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government, she serves as their reporter for congress. thanks for coming in. thanks for having me. host: we will see president biden calling the republicans to release their version of the budget what is the status on that. guest: don't expect any republican budgets this week. they want to see what the administration is suggesting as far as cuts and spending. you did see yarborough on -- they are working on a proposal so look for that around mid april. it to see where that might be critical about the white house and where that might be on board with it biden has promised his budget will cut money from the deficit over the next 10 years. part of that will be with tax increases. the increased tax on the wealthy, corporations and it

will be interesting to see if those proposals are met with any warmer reception this time but i think republicans are going to be looking at what the white house is ok with cutting. host: even though they have not released pacific what approaches will we see? guest: we don't have a lot of clarity from republicans at this point about exactly what they want we know they're looking at spending cuts. they talked about bringing it back to 2022 levels we did see republicans release priorities they want to see eliminated like lgbtq private centers. things that are in the last budget that they see as potential cuts. these are only just a couple million dollars or they're going to need to find much more and of course they've taken a lot of entitlement programs of the

table. they vowed not to cut social security, medicare both sides seem to be pretty firm on that. it will be interesting to see exactly if republicans find up coming up with a specific list of things they want to cut or putting spending caps across the board. host: several weeks now with republicans gaining control of the house. what would you say is the scene we see our edging going forward? guest: republicans have taken a lot but they are coming forward with so much. mccarthy has seen a number have congressional hearings they are going to be seeing different things on the biden family. we have a hearing on the biden family and u.s. treasury this week. that's been something we have

seen them look into talking about have there was coordination and the government and twitter officials when they decided to hold back on letting the new york post article about hunter biden's laptop out. you'll hear them say there was no coordination with the government, we made a mistake. but you are now looking this week with the twitter files from some of those internal documents that were pet up by a select group of reporters. there are concerns about the narrative they tell and how accurate that is but it kind of continues republicans trying to see because the government trying to block it all free speech, particularly free speech from conservatives. we will see that hearing this week. host: how are guest with us until 8:30 if you want to ask her a question (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 the republicans and independents (202) 748-8002.

you can text a set (202) 748-8003. guest: were going to have a journalist who's been releasing some of the twitter files have got another journalist as well post on the same and this can be very interesting the committee that was specifically formed this year the house weaponize asian committee to look into whether the government has been weaponized of course you have democrats saying some of the narratives put out our faults but it is one of the blockbuster committees and republicans expect to have a lot of attention and is expected to undermine p5 administration especially if he runs again in 2024. if republicans raise enough doubt this could potentially have an impact on bidens ability to be president host: again.

go back to the previous hearing you talked about the family gets extended into and by congress. guest: a lot of this is looking into hunter biden. trying to take into that point and i think to a certain extent it's about has administration concerns that the homeland secretary is not taking care of the border or trying to limit free speech. we will see the first select committee on covid-19 halter first hearing next week. i'll a lot of conservatives pushing this theory that it leaked from a lap. the energy department said we think there is evidence on the table but we think it's a credible explanation federal

agencies are divided on this there's no set agreement as to where covid-19 started but it will p.m. interesting to see how they make their arguments, what information they're looking for, are they were interested in holding the biden administration's feet to the fire and how they approach profit -- covid. host: how to republicans view kevin mccarthy now? guest: i think republicans realize they don't have another option. he was able to keep everyone together and so far things have run relatively smooth. so far no one's really great being. mccarthy as taking this strategy have bringing as many people to the table as he can.

mccarthy has given each of them a collective leadership council and that's something where he brought back this counsel he major he's got these different groups there. things like the debt limit its several months don't the road that they're starting conversations now trying to get a sense of the numbers. we talk a lot about the six and the carrots mccarthy likes the carrots and it will be interesting to see if he can get other things done. host: you described these five groups to keep the peace talk about that. guest: some people find it funny. he was like a nonevent did you see that movies? but i think is just kind of anecdote that it acknowledges

that car occur at the same point they actually have a bigger mission which is to make sure republicans keep the majority to make sure you're able to win the senate the presidency so even though there might be tensions they all share a bigger goal of promoting themselves and make sure they come out on top after 2024. host: this is emily wilkins from bloomberg governments. this call comes from ronald in georgia. come ahead. caller: good morning, miss wilkins and thank you c-span. i was curious as far as congressional action what is the status of any kind of public hearings as far as that the pipeline the obstruction that was actually done by u.s. government forces?

there's a long track record of investigatory journalism. going all the way back to vietnam and he has so much credibility. his congress going to get in oversight on that issue? guest: at this point i'm not aware of any hearings with nord stream to but that doesn't mean there aren't any being discussed. truly energy is a big issue with house republicans right now they are putting together a large package of energy bills. we saw movement on being able to trouble on public land. and any national security implications that might be from our reliance on other nations or us blank oil and gas from other nations. host: republican line, scott,

hello? caller: hello, thank you for c-span. it's important to our country. alan block is trying to dismantle newspapers in toledo and pittsburgh. why does c-span approve of keeping him on your board? host: i will stop you there to say the editorial processes are different than the corporate government processes. you mentioned the programming not only on the network but this program so we will go to sarah. sarah is in new hampshire, independent line. caller: i'm curious as to why republicans are so concerned about hunter biden who is not a government official when donald trump's daughter and son-in-law panhandle to that of the white

house to the tune of $1 billion and we never hear anything about that and what isn't donald trump present for are trying to throw -- overthrow our country? you never hear any my mitchell and why is jim jordan wasting american taxpayers time and money with these witchhunts against every entity, the fbi, the cia, all this bull crap. we, the american people deserve better than this. i reason i'm going to have to choose between joe biden and donald trump again. host: sir, makes. guest: the house oversight committee as well as ranking members are interested in

legislation that might address a president's family members. this isn't just about trump or biden want to make sure there isn't anything going on even with the president's grown children were a president and fault -- and dump involved in something that will threaten national security. it's too early in the game to tell. he does acknowledge that there were potentially concerns with the trump family and how they were able to print thanks but they are not in power right now hence why they're looking into the bidens. host: we saw a couple last week in maryland talk about the agenda. not only for the president but for the caucus itself. guest: the good thing about

being in the minority democrats feel very united right now. they have one goal which is take back the house. they feel pretty comfortable in their talking points the democrats talk have much of an agenda they can enact in the next two years so they will focus on going back to some of the bills we saw previously on semiconductor manufacturing, climate, tax, health care they are trying to get the message that that bridge happening in your community, that's happening because of us. i was chatting with sara jacobs from california and she is like we just need our names on that too so they know it's us and give us credit. that's not an easy thing to do. a have 52% of americans that feel like pride hasn't done much

democrats really need to be able to change that perspective if they have any hope of keeping the senate or winning back the house in 2024. host: one of the stories we saw at the end of last week was concerning the government of district of columbia itself the d.c. crime bill tell us about the bill itself and they approach the democrats want to see. guest: democrats, they passed a number of laws that were basically talking about crime and punishment making things a little less restrictive. the mayor had some concerns about the bill, do you see counsel was so hyper to get it passed. republicans are trying to overturn it. this raises a lot of concern about growing crime in the u.s.. as democrats voted against it

makes a decent should be able to do what it wants but you did have 31 house democrats particularly those formerly challenging districts to run in swing districts vote to overturn this law to send a message about what they think about crime and a to crack down on criminals. they did that under the idea that the white house would stop everything, veto it, and it would happen but biden came out and said he would not veto this bill if it got to his desk so now all eyes on the senate it seems like they have enough votes to be able to get it through i think it really sends a strong signal about where the parties are right now in terms of being soft on crime and democrats are feeling the heat to wind up fighting for fells like this that kind of conflict a little bit with their perception of how d.c. should be governed. host: house minority leader was

asked about it i want to show you put. [video clip] >> we have to see what happens in the united states at next week depends on what the senate does the president all have to respond one way or the other i haven't had the opportunity to talk to the white house yet about the president's view so i'm not going to characterize his position one way or the other. >> he's made it clear it's not, unless he changes his tune again. >> there are public and private conversations. what i do know is delegates houses they look forward to talking to president biden they may agree to disagree. at the end of the day, that's fine. host: sounds very diplomatic. >> 31 democrats who supported the bill there are many who are

very upset to hear that biden does plan to go ahead and a belt house without a veto obviously this does not make democrats look unified there are a lot of concerns they could potentially look bad. such a support soft on crime asterisk so i think they're trying to get the most diplomatic answer and try to avoid alluding to the fact that there are so many folks in has caucus have are very frustrated by this move. host: this is william in ohio, democrat line. go ahead. caller: i'd like to ask one thing, george santos, what's taking so long to address this issue when you had ms. cheney they took care of that right away. i like to understand the

hypocrisy that the republicans are doing right now get she address that? thank you, that's all i have to say. guest: the house ethics committee has opened an investigation for a number of different items including potential violations of campaign law. he is under other investigations. until he's formally charged santos will remain in the caucus. you saw him remove himself from has committees that takes away any potential power he may have had. there is legislation that would prevent him from benefiting from his spot. if he does wind up getting charged with criminal charges

that's going to all the house republicans to wash their hands of him as if we have another group dealing with him. it will be interesting to see what the committee decides on almost certainly there are republicans who are frustrated with santos, frustrated with reputation he has given their party. the investigation is something worth following. host: in the paper today the dress she wore at the met gala that's one of the things that are happening a lot going on on capitol hill. let's hear from aaron in alabama. caller: i was connecting some dots and a lot of it brought me to 2012, 2013, 2014. how that correlated with the

election of the d.c. attorney general and ukraine was starting civil war. and also, then zelenskyy was at hector and his media production company became the ukrainian administration. the attorney general, all of his background was media broadcasting. host: thank you for calling. hadley, republican line. caller: good morning i like to say that i like donald trump. so i have to say. host: ok. back to the work of congress you talked about ukraine when it comes to being over the budget i guess republicans will say don't support it but taller figure

wise it is starting to change. guest: it's a huge question because there are a handful of republicans who don't feel like we should be giving them money. feeling hop americans in the u.s. certainly that has a minority of house republicans and it's not the ones in charge when you look at the committee chairs they are consistent with saying

wanting people to send in money to see the jews in ukraine. i called the number. i said, we have already sent one hundred billion dollars there. host: before we let you go, we talked about the hearings you high