The Homeland Security secretary testified before the Security Committee on the 2025 budget request and the hearing entered before the house delivered two impeachment articles against him to the senate in both of those were later dismissed. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the committee may recess at any point. Good morning, secretary mayorkas, and thank you for the committee will come to order and without objection the committee may recess at inany point. Good morning, secretary mayorkas, and thank you for joining the committee to discuss the budget that you and the president have put forth for the department of Homeland Security and on march 1 the department celebrated its 21st anniversary. I want to thank the Public Servants throughout dhs to dedicate their lives to securing the homeland in this work is vital that the safety of the nation and the security. When you took the oath of office, you swore to support and defend the constitution o
Foundation and Institute Center on civility in democracy. In america today, the very fabric of our nation is being torn apart. We have never felt more divided. And we are too fixated on our differences. Hes black, hes white. He grew up in the city, and hes a farm boy from utah. Hes a democrat, and hes a republican. On paper, we could not be more different. And yet we are both dads. We both love college basketball. We both have really stylish haircuts. And we are both proud americans. We disagree passionately on lots of issues. But we are friends. And we respect each other. Politics is important. But it should not define us or destroy our relationships. His name is spencer cox. And his name is wes moore. And we approve this message. Please welcome to the stage, chairman of the board of trustees of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute, mr. Fred ryan. [applause] mr. Ryan good morning. Welcome to the reagan institute. We are delighted today to be joined by governor cox
And we discussed efforts to pass the kids Online Safety act with former democratic congressman richard gephardt. Cspans washington journal. Join in the conversation live at 7 00 eastern friday morning on cspan, cspan now, our free mobile app, or online at cspan. Org. Announcer utah governor spencer cox is the current chair of the National Governors association. Up next, we hear him talk about his disagree Better Initiative, that aims to champion political stability and mitigate polarization of the country. This was at an event hosted by the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and Institute Center on civility in democracy. In america today, the very fabric of our nation is being torn apart. We have never felt more divided. And we are too fixated on our differences. Hes black, hes white. He grew up in the city, and hes a farm boy from utah. Hes a democrat, and hes a republican. On paper, we could not be more different. And yet we are both dads. We both love college basketball. We both
On the afternoon edition, it is a first alert weather day. Its heating up around the bay area. We are under a heat advisory. Well get to that in a minute. Good after noon. I am elizabeth cook. I am ryan yamamoto. We are one hour from the service for Dianne Feinstein. The late senator will be remembered for a political career that began in this very building. It was a career of many firsts and one that took her to washington, dc. We are expecting a whos who of state and National Leaders to attend. Buses boarding outside of u. S. Capitol, they have arrived in the bay area to attend the service, show of support for a Senate Colleague who many served with since feinstein was sworn in in 1993. The area around city hall is under tight security. Initially the Memorial Service was going to be open to the public, partly because of the all the dignitaries it was made a private event last night. There is a perimeter around city hall that will keep people far back to see or hear the actual service
Important challenge we have got in our lifetimes. It is always going to be the most important challenge. If we do not get this right, we have got nothing. It is education and it is climate. I have [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2024] we will break away at this pointer for live coverage of the u. S. House. Lawmakers are considering a handful of bills today, including one that doubles u. S. Customs area of operation in coastal waters. Live coverage of the u. S. House is here on cspan. The clerk h. R. 53433, a bill to amend the Small Business investment act of 1958, to exclude from the limit on leverage certain amounts invested in Smaller Enterprises located in rural or lowincome areas and Small Businesses and Critical Technology areas and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuan t to the rule, the gentleman from texas, mr