if used by the ftc? >> my hope is it will help slow the boundaries of the internet. law enforcement agencies when there is something that looks like a scam a foot so you can sort of get an enforcement case. how quickly before too many people are injured. to see these kind of tools for content moderation. >> we are talking about the commerce on the internet and all of the information and different transactions conducted. would you argue that the intelligence is essential in order to accurately be able to identify scams on the internet? >> the internet is the best friend, the best thing that ever happened to the scam artists. and the volume of what's going on the internet makes it impossible for individuals to control and it's a tool for law enforcement. a. >> with using code words and with going into the dark web among so many other abilities to push forth scams, we are also going to have to use technology to help build the good guys at the ftc and i will yield back, madam chair. >> the gentle man yields back and now i just want to thank the witnesses. i really, reall

host: our guest is with us. if you want to ask him questions, call 202-748-8000 for democrats, for republicans, 202-748-8001, for independents 202-748-8002. you can also post on twitter. being on the natural resources committee how much interest , particularly when it comes to wildfire issues, in light of what you have explained, how much attention is being paid to it by the committee? guest: i'm happy to say that ranking member bruce westerman, a forester, is here from arkansas, and has just introduced legislation three days ago, the resilient forest act, which addresses many of these issues. this is the third time he has introduced and addressed this issue. the legislation would do a whole bunch of very, very good things, all within the framework of our existing regulations. his legislation as a ranking member has been introduced, whether the majority will pick it up or not remains to be seen. i hope it does. this situation is so dangerous, that really words fail me when it comes to how much risk the people of

thank you, madam chair. >> i want to thank our witnesses for being with us today, for staying with us through votes on the floor of the house. you have certainly given us an impetus to work in a bipartisan way to modernize america's electrical grid and expanded clean energy. so, thank you all. without objection, i have a few things to enter in to the record. first, the introduction from the april 20 21 report by america for clean energy grid titled "transmission projects ready to go." the introduction titled "investment tax credits for regionally significant transmission lines." "supporting investments and policies to update and expand the electric grid." and a letter "supporting transmission investments to help achieve 100% clean electricity." without objection, all members will have 10 business days in which to submit additional written questions for the witnesses. i ask our witnesses to respond as quickly as possible. i want to thank our professional staff for a very good, detailed memo for this hearing. it is available online on our website at climatecrisis. health. go --.gov. wit

that way the rest of us can go on vacation and the rest of us can have food on our table. one of the most important things that we have to address for immigration is updating error legal immigration so that people can into the country through a process and not have to pay smugglers thousands of dollars to try to get to the border and ask for asylum protection. our system is the only thing left to replace our antiquated and dysfunctional legal system. i think republicans and democrats can update the legal immigration to ensure that people have a process to go through in order to into the country. host: i want to you get your discussion -- your opinion on a discussion i capitol hill yesterday. senator mitt romney asked the homeland security secretary weather by an administration decided to halt construction of the border wall between the u.s. and mexico. take a listen. [video clip] >> as senator, i know we will not agree on this issue but the decision with respect to the border wall is not a political decision but a substantive one. the 15 billion dollars that was dedicated

i think it is very useful for him. >> margaret? >> i agree with john, i don't think the case is going to go a wear, but i don't think it is about the legal issues, necessarily. i think this is part of the broader republican message we are born here, which is these -- we are going to hear, which is these big tech companies are biased against conservatives. i think republicans see that is motivating to their base. even if the case does not go anywhere, it may still accomplish the former president's goals. >> do conservatives have a case that there has been some bias? >> i don't think there has been a solid evidence that shows these companies are biased against conservatives. i think the companies are trying to moderate content, hate speech, inciting violence. and where they draw the line is something i think both people -- people on both sides tend to question. >> i agree with what margaret just said. there have not been strong evidence that these companies are systematically biased against the republican party. the party sees this a

how many of us across america have actually felt that as they fill their cars up? katrina from idaho. gas is $3.78 a gallon. milk is almost $3 a gallon. we have cut spending at the grocery store a bunch since prices have gone up. no extra outings or eating out. home improvements are on hold until prices come down. mike, a lead pastor at the church. my wife and i can't do as much as we used to do for others. so we're not liking that. we're on a fixed income and working on building a church congregation from scratch. we're seeing many who are going without food, medication, etc. so we're taking food to them to hopefully make their lives easier. . inflation is destroying our financial security. as i watched a clip from the president's town hall last night, i couldn't see a person more out of touch. a small business owner struggling to survive through the pandemic, he has government competing with him with high unemployment and $15 and can't bring people back to work. i wish the president understood what it's like to own a small business. for all the small business own

thank you for joining us this morning. recently, three states deciding to make decisions about their states when it concerns marijuana laws. can you talk about those states and how that changes? guest: we are at a time of unprecedented momentum behind the movement to legalize marijuana. this is something the majority want to see happen. we have nearly 70% of all americans, regardless of demographic support ending in our failed prohibition. not only do 70 sent -- 70% supported, they live in a state where it is legal. as you alluded to in the past six months, we've seen a lot more states, on board through the legislative process. a lot moved toward it as a ballot initiative. new jersey codified their legalization in the early part of the year. they were followed by new york, new mexico, for ginny. i expect several more states will consider it. it goes to show that the american people are sick and tired of wasting money on this prohibition for a plant that is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco. when colorado and washington

but it is not totally to us. we ask that our federal partners join us in doing what needs to be done year round to prevent catastrophic wildfires. of the 9 million acres at high risk, 60% are on federal land. this makes tools like the good neighbor authority and stewardship contracting more important than ever. the benefits are clear, healthier forests, wildlife habitats, more recreation and good jobs, and less severe wildfires. without this, we can't be successful in our health -- forest health improvements. in closing, i want to thank our federal partners. we have good, collaborative relationships here in montana. i also want to thank governor newsom and governor coxe for sending crews to help with the fires we are currently burning. we have thousands of first responders on the frontlines right now protecting our communities, natural resources and those that have been across montana and the united states. so many people have sacrificed and i can't thank them enough. we can't measure it in dollars spent or acres

tell us what your mission is? guest: it is a membership organization all about advancing federal policy solutions and they have decent and affordable homes. host: talk about your organization's latest report. looking at how much it costs across the country to afford living in this country. to afford rent in this country. how do you put this report together? what do you look at? guest: we talk about what we call the housing wage. how much each -- a person would have to earn each hour to be able to afford to rent a modest apartment. the housing wage for a one-bedroom bedroom apartment is $20 an hour. just to rent a modest apartment. clearly this is almost three times as much as the federal minimum wage earned. these are out of reach not just for minimum-wage workers before average renters. it is much higher in many communities throughout the country. host: what is the burden on household? guest: they agree they should not be paying more than 30% of their income towards our rent or housing costs each month to ensure

they keep us safe. so, just like extra pieces and parts on an airplane, we don't want a galatians we don't need. but when it comes to addressing climate change, regulations are essential. having healthy neighborhoods where things don't stop working is a way to people healthy and working. it's why we have infrastructure like smoke detectors and fire hydrants and all that plumbing. so that firefighters can keep us and the environment we rely on safe. this is where you all come in. members of the subcommittee. we want all the rules we need to create all the systems we need to address climate change. host: that was bill knight, -- bill nye, the science guy, testified before congress. from utah, the congressman who started the conservative climate conference. here's what he had to say on the effort. >> the first tenant is that the climate is changing and that years of the industrial revolution clearly have had an impact and we want to do something about it. i know that people are not used to republicans talk

states are free to use that money for schools, they can use it for all sorts of other things as a result. now you have this debate. one of the things happening this week on capitol hill, jay powell will be testifying in the banking committee on thursday while republicans will be pressing him to put out some markers on inflation. they are trying to find any ammunition they can to defeat this $3 trillion package. democrats will be pushing in the opposite direction and pointing out a lot of economists said most of the inflation we are seeing right now is sort of transitory. it is related to reopening the economy. people having money in their pockets. want to go out and build houses, take vacations, go to restaurants. you are seeing some imbalances in the economy that might not be here in another year. i think this will be the debate you're going to hear in the next several months as they write this reconciliation bill. it sort of sets the top line. lots of pages, lots of wrangling to do. this debate will be republican saying inflation is already bad. we have the tax increase on folks, we ne

use a little bit of logic here. we do not need another problem, we need to solve some of these problems we have now in this country. host: is a legalizing marijuana something that you would be ok with the background -- with? caller: no. we have other serious problems affecting this country. we do not need to be handling that kind of an issue right now. host: it was chuck schumer standing with several democratic colleagues to discuss the rollout of a trapped bill that he -- of a draft bill to legalize marijuana federally. this was chuck schumer on capitol hill yesterday. [video clip] >> the war on drugs has been a war on people, particular people of color. the cannabis administration and opportunity act would help put a end to the unfair targeting and treatment of communities of color by removing cannabis from the federal list of controlled substances. this is an idea -- it is not just an idea of whose time has come, it is long overdue. we have all seen the agony of a young person, arrested, with a small amount of ma

join us in the discussion with historians. watch washington journal live sunday july 4, and before the program, go to c-span.org to see the full results of the 2020 one survey. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is michael mccann who serves as the sports journalist and a sports reporter . guest: it is a sport industry and business publication backed by penske media. host: i want to talk about the ncaa and the recent supreme court ruling and the opinion by justice brett kavanaugh in the majority saying, "nowhere else in america can businesses get away with agreeing not to pay their workers a fair market rate on the theory that the product is defined by not paying their workers a fair market rate and under ordinary principles and antitrust law, it is not evident why college sports should be any different. the ncaa is not above the law." to this ruling and to the issue of college sports in the ncaa, what does all of this mean? guest: it means that the aa is being treated like other businesses -- the ncaa is being tr

i do not think having that over to private companies to get us -- is going to get us to where we need to be and it could feel some backlash because of people -- they see a wind developer coming in, making a huge profit off of something that they were not informed about, maybe they are not seeing dollars returned to them in a real way, seeing jobs go to their neighbors or the people around them. why would they support that? that speaks to the needs of structure and infrastructure package that shares those benefits widely. that will get people essay -- a say. over where the job go for these projects. host: let's go to york, pennsylvania on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. i want to say thank you for having this platform. i just drove from the houston, texas area to pennsylvania. about two weeks ago. our infrastructure needs help and credibly and i fear almost that unless there is incredible loss of life like a bridge collapses, that our politicians will take heat -- he dealt these important counties. you will see a difference from the west of one state to another

they can't fool us. they want americans to believe that the conservative movement is fractured, that we are divided. they want america to believe that this movement is dead. but we are alive and kicking! [applause] and news flash all those haters social communists out there, marxist to fill it -- fill it all in, we are here to save america! and it is the group of patriots here today and the millions across the incredible brave country who are not going to be silenced, and we definitely are not going to seed this fight to the socialists who want to set our nation afire and see it burn. we will stand in this movement along with the brave individuals here in cpac, the brave men and women across this country and with brave leaders and fighters like president trump. he will never give up on this movement that he created across the country of the forgotten men and women, forgotten no more. no president has stood more for the conservative values in america-first policies that we cherish, that our children deser

we need you guys in that right with us. ok. -- that might with us. and save -- and so they do not say that i am antagonizing, the fight against our values and marxist ideals. we can watch a year of rioting, looting, arson, murder, and that is a peaceful protest, but that only goes one way. we understand that. all the more reason why we need you guys. they cannot cancel all of us. [applause] now if 1, 2, 3 people are the guys that have the guts to run out there and take the arrows, they can try to cancel them, but if we get together and we are all in this, that game is over, folks. right? and that is why it is so awesome to be in some thing like this, thank you for putting this together, it is awesome to have that. it is great to see it. texas is -- has always led the charge. [applause] well, tell about a couple of months ago and then austin took over. i do not know, texas was leading the charge, you are still top 25. we have to work on that because those people have lost their minds. right? the people's republic of california is wonderful, when i go

there's a high rate of opioid use in drug overdoses. there are adverse health impacts in our communities compared to our surrounding regions. and much more. the impacts are not a result of climate change, as my colleagues would like you to believe. rather, they are caused by the policies of destroying energy communities. injustice is what we are here to talk to today. where is the justice for the communities that have been left behind by these policies? energy poverty and poverty caused by dangerous policies must be considered by this committee. we are never going to have those discussions if we continue to have -- [inaudible] this council stated that projects like carbon capture, nuclear power, or any improvement would not benefit communities. we should all be concerned with this. these are the principles that are supposed to guide the administration. if we continue down the same radical path, we will only put more people at risk. mr. hawley, energy poverty is a really -- a very real and communities experience it. how can the policies

the baseline is, we are used to having a complicated regulatory --in this country. divergences in state law and tort law and consumer protection statutes. there is a level of diversity and complexity that comes with any healthy federalism. that means individual states can set rules through their local populations for citizens and businesses and but with their feet and find a place they like best. that preserves room for regulatory experimentation and learning. these are classic benefits of life in a federal system. but there are limits to what the federal constitution will tolerate. on two occasions in history, the emergence or integrity of a national economic space has been seriously jeopardized by diversion state regulations. one was the articles of confederation in 1780, when states adopted a variety of inconsistent or conflicting trade regulations that field political discontent. -- that fueled local discontent. in the last two decades of the 19th century national market was emerging, railroads and telegraph. that system faced the prospects of death by 1000 cuts

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additionally, the data used by democratic witnesses is flawed. during a hearing earlier this year, democratic witness stated that minority participation in the 2016 election was less than the 2012 election, and claimed this was due to voter suppression. however, she admitted her analysis relied on self-reporting voter information from online surveys to reach her conclusion, not a scientific one. it essentially reverse engineered her desired results and during the committee hearing, i pointed out that her study did not control for the difference in candidacy between barack obama and the historically terrible candidacy of hillary clinton. my democratic colleagues invited many college professors to participate in these hearings on hr-1 or voter suppression, they invited no election officials who actually have administered elections. republicans have invited multiple election administrators including our witness today, the kentucky secretary of state, i am appreciate of you joining us. together, these individuals have decades of experience in electio

used that to modify aca. they didn't actually repeal the mandate, all they did was the reduced the penalty to zero dollars. if you failed to have insurance, you paid a penalty of zero dollars. nothing. around the time this bill was passed -- this change seems to topple the construction. the construction's premise was the fact that the law reads as revenue, the laws no longer is revenue, so therefore we have no more mandate. it is unconstitutional. i was not the only one who -- texas, and a number of other states, brought lawsuits challenging the aca, later individual private plaintiffs brought a lawsuit. the biggest hurdle was not the merit, the merit was the easiest part, the court actually got the merits and -- the merits itself or never -- the states argued there were injured? people not under the mandate may decide to quaff medicaid and do other things. those affect the state of the employer. those injuries traceable to the decision of -- ok, the private plaintiffs made a different argument. they said we

they are never going to give it to us. there is always going to be a loophole, they are going to let somebody get away with something. how confident are you that now, with these executive orders, with this budget bill, that minnesota is going to turn the corner so that what happened in that corner with george floyd can be history and not the present subtext of how people live? a.g. ellison: i love the state of minnesota. i live there, my children grew up there, it is a great place, but we have some of the worst racial disparities in education in the country. we have the worst gap between homeownership between blacks and whites in the country. yes, we are proud of hubert h humphrey and walter mondale. these are the problems we have to fix. there are no guarantees. all you do is get up in the morning and do the best can to push justice forward as far as again and that is all i got. i'm telling people about this bill because i spent all afternoon talking to my ex' -- ex-colleagues about this bill and my advice is to pass it.

we also invite you to join us again two weeks from today, thursday, july 22, at 3:00 p.m. eastern for our final discussion. as always, please note that all expressions of opinion are those of the experts on today's call. after our speakers give their opening remarks, we will turn to audience questions, time permitting. if you have a question, please enter it in the q&a feature on the bottom of the screen. if you are registered for cle, don't forget to complete the sign in form for this program. the sign in form is available on the cle page and you can find the link on the event page for today's event. with that, i'd like to introduce our moderator for today's panel. judge katsas was appointed to the d.c. circuit in december 2017. after graduating from harvard law school, he served as a law clerk to judge edward becker on the 3rd circuit and to justice clarence thomas on the supreme court. for 16 years, he practiced at jones day where he specialized in appellate and complex civil litigation. he has also served as assistant attorney general for the civil division of the just

used that to modify aca. they didn't actually repeal the mandate, all they did was the reduced the penalty to zero dollars. if you failed to have insurance, you paid a penalty of zero dollars. nothing. around the time this bill was passed -- this change seems to topple the construction. the construction's premise was the fact that the law reads as revenue, the laws no longer is revenue, so therefore we have no more mandate. it is unconstitutional. i was not the only one who -- texas, and a number of other states, brought lawsuits challenging the aca, later individual private plaintiffs brought a lawsuit. the biggest hurdle was not the merit, the merit was the easiest part, the court actually got the merits and -- the merits itself or never -- the states argued there were injured? people not under the mandate may decide to quaff medicaid and do other things. those affect the state of the employer. those injuries traceable to the decision of -- ok, the private plaintiffs made a different argument. they said we

they keep us safe. so, just like extra pieces and parts on an airplane, we don't want a galatians we don't need. but when it comes to addressing climate change, regulations are essential. having healthy neighborhoods where things don't stop working is a way to people healthy and working. it's why we have infrastructure like smoke detectors and fire hydrants and all that plumbing. so that firefighters can keep us and the environment we rely on safe. this is where you all come in. members of the subcommittee. we want all the rules we need to create all the systems we need to address climate change. host: that was bill knight, -- bill nye, the science guy, testified before congress. from utah, the congressman who started the conservative climate conference. here's what he had to say on the effort. >> the first tenant is that the climate is changing and that years of the industrial revolution clearly have had an impact and we want to do something about it. i know that people are not used to republicans talk

thereby validating hr one post use for federal elections. these provisions of hr one are arguably constitutional. the inevitable constitutional objections touch on voter qualifications which are usually within the states domain in a particular the fact that hr one re-enfranchise those with voting in federal elections. under the elections clause, the circumstances were voter qualification turned out, there are instances where state regulations discourage or unduly impact voter turnout in federal elections. the absentee voting act enacted a use by federal personnel and incorporated state qualification standards to determine which personnel were entitled to vote. congress enacted this to address the health and legitimacy of federal elections. military voters were overlooked and incident addition insufficiently protected. the 14th and 15th amendment are invoked for hr one. hr one would prohibit states from not exercising their fundamental rights as protected by the 14th and 15 the men. -- and the 15th amendments. people are disenfranchised for h

that has cost us lives. host: you write also "allowing successive presidents to ignore additional checks and balances most egregiously after 9/11." explain that point. guest: bad on congress pit my last chapter is the incredible, shrinking congress. i served in congress for nine years. i love the institution of congress and i have many dear friends that still serve there. the point i make in the book is the business model of congress is broken. the business model of congress is to blame the other side for not solving the problem because if you work with the other side you are dreadful, bipartisan, something you are going to address in your next tax good if you are bipartisan, you often get primary, and that is a word that did not exist in the english language 20 years ago. #two get reelected, so they moved to the left or the right in order to make sure they do not get primary. that has cost us an enormous amount. it used to be back in the day when i was an aide in the united states 70's -- in the 1970's, wor

i know we have a lot of people joining us online. le joining us online. i want to welcome you all to our annual round up of the recently completed term. the supreme court stayed out of the election disputes. justice stephen breyer decided to stick around for one more term. of course, there were opinions. in short, we have a lot to talk about. we have a terrific panel to do just that. i am joined by two outstanding scholars, josh blackman joining us for truly, and we are grateful to have with us two veterans of this program, award-winning scribes. we have a lot to uncover, therefore i am going to give each of them a brief introduction, way shorter than they deserve. first, josh blackman, josh is an associate professor of law at south texas college of law in houston. he specializes in constitutional law, the supreme court, and the intersection of law and technology. after graduating from george mason law school, he clicked for kim gibson in the western district of pennsylvania, and then danny boggs. in addition to being a regular contributor, he is an adjun

we do it because the top doctor for all of us asked us to. i may not be from a hotspot, the speaker may not be from hotspot, somebody in this chamber is coming from a hotspot. somebody represents hotspots. they get on a plane and they fly here and they interact with all of us. we leave here and we go home to our families. some take care of their sick parents. some take care of kids who may have an autoimmune disorder. i just find it absolutely immature and appalling to somehow diminish it, to try to score cheap political points. host: how did mask wearing become political? mark is in milwaukee. what do you say? caller: i would have to say it started with trump downplaying the virus at the very beginning. the republicans wouldn't wear the masks. they are the ones that wouldn't get the vaccine. i got the vaccine. i enjoy not having to wear a mask. i am concerned about a new variant coming up. i would have to blame it on the republicans and the anti-sirs -- vaxers. caller: it became political when the democrats and china released the virus on ou

as you work with us. as i loomed back to the concern about july 31, there are some real challenges coming up that face the real people back home. sometimes we all get excited and pump adrenaline on both sides of the room and both sides of the building but the bottom line is we are here to represent the citizens back home to make sure they all have that ability to put the foot on the first rung of the ladder to carry themselves up and that we make things happen. as you address this issue of what happens after july 31, understand it is a sincere concern by many people we don't come up on what will be another catastrophe for good folks and along with that, if you don't mind, i'm a big proponent of bringing the covid-19 pandemic to an end and that is using science and technology to its best. we now have a variety of vaccines making a difference out there. can you discuss in your final moments how hud has worked to leverage the available resources for so there's access to those vaccines? >> two things. let me

, they will say they are with us. if they are not, people are going to engage in violent nondirect action, and then the following week, we are in texas now because texans are saying it is time for eight selma like march into asutin -- austin from georgetown, texas. and the following week, we are calling clergy and low-wage workers who will come to d.c. august 2, and we are going to engage and challenge. it does not matter. we cannot let the u.s. constitution be trumped by the u.s. chamber of commerce. we cannot blame all of this on donald trump. he is out of office and we still have this regression. we have to challenge every person to do what is right and establish -- our constitution that they swear on the oath, it is not state pink about justice, it is not say just give justice, it says establish justice. the inequities we have when it comes to systemic racism, devastation, the economy, and nationalism in health care is not just regardless of who it hurts. that is why the poor people's campaign is organized. host:

us. while we have a lot to uncover, there are a few things we already know. we know the insurrection on january 6th was a violent attack that involved vicious assault on law enforcement. we know that as evidenced, it was a coordinated, planned attack. we know men and women who stormed the capitol wanted to derail the peaceful transfer of power in this country. we know seven people lost their lives. more than 140 police officers suffered injuries. we know efforts to sever our democracy are ongoing. a major part of the select committee's work will be to find ways to eliminate that threat. we also know that the rioters came dangerously close to succeeding. if not for the heroism of the united states capitol police and the metropolitan police department, many more lives might have been lost. the rioters could have accomplished what they set out to do, upend american democracy. it's an honor to have four of these heros sitting before us today. we welcome them for appearing here and, more impor

tell us what that is. guest: that's a nationally represented survey panel that we feel -- field monthly. we ask voters about the issues of the day. we have about 11,000 people that participate monthly. we are able to use those same people over time to track them, understand their habits, whether it's voting habits, whatever it is. we are able to analyze that data and look at how people change over time. host: we know that polling has not had the greatest reputation over the last eight years or so. tell us about the integrity of this poll and why we should trust it? guest: we work very hard on our methodology to make sure our survey panel is representative of all americans. all have equal opportunity to be selected for this panel. we have special methodologies that make sure our panel represents what all americans look like in the additives -- attitudes of all-americans. we can really get a diversity of opinions across the country. there have been challenges in the past. we feel our survey panel is very rob

the policies were intended to exclude us, to assimilate us. it and policies were written without considering indigenous communities' challenges or their strengths. we are working hard to undo so many consequences of these actions. today and every day we break barriers to those institutions and systems that were designed to keep us out. our past is coming together in a new era. an era of truth, of healing, of growth, and era in which our indigenous knowledge is valued and respected in which indigenous leadership has a seat at the table to make decisions about our communities, in which we have an opportunity to rise above the challenges our people face and build a brighter future for all of us. host: and fawn sharp, to those challenges, she talked about the idea of the native american indians and tribes being able to control what goes on in the land. that land held in a trust by the federal government. how much essay does a tribe half when it comes to the management of their land? guest: right now we have say but we do not have decisive say. in

us for truly, and we are grateful to have with us two veterans of this program, award-winning scribes. we have a lot to uncover, therefore i am going to give each of them a brief introduction, way shorter than they deserve. first, josh blackman, josh is an associate professor of law at south texas college of law in houston. he specializes in constitutional law, the supreme court, and the intersection of law and technology. after graduating from george mason law school, he clicked for kim gibson in the western district of pennsylvania, and then danny boggs. in addition to being a regular contributor, he is an adjunct scholar at the cato institute and founder of the harlan institute. he is the author of three books, an introduction to constitutional law, and two books about obamacare. you will have to tell us where -- whether there is a third book. to my left, gregory garre, global chair of the supreme court and appellate process. a graduate of george washington university law school, she -- on the third circuit and william rehnquist. he served as a 44 solicitor general of the united st

i choose not to use it, but i also see the people that do use it. i don't see a negative effect other than if they are trying to operate. it puts everyone in a good mood, as opposed alcohol, which i do use, that could go either way. i seen a lot of fights started when people are on alcohol as opposed to marijuana. host: you live in indiana where all uses of cannabis is illegal. do you see that changing in your state anytime soon, or do you think your state will keep marijuana completely illegal? caller: they will keep it completely illegal. i came here from utah where it was the same conditions, except they approved medical use but then never let it go through. it is just the way it is. i ain't saying it is healthier than alcohol, but it is healthier than tobacco. there are people that i have known that used it for the medical reasons and it is a very good thing. it is better than seeing them lie on the ground. host: let's go to david who is calling from liverpool, new york. good morning. caller: good morning. i support this. i would rather pay taxe

i use the term little c. i'm prepared to look at the right and the people in the ivory towers that say we don't have a worker problem here. all you have to do is just sure you go out and get that workforce. it doesn't exist. get out of the ivory tower and talk to the farmers. go talk to a surviving spouse of a farmer who committed suicide because they couldn't make their generations old farm work anymore. and to the left i would say, go to your local harris teeter like i did over the weekend. i went into the seafood section and i saw east coast wild caught shrimp. $12.99 a pound. red shrimp from argentina $8.99 a pound. immigrant farmworkers are essential to feeding america and farmers are essential to feeding america. we have to get the numbers right. but i want to make it very, very clear. i'm not going to stop talking with members on the other side of the aisle who are serious about fixing this problem and willing to accept a compromise that can get 60 votes in the senate and make progress for the first ti

and they were smart enough to use us to get money out of us. i think they used enough money that we could have used here. so i'm glad that president biden has done this. thank you. host: from twitter, a viewer saying that three cheers for joe biden for ending this unnecessary war. for glenn, dealing with afghanistan is a lose-lose situation, but will there be another 9/11 as a result of this pullout? also another text from wichita, kansas, vicki saying i'm support , if we have been fighting a civil war forever. there government troops are cowards and run from a fight and that's on them. from kentucky, it should have been gone after we got of some. we can't solve every others -- after we got osama bin laden. we can't solve every other country's problems, let alone our own. we will continue to call -- to take calls until 8:00. let us know what you think about the decision made by president biden to pull out troops in afghanistan. call us and let us know your perspective (202) 748-8000 if you support the decision. (202) 748-8001 if you oppose the

it used to be boring. i can remember times when i did not come back for the electoral college counting because there is nothing to do. you just watch them be counted and that is that. similarly, counting the ballots. it was something that the clerks did, and we thanked them for it, but it was not a high-profile item, it was just the work that had to be done. we are witnessing a distortion of democratic processes here. that i think is a serious threat to our country. i think your testimony has further enlightened us, and i hope that as we move forward, all of us, no matter what our party, we will take this threat seriously. because it's not about what party you are in, it's about being an american. so i think you all. the members of the committee may have additional questions for the witnesses. so we will ask you to respond to those questions in writing. the record will be held open for those responses. again, thank you to all of our witnesses without objection, the committee stands adjourned. [captions cop

militia men would say that the strikers were using exposing bullets. i think that the militia men may have set it on fire. the tents burned very hotly. there was a sailor being used as an infirmary and the people in there were mostly very young children and women. above this cellar, the fire burned so hot that everyone down there were a fixated -- asphyxiated. some people made it out alive but it was the death of these women and children in the cellar that elevated it. it is unclear whether we call this the ludlow massacre without that large amount of killing in that particular cellar. strikers throughout southern colorado learned what had happened at ludlow. they did not know quite what the body count was. there were a lot of crazy rumors. people were saying 60 people were killed, 100 people were killed. the body count would not be clear for several days. they knew that a lot of the dead were women and children. strikers throughout the region uncashed weapons they had hidden. the strikers did not trust the national guard. they had guns, cash throughou

host: how will you use it, yaya? caller: this year i am not using it. i believe there is supposed to be a stipulation if this becomes permanent, if you have an elder as your dependent, which i have my elderly parents who live off of social security income, if i started claiming them as a dependent, i believe i would be able to benefit from this, but i have not seen that yet. i have only seen it for the child tax credits. host: there was some debate about that last year when it came to stimulus payments for dependents, additional money for dependents in the stimulus payments. i have not heard that for the child tax credit though. that is not an aspect i have explored. caller: i think it is a great idea to creatively distribute tax credits. i just hope that -- i keep hearing people calling it a " freebie" when it is not. republicans should love tax credits! host: this is joe out of north carolina, the line for those who make over $100,000 a year. how much was the check that came in yesterday or that could be coming in? caller: i do not know. i do not have

communities that are going to infect us or possibly infect us. it doesn't make any sense to me. host: you said possibly infect. how do you definitively make the assertion you did before? caller: well, if people have had only one vaccination, such as myself, or they have not had any, there could be illegal aliens coming across, they could be carrying this coronavirus and really putting us all at risk. i am just saying it seems as though the biden administration doesn't really care about the american people. if they did, what they would be doing is stopping letting all these -- host: i will hold you there since you made that point. president biden himself yesterday, we talked about it a lot but from his mouth, as far as the renewed effort by the administration to increase vaccination rates, here is a bit. [video clip] >> we are continuing to wind down the mass vaccination sites that did so much in the spring to rapidly vaccinate those eager to get the first shot and their second shot if they needed it. now we need to go to community by community, n

fortunately, use of experience in the state and federal level have given us useful tools to make sure that highly qualified potential -- potential judicial nominees are not overlooked. i am pleased that we will be hearing from our witnesses so we can design a selection process to evaluate nominees fairly. i look forward to hearing from our witnesses on this important topic and i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. we have now been joined from my colleague from california, who has been having some persistent technological difficulties and he finally is on. thank you, sir. the floor is yours for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i apologize for the poor video. i went to all the trouble of having everything set up perfectly, and the computer does not work, but the iphone does. i want to thank you for holding this important hearing. as our committee considers the expansion of this court, more than ever the question of getting it right with an additional perhaps 50 or more nominees in addition to the 100 current vacancies based upon retirements or senior status, i cann