tonight on the floor of the house it, andy harris joining other republicans weighing in on this issue. a republican from maryland's first congressional district. >> the bill of rights doesn't pertain to organizations. it wasn't written for groups. it was written for individuals. every individual having the right to exercise their religious belief. the president's rule not only restricts individuals, it restricts everything except the actual what exists within the walls of a church building. mr. speaker, that's not what the first amendment's about. my parents like many immigrants to this country, fled countries where those beliefs weren't held. my parents came from communist countries. where we don't find it farfetched to believe that they would imprison, them punish individuals for their religious belief. but let's look at what the president's affordable care act has turned into. mr. speaker, we knew in that -- america knew when that bill was passed because the previous speaker of the house said we just have to wait to pass it. we'll find out what's in it. mr. speaker, we're finding o

maryland congressman andy harris tells wjz he hopes the white house backtracks. >> the indication from the white house over the last few days was that the president is digging in on this. i hope that is not true. >> reporter: supporters say the rule is not about religion, it is about wellness. >> this is an issue of women's health and i think that catholic charities believes very deeply it is important that women get the healthcare they need. >> reporter: according to the cdc, 99% of sexually active women use birth control, including 98% of catholic women. baltimore cardinal designate edwin o'brien threatens to drop health coverage saying we will not comply with the unjust law. >>> parishioners in baltimore seem split on it. >> i don't thick it is right. i don't think anyone should tell anyonce else they can do something. it is a free child. >> when i grew up as a child i learned the -- a term called reverence for life. >> they have filed a lawsuit over it. >>> the house of delegates debate over the same sex marriage proposal is set to begin today in annapolis. they will hold a hearing

. >> reporter: andy harris says he would have preferred slashing spending but since the priority -- but said the priority is preventing the tax hike. >> the fact of the matter is nancy pelosi and president obama are not talking about real spending cuts f. we gont don't get real spending cuts, we will take a tax cut. >> reporter: while it points to the issue appearing to be resolved, nothing appears over until the deal is done. >> reporter: there is more work to do. congress has to find 30 to $40 billion in deficit savings to move forward on keeping unemployment benefits moving. some republicans in those negotiations, laura, want drug tests or enrolling in high school equivalency programs as part of that. >>> the smithsonian is asking the president for more than $850 million in 2013. they are building a new national museum of the african- american history and culture that will cost about half a billion dollars itself. congress promised to find 250 million of that. the rest of the request would go to other facilities like the american history museum and the zoo. there was a request for 16

an energy hearing on capitol hill would shut -- was shut down by maryland congressman andy harris. he called at the recess of the internal subcommittee hearing after an hbo crew led by controversial filmmaker john fox began filming. videotaping of an open congressional hearings is permitted with advance permission, which fox had not obtained. fox was arrested. real estate mogul donald trump has endorsed mitt romney for the gop presidential nomination. it came as romney and other contenders campaign in western states. the endorsement was news to the gingrich camp, which had leaked word wednesday night that truck would be backing the former speaker. gingrich chided romney by saying he was not concerned because they already have a safety net. >> i really believe that we should care about the very poor, unlike governor romney. >> gingrich added that he supports replacing the safety net with a trampoline. nevada holds its caucuses this saturday. polls their show romney has a strong lead, followed by gingrich, santorum, and ron paul. all president obama insists he is not yet in full camp

. >> maryland republican congressman andy harris is accused of stifling the first amendment rights of a filmmaker. he was holding a public hearing into the natural gas drilling process known as frankincking. ordered john fox to be arrested . they complained fox did not have a permit to film the hearing. >> four men have been arrested associated with a deadly shooting at the towson town center. police were able to arrest tyrone brown, frank williams, jermell brandon, and william ward for the shooting death of 19-year-old rodney pridget. police say the four man saw the man and coordinated the attack outside the mall. >> they put this together like the pieces of a puzzle and do the detective work that it takes to cooperate evidence like this. >> police have not made it clear what prompted the man to target pridget. a man in towson was kidnapped. this happened there washington avenue around 5:00 p.m. last thursday. two man pulled a gun and forced him to withdraw money from an atm before dumping him off in the city. residents are alarmed. >> they call me off guard. it was so crazy it happe

i had appealed specifically to the chairman staff representative republican representative andy harris and they had not gotten back to us even though they said they would so we showed up knowing full well that there might be a confrontation oh this is a risk as a reporter to to walk into a situation where there might be a conversation with congress because you don't know what the repercussions are but at as it was we had nothing to lose we were getting late in the congress anyway we had already been shut out so matt sanchez who had his camera out in the hallway was told he couldn't come in the room he was blocked i had my camera in the case and a tripod so i just walked in even though they had said let me search your bag and i said no and then i walked into the room and i set up my tripod immediately when i set up my tripod i saw staffers come up to me say you cannot tape you can't record of course we were recording this the whole time and then. after about ten or fifteen minutes which i explained would appeal to the chair get the get the chair to weigh in on this then police start to

andy harris is supporting jacobs in the district to a breeze. he says she has what it takes to reduce the deficit, kickstart the economy, and create jobs. >> the united states has broken another record, not in a good way. >> gas prices are higher than they had ever been this time of year. analysts say there is more cause for concern. >> i will be fine if i can get some sleep. >> this 29-year-old athlete was close to death. university >> live, local, latebreaking -- this is wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> an anne arundel county man has a new outlook on life after an illness forced his lungs to shut down. he and his family were told they had one hour to live. >> medical professionals went into action. what happened next is a life- saving story. >> this started as he was heading back home from a trip overseas. he had been traveling for 30 hours with no sleep. he was feeling sick. he made it back to the united states in the nick of

. >> maryland republican, congressman andy harris would have preferred slashing spending, but the priorityax. >> nancy pelosi and president obama are not talking about spending cuts. if we aren't going to get real spending cuts, we'll take a tax cut >> it will renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. >> the agreement that is being worked on amounts to a valentine's victory. it would have the added bonus of making the fight over the payroll tax cut a nonissue in the fall election campaign. a bill could be on the president's desk as early as this week, brian. >> it looks like the gop presidential contest once again, a two-man race. this week it's mitt romney and rick santorum. romney won four states, so has santorum. there are two polls out now that shows santorum has an edge in romney's home state of michigan. one by 6 points. the other by a whopping 15%. >> this is the reason i love doing outside events. you get a chance to hear from everybody. >> you have four guys on the republican side running for president. my guess is this crowd is partial to me. >> by falling in the polls

it wasn't llioos of representative andy harris is here to weigh in on the situation.ve or not to extend the tax cut-many republicans initially fought this ...didn't want the 2-month extensionnlast december ... why the change of heart-it also stops cuts to the medicare system in which doctors would not be reimbursed at the same level -what does this mean for our nations' deficit 3 coming up.. rihanna and chris brown... teaming up?the song... they're reportedly collaborating on. on. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((ad lib horoscopes)) 1. the extension of the payroll tax cut could be a big loss for people who rely on over the air t-v broadcasts. move to take away broadcast spectrum from t-v stations. what are your thoughts on this? what are your stations. spectrum from t-v broadcast move to take away legislation.. a buried in the broadcasts.the air t-v who rely on over loss for people cut could be a big the payrool tax 1. the extension of the payroll tax the defense makes its case. theenew witnssee in the on ox 45 news at 5:30. 3 3 fiber m

i here appoint the honorable andy harris to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. lisa lassiter wayloo, the capitol hill united methodist church, washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. god of perfect power and endless love within these walls decisions are made that influence the whole world. but it is within the human heart that you do some of your very best work. so open each heart here to you, tune each set of ears to hear your still small voice within. open each pair of eyes to see you in one another. and especially in those with whom we disagree. protect each soul from predictable and unexpected temptation. and excite each mind to the vastness of your great possibility. so that our work here today will reflect the breath of your love for each child we represent from our own districts and each individual around the globe without any representation. we ask these things with abund ant gratitude for the awesome opportunity t

i hereby appoint the honorable andy harris to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes each. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: request unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the country cannot afford the great ruler and his administration. he costs too much. he spends too much. he taxes too much. he regulates too much. he cuts defense too much. he grows the

andy turns them down. he takes alvin barkley, harry truman takes album berkeley democratic leader of the senate and you have the ticket. berkeley is a pretty good speaker. he is pretty well-liked. he is older than harry chairman and harry chairman is not a young man. they both come from border states. it doesn't look like much of the ticket. it doesn't look like much of the ticket but harry truman goes to the convention. he waits for hours to give his speech. he doesn't give it until 1:00 in the morning and the convention has been all world up with everything. hubert humphrey has gone to the floor and forced a floor fight on civil rights. the southern democrats were mad enough going into this convention and then hubert humphrey said our plank on civil rights is not as strong as the republicans. it's the same mush that we were paddling in 1944. no, we need a move out of the shadow of states rights into the bright sunlight of civil rights and he forces a floor fight on to the convention, the first one since 1932 and he wins. he wins in the southern democrats, some of them anyway, walk out, walk out. the conve

andy will stick around for this. daniel is dead -- tired of answering questions about harry potter. he has a lot of other exciting projects coming up. but first, it is that a-hole, chris brown. a fair and balanced debate coming up. >>> did she go easy on breezy? the ladies on "the view" were discussing them and they said they happily let them beat him. he -- here is one tweet, chris brown can beat me all he wants. and another, dude, chris brown can punch me as much as he wants in the face. >> sherry shepherd, one of the co-hosts and my scrabble partner decided that they were being too hard on the singer slash assaulter. watch. >> there could be a situation of abuse like chris brown was going through. his mother was abused right before his eyes six years before this happened. he used to wet his pants. he was a victim and became an offender. he did what the courts told him to do. he went to 52 weeks a year of abuse domestic prevention counseling. if you have a child 234 that -- child in that situation you may see chris brown as a role model. >> i may need a new scrap pell partner. scr