transportation committee this morning, bill shuster, he is very anxious to get going on an infrastructure bill. that's a very large committee that has a lot of bipartisan cooperation and i think that if the president is serious about solving all of the above, infrastructure could be the key to get a lot of people on board. i think there's great opportunity there. certainly chairman schuster is optimistic about the importance of that. just to come up with so many solutions as the vehicle to get things done. >> but a big infrastructure bill is also a big spending bill. will republican deficit hawks go for this, especially given the tax reform is supposed to add over a trillion dollars to the deficit according to the experts. >> i think that there will be expenses that people would agree on. for example, you can go with a public/private partnership solution to many cases where you can get people to build roads and bridges if they have an opportunity to share in the revenue. certainly the toll roads around washington, d.c., are great

you have congressman bill shuster who recently announced he is not going to seek reelection. he is from rural, western pennsylvania. these members of congress know , tolling, that p3's don't work in their district. they're going to call for other fund and -- funding mechanisms. then democrats, taken aside the political oculus of whether or not if you are a democrat and you are to work -- political calculus of whether or not if you are a democrat you want to work with the white house and republicans for another achievement by president trump, do you want to work on an effort that is privatizing infrastructure projects, where that is contrary to a lot of democrats who want to see more of a federal role. lastly, within the house republicans, you will have moderate republicans and the clash over the role the federal government should have in transportation. host: eugene mulero -- you heard him talk about these efforts when it comes to infrastructure spending. if you want to ask him questions about the political back-and-forth going on so, from here, you said they may unveil somet

coming alongside orrin hatch's announcement yesterday included the announcement of bill shuster, house transportation committee chairman announced he is stepping down at the end of his term. politico noting that since he is term limited out of the chairmanship after three terms, many had speculated this would be his last year in congress. more on those announcements later in our program. since both men plan to serve out their terms through the end of the session, they will both be involved in this immigration debate, which is sure to be a top issue. it is already complicating the spending negotiations that are going on ahead of the latest spending deadline, january 19 here is the story from the washington examiner -- immigration complicates trump's spending. the white house has drawn a series of red lines along deferred action for childhood arrivals program, demanding that containedlation funding for a border wall. those discussions expected to happen on capitol hill when the white house legislative affairs director mark short and budget director mick mulvaney are expected to meet with

pennsylvania and bill shuster, the younger is retiring.nt of retirement for the republicans in congress? are we getting near where they count the dead bodies? he is chairman of the house transportation committee and as the committee chairman, someone who would be ushering through the president legislative agenda and he wants that as his final keynote these of hallmark legislation from a policy standpoint but no details on the president's infrastructure plan. it is a great point because we have focused on orrin hatch but bill shuster saying he will not go anywhere. it makes for one heck of a midterm election cycle. tom: thank you. he is our chief washington correspondent. john silvia has been decades watching the political dialogue in washington. do we care, does it shake confidence? john: at this point, when you have the employment never so strong, gdp numbers look solid for this year, at this point it does not shake confidence. when harder decisions need to be made, schuster talking about infrastructure spending, when that is challenged,

chairman bill shuster, chairman of the house trepidation infrastructure committee, he is a republican from pennsylvania and he is relatively close with trump and he has got the expertise on this issue. he has talked to the white house about it. i would keep an eye on peter defazio as well. shuster and the fazio have been working together on their own plan. it could work with the administration. on the senate side, you have and tom carper and bill nelson are there ranking members. mark meadows, influential guy in the house, he is the chairman of the house freedom caucus. that when -- wenger of the party will have a lot to say. host: why specifically the freedom caucus? they have a lot to say about anything in contact with trump with the idea of big spending packages that is going to have to get by those people on the right. meadows is not totally against infrastructure. he thinks that could be a way to establish new budget caps, domestic spending, if you want to add to the cap on that side, infrastructure could be the way to go. he is on the transportation infrastructure committee, he

a man that everybody in washing knows and respects, bill shuster. bill? thanks, bill. representative g.t. thompson. and you know this, g.t., a person that people are hearing more and more about, a real friend and a spectacular man, rick secone. [cheers & applause] and mrs. saccone. special people. my daughter ivanka is also here with us today. [cheers & applause] she worked so hard on the child tax credit. ivanka, come on up here. will you? [applause] come on up. and a very special thank you to george cook for hosting us. done a great -- done a great job. really a great job. thank you. what an incredible company. ivanka, are you going to say a couple words about the child tax credit? did you work on. come on. >> hi, everyone! it is always amazing to be here in pennsylvania and to be here with all of you. we worked so hard on tax cuts and tax reform. and the president, my father, was very specific about what he wanted to accomplish. it was so core to him to support hard-working middle income families and the child tax credit is key to doing that. so it's going to be a b

a man that everybody in washington knows and so respects, bill shuster. bill. thanks, bill. g.t. thompson. and you know this, g.t., a person that people are hearing more and more about, a real friend and spectacular man, rick sacon. and mrs. sacon. thank you for being here my daughter ivanka is also here with us today. she worked so hard on the child tax credit, ivanka, come up, come up here. come on. come on up. and a very special thank you to george cook for hosting us. done a great job. really a great job. thank you. thank you. what an incredible company. ivanka are you going to say a couple of words about the child tax credit? boy, did you work hard. >> hi, everybody. it is always amazing to be here in pennsylvania and to be here with all of you. we work sod hard on tax cuts and tax reform and the president, my father, was very specific about what he wanted to accomplish. it was so core to him to support hardworking, middle-income families an the child tax credit is key to doing that. so it's going to be a big win for everyone in this room and everyone across this countr

examiner just within the last 15 minutes reporting that the house infrastructure committee chairman bill shuster is set to retire at the end of this year and he is banking that infrastructure will be his high note to go out on. many republicans including the freedom caucus are eagerly awaiting details about what exactly an infrastructure blueprint from this white house would mean. in addition to the $250 billion of allocated funds that they have allocated in their budget. on the issue of additional resources needed for infrastructure at a time when many republicans are calling for additional resources and the national defense community -- it looks like infrastructure might he a bit controversial. even more controversial than the looming fight on immigration. julia: is it possible? finally overshadowing. always lingering in the background is the rush investigation. endwhite house said at the of last year it is wrapping up. it is coming to an end. we have an end in sight in 2018? republicans have really ramped up their criticism of the investigation and the institutions responsible for this invest

transportation and infrastructure committee chair, a very important position in pennsylvania -- bill shusterania decided he was not gonna run. we already have charlie dent deciding he's not gonna run for re-election. we have tim murphy in the pittsburgh area, and we also have lou barletta running for senate against casey. this is not good in terms of pennsylvania's clout in washington. >> mm. nelson. >> well, there were 312 homicides this year, which is higher than the year 2012. but what people are not talking about is there were 1,300 opioid deaths in the city of philadelphia. it's so important that we take care of these individuals in the proper way and provide the appropriate remedy for medicine and protection. >> all right. val. >> monica, i was initially encouraged when governor wolf commissioned an investigation into allegations of impropriety in the lieutenant governor's staff -- the lieutenant governor in his treatment toward his staff and his wife's treatment toward his staff, but then they did that investigation, the report he's keeping to himself. i did a right-to-know request an

is the chairman of the epw, the highway committee in the senate, and then you have congressman bill shuster recently announced he's not going to seek reelection. he is some rural western pennsylvania. these members of congress know accurately that p3 tolling don't work in the district. they are going to call for other funding mechanisms. and then democrats, whether not if you're democrat you want to work with the white house and your republican to achieve yet another legislative victory for donald trump, president trump, do you now work with a white house that once to proceed on a privatizing effort of major infrastructure projects? or is that contrary to a lot of the democrats. the democrats want to see more of a federal. and then lastly, within the house republicans you are going to have moderate republicans in the freedom caucus just clash over whether the role that the federal government should have in federal transportation. >> host: eugene mulero as you can talk about these various efforts come when it comes infrastructure spending, i would be the topic of our program today. don't ask

coming alongside orrin hatch's announcement yesterday included the announcement of bill shuster, houseransportation committee chairman announced he is stepping down at the end of his term. politico noting that since he is term limited out of the chairmanship after three terms, many had speculated this would be his last year in congress. more on those announcements later in our program. since both men plan to serve out their terms through the end of the session, they will both be involved in this immigration debate, which is sure to be a top issue. it is already complicating the spending negotiations that are going on ahead of the latest spending deadline, january 19 here is the story from the washington examiner -- immigration complicates trump's spending. the white house has drawn a series of red lines along deferred action for childhood arrivals program, demanding that containedlation funding for a border wall. those discussions expected to happen on capitol hill when the white house legislative affairs director mark short and budget director mick mulvaney are expected to meet with t

you have congressman bill shuster who recently announced he is not going to seek reelection. he is from rural, western pennsylvania. these members of congress know , tolling, that p3's don't work in their district. they're going to call for other fund and -- funding mechanisms. then democrats, taken aside the political oculus of whether or not if you are a democrat and you are to work -- political calculus of whether or not if you are a democrat you want to work with the white house and republicans for another achievement by president trump, do you want to work on an effort that is privatizing infrastructure projects, where that is contrary to a lot of democrats who want to see more of a federal role. lastly, within the house republicans, you will have moderate republicans and the clash over the role the federal government should have in transportation. host: eugene mulero -- you heard him talk about these efforts when it comes to infrastructure spending. if you want to ask him questions about the political back-and-forth going on so, from here, you said they may unveil somet

"the infrastructure in america is crumbling"that's why house transportation committee chairman bill shusterlions to rebuild airports, highways, and more. "its not going to be easy, but do we want to rebuild our bridges and our roads and have an infrastructure that keeps highly competitive in the world"shuster says to pay for it, congress should raise the federal gas tax.right now drivers pay 18 cents for every gallon they buy. shuster says raising the tax a few cents would make a huge difference in the long haul. "for just a little bit of money, a cup of coffee a week, or two bottles of water at the store, that's not a lot of money and i think american people understand that""white house aides say the president will focus on infrastructure reform during the state of the union address later this month, the president is expected to call on states and private companies to rebuild american infrastructure"deputy press secretary raj shah says the president supports infrastructure reform.but that he believes it has to be a group effort.the white house wants both states and private businesses to co

certainly they could make a play and make this the competitor for bill shuster, republican chair from pennsylvania of the transportation committee. obviously the tax bill is not popular in new jersey because of the salt issues. neil: he voted against it for that very reason. >> right, exactly. there are these trends. he's not the only one from new jersey who is retiring. frank lobiondo, republican is not seeking reelection. you see the trend of what it is in a state like new jersey which definitely has democratic undercurrent and may be hard to keep the seats. ed royce in california is another one. asleep democrats believe is very flexible, chair of the foreign relations committee -- foreign affairs committee in the house of representatives and again, the issues was what the tax bill. that is negative in california and most of those districts. neil: chad, thank you very much. on the phone with us right us texas republican congressman pete sessions. i don't know if you were were even still are on this train? [inaudible] -- back to the intersection where the train -- [inaudible] and qui

when you look at ed royce, bill shuster, they are coming to the end of their term.t's a natural time. history shows on off election years after the party has the white house it is usually not good for those individuals so there is a little headwind here. remember this? when was the last time the dow jones was ever this high. unemployment at a 17-year low but more important look what wal-mart just announced. ages are up. you had a billion dollars go out in bonuses to more than a million people and have had energy rates going down because of the tax plan. i think 10 months from now republicans are going to be in a very strong position. remember what happened in 1998? actually the party in power won seats. >> sandra: right. i have two seconds left. that deadline next friday, is it a tall order to think it will get done? a deal will get done? >> no, we've been meeting at this. no problem with getting a deal done when it comes to the budget agreement. we're meeting about the daca and the border going forward but those two should not shut the government down. >> sandra: a

a man everyone in washington knows and respects, bill shuster. [applause] pres.mp: representative gt thompson. [applause] this,trump: and you know a person people are hearing more and more about, a real friend and a spectacular man, lexicon ciccone. and his wife, thank you for being here. special people. vanka is also here today. [applause] she works so hard on the child tax credit, come up. [applause] pres. trump: and a very special thank you to george cook, for hosting us. he has done a great job, thank .ou ivanka, are you going to say a few words? hi, everyone. it is always great to be here. we worked so hard on tax cuts and tax reform, and my father was very specific about what he wanted to accomplish. it was so core to him to support hard-working, middle income families and the child tax credit is key to doing that. it is going to be a big win for everyone in this room across the country. we are very excited about that, doubling the standard section, the child tax credit, all the elements that make this a very family-friendly plan. but also enable great amer

shuster was extremely helpful for us, but i can honestly say when mr. young was chairman, he had the ability to be a hell of a lot more helpful. thank you. >> the last bill i passed i got more votes than don young did. [ laughter ] >> i think the interesting thing that came out of this panel is the fact of the question of where is the pressure point and is it going to another member that you serve with and where things can be discussed. >> the only reason i got additional time, something that didn't come up in the process is i do think there should be a way to look at either cost benefit analysis or return on investment for the dollars that are requested and what you spend. for example, judging the mississippi river gives us a return of $89 to $1 to it makes sense to spend money there. early childhood education 9 to 1. it would be very helpful as we ask for submissions if we get down that road to make sure that cost benefit analysis or return on investment is part of what is included in the request. >> thank you all for staying and coming back. we appreciate it. thank you. this panel is dismissed. >>> the next panel may come up. >>> for the committee and