Rep. Green Facing Censure, Vance Teases Finishing the Wall: AM Update for 3/6

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It's Thursday, March 6th, 2025, and this is your AM update. I'm willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me.
I didn't say to anyone, don't punish me. House Republicans prepare multiple censure resolutions following Congressman Al Green's unprecedented outburst at President Trump's joint address.
I think the president's hope is that by the end of the term, we build the entire border wall. Vice President J.D.
Vance calling on Congress to provide resources to fortify the southern border and deport illegal aliens. The Supreme Court delivering a blow to the Trump administration's order to freeze foreign aid funding.
But is it as bad as the media suggests? and Mr. Trump's plan for a Gaza Riviera may not have been bluster after all.
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Act now before the IRS acts first. Multiple censure resolutions circulating the halls of Congress following Texas Congressman Al Green's unprecedented outburst during President Trump's joint address.
First to the floor, Washington Congressman Dan Newhouse. Now, therefore, be it resolved that Representative Al Green be censured.
Representative Al Green forthwith present himself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure and Representative Al Green be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker. The measure is expected to be taken up within days.
Fox News Digital reporting Texas Congressman Troy Nels has his own resolution, co-signed by about 30 House Republicans, and still a third will be filed by the House Freedom Caucus. Immediately following his removal from the chamber, Mr.
Green telling reporters he's prepared for any consequences. I'm willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me.
I didn't say to anyone, don't punish me. I've said I'll accept the punishment, but it's worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president's desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security.
Democrat disrespect hitting its peak in a moment where President Trump honored a 13-year-old boy with brain cancer. As Republican members delivered a standing ovation for D Daniel, Democrats remained seated.
The partisan reaction continuing on MSNBC after the fact with this incredible comment from Nicole Wallace. And I hope he lives the life he wants to live with you.
And I hope he has a long life as a law enforcement officer. But I hope he never has to defend the United States Capitol against Donald Trump supporters.
And if he does, I hope he isn't one of the six who loses his life to suicide. Senator John Fetterman, who was in attendance, posting to X, quote, a sad cavalcade of self-owns and unhinged petulance.
We are becoming the metaphorical car alarms that nobody pays attention to. And it may not be a winning message.
A CBS News YouGov poll surveying speech watchers showing high marks for the president. 76% overall approved of the speech, 74% saying it was presidential, 68% reporting it made them feel hopeful and proud, and 63% saying Mr.
Trump focused on issues they care about. Vice President J.D.
Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard touring the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas. Border officials escorting the delegation on an aerial tour, providing updates to enforcement efforts.
In a briefing, the vice president making some news with this comment. I think the president's hope is that by the end of the term, we build the entire border wall.
And of course, that's the physical structure of the border wall itself. But we even heard today, there are so many good technological tools.
We're using artificial intelligence to make us better at the job of border enforcement. In the first Trump administration, the projected cost of the border wall was between $8 and $12 billion.
A 2023 House Homeland Security Committee report says the Biden migrant crisis could cost taxpayers up to $451 billion. As illegal border crossings plummet, the rate of deportations is also slowing down.
In the first week of the Trump administration, daily numbers on the deportations were being posted to social media, tallying up arrests and removals. Those updates have stopped.
Vice President J.D. Vance defending the administration's efforts, but calling on Congress for more support.
One of the most important parts of the president's reconciliation priorities is, of course,

tax reform on the one hand, and on the other hand, making sure that we get proper resources

so that we can pay for the flights, and we can pay for the detention centers,

and we can pay for all the components necessary to ensure that we're re-migrating illegal immigrants

back to their country of origin.

Congress is currently working on a continuing resolution with hopes of passing a budget in September. Stanford's Dr.
Jay Bhattacharya yesterday morning appearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Dr.
Bhattacharya is President Trump's pick to lead the National Institutes of Health. The NIH is the biomedical research agency of the U.S., with a $47 billion budget and 27 sub-institutes

and centers. The NIH deeply involved in many controversial aspects of public debates,

like vaccines, animal testing, and the COVID response. Dr.
Bhattacharya promising to achieve

President Trump's mission to restore trust in institutions and to make America healthy again. During COVID, Dr.
Bhattacharya bucked establishment thinking, authoring the Great Barrington Declaration in October 2020. The declaration opposed COVID lockdowns, advocated for natural immunity, and for a policy focused on protecting the most vulnerable.
A completely opposite policy than the one advocated by the Biden administration, which worked to silence Dr. Bhattacharya.
Dr. Francis Collins, who used to run the NIH, referred to the Barrington Declaration as the work of, quote, fringe epidemiologists.
After Elon Musk bought Twitter, he revealed that the administration under Joe Biden pressured the social media company to suppress Dr. Bhattacharya's posts, the doctor sharing with the committee his view on the role of scientists in public debate.
The proper role of scientists in a pandemic is to answer basic questions that policymakers have about what the right policy should be. Our role isn't to make decisions to say you shouldn't be saying goodbye to your grandfather as he's dying in a hospital.
It shouldn't be to say you can't have a funeral because it's too dangerous. The scientists say, here's what the risks are, and then you decide what the risks, whether you take it.
Dr. Bhattacharya facing a question from Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, who is also a doctor, on the value of revisiting what Senator Cassidy considers a thoroughly examined issue, the link between vaccines and autism.
Just because somebody is upset about something, do we have the opportunity cost of devoting resources at something which has already been pretty well examined? Yes, you're absolutely right, Senator. We don't need to address every idea or concern.
But if those concerns result in parents not wanting to vaccinate their children for a vaccine that is well tested, my sense is that my inclination is to give people good data.

Despite some controversial topics, the hearing overall remained well-mannered. The most contentious issue? Caps on indirect funding.
Now that refers to the overhead costs of medical research. The Wall Street Journal reporting these costs can range from 15% to 90% of a total grant.
In early February, the Trump administration moved to cap indirect costs at 15%, a move quickly challenged in court. Last night, a federal judge extending the block on imposing caps as the case winds through the courts.
These caps would result in massive funding cuts to universities, Republican and Democrat senators pressing Dr. Bhattacharya on the issue.
The Trump administration announced an illegal plan to cap indirect cost rates at 15%. That amounts to a massive funding cut for research institutions, large and small, red and blue states, everyone.
To impose this arbitrary cap makes no sense at all. And this is in blatant defiance of appropriations law, which prohibits NIH from capping these costs.
Dr. Bhattacharya recognizing the senator's concerns, but reiterating the stance of the Trump administration.
There is too much waste in government and in its grants. The money that comes to me, the direct costs as researchers, I understand exactly where that money goes.
The indirect costs, I don't know where that goes. I think that a lot of it likely goes to the things that are worthwhile, and I've heard lots of folks, including from Stanford, who say that.
And I agree with them. Support for buildings, light bulbs to make sure that we can see in the lab, and a whole host of other important things.
But there's a lot of distrust about where the money goes because the trust in the public health establishment has collapsed in the pandemic. I think transparency regarding indirect costs is absolutely worthwhile.
And I want to make sure that the money goes to the research. Republican Senator from Kansas, Roger Marshall, backing up Dr.
Bhattacharya, calling indirect funding a grift from universities. Later today, the hearing from Mr.
Trump's pick to head the FDA, Dr. Marty McCary of Johns Hopkins, will take place.
Coming up, the Supreme Court delivers a temporary blow to the Trump administration, and the president's grand vision for the reconstruction of Gaza may not have been a negotiating tactic after all.

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The Supreme Court weighs in on a $2 billion legal battle, handing the Trump administration a temporary setback. The ruling stems from a lawsuit against President Trump's executive order pausing all U.S.
foreign aid for 90 days. Two weeks ago, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, a major foreign aid contractor, filed a lawsuit against the State Department, arguing the funding freeze was unlawful.
A federal district judge appointed last minute by President Biden, who was confirmed by only one vote, issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration, meaning while the judge evaluated the legality of the order, foreign aid payments had to resume. But when the administration took too long to restart payments, it argues that it had to review each contract, AVAC, this group, returned to court, seeking a contempt order.
In response, the judge, Amir Ali, ordered the administration to immediately pay for contracts on which the work had already been done, an estimated $2 billion. The Trump administration appealing to the U.S.
Supreme Court, arguing that once the checks are cut, the money will be gone forever, and that the broader lawsuit on the merits is still ongoing. In a 5-4 decision, the liberal justices, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, siding with the lower court.
In a scathing dissent, Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett

Kavanaugh, writing, quote, does a single district court judge who likely lacks jurisdiction have the unchecked power to compel the government of the United States to pay out, and probably lose forever, two billion taxpayer dollars? The answer to that question, he continues, should be an emphatic no, but a majority of this court apparently

thinks otherwise. I am stunned.
Justice Alito accusing the lower court judge of abusing his power and accusing his colleagues of failing in their responsibility to prevent abuse of judicial power. This case is not over, however.
The next hearing is set for later today. Stay tuned.
President Trump squashing Egypt's counterproposal for the reconstruction of Gaza. The president shocking the world, most of all Arab leaders, with his post-war plans for Gaza.
A tremendous asset for the Middle East. It's fronting on the sea.
It's going to be a great economic

development job. It's going to put people to work, a lot of people to work.
And those people

are all going to be from the Middle East. And if they don't want to leave, how are you going to

force them, Mr. President? Oh, they're going to be great.
They're going to be very happy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praising Mr. Trump's plan, calling it revolutionary.

Many others speculating the announcement was just a negotiating tactic, a ploy to get Middle Eastern leaders to come up with a way to rebuild the area themselves. The Egyptians quickly rallying other Arab leaders, presenting the White House with a $53 billion plan.
The Wall Street Journal reports the plan envisions a six-month period setting up temporary housing, followed by two years of reconstruction. The third phase of that plan calls for a development of a, quote, Mediterranean seafront revitalized by resorts and beaches.
The White House promptly rejecting that plan, however, on the grounds that it does not adequately address Hamas leadership in Gaza, and the area is not safe for human habitation. A spokesman for the National Security

Council saying, residents cannot humanely live in a territory covered in debris and unexploded ordinance. The ceasefire in Gaza expired on Sunday.
Fighting has not resumed, though Israel has paused sending aid vehicles. Axios reporting the Trump administration is holding direct talks with Hamas to return U.S.
hostages. The talks are unprecedented.
No U.S. official has ever engaged with Hamas since its designation as a terror group in 1997.
President Trump, in a lengthy post on Truth Social last night, writing in part, quote, Shalom Hamas means hello and goodbye. You can choose.
release all of the hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is over, in all caps, for you. For the leadership, now is the time to leave Gaza while you still have a chance.
Also, to the people of Gaza, a beautiful future awaits, but not if you hold hostages. If you do, you are dead.
59 hostages are still held captive by Hamas in Gaza. Israeli defense forces confirm 35 are dead.
Five Americans remain. Only one is believed to be alive, 21-year-old Edan Alexander.
Officials are reportedly also negotiating the

possibility of a broader deal to end the war. That'll do it for your AM update.
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