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covid pandemic originated in china. instagram and tiktok currently have about the same number of users in the u.s. however, if you look at the content, there's a 400-1 ratio for the content that blames china compared to tiktok. instagram 400 number the times of posts. they have done this for tiananmen square which again on instagram there's 80 times the posts around tiananmen square than there is on tiktok. and on hong kong where there's 180 times the posts on hong kong's being censured or repressed citizens on tiktok. the federal government's job is to protect americans against foreign and domestic threats. tiktok is a major foreign threat. the bill we are passing today puts an end to that. that bill ensures or citizens are not improperly targeted, surveilled or influenced by any foreign adversary. right now the major threat is tiktok, but china can make another tiktok. that's why instead we are, instead of going after any specific app, this bill simply prohibits marketplaces like the app store or google play from host
covid pandemic originated in china. instagram and tiktok currently have about the same number of users in the u.s. however, if you look at the content, there's a 400-1 ratio for the content that blames china compared to tiktok. instagram 400 number the times of posts. they have done this for tiananmen square which again on instagram there's 80 times the posts around tiananmen square than there is on tiktok. and on hong kong where there's 180 times the posts on hong kong's being censured or...
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media companies are not allowed to operate in china. in fact, china leads the world in using surveillance and censorship to keep taps on its own population and to repress dissidence. governments that respect freedom of speech do not build backdoors into hardware or software, into apps on phones or on laptops. backdoors allow foreign advocates to target people. backdoors allow foreign adversaries to use proxy bots to bombard vulnerable populations, americans, with harmful content or even to blackmail people. the u.s. department of justice has stated, quote, hostile foreign powers are weaponizing b bulk data and the power of artificial intelligence to target americans, end quote. i do not want technology in the united states used this way. i want the united states to work with our most sophisticated technology countries, likeminded democracies, places like japan, south korea can our europeanian allies and set the global standard for technology and data protection. i want to see a technology nato, one in wit our allies come together and sa
media companies are not allowed to operate in china. in fact, china leads the world in using surveillance and censorship to keep taps on its own population and to repress dissidence. governments that respect freedom of speech do not build backdoors into hardware or software, into apps on phones or on laptops. backdoors allow foreign advocates to target people. backdoors allow foreign adversaries to use proxy bots to bombard vulnerable populations, americans, with harmful content or even to...
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china providing components and know how to boost russian defense production. of all the support, russia has ramped up in air strikes against ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure. rained down munitions on ukrainians defending their homeland. and now america is going to send ukraine the supply they need to keep them in the fight. this weekend, there were reports of cheers breaking out of the trenches, probably came from one of your folks, a reporter or someone, i'm not sure who it came from. but they are cheering as they watch the house vote that supports ukraine. it's not like they don't understand what we've done. not like they don't understand how critical this is for them. in the next few hours, we are going to begin sending the equivalent to ukraine for air defense munitions, for artillery, for rocket systems and armored vehicles. this package is literally an investment. not only for ukrainian security, but europe security. our own security. we are sending ukraine the equivalent from her own stockpile, then we replace those stockpiles of new product
china providing components and know how to boost russian defense production. of all the support, russia has ramped up in air strikes against ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure. rained down munitions on ukrainians defending their homeland. and now america is going to send ukraine the supply they need to keep them in the fight. this weekend, there were reports of cheers breaking out of the trenches, probably came from one of your folks, a reporter or someone, i'm not sure who it came...
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so why not china take over taiwan? why not in africa and afghanistan what happened? why not russia takeover -- russia will take over nato because i do not fear biden. host: one more call. ted in idaho, democrat. good morning. caller: yes. i just wanted to say that donald trump was a fraud, and i think he belongs in jail. thank you. host: ok. that was a quick call and we are at the end of the program. i want to thank everyone for calling in and joining us on social media and watching. we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. have a great day. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> friday night, watch c-span's 2024 campaign trail, a weekly round of campaign coverage covering a -- providing a one-stop shop to show what candidates are saying to voters along with first-hand accounts from political reporters, updated poll numbers, fundraising data and campaign ads. watch the 2024 campaign trail
so why not china take over taiwan? why not in africa and afghanistan what happened? why not russia takeover -- russia will take over nato because i do not fear biden. host: one more call. ted in idaho, democrat. good morning. caller: yes. i just wanted to say that donald trump was a fraud, and i think he belongs in jail. thank you. host: ok. that was a quick call and we are at the end of the program. i want to thank everyone for calling in and joining us on social media and watching. we will be...
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and by comparison, china and russia are lonelier countries. they are working more closely together now than any time in my memory and that is a significant challenge. but if we are not complacent about the network of allies and partners not only immuno pacific but in europe and other parts of the world, that is another huge asset that would enable us to compete effectively with the people's republic of china over the next few decades. david: you mentioned that these regimes are working more closely than we have seen the past, and at the same time from the russian invasion in ukraine and the tension between china and taiwan, the middle east and the resurgence of authoritarianism, the world seems on fire, how would you put today's situation in the context of the three plus decades you are a -- you were a diplomat? bill: i was a young diplomat when president bush senior was in the white house and the cold war had ended, this was the moment of unchallenged primacy for the united states. today now more than three decades later, it is fair to say we
and by comparison, china and russia are lonelier countries. they are working more closely together now than any time in my memory and that is a significant challenge. but if we are not complacent about the network of allies and partners not only immuno pacific but in europe and other parts of the world, that is another huge asset that would enable us to compete effectively with the people's republic of china over the next few decades. david: you mentioned that these regimes are working more...
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china is active in south america. china is the biggest concern. china is not just a concern in asia. russia is not just a concern in europe. >> another good question here. is the u.s. system of alliances overextended for this post unipolar erect? should it be scaled-back? i might miss pronounce this -- mispronounce this. >> quite the opposite. we need to be deepening the alliances we have in building out additional partnerships. you know, when you look at asia and you have quiet conversations with people, you know, many leaders in other countries admit that the u.s. is still their greatest source of foreign direct investment. the fact that we did not move forward with a high standard to tpp was a huge strategic mistake that we should -- we will and should go through a long time. that aside, for the couple of exceptions, they will say it's very clear that the u.s. is our preferred security partner and we want the relationship. we have to be careful how we navigate so as not to anger china or provoke a crisis where we don't need one, but we are seri
china is active in south america. china is the biggest concern. china is not just a concern in asia. russia is not just a concern in europe. >> another good question here. is the u.s. system of alliances overextended for this post unipolar erect? should it be scaled-back? i might miss pronounce this -- mispronounce this. >> quite the opposite. we need to be deepening the alliances we have in building out additional partnerships. you know, when you look at asia and you have quiet...
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and china escalates. the panel will consider how other countries and transnational movements might help to avert a u.s.-china confrontation. at this point, i would like to invite our panelists, who will be in a conversation with our moderator, to come to the stage and kick off our first panel. thank you very much. [applause] >> great crowd. thank you so much for coming out. what an incredibly esteemed group. we have a hard out at 3:15, so i'm going to be a ruthless, dictatorial moderator. and i will keep the trains running on time. already down one. . [laughter] it is incredibly fitting we are having this conversation about global solidarity when the entire country is seized with a young movement -- a young people's movement. i spent much of last week on campus with students attending protests, hanging out with them while they were waiting for their classmates to get out of jail. it has been a really extraordinary thing to witness. i want to hear what you all have to say about that. but just a step back a
and china escalates. the panel will consider how other countries and transnational movements might help to avert a u.s.-china confrontation. at this point, i would like to invite our panelists, who will be in a conversation with our moderator, to come to the stage and kick off our first panel. thank you very much. [applause] >> great crowd. thank you so much for coming out. what an incredibly esteemed group. we have a hard out at 3:15, so i'm going to be a ruthless, dictatorial moderator....
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and china. host: when you say flattery anger, piston trump is called -- president bynum has called xi jinping -- president biden -- sorry, i'm getting confused. former president praised xi jinping and president biden has called him a thug and a dictator. can you talk about xi jinping and how china views those leaders? guest: president trump believes an intimate relationship between him and the chinese leader will help facilitate progress on his priorities. president biden believes in the power of personal relationships but is less certain that public praise of xi jinping will deliver progress on american priorities. president biden is outspoken and direct and candid in his articulation of oppression she should be -- president xi jinping's system. president xi jinping is absent being called a thug, but he is a cold-blooded calculator and i doubt that he has a clear preference between one candidate or the other in the upcoming election. host: let's look at what former president trump said in a fox
and china. host: when you say flattery anger, piston trump is called -- president bynum has called xi jinping -- president biden -- sorry, i'm getting confused. former president praised xi jinping and president biden has called him a thug and a dictator. can you talk about xi jinping and how china views those leaders? guest: president trump believes an intimate relationship between him and the chinese leader will help facilitate progress on his priorities. president biden believes in the power...
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we are helping china. the national security supplemental, provides foreign aid to ukraine, israel, and taiwan. it sounds like we are set to consider some versions of that in the house, hopefully. secretary officer, why is it critical to our own national security, when we get additional aid to ukraine as soon as possible? we care about the threat of china. why does it follow that we should also care about ukraine, whether it wins or loses? >> thank you, sir. in terms of our own national security, we believe, i believe, that vladimir putin, will not stop in ukraine. he will continue to seek to pull back in. --, some of those countries that were in the foreign union. i think we can look for significant turbulence in a region going forward if he is successful. we have provided a number of elements to ukraine, and we hope to continue to do that in terms of security assistance. we have to replenish what we have provided. having the means to do that, is really important for our readiness, and our security. you me
we are helping china. the national security supplemental, provides foreign aid to ukraine, israel, and taiwan. it sounds like we are set to consider some versions of that in the house, hopefully. secretary officer, why is it critical to our own national security, when we get additional aid to ukraine as soon as possible? we care about the threat of china. why does it follow that we should also care about ukraine, whether it wins or loses? >> thank you, sir. in terms of our own national...
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how big of a threat is china, and china is a threat to who? what are we even talking about? it seems like -- quite clear that we will not as humanity betty able to address the challenges we face unless countries like the united states and china work together, at a basic level. how are you going to deal with climate change and the rise of ai? how are we going to deal with all this stuff? we really do not have the luxury of entering into this kind of a conflict. again, i revert to my own pakistani experience. so much of pakistani civil society was eviscerated and we were bequeathed a political social environment. the same way that pakistani society was transformed the 1980's, india is being transformed that way now. you would think india would look over at pakistan and think this is not really a model we should be pursuing, but unfortunately that is not the case. i think it is worth stopping and asking the question, why are we doing this? what is this position we are trying to defend? the truth is, we actually have no idea. the world is a confusing place. >> isn't going to be
how big of a threat is china, and china is a threat to who? what are we even talking about? it seems like -- quite clear that we will not as humanity betty able to address the challenges we face unless countries like the united states and china work together, at a basic level. how are you going to deal with climate change and the rise of ai? how are we going to deal with all this stuff? we really do not have the luxury of entering into this kind of a conflict. again, i revert to my own...
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losing to china and russia on the continent? gen. brown: one of the areas we are focusing on is to continue our cd operations at work with african nations on the continent , so as we are working through and adjusting, this is a conversation i have had with general langley on how we can continue to do our counterterrorism and work with nations within the region, and so it is important that we stay engaged, and that is what we are doing, and as we have to shift to work with various countries, as the secretary told me several times we have to have ortner's in certain areas to make sure we will be able to execute, and that is something we are working through. we have proven that we can do counterterrorism any place in the world. we have the capability to strike and hold any target at risk anywhere in the world, and that is why i am so proud of our military and our capability. we have to adjust sometimes based upon the dynamics, but that is the capability we have for our forest to adjust. reporter: so the broader question of influence los
losing to china and russia on the continent? gen. brown: one of the areas we are focusing on is to continue our cd operations at work with african nations on the continent , so as we are working through and adjusting, this is a conversation i have had with general langley on how we can continue to do our counterterrorism and work with nations within the region, and so it is important that we stay engaged, and that is what we are doing, and as we have to shift to work with various countries, as...
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china still has its sights set on taiwan as it strengthens its relationship with both iran and russia. and an expanded war in the middle east would put american soldiers deployed to the region in greater danger. it would harm the american middle class and global economy still clawing back from pandemic-spurred inflation, just as our economy is beginning to rebound. and there are those amongst us, there are, i'm asking those amongst us who think it is wise to open a broader war in the middle east this week, do we want to further encourage iran to rush and build and test a nuclear weapon? do we want to give vladimir putin and xi jinping the satisfaction of the united states being bogged down in war? china and russia would love to see the united states embroiled and distracted by the -- in the middle east. as they continue their nefarious destabilizing objectives in europe and the indo-pacific. we should not let that happen. i will conclude my remarks where i started. we stand strongly with the state of israel. and its right to defend its people. israel, without question, has the right t
china still has its sights set on taiwan as it strengthens its relationship with both iran and russia. and an expanded war in the middle east would put american soldiers deployed to the region in greater danger. it would harm the american middle class and global economy still clawing back from pandemic-spurred inflation, just as our economy is beginning to rebound. and there are those amongst us, there are, i'm asking those amongst us who think it is wise to open a broader war in the middle...
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strategically address china's increasing raisson aggression in the south china sea and in southeast asia, given our partnerships and interest there. >> great question. i think it starts with illum inating the belligerent behavior and how it is inconsistent with international law. and i think the second thing is being present and meeting our partners where they are at, from the coast guard's perspective, we look at many of the pacific island nations, in particular, and frankly other nations come when you talk to them about what their greatest national security challenges are it is about protecting their exclusive economic zone, transnational criminal organizations come about dealing with the effects of climate change, and it is about how you respond to natural disasters. in all of that goes to what i was talking about before, maritime governance. if you can be present, in a coast guard corm or a great hall or more mobile training team or law enforcement attachment, you are meeting the partners where they are, and addressing some of their greatest national security concerns, and when you d
strategically address china's increasing raisson aggression in the south china sea and in southeast asia, given our partnerships and interest there. >> great question. i think it starts with illum inating the belligerent behavior and how it is inconsistent with international law. and i think the second thing is being present and meeting our partners where they are at, from the coast guard's perspective, we look at many of the pacific island nations, in particular, and frankly other...
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we also included sanctions on russia and china and iran which i believe is the new actioncies of evil -- axis of evil. the reality here is if the house did not do this better policy and process, allowing for amendments on the floor in the process tomorrow, we would have had to eat the senate supplemental bill that. is because we were very close given the timeline in both israel and ukraine, to a discharge petition being brought. discharge petition in layman's terms is that when a number of members or majority of members get together, they can override the speaker and bring something straight from the floor. that would have happened imminently on the senate supplemental. by doing this, even though it's not the perfect legislation, not the legislation we would write if republicans were in charge. both the house, senate, and white house, this is the best possible product that we can get under these circumstances to take care of these really important obligations. we look forward to the vote tomorrow. we look forward to every member voting their conscience and their desire that. is exactl
we also included sanctions on russia and china and iran which i believe is the new actioncies of evil -- axis of evil. the reality here is if the house did not do this better policy and process, allowing for amendments on the floor in the process tomorrow, we would have had to eat the senate supplemental bill that. is because we were very close given the timeline in both israel and ukraine, to a discharge petition being brought. discharge petition in layman's terms is that when a number of...
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russia's oil and gas revenues have been rising and countries like india and china have been buying china oil well above the price cap. enforcement of the price cap has been poor which has enabled to find -- enabled russia to find non-g-7 ships for its sea-born crude than anticipate. the ease with which russia has been able to evade the price cap call into question the every kacy of the price cap. moreover, another renewal of the yen lips next month would completely ignore the efforts europe has made to diversify its energy plies and reverse its dangerous prewar reliance on energy. general license 8 originally reflected the need to give countries dependent on russian energy sufficient time to diversify their resources. many have now effectively diversified their suppliers. continued issuance of an overly broad general license in thisness instance threatens to repeat the mistakes made in relation to the in orderstream 2 pipeline where the refusal to issue sanctions gyps the pipeline not only removed deterrents -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. burgess: i yie
russia's oil and gas revenues have been rising and countries like india and china have been buying china oil well above the price cap. enforcement of the price cap has been poor which has enabled to find -- enabled russia to find non-g-7 ships for its sea-born crude than anticipate. the ease with which russia has been able to evade the price cap call into question the every kacy of the price cap. moreover, another renewal of the yen lips next month would completely ignore the efforts europe has...
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and that's china. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. does anyone wish to speak in opposition to the amendment? the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. gimenez: i would like now to yield two minutes to the gentleman from illinois, the ranking member of the select committee on the c. krmpt p., mr. -- c.c.p., mr. krishnamoorthi. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for two minutes. mr. krishnamoorthi: close enough, carlos, thank you. i rise in strong support of this amendment which requires the china military power report, which the department of defense puts out each year to include a new section on the p.r.c.'s development of critical and emerging technologies. through its military civil fusion strategy, the c.c.p. has effectively combined its civilian and military sectors. meaning that american investment into china often finds its way into the hands
and that's china. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from florida reserves the balance of his time. does anyone wish to speak in opposition to the amendment? the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. gimenez: i would like now to yield two minutes to the gentleman from illinois, the ranking member of the select committee on the c. krmpt p., mr. -- c.c.p., mr. krishnamoorthi. the chair: the gentleman from...
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the people's republic of china, the communist party, the government of china represents a long-term persistent across-the-board threat to america. in particular, in the area of cybersecurity you are talking about. the two major actions you are talking about just from this year, the january volt typhoon disruption. this was a botnet implanting malware into our infrastructure. various significant parts of our delivery of public services. which, if activated could have been very dangerous for us. the march a.p.t. indictments involve the hacking of computers and emails. those are just two examples of a considerable amount of cyber hacking. we have asked for more than $1.3 billion to combat cybercrime and for cybersecurity. the f.b.i., the national security division asked for $894.6 million, which is an increase of 19% over f.y. 2024. -- 11 .9% over fy 24. as you know, fy 2 -- the fy 24 budget has required us to reduce positions substantially, and we are in a position of trying to get us back to where we were before that. but this is an area where we are doubling down and are very much concerned. m
the people's republic of china, the communist party, the government of china represents a long-term persistent across-the-board threat to america. in particular, in the area of cybersecurity you are talking about. the two major actions you are talking about just from this year, the january volt typhoon disruption. this was a botnet implanting malware into our infrastructure. various significant parts of our delivery of public services. which, if activated could have been very dangerous for us....
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we know -- do we know china came from -- is fentanyl still the number one killer? the list goes on and on. i don't work for tiktok and i'm not a lobbyist. i am against the band of tiktok and i think that it will be thumbs up in litigation almost immediately. maybe 14th amendment concerns. i think it will be slowed down. i pointed out earlier, i suppose president biden is going to sign it into law, so everybody should see that. tiktok, i said this to a very prominent democratic senator and republican senator. i sit it is truly burning the brains and the bodies of teenagers and i demand that you will return tonight, this is over a year ago, it makes my point, and passed by unanimous consent, this has to stop immediately. i think there are ways to ensure that 170 million u.s. users, of which i'm not one, i'm not on tiktok or facebook or instagram for that matter, we are selling what i did 70 million u.s. users. we are protecting you now. we didn't protect you before, but we are protecting you now. i think people were thumping the chest to say look what we did come we
we know -- do we know china came from -- is fentanyl still the number one killer? the list goes on and on. i don't work for tiktok and i'm not a lobbyist. i am against the band of tiktok and i think that it will be thumbs up in litigation almost immediately. maybe 14th amendment concerns. i think it will be slowed down. i pointed out earlier, i suppose president biden is going to sign it into law, so everybody should see that. tiktok, i said this to a very prominent democratic senator and...
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and we do the same thing with china. our adversaries are working together to undermine our western values and to meet our democracy. in closing, i want to quote reagan. i'm a reagan republican. i admired him. when he said evil is powerless if good are unafraid. we cannot be afraid at this moment. we have to do what's right and we have to show strength and peace through strength is what he taught us. evil is on the march. history is calling, and that is the time to answer. i yield back. >> jutland yields back. thank you for your testimony. ranked member delauro, your record for a testament. >> thanks very much, mr. chairme you on your chairmanship. i see that the chair of the appropriations committee is back and i congratulate chairman cole as well. we have been on this side of the dais for number of occasions and look forward to our working together. want to acknowledge ranking member mcgovern and the distinguished numbers of this committee. i strong support passage of the three supplemental appropriation bills in this n
and we do the same thing with china. our adversaries are working together to undermine our western values and to meet our democracy. in closing, i want to quote reagan. i'm a reagan republican. i admired him. when he said evil is powerless if good are unafraid. we cannot be afraid at this moment. we have to do what's right and we have to show strength and peace through strength is what he taught us. evil is on the march. history is calling, and that is the time to answer. i yield back. >>...
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this is a direct result of the border policies of president biden should fentanyl as many fractured in china and ran by the cartel in mexico. what point does that horrific reality become important enough for us to come in and vote and shut this border down? the left loves to tell you about threats, kills more americans -- what kills more americans than the bite important policy? nothing. biggest disaster in history since i've been alive and citizens of this country. ukraine is losing soldiers by far fewer than the number of americans dying from fentanyl. we have to take care of our own people before we take care of the rest of the world. host: senator tommy tuberville, arguing against more aid going overseas. that is our question for you this morning? should the u.s. be more active or less active in overseas conflicts? raymond in pensacola, florida, republican. we will hear from you first. good morning. caller: thank you for allowing me to speak. once again, we are spending a lot of money for two different active conflicts across the world. one in taiwan. russia and all that settles within a
this is a direct result of the border policies of president biden should fentanyl as many fractured in china and ran by the cartel in mexico. what point does that horrific reality become important enough for us to come in and vote and shut this border down? the left loves to tell you about threats, kills more americans -- what kills more americans than the bite important policy? nothing. biggest disaster in history since i've been alive and citizens of this country. ukraine is losing soldiers...
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i realized that these were things that were really hard for a foreigner to do in china, mainland china. i was glad to be able to do those things. a chinese woman who i spent social time with told me how much more free she feels when she is in hong kong compared to her day-to-day life on the chinese mainland in one of the major cities. it was a reminder that you are thinking, hey, there is no firewall, i can serve the internet and read international newspapers. you feel like hong kong is a more wide open place. really, people who are longtime rs there tell me that it is a shadow of what used to be before the chinese really started to make their presence known in a very substantial way. host: that's get back to your calls for ray suarez, author and journalist. eric in las vegas, nevada. caller: good morning to you both. i have a statement and question. i have a friend in washington state named jesus. in the u.s. army. he is not a citizen and both are in fear that his wife will be deported. you serve this country and you are not an automatic citizen. that is my statement. my question is o
i realized that these were things that were really hard for a foreigner to do in china, mainland china. i was glad to be able to do those things. a chinese woman who i spent social time with told me how much more free she feels when she is in hong kong compared to her day-to-day life on the chinese mainland in one of the major cities. it was a reminder that you are thinking, hey, there is no firewall, i can serve the internet and read international newspapers. you feel like hong kong is a more...
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i realized that these were things that were really hard for a foreigner to do in china, mainland china. i was glad to be able to do those things. a chinese woman who i spent social time with told me how much more free she feels when she is in hong kong compared to her day-to-day life on the chinese mainland in one of the major cities. it was a reminder that you are thinking, hey, there is no firewall, i can serve the internet and read international newspapers. you feel like hong kong is a more wide open place. really, people who are longtime rs there tell me that it is a shadow of what used to be before the chinese really started to make their presence known in a very substantial way. host: that's get back to your calls for ray suarez, author and journalist. eric in las vegas, nevada. caller: good morning to you both. i have a statement and question. i have a friend in washington state named jesus. in the u.s. army. he is not a citizen and both are in fear that his wife will be deported. you serve this country and you are not an automatic citizen. that is my statement. my question is o
i realized that these were things that were really hard for a foreigner to do in china, mainland china. i was glad to be able to do those things. a chinese woman who i spent social time with told me how much more free she feels when she is in hong kong compared to her day-to-day life on the chinese mainland in one of the major cities. it was a reminder that you are thinking, hey, there is no firewall, i can serve the internet and read international newspapers. you feel like hong kong is a more...
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russia's oil and gas revenues have been rising and countries like india and china have been buying china oil well above the price cap. enforcement of the price cap has been poor which has enabled to find -- enabled russia to find non-g-7 ships for its sea-born crude than anticipate. the ease with which russia has been able to evade the price cap call into question the every kacy of the price cap. moreover, another renewal of the yen lips next month would completely ignore the efforts europe has made to diversify its energy plies and reverse its dangerous prewar reliance on energy. general license 8 originally reflected the need to give countries dependent on russian energy sufficient time to diversify their resources. many have now effectively diversified their suppliers. continued issuance of an overly broad general license in thisness instance threatens to repeat the mistakes made in relation to the in orderstream 2 pipeline where the refusal to issue sanctions gyps the pipeline not only removed deterrents -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. burgess: i yie
russia's oil and gas revenues have been rising and countries like india and china have been buying china oil well above the price cap. enforcement of the price cap has been poor which has enabled to find -- enabled russia to find non-g-7 ships for its sea-born crude than anticipate. the ease with which russia has been able to evade the price cap call into question the every kacy of the price cap. moreover, another renewal of the yen lips next month would completely ignore the efforts europe has...
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imagine how this outcome would embolden russia's key strategic ally, china. to undertake military coercion against taiwan. and the fateful consequences that would stem from that. i want to remind my colleagues that appeasement never works. harry truman and ronald reagan both understood, as president reagan said, and i quote, we know only too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, but when they are weak. it is then that tyrants are tempted. it is time to be resolute. let's heed the lessons of history and support this bill. finally, i want to thank speaker johnson for his principled leadership and his fortitude in moving forward with this bill. in the face of daunting obstacles. his resolve is a testament to his strength of character. i also want to thank chairman cole, ranking member delauro, for their leadership on this bill. i urge a strong yes vote. and with that, i yield back the remaining part of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields. all time for general debate has expire. pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for
imagine how this outcome would embolden russia's key strategic ally, china. to undertake military coercion against taiwan. and the fateful consequences that would stem from that. i want to remind my colleagues that appeasement never works. harry truman and ronald reagan both understood, as president reagan said, and i quote, we know only too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, but when they are weak. it is then that tyrants are tempted. it is time to be resolute....
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he was getting support for the russian defense industrial base from china. that is not lost on us. it is something we are dealing with on all three fronts, and we will continue to do that. you heard secretary blinken obviously, who is now in beijing, speak to our concerns with respect to the prc and is support for russia's defense industrial base. we have been vocal from this podium about both north korea and iran and will continue to be. >> is really government officials are saying that the president has backed down on possibly sanctioning the idf. is there anything under consideration, and if not, why not? mr. sullivan: this one, i've got to refer you to the state department, because they run a rigorous detailed analysis of what is called the lahey law which looks at gross violations of human rights by particular units. it would not be appropriate for me to speak on their behalf, so the state department would have to speak to that feud i would only point out that the nomenclature of sanctions is not accurate. what we are talking about is if the lady law is implemented, it has imp
he was getting support for the russian defense industrial base from china. that is not lost on us. it is something we are dealing with on all three fronts, and we will continue to do that. you heard secretary blinken obviously, who is now in beijing, speak to our concerns with respect to the prc and is support for russia's defense industrial base. we have been vocal from this podium about both north korea and iran and will continue to be. >> is really government officials are saying that...
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china, russia, iran, they wanted world war two, we just hit germany and japan, you can argue that this is a more challenging time right now than it was leading up to world war two. i do not want it to take something like the pearl harbor to get our attention. one of the good things that has come out of this seems to me as we paid attention to the facts, underfunding defense, the importance of standing up for our friends, we cannot sort of hide out in isolation and hope they will give up on us if we give up on them. they are at war with us and i think a lot more americans now understand and appreciate that. >> talk about the border crisis and this contains nothing to help the border crisis. we are have known terrorists coming over the border, how concerned are you about the potential threat to america and would you like to see the next congress deal with this border crisis. >> i would have love to see this congress deal with it, i asked senator langford to get it to negotiation with the democrats, they have the white house and the senate and he negotiated a bill that i thought was the i
china, russia, iran, they wanted world war two, we just hit germany and japan, you can argue that this is a more challenging time right now than it was leading up to world war two. i do not want it to take something like the pearl harbor to get our attention. one of the good things that has come out of this seems to me as we paid attention to the facts, underfunding defense, the importance of standing up for our friends, we cannot sort of hide out in isolation and hope they will give up on us...
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he was getting support for the russian defense industrial base from china. that is not lost on us. it is something we are dealing with on all three fronts, and we will continue to do that. you heard secretary blinken obviously, who is now in beijing, speak to our concerns with respect to the prc and is support for russia's defense industrial base. we have been vocal from this podium about both north korea and iran and will continue to be. >> is really government officials are saying that the president has backed down on possibly sanctioning the idf. is there anything under consideration, and if not, why not? mr. sullivan: this one, i've got to refer you to the state department, because they run a rigorous detailed analysis of what is called the lahey law which looks at gross violations of human rights by particular units. it would not be appropriate for me to speak on their behalf, so the state department would have to speak to that feud i would only point out that the nomenclature of sanctions is not accurate. what we are talking about is if the lady law is implemented, it has imp
he was getting support for the russian defense industrial base from china. that is not lost on us. it is something we are dealing with on all three fronts, and we will continue to do that. you heard secretary blinken obviously, who is now in beijing, speak to our concerns with respect to the prc and is support for russia's defense industrial base. we have been vocal from this podium about both north korea and iran and will continue to be. >> is really government officials are saying that...
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now, what we know with communist china, they want to murder thousands of americans with sentinel. china is poisoning our nation and taking the lives of more than 75,000 americans each and every year. i assume you know this. i personally cannot see anything that shows that you know about it. there are real consequences to secure the border and every victim has got a name. unfortunately, real americans have been killed. families are being torn apart by vicious crimes and deadly drugs because we have a wide open border and we do. i spoke about one of the americans that was murdered by communist china's fentanyl that the cartels have pushed into our country every day. her name is ashley dunn. ashley's mother said that ashley was murdered by your failure to stop ethanol from pouring into the united states. other interested americans like lake and riley are also paying the ultimate price for your failures. as we all know, laken has been brutally murdered. your agency just confirmed that this monster was in the u.s. after being probed by dhs. now, before, humanitarian reasons, you claime
now, what we know with communist china, they want to murder thousands of americans with sentinel. china is poisoning our nation and taking the lives of more than 75,000 americans each and every year. i assume you know this. i personally cannot see anything that shows that you know about it. there are real consequences to secure the border and every victim has got a name. unfortunately, real americans have been killed. families are being torn apart by vicious crimes and deadly drugs because we...
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fourth is a package of national security measures including sanctions on russia and iran and forcing china to divest from tiktok or the app will face a ban in the u.s. the house will also vote on border security and immigration policy legislation. watch live coverage here on c-span. >> will you solemnly swear that in the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> saturdays watch american history tv congress investigated as we explore major investigations in our country's history by the u.s. house and senate. each week authors and historians will tell these stories. we'll see historic footage from those stories and examine the impact and legacy of key congressional hearings. this week the 1950's mccarthy era hearings. they explore whether communists infiltrated the state department and the army and other legislations. it resulted in joseph mccarthy being indicted for his actions. watch "congress investigates" saturday on c-span 2. >> on q&a, the filmmaker zachary treitz and christopher hansen discuss the octopus murders
fourth is a package of national security measures including sanctions on russia and iran and forcing china to divest from tiktok or the app will face a ban in the u.s. the house will also vote on border security and immigration policy legislation. watch live coverage here on c-span. >> will you solemnly swear that in the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? >> saturdays watch american history tv congress...
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russia, china, france, japan, south korea, ecuador, and algeria were among the 12 countries who voted in favor of the resolution, while the united kingdom and switzerland abstain from voting. it comes after a renewed request for full membership. axios points out that the boat comes amid intense pressure on president biden internationally and among his own party to do more to address the dire humanitarian crisis in gaza permit up next, we will show you a portion of the security council meeting before the vote was held. >> the meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is the situation in the middle east, including the palestinian question. the agenda is adopted. israel, jordan, kuwait, lebanon, libya, malaysia, maldives, mexico, morocco, nicaragua, nigeria, pakistan, panama, peru, philippines, poland, portugal, qatar, saudi arabia, south africa, spain, syrian air republic, thailand, tunisia, turkey, uganda, united arab emirates, and the bolivian public of venezuela and vietnam, to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. i propose
russia, china, france, japan, south korea, ecuador, and algeria were among the 12 countries who voted in favor of the resolution, while the united kingdom and switzerland abstain from voting. it comes after a renewed request for full membership. axios points out that the boat comes amid intense pressure on president biden internationally and among his own party to do more to address the dire humanitarian crisis in gaza permit up next, we will show you a portion of the security council meeting...
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we have russia, china, and iran. it is interesting. right now, we americans are pulling out of niger in africa because china is coming in. it is no longer monetarily viable for us to be there and this is going on all over africa. i am sure you read about it but i want to thank you for taking my call today. i just hope we can find an engine for a resolution. we have an election pending and elections have consequences. host: thank you, juliet. from the "washington post" today, the article is talking about the ukraine funding bill. it says ukraine funds come at a key juncture for the country and its war with russia as the pentagon warns that ukraine would steadily ced more grant to russiaen forces and faced agri-casualties without more funding. it is a win for speaker johnson. he increasingly leads the coalition of more mainstream house republicans and democrats in high-priority legislation passage. it goes onto say johnson, who evolved on the issue of ukraine, was defiant in his decision to move ahead on funding on the major ally in a bi
we have russia, china, and iran. it is interesting. right now, we americans are pulling out of niger in africa because china is coming in. it is no longer monetarily viable for us to be there and this is going on all over africa. i am sure you read about it but i want to thank you for taking my call today. i just hope we can find an engine for a resolution. we have an election pending and elections have consequences. host: thank you, juliet. from the "washington post" today, the...
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we have russia, china, and iran. it is interesting. right now, we americans are pulling out of niger in africa because china is coming in. it is no longer monetarily viable for us to be there and this is going on all over africa. i am sure you read about it but i want to thank you for taking my call today. i just hope we can find an engine for a resolution. we have an election pending and elections have consequences. host: thank you, juliet. from the "washington post" today, the article is talking about the ukraine funding bill. it says ukraine funds come at a key juncture for the country and its war with russia as the pentagon warns that ukraine would steadily ced more grant to russiaen forces and faced agri-casualties without more funding. it is a win for speaker johnson. he increasingly leads the coalition of more mainstream house republicans and democrats in high-priority legislation passage. it goes onto say johnson, who evolved on the issue of ukraine, was defiant in his decision to move ahead on funding on the major ally in a bi
we have russia, china, and iran. it is interesting. right now, we americans are pulling out of niger in africa because china is coming in. it is no longer monetarily viable for us to be there and this is going on all over africa. i am sure you read about it but i want to thank you for taking my call today. i just hope we can find an engine for a resolution. we have an election pending and elections have consequences. host: thank you, juliet. from the "washington post" today, the...
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fentanyl is manufactured in china, ran by the cartel of mexico. at what point does that horrific reality become important enough for us to come in here and vote to shut this dang border down? the left loves to tell you about threats. what killed more americans than the biden border policy? nothing. the biggest disaster in history since i have been alive and a citizen of this country. ukraine is losing soldiers by far fewer than the number of americans dying by fentanyl. we have to take care of our people before we take care of the rest of the world. host: senator tommy tuberville of alabama arguing against more aid going overseas. that's the question this morning. should the u.s. be more active or less active in overseas conflicts? raymond in pensacola, florida, republican. we will hear from you first. caller: thank you for allowing me to speak. we are spending a lot of money for two different active conflicts and a possible one in taiwan. if russia settled within a week we are going to have to come back with billions of more dollars to rebuild th
fentanyl is manufactured in china, ran by the cartel of mexico. at what point does that horrific reality become important enough for us to come in here and vote to shut this dang border down? the left loves to tell you about threats. what killed more americans than the biden border policy? nothing. the biggest disaster in history since i have been alive and a citizen of this country. ukraine is losing soldiers by far fewer than the number of americans dying by fentanyl. we have to take care of...
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trade china and policy differences between president biden and former president trump. and, the jury selection process overall and specifically in the so-called hush money trial of former president trump. washington journal, join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern friday morning on c-span, c-span now or c-span.org. on capitol hill, the health rules committee members have been recessed several hours. they are working on four bills that would provide military aid to israel, ukraine and taiwan as well as require the use of u.s. seized russian assets to repay aid to ukraine. more coverage when members resume their work here on c-span. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> oh, you think this is just a community center? no, it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled lift centers so students from low income families can get the tools they need to get them ready for anything. announcer: comcast support c-span as a public service, along w
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the adversaries in china, russia, iran and elsewhere are expanding capabilities to undermine our interests even within our homeland. while parts of the budget request deal with some of those threats, the request as a whole fails to meet the important time we have. i now recognize the ranking member of the gentleman from mississippi mr. thompson for his opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good morning. i want to begin by thanking the secretary for being here today. your testimony before the committee despite the unfounded extreme attacks against you speaks to the character, integrity and commitment to the department of homeland security, its mission and its people. what seems like a split screen, this morning the committee is upholding its annual hearing on the department of homeland security's budget request. this afternoon, republican members will deliver to the senate their baseless articles of impeachment, and perhaps the most politicized partisan stunned this committee has ever engaged in. from the moment the secretary took office in february, 2021, members of the
the adversaries in china, russia, iran and elsewhere are expanding capabilities to undermine our interests even within our homeland. while parts of the budget request deal with some of those threats, the request as a whole fails to meet the important time we have. i now recognize the ranking member of the gentleman from mississippi mr. thompson for his opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. good morning. i want to begin by thanking the secretary for being here today....