the former olympic champion swimmer, michaelló -- michael phelps and allison schmidt will testify onanti-doping efforts. watch the hearing live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two, c-span now, our free app or onlt c-span.org. moments from capitol hill this week. but, they have some legislative work to do. they have talked about getting their spending bills in order before september. have what is their goal? >> the broader goal is to get their appropriation bills, all of them wrapped up by their n■.f september. and that is a very, very tall sk number one, they almost never deadline, because of differencesn the two parties, different hanging over that is the fact that there is an ection politics has bee dominating and coloring everything that is happening on capitol hill. they are pushing forward, at least the house of representatives is, with trying to pass a number of those bills through the summer to put themselves in a good negotiating position. i think most people money this y his is going to get kicked into after the a cr, a continuig resolution be a funding bill to fund the gover

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the great and phenomenal michael phelps, allison schmidt, people i've looked up to my whole life.nti-doping agency has done, they have lost the faith of world athletes by failing to live up to its responsibility which is treating athletes from every country equally. it is essential for a global sport regulator to be unbiased and committed to equal treatment the world anti-doping agency has done just the opposite of that by not applying the rules equally to chinese swimmers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, 23 of those swimmers, actually. allowing for other athletes to lose out on metals. i expect to see phelps and schmidt be on the side of expressing concerns. during their testimony coming up on tuesday. >> and there is caitlin clark snub from the basketball team but now running second and wnba all-star voting. what do you make of the caitlin clark phenomenon. >> bottom line is clark should be on the women's basketball team. the usa basketball chair and coming to this decision, he said it would have been irresponsible to put clark on the olympic team which i thi

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later today, two olympic grades will testify up on capitol hill, gold medalist michael phelps and allison schmidt will push for a strict anti-doping been measures just weeks ahead of the paris olympics, they're primetime testimony follows a bombshell new york times report that 23 chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance before the tokyo games. about were allowed to compete. joining me now to talk about this is united sports analysts and usa today, columnist christine brennan christina, i'd love to say i'm surprised. i'm shocked. >> it's like gambling going on at casablanca i mean, what do you think about this issue? i know you've been covering this doping in sports extensively, but you have to olympic greats testifying on this that's right. jam. this is reached critical mass as we are what, less than five weeks away before the swimming competition in paris. and that's why michael phelps, nelson schmidt, and travis tygart, the drug police, the man who caught lance armstrong. he's in charge of the us anti-doping agency they're gonna be talking to congress and the issue is that chines

. >>> today former olympic champion swimmer's michael phelps and allison schmidt testify on anti-dopingfforts ahead of the summer paris olympics. watch this subcommittee hearing live starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span2. or online at c-span.org.

it's not fair for them to be haunted as you heard from allison schmidt for the rest of their lives whetherere was athletes from china who had these positive tests should have been there or not and it's why we need someone that understands the rules. it's given the freedom and access to dive into the cases themselves, not a review of what wada did but actually to get to the facts of the cases, prosecute the case is liquid called for from the very beginning and get justice for all the world's athletes. >> thank you. i yield back. >> i have a few follow-up questions. when i thought was a good point he made earlier some of the chinese swimmers were not, did not testify for the illegal substance and they were cheated. it includes the chinese and russian athletes who maybe didn't get that number one or two spot because they were using performance-enhancing drugs by some of their colleagues. we talked about how we give about $4 million to wada. we talk about the international olympic committee being on the board and therefore you've got fox watching the henhouse and i think it was in your testimo

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