to the scope of the congressional review act. pose an undersubmission problem. in this scenario, an agency might purposely refrain from submit something an action to congress even when the withheld action meets the definition of rule under the cra. right, so there is a rule. it is actually amenable to congressional review under the cra, but they don't submit. they just don't because they don't want to subject it to that process. they thought they could sneak around it would be the notion. to protect against this type of abuse, it became congressional practice to ask the gao for an opinion as to whether the withheld action is nonetheless a rule and to treat a positive gao determination as a trigger for the cra process. so if an executive agency tries to cheat on exposing itself to the cra process by not submitting the rule, a member of congress can go to the gao and say, hey, what's up with this? isn't this a rule? and if gao says it's a rule, then it's deemed submitted and the cra process begins. that solves the undersubmission p

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and they congressional record. there less excited today where they sense do the members of congress and climax the expected on the farm bill which has been debated for weeks. senator the senate majority leader has called a hurried conference of two senators who have been active the battle to pass the administration's farm bill to see what they can do to get a favorable vote. senator anderson, new mexico, author of the bill. and senator amani of wyoming influential senate leader. they must decide the final tactics, be employed on the floor of the senate. the bill is teetering on the balance it could be defeated just as they have made their decision. a page boy andrews to call them. and they leave through a private door the senate chamber where debate on the farm bill is already in full swing. senator. senator morse, senator roy, senator amani joins the debate. senator, where are the opposition refuse while the senate debate on the farm bill is underway, there also is activity on the house side. minority leader joe m

. ♪ >> please welcome to the state active congressional reporter. ♪ >> good morning everybody.me is steven newcombe i'm co-author of axios that should hit your inbox around 8:00 p.m. each night it's never late -- make if it is it's not my editors. thank you for being with us this morning. for the final interview this morning i'm excited to welcome our next guest to the stage senator from the great state of maryland chris van hollen. [applause] ♪ rx all right, senator thank you for being with us. any interesting trips recently.n [laughter] i'm glad i made it back. >> i think your return is been well documented. it's been about a week. she have any updates on the situation surrounding him and what doga we know is the latest with what's going on there? >> the only update with respect to his family, i met with his wife jennifer his mom and brother after i got back they still are not able to reach him or communicate with him in any way. total communication blackout i did write to president trump yesterday because it is clear the trump administration's t continuing violate the consti

my congressional colleagues from new jersey did their job. they actually are obeying the constitution. they're standing up to give checks and balances to this administration at a time that the republicans in control of the house and the senate are laying down and completely abrogating their duties to check and balance and give oversight to the president. they showed up on that day. they were invited in. they were held in a room, and it wasn't until they saw officers streaming out to arrest a mayor, to arrest a mayor in america who was trying to get a private for-profit prison to abide by health codes and fire safety, like every other business, private company in newark, new jersey. and then in a situation that should have been de-escalated, they ramped up, endangering everyone there, and arrested a man that now they're saying they're not filing charges against. all of this incident was because of an arrest that was an unjust use of power, that wan abuse of power, and that they now have shown their cards. they had no right to arrest him in the

- seek congressional authority, which i believe we will clearly and decisively reject.s an embarrassment. literally millions of people in this country are struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. can't afford housing, can't afford groceries, can't afford to pay their utility bills, can't afford childcare. can't afford insurance. and donald trump is publicly defending accepting a $400 million flying palace from a close alley of iran and -- ally of iran and hamas? you can't make this stuff up. which is why even some of his closest maga sycophants have made clear this is a plane too far for them. too far. for them. reporter: thank you, mr. leader. speaking of planes, did you fly out of newark this week? and i wanted to see if you support secretary duffy's proposed fixes to the air traffic control system. mr. jeffries: i flew out of la guardia this week. i look forward to having a conversation with rick larsen top democrat on the transportation committee. to get his assessment on secretary duffy's recommendation. reporter: are you opened to a major overhaul f air traffic co

the congressional budget office. i call it the congressional plunder office. their forecast like they did back in 2017 where they were off by $1.5 trillion in revenues because they don't factor in the dynamic nature of these tax policies when you continue to lower taxes you ignite economic growth and increase revenues. it's right out of the ronald reagan, jack kemp, john f. kennedy, art laffer supply side argument and that's exactly what we are doing and that's why these cbo numbers should be disregarded because they don't factor in dynamic scoring and additional revenues as we saw happening in 2017. this is proven, larry. this is not even hypothetical. they missed it in 2017. they are missing it again here in 2025. larry: great stuff, senator daines we appreciate it very much and we know everyone is busy up there. thank you, sir we appreciate it. talk soon. folks, coming up, again, take a lead from senator daines, growth can solve our problems and we'll talk that with steve forbes and john carney right here on set when kudlow returns and remember folks, kudlo

you you are watching live cove on c-span2. >> on parchment rick crawford, arkansas first congressional district. i have the privilege of sharing the house permit select committee on intelligence or hpsci and would prefer to go to thank him for being here today. a lot going on so i won't spend a lot of time today peckham joined today by the treatment of house intelligence subcommittee on oversight and investigation doctor ronny jackson and the judiciary committee chairman jim jordan. what to thank both of them for the partnership in this effort. most importantly i want to thank current and former intelligence committee, intelligence committee members and staffers spent significant time on this investigation to unearth these tremendous findings for the american people. today we herd a release to the american people in madrid oversight report regarding the fbi's actions and response to the 2017 2017 shooting of e republican congressional baseball practice. the shooting was a jarring of a personal moment for many of us. for those present it was shocking and violent the position which shoul

again, let me be clear -- we are reclaiming our congressional authority under the congressional reviewi am proud that this body passed my resolution, which is a commonsense step to keep government overreach at bay, protect consumers, and support america's free markets. with the passage of the house version of this resolution, and now with the passage of the senate's version today, it will head to the president's desk to be signed into law. thank you, mr. president. finding us is something he would find it that's where we're living in. >> we have a great relationship with doge. our teams are reluctant and those of creativity and a paradigm shift. moment to remember sarah lynn milgrim and yaron lischinsky who were tragically, senselessly murdered last night at the capitol jewish museum. may their memory be a blessing for their families, their friends, and their community, and their faith. let me be very clear -- anti-semitism and this kind of hate-fueled violence have no place in our country, no place in the world, and i encourage you all to join me in keeping these families in your pray

we have already repealed to the congressional review act biden summit regulations.hat is what we will do with that issue the biden california mandate sometime later this week. probably tomorrow or the other good news this week is the democrats allowed us to get on and start to debate the genius act. we are very excited about the opportunityy to actually do something that's incredibly meaningful to people across this country to consumers, issuers and to ensure this a regulatory framework in place and the leaders on that have been senators by the genius bill will go to senator barrasso, senator cap pacheco. quick center thank you for thank you leader thune and i would like to say to everyone i look for to making history hopeful this week as we continue to make progress on the genius act what to do? it'sen very important to understand this. we are modernizing the entertainment system are going to put america at the forefront of innovation rather than having america behindre as the caboose print this is dramatic new technology happening here in america do not want to se

connecticut and for all 535 congressional districts. where individuals have not seen an increase. especially during these inflationary times. for a party that used to pride itself on entrepreneurialism and capitalism, imagine this is the safety net for capitalism and entrepreneurialism. where's the money spent in illinois' 12th congressional district? right back in the local economy to the stores, the pharmacies, etc. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. costa, for five minutes. mr. costa: ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. costa: mr. speaker, at a time when americans are struggling to afford groceries, housing, and gas congress should be focused on lowering the cost of living that americans care most about. not renaming bodies of water. sergeant friday used to say on the show "dragnet" just the facts, ma'am. the facts during the first 100 days of mr. trump's administra

that's not my opinion, those are the numbers from the congressional budget office. so when republicans tell you don't worry, no one's losing coverage or we are not cutting snap, understand they are lying to you and they know it. this bill is so shameful that they are moving forward at 1 a.m. in the morning, tonight, in the dead of night. why? because they hope you are asleep, they don't want you paying attention, they don't want you to know what they are, in fact, truly doing. they hope you are are not watching and they hope no one notices until it is too late. but texans are paying attention, and i'm here to sound the alarm on this outrageous bill. in texas over five million people depend on medicaid, children with disabilities, working moms, aging parents in nursing homes, these cuts will lead to fewer doctors, longer wait times, hospitals closing, and yes, people will die, because they can't get the care that they need. let me tell you about stephanie, a mom from richardson, texas. her son was born with spina bifida. his entire life depends on the care they get t

> looking to contact members of congress, well, c-span is making it easy for you with our 2025 congressionaltory, get essential contact information from government officials all in one place, this spiral guide contains bion and contact information for every house and senate member of the 119th congress, contact information on congressional committees, the president's cabinet, federal agencies and state governors, the congressional director cost 32.95 plus shipping and handling and every helps support c-span nonprofit operations. scan to the right or order your copy today. >> actress and activist jane fonda delivers commencement speech in los angeles. she told graduates that they are going out into a world that is more uncertain and polarized. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, usc, annenburg, school of communication and especial child in their y so many different ways and you graduates, hi everybody. [cheering] i am so honored to be here today for you. congratulations for reaching this milestone of the day. this launches a new chapter in your lives. there is a lot of things i would like to

republican members of congress as they were practicing for the annual congressional baseball game. shooting left several injured including current house majority leader steve scalise. the house report determined the shooter committed an act of domestic terrorism. instead of the fbi's previous assessment. the chairs of the intel and judiciary committees, representatives rick crawford and jim jordan joined representative jackson to discuss the report's findings. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> thank you all for being here. can you hear me ok? i am congressman rick crawford. i have the privilege of chairing the house permanent select committee on intelligence. i want to thank you all for being here today. a lot going on so i won't spend a whole lot of time today. i'm joined by the chairman of the house intelligence subcommittee on oversight and investigation and the judiciary committee chairman, jim jordan. want to thank b

that's when the congress passed the congressional review act. this week, the senate must decide, do we uphold our rights under the congressional review act, or do we give the gao alveto -- a veto over congressional review act, now and forever? our decision is going to shape the future of the congressional review act. americans have spoken. they've rejected e.v. mandates in november at the ballot box, the house has acted in a bipartisan way, with 35 democrats joining all the republicans, and it's now up to the senate to stop these e.v. mandates from taking hold on our nation. i want to thank my colleagues who led the effort, chairman shelly moore capito of west virginia, senator deb fischer of nebraska, and senator mark wayne -- senator markwayne mullin of oklahoma. together, we're going to stop the far-left cheer leading, and protect consumers, affordability and protect the authority of this institution. it's time to end this california mandate madness. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a qu quorum. the presid

jim jordan and romy jackson, held a press confereen the fbi's investigatio io the 2017 shootingt congressional baseball practice in virginia that of several injured at the time including current and hse majority leader, steve scalise and will heive coverage of the pressonrence, any 30:00 a.m. eastern on "span2", cspan now, free mobile video app, and on line at cspan.org. >> next number we from former first lady image of biden medical research and global efforts to advance public health, she talks about the importance of public investment in research, reflects upon her involvement with health initiative and will serving ever since i can this event is hosted by the milken institute. >> welcome to the 28th annual milken institute's global competent covered were designed to delight to have you here with us. as we for this year's theme toward a flourishing future and 11 the session on catalyzing next era of, please welcome to the stage, former first lady of the united states, jill biden and conversation with executive vice president the milken institute health, nestor. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ >> thank you.

well, c-span is making it easy for you with our 2025 congressional directory. get essential contact information for government officials all in one place. this compact spiral bound guide contains bio and contact information for every senate member of the 119th congress. contact information on congressional committees, the president's cabinet, federal agencies, and state governors. the congressional directory costs $32.95 plus shipping and handling and helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. go to c-spanshop.org to order your copy today. c-span, democracy unfiltered, funded by these television companies and more, including midco. >> where are you going? or maybe a better question is how far do you want to go? and how fast do you want to get there? now we're getting somewhere.

if you're a congressional republican, especially somebody that's younger.r way up the chain hoping to make a name for themselves in congress, you're going to be dealing with these real world impacts for the next two years. in every single election cycle. so this is definitely something that they have to concern themselves with. and especially when you talk about trying to shrink the deficit, you know, there are many house republicans in particular who represent districts where they do not have a lot of wealthy people as their constituents. and there are some congressional republicans that have floated the idea of raising the rate on the top earners in this country as a way to help shrink that deficit and then not sacrifice medicaid. it has so far been a no go with the rest of the republican conference. >> here's another thing, lindsey, this white house is pushing. >> for americans to have more babies. >> well, another part of this bill shows. about 2 million people are going to lose. >> the child tax credit. >> among other things, that might impact families

code, the congressional review act. in the past, the senate has treated any such joint resolution as being george bush for expedited floor consideration procedures prescribed under the congressional review act. but here's the twist, madam president. senate democrats claim that we can't consider these resolutions under these congressional review act procedures because the rules addressed in the resolutions in question are not in fact rules. now, the rules in question -- the california waiver rules -- were submitted to congress' rules, which has always been all the senate needed for consideration under the congressional review act. and they are clearly rules in substance given their nationwide impact and scope. but in an unprecedented move, the government accountability office has inserted itself into the situation and declared that these rules submitted to congress by the epa has rules are not in fact rules. now, madam president, for years the senate has turned to the government accountability office, the gao, to determi

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the former head of the congressional office. for folks who may not know what is the american action forum, what is your mission. >> it is a think tank in washington, d.c. we evaluate and try to understand the range of domestic and economic policies. we do not do any social issues, economic fairs. >> economic policies very much a part of this budget bill that was passed out last night. the expectation at least from the speakers offices that will get a vote in the office this week he had 30,000 foot view of this bill, do you like it, what are your concerns? >> it will do one thing and that is it will avoid a large tax increase in 2026 would almost certainly lead to a downturn. that is a great virtue. past that, it is not outstanding tax policy. it is not a real step forward which we obviously know are really pressing giving a downgrade on friday. in terms of what is at stake here, extension 2017 law. more the same, not much for the economy, there are some provisions to improve business investment and research and development. they

budget office -- congressional budget act and congressional review act. the presiding officer: that is correct. mr. whitehouse: for those of you following this at home, it means this is the commonplace way in which the senate operates and when it becomes the parliamentarian's call on a matter and not anyone else's call. so in the congressional review act matter before us, here's what happened. both sides drafted written memoranda to the parliamentarian. both sides presented oral arguments to the parliamentarian. the parliamentarian questions of both sides and the parliamentarian, our neutral referee, reached a decision. that all took place here in the senate, actually over there in the lbj room. the gao was not even in the room when the arguments were made, and that decision, the decision of the parliamentarian is what is now at hand in what is about to happen here in the senate. and with that, let me note the presence on the floor of the democratic leader and yield the floor. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. s

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now we have the congressional budget office, which is the go to arbiter of the facts in this area, say that 100% of the cuts have nothing to do with waste, fraud and abuse, nothing. they're basically terminating coverage, denying services like home care, which seniors see as precious, and also in rural areas, making it harder to get hospitals and nursing homes and providers to cover care. and the second point that i want to mention is when you look at the entirety of the republican response on health care, what they are doing is everything possible to keep eligible people from being able to get coverage. they put them through so much red tape. that's essentially what some of these new things are all about. they are bureaucracy requiring steps that ensure that it's hard to be eligible for services. so we feel that health care is basic to american families. nothing is more precious than to be able to go to bed at night knowing that you're going to get decent healthcare. and what the republicans do in their health care provisions in the reconciliation package is walk back health security

oversight report regarding the fbi's actions in response to the 2017 shooting of the republican congressional baseball practice. the shooting was a jarring and personal moment for many of us and for those present, it was shocking and violent imposition on what should have been a peaceful and enjoyable morning. even for those not here, it was one of those moments where you will remember exactly where you were when you heard the news. before a discuss the report, i wanted to discuss my appreciation for fbi director patel for his swift follow-through on working with congress paid as some of you may recall, director patel committed to providing the intel committee with the case file at the opening of our worldwide threats hearing last month. before we gaveled that hearing out about two hours later, his team had already delivered the report to our skiff. this was the culmination of years of requests from the intelligence committee for the fbi to tell the truth regarding its response to the shooting. there is no reasonable or acceptable explanation for why the fbi stonewalled the committee for so l

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to do that this week we are joined by mica soellner, congressional reporter at punch bowl news.ots of budget talk on capitol hill. some of the former budget reconciliation. for folks who do not follow this every day, orient us to what is happening right now. guest: house republicans are in a very pressure spot if you want to put it that way. to pass president trump's agenda quickly. i know that speaker johnson has laid out an ambitious timeline of wanting to get this one big beautiful bill as the president has referred to it done by memorial day. right now there a lot of roadblocks in the conference, including pushback from moderate and more vulnerable republicans when it came to cuts to medicaid and other issues related to what could potentially be in this bill. there is basically a stall in the committee level on where things are at. caller: this is how -- host: this is how it is put in today's punchbowl news. dynamics emerge that will make us wonder whether a deal is closed or whether republicans can pull it off at all. guest: in the last several weeks there's been a lot of d

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now, models from congressional budget office and pen penn wa. >> sorry they are wrong. actually, very good case could be made are in inverse. opposite. that higher deficits actually lead to lower interest rates and lowerti deficitting lead to higher interest rates, so is this possible? stay with me. larger deficits come from weak or recessionary economic growth. that triggers automatic spending stablizedders in budget, and sinks revenue from higher unemployment. and falling corporate profiting and few fewer people works, strong economy growth reduced demand for budget assistant program and increasing revenue as more people work and businesses deliver higher profits. now quite true today we have high budget deficits, and federal debt to gdp ratio is about 100%, you go if -- if you go to 19 70s, debt to jeepgdp ratio was all-time low at 25%, that was during a terrible economy. under nixon, ford and carter. so be careful what you wish for. let's turn to a longer historical perspective. 1947 to year 2000, u.s. economy grew at around 3.5%. per year. now over past 25 years, e

chair of the congressional black caucus and proud representative of new york's ninth congressional district located in central and southwest brooklyn. it's an honor to be here with you all today for the national action network's annual legislative conference. i want to thank of course our beloved reverend al sharpton [applause] and the national action board of direction for their tirements tire -- t irements tireless leadershipd organizing this congregation here in new york city. >> light and dark times. i can't think of a group of leaders and activists and change makers who better exemplify the theme of this years' convention. what i want to add to this years' theme is "what side are you on?" whose side are you on? it's critical as we're gathered in this moment, given what we're up against, that we censor ourselves. that we dig deep into our dna. that we recognize the moment we're in and that we gird our selves for the battle ahead. whose side are you on? these are truly dark times and the communities are concerned about the mounting threat of donald trump and elon musk and republicans in

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donald trump and congressional republicans are crashing the economy in real time. raising costs on hardworking american taxpayers and driving us toward a painful recession. this is not joe biden's economy, donald. it is your economy. it is the trump economy. it is a failed economy, and the american people know it. house as standing shoulder to shoulder our committed -- are committed to building an economy that is affordable and makes life better for everyday americans. we want to build an economy that lowers housing costs, childcare costs, health care costs, grocery costs and utility costs. we recognize far too many in this country are struggling to live paycheck-to-paycheck. that should not be the case in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. it's time to build and affordable economy, time to build it now. [applause] donald trump and congressional republicans have failed in this task and are not equipped to do it. they are focused on enacting massive tax cuts for their billionaire donors like elon musk and they want everyday americans to pay for it.

well, when the congressional leaders down for meetings. here he is testing out a whoopee we're going to use on senator byrd. but we really have a highly group down at the white house, no matter what the task at hand. each of us gives 110%. the truth. the door to the oval office has little peephole. this is karen hughes in on me. this is karl rove peeping in on the this is condi rice peeping in. spot has her own people. this is andy card peeping in on me. and ladies and gentlemen. this is the vice president of the united states looking through a peephole. and --, i hope you're not doing what it looks like you're doing. this photo actually has nothing to with anything. i thought i'd show it. do you, however, it's the only known photo in existence of alan greenspan smiling. this is ari, of course, i was chewing him out here. i'm saying, ari, i am sick and tired of you not fulling answering all the wonderful questions asked by our hardworking white house press corps. are you sure, ari? we're not leaking enough. are you sure that given them eno

the congressional directory costs $32.95 plus shipping and handling and every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. scan the code on the right or go to c-spanshop.org to order your copy today. >> and now house ways and means committee chair jason smith discusses president trump's tax agenda, medicaid spending and the state of local tax reduction cap and tax relief for the middle class. this is hosted by the economic club of washington, d.c. thank you very much for coming. >> some of the members. committee and we have we had one on our committee. that fell asleep during the hearing. blake moore was being called upon to vote and michelle fish bach had to wake him up. >> who was the member that fell asleep? >> the world knows. it's there. >> so let's talk about the overall bill itself now, the bill has passed the house ways and means committee. now you need to get a rule from the rules committee and then you take it to the floor. is that the way it works? >> pretty close to that. since we're using the rules of reconciliation, which is a tool to help the senate get to 51

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first, based on congressionally mandated reports that the committee has received, v.a. has not established enough metrics to allow congress to monitor the success of the program. additionally, in our view, grantees are not collecting or reporting complete data for all participants which further limits congress' ability to determine whether the program is meeting its intended purposes. it is clear that this bill, as drafted and amended, will not do enough to improve data collection and make clear what data grantees are responsible for collecting. this bill would also compound this issue by requiring grantees to use the columbia suicide severity rating scale to screen participants for their baseline mental health when entering the program. now, while this scale is widely accepted and validated behavioral health -- while the scale is widely accepted, clinically validated -- excuse me. while this scale is a clinically validated health screening instrument, its primary use is to measure a patient's suicidal i'dation and the -- ideation and the severity at a given point in ti

number one is the intersection between nuclear strategy and congressional forces. it also complements so at the end of the day as we pull back from the full extent it would be insane not to expect discussion the your south korea or poland. technology drives innovation in the nuclear sector and how we could monitor and verify. the committee in 1964 and care about this proliferation and have difficult it is got to tell the nuclear weapons and you develop it, but that is not okay for you. >> north koreans expand the program iran is on the threshold of being able to produce material, weapon or five weapons. the other thing that needs to be said is the security challenges representative of these. not just to ukraine but the rest of europe and the threat iran poses in the, israel and hamas. these are real security challenges. it's good we stopped proliferation in north korea and failed at that task and that is raising the question. that could be more or less stabilizing. with the japanese and south korean deterrent destabilizing. and it acquired a nuclear weapon. how far

i represent a farming congressional district. we are dependent on trade.e grow rice, corn, cotton, beef cattle in my district so we need more markets. we need to eliminate those nontariff barriers. ♪ david: let's suppose you have all this in the big bill and let's suppose it passes. the total cost of the big beautiful bill, your parts and other things, is it $4 trillion or something like that? jason: the house number was you could not exceed 4.5 trillion. and then they had this ratchet item that if you didn't make too trillion dollars worth of spending cuts, it would ratchet down to 4 trillion. so our bill comes in below $4 trillion. david: part of the big beautiful bill is to have an increase in the debt limit. right now, we have a debt limit that more or less expired a while ago but you are going to pass this big beautiful bill. is it a $5 trillion increase in the debt limit or something like that? jason: the debt limit expired at the first of the year and we are operating under extraordinary measures right now is what they were or two and it is projecte

i am proud to represent alabama seventh congressional district. i am thrilled to be here in lowndes county. as many of you know, lowndes county is my maternal ancestry home. my mother, nancy gardner sewell, grew up in this community. and my grandfather, my big daddy, pastored a church and now my uncle pastors the same church. and i am thrilled to be here. as a point of personal privilege, if my own and 10 uncles, will you please stand up so i can acknowledge it in today's town hall? thank you so much. [applause] thank you for being here. i want to begin by expressing my gratitude at how grateful i am for each of you for being here today. this community conversation is part of my annual congress in your community tour through all 13 counties in alabama's seventh congressional district. it is an opportunity for me to highlight the many ways that are community benefits from vital federal services and programs. services that are under attack currently by the trump administration. last month, at the direction of president trump's passed a budget propos

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