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

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,

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

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

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

, 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

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

. >> 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 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

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

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

twitter that says there is a two-year minimum weight for low income housing apartments in warner robins, georgia south of atlanta. these apartments are important is that weight -- is that way in particular unusual across the country? host: the weight is not -- guest: the weight is not unusual. those weight lists could vary from several months to several years. we all -- we absolutely need to expand the program. it is also essential that we ensure these properties are kept up. a couple of the commenters are right. much of our affordable housing stock is in poor condition due to decades of declining resources to repair these units and keep them and sanitary condition. public housing for example has been underfunded for decades. and now has a $70 billion needs backlog. it would cost that to maintain these properties in sanitary conditions and to keep it for the generations who will need it in the future. that is the additional investment we are urging in public housing, so it is safe and sanitary for people who live there today and generations who will need it. host: richard and minneapolis, minnes

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, as elected representatives, we are obligated to handle taxpayer dollars in a manner that is responsible. for decades legislators like the hyde amendment have shielded hard working tax dollars from the unethical practice of abortion. countless legislative proposals prove that my colleagues across the aisle are not interested in preserving good government provisions upon which our constituents depend a as they have eliminated the hyde amendment by removing pro-life providings like hyde we are subjecting funding practices that violate the sanctity of life. the simple fact of the matter is taxpayer dollars should never financially support abortion and we should always protect the conscience and the rights of our constituents. as such, mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committ

host: richard, georgia, democrat side. caller: i would like to make the point that at no time have you seen the blm marches attacked the capitol. the insurrectionists during january sixth wanted to assault democracy and the constitution. jim jordan ought to be ashamed of himself and lindsey graham. i want to get into lindsey graham's head to straighten him out. he is disruptive as well. we need to get these laws passed on voting rights, so that all americans, black, green, blue, whatever they can vote like we did in 2020. black lives matter did not attack the capitol in none of their marches. host: kelly armstrong of north dakota is one of the selections by the republican party. a call next from north dakota. we have one from new jersey. tom, new jersey, republican line. caller: for anybody to accept any information from this committee is going to have to be bipartisan. you take any law or anything else. you have a jury. who picks the jury? not just the prosecutor, but the prosecutor gets to pick who he wants, the defense

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

i saw them going to georgia and texas to change the boats -- vo ting system in their favor. texas has changed. texas is no longer like it was, independent. i agree with her that they are trying to limit voting for hispanics and minorities. greg abbott wants to be president or vice president so he is on the side of trump all the way. there is no problem with voting in texas. they just want to make it harder. guest: ink you for your advocacy and your inc. -- thank you for your advocacy and your encouragement. i am trying to speak with our congressional leaders and ask them to please pass legislation as soon as possible to preempt what is barreling down our face in texas. host: when you here's -- hear people say " we want to make it easier to vote, harder to cheat" what do you say? guest: how does that make it easier to vote? there is nothing in it that makes it easier to vote at all, and there is nothing that even addresses cheating at all. it is a talking point, but it does not make it easier to vote if you are going to deter an elderly person from being able to receive a mai

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia. >> request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, 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 new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. donald payne, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on the amendments en bloc. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? mr. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on

i saw them going to georgia and texas to change the boats -- vo ting system in their favor. texas has changed. texas is no longer like it was, independent. i agree with her that they are trying to limit voting for hispanics and minorities. greg abbott wants to be president or vice president so he is on the side of trump all the way. there is no problem with voting in texas. they just want to make it harder. guest: ink you for your advocacy and your inc. -- thank you for your advocacy and your encouragement. i am trying to speak with our congressional leaders and ask them to please pass legislation as soon as possible to preempt what is barreling down our face in texas. host: when you here's -- hear people say " we want to make it easier to vote, harder to cheat" what do you say? guest: how does that make it easier to vote? there is nothing in it that makes it easier to vote at all, and there is nothing that even addresses cheating at all. it is a talking point, but it does not make it easier to vote if you are going to deter an elderly person from being able to receive a mai

salmon's island, georgia, who passed away at the age of 72. reagan his -- ray began his career in st. sam money's island. he would have a positive impact on the seafood industry. ray was a trusted voice in meeting members of congress. ray served as chairman of the national fisheries institutes technical committee from 1994 to 1996 and was a technical chairman of the national shrimp industry association from 1998 to 2005. in 2017, he was recognized as the seafood industry leader for his decades of commitment to seafood sustainability and quality. despite ray's countless career achievements, his proudest role was a father and grandfather. my thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and all who knew him during this most difficult time. madam speaker, i rise today to recognize and honor pastor bill liggin of brunswick, georgia, for his 90th birthday. he experienced the call of god at 18 years old. since then he founded christian -- the christian renewal church in brunswick, georgia, and served as its pastor for over 40 years. pastor ligg

fast forward to today, and let's take that georgia legislation, what is that legislation saying? there are going to be mandated weekend hours, expanded opportunities for malin, and expansion. putting some guardrails on what you can and can't do, sitting rules out before the election, colorado wants to do all malin and have a system for that. i'm fine with colorado deciding what colorado wants to do. i don't think it is a good idea to centralize this all in washington, but you are right and i think these issues -- there have been troubled histories and that is where it is right for the federal government to step in. we are looking at situations where how we had record turnout in voting, where you are having that happen, no one is being denied the right to vote but what we want to make sure of is, going back to the original premise, i think ensuring everyone has confidence in that system. host: back to a comment for you on text. you can send us a text at (202)-748-8003. sheila says this. until congress gets back to people over party, it makes no difference who is in control. stand

bishop of georgia, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. bishop will vote yes, will vote yes on h.r. 826. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from idaho seek recognition? >> as the member designated by by mr. fulcher from idaho, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. fulcher will vote aye on h.r. 826. 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. 826. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. fallon from texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. jackon from texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. jackson will vote yes on h. res. 826. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognitio

host: let's go to amy in georgia. go ahead. caller: good morning. first i would like to thank dr. schaffner for speaking so thoughtfully and clearly about this virus. i am unvaccinated. not on purpose. i had a reaction to my first pfizer shot, so i was unable to get the second shot. i would like to know -- i wear my mask and social distance -- i would like to know what you -- when you think it would be available for someone in my situation in the future, will we be able to mix vaccines or will they find out something different for someone like me? i would love to hear what you have to say about this. dr. schaffner: that's a very important question. the first thing i would say is, consult with your physician or maybe -- dr. schaffner: it is for all the rest of us to be vaccinated. we can surround you with a cocoon of protection that will make it very hard for the virus to find you. we all have a responsibility to ourselves, but i am very clear, we also have a responsibility to our brothers and sisters among us who cannot respond optimally to the vaccine. that responsibility means w

they bring the fighting over voting rights to georgia today. senator amy klobuchar, former presidential candidate and minnesota democrat, has muscled a panel into the spotlight. the committee will hold a field hearing in atlanta this morning as democrats turned their attention to voting restrictions in georgia and other gop led states to start the push for an elections overhaul. betty in blacksburg, south carolina, good morning. caller: i don't like nothing that he's doing. i think he's just the worst president we have ever had and i am 76 years old. everything he is changing. like, fox news, those people are truthful. they don't lie. i can look at them and tell that they don't lie. but anyhow, everything he is doing, you look at everything he is doing, everything he done when he come in office, everything that from -- everything that trump done. the country looked better then than it does now. i've never seen the likes of it in my life. host: caller? caller: everything the republicans wanted to get, they got. the democrats need to put a stipul

we will see what the impact is with the georgia case that the biden administration filed, where they make more progress of about discriminatory intent and the number of -- maybe greater than we have seen in arizona. they, the heels of an election that lawmakers who passed the bill were disappointed in. that may be the follow a case that tells us how far the arizona decision is going to go. that is the case. i just want to add -- >> it was interesting for me to look at the brnovich case involving donor disclosures, not only because you had the same split among the justices, but also because of the different way the court looked at state interests versus minority interests. you saw the donor disclosure case, the board took a broad reading -- the court broad reading and said, you have never based any investigation at all on these schedule b's that have been filed, you've got other ways we can investigate conflicts of interest or fraud in charities, and the burden of these donors -- a subset of donors -- people who contributed $5,000 or more to charity and that may can -- that may includ

he called the secretary of state in georgia and said just go find me 11,000 votes, that's all i'm looking for. after that appalling attempt election fraud, it was exposed to the whole world rather than everybody apologizing for it and trying to figure out what we do to protect election administrators, now there is an effort to displace him and run somebody against him so they have a sufficiently advantage and subservient secretary of state in georgia. it's amazing to watch that. what about the idea of the increasingly partisan election officials were being targeted around the country should be deferred to in terms of the voting rights of the people? >> thank you so much for that question. i appreciate the point of secretary adams. the state laboratories produced some of the most disenfranchised systems. the 1890 election disenfranchised most african-americans. other southern states followed suit. the point is well taken but at the same time, sometimes they are laboratories for ill. there is a list of things that will serve as a national conception of democracy. democracy cannot be a state

warnock will tell you, in georgia. that this is going on all over the country, to the point that we now have since the beginning of the year, the two laws to restrict voting that have been enacted in 14 states, with the texas senate passage of sb one yesterday, a total of 32 bills to roll back the right to vote have passed at least one chamber of the legislature. so when people ask us why we have put forward the for the people act, which is the first bill to be introduced in the senate, authored by senator markley and supported by the senate rules committee, why we lead with this bill. it's because we could see this coming. most political parties in the past, when they lose an election, what do they do? they think how can i change my policies, how can i change my candidate? what did they do? they said how can we stop people from voting who voted before. we all know the history of texas, which you are about to hear, but this was a state -- one of my best examples as they had one valid dropbox in tarrant county of -- a c