also rep brett guthrie discusses the biden administration's covid-19 response and the house republicanslth care agenda. and later democratic representative john larson of connecticut talks about social security and entitlement reform. ♪ host: good morning it is wednesday, february 1, 2023. we began to a -- today with a new report of americans living paycheck-to-paycheck. today nearly two third of americans more than half of those making hundred thousand dollars a year say they barely make in's meet each month. so let us know how your paycheck -- how far it goes. phone lines are by income level this morning. if you make under $30,000 a year it is (202) 748-8000 -- you can also text us at text (202) 748-8003 if you do that please include your name d where you're from you can also catchp with us on social media and on facebook it facebook.com/cspan. you can go ahead and start calling in now. we have the lending club and the headline on that report. even $100,000 plus more americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck. here the numbers from that. some 64 cents of all u.s. consumers won 16 milli

host: we are joined by kentucky republican brett guthrie. -- went into effect during the covid pandemic. buys it necessary to end the declarations and why now? guest: the white house started moving forward after the bill came -- gained traction yesterday. what we are saying is covid is not over we still have covid cases and we have to be vigilant in protecting ourselves. but we have 12 continuing declarations of emergency. we three years into the pandemic it is almost as if the pandemic is over covid is now endemic. and once the emergency is declared by the health and human services that gives the executive branch certain powers and authorities that we think needs to be approved by congress. do not need to govern our country by -- for three years in a row. an example of that some of these we need to keep emergency certification of health care workers but examples win this came into effect this was both administration secretary azar declared the emergency and that set off things like the president was able to have the defense production act to get respirators in the right place. and gett

. >> we're join ised from the -- office building by kentucky republican brett guthrie, author of "thedemic is over act," aimed at unwinding the public health emergency declarations that went into effect during the covid pandemic. congressman, why is it necessary to end those declarations and why end them now? >> guest: it's extremely important to move forward on this h and, actually, the white house started moving forward after our bill began to take traction as of yesterday. so what we're seeing is covid isn't over. we still have covid cases. we have to be vigilant in protecting ourselves existence covid, but we'ved had 12 continuing declarations of an emergency. we're three years into the what we're seeing the p -- covid is now endemic. once an emergency's declared by the health and human services secretary, they give the the executive branch certain powers, certain authorities that we think needs to be approved by congress. we don't need to govern our country by executive fiat for three years in a row, and we know examples of that. some of these we need to keep, emergency certifica

brett guthrie, for leading this important action. this week we're voting on several bills. the emergency declaration should be gone away. constituents have been asking, heck, demanding, that we end this perpetual state of covid-19 emergencies and get back to normal. president biden declared that the covid-19 pandemic was over. yet, interestingly, the federal emergency declaration is still in place. it makes you wonder, why would the president declare that the pandemic is over but not officially rescind the emergency declaration? in fact, many of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem more concerned about keeping the public emergency in place rather than addressing the problems we are being faced. investigating the estimated $183 billion with a b in covid unemployment fraud and recovering those funds that were stolen from the american taxpayers. or the approximately $150 billion in unobligated funds that's just sitting there for covid. that's a pretty easy way to start reducing spending. or how about the approximately half a trillion dollars that's been obligated

we are joined from the canton house office building now by kentucky republican, brett guthrie. he's the author of the pandemic is over act, aimed at undermining the public health emergency declarations that went into effect during the covid pandemic. congressman, why is it necessary to end those declarations and why and them now? >> well, it's extremely important to move forward on this and actually, the white house started moving forward after our bill began to take traction as of yesterday. so, what we're seeing is covid is not over. we still have covid cases, we have to be vigilant and protecting ourselves against covid. but we've had 12 continuing declarations of an emergency where three years into the pandemic, and so, what we're seeing is the pandemic is over, covid is now endemic. and so, what happens? people need to understand, once an emergency is declared by the health and human services secretary, that gives the executive branch certain powers, certain authorities that we think needs to be approved by congress. we don't need to govern our country by executive fought