host: this is representative ben cline, republican of virginia.e serves on the judiciary committee and the education and labor committee. you can ask him a question at (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 for democrats, and (202) 748-8002 for independents. if you want to also tweet you can do so, @cspanwj. as a member of the judiciary, what you think of the direction it is taking? host: guest i was in the tone of -- guest: i was disappointed in the tone of the hearing, which was supposed to be an oversight hearing, which was how it was built when it was first advertised. was the majority party trying to dig in and elicit responses from the acting that gaveeneral information about the mueller investigation, when the mueller report has not been filed yet. so i think it is presumptuous to information out of the acting attorney general when there is an ongoing investigation, and i think we should wait until the mueller report is filed and then see where that report leads us. but for n i was disappointed in the tone ono fridayw,. several ques

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wednesday morning, virginia republican congressman ben cline talks about the tentative border securityeal reached by congressional negotiators that would avert a government shutdown. and a former obama state department official talks about his role on the house foreign affairs committee and oversight of the trump administration's foreign policy agenda. and los angeles times immigration reporter molly o'toole talks about immigration funding and the issue of detention beds for immigrants. washington journal live at 7:00 p.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. ♪ >> montana governor steve ullock gave his final state of the state address with topics including health care, education and infrastructure. governor b

wednesday morning, virginia republican congressman ben cline talks about the tentative border security deal reached by congressional negotiators that would avert a government shutdown. and a former obama state department official talks about his role on the house foreign affairs committee and oversight of the trump administration's foreign policy agenda. and los angeles times immigration reporter molly o'toole talks about immigration funding and the issue of detention beds for immigrants. washington journal live at 7:00 p.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. ♪ >> montana governor steve ullock gave his final state of the state address with topics including health care, education and infrastructure. ullock is term limited and has been mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2020. [applause] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, i have the honor and privilege to introduce you to the bullock, steve governor of the great state of montana. [applause] governor bullock: mr. president, mr. speaker, members of this 66th legislature, lieutenant governor mike cooney, honored me

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coming up wednesday morning, virginia republican congressman ben cline will join us to talk about thea government shutdown. and new jersey democratic congressman tom malinowski, a former obama state department official, talks about his role on the house foreign affairs committee and oversight of the trump administration's foreign policy agenda. then "los angeles times" immigration reporter will be on to talk about the debate in congress over the border wall funding and the issue of detention beds for detained immigrants. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >> our road to the white house coverage continues next with ohio senator sheard brown two w.h.o. talks about a potential 2020 presidential bid at an on the record breakfast with reporters this morning. from washington, d.c., this is about an hour.

it's now my pleasure to yield time to my friend from virginia, great congressman, ben cline. mr. cline: i want to thank the gentleman from arizona for the time and thank him for bringing this issue to the forefront, madam speaker. i'm distressed by the lack of numbers in the chamber right now . because this truly is the greatest threat to the security of this nation that we face. when i ran for office last fall, i promised the citizens of virginia's sixth congressional district that i would re-introduce four words to washington. we can't afford it. these are four words that have been needed to have been repeated over the last 22 years, as the last time a federal budget with a surplus was signed into law was 1997. and in virginia, where i served in the house of delegates until last year, we're required to balance our budget each year. and because we've placed a priority on fiscal responsibility, virginia is frequently listed among the best states in which to do business. in contrast, the federal government has an outstanding public debt of more than $22 trillion. every year since

coming up on today's "washington journal," republican congressman ben cline of virginia on a tentativeorder security agreement reached by house and senate negotiators that would avert another government shutdown. after that, we're joined by congressmen tom malinowski of new jersey talk about his role on the house foreign affairs committee