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they become comfortable and devoted to this family. suddenly the family member returns. the system has resolved this by frequently placing a child in different environments such that there's never any potential ■éissues with loyalty or devotin or conflict between foster families and birth relatives. maybe it sounds nice in the abstract. often, it just introduces a lot of instability and difficulty. >> book, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of ourspan now app. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what's happening in washington, live and on-demand. events with live streams of

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>> good morning everyone. welcome today two of house republican annual issues conference yesterday we discussed the political landscape and growing our house the key issues facing communities across the country. the american people understand that joe biden continues to turn his back on we people. joe biden's failed state on unfit leader -- his policies are leaving americans behind creating crisis after crisis. a cas in point, joi biden

apologized for using the term illegal to describe the immigrant that murdered a young joe biden could not pronounce her name correctly. as a mother and as a conservative leader myself, this leaves me speechless. joe clearly could care less about how his policies are destroying american families and creating a crisis across our country. under just three years of joe biden's leadership our nation has faced crisis after crisis, american families are fced to make hard decisions between putting food on the table or gas in the tank due to the highest inflation in my generation's lifetime. violent crime is destroying our cities and opening -- open borders as allowing millions of illegal immigrants to invade our country bringing fentanyl and crime to our str unified -- messaging of this republican conference with all of the members of our conference, we have held joe biden's administration accountable for

his failed policies and we have driven joe biden's poll numbers on theeymericans whether it is immigration, the economy, crime and national security, those poll numbers have plummeted. the house of public and conferences committed to delivery solutions that bring results to the american people. we are the final line of defense to protect the american people's freedom and secure our borders and restore the american dream and with that i turn it over to tom emmer. >> the american people elected a republican house majority at the put a stop to joe biden and the democrats' failing agenda. and thanks to the hard work of our members, we were able to beat the odds and deliver on me conservative, common sense priorities in 2023. we passed core pieces of legislation addressing americans top concerns -the lower energy costs act and the

parental bill of rights. we passed the historic border security bill that does five things, finishes the wall, performs parole authority, reforms the asylum authority, ends catch and release and stwhen joe biden and chuck schur were too busy pointing fingers, our majority has governed bypassing a transformational cen washington's reckless spending without letting us default on our debt. we a passing first republican only ndaa, fighting against a "wokement age investing in our troops and our strategic capabilities. house republicans improving -- are proving that we can and will cojoe biden and democrats, however, have proven that their only priority is appeasingparty. with note -- look no further the

last week when americans witnessed the most divisive state of the union address in modern history. what was supposed tos be unifying, unifying outline of the president's vision for our country was nothing more than a partisan campaign speech used to further splinter america and americans. americans are sick of joe biden's blame gamesto take respe crises he has created to the next nine months will be spent to remind our constituents why they elected us in the first place. we focus on teamwork, commune occasion and respect, we deliver common sense wins that we promised. with our slim majority, we will continue to work with every corner of our conference to advance our conservative agenda. i look forward to the challenge. with that, i turn it over to our leader, steve scalise. >> thank you. in west virginia and as

republicans and the house come together to talk about our agenda for the rest of this year. it has been a very busy congress. and if you look at with a slim majority the things we have already been able to achieve, and my colleagues have touched on it -- major major policy initiatives that we have come together to pass, whether it was with or a two-seat majority or now maybe a one seat majority we still have been able to find a way to fight for those hard-working families tire of the far left agenda of joe biden and his allies in congress that have risen costs for so many we focused on energy, passing h.r. 1 to lower energy costs for family, whether it is pumping gas at the gas station or when your payercity bill p people know they are paying too much because of the far left agenda here in washington. to pursue a radical agenda that makesmerica, shutting down american energy all president biden's begs saudi

while president biden lowers penalties against countries like iran so they can sell their oil on world markets making tens of billions of dollarshat they never would have made before. to fund terrorism. iran is the largest state sponsor of -- terrorist organizations like thomas that attacked our allies like israel. why would you want to allow them to make more money producing energy when we shouldd's dominay producer. yet joe biden has gone in the opposite direction. in fact, next week on the house floor, we are to what we're bringing bills to the house floor for energy. and benefiting countries like russia. when joe biden does a ban on lng exports, as in essence he did,

it hurts lng production in america, butcountries like russ. why would you want to help putin fund his war machine by giving him more leverage over europe in america to our friends in europe? these are the decisions that joe biden has been making unilaterally that are hurting amand hurting our allies abroad. then, of course, with border security. we have test -- passed h.r.2, the strongest measure congress has seen in decades. we asked democrats to join with us. they chose not to. every single democrat voted against the bill in the house that would secure america's borders because they want in open border. but american families don't want anthey want to get this under control because they see the crime and decimation, the murders, like lincoln riley. that should not be happening, except joe biden, using his own

executive power, took action on his own to open th southernand'o fight for those families, the rest of this congress. however slim our majority may be because we have shown that we can come together. sometimes in ways where democrats won't join us but days like yesterday where we are out -- all able to come ge confront china poses to the data, the privacy of over 150 million americans. ov 85% of the house voted for that bill yesterday. republicans and democrats. we are not going to let china have access to the personal data of over 150 million americans. i thought it was another great day, where this house republican majority is leading the fight for those families who are struggling. and leading our efrts in the house is our speaker, who has been, again, a slim as the

majority may be, finding a way to get it done. >> thanks, steve. good morning to everybody. thank you again for being with us. a little cooler ■fthan it was yesterday. a few weeks ago, exactly a week ago, it seems like an eternity -- we were preparing for the state of the union and sadly the president just try to spin his record of failure. that is what was so frustrating about it. ultimately what we heard as his priorities -- thursday night stood in sharp contrast to what house republicans are fighting for every day and what the american people demand and deserve. we are passing legislation to secure the border, that's hr2 and deport criminal aliens, including those who committ dui's and theft. there are more lincoln rileys now.violent crimes being commitd by illegals who are here and

have been distribute it by the biden administration around the country in every state. we're breaking the omnibus tradition and working to get congress back to regular order. the budget and spending process is a big part of that. we passed tax package that help american families and small businesses that ends wasteful covid era progm payer billings and cuts redtape for small businesses and expands the success of the trump era tax cuts we passed american energy independence and produce production of critical minerals we're standing up to commonest china and of course we passed a big bipartisan legislatio sever ties with the ccp. we have taken addressing our unsustainable spending. as i say to my conference, this isn't a time of divided comfort and a history, it is not the time for long hail mary passes on every play but it is

three yards and a cloud of dust. this is an incremental thing we have to do change washington and how it works. public is control now one half of one third of the federal government to read major -- o major wins are not easy to come by p republicans will continue to fight for economies-- cn unleash american energy production and help hard-working families and counter our adversaries like china. president biden can continue to try to spin his record but it is a direct-- it is directed at failure, not success. hat. the matter what you do for living, what zip code you are in, you know, you are not in better shape now than you were three years ago. they know hoe for them. and that message is resonating and we will continue to share that message and every venue and in every place around the country as our candidates and our incumbentar out sharing the good news about what we are doing. we will you to a couple

questions. front row -- we will yield to front row. [inaudible] >> yeah, we talked about the impeachment articles a little bit yeer slow and deliberate and methodical as it must be on the constitution. i thing about heavy power that e house is given on the constitution. it has to be very careful and deliberate. we did pass the article of impeachment on mayorkas. and that is awaiting the senate trial. we have not -- in a very simple swer is, and the reason for it is we are in the middle of the appropriations process and the way the procedure works is once the articles of impeachment are transmitted to the senate they n which to process them. so we did not want to interrupt the senate in their floor time in their deliberation of appropriationsausee would risk shutting the government down. it will be done in due course as soon we wrap that process up and

i think the appropriations process is very close to being wound down. yes, ma'am [inaudible] it is not my belief that congress needs to play a role here. i think this is being handled by the states. look, we support accesswe beliee personally, this is my personal belief on the sanctity of life. we know, kelly and i know many families, beautiful families that were created with the use of that technology is what it is. we and well anything the states are handling that well, but it is something that we should protect

access to. i think everybody republican is commit that idea. life is a people think of the estimate is about 8 million babies have been bored because -- born because of iv,f since his creation in our party is certainly committed to that. back row. >> [inaudible] >> we have not addressed itershk at it carefully. obviously, i mean the government has a responsibility take care of those who have been harmed by the government's action. as a general premise but we -- we have not released to the details of that legislation and we will process it in time. we are going to wrap this up

because we are going into session and i'm makihe speech tt a few moments. i got to get ready for that. my message, scott, is for uso stand together. look,, i'll say this and this is what i begin with with them, everyone says, the election cyclee. we say it every election cycle. everybody knows this one truly is for all the marbles. we have entire industries, sectors anexistential threats tr existence. we have the world is a tinderbox right now because our stature on the world stage has been diminished by this administration and democrats have the power -- we have crime rising throughout the country and inflation is through the roof because -- the cost of for the american family. there are so many problems, and so the job of the people in that room and there, the house republicans, the majority, is a heavy responsibility but one that we take seriously and we are going to carry well. and we have to stand together,

stick together, get the job done, deliver for the americanoo that. they will expand our house majority, give us the senate and republicans will take the white house as well, and then we will all be in a much-- a better mood nexgen or because the agenda will change 180 ♪ >> c-span's washington journal. news and the latest issues and government, politics, and public policy. from washington and across the country. friday morning, the national committee to preserve social security and medicare talks about the future of the programs in light of recent statements by president biden and former then we look at the current legal issues facing the former president he runs for another term with mike davis, founder and president of the article three project. c-span's washington journal, join the conversation live at

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public svice along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. health and human services secretary javier becerra testifies on the president's 2025 budget request for his department which totals $1.7 trillion in mandatory funding, just over 130 billion dollars for discretionary purposes. he the proposal includes expansions to medicaid coverage, behavioral and maternal health, affordable childcare, and public else preparedness. >> committee will come to order. today we meet to discuss of the year ahead for health care in america. us. i will start off with a little bit of history. topic one, drug prices.in july p

said, and i quotei took office,e reducing drug prices one of my highest priorities. for four straight years, donald trumco prices, did lots of finger pointing at others about the problem and repeatedly talked about how he was the best friend seniors who depend on medicare could have. what was actually accomplished ov his four years? exactly nothing. forward to the biden administration. from the time -- fast-forward to the biden administration. from the time joe biden took office, he made it clear he was committed to lowering drug costs and health care prices for families. i remember him having a conversation with me shortly

after the election. he said the finance■% committees a place where things happen. and everybody has been talking about doing something about drug prices forever. now is the time to get something done. and to actually help seniors. not just talk about it, because there has been plenty of talk. but actually get results and provide real pocketbook relief to seniors andon two years later, president biden anmany colleagues who are on this side of the aisle, worked very hard to get results. to l biden signed the inflation reduction act into law. for the first time under the law, democrats and president biden gave medicare the authority to negotiate better drug prices. understand what that