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we have longer winters in wyoming. we also have longer roads to drive to get from home to school to work. these e.v.'s don't inspire confidence for those of us who live and drive in states like wyoming and the west. so the president of the united states wants to force the people across the country to buy e.v.'s anyway. he doesn't care about this. he is from a small state, delaware. i don't think he has any clear understanding of the vastness of the rocky mountain west. i've heard in a number of his comments. and it is clear that he'll doesn't understand the people who live in the rocky mountain west. what joe biden does understand is that he has place add heavy hand on the epa so that they can tell us, tell us what to buy, what to drive, and i'm against all of these sorts of obligations and mandates. the epa wants to dictate that seven of ten vehicles, new cars sold, need to be electric. e.v.'s make up less than one in ten cars being sold today. what's happening today? new mandates on trucks as well that clearly aren't
we have longer winters in wyoming. we also have longer roads to drive to get from home to school to work. these e.v.'s don't inspire confidence for those of us who live and drive in states like wyoming and the west. so the president of the united states wants to force the people across the country to buy e.v.'s anyway. he doesn't care about this. he is from a small state, delaware. i don't think he has any clear understanding of the vastness of the rocky mountain west. i've heard in a number of...
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israel and the mayorkas impeachment proceeding with california democratic congresswoman judy chu and wyoming republican congresswoman. ♪ ♪ >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more including spark light. >> the greatest town on earth is the place you call home. at spark light it's our home too and right now we are all facing our greatest challenge, that's why spark light is working around clock to keep you connected. we are doing our part so it's a little easier to do yours. >> spark light supports c-span as public serce along with these other tevision providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> the federal trade commission and justice department cohosted a summit on enforcing antitrust law and
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companies in wyoming to launder millions of dollars for the sinaloa cartel. in another case, narcotraffickers in new jersey were charged with using a shell company to buy fentanyl related substances from china which they pressed into counterfeit pills. the united states recently sanctioned syrian drug traffickers who used seemingly legitimate businesses to launder money. these examples are the tip of an iceberg. while this hearing is focused on the threats posed by shell companies serving the drug companies serving the drug use the same opaque corporate structures. let me be clear, , a network of shell corporations surfacing these those and enablers who facilitate them are a clear and present threat to our national security. in the battle with narco lords, a little somewhat intors the shadows of the dark economy can go a long way. so i think cochair grassley for our years of work together to shine beings of sunlight into that shadow economy. our corporate transparency act is one such beam of light. on january 1 for this to the treasury department established
companies in wyoming to launder millions of dollars for the sinaloa cartel. in another case, narcotraffickers in new jersey were charged with using a shell company to buy fentanyl related substances from china which they pressed into counterfeit pills. the united states recently sanctioned syrian drug traffickers who used seemingly legitimate businesses to launder money. these examples are the tip of an iceberg. while this hearing is focused on the threats posed by shell companies serving the...
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here is the thought from wyoming republican harriet hagerman specifically asked. here are here comments. right now he's the speaker of the house, and i support mike he's doing-- he's in a difficult position because of the slim majority and the fact is that republicans don't ever walk in lock step. that's one of the reasons we're republicans. we're independent thinkers and i think that's in contrast to a lot of democrats and that's what you see play out on the floor and i think people make too much of a big deal about this. the reality, this is the way a democratic republic is supposed to work. we're supposed to have these debates. we're supposed to have discussion and fighting for the issues that are important to us and our constituency. this is the way that governing is going to be if you're going to make sure that people have a voice in the way that the government operates. we should not be making these decisions behind closed doors and coming out and announcing to the masses what the laws are going to be, we have to debate and discuss and have to be able to lis
here is the thought from wyoming republican harriet hagerman specifically asked. here are here comments. right now he's the speaker of the house, and i support mike he's doing-- he's in a difficult position because of the slim majority and the fact is that republicans don't ever walk in lock step. that's one of the reasons we're republicans. we're independent thinkers and i think that's in contrast to a lot of democrats and that's what you see play out on the floor and i think people make too...
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the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. ms. lummis: i have such respect for the remarks of the gentleman who just completed his remarks. i know he feels very passionately, and i agree with him about what he said, especially about israel and what they're going through. the attacks on october 7 were unspeakable horrors imposed on the people of israel. and i want to come to their defense. i want to come to their defense so bad that i have joined my colleagues repeatedly to pass stand-alone $14 billion funding for israel multiple times since october 7. by unanimous consent, we came to the floor multiple times and said let's send money to israel. and who stopped it? the democrats. the democrats stopped money to israel. and now we're here with a package of bundled things so we can roll enough stuff together that we can get passage of a piece of legislation that is highly imperfect. one of the main things that my constituents object to is that we're spending money for every country in this bill except our own. we will not defend our s
the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. ms. lummis: i have such respect for the remarks of the gentleman who just completed his remarks. i know he feels very passionately, and i agree with him about what he said, especially about israel and what they're going through. the attacks on october 7 were unspeakable horrors imposed on the people of israel. and i want to come to their defense. i want to come to their defense so bad that i have joined my colleagues repeatedly to pass...
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i reckon it's a gentle lady from wyoming for questions and the five minute rule. >> good morning ladies and thank you for being here to address such an incredibly important issue. i would like to start withh you. about two months but held in contempt levied daily fines of $800 per day for your refusal to disclose resources. deeply concerning in what is more concerning you are not the first in an article related to your case the washington post in 20055 national reporters were held in contempt and levied fives $500 per day. 2008 usa today reporters held in contempt face daily fines of $5000. all of these instances reporters upheld their journalistic integrity only to face rebuke and heavy-handed enforcement by the courts which are intended to protect the first amendments. how fundamental to reporting is the protection of your sources? >> congresswoman i have not lost a nights sleep about my decision to protect my confidential sources. that is the core of who i am as a journalist. i am facing contempt defines because i am upholding the most basic principle of journalism. you cannot offer
i reckon it's a gentle lady from wyoming for questions and the five minute rule. >> good morning ladies and thank you for being here to address such an incredibly important issue. i would like to start withh you. about two months but held in contempt levied daily fines of $800 per day for your refusal to disclose resources. deeply concerning in what is more concerning you are not the first in an article related to your case the washington post in 20055 national reporters were held in...
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host: gordon in wyoming. go ahead. caller: good morning. "washington journal" has to be required viewing for all three branches of government. when they take their oath, they have swear to watch washington journal every morning. i am 78 years old. trump and biden are geezers, they need to step aside. i would like to see vice president harris go against liz cheney. younger people, please. something off of the subject, building a peer in gaza -- host: can you stick to the topic here? do you have a question or comment about ken block's book? caller: i am sure trump lost the election for goodness's sake. that is all i have got. host: we will move on to randy in west virginia. hi, randy. caller: how are you doing? can you ask how many democrats [indiscernible] host: we will take that. guest: i am going to expand a little bit because we, -- we found a couple hundred fraudulent votes. we found some diseased votes, a couple hundred get votes. if i expand it a little bit and include information from 2016 where he identified a crush -- across 24 stat
host: gordon in wyoming. go ahead. caller: good morning. "washington journal" has to be required viewing for all three branches of government. when they take their oath, they have swear to watch washington journal every morning. i am 78 years old. trump and biden are geezers, they need to step aside. i would like to see vice president harris go against liz cheney. younger people, please. something off of the subject, building a peer in gaza -- host: can you stick to the topic here? do...
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might might might wyoming statea treasurer sent a letter ask you to terminate the program. they called this a solution in search of a problem. the treasury inspector general for tax administration has also raised some concerns. last week the government accountability office listing out problems with this new irs program. the irs had a better at helping taxpayers? works were trying to do is provide an option first taxpayers. it's also better or worse this s give taxpayer options. i also would offer the pilot is not done. there have been no cost estimates for your reference a cost estimate your question i'm unfamiliar with right do notot think it's going to end up their wait more taxpayers that direct file in the past few days. it's very different than the number should have in front of you. i will say this they're one of our pilot states a final cost of number a final number of taxpayers. trek to the data and provide feedback i look forward to the feedback required of us who the true state treasurer atse helpig wyoming. it's a big private sector guy as an eyebrow the questio
might might might wyoming statea treasurer sent a letter ask you to terminate the program. they called this a solution in search of a problem. the treasury inspector general for tax administration has also raised some concerns. last week the government accountability office listing out problems with this new irs program. the irs had a better at helping taxpayers? works were trying to do is provide an option first taxpayers. it's also better or worse this s give taxpayer options. i also would...
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had senator kefauver, the other democrat ites were herbert o'connor of maryland and lester hunt of wyoming. the two republicans, alexander wiley of wisconsin, and charles tobey of new hampshire, just five members. that seems awfully small in today's numbers. yes. yes. and in some cases, you know, because there was so much travel involved, sometimes the hearings were not held with all five of those members. sometimes it was just one member. they would essentially travel to a city and kefauver would sit as the calling himself a subcommittee of one. it's interesting because those five really worked ultimately, they worked well together. the two republicans were the ranking members of the house. i'm sorry, of the senate judiciary committee and the the commerce committee and so they had a personal stake in this, as i said earlier, because they were looking for an issue that they could campaign on. hunt and o'connor had been former governors, and they had been in the senate since the late 1930s. and i think all five of them took the job very seriously. and were, you know, for something that beca
had senator kefauver, the other democrat ites were herbert o'connor of maryland and lester hunt of wyoming. the two republicans, alexander wiley of wisconsin, and charles tobey of new hampshire, just five members. that seems awfully small in today's numbers. yes. yes. and in some cases, you know, because there was so much travel involved, sometimes the hearings were not held with all five of those members. sometimes it was just one member. they would essentially travel to a city and kefauver...
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had senator kefauver, the other democrat ites were herbert o'connor of maryland and lester hunt of wyoming. the two republicans, alexander wiley of wisconsin, and charles tobey of new hampshire, just five members. that seems awfully small in today's numbers. yes. yes. and in some cases, you know, because there was so much travel involved, sometimes the hearings were not held with all five of those members. sometimes it was just one member. they would essentially travel to a city and kefauver would sit as the calling himself a subcommittee of one. it's interesting because those five really worked ultimately, they worked well together. the two republicans were the ranking members of the house. i'm sorry, of the senate judiciary committee and the the commerce committee and so they had a personal stake in this, as i said earlier, because they were looking for an issue that they could campaign on. hunt and o'connor had been former governors, and they had been in the senate since the late 1930s. and i think all five of them took the job very seriously. and were, you know, for something that beca
had senator kefauver, the other democrat ites were herbert o'connor of maryland and lester hunt of wyoming. the two republicans, alexander wiley of wisconsin, and charles tobey of new hampshire, just five members. that seems awfully small in today's numbers. yes. yes. and in some cases, you know, because there was so much travel involved, sometimes the hearings were not held with all five of those members. sometimes it was just one member. they would essentially travel to a city and kefauver...
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quickly senator from wyoming for. >> thanks madam president for first like to congratulate and commend the comments by the previous speaker of the senator from alabama. it makes important points to the importance of the history as well as the future of this country. i rise today to speak as he did about the impeachment of the secretary of the department of homeland security, secretary mayorkas. i bring with me to the floor the federalist papers written by alexander hamilton, alexander hamilton and jon jay referred to federalist 65. will stand and look at the pages in here and the pages in the book and the pages in the front of the senate chamber i would recommend to them, that they read the federalist. i recommend the same to my intern who was on the floor it today he'd hamilton and the students and the gal is a lot to learn about the contribute a lot to learn about the history, the heritage the reason we have the nation that we have today. federal 65 talks about impeachment. this is about the abuse in violation of public trust. hamilton goes on to say impeachment is an important power
quickly senator from wyoming for. >> thanks madam president for first like to congratulate and commend the comments by the previous speaker of the senator from alabama. it makes important points to the importance of the history as well as the future of this country. i rise today to speak as he did about the impeachment of the secretary of the department of homeland security, secretary mayorkas. i bring with me to the floor the federalist papers written by alexander hamilton, alexander...
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the 40 million or whatever californians are represented by two senators and, the 700,000 people in wyoming are represented by two senators, which means that, you know, the math is very hairy and unfortunately, the way that the electoral is broken down in the senate, but also especially in the electoral college. it has a tendency to overweight the interests of the kind of rural white people that the democratic party has had such a hard time pulling into the coalition. and we just know that while i do think that many people in this country have a sincere to oppose racism who who have a visceral rejection racism. it is also true that we have bucketloads of political science data showing that explicit appeals to racial justice to make things less popular than more right. so, for example, the student loan issue is a good one. we could the merits of student loan, but let's not do that for it's just talk about us getting this thing passed. if we wanted this to happen, if we wanted to forgive student loans an approach that a lot of left leaning activists and writers and journalists have taken is t
the 40 million or whatever californians are represented by two senators and, the 700,000 people in wyoming are represented by two senators, which means that, you know, the math is very hairy and unfortunately, the way that the electoral is broken down in the senate, but also especially in the electoral college. it has a tendency to overweight the interests of the kind of rural white people that the democratic party has had such a hard time pulling into the coalition. and we just know that while...
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the senator from wyoming. >> thanks so much for being here today. i want to talk with you about this direct file pilot program. i know you have talked some others about it, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the irs starting up this direct filing portal that could replace successful private sector options that are currently available to taxpayers around the country. unlike the current free file process which partners with the private sector, this would be solely handled by the internal revenue service, make the irs both a tax collector as well as the tax preparer, the so-called inflation reduction act provided $15 million for the irs to study the feasibility of a government run direct file system but it did not provide statutory authority to create and operate a new multimillion dollar direct file program. to me in a classice fashion, the irs spent $130 million in a direct file program, only 55,000 people used the program, so the irs spent over $2000 per taxpayer and when you compare that to the private sector free file options, serving
the senator from wyoming. >> thanks so much for being here today. i want to talk with you about this direct file pilot program. i know you have talked some others about it, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding the irs starting up this direct filing portal that could replace successful private sector options that are currently available to taxpayers around the country. unlike the current free file process which partners with the private sector, this would be solely handled by...
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i will now recognize the gentlelady from wyoming for questions under the five-minute rule. >> that morning, ladies, i thank you for being here to address such an incredibly important issue. ms. herridge, i'd like to start with you pick about two months ago held in contempt and levied daily fines of $800 per day for your refusal to disclose your sources. this is deeply concerning, and what's more concerning, you are not the first in an article related to your case the "washington post" reported out in 2005, five national reporters were held in contempt and levied fines of $500 per day. in 2008, ausa today reported was held in contempt and faced daily fines of $5000. those instances where reporters upheld the journalistic integrity and protected their sources to ensure good reporting for the american people. only to face reviewed in heavy-handed enforcement by the courts which are intended to protect the first amendment. ms. herridge come how fundamental to reporting is a protection of your sources? >> i have not lost a nights sleep about my decision to protect my confidential sources. that
i will now recognize the gentlelady from wyoming for questions under the five-minute rule. >> that morning, ladies, i thank you for being here to address such an incredibly important issue. ms. herridge, i'd like to start with you pick about two months ago held in contempt and levied daily fines of $800 per day for your refusal to disclose your sources. this is deeply concerning, and what's more concerning, you are not the first in an article related to your case the "washington...
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whether you're in downtown columbus or minneapolis or wirral south dakota or wyoming or south carolina, the problem is too expensive. it has been for years. it's been for far too long. one big reason is we don't have enough of it for the past decade, the past decade rick has got up and up and up. one in four renters pay more than half their income for rent, and when more than half of your income goes to read, every month it's hard to juggle all the bills you already have let alone say for a down payment. high rent stops people from becoming homeowners. so many families think if i i could come up with a down payment. the money for a down payment is what stands between millions of americans the dream of homeownership home ownership and building generational wealth.ng that's why my bill to support first-generation homebuyers down payment toward equity act with senator warnock and the helper act aimed specifically at, the down payment towardd equity act is broader. the helper act for teachers, firefighters and police officers to allow them to buy homes in their communities and other source
whether you're in downtown columbus or minneapolis or wirral south dakota or wyoming or south carolina, the problem is too expensive. it has been for years. it's been for far too long. one big reason is we don't have enough of it for the past decade, the past decade rick has got up and up and up. one in four renters pay more than half their income for rent, and when more than half of your income goes to read, every month it's hard to juggle all the bills you already have let alone say for a...
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whether you are in downtown columbus, or minneapolis or rural south dakota or wyoming or south carolina housing is too expensive. it has been for years. it has been for far too long. one big reason we do not have enough of it. for the past decade rent has gone up and up and out part one and four renters pay more than half their income for rent. more than half of your income goes to rent every month, it is hard to juggle all the bills you have let alone save for a down payment. height rent stops people from becoming homeowners so many families think if i can only come up with they're down payment the money for a down payment is what stands between millions of americans and building generational wealth. that's why my bill supports a first generation homebuyers down payment toward equity act and the helper act specifically they're down payment toward equity act is a broadly for teachers, firefighters and police officers to allow them to buy homes in their communities and other sources of assistance. all that is so important. director thompson, you know these challenges because you'rer agen
whether you are in downtown columbus, or minneapolis or rural south dakota or wyoming or south carolina housing is too expensive. it has been for years. it has been for far too long. one big reason we do not have enough of it. for the past decade rent has gone up and up and out part one and four renters pay more than half their income for rent. more than half of your income goes to rent every month, it is hard to juggle all the bills you have let alone save for a down payment. height rent stops...
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the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thanks, madam president. first i would like to congratulate and commend the comments from the previous speaker, the senator from alabama, who makes important points that are important for the history as well as the future of this country. and i rise today to speak as he did about the impeachment of the secretary of the department of homeland security, secretary mayorkas. and i bring with me today to the floor "the federalist papers" written by alexander hamilton, james madison, and john jay, and refer to federalist 65. and as i sit here and stand and look at the pages in here and the pages in the book and the pages in the front of the senate chamber, i would recommend to them that they read "the federalist." i recommend the same to my intern who is here on the floor today and the students who are in the gallery. there is a lot to learn about the country, lot to learn about our history, the heritage, the reason that we have the nation that we have today. federalist 65 talks about impeachment. this is about the
the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thanks, madam president. first i would like to congratulate and commend the comments from the previous speaker, the senator from alabama, who makes important points that are important for the history as well as the future of this country. and i rise today to speak as he did about the impeachment of the secretary of the department of homeland security, secretary mayorkas. and i bring with me today to the floor "the federalist...