it's in basically states like louisiana and south carolina and georgia and florida, the southern states. and if that were to happen, we would see children losing another year of school. i need not tell you what happens to an eighth and ninth grader if they are out of school for two years. we cannot have continued education for our young people, to deliver by them without broadband. broadband to me is to the south today what electricity was in the 20th century. >> thank you so much, congressman, especially those important topics on education and health. i want to turn it over to commissioner stark. millions of americans don't have access to broadband either because it is not available or can't afford it. this is the case for black residents in the rural south. the emergency broadband benefit was developed to help families struggling to afford internet service during the covid-19 endemic, but it is only temporary. can you share your perspectives what lawmakers must address to expand internet to low-income americans? >> thank you, first of all for allowing me to be here today and we're all

johnson from georgia for five minutes. rep. johnson: thank you to the chairman for holding this meeting and thank you for the witnesses. $5.9 trillion is a significant sum of money. the sum total of relief and job retention measures in the cares act. congress acted decisively during a once in a century pandemic, but our work is far from done. we are obligated to ensure relief aid arrives to the folks who need it most, especially black americans, communities of color, and low income groups. already in poorer health due to being without health care coverage, communities of color were essential workers who disproportionally bore the brunt of sickness, hospitalization and death due to covid 19 and who were exposed throughout the pandemic while enabling us to work from home. they are the people who have too often been underserved and un-served the federal government. your office has found fema's management of disaster relief grants and funds to be inadequate. you reported last year that improving fema's management of these grants wo

colonial pipeline also headquartered in georgia. i want to thank your personal who assisted in response to that incident. my request for you, mr. secretary, is that you commit that the next time your vacation to visit george and i hope to welcome you soon, that you will sit down with me and georgia ports authority personnel to discuss had dhs can better support cybersecurity to protect the port of savannah and perhaps you could comment now as well on your overall assessment of efforts to protect ports from cyber attack. >> so this is a very important area for us, cybersecurity structure agency is focus on port security and the cyber domain, and yes, senator, i would be pleased to visit georgia and visit the ports authority with you and address their concerns with respect to cybersecurity. and, of course, i would bring colleagues from cisa your most expert in that work. >> thank you, mr. secretary. finally on the same note we face a significant shortage of qualified cybersecurity professionals. this is a field growing importance to n

will turn out in huge numbers into thousands would you do because what they saw in georgia . host: that was william. this is tim in california. republican line. caller: best major candidate. kal em tim kalem. host: basil in ohio, independent line. caller: i am a 90-year-old person. i served in the korean war as a medic. a lot of experiences i've had. for me, the american public has to wake up. if you're concerned about your country, you have to become involved. you can't listen to other people tell you about what politics is. you have to be involved. however, the democratic party is no longer the democratic party. it has become the socialist communist party. republican party has become a bunch of wimps. it's up to the american public to become strong and to. i'm all for two term limits. host: as an independent, how do you get involved? caller: sometimes calling talk shows like this. sometimes going to the council meetings. the lead grounds within the city and where you live and in the county. host: as far as, what is the biggest issue where you live? caller: well north homest

i have studied the texas bill, i have studied the georgia voting bill that has been in the news a lot. i think the liberal, mainstream media has mischaracterized both bills significantly mischaracterized both bills. both bills look to me like it would make it easier to vote and harder to cheat, which is what every law abiding legal american voter should want. with that, madam chair, i would like to yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from texas, mr. fallon. >> the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> i just want to clarify something. i just want to make sure. ms. thompson, was there a meeting held before the special session that took about a half a day that involved republicans and democrats trying to work out this bill? ms. thompson: there was. >> did you attend that meeting? ms. thompson: i did. >> ok. there is a special committee that was appointed to hear this bill, and are you on that committee? chairman and them are -- chairman andy muir talked about the concern that representative collier had about the mail-in ballots you used 20 years ago, your social security numb

put coercive pressure on vice president mike pence to reject electoral college votes from arizona, georgia and pennsylvania, to proclaim a power no vice president ever exercised and doesn't exist in the constitution. and mike pence refused to do it. do you know what? they trashed the place and they entered and wounded 140 police officers. now we have representatives from a major political party in texas representing african americans, mexican americans, white people, native americans, who are coming forward to say the voting rights are subjected to a gauntlet, an obstacle course. they say this is a up form of voter suppression. i was delighted to your my friend that it pained him -- to hear my friend that it pained him, mr. fallon, to hear about voter suppression inflicted on african-americans. but at some point apparently, it all ended and what you have come to washington to talk about is apparently just a figment of your imagination. so we can't trust the african-american community or hispanic community or native american community or voting rights lawyers about this. we are supposed to,

the doj is picking on georgia. they are not looking at what they do in new york or new jersey or delaware. we have more opportunities, more days of early voting than any of those states. >> there's a reality of this. before georgia passed anything, they bought the domain name jim crow 2.0. they were basing a lot of the stuff on what was originally introduced, which was unnecessary. the reality is that they would raise money off of this whatever was passed. they were going to say it's terrible and oppressive. they filed the motion to dismiss yesterday. the filing of the law, they filed the lawsuit three days after the act failed. this is about fundraising and politics. every side keeps escalating this and politicizing it. somebody has been saying, we have to stop weaponizing this. >> both sides are doing it. is it doing serious damage to americans confidence in their electoral system? >> it has damaged confidence. it goes back to bush v gore. it got ramped up in 2016 when president trump won. they said it was russia

before the pandemic i was in rural randolph county, georgia, over 2 1/2 hours away from alabama. i saw staysee abrams. to install snet service for community members to participate in the online census and get jobs and i stopped in selma, alabama and visited the housing authority to discuss an initiative of bringing free broadband to children in low-income housing, george washington carver homes. and i heard from a mother of three who said her life was transformed by the program and completed her online assignments to get a job. and that is broadband for the people. >> there is a picture about how important broadband subsidy program is. i want to remine our audience members, drop it in the question and answer. i want to turn it over next to former f.c.c. commissioner clyburn. you spent nearly nine years at the federal communication commission working on these issues. how should they be working with i.s.p. and low-income communities get connected to broadband? >> i really want to set the stage as what you do and how you have been incredibly helpful. i see ourselves at this intersec

greene of georgia, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. greene will vote yea on h.r. 2497. mr. gosar: as the member designated by mr. gaetz, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gaetz will vote yea on h.r. 2497. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. donald payne, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on h.r. 2497. and as the member designated by mrs. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. watson coleman will vote yes on h.r. 24 the 97 -- 2497. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairman jerry nadler, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that chairman nadler will vote yea on h.r. 2497. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. reschenthaler: thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated

david scott of georgia, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. scott will vote yes on the motion to table, the motion to reconsider. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. carter from the great state of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote no on the motion to table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. auchincloss, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. auchincloss will vote yes on the motion to table.

the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. carter, for five minutes. mr. carter: madam speaker, i rise today with a heavy heart to remember and honor my friend, pete robinson of columbus, georgia, who passed away on july 1 at the age of 66. he graduated from emory university and mercer university school of law. following graduation he began his career in public service and commitment to improving his community. for a decade beginning in 1985, pete served in the georgia general assembly in the house of representatives and senate. in the senate he served as governor miller's floor leader for two years and became the only president pro tem to be nominated by both republican and democratic leaders. pete's decades of leadership in his community and the general assembly played a significant role in making georgia a better place for all who call it home, myself included. i'm thankful for the immense impact he had in georgia and i know his legacy will remain. my thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and all who knew him d

here is kathy in georgia. those of us who follow mitigation protocols have to call -- continue wearing masks because of the unvaccinated and unmasked. isaac in connecticut. caller: i will not do the mask. i will not do the vaccine. i'm not participating in the pandemic. i feel it is all bs. any concept of a vaccine passport is unconstitutional. it is a vaccine contrition. it is self-incrimination. the absence of a vaccine would prove it would be unconstitutional under the fifth amendment. host: do you plan to travel on an airplane, bus, or railway? caller: those are private entities. i do understand that private businesses can -- they have limited ability to require certain behavior. all you have to do is try and apply other things. it would just sound ridiculous. host: usa today's editorial board said it is time for sticks. the authority over the federal aviation administration would require airlines to mandate their passengers show proof of a vaccination and under interstate commerce laws with railways. call

former president trump famously placed a phone call to georgia state secretary of state. [indiscernible] we also found -- interference abounded. many officials told the truth and refuse to undermine the process -- replace the secretary of state as the chair of the state election board with a political appointee. every -- virtually every election worker we spoke with said this was fueled by misinformation about the election. lies about the election, in particular the lie that was stolen -- attacks on election officials. we compare that to [indiscernible] maricopa chi was an example in real time. the disinformation campaign they built continues. when secretary of state katie han -- election review. they began -- a personal security detail. our report included three ways congress can help. the department of justice needs to announce a task force to investigate threats and intimidation. we need funding for safety changes for physical security of election offices. the disinformation is daunting. social media companies should promote truthful information over conspiracy theorie

it is noxious georgia where this is happening. legislation has been introduced this year in nearly every state to limit access to the ballot box. we do not have time to wait and see what might happen. in georgia come we conducted an election with an undemocratic sb 202 as the law of the land, the next election will be here before we know it. the time to act is now. to anyone who wonders what they would have done during the civil rights movement, now is your time to find out. you're either on the side of democracy or you are not. i look forward to continuing to work with members of this committee and all of those ready to protect our democracy. i yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentlelady yields back. >> i asked permission to assert a point of order. >> what is the gentleman's point of order? >> man nasty question for -- did congressman owens state for the balance of ms. williams testimony. >> is camera is on -- not on, he may have left. >> i would ask that the gentlemen suspend as a courtesy to the chair so we can discus

representative of maryland, utah, and georgia testified about the recommendations for ensuring free and fair elections. >> election officials have faced threats and harassment after they were unfairly blamed for election results in the 2020 election that certain politicians and voters did not li

carter from georgia, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. carter will vote yes on the motion to recommit. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by congresswoman meng, pursuant to h. res. 8, that ms. meng will vote no. as the member designated by mr. horsford, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. horsford will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. pallone: megd mr. donald payne, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote no on the motion to recommit. as the member designated by ms. watson coleman pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. watson coleman will vote no on the motion to recommit. as the member designated by mr. sires, pursuant to h. res. 8, mr. sires will vote know. >> as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote no on the motion to recommit. t

the gentleman from georgia is recognized. >> i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. butterfield: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. carson of indiana, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. carson will vote yes, he will -- excuse me, he will vote no on the motion to adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: mr. speaker, as the member designated by congress member napolitano, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that congress member napolitano will vote no o

l in georgia texts us to say, officer did not mean he was not trained for attack at all, but training was not for an attack by fellow americans. as far as the security of the capital, here is the story in roll call this morning. deal reached on 2.1 billion. it seeks to pay for the january 6 right cost and assisting afghans in danger by pending withdrawal of u.s. troops. john, democratic caller. caller: i want to give you my personal perspective on that day. i drove by. i was in d.c.. and what i saw was surreal. it was like the independence day movie. you never think that you could ever see it in real life. what i saw was thousands of people around the rotunda on the house side of the capitol building and here's another perspective. on the grounds, on the capitol grounds, i didn't see anybody. i didn't see any capitol police. usually there's capitol police all around the capital. they stand guard and stuff. i didn't see any of that. i didn't actually drive in, i could have driven right through the capital but i didn't feel like it because i've done it hundreds of times. it was a surrea

in atlanta, georgia, we saw them jerked out of suitcases under tables and a lady kept running the same paper through the machine over and over again. we start with our own eyes, it was no hollywood script. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> all of this available at c-span tworg. we'll threeve now and take you back live to the u.s. house floor for a series of votes. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 69, h.r. 4502, a bill making appropriations for the department of labor, health and human service, and education and related agencies for fiscal year ending september 30, 2022, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question of amendments en bloc 1 printed in part b of house report 117-109, offered by the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro. the clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc. the clerk: en bloc number one,

in atlanta, georgia, we saw them jerked out of suitcases under tables and a lady kept running the same paper through the machine over and over again. we start with our own eyes, it was no hollywood script. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> all of this available at

, my friend, rick allen from the state of georgia who serves on the al and ed and labor committees. the speaker pro tempore: gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. allen: thank you, madam speaker. thank you to my colleague from arkansas. and also my colleague from oklahoma for introducing these commonsense amendments to address these measures the democrats are ramming through the house. there's no doubt we're in the midst of a biden economic crisis thanks to wasteful washington spending this morning i hosted a telephone town hall and asked my constituents in georgia's 12th district and ask my constituents if they were feeling the results of biden's inflation. an overwhelming percent said they're paying more and getting less each week. this is the result of the spending spree and here we are debate manager irresponsible and unrealistic spending that will do more to harm the pocketbooks of american families. when in the history of civilization has any nation survived this insane spending and it's not suspend spain -- not sustainable. families work hard to live within their means

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from georgia rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. >> when i hear from our friends and neighbors across georgia, there is no issue that families find more concerning than that of the cost of their health care. as a two-time breast cancer survivor, access to quality health care is very, very personal to me. mrs. mcbath: while i was in the hospital, all i had to do was focus on the strength of my family, my grace from the god i love in winning my battle with cancer. yet, still far too many families are forced to worry about pain from their chemotherapy versus affording the mortgage on their home. that's why i continue to work so hard every day to expand affordable health care for families across georgia and across the nation and why i'm so proud that my bill to cut health care costs for those that have been laid off during this pandemic was signed int

host: michaela in georgia, republican. caller: i have been sitting here watching this. i was going to watch the hearing and i came across your. dashcam across you. -- and i came across you. i have been doing a lot of soul-searching. i will be taking a citizenship test next year so i'm trying to decide if i will vote democrat or republican or independent. the one thing you said earlier that i guess touched a nerve was you're not citing who said things to you in the book because they did not want to be called out. how do we as voters, citizens, humans, no what you wrote is the truth? -- know what you wrote is the truth? i've watched videos from january 6. i've seen people underneath trees changing into maga gear to go into the -- what i am asking is how do we know the truth? guest: i am an advocate of supporters showing more of their work. how do we show people we are serious? philip and my reputation -- our reputations hang in the balance of if we cooperate -- if we corroborate this reporting. any people who wanted to speak to us are really serious people. they were a mi

georgia is the number one forestry state in the nation and i'm proud of it but we have to address this and climate change but we have to address it with a policy that includes stable, reliable, affordable energy. i yield back. >> next up, representative kasten you are recognized for five minute. -- five minutes. >> if you can heat your home or drive your car without using fossil fuel, do it. but we need to invest capital to save money. it's a problem if you are in the business of extracting fossil fuel. we have to make sure those people are protected. ms. flowers, you mentioned energy efficiency. some people [indiscernible] a lot of utilities and states have tried to provide resources to pie the up -- to provide the upfront capital and it is not worked as hard as it should have to make sure we have access to more efficient homes. any suggestions on what we should do federally to accelerate the access to capital for people who might in the -- you might not be able to afford the initial investment? >> it's not my area of expertise but as a consumer who has talked with people who have had

. >> the gentle man from georgia is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you madam chair. madam secretary, it's great to see you again. congratulations on your role. primary funding source for many housing authorities is a monthly drawdown from hud. however guidance from the office of the financial states and hud auditors do not recognize and only permanent officials can obtain the drawdowns. what that means is when a housing authority has an interim director a transition period it may not be able to access. they were able to do this, to do drawdowns in the past. i'm not sure why the policy change but this is becoming a problem and it is a problem with small cities. it recently happened in my district that has an interim director and they were unable to draw down the money that they needed and they were able to come to a one time resolution with hud, but there are thousands of state and local housing authorities in the country that frequently have the directors leave their position in the interim directors appointed. understand the intent of the policies prevent fraud but

the laws that were put on the books in georgia this year that were being voted on in georgia would basically make parity with what colorado already has on the books. this is the kind of debate we want to be able to have can we just agree, get a whiteboard up, put the facts up, of what these things are, what these bills are, what the laws are? then at least be debating from the same sheet of music? i have a few more things to say. i have some colleagues here that i want to be mindful of their time. i just -- my floor time, i digressed there a little bit because i was hearing my colleagues on the other side of the aisle but election integrity is critically important right now. i have colleagues from texas who are completely abandoning their duty, state legislature colleagues, to be clear, who are abandoning their duty to represent their constituents in the state of texas and have a full-throated debate about the current bills in the essential legislative session in texas and have come to d.c. they are not doing their job. i generally want to flee d.c. to go back to texas. it's rare i'd be sayi

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from georgia rise? >> as the member designated by mr. jones of new york, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. jones will vote yes on the motion to table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. deutch of florida, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. deutch will vote yea on the motion to table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lawson of florida, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on the motion to table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> as the member designated by mr. cuellar of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mr. way -- that mr. way yak of texas -- cuellar will vote on the motion to table.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from georgia is recognized. mrs. greene: i ask for the recorded votes. the speaker pro tempore: yeas and yeas are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 further proceedings are postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from district of columbia seek recognition? ms. norton: i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to the bill h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will -- does the gentlewoman wish to call up the bill as amended. ms. norton: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2617, a bill to amend section 15 of tiet 381 of united states code to amend how performance goals are achieved. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from district of columbia, ms. norton, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr0 minutes. ms. norton: i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to the bill h.r. 2617. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. norton: as amended. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative d

priorities encountering influence in the middle east and turkey is a staunch supporter of ukraine and georgia's territory integrity and vocally supports their assumptions to nato. in libya, turkey torrance the resident others supporting blood human facilitated political process including prospect of elections december 24 this year and we are not discussing how to reduce the present these mercenaries before the election. in syria, you've mentioned turkey's presence in the northwest, protects 4 million syrians from them discriminate targeting this, new attacks that would be both humanitarian catastrophe and likely launch a new wave of refugees into turkey and europe. we are grateful for turkey's ongoing efforts to support for feeling refugees inside making turkey the largest refugee hosting country in the world. most recently, turkey has expressed interest in maintaining a robust force at the airport as the u.s. and nato military nations in afghanistan come to an end. this contribution, as you all know is vital to ensuring we and our allies and partners can maintain a strong thematic presence aft

host: let's go to conyers, georgia. caller: good morning. i appreciate you letting me get on. we continued to talk about uniting the country. you had a earlier that said black lives matter in antifa burned down the country last year. those are reasons why they shouldn't support the january 6 insurrection. clearly, that's a lie. there is not any pushback that black lives matter had anything to do with the sedition on january 6 or the nonsense that black lives matter is this left-wing crazy. there is not enough pushback on that. that's it. tell the truth. let's move forward. let's stop all this foolishness. host: palm beach florida, good morning. caller: i am calling regarding covid increases in numbers. no one has addressed illegal immigrants entering the country with no testing and no vaccination. there is one -- two sets of rules. i don't get it. somebody breaks our law and we expect them to follow our rules. apparently, that is not the case. host: that is barbara in florida. the wall street journal looks at activities in afghanistan after the announcement to pull troops out

host: let's go to conyers, georgia. caller: good morning. i appreciate you letting me get on. we continued to talk about uniting the country. you had a earlier that said black lives matter in antifa burned down the country last year. those are reasons why they shouldn't support the january 6 insurrection. clearly, that's a lie. there is not any pushback that black lives matter had anything to do with the sedition on january 6 or the nonsense that black lives matter is this left-wing crazy. there is not enough pushback on that. that's it. tell the truth. let's move forward. let's stop all this foolishness. host: palm beach florida, good morning. caller: i am calling regarding covid increases in numbers. no one has addressed illegal immigrants entering the country with no testing and no vaccination. there is one -- two sets of rules. i don't get it. somebody breaks our law and we expect them to follow our rules. apparently, that is not the case. host: that is barbara in florida. the wall street journal looks at activities in afghanistan after the announcement to pull troops out

the people in georgia, the runoff. they are pleading with jared because he is someone who has shown effectiveness at directing the president. pleading with him for help. he tells them no i can't. rudy giuliani is involved at this point and there is nothing i could do. some of the georgia republicans were stunned. they had never heard anything like that from him before. host: let's hear from tony in tampa on the independent line. caller: i just wanted to say i thought the media attacked his character, but as far as, especially the conservative media. they never really reported or held him accountable. he had $25 billion in the first budget to build a wall. he passed on it. he actually built 15 miles of new wall. on obamacare, he protected it. he saved catered -- he safeguarded it instead of getting rid of it. rand paul told him get rid of it and we will work later on to get it replaced. he takes the tax off of it. it became three times more popular and three times as many people signed up for it than obama's desk than o

host: to georgia, henry is on our republican line. caller: good morning. how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: i want to make a comment about the lady you had on. she -- i didn't see anything wrong with the lady. a lot of these folks think she was being biased and what have you, but she has the right to her opinion. everybody has their right to their opinion. i don't agree with the protest at the limits, they are representing our country, not their agenda. if you can't represent the country, stay home. i think that is just wrong. thank you. host: i appreciate that. this is the new york times about troop withdrawal from iraq. on paper, they write that iraq's prime minister is heading to washington to demand president biden withdraw combat troops from iraq, announcing to iraqi media that it would put an end to the present -- presence of combat forces. america is likely to oblige, setting up a deadline to be announced on monday for the withdrawal of u.s. combat forces by the end of the year. in williamsburg, virginia, rob is up next. caller: going back to the pro sp

the people in georgia, the runoff. they are pleading with jared because he is someone who has shown effectiveness at directing the president. pleading with him for help. he tells them no i can't. rudy giuliani is involved at this point and there is nothing i could do. some of the georgia republicans were stunned. they had never heard anything like that from him before. host: let's hear from tony in tampa on the independent line. caller: i just wanted to say i thought the media attacked his character, but as far as, especially the conservative media. they never really reported or held him accountable. he had $25 billion in the first budget to build a wall. he passed on it. he actually built 15 miles of new wall. on obamacare, he protected it. he saved catered -- he safeguarded it instead of getting rid of it. rand paul told him get rid of it and we will work later on to get it replaced. he takes the tax off of it. it became three times more popular and three times as many people signed up for it than obama's desk than o

as well as those leading georgia's trade efforts? we have the port of savannah, one of the fastest growing ports in the country -- to show how we can export around the world? >> if you sweeten your deal with a slice of pecan pie, it's a deal. >> it's a deal. >> let the record reflect the commitment that's been made here today. i want to thank you for joining us, grateful for your testimony. we'll proceed the second panel. senator durben has returned. i'll return the gavel for him to introduce the witnesses for the second panel. please come forward at this time. >>> special thanks to the secretary of agriculture. and i think it's been 20 years since he's prepared me for the judiciary committee. and thank you for your services to our country. we have a second panel coming up. and i'll tell you who they are. rene custra is from my home state of illinois. they operate a grain farm in wood stock. they were dairy farmers for 30 years. it's one of the highest producing farms in illinois. good for you. received several awards for production

host: ralph is calling from augusta, georgia. good morning. caller: good morning. what i want to say is people from afghanistan, africa, other places, these people who come over like we are bringing them over now, we have had several discussions about the treatment of blacks in america. not to take up too much time but if we want to take politics out of the athletic game, don't have commercials during the elections for these people. i saw biden and other people. 1.i want to make very quick is when vice president pence went over to korea he failed to stand up and recognize their country. i think we should all work together but these people have an opinion and they think that we, as black people, are second-class citizens. thank you. host: there are other changes going on in the olympics right now when it comes to society and i will bring a story to you from cbs news about another change that will happen this year. laurel hubbard qualified for her first olympic games and when she competes in tokyo she will make history as the first openly transgender athlete to ever

let's go to lorraine calling from georgia. good morning. caller: good morning. go ahead, lorraine. caller: yes. my comment is i do support the athletes because they have a right to express their beliefs and feelings. but i want to bring something to attention for the people who say they should not be doing it. did these same people have that type of belief when the january 6 insurrection happened at the capitol where people were killed and senators and representatives were running to save their lives? if you say, you know, like most republicans are saying it is just a love fest. how can you comment and say these athletes who are peacefully protesting -- and most of it is true about the racial injustice -- how can you comment on that negatively and yet, this whole republican party want us to think it was a lovefest? america, wake up. you cannot have one belief or one protest and the protest on january was deadly. host: let's go to eva calling from brighton, colorado. caller: good morning. i oppose and i agree with the lady from arizona. protesting should not be allowed in the olympi

when i look at louisville, it's similar to atlanta and georgia and that is in the southern states where you have very lax gun laws, it doesn't lend itself to a high proliferation of illegal weapons on the street. you lay on top of that there is a post-covid component to it. individuals who are marginalized are for the set on the sides we talk about young people. when you have young people without agency in their lives, often a safer area school or clubs like big brother or sisters. now you have children without anything to do. now we have the illegal guns, we have idle time on our hands, we have a real backlash against policing which has prompted but we are seeing in many areas. what we are seeing is a reluctance against officers to initiate activities to be proactive. it's not that they are anti-community, it is last year put them in a brittle space where they are not sure the committee wants them. they are concerned that if they are involved in use of force, they will immediately be vilified with protesters in front of their house and they are acutely aware given the volume of guns th

it is in georgia too. these two bills, i find almost universally that the people who are the angriest about them, and i do not include anyone on this committee, i am thinking about other conversations, it is people who have not read the legislation. rep. jordan: my understanding is that in both states there was already amazing access for people to vote. easy to vote, hard to cheat. that was already to case. but these two pieces of legislation actually make it easier for all residents in georgia and in texas to get to the polls. is that accurate? mr. popper: i would say it is. when you're talking about being able to certify that you do not have the necessary numbers, will provide them. if you have an id number, a social security number. who does not have a social security number? you just have to certify you don't have one. who is this going to scare off? i would like to say word about voting fraud. if i could. voting fraud is hard to detect by its nature. it is not heavily penalized. my favorite example of

representing georgia, i can tell you that we need to build up our resiliency. to that is not a partisan issue so it is very important for it thank you. mayor bottoms, i wanted to ask you. you committed atlanta to 100% renewable clean energy by 2035. i know in los angeles, they committed to be 100% by 2045, and in the la area, they have had rolling blackouts as a result of depending on renewable energy that is turning out not to be as dependable, and we all understand the concerns of that. excuse me, as a georgian, i am very proud of what we have done. we are in the top 10 in solar energy, we have the only nuclear reactor -- and you will find this hard to believe about the number one forester state in the country. how are you going to achieve this 100% renewable by 2035 and avoid these rolling blackouts? mayor lance bottoms: thank you for the question. we have been very thoughtful and are planning with this and in fact, we have an earlier deadline to achieve this goal, and we extended the deadline because he wanted to make sure that we were thoughtful. a huge pa

we will go to lynn in atlanta, georgia. sorry about that. (202) 748-8000 is the line to call. i seem to have hung up on all the colors. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8002 for independents and others. your host is at fault here. i just hung up on a bunch of you and i apologize. wall street journal this morning and their headline, republicans warn of battle over debt ceiling. top set republicans say the gop may line up against any effort to raise the government's borrowing limit this year adding to the uncertainty surrounding how congress will address the issue after the limit is reinstated next month. minority whip john through said wednesday that democratic plans to advance president biden's for -- for bank trillion dollar -- 4 trillion dollar agenda could cause republicans to oppose the debt limit increase. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell made these comments earlier. they write that congress suspended the debt limit for two years in 2019 as part of a broader agreement on overall spending levels brokered by then treasury secreta

we will go to lynn in atlanta, georgia. sorry about that. (202) 748-8000 is the line to call. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8002 for independents and others. i just hung up on a bunch of you and i apologize. republicans warn of battle over debt ceiling. top senate republicans as the gop made line up against any effort to raise the government's borrowing limit this year adding to the uncertainty surrounding how congress will address the issue after the limit is reinstated next month. democratic plans to advance president biden's for trillion dollar agenda could cause republicans to oppose the debt limit increase. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell made these comments earlier. they write that congress suspended the debt limit for two years and 2019 as part of a broader agreement on overall spending levels brokered by then treasury secretary steven mnuchin and house speaker nancy pelosi. that suspension is set to expire july 31. the limit will be reinstated at roughly $28.5 trillio