host: rissman mark pocan with us into the house comes back -- congressman mark pocan with us into the house comes back. you can phone in until then. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. we will start on the line for democrats, brandy and indiana -- randy in indiana. thank you for joining us. caller: i don't believe what is going on with these folks. i have no faith whatsoever. i agree with the last gentleman that was on in most parts he was talking about. it is like the elite in congress. they are not going to do anything about the border. that is the first thing they had to do, shut that border down. we have to send the people back where they came from and admonish them to go to the nearest embassy they can get to and make the application to come into this country legally. if they come in illegally, no questions asked. turn them from where they came from. tell them to quit coming. they are traveling thousands of miles with their kids. they are sending their kids across the border with notes, telephone numbers. it is baloney. i have no faith

host: rissman mark pocan with us into the house comes back -- congressman mark pocan with us into theouse comes back. you can phone in until then. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. we will start on the line for democrats, brandy and indiana -- randy in indiana. thank you for joining us. caller: i don't believe what is going on with these folks. i have no faith whatsoever. i agree with the last gentleman that was on in most parts he was talking about. it is like the elite in congress. they are not going to do anything about the border. that is the first thing they had to do, shut that border down. we have to send the people back where they came from and admonish them to go to the nearest embassy they can get to and make the application to come into this country legally. if they come in illegally, no questions asked. turn them from where they came from. tell them to quit coming. they are traveling thousands of miles with their kids. they are sending their kids across the border with notes, telephone numbers. it is baloney. i have no faith in

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another democrat, represent of mark pocan, we noticed have discussions around the national debt seemedo magically surface when we talk about investing in health care and education but take a backseat when it comes to exorbitant military spending. a republican says for every second, we add nearly $88,000 to our national debt. this is completely unsustainable and why i helped introduce a balanced budget to compel the federal government to operate within its means, getting our nation's fiscal health back on track. at a final quote from another republican -- and a final quote from another republican, for the first time in american history our interest spending will eclipse defense spending. this is not sustainable. let's go to a bit more data about the national debt here from the peter j peterson foundation. it says while the covid-19 pandemic exacerbated an unsustainable fiscal trajectory, the national debt was already growing because of the fundamental imbalance between spending and revenues that will continue to grow into the future. the congressional budget office project that federal

another democrat, represent of mark pocan, we noticed have discussions around the national debt seemedo magically surface when we talk about investing in health care and education but take a backseat when it comes to exorbitant military spending. a republican says for every second, we add nearly $88,000 to our national debt. this is completely unsustainable and why i helped introduce a balanced budget to compel the federal government to operate within its means, getting our nation's fiscal health back on track. at a final quote from another republican -- and a final quote from another republican, for the first time in american history our interest spending will eclipse defense spending. this is not sustainable. let's go to a bit more data about the national debt here from the peter j peterson foundation. it says while the covid-19 pandemic exacerbated an unsustainable fiscal trajectory, the national debt was already growing because of the fundamental imbalance between spending and revenues that will continue to grow into the future. the congressional budget office project that federal

host: mark pocan, democrat of wisconsin, we always appreciate your time. thank you for coming back to "washington journal." guest: thank you. host: that is what to do it for us. there are oral arguments in that 14th amendment case at game tomorrow -- and 10:00 a.m. tomorrow -- at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. we noted take you live to the house floor for coverage -- we now take you live to the house floor for live coverage. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. february 7, 2024. i hereby appoint the honorable daniel meuser to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by chap chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. hear us, o lord, and answer us. hear the prayers of the hostages in israel, the deported children of ukraine, answer the cries of parents separated from their little ones, of families grieve the los