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mr. connolly: if i may say to you, mr. raskin, what's so troubling is these are 100% preventible tragedies, not one of these lives had to be lost, but for the callousness and lack of regard at the postal service in vetting freight contractors. . . mr. raskin: i'm prepared to close, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. this is excellent bipartisan legislation with congress acting just as it should to address a serious public policy problem. let's hope that we pass this quickly, the president signs it quickly and we don't lose any more americans or postal service workers on the road. i thank you and urge everyone to support it. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from kansas is recognized. mr. laturner: thank you, mr. speaker. the postal service is tasked with the job of providing fast, reliable mail service nationwide. while they do so, safety should be prioritized. i urge my collea
mr. connolly: if i may say to you, mr. raskin, what's so troubling is these are 100% preventible tragedies, not one of these lives had to be lost, but for the callousness and lack of regard at the postal service in vetting freight contractors. . . mr. raskin: i'm prepared to close, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kansas. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. this is excellent bipartisan legislation with congress acting just as it...
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connolly. >> nay. >> mr. connolly votes nay. mr. morothy votes no. mr. ensume. >> no. >> ms. ocasio-cortez. >> nay. >> ms. porter. ms. bush. ms. brown. ms. stansbury. mr. garcia. mr. garcia votes no. mr. frost. ms. lee. ms. lee votes no. mr. casar. mr. casar votes no. ms. crocket. >> votes no. >> mr. goldman. >> no. >> mr. goldman votes no. >> mr. most moskuwitz votes no. talib votes no. ms. presley votes no. mr. chairman. >> i vote yes and how is mr. burleson recorded? >> mr. burleson is not recorded. mr. burleson votes yes. >> how is ms. bobert recorded? >> ms. bobert is not recorded. >> how is mr. turner recorded? >> mr. turner is not recorded. >> aye. >> mr. turner votes aye. >> how is mr. frost reported? >> mr. frost is not recorded. >> no. >> mr. frost votes no. >> how is mr. fallon recorded? >> mr. fallon is not recorded. >> aye. >> mr. fallon votes aye. >> how is ms. porter recorded? >> ms. porter is not recorded. >> no. >> ms. porter votes no. >> will the clerk tally the report? mr. chairman, on this vote, the ayes are 21, the nays are 16. >> the ayes have it. the mo
connolly. >> nay. >> mr. connolly votes nay. mr. morothy votes no. mr. ensume. >> no. >> ms. ocasio-cortez. >> nay. >> ms. porter. ms. bush. ms. brown. ms. stansbury. mr. garcia. mr. garcia votes no. mr. frost. ms. lee. ms. lee votes no. mr. casar. mr. casar votes no. ms. crocket. >> votes no. >> mr. goldman. >> no. >> mr. goldman votes no. >> mr. most moskuwitz votes no. talib votes no. ms. presley votes no. mr. chairman....
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thirdly myself mr. connolly and some others mr. raskin put in $3 billion for a post office to electrify the post office. the post office has is 737,000 vehicles but it's the second-largest after the department of defense the second largest owner of vehicles in the united states. we put $3 billion to help them convert to electric vehicles. i talked to the postmaster general dejoy. he's doing it as fast as he can they are dealing with the resources that we gave them. we need to do this faster. when you think about it this is a wonderful opportunity for us to accelerate an amplified the use of electric vehicles. think about the pattern in which the post office uses their vehicles. they charge them overnight and they deliver it during the day and they come back in charge overnight. those charging stations, if we had charging stations in every post office that were available to the public completely during the day because post office is there everywhere, everywhere. it's an opportunity here but we have to deploy the charging stations. t
thirdly myself mr. connolly and some others mr. raskin put in $3 billion for a post office to electrify the post office. the post office has is 737,000 vehicles but it's the second-largest after the department of defense the second largest owner of vehicles in the united states. we put $3 billion to help them convert to electric vehicles. i talked to the postmaster general dejoy. he's doing it as fast as he can they are dealing with the resources that we gave them. we need to do this faster....
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connolly from virginia for his very hard work on it too. in this century public confidence in the federal government depends on ensuring that our federal information technology systems and websites are secure, safe and effective. we invest more than $100 billion every year in federal i.t. needs. outdated legacy i.t. systems and infrastructure are costly to maintain and very challenging to secure against the onslaught of cyber attacks by adversaries and criminal organizations. the constantly changing landscape of information technology requires resources if federal agencies are going to be able to protect data privacy, complete their missions and effectively serve our people. the modernizing government technology reform act would ensure this important work continues smoothly by extending the technology modernization fund sunset from december, 2025, to december, 2031. it would also clarify the use of funds and maintain the repayment flexibility adopted by the technology modernization fund known as the t.m.f. in recent years while ensuring its
connolly from virginia for his very hard work on it too. in this century public confidence in the federal government depends on ensuring that our federal information technology systems and websites are secure, safe and effective. we invest more than $100 billion every year in federal i.t. needs. outdated legacy i.t. systems and infrastructure are costly to maintain and very challenging to secure against the onslaught of cyber attacks by adversaries and criminal organizations. the constantly...
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connolly for five minutes. >> i like mr. burchett, i don't think i heard such a radical alternative expression of reality in a long time. >> it is burchett. >> with respect to afghanistan, mr. secretary, remind us who negotiated a deal with the taliban and excluded the afghan government from those negotiations and agreed to the release of 5000 taliban prisoners, many of whom took to the battlefield the lead to the fall of kabul? would you remind us who negotiated that agreement and under his presidency that occurred? >> the previous administration. >> we have done this before, did the previous administration have a name? >> the trump administration area of >> the trump administration, thank you. with respect to gaza, the idea that hamas, i have for hamas, their terrorist organization that committed repugnant acts and atrocities on october 7th. with respect to the blockage of or interference with truckloads of food, fuel, medicine coming into gaza, who has blocked the entrances into gaza, was that hamas or was it the idf? >>
connolly for five minutes. >> i like mr. burchett, i don't think i heard such a radical alternative expression of reality in a long time. >> it is burchett. >> with respect to afghanistan, mr. secretary, remind us who negotiated a deal with the taliban and excluded the afghan government from those negotiations and agreed to the release of 5000 taliban prisoners, many of whom took to the battlefield the lead to the fall of kabul? would you remind us who negotiated that...
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connolly for five minutes. >> i like mr. burchett, i don't think i heard such a radical alternative expression of reality in a long time. >> it is burchett. >> with respect to afghanistan, mr. secretary, remind us who negotiated a deal with the taliban and excluded the afghan government from those negotiations and agreed to the release of 5000 taliban prisoners, many of whom took to the battlefield the lead to the fall of kabul? would you remind us who negotiated that agreement and under his presidency that occurred? >> the previous administration. >> we have done this before, did the previous administration have a name? >> the trump administration area of >> the trump administration, thank you. with respect to gaza, the idea that hamas, i have for hamas, their terrorist organization that committed repugnant acts and atrocities on october 7th. with respect to the blockage of or interference with truckloads of food, fuel, medicine coming into gaza, who has blocked the entrances into gaza, was that hamas or was it the idf? >>
connolly for five minutes. >> i like mr. burchett, i don't think i heard such a radical alternative expression of reality in a long time. >> it is burchett. >> with respect to afghanistan, mr. secretary, remind us who negotiated a deal with the taliban and excluded the afghan government from those negotiations and agreed to the release of 5000 taliban prisoners, many of whom took to the battlefield the lead to the fall of kabul? would you remind us who negotiated that...