00:01Gentlemen, the Chair now recognizes Ranking Member Thompson for his five minutes of questioning.
00:07Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
00:09Mr. Chairman, you and I both are from Mississippi, and we know all too well the sense of devastation
00:15and hopelessness experienced by disaster survivors.
00:20Many of the nonprofits the majority is attacking today, under your leadership, are the very
00:28people who rush to support our constituents in their darkest days.
00:32It is a disappointing way to begin your tenure as Chairman if your conference does, in fact,
00:39select you for that post.
00:42Mr. Chairman, you have read the same reporting I have.
00:47You've heard the same whispers of concern about the administration's action decimating
00:53staff across the department.
00:55And you've seen the horrific results of the department's gross incompetence in just six
01:02short months.
01:03As of July 4th weekend began, the deadliest floods in Texas history were wreaking havoc in
01:11communities across the state.
01:13Over 130 people died, including nearly 30 campers and counselors at an all-girls Christian summer
01:21camp.
01:21Now, we know that because of Secretary Noem's policies, FEMA's urban search and rescue teams
01:29were not deployed until at least 72 hours after the flooding began, and FEMA's recovery center
01:37contracts were allowed to lapse.
01:42Disaster survivors called FEMA for help, but it answered only 35% of their calls.
01:50As Texans suffered, Secretary Noem was posting glamour shots for her South Dakota official portrait
01:58on Instagram.
02:00Apparently, federal disaster response can wait, but Instagram posts cannot.
02:06President Reagan once said the nine most terrifying words in the English language were, I'm from
02:13the government and I'm here to help.
02:15Secretary Noem's DHS has proven that it's far scarier when you call the government for help
02:23and no one answers.
02:25The Secretary has also allowed ICE to execute racist immigration raids, haphazardly rounding
02:33up Americans and migrants alike based on skin color, ethnicity, and the language someone speaks.
02:43She has defied court orders to halt deportation and timely returns wrongly deported individuals.
02:50Worst of all, the Secretary has overseen the deportation of American citizen children, including a four-year-old
02:58with cancer, which I suppose is something you might expect from someone who's proud of shooting
03:05her puppy in the face.
03:07The Secretary has empowered unqualified mega lackeys to manage critical anti-terrorism operations charged
03:16with protecting our communities from hate-filled violence.
03:20As we face increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, the Secretary has harassed nearly 1,000
03:28cyber experts at CISA into quitting their jobs and eliminating its election security work because
03:35the President is still upset that he lost the 2020 election.
03:40Though she might have been reluctant to respond to the multiple oversight requests,
03:46made by committed Democrats, she's managed to find time to go on television to gaslight the public.
03:55Secretary Noem has a lot of answers for Republicans have impeached Cabinet Secretaries for less
04:01for noting, in fact, for those reasons, Mr. Chair, pursuant to Clause 2K-6 of Rule 11,
04:09I move that the committee subpoena Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Christy Lynn Nome.
04:26The gentleman yields back.
04:28The gentleman yields back.
04:30Is there a motion?
04:31Move to table the motion.
04:32There is a motion to table.
04:37The committee will suspend at this time.
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05:23Mr. Chairman, Parliamentary Inquiry, are we waiting on something?
05:45Waiting on members to return to the committee room.
05:51Will you entertain that request from the minority when we don't have enough members
05:59to defeat a vote?
06:01Mr. Chairman, the committee hearing at this point is in suspension, per the rules.
06:06I have the ability to call us into suspension and that's where we are at this point.
06:11I understand.
06:12I'm just wondering if you're going to do it similarly and equally for the minority or
06:15you're just going to make it for the majority?
06:18Quality, quality.
06:23Mr. Chairman, I know this is your maiden voyage, but there's a motion on the floor and you can't
06:32recess a motion because the members are not here.
06:36The committee is not in recess, Franklin Member Thompson.
06:39Well, that's what you said.
06:40I'm sorry.
06:41The committee has been suspended.
06:46Point of order, Mr. Chairman.
06:54Yes, Mr. Thompson.
06:56You know, there's a motion before the committee and I ask that my motion be acted on.
07:06You can't suspend it or do anything like that.
07:09That's not the rules.
07:10That's not the rules.
07:11That's not the rules.
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07:26It's a negotiation for the faculty is to make up a right now.
07:29It's a negotiation for yourth AMG.
07:31It's a negotiation problem, which is sometimes place.
07:33It's very intentional because there's a negotiation perhaps not a solution to
07:39without stopping.
07:42Mr. Chairman, the rules of this committee don't allow for just to stop.
08:12I'm just asking that we go forward with the motion.
08:17The chair has already explained where we are at this point, Mr. Thompson, and until additional members return to the chamber, we will not be moving forward.
08:33I'm just saying that if we're following the rules of the committee, what you're doing is not in the rules.
08:40Your point has been made and is in the record that you do not feel that I'm following the rules.
08:45That has been made clear, Mr. Thompson, and so you can continue to make that and continue to put that in the record if you would like.
08:52Can you cite to us what rule allows for you to suspend until members return?
09:02Parliamentary inquiry.
09:03The people.
09:11This is how we break rules all day.
09:22Law and order, folks.
09:23Mr. Chairman, I ask the parliamentary inquiry.
09:43Yes, Mr. Goldman.
09:44Can you please cite the rule of the committee that allows you to suspend the hearing to wait for members to come for a vote?
09:56I assume you want to follow the rules of the committee as the chairman.
09:59As I understand, Mr. Goldman, it's at the chair's discretion.
10:01I have used that discretion, and I have suspended.
10:07I understand that you and Mr. Thompson and other members may not be happy with that, but that is the decision.
10:14No, I just want you to follow the rules.
10:18Simple question.
10:19I assume you want to follow the rules as the acting chairman.
10:26So presumably there's a rule that you can cite to that allows you to do this.
10:30There is no general discretion of the chair to do whatever the chair wants to do.
10:35That is not a rule in the House of Representatives.
10:49All right.
11:10At this time, the motion before the chair is a motion to table.
11:16That motion to table is privileged.
11:18That motion is non-debatable.
11:21All those in favor of the motion to table, please signify by saying aye.
11:28Aye.
11:29Any opposed, please signify by saying no.
11:32No.
11:36The chair rules that the ayes have it and that the motion prevails.
11:42I'm assuming that there is a request for a recorded vote.
11:45Is that correct, Mr. Thompson?
11:46There is a request.
11:48A recorded vote.
11:49There has been a request for a recorded vote.
11:54I'll let our clerk get situated.
11:57Mr. Clerk, would you please call the roll?
12:12Mr. McCall, Mr. Higgins, aye.
12:21Mr. Higgins votes aye.
12:23Mr. Jimenez, aye.
12:26Mr. Jimenez votes aye.
12:28Mr. Pflueger votes aye.
12:32Mr. Garbarino votes aye.
12:36Ms. Green, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Luttrell votes aye.
12:45Mr. Luttrell votes aye.
12:45Mr. Strong votes aye.
12:47Mr. Strong votes aye.
12:49Mr. Burkeen, aye.
12:50Mr. Burkeen votes aye.
12:52Mr. Crane votes aye.
12:56Mr. Crane votes aye.
12:58Mr. Ogles, aye.
13:00Mr. Ogles votes aye.
13:02Mrs. Biggs, aye.
13:03Mrs. Biggs votes aye.
13:04Mrs. Biggs votes aye.
13:05Mr. Evans votes aye.
13:07Mr. Evans votes aye.
13:10Mr. McKenzie, Mr. Knott, ranking member Thompson?
13:15No.
13:16Mr. Ranking member Thompson votes no.
13:18Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Correa, Mr. Correa, Mr. Correa votes no.
13:25Mr. Tanadar, Mr. Tanadar votes no.
13:29Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Magaziner votes no.
13:33Mr. Goldman, Mr. Goldman votes no.
13:37Mrs. Ramirez, no.
13:39Mrs. Ramirez votes no.
13:41Mr. Kennedy, no.
13:44Mr. Kennedy votes no.
13:46Mrs. McIver?
13:47No.
13:48Mrs. McIver votes no.
13:50Ms. Johnson?
13:51No.
13:52Ms. Johnson votes no.
13:54Mr. Hernandez?
13:56Ms. Poe?
13:57Ms. Poe votes no.
14:00Mr. Carter?
14:01Mr. Carter votes no.
14:04Mr. Green?
14:07Mr. Kenick, Mr. Rocky.
14:08Mr. Morris?
14:18Mr. Luck?
14:22Mr. Kenick, Mr. Ramirez.
14:24Mr. Alex, you can.
14:27Mr. Clerk, how am I recording?
14:42The chairman is not recorded.
14:44The chair votes aye.
14:46Chairman Guest votes aye.
14:49Are there other members who wish to have their vote recorded or to change their vote?
14:53Seeing none, would the clerk please report the tally of the vote?
14:56Mr. Chairman, on that vote, there were 12 ayes and 11 noes.
15:01The motion passes.
15:04Point of order.
15:05Can we please have the list of aye votes read to us and members that voted aye?
15:13The members that voted aye are as follows.
15:16Mr. Higgins, Mr. Jimenez, Mr. Pflueger, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Strong, Mr. Burkine, Mr. Crane, Mr. Ogles, Mrs. Biggs, and Mr. Evans, and Chairman Guest.
15:37We're all present to cast their votes.
15:44Mr. Clerk, we're all present and cast their votes, to your knowledge.
15:48Yes, all were present in the room when they voted.
15:52The ranking member has yielded back.
16:01At this time, I would recognize myself for my five minutes of questioning.
