politics. atever the issue, wve was gle, john lewis' consistent, keep your eyes on the prize, never give up d never give in. legacy forward. his sug rights, that respects the people and struggle.le and we will keep marchingzt our back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, thehair declares the house until 10:00 a.m. today. host: jake sherrman from "politico" reporting off twitter saying that mark meadows with the steve treasury secry,l hillo

meet with senate majority leader. theen senate republins and white house on their covid relief bill. no agreement yet. the bill is supposed to beqy th. lisa from the associated pressh security payroll taxes as re trillion rescue package on thursday. opposition among allies. fox news follows up with back and forth with mr. mnuchin about the payroll tax saying, when asked if that oposal had a payroll tax cut, he replied, que,ot. focused onting money to woers right now. the payroll tax takes time so we'll come back and look at that. back in we want thoughts on a question we considered earlier about the house voting from political political and the campus. if you support or oppose at id. 202-748-8000. it,

ia sites available as 1. contributes two statuesople of to the national statuary hall with contributions ranging revolutionary war hero, helen keller. the bill specifically mentionsr calhoun, and clark whom it a ma segregation. the bill also calls for removal of a bust of former supreme court chief justice, roger taney, who wrote the infamous 1857ch declared slaves were not citizens and did not have the right to sue. that to)! place on the house. debate leading up to this vote whh 70-plus republi&qns supported. here's what california representative tom mcclintock had to say aut the tok: i have o

problems with honors this rebellion. that's not what this bill by ree bust of from the old supreme court the absolutely worst decision ever rendered by the supreme court, the dred scott decision. he also in of its better decisi the am mistad if we remove memorials to every pers in this build made a bad decision, his was the worst, this would be a very barren place, indeed. it's only the bad things in our history that we can use to measure all of the good things in our history. this bill also of confederate sympathizers sent to the capitol by the states. that's not our decision that. is a decision that has always belonged to the individual states and several of them are

already ming these decisions. we should let them. the only other is johnidge of ks honored not for his service to the confedevcy but r vice presf the united states. and granted, we have had some absolutely terrible vice presidents through our history, and i'm sure we will in the future. but if we are going to start down that road, we are going to be swapping out statues like trading cards at the whim of the moment. host: that was california's mcintock who talked about the legislation. someone also giving commentrom yester was mississippi representative bennie thompson. mr. thompson: it is fitting and proper that those individuals who fought to keep of our ancestors enslaved should not have to be recognized in a place

where people who do good expect to be recognid. this is no erasing history, it is a way of correcting history so that those people who come and see it will see it in a manner for which it's presented. so at the endf hope we all will be on the same is not your color, it isyour rat we have to stand for something. our values should mean something as americans. and so this bill e db'at america stands for. jus weshould not recognize in r are together. traitors have a place, but not

in of honor. host: now to your thoughts on the issue. alabama on our oppose line, good morning. caller: yes, sir. thank you for having me. i think that some of the statues should be replaced, but at the same time a special place there in d.c., a special museum there. if they are ing they have to re all, starting with george washington because he was a slave owner. jefferson was a sla jewish people bought the slaves from earlier african tribes and brought them here to this country. i do not think they should have been treated as slaves. i think they should have been treated and given an educati tas humans tstart with. there should never have been slavery. that's just the way it is. host: ok. we'll hear fm brenda, dayton, ohio, on the oppose line. go ahead.

caller: i oppose. host: why? caller: because i believe our statues that are in place are perfect as they are. if everybody knew their history they were no different. host: ok. that's brenda from dayton. christopher on f in congress no matter their should stay, if the statues are confederate sympathizers or soldiers then out they go. muriel strand says, like flags and statues removing statues is symbolic. i would rather talk about reparations, economic li and social and ecological suainability. kimberly williams says that she supports it. losers shouldn't get participation trophies. traitors should never have had statues in the capitol. marcela saying they are part of some dark days and nights in american history. put them in a museum, not a place of honor.

only as history was written. linda next, from knoxville, iowa. caller: i owe tose it -- i oppose it because i'm tired of everything being replaced. we need to get back to learning in the schools about the history of these people. we do not need to tear everything down. let's go back to a world where we are in love with our country nstead of such hate. katherine in die yana, texas, good rning. also -- diana, texas, good morning. also on the oppose line. caller: i don't feel like they should be tearingb anything do. a history. it's something that they could look back on and say, well,: ts is what happened back then. and it's just a long time story. host: jimmy in florida, on our ppjimmy, good morning.

caller: i'm for getting rid of all the statues, confederate sympathizers, i'm also for getting rid of the statue of abraham lincoln because he also enslaved the indians when he ordered them to be removed from nebraska and sent to reservation in oklahoma. i don't think we should have statues of anybody anywhere. in again the house cominba in about six minutes. make your thoughts known on what you think about this move by st. 202-748-8000 if you support it. 202-748-8001 if you oppose it. some of the things you'll see on the house floor exerns alexandria ocasio-cortez. representative ocasio-cortez forcefully rejected a republican colleagues' words of contrition od to apologize for referring to her with a vulgar and sexist

expletive the night he uttered the words. ve ted yoho,ppeared on the house floor on wednesday to express regret fortrife intod being quote, abrupt confrontation this week with ms. áasio-cortez, democrat of new york. i rise today to apologize for the abrupt manner of the conversation i had with my colleague from new york. it is true that we disagree on policies and visions for america, but that does not mean tweet after be disrespectful. representative yoho's worn she apologize or name any action he did. does not accept responsibility. lies. this was not a crs verbal assau poverty. ironically, and says everyone else is wrong and the incident never happened. this is not an apology. we are getting reports on the house floor today that the representative is

comment on these comments made you can watch for that. ivy is7> joining us from kitty hawk, north carolina support line. ivy, hello. caller: good morning. i do support removal because we should be -- they should be in a museum. host: ok. why is that? caller: well, because if we are going to learn÷ history and in light of the representative lewis passing and for the purpose of his life's work i think out of honorndim we should move o t they should e learned about in a museum and the history of them. not to be place where people lookp this is a disrespectful way to the citizens of our country

right now. there's home, there's pe streets. federalization of being gassed, -- have the dren, you can't right to protest, to peaceful protest. st: okgo to carl in hyattsville, maryland, oppose line. hello. caller: hello. ho thank you for having me. citizen and i am opposed to removing all of our history. i am a black man. ihaven't he say anything removing democracy for the fact of theqemocrats fought and died tomoval of slavery. they want it. they represented slavery. no one ever talks about that. do we want to remove the

democratic party? no, we can'tt. host: historical figures, why do you oppose their removal? caller: i oppose their r of o history, our children, our grandchildren need to know our we just can't remove we have to teach our children? jonesboro, georgia on our calleryes. museum. it shouldn be out in publit. we as the united states supposed to united. you can't be united without versity. ese parties, the confederate party, was against diversity. i diaperville, hello. good morng sir. i support removal of the confederate statues by the democrats. those are their statues. the democrats were the party of and i considerny confedete statue in a public area atu

of treason. the president of eoff davis, wa arrested for treason. y committed treaso we movof the statues would be fine with me. from larry in illinois. the house is just about to come in, go ahead. caller: i was jus wondering why all of this didn't me up when obama was in office and the democrats had control if they are so worried about it this is a political move. it has nothing to do with the confederacy. thank you. host: sues of appropriations are expected to take place on the house side today. the senat defense authorization act up for thiseek. up, as well as the senate side abou the next coronaviruse. stay clo to c-span and c-span.org for all the activity going on cap hhe house of representatives.