randy weaver in idaho getting delivered a warrant, the fbi and other agencies weres attempting to use him as a witness or as a source against the aryan nations. he didn't want to. they were going to arrest him on gun alcharges, and it turned in an armed standoff in which his wife and other members of his family were killed. waco in 1993, the standoff in waco, texas for 51 days around the branch davidians who had an end-of-world me say sargely. i was also brought up in the southern baptist it, acting the role of the government they would see in a 5d 1, and an encouragement into the fbi and atff saying this has gone on log enough which ends up in a fireball that kills lots of people, right? allid of these things in the context of the national security state, of ufos, of the american government is hiding it, both left and right seeing the ridiculous notion r. they coming for our guns. a compound again where you have accusationss r. >> o first step to stretch with thera american people. there might be a t different version of who these people are. which ofns these conspiracies ie laid out

or you want to look at right-wing movements and idaho. they're all identifying the exact same enemy. that is the national security state and all the institutions of the federal government. in 1991, george h. w. bush, former head of the cia comes forward and gives a speech about the new world order. many people who heard that said, okay, that makes sense. the soviet union has just fallen. we have had 50 plus years as a cold war in which we spent the war between communist and capitalist. now one of those is gone. it is time to remake the world and the need for a new world order seems utterly unremarkable. i can guarantee for the people that for other people, the former director of the cia is a message -- for these people, ruby ridge, which was randy weaver in idaho getting delivered, the fbi and other agencies are attempting to use him as a witness or as a source against the aryan nation. he didn't want to. they were going to arrest him on gun charges. and it turned into an arms standoff in which his wife and other members of his family are

they moved to idaho because if not the apocalypse was coming. so where religion comes into this, there very often is a powerful woman figure on that, though there's also very much a masculinist, today and it group, a warrior culture that puts women into the background on that issue. there certainly is -- phyllis shapley probably is a conspiracy theorist but we don't think of her like that. i think you're right i can say in the literature they play perhaps very much undeserved small role but i think they deserve a lot more attention. did you have a second one? >> i was thinking about -- so when you're talking about like how like the people like the power of the united states like engenders conspiracy theories that i was thinking like north korea and have the entire population is like brainwashed to believe they are the most absolute powerful nation in the world, they are perfect i like it when else is like this horrible person and this like screwed up place. but you don't really have conspiracy theories there. >> it's hard to know. we don't know

she married and became a beloved homesteader on idaho's salmon river. our homestead as to how a national historic landmark. despite difficulties that we can hardly imagine, suffragist later emerged from the ranks of women of color to amplify their people's choices as well as their sexism. they wanted to speak up for native american women, black women, asian women as well as women. they include elizabeth, a black teacher and a cofounder of colorado's nonpartisan equal suffrage association, a very important organization. this was a time when a lot of suffrage movement was itself segregated in many instances and elizabeth ensley helped provide an alternative to that. and test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. test. in her printshop. she at one point the texas rangers came to break up or printing press and she prevented them, she barred the door and she told him -- repelled them. she prevented them from doing that. native american activist such as suzanne laface and sarah, there she is, and orator, in

healthcare is that such that other patients that otherwise receive service are forced to go elsewhere when idaho can't meet the demand so with the citizenry of washington state they bear the burden. this has to be a cost that is leverage in part but the federal government can do and only through a program like this made permanent that in my view are the benefits we have to struggle to accomplish that. >> thank you for that. before we go to additional questions i want to remind folks if you want to submit a question in just a minute i will invite center from american and progress to join us and enter the policy questions we are getting. before i do that and what you've been highlighting with the data out there. over the last years from what the supreme court said medicaid should be a choice. it's a lot of research and writing showing what you have outlined. and particularly in rural areas but that has studies around and that is important for people critically important and importantly with respect to texas one third of people that every time i am reading those reports they are helpful to ground t

you want to look in philadelphia in the battle of downtown philadelphia or right wing movements in idaho, they are identifying the exact same enemy, the national security state and all of the conspiracies of the federal government. right. in 1991, george h.w. bush bonesman, yalesman, former head of the cia, comes forward to give a speech about the new world order. many people who heard that said, well, that makes sense. the soviet union has just fallen, and we have had a 50-plus cold war era in which we split the world in between communists and capitalists and one of them is gone, and so it is time to recreate a new world order which is seeming utterly unremarkable, but for other people listening with the bonesman, and former director of the cia declaring a new world order is a message to the skull and bones secret brotherhood, and for the people in ruby bridge which is randy weaver in ruby bridge where the fbi agents were attempting to use him as a source against the aryan nations which he did not want to, they were going to charge him with gun charges and turned into a arms standoff, a

for these people, ruby ridge which was randy weaver in idaho getting delivered a warrant, the fbi and other agencies were attempting to use him as a witness or as a source against the aryan nations. he didn't want to and it turned into an armed standoff in which his wife and other members of the family were killed and waco in 1993 and the standoff in waco, texas with the branch davidian compound, again, combining the federal government religious believers and the branch davidians who have an end of the world message about the coming apocalypse like many american religions including the one i was brought up and southern baptist had this belief and act the role of the government that they would see them play into the book of revelation and into the standoff and ends in mass death and an invasion -- an incursion between the fbi and atf, this has turned into a fireball thaends up killing massive people. all of these things in the koven text of the national security state and of the ufos and both left and right and seeing the government as the fault and the problem and now the declaration

when idaho can't meet its demands, or montana. and then you go to washington for treatment, washington state bears the burden. so this you know there has to be a cost to the federal government can do. and it's only to a program like this made permanent. but in my view they would reap the benefits that we're talking about so i think we have to struggle for congress i think that's all >> thank you for that. before we go to additional questions i want to remind folks that if you have questions we have a session for q&a very -- policy questions that we are getting before i do that i just want to look at some of what you've been highlighting in terms of the data. these last years since the supreme court said that getting medicaid should be a choice there's been a lot of research and writing and reports showing exactly where you outlined how it's important to make sure people still have access to hospitals and health care systems especially in rural areas where they could stay open the way in which medicaid coverage is important for peo

. >> wasn't rankin or somebody, a woman remember in utah or somewhere maybe in idaho or montana but once pearl harbor, the president went to the capitol and he was, well he was sort of a mentor of mine because he overcame disabilities and i remember the day and he died, i think april 12th, 1945. that was the day we are supposed have a big push in mid-to-late and we were all griefs stricken and often wonder what would happen if he would've just held on a few more days maybe i would've been okay that's kind of selfish. >> you became a republican and he talked about the reasons you became a republican which suggests that your numbers rather than ideology, over the years, it's been very real republican and have or what is that develop around 30. >> a young guy named john wolf the county attorney in our little county and he was going to leave and i was in law school and he thought that i had to come back and run for that job. but before i did that i thought i would run for the state legislature and i think well i don't know who really got me in there probably john wolf got me interested in po

receive service in those hospitals are forced to go elsewhere, putting a burden on other states, when idaho can't meet its demands or montana, and their citizenry go to washington state for treatment, washington state bears the burden. this has to be a cost that is leveraged in part by what the federal government can do. and it's only through a program like this, made permanent, that in my view you get the benefits that we're talking about. so i think we have to struggle to accomplish that result. >> thank you for that. and first of all, before we go to additional questions, i do want to remind folks that if you want to submit a question, submit it to the q&a. in just a minute, i'm going to invite maura calsyn from the center for american progress to join us to help answer and of the policy questions we're getting. and before i do that, i just want to, you know, lift up some of what you have been highlighting in terms of all of the data out there. you know, over these last years, since the supreme court said that expanding medicaid should be a choice, there has been a lot of research and wr

i will talk in a second about the constitutional convention of idaho in 1889, literally when the guys are trying to organize the constitution, within days they are basically figuring out who sits in what seat, the first people to the door of the wctu saying we can't have alcohol and they are there before anybody else shows up and that is one of the first things that goes on that agenda because the wctu is so very powerful and popular. women taking roles in society in atomized ways. because women entered the teaching profession and because women entered nursing and because as i talked about the have the rise of middle managers who have extra money and leisure time you have concepts coming that women need education. what i want to talk about is the rise of women's colleges because women's colleges are going to be crucial for the late nineteenth century. while women have had seminaries and education before this period people point to the organization of smith college in 1875 as a real landmark for education of women and radcliffe organize the radcliffe annex in 1879, radcliffe will be di

. -- progressive states of colorado and idaho enfranchised women in 1893 and 1896, the west which was already the national hot spot of suffrage because of wyoming and utah, became a global epicenter of suffragist as well showing the spotlight with the other settlers societies of australia and new zealand. as immigration surged in the early 20th century, the public heatedly debated the question of who is a real american. women wanted to know how could barely literate immigrant men could vote, then educated women born on home soil could not? in the west, suffragist pointed to women's long record of service during ongoing settlements still going on and demanded full citizenship. devising a successful formula for winning the vote in the holdout states. the suffrage is built successful coalitions with other forward-looking non partisan government groups, progressive clubs, farm and labor unions, liberal republicans, certain churches we needed women's votes to promote their own agendas. suffrage had always been a kind of a bit of a snooty middle class, upper class thing, mostly associated w

in idaho, they're one of our important trade partners. we enjoyed a great relationship with them, and of course, they have troops stationed there that are in constant training, so appreciate you doing that. i hope that you will take into consideration how important they are as a trading partner and continue to encourage that. it's a great benefit to both ways. thank you much. >> i look forward to it. thank you, sir. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator kaine. >> thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations to both of the nominees. mr. kaplan, your background of work in asia makes you uniquely suited for this position. and mr. mayor, it's good to see you here. japan/u.s. relationship requires that an ambassador go to japan and the japanese understand this is somebody who is very close to the president. they really want to see an ambassador who has a direct line to the president, and you do. and i believe that's the reason you have been chosen. i appreciate you sharing at length about mr. mcdonald, because what a tragedy. i was a m

they just recently completed an in-residence course at idaho national labs. so they have both pipeline operations training and cyber training. those will be the individuals who will be insuring that the pipeline companies are adhering to what's required in those security directives. >> thank you. yes or no, do you all have the resources and personnel that you need to be able to insure the accountability measures that we think are important? >> yes, ma'am. we do have those resources now. >> thank you. thank you very much. now i would like to recognize ms. van drew from new jersey. >> thank you, madam chair. i have just some questions. some of them may seem a little repetitive, but i really want to tack this down. for sonya proctor from the tsa, i understand there are growing concerns that the tsa -- >> congressman? can you unmute? i guess while we're trying to work this out, i will recognize representative clyde. >> thank you, madam chair. for holding this hearing. and this question is for eric goldstein. mr. goldstein, the subcommittee held a hearing last mon

state of idaho. we're seeing violence at school board meetings at unprecedented number. i don't believe and you don't believe we should infringe on free speech but free speech does not involve threat zps violence, period. and we all to have protections against it. i want to close with an issue i said to you personally. i'm honored to represent the city which you grew up in and which i now visit with great frequency, obviously. and that's the city of chicago. the gun violence situation there is intolerable. intolerable. and we're not the only city in america by any means facing this. we need your assurance that there is a concerted determined effort to deal with gun violence at the federal level coordinating our effort with the state and local officials with that in mind i hope we can reach some agreement to do so very quickly and let me hand it off now to the ranking member senator grassley. >> thank you chairman durbin. we write letters seeking answers and records from the department and its component agencies to better understand what they are doing. likewise the kpier