Fiscal rules. Many on this committee have suggested establishing longterm debt to gdp targets. Credible fiscal targets could guide fiscal Decision Making and improve the way Congress Budgets and spends. At our hearing last week, there was talk about a revenue estimating committee. We dont even address how much revenue were going to have to work with. Credible fiscal targets could guide fiscal Decision Making and improve the way Congress Budgets and spends. Most important, such targets could encourage congress to focus less on near term spending battles and more on longterm Fiscal Health of our country. Another area ive been concerned with is how we budget for disasters. I note that according to the witness testimony, since 2005, federal funding for Disaster Assistance has tototalled at let 450 billion. While we regularly appropriate funding for Femas Disaster Relief Fund as part of the annual appropriations process, according to the congressional are provided for supplemental appropria
Including federal agencies and international authority. They also discussed efforts by google to reduce exploitation how Artificial Intelligence could help identify victims as ishearing before the house judiciary subcommittee on crime runs just or half. ■z good morning thank you everyone for joining us today. Im glad to be here. I vested gentle lady from florida to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you representative lee. We are here today to discuss an important, a vy important vulnerable part of our population. The exploitation of children through child sexual abuse material. That is what has come to be known as csam will refer to it today as csam . Defineasapture the sexual abusef children below the age of 18. The term child pornography mysteries by the public is more accurate to call it what it i
If hamas is ready to release the most vulnerable israeli hostages it holds. But one egyptian official says there are still technical issues to resolve, including agreement on the number of palestinian prisoners the israelis would be prepared to release in exchange. The us has carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid for gaza on saturday with more than 30,000 Meals Parachuted by three military planes. Inside gaza theres a desperate need forfood. The Hamas Run Health Ministry has said 15 children have died of malnutrition and starvation in gazas Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north of the strip. The head of the norwegian refugee council, jan egeland, who has visited the area, says there is now a famine in Northern Gaza. I think there is a famine in the north. Yes. There is no other way to describe what has befallen on the 300,000 people who live in the ruins of the north and who havent had really any aid for a very long time, because israel is not opening the border crossings from
Tonight. Three american astronauts and a russian cosmonaut will be on board. In moments, a headline that, lets be honest, will not surprise you at all. Texas newspaper issues warning about secession. We will unpack this with texas congressman colin allred in a couple of minutes. Hi, everybody. Good to see you. Im coming to you live from msnbc World Headquarters here in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. I am Yasmin Vossoughian in for my friend alex. We will begin this third hour with Breaking News. The Supreme Court says it will deliver rulings tomorrow. One of those rulings could involve a very closely watched case, Donald Trumps Ballot Access in colorado. I want to bring in Lawrence Hurly and former assistant d. A. The manhattan d. A. And msnbc legal analyst Catherine Christian as well. Lawrence, start us off. What do we know . Yeah, kind of a rare move for the court to announce so shortly ahead of time on a day that is not a regularly scheduled ruling day. There are lots of rea