regulations that left georgia with more flexible early voting and more flexible absentee voting then many in new york. they were insanely called jim crow two point now. what nonsense. -- jim crow 2.0, what nonsense. democrats are starting a moral panic that was complete and totally false. it was a shameless ever to manufacture an air of crisis that helped democrats ram their takeover goes through the congress. the senate rejected all of the bad ideas. the made up outrage had to be cranked up even higher. even higher. this week, state legislators from texas decided to grab some beer, hop on a private plane and flee the state in what they are pretending is some great moral crusade. in reality, they have just come to snap so please, bask in the limelight and tell senate democrats to take our elections. this outrage is completely phony. the texas legislature was going to consider bills that would expand the minimum hours of early voting. making them provide 12 hour days of early voting and making it even easier for voters to fix mistakes on mail-in ballots so their votes would actually c

the big lies, the fake outrage, failed in georgia. the big lies and fake outrage failed here in the senate and they'll fail in texas. the big lies and fake outrage are totally failing to persuade the american people. americans want to make it easy to vote but hard to cheat. americans know that having widespread and accessible voting along with voter i.d. isn't an attack on democracy. it's the definition of democracy. so, look, i understand the democrats may be growing nervous about the 2022 elections. i can see why. liberal policies are overspending, overborrowing, and hurting our economy. they're destabilizing the middle east, weakening our southern border, and increasing violent crime across our country. but, mr. president, the solution is not to keep lying to the american people about the health, the health of our democracy. the answer is not this desperate craving for an unprecedented partisan takeover so washington democrats can appoint themselves the board of elections for every country and state. the longer these fake hysterics

tech. -- to certify elections in georgia. in texas, volunteers can be harassed by so-called poll watchers. there is a smorgasbord of provisions in these bills with the intent of making it difficult for certain parts of the electorate to vote. some people don't want some people to vote. that's what this is about. we have been averting in georgia long before this. >> let me tell you this, texas has one of the highest voter turnout in the last election. and our republican appointed to carry estate said that those elections were safe, secure, and successful. so any type of effort -- let me tell you suppression is not always overt. it can be subtle, subtle in the form of empowering partisan poll watchers who get a warning for they can be removed. but the poll workers face immediate criminal sanctions. so we don't even have to say it. we can just tell you the provisions of the bills and you can know for yourself that they are not interested in fairness. they don't want the elections to be free. they want you to cut through a bunch

and that is one of the reasons i think the rhetoric surrounding some of the changes that the georgia legislature has made to the georgia election procedures -- not eligibility, but procedures -- are actually quite sound and some of the rhetoric we have heard in opposition to that, such as new jim crow and that sort of thing, is really rather irresponsible. host: the president himself referring to it as jim crow 2.0. guest: i have known senator biden since he was chairman of the judiciary committee and i find that commentary rather disappointing. host: we have some calls lined up for you. we will continue on with our guests. bill in virginia beach start to soft. -- starts us off. republican line. go ahead. caller: thank you very much for taking my call. i have two comments to make and i would like our reaction to them. the first one is that -- actually, i take a lot of pride in using my id when i go to vote. it proves who i am, that i am a registered voter, and that i an am american. therefore i take a lot of pride in that. i have no problems with an id. the second comment is that i a

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

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

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

in georgia it was recounted three times. it's clear, for those who challenge the results and question the integrity of the election, no other election has ever been held under such scrutiny and such high the big lie is just that -- a big lie. [cheers and applause] the 2020 election, it's not hyperbole, suggest the most examined and the fullest expression of the will of the people in the history of this nation. it should be celebrated. it is the example of america at its best. but instead, we continue to see an example of human nature at its worst, something darker and more sinister. in america, if you lose, you except the results. you follow the constitution. you try again. you don't call facts fake and then try to bring down the american experiment just because you're unhappy. that's not statesmanship. [applause] that's not statesmanship. that's selfishness. that's not democracy it's the denial of the right to vote. it suppresses, it subjugates. the denial full of free and fair elections is the most and american -- the most

host: georgia, this is michael. marietta, good morning. you say you are seeing the impact in marietta. caller: i just would like to say to all americans that the antichrist movement is a lie in air democratic already. host: a different topic, do you want to talk about inflation? caller: well i think it is all america that is hurting, all christians all over the united states and until we expose the antichrist movement -- host: michael in georgia, what do you have to say on the topic of inflation, asking you how it has impacted your families finances? (202) 748-8000 if you say yes. (202) 748-8001 if you say no. having this conversation as the washington post put on the front page of the newspaper this morning, president biden is running democrats for a massive spending, uniting the party on a budget package and infrastructure. $4 trillion in new spending if you combine all of what democrats are looking to spend. it was yesterday at the white house that jen psaki was talking about the president's rally on capitol hill with senate democrats.

or biden losing georgia. the difference in states like arizona and wisconsin. a lot of senate races next year as well. this is going to be a battle that is fought in the courts. something where the pressure will continue on joe manchin. it will be on raphael warnock, the georgia senator. they have put together a version that is paired back. republicans don't like that either. the question at some point is are you going to deal with the filibuster issue. they could counter some of these state laws. host: a longtime veteran of the capitol hill press corps. you can find him on twitter at stephentdennis. we appreciate you in studio, we look forward to coming back down the road. about 30 minutes left, we will be joined by aaron trish to talk about spending on some drugs by medicare versus what the health care program could have paid at costco. stick around for that discussion, right after the break. >> weekends on c-span two are an intellectual feast. every saturday we will have events that fill our nation's past

then in march of 2021, georgia's legislature passed a law. many of that law's provisions make it harder for people to vote. the complaint alleges the state enacted those restrictions with the purpose of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color. host: mr. george terwilliger, what do you think about the case dd -- the drg has to make? -- ddo g has to make? -- v doj -- the doj has to make? guest: that will be played out in court. the central premise of the department's case and what the attorney general stated is that the georgia legislature acted with a discriminatory intent. i think that is going to be very difficult to prove under the relevant jurisprudence. i think others have questioned, legitimately, and i think this will be an issue if what the georgia legislature did actually made it harder to vote. georgia has a very liberal, open voting process in terms of the number of days that voting by mail and other means is possible. and so forth. as the supreme court said in the arizona case, placing certain requirement

the governor of georgia and georgia and georgia's secretary of state let us down. they let us down. and by the way, the voting law they passed is far weaker than that of texas and other states. you hear that, mr. attorney general? they don't even have signature verification. could you imagine passing a voting law, but everyone things, they are passing this, no it's not. you notice they are the only state being sued by the federal government. do you know why? because it's an easy target. because the governor and the secretary of state won't defend like that guy will defend. so, i only speak the truth. so true. and the reason the attorney general of the united states is going after georgia is its so bad what they've done, and they will probably win, and that defense won't take place. they go out and they really work very hard on finding the right state to look at. now, stacey abrams and georgia got them to sign what's called a mandated consent decree, which was not approved by the legislator, therefore it's illegal, and makes a very easy for democrats to cheat and win elections. you d

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

klobuchar, always on the ball on these issues, will lead the senate rules committee to the state of georgia, your state, mr. president, for their first field hearing in 20 years. it will be an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the consequences of the big lie and show the american people just how far republicans have gone in order to make it harder, harder for people to vote in the 2020 election. the bottom line is this -- democrats will not stop fighting to protect voting rights and defend our democracy. as i said, the vote in june was the opening gun, not the finish line. last month, all 50 democrats, all 50 senate democrats united for the first time this congress to move forward on a strong voting rights bill. shamefully, shamefully republicans refused to even allow debate on voting rights legislation. hiding behind some of the exact same states' rights arguments, very similar arguments that southern senators used in the 1960's to oppose the voting rights act. how do you feel about that, republicans and republican leadership? how do you feel about using the same arguments that were used

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

let's hear from raymond in georgia. good morning on our "oppose" line. you are next. caller: yes, sir. i oppose it because the president should listen to the generals and people in the military because they are the ones that know the ground rules more than anybody. and also, you have to think either you get involved in these conflicts to keep them from being over here flying airplanes into our buildings and hold them at bay over there. that is my opinion. host: when you hear the president and others make the case as far as the time spent in afghanistan, the money spent, the lives lost, those impacted in other ways, what you think about those in justifying the decision to pull out? caller: i understand. but you have got to also remember what did it cost america when they flew the planes into the towers in new york city? how many died there? you know, you give people like that a place to live, sooner or later, they will be here. you have got to look at it all the way around the block. and you know, to me, it is sad when you stand for somebody and then you just up and le

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

georgia lawmakers added it to the state laws just this year. the utah conversation is like cities saying, hey, do we want one election or two? that is faster, cheaper, better. these are very conservative cities. the virginia republican party used ranked choice voting because they have a crowded field and they wanted to get a stronger nominee. this parliamentary guide to associations recommends ranked choice voting as alternatives if you cannot vote in person repeatedly. that is the first choice but if you cannot do that, use ranked choice voting and many associations use it to get representative winners. this is not an ideological issue. it is one that is about a practical way to make more votes count. host: virginia is calling from georgia. good morning. caller: good morning. this is my first time calling in an thank you c-span for what you do to give everyone a voice to speak their opinions on subjects and titles. i am more interested in the fair voting side of where possibly the voting can be a holiday where everyone can come and vote on tha

this time, especially in georgia and battleground states, blacks showed up. they stood in line despite the suppression tactics by the republicans. i think people were committed, not necessarily for biden, but wanting to stop him and not wanting to have another four years of the drama. i think people were exhausted by donald trump. guest: that's a really good point. that does show up in our data. i mentioned earlier that republican voters overall were very motivated voting for trump rather than against biden. about seven in 10 republicans said they were voting for trump rather than against biden. democratic side, democrats said they were voting against trump rather than for biden. in a lot of ways, this was an election that was all about trump on both sides. republicans were voting for trump and democrats were voting against him. host: can you look at your data biden won in 2020 and hillary clinton lost in 2016? is there anything in the data that helps explain that? guest: i think it's a lot of these are small shifts. we saw in our data this was not an overwhe

the caller from georgia, the teacher from south carolina. there is no curriculum at any level of public schools that talks about teaching anything like critical race theory. it is a law school course, people. and most of the people calling in are not going to understand that there there is no curriculum. it is for law schools and it helps people look at the world and look at laws that have evolved in this country that came out of racism. so that scares me that you can give people information and they still do not get it. host: let's go to david, who is calling from denison, texas. good morning. caller: let's straighten out a couple of things. someone talked about british slavery in the 1700s. they abolished it in 1733, and that's misleading. they did not abolish it in america, where they had british people pay for it through bonds that were paid over hundreds of years. that made slaveholders extremely rich over the years. anyway -- the three fourths of a human being thing in the constitution was something pushed by the north to reduce the po

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

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

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

they brought a 90 page bill into the georgia senate. the vote was of the next morning, no one had time to read it. they did go over it some. the one aspect of this legislation is the allowance for the state legislatures to take over local voting boards. if they are thinking there is a problem, all they have to do is say there is fraud going on. they can take over those local boards and nullify the vote. i am surprised this does not get brought up more often. thank you, c-span. host: harry in georgia, there -- there. this is from michigan, republican line. caller: i wanted to comment when george terwilliger was on. my concern was the ability for nonpartisan inspections during the vote counting process. it seems there should be some standardized way so that at that point there would be no political denial of people to inspect the voting process. host: what do you think is the best body? if you want to make it nonpartisan, what is the best body to do that? caller: i think it should be prescribed ahead of time who the voter process witnesse

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

the minute the democrats won their victory in georgia, what did they do? they canceled the schedule. now we found six months later all they have done is develop a crisis. the republican conference will have the answers and solutions and lay them out to the american public. as we move into this weekend, just six months of the biden administration, highest gas prices in seven years as many want to hit the road. inflation grew at the fastest rate since 2008. crime, last weekend, more than 70 shootings in chicago. just watch the weeks before man and woman pulled from their car in broad daylight and shot and killed on the streets of chicago. just a few weeks ago, we watched a young children on a sidewalk in new york being run down. we watch crime continue to spike as the democrats made that movement just a year ago about defunding the police. the democrats defunding the police isn't enough. we watched in appropriations just yesterday. the defunding of the border as well. from c.b.p. and i.c.e. and reducing what the biden administration wants. we watched the per

did that for amy coney barrett, we ought to do it for the lack and brown people that live in texas, georgia, florida, all the states that are trying to make it harder for our constituents to exercise their right to vote. we need to get this done today. time is of the essence, we cannot wait. states are going to start to ramp up these efforts. again, texas -- governor abbott has called the legislator back in session to work on these things. you will see the most racist redistricting that you have seen since the voting rights act outlawed things like at large districts. and we need something to help protect the brave men and women that you see standing behind me today that are risking so much for voting rights in this country. and before i turned it over to the congressman, i just want greg abbott and the republican leaders in texas, florida, georgia and anywhere else to know that we are not going to stop. we are always going to push back against these sort of bigoted, racist jim crow 2.0 style voting laws whenever you decide to bring them up. >> thank you all of you who have spoken. most of

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

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

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

john is next in homer ville, georgia. crime rates are concerning your area, go ahead. caller: yes, we don't have any violent crime rate in our community, we are a small community in southeast georgia, population about less than 2000. we do have a drug problem but it doesn't result in home invasions or robberies. the predominant have rifles, no ar-15's i think in our community, but our sheriff has recently asked the county commission to increase their budget, total budget being around 1.5 million. it's a pretty good place to live . unfortunately, i have a godson who recently moved to fort worth, dallas, where i see they have had 23 shootings over the last 24 hours or over the weekend. so, that's where we stand. host: ok. john, homer ville, georgia, east coast, now to the west coast, tacoma, washington, matthew, good morning, go ahead. caller: a month ago at the beach i stepped on a towel and this crazy couple [no audio] host: are you still there? matthew, tacoma, still with us? ok, that was matthew. again, those are just some of the perspective people are bringing to th

this is more funding for georgia. more funding for our families, to protect our children and to lift up our community. thank you. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oklahoma 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 gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor the former flying agie and a sorty wally funk who was the oldest woman to travel to space. funk has led an amazing life from breaking down barriers to careers in aviation and now space travel. in my state of oklahoma oak, funk was the first female civilian flight instructor, first female afor investigator. her persistence is one of the many wusm qualities. when nasa began accepting women, she applied three times. and funk's courage, perseverance and leadership has impacted the science industry, especially for women. mr. speaker, i am truly to h

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

my concern is in georgia. they put into law that, if they do not like how you vote, they can -- hello? host: you are on. caller: they can change it. republicans can take over a district and put in whatever they want to have in the voting process. host: where did you hear that? caller: if you look at the whole law -- people are not talking about this, but i saw it on several news programs, where they can change it. if a democrat is in charge of that district, if they do not like what is going on, republicans just take it over. i think it is georgia, but it could be one of the other states too where they are changing all the laws. host: from carol in west virginia, independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a lot of concerns over the election. first, there are different states. each state has different laws on the election. i would like for only u.s. citizens to vote in any election because some states allow illegals to vote in locals. does that automatically register them to vote so that would

we focused much of this work in states including alabama, arizona, florida, georgia and texas. state with some of the lowest vaccination rates. across june, vaccination rates in the states grew faster than the overall natural national vaccination rate. so we will stay at it -- overall national vaccination rate. we will get vaccines to more and more family doctors so americans can get a shot at the doctor's office. we've already nearly doubled the number of medical practices, with tens of thousands of family doctors now administering shots. we will build on this progress and work with pediatricians and other health care providers to serve younger people and push to get younger people vaccinated as they see their doctors for back-to-school checkups or get physicals for fall sports. we will also intensify our efforts to bring vaccines to her many people spend the most time during the week at workplaces and on school campuses. at the same time we will work with communities to get more shots in arms. we are also mobilizing covid-19 search response teams to provide additional support

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

here in georgia, we have the first state that have legal hemp growing in south georgia. we are doing things commercially. the commercial aspect holds up when you have illegal marijuana because hemp does not have high thc content, it is less than 5%, but it gives you more from the plant. you can make clothes, oils, you can do industrial stuff for that, so it is a great way to get our economy -- i do support it. i feel sorry for the people who have to use dispensaries. they have to pay the government taxes, which they showed, but our government does not set it up to where they can take their money and bank it. they are just stacking their money up and cannot get any interest off it. r.j. reynolds in virginia just put $2 million into research and development in trying to get marijuana into tobacco. budweiser just dropped money into research and development to try to use cannabis in beer. corporations are doing it. i just think by me living in the bible belt in an evangelical state, we will not see it -- i hope we would. host: let's go to jessica, who is calling from arlingt

cruz: do you know how many days of early voting georgia has? >> georgia has 17 days of early vote. sen. cruz: do you know how many days of early voting arizona has? >> 18 days of early voting. sen. cruz: how about chairman's home state of connecticut? >> zero. sen. cruz: connecticut has zero? i thought early voting was racist voter suppression >> i don't think it is but certainly the allegations has been made. sen. cruz: how about delaware, home state of president biden, surely they have more? >> no early voting in delaware. sen. cruz: zero. >> not one day. sen. cruz: why are they claiming no early is voter suppression when democratic states like connecticut and delaware have zero, nada, zilch. >> because it's politically convenient to do so. sen. blumenthal: i might point out to the ranking member what his own residents told me earlier today, i wish he had been there. the effects of those laws on their practical access to the ballot place, the intimidation that has taken place in texas as a result of those laws, and in connecticut we are moving towards expanding voting access thro

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

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