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What is said in the sittings, update by update, the latest first. Each update opens the video at the second it was said.

  1. EDT

    “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past”

    Late‑stage clashes: authoritarian risks, DEI defense, pluralistic patriotism, and closing

    The final exchanges center on historical analogies to fascism and authoritarian control of cultural institutions, disputes over the Smithsonian’s DEI work and the ‘mass action toolkit,’ efforts by Democrats to defend museums, schools, and libraries as trusted venues for confronting painful histories, and closing ideological clashes about whether the museum advances racial guilt or a multiracial, pluralistic patriotism before adjournment.

    In this chapter

    1. Rep. Pressley and Democrats: fascism, attacks on cultural institutions, and multiracial democracy
    2. Gonzalez and Hartig revisited: mass action toolkit and calls to ‘clean house’
    3. Rep. Crockett and colleagues: DEI, white supremacy, and defending trusted institutions

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  2. EDT

    “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past”

    Mid‑hearing confrontations: gender content, DEI, Black history, and patriotism

    Members clash over alleged sexualization and ‘grooming’ in gender‑related exhibits, anti‑DEI narratives and materials like the ‘white supremacy culture’ toolkit, the role of Smithsonian museums in preserving Black history, and whether current curation and 250th programming adequately foreground America’s founders, achievements, and patriotic themes versus identity‑based stories.

    In this chapter

    1. Rep. Mace’s confrontation: sexual imagery, gender identity, and children
    2. Reps. Walkinshaw and Self: anti-DEI erasures and ‘white supremacy culture’ toolkit
    3. Rep. Mfume and GOP Burlison: Black history, despotism warnings, and patriotic framing

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  3. EDT

    “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past”

    Initial Q&A: exhibits, ideology, 2020 election, and 250th anniversary

    Early questioning focuses on Hartig’s land acknowledgments, gender and identity‑related exhibits, and her fitness as director, while Democrats establish factual consensus on the 2020 election, criticize Trump‑era historical revisionism, and challenge claims that semiquincentennial content and founding documents are being sidelined, including scrutiny of bookstore offerings and the White House report’s priorities and cost.

    In this chapter

    1. Chair Burchett’s questioning: exhibits on gender, sexuality, and Hartig’s fitness
    2. Rep. Lynch and early Democratic responses: election facts and “stolen valor”
    3. Rep. Cloud’s critique: 250th anniversary content, founding documents, and bookstore choices
    4. Rep. Subramanyam: attacking the White House report’s priorities and accuracy

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  4. EDT

    “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past”

    Witness opening statements: museum mission and ideological capture claims

    Director Hartig, conservative commentators Gonzalez and Spalding, and historian Blight deliver opening statements that pit defenses of the Smithsonian’s governance and evidence‑based public history against accusations of Marxist and critical‑theory influence, while warning on the other side against state‑driven, triumphalist narratives and political control of historical interpretation.

    In this chapter

    1. Witnesses sworn in and Director Hartig’s institutional defense
    2. Conservative critics Gonzalez and Spalding: claims of ideological and Marxist capture
    3. Historian Blight: warning against state control of history

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  5. EDT

    “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past”

    Opening: Trump report vs. Smithsonian independence

    The chair and ranking member formally open the hearing, frame it as a dispute over alleged ideological capture at the National Museum of American History, and set out opposing views on the White House Domestic Policy Council’s report and the proper limits of federal control over Smithsonian content, including a proposed bill to protect historical independence.

    In this chapter

    1. Opening of hearing: concerns over Smithsonian “ideological capture”
    2. Ranking Member Stansbury: defense of Smithsonian independence and new bill

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  6. EDT

    “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”

    Late Q&A: able‑bodied adults, nutrition standards, asset tests, and immigration

    The final exchanges address participation of able‑bodied adults, partisan state comparisons, soda and nutrition standards, advocacy funding and lobbying influence, luxury vehicle and asset‑testing issues, HR 1’s state cost‑sharing incentives, non‑citizen eligibility, and close with procedural submissions and adjournment.

    In this chapter

    1. Fallon exchange: able‑bodied adults, SNAP expansion, and partisan state comparisons
    2. Soda purchases, nutrition standards, and advocacy funding conflicts
    3. State data refusals, luxury vehicles, and HR 1 incentives
    4. Luna on immigrant fraud, nutrition lobbying, and adjournment

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  7. EDT

    “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”

    Organized crime, debt, and defining real SNAP fraud drivers

    Questioning shifts to linking SNAP losses to national debt, detailing transnational skimming and trafficking networks, and clarifying who actually benefits from SNAP, with emphasis on children, seniors, and people with disabilities versus criminal organizations and systemic improper payments.

    In this chapter

    1. Debt, transnational fraud, and SNAP crime networks
    2. Ranking Member Q&A: who SNAP serves and real fraud drivers

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  8. EDT

    “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”

    Early Q&A: state data access, IG independence, and anti‑fraud tools

    Members’ first questioning round focuses on expanding state–federal data sharing, legal and privacy constraints, the Inspector General’s independence and politicization concerns, and concrete mechanisms to tighten eligibility and verification across SNAP and related programs.

    In this chapter

    1. Chair’s first Q&A: state data sharing, privacy, and IG subpoenas
    2. Democratic member: IG independence, Project 2025, and reflecting pool contract
    3. Cloud and colleagues: tightening eligibility and cross‑program data tools
    4. Timmons’ TABS Act and benefit cliff reform

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  9. EDT

    “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”

    Witness panels: contrasting diagnoses of SNAP fraud and integrity

    All four witnesses deliver prepared statements presenting divergent views on the nature and scale of SNAP fraud, from organized EBT crime and program‑integrity gaps to improper payments, eligibility rules, and benefit theft, as well as tensions between anti‑fraud measures and beneficiary access.

    In this chapter

    1. USDA Inspector General: types and scale of SNAP fraud
    2. UCOWF investigator: program integrity gaps and needed actions
    3. Conservative policy perspective: improper payments and eligibility loopholes
    4. SNAP advocate: integrity vs access, focus on benefit theft

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  10. EDT

    “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”

    Opening statements: scope, politics, and hearing framework

    The chair and ranking member set the political and policy frame on SNAP fraud, state data sharing, and recent Trump‑era policies, then the committee formally introduces, swears in, and seats the four witnesses, outlining procedures for testimony and questioning.

    In this chapter

    1. Chairman opening: scope of SNAP fraud and state data refusals
    2. Ranking Member opening: defense of SNAP and critique of Trump policies
    3. Witness introductions, swearing‑in, and hearing procedures

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Schedule

  1. Replay
    “Fixing Fraud and Failure in Federally Funded Homelessness Services”

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  2. Replay
    “Rewriting American History: Examining the Smithsonian’s Efforts to Reshape the Past”

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  3. Replay
    “Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in SNAP”

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  4. Replay
    “Locking in the DOGE Cuts: Ending Waste, Fraud, and Abuse for Good”

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