one mistake and people's social security benefits could freeze. disability payments, aid to veterans, loans to small businesses, they could all be endangered. the treasury department is already using extraordinary measures to ensure we do not default on the debt. if doge's careless meddling caused us to default, it could trigger a worldwide financial crisis. this all begs an obvious question. what does doge really want with this data? what possible reason is there to give right-wing extremists people's social security payments, medicare payments, and personal information? will doge try to halt social security or medicare or medicaid payments? god forbid, god forbid. will doge cut funding to programs approved by congress that donald trump decides he doesn't like? what about cancer research, food banks, school lunches, veterans aid, literacy programs, small business loans? how do we know doge won't use its access to the treasury to enrich donald trump's billionaire friends? what if they go after business competition of doge's leadership? it is laugh

musk has plans for social security and medicare. they have been charged with cutting $2 trillion out of the budget. the three largest items in the federal budget are social security, medicare, and defense. where is mr. musk going with this, and why does he need the data and information on every american citizen? and more than 70 million social security recipients. i hope, mr. speaker, that you're mentioning this to your constituents in your district. you have over 115,000 people who get pensions from social security. 88,000 retirees. 10,000-plus disabled workers. most of them veterans. 5486 widows. 2,509 spouses. 8 children. you know what, mr. speaker, what most members don't realize, this is the number one economic development plan for every sing isle congressional district. single congressional district. why? every district on average gets $2 million a month from social security. because it goes directly to those constituents of yours, mr. speaker, that i just named. and where do they spend that money, mr. speaker? right back in y

the next day it's your mother's social security check. this is not what the american people voted for. the taxpayer data protection act will rein in the corruption we're seeing at the white house and put an end to this chaos. turn it over to leader jeffries. >> on topic questions. >> thank you, mr. leader. can you help me understand how this connects to the bill that you discussed with leader schumer the other day? is it the same? is it -- could they complement each other? can you just help me clarify how this bill connects to what you, -- >> yeah, it's our expectation that leader schumer and senate democrats will introduce a companion bill shortly. we believe that the unlawful access to sensitive and financial information for hardworking american taxpayers has to be stopped. and we know here in the house unfortunately that the house republican leadership has demonstrated no interest in reining in this out of control behavior. here in the house, all it takes are 3 republicans to join with us to protect the american people. >> leader jeffr

to have access to our social security numbers, our social security payments, our medical benefits, all of the information that we use when we are trying to get a motherfucking tax return! and you are going to take our money? homey don't play that. we are here because it is time to take the gloves off! [cheers and applause] we are here because we are not going to take this lying down. we are here because we acre eno -- we care enough about our country and our democracy and our privacy and our information, that we are going to fight, fight, fight, until we win! [cheers and applause] and let me tell you something, people. you've got to eat your wheaties. because this is going to be protracted. this revolution will be televised, but not on x. and we are going to get up every single day and show and share and document the steal. we are going to show and tell and document the truth. we are going to show and tell and document democracy and the constitution, so that we remind every single person who is apathetic or has been sleeping that this is the time to wake up. this is the time to rise. a

and put elon musk in charge of going to the records of social security to eliminate people from social security and what that's can do is there going to eliminate people from social security and in the past we could call the federal government and get help, there will no longer be any help. so though go through with trumps and the billionaires forcing them down our throats and there will be no more recourse. benefits social security will start and then they will go on to v.a. and medicare cuts and there will no longer be any recourse in the billionaires are in charge. he is taking control of the fbi and federal law enforcement agencies -- they are no longer in place. the only thing that stands in his way now is the military and he's got pete in there. so it's either fascism or fight. host: puts out a lot of scenarios. the fbi we saw a lot of removal within. does that fall within the president's power because it's not an outside board? you would know more than i. we're just a power fall on that front? guest: the new stories about the fbi often make it sound like an independent agency an

and put elon musk in charge of going to the records of social security to eliminate people from social security and what that's can do is there going to eliminate people from social security and in the past we could call the federal government and get help, there will no longer be any help. so though go through with trumps and the billionaires forcing them down our throats and there will be no more recourse. benefits social security will start and then they will go on to v.a. and medicare cuts and there will no longer be any recourse in the billionaires are in charge. he is taking control of the fbi and federal law enforcement agencies -- they are no longer in place. the only thing that stands in his way now is the military and he's got pete in there. so it's either fascism or fight. host: puts out a lot of scenarios. the fbi we saw a lot of removal within. does that fall within the president's power because it's not an outside board? you would know more than i. we're just a power fall on that front? guest: the new stories about the fbi often make it sound like an independent agency an

calling our office terrified, wondering if they are going to get their next social security check. the american people are paying attention. they watched republicans not just stand in silence, but cheer on the illegal actions that are going to make their lives harder, more expensive, and compromised the security of their personal. democrats are fighting back with everything we've gone and we will use every tool at our disposal to protect the interests of the american people, to uphold the constitution, guard everyday families from this republican billionaires first agenda. elon can buy a lot. but the american people and their security is not for sale. if house republicans believe that the federal government belongs to the people, that the theft of taxpayer money is wrong, then they will join us in bringing this legislation up for a vote. in the house it takes three patriots to speak out for their constituents and to stand up for their country. to stop stealing from the deserving to further enrich the billionaire class. three gop members could end this today. now, i will turn it over

this is the system that makes sure that your grandpa gets his social security check on time. this is the system that make sure that your mom's doctor gets paid for her medicare exam. elon musk wants the power to turn that on, to turn that off, as elon musk decides. >> no! sen. warren: elon musk wants the power to say to your grandpa, who frankly is a cranky old guy, and sometimes disses elon on x, doesn't get his social security check on time elon musk wants power to say to your mom's doctor, you are not doing it the way i would, so the doctor doesn't get paid. elon musk once the power to decide whether or not every road repair in america goes forward, whether or not every head start center in america opens, and whether or not every military base anywhere in the world operates according to elon. elon musk wants everyone in america to be at the mercy of elon musk. we are here to fight back! >> fight back! fight back! sen. warren: now, no one elected elon musk to nothing. not one democrat in america voted for elon musk. not one republican in america voted for elon musk. not one

so this is the system that sends out social security checks, medicare reimbursements, and tax reform the foundation of financial security for millions of americans. this is a hostile takeover of our federal system. we cannot allow the richest man in the world to have the power to veto funding approved by congress so he can line up his pocket with more tax cuts for billionaires. this government does not belong to billionaires. it belongs to the people. what trump and musk are doing is unconstitutional. we demand elon musk to be removed from any role at the treasury department and from the federal government entirely. we are committed to using every tool at our disposal to stop this power grab. and with that, i will recognize now the chairman, the ranking member, soon-to-be chairman of the natural resources committee, representative hoffman. >> thank you, folks. and good morning. happy to join my colleagues here in pushing back against elon musk and his fake officials, his tech pros that are rummaging through our most sensitive data without authority, in violation of the law. and i'm s

do you want elon musk controlling your parents social security checks? >> no! rep. raskin: do you want elon musk controlling the flow of money to the red states or the blue states? do you want elon musk controlling congressional appropriations to disaster areas around america? >> no! rep. raskin: are you willing to fight day and night, don and must -- dawn and dusk, to take our government back? [cheers and applause] my friends, i'm going to leave you with the words of some great democracy patriots who we've got to keep close in our hearts. first, the great frederick douglass was born an hour away from here in the white river plantation and he became a freedom fighter in the civil war and reconstruction. he said there is no struggle, there is no progress, and the struggle may be long, it may be physical, but there must be struggle. power concedes nothing without a demand. it never has, and it never will. a message to you from the great maryland or, frederick douglass. [cheers and applause] i want to leave you with the words of the great tom paine, he came over to ame

i rise today to address ongoing concerns about social security. especially just in this past week since mr. musk has decided that he in an unauthorized position, not approved by the senate, with no accountability is after everybody's data and information at s.a.a. it might surprise some of the viewers in our audience to know why the wealthiest man in the world needs to know your social security and medicare and medicaid information. privacy is something that americans value. data is something that billionaires can turn into money. and so, mr. speaker, we need to know what role elon musk and doge, or i call it dodge because they dodge accountability, will have with the agency and everyone's hard earned benefits. as if an unconfirmed, unelected billionaire should have access to yours or anyone's sensitive information. and if the cuts that they are promising and what he's looking for comes through, that means people's personal social security will be reduced by 36%. it hasn't been enhanced since richard nixon was president of the united states. and n

of social security is disability. disability i don't think people want to share what the disabilities might be or how they're being perhaps medicated for them and not to miss the point as well in medicare part d, the prescription drug benefit, this is about the providers and who has access to this information. so i think worry all united on this issue that privacy remains next to liberty in our constitutional society. to hear more about that, terri sewell, who is entirely knowledgeable, i've been to alabama with her, spent three days, we toured her hospitals, we toured her health care providers, she's very sensitive to this information as well. congresswoman sewell. ms. sewell: good afternoon. i'm congresswoman terri sewell of alabama's seventh congressional district and i serve as ranking member of the ways and means subcommittee on oversight. i want to thank ranking member neal for convening us today. this is an urgent matter, one that demands immediate attention. let me be clear. elon musk has no, absolutely no bus

caller: then why are they cutting funding for veterans and social security? all that taxpayer money going to helping people abroad, but when it comes to cutting spending, we cut at home first? that's a question i would ask the government. that's all. host: kent, new boston, illinois, good morning. caller: there are so many things other than the department of education, but that one is paramount in my mind. we spent so much more money than anyone in the world to educate our kids. that's really the wrong word. our kids being educated, go up to any young kid and ask them what nine times seven is, they pull out their computer and start trying to figure it out. in theory, illinois, where i grew up, i went to school back in the 50's. all the elementary school teachers were ladies from the community. ladies of good character. they taught us how to read. a lot of emphasis on learning how to read. how to write. cursive. english. a lot of emphasis on basic math. these things have all been taken out of the public school now and replace with transgender studies . climate

social security and medicare.bbed those funds of all their money we have ious and those funds iou to the treasury. and others debt on top of debt. but, don't worry probably get an annual update those of you and your retirement telling about what is in your accounts. that means you don't have an account. so we have to play along the ponzi notion. but, what do we owe ourselves under these entitlement programs? social security and medicare. you know, if you run a private business you have to account to the federal government, to all the regulars federal, state, local how much money you owe your employees in terms of pensions. or other non- daily, non- annual expenses. and they want to look at your books and they should. but, that's not how the federal government does it. if we include the promises made under social security and medicare to we the people who have paid into these systems, if you get a paycheck every single paycheck that is the plan, right? but, how much indebted is simply created there? what market sho

by destroying social security, medicare, and medicaid as we know it. house democrats want nothing to do with the republican bait and switch, and we will do everything possible to stop it. the cost of living in the united states of america is far too high. housing costs are too high. grocery costs are too high. insurance costs are too high. utility costs are too high. childcare costs are too high. america is too expensive. it is not acceptable in the wealthiest country in the history of the world that far too many everyday americans are struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. it's time for us to do something about the high cost of living and to build an affordable economy for hardworking american taxpayers. house democrats hear you, we see you, we feel you when it comes to the pain being experienced by the american people. and we are determined to do something to make life better for you. but the republican bait and switch has a very different plan. last year all we heard from my republican colleagues was the need to do something about the high cost of

they have the social security numbers. you not bag.now how a business works that everyone else gets it -- every business does an audit. that is what you do. every year you start at zero, try to figure out how to cut costs. but they act like it is an act of terror because they have never run a damn business. they have been incentivized to exaggerate certain kinds of programs. why does the disaster not get funds, but there is -- that incentivized and exaggerates funders that trickle down to people. you are looking at corruption, ignorance. and i am there for it. this is not going to go away. we double clicked on the icon. >> jeanine: definitely. up next, james carville has a new theory for why he thinks democrats are stupid. ♪ ♪ makes me feel safe and protected out there. that's why i never leave home without a photo of the little ones. bracelet from my husband. lucky rabbit's foot. lucky rabbit named sfoot. it's swedish. that's a whole rabbit. named sfoot. well, there's really no need for a lucky charm when you ride. not when america's

now has access to americans' confidential tax refund information which includes their names, social security numbers, and home addresses. that's why i'm headed to treasury this evening to stand up for arizonans' privacy and stand up for our democracy. as a member of the house oversight committee, we're calling out this breach of law, privacy, and national security on behalf of the american people. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging towards personalities towards the president. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? mr. wilson: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: thank you, mr. speaker. donald trump has been president only two weeks and he's delivering on his promises made, promises kept on behalf of the american people. i know firsthand of his courage as i led the house delegation for the opening of the american embassy in 2018 in jerusal

are we protecting social security, medicare for medicaid? re: fighting tax relief to working-class americans and middle-class americans and those who aspire to be part of the middle class or will the gop part two take effect for the overwhelming majority of benefits to go to the wealthiest 1% in america next is a questions we make clear to them as provided to the american people. >> the department of education that could be a scaled-back of significant reduction pending. this on the table for you? >> generally house democrats will continue to express our desire to work with anyone to root out waste, fraud and abuse. any aspect of the state of the local or federal government we may have. american people deserve a government that is affected, efficient and equitable. that's the government we will continue to work hard to bring about. the department of education shall has a uniquely important place. nothing more precious than our children and making sure they have high quality school education that we lower class sizes, protect sports, art, mus

who knows, maybe it'll be the postal service or the irs or even the social security administration. they could be next. or maybe our national security agencies. we also know something else -- by shutting down usaid doge is doing the work of russia and china at the expense of the united states. in two weeks doge has done more to erode american global influence than russia and china have been able to accomplish in a long time. for russian president and putin ally, medvedev, even celebrated doge's activities online. russia is elated by what doge is doing. both ruler and china hate the work of usaid because it limits their own influence on the world stage and now china and russia have in effect their own propaganda machine. -- within the federal government. this is dangerous. this is against america's interests, and president trump needs to show some leadership and rein in doge before it inflicts more harm on america's national security. finally, doge's behavior is spar 6 a troubling pattern of russian and chinese communist sympathizers increasing their influence on american foreign poli

it will only be more effective, and as our country gets richer, the people on social security and medicare and medicaid will be more secure. if biden had gotten elected, social security was going to fail because the country was failing. the country was going to fail. and therefore the social security and all of the other things that you may get would not be able to be paid. our country is getting very strong. and you see it. i think more progress has been made in the last two or three weeks then has been made in the last four years. not only has more progress been made, we went way backward as a country and so many different -- country in so many different ways, from woke to all of the other things that took place. you look at afghanistan, how embarrassing that was. i think afghanistan really started the problem with russia and ukraine. when putin saw how incompetently that was handled. i was going to get out, but i was going to keep bagram. now china has it. i was going to keep one of the biggest airbases in the world. they left it. other than bagram i was going to get out. i was not keep

soon president trump's pick to run social security should be confirmed.stock reported a last night, morning, stock is up huge. by the way, not justed to, look where the -- not just today. now imagine, just imagine 30 years ago if your money went into this stock, how well would you be sleeping at night? let's bring the in lonski group president john lonski. john, you know, i remember when bush was elected, i thought he was going to go for it. some other things happened. he quickly lost his political capital and never talked about it again. i know it's a third rail, but why not? >> why not is correct. i mean, i'm looking at a simple example right here. let's say we had $10100 billion in the -- 100 billion mt. social security system at the end of 2004 when bush made this proposal. now, 20 the years later if we had put $100 billion in treasury bonds, it would be worth $188 billion. that sounds pretty good. but, my goodness, if instead we had placed that $100 billion at the end of 2004 in the s&p 500, it would have been worth $488 billion. that's an opportunit

they are used to disburse millions each year and have access to citizen's social security numbers. why does doge need all that? pres. trump: they don't but they get it very easily. our security is not very good. if you look at what's just taken place with respect to investments made at another agency that people talked about for years and nobody did anything about it. it's obscene. dangerous. bad. costly. virtually every investment made is a con job. there's nothing of value to anybody unless there's a kickback scheme going on which is possible. and we're going to be doing more and more of that. we'll be looking at the department of education. we'll be looking at even our military. we're going to be looking at tremendous amounts of money, peter, being spent on things that bear no relationship to anything and have no value. we're talking about trillions of dollars. it will be in the end, trillions of dollars being absolutely wasted and perhaps illegally. i would say certainly in many cases illegally. but perhaps illegally overall. and i'm very proud of the job that this group of yuck

number, and mine, our moms, anybody's mom's social security number. they can turn off your student loans. they can turn off head start. who gave them that? right? >> right. they can not only turn it off. the other thing is, are you sure they didn't copy any of it while they're in there? >> this is the other thing. and the piece is that so? supposedly they want to use ai to try to make these cuts, right? they don't know anything about government. so they're going to let the ai bots do it. this is the fear i think i have, and i'm sure that you have, is that these unregulated people who apparently are giving some security clearances to could download that data. data is the coin of the realm. they could use it to train the ai grok that he's got for twitter. they could literally use it to profit, and we've not given them permission to do it. >> that's right. and in order to get into this system, understand this is like one of the most protected systems in the world. it's just a tiny handful of people who've had access to it and who understand what it works

now, the extreme maga republicans have made clear, they want to end social security as we know it. end medicare as we know it. and end medicaid as we know it. last week with the unlawful office of management and budget order, they made their first move on medicaid. the public rolls up in response and back down in less than 40 hours. but we will never back down in pointing out the types of things that the maga extremists and the far right are trying to do to hurt everyday americans. the people that they claim they were working hard to help. sen. schumer: they've laid out a plan, $2.4 trillion in cuts, something in project 2025 where russell vought was one of the chief architects and something doge talked about. the cuts will be deep. they can't do $2.5 trillion without cutting so many of the things, the vast majority of americans, democrat and republican really care about. reporter: how do you plan to reach out and request a meeting with the president and try to talk to him about your concerns about elon musk, what's the message to the president? sen. schumer: it's the opposite of w

social security is already. spending more than it takes in. a lot of examples of what needs to be fixed and quickly. rep. foxx: thank you. i yelled back. chair comer: the chair recognizes the representative from illinois. >> thank you. mr. schatz, on the campaign trail, president trump said grocery prices have skyrocketed. when i win, i will immediately bring down prices starting on day one. you don't dispute that? mr. schatz: that was a statement. >> the price of groceries and eggs have only risen since donald trump took office. according to the usda, the wholesale cost of a dozen eggs has increased from $6.59 on inauguration day to now, $7.53. again, you don't dispute that? mr. schatz: no. >> i assume you are not happy with this particular increase. mr. schatz: i wish the bird flu wasn't around but it is. >> i'm glad you brought that up. some of the reasons for high grocery prices and high egg prices are avian flu and recalls related to salmonella and listeria. nights -- my staff went back and looked at the hundreds of its acute divorce -- e

are we protecting social security, medicare or medicaid? are we providing tax relief to working class americans and middle-class americans and all those who aspire to be part of the middle class or will the g.o.p. tax scam, part two, take effect with the overwhelming majority of benefits will go to the wealthiest 1% of americans. these are questions we made clear to our american colleagues. we look forward to answers being provided to the american people. last question -- last two, i'm sorry. reporter: obviously, the trump administration is getting rid of the department of education. the chances are very slim and obviously you don't support that. but there could be a scale back of the d.o.e. or reduction in spending. is any type of reform to the department of education on the table for you? mr. jeffries: generally house democrats will continue to express our desire to work with anyone in this town to root out waste, fraud and abuse in any federal department or any aspect of the state, local or federal government that we may encounter. the a

now, the extreme maga republicans have made clear, they want to end social security as we know it. end medicare as we know it. and end medicaid as we know it. last week with the unlawful office of management and budget order, they made their first move on medicaid. the public rolls up in response and back down in less than 40 hours. but we will never back down in pointing out the types of things that the maga extremists and the far right are trying to do to hurt everyday americans. the people that they claim they were working hard to help. sen. schumer: they've laid out a plan, $2.4 trillion in cuts, something in project 2025 where russell vought was one of the chief architects and something doge talked about. the cuts will be deep. they can't do $2.5 trillion without cutting so many of the things, the vast majority of americans, democrat and republican really care about. reporter: how do you plan to reach out and request a meeting with the president and try to talk to him about your concerns about elon musk, what's the message to the president? sen. schumer: it's the opposite of w

social security, a little more complicated we can't end tax social security in the reconciliation billone outside i am working right now two pieces of legislation, one that would provide, a bonus deduction for seniors on top of standard deduction that would with reduce their tax burden, that is number one, we could do that piece in reconciliation. but we need to look at thresholds that are taxable they have not been changed in 40 years hit with tax on social security president trump right we need to address it. >> congresswoman you all have to be unified i am asking one last question here, if you have got a tax bill, on the table, that extends the tax cuts does everything that president trump wants but does not include lifting the salt deduction will you vote for it? >> well, i think if we can address -- depends what is in it something good with social security if we increase standard deduction my constituents will benefit from i am willing to negotiate compromise do i see we need to increase salt i think we jool congresswoman good to see you nicole malliotakis this morning. we'll be r

they aren't changing social security benefit checks.inal word. >> they aren't worried about the privacy of americans. they are afraid of being exposed. that's what this all is and "the talking" points and this whole thing of a coo they have been trained to say is really ridiculous. the american people are not on their side. i would encourage democrats to go talk to their constituents and see if they want to be wasting money on stupid pet projects around the world. i think they face a harsh reality the american people on both sides of the aisle don't want this. i encourage them to go find out though for themselves. liz: tomi lahren you're great thanks for joining us good to see you again. now please watch this. >> thanks, liz. >> when the operations get like that which are at great risk it's a dangerous job. when they get a heads up we're coming, it's only a matter of time before officers are ambushed and their jobs dangerous enough so we'll address this seriously. liz: that was trump's border czar tom homan furious that a government wor

social security will go bankrupt in eight years. medicare has another ticking time bomb in just 10 short years. look, the spending spree is over . we have got to return or we won't have a country. this is not a republican problem or democratic problem, this is a math problem. i would have expected democratic colleagues to recognize that this is a serious problem and let's all get behind this and figure out a way to solve this problem. the easy way to do that is to figure out how to make government more efficient with the dollars that we are bringing in. we are at $36 trillion in debt. it now eclipses all other spending. we are at 120%. it is absolutely unsustainable. we are beyond the level of debt that we were. we had just finished fighting a world war. this puts us at a critical situation, we have no money, no room. when it was talked about some of the opportunities for waste, to identify and expose some things, this town is a little bit incestuous. they genuinely do not think outside of the box. this town is really good at doing

i'm going to call social security in the morning and have my social security check put on a debit cardn i'm going to go to the bank and close the account so my information is not floating around out there and i am going to encourage everybody i know on social security to do the same. i watched the thing last night on the committee meeting on waste. i was sickened by the comments by the lady from north carolina where she absolutely -- she absolutely was up there saying "tranny, tranny." host: you are talking about the senator from south carolina. caller: yes, i think she needs to go under the table. that is my comments on the whole thing. i encourage all senior citizens to protect their bike accounts. thank you. host: sabrina is in los angeles on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. everybody knows our governmental processes need to be corrected. we cannot please everyone. it is going to be corrected. the way trump and his party is doing it is very inhumane, in addition to the fact i am having an issue with elon musk who is a south african and has no right to political processi

estados unidos y no sin la posibilidad mediante ningÚn proceso migratorio de obtener un nÚmero social securityja: esto es muy importante porque el pago de impuestos podrÍa influir en un futuro proceso de regularizaciÓn migratoria que digan "todos los que pagaron itin, los que contribuyen podrÍa ser una regularizaciÓn migratoria en este sentido"? >> en cualquier proceso migratorio, no soy abogada de inmigraciÓn, pero puedo hablar de la parte tributaria. estas declaraciones llamadas de buena fe, cumpliendo con la obligaciÓn de que si trabajaste en los estados unidos y generarse ingresos entre el paÍs, deben presentar una declaraciÓn de impuestos, pudiese ayudarte en cierta forma opusiese hacer un peso positivo en cualquier caso migratorio. satcha: mario villarroel, experto en declaraciÓn de impuestos, gracias por aclarar dudas en la "ediciÓn digital". borja: gracias. satcha: esta historia nos conmueve, con 110 aÑos, sigue viviendo de manera independiente, algo que para muchos serÍa impensable a su edad. mientras otros necesitan asistencia diaria, ya desafÍa el tiempo. borja: el secreto de su lon

social security is already. spending more than it takes in. a lot of examples of what needs to be fixed and quickly. rep. foxx: thank you. i yelled back. chair comer: the chair recognizes the representative from illinois. >> thank you. mr. schatz, on the campaign trail, president trump said grocery prices have skyrocketed. when i win, i will immediately bring down prices starting on day one. you don't dispute that? mr. schatz: that was a statement. >> the price of groceries and eggs have only risen since donald trump took office. according to the usda, the wholesale cost of a dozen eggs has increased from $6.59 on inauguration day to now, $7.53. again, you don't dispute that? mr. schatz: no. >> i assume you are not happy with this particular increase. mr. schatz: i wish the bird flu wasn't around but it is. >> i'm glad you brought that up. some of the reasons for high grocery prices and high egg prices are avian flu and recalls related to salmonella and listeria. nights -- my staff went back and looked at the hundreds of its acute divorce -- e

we have illegal immigrants on social security. and we're going to find out who they are and take them out. we have illegal immigrants in other, medicare. we have -- we've had a lot of bad people, a lot of people that shouldn't be on that were put on through california, they come a lot of them come out of california. we're not going to stand for that. we're going to strengthen our social security, etc. we're not going to touch it other than to make it stronger. but we have people that shouldn't be on. those people we have to weed out. most of them, or many of them so far have been illegal immigrants. they shouldn't even be in the country. do you have a question for the prime minister? reporter: mr. prime minister, the president's affinity for tariffs is well known. if the u.s. places tariffs on japanese imports would japan retall case? -- retaliate? >> i am unable to respond to a theoretical question. that's the official answer that we have. [laughter] pres. trump: that's a very good answer. very good answer. wow. that's very good.

, social security checks, medicare benefits. elon musk does not care about you because he does not have to, and he does not want to. rest assured democrats care. i care. and we will be using every tool at our disposal to get rid of this unelected power hungry egocentric billionaire. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. frost: i rise for every american whose life is made better because of civil servants. president trump and his posse of billionaire bosses are firing our workers. our quality of life is degraded and diminished because of that. they're moving to install their unqualified followers to do the dirty work of every facet of overlies like medicaid, the weather service and the department of education. their deferred resignation plan is a scam. firefighters, n