTRICITY.
04:12:33EPA ESTIMATES THAT EUROPE
04:12:35PROJECTS HAVE SAVED MORE THAN 572 MILLION GALLONS OF DIESEL
04:12:40AND, A $6 A GALLON. THAT'S A $3.4 BILLION SAVED.
04:12:44THAT MEANS CLEANER AIR.
04:12:46LOWER OPERATING AND BETTER USE
04:12:48OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
04:12:51I AM PROUD TO LEAD REALIZATION OF THIS PRACTICAL BIPARTISAN
04:12:55PROGRAM THAT'S REAL RESULTS FOR
04:12:59COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I URGE COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
04:13:01THIS LEGISLATION AND A YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
04:13:05>> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS. I RESERVE AND THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES.
04:13:08>> CALLER FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS
04:13:12PREPARED TO CLOSE THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS IS
04:13:16RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. PREPARED TO CLOSE THE GENTLEMAN.
04:13:19>> WOMAN TEXAS IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
04:13:23THE DIESEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT REAUTHORIZES A LONG
04:13:27BIPARTISAN PROGRAM TO CUT POLLUTION FROM DIESEL ENGINES,
04:13:30AND IT IS A GREAT OF A PROGRAM
04:13:32THAT WORKS. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE IN
04:13:36FAVOR OF IT AND I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN YIELD TO
04:13:40GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS
04:13:41RECOGNIZED RECOGNIZED.
04:13:49>> MR. MR. SPEAKER, IN CLOSING I
04:13:53ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE ON THE BILL AND. >> I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
04:13:56>> THE GENTLEMAN YIELD THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND? PASS THE BILL?
04:14:00H.R. 2140. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I THOSE OPPOSED?
04:14:04NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE,
04:14:07THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED THE BILL IS PASSED. AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE MOTION RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE
04:14:14TABLE. FOR WHAT PURPOSES? THE GENTLEMAN FROM MR. BIG I
04:14:17REQUEST THE AGENCIES.
04:14:18>> GENTLEMEN.
04:14:24THE AGENCIES ARE REQUESTED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING THIS
04:14:27VOTE BY THE YEAS AND NAYS WILL RISE AND REMAIN STANDING UNTIL A
04:14:30SUFFICIENT NUMBER HAVING RISEN. >> THE YEAS AND NAYS ARE ORDERED
04:14:34PURSUANT TO CLAUSE EIGHT OF RULE 24. THE PROCEEDINGS.
04:14:37THIS QUESTION WILL BE POSTPONED.
04:16:17FOR WHAT PURPOSE? THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK RECOGNITION.
04:16:21>> MR. SPEAKER, PURSUANT HOUSE
04:16:25RESOLUTION 1530, I CALL UP H.J.
04:16:28RES 2010 AND ASK FOR ITS IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE.
04:16:33>> THIS GENTLEMAN CALL H.R. 210,
04:16:38H.J.. RES 210222 TEN THE CORPORATE THE
04:16:41TITLE OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 210 JOINT
04:16:46RESOLUTION PROVIDED FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL UNDER CHAPTER EIGHT OF TITLE FIVE.
04:16:49>> YET ON SAYS CODE OF THE RULES SUBMITTED, THE ENVIRONMENTAL
04:16:53PROTECTION AGENCY RELATING TO
04:16:57CALIFORNIA STATE NON ROAD ENGINE POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS,
04:17:01OCEAN GOING VESSELS AT BIRTH
04:17:03NOTICE OF DECISION PURSUANT TO
04:17:05HOUSE RESOLUTION 1530. >> THE JOINT RESOLUTION IS READ.
04:17:09THE JOINT RESOLUTION SHALL BE DEBATABLE FOR ONE HOUR EQUALLY
04:17:13DIVIDED CONTROLLED BY THE CHAIR AND RANKING MINORITY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND
04:17:16COMMERCE OR. THE RESPECTIVE DESIGNEES. THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR.
04:17:20GUTHRIE AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. MS. MET SUI USUAL CONTROLLED
04:17:24MINUTES. >> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY. >> MR.
04:17:27>> I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND
04:17:31EXTEND REMARKS ON THE LEGISLATION TO INSERT EXTRANEOUS
04:17:34MATERIAL NATURE, RAISE TO ONE ZERO. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION.
04:17:38>> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
04:17:42>> MR. SPEAKER, I RISE IN
04:17:44SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION, LED BY REPRESENTATIVE VINCE FONG OF
04:17:48CALIFORNIA. IT WOULD OVERTURN THE CLEAN AIR ACT WAIVER ALLOWING CALIFORNIA
04:17:51TO REGULATE TANKER EMISSIONS OR THEIR AT BERTH CALIFORNIA PORTS.
04:17:56THESE EXPENSIVE REGULATIONS ON TANKER SHIPS PORT AND UTILITIES
04:17:59AND OPERATORS WILL UNDERMINE SAFETY NET COMPLIANCE, INCLUDING
04:18:03INSTALLING ELECTRIC CHARGING
04:18:05EQUIPMENT TO POWER TANKER SHIPS WILL BE PASSED DOWN TO CONSUMERS
04:18:09AND THE PRICE OF ALL GOODS THAT MOVE THROUGH CALIFORNIA.
04:18:11BUT BEYOND THE STAGGERING COSTS, THERE IS MEANINGFUL, MEASURABLE DECREASE IN EMISSIONS.
04:18:15WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WHERE IS THE MEANINGFUL,
04:18:18MEASURABLE DECREASES IN EMISSIONS THAT PROPONENTS CLAIM WILL FOLLOW?
04:18:22YET AGAIN, CALIFORNIA'S ATTEMPTED SET A NATIONAL
04:18:24STANDARD WITHOUT DEMONSTRATING ANY BENEFITS.
04:18:27I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING RAISE 2010 TO
04:18:31OVERTURN THE WAIVER AND, RESTORE COMMON SENSE IN OUR
04:18:33ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
04:18:37>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM IS RECOGNIZED.
04:18:41>> THANK VERY MUCH, MR. SPEAKER.
04:18:45>> I RISE TODAY IN OPPOSITION TO
04:18:49H.J. AS TO TEN. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRESSIONAL
04:18:52REPUBLICANS ARE DOING EVERYTHING CAN TO HARM THE HEALTH OF FOR
04:18:58SEEMINGLY NO OTHER REASON THAN TO SCORE POINTS.
04:19:02LARGE SHIPS AND OIL TANKERS ARE SOURCE OF POLLUTION FOR
04:19:06COMMUNITIES AND WORKING AROUND CALIFORNIA'S.
04:19:09MORE THAN 30% OF ALL CONTAINER CARGO ARRIVING IN U.S. PASSES
04:19:13THROUGH CALIFORNIA'S PORTS.
04:19:15AND THAT'S A LOT OF SHIPS.
04:19:17AND WHEN THOSE SHIPS DOCK, CALIFORNIA'S PORTS THERE ARE
04:19:22RUNNING DIESEL GENERATORS DAY AND.
04:19:24THAT CREATES A LOT OF POLLUTION.
04:19:27AND THAT POLLUTION HAS SERIOUS HEALTH IMPACTS ON THE
04:19:30COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE AROUND OUR
04:19:32PORTS LIKE MANY INDUSTRIAL AREAS, COMMUNITIES LIVING AROUND
04:19:36PORTS ARE OFTEN DISADVANTAGED.
04:19:39MINORITY COMMUNITIES WHO ARE
04:19:41OVERBURDENED WITH POLLUTION FROM MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES.
04:19:45SO THIS IS ALSO AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE.
04:19:48AND THAT'S WHY CALIFORNIA HAS
04:19:50TAKEN COMMON SENSE STEPS TO
04:19:52REGULATE POLLUTION FROM LARGE
04:19:55OCEANGOING VESSELS. AND THE SOLUTION IS VERY SIMPLE.
04:19:59WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME
04:20:03FUTURISTIC SIZED SCIENCE FICTION
04:20:05TECHNOLOGY, JUST WE JUST WANT TO PLUG IT IN TO RUN THE SHIP ON
04:20:09ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED BY THE PORT. SO THIS IS A 100% FEASIBLE.
04:20:13AND IN FACT, MOST INDUSTRIES ARE
04:20:15READY IN.
04:20:17THE SIMPLE IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE
04:20:21RISK IN COMMUNITIES LIVING NEAR
04:20:23MAJOR PORTS BY AS MUCH AS 55%.
04:20:28AND SAVE $2.3 BILLION IN PUBLIC HEALTH COSTS.
04:20:32CALIFORNIA'S REGULATIONS SAVING LIVES.
04:20:34THEY'RE SAVING. THEY'RE ACHIEVABLE.
04:20:38AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY DON'T IMPACT ANY OTHER STATES
04:20:42WHATSOEVER.
04:20:44SO ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE TO WONDER, WHY ARE CONGRESSIONAL
04:20:47REPUBLICANS ATTACKING CALIFORNIA'S PORT POLLUTION
04:20:51REGULATION? OTHER THAN TO SCORE POINTS IN A
04:20:53CYNICAL POLITICAL GAME IS
04:20:55PLAYING WITH CALIFORNIA'S.
04:20:57AND WE WON'T STAND FOR. I RESERVED THE GENTLEMAN
04:21:01RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
04:21:04I WILL YIELD 3 MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, A SPONSOR OF THIS LEGISLATION.
04:21:09FONG. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
04:21:11THANK YOU, MR. I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H.J.
04:21:15RES 210. >> MY CONGRESSIONAL ACT
04:21:18RESOLUTION BECAUSE CALIFORNIA
04:21:20SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO IMPOSE COSTLY SHIPPING MANDATES THAT
04:21:23DRIVE UP PRICES ACROSS THE
04:21:25NATION, DISRUPT OUR SUPPLY CHAIN
04:21:27AND PUT OUR ENERGY SECURITY AT RISK.
04:21:30>> CALIFORNIA PORTS HANDLE 40%
04:21:33OF OUR NATION'S CONTAINER ICE IMPORTS.
04:21:35>> WHEN CALIFORNIA RAISES THE COST OF MOVING GOODS, AMERICANS
04:21:39ACROSS THE COUNTRY PAY THE PRICE.
04:21:42IN 2023, THE BIDEN EPA APPROVED
04:21:44A WAIVER ALLOWING THE CALIFORNIA RESOURCES BOARD, OR CARB AND
04:21:48BODY IN CALIFORNIA TO IMPOSE NEW
04:21:51MANDATES ON VESSELS DOCKED AT CALIFORNIA PORTS.
04:21:54>> THERE ARE THREE SERIOUS
04:21:55PROBLEMS WITH THIS MANDATE.
04:21:59>> FIRST, THAT TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO COMPLY SIMPLY NOT EXIST AT THE SCALE
04:22:03MANDATE DEMANDS. >> VESSELS ARE REQUIRED TO USE
04:22:06STATE APPROVED EMISSIONS CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES.
04:22:08>> YET THOSE TECHNOLOGY ARE NOT ALWAYS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE OR
04:22:12FEASIBLE. COMPANIES THAT COMPLY FACE FINES
04:22:14OF APPROXIMATELY $50,000 PER
04:22:18VESSEL PER DAY. IN FACT, SHIPPERS RIGHT NOW ARE
04:22:21PAYING OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH TIME THEY DOCK AT A
04:22:24CALIFORNIA PORT. >> YOU CANNOT MANDATE TECHNOLOGY
04:22:28THAT DOES NOT EXIST AT SCALE. >> AND THEN PUNISH BUSINESSES FOR BEING TO COMPLY.
04:22:33>> SECOND, THIS MANDATE PUTS CALIFORNIA'S ALREADY VULNERABLE
04:22:37ENERGY ENERGY SUPPLY AT GREATER RISK. CALIFORNIA ON MARINE SHIPMENTS
04:22:41OF OIL PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO HELP MEET ITS IT TO MEET ITS
04:22:46FUEL, MAKING IT HARDER AND MORE
04:22:49TO OPERATE IN CALIFORNIA PORTS PUTS ADDITIONAL PRESSURE ON
04:22:53SUPPLIES AND DRIVES PRICES EVEN HIGHER.
04:22:56>> THIRD, THE COSTS DON'T STAY WITH SHIPPING COMPANIES.
04:22:59>> THEY RIPPLE THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND ULTIMATELY
04:23:01REACH AMERICAN.
04:23:03CARB ESTIMATES APPROXIMATELY
04:23:07$2.3 BILLION IN COMPLIANCE COSTS THROUGH 2032.
04:23:11MY LEGISLATION IS SIMPLE STOP. >> THIS UNWORKABLE MANDATE FROM
04:23:15DRIVING UP COSTS, DISRUPTING OUR SUPPLY CHAIN AND THREATENING
04:23:18ENERGY SECURITY. >> WE CAN PROTECT OUR
04:23:21ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT. PUTTING OUR SUPPLY CHAINS,
04:23:23ENERGY SECURITY AND AMERICAN FAMILIES AT RISK.
04:23:26THIS IS ABOUT COMMON SENSE AFFORDABILITY.
04:23:29>> I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT A RAISE TO TEN. >> THANK YOU.
04:23:33AND I YOUR BACK. RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN. RESERVES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
04:23:37CALIFORNIA IS. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
04:23:40BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM CALIFORNIA, I'D
04:23:43LIKE TO DISPEL MISINFORMATION.
04:23:46MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES HERE, THAT THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDED TO
04:23:49COMPLY WITH CALIFORNIA'S AT BIRTH AMENDMENTS DOESN'T EXIST
04:23:52OR THAT IT WILL FORCE OCEANGOING
04:23:54VESSELS INTO RETIREMENT DISRUPT SUPPLY CHAINS.
04:23:58HOWEVER, WITH A COMPLIANCE RATE FOR 2025, BE 95% IF THE
04:24:04TECHNOLOGY NONEXISTENT? OF COURSE NOT. THE INDUSTRY HAS PROVEN THAT
04:24:08COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARD IS ACHIEVABLE AND. NOT FORCING VESSELS INTO
04:24:12RETIREMENT. THE REALITY IS OVER 3400 VESSELS VISIT.
04:24:16YOU USE SHORE POWER TECHNOLOGY WHERE THE OPERATOR SHUTS OFF THE
04:24:20VESSELS, ENGINES AND SWITCHES
04:24:23SHORESIDE POWER TO SUPPLY THE ELECTRICITY NEEDS OF THE DOCK
04:24:27VESSELS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE
04:24:29VERY ACHIEVABLE AND ALL THE
04:24:32ARGUMENTS PUT FORTH ARE MOOT. SO AT THIS MOMENT I WOULD LIKE
04:24:34TO TURN IT OVER. MIKE, CALIFORNIA COLLEAGUE. FOR AS MUCH OF THE TIME AS SHE
04:24:38CAN CONSUME, THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED, MR. SPEAKER, AS
04:24:44CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL, I RISE
04:24:47ON BEHALF OF EVERY MEMBER OF
04:24:49THAT DELEGATION STRONGLY OPPOSE
04:24:51THIS RESOLUTION. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT VERY
04:24:54FEW LEGISLATIVE DAYS LEFT IN THIS CONGRESS AND THE REPUBLICAN
04:24:59MAJORITY HAS DECIDED TO USE TIME IN THE FLOOR TODAY NOT TO LOWER
04:25:03COSTS THAT ARE CRUSHING AMERICANS, BUT TO ONCE AGAIN
04:25:06PICK A FIGHT. CALIFORNIA.
04:25:08NOW, CALIFORNIA IS THE FOURTH
04:25:10LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
04:25:12WE'RE ALSO A DONORS STATE THAT
04:25:15PAYS MORE IN FEDERAL AND WE GET
04:25:17BACK BY. $806 BILLION A YEAR.
04:25:21>> BUT THAN THANK US, HOUSE
04:25:24REPUBLICAN AND ARE INSTEAD TRYING TO UNDERMINE OUR ABILITY
04:25:27TO GOVERN OURSELVES AND PROTECT
04:25:31HEALTH OF AMERICANS. >> NOW WHAT'S POINT OF THIS
04:25:35RESOLUTION? HOW IS IT ENCOURAGING SHIPS BURN MORE EXPENSIVE?
04:25:38HOW IS ENCOURAGING SHIPS TO BURN MORE EXPENSIVE DIESEL GOING TO
04:25:42HELP THE FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA?
04:25:46>> STRUGGLING WITH TRUMPS AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
04:25:49>> YOU KNOW, THE WAR OF CHOICE
04:25:53IN IRAN THAT THE PRESIDENT
04:25:56INITIATED HAS CAUSED PRICES TO
04:25:59SPIKE THE OTHER DAY I DRIVING BY
04:26:01A GAS STATION AND, SAW DIESEL
04:26:06FUEL 899 A GALLON.
04:26:06>> IT'S AND CHEAPER FOR SHIPS
04:26:10PLUG IN AT THE DOCK. >> AND ONLY PEOPLE WHO WILL
04:26:13BENEFIT FROM THIS RESOLUTION ARE
04:26:15THE OIL AND GAS COMPANIES.
04:26:18FINALLY, THERE'S THE QUESTION, THE LEGALITY OF THESE WAIVERS
04:26:22UNDER THE CONGRESSIONAL ACT.
04:26:25THE ADMINISTRATION RESUBMITTED
04:26:27THESE WAIVERS IN TO DESIGNATE
04:26:29THEM AS RULES.
04:26:32TO TRIGGER THE SIERRA.
04:26:35NOW THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SUED
04:26:37IN A FEDERAL COURT HAS ORDERED
04:26:39EPA TO WITHDRAW OR THE
04:26:44RECLASSIFYING OF ALL SIX CLEAN AIR ACT, SECTION TWO OVER NINE
04:26:47WAIVER ORDERS THAT IT SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS BECAUSE EPA VIOLATED
04:26:51THE LAW AND LABELED THEM AS
04:26:53RULES AND SUBMITTED THEM TO
04:26:56CONGRESS FOR ACTION UNDER THE CAA. IN FACT JUST THIS LAST SATURDAY,
04:27:02SEPTEMBER, THE COURT ORDERED EPA
04:27:04TO UNDO ITS ILLEGAL ACTIONS
04:27:06SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT THESE
04:27:09TWO MARITIME WAIVERS AFTER THE JUDGE LEARNED THEY WERE ABOUT TO
04:27:12UP FOR A VOTE.
04:27:15SO REPUBLICANS ARE IGNORING THE
04:27:18BRAND NEW DIRECT ORDER OF THE
04:27:20FEDERAL COURT BY CONTINUING ON
04:27:23WITH THIS PHRASE. >> I JUST END WITH THIS
04:27:26CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY AS FOURTH
04:27:29BIGGEST IN THE IN WORLD HAS DONE
04:27:32PRETTY WELL WITHOUT DC REPUBLICANS MEDDLING IN ITS BUSINESS.
04:27:37>> I THINK WE SHOULD REJECT THIS ILLEGAL.
04:27:39VOTE NO ON THE RESULTS.
04:27:42>> AND WITH THAT, MRS. MATSUI I YIELD.
04:27:46>> GENTLEMAN, YIELD. I WAS THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES.
04:27:50>> THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I WILL YIELD 3
04:27:54MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. MR. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED.
04:27:58>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. >> I AM SUPPORTING THIS
04:28:00RESOLUTION TODAY. A SIMPLE REASON, AND THAT IS THAT IT WILL STOP GAS PRICES
04:28:05FROM GETTING EVEN HIGHER.
04:28:07IN CALIFORNIA, WE SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
04:28:10PRICES ARE APPROACHING $6 ON AVERAGE.
04:28:12>> STATEWIDE FARM THAN ANY OTHER STATE.
04:28:14WE HAVE THE HIGHEST COST OF LIVING IN THE COUNTRY.
04:28:16>> AND CALIFORNIANS CANNOT AFFORD MORE TO BE PILED ON NOW.
04:28:20>> I BELIEVE THAT QUALITY IS
04:28:22VITALLY IMPORTANT AT OUR DOCKS AND.
04:28:26>> I TAKE NO ISSUE AT ALL WITH CALIFORNIA'S LONG STANDING
04:28:30PROGRAM OF 20 YEARS THAT REQUIRES CONTAINERS, SHIPS,
04:28:33PASSENGER SHIPS, REEFER TO PLUG
04:28:35IN RATHER HAVE THEIR ENGINES IDLE WHEN THEY DOCKED.
04:28:40AND INDEED, WITH THIS NEWEST RULE, I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING
04:28:42THIS RESOLUTION IF THE RULE ONLY CONCERNED THE ROLE ON ROLL OFF
04:28:47VESSELS BECAUSE THERE ARE WORKABLE SOLUTIONS THERE FOR
04:28:50PLUGGING IN WHEN THEY DOCK.
04:28:52>> BUT CARB OVERREACHED. >> THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES
04:28:56BOARD OVERREACHED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
04:28:58THEY DECIDED TO APPLY THIS RULE TO TANKER BOILERS AND THE
04:29:03PROBLEM IS THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THEM JUST ISN'T THERE YET.
04:29:05SO VIRTUALLY NONE THEM ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY.
04:29:09WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS NUMBER ONE, THERE IS NO NOT GOING TO BE ANY IMPROVEMENT
04:29:13IN AIR QUALITY. BUT NUMBER TWO, FOR HOUR THAT
04:29:17THEY'RE DOCKED, THEY'RE GOING BE RACKING UP THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
04:29:20IN FINES, COULD ACCUMULATE TO LITERALLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
04:29:25WHICH OF COURSE, WILL BE PASSED ON TO CONSUMERS IN THE FORM OF
04:29:28HIGHER PRICES FOR GASOLINE.
04:29:31SO, MR. SPEAKER, I MADE A
04:29:33PROMISE TO MY CONSTITUENTS TO A
04:29:35CHECK ON BOTH SACRAMENTO AND
04:29:38WASHINGTON, WHEN THEY OVERREACH.
04:29:40IN THIS INSTANCE, SACRAMENTO
04:29:42OVERREACHED AND WE HAVE THE TO
04:29:45PUSH BACK AND TO PROTECT
04:29:48AFFORDABILITY IN OUR STATE. BUT IN THE SAME VEIN IF CARB
04:29:53CALIFORNIA WANTS TO COME UP WITH A WORKABLE RULE THAT APPLIES TO
04:29:57VESSELS HAVE THE REQUISITE TECHNOLOGY, THEN I WOULD OPPOSE
04:30:01ANY EFFORT HERE IN WASHINGTON TO INTERFERE WITH THAT.
04:30:04YOU SEE, WE CAN MAKE OUR STATE MORE AFFORDABLE WHILE PROTECTING
04:30:08OUR ENVIRONMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, ALL WE NEED IS
04:30:12A LITTLE COMMON SENSE. >> I YIELD.
04:30:14>> GENTLEMAN YIELDS I RESERVE. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES. THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM.
04:30:18CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I HAVE NO
04:30:20FURTHER SPEAKERS PREPARED TO CLOSE.
04:30:23>> GENTLEMAN GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED.
04:30:27>> THANK YOU. MR. SPEAKER, REPUBLICANS CLAIM
04:30:31WE NEED TO NULLIFY THIS WAIVER BECAUSE THE COPS COMPLIANCE IS
04:30:33BEING PASSED TO CONSUMERS. THIS SIMPLY ISN'T TRUE.
04:30:37BUT MY COLLEAGUES CONVENIENTLY, THE FACT THAT THE PRICE OF
04:30:40DIESEL IS A RECORD HIGH AND AT LEAST $6 PER GALLON.
04:30:44THANKS TO TRUMP'S RECKLESS WAR IN IRAN, GAS PRICES ARE 35%
04:30:48HIGHER COMPARED TO THIS LAST
04:30:50YEAR, AND AMERICANS HAVE SPENT
04:30:53MORE THAN $105 BILLION MORE ON GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL.
04:30:56SINCE THE START OF TRUMP'S WAR ON IRAN.
04:30:59THE COST OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE
04:31:02ADVERSE IS ESTIMATED TO BE A
04:31:04FRACTION OF A CENT GALLON OF FUEL.
04:31:07SO EVEN IF THIS WERE TO BE
04:31:09ENTIRELY PASSED, CONSUMERS, IT
04:31:11IS ESTIMATED BE ONLY $3 PER YEAR
04:31:14FOR THE AVERAGE CALIFORNIA
04:31:17DRIVER FOR $2 $2.4 BILLION IN
04:31:20NET PUBLIC HEALTH. THOSE BENEFITS WOULD BE IF THIS
04:31:24RESOLUTION IS NOT ENACTED.
04:31:26WHAT'S MORE THIS RESOLUTION
04:31:30WOULD DRIVE AN INCREASE IN EXPENSIVE DIESEL FUEL USE AND
04:31:34CARS. CONSUMER PRICES TO SKYROCKET EVEN MORE.
04:31:38NOT TO MENTION REPEALING PROTECTIONS THAT ALREADY WILL
04:31:41LEAD TO BILLIONS STRANDED ASSETS AS PORTS.
04:31:45THE STATE INDUSTRY HAS ALREADY
04:31:48ACHIEVED OVER 95% COMPLIANCE
04:31:51WITH THIS RULE IN 2025.
04:31:53THERE IS NO REASON TO ABANDON THESE STANDARDS NOW.
04:31:59NULLIFYING WAIVER DOES NOTHING TO SAVE AMERICANS MONEY.
04:32:01IT DRIVES TOXIC DIESEL POLLUTION
04:32:04THAT ENDANGERS THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
04:32:07COMMUNITIES AT A TIME WHEN OUR HEALTH SYSTEM IS ALREADY
04:32:11DECIMATED THANKS TO REPUBLICANS AND THE UGLY BILL.
04:32:15MR. SPEAKER, I URGE THAT YOU
04:32:17VOTE AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION AND
04:32:21ARGUE ABOUT THE GENTLEMAN YIELD. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY
04:32:25RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, IN CLOSING, URGE
04:32:28MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES ON RTÉ'S 210.
04:32:31AND I YIELD BACK BALANCE OF MY TIME.
04:32:33>> THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS ALL TIME
04:32:36DEBATE HAS EXPIRED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION IN 210. >> THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IS
04:32:41ORDERED ON THE JOINT RESOLUTION. THE QUESTION IS ON ENCROACHMENT AND THIRD READING OF THE JOINT
04:32:46RESOLUTION. THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I. WHY THOSE OPPOSED?
04:32:50NO THE AYES HAVE IT.
04:32:52THIRD, READING JOINT RESOLUTION
04:32:55FOR CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL. >> CHAPTER EIGHT OF TITLE FIVE,
04:32:58UNITED STATES CODE OF THE RULES SUBMITTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL
04:33:02PROTECTION AGENCY RELATING TO CALIFORNIA NINE ROAD ENGINE
04:33:07POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS,
04:33:07OCEAN GOING AT BIRTH NOTICE OF
04:33:13DECISION. >> THE QUESTION IS ON PASSAGE. THE JOINT RESOLUTION.
04:33:16THOSE IN FAVOR SAY THOSE OPPOSED. NO THE AYES HAVE IT.
04:33:21JOINT RESOLUTION IS PASSED AND
04:33:25OBJECTION.
04:33:25>> THE AGENCIES, THE YEAS AND
04:33:29NAYS ARE REQUESTED. >> THOSE FAVORING VOTE BY THE YEAS AND NAYS WILL RISE A
04:33:33SUFFICIENT HAVING RISEN, THE AYES, NAYS ARE ORDERED PURSUANT TO CLAUSE EIGHT OF RULE 24.
04:33:36THE PROCEEDINGS, THIS QUESTION
04:33:39WILL BE POSTPONED.
04:33:50ESPECIALLY.
04:33:54FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY SEEK?
04:33:57>> MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE THAT THE HOUSE HAS BEEN THE RULES AND PASSED BILL, H.R. 9616.
04:34:00>> THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL, H.R. 916, A
04:34:05BILL TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR THE RECOVERY OF CRITICAL
04:34:08MATERIALS FROM, CONTAMINATED SITES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
04:34:12>> PURSUANT TO THE RULE THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY, MR.
04:34:15GUTHRIE, AND THE GENTLEWOMAN CALIFORNIA MISMATCH SUI EACH CONTROL 20 MINUTES.
04:34:19>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY. MR.
04:34:22>> I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE
04:34:26EXTEND THEIR REMARKS ON LEGISLATION AND TO INSERT EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS.
04:34:30H.R. 9616. >> OBJECTION.
04:34:32>> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME.
04:34:35>> THE GENTLEMAN'S THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CONTAMINATED ACROSS
04:34:39THE UNITED STATES AND THE WASTE MATERIALS EXCUSE ME, THE WASTE
04:34:43INJURIES PRESENT AT THESE SITES MAY BE READ OF CRITICAL
04:34:45MATERIALS THAT CAN BE RECOVERED WITH RIGHT TECHNOLOGY.
04:34:49>> THAT'S WHY MY COLLEAGUES, REPRESENTATIVE PFLUGER AND LANDSMAN, HAVE INTRODUCED THE
04:34:53ENVIRO MONITORING AND REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY
04:34:56INITIATIVE OR, AM RTI
04:35:00AUTHORIZATION OF 2026. EPA ALREADY OPERATES A SIMILAR
04:35:03PROGRAM TO GENERAL AUTHORITIES, BUT THIS LEGISLATION FORMALLY
04:35:07AUTHORIZES IS THE PROGRAM EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OTHER TYPES
04:35:10OF CONTAMINATED SITES AND PROVIDES GUIDANCE. EPA AND SELECTING WHICH PROJECT
04:35:14TO SUPPORT. THIS LEGISLATION ENJOYED BROAD
04:35:18BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AT COMMITTEE LEVEL AND. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES IN THE
04:35:21HOUSE TO SUPPORT ITS AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE MY TIME.
04:35:24>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED.
04:35:27>> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF AS MUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME.
04:35:31>> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. >> I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 9616.
04:35:35THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND
04:35:37REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT INITIATIVE ACT.
04:35:41THIS BILL WILL HELP US REACH THE DUAL GOALS OF CLEANING UP TOXIC
04:35:45SITES, WHILE ALSO ENSURING
04:35:47CRITICAL MEMORIES MINERALS FOUND AT THOSE SITES. DON'T GO TO.
04:35:51THIS BILL AUTHORIZES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
04:35:55TO ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM TO
04:35:57IDENTIFY AND RECEIVE CRITICAL
04:36:00MINERALS OF CONTAMINATED.
04:36:02THERE ARE COUNTLESS SUPERFUND AND OTHER CONTAMINATED
04:36:05INDUSTRIAL SITES ACROSS THE
04:36:08COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN MY HOME DISTRICT.
04:36:12MANY OF THESE SITES HAVE BEEN ABANDONED FOR DECADES WITH LOCAL
04:36:17COMMUNITIES SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES.
04:36:19WHILE CLEAN UP THROUGH PUBLIC,
04:36:21WE COULD ALSO HELP REPLENISH OUR
04:36:25DOMESTIC OF CRITICAL MEMORIES MINERALS FOR CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS.
04:36:29TO SAVE AMERICAN FAMILIES MONEY ON SOARING ENERGY BILLS.
04:36:33AND THOSE BILLS ARE SOARING
04:36:35THANKS TO TRUMP'S RECKLESS WAR
04:36:39CHOICES AROUND THIS PROGRAM.
04:36:41ISH IS SHOT THE ARM FOR EMERGING
04:36:46TECHNOLOGIES TO EXTRACT CRITICAL MINERALS CONTENT, CONTAMINATED
04:36:50SIZE AND WASTE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE SIT IN LANDFILLS.
04:36:52IT ALSO THE ADDED BENEFIT OF
04:36:56INCENTIVIZING CLEANUPS OF SOME
04:36:59OF THE WORLD'S WORST TOXIC SITES.
04:37:03IN THE NATION. THIS PROGRAM IS A CLEAR WIN WIN FOR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR DOMESTIC
04:37:06SUPPLY CHAIN. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT H.R. 9616.
04:37:10AND I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES.
04:37:14>> THE GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MR.
04:37:17I WILL I WILL YIELD FOR TO THE
04:37:21SPONSOR THIS LEGISLATION A MEMBER OF THE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE WHO WORKS
04:37:23TIRELESSLY ON THESE ISSUES. I WILL GO 4 MINUTES AND MY
04:37:26FRIEND FROM TEXAS, MR. PFLUGER, THE GENTLEMAN FROM TEXAS, IS RECOGNIZED.
04:37:30>> YOU, MR. SPEAKER. AND THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN. >> I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT
04:37:32OF MY BILL. >> 9616, THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND REMEDIATION
04:37:38TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT INITIATIVE, OR EMERITA AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2026
04:37:42CRITICAL MATERIALS ESSENTIAL TO
04:37:44SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND
04:37:46PRODUCTS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS, ENERGY, DEFENSE AND
04:37:49TRANSPORTATION SECTORS. >> HOWEVER, THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS ARE VULNERABLE DISRUPTION, AND
04:37:53WE RELY ON OTHER NATIONS, INCLUDING ADVERSARIES SUCH CHINA
04:37:57FOR MANY OF THEM. >> CHINA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER
04:38:0070% OF GLOBAL RARE METAL
04:38:02PRODUCTION AND REFINES UP TO 87%
04:38:05OF THE WORLD'S SUPPLY OF CRITICAL MINERALS.
04:38:08>> UNLESS WE DEVELOP MORE DOMESTIC SOURCES FOR CRITICAL
04:38:11MATERIALS, WE WILL REMAIN THE MERCY OF OUR ENEMIES.
04:38:14FORTUNATELY CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES ARE EMERGING TO IDENTIFY AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
04:38:18UNCONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF CRITICAL MATERIALS. >> RIGHT AT HOME.
04:38:22FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY STATE OF TEXAS, RESEARCHERS AND COMPANIES
04:38:24ARE EXPLORING WAYS TO RECOVER LITHIUM AND OTHER CRITICAL
04:38:28MINERALS FROM PRODUCED WATER
04:38:30DURING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION. THE PERMIAN BASIN ALONE
04:38:33GENERATES MILLIONS BARRELS OF PRODUCED WATER EVERY ONE OF THE
04:38:37LARGEST PRODUCED WATER STREAMS IN THE WORLD. >> AND THE SHEER VOLUME OF THAT
04:38:40WATER CAN PRESENT A CHALLENGE, BUT ALSO AN INCREDIBLE
04:38:44OPPORTUNITY TO RECOVER VALUABLE, CRITICAL FROM A RESOURCE THAT
04:38:46HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY TREATED AS A WASTE STREAM. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
04:38:50CONTAMINATED SITES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING OVER
04:38:5313, ON THE EPA'S NATIONAL PRIORITY LIST OF COUNTRIES.
04:38:57MOST CONTAMINATED SITES. ADDITIONALLY, ON LANDS ALONE,
04:39:00THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SPENT OVER $100 MILLION REMEDIATING
04:39:04CONTAMINATION FROM ABANDONED HARDROCK MINE SITES. >> HOWEVER, WHILE THESE SITES
04:39:08ARE THREATS TO HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, THEY CAN GOOD
04:39:12SOURCES OF CRITICAL MINERALS.
04:39:14THE EMERGENCY ACT OF 2026
04:39:16DIRECTS EPA TO STAND A PROGRAM
04:39:19TO SUPPORT METHODS TO IDENTIFY
04:39:21RECOVER CRITICAL MATERIALS THAT
04:39:23CONTAMINATED SITES CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
04:39:26DOMESTIC SOURCES AND ENCOURAGING THE REMEDIATION. >> THESE SITES.
04:39:29EPA ALREADY HAS EXPERIENCE FUNDING SUCH PROJECTS,
04:39:33ADDRESSING OUR SUPPLY CHAIN VULNERABILITY A DAUNTING CHALLENGE, BUT CREATIVE
04:39:38SOLUTIONS LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION A MAJOR ROLE IN SOLVING IT.
04:39:42I AM GRATEFUL THAT WE CAN WORK ACROSS THE AISLE TO ADVANCE THIS LEGISLATION, AND I THINK MY
04:39:46COLLEAGUE, OHIO REPRESENTATIVE LANDSMAN, JOINING ME IN LEADING
04:39:49THIS ENDEAVOR. >> I ENCOURAGE COLLEAGUES ON
04:39:51BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO VOTE YES ON THIS LEGISLATION.
04:39:55>> AND THANK YOU. AND I YIELD BACK. >> I RESERVE AND I HAVE NO
04:39:58FURTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS BILL. >> THE NERVES. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED.
04:40:02>> I YIELD BACK. THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS
04:40:05RECOGNIZED THAT GENTLEMAN GENTLEMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS.
04:40:09>> SPEAKER I IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO THANK FRIENDS FROM FROM
04:40:12TEXAS, MR. PFLUEGER, MY FRIEND FROM CINCINNATI OHIO, JUST ACROSS THE RIVER FROM OUR GREAT
04:40:17COMMONWEALTH, MR. LANDSMAN, FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
04:40:20I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE AND I
04:40:22YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
04:40:25THE GENTLEMAN YIELDS THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE JUST
04:40:28BEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL? >> H.R. 9616 THOSE IN FAVOR SAY
04:40:33I THOSE OPPOSED NO. IN THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, TWO
04:40:36THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED. BILL IS PASSED. AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE
04:40:40MOTION TO IS LAID ON THE TABLE.
04:42:57>> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN MISSOURI SEEK
04:43:01RECOGNITION? >> MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE TO SUSPEND RULES AND PASS THE BILL.
04:43:05H.R. 9496, THE IN TAX PENALTIES
04:43:08ON AMERICAN HOSTAGES ACT AMENDED.
04:43:10>> THE CLERK GREGORY REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL.
04:43:14>> UNION CALENDAR NUMBER 697, H.R. 9496.
04:43:17>> A BILL TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO POSTPONE
04:43:21TAX DEADLINES, REIMBURSE PAID LATE FEES FOR UNITED STATES
04:43:27NATIONALS ARE UNLAWFULLY OR WRONGFULLY DETAINED OR HELD
04:43:29HOSTAGE ABROAD AND FOR OTHER
04:43:33PURPOSES PURSUANT TO THE ROLE. >> A GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI,
04:43:36MR. SMITH. >> AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA, MS. >> CHEWIE.
04:43:40>> EQUAL CONTROL 20 MINUTES.
04:43:42>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI.
04:43:46>> MR. SPEAKER. I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL
04:43:49MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO AND EXTEND THE REMARKS AND SUBMIT EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL
04:43:53ON THIS BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION
04:43:57WITHOUT OBJECTION. THANK YOU. MR. I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I
04:44:01MAY CONSUME. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
04:44:04>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
04:44:05I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H.R.
04:44:099496, THE END TAX PENALTIES ON
04:44:11AMERICAN HOSTAGE. HIS ACT INTRODUCED BY
04:44:15REPRESENTATIVE TENNEY. IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE
04:44:20THAT ANY AMERICAN WHO HAS BEEN HELD HOSTAGE OR WRONGFULLY
04:44:23DETAINED ABROAD AND IS SAFELY
04:44:25RETURNED HOME COULD THEN FACE A
04:44:29PENALTY A PENALTY FROM THE IRS
04:44:32FOR FAILURE TO PAY TAXES WHILE IN CAPTIVITY.
04:44:36AND YET, UNDER CURRENT LAW,
04:44:38THOSE AMERICANS AND, THEIR
04:44:40FAMILIES, COULD OWE THOUSANDS
04:44:42DOLLARS IN TAX PENALTIES AND FINES.
04:44:45AS OF 2025, AN ESTIMATED.
04:44:49FOUR AMERICANS WERE BEING ABROAD
04:44:51AGAINST THEIR WILL RIGHT.
04:44:54NOW, THE IRS NO AUTHORITY TO
04:44:58PROVIDE EXTENDED RELIEF TO THESE
04:45:00TAXPAYERS OR TO LESSEN ELIMINATE
04:45:02INTEREST PAYMENTS ON TAXPAYERS.
04:45:04THIS IS NOT JUST UNFAIR.
04:45:07>> IT IS ABSURD. >> THAT IS WHY THIS LEGISLATION
04:45:10UNANIMOUS SUPPORT IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE EARLIER THIS
04:45:14SUMMER AND A PREVIOUS VERSION OF
04:45:17REPRESENTATIVE KENNY'S BILL WAS ALSO APPROVED BY THE HOUSE
04:45:20REPRESENTATIVES LAST CONGRESS.
04:45:23THIS GAP IN OUR TAX CODE
04:45:25DESERVES TO BE CLOSED ONCE AND FOR ALL.
04:45:27I APPRECIATE TIERNEY'S CONTINUED LEADERSHIP.
04:45:31THIS ISSUE AND HER COMMITMENT TO AMERICAN FAMILIES WHO HAVE
04:45:35ENDURED UNSPEAKABLE HARDSHIP AND TRAGEDY.
04:45:39I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI
04:45:43RESERVES THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
04:45:45CALIFORNIA IS NOW RECOGNIZED.
04:45:47>> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF TIME AS I MAY CONSUME.
04:45:51>> THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
04:45:53>> I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF OUR 94, 96.
04:45:57THE END TAX ON AMERICAN HOSTAGES
04:46:01ACT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES, MS. TENNEY AND MR. BAKER FOR
04:46:04LEADERSHIP ON THIS BILL. THIS IS A COMMON SENSE BILL THAT
04:46:08WOULD PREVENT HOSTAGES, DETAINEES AND THEIR SPOUSES FROM
04:46:13EXPERIENCE UNNECESSARY FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS WHEN THEY ARE UNABLE
04:46:16TO MEET THEIR FEDERAL TAX OBLIGATIONS.
04:46:19OFTEN HOSTAGES DETAINED
04:46:22AMERICANS RETURN HOME TO MASSIVE
04:46:24BILLS FROM THE IRS IN THE FORM OF LATE PAYMENTS INTEREST
04:46:28PENALTIES, SOMETIMES TOTALING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
04:46:32BUT THE IRS DOES NOT HAVE THE
04:46:34AUTHORITY TO WAIVE DEADLINES,
04:46:36INTEREST OR PENALTIES.
04:46:38THIS BILL WOULD THIS ISSUE BY
04:46:42POSTPONING TAX DEADLINES AND ASSESSMENTS OF AND PENALTIES FOR
04:46:46ANY U.S. NATIONAL HELD HOSTAGE
04:46:49DETAINED ABROAD. IT WOULD ALSO EXTEND RELIEF TO
04:46:53THE SPOUSE OF THE HOSTAGE OR DETAINEE.
04:46:57ADDITIONALLY, THE BILL ENABLES THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY TO
04:47:00REFUND AND ABATE ANY RELEVANT
04:47:03INTEREST PENALTIES OR ADDITIONS TO TAX THAT WAS ASSESSED OR
04:47:07COLLECTED HOSTAGES AND DETAINEES SINCE. JANUARY 2021.
04:47:11IT ALSO REQUIRES THE SECRETARY
04:47:14ENSURE THAT DATABASE IS AND
04:47:16INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE UPDATED
04:47:18TO PERMIT PROPER TRACK TRACKING
04:47:20OF DEADLINES AND LIMITATIONS
04:47:23PERIODS APPLICABLE TO INDIVIDUALS ENTITLED TO RELIEF.
04:47:26THIS BILL WOULD SIMPLY MOVE ONE
04:47:29MORE UNNECESSARY OBSTACLE AND
04:47:33WORRY FOR OUR FELLOW AMERICANS
04:47:35DURING AN EXTRAORDINARILY
04:47:38DIFFICULT TIME. I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY
04:47:42TIME. THE GENTLEWOMAN CALIFORNIA
04:47:44RESERVES THE FROM MISSOURI IS NOW RECOGNIZED.
04:47:48>> I YIELD AS MUCH TIME AS SHE MAY CONSUME TO THE GENTLE LADY
04:47:52FROM YORK. MS. TENNEY, THE GENTLEWOMAN RECOGNIZED.
04:47:55>> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. >> I RISE IN SUPPORT OF THE END
04:47:58TAX PENALTIES ON AMERICAN HOSTAGES. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS BILL IS
04:48:02VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. >> NO AMERICAN. >> WHO HAS SUFFERED WRONGFUL
04:48:05DETENTION OR TAKING BY OUR ADVERSARIES SHOULD RETURN HOME
04:48:09TO FACE PENALTIES.
04:48:11THE IRS, UNDER CURRENT TAX LAW, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN HELD
04:48:15AGAINST THEIR WILL CAN BE SUBJECT TO LATE TAXPAYER PAYMENT PENALTIES AFTER RETURNING HOME
04:48:19FROM CAPTIVITY. THIS DEFIES COMMON SENSE AND IS
04:48:22ANTITHETICAL TO WE STAND FOR AS AMERICANS.
04:48:24>> THIS AN OVERLOOKED FLAW IN OUR TAX CODE THAT CAN ONLY
04:48:28WORSEN THE TRAUMA OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ALREADY FACED
04:48:32EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGES. >> IF NOT, IF THIS IS NOT
04:48:35ADDRESSED BY CONGRESS, THE END TAX PENALTIES AND AMERICAN
04:48:39HOSTAGES ACT PROTECTS HOSTAGES.
04:48:40WRONGFUL DETAINEE FEES AND THEIR
04:48:43FAMILIES FROM TAX INCURRED
04:48:45BECAUSE OF CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.
04:48:48>> THIS BILL WAS BECAUSE OF CASES LIKE MY CONSTITUENT EAMON
04:48:52RYAN CORBETT, A HUSBAND AND A FATHER FROM DANSVILLE, NEW YORK,
04:48:56WHO WAS WRONGFULLY DETAINED BY THE TALIBAN AND FOR 875 DAYS.
04:49:00>> RYAN WAS HELD IN A NINE BY
04:49:02NINE FOOT BY NINE FOOT BASEMENT CELL WITHOUT REGULAR ACCESS TO
04:49:06THE BATHROOM. SUNLIGHT OR APPROPRIATE MEDICAL CARE.
04:49:09>> RYAN IN DIRE HEALTH. >> BY THE TIME HE RETURNED, HIS
04:49:13WIFE ANNA, AND HIS THREE CHILDREN, KEZIAH MIRIAM AND
04:49:16CALEB, IN JANUARY OF 25.
04:49:18WHILE RYAN AND HIS FAMILY HAVE NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO TAX
04:49:21PENALTIES FROM ARREST, THE FACT THAT IT WAS A POSSIBILITY UNDER
04:49:25THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNACCEPTABLE. >> WHILE I'M THANKFUL THAT WE
04:49:29ARE TAKING A PIVOTAL, PIVOTAL STEP TODAY TO CORRECT THAT
04:49:32INJUSTICE, WE MUST CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF
04:49:36AMERICANS BEING ILLEGALLY HELD ABROAD. >> AS RYAN WAS IN CLOSING, I
04:49:41ASKED MY COLLEAGUES, TO SUPPORT THE END TAX PENALTIES ON
04:49:43AMERICAN HOSTAGES ACT TO SEND CLEAR MESSAGE THAT WE STAND BY
04:49:46OUR FELLOW WHO HAVE ENDURED UNTHINKABLE CIRCUMSTANCES ABROAD.
04:49:51I OUR CHAIRMAN AND I THANK THE CO-SPONSORS, EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS THIS BILL.
04:49:55AND I THANK YOU.
04:49:59>> GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI
04:50:03RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS NOT RECOGNIZED.
04:50:06>> MR. SPEAKER, HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.
04:50:09I AM PREPARED TO.
04:50:12>> THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
04:50:14>> THIS BILL IS A WAY TO ENSURE
04:50:16THAT THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE, THE
04:50:20UNIMAGINABLE, DO NOT FACE ADDITIONAL UPON THEIR RETURN
04:50:24HOME. I URGE MY COLLEAGUES ON SIDES OF
04:50:26THE AISLE TO VOTE YES ON THIS BILL.
04:50:30I'LL BACK THE GENERAL WOMAN FROM
04:50:32CALIFORNIA YIELDS. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS RECOGNIZED.
04:50:36>> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME.
04:50:40>> GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED WHEN
04:50:42WELCOME HOME, AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN HELD HOSTAGE ABROAD.
04:50:46>> THEY SHOULD RECEIVE A OR A
04:50:48WARM HUG, NOT A TAX BILL.
04:50:52I APPRECIATE REPRESENTATIVE
04:50:55TIERNEY BRINGING THIS BILL BACK. THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
04:50:58THIS SO THAT WE CAN ONCE PASS IT
04:51:00HERE IN THE HOUSE AND SEND IT TO THE SENATE.
04:51:04WE SHOULD NOT PUNISH AMERICANS
04:51:06FOR BEING HELD HOSTAGE, PREVENTING THE IRS FROM
04:51:11PENALIZING OUR OUR FELLOW
04:51:13CITIZENS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF
04:51:17HOSTAGE TAKERS OR HOSTAGE FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.
04:51:19IS THE RIGHT AND DECENT THING TO DO.
04:51:22I ENCOURAGE OF MY COLLEAGUES TO
04:51:24SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
04:51:28>> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI
04:51:30YIELDS THE QUESTION IS WILL THE
04:51:33HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS
04:51:37BILL H.R. NINE FOR NINE SIX AS AMENDED?
04:51:40THOSE IN SAY AYE.
04:51:42AYE, AYE BUT THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
04:51:45>> AND THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE
04:51:51AFFIRMATIVE.
04:52:03RULES ARE SUSPENDED. THE BILL IS PASSED WITHOUT OBJECTION, A MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID ON THE TABLE TABLE. >> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI SEEK
04:52:07RECOGNITION? >> MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE AND PASS THE BILL. >> H.R. 9498. >> THE TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
04:52:11PARTICIPATION TO PARTICIPATION ACT AMENDED.
04:52:13>> THE CLERK OR REPORT TO TITLE THE BILL? >> H.R. 9498.
04:52:17A BILL TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE
04:52:20CODE OF 1986 TO AUTHORIZE THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE TO
04:52:24APPEAR TO APPEAR AMICUS CURIAE
04:52:26IN FEDERAL TAX CASES AND FOR
04:52:28OTHER PURPOSES PURSUANT TO THE
04:52:32ROLE OF THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI, MR. SMITH. >> AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
04:52:36CALIFORNIA. THIS IS TRUE. >> EACH WILL CONTROL 20 MINUTES.
04:52:38>> THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI.
04:52:41>> MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE
04:52:45FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND
04:52:49SUBMIT EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON THE BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION
04:52:53WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> MR. >> I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I
04:52:57MAY CONSUME. GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
04:52:59I RISE IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 9498.
04:53:04THE TAXPAYER ADVOCATE PARTICIPATION ACT, INTRODUCED BY
04:53:07REPRESENTATIVE STUBBY, AS THE
04:53:09TITLE SUGGESTS THE NATIONAL
04:53:11TAXPAYER ADVOCATE EXIST.
04:53:14>> IT TO CHAMPION THE INTEREST
04:53:18OF AMERICAN TAXPAYERS AN ACT AS THEIR VOICE TO ENSURE FAIR
04:53:21TREATMENT. >> BUT THERE IS CURRENTLY ONE
04:53:24PLACE WHERE THE ADVOCATE IS FOR BIDDEN FROM EXPRESSING VIEWS
04:53:28DIRECTLY. A COURT LAW THAT IS BECAUSE
04:53:32CURRENT LAW GENERALLY ONLY
04:53:35ALLOWS A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PERSONNEL TO REPRESENT THE
04:53:39INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS CITIZENS IN CASES BEFORE
04:53:41THE COURTS. THIS MEANS THAT WHEN INTERESTS
04:53:46OF AMERICAN TAXPAYERS ARE BEING
04:53:47LITIGATED AND THE OUTCOME IMPACT
04:53:50THE RIGHTS OF TAXPAYERS THE
04:53:52INDIVIDUAL WHOSE JOB IS TO
04:53:54ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF TAXPAYERS
04:53:56IS NOT TO DO SO.
04:54:00REPRESENTATIVE STUBBY HAS MADE IT MISSION TO ADVANCE THE
04:54:05INTEREST OF AMERICAN TAXPAYERS.
04:54:07IT IS FITTING THAT HE IS LEADING
04:54:09THE CHARGE TO GIVE NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE ANOTHER TOOL
04:54:13TO SUPPORT TAXPAYERS, THE ABILITY TO FILE AMICUS BRIEFS IN
04:54:19COURT. TO BE CLEAR, THIS AUTHORITY IS
04:54:21SPECIFICALLY TAILOR HEARD TO
04:54:24ENSURE THE ADVOCATE TAKE SUCH
04:54:26ACTION ONLY CASES WHERE THE
04:54:28ISSUE BEING LITIGATED WOULD
04:54:32BROADLY TAXPAYER RIGHTS.
04:54:34THIS BILL RECEIVED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT IN THE WAYS AND MEANS
04:54:37COMMITTEE AND. I LOOK FORWARD TO ADVANCING IT THROUGH THE HOUSE.
04:54:40I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI
04:54:44RESERVES. THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED.
04:54:47>> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF
04:54:49TIME AS I MAY CONSUME. >> GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED.
04:54:53>> I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 9498.
04:54:57THE TAXPAYER ADVOCATE PARTICIPATION. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY
04:55:02COLLEAGUES, MR. STUBBY AND MS. DELBENE FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON
04:55:05THIS BILL. THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW THE
04:55:08NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE TO FILE AMICUS BRIEFS AND COURT
04:55:12THAT BROADLY AFFECT THE RIGHTS OF TAXPAYERS.
04:55:16THE TAXPAYER ADVOCATE SERVES AS
04:55:18THE VOICE OF THE TAXPAYER WITHIN
04:55:20THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND
04:55:23BEFORE CONGRESS, SHE IS THE HEAD OF THE TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
04:55:27SERVICE, WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT
04:55:29ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE IRS THAT ADVOCATES FOR TAXPAYERS RIGHTS.
04:55:34EACH YEAR, THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER
04:55:37ADVOCATE SUBMITS AN ANNUAL
04:55:38REPORT TO CONGRESS OUTLINING THE
04:55:41TOP ISSUES FACING TAXPAYER.
04:55:43ALONG WITH THE LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTHEN
04:55:47TAXPAYER RIGHTS, REDUCE TAXPAYER
04:55:49BURDEN, AND IMPROVE THE IRS
04:55:53PERFORMANCE IN THE MOST RECENT ANNUAL REPORT, THE NATIONAL
04:55:56TAXPAYER ADVOCATE THAT CONGRESS
04:56:00AUTHORIZE HER OFFICE TO FILE AMICUS BRIEFS ON ISSUES
04:56:05AFFECTING FUNDAMENTAL TAXPAYERS RIGHTS.
04:56:08CURRENT LAW DOES NOT AUTHORIZE
04:56:11THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
04:56:13TO SUBMIT TO AMICUS BRIEFS,
04:56:15SHARE HER VIEWS ON FEDERAL TAX
04:56:17BROADLY AFFECTING TAXPAYER.
04:56:20THIS BILL WOULD PROVIDE SUCH AUTHORITY.
04:56:24THIS BILL IS A TARGETED COMMON
04:56:26SENSE MEASURE THAT ENSURES
04:56:28TAXPAYER VOICES ARE HEARD IN
04:56:30FEDERAL TAX CASES AND REINFORCES
04:56:34FAIRNESS. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
04:56:37IN OUR TAX. I RESERVE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
04:56:42>> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA RESERVES, THE
04:56:45GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI'S RECOGNIZED. >> I YIELD AS MUCH TIME AS HE
04:56:49MAY CONSUME TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM FLORIDA, MR. STUBBY.
04:56:51>> GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER, AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
04:56:55>> I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF
04:56:57H.R. 9498, THE TAXPAYER PARTICIPATION ACT.
04:57:01AT ITS CORE, THIS LEGISLATION ABOUT A PRINCIPLE I HAVE FOUGHT
04:57:04FOR THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN CONGRESS. THE TAXPAYERS DESERVE A FAIR
04:57:08SHAKE FROM THEIR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
04:57:10AMERICANS ALREADY FACE A TAX CODE THAT IS COMPLICATED ENOUGH
04:57:14WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LITIGATING TAX ISSUE THAT COULD
04:57:16ULTIMATELY AFFECT THE RIGHTS TAXPAYERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE TAXPAYERS SHOULD NOT BE AN
04:57:21AFTERTHOUGHT. THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE SERVES AS THE VOICE OF THE
04:57:26TAXPAYER OR WITHIN OUR TAX SYSTEM. THE ADVOCATE HELPS AMERICANS
04:57:29RESOLVE PROBLEMS WITH THE IRS IDENTIFY SYSTEMATIC PROBLEMS AND
04:57:33TAX MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS TO
04:57:35CONGRESS, AND REPORTS ANNUALLY ON THE TAX ISSUES MOST
04:57:38FREQUENTLY LITIGATED IN OUR COURTS. >> YET UNDER CURRENT LAW, A
04:57:42FEDERAL TAX CASE RAISES AN ISSUE THAT COULD BROADLY TAXPAYER RIGHTS.
04:57:44>> THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO
04:57:48APPEAR AS AN AMICUS CURIAE OR FRIEND OF THE COURT TO PROVIDE
04:57:52THAT TAXPAYER FOCUSED PERSPECTIVE. THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
04:57:55>> IF A COURT IS CONSIDERING AN ISSUE THAT COULD SHAPE HOW THE
04:57:58LAWS APPLY TO AMERICANS ACROSS.
04:58:00>> THE COUNTRY TAXPAYERS DESERVE, TO HAVE THEIR RIGHTS
04:58:03REPRESENTED IN THAT CONVERSATION. >> THIS BILL CLOSES THAT GAP.
04:58:07>> THIS BILL ALLOWS THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER TO PARTICIPATE AS
04:58:09AMICUS CURIAE FEDERAL TAX CASES
04:58:13INVOLVING THAT MAY BROADLY AFFECT TAXPAYER RIGHTS, PARTICULARLY THE RIGHTS
04:58:16CONTAINED IN THE TAXPAYER OF RIGHTS. AND THIS IS A NARROW, TARGETED
04:58:20REFORM. >> IT DOES NOT AUTHORIZE THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE TO
04:58:24REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS. >> IT DOES NOT REPLACE THE
04:58:27DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OR IRS
04:58:28CHIEF COUNSEL IN LITIGATION. IT SIMPLY ENSURES THAT IN THE
04:58:32CASES, BROADER CONSEQUENCES FOR TAXPAYERS THE COURTS CAN HEAR
04:58:36DIRECTLY FROM THE OFFICE CONGRESS CREATED TO IDENTIFY AND
04:58:39THOSE RIGHTS. TAXPAYERS. THIS GOVERNMENT.
04:58:42THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FIGHT UPHILL BATTLE JUST TO MAKE SURE THEIR RIGHTS ARE BY IT.
04:58:46THAT PRINCIPLE HAS GUIDED WORK TO PROVIDE TAX RELIEF TO
04:58:50AMERICANS REBUILDING AFTER NATURAL DISASTERS TO PROTECT
04:58:53TAXPAYERS PRIVACY AND PROCESS RIGHTS WHEN DEALING WITH THE
04:58:57IRS, IT GUIDES THIS LEGISLATION AS WELL. >> EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE WAYS
04:59:00AND MEANS COMMITTEE ADVANCED THIS BILL WITH UNANIMOUS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
04:59:03I THINK CHAIRMAN SMITH FOR, HIS LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING THIS
04:59:06LEGISLATION FORWARD, AND I THINK THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM WASHINGTON STATE, CONGRESSWOMAN DELBENE,
04:59:10FOR WORKING ME ON THIS BILL.
04:59:12CONGRESSWOMAN DELBENE, I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON A NUMBER OF
04:59:16BIPARTISAN TAX BILLS, AND I APPRECIATE HER WILLINGNESS FIND
04:59:18COMMON GROUND AND WORK ACROSS IOWA AND WE CAN DELIVER MEANINGFUL RESULTS FOR
04:59:22TAXPAYERS. >> TODAY'S VOTE IS EXAMPLE OF
04:59:25WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHEN PUT TAXPAYERS FIRST.
04:59:27>> PROTECTING BASIC RIGHTS OF AMERICAN TAXPAYERS SHOULD NEVER
04:59:31BE IN A PARTIZAN ISSUE. >> MR. SPEAKER, WHEN THE FEDERAL
04:59:34WRITES THE TAX LAWS ADMINISTERS
04:59:37TAX LAWS AND LITIGATED THE TAX LAWS. TAXPAYERS DESERVE A VOICE UP FOR
04:59:41THEIR RIGHTS. >> THE TAXPAYER PARTICIPATION ACT GIVES THEM ONE.
04:59:44>> I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS BILL AND I YIELD BACK.
04:59:47>> I RESERVE THE GENTLEMAN FROM
04:59:50MISSOURI RESERVES AND GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS
04:59:54RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
04:59:56>> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM RESERVES, THE GENTLEMAN FROM
05:00:00MYERS, MISSOURI, IS RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU. >> I YIELD 3 MINUTES TO THE
05:00:04GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN.
05:00:06MR. GROSSMAN.
05:00:09>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:00:11>> I'D LIKE TO THANK CONGRESSMAN
05:00:14DUBY FOR DRAFTING THIS OF LEGISLATION.
05:00:16>> I RISE IN SUPPORT OF 94, 98,
05:00:18THE TAXPAYER ADVOCATE PARTICIPATION ACT.
05:00:22TAXPAYERS DESERVE A GOVERNMENT. >> THE RESPECTS THEIR RIGHTS,
05:00:25TREATS THEM FAIRLY AND LISTENS WHEN LEGITIMATE CONCERNS ARISE,
05:00:29WHEN DEALING WITH THE IRS FAMILIES AND SMALL BUSINESSES
05:00:31SHOULD HAVE CONTROL THAT THEIR
05:00:33INTERESTS ARE BEING HEARD.
05:00:36>> IT IS NOT UNCOMMON THAT WHEN
05:00:38YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE IRS AND
05:00:40YOU THINK YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, IF YOU GO TO A LAWYER, THAT LAWYER
05:00:44OFF THE TOP IS GOING TO MAYBE EVEN CHARGE YOU MORE MONEY THAN THE.
05:00:48>> THAT'S BEING DISPUTED FOR A FAMILY OR SMALL BUSINESS IN
05:00:51WISCONSIN DEALING WITH THE IRS CAN BE INTIMIDATING. THE COURT TOO COMPLICATED.
05:00:54PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND.
05:00:58RESOLVING A DISPUTE CAN TAKE CONSIDERABLE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR
05:01:02OWN BUSINESSES TO RUN AND EMPLOYEES TO PAY.
05:01:04THAT'S WHY IT MATTERS WHO HAS A VOICE. WHEN THE COURTS CONSIDER
05:01:08QUESTIONS AFFECTING TAXPAYER RIGHTS. A FEDERAL TAX CASE MAY BEGIN
05:01:12WITH DISPUTE INVOLVING ONE TAXPAYER. BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER, THE
05:01:15COURT'S DECISION COULD ESTABLISH PRESIDENT AFFECTING PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
05:01:19THE ATTORNEYS INVOLVED WOULD HAVE A DUTY TO REPRESENT THEIR
05:01:23CLIENTS. BROADER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW A RULING WILL AFFECT OTHER
05:01:26TAXPAYERS MAY NOT RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE ATTENTION. THE TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
05:01:31PARTICIPATION ACT WOULD ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. >> THIS LEGISLATION WOULD ALLOW
05:01:34THAT ALLOW NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE WITH THE COURT'S
05:01:38PERMISSION TO SUBMIT A FRIEND OF THE COURT BRIEF IN FEDERAL TAX
05:01:41CASES, ISSUES THAT BROADLY AFFECT TAXPAYER RIGHTS.
05:01:44>> THAT WOULD THE COURT AN ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON
05:01:48PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ITS DECISION.
05:01:50AND AS I MENTIONED NEED TO PAY A
05:01:52PRIVATE ATTORNEY DO THAT MAY BE
05:01:56PROHIBITIVE FOR THE TAXPAYER. THE ADVOCATE NOT BECOME A PERSONAL ATTORNEY.
05:02:00THIS IS A FOCUSED AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS WITH CONSEQUENCES BEYOND AN
05:02:04INDIVIDUAL CASE. CONGRESS SHOULD WELCOME THAT
05:02:07PERSPECTIVE. UNDERSTANDING HOW A LEGAL INTERPRETATION AFFECT ORDINARY
05:02:10AMERICANS CAN HELP COURTS MAKE A
05:02:12BETTER INFORMED DECISION.
05:02:21AND HELP PREVENT PROBLEM SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE TAX SYSTEM? >> TAXPAYER PROTECTION MUST HAVE PRACTICAL TAXPAYER PROTECTIONS, MUST HAVE A PRACTICAL.
05:02:25>> WHEN A PERSON IS DEALING WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVING THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE THIS LIMITED ROLE IS A SENSIBLE
05:02:29STEP TOWARDS MAKING THOSE
05:02:32PROTECTIONS MORE MEANINGFUL. I'D LIKE TO ONE MORE TIME.
05:02:35THANK CONGRESSMAN STEUBE AND CHAIRMAN SMITH FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THIS BIPARTISAN
05:02:40LEGISLATION. >> I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE I.
05:02:43AND I YIELD BACK BACK.
05:02:47>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
05:02:50CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I HAVE NO FURTHER.
05:02:54I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
05:02:57CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED AS THE VOICE, THE TAXPAYER.
05:03:00>> IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE CAN
05:03:04PROVIDE HER EXPERTISE AND FOR
05:03:06COURT CASES THAT TAXPAYERS.
05:03:10THIS BILL WILL ENSURE JUST.
05:03:12I URGE MY COLLEAGUES ON SIDES OF THE AISLE TO SUPPORT THIS BILL.
05:03:16I YIELD BACK. >> THE GENTLEMAN OF CALIFORNIA YIELDS.
05:03:20>> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS RECOGNIZED. >> SPEAKER I YIELD MYSELF THE
05:03:23REMAINDER OF MY.
05:03:26CONGRESS HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO
05:03:29MAKE SURE THAT AMERICAN TAXPAYERS HAVE A VOICE WHEN
05:03:33THEIR RIGHTS AND INTERESTS ARE STAKE.
05:03:35THE TAXPAYER ADVOCATE PARTICIPATION ACT IS A TARGETED
05:03:39APPROACH TO DO JUST THAT, GIVING
05:03:42THE NATIONAL TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
05:03:44ANOTHER TOOL TO ADVOCATE FOR TAXPAYERS IN CASES WHERE THE
05:03:50OUTCOME COULD AFFECT THEIR RIGHTS AND AS THE NATIONAL
05:03:53TAXPAYER ADVOCATE SAID, THIS
05:03:56AUTHORITY IS EXPECTED TO BE USED SPARINGLY.
05:03:59A SIMILAR ALREADY EXISTS AT THE
05:04:02SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, WHERE THE CHIEF COUNSEL FOR
05:04:05ADVOCACY CAN CHANGE IN THE
05:04:07RIGHTS OF SMALL BUSINESSES BEFORE A COURT OF LAW.
05:04:11THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER DESERVES THE SAME.
05:04:14I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION AND YIELD BACK
05:04:18THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI
05:04:20YIELDS BACK. >> THE QUESTION IS THE HOUSE
05:04:24SUSPEND THE RULES AND.
05:04:29H.R. 9498 AS AMENDED. >> THOSE IN SAY AYE. AYE.
05:04:32I AM THOSE OPPOSED?
05:04:35>> NO. >> AND THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR, TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE
05:04:39AFFIRMATIVE, THE ARE SUSPENDED. THE BILL IS PASSED WITHOUT OBJECTION.
05:04:43THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS LAID
05:04:45ON THE TABLE.
05:04:53>> FOR WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE GENTLEMAN MISSOURI SEEK RECOGNITION?
05:04:56>> MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS BILL.
05:05:01>> H.R. 9499, THE PROTECTING TAXPAYER FROM GHOST PREPARERS
05:05:04ACT AS AMENDED. >> THE CLERK WILL REPORT THE
05:05:07TITLE OF THE BILL UNION CALENDAR
05:05:09NUMBER ZERO FIVE, H.R. 9499, A
05:05:12BILL TO AMEND THE REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO APPLY TAX RETURN
05:05:18PREPARATION AND PENALTIES TO IMPROPERLY ALTERED RETURNS AND
05:05:21FOR OTHER PURPOSES PURSUANT TO
05:05:25THE RULE OF A GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI, MR. SMITH.
05:05:27THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA MRS. CHU.
05:05:29>> EACH WILL CONTROL MINUTES. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES.
05:05:33>> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS
05:05:36CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE
05:05:37FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE AND EXTEND THEIR REMARKS AND
05:05:41SUBMIT EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON THE BILL UNDER CONSIDERATION.
05:05:44>> WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME.
05:05:49THE GENTLEMAN RECOGNIZED.
05:05:50THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
05:05:53I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H.R.
05:05:559499, THE PROTECTING TAXPAYERS
05:05:58FROM GHOST PREPARERS INTRODUCED
05:06:00BY REPRESENTATIVE MALLIOTAKIS.
05:06:02SHADY BUSINESSES AND CRIMINAL
05:06:06ENTERPRISES COMMIT ALL TYPES OF
05:06:08TAX FRAUD, INCLUDING EXPLOITING
05:06:11THE SYSTEM BY FILING RETURNS EARNED ON BEHALF OF THE
05:06:14INDIVIDUALS WHILE MAKING IT APPEAR THAT TAXPAYERS PREPARED
05:06:19AND SUBMITTED THOSE RETURNS THEMSELVES.
05:06:21THE ACTIONS OF THESE SO-CALLED
05:06:24GHOST PREPARERS CAN LEAVE AN
05:06:27INNOCENT TAXPAYER FACING BLAME
05:06:30AND POTENTIAL IRS FOR A CRIME
05:06:32THAT THEY NOT COMMIT.
05:06:36THIS LEGISLATION PROVIDES MUCH
05:06:38NEEDED CLARITY WITHIN OUR TAX
05:06:40CODE AND ENSURES DO NOT FACE AN
05:06:45INDEFINITE FUTURE OF IRS
05:06:47ASSESSMENTS OR PENALTIES BECAUSE THE MISDEEDS OF OTHERS.
05:06:50IT REFLECTS THE LONG STANDING OF
05:06:55REPRESENTATIVE MALLIOTAKIS TO PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF TAXPAYERS.
05:06:59PROTECT CLEARLY, THOSE WITHIN HER OWN DISTRICT WHO HAVE BEEN
05:07:02THE VICTIMS OF TAX FRAUD.
05:07:04I APPLAUD LEADERSHIP ON THE
05:07:08ISSUE AND HER WORK TO PUT FORWARD LEGISLATION AND THAT
05:07:11RECEIVED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM
05:07:13THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
05:07:17>> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED.
05:07:21>> MR. SPEAKER, YIELD MYSELF
05:07:23SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME.
05:07:25>> WITHOUT OBJECTION, I RISE
05:07:27TODAY IN SUPPORT H.R. 9499, THE
05:07:31PROTECTING TAXPAYERS FROM GHOST PREPARERS ACT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY
05:07:35COLLEAGUE MALLIOTAKIS FOR HER LEADERSHIP THIS BILL.
05:07:38THIS BILL HELPS. VICTIMS OF TAX FRAUD BY ENSURING
05:07:42THAT, THE IRS IS PENALIZED IN THE BAD AND NOT THE TAXPAYER.
05:07:46THE BILL ADDRESSES CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH A TAX PREPARER COMMITS
05:07:50FRAUD WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TAXPAYER.
05:07:53THE TAXPAYER MAY NOT FIND ABOUT
05:07:55FALSE OR FRAUDULENT RETURN FILED
05:07:58UNTIL YEARS AFTER IT WAS FILED.
05:07:59WHEN THE AUDITS, THE RETURN
05:08:03UNDER CURRENT LAW, THE IRS MUST
05:08:05BEGIN AN AUDIT WITHIN THREE
05:08:07YEARS AFTER A RETURN IS FILED.
05:08:10THIS IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A THREE YEAR STATUTE OF
05:08:14LIMITATIONS. HOWEVER, WHEN A RETURN INVOLVES
05:08:17FRAUD WITH AN INTENT, EVADE TAX.
05:08:21THE IRS HAS AN INDEFINITE AMOUNT TIME TO AUDIT THE RETURN.
05:08:25IN WORDS, THERE IS NO STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
05:08:29CURRENT LAW DOES NOT DISTINGUISH AS TO WHEN THE FRAUD IS
05:08:32COMMITTED BY A TAXPAYER OR WHEN IT IS COMMITTED BY A THIRD PARTY
05:08:35SUCH AS THE RETURN PREPARER WHO
05:08:39FILES A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT
05:08:41RETURN WITH THE INTENT TO TAX.
05:08:45IN BOTH SITUATIONS, THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR AUDITS IS
05:08:49HELD OPEN INDEFINITELY AND THE TAXPAYER ON THE HOOK.
05:08:53THE BILL WOULD FIX THIS FOR
05:08:55UNWITTING TAXPAYERS. THE BILL PROVIDES THAT
05:08:59MISCONDUCT SOLELY BY A THIRD PARTY SUCH AS THE TAXPAYER'S
05:09:02RETURN PREPARER CAN NO LONGER,
05:09:04INDEFINITELY SUSPEND, AND THE
05:09:07STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR A TAXPAYER.
05:09:09IT MAKES CLEAR THAT ONLY AN INTENT TO EVADE BY THE TAXPAYER
05:09:13WOULD HOLD STATUTE OF
05:09:16LIMITATIONS OPEN INDEFINITELY.
05:09:18FOR A TAXPAYER.
05:09:20THIS BILL PROTECTS INNOCENT TAXPAYERS FROM BEING
05:09:24INDEFINITELY EXPOSED TO IRS
05:09:26ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS WHEN FALSE
05:09:28OR FRAUDULENT RETURN WAS FILED BY THE RETURN PREPARER WITHOUT
05:09:32THE TAXPAYER'S KNOWLEDGE.
05:09:34THIS BILL IS A STEP THE RIGHT
05:09:36DIRECTION FOR PROTECTING
05:09:38TAXPAYERS FROM FRAUDULENT PREPARERS.
05:09:42I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
05:09:44THE FROM CALIFORNIA RESERVES TO GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS
05:09:48RECOGNIZED. >> I YIELD AS MUCH TIME AS SHE MAY CONSUME THE GENERAL LADY FROM NEW YORK, MS.
05:09:52MALLIOTAKIS. >> THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. >> I RISE TODAY IN STRONG
05:09:56SUPPORT OF MY LEGISLATION.
05:09:58>> H.R. 9499, TO PROTECT TAXPAYERS FROM GHOST PREPARERS
05:10:02ACT. THIS BILL HAS RECEIVED BIPARTISANSHIP PORT AND IT
05:10:06PASSED UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF OUR WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. EVERY YEAR, MILLIONS OF
05:10:11AMERICANS TO TAX PROFESSIONALS FOR HELP NAVIGATE OUR COMPLICATED TAX CODE.
05:10:15THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRUST THAT PERSON THAT THEY ARE PAYING
05:10:18TO PREPARE THEIR RETURN IN
05:10:20ACTING HONESTLY AND FOLLOWING THE LAW.
05:10:24UNFORTUNATELY, DISHONEST TAX
05:10:26PREPARERS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS
05:10:28GHOST PREPARERS TAKE OF THAT TRUST.
05:10:31>> THEY ALTER RETURNS, THEY
05:10:33CLAIM FRAUDULENT DEDUCTION OR
05:10:35CREDITS THEY INFLATE REFUND FUNDS AND SOMETIMES EVEN TAKE A
05:10:39PERCENTAGE TO REFUND THEMSELVES.
05:10:42>> THEN THEY DISAPPEAR AND THEY LEAVE THE TAXPAYER TO DEAL WITH
05:10:46THE IRS AND THE CONSEQUENCES. THAT IS SIMPLY WRONG.
05:10:49WE HAVE SEEN SERIOUS CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
05:10:52IN KENTUCKY TWO INDIVIDUALS
05:10:54PLEADED GUILTY AFTER PREPARER.
05:10:58NEARLY 6000 FRAUDULENT FEDERAL
05:11:00TAX, RESULTING IN MORE THAN $10
05:11:03MILLION IN TAX LOSSES.
05:11:05IN MY HOME STATE OF NEW YORK, A LONG ISLAND TAX PREPARER PLEADED
05:11:10GUILTY TO NEARLY $12 MILLION IN
05:11:13A FRAUD SCHEME AFTER PREPARING
05:11:15RETURNS AND COLLECT MORE THAN $1
05:11:19MILLION IN FEES FROM HIS CLIENTS.
05:11:21AND IN THE BRONX, AN INDIVIDUAL IS SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS IN
05:11:24PRISON FOR ORCHESTRATING A
05:11:26DECADE LONG TAX FRAUD INVOLVING
05:11:28TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FALSE RETURNS.
05:11:32THESE SCHEMES CAN LEAVE INNOCENT TAXPAYER EARS HOLDING THE BAG
05:11:36FOR MISCONDUCT THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT AND THEY DID NOT
05:11:39PARTICIPATE IN. >> UNDER CURRENT LAW, THE IRS GENERALLY HAS THREE YEARS TO
05:11:43ASSESS ADDITIONAL TAX AFTER A RETURN IS FILED.
05:11:48>> BUT WHEN A RETURN IS FRAUDULENT LIMITATION CAN REMAIN
05:11:50OPEN INDEFINITE.
05:11:52THE PROBLEM IS THAT AN INNOCENT
05:11:55TAXPAYER CAN POTENTIALLY FACE UNLIMITED PERIOD BECAUSE OF
05:11:59COMMITTED BY THE PREPARER. >> EVEN WHEN THE EVIDENCE IS
05:12:03CLEAR, AN ATTACK THE TAXPAYER HAD KNOWINGLY MENTION WHATSOEVER
05:12:06OF EVADING. >> SO MY BILL FIXES.
05:12:11H.R. 9499 MAKES CLEAR THAT UNLIMITED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
05:12:16FOR FRAUDULENT RETURN APPLIES WHEN THE TAXPAYER INTENDED TO
05:12:19INVADE A TAX IS NOT NOT KNOWN,
05:12:22BUT SORRY, NOT KNOWN WHEN A DISHONEST PREPARE ACTED ALONE
05:12:28WITHOUT TAXPAYERS KNOWLEDGE. THAT IS BASIC FAIRNESS BECAUSE
05:12:31WHEN TAXPAYER THOSE WHO
05:12:33KNOWINGLY COMMIT FRAUD SHOULD ABSOLUTELY THEY SHOULD
05:12:37ABSOLUTELY FACE THE CONSEQUENCES AND DISHONEST PREPARERS WHO
05:12:40COMMIT FRAUD SHOULD FACE CONSEQUENCES AS.
05:12:44WELL. I WILL CONTINUE WORKING MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
05:12:47AISLE POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT FRAUDULENT AND OTHER BAD ACTORS
05:12:50ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HARDWORKING
05:12:54TAXPAYERS. >> BUT HARDWORKING AMERICAN SHOULD NOT FACE POTENTIALLY
05:12:57ENDLESS TAX LIABILITY BECAUSE SOMEONE THEY TRUSTED AND TOOK
05:13:01ADVANTAGE OF THEM. >> THIS IS COMMON SENSE LEGISLATION. >> TAXPAYER IS A TAXPAYER
05:13:05PROTECTION MEASURE, AND I CHAIRMAN SMITH AND THE COMMITTEE
05:13:08STAFF FOR THEIR TO ADVANCE THIS LEGISLATION. >> I URGE MY COLLEAGUES FROM
05:13:11BOTH AISLES TO SUPPORT. >> THANK YOU AND I YIELD BACK.
05:13:15>> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI RESERVES, THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
05:13:19CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER. >> I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.
05:13:22I'M PREPARED TO CLOSE. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN IS RECOGNIZED
05:13:26TAXPAYERS WHO FOLLOW RULES SHOULD NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE
05:13:30ACTIONS OF THOSE WHO DO NOT.
05:13:33>> THIS BILL WILL ENSURE THAT THE INNOCENT TAXPAYERS NOT ON
05:13:36THE HOOK FOR THE WRONGDOING OF BAD ACTORS.
05:13:40I URGE MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH SIDES THE AISLE TO VOTE YES ON
05:13:44THE BILL. I YIELD BACK. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
05:13:47CALIFORNIA YIELDS. THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS RECOGNIZED.
05:13:50>> SPEAKER I YIELD MYSELF THE REMAINDER OF MY.
05:13:53WE NEED AN THAT IS RELENTLESS IN
05:13:57COMBATING FRAUD AND PURSUING
05:14:00CRIMINALS WHO BREAK OUR LAWS.
05:14:02BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE THE AGENCY'S
05:14:05ACTIONS THE CRIMINAL AND THE VICTIM.
05:14:08THIS LEGISLATION WILL HELP
05:14:11PROTECT TAXPAYERS BY FIXING A FLAW IN OUR CURRENT FRAUD
05:14:15PREVENTION EFFORTS. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL OF
05:14:18COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ITS PASSAGE. I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
05:14:22THE GENTLEMAN MISSOURI YIELDS.
05:14:26>> THE QUESTION IS WILL THE HOUSE SUSPEND RULES AND PASS
05:14:31H.R.. 9499 AS AMENDED? >> THOSE FAVOR SAY AYE.
05:14:35AYE AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO.
05:14:38IT IS THE OPINION OF THE CHAIR THAT TWO THIRDS BEING IN THE
05:14:41AFFIRMATIVE, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
05:14:43>> THE BILL IS PASSED WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> THE MOTION IS LAID ON THE
05:14:49TABLE TABLE.
05:14:51>> FOR WHAT PURPOSE. DOES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI
05:14:55SEEK? >> MR. SPEAKER, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL.
05:14:59H.R. 9500. THE TAX RELIEF FOR FRAUD VICTIMS
05:15:02ACT AS AMENDED.
05:15:04>> THE CLERK REPORT THE TITLE OF THE BILL, H.R. 9500.
05:15:07>> A BILL TO AMEND THE INTERNAL
05:15:09REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO REPEAL
05:15:13THE LIMITATION ON DEDUCTIONS FOR
05:15:16PERSONAL CASUALTY LOSSES AND TO
05:15:17PROVIDE FOR TAXPAYER RELIEF WITH
05:15:21RESPECT TO THEFT LOSSES, FRAUD, DECEIT OR MISREPRESENTATIONS.
05:15:25>> REPRESENTING PURSUANT THE
05:15:29RULE. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI, SMITH, AND THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
05:15:34CALIFORNIA MS. >> CHU. >> EACH WILL BE CONTROLLED 20 MINUTES.
05:15:36>> THE CHAIR NOW, THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI. >> MR. SPEAKER, I ASK UNANIMOUS
05:15:42CONSENT THAT ALL MEMBERS HAVE FIVE LEGISLATIVE DAYS TO REVISE
05:15:44AND EXTEND THE REMARKS AND SUBMIT EXTRANEOUS MATERIAL ON
05:15:47THE BILL UNDER CONSIDERING MOTION WITHOUT OBJECTION.
05:15:51MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD MYSELF SUCH TIME AS I MAY.
05:15:53THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
05:15:57I TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 500,
05:15:59THE TAX FOR FRAUD VICTIMS ACT
05:16:03INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MILLER.
05:16:05MANY OF OUR FELLOW AMERICAN HAVE
05:16:07BEEN THE VICTIMS OF FRAUD AND
05:16:09SUFFERED TREMENDOUS LOSSES, BOTH
05:16:12FINANCIAL AND OTHERWISE. THE HARDSHIP VICTIMS ENDURE IN
05:16:17REBA BUILDING THEIR FINANCES OR RECOVERING FROM IDENTITY THEFT
05:16:21IS MADE THE WORSE BY THE FACT
05:16:24THAT UNDER CURRENT LAW THEY ARE
05:16:26ALSO REQUIRED TO PAY TAXES ON
05:16:29THEIR SCAM RELATED LOSSES.
05:16:31THIS LEGISLATION MUCH NEEDED
05:16:35RELIEF VICTIMS OF FRAUD BY
05:16:37ALLOWING TAXPAYERS TO DEDUCT THE
05:16:39LOSSES RELATED TO THE FRAUD THAT STOLE FROM THEM.
05:16:43MOREOVER, IT THAT NOT ALL CRIMES
05:16:48ARE DISCOVERED AT THE TIME THAT THEY OCCUR.
05:16:50SO THE BILL GIVES MORE TIME TO
05:16:54AMEND PREVIOUS TAX RETURNS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CREDITS AND
05:16:58REFUNDS THEIR LOSSES. I APPRECIATE MILLER'S TIRELESS
05:17:03EFFORT TO NOT ONLY COME OUT
05:17:05FRAUD AND PUNISH THE BAD ACTORS
05:17:07WHO SCAMMED TAXPAYERS, BUT TO GO
05:17:10THE EXTRA MILE AND FIND
05:17:12SOLUTIONS FOR THE VICTIMS SUCH
05:17:14FRAUD SO THAT THEY ARE NOT BY THE IRS.
05:17:18LASTLY, I MUST MS. MUST MENTION
05:17:21THE VALUE VALUABLE INPUT THAT
05:17:25OUR WAYS AND MEANS COLLEAGUES REPRESENTATIVES RUBY AND PANETTA
05:17:28HAD IN CRAFTING.
05:17:32THIS LEGISLATION DURING ITS MARKUP. WE AGREED TO WORK TOGETHER, IMPROVE THE UNDERLYING POLICY,
05:17:35ALLOW FOR RETROACTIVE DEDUCTIBILITY OF FRAUD RELATED
05:17:39AND I'M PLEASED THAT THIS BILL
05:17:42REFLECTS THAT ADDITIONAL BIPARTISAN APPROACH.
05:17:46I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI
05:17:50RESERVES, THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM CALIFORNIA IS NOW RECOGNIZED.
05:17:52>> MR. SPEAKER, YIELD MYSELF
05:17:55SUCH TIME AS I MAY CONSUME WITHOUT OBJECTION.
05:17:58I RISE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 95.
05:18:01THE RELIEF OR FRAUD VICTIMS ACT. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY
05:18:05COLLEAGUES, MR. MILLER AND MR. SUOZZI FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON
05:18:08THIS BILL. THIS BILL CORRECTS ALONG POLICY
05:18:12MISTAKE IN TAX CODE DURING
05:18:15PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION. REPUBLICANS PASSED THE TAX CUTS
05:18:18AND JOBS ACT, OR WHAT DEMOCRATS
05:18:21LIKE TO CALL THE TRUMP TAX SCAM
05:18:24WHERE THEY CHOSE TO LIVE WITH
05:18:27THE DEDUCTION FOR CASUALTY THEFT
05:18:29LOSSES BY LIMITING DEDUCTION
05:18:31ONLY TO THOSE LOSSES THAT WERE
05:18:33INCURRED IN THE PRESIDENT
05:18:36DECLARED DISASTER.
05:18:38THEN THE SO-CALLED ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL OR WHAT WE
05:18:42DEMOCRATS LIKE TO CALL THE BIG UGLY BILL, DOUBLED DOWN ON THIS
05:18:47POLICY. EXTENDING IT PERMANENTLY.
05:18:50THIS POLICY LEFT MANY
05:18:52FINANCIALLY HARMED TAXPAYER EVEN
05:18:54WORSE OFF BEYOND JUST THEIR FINANCIAL LOSSES.
05:18:58VICTIMS OF THEFT VICTIMS OF
05:19:01FRAUD AND THOSE THAT SUFFERED LOSSES DUE TO NO FAULT OF THEIR
05:19:05WERE NOW UNABLE TO DEDUCT THOSE LOSSES FROM TAXES.
05:19:09A DOUBLE WHAMMY.
05:19:11AFTER SUFFERING SUCH A LOSS, I'M
05:19:13GLAD TO SEE THAT MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES HAVE SEEN THE ERROR
05:19:17OF THEIR WAYS AND HAVE DECIDED
05:19:18TO REVERSE THIS POLICY ADDITION.
05:19:22I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE POLICY ALLOWS THOSE WHO WERE THE
05:19:26VICTIMS FRAUD DURING THIS THE TIME THIS POLICY IN EFFECT
05:19:30RETROACTIVE RELIEF. ADDITIONALLY I WANT TO
05:19:33ACKNOWLEDGE THE TIRELESS WORK OF MY COLLEAGUES REPS.
05:19:36JOHN LARSON AND JOE COURTNEY, WHO FOR YEARS HAVE BEEN
05:19:39ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS WHO SUFFERED
05:19:43SICKNESS LOSSES TO DO DUE TO
05:19:47CRUMBLING FOUNDATIONS IN THEIR HOMES.
05:19:50AS A RESULT OF PIRATES FIGHT IN
05:19:52A LOCAL QUARRY.
05:19:56UNDER THIS BILL THESE TAXPAYERS
05:19:58WILL ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR
05:20:01RETROACTIVE RELIEF IN SOME.
05:20:03THIS BILL A LONG OVERDUE
05:20:07REVERSAL, A POLICY THAT HARMED MANY TAXPAYERS.
05:20:10AND I'M GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS
05:20:12CHANGE TO GIVE TAXPAYERS WHO MAY
05:20:14HAVE SUFFERED AN UNFORTUNATE
05:20:18LIFE FAIR TREATMENT BY OUR TAX SYSTEM.
05:20:22I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
05:20:25CALIFORNIA RESERVES, GENTLEMAN
05:20:27FROM MISSOURI, IS RECOGNIZED. >> I YIELD AS MUCH TIME AS HE
05:20:30MAY CONSUME TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM OHIO. MR. MILLER.
05:20:33>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
05:20:35>> MR. SPEAKER, I RISE. >> IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 9500.
05:20:38>> THE TAX RELIEF FOR FRAUD VICTIMS ACT RIGHT NOW FOR
05:20:41SCAMMERS STEALS, YOUR LIFE
05:20:43SAVINGS THROUGH A ROMANCE SCAM, FAKE INVESTMENT SCHEME, OR A
05:20:46BUSINESS EMAIL FRAUD. >> THE FEDERAL TAX CODE INSULT
05:20:50TO INJURY AND IT'S QUITE RIDICULOUS. CURRENT LAW LARGELY BARS VICTIMS
05:20:54FROM THOSE LOSSES UNLESS THEY ARE TIED TO A FEDERALLY OR STATE
05:20:57DECLARED DISASTER. THAT MEANS EVERY AMERICAN LOSES
05:21:01THEIR RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS TO
05:21:02PONZI SCHEMES OR CRYPTOCURRENCY FRAUD.
05:21:05>> THEY GET ABSOLUTELY NO RELIEF. >> WHILE GOVERNMENT STILL TREATS THEIR STOLEN MONEY AS IF IT WERE
05:21:09UNTOUCHED INCOME. >> FOR THE FBI'S 25 INTERNET
05:21:13CRIME REPORT, CYBER CRIMES
05:21:15DEFRAUDED AMERICANS OF NEARLY.
05:21:19$21 BILLION IN JUST 2025 ALONE,
05:21:22A 26% JUMP IN LOSSES FROM TWO
05:21:242024 WITH SENIORS HIT HARDEST. AT $7.7 BILLION.
05:21:29OUR ARE BEING VICTIMIZED TWICE, ONCE BY THE CRIMINAL.
05:21:32AND AGAIN, THE TAX CODE, H.R. 9500 FIXES.
05:21:37THAT'S RESTORES THE DEDUCTION FOR THEFT LOSSES INVOLVING FRAUD AND DECEIT.
05:21:40>> IT EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR VICTIMS TO CLAIM CLAIM REFUNDS
05:21:44ONCE FRAUD IS DISCOVERED. >> IT REMOVES HARSH PENALTIES ON
05:21:48RETIREMENT FUNDS STOLEN BY SCAMMERS. >> I'M PROUD TO HAVE INTRODUCED
05:21:51THIS COMMON SENSE LEGISLATION. MY COLLEAGUE REPS.
05:21:55SUOZZI I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT H.R. 9500. AND I YIELD BACK.
05:21:59>> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI RESERVE. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
05:22:03CALIFORNIA IS NOT RECOGNIZED. I YIELD SUCH TIME AS HE MAY
05:22:07CONSUME TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM NEW
05:22:10YORK, MR. SUOZZI, JOHN MADDEN'S
05:22:13RECOGNIZED. >> THANK YOU, MS. CHU MR. SPEAKER, I RISE IN
05:22:16SUPPORT OF H.R. 9500, THE TAX
05:22:20RELIEF FRAUD VICTIMS ACT. I FIRST LIKE TO THANK MY
05:22:23COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE FOR PARTNERING WITH ME ON THIS BIPARTISAN COMMON SENSE
05:22:28BILL, WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT AMERICANS DO NOT HAVE TO PAY
05:22:32TAXES ON MONEY THAT THEY WERE DEFRAUDED OUT.
05:22:34MR. SPEAKER, AMERICANS BEING SCAMMED.
05:22:37>> AN INCREDIBLE ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
05:22:41LAST YEAR. >> 3 MILLION AMERICAN CONSUMERS
05:22:45REPORTED, OVER $15 BILLION IN FRAUD LOSSES, THE HIGHEST FOR
05:22:49ANY YEAR ON RECORD.
05:22:50THIS IS AN INCREASE OF OVER 25% FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
05:22:55THAT DRIVEN BY A RISE IN SIX FIGURE SCAMS. IMAGINE LOSING THE MONEY THAT
05:22:59YOU WERE SAVING A DOWN PAYMENT OR THE MONEY YOU HAD UP FOR YOUR
05:23:03KIDS EDUCATION, OR EVEN SAVINGS ACCOUNT THAT HELPS YOU SLEEP BETTER.
05:23:07OUR SENIORS ARE AMONG THE MOST
05:23:09VULNERABLE TO SCAMS TO THE AARP,
05:23:11WHICH HAS ENDORSED THIS BILL. >> FOUR OUT OF TEN OLDER
05:23:16AMERICANS HAVE LOST MONEY TO FRAUD. >> LAST YEAR, AMERICANS, AGE 60
05:23:20AND OLDER REPORTED.
05:23:23$7.7 BILLION IN LOSSES. A 60% MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS
05:23:29YEAR. AND THESE NUMBERS DON'T ACCOUNT FOR THE WIDESPREAD UNDERREPORTING.
05:23:32>> THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION THAT AMERICANS COULD BE LOSING
05:23:36MUCH AS $200 BILLION TO CRIMINAL FRAUDSTERS EVERY YEAR.
05:23:39>> AND THESE AREN'T ABSTRACT NUMBERS. THESE ARE OUR GRANDPARENTS.
05:23:43SMALL OWNERS AND THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR.
05:23:45WHEN A VICTIM UNCOVERS A SCAM, THEY HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THE
05:23:48IMMEDIATE RAMIFICATIONS. NOT ONLY THE DEVASTATING
05:23:52FINANCIAL, BUT ALSO THE THE SHAME MAY FEEL.
05:23:55BUT THEN, AFTER THE SCAMMER TAKES THEIR MONEY, THE IRS COMES
05:23:59FOR THEM TO IMAGINE.
05:24:01YOU EARN MONEY OR YOU WITHDRAW IT FROM YOUR 401. K.
05:24:04YOU GET CHEATED, DEFRAUDED, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON
05:24:09THOSE EARNINGS OR YOU'RE LOST. 401 K DISTRIBUTIONS.
05:24:13IT'S UNFAIR. IT POURS SALT THE WOUND OF AN
05:24:16ALREADY PAINFUL AND INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL SITUATION.
05:24:20THIS WASN'T ALWAYS THE CASE. AS WAS MENTIONED BY MS.
05:24:22CHU PRIOR, TO THE PASSAGE OF THE TAX CUTS AND JOBS IN 2017.
05:24:28VICTIMS SCAMS COULD DEDUCT THEIR LOSSES FROM THEIR TAXES.
05:24:30BUT SINCE THESE VICTIMS HAVE
05:24:32BEEN ON HOOK FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN PAYMENTS
05:24:36TO THE IRS. DESPITE THEIR ALREADY PRECARIOUS
05:24:40FINANCIAL SITUATION. >> BUT IT GETS WORSE.
05:24:43>> MANY SCAM VICTIMS WHO TOOK MONEY OUT OF THEIR 41K OR IRA
05:24:47ACCOUNT TO PAY THE SCAMMER KNOW THEY STILL HAVE TO PAY THE
05:24:50INCOME TAXES ON THEIR MONEY. THEY WITHDREW. AND IF THE VICTIM IS UNDER THE
05:24:53AGE OF 60, THEY GET HIT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 10% EARLY
05:24:57DISTRIBUTION PENALTY SO THEY
05:24:59LOSE THEIR RETIREMENT SAVINGS. THEN THEY GET HIT WITH A TAX BILL ON TOP OF THAT.
05:25:03MR. SPEAKER, THIS IS UNFAIR, PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
05:25:07IT'S SIMPLY NOT RIGHT TO. MAKE ANYONE PAY TAXES ON MONEY
05:25:11THEY DON'T HAVE, ESPECIALLY A
05:25:13TRAUMATIC EVENT LIKE DISCOVERING YOU WERE THE VICTIM OF A SCAM.
05:25:17WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT
05:25:19TO THIS WRONG BY SUPPORTING H.R. 55.
05:25:23THE TAX RELIEF FOR FRAUD VICTIMS. THIS BILL WOULD RESTORE THE
05:25:26THEFT LOSS DEDUCTION SO THAT VICTIMS OF SCAM OR FRAUD ARE NOT
05:25:30TAXED ON MONEY THAT WAS STOLEN FROM THEM. THIS BILL WOULD ALSO WAIVE THE
05:25:3410% EARLY WITHDRAWAL PENALTY WHEN. A VICTIM WAS FORCED TO PULL
05:25:38MONEY THEIR RETIREMENT ACCOUNT BECAUSE OF FRAUD. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS BILL
05:25:40PROVIDES RETRO ACT OF RELIEF FOR
05:25:43AMERICANS WHO FELL TO SCAMS OR FRAUD.
05:25:45>> WHILE DEDUCTION WAS UNFAIRLY RESTRICT.
05:25:49>> MR. SPEAKER, THAT'S NOT A PARTIZAN ISSUE. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD
05:25:52NOT TAX STOLEN. THAT'S WHY THIS BILL PASSED THROUGH WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
05:25:56UNDER CHAIRMAN SMITH AND RANKING MEMBER NEIL.
05:26:00WITH SUPPORT BY SUPPORTING THIS BILL, CONGRESS CAN RIGHT OR
05:26:04WRONG AND MAKE SURE THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT COMING AFTER
05:26:07VICTIMS WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING TO CRIMINALS.
05:26:09>> I URGE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT H.R. 9500.
05:26:12>> THE TAX FOR FRAUD VICTIMS ACT. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:26:16AND I YIELD THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
05:26:20CALIFORNIA RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS RECOGNIZED.
05:26:24>> I YIELD AS MUCH TIME AS HE MAY CONSUME TO. THE GENTLEMAN FROM WISCONSIN,
05:26:27MR. GROTHMAN. >> WELL, THAT WAS A GOOD SPEECH BY SUOZZI.
05:26:30>> MR. SPEAKER I RISE IN SUPPORT
05:26:32OF H.R. 9500, THE TAX RELIEF FOR FRAUD VICTIMS ACT.
05:26:36FOR MANY AMERICANS, SECURITY
05:26:39MEANS DECADES OF HARD. SETTING ASIDE MONEY AFTER
05:26:44PAYCHECK, SAVING FOR RETIREMENT
05:26:47SACRIFICES SO THEIR FAMILY WILL ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO FALL
05:26:51BACK A CRIMINAL SINCE IT CAN TAKE AWAY THEIR SECURITY IN A
05:26:53MATTER OF DAYS. FINANCIAL SCAMMERS CAN INVOLVE
05:26:57SOMEONE POSING A TRUSTED
05:26:59ADVISOR, A FRAUDULENT OR ONLINE
05:27:03RELATIONSHIP BUILT AROUND DECEPTION. BY THE TIME A VICTIM DISCOVERS
05:27:06WHAT HAPPENED THE MONEY'S GONE
05:27:08AND THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE MAY BE DIFFICULT TO FIND.
05:27:12AND THESE PEOPLE ARE EXPERTS AT PEOPLE'S TRUST FOR OLDER
05:27:16AMERICAN LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME MAY BE LITTLE OPPORTUNITY
05:27:18TO REPLACE THOSE. THE CONSEQUENCES CAN EVERYTHING
05:27:22FROM PAYING THE MORTGAGE TO AFFORDING EVERYDAY EXPENSES.
05:27:25>> OUR TAX LAWS SHOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH FAIR OPPORTUNITY FOR
05:27:28THESE VICTIMS TO CLAIM RELIEF AND BEGIN REBUILDING.
05:27:32UNFORTUNATELY, RESTRICTIONS ON PERSONAL.
05:27:36THEFT LAWS DEDUCTIONS CAN PREVENT FROM DEDUCTING QUALIFYING LOSSES.
05:27:38>> REFUND DEADLINES CAN CREATE
05:27:40OBSTACLE WHEN SOMEONE DISCOVERS THE FRAUD YEARS AFTER IT
05:27:44OCCURRED. >> THE TAX RELIEF FOR FRAUD ACT WOULD ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS BY
05:27:49EXPANDING ACCESS TO PERSONAL CASUALTY THEFT, LOSS DEDUCTIONS
05:27:52AND GIVING QUALIFYING VICTIMS.
05:27:54ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY AND TIME
05:27:56TO SEEK REFUNDS. >> THE BILL RECOGNIZED THE DAMAGE THESE CAN DO TO
05:28:00RETIREMENT SAVINGS. IT WOULD PROVIDE RELIEF FROM THE
05:28:04EARLY WITHDRAWAL PENALTY FOR QUALIFYING.
05:28:08RETIRED AND DISTRIBUTIONS CONNECTED TO THEFT LOSSES ALLOW
05:28:10ELIGIBLE AMOUNTS TO BE INTO RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS.
05:28:14>> I MEAN, IN ADDITION TO
05:28:16LOSING, YOU CAN BE PENALIZED
05:28:19RIGHT NOW FOR EARLY WITH EARLY
05:28:23WITHDRAWAL PENALTIES. THESE PROVISIONS WOULD HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO PUT
05:28:27FINANCES BACK TOGETHER AFTER DECEIVED.
05:28:29>> I'VE DEALT WITH SOME OF THESE PEOPLE.
05:28:32>> THEY ARE SO CRAFTY, KNOW EVEN
05:28:35SURPRISINGLY PEOPLE CAN BE
05:28:38ADVANTAGE OF A TAX DEDUCTION CAN NOT RESTORE EVERYTHING BUT
05:28:42CONGRESS CAN MAKE SURE THAT UNNECESSARY TAXPAYERS NOT MAKE
05:28:44AN ALREADY DIFFICULT RECOVERY EVEN HARDER.
05:28:47>> WE SHOULD CONTINUE PURSUING THE CRIMINALS RESPONSIBLE WHILE
05:28:51ENSURING THEIR VICTIMS RECEIVE FAIR TREATMENT UNDER THE TAX CODE.
05:28:55>> ONE MORE TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHAIRMAN SMITH AND CONGRESSMAN MILLER FOR THEIR
05:28:59WORK THIS LEGISLATION. >> I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE
05:29:01YES AND YIELD BACK BACK.
05:29:05>> THE GENTLEMAN RESERVES. >> THE GENTLEWOMAN FROM
05:29:08CALIFORNIA IS RECOGNIZED. >> MR. SPEAKER, I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKERS AND I AM
05:29:12PREPARED TO CLOSE THE GENTLEMAN FROM. >> CALIFORNIA AS RECOGNIZED BY
05:29:17REVERSING THIS MISGUIDED POLICY. >> SURVIVORS OF FRAUD, THEFT AND
05:29:20TREMENDOUS LOSS WILL NO LONGER
05:29:22BE PENALIZED BY THE TAX CODE AND WILL STILL RECEIVE FAIR
05:29:26TREATMENT THAT THEY SO RIGHTFULLY DESERVE.
05:29:28I URGE MY COLLEAGUES ON BOTH
05:29:31SIDES OF THE AISLE TO SUPPORT THIS BILL. I YIELD BACK.
05:29:35>> GENTLEWOMAN YIELDS THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS RECOGNIZED.
05:29:38>> MR. SPEAKER I YIELD MYSELF THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME.
05:29:41>> WE KNOW THAT THAT ACTORS AND
05:29:43FRAUDSTERS PREY ON AMERICANS
05:29:48EVERY DAY STEALING MONEY IDENTITIES AND HARMING
05:29:52LIVELIHOODS. THE RELIEF INCLUDED IN THIS
05:29:54LEGISLATION WILL ENSURE THE IRS
05:29:56IS NOT ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.
05:29:59>> IT IS ANOTHER STRONG EFFORT
05:30:01BY THE WAYS MEANS COMMITTEE AND
05:30:04THIS CONGRESS TO DO RIGHT BY
05:30:06AMERICAN TAXPAYER.
05:30:08>> THAT IS WHY THE BILL RECEIVED
05:30:11APPROVAL BY THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
05:30:13AND I URGE ALL MY COLLEAGUES TO DO THE SAME AND SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION.
05:30:17I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. >> THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI
05:30:22YIELDS. >> THE QUESTION IS WILL THE
05:30:24HOUSE SUSPEND THE RULES PASS
05:30:26BILL WHICH ARE.
05:30:309500 AS AMENDED.
05:30:32>> THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY? NO.
05:30:36IN THE OPINION THE CHAIR TWO
05:30:39THIRDS BEING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
05:30:41>> THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
05:30:43THE GENTLEMAN FROM MISSOURI IS RECOGNIZED.
05:30:46>> MR. SPEAKER, DEMAND THE YEAS AND NAYS.
05:30:49THE YAZIDI ARE REQUESTED.
05:30:51>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TAKING THIS VOTE.
05:30:55>> AYES WILL RISE, REMAIN
05:30:58STANDING UNTIL COUNTED.
05:31:01>> BUT SUFFICIENT A SUFFICIENT
05:31:05NUMBER HAVE RISEN IN THE YAYS AND. >> THE NAYS ARE ORDERED.
05:31:08>> PURSUANT TO CLAUSE EIGHT OF
05:31:11RULE 20, FURTHER PROCEDURES OF
05:31:13QUESTION WILL BE POSTPONED.
05:31:20THE CHEERLEADERS BEFORE THE
05:31:22HOUSE A COMMUNICATION THE
05:31:26HONORABLE THE SPEAKER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. >> SIR.
05:31:29ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026,
05:31:32PURSUANT TO SECTION 30 307 OF TITLE 40, UNITED CODE, THE
05:31:36COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT AND
05:31:38INFRASTRUCTURE MET AN OPEN WITH
05:31:40A QUORUM BEING PRESENT TO CONSIDER 24 RESOLUTIONS,
05:31:44INCLUDING IN GENERAL SERVICES
05:31:48ADMINISTRATION'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND LEASING PROGRAMS.
05:31:50I HAVE ENCLOSED OF THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED THE
05:31:54COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND
05:31:57INFRASTRUCTURE ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2026. SIGNS.
05:32:02SINCERELY, SAM GRAVES, CHAIRMAN
05:32:04COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND
05:32:08INFRASTRUCTURE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF APPROPRIATIONS AS
05:32:11SOMETHING THAT WAS PURSUANT TO
05:32:15CLAUSE 12 A OF RULE ONE. >> THE CHAIR DECLARES THE HOUSE
05:32:19A RECESS FOR A PERIOD OF LESS
05:32:23THAN 15MINUTES.
05:32:29>> THE
05:32:31>> U.S. HOUSE IS CONSIDERING
05:32:36DISAPPROVAL RESOLUTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RULES ALONG WITH A SENATE BILL TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL
05:32:40SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA THAT WERE
05:32:42ADVOCATED FOR BY THE LATE REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.
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