this bill of rights day that bill that was read to you was the first presidential statement about why are we fighting hitler? roosevelt's answer was for ourselves. that turns the bill of rights into this emblem of american patriotism that it has held a person. >> so that context is central. and yet the bill of rights is not referred to the bill of rights and the declaration of independence is more likely to be called that. so the training of the convention understanding why that original constitution y james madison changed his mind to do that you help us understand the revolutionary era and the gray audience knows the interactive constitution and i want you to download them after the show. and you can see that written by george mason. to see the amendments because that sums up the point to understand the bill of rights that were broad statements of philosophical principles and to say all power originally vested derived from the people for the enjoyment of life and liberty the people have the inalienable right whenever found inadequate. that sounds just like the second one -- sentence

bill was bill hall jr. trucking. >> reporter: but for bill, it wasn't all work and no play. >> he was a daredevil. he loved racing. in his later years, he loved hunting. he was a man's man. >> reporter: and also a bit of a ladies man according to bill's cousin hank. >> you know, beautiful women. you work hard, you play hard. and you do things, you know, that you're not supposed to be doing. he was great man, but he was not a perfect man. >> reporter: bill's imperfections became painfully clear nearly 32 years into their marriage when frances says she got a call from a mysterious woman. it was september 13, 2013. friday the 13th. >> she goes, you don't know me, but i'm having an affair with your husband. >> reporter: wow. >> i was in shock. >> reporter: heartbroken, furious. frances says she confronted bill and asked, was it true. >> by that time, he is crying and telling me that he's sorry, that it's true. i was devastated. >> reporter: this is three decades of marriage. >> i finally asked him how long has

is the bill perfect? perfectever voted for a bill. intelligence, we have a very few numbers who are deputized by the speaker and by the leader, each party, to go to the intelligence committee to deal with issues that relate to the balance of security and privacy. with all of the respect in the world with all of the members in the judiciary committee, the it is not right to say that there is nothing in this bill that protects the right of the american people. in fact, when i was supporting the judiciary committee, the outside groups were complaining. they were complaining about the bill. now, they are saying that is what they want. i think, studying the issue, one of the differences along the way appropriate, in terms of a warrant. that is why i'm so pleased to we would be offering a notion to recommit to addressing that concern. bothdresses concerns of sides of the aisle which seeks to secure the highest possible protections for american civil liberties. at the same time, it ensures that the intelligence community and law enforcement

from the judiciary committee bill that we reported which was a good bill. i now yield -- i now yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this bill. supporters of this bill have called it reform. this is not reform. it's a massive expansion of the government's ability to deprive the lives of innocent people. if you need proof, look at the bill's section 702 which is supposed to offer spying on foreign adversaries but has embolden some law enforcement to collect and read private communications of american citizens without a warrant. instead of curbing these practices, s. 139 would codify and expand some of the most abusive surveillance practices in recent years including about collection and back door searches. there is no one more important responsibility that we have than keeping the american people safe, but we have to do it in a way that's consistent with our values and our constitution. this

what is in this bill? we fully fund the children's health insurance program for every state of the union and the territories for six years. never been done before. fully fund children's health insurance for every state and territory in the union for six years. at existing levels, increased -- and it increases each year for the next six years, it's fully paid for, fully offset. and not every democrat, but almost every democrat has voted against that already twice. if they vote against it this evening, they'll vote against it for the third time. i'm the macker -- manager of the republican baseball team. if you miss it three times, normally means you're out. i hope that some of my friends on the minority side will tonight vote with us to fund schip and to fund the government for the next month. i'm one of the republicans that supports daca. i'm on the dreamer act. i'm also on the republican alternative. i would love to vote for daca. but the deadline for daca is not until march. the schip program's expired in

bill: yes. host: how you know someone is coming in or out? bill: we keep a list. host: greta was also talking about potential protests or walkouts. historically, has that been a threat or an action that is taken? donald: unlike parliaments where members heckle each other regularly, decorum has always been a requirement in the senate and house especially when they meet in joint session. when president obama was speaking, one of the house members yelled out "you lie!" he was censured by the house of representatives for that. they do not appreciate people making a staging some kind of event. not going is very different. a lot of members don't go. a lot of the senior members have been there, done that and don't show up. some do it deliberately. some of the supreme court justices for several years have not been coming because they are supposed to sit quietly and not applaud and not get caught up in partisanship that is going on. they don't particularly relish that role of sitting down. some just say

hensarling for moving this bill, this very important bill and onto the house bill. i would like to congratulate and thank mr. trott, a terrific representative from the state of and gan for all the work charitable organizations throughout our country. the great state of maine that i represent, the rural part of our state has the oldest average age in the country. and we love our seniors not only in maine and they are very special parts of our society. my parents are 89 and 87. i'm very involved in their lives, especially in their health care, and i worry, mr. speaker, about our seniors. i worry about their health care. i worry about their safety. and one more thing i worry about, mr. speaker, i worry about them becoming victims of financial scams. now this happens throughout our country and has increasingly so, such that today, almost $3 billion is the result of scamming our seniors every single year. these con men have become creative. one type of scam that i learned about just absolutely hits me ome, a grandmother receives an email from supposedly a granddaughter.

but apple was the big elephant you know bill gates was the mouse so bill gates being that position he was a scheming you know strategic guy and he managed to work his company up despite the fact that the giants of the personal computer business apple and to some extent in i.b.m. were giants and he had to get his software on to them in order to grow his company . i.b.m. the computer hardware giant soon entered the new personal computer market but computing was a nothing without software so i.b.m. known as big blue turns to bill gates who seizes the opportunity and in one thousand nine hundred eighty signs of a lucrative contract with i.b.m. his new computer operating system would run on all i.b.m. p.c.'s and most dos is the backbone of the p.c. and it makes the computer easier to use. the smartest thing he did maybe the smartest thing he ever did in the computer business was that he got i.b.m. to sign a deal that gave him a one time payment i don't allow him to license it other people who might clone i b m's peacey. i b.m. did not really think anybody else was in a successfully clone t

good morning, everyone. >> bill: happy friday. i'm bill hemmer. at the moment sources on the hill are telling fox news expect a shutdown to begin this weekend. senate democrats demanding a deal on immigration ready to block a short term spending bill that had been passed by the house late last night but republicans in the senate cannot get this done unless they get democratic votes. at least three republicans say they'll vote know. 13 democrats may be needed to avoid the shutdown. as expected in washington, both sides are pointing fingers. >> i'm going to be brief. senator schumer, do not shut down the federal government. do not jeopardize funding for our military and for our national security. do not jeopardize funding for the children's health insurance program. >> this is the fourth cr that we have done and accomplished nothing. we have to sit down together and solve this with the president or without. >> bill: white house legislative director marc short is in the middle of all this. first mike emanuel on the hill to tell us where we are now. >

to support the underlying bill. the bill i think strikes a balance. americans cherish and strongly want to us protect their privacy. we agree on that. i think this bill threads the needle. the underlying bill protects our fourth amendment through the fisa process, through this improved effort. we know we live in a dangerous americans cherish and strongly want world. terrorism is a constant threat that we all clearly understand. when we take our oath of office, we swear to protect and defend our nation from all enemies, foreign and domestic. i believe this underlying bill does that with increased transparency. clearly it's not perfect. we never vote on any perfect legislation. but this is an improved piece of legislation. the amendment is an overreach and wrong direction. i urge my colleagues to support the underlying bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. amash: mr. speaker, i yield two mi

this bill is a dangerous bill. and i urge you to protect my patient's access to care and reject this gross interference in the patient-physician relationship. end quote. mr. speaker, without a doubt the whole idea ofhis bill is a politicalssue. but the idea of what the administration did this morning to completely negate this bill we're debating right now is irony that's just too delicious to miss. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentlewoman from wyoming is recognized. ms. cheney: mr. speaker, i had'd like to yield three minutes to one of the strongest, most honorable and admirable defenders of life in this body, my friend, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. mr. smith: i thank my good friend for yielding. mr. speaker, doctors today routinely diagnose and treat a myriad of illnesses and diseases suffered by society's littlest patients, unborn babies

you are looking refreshed. >> bill: for the moment. i'm bill hemmer. good morning and thank you for being with us. republican and democratic leadership from both the house and senate meeting today with the white house legislative director mark short and budget director mick mulvaney. to figure out what can be done with a long list of issues in 2018. spending, averting a government shutdown. kellyanne conway mapped it out last hour on "america's newsroom." >> this should be an historic year on immigration. a question for republicans and democrats together. this president won in part by taking a tough stand against illegal immigrants just coming over the border. >> sandra: mike emanuel is live on capitol hill for us now. mike, what are expectations going into this big meeting on the hill today? >> good morning. key white house officials meeting with the top four leaders on capitol hill with spending levels for the next couple of years front and center facing a january 19th deadline for a government funding extension. so you are looking at speaker paul ry

from the judiciary committee bill that we reported which was a good bill. i now yield -- i now yield one minute to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this bill. supporters of this bill have called it reform. this is not reform. it's a massive expansion of the government's ability to deprive the lives of innocent people. if you need proof, look at the bill's section 702 which is supposed to offer spying on foreign adversaries but has embolden some law enforcement to collect and read private communications of american citizens without a warrant. instead of curbing these practices, s. 139 would codify and expand some of the most abusive surveillance practices in recent years including about collection and back door searches. there is no one more important responsibility that we have than keeping the american people safe, but we have to do it in a way that's consistent with our values and our constitution. this

all bills don't take 60 members just to debate the bill. because once -- i'm a believer that once you got these bills started and once you started debating them and once members got to see that their own amendment wasn't nearly as popular as they thought it might be, that we would then get to the final vote, we'd pass a bill, maybe a package of a couple of bills, the house would do the same. we'd have a conference. it would go to the president's desk. he'd sign those bills and that part of the package is funded for the next year. for year after year where virtually nothing is funded on december 30 for the october 1 fiscal year. and here we are january 21 already still talking about work that should have been completed in september, it is unacceptable. if we can't see this moment where we're debating two big issues that everybody agrees on the component parts of both of those big issues, if we can't see this as a moment where we need to fundamentally change how we get this work done, we may have lost the constitutional responsibility that th

bill. you know i saw the documentary you know i think i think maybe maybe i shouldn't have said that publicly about about having no tastes and and bill said well thank you steve you know our really want to thank you for doing that i think you went too far and then bill said and then steve said but it's true you know you thousand. i think i should've said it publicly but you know it's true and bill said steve i may have a taste but you said my whole company has those days. after the failure of next and by the success of his wife bill gates jobs gets back on his feet by investing in pixar a computer animation film company that would become a good mine and as usual he takes food credit for it. but when i first met ed catmull who ran the computer division of lucas film who i founded pixar with we did it together. ed showed me what they were working on and i was i was blown away in the graphics were you know years beyond anything i'd ever seen before and he told me of his dream to make the first

and explain parts of the bill. there are further ongoing negotiations so hopefully they'll look at that bill and the strong, bipartisan support it has, and work with us in convincing republican leadership to allow a vote on a dreamer fix. the sole impediment to a fix for the daca recipients to date has been the republican leadership's unwillingness to put a bill on the floor for a vote. give us that vote. hat's what we're asking. >> if a daca fix were paired with the visa lottery would you guys support that? ms. sanchez: we think the simplest path is a narrow path that focuses solely on dream wers the border security element this eareas in which we cannot agree, because there's not consensus, we feel we should save for a second phase of discussion on more comprehensive immigration solution. we are focus odden a narrow group of people with a narrow solution. sometimes simplicity is best. we are saying give us a vote on a dreamer fix, which the president says he wants which clearly a majority of the congress wants, g

>> bill: keep watching. that's where it leads us. >> sandra: a lot of big guests coming on we'll ask of that. president trump's relationship with the media has been contentious fair to say at times. >> since you are attacking our news organization can you give us a chance. >> not you. >> can you give us a question? can you give us a question? >> i won't give you a question. you are fake news. >> sandra: well, the president is now out with his long-promised fake news awards. howie kurtz is on deck with all that plus there's this. >> there is no evidence of collusion between donald trump and the russians, between the trump campaign and the russians, even between frankly between hangers on and wanna bes on the campaign. >> bill: trey gowdy's position is quite clear. no evidence of collusion saying no evidence has surfaced at this point. we'll talk about that and a lot more with alan dershowitz to answer the tough legal questions next. >> sandra: also it has been a scary flu season and continues to be so. 49 dea

thanks, bill. no, you're bill. i'm tom. you know what? no one cares. >>> it compromises a lot of non-essential work and workers. it's all up to the senate. the house approved a short term spending bill. to avert a shut down. this is a situation that cries out for leadership. someone to bring the sides together. they're all the factions and couples going on. on one level, that's a good thing. it is good to see people working together on both sides of the aisle. we're seeing it. right now they need bigger influence. there is none. president trump leader of the gop has arguably only made the job harder. for his party. he started gumming up the works last week. you remember the by partisan group the meeting with e fwet to watch it in realtime. he said i will pass whatever you guys bring me if you agree. do you remember that? all right. then here it is. i will sign what happens? two days later his golf buddy lindsey graham and durbin come show him a bill. no he says i'm not going to do it. durbin says they were sandbagged. then what happens. t

unlike the original house intelligence bill, which i oppose, this bill does not include language that would have likely expanded the universe of fisa targets were -- as i mentioned before -- rguments of -- somebody tell the president and -- excuse me -- gives me great pride in our caucus if could you have heard the beautiful debate between mr. nadler and mr. -- excuse me -- mr. schiff on this subject. we are not that far apart. i think that the motion to recommit addresses most of the current concerns we have been getting from the outside groups and communities who are dedicated -- whose organize purpose is to protect the civil liberties of the american people. but, again, with great respect for everyone's opinions and whatever they have put forth, again, saluting our men and women in the intelligence community for the work that they do, we want to be sure we strengthen their hand in terms of protecting the national security of our country which is our first responsibility. keep the american people safe. and as we do so to honor our oath of office to the constitution, to honor the pri

the house passed a clean bill, a bipartisan majority in the senate voted to pass that clean bill, but senate democrats shut it down. we were told that it was about immigration, but republicans always said that we would sit at the table. we already were at the table every single day before the shutdown, negotiating in good faith. despite this political drama -- >> the house is not in order. the house will come to order! members will remove themselves from the aisles, remove their conversations from the house. the house will come to order! members will remove their conversations from the house and clear the aisles. the gentleman from california is recognized. >> we were told this was about immigration, but republicans already said that we would sit at the table. we already were at the table every single day before this shutdown, negotiating in good faith. despite this political drama, i remain eager to get back to the table and put this all behind us. so i must ask, what was gained here at the expense of the american people? what was gained at the expense of our nation's reputation as a

. >> bill: okay. it's a lot. can you get it done? >> look, any time you touch immigration and you try to deal with the border and immigration it is a very, very difficult deal. but the difference is this. unlike president obama, we have a commander-in-chief who is all in who made that clear yesterday that he is all behind these efforts. he wants it to be bipartisan, we're going to introduce a more conservative republican bill but the difference today is the political will in the white house to get this thing done and therefore i am optimistic. >> bill: one more question on this meeting. you are saying the television cameras had no effect on how you behaved or what you said or how others reacted or what they said. and just to put a fine point on it, is this the way the president conducts every meeting he has? >> no, he doesn't. i was -- usually the cameras come in for five minutes and then they leave and there is a candid discussion. i was quite surprised the cameras stayed there for an hour. >> bill:

students will be treated the same in the bill. that is what our country is founded on, treating people the same. michelle: i wanted to ask you a broader question about the current state of higher education. you and some republican colleagues have said you feel like these institutions are increasingly failing students and that public opinion has started to turn against them. people have pointed to tax legislation that you just past. -- passed. there was going to be a tax on graduate students, and the aid that they received. how do you feel like those institutions of higher education can address the lagging public support that they have? rep. foxx: well, much of it will be up to them and probably somewhat related to the students they are serving, the community they are in. i know when i was the community college president, i told faculty our middle name is community. that is what we are here for, to serve our community. i went out to the community and asked, what is it you need us to do? i talked to the business community. that was

students will be treated the same in the bill. that is what our country is founded on, treating people the same. i wanted to ask you a broader question about the current state of higher education. you and some republican colleagues have said you feel like institutions are increasingly failing students and that public opinion has started to turn against them. people have pointed to tax legislation that you just past. there was going to be a tax on graduate students, and the aid that they received. those you feel like institutions of higher education can interest the lacking public support that they have? rep. foxx: well, much of it will be a touch -- up to them and tobably, somewhat related the students they are serving, the community they are in. i know when i was the community college president, i told faculty our middle name is community. that is what we are here for, to serve our community. i went out to the community and asked what is it you need us to do? i talked to the business community and that was 18 years old when i wen

they did not write the bill in secret, they wrote, rewrote, and rewrote the bill in secret. then they rolled it out on the floor for the vote. democrats have great ideas about how we can do this message. we had a list of amendments that we put forward that i think would make you proud. ideas about how we can empower working people and middle-class wage earners to do what they do even better and in turn that would help our economy. and we could do it without growing the national debt. and nobody really mentioned this, and also kick 13 million people off health care and make sure everybody else's health care is up 10%. this was truly a nasty, evil thing that they have done. what happened to that proposal? >> it went nowhere. mr. thompson: you were talking about how they have their ideas and how terrible they are and what it does to blue areas. i just want to tell you one thing that happened to the tax bill when it left the house. the house republicans wrote in their tax bill that if you had a casualty loss, for instance, if 8000 homes in your district burned down, you could no

it's a bill that has funding for the government, and it has bills that members of both parties say that they like. it has an extension for the children's health insurance program, it has a repeal of the obamacare taxes. it's a bill that democrats are opposing, even though they oppose what's in it. i had no idea that democrats in the senate are dysfunctional. i had no idea it had gotten that bad with democrats in the senate. >> you used to be congressman mulvaney and you're not going to get out of here without one more clip from 2015 when you were supporting the government shutdown. >> john boehner said today we fought for something but we just didn't win. >> when you sfilgt for something that's important, then the fight is going to be worth it. if you stand up for what you believe in, you'll be on the right side of everything. >> aren't the democrats doing that? you're actual right, this was right in the middle of that 2013 shutdown. we were voting against a bill that we did not like in 2013, the 2013, that i just described as having a chip component in it. in 2013, there was a bill tha

good morning to you, bill. >> good morning. i'm bill hemmer. many top republicans now expressing deep reservations about what was happening at the heart of this great american institution, the f.b.i. pointing to so-called deep state efforts within the government to resist and undermine the president. apparently getting underway within 24 hours of his election. the evidence uncovered in text messages between leading f.b.i. officials who worked on robert mueller's russia matter. senator ron johnson just confirming last hour here on "america's newsroom" at least one informant revealing high-level officials at the f.b.i. were meeting at these off-site out of public meetings. >> i have heard from somebody who has talked to our committee, that there is a group of individuals in the f.b.i. that were holding secret off-site meetings. again, the strzok and page calling it a certain term. i'm saying off-site meetings. >> sandra: mike emanuel on capitol hill for us this morning. good morning, mike. what more are people there saying about these latest reve

reauthorization bill. came out against the bill. his administration had endorsed not 24 hours earlier. what was your reaction to that and what does that say about the grasp of thehis policies he's promoting? >> this is the dangerous aspect of this presidency. reliable inused, many respects leadership, which much onits views pretty a dime from time to time. in this case, the president with the administration sent down a statement of administrative policy, supporting the intel recommended bill to revise section 702 of the foreign intelligence act. sometime this morning, the president sent down a tweet or send a tweet out, which appeared to contradict that statement of the ministers of policy and oppose the legislation that was under consideration. later, the president we would be foolish not to support this bill. be smart, pass this bill. it's a very troubling aspect of this presidency, because i only do we rely on in this country, and our allies around the world rely on some degree of stability -- i say som

this will be a bill of love, truly, a bill of love, and we can do this. it also has to be a bill where ourwe areto sur border. drugs are pouring in at a record pace peter a lot of people coming in that we cannot have. fewer people are trying to come in. tremendous numbers of people and drugs pouring into our country. needder to secure it, we to close enforcement loopholes, give immigration offices, and these are tremendous people. the border security agents, the ice agents. we have to give them the equipment they need. we have to close loopholes. a strong include amount of different things for border security. everyone on their own would agree to that. buts a question of amounts, everyone agrees we had to have border security. i don't think it would be anyone who says no. it has to be a bill to end chain migration. chain migration is ringing and many, many people with one. and often, it does not work out very well. those many people are not doing us right. a lot of people in the room -- i'm not sure if i can speak for everybody. a lot of people in the roo

bill: acted is needed. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you, bill. bill: we have a lot more chasing news coming up for you, stay tuned. bill: welcome back to "chasing news," i'm bill spadea, as you can see and hear celebration of new governor is underway at metlife stadium, there are a lot of questions as 56 governor gets ready to start day one on wednesday morning. you know we heard a lot during his speech about donald trump. about offshore drilling and daca. but we did not hear about new jersey affordability, education funding taxes, all the things that matter to average working and middle class new jerseyians, is governor murphy starting the year in a campaign for president in 2020? or is he going to roll up his sleeves and get to work to fix new jersey transit and make new jersey more affordable again. those questions remain, we'll see. he started off today with an executive order about equal pay for state workers, already we know his priority are not with working and middle class new jersey. we will give him benefit of the doubt and see where it

. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer, good morning. lewandowski's appearance coming one day after steve bannon refused to answer some of their questions claiming executive privilege. trey gowdy on "america's newsroom" not too happy with that disposition said this. >> keep in mind the president and some of his sporters to hurry & conclude the investigation. so do i. instruct witnesses to answer our questions instead of going through the charade of executive privilege. >> sandra: what have you learned about yesterday's testimony, that lengthy one by bannon? >> late yesterday the senior democrat on the house intelligence committee adam schiff called out steve bannon who spent all day on capitol hill in front of their committee. bannon's attorney told lawmakers the white house directed him not to answer questions about his time in the white house or during the transition. schiff said the move is silencing bannon and protecting the white house. >> this was effectively a gag order by the white house preventing this witness from answering alm

bill. you know i saw the documentary you know i think i think maybe maybe i shouldn't have said that publicly about about having no tastes and and bill said well thank you steve you know our really want to thank you for doing that i think you went too far and then bill said and then steve said but it's true you know you have notes. i think i should have said it publicly but you know it's true and bill said steve i may have a taste but you said my whole company as though it's case. after the failure of next and by the success of his rival bill gates jobs gets back on his feet by investing in pixar a computer animation film company that would become a goold mine and as usual he takes food credit for it. but when i first met ed catmull who ran the computer division of lucas film who i founded pixar with we did it together. and showed me what they were working on and i was i was blown away in the graphics were you know years beyond anything i'd ever seen before and he told me of his dream to ma

against the fuel bill, the fuel bill against the grocery bill. mr. president, i have to say that there was present effective of time in the last congress to carry out the priorities of the multinational corporations. the people who are well connected, the people who are powerful. they got permanent substantial, really massive new tax breaks, and yet the nine million kids, including 80,000 in my home state who count on chip to stay healthy, what they got was a patch. they got something temporary. they got something that didn't resemble the permanent. you can count on a tax relief that the multinational corporations were celebrating at the end of the year. a sad statement about the priorities the congress at the end of last year, and one that i hope we will move now in the bipartisan tradition of this congress. in the bipartisan tradition, excuse me, of this program to pass on a permanent basis. the chip program was created in 1997 through a simple idea. no child, regardless of their income, family status, or geography should go without quality, af

they don't oppose anything in the bill, but they are opposing the bill. i just want to let everybody know that we don't want this. we do not want to shutdown, but if mr. schumer insists on it, he is in a position to force this on the american people. omb perspective because we are involved in managing a shutdown, it will look different than it did under the previous administration. one of the things i've learned since i've been in this office is that there is no other way to describe it, but the obama demonstration weaponize the shutdown in 2013. what they didn't tell you is they didn't encourage agencies to forward funds nor did they encourage agencies to use transfer of authority. they could have made the shutdown in 2013 much less impactful, but they chose to make it worse. the only conclusion i can draw is that they did it for political purposes. it will look different this time around. we also take questions about specifics on that. mark short is here and then we will take your questions for a few minutes. mr. short: thank you all for your time this

[video clip] ♪ i'm a bill just a bill i'm stuck on capitol hill a few key congressmen debate will the nation let me be a law i hope and pray that they will but today i am still just a ill ♪ host: you remember that? guest: i do remember that. that's probably the extent of my knowledge when i came to washington about politics. i thought it was helpful. host: i played this because that's not the way the process is working today. guest: no, it's far more complicated. i have a lot of friends who are not washington insiders who are saying, what is going on to get through this complicated prosofse attaching passed stuff, how does it get passed, and ping-ponged back between the house and senate. those were simpler times. host: will it change in the mid-term election? guest: i don't think so. there are members pushing for reforms for an open process, certainly in the house, whether it's democrats or the republicans, the majority usually limits amendments so they can drive home their agenda. i don't think so. i think the only chance for reforms to the process, and it is kind of a crazy proces

said be smart, past this bill. -- pass this bill. that is very troubling. our allies around the world depend on some degree of stability, period, in the administration and stability of knowing where the administration arewhat policies and they pursuing, and what advice they are giving. have that changing from for to hour, it is not good our country, our allies, for international stability. >> steny hoyer is our guest this week on "newsmakers." he talks about what is ahead in congress this year, outlook for democrats taking over the house this year, and congress' relationship with president trump. 10:00 a.m. andat 6:00 p.m. on c-span. congress returns to capitol hill on tuesday facing a government shutdown deadline a week from today. will consider an abortion bill. the senate will consider next week the house-past bill -- house-passed bill reauthorizing the fisa act. see the house on c-span. see the house on c-span2. >> this week, the supreme court heard the argument of voting rights. r the argument tonight on c-span, online at www.c-

. >> bill: indeed. thank you, mike emanuel watching that for us today on the hill >> sandra: jason chaffetz joins us now. i want to start with the senate judiciary committee and the secretary of homeland security. she was in the meeting last week. this is chuck grassley chairman of the committee before she sits down to give her comments this morning, her opening comments and then questions. but congressman chaffetz, if you could weigh in on your expectations from her testimony this morning. >> somebody will try to play gotcha to see what the president said or didn't say in the white house. she won't take the bait. they will then get into a discussion about immigration and what they need to do but front and center will be the drill, the alert that went out in hawaii, what was homeland security's role and what will they do moving forward? she is a real pro and she will be just fine in this hearing. >> sandra: whether or not she heard particular words used in the oval office meeting. we saw her over the we

bill. that they gave to her returning veteran. >> with hw bush on the 200th anniversary of the bill of rights and then one of those big institutions is the supreme court and the decision to strike down in the barnett case. with those first amendment opinions with that constitutional constellation. and so tell us about the particular role and how that came to be acceptable and why that transformed the architecture. >> the supreme court hardly ever mentioned the bill of rights in the way that you didn't understand it. but in the 40s they talk about that a lot so now the first case that the bill of rights was referred to me that the court upheld mandatory flag filling. a couple of years later the reverse deposition in another opinion so what is critical to be a touchstone the exercise of judicial review and a way to legitimize because after the new deal there was considerable controversy they needed a new way to explain or justify they are just not striking down things we think are wrong but t

and bill clinton jumped out and came over. and he started telling us this story of being in love with hillary. jim said, "this is for real, because he never talks about anybody like that." >> they became friends with the clintons, and so jim got the clintons to invest with him on a couple of little things. and then they came up with the whitewater estates. >> jim was always looking for property. and then we would go in and talk to the professionals in the area. and that would be chris wade and rosalee wade. >> the wades ran a small mom-and-pop operation in the foothills of the ozark mountains. >> they just came to our real-estate office and said that they were interested in developing property. >> in 1978, chris wade offered jim a piece of undeveloped land in marion county -- price tag of $203,000. >> it was just some land on the bluff overlooking the white river. >> and he said, "let's just drive up and take a look at it." >> jim and susan fell in lovewi. >> we get there, and there's water running through it. and the trees we

finally, a word on the republican tax bill. republicans promised that the massive corporate tax cut they passed would unleash unprecedented economic growth, raise wages and boost jobs. we have evidence that big corporations are not turning their new tax cut into jobs for the middle class. there's a lot -- there was a lot hoopla when at&t said they would have bonuses. you know what they did at the same time? they announced plans to fire thousands of workers starting early this year despite the tax cut. macy's announced it would cut 5,000 jobs despite the tax cut. kimberly clark plans to cut 10,000 jobs and close plants saying that the tax bill gave them flexibility to do this. care yes a company the -- carrier continues to bleed jobs. they are a met for. -- metaphor. the condition of the american worker is not getting better. meanwhile, what are most companies doing, so many of them, with these massive tax breaks they got? they are announcing stock buybacks. that benefits the c.e.o. it raises their stock and doesn't help anybody

against the rent bill. i look forward to my colleague from michigan closing this part of the debate. i want to thank her and note that the eloquent speakers on this topic have years and years of expertise. our senator carper, he got held up with another member of the finance committee who was with bill clinton when they really were part of launching this whole effort, so i'm very grateful to my finance committee colleagues. i look forward to the motion to be made by the distinguished senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. before offering a motion, i first want to thank our ranking member from oregon who is -- is so dedicated, so passionate, so smart, he is working tirelessly every day. it's such a pleasure to serve with him as someone who has such a distinguished career of fighting for middle-class families, working people, for the right kinds of things. he came from his work working with the gray panthers

it's an important bill. and i hope people have seen that having spent a lot of time on these issues over the years, i think we really need to have more time spent on this floor getting a chance to debate these issues, have senators of both parties working in good faith, working towards constructive solutions. i think support for what we sought last night, which is a real debate and real solutions and actual amendments. i think more and more americans are coming around to seeing that's the way to proceed because americans aren't going to buy the idea, well, we'll just say you have got to give up some of your liberty to have security. ben franklin said it really well. if anybody gives up their liberty to have security, they really don't deserve either. what we need are smart policies. that's why i talked about encryption. song encryption makes us safer. it also protects our liberty. that's why i outlined some of the deep flaws in this bill. i'm telling you, i think this bill puts on track fast track, going bac

to support the underlying bill. the bill i think strikes a balance. americans cherish and strongly want to us protect their privacy. we agree on that. i think this bill threads the needle. the underlying bill protects our fourth amendment through the fisa process, through this improved effort. we know we live in a dangerous americans cherish and strongly want world. terrorism is a constant threat that we all clearly understand. when we take our oath of office, we swear to protect and defend our nation from all enemies, foreign and domestic. i believe this underlying bill does that with increased transparency. clearly it's not perfect. we never vote on any perfect legislation. but this is an improved piece of legislation. the amendment is an overreach and wrong direction. i urge my colleagues to support the underlying bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. amash: mr. speaker, i yield two mi

this should be a bipartisan bill. this should be a bill of love, truly. we can do that. it also has to be a bill where we're able to secure our border. drugs are pouring into our country at a record pace. we've greatly stiffened, as you know, and fewer people are trying to come in. but we have tremendous numbers of people and drugs pouring into our country. so in order to secure it, we need a wall, we need closing enforcement -- we have to close enforcement loopholes. give immigration officers -- and these are tremendous people -- the border security agents, the i.c.e. agents. we have to give them the equipment they need. we have to close loopholes. this really does includes a very strong amount of different things for border security. i think everybody in the room would agree to that. it's a question of amounts. but i think everyone agrees we have to have border security. i don't think there would be anybody that says no. second, it has to be a bill to end chain migration. chain migration is bringing in many, many people with one. and often it doesn't work out very well

the house bill and senate bill are so widely different and so far apart. there's pressure for the leadership in the gop to get the house bill sponsored primarily from the house judiciary committee and put it to the floor and vote. everybody's got to know it's d.o.a. in the senate. >> it's a challenge to leadership. here we're talking about mitch mcconnell in specific and what he's willing to do. if he brings it and loses it and you see there's about four republicans not voting for the bill, it creates a whole dynamic. he'd rather have the bill fail with his voting for it to bring back as he chooses but wants to bring it to the floor on his conditions with his understanding of what is possible. he wants to remain in control of that political dynamic. now, let me just say in response to what congressman chaifetz said i'm thinking back to the last opportunity the gang of eight in the senate with a bipartisan immigration bill. that bail -- bill went nowhere and got defeat house republicans who talked about am nesty and the like. now, coming forward we had pres

there is no such requirement in this bill. reject this unfair and unbalanced bill. i ask unanimous consent that the opinion from the international labor office organization being incloo -- be included in this record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. schakowsky: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from virginia reserve. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of s. 140 and yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the tribal labor sovereignty act, a provision in the pending legislation that will end the national labor relations board's alarming overreach into businesses erated on sovereign tribal lands. mr. walberg: in march of 2017, the subcommittee on health, employment, labor, and pensions, which i have the privilege of chairing, held a heerning this legislation and heard from native mesh business leaders on how the nlrb's arbitrary use of i

there is a looming government shutdowns that by friday midnight if congress hasn't passed a spending bill, it's possible that the government code shuts down and that would be a big mistake. government shutdowns do not make sense.ow we have w legislation called and government shutdown that says when congress doesn't do their bills on time, which is never or rarely that there should not be a shutdown but rather continue to spend from the previous year to get the appropriationso committee and the congress and senate to get the job done but t let's not shut down government. it doesn't help us as taxpayers because we end up coming back and paying people creating more costs so i would hope we are not even talking about that, but in the so-called continuing resolution which is a short terms pending bill that again is the best wayn to govern but it's what the choice is good in the resolution to keep the government from shutting down there is also going to be something that is ry good for.com three. shutting down doesn't make sense but number two, the short-term spending bill that we do pass inclu

bill. and yet, it evidences clinton's firm belief, deeply held belief people, when given a chance to get the tools they need. they want to work, they want to succeed, they want to provide for their families. having had the good fortune of traveling traveling around this country on many a campaign, i've really come to see that it's an enormously wonderful , interesting, diverse country. yet everybody wants the same things for their families, communities, themselves. it is mind mind-boggling to me that if we want the schools, all those things we work so hard on, why is it so hard to reach that compromise. that's the other piece. it's quite easy to promise everything in a speech if you have no idea about how to deliver it. i'm sick and tired of so many folks out there who diminish or dismiss pragmatism and compromise. trust me, governing was not easy. we wereare reform bill, also in the context of politics. 1994 had proposition 187 out of california. it's hugely anti-immigrant proposition 209

no ability to change this bill. there are other things on here to theanted to yield senator and congress brown. chris: thank you for bringing us together here this morning. thank you for your leadership. thank you congressman brown for your leadership and for hitting the ground running. we were successful together at stopping the effort earlier last year to totally repeal the affordable care act which would have done incredible damage to the health care system throughout the country and here in maryland. indicated, andn spite of our best efforts, we were not able to stop this atrocious tax plan which is also going to do great harm to people throughout the country. thank you for the introductory remarks. this county has been a great engine for opportunity and a great job creator. thank you to everyone on the team. we are pleased that we succeeded in getting federal funding for the purple line. we try every day to bring the fbi here to this county. we are an incredible national example of how people from all different