he was trying to persuade us he won arizona and everyone knows he won arizona. he continued to claim the election had been stolen from him and there was widespread fraud, the evidence for which has never surfaced or been produced. it was a revealing capstone to our investigative reporting process. by the time we went out to hear what he had to say, we talked to 140 people worked closest with him. we had a good sense of where the reality was. host: did you challenge him on what is aides and friends and cabinet secretary told you? guest: in that interview, we often let donald trump talk and tell us his view. we want to do here his worldview. there may times we said, sir -- there was not hugging and kissing -- he argues that many of the protesters during the capital january 6 were part of a loving crowd. we definitely questioned him. the purpose of this interview was to hear him. it is a little jaw-dropping, the way he is committed to this alternate vision, the way he has hardened his inner narrative so that it has no correspondence, no morning to reality or fact.

arizona is one such case where you could be able to provide cooling. even though people are spaced out and you could also have a network of people helping so in our case we have had all sorts of community members step up including a utility company. long-term solutions provide cooling spaces along the way. to provide cooler spaces and handle long-term mitigation adaptations. >> thank you so much for your comments, and i will yield back. >> the chair recognizes mr. kyl mr. kilby for five minutes. >> thank you, for holding this important hearing. i've been toggling back and forth with lots of things going on today so if my question is redundant, i apologize. over seven years ago in my hometown, a water crisis emerged. my hometown is flint michigan. the children were affected by the crisis and exposed to high levels of lead that poses significant health risks particularly in their development. what was not as well-known in the water crisis that there was an outbreak and as a result of the crisis. michigan again is experiencing a surge. the michigan depart

host: our first guest is david gantz, with -- a professor of law emeritus at the university of arizona. anchor for joining us this morning. guest: my pleasure. host: we are under, when it comes to trade concerns, something called the u.s. fda. it is the one year anniversary. could you remind people about not only what the new trade agreement is, but what brought on its, i guess, what led to it being created? caller: a number of forces there. basically this is a revised version of the north american free trade agreement that was in effect beginning in january, 1994. that agreement was negotiated in 1991 or 1992 and in many respects was seriously out of date. there also was a lot of political opposition to nafta on both sides of the aisle, and the previous administration, some logic that a new version would be attractive to a wide swath of members of congress, members of the public as well. host: some of the specifics of the usmca, ordinance for cars and trucks, protection for property, it would strengthen labor and environmental protection, would have protections for financial instituti

host: david gantz, a professor of law emeritus at the university of arizona. thanks forannouncer: washingtonl continues. host: this is erin durkin of national journal. she reports on health care issues, joining us to talk about the new effort by the biden administration when it comes to vaccination rates. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: what is the best way to understand what put forth this new push yesterday? guest: the president had made a goal for july 4 to get one shot to 70% of adult americans, and right before the july 4 weekend, they were just coming in shy of that goal, but that was anticipated. and so what you really heard

we saw a law of that nature in arizona passed by republican-controlled legislature, upheld by the supreme court this week. so these are very controversial issues. republicans are trying to make sure that the rules for voting are stricter. democrats are trying to make sure that as many people are able to vote as possible. there are some tensions, of course, between ballot access and ballot security. but as i mentioned in that piece, one of the reasons why the debate is as heated as it is is that in each case, the parties i think perceive themselves to be getting some kind of advantage by having the legal regime surrounding voting that they prefer. republicans believe that if you tighten up some of the protocols that we saw in the 2020 election, that they would win more races, possibly given that the presidential race really came down to fewer than 45,000 votes, remaining battleground states. from an electoral college perspective. the democrats believe that the greater the turnout, the greater their chances of winning. clearly they are pretty happy that joe biden has 81 million votes. that

host: david gantz, a professor of law emeritus at the university of arizona. thanks for >> tonight on c-span, president biden meets with a group of the nation's governors and mayors to discuss infrastructure. then senate floor remarks from chuck schumer and republican leader mitch mcconnell. u.s. senator's and texas legislators hold a press conference on voting rights. quite c-span is your unfiltered you a government. including broadband. >> it supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> president biden met with a group of the nation's governors and mayors at the white house to discuss infrastructure. >> we will talk about infrastructure. president biden: i want to thank you all for being here to discuss initiative following this. this is a bipartisan issue. there is

host: news from arizona central on this topic -- " arizona said that they need more material from maricopa county, suggesting that the senate's review may be nearing its end. fann said during a hearing at the capital that she expects the demands for additional materials will end up in court, setting up another legal battle in the saga that has seen the country and state lawmakers spar over the scope of the legislature's subpoena power. also during the hearing the senate's top contractor on the review recommended reviving plans to go door-to-door to inquire about some residents' participation in last year's general election." caller: glad to talk to you. my concern is over black lives matter, what they had to say about the demonstrations in cuba the day before yesterday. i think it was around us. -- i think it was horrendous. host: how do you feel about the demonstrations in cuba, bob? caller: i worked with a lot of cubans. i had a cuban neighbor in chicago. they are wonderful people. these people have condemned them. it is horrendous. host: is the u.s. government doing enough to support th

let's look at what's going on in arizona. a bill just was signed talking about critical race theory. it lets look at what's happening there. arizona governor signed a bill preventing local government -- governments from teaching local -- critical race theory. for him it's the state and any local government from inquiring -- forbids state and any local government from inquiring -- from requiring their employees to engage in orientation, training or therapy that suggests an employee is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive whether consciously or unconsciously. the measure comes as critical race theory becomes the latest flashpoint in the culture wars. the theory which is decades old examines the impact of racism on history and maintains that racism is systemic. republicans have used the term critical race theory as a catchall for teaching racism with some panning the bill as discriminatory. let's go back and talk to darrell who is going to jackson tennessee. garo -- darrell, good morning. caller: good morning. the problem is

he found arizona to have had many alternative ways of getting your vote counted. he also said that the disparate impact approach, provisions that can be shown statistically to have a greater impact on minority voters, this impact being the way that fair housing cases and other kinds of discrimination cases are sometimes evaluated, that was not appropriate for this type of case. he thought that the -- she was much more concerned about discriminatory intent than discriminatory impact. he said it was important to look at the context that voting regulations have in the 1980's when the voting rights act was modified to update section two to its current language. keeping in mind what the voting provisions were then, that was a time when people tended to cast votes in person more so than now. it was also a factor to keep in mind. all of those things taken together, he said means that arizona pot regulations are permissible. dissenters took a different view. justice kagan said the totality of circumstances you should be looking at are the totality of certain circumstances

he found arizona to have had many alternative ways of getting your vote counted. he also said that the disparate impact approach, provisions that can be shown statistically to have a greater impact on minority voters, this impact being the way that fair housing cases and other kinds of discrimination cases are sometimes evaluated, that was not appropriate for this type of case. he thought that the -- she was much more concerned about discriminatory intent than discriminatory impact. he said it was important to look at the context that voting regulations have in the 1980's when the voting rights act was modified to update section two to its current language. keeping in mind what the voting provisions were then, that was a time when people tended to cast votes in person more so than now. it was also a factor to keep in mind. all of those things taken together, he said means that arizona pot regulations are permissible. dissenters took a different view. justice kagan said the totality of circumstances you should be looking at are the totality of certain circumstances

adrian is -- adrian fontes served in maricopa county arizona. approximately two thirds of arizona's population from 2017 to 2020. his position was most recent in a long list of his service to his community and country, from 1992 to 1996 he served as -- on active duty in the u.s. marine corps. we thank you for that service. he earned a nomination meritorious commission, after being honorably discharged she received a bachelors degree from the arizona state university, before continuing on to the sturm college of law at the university of denver. after law school, he served as a prosecutor with the denver district attorney, worked in the maricopa county attorney's office, then headed the form prosecution unit at the arizona attorney general's office. in 2016, he was elected to the office of the maricopa county reporter where you served a four-year term, implementing national award winning systems and procedures to improve accessibility and security for maricopa county elections, even amidst the immense logistical and personnel safety challenges pos

grijalva of arizona will vote yea on h.r. 1664. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush of illinois, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.r. 1664. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from connecticut seek recognition? mrs. hayes: as the member designated by ms. wilson of florida, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that ms. wilson will vote yes on h.r. 1664. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by congresswoman grace meng, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that congresswoman meng will vote yea on h.r. 1664. as the member designated by congressman horsford, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that congressman horsford will vote yea on h.r. 1664. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated b

arizona could not point to any voter fraud to justify its challenge laws. a study of the 834 million ballots cast in elections between 2000 and 2014 found only 35 credible allegations of in-person voter fraud. by contrast, there are voluminous examples of proliferating racial discrimination in voting during the same period. in short, this unscrupulous decision disregards the purpose of section two and, it erektsz -- and it erects an indefensible barrier for plaintiffs, simply because a majority of the court fundamentally disagrees with congress's use of its enforcement powers to legislate broadly to protect the right to vote from racial discrimination. it is nothing short of an attempt to rewrite and weaken section two, resulting in incalculable costs to our democracy. since the disabling of section five, section two has been the primary defense between --primary defense against discriminatory vote denial and abridgment. since 202012 alone, we filed five cases under section two and two more this year. in the first five years following shelby, an unprecedent

that is what they are doing an arizona. the second thing is that he say the voting as sacrosanct and so they we should protect. i agree. in pennsylvania when the government to the voting laws at the last minute, bypass the state legislature which the constitution says that the state legislature is the one that passes the voting law. how did that happen? you may not know this, but vice president pence could have sent the votes back to pennsylvania. he got one from the state legislature and one from the governor. the state legislature's -- just later is the one who has the right to oversee election. host: we will let our guest respond. guest: it is not quite as simple as that in terms of the legislature. i take your point that the governor of pennsylvania did change the administration of the voting laws. where the line is between the administration authority that belongs to a governor or secretary of state and the rules for voting as prescribed by the legislature is very important. let me go to your point about voter fraud. t

we are going to arizona and people are protesting. we have to challenge all people. i do not care if you are republican or democrat. if you are standing on the side of the nonconstitutional filibuster, and blocking us from passing constitutional voting rights or expansions, and you are standing on the side of a nonconstitutional filibuster and blocking everyday people who work hard, getting a minimum wage that increases to living wage, you are wrong. it is constitutionally inconsistent, morally indispensable, historically inaccurate, politically mistaken, and economically insane. that is what we try to let people know. we are as comfortable in the hollers of eastern kentucky as in the delta mississippi, as we are in california to the carolinas because people in this country, by the way, that is 60 million white people below wealth, 60% of black people, ready percent of white people that in round numbers, most people are white women and working and the disabled. we have to challenge that. that is why people are doing civil disobedience. over 100 women from around this

former president trump speaking in arizona last night. trump returns to arizona to see the governor and predicts ballot review will vindicate him. he delighted his political base in downtown phoenix, predicting vindication from the ballot review. reliving his favorite moments in the white house. he continued to make false claims about fraud. it did not break any new ground. even so, the nearly 5000 on hand made it clear they are like -- their loyalties have not shifted since he left office. he said, what you are doing is incredible. the 2020 election was a total disgrace. one of the fallouts, falling apart this week with speaker pelosi refusing to seat jim jordan and jim banks. coming up, the first in our series, the house. oral histories of members of the house who were in the chamber that day and their experiences. and on tuesday, the first meeting of that select committee. live on c-span three. again, that committee with only one republican member, liz cheney, selected by house speaker nancy pelosi in the aftermath of that decision las

join us on a discussion as part of the mccain institute 2021 sedona forum and is moderated by former arizona senator jeff blake. >> hi, i'm former senator jeff flake and this is a panel on the future of africa. so pleased today to be joined by a wonderful panel of experts here. representative karen bass has been involved in africa for as long as i can remember being on capitol hill. i've had the good fortune of traveling in africa and seeing the dedication that she brings to her job, chairing the africa subcommittee for so long and be so involved in these efforts. cindy mccain needs no introduction. her involvement in work around the globe -- humanitarian work around the globe are certainly well-known and recognized, most recently you heard the news, the important -- appointment by the biden administration. also ben affleck. i've been acquainted with the work he's done. we awful -- bristle in congress when hollywood stars come in. with ben affleck, he knows what he's talking about. he's put in time and resources and effort into this and become a real expert on these issues and can lend some

the certification stopped when they got to arizona. host: of course when the select committee does meet, which could begin as early as later this month after the july 4 recess, c-span will be your source of covering the select committee. if you are listening on c-span radio, we are asking should republicans serve on this committee? speaker pelosi making the announcement yesterday of her choices of democrats and one republican, liz cheney. she explained the mission and the priority moving forward. speaker pelosi: it is important for you to know what our purpose is for this. that is the findings of the legislation speak to the testimony for the director of the fbi when he basically said there were more deaths on domestic terrorism then from global terrorism in our country. the department of homeland security with concerns that are out there. all of these institutions talking about -- i hate to go there and it's what they had said in terms of white supremacy , anti-semitism, islamophobia. all of these attitudes that have contributed to wh

that bill was just signed into law in arizona. let's talk to darrell who was calling from jackson, tennessee. darrell, good morning. caller: good morning. the problem that we have is critical race theory is a law school concept taught about how politics affects, how the law affects the political nature of this country. what we are talking about is high school. this is much too complex. what we are doing now is trying to deny the racist history of america. the fact that slaves were not happy, the fact of reconstruction was worse for black people then slavery was. jim crow laws that happened to black people, -- jim crow laws, lynchings that happened the black people. we have the government sponsored segregation. we have brown versus the board of education. we are just trying to deny everything and what we have to do is have honest conversation and find out what really happened and what we can do about it. host: we would like to thank all of our viewers, callers, guestst critical race theory at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. later today

host: that is peggy and texas, talking about voter id, also mentoring arizona. the associated press taking a look at the events of arizona, saying election officials have identified fewer than 200 cases of potential voter fraud out of more than 3 million ballots cast's in last year's -- cast in last year's election. the ap said their investigation found 182 cases were problems were clear enough that officials refer them to investigators for further review. so far, only four cases have led to charges, including in a separate state investigation. no vote was counted twice. the ap also adding that, while it is possible more cases could emerge, numbers illustrate the implausibility of the claims that fraud and irregularity in arizona cost him the state electoral vote. a final audited result, president biden won more votes than former president trump out of 3.4 million. if you want to look through that ap investigation and what they found as far as their analysis of events in arizona, you can do so online. from texas cannot republican line. this is richard -- from te

former president trump speaking in arizona last night. trump returns to arizona to see the governor and predicts ballot review will vindicate him. he delighted his political base in downtown phoenix, predicting vindication from the ballot review. reliving his favorite moments in the white house. he continued to make false claims about fraud. it did not break any new ground. even so, the nearly 5000 on hand made it clear they are like -- their loyalties have not shifted since he left office. he said, what you are doing is incredible. the 2020 election was a total disgrace. one of the fallouts, falling apart this week with speaker pelosi refusing to seat jim jordan and jim banks. coming up, the first in our series, the house. oral histories of members of the house who were in the chamber that day and their experiences. and on tuesday, the first meeting of that select committee. live on c-span three. again, that committee with only one republican member, liz cheney, selected by house speaker nancy pelosi in the aftermath of that decision las

fox news reported way ahead of biden winning arizona. they obviously knew they one --wonm --won arizona. who gave that order? that's what i would like to know. guest: there was no order for the media to report this one way or the other. [no audio] guest: news organizations, fox news technology to protect winners and get it right. the entire rotations of news organizations on these decisions not only to be first but to be correct. without getting too far deep in the weeds here, the projections, trends, how many ballots our last that are left, a lot has been written on this. these news organizations go out of their way to explain their methods and procedures for making these calls. host: a question for you on twitter. going back to your description of being called into the white house for an interview with the president. they say "you are a general desk journalist. i couldn't think of a bigger component to give a person makes a living covering today's political scene. were you more worried about being or being in the middle of a frenzied r

they upheld voting restrictions in arizona. and signaled that challenges in new state laws making it harder to vote, my god, i'm going to say that on this floor, making it harder to vote. in spite of the constitutional privilege that is ensconced in 13, 14, 15th amendments. that generates into the space the dignity of humanity that citizenship's birth right is the right to be precise in your desires of your representation. and then it signaled in this article that challenges to new state laws making it harder to vote would have a hostile reception from a majority in the justices. the vote, just as we expected. all of the court packing, all of the court packing has borne fruit. forgive me. i wanted to be on this floor speaking eloquently if you will, about a myriad of things. but 6-3 vote, not even a light of difference, three that were not appointed by republican presidents, and then of course the packing. by the former president of the united states and by the way, i want to make a public statement. i know the first amendment

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona rise. pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8 the yeas and nays are ordered. freight -- pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. follow the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from michigan seek recognition? mrs. dingell: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 2278, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2278, a bill to authorize the secretary of the interior to designate the september 11 national memorial trail, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. dingell, and the gentleman from arkansas, mr. westerman, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan. mrs. dingell: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous mater

arizona provides early voting. there is no. 80% of people in arizona vote by mail. there are a plethora of options for people to exercise the right to franchise. what the ninth circuit did is they took a small number for people who actually voted to have and try to extrapolate that. somehow that arizona's laws were racist or unconstitutional. >> thank you chief justice. >> you acknowledged several times the totality of the circumstances are relevant here and that is in the statutory text, as my colleagues have pointed out. is the availability of atlanta -- of alternatives that could serve your policy goals a circumstance that matters when we consider the totality of the circumstances? >> yes. absolutely, justice. >> if there is an alternative available that would that would serve the disproportionate -- the policy objective without causing the disproportionate impact, you have to go with that. it's not why not. >> that is in the law and we believe that causation plays an important role and we look at the substantial impact but also on the causation because it plays

. >> i didn't say arizona. that was in another state. does arizona have to wait for fraud to occur in arizona using a practice? >> no, your honor. but as this court has said -- >> so it doesn't matter then. you agree it doesn't matter that their -- that harvesting hasn't resulted in fraud in arizona. how many state, how many elections does it need to affect before -- out of state before arizona can take cognizance of it in its own state? >> what this court said is that when -- in mccutchen, is when a legislature takes a pro fi lactic approach, the court should be diligent in scrutinizing the law. >> i'm just asking, how many elections? what would be enough? in the secretaries view. how many states does it have to happen in? how many elections? >> to be clear, arizona already has a law prohibiting fraudulent ballot collection. what this law does is criminalizes neighbors helping neighbors deliver ballots with up to two years in jail and -- >> counsel, i guess -- i'm just asking a pretty simple question. you agre

lesko of arizona. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 555, the gentlelady from arizona, mrs. lesko, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from arizona. mrs. lesko: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. my amendment strikes section 316. under current law, universities are already allowed to conduct research on marijuana as long as the university gets approval from the drug enforcement agency and buys the marijuana from the university of mississippi, the d.e.a.'s approved provider. additionally, universities are currently required to comply with the drug-free schools and communities act which prohibits universities from unlawfully manufacturing, distributing and dispensing or possessing a controlled substance. a violation of this law would result in a loss of federal funding. democrats want to change all of this. section 316 allows universities to skirt these requirements. if universities are allowed to enga

craig, prescott, arizona, democrat, last call. caller: hi. i know this is a small percentage of people probably but my wife was very afraid of needles. i practically had to drag her to get her shut. host: she is not the first one probably. [laughter] caller: she almost looked like she was insane after she had her shot. a good side of this, our neighbors, we used to always get together but then when covid hit, we could not get together any longer. after she got her shot, we are back. we are having barbecues. there is such a relaxed atmosphere. if anybody is afraid to get a shot, please get your shot because it will open up a new door for you and you will have so much fun. host: craig finishing off this open forum. for those of you who participated, thank you. we turn our attention to when it comes to those needing access to food, particularly how farmers markets play into this and how they are helping those on food assistance programs. joining us for that is amanda shreve, executive director of the michigan farmers market association, joining

he was trying to persuade us he won arizona and everyone knows he won arizona. he continued to claim the election had been stolen from him and there was widespread fraud, the evidence for which has never surfaced or been produced. it was a revealing capstone to our investigative reporting process. by the time we went out to hear what he had to say, we talked to 140 people worked closest with him. we had a good sense of where the reality was. host: did you challenge him on what is aides and friends and cabinet secretary told you? guest: in that interview, we often let donald trump talk and tell us his view. we want to do here his worldview. there may times we said, sir -- there was not hugging and kissing -- he argues that many of the protesters during the capital january 6 were part of a loving crowd. we definitely questioned him. the purpose of this interview was to hear him. it is a little jaw-dropping, the way he is committed to this alternate vision, the way he has hardened his inner narrative so that it has no correspondence, no morning to reality or fact.

tricia from glendale, arizona. you said yes. why will you put the mask back on? caller: we don't have a playbook for this and i have to believe in what the scientists and educated individuals are saying about this. this could end very badly for mankind. i think we all have to put together, do what is right, and take the advice of the professionals. none of us are that smart. to make this a political issue is ridiculous. that is what it is turning into. it is going to be mankind's demise. this is nuts. host: ok. we told you that tensions were rising on capitol hill yesterday between publicans and democrats over the new guidance from the cdc, but also the house and the senate chamber -- the house chamber at least requiring the masks go back on. kevin mccarthy, the republican leader of the house tweeting out at 10:29 on tuesday -- "make no mistake the threat of bringing masks back is not a decision based on science, but a decision conjured up by liberal government officials who want to continue to live in perpetual pandemic state. take a look at "political" headline

council of arizona in 2013. he referred to the broad and comprehensive scope of congress is election clause power. and the remainder of my testimony i will provide background on what this means and in particular, how it has been construed to the supreme court. the elections clause, the text of which met him chairwoman read earlier allows states to describe rules the conduct of congressional elections. only in so far that congress declines to preempt state legislative choices. i was justice scalia explain in arizona versus i cta, this grant of congressional power to congress was insurance against the possibility that states the try to undermine the union by either failing to have procedures for congressional elections or having some are inadequate. the state legislatures otherwise could at any moment annihilated, the federal government by neglecting to provide for a choice of a person to it minister affairs. congress has exercised its broad powers to regulate elections repeatedly through the 1842 portion. post-ci

that is what they are doing an arizona. the second thing is that he say the voting as sacrosanct and so they we should protect. name in the search bar. we will have to leave this here to take you live now to the national governors association for remarks from incoming n.g.a. chair, governor asa hutchinson of arkansas. >> governor doozy of arizona. governor ducey? >> hello, everyone. it's great to see everyone even if it is virtually. on behalf of the governor hogen which includes governors mckee, kearney, cox and scott, i'm pleased to present the sway of the n.g.a. executive committee, members and officers. for members to the executive committee, the committee nominates governor charlie baker of massachusetts, governor kay ivey of alabama, governor michelle lujan grisham of new mexico, governor jarrett pole list of colorado, governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, governor andrew cuomo of new york, myself, governor doug doozy of arizona, and for n.g.a. vice chairman, phil murphy of new jersey and for n.g.a. championship, gov

lesko of arizona. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from arizona. 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 california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote no on the lesko amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from missouri seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. graves of the state of missouri, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. graves will vote aye on amendment number 29. the speaker pro

it has nothing to do with no out of precinct voting in arizona. it has nothing to do with saying that mail-in ballots after covid have to be connected by a family member or household member or caregiver. we need some perspective in this debate. we need to understand what is happening. i could go on at length, although, not according to the clock. i could talk about the texas and georgia legislation as well. both texas and georgia, unlike connecticut and delaware, have early voting. thank you, mr. chairman. rep.cohen: our final witness is ezra rosenberg. he practiced at a major national firm where he was involved in pro bono representation successfully challenging texas is -- texas boss -- texas's voting law. mr. rosenberg received from the nyu school of law. you are recognized for five minutes. mr. rosenberg: thank you. thank you for giving me the opportunity to testify today on these important issues. racial discrimination in voting diminishes our democracy. the voting rights act of 1965, particularly sections two and five, has been indispensable

the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. stanton: as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 5. as the member designated by mr. grijalva, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 5. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. lawson pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. lawson will vote yes on the en bloc amendments. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: as the member designated by mr. donald payne, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. payne wilt vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 5. as the member designated by by ms. bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms. watson coleman will vote yes. the speaker pro tempore: for what p

offering the resolution on his half is gutter -- governor doozy of arizona. governor ducey? >> hello, everyone. it's great to see everyone even if it is virtually. on behalf of governor hogen which includes governors mckee, kearney, cox and scott, i'm pleased to present the sway of the n.g.a. executive committee, members and officers. for members to the executive committee, the committee nominates governor charlie baker of massachusetts, governor kay ivey of alabama, governor michelle lujan grisham of new mexico, governor jarrett pollis of colorado, governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, governor andrew cuomo of new york, myself, governor doug doozy of arizona, and for n.g.a. vice chairman, phil murphy of new jersey and for n.g.a. championship, governor asa hutchinson of arkansas. chairman cuomo, i move to have this resolution adopted. >> governor ducey, thank you very much. thank you for your good work. that sounds like a winning slate to me. is there a second in favor of the motion? >> so moved. those in favor, please indicate by saying aye. those opposed, nay. and the aye

thank you to my colleague from arizona, i appreciate the yielding of time. i rise today to address the ongoing crisis happening at our southern border. since president biden took office he's stopped building the wall, brought back catch and release, and ended the remain in mexico policy. as a result, this administration has created the worst humanitarian, national security, and public health crisis ever seen on our nation's southern border. in the past three months, each month we've seen more than 170,000 border encounters, a new 21-year high. toe totaling over half a million illegal border crossings. these numbers are resulting in overcrowded shelters, human trafficking, drug smuggling, and violence in addition, the surge of unaccompanied children coming across the border shows no signs of slowing down. in june, the number of children arriving daily, daily, rose to 530. a journey like this is not only unsafe, as it could lead to sexual exploitation or forced labor. despite the continuing increase of border encounters each month, house democrats want to defu