was championed, has been championed by the republicans. a project that was started under the bush administration. was pretty much dormant during the obama administration. and then signed into law by president trump with the support of senate republicans like senator ted cruz and marco rubio. so when you look at how the museum has been, you know, presenting itself, it s totally acceptable for republicans in the house to pump the brakes and is a no taxpayer money should be funding woke ideology we don t want it in our schools and we don t want it in our businesses and we definitely don t want it depicting the history of latinos in america. i really think it s important to differentiate kind of the different sources that are going out here and, first and foremost, we have the smithsonian which is a federal agency. and you have the friends of the latino museum which is an advocacy organization that is really behind the bill, the language ensuring that the museum stays nonpartisan and true
activity, on the other we have the idea from rishi sunak more towards the idea that cutting taxes would be inflationary so we need to continue along that harder path. but as you say with energy prices expected to continue rising, inflation expected to continue rising it will be a very difficult second half to the year. to the us now where the senate has approved sweeping legislation to boost science and technology investment in the us. the chips and science act is expected to pass through the house of representatives later today, and be signed into law by president biden next week. it provides more than $50 billion in subsidies to chip makers to alleviate the chronic shortage of chips that has hit the us economy and reduce reliance on china. the leader of the democrats in the senate says it will also help inflation.
signed into law by president putin over the weekend. now, previously under russian law, russian citizens were able to enlist between the ages of 18 and 40, and foreign nationals were also able to join the russian armed forces if they were between the age of 18 and 30. that upper age limit has been scrapped. and according to the russian government, the focus here for them is on recruiting more specialists, more experts. and their focus in particular on the operation of high-precision weapons which would typically take years of experience to operate. they have also noted a focus on recruiting more medics, more engineers and communication specialists. that, of course, is the message we are hearing from the kremlin. we have to note, of course, this is happening and comes amid significant russian troop losses as the russian armed forces attempt to double down on its bombardment of eastern ukraine. the russian government has acknowledged over a thousand troop losses, but western
that give me pause, i cannot vote for this at this early stage. house and senate democrats must work together in a careful, thoughtful way to get this bill to a place where it can pass both chambers and be signed into law by president biden. there s that preconferencing idea again. does this bill end up being whatever can pass the senate? this is a bill that must pass. there needs to be discussion between senators and our leaders as well as with the white house. but i do have to emphasize these provisions in these bills have been vetted over and over again. in fact, on the prescription drug issue we actually passed that particular prescription drug provision out in the house. it was called hr 3. and it was a significant step
forward in this pandemic recovery period. one of the things that was so remarkable about your first term in congress, is not only that you won it, but also that once you are there, with president trump vice president, you authored four different pieces of legislation that got signed into law by president trump. you have been a remarkably affective young member of congress, and first or member of congress. now you are in your second term. i was interested today, to see president biden showed you out, specifically, for something in the american families plan. this issue of maternal health, and part of the legislation that you are spearheading. i want you to talk about that a little bit. i m so excited. in 2020, in the spring of 2020, i introduced a mommy bust act with then senator kamala harris as are suddenly. this is a comprehensive legislation, nine bills at the time, now we introduced us 12 bills to end our nations maternal my toilet