it is increasingly cannot be trusted to call balls and strikes as john rogers famously

a poster from rogers, these are the facebook postings when it comes to this topic and you can post yours as well. from aretha in youngstown, ohio. tell us about what you are seeing there were you live. caller: i'm not really seeing a whole lot of crime. if you are busy, you got a job and things like that, it doesn't touch you as much. i think it's more on the street level, where there is a lot of despond and see -- despondency and things like that, on employment. host: do you think that is because of things economically in youngstown? does that have a contributive factor to lower crime, or at least the crime you are not seeing? caller: that is the correct -- that is correct, yes. if you are working you don't have time to be out there committing crime. host: tom is next from south carolina. tom, good morning. caller: good morning, sir. i just wanted to say, i don't really know in my county that i live in in south carolina, they do not publish too much about how much crime they do have. i live in lexington county over in the neighboring county of bridgeport where we get a lot of reports of

mcmorris rogers, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have fine legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include ex -- extraneous material on h.r. 172. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you. i rise today in support of h.r. 172, the united states anti-doping agency re-authorization act of 2021. for two decades, mr. speaker, the united states anti-doping agency or usada has worked to ensure integrity in our american olympic and paraolympic sporting activities through the promotion and support of drug-free competition. recommended by an olympic committee task force, this independent organization was established to manage a comprehensive anti-doping program in the united states. since its authorization i

roger marshall adding that bureaucrats cannot keep us from worshiping, gathering, traveling, and enjoying life mask free and i hope you will join me in choosing to receive the vaccine so that we can throw away masks and live life free as we did before. let's hear from tara in brooklyn, new york on the s line. you are on, go ahead. caller: good morning. host: go ahead. caller: i do wear a mask. i believe in science and don't get my news from facebook or fox. to substantiate it further, it's a pretty clear line in the sand. people on one side, given a 10% chance of saving someone else's life, would you slightly inconvenience yourself? the people on the other of that are the ones that are not wearing masks. but furthermore, if there are people going around, jogging, doing their own things in their own day and wearing a mask, why is that to anyone to jug -- judge them? they are not the people forgetting it when they walk in the store. host: lori, or carolina. calling on the no line. you are next up. caller: i don't wear a mask in the summer hired to buy a business. i live in a remote location

roger, you with us? amber in washington. good evening to you. what is your reaction to the president's address? caller: the first part was a lot of theater. that is a disappointment. everyone is standing within a half an inch of each other having close conversations, but it is insulting to the american people. as a business owner he is promising money out there, much like a middle school promising soda in the water fountain. who is going to pay for that? not to mention it is just not what america needs right now. just disappointing altogether. host: what did you think of tim scott's response? caller: i am a big fan of tim scott. i think he is a phenomenal american and represents his state well. i thought his response was incredible. we keep harping on sowing seeds of dissent and and divide, instead of moving together, and the ways that are not theatrical. they are let's come to the table and talk and make progress together. host: john is next to from point pleasant beach, new jersey. what did you hear tonight that you liked or did not like? call

"daily caller" henry rogers reports the squad pushes to defund the police while spending thousands on private security to protect themselves. you've got to have some protection from somewhere, otherwise you're not going to be able to maintain a position of authority in government. there are always going to be evil people in this world at least who are going to attempt to bring down people in authority. this article from matt palumbo from december 30, 2020, 2020 homicide surge sets record amid defund the police hysteria. it's got facts and figures on that. and then one other thing i want to touch on. since we have some people that believe climate change is the most pressing issue of our time, i was surprised to hear the former leader of nasa say that they have found that our moon, erlt's -- earth's moon, is slightly changing its orbit. because i had not read that or seen that anywhere. and that even earth's orbit around the sun is slightly changing. and of course i'd seen previously that the ice caps were melting, and some people say it's because of the cars, pollution. but it still do

so when congress was out, bill clinton appointed roger gregory. and then you talk about strategy and not only did he get the job but he is still there today and he has now a senior judge in the fourth circuit court of appeals in the circuit that used to be the most segregated. it is now one of the most integrated ones. prof. sinclair chapman: that is amazing, it is amazing. congressman i have one last , question and then we will open up the floor for questions from the audience and david will be the moderator. so, i could talk to you all day. i must say, i am already ready to talk about the people who rescued you from the icy road but we are not going there. not right now. rep. clyburn: we can. we can. prof. sinclair chapman: no, i have a question. another time, congressman i but hope. , let me ask you this question. after the 2012 election, i was struck by mitt romney's answer to a reporter's question. the reporter asked, what will you do next? here this man was, on the most public stage, having just failed in his biggest gambit to run for presid

wenstrup: coach scott rogers led his team to a 28-0 record. number two national ranking. and has won 72 consecutive games. among the team's many talented athletes is junior guard brans ford who was recently named ohio's miss basketball. i commend coach rogers and the entire mount notre dame girls basketball team for this historic accomplishment and tradition of excellence. congratulations again to the mount notre dame players, coach scott rogers, and his staff, and the mount notre dame faithful. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> since mid january we have seen a scourge of immigrants -- surge of immigrants coming into the country along our southwest border. the numbers are staggering and the situation along the border continues to deteriorate daily. in march, over 172,000 individuals were encountered by l

roger from the commerce standpoint, there's also the transportation component of the subcommittee, focusing on what we believe to truly believe -- what we believe to be in for structure. president biden may define infrastructure differently. i said he ought to be honest with the american people and talk about infrastructure in the way that people see it. which is what you have here. what is infrastructure? that the biden proposal has less than 6% of the money for roads and bridges tells us that his focus is not on the kind of infrastructure that the american people think of as infrastructure. if the president wants to have the debate that senator toomey just said about lunchrooms in our schools, and cafeteria trays that can be recycled and environmental justice, climate justice, we can have that debate. but we ought to make sure that we are focusing on the needs of the american people. he puts more money in his proposal for electric vehicles than roads, bridges, airports, and waterways combined. it's time to say we want to do things that are really in the best interest of the american peopl

bill clinton appointed roger gregory and you talk about strategy. not only did he get the job, he is still there today and is now the senior judge for the circuit court of appeals. the one that used to be the most segregated is now integrated. valeria: i have one last question and then we are going to open the floor for questions from the audience and david is going to be the moderator. i could talk to you all day, i must say. i am already ready to talk about people who rescued you from the icy roads, we are not going there right now. rep. clyburn: we can. valeria: another time i hope. after the 2012 election, i was struck by witt ronnie's next question. -- mitt romney's question paid what would you do now. mitt romney merely answered that he was not sure and now he holds a senate seat from the great state of utah. you, on the other hand, are writing a winning streak. your endorsements have revived careers. it is not -- if it is not to forward to ask, do you see yourself as a successor to nancy pelosi, the nation's first speaker of the house? is tha

host: roger in nebraska, go ahead. one last call for roger in nebraska. kathy in texas. caller: this lady is not telling the truth. she must be covering up the biden administration or something. these people are coming in surges. it is a border crisis. host: kathy, you have to turned on your telephone. guest: you could certainly call it that if that is the word you want to use. funny of people do call it that. i'm not saying don't use that word. we are seeing huge numbers of people. i'm not disputing that were covering that up. i'm covering that right now, every day i see the large numbers of people. they are coming and many are being sent back to mexico. the last caller said we should send everyone back to mexico and people would feel comfortable on the side. that is probably true. mexico is our neighbor. that is creating humanitarian problems there. we don't want big problems right next-door with our neighbors either. i am not trying to cover anything up. it is very clear what is happening, we could see it. host: what happens to the communities on the united states sid

roger was a long team colleague of mine at the wall street journal. i first went to afghanistan 1985 when i took one of the trips behind the soviet lines with the mujahedin. i really learned to love the afghan people and their heroism. the country has come so far but has so far yet to go. these are crucial months ahead perhaps not helped by september 11 but that depends on us in the trans-atlantic community and the afghan people and leadership and pakistan of course. i really want to thank everyone who came here today , the cochairs and ambassador cunningham. and our own team and the director of the south asia center and of course stephen heinz and the rockefeller brothers foundation who are tremendous partners with this ongoing work in afghanistan it can't and here we went to continue to be a leading voice to shape policies rounding afghanistan because there is so much to be done not just for the good of the afghan people that for the region and the importance in the world keep an eye out for the report that will follow in the coming days. we invite

rogers, you know that well, you know what happens in your hometown, four of them died. across the nation every day we lose on average 109 american lives to gunfire, 109, suicides, domestic violence shootings, accidental shootings, homicides, and another 200 americans are injured by guns. the numbers are sobering. each number is an individual person, loved one, a neighbor, a friend, a husband, father, a son, or a daughter. we have seen too many desperate trips to the emergency room, too many funerals, too many families and communities card forever by gun violence. we have come to accept it as part of american life. disproportionately this violence affects people of color, but nobody is immune. host: that hearing available at c-span.org. david atlanta, georgia. caller: thanks for having me. a couple things about policing in my opinion. the first thing is we have to stop arguing with the slogan defund the police. it doesn't mean defund all police activity. it's about disaggregating the services. -- press sec. psaki: afternoon. joining us today is another member of the pres

roger being an active member of that community and we worked on all of these things. you did the transportation component of the subcommittee of the environment public works committee, focus on what we truly believe to be infrastructure so president biden may define infrastructure differently. i think you should be honest with the american people and talk about it and the weight that people see it. what is infrastructure? the fact that the biden proposal has less than 6% of the body for the roads and bridges says that his focus is not on the kind of infrastructure that the american people think of. if the president wants to have a debate on free lunch rooms in our schools -- green lunch in our schools and environmental justice and climate justice, we can have that debate but what we ought to do is that we are focusing on the needs of the american people. people it's more -- he puts more money and electric bugles that he does for roads, bridges, airports combined. with the american people are asking for and that is why we are here today with this proposal. the last con

let's start with roger, calling from new york. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you feeling? host: great, roger. caller: hi, i have a question, a very interesting question. in 1890, the u.s. with teddy roosevelt got rid of the spaniards, and mckinley sent the rough riders in and everybody in cuba to get rid of the spaniards. why didn't eisenhower, why didn't kennedy, why didn't they send the u.s. military in? i was reading a thing about the bay of pigs on usa today, and most generals at the time, the cia was not supposed to go in and do military operations. the dod was supposed to go into cuba to get rid of castro. guest: yes. both eisenhower and kennedy were unwilling to commit, at least openly, u.s. military forces to the overthrow of the castro regime. one of the great concerns was to maintain good relations with the rest of latin america. latin america, latin american people saw the united states as overbearing. they didn't like the monroe doctrine. they didn't like to be in america's backyard. and for good foreign policy reasons, it was ruled out tha

last congress as the chairman of the environment and public works committee, roger being an active member of that committee and shelly, we worked on all these things. senator barrasso: shelly, you did the transportation component of the subcommittee of the environment and public works committee, focused on what we believed truly to be infrastructure. president biden may design infrastructure differently. i say he ought to be honest with the american people and talk about infrastructure the way people see it. which is what you have here. what is infrastructure? the fact that the biden proposal has less than 6% of the money for roads an bridges tells you his focus isn't on the kind of infrastructure the american people think of. if the president wants to have the debate, as senator toomey said, about green lunchrooms in our schools, and cafeteria trays that can be recycled, and environmental justice, as he talks about it, climate justice, we can have that debate. but what we ought to do is make sure we're focusing on the eneeds of the american people he was puts more money in his proposal f

but, you know, chairman pallone and ranking member rogers, i think, can put their heads together and find some common ground on this, and i hope that they do. it's interesting, however, that all 32 members, democratic members of the committee, have sponsored this bill. that's a good start. peter: tom wheeler, the last time he spent a lot of time at capitol hill was during the chairmanship of the fcc. at the time, net neutrality was a big issue. it looks like it might be making a comeback. tom: i hope so. to be specific, title ii net neutrality, which is a tradition of this country. you know, you and i talked on a previous "communicators" about a book i wrote how abraham lincoln used a telegraph to win the civil war. and in the specific telegraph act of 1860, which was the federal funding of the wire across the country, the congress wrote that there needed to be first-come, first-served, nondiscriminatory access to this critical pathway. it was the same concept that was then applied to the telephone company. first-come, first-served, nondiscriminatory access. and what net neutrality d

at miss frazier, travis spearmint and ted rogers. thank you all for being here. [applause] your advocacy is going to continue to help so many young people. and they should know that their voices and their experiences are imported. largely, i want to take a moment to discuss some other items that will be widely debated the session. as you all know, this is a fiscal session and with that comes the tendency to throw a lot of bills and to see what's sticks. the true tax reform doesn't just mean tax change. since 2016, we've made great strides in stabilizing louisianans budget. and our efforts are paying off, in fact, earlier this year, these investors service revised louisianans fiscal outlook from stable to positive. and i believe, i know we have the opportunity to gain back the momentum we lost to the pandemic in natural disasters. but remember, in just four years, two more special sessions, i'm sorry, two more fiscal sessions from now, kind of like the one we started today, the point for 5% sales tax rolls off the books. we already have one of the lowest combined

it is increasingly cannot be trusted to call balls and strikes as john rogers famously said 15 years ago. since 20 -- 2006 the court has consistently ruled favorably on the side of commerce. everything from the shelby county decision in 2013 that gutted the voting rights act to a decision three years ago that allowed states to consent -- continue to engage in partisan gerrymandering, the court is consistently siding with republican interests. both in rulings and how people have been confirmed to the courts, public polls show anna roshan of trust that people have in the -- and -- an erosion of trust that people have in the court. >> our guest is with us to talk about expanding the supreme court. if you want to call and give us your thoughts, republicans (202) 748-8001, democrats (202) 748-8000, independence -- independents (202) 748-8002 or text us at (202) 748-8003. the judiciary act of 2021 proposes adding four seats to the supreme court. what do you think about this proposal? guest: in the fall of 2020 when ruth bader ginsburg died democrats started talking about this proposal to a

rogers will vote yea on h.r. -- mrs. rogers will vote yea -- rodgers will vote yea on h.r. 1899. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? ms. malliotakis: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. stefanik of new york, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. stefanik of new york will vote yea on house resolution 1899. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. soto: mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. wasserman schultz, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. wasserman schultz will vote yes on h.r. 1899. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. mchenry of north carolina, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mchenry will vote yes on h.r. 1899. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will

rogers is now recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. can you hear me? >> yes, i can. >> dr. schmidt, just to follow up, is china leading ai? >> we spent a lot of time looking at that question, and in general we are a little bit ahead but not very much. they have more people coming here we're doing better in algorithms that they are coming. they are doing better in some industries, in particular financial transactions, electronic commerce and surveillance. we are doing better in some other areas of research. it's a close race at the moment we are ahead. our reports specifically says we can lose our lead within a few years. >> i share the observation. this commission does great work, this report is not just going to sit on a cell. -- on the show. we're going to do some stuff that is really meaningful so want to commit all of you. thank you for your time in putting this together because it's going to make a difference. commissioner clyburn, i wanted to follow up on the questions about how we can get folks into these jobs earlier than seven your timeline. are there scholarship o

i recognize this rogers, the ranking member on the committee for her five -- miss rogers, the ranking member on the committee for her five minutes. >> thank you for this hearing today. it is important. i appreciate the witnesses here sharing your insights with us. during my opening statement, i emphasize the importance of schools to reopen fully, five days a week, for students and teachers to return to the classroom. you have some startling statistics in your testimony, especially the disproportionate impact on less advantaged children in our country. your testimony states that in 2020 there was an increase of 91% since the previous year for the students with disabilities, and 81% for high school students with disabilities. can you explain what this means for these families and the students, and what it would mean to have school in-person again? >> thank you for the question. it can lead to long term negative impacts, in addition to student achievement negative impacts. there is a nationwide analysis on two different occasions finding students have lost months of learning, and an econ

. >> the next question comes from olivia rogers. she asks, will the republican party have to fracture to come to a new consensus after trump, or is there a strong political faction you see? what are the needs that trump made the party should continue making? josh: i will take the second question first, just because it is easier. i think that basically realism on those three key issues of immigration, trade, foreign policy, are indispensable. he's taken a much more realist view on those issues. he has recognized that a free-trade regime that empowered our foremost arch geopolitical foe, communist china, is not in america's interest. he recognized that things like a year ago, at the very early stages of the pandemic, he saw that china was hoarding personal protective equipment. we have become so possessed with lowering prices for consumers at all costs that we have forgotten the entirely common sense, logical notion that it is important sometimes to make stuff for the sake of making stuff. so that any situation like a pandemic, we don

mike rogers, the new ranking member, mike and i work well together. we have jack reed and jim on the senate side. we are going to work together and are going for the 61st street year. last year we went into overtime, did not get the bill done until january. whatever the challenges are we get it done one way or the other . we did last year and we will this year. we look forward to working with all of you. i thank you for the opportunity and look forward to your questions. missy: thank you so much chairman smith. , my name is missy ryan, i write about military issues and the pentagon. there is a lot of overlap in terms of the house oversight rule and what we focus on in my area at the washington post, i want to think meridian for -- thank meridian for inviting me here today. it is a pleasure and honor to be here with fred humphreys and chairman smith. we will have about half an hour of discussion where i will be asking chairman smith questions. around 5:10 or 5:15 we will open it for q&a from the audience. please get your questions ready. starting off,

host: as roger greene points out on twitter, it is very different state-by-state, too. roger says states like florida that did not shut down from the pandemic are faring far better economically and show no worse virus number thin those that did. k-12 students didn't lose a full education year, either. as we are looking to try to understand a post-covid economy, does your community model still apply when states responded to the coronavirus differently? guest: it is an excellent question, and something we are really interested in, as well. states do what states do, and counties do what counties do, but they can be very different. for instance, and a couple of weeks i'm going to be taking my daughter to go taiwan because she is going to college out in iowa. but i was city does want people to wear masks, and those a very different within the same state. through my perspective, that is the state of iowa versus iowa city which is a college town. so for me, it is even more interesting, what it looks like overtime in the college towns or the big cities with the urban suburbs ve

rogers, you know that well. you know what happens in our home town. four died. across the nation every day, we lose on average 109 american lives to gunfire. hundred nine suicides, domestic violence shootings, accidental shootings, homicides, and another 200 americans are injured by guns. the numbers are sobering. and each number is an individual person, a loved one, a neighbor, a friend, a husband, a father, a son or daughter. we have seen too many desperate trips to the emergency room, too many funerals, families and communities scarred forever by gun violence. we have come to accept it as part of american life. disproportionately, this violence affects people of color , but nobody is immune. host: that hearing available at c-span.org. dave in atlanta, georgia. caller: hey, folks. thanks for having me. a couple things about policing in my opinion. the first thing, we have to stop arguing with defund the police. it is about aggregating the services police provide. police should not be getting tactic down, chasing down dogs and people. we have to disaggregate th

my home state of rhode island was established by roger williams, on the principal of religious liberty and separation of church and state. his leadership inspired the framers of our constitution to incorporate these principles into our founding documents. this legislation will help to preserve that principle. from the very beginning, former president trump was clear about exactly what his policy was. an explicit attempt to keep out as many people from muslim majority countries as possible. regardless of whether they were seeking refuge or asylum. it was never designed to make us safer. it was simply a way to spark fear and hatred among our citizens. on his first day in office, thankfully, president biden rescinded this policy. yet the impact of the muslim ban remains. after four years of having this policy in place, the time it takes to reimplement normal regulations and travel policies brings delays in otherwise routine procedures thus delaying the reunion of families. thankfully with the muslim ban rescinded, those families can take comfort they are a step closer to being with their

businesses that rely on travelers to support their operations, as you know, i worked with my friend senator roger wicker to offer the restaurants act which is bipartisan legislation to provide structural relief to local and independent restaurants, and our effort became law as part of the american rescue plan. soon restaurants will be able to apply for $26 billion of relief. many restaurants received assistance from the paycheck protection pramt protection program. can you explain how it is different from ppp and how this is different from those funds? >> thank you for the question. i want to thank you all of you for support you have given the industry in passing the ppp, because all of those were critical in getting the industry propped up. but one of the things about your new restaurant revitalization act is that they're going to look at minorities and small businesses and some who may have not been able to apply in the first go-round. i can tell you that we're already hearing great concerns that that money may be gone in a very short order, so we are quite concerned about that. but we -- you k

roger in kansas. good morning. caller: yes, i guess i would say. host: go ahead. caller: can you hear me? host: yes. go ahead. caller: i was going to say i would support any reforms that the first subject on the reform that is addressed is i would like to have language that tells what the arrested person should be subject to, how he should react to what happens. that's what i would like to see first . host: why? caller: because that is never brought up. what is that? the last caller mentioned in the resist arrest. what -- the officer did not have criteria, he has criteria he has to follow, but the person who is arrested should have the same criteria in that same language. i would like to see that in a reform bill. i would like to see the congress address it, please. host: that is robert in kansas. mike in baltimore, maryland. caller: good morning. i'm calling because i absolutely believe we need police reform in this country. the reason i say that is look at the george floyd incident. ultimately, the police fabricated their initial report and said this gentleman w

eddie in rogers, ohio, republican. caller: i would have to give him an f. because the things he has not done. he has not addressed the border. and infrastructure and these covid plans and stuffy put out. sure, they were good in some ways, but 90% of that stuff went for other things besides what they was named for. like the covid plan, it was only 9%. then they talk about the infrastructure, and i think i heard the other day it is only 13% going to infrastructure. the rest of it must be just wasted money. and this race thing going on right now, all you ever hear them talk about is how anybody who supported trump is a racist and everything. not everybody is racist. this country ain't made on resistant -- on racism. this country is made on the people who live here, the people who worked and done everything else and did not need the government to tell them how to do it and when to do it. it just -- they have to get their dang priorities straight here and figure out the people are the ones that tell the government what they need, not the government telling the p

after graduating from law school and clerking for the honorable judy rogers of the d.c. circuit judge i applied to joint the department of justice and asked to be assigned to the environment and natural resources division. i grew up as a lawyer at --working on cases involving the clean water act, clean air act, the cleanup, native american land rights, establishment of monuments and more. i worked on cases across the country in the supreme court and every federal goal -- every federal circuit. against challenges of all sorts. in my 7.5 years there, i also learned firsthand the skill, dedication, professionalism, and integrity of the career staff that work day in and day out enforcing environmental laws for the good of the american people. i loved my job and i thought i would never leave the division, but i was offered another opportunity to do public service, this time it was a chance to serve as a first solicitor general for my adopted home, the district of columbia. i would be the chief lawyer representing the people of the district. i could not turn it down. i am at h

host: this is roger in michigan. guest: -- caller: good morning. i just wanted to let you know that i have the vaccine. i have the first one in march. i made the mistake of having them put that in my left arm. i am a left arm sleeper. i had no problems until i went to bed that evening. that i had my second shot a week ago wednesday. that when i had put in the right arm. i did have a sore arm with that win. the second one was a little worse. i did not have any kind of problems as far as not feeling well. i have had that with previous flu shots. i did have a question. during all of this, i remember my mother, she was panicking with polio. our member going to a clothing store here in detroit to get the polio shot. i am curious, is the polio vaccine still in use today? do we need that? did we actually conquer it? guest: polio is still around. there is a good news, bad news story. a few places where we still have polio very active are in places where there are places in war. some places in africa, some places outside the united states. in the united sta

host: will go to terry joining us from rogers, minnesota. dr. markel: good morning. i have a couple of quick points. you're not going to convince people to take the vaccine by being confrontive as you are. dr. markel: i've tried every other method and it doesn't work so i will be confrontive. i will do it now, i will do it again. you don't get the vaccine you are harming yourself and your harming others. if that's called confrontive, so be it, it's true. it's absolutely true. and if you're not convinced, so be it, then get off the line, i don't need to talk to you and you don't need to talk to me. the reality is you are ignoring medicine and ignoring science. what's the beginning of the -- what's the point of being in the 20 century if we are using 13th-century ideas. if i'm confrontive, good to nothing else is working. host: dr. fauci yesterday regarding vaccines and when normalcy could resume to the country. dr. fauci: the fact that one may not want to get vaccinated in this case a disturbingly large proportion of republicans only actually works against where they

my home state of rhode island was established by roger williams, on the principal of religious liberty and separation of church and state. his leadership inspired the framers of our constitution to incorporate these principles into our founding documents. this legislation will help to preserve that principle. from the very beginning, former president trump was clear about exactly what his policy was. an explicit attempt to keep out as many people from muslim majority countries as possible. regardless of whether they were seeking refuge or asylum. it was never designed to make us safer. it was simply a way to spark fear and hatred among our citizens. on his first day in office, thankfully, president biden rescinded this policy. yet the impact of the muslim ban remains. after four years of having this policy in place, the time it takes to reimplement normal regulations and travel policies brings delays in otherwise routine procedures thus delaying the reunion of families. thankfully with the muslim ban rescinded, those families can take comfort they are a step closer to being with their