scott of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 303, the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, and the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, each will control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: madam speaker, i yield myself one minute. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: madam speaker, these amendments will require the eeoc to provide for the collection of annual compensation data from employees, disaggregated by race, sex, and national origin. the latter requirement that employees -- employers post notice and distribute information electronically informing employees of their right to -- rights under the act. direct the department of labor to establish a program to award employers to engage in training and conduct self-aah dids to reduce biased pay tracktieses, direct the secretary of labor to conduct a study and research literature review on gender pay gap in the teenage work force and re-establish the task force set up

hoyer: i thank the gentleman from virginia. the chairman of the education and labor committee for yielding. i thank him for his untiring work. no employer shall discriminate within any establishment in which such employees are employed between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages to employees in such establishment at a rate less than the rate at which he pays wages to employees of the opposite sex. that was passed by the congress of the united states. signed by the president of the united states. in 1963. a half century later, mr. speaker, the figures belie that promise. the figures are a sameful recognition of the -- shameful recognition of the emptiness of that promise. i know the gentlelady from north carolina. not well, but well enough. we served here for some period of time. i hope she will take it as a measure of positively. she is a feisty lady. she stands up for what she believes. and she is tough. all those are said lovingly. god help us if we paid her less than they paid every male member of this house. but w

we need to bring manufacturing to west virginia and eastern kentucky and southwestern virginia, jobs that are currently being done by somebody else in the world at low pay. that is why it is happening. because somebody in the world will pay somebody else less. are we in the business of chasing after the cheapest job we can find in this country? we can do better than that. let's bring those jobs to appalachia and pay a decent wage for people to support their families. we desperately need those jobs. sen. manchin: can i add onto that? lisa: absolutely. sen. manchin: everybody is talking about e.v. do you know we don't produce any of the rare earth minerals or very little of any rare earth minerals that it takes to make a battery? we depend on other sources in the world, and basically the people are being enslaved in parts of the world in order to get the resources that we seem to be, out of sight out of mind and say, we have an electric vehicle. it is a shame we are going down this path, but we have made no provisions at all to manufacture and basically have the resources that it takes

took part of virginia. i hope the senate will take up this bill when we pass it and consider the question of d.c. statehood on its merits not on politics. maybe that's too much to ask. not on partisan -- this is not a partisan math problem or electoral prediction, which as we have seen may or may not come to pass. but on the merits alone. on the conviction that taxation without representation is not fair now as it was not fair in 1776. the people of this city, our nation's capital, deserve full and equal representation in congress. . mr. speaker, i hope this bill will pass with bipartisan support. it's going to pass, but i hope we have some bipartisan support. based upon the principle that every citizen in our country ought to enjoy the same representation of the congress of the united states as every other citizen. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: mr. spe

virginia, it is argued, might be unconstitutional. yet, there is west virginia. if and when you form the new state of douglas commonwealth, that question, i think the court would leave alone, as opposed to the question of the 23rd amendment. when people say political question, there are things the court doesn't get involved in for different reasons, we don't have time for me to say much more. in the end, we are missing the 23rd moment versus the article for question. they might be related. without the 23rd amendment, this may be an easier question, it seems to me. zack: i think you're absolutely right. the article four section three admissions clause has governed every other admission to the union since the original 13 colonies. there is a very fascinating law review article, is west virginia unconstitutional? luis: and, is texas unconstitutional? zack: this has been debated in the past. those are distinct situations because neither texas or west virginia or any of the other states over their existence to a separate constitutional provision like the district of c

she was a defender in the capital habeas unit in the district of virginia with the virginia representation resource center, where she represented inmates on death row. she has argued before virginia's supreme court and the fourth circuit. she is a graduate of depaul university college of law. professor gibbons will join us after the debate for audience q&a. for the audience, as you know, during the debate, you can summit questions via the q&a feature on your screen, or you can use the raise your hand function, and i will unmute you so you can ask your question allows. before the q&a, we turn to the debate function. professor steiker, you will go first, so i turn it over to you. professor steiker: thank you chloe, both for the generous introduction and for organizing this event. -- thank you very much, chloe. i extend those thanks to the university of virginia chapter and also to professor gibbons for moderating this event. the death penalty is dying around the world and in the united states. consider the world. in the 1960's, only about two dozen countries in the world had abolished the de

west virginia. they assume certain things about you and assume you have limitations, that you're going to be a certain way and your style is going to be a certain way because that is what people do there. that is not the way it is. people here are like everywhere, their teas are wide, the like a lot of kinds of music. ♪ >> but i think it is going to take a lot of time to reverse some stereotypes that people have. it's going to be a long time before people see west virginia like vermont even though they have a lot of similarities. host: what are the stereotypes? what did you learn and what surprised you? guest: that was the wonderful larry gross who runs an npr music program and has for many decades now. one of our friends and guides i think the point he was making was not just about west virginia but also as you heard about mississippi, california, the dakotas, etc. is that people -- cosmopolitan people, people in big cities often have simple fine views of how things are and places they have not b

attorney's office for the district attorney virginia. and special counsel to president george h w bush. he is a graduate of stanford law where he received the prize for legal writing. he has since written pieces on criminal law for usa, forbes, the washington post and u.s. news & world report. he has appeared on many major networks and has testified before congress. his expertise centers on criminal procedure sentencing and capital punishment. jennifer givens is an associate professor of law at the university of virginia and the director of the innocence project clinic. she previously worked with an assistant federal defender for the eastern district of pennsylvania. as a senior staff attorney with the virginia capital representation center where she represented inmates on death row. she has argued before trial courts in pennsylvania and virginia. she is a graduate of the university college of law. she will join us after the debate for audience q&a. just so you know during debate, you can summit your questions through the q&a feature at

illogical seminary in virginia. -- theological seminary in virginia. pres. biden: what is your name? >> vanessa. pres. biden: is this where you register? do they have to have made an appointment? >> they need to have an appointment. we need the license, insurance card, and asked them what time they come in. how are you, check them and. -- in. pres. biden: roughly have any people a day the you get? any idea? >> 300. pres. biden: pretty good. >> overall, 20,000. pres. biden: we passed 150 million yesterday. 200 million in the first 100 days. i'm keeping it a secret. nobody can hear me. thank you. thank you for what you are doing. appreciate it. how are you? >> the key part of our registration, all of our parents are called directly to make sure they get an appointment right away. we have slots set aside for community partners. just so they don't have to go through the tedious online registration process. with the communities we serve, we make sure -- pres. biden: that is great. >> we are vaccinating low income, uninsured, underinsured, people of color, b

west virginia senator and virginia democrat senator tim crane. they answer questions on bipartisanship in congress. presidents joint address to congress, the january 6 attack on the capital and other house and senate agenda items. the institute of democracy is the host. it is about one hour. >> good morning everyone. my name is jim ryan. and the president of uva and i am delighted to welcome you to the second installment of the democracy dialog which is cosponsored by my office and uva's institute of them up or say. the goal of democracy dialogue is twofold. the first is to explore critical issues facing our democracy to aid a variety of different perspectives. the second is to model what it means to engage in civil discourse and debate with those whose perspectives or opinion might differ. our belief is that these two goals are interrelated because our ability as people to address critical issues facing our democracy will depend on our ability to engage in productive conversation and debate with those of different opinions and perspectives. thes

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? ms. wexton: thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. allred, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. allred will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. and as the member designated by ms. porter, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 1. as the member designated by ms. moore, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 1. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 216. the nays are 207. the amendments en bloc are adopte

took part of virginia. i hope the senate will take up this bill when we pass it and consider the question of d.c. statehood on its merits not on politics. maybe that's too much to ask. not on partisan -- this is not a partisan math problem or electoral prediction, which as we have seen may or may not come to pass. but on the merits alone. on the conviction that taxation without representation is not fair now as it was not fair in 1776. the people of this city, our nation's capital, deserve full and equal representation in congress. . mr. speaker, i hope this bill will pass with bipartisan support. it's going to pass, but i hope we have some bipartisan support. based upon the principle that every citizen in our country ought to enjoy the same representation of the congress of the united states as every other citizen. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: mr. spe

i love virginia. i am from virginia. marilyn is great too. host: in the overcurrent -- oversight committee you talked a little bit about how d.c. is very different from maryland in terms of the culture, the people that think -- things that happen in the city. expand on that a little. guest: the first thing about maryland is that marilyn -- maryland gave the land that now forms the district of columbia in a way that would not allow it to take it back if it wanted to. it was in perpetuity -- in perpetuity. it gave the land to form the capitol of the united states. as i mentioned before, maryland supports statehood for the district of columbia. marilyn gave the land and cannot take it back. -- maryland gave the land and cannot take it back. >> c spans washington journal. we discussed policy issues that impact you. monday morning, we will talk about the week ahead in washington, first with bloomberg news white house reporter and later with washington examiner chief congressional correspondent. then, a discussion on student loan forgiveness propos

for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. mceachin, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. mceachin will vote yes on h.r. 172. as the member designated by ms. porter, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on h.r. 172. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: as the member designated by the honorable mr. richard neal of massachusetts pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that, mr. neal will vote yes on adoption of house resolution 172, the united states anti-doping agency re-authorization act of 2021. mr. speaker, as the member designated by the honorable ms. lori trahan of massachusetts, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mrs. trahan will vote yes on house resolution 172, the united states anti-doping agency re-authorization act of 2021. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia

on the other side is from grundy, virginia, from southwest virginia. host: we will go to patricia next. caller: good morning. i had the covid. i suggest everyone gets the shots. when they were available to me, i got the first and second shot of pfizer. on the relief bill, they are doing good. we meeting more help though. host: thank you. george from greenville, mississippi. caller: thank you for taking my call. first of all, i want to say good morning to everyone. i want to let you know that my wife and i have taken the covid shot. we prayed about it. for years, i've been taking the flu shot. if i have been taking the flu shot, i can take the covid shot. it is always better to have something and not need it, than need it and not have it. i want to talk about the stimulus going out. people need money for bills, people are losing their jobs through no fault of their own. one thing i want to say to the states, yes, joe biden is giving money to the states, but it is up to the governors and the leadership of the states cannot mismanage the money. i don't mi

virginia, where have you, for commuting into the district. they wouldn't have representation here. that's actually taxation without representation. further, if you were to toll roads leading into the district, you would infringe upon people's constitutional rights to petition the government. imagine how much a tour bus would have to pay if they wanted to come here into the district. but i was talking about the home rule act, i was talking about the 23rd amendment. there was an allegation that republicans somehow don't care about this issue. it's actually opposite. republicans are the ones that have advanced more rights for the district of columbia. think about it. it was actually the kennedy and the carter administrations, both their departments of justice concluded that for d.c. to be a state it would require a constitutional amendment. they were on our side of this argument. and historically it was president eisenhower who pushed through the 23rd amendment to get d.c. three electoral votes. just a side note, it was representative prescott b

the virginia theological seminary in alexandria, virginia. the seminary and other houses of worship are partnering with the community health centers to offer vaccinations and vaccination sites. they are seeing these partnerships wherein not just day, but we are seeing all over the country, people are coming across different faiths -- together from different faiths with special focus on vaccinating seniors from different backgrounds and walks of life. it is an example of america at its finest. they are all meeting what pope francis calls the moral obligation. vaccinated, something which he went on to say can save your life and the lives of others. i was at the seminary clinic to market important milestone as well. yesterday we crossed 150 million shots in the first 75 days of my administration. on our way to hitting my goal of 200 million shots by the 100th day in office. that is the goal i set after passing the original mark of 100 million shots in my first 100 days, doing that in just 58 days. some said 100 million shots was too ambitious. t

one of the reasons -- and you are in virginia as well i noted. one of the reasons was that you are going to be gone from work for 11 hours. if that was not the case for as many people and even on a holiday, many people have to work, police officers, firefighters, health care. people have to work, but most would be off if it were a holiday. i agree with you in terms of accessibility. i also think one of the areas where there is a level of this agreement across the board, nothing partisan about it, should we have no excuse early voting? which really means, we have many election days. should we have one election day where campaigns work up to, or should we have a week or 17 days like they have in georgia? we had a caller from new jersey. they just started early voting. they added nine days of early voting. georgia has more early voting then new jersey. i think those are legitimate questions. i think a better route is to make the national election day a holiday like you suggest. i agree with you, to improve accessibility. also, having been a candidat

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. connolly: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. mfume of maryland, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. mfume will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? ms. bush: as the member designated by mr. omar, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. omar -- ms. omar, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. omar will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the ayes have 206. the nays -- the speaker pro tempore: on this the ayes -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the ayes have 208. the nays have 216. the motion is not adopted. the question is on now on passage of the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? mr. jordan: madam speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant

but it is going to make a difference for our west virginia residence. >> our first call comes caller: good morning america from the great northwest. good morning pedro and arnie. i want to say that i think this is really a good opportunity for democrats. i am a recovered republican myself. right now the republican seems to stand for insurrection, the big lie, and restricting people's ability to vote. democrats are looking to the future. charge stations for electric cars, roads, planes, trains. schools. we want to face the future. we want to get our country -- and arnie, one thing you did not mention i think is the proposal to increase the pay for workers that take care of our invalid parents and people that need health care. it is great. these people are heroic. they do things no one else wants to do. they need to get paid for it. arnie: $400 billion goes to things like that. we have an aging demographic. we do not have a lot of long health insurance policies. the only way you get coverage if you get ill and become an invalid, where you have to go? you have to get rid of all your asse

host: that is eric in virginia. our next caller is out of alexandria, virginia. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i feel like it is just just seeing that horror of he is being killed. when i heard [indiscernible]i feel sick. the caller before me said when you comply, that only applies for white people. we've seen in the insurrection. the police chief says we know when to shoot. we train went to shoot. it is different for white people. white people who shoot and killed nine people who pray at their church. they took command bought him a burger. they shoot people and then they come out with this charge. i just wanted to say, for all of these people saying this, i just wanted to say a man of quality is not afraid of equality. just for a second, take off the color and look at the human being. host: just about 10 minutes or so before we are expected to hear from the attorney general, live from the justice department. we will be hearing that live on c-span when attorney general merrick garland steps up to make what is expected to be the announcement o

host: from mike in virginia, hello. caller: good morning, pedro. good morning, dr. phillips -- align host: stinson -- host: stinson. caller: i'm sorry, what the true problem is is that bad cops hide amongst the good cops, and until the unions have broken down where they have to take the bad cop out and prosecute him, make sure his pension is gone and make sure he or she cannot move to another jurisdiction to become a cop, this trap is going to go on -- crap is going to go on and on. when a bad cop cost the city $1 million and has the record as long as one person is armed, enough is enough. somebody should do something about that. the only thing i think that could be done is some organization trains some cadets, people of color, to be spread amongst the country and different police stations. that is the only thing that is going to equalize that situation but if you cannot beat them, join them. i will take my answers off the air. host: go ahead. guest: i think mike raises interesting points. i think if you were to go to his local law enforcement agency, so i think he

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. beyer: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. moore, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote yes on h.r. 1490. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.r. 1490. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on h.r. 1490. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. wilson of south carolina, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. wilson will vote yea on h.r. 149 -- 1490. mr. timmons: as the member designated by mr. steube of florida, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. steube will vote yea on h.r. 1490. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 400, the nays are 16. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, th

to hear from west virginia senator joe manchin. live coverage on c-span. >> thank you for joining us with senator joe manchin from west virginia, who chairs

i love virginia, i am from virginia, and maryland is great too. host: end of the oversight committee, you talk about how d.c. is different from maryland, on the culture of the people, the types of things that have been and state, expand on that a bit. guest: first thing about maryland is that maryland gave the land that now forms the district of columbia. in a way that would not allow it to even take it back. it was in perpetuity that gave the land -- the capital of the u.s. as i mentioned before, marilyn supports the district of columbia. -- maryland supports the district of columbia. those who talk about maryland, that is called retro session. forget that maryland has, in fact, given the land for -- to become the district of columbia and that they could not have given the terms that it offered the land, to take the land back. four better or worse, we are left with maryland, including its entire delegation, except 41 public -- republican better -- republican member. retro session is an impossibility because the land was given in perpetuity. host:

first in virginia beach, virginia. good morning, sir. caller: good morning, how are you doing? host: i am doing well. caller: i want to say one thing real quick. i know i don't have much time. i'm a 65-year-old african-american man and my son is 25 years old. he had gotten very angry about this situation with mr. floyd. i had been trying to convince him that the process worked and things will work out. i had been afraid he would go out and do something to the police. i don't want him to be hurt. i basically would tell him that if it had to have and i would rather something happened to me. it is such a relief that this verdict has come about. i'm hoping and praying there is dialogue between the police and the black community where we don't have to be in fear of them and they don't have to be in fear of us. host: what was your first conversation with your son like after the verdict was announced? caller: i actually called the police department and i tried to schedule an appointment for my son and i to talk to the police, because he had so much anger seeing black people being murd

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. connolly: i thank the distinguished chair woman of our committee and my good friend, eleanor holmes norton, the congresswoman from the district of columbia who soon, i hope, will have the right to vote on the floor of the house. today, mr. speaker, we come together to right a wrong. 750,000 fellow americans are denied the right to representation in their congress. in the very place in which congress is located. ironically. the only capital in the democratic world that denies its own citizens the right to vote to be represented. we heard a lot of subterfuge here today and we'll hear about the constitution. the constitution that clearly gives congress the right of admission of a state. mr. comer comes from kentucky, kentucky was composed of territory claimed by my state, virginia. and they were a bunch of whigs. we didn't object. and congress, not a constitutional amendment, admitted kentucky into the union. and they elected whigs, if you can think about that, mr. speaker. but we didn't

host: in west virginia coming independent. what is info structure like in west virginia? what do you need? caller: it is simple. infrastructure is electrical grids, water, fresh water, wastewater, roads, bridges, broadband. it does not have to deal with transsexual studies or social justice. the other point being, the other guests made a point about hydrogen powered vehicles. how do you manufacture hydrogen? it takes massive quantities of electricity to do that. what form of electricity are you going to use to manufacture hydrogen? got nuclear, coal. host: i don't want to go too far down that road. what about his first comment? guest: i think there is support for a very broad definition of what infrastructure includes. i think you saw that with the senate gop proposal. maybe other people have not talked about traditionally -- when the federal government starts to talk about investment in infrastructure, there is bipartisan support for investing in broadband infrastructure. every community has access to broadband so that we would be able to connect with the internet and be

west virginia. the number of seats for the remaining 37 states will not change. host: from yesterday's news conference, the acting census bureau director. you can find it on our website, c-span.org. gary mitchell reacts to the apportionment. yes, texas picks up two seats, 4 million new residents. arizona, good morning. caller: good morning. it is hard to trust it given who was in charge of it. i moved from michigan to arizona. it does not snow here. it is hotter than hades but you know it is coming and you know when. the snow did not know when to quit when it did come. it seems to me that you have arizona flipped over and we have democratic senators, which is unheard of. texas, arizona, florida, they seem to be slipping more into the purple zone. i think that is a good thing. host: is your cost of living less in arizona? caller: it is a little more out here. i cannot tell because i have not been back to michigan in 20 years. depending on how you want to live and what part of town, everything is more

as folks from virginia know, with the exception of texas, virginia was the southern state that put more people to death. we see that increasingly, not only are polls showing that more and more americans are saying that capital punishment is wrong and we should remove ourselves from the shrinking list of nations that practice it. estates themselves are starting to abandon the practice even though the federal government continues to carry out execution. host: tell us who kirk bosworth is and why he is significant when we talk about exonerations of death row and falsely accused people? guest: kirk is an extraordinary man. a former marine. he was charged and convicted for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl. shortly after he had come home from service. all of the stories of the 80 exonorees i examined are bone chilling. there are some things about history that stick with you. you are not able to think about how could somebody find himself in this set of circumstances. kirk, he has a great start. he is the executive director of the group i mentioned earlier, witness the innocence. ki

for what purpose does gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask 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. >> thank you, madam speaker. there is no denying that we need to support and all of the above solution for energy policy to secure our energy independent. the green new deal introduced yet again rekently seeks to fundamentally change our way of life, cripple american businesses, and explode our national debt. $93 trillion, with a t. let me say it again, $93 trillion. that's how much their proposal will cost over the next 10 years. let's put that into perspective. $93 trillion is more money than the federal government has spent for the entire period from 1979 until the present. madam speaker, that is absurd. worse yet, how do the democrats propose that we pay for it? by raising the taxes, of course, up to 70%. this is outrageous. it crushes jobs, costs an average american household nearly $70

i will turn it over to my good friend and colleague from the commonwealth of virginia ralph northam who will say a few words. >> good afternoon and thank you, governor hogan. beautiful day in annapolis and i want to thank you and your wife for hostings and bringing us together in a bipartisan manner. it has been a refreshing two days for governors to interact with or members of congress and discuss a topic on the minds of us for years and decades and that is infrastructure. to highlight the relationship that i have had over the years with governor hogan we have set precedent on how we work together state by state and how we work in a bipartisan manner. we have worked on metro and we are working on the american legionen -- legion bridge. i think we all agree infrastructure is a top priority. we had a candid discussion last night and today and talked about our priorities especially on the state level. we agreed that this is not a cookie cutter situation. within size do not -- one size doesn't fit all. every state has their priorities. we agree with members of congress that governors need

i was raised in west virginia there. i have learned in the 1990's, these nonunion companies came in and grew people out of the house is, they tore the houses down, i'm talking thousands of people. do the people or the state of west virginia. remember 1921? a republican administration sent airplanes out to bomb those people. host: you say you identify as an independent. do you vote for republicans most of the time? caller: no. i have in the past, but no way. from 1932, let's think about it. from 1932 to 1952, everything was nice. no, i never want anything to do with the republicans. host: that is charles in tennessee. larry on the republican line. caller: the republicans have become the party of lies and deceit. they blame black lives matter and and tebow for the insurrection. -- antifa for the insurrection. and then they continue to tell the big lie about the voting. host: why do you identify as a democrat? caller: i believe in democratic values, that is why. they continue to tell the big lie about the voting. they are k

the gentleman from kentucky virginia tech. mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. making d.c. a city state is unconstitutional, it's impractical, and supplies in the face of the founder's intent. james madison said it simheff in the federalist papers. unfortunately our colleagues across the aisle are trying to make this about race. i thought it was inevitable and sad and unfortunate. let's look at data. in 1800 this was -- this city was a white majority. 10,600, 4,000 african-american residents. then 150 years later in 1950, 517,000 white residents to 280 thousand african-american residents. so for 150 years this was a white majority city and there was no serious effort to make it a state. mr. fallon: there is a way we can solve this issue. no taxation without representation. it's flawed because there is local government. and they have a delegate here. but with retrosession making washington and putting

i yield three minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. good. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for three minutes. mr. good: thank you, madam speaker and ranking member foxx. memo to my friends across the aisle -- violence, including workplace violence, is already illegal. and it should always be prosecuted. regardless of whether it happens in the name of atva or b.l.m. or even if it's -- antifa or b.l.m. or even if it's against the police officers working to keep us safe. this bill won't decrease it with calls to defund or eliminate law enforcement and correctional facilities. talk about increasing workplace violence, and you wonder why more americans are purchasing firearms to protect themselves with the anarchy you seem to be promoting. speaking of law enforcement, do we actually want to protect police from workplace violence, too, or do we want to continue to increase it with a dishonest narrative that makes it more difficult for them to do their jobs and keep us all safe? but here we find ourselves again tod

i used to live in alexandria, virginia, which is right outside of washington, d.c. and this issue has been is cost for some time, and there has been no resolution. i think we need to come to a resolution. if you are paying taxes, just like if you are in the service, you should have representation. you should have a voice, and those people are not having a voice. it comes down to -- every time someone mentions that it is more about racial, certain people do not want to discuss it, you know what, the supreme court -- when the supreme court rules were changed to put these recent supreme court justice on, no one from the other party said anything about it. but now because they call it a power grab -- it is not a power grab, it is about people being represented. i think we need to get away from everything being racial because someone disagrees with you. people say, well, it is about race. if someone wants to bring up race, than that is their issue and that is their discussion. allow them to say what they have to say and not just cut them off to say it is a racial issue.

joe manchin says no, i represent west virginia, people of west virginia don't want higher wages. what? did you just say that out loud? they do a poll, turns out 70% of west virginians one a $15 minimum wage. it's an obvious lie. of course they want higher wages. what kind of an absurd lie is that? all of the media write it down, oh, western into does want higher wages. joe manchin is a moderate democrat. no he has not he is a corporate democrat. he works for the chamber of commerce. he got legally bribed millions of dollars and now works for the people who bribed him. it has nothing to do with the voters of west virginia. if you pull that stuff on guns and said -- ok, i get it, the people of west virginia have a different idea on guns than i do in california. i understand it. i could show it to you in the polls. if you say west virginia doesn't want higher wages and they want you to work for corporate america, that is nonsense. i can't believe the rest of the folks in washington call themselves reporters and they can't suss out -- he's not a moderate, he's a corporate democrat. h

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. blumenauer, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. blumenauer will vote -- will vote yes on h.r. 1868. as the member designated by mr. lieu, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lieu will vote yes on h.r. 1868. as the member designated by mr. lowenthal, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lowenthal will vote yes on h.r. 1868. as the member designated by ms. moore, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that ms. moore will vote yes on h.r. 1868. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. steube of florida, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. steube will vote nay on the senate amendment to h.r. 1868. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member de

there was a powerful senator from west virginia who was adamantly opposed to tolls. he had a lot of clout in terms of the system of politics. early in first-rate -- early interstate plans were voted down in congress. when they came up with the highway trust fund and the gas tax and the ability to send out more money to the states where the costs of building were higher, that proved to be the secret sauce that got the deal done. the promise in the last minute come in the last six months recruiting urban mayors who got the prospect of we can get all this highway capacity at 5% -- we only have to come up with 5%, and the feds will pay 95%. cut us in. that urged a lot of urban senators and representatives to vote for the gas tax program. the provision was that if you build an interstate utilizing the 95% federal funding, you shall not put tolls on it ever. that is still the law apart from a few exceptions congress has carved out. chris: maybe the next question will go to randall. bob mentioned he would favor removing transit from the highway trust fund. the highway trust

host: paul from chesapeake, virginia. thank you for calling. corporations cut themselves from 50% of the population. rick in montclair, california, two bad corporations, i stopped buying coke. i no longer watch the mlb due to kneeling anti-american sentiment. i won't buy patagonia stuffed either. brian kemp said pulling the all-star game out of atlanta will hurt business owners of color. he condemned the mlb on saturday, stating its decision to pull the all-star game out of atlanta will hurt is this owners of color. saying, minority owned businesses have been hit harder because of the visible virus, -- in visible virus, through no fault of their own. the restaurant near truist park. that is the story out of the hill. we have timothy from vermont. you think it is a bad idea. tell us why. caller: well, my opinion is that the hypocrisy abounds to the right and all i can say is our politicians don't want business to be involved in politics. all i can say is let's reverse repeal the citizens united act of 2010. oy vey, you know? host: timothy, thank