it's congress over party. congressman timmons, tell us about the ways you've been able to find a consensus and the forms you're most proud of and there's a list of a hundred and some are big and some are small but all of them are important. mr. timmons: i've been on the committee 3 1/2 years and what i think is most important is time, the calendar, the schedule, floor votes. we don't have enough time in congress and any 10 minutes we can get here or there adds up and is exponential. incentive structures. and i don't need to tell the foreign members oftentimes the incentive structures in congress aren't designed to facilitate the best results. last is relationship building. we don't do enough. we need to be more intentional about building relationships because again, we have to engage in policymaking with one another. if you don't know the person you're more inclined to be mean with them and tell them their idea is stupid and then you warrant to agree with them and if archedded them in their previous encounter

it's going to be detrimental for the congress. the congress will be over. because already, you know, the most oppressed dallas are, are, are with a, b, j, b in many fits and all that. there are $200000000.00 in india. and, you know, hopefully a small number will cross looking at the car. so if you try to do anything with mr . carnegie, drastic, i think it's going back. why don't the congress and plus, let me add this. mr. carnegie is not kissing mr. kirby is more sophisticated person . i wasn't, i'm beta, cried in the sixty's when it was not so fashionable to be in a basic right. he was trying to build a republican party of india in the head about 70 a region. at that point of time, he was part of the organization called beam center, even before he joined the congress. and you should know colgate is a staunch widest. he's an extremely well good man. and he is a very, very, really sophisticated man, and he would sort of drop him then he's not a psycho funds. you know, he, he's, he's someone who thank you. thank you for spec, where he only let's see whether c

congress uses the term adjacent wetland. i understanding is every administration since 1977, correct me if i am wrong, has stuck with adjacent wetland includes the wetlands separated by dunes, levies from navigable water. so, why should we read adjacent wetland in the statute to mean what epa said, as justice jackson asked, and what significant -- significance should have that every administration since then has included the wetlands as covered by the statute? >> in answer to your first question, i think again it goes back to the text. if one accept the proposition that waters, the ordinary meaning, does not normally include wetlands. that raises difficulty -- >> in riverside, you said the contrary. wetlands are included. the statute refers to adjacent wetlands. epa has said since 77 that adjacent means those wetlands, even if separated. >> i do not want to die on this hill, because the facts in this figure such that -- >> put aside the facts, this could be important for wetlands throughout the country and we have to get it

and you, he overlapped in congress and since congress, the thing about you that is so marvelous is that you are to your poor bipartisan focus on how do we solve hard problems for the country? and the number of people who still want to do that is not the long list that we should have. so on this topic, first of all, with 9/11, i was not the ranking member yet of the committee but i was walking toward the dome of the d intelligence committee used to be howells in the -- howells in the dome of the capitol. -- it used to be howells debt -- housed in the capital. -- but all of a sudden it closed in the office close and we had no it back should bash evacuation plan in congress and we are were gathered around the front of the capitol for a while in until some of us picked ourselves up before we went to the headquarters of capitol police and we finally got the capital reopened we never should have closed it in my view. and we went on and for a long while, as you point out, we focused exclusively -- on counterterrorism and i think in many ways congress was disadvantaged and did not play the role

yes, in general, the congress before the congress, especially the time before the congress, is very similarina, not only for sisinfin, every congress is the policy of the internal coordination artists because in reality nothing extraordinary ever happens at the congress because everything is already agreed before the congress a month and a half before the congress just about everyone is there inside i have been to three party congresses in beijing in china directly on the 16- mu on the 17th on on the 18th, and it was all like a very well-registered performance, yes, like the opening of the olympic games, yes. that is, everything goes clearly there, that is, there is a report, then it is discussed, then there are elections for a new party leadership, and so on. and so on , decisions are made on the last day of the congress about which we will hear and everything after the congress, of course, the positions of sezampin will be strengthened, but you also have to understand that, after all, the congress is mainly, after all, well , there is very little talk about domestic politics, there is ver

convening the 20th national congress of the c. p . c. was adopted by the 19th parties central committee at its 6th plenary session. in november last year. the preparations focused on the following 4 areas. you should the 1st of all, well drafting the political report to the 20th national party congress. drafting the report is an important part of the preparations for the congress. the boundary of the party central committee attached great importance to the work and set up a group for this purpose. the group was headed by general secretary seizing pin we on one and was comprised of other party and state leaders, heads of relevant departments and localities as well as experts and scholars zyden young from the g. the group worked under the direct leadership of the political bureau and had standing committee reach to draft the report top of the central committee, organized food thorough surveys and studies, young, brutal. it entrusted $54.00 organs of the central committee and the government. you with the task of conducting surveys an

congress. don't see pete. oh, he is working. pete, thank you again for the leadership you have shown in bringing -- this is the second time, the last time we were together before the pandemic and we had a debate here it is a debate on him -- i time former members involved as well as the organization we thank you it's put all of you for being a federal hall to support and to be here. i get honor of introducing a great author, -- he's written extensively, i will know more than i will have now. he is sliced by the wheel. he wrote -- a war. think about how public information civil war. if -- for a time we built a -- americas great debate, imagine, the of stephen douglas in the companies are preserved the union. washington, the making of an american capital. is everyone know that george washington distilled whiskey in mount vernon? it is $127 a bottle if you are interested. tonight, though, we will certainly hear about those books in the first congress and how james madison and george washington. an

that is, these are people who in congress or former members of congress who actually do extraordinaryhings that i want to the institution in congress. forget we talk about the condition of the institution of congress, and today, i think all of us are looking at how it is that we can help the congress and have people understand a better. there people in the congress who are doing some very special work. the two people who i will recognize our current member of congress, derrick kilmer, who is the chairman of the committee, select committee to modernize the congress. and we'll timmins, william timmins, he was the vice chair. i will ask him to come back in just a minute but let me tell you a bit about the award. this is called the award that we give people for distinguished service, so it is the distinguished service award. this award has been given to a number of people over the years, not every year, but when people do special things. you'll recognize some names of recipients, gerald ford, jeff o'neil, bob michael, top fully, all have gotten this distinguished service award. i think in

if the signals go out, it's going to be detrimental for the congress, the congress would be over becauseeady, the most oppressed ballots or with the bgp in many states. and there are 200 million in the year, and hopefully a number would crossover. looking at him. so if you try to do anything with him, drastic, i think it's going to backfire in congress. let me at this, he is a far more sophisticated person. he was in the 1960's when it was not so fashionable. he was trying to have the party of india that was about the region at that point of time. he was organization being center before he joined the congress. and you should know he is a staunch buddhist. he's an extremely -- man and he is a very, very sophisticated man and he is not a fan. he is someone who learned his lesson -- >> thank you. let's see whether he will be able to revitalize the national congress and take the party to 2024. really appreciate your insight. thank you. thank you for watching. you can see the program again anytime by visiting our website for further discussion. head to our facebook k -- facebook page. you can

they served a combined hundred and 99 years in the congress from the 82nd service to the 117th congress, 20 veterans were in this honorable group, and they served in every branch of the armed services, and they served in the national guard, and they served in the u.s. capitol police, and they served from war two through the gulf war, some earning medals for bravery including the purple heart, the silver star, the bronze star, and more. they broke barriers. they challenged the status quo and they left a lasting impact on this nation through landmark legislation, including the americans with disabilities act legislation to protect rights, voting, human rights, social security for seniors, 19. among the group dedicated more than a decade of their life in congress and served for more than four decades. three of today's honorees served as majority leader, minority leader and president pro tem of the u.s. senate, spanning more than 50 years in that chamber. and when the dean, the house congressman, don, passed away, he the longest serving republican in congressional history, focused on soluti

to congress. so, just to set the scene, remember that this is not the new congress elected in november, 1860. this is the old, lame duck congress that it's going to meet december to march. and then the new congress is not scheduled to meet until the following december. he and james buchanan is going to send in his message to congress, not go and deliver a state of the union that we think of today. that's not in the constitution, you're not required to go to the constitution and deliver a speech. he sends this message into congress, and buchanan's message to congress is about as confusing as -- go and read all of oh go [inaudible] thanks he's trying to do. he, on the one hand, says that the federal government is organized in such a way that the union and the constitution are organized in such a way that no state can legally leave the union. it's not legal, it's not allowed under the constitution. at the same time he's saying that the federal government has no power to stop anyone from leaving the u

hi, ben will the new leader in this congress party? i generally category is 80 years old, as you mentioned. and he is a person with great amount of organizational skills at the regional local as well as at the national level. he was a minister for some 20 years that he was a clear favorite to win this election. and he's won my landslide now. there was some discussion about whether he would stand or not. it was a very last made decision by him to stand just one day before the nomination is closed. he said senior leaders asked him to stand for this position, but it's widely believed. it was actually that gandhi's behind it, this a decision this more that he should stand and by the gandhi's i mean sonya gandhi. he was in to them a president of the congress party and her 2 children are whole and priyanka and riches. why the a born into category, she to rule described him as an unofficial official candidate to rule. in fact, as clear that they were in irregularities in the pony today. but this has been dismissed my, the officials of the con

congress. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for waiting. quickly, those wristbands that you are wearing, i was hoping that the college would open their brewery down the hall afterward. if we can arrange that we will need a drink when it went and done. -- when it it is said and done. you are going to get to know me well during this conversation but, thank you michael. we are deeply appreciative of the colleges support for this event. the ctc and the community college are great partners of the chamber and we are deeply appreciative of your leadership and partnership especially in the workforce issues for all of our communities in dakota county. for all of you, again my name is maureen, and it's an honor to serve as the president of the dakota county regional chamber of congress. thank you for joining us for the only debate that we have for the congressional district two-seat. the dakota county regional chamber is the voice that promotes the business environment cultivating regional and local c

so congress is out of session. what is lincoln supposed to do when he does not have all the powers of fighting a war listed under the constitution? this is really tricky right you rely on congress for example to declare war. and if you declare war as the president, are you violating the constitution? this is a real question. so lincoln is going to call a special session of congress. they're going to meet in july 1861, but they don't mean until july and so lincoln has several months where he has to figure out what to do. and one particular constitutional issue that comes up during these few months is having to do with something called the writ of habeas corpus. how many of you have heard of the writ of habeas corpus before we've heard of it, but it's kind of a tricky concept right? so let's go over what it is because it's really something that we as a members of a free society hold dear. we think it's really important. rid of habeas corpus is a legal action that requires a person under arrest to be brought before a

tell us more about the results of the congress. 20th congress of the chinese company for the results, which was so expected not only in china but all over the world, which today, for quite objective reasons, lives with an eye on china , has ended and ended, as it was supposed on the wave of the strengthening of power in the country. . he is also the head of the country's central military council and chairman the people's republic of china from me was officially included in the charter of the communist party , which, by the way, in the middle kingdom is more important than the constitution, and they voted for the amendments. today. there are unanimously 2296 delegates in touch among the approved amendments. the so-called two foundations that define xi as the main leader of the party consolidate his ideas as the guiding principles for the future development of china . in general, everything is natural with emphasis that china is building a modern socialist state on the issue of strengthening ideology, more important than ever? well,

how do you rate congress? caller: i rate congress as bad. number one, people have to understand one thing. everybody -- everyone coming here with columbus is immigrants and on that steve miller hanging with trump, he went down to the south and got people to come up here. trump is nothing but the antichrist. people that don't know their history, they need to go to their history books. when they wrote the constitution and every thing about was going on, they wrote it for them. for the white people. who died and left the white man king of this world? host: that is michael. let's bring up deborah in racine , wisconsin. you are calling on the republican line. what is your thought on congress? caller: where do i start? i believe that we are fighting the devil. to me, the democrats lie, cheat, steal, they will do anything. look at biden's son. he is a drug addict, a sex fiend and biden does nothing about it. stealing money. they don't care about people. host: let's talk to kathleen in minneapolis, minnesota. you are calling as a democrat. whatever

bustos: we have all had careers before we went to congress.i was on city council in a great big town of 21,000 people. i represented one ward which made my clinical base 3000 people. went from representing 3000 two 700,000 overnight. my mom is very ill, but she always said growing up to never say never. i can tell you right now it is not something i am planning on, but i believe in public service to my core and part of recruiting women and young people to run is talking about how we can change the world through public service. there is a lot of ways you can serve and i'm looking for how that looks in my next career. kathleen is trying to navigate what she is doing next, ileana has done that, working for a good firm and making a difference in government relations. i am navigating that now. one thing i will be involved with, the council for responsible social media. it is led under a group called issue one, a think tank in washington, d.c. it's goal is looking at social media, how are we going to make sure our next generation of kids are not so

the opinions are not known to congress or the public. it is subject to public scrutiny, review, or appeal. i recognize that there are good reasons for olc opinion to be confidential for certain period of time or certain context. i would appreciate how the biden administration olc has taken key steps to restore transparency including to reinstate the 2010 practices memo. can you say a bit more about your efforts to promote transparency? whether you view transparency as important and why. and what opportunities you think there are olc historical opinions from previous administrations publicly available so that we understand some of the self-imposed restraint the administration is operating under in terms of your predecessor? hon. schroeder: thank you for the question. it is good to talk to you again. i would agree with you entirely about the importance of transparency. i think the record of this administration in living up to the presumption of the 2010 best practices memo, signed by signed opinions will be made available promptly. it has

congress used the term water. congress knew about wetlan. they knew about how wetlan affect water quality even in 1972. on pages four and five we cite a nuerf examples. in the years leading up to 1972 we con explicitly and other types of waters.ands so, riverside bayview certainly opts in our view the idea that waters are ambiguous when applied to the facts on the ground that ambiguity necessarily means that some wi bregulated. and to justify thatps mild excursion from the text, riverside bayview noted the those judgments supported thehat category ruled out wherehe problem arises that is when congress can regulate these as waters. >> let me ll-up. 1344 g is e ggest problem for you clearly. isour answer to justice jackson, she is pointingut that in the parenthetical in 1344 g, where it gives the state -- it gives the state permitting authority but accepts nav waters essentially, including wetlanacent thereto. if we read waters in the united states as you ppo, does that mean wetlands fall in another rld, where neither states nor thfederal gove

this is not a congress that will be attacking inflation. this is a congress that will be impeaching and investigating and doing things that are outright crazy for the next two years. i've been different. i'm a democrat, but i do not hesitate to criticize joe biden as i did over afghanistan, the withdrawal from that country. as i did over the student loan decision that he made. i have put together a campaign with republicans, independents, and democrats. i'm the only one on the stage that has cross party support. in that spirit, i am asking for your support for another two years in congress to keep serious governance going it to keep the crazy out of our government. thank you. [applause] >> that concludes our debate. i want to thank everybody for coming. and for being a pretty courteous audience. [laughter] i also want to thank the candidates for taking the time to be with us today. i hope everyone found the discussion as informative and worthwhile as i did. november 8 is election day. thank you. this runs just over an hour. good morning >>

i think the one flow of hope is congress. the recent saudi decision to collaborate with russia and oil prices has caused great anger in congress. there is a bill by ro khanna and blumenthal that would suspend our sales to saudi arabia and support for at least a year. there's a war powers resolution and the house and senate that would cut off all u.s. military support for saudi arabia and push it to finally end it's brutal war in yemen. while biden has fallen back from the kinds of promises he made when he was being elected, there is still a strong core in congress for more restrained armed sales. i think saudi arabia and uae are sort of in the center of that but it is a larger issue. amy: so what caused president biden to change his position on egypt and saudi arabia, which he said he would be taking a very different approach on the beginning of his term? how powerful is the military-industrial complex? i mean, we sought the beginning president biden pulls out of afghanistan, nato looked nearly like it was possibly going to d

how do you grade congress? caller: i grade congress with an a. therefore, the american people, they're constantly trying to pass bills that will benefit not only the rich people but also the people who are struggling the most, and this country is a country of immigrants. either we are the most powerful country in the world, and our pledge of allegiance is one nation under god. it's not just for the rich. it's also for the poor, the immigrants, the blacks, the whites, and i think we need to get back to physics in our schools to teach people how the constitution and the branches of government and how our country operates. i think people think that the president is the most powerful person and he is responsible for everything, and it's not the case. we are a country that has rules and laws, and everybody must obey by them. that's what makes us the most powerful country in the world because we have a constitution. we have guidelines, and i think americans are spoiled. i think if we went over to like the philippines or other countries that are struggl

congress. in recognition of the importance of events like this to our democracy, we thought it appropriate to take a moment to recite the pledge of allegiance. please join me. >> [ reciting pledge] >> thank you. we take seriously our responsibility to promote civic engagement. our student leaders and employees have been working hard this year and both colleges earn gold standing in the all in democracy challenge sponsored by the nonpartisan group situation. they had the highest student voting rate in the country. we want to acknowledge there are student ambassadors here today. i want to take a moment, we had elected leaders, nice to see you. thank you. it's my pleasure to introduce the moderator, president of the dakota county regional chamber of congress. >> good morning. thank you. those wristbands you are wearing, i was hoping the college would open up the brewery afterwards. we are all going to need a drink. deeply appreciative of the colleges support for this event. the ctc and the communi

, well, yes, look at the congress before the congress, especially the time before the congress, to asimilar one. just for all the leaders of china, not only for sisinfin, each of the trip uh, this is the policy of uh, the coordination of internal agreements, because in reality , nothing extraordinary ever happens at the congress, because everything is already agreed before the congress, a month or a half before the congress, uh, everyone is there inside me attended three congresses parties in beijing in china directly on the 16th on the 17th on the 18th and it was all like a very well- planned performance, just like the opening of the olympic games. that is, everything is going clearly there, that is, there is a report, then it is discussed, then there are elections for the new leadership of the party and so on and so on, decisions are made on the last day of the congress, which we will hear about and everything after the congress, of course, the positions of sisinfin will be strengthened, but you also have to understand that, after all, this is mostly a congress, after all, well the

that's why we study carefully the congress reported she didn't ping at the 20th party congress. it lays out the line. there's nothing in the line about avoiding crosses, conflict and war. there's everything in the line about the never ability of china's rise inevitability of fear drunk. why means or weighed off washing the great renaissance of the chinese people? code language for becoming the pre eminent ridgeland global power by mid century. the line is clear that china must prepare for a dangers in times of peace and also prepare for the storm. so that's the script being delivered internally. so therefore, i'm in the rest of the world, obviously as a predisposition to seek to avoid war. or i'm in that camp, i think was generally a pretty bad thing if you go to the mind for history. but i think we're the intersection of the interest between china. the u. s. lie is avoiding war by accident in the near term. and using to terrence to prevent war ah, in the long term. so these are the 2 as it was strands of the argument outlined in that book. and are you reassured, based on what y

congress. quite frankly most of that was done on a bipartisan basis. >> thank you, angie, tyler. mr. kistner: talking with a small business owners especially last week, a lot of the issues that we've been discussing our the completely -- discussing are the complete result from the workforce shortage. when you have supply chains let are so stretched because we rely on foreign entities we need to bring a better workforce to america invest back in american business and shorten our supply chain. a short and reliable supply chain is the best of and do everything we can for our small businesses by giving them your tax credits and tax cuts. rep. craig: i would mention that mr. kistner just said we need to do exactly what the bill i introduced in congress would do. to reduce the tax rate for small businesses. i will stand by every day because mr. kistner will talk about spending. we just went through a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. the government shut businesses down. the governments responsibility was

i've been in congress tenures and i've never seen regular order. your book proves when you respect and remember, , when you empower every committee and you honor the chairman. i'd like to see that returned. i think we get back to a lot of those principles and, in fact, we just to clear a trip just the care of those. perhaps the grids economics lesson you taught us that you teaches in your book is god's grace is in high demand and high supply, and it's still free. still free. [applause] one of the most important lessons i take from dick's book is that going home on weekends makes you a better member of congress then going on a codel. that what is going to hurt some people. but it's true. you inspired me to be a senator as well and you know that. you know that. and the reason, and the way he did it, don't worry, it won't be as blunt as you put it, was because i asked him in 1993, senator gramm, if such a celebrity from texas as he is with everyone for the open seat vacated by lloyd bentsen, to which he said i'm not a big enough, you know, to be a sen

but it does not suggest that th w congress's reasoning. the congress said something about wetlands. becauset uld be too difficult to distinguish. so is there something in the text or the statute that points to that concern as being one of congress? >> i would go back again to the definition text. core used the term water. ngress knew about wetlands. they knew about how wetlands affect water quality in 1972. on pages four anfi we cite a number of examples. in the yearsng up to 1972 were congress explicitly disthed between wetlands and other types of waters. , verside bayview certainly adopts in our view the idea that wate a ambiguous when applied to the fn the ground. that ambiguity necessarily means at some will be regulated. and tify that perhaps riverside bayviewoted the cores ical judgments, that those judgments supported the category ruled out where the problem arises that is when congress can regulate esas waters. >> let me follow-up. 1344 g is the biggest problem for you clearly. is your answer to justice jackson, she is pointing out that in the parenthetical in 1344 g, where

it does not rest with extremist republicans in congress.nd finally say about your right to choose rests with you. if you do your part and vote, democratic leaders in congress, i promise you we will do our part. i will do our part. i will sign a law codifying roe in january. let's remember we are the united states of america there is nothing beyond our capacity. vote, vote, vote. god bless you all and may god protect our troops. thank you. [applause] i was apologizing for my back. my mother would be very angry. i was talking to people with my back to them. thank you very much. >> ♪ disappointment was my closest friend ♪ ♪ that's why your love keeps on lifting me higher and higher ♪ ♪ >> this evening, we begin with live coverage of the oklahoma governor's debate. 7:30, tom malinowski and s republican challenger tom kane meet in the race for th state's seventh congressiol district. at 8:35, kim reynolds and deidre did year meet in a debate hosted by iowa tch our coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span

advocates are calling on congress to act.o you support a permanent solution and if so, what needs to be included or excluded for you to be able to vote for it? sen. lee: with daca beneficiaries, i do not think anybody disagrees that we have to do something. there are a lot of people who up and brought here as children, sometimes as infants by no choice in their own by their parents. these individuals do not even know the language of their home country or anyone there. i do not know anybody in congress who believes they should be categorically deported. what i do believe is that in order for us to get to a solution we first have to secure the border. we were close. we could have got this done. at the end of the last administration, the border was secure. president biden opened up the doors and we have had millions of illegal immigrants into the country ever since then, bringing in fentanyl, opening the door for human trafficking. this is disgraceful and has to be overcome. mr. mcmullin: i do not think you answered the question

what you need is california endorsing and congress has to endorse it. >> the question of whether congress endorses it is really, as far as i'm concerned, the big question. there, your reallocating the voting structure in the senate. i have no way to know what would happen in the abstract because i don't know how many other people would say, well, california's gonna do this. i think illinois should do this. i think new york should do this. i think we need 30 more senators. it could turn out that it's a very good thing. but there would be an awful lot of people in states that could not split up who would think that was not the deal. and there is a good example, in my view, of something you want to debate and a convention. the convention itself allocated, literally allocated seats to house representatives. they sat down and said, i think north carolina should have three. someone else said, no, i think they should have for. and so, the convention itself allocated those seats because they were making a deal that they thought of as a grand bargain. one of the elements of the bargain was how man

and so congress the question of whether congress endorses. it is really as far as i'm concerned the big question because they're your reallocating the voting structure of the senate. and i literally have no way to know what would happen in the abstract because i don't know how many other people would say. well california's going to do this. i think illinois should do this. i think new york should do this. i think we need 30 more senators. i mean it could it could turn out that it's a very good thing but there would be an awful lot of people in states that couldn't split up who would think that was not the deal. so there's a good example in my view of something you'd want to debate in a convention. right, but you know the convention itself allocated literally allocated seats in the house representatives, you know that they they sat down and they said i think north carolina should have three and someone else came in and said no. no, i think they should have four and so the convention itself. allocated the seats because they were making a deal t