Represent the 35th Congressional District of and is one of nearly 80 new house members in the 118th congress. A former member of the austin, texas city, he told cspan about previous work as a community and labor organizer. His progressive philosophy and how his family first came to texas from, well, my mom and dad both came here shortly before i was born. My dad, a physician in texas, but actually my grandmother back and forth from mexico as well, because when there was violence in mexico in the teens, the twenties, her father was, her father was killed and so and her mother actually came pregnant over to texas and to el paso and then came back to mexico. And thats where they grew up in so many ways. My family does things just like some of the other families have of coming back and forth between mexico and texas, ultimately making texas a really great place to live. But i was born and raised in texas and im really proud of my state and honored to be able to represented here what part o
Comcast supports cspan as Public Service along with tse other Television Providers giving you a frontrow seat to testimony democracy. Up next state and local Law Enforcement officials talk about the challenges facing their local agencies, some of the topics covered include gun violence, workforce recruitment and retention and the ongoing fentanyl crisis. They testify before the House Homeland Security committee chaired by congressman mark greene at the start of the hearing there was a moment of silence for new jersey congressman donald payne, jr. , who died recently and who served on the committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. Without objection the chair may declare the committee in recess at any point. Before we begin todays hearing, i would like to take a moment to recognize the loss of our dear friend to all on this committee congressman donald payne, jr. , congressman payne was a fierce advocate for the people of new jerseys tenth district, his legacy alon
Foreign policy at this point, i think people see through it. Market performs despite him not because of him. If they do test them, think should test for hallucinogenics. We actually cut the head off the snake and financing of terrorism, which is iran and address the fact theyre working to utilize their proxies for the middle east. If you tax something, theres lots of it. If youre going to put a massive tax on investment, theres a lot less of it. Look at biden is youre the guy in charge right now. Hes sort of acting as if hes in this role and has no control or power to do anything. Stuart i was waiting for the music. Sound of silence. Lets get on with it. 11 00 eastern time, monday, may 20th. Markets are in the green, especially the nasdaq, which is up just over 100 points. 50 point gain for the dow, which is just reached another all time high. Interday all time high and big tech same story and meta is the only loser down just a buck and all the rest on the upside and microsoft up nearl
There was a moment of silence for donald payne, jr. Who died recently and who served on the committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order, without objection the chair may declare the committee in recess at any point. Before we have the hearing, id like to take a moment to recognize the loss of our dear friend on this committee, Congress Donald payne, jr. And his legacy, along with his fathers legacy will serve as a reminder to us all what it means to be a true public servant. I really appreciated the time that i got to work with congressman payne on the Colorectal Cancer caucus. He was a fierce fighter against that disease. I now recognize for a moment the Ranking Member, Ranking Member thompson to honor the life and legacy of representative payne. Thank you so much, mr. Chairman. This morning, we remember the life of congressman donald m. Payne, jr. Our colleague and friend. He was a union worker, a toll collector, he literally kept the buses of excess county, new j
Major investis in our countrys history by the u. S. House and senate. Each week, writers and historians tell the stories and see historic footage from the periods and examine the impacts of key congressional hearings. This week we look at the investigation that followed the deadly 1993 siege at the Branch Davidian compound near waco, texas and what its meant in the years that followed. Watch congress investigates, 7 p. M. Eastern on saturdays, cspan2. Up next, state and local Law Enforcement officials talk about the challenges facing their local agencies. Some of the topics covered include gun violence, Work Force Recruitment and retention and the ongoing fentanyl crisis and shared by congressman mark greene. At the start of the hearing there was a moment of silence for donald payne, jr. Who died recently and who served on the committee. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order, without objection the chair may declare the committee in recess at any point. Before we have th