anything. everybody is worried about what is coming next. in order to stem the spread of the virus, governments and companies and individuals are going to take measures that create more damage. how fast the virus spreads is the most important economic indicator. host: we would like to thank michael regan for being with us this morning. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up sunday morning, conservative activist earnie robinson discusses his book. how black americans will reelect trump. then we will talk about campaign 2020 and the democratic primary contests. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion.

mike lillis is joining us. says surveillance deal elusive and deadline looms, what are these provisions and what does congress have to do to make sure they don't expire? this is always a tough issue for congress, they tried to get it done in december and cannot reach any deals. they kept it until the 15th of this month and still have not reached any deals. it is crunch time and everybody is getting anxious as to what this deal may or may not be and what the provisions are going to be. it's one of those very strange fights because it puts these strange alliances together. liberal supporters of civil liberties siding with conservative libertarians over in the senate.

they want reforms to restrict the fbi's powers of surveillance over u.s. citizens, then you more moderates and more institutional, mitch mcconnell is one of those, attorney general william barr is another one and they just like the fbi surveillance powers intact. expand the role as it is, and arr to make any tweaks internally inside the justice department. the attorney general was on capitol hill in the past week talking to lawmakers. is his position the administration's position? in other words, just reauthorize those positions and make changes as you mentioned? mike: where does the president stand? trump tweeted and said we cannot do that. i want reform. no one really knows where trump

stands with his own attorney general. what is the final product going to look like? that is what has people scratching our heads. theourse this goes back to robert mueller investigation and the fbi wiretaps trump's former campaign adviser carter page, which really angered the president and that's why he wants reform. whether or not he can assign something that does not provide these new restrictions is really the wildcard in this debate. like trump is a wildcard and a lot of these debates. >> the war powers act that passed last month in the senate what is the 55-45, purpose of the resolution, how is it expected to fare in the u.s. house? mike: it is expected to pass in the house next week.

promise thishas will come to the floor and it will pass. the house had already passed a version of this back in january. it was one of the first things the house did after the holidays. it passed very easily. the difference being that that was because of a procedural maneuver that the house did. that would not have gone to the president's desk and this would go to the president's desk. it has come back to the house of they can pass it. again, it is expected to pass easily and there would be a handful of republicans to support it. mostly the democrats will get this across the line and then it will go to trump's desk and he will veto it. the is a response to january 3 drone strike against the top iranian general in baghdad. congress was really up and arms. members of both parties was up in arms that the administration

had not come to congress and given forewarning. they are trying to flex their muscles and say, listen, the constitution says the congress -- congress shall declare war and this resolution reminds the president of that. even though this goes to his desk and they cannot have power to overturn a veto. build he did sign was the $8.3 billion emergency spending measure to adjust the coronavirus outbreak. what else can we expect from congress in terms of key hearings or potential legislation on coronavirus in the coming weeks? mike: i think you will hear a ton of things. his whole past week on capitol hill was just monopolized by coronavirus and administration officials coming up every day and briefing members of both chambers. both an open hearings and behind closed doors about the latest developments. just because the lingering

uncertainty, how widespread is it, when will the test kits go out, how many will go out, where will they go out, who will pay for it? scrambling to see how this thing evolves and how serious it is. until those questions are answered there will be a lot of activity on the front of lawmakers going to the white house and health officials coming to congress. the $8.3 billion, which passed very quickly this week, supported by members of old chambers and trump signed it, but nancy pelosi is saying this is just the first step as the cases are getting more quantitative analysis. we will have to come back and get more funding depending on the severity of the crisis. this thing is not going to go away for a little while. you are seeing all of the economic news and that will heighten the scramble up there

in congress. lis covers congress for the hill. thank you so much. mike: thank you for having me. >> newsmakers interview the top republican on the house select committee on the climate crisis. louisiana,ative of here he talks about whether gop members will join democrats in letting a joint climate report for the congress. graves: you heard folks a winning till and a all fossil fuels. i don't think the data shows the right approach would be contrary to the very objective with the climate advocates out there talking about it. be annly i think it would terms of employment, in terms of trade deficit, in terms of wages and opportunities for americans. areas wheresolutely

we have bipartisan consensus and we are excited about working together and building some of this success we have made in recent years. other areas where they are very concerned about some of the statements we have heard from some leaders that i think would be very dangerous to the united states. we are making sure that we are pulling together our thoughts and whether we can incorporate into the main report, or have it as a sort of alternative report. we are not sure yet and we will have to work together with members on both sides of the aisle of the committee. this sounds a little bit more like an energy efficiency bill rather than a climate bill. in talking about that i was wondering if you could say difficultybout the of having a climate bill when the president has declared the whole issue a hoax? [video clip] rep. graves: let's beat -- rep. graves: let's be clear, this is

a report or strategy. i think that would be a fundamental mistake to separate the two or try to separate the two. when you look at the greatest success in reducing emissions, not just in the united states but around the globe, it is actually a result of to cleaner fossil fuel technology. i will say that again, because it is something that may seem counterintuitive to folks. but is actually clearly supported by fact. the greatest emissions reduction that we have had around the globe has been a result of transitioning to cleaner fossil fuels. >> you can watch the entire representativea from oez and is sunday on newsmakers at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. it is available on c-span.org or on our radio app.

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