you think bill hagerty? >> when you were in trump administration in 2020, president trump signed an emergency order that would have allowed california to address this gavin newsom, i can't believe he is still in office. gavin newsom decided to not abide by that but not to fill reservoirs but to help the smelt. gagavin newsom stay decided that is not important, it and i matter of priorities. the priorities in far left state of california are way out of alignment. my heart and prayers go to people in southern california, i have spoken to a number of my friends by found, this is devastating, this is made worse by the fact that politicians in california have made terrible choices, for prioritizing the environment, and the far left causes that really are way outside of t the -- bounds of reality. larry: it is the highest taxed state in union, the water and power services are darn bad, they have been rotting, they have not been improveed. you know paychecks after tax paychecks for working folks have been doing bad

take us out, senator hagerty. what's cook and what's the real story? >> the real story is that my colleague dan sullivan just mentioned great unity and both on capitol hill with the house and senate and we want to see our energy sector put back into business and our border secure and our economy take off again, larra. it's policies like a 15% corporate tax rate and put us back in a position of the economy being skyrocketed with all other economies in the world and more investment here and recall in the first tax cuts and jobs act the economy grew at any other rate of a major economy and tax revenues came in at 30% above what the cbo predicted and lower unemployment than we've seen and getting back to that place and make it happen. i agree with you as quickly as we possibly can and that's what the american public voted for and i'm looking forward to working with senator sullivan and all my colleagues to make that happen as quickly as possible. larry: gentlemen, happy new year and appreciate you coming on. senator hagerty and senator o'bryan, thank you.

maria: great to catch up we so appreciate your time senator bill hagerty joining us this morning.'ll be right back. stay with us. . >> . maria: welcome back take a look at futures we are one hour away from the opening bell for a monday, kicking off the first full week of the new year, for stocks, we are looking at a strong rally underway dow industrials up 170 nasdaq up 213, as we know the breaking news is that congress is trying to push tax cuts up in the agenda. stocks also rallying on reports, that trump is looking to scale back his tariff threat before he returns to white house in two weeks stocks so far this year had been higher even if fractionally in first couple days, dow industrials up half a percent s&p up 1% nasdaq already up 1 2/3% only january 6. joining me now laffer tengler chief investment officer nancy tengler thank you for being here say first couple days in january tell you how the rest of the overis doing do you buy into that first five days? i've got to get your take on agenda speaker with of the house mike johnson told me yesterday on "sunday morning futures"

hagerty, aye. the clerk: mr. cassidy, aye. mr. young, aye. the presiding officer: the yeas are 59, the nays are 34. the nomination is confirmed. mr. thune: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that with respect to the nome nomination, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the bessent nomination be waived. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby bring to a close debate on the nomination of scott bessent, of south carolina, to be secretary the treasury, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of scott bessent, of south carolina, to be secretary of the treasury, shall be brought to a close?

uses it as time to renegotiate, before this facebook 1 deadline a lot, kelly an conway here bill hagertythis is going to be a big deal, for president trump, and getting his cabinet in line, you are watching "mornings with maria" live on "fox business" stay with us. ♪ ♪ . hear what i whatever you want hear what i whatever you want i am giving you everything ♪ ♪st fantasy, ♪ . let's see how you can start saving... —really? —really? at home or in-person. that's guidance from chase. [ car engine revving ] maria: welcome back final senate confirmation vote for treasury scott bessent today after senate voted friday to confirm pete hegseth as secretary of defense, vice president j.d. vance cast tie-breaking vote after republican senators murkowski susan collins mitch mcconnell all voted against pete hegseth, kristi noem confirmed to lead department of home security past saturday tomorrow robert f. kennedy, jr., secretary health and human seniors, consumers secretary howard lutnick, nominee kash patel, will testify on with all due respect, joining me now tennessee senator bill hagerty member sen

hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. mr. rowe no. mr. hoeven. mrs. hyde smith. mr. johnson. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king cop. ms. klobuchar mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. alumnus. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. marino. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of souths. carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. she he. miss slotkin. mrs. smith. mr. thune mr. tillis. mr. turberville. mr. vane. hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> a quorum is present. a quorum is a president present. how to preserve the leadership time is reserve the senate will be in the period of morning businesspe with the senators permitted to speak and they're in for up to 10 minutes each. the majority leader wil

y integrity -- senator hagerty. sen. hagerty: i look forward to working with you very closely.before i get to specific questions that i want to ask you a broad one, in terms of what your mission is to the united nations, and in terms of our posture at the outset going and come and where you would like to see it four years later. rep. stefanik: thank you senator hagerty. having served as an investment in the first trump administration and your incredible work in the u.s. and and on this committee get my vision is making sure we are supporting president trump's america first peace agenda, that we are good stewards of the u.s. taxpayers dollars, very aligned with president trump's commitment to peace and no new wars. there are reform opportunities we need to work with. this committee can the hearing after hearing him with various investors, have talked about reform. i want to roll up our sleeves and get it done, demanding transparency and accountability, actually having the answers of where each taxpayer goes within the human, which chairman risch has referenced in previous hearin

senator bill hagerty joins me now. your reaction to these tariff moves.o you think they're working so far and what comes next? >> well, martha, i think we have to put this all into context. if you think about the tariff situation worldwide, united states has been treated unfairly for years. president trump has constantly and consistently talked about reciprocity going back to world war ii. created favorable terms of trade for nations in europe and japan whose economies were devastated it. we should have time limited that. the united states has the lowest tariffs of any major economy. other countries are taking advantage of us. president trump sees this and access to our economy is a privilege, not a right. you is a you what happened in columbia. he knows how to use leverage and knows how to let them know he is not going to tolerate bad behavior. if countries like columbia don't want to cooperate they won't have access to our markets. >> martha: a foreign policy 101 case we watched with columbia how quickly the turn around happens when there is a financial

maria: bill hagerty joining us this morning.. >> if you hold border security hostage the get tax cuts, you're playing russian roulette with our national security. i'm saying that as we negotiate tax cuts, there are tax-cutting people, and i'm one of them, that a won't vote for border until they get all of their tax. i'm not a big fan of the s.a.l.t. deduction. i live in south carolina. why should people in south carolina subsidize california and new york? maria: and that's senate budget committee chairman lindsey graham with me here last weekend on why he's against lifting the state and local tax deduction cap of $10,000, otherwise known as s.a.l.t.. my next guest was among a handful of republican lawmakers who met with president trump at mar-a-lago yesterday about lifting that cap. joining me now with the details of that meeting is new york republican congressman mike lawler, an influential member of the house financial services committee who is still in palm beach right now. congressman, it's good to see you. thank you so much

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hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr. husted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barasso, blackburn, budd, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, hagerty, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, mccormick, moreno, mullin, ricketts, rounds, scott of florida, sull

hagerty. mr. hagerty. [inaudible conversations] [cheers and applause] oh, my goodness. we've got this from years and years ago and days ago from here. oh, i talked to so many of you who have holiday parties but i have sickened i am so proud of our team and this is a team that spans many years of doing extraordinary work on the half of the people. and as you all have heard me say many times, i am fully aware that i am the public face of a lot of our work, and so i have the benefit of running into people all over our country. and i will tell you i am fully aware that when they are thanking me they are thanking our team for the extraordinary commitment that you each have an as the team has two lifting up american people, lifting up their condition come lifting up their hopes and dreams, and understanding through it all the nobility of public service. we have each taken on a life and a calling that is about doing work in the service of others. and doing it in a way that is fueled yes with ambition, yes with a sense of almost stubbornness without not hearing no, and knowing

i noticed with great pleasure in the last 48 hours that senator kennedy, louisiana and senator hagerty from tennessee took secretary on to task for shortening the u.s. debt maturity which eased financial conditions. people talk about criticizing the fed, i think the treasury has taken over the fed. as the former fed chair, she knew how to do it. i think there is a chance that you can get into a good reflexive cycle on debt cost, because i think it has been imprudent to finance at the front end. cost. i think it's been proven and it's driven by high deficit see it in this will. more than the defense budget. he has privatized himself but they are a national defense. during a conflict. when the cold crisis of the war crude and the economic. and that there are no interest rates increased this year. president trump with the right policy could create a self reinforcing cycle on the downside. the entitlements are massive walk our way under control. protecting the american industry. and that is the source of revenue. and biden announced his own. other it's. it amounts on the council and the cu

hagerty: yes, i move to vitiate the quorum request. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama is recognized. mr. tuberville: thank you, mr. president. i want to reiterate what my colleague from tennessee just talked about the importance of the vote that we just took just a few minutes ago. our nominee for new secretary of defense, pete hegseth. now, the procedure is is, as we just voted, to close a vote and now we wait 30 hours from just a few minutes ago and have a final vote on his nomination. which it looks like that he has the votes of a majority to be appointed or sent to the white house to be confirmed as the next secretary of defense. i'm on the armed services committee, and i've watched four years of the destruction of the best military in the world, the united states of america. it is a shame what has happened, the dei, the woke agenda that's being pushed on the troops in our country, to me, is embarrassing. i am a military brat. my dad died on active duty in the military, awarded five bronze stars and a purple heart at

i noticed with great pleasure in the last 48 hours that senator kennedy, louisiana and senator hagerty from tennessee took secretary on to task for shortening the u.s. debt maturity which eased financial conditions. people talk about criticizing the fed, i think the treasury has taken over the fed. as the former fed chair, she knew how to do it. i think there is a chance that you can get into a good reflexive cycle on debt cost, because i think it has been imprudent to finance at the front end. every emerging market blowup starts the same way. you end up with an asset bubble -- sound familiar? it is driven by high deficits. high deficits in an election year finance the shortened. i call it the 3 body problem. you see it in turkey. you see it in argentina. you see it in venezuela. this year, interest on the debt is going to be $1.1 trillion. reihan: more than the defense budget. scott: more than the defense budget. i have an article coming out in the next few weeks. i was writing congressman mike gallagher, but he has gone to the private sector. he has privatized himself. i am a big fan

. >> tennessee senate bill hagerty appeared this morning on "sunday morning futures." >> we can see is the failure of a policy they are the failure of leadership in california that's been egregious. whether it's gavin newsom prioritizing an obscure fish of our citizens or a leader like karen bass, the mayor there who prioritizes di initiatives of the readiness of first responders. it's absolutely pathetic what is happened there. >> is that it went on to say wants to hold hearings here on capitol hill to get to the bottom of not just the response but preparations which many people not only in los angeles and elsewhere throughout the country thanks were inadequate and dealing with this fire. seaport lucas, disasterassistance.gov is the website. lucas tomlinson is at the white house thank you. arthel: because it meanwhile you've got so many people who need to help in the destruction will likely expand at the fiercest desert winds returning the next two days. please do join fox support of families impacted by the california wildfires you can of course scan the qr code on your screen or vis

. >> sunday morning future tennessee senator bill hagerty said he wants to hold hearings about what wents in los angeles in the state of california accountable. >> we can see is a failure of policy the failure of leadership in california that is been egregious whether it's gavin newsom prioritizing some obscure fish over his citizens or whether a leader like the mayor who prioritizes di initiatives over the readiness of first responders, it is absolute pathetic what is happen there. >> president biden spoke to israeli prime minister about a potential cease-fire and hostage deal to get dozens of hostages released in gaza that have been held for over year including some americans before the inaugural inauguration of president-elect donald trump. jon: that will be good news that they could get those hostages released. lucas thompson at the white house, lucas thank you. lots of people in desperate need of help the destruction will likely expand with a fierce santa ana winds returning over the next couple of days in southern california. join fox's support of families impacted by the californi

. >> "sunday morning futures" tennessee senator bill hagerty was critical of officials in los angeles and in california including governor gavin newsom pretty said he was to hold hearings to find out what went wrong with this response. >> we can see is a failure of a policy and leadership in california that's been egregious. whether it's gavin newsom prioritizing some obscure fish over his citizens, whether it's a leader like karen bass that mayor there who prioritizes di initiatives over first responders. >> president biden also spoke to israeli prime minister according to the white house could be coming about the release of some of the hostages in gaza that we wait to hear more from that. jd vance hinted on "fox news sunday" that announcement could be coming before the inauguration. arthel? arthel: that will be wonderful news. thank you so much lucas tomlinson for that update. you can join a fox and supporting families impacted by the california wildfires. scan the qr code on your screen. or visit your donations and it was a red cross to respond and help people recover from this dis

. >> if you spend two minutes with senator hagerty or me or senator tillis or senator bud who is downus talk about hurricane helene and i-40 in the way the road has been demolished. right there on the north carolina tennessee border, we need to know that this is going to be front and center with you so we can get the interstate rebuilt and reopened. >> if i'm confirmed the first trip i would like to make with the both of you to see the devastation, destruction in the need to rebuild your state. >> what are things we can do to overcome the delays that we are seeing on the roadbuilding. >> i think it will take work to streamline the process but it's an emergency. when we have communities that don't have connection because the roads have been washed away i will commit i will do everything in the power of the department of transportation to move the process forward as quickly as possible. maria: north carolina senator ted budd of the set armed services committee and science of transportation community. good to see you, thank you for being here and you question duffy yesterday defense secr

senator bill hagerty from tennessee said this. >> at this point we still don't know the full extent oftime. what we can see is the failure of policy there and the failure of leadership in california that has been egregious. it is pathetic what has happened there. we have to have real accountability. hearings to understand and get to the bottom of what has taken place, what the failures have been. those failures. >> bill: colleagues fox news contributor steve hilton lives in california and today lay out a plan to speed the recovery and rebuilding. before i ask you specifically about that, the governor gavin newsom was asked about the response and said this. >> governor of the largest state in the country and what happens in l.a. isn't always going to come across your desk but you are ultimately responsible as the governor of california. >> i want to know the answers i have that question. i can't tell what happened. my own team is saying what happened. i want to get the answers. i want to get straight answers. >> bill: steve, give us some answers. how did everything go so terribly wrong?

the cancel california caucus has grown to include tennessee senator bill hagerty, who is demanding policysso, who wants strings attached. wisconsin senator ron johnson, who wants dramatic changes. and house republicans from texas and ohio who want the same. here's what's interesting. did you know that a lot of their states take more money from the federal government than they put in? senator tuberville's constituents get more than $2 for every dollar they pay in federal taxes. the people of louisiana get a little under $2 for every dollar they contribute. tennessee gets almost $1.50 for every dollar they give, and wisconsin is a little under $1.50. do you know where they are picking up that extra cash? california, which gets $0.90 back for every dollar they put up. but tell us more about how california, whose citizens pay to keep red states afloat, shouldn't get its money back. up next, guess who's back. up next, guess who's skipping trump's when i was diagnosed with h-i-v, i didn't know who i would be. but here i am... ...being me. keep being you... ...and ask your healthcare provider ab

. >> senator hagerty you are next sir. >> let me get this on here. again welcome and it's great to see you here. first it like to talk with you a bit about what's happening with our demand and supply in your perspective on that. i think it's well-documented we have serious shortage in homes and at the same time the current administration is championing these tobacco subsidies like tax credits down payment assistance and policies which obviously will stimulate demand but at the same time have they pursuit various regulatory policies as constraining supply. we all know what happens when you constrained supply and stimulate command the prices go up. we've seen mass inflation not only with the cost of homes. rent and that's a big driver of inflation we suffer. i really want to understand how you are thinking about the supply of housing in the context of that dynamic. >> thank you senator hagerty and it's great to see you again. we do have an affordability crisis. regulatory reform from the federal government and the state government is much needed. we wa

hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. mr.usted. mrs. hyde-smith. mr. johnson. mr. justice. mr. kaine. mr. kelly. mr. kennedy. mr. kim. mr. king. ms. klobuchar. mr. lankford. mr. lee. mr. lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barasso, blackburn, budd, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, hagerty, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, mccormick, moreno, mullin, ricketts, rounds, scott of florida, sulliv

>>it i agree to co-chair with senator hagerty a commission on reform modernization in state department. -- we need more investment in u.s. diplomacy and development. we need to address efficiencies and make sure we're stream lining and focusing department andnd supporting workforce, how will you work to make sure trump administration efficiency mandate will strengthen and not deplete core state functions. >> the work of new committee that is set up, will be critical. mymy understanding -- we await that, we talk about efficiency it is improving performance, a key part off state department, is customer service, we provide all work arounds world from americans who are stranded or in trouble and proving that experience for american consumer is a top priority we need to. have we need to build on this how can we infuse technology, to improve productivity, if somehow through leveraging technology, we can get people at state department to achieve three times amount of work than now, because it takes less time for the tasks or frees them up to do other tasks that would be a win, i hope that com

. >> i have agreed to cochair with senator hagerty, a special envoy for innovation in the state. -- i think we need more investment in u.s. diplomacy and development of instruments as national power, but we also need to address efficiency and make sure we are streamlining and focusing the department and supporting its workforce. how will you work to make sure that the trump administration's efficiency mandate will strengthen and not deplete core state functions? sen. rubio: the work of this new committee being set up will be critical. my understanding was the impediment was not all of the appointments have been made and we eagerly await that because i do think there are two things that are very important. we talk about efficiency, efficiency isn't just saving money. it is improving performance. a key part of the state department's customer service. we provide consular support, visas, passports. improving that experience for the american consumer is one of the top priorities we need to have. we need to build on this. how can we infuse technology, ai and the like not just to improve the

this from senator bill hagerty. this entire lawfare case was a political campaign sham designed only to brand president trump as a felon. the judge didn't even impose a punishment. what a pathetic waste of taxpayer resources that should have been used on the real crimes against new yorkers. congresswoman jasmine crockett, there are two tiered systems of justice in this country, and donald trump lives on the tier where he gets to walk into the white house without spending a single day in jail or being put on probation after being convicted of 34 felonies. one more, this from senator lindsey graham. the new york justice system is beyond anti-trump. the new york attorney general and manhattan district attorney see president trump as a political prize. they have singled out president trump for prosecution for offenses that either never existed before or were cobbled. that is part of his tweet. back to your phone calls. rob in louisiana on the line for independents. caller: can you hear me? host: yes, go ahead. caller: -

hagerty. ms. hassan. mr. hawley. mr. heinrich. mr. hickenlooper. ms. hirono. mr. hoeven. every time i went to church with him was packed. started before sunrise and i was thankful that it got to walk in with my grandmother. esses we sat down, sunday school would start. my grandpa always been asking if he wanted into his church before. my grandma and i raise our hands. and then my grandfather would pull the congregation and we quickly found out that the church was full of people from all over the country to alter the backgrounds and beliefs. my grandfather address the most diverse sunday school class ever assembled, again. before he would deliver his bible lesson, my grandpa talked about his week, and election he would talk about. if you stop the conflict, he talked about it. if he eliminated disease from a village or a country, he would talk about it. when my brother jeremy died, he announced the news at sunday school. in fact, i i remember my brotr died on a sunday because only time my grandfather was late to teach. my grandfather won the nobel peace prize. the sunday sc

this from senator bill hagerty. this entire lawfare case was a political campaign sham designed only to brand president trump as a felon. the judge didn't even impose a punishment. what a pathetic waste of taxpayer resources that should have been used on the real crimes against new yorkers. congresswoman jasmine crockett, there are two tiered systems of justice in this country, and donald trump lives on the tier where he gets to walk into the white house without spending a single day in jail or being put on probation after being convicted of 34 felonies. one more, this from senator lindsey graham. the new york justice system is beyond anti-trump. the new york attorney general and manhattan district attorney see president trump as a political prize. they have singled out president trump for prosecution for offenses that either never existed before or were cobbled. that is part of his tweet. back to your phone calls. rob in louisiana on the line for independents. caller: can you hear me? host: yes, go ahead. caller: -

hagerty. good morning, everybody. thank you for coming today to cover this press conference. critical issues to our caucus in congress. i cannot the development and addition healthcare and education. important issues to all of us starting with the first one. executive orders have been issued by administration. three major pieces that are very fundamental. dreamers, farmworkers and family. across the country dreamers the opportunity to contribute in our economy and regular last. in the country where they came from and no family connection that and their status regulated. farmworkers are critical not just to the economy you need to be scared of missing work report, it will show up at the dinner table. did together. and eventually will be a week family. when you have week family, translates read major linchpins are critical and bring us together whether we are progressive i think dreamers and farmworkers, families bring us together so we will speak about these important items and with that want to get the four the vice chair of our caucus, ted lieu. >> i want to thank you. i am

. >> i have agreed to cochair with senator hagerty, a special envoy for innovation in the state. -- i think we need more investment in u.s. diplomacy and development of instruments as national power, but we also need to address efficiency and make sure we are streamlining and focusing the department and supporting its workforce. how will you work to make sure that the trump administration's efficiency mandate will strengthen and not deplete core state functions? sen. rubio: the work of this new committee being set up will be critical. my understanding was the impediment was not all of the appointments have been made and we eagerly await that because i do think there are two things that are very important. we talk about efficiency, efficiency isn't just saving money. it is improving performance. a key part of the state department's customer service. we provide consular support, visas, passports. improving that experience for the american consumer is one of the top priorities we need to have. we need to build on this. how can we infuse technology, ai and the like not just to improve the