congresswoman alyssa slotkin served in a variety of roles at the pentagon during the obama administration, culminating in two years as acting defense secretary of international affairs. prior to that she worked in the intelligence committee, including spending time in iraq. and representative haley stevens started her career working for the obama administration's auto industry ll. she later worked on ways for small and midsize manufacturers to adopt digital manufacturing methods including creating job-training programs. her colleagues elected her as a copresident of the house democrats freshman class. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> to government shutdown is now in its 23rd day, making it the longest in u.s. history. watch the house monday live at noon eastern on c-span, the senate live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. might governor phil scott began his second term with an address to lawmakers. he laid out his goals of attracting more people to live and work in vermont by improving job opportunities, housing, and education. this is 35 minutes.

a l alyssa slotkin beat a two-term republican in a pro-trump district.think a lot of us were concerned about what we were hearing and then it was something personally. >> we're tired of men telling us to wait our turn. it is our turn. >> reporter: it all presents a new landscape for president trump, who now has to negotiate with the democratic-led house led of course by a woman. house speaker nancy pelosi has stood up to president trump in public before at that oval office meeting before christmas. the question for today, whether that same dynamic is going to play out at their white house meeting this morning. >> quite a day for history, that's for sure. >>> besides reopening the government, house democrats are planning to tackle a number of other issues in the new congress. the new house judiciary chair jerry nadler reintroduced a bill yesterday to protect special counsel robert mueller. if mueller is fired the bill would allow him to challenge the dismissal in federal court. the party is taking steps to intervene in a court case where a texas judge str

longtime expertise climate leaders, and veterans, people who want to the department of defense like alyssa slotkin's, or in the navy like alain laurier, or abigail samberg in the cia. these people understand the question between national security and environmental security. host: and what's wrong with those connections in the larger issue? > we have had a green new deal for more than a decade in addition to all of these failed programs, these expensive and intrusive programs. in the federal government we spend $10 billion every year on climate change programs. right now we have subsidies, wind power alone receives more and subsidies than all conventional energy sources combined. and solar power is receiving subsidies for all other sources combined. we have had a green new deal and we keep subsidizing failure, boosting up failure, despite the subsidies, renewable energy cannot compete in the regular marketplace. this new green deal is saying that we will take the worst of energy sources and we are going to throw money into it. host: the conversation will continue, and if you want to ask a specific qu

alyssa slotkin, fellow new congresswoman from your state spoke out yesterday.few. >> i just can't support that kind of language. i think we're trying to set an example for our kids. >> to act like that, to speak like that is even more deplorable. >> i don't really like that kind of language. >> i think that the office of the presidency should be treated with respect. >> it's not something i would say. >> you know, brad sherman there at the end, congresswoman, obviously he's introduced articles of impeachment, right, so he agrees completely with your sentiment. i guess what i'm trying to understand, i know it has to be hard because you were saying you were caught up in the moment. >> absolutely. >> do you feel the right word to say is i'm sorry, i wish i hadn't said it. i don't like the guy. i'm sorry. is it fair to say you don't feel comfortable going that far? >> i mean, what i want to do is not allow women like myself that have every right to be angry and upset and mad and -- to curse. that somehow they're not allowed to do it in some sort of public forum. i

alyssa slotkin of michigan who served three tours in iraq with the cia and with republican mark greenessee, who was on the special ops team that captured saddam hussein. and they are our "power players of the week" ." welcome to "fox news sunday." >> delighted to be here. >> thanks for having us. >> chris: you both talk about trying to get things done, trying to compromise, to break the gridlock in washington. be specific. let me start with you, congresswoman, how? >> sure, the perfect example is the government shutdown. we have the basis of a deal, both sides are saying they care about border security. they believe in national security. start having a real negotiation about border security, border forces, more technology at the border, sensing if we needed in some areas. it doesn't just have to be a wall, that's the essence of a negotiation. i think we can start now. if people really about getting something done. >> chris: talking about the issues, i guess i'm talking more about attitude. there are problems there and people have known about possible deals, possible solutions for a lo

congresswoman alyssa slotkin served in a variety of roles at the pentagon during the obama administration, culminating in a loifrl t oil over two years as acting defense secretary. prior to that she worked in the u.s. intelligence community including spending time in iraq with jobs in the cia, national security council and state department. and representative haley stephens started her career working for the obama administration's auto industry bailout. she later worked on ways for small and midsized manufacturers to adopt digital manufacturing methods, including creating job training programs. her colleagues elected her as one of the two co-presidents of the house democratic freshman class. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> watch c-span for live coverage of two marches in the nation's capital. friday, the march for life starts at noon eastern and on saturday, the women's march beginning at 1:30 p.m. eastern, this friday and saturday live on c-span. >> president trump traveled to the pentagon this morning to talk about missile defense. he also spoke about the governmen

longtime expertise climate leaders, and veterans, people who want to the department of defense like alyssa slotkin's in the navy like alain laurier, or abigail samberg in the cia. these people understand the question between national security and environmental security. host: and what's wrong with those connections in the larger issue? >> we have had a green new deal for more than a decade in addition to all of these failed programs, these expensive and intrusive programs. in the federal government we spend $10 billion every year on climate change programs. ,ight now we have subsidies wind power alone receives more and subsidies than all conventional energy sources combined. and solar power is receiving subsidies for all other sources combined. we have had a green new deal and we keep subsidizing failure, boosting up failure, despite the renewable energy cannot compete in the regular marketplace. sayingw green deal is that we will take the worst of energy sources and we are going to throw money into it. host: the conversation will continue, and if you want to ask a specific question about the green

slotkin, alyssa abigail spanberger, jeff andrew. eric golden as well as jim cooper.on kind, carter lam, burch rader, kathleen rice of new york. we want to hear from you, your thoughts on the leadership of nancy pelosi and what is next for the democrats in the house. rick is a democrat in citrus heights, california. good morning to you. i have got to push the button. start over. caller: good morning. i am so happy to finally be on c-span. i have tried forever. as far as democrats are concerned, i am so happy my party is in charge of the house beingresentatives because a disabled person -- i am not a veteran, i was born disabled, but i was born with a lot of different diseases, i am so very happy the democrats have taken over the house of representatives and i will say ifs before i go, that is president trump continues to behave the way he is behaving, i don't have the means to do this, but anyone that does, i would support them. if any of you recall what happened during world war ii with the italians and benito mussolini. jack int's move on to providence, rhode island