guest: peter defazio is such a remarkable legislator and friend. he will be greatly missed. he served more than 35 years here in the u.s. house of representatives. he is beloved at home by his constituents. he will be sorely missed. i do thank him for his decades of service for being a friend and mentor and a fierce advocate for the people of southwest oregon. i wish him the very best in his retirement. he will definitely be missed, this specially with issues like chance rotation and infrastructure, which he had the honor of leading the effort for that very important committee. also i worked with him on natural resilience issues. he has been a wonderful colleague. i wish him well. host: 19th democrat to do so. what is your confidence after the midterms the democrats will remain in power in the house of representatives? guest: we will do everything we can to remain in the majority. we will see what happens. when you look at the policies and the values we stand for, a better future, really looking out for the rights of people, the rights of people to make reproductive health c

peter wenger of the ethics and public policy center. nearly a year after making history as a nation's first female black vice president. watch washington journal live at seven eastern morning on c-span or c-span now, our new mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. >> next, a hearing on police seizing property for alleged crimes. known as civil asset forfeiture, legal experts assess the impact this practice has on citizens and the federal government's role in possible arms -- reforms.

what i can tell you, peter, about the process would -- to date -- because i know there's been a lot of questions about this -- is that when we saw a surge in demand, in delta, we took additional actions to expand the over-the-counter test market. you may not remember this, but if you look back to the period pre-delta, actually, a lot of these testing companies -- there were so little demand, they were laying people off around the country and around the world because there was not demand. what the president also did was use the defense production act to invest $3 billion to ensure we were upping the market so the market would have the capacity to produce more tests -- and also, as you know, the fda approved eight tests. otherwise, we wouldn't have had the capacity to do what we're doing for january. >> but if it's so easy to get the tests, why don't people have them now? who here decided that americans were going to want to have access to these tests in january as opposed to now, before they go home for christmas? sec. psaki: well, peter, what we've been doing over the course of the las

>> thank you, senator peters. if confirmed, i am committed. i look forward to working with you, you and your office have a lot of expertise on this issue. >> i appreciate that, if confirmed. the other thing that i think is important is how nhtsa communicates with the public about these autonomous technologies. the discussion puts the safety record in context. what i mean by that is i am always concerned that a single high-profile accident, which will happen as this technology is developed, can make this technology seem unsafe to the public. but in reality, we know that cars driven by humans are a much larger safety risk than these technologies as they continue to be developed. i think it's important to not unfairly prejudice public opinion as to the potential benefits of this life-saving technology. i think nhtsa needs to communicate that to the public at large as this is developed. dr. cliff: thank you for that question. i agree that we want to avoid hyperbole to ensure we are putting into context the data we collect, and ensuring that as we

peters of california, i inform the house that mr. peters will vote yes on h.r. 5665. as the member designated by mr. kilmer of washington, i inform the house that mr. kilmer will vote yes on h.r. 5665. and as the member designated by mr. butter fields of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. butterfield will vote yes on h.r. 5665. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. kim of california, i inform the house that ms. kim will vote no on h.r. 5665. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by representative linda sanchez, i inform the house that representative sanchez will vote yea on h.r. 5665. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> thanks. madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. joe neguse of colorado, i inform the house that mr. neguse will vote yes on h.r. 5665. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise?

peter marx. we interacted with him continuously, but we cannot unduly influence anything he was doing. i think it is important for your viewers to understand these vaccines went -- underwent more rigorous testing than a typical vaccine. let me give you two examples. one is what dr. marx would say, the average number of participants in phase three clinical trials, the last trial before it goes to the fda for authorization, typically have 20,000 individuals in them. we had a minimum of 30,000. the pfizer and johnson & johnson vaccines had 40,000 in their trial. many more persons going through than a typical vaccine. also, there was a standard in the past used that said we want to evaluate if there are any side effects within 42 days of the time the person gets the second shot, if it was pfizer and moderna, or the first shot johnson & johnson. over 95% of all reactions to a vaccine occur in that period. peter marx extended that for 60 days. you had a series of vaccines that have more subject than cl

time the technologies were coming she had capabilities against omitted attacks, particularly tactical peter ballistic missiles. if you think about what the israelis have done to develop capabilities against those missiles as well as our own, it's a pretty good story. it's not perfect but a good story. we should come back later on this issue about the russian and chinese threats and what the role of most missile defenses and back. to answer your question, the mission changed and we had a good shot at developing the technologies that were able to deal with that reduced mission and i think we've done pretty well. not perfect but pretty well and it's been demonstrated in combat situations. >> thank you. no small measure of why would technological even with a more focused mission but if we do a particular way, we bring that into the conversation. i'd like to follow-up with that, starting from the.steve says in terms of more limited mission, this is a little hypothetical but maybe not entirely impossible to imagine, somebody like me sitting in silicon valley for many years, we have a serious and

we're basically now robbing peter's grandchildren to pay paul. the provider relief fund is sitting there waiting to be used. it would provide target red leaf to providers consistent with the original intent of the fund that we all voted for on march 27 of 2020. unfortunately, this bill includes a one-time procedural change to allow the senate to originate and pass a debt limit increase with only 51 votes. the medicare issue and the debt limit do not belong in the same room let alone in the same bill. protecting patients' access to care and helping health care providers during a public health emergency is a bipartisan issue. it deserves sincere congressional action. and it's time we work on that meaning. payment reform. i thank the gentleman from oklahoma and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. ms. scanlon: thank you. i completely agree that protecting medicare from cuts is a bipartisan issue and we are happy to engage on

peters, i inform the house that mr. peters will vote yes on h.res. 848. as the member designated by mr. ryan of ohio, i inform the house that mr. ryan will vote yes on h.res. 848. as the member designated by mr. kilmer of washington, i inform the house that mr. kilmer will vote yes on h.res. 848. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by ms. kim of california, i inform the house that ms. kim will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois, for what purpose do you rise? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rush i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.res. 848. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. jacobs of new york, i inform the house that mr. jacobs will vote nay on the rule. mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. joy kaye of ohio, i inform the house that mr. joike will vote nay on the rule. the speaker pro tempore: for what pu

speakers include condoleezza rice and peter robinson. this year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of frederick law olmsted, the landscape architect most famous for his work on new york city's central park. saturday at 3:15 p.m. eastern, a conference on his legacy, including his design for college campuses such as stanford. exploring the american story. watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. >> the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken held a news conference to outline the work of his agency over the past year, including efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic. in addition, he answered reporter's questions concerning the u.s. withdraw from afghanistan, the russian military buildup near the ukraine border, and iran nuclear negotiations. this is about 30 minutes. negotiations. this is about 30 minutes. sec. blinken: good afternoon, everyone. good to see you all. i suspect that most of you are looking forward to what will be a wel

peter defazio of oregon, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. rush, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> as the member designated by ms. underwood of illinois, i inform the house that ms. underwood will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia rise? >> as the member designated by ms. porter, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. tom tiffany of the great state of wisconsin, i inform the house that mr. tiffany will be a nay on the previous question. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does

host: that is peter in massachusetts. usa today reports on the death of a man in new zealand of myocarditis, john bacon saying the 26-year-old man had died for myocarditis linked to the pfizer vaccine. it is an inflammation that can limit the heart's ability to properly circulate blood. it was a common side effect in the smallpox vaccine of the past . the man died within two weeks of receiving his first dose and a coroner determined preliminary information had identified myocarditis as the probable cause of death. the vaccine safety monitoring board said the men had not sought medical advice or treatment for the symptoms and say the current of able information the board has considered that myocarditis was probably due to vaccination in this individual. the benefits of the vaccination with the pfizer vaccine for covid-19 continue to greatly outweigh the risks of such rare side effects. let's hear from massachusetts, stephen, on our line for those who are unvaccinated. caller: i love your program. i watch it all the time. i

peter bell, vice president's director of operations. vince evans deputy director of office of public engagement and intergovernmentable affairs. the has more about that if you want to read it at the hill.com. bernard in vermont, independent line. caller: hello. what am i supposed to be talking now? host: if you have a top story of the week to share. go ahead. caller: my story might be a little old. i'm more like an issue guy. i like to see the retirement age requirement be pushed up. not five years. then they can retire with a full pension. i had to work until i got to 65. why shouldn't they be bumped up a little bit to something like 70? host: what do you think that will do? do you think that will preserve what's there now? caller: probably be harder the first place because there would be others that get it. the other place the retirement benefits are $86,000 a year in their pay scale. that's the big i got from when i went on the net to get the information. some of this stuff that they doing, he's a republican, democrat, independent li

peters, i inform the house that mr. peters will vote yes on h. res. 849. as the member designated by mr. swawzy, i inform the house that mr. swawzy will vote yes on h. res. 849. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. ruppersberger, mr. reu eases, mr. beerera and ms. porter, i inform the house that all will vote yes on house resolution 849. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: as the member designated by mr. hanna, i inform the house that mr. hanna will vote yes on h. res. 849. as the member designated by mr. welch, i inform the house that mr. welch will vote yes on h. res. 849. >> as the member designated by ms. jayapal, i inform the house that ms. jayapal will vote yes. as the member designated by mrs. fletcher of texas, i inform the house that mrs. fletcher will vote yes on h. res. 849. as the member designated by mr. doggett, i inform the house that mr. doggett will vote yes on h. res. 849.

guest: peter defazio is such a remarkable legislator and friend. he will be greatly missed. he served more than 35 years here in the u.s. house of representatives. he is beloved at home by his constituents. he will be sorely missed. i do thank him for his decades of service for being a friend and mentor and a fierce advocate for the people of southwest oregon. i wish him the very best in his retirement. he will definitely be missed, this specially with issues like chance rotation and infrastructure, which he had the honor of leading the effort for that very important committee. also i worked with him on natural resilience issues. he has been a wonderful colleague. i wish him well. host: 19th democrat to do so. what is your confidence after the midterms the democrats will remain in power in the house of representatives? guest: we will do everything we can to remain in the majority. we will see what happens. when you look at the policies and the values we stand for, a better future, really looking out for the rights of people, the rights of people to make reproductive health c

powerpoint don't quite hit home, there is a book i have used effectively called "ghost fleet" written by peter singer in august c -- and caugust -- and august cole. it will really get the centrality of our cyber risk home, both in weapon systems and infrastructure and energy infrastructure. it is a decent read for getting up to speed on this. tom: it really does get you thinking about some of the problems and threats. then, you have to realize that is actually out of date. let's look forward to august's next book for the next turn of the screw on this. this will get worse unless we start taking it seriously. andy: question number two as time is fleeting, time is money. access control -- these are all things referenced by secretary johnson, as we have said. we are not just going up on her own direction. he's recommending access control improvements and other technology improvements. he references spearfishing passwords, multifactor authentication, and more. megan, the microphone is yours to kick us off. megan: the secretary was correct in mentioning spearfishing. if we look at what the data tel

caller: [no audio] host: we lost peter so let's go to gary. good morning. caller: merry christmas and good morning to all of your c-span guests, and one thing that has been kind of sticking in my crawl lately is people who say, when you talk about democracy, we are not a democracy. we are a republic. well, i think both are true. you see a commonwealth. it is defined as, as among other things, democracy or a republic. these people who say that stuff, they are about the green dollar. host: jump into that. guest: first of all, i love sticks in my craw. it is a great expression. it is frustrating that we have been caught up in the language and the small debates or processes. we have bigger issues, we need to pay attention to them. i am sitting here, and i am filled with images of the area surrounding my town. i get choked up. houses are gone. churches are gone. i think, would any of us stop and ask about the party registration or the future of our democracy we help someone before we go to our fellow citizens and say what we are going to do to help them. our con

powerpoint don't quite hit home, there is a book i have used effectively called "ghost fleet" written by peter singer in august c -- and caugust -- and august cole. it will really get the centrality of our cyber risk home, both in weapon systems and infrastructure and energy infrastructure. it is a decent read for getting up to speed on this. tom: it really does get you thinking about some of the problems and threats. then, you have to realize that is actually out of date. let's look forward to august's next book for the next turn of the screw on this. this will get worse unless we start taking it seriously. andy: question number two as time is fleeting, time is money. access control -- these are all things referenced by secretary johnson, as we have said. we are not just going up on her own direction. he's recommending access control improvements and other technology improvements. he references spearfishing passwords, multifactor authentication, and more. megan, the microphone is yours to kick us off. megan: the secretary was correct in mentioning spearfishing. if we look at what the data tel

caller: [no audio] host: we lost peter so let's go to gary. good morning. caller: merry christmas and good morning to all of your c-span guests, and one thing that has been kind of sticking in my crawl lately is people who say, when you talk about democracy, we are not a democracy. we are a republic. well, i think both are true. you see a commonwealth. it is defined as, as among other things, democracy or a republic. these people who say that stuff, they are about the green dollar. host: jump into that. guest: first of all, i love sticks in my craw. it is a great expression. it is frustrating that we have been caught up in the language and the small debates or processes. we have bigger issues, we need to pay attention to them. i am sitting here, and i am filled with images of the area surrounding my town. i get choked up. houses are gone. churches are gone. i think, would any of us stop and ask about the party registration or the future of our democracy we help someone before we go to our fellow citizens and say what we are going to do to help them. our con

peter defazio of oregon, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote yes on h.r. 5720. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from west virginia seek recognition? mrs. miller: as the member designated by mrs. lesko, i inform the house that mrs. lesko will vettio on h.r. 5720. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? agua caliente mr. speaker, as the member designated by -- mr. aguilar: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. ruiz, i inform the house that mr. ruiz will vote yes on h.r. 5720. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? ms. scanlon: as the member designated by ms. porter, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on h.r. 5720. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. fleischmann: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. palazzo of mississippi, i inform the house that mr. palazzo will vote nay on h.r. 5720. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose

peter mccullough, who is not compromised by other special interests, big pharma, and speaks the truth honestly. host: jane is calling from akron, ohio. caller: i wish the government would get the thing cleared up about the people coming over this border that's not vaccinated supposedly. my understanding is that the ones who are vaccinated are the ones that come in legally. the ones that come in illegally possibly are not vaccinated. in the next thing, all these people called in with all these different reasons why they were not going to get vaccinated because they can't sue anybody. if you are dead, you can't sue anybody anyway. i've had a couple relatives died. they all wish they had taken the vaccine. so all of you people with this ignorant stuff listening to fox news, you're crazy. thank you. host: richard calls from hagerstown, maryland. caller: the guy who said that the cdc said the transmission rate are the same. the fall back on the fact that it protects you from serious disease or death. the deaths are higher before the vaccine then before. host: are you saying that deaths are

speakers include condoleezza rice, david faria, and peter robinson. next year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of frederick homestead, the architect most famous for his work on new york city's central park. saturday at 3:15 coverage of a conference of his legacy including his the sky -- his design for college campuses. exploring the american story. watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2 and find a full schedule or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with video coverage of the biggest political events from live streams of the house and senate floor thank you congressional hearings to white house events and supreme court oral argument, even our live interactive program "washington journal," where we hear your voices everyday. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. "washington journal" continues. host: our conversation now with tony woodlief. he is the author of the new book "i, citizen: a blueprint for reclaiming american self-governance" ." he is execu