online at c-span.org or follow on c-span >> download c-span's new mobile app and stay up-to-date with live video coverage from live streams of the house and senate floor and key congressional hearings to white house events and supreme court oral arguments. washington journal, where we hear your voices every day. c-span now has you covered. download the app for free today. host: we posted this to facebook yesterday, one of the respondents, this is eric clark off of our facebook page where you can post as well this morning when it comes to the message he would send would be to pass the bill back better legislation and also legislation looking at voting rights. legislation. axios reports that build back

better is at the top of the list on the senate side as democrats are trying to resuscitate part of the climate and social spending bill after senator joe manchin put it in a deep freeze. senator manchin refused to give it a direct cut announced his opposition during an interview on the 19th of december and doubled down during a radio interview, the story adding the senate majority leader is pledging to force a vote early january on a revised version of the house-passed bill. when it comes to senator manchin, axios reporting in a story posted about 12 hours ago, saying that the senator is open to re-engaging on the climate and childcare provisions if the white house removes the enhanced child tax credit or dramatically lowers the income cap for eligible families. in the why it matters section, axios reporting that the

holdback senator's engagement on specifics indicates negotiations between him and the white house could get back on track. that store you can find on axios. if you want to call and let us know what we tell your washington leaders as they returned to work, call and let us know. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8002 for independents. if you want to text us your thoughts, do that at (202) 748-8003. you can also use our social media sites that facebook.com/cspan and also at our twitter feed, @cspanwj. one of the things to look for later this week, a number of ceremonies and memorials. taking a look at the events of january 6 the last year. on sundays shows, it was the chair of the january 6 select

committee on cnn talking about the state of the investigation and particularly former president trump's actions. [video clip] >> we have significant testimony that leads us to believe that the white house had been told to do something. we want to verify all of it, so that when we produce our report and when we have the hearings, the public will have an opportunity to see for themselves. but to be honest with you, what occurred january 6 played out in full view of the american public and the world. we want to make sure that it never, ever happens again. we need to get it right. that is what the committee's body of work is about at this point. >> did or has the former president obstructed an official proceeding of congress? >> well, what he is doing is the

typical donald trump modus operandi. he sues, he goes to court, he tries to delay. if he continues to be successful at delaying, obviously, it inhibits the committee's work. we are doing a lot, but we have to have access to the records. president biden has said executive privilege does not apply, so we think we will have access to a lot of the records necessary for us to complete our work. if we have access to the records , then former president trump's wishes on the bearings would have no impact on our work. host: call us. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8002 for independents.

you can also text us at (202) 748-8003. the hill reporting that the panel that chairman thompson chairs over is expected to issue its final report in november, if possible interim report in spring or summer. president biden and vice president harris expected to make her marxist week over the events of january 6. former president trump expected to hold a press conference on those matters had a lot of things happening as congress comes back. the senate in today, the house expected to return on the 10th of january. and your message to washington leaders for this year and 2022, on our line for democrats from falls church, virginia, we start with oliver. what would be the message you deliver? caller: good morning. can you hear me? host: i can. caller: ok, listen, real quick, how much i appreciate c-span. i have severed ties with some friends behind january 6, where

they keep telling you that donald trump bears no responsibility for what happened. it is a shame that he has lied to the american people, he has done everything he can to tear this country down. i am not sure whether he is a russian agent or russian plant yet or not, but anybody to have reached the pinnacle of the white house and the presidency of the united states, all he does is continue to tear this country apart and try to separate and make americans fight against americans -- host: if that is your main concern, what would be your message to washington leaders? caller: my message to washington leaders is to tell the senate they are the reason that he stands where he stands right now, tearing this country apart. i blame the republican senators who continuously came to his

defense when he was breaking the law. host: oliver and falls church, virginia. ralph in washington, d.c. on our line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. there are too many points i would like to make. number one, when russia folded, we had an unwritten agreement that we would not put nato up to their borders. i cannot understand what is so important about the ukraine. we have nato troops close to the border in a couple places already. you have to remember russia lost 60 million people during world war ii. their country was devastated. their paranoia about having a superpower on their border is powerful -- tolerable -- palatable. the second thing, on january 9

-- i just came across a report that is very interesting. they have these four guys with bullhorns who were telling people to go and storm the capitol building, telling people to go in there and take it, telling people to cause all kinds of problems. they were people in the crowd going, "you're a plant." it turns out these four people were never arrested. unfortunately for the fbi, they are all sorts of record showing four people, they made instigators, somehow do not get arrested. host: ok. ralph in washington, d.c. the first part, it was a discussion between president biden and the ukrainian president as reported in the washington post, writing that according to jen psaki, there was support for upcoming

diplomatic talks, and that comes in the wake of mr. putin telling president biden that any economic sanctions imposed could result in a complete rupture of relations. the principle of nothing about you without you, as jen psaki said. -- the joint actions of ukraine and the u.s. we discussed, according to a tweet. we appreciate the unwavering report -- support of ukraine. maybe that is part of your message to washington you will deliver as far as they get back to work. brad in kentucky -- that was -- this is bard in kentucky. caller: this is brad, and you

are pedro. good morning. host: good morning. caller: i would ask our washington leaders -- are we talking about president biden or director fauci? host: it is just a message to washington leaders about topics that are of interest to you. caller: i would say to stop this covid war on the american people and the american spirit. people are hurting more than they know with their overreach, their totalitarian, authoritarian overreach. and fighting this virus, everyone knows there is something wrong here. we are headed down a bad path. i hope we can fix it. host: when you say overreach, what do you mean by that? caller: i mean by leveraging people's ability to earn a livelihood or for children to go to school against a

pharmaceutical dictate that, apparently, pfizer is dictating to the government. host: what makes you say that? caller: i mean, that appears to be what is happening from what i can see. you have to get the jab or your job's on the line, which is your means to a livelihood, which is how you feed your children. so now there is leverage on people, and this is hurting our spirit. people recognize it in their spirits. they can see, they can feel -- the government is saying shoot this into your veins or you do not get to feed your children anymore. host: for federal employees and certain companies over 100 people, that is what you are talking about. caller: yeah, i am talking about all those companies under the mandates. how are their mandates in a democracy where you have consent of the governed? you do not have mandates where you have consent of the governed. you have mandates under a dictatorship. host: let's hear from mark in new jersey, democrats line.

caller: good morning. happy new year. host: you are on, sir. go ahead. mark hung up. let's go to caroline in ohio, democrats line. your message to washington leaders this year, what would it be? caller: well, it is the same one i had last year, and i believe it was you who i called in about , and it would be to please focus on the voting rights. i do not think anything else matters, if we do not have our voting rights. and that even called nancy pelosi on this. host: what is it about voting rights that you think needs to be addressed by the federal government? caller: well, i just think that i've been hearing so much -- and it is even in ohio, where i live. i been hearing so much about the

redistricting and how it is not fair and -- what other things have i been hearing? that the john lewis one has not passed yet. i just think that, without voting, we are lost. host: what makes you think, about those pieces of legislation that you bring up, what do you think will change as a result of that? caller: i just think it would be democratic. it would be fair, it would be the way the constitution wanted it to be. that is my opinion, my humble opinion. host: that is what we are asking for. you send that message onto your leaders here in washington, d.c. you can call in, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, you can call (202) 748-8002.

to the idea voting rights, the associated press with a story about how other countries are perceiving what is happening in the united states when it comes to voting, saying that president biden has gotten the same questions and worries from world leaders -- is america going to be all right? what of democracy in america? mr. biden has tried to offer assurances. but he has only occasionally emphasize the gravity of the threat to democracy from the january 6 insurrection. as the anniversary of that deadly day nears, the president is being urged to use the powers of his office to push voting rights legislation, the story adding that attention in mr. biden's approach reflects a balancing of the urgent needs of americans to make progress on the highly visible issues of the pandemic and that less visible but equally vital issue

preserving trust in the government. if you go to the political playbook or get it in your inbox, another issue when it comes to voting rights legislation plays out on the senate side. the writer is saying it will be an emotional week for a lot of people on capitol hill, that one year anniversary of that january 6 capitol siege. congress is planning a memorials. lawmakers will have the opportunity to tell their personal stories of what it was like to hide from angry rioters. but democrats are hoping thursday will be more than just a day of remembrance. in the senate, we hear from well-positioned sources, there is a desire to take the opportunity to supercharge the party's long stalled voting rights legislation, possibly even using the anniversary to get senators kyrsten sinema and dimension to go nuclear on the filibuster or embrace rules changes, the reporting saying

that senator chuck schumer is expected to lay out a plan to push the national voting rights legislation to the floor in the coming days. all we, democrats will argue the flurry of voting rights restrictions have passed and gop controlled states over the last year are a direct result of the january 6 riots. from texas, our democrats line. caller: hello. how are you doing? host: what would be your message to washington? caller: my message would be to senator manchin. first of all, one man was not meant to hold up the constitution and keep the senators from doing what is right. senator manchin, you do not know, but i will tell you -- we are living in the last days now. if you do not believe me, check

out the bible -- host: what is it about senator manchin that you specifically oppose? caller: senator manchin is supposed to be a democrat. democrats put him in office. but instead of being a democrat, he is being him. he says that when things -- he don't support, you're not going to do it. he is keeping us from the help of the people of america need. and god will punish them for that, you take my word -- host: ok. this is carl in west virginia, texting are saying that the message directly to president biden, and all he says is build that wall. al from our facebook page saying protect the republic from votes

-- attempting another coup attempt for 22 and 2024. sandra, politician should get their acts together. they should move to a third will country since that is where they want us to head. and patricia on facebook saying be honest. that is how you can communicate to us if you want. from ohio, george, your message to washington leaders? caller: first, i would like to say happy new year to you, your family, and the c-span family. i hope everything given in the new year will be gratifying and happy. first is we have to go by the constitution. section 1, article viii gives the right of the federal government to impose taxes for the benefit of its citizens. i do not see that happening. we just let our borders wide

open. my mom and two brothers were illegal immigrants. we need immigration to secure the country. but we need legal immigration. we are just printing money. the constitution has to be upheld, and we are not doing that. our leaders put their hands on the bible and swear to uphold the oath of the constitution, but none of them do it it i do not care who they are. trump did not do it, really. host: and how exactly does that section of the constitution directly relate to immigration? caller: they are using taxpayers money to support these illegals. where do you think they will get the money? who shelters them, who feeds them? it is not for the benefit of the citizens, it is for the benefit of these unlawful people who broke into our country. are we a democracy, is that happening? no. host: ok, george and ohio

offering his thoughts when it comes to taxes. the wall street journal saying when it comes to the upcoming tax filing season, which you may already be planning for, a vendor that headlined that it will bring headaches, saying in late december, the irs said it was on schedule opening mail and process returns it received before april 2021 and did not receive special attention or had errors per that means the agency would struggle with flat just before the pandemic, still had 6.3 million unprocessed individual returns and 2.3 million amended tax returns to process as of december 18. those amended returns could take the irs more than 20 weeks rather than the usual 16 weeks. lee, independent line in michigan, hello. caller: yes. these democrat callers that call in are just brainwashed fools

that just talk their points from cnn, abc, nbc. the problem is that washington is -- the democrats have taken over the media. they got all these -- every caller that calls in is "oh, trump's a jerk" -- it is all the same talking points from the democrat party. c-span is then you cnn. you guys have a few republican voices on, but it is 3:1 democrats on this program -- host: check out the video library for yourself. go ahead and finish your thought. caller: there you go. you have the new york times, washington post as your main source. it is garbage -- host: i read from the wall street journal this morning. and, by the way, aren't those talking points, in themselves,

as far as winning the media for things? caller: sir, the media is the democrats. the january 6 committee are not even looking at their truth. they are just trying to get trumpcare they are not even looking at why didn't nancy pelosi call the national guard troops and want them near anything? remember the riots and no national guard --what did you think trump was going to do? these people are not brainwashed it its that are trump supporters, trump is not going to say something and they will do it. host: representative peter meyer , who represents michigan's third district, voted for the second impeachment following the attack on january 6, but said, when it comes to his party, it had no choice but to continue to support former president trump. here are some of his thoughts from the sunday shows. [video clip] >> there was no alternative, no

other path you're given how president biden, when he was elected into office, said he would be moderate and look for bipartisan solutions, but then after -- and family, i blame the former president for this -- after we lost the two senate seats in georgia and the senate flipped, it became an exercise in trying to be an lbj presidency in the absence of any compelling mandate from the american people -- that gave a rallying signal p that created a very steep divide. at the end of the day, there is no other option right now in the republican party. >> well, why is it on president biden that the republican party cannot seem to kick their trump habit? why isn't it on kevin mccarthy, mitch mcconnell, and yourself? >> we have a two-party system. in the best case scenario, each party challenges the other two better, be better, a scenario where iron sharpens iron.

if you have one party plummeting to their deaths and the other party uses that as an excuse to go more to an extreme, towards trying to enact whatever the will of the most extreme constituency they have is, that is a recipe for both parties to drive further away from anything that resembles serving the american people as a whole. host: if you have the opportunity, what would your message be to washington leaders in the coming year? let us know for the remainder of her time in this hour. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents (202) 748-8002 -- independents, (202) 748-8002. betty in south carolina. caller: hi. thank you. they have been trying to get trump from the first day they came -- that he came in office. the senate and nancy, she needs to go, because she --

january, that was planned. there were trying to test get trump -- host: what do you base that on? caller: i base it on that man who was walking around saying go in the capitol. it was not trump. he said go peaceful. host: how do you associate that with it being planned? caller: it just is, because she is the speaker of the house, and she did not want to call the national guard in, you know? so i blame her. i don't blame trump for them going in the capitol -- host: with all of that said, what would be the specific message to washington leaders

concerning january 6? caller: the only thing they have done, since they have been in there, is trying to tell the american people what to do. they gave that stimulus check, and everybody thinks they got that for free, but you look at the gas, the groceries, everything -- i mean everything. i've never seen the like in my life. host: ok. when it comes to speaker pelosi, the front page of the washington post takes a look at what happens if a future speaker of the house does take place. this is from this morning -- house democrats' future jockeying has just begun, saying that while speaker pelosi retains the respect of her caucus, with more than 200 --

two dozen lawmakers and aides across the house democratic caucus made clear that the rank-and-file are ready to move beyond the old guard. there are stark differences over how the next set of leaders should run the caucus, regardless of whether democrats returned to the minority or maintain control of the chamber after the midterm elections. this also saying that one possible outcome of the leadership shuffle that could take place is that many fear and none want replacing the stability that pelosi, hoyer, and clyburn with the instability that has plagued the gop caucus. more of that analysis there in the washington post. new york is where robert is. good morning. go ahead. caller: thanks for having me on. i was an independent journalist for over a decade in the d.c.

area. it just lends some perspective, i think -- i think what is happening is horrendous. i cannot believe that people are divided on this issue, where cops were killed. my big concern is democrats are famous for not prosecuting wrongdoings by donald trump. i almost feel like they are wasting their time. i think there is a bigger scope. our institutions are at risk. i would like to know what our politicians are doing about -- host: which institution are at risk i merely? -- which institutions are at risk primarily? caller: police departments, national guard. most apparent is our democracy, the capital. host: what do you mean by that?

when it comes to the capital, what do you mean by that specifically? caller: what i mean by that specifically is that the news is vaguely said that we do not know, we will prevent this from happening again. i do not like that answer, because it does not seem like they are doing anything. to me, this is -- it is like steve bannon, the millionaire. he is a millionaire and propagates these situations. and we are not a country that is ready to regulate money and politics and rhetoric. you have people on here every single day, you hear it. just insane, you know, opposite thinking. republicans, traditionally, were behind cops. there were cops murdered.

i do not understand how politicians -- host: there was one officer specifically -- as far as murder is concerned, what are you talking about? caller: officer sicknick. -- host: ok. let's go to pennsylvania, independent line. caller: it is the same old story. i've been listening to you guys -- first of all, i want to wish you happy new year and the people is listening to me happy new year. i am so disgusted with this country. my own congressman here in the reading, pennsylvania area supported trump's coup. you hear people about build the wall, illegal immigrants, all

this other nonsense. i do not see a whole lot of indians, cherokee running around this country, so we are all illegal immigrants. we all know people that look like me, if they had blonde hair and blue eyes, these people would not care if they were coming in illegally. we know what it is. they do not want round skinned grandchildren running around here -- host: so the specific message to washington leaders would be what? caller: my specific messages protect voting rights, because, as a navy veteran, i do not stand on the coral sea for me to have the pool out four forms of id to have to vote in my state. this is ridiculous. host: to the caller who brought up brian sicknick, in the year end wrap-up of notable deaths,

npr talking about the five officers who responded to the attacks that followed on january 6 -- it notes that mr. sicknick collapsed on the night of january 6, was transported to the hospital. the medical examiner found that he died of natural causes after suffering strokes. he did receive the rare distinction of lying in honor in the capitol rotunda. he was 51. jeffrey smith died by suicide at 35. later in the year, metropolitan officers gunther hashida and kyle defreytag also died by suicide. when it comes to security matters at the capitol, u.s. capitol security officer talking about his efforts to improve security at the capitol over the

last year. here is part of his assessment yesterday. [video clip] >> we are moving forward with that. we have to brief the oversight committees about what exactly that means. we have identified posts where we believe we do not need sworn capitol police officers, typically secondary posts, post that, whether they are in a garage or something like that, where people have already been checked before they have gone to that point. we think that, if we are able to contract security guards at some of those posts, that will free up a number of sworn police officers, and we can assign them to where they are needed and where we require an armed capitol police officer. between that and the longer-term fix is to put more academy sessions through, and we have got to plan for this fiscal year to put over 280 police officers through the academy and hopefully get ahead of attrition. host: that was on fox news.

you can give your thoughts as far as your message to washington leaders in the coming year. call us on the phone lines. you can text us at (202) 748-8003. and post on social media. boise, idaho, republican line, you're up next. caller: yeah, i know -- get rid of all the politicians. get subpoenas on all of them. for the last four years -- host: subpoenas for what, specifically? caller: for their phones and everything. pelosi's laptop, everything else. host: but specifically to what, what end? why do you want subpoenas for them? caller: to find out what is

going on about this january 6 thing. because they all know something. i think anybody would be a fool or -- host: ok. . . kentucky, democrats line caller: hi. host: you are on. go ahead. caller: i would like to ask you, it seems that president trump used the legislation pen to pass in a lot of things that he wanted to get done, but he was not getting anywhere. i would like to know what is the difference between voting in the congress and the senate and using the legislation power from the president? host: you mean if the president signs an executive order to

enact a certain thing versus that having -- that going through legislatively in congress and having the votes there so he can sign it and make it law? caller: yeah. host: that is a lengthy topic. first, let me ask you what makes you ask the question? caller: because they passed the better people act. they could kind of use some of that for the things that republicans did not want or ma nchin will not that through. could they use that to get it passed? host: you mean instead of passing build back better as a whole, just focus on part of that but do with her executive action? caller: right. host: i do not even know the short answer to that because i am not an expert as to the way that works. the president has a wide scope of powers as the exec

difference, but let me see if i can find some type of answer for you, how about that? caller: ok, that would be great. appreciate it. host: let me ask you this. let's say the power -- the president has the power to make an executive order, what should you focus on? caller: the vote and the build back better act. host: but what specifically about it? caller: oh, specifically? the vote -- it seems like the republicans -- i do not call it cheating, but they are being awful sneaky about the way they are going about gerrymandering all the voting in the states. and i think that the voting is so important, the voting right is so important, the john lewis act is so important that that

should be the power of the pen. host: ok. kathy and kentucky. again, you can look for, perhaps, more statement on the state of voting rights legislation in the senate this week as the week progresses. look for that to play out on the senate side. the senate back today to work on judicial nominations and other things. the house excited to come in next week. from raymond, pennsylvania, independent line. caller: hi. can you hear me? host: i can. caller: three comments. first of all, why can't c-span, "washington journal" have one day we got fact checkers? two people, one from each party, talking about what the people are saying over the week. 80%, if not more, 90% of the callers for the democrats, it is

all about trump, trump, trump. it's so boring. why don't you have fact checkers to take the top 10 calls a week that you get in volume and ask the people who really know stuff to give real information? just one day a week. i swear your viewership would go through the roof on that day, that is number one. number two, i do not know what has happened. i used to watch c-span book tv, like, religiously, when it was late. now, just this past weekend, they have the same authors on over two days, at least 10 times. it is so boring. you got to be losing your viewership -- host: well, there is a certain amount of programming that goes on on the weekend when it comes to our sister networks, book tv and american history tv -- let me finish.

we give people the opportunity to replay that several times, because sometimes, people cannot watch at that specific time. or they could watch on our website, but that is why we give the opportunity for people to do that. caller: i can see maybe twice a day, for early people and later people. but like that historian, he was late -- host: again, not everybody has the same schedule, so we try to provide the maximum flexibility for people -- caller: that was not in the past. you had 15 -- host: caller, i cannot give you a total recall of what book tv has done. but i will leave it at that. what is your third point? caller: well, maybe you should ring it up in a meeting. host: what is your third point, please? caller: the third point -- like i said, the fact checkers, then book tv. the third point is that people want in-depth information, like you had "in depth," and that is

pretty good. but you need people to stop saying the same -- like the former caller said, it is all about trump, cap -- host: ok. you made these points already, so we will go to tammy in louisiana, republican line. caller: good morning. i would like to talk about the january 6 -- air quotes -- "insurrection." i want to ask c-span, where do you get your video from january 6 when you show video? host: some of it comes from the stuff we have taken in, some comes from the january 6 select committee that was released, we archive all that. caller: do you have the one where the antifas dressing in the woods, changing into trump -- host: i would not know about that. caller: you have heard about it,

right? host: this is the first time i've heard about it. caller: i think you need to investigate. . that host: where did you hear that from? caller: not on the liberal channels. it was on youtube or something. but they showed the antifa chan ge in the woods into trump -- host: with all of that said, what would be the message to washington leaders, then, which is the topic? caller: the democrats did it. and also, i would like to know that sullivan guy, the antifa leader -- i think it was a cnn reporter, saying we cannot believe we got him -- host: ok. we got to leave it there. jim republican line. hi. caller: my message to the people in washington, d.c.'s we have to

get to the foundational problem of the division of this country. it is what is truth? christ came to testify to the truth. there is absolute truth. and we have to find it. host: how does that feel in the world of politics? caller: we are being lied to. brennan lied, hillary clinton like. host: isn't that divisional politics on its own, sir? no -- caller: no. find the truth. if you want the truth about january 6, release all of the tapes. host: what tapes are you talking about? caller: release the documents. host: what documents are you specifically speaking of?

caller: in all of these situations, we have been not privy to all the documents. look at the fbi agent's that lied and nothing happened to them. host: ok. let's go to loretta in cleveland, ohio. what is your message to washington leaders? caller: oh my gosh. i do have a list, pedro. but i want to address a few of the callers this morning. host: before you do that, what would be your message to washington leaders, before you start down that road? caller: i would say the most important thing is voting rights. the for the people act, the george floyd policing act, the john w. lewis voting rights. we need all of those. and it is not just for black people, it is for all the people.

there needs to be rules on the road, and are not any -- host: what would this legislation do differently, do you think? caller: it what -- it would get rid of gerrymandering, get rid of the filibuster, you know? now that is a hoax. whatever reason they are saying that it is a viable piece of legislation -- it is not even legislation. the filibuster cannot even be found in the constitution. host: the filibuster is the current rule of the senate, so that could be changed or amended if need be, if they get enough votes. caller: about what i wanted to talk about this morning is the republican callers -- but what i wanted to talk about this morning is a republican callers who are on this constant drumbeat about the border and illegals. don't they know they are the

original illegals? they don't know that, do they -- host: ok. jim in new york, republican line, hi. caller:. hello. before i go on to what washington should do, i just -- yet another thing i want to say about the january 6, i say how could it be otherwise, since all the really good factory jobs have been shipped out of the country, and all this cheap labor has been imported into the country? how do they expect people to react? i think there's little bit of a -- host: are jobs and the economy your message to washington leaders? is that your message? caller: well, trump did say why can't apple make its phones in the united states? how much money does apple need?

they are billionaires. why can't they make their phones here? as a guy from ohio, on illegal immigration, that is the biggest thing, because my neighbor is over and -- host: as far as a message to washington leaders, specifically, what would it be? caller: illegal immigration. this neighborhood has been overrun. it has gone to the point where, if you want to be a police officer, there is a certain percentage that has to speak spanish, or you will not be getting a job at the police department. the house i live in here that i bought years ago -- a single-family house. i cannot cross the street here, there are eight cars over there, some on the lawn -- host: ok. some of the topics on the sunday shows, which could be a message to washington -- the status of the federal government to omicron.

dr. fauci yesterday asking and urging americans not to get complacent when it gets to reports on the variant and its effectiveness or its impact on a person. here is part of that discussion. [video clip] >> there is accumulating evidence that that is the case. we first got inkling of that in south africa, when one looked at the relationship and the ratio between hospitalizations and cases, it was lower. the duration of hospital stay was lower. the requirements for oxygen were lower. we are seeing a bit of that, not as pronounced in the u.k., but certainly that trend. if you look here in the united states, we do not want to get complacent at all, and you do not want to jump to a positive conclusion, because it is still early. but given the large number of cases, we are not seeing -- hospitalizations are often lacking indicators -- lagging

indicators. but i still believe there are some indications, even in some animal studies they have done, where they have done particular animal models that may reflect what is going on. the virus does seem to have a lower intrinsic pathogenisity to it. but we have to be careful to that. even if you have less of a percentage of severity, when you have multi-multi-mutlifold more people getting infected, the net effect is that you still need people needing hospitalizations, and that is where we talk about stressing and straining the hospital system. host: some of you texting your thoughts. steven sang my message to congress to reinstate the fairness doctrine, get rid of corporate news media, get to both sides of the issue. jamie from north carolina saying

that the economy heal, go home and spend the year reconnecting with your voters and what they really need. from michael in missouri, st. louis, saying my message to washington leaders in 2022's we need to start working together and stop with the finger-pointing on both sides. then chris, when it comes to a message he would deliver to washington leaders, stop wasting money and get the budget balanced. laurie on the democrats line, hello. caller: good morning. can you hear me? host: you are on. go ahead. caller: i would like to be thankful and think the congress for the vaccine. wonderful. it is free. everyone should get it. and also thanks for the raise in my social security this coming year.

i am not complaining. there is enough complaining. i want to thank them for their service. host: i want to ask you, because i think you're the first person to actually offer praise to conference. how much of that goes around? you listen to this program is we do. what do you think about that versus the concerns other viewers have expressed? caller: i am just still keeping in mind is giving this year and trying to be thankful for things rather than complaining and moaning, you know? host: when it comes to the social security aspect, the increase -- correct me if i am wrong. caller: i just got an increase in my social security. i do not know whatever it was labeled. host: cost-of-living adjustment -- caller: i just know there are good things going on, and i appreciate the efforts towards good things. host: laurie in pennsylvania, a

reline for democrats. in indiana, our call from the republican line, your next up. hi. caller: hi. i just wanted to talk about if they want to pass these bills, like the childcare, medicaid, they need to do this independently and not put it all in the one bill. let the people know about what's in the bill. i also wanted to talk about the border little bit, about how they should go ahead and let the texas and arizona use these materials they have down there, they're just rusted, to help build the wall down there if they want to build it

themselves. let texas and arizona and the people who live on the borders use that material to build the wall the taxpayers paid for -- host: let me go back to your first point for a second. why would you advocate for approaching the passage of individual parts of the build back better versus the whole thing? why do you think that is a better approach? caller: i think, if they want to pass some of these bills -- if they really cared about childcare, just put it in one bill and try to pass it. host: let me ask you this, if they did separate childcare from the whole package, is that something you would support? caller: yeah, i would support the childcare, as long as the money meant where it is supposed to go. seems like when they pass something, only maybe 10% of it

goes to where -- for childcare. don't seem like the money goes where it is supposed to go, all of it. host: that's beau in alexandria, indiana with a message to washington leaders. you can do so for the last five minutes or so we have. our line for independents, your next up. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. what i would say the congress is that did to caesar what is caesar and give to the lord -- for those who do not know and those who do not believe. those who believe in fauci and the unseen play, god made all the plagues. your body is a living sacrifice acceptable to him. that is a reasonable duty.

so you don't have to run to the doctor and get a note. -- host: are you saying that god ultimately caused the covid virus? caller: no, what i am saying is that god created everything. he's the lord. we paid caesar our taxes. we paid our price. a football team does not only -- host: let's go back a little bit. when you say give caesar, what do you mean by that? caller: when i pay taxes, it is because they have to take care of my roads, the bridges, keep us safe, protect the borders. that is what i mean when i pay taxes. that is what it says in the bible. it also states we are to give to the lord -- he purchases you,

me, the whole world -- host: i got that, but when it comes to the paying of taxes part, you listed specific things. correct me if i am wrong -- caller: no, sir. this is my message to our government, ok? if you give me a chance, i will say it. hands off, fauci. you can't put your hands on my body or my employer can't because i've been bought iwth a price because christ purchased me. he owns me. the place i work at did not purchase me, the media did not purchase me. i do not understand how on earth people can walk around and fear an unseen play again not fear god -- unseen plague and not fear god. host: ok.

when it comes to lloyd austin, the defense secretary, the department of defense was accused of slow walking the national guard to clear up protesters forming the capitol. the commander of the d.c. dart said he had troops ready and it took more than three hours before the pentagon approved his request. then you policy comes after mr. austin's acting assistant secretary for homeland security -- home and security reviewed how the department of defense reviews requests for support in the washington area. and lloyd austin himself diagnosed with a mild case of covid. from tanya in washington, independent line. caller: hi, how are you doing today? host: fine, thank you.

caller: i have three things. one of them is i think we need to have all of -- all of the states need to have more e-services for those who have ptsd or are differently abled, disabilities, things like that, because we are all -- the other thing is we need to have the world put back on the endangered list. president biden and dr. biden, many times, the sport hunters, trophy hunters, they go out, and 40% of the surveys -- surveys show up 40% of trophy hunters that do it for food, they end up going and raping, domestic violence, drugs -- it needs to stop. our animals need to be

host: to the first two points, as far as that is concerned, what got you concerned in the first place? caller: years and years ago, i had a hybrid wolf that adopted me, i guess you could say. i always loved animals. but it showed me a whole new world. when you see the plight of how intelligent the wolves are and how much they love their family and the fear announcer: the last two minutes of this segment on our website, c-span.org or on the c-span now video app. now we take you to the house of representatives, as part of our 40 year commitment of gavel-to-gavel coverage of congress. esentave any use of the closed-ned cogef the house