congressman brendan boyle is joining us now. he's on the house ways and means committee, the tax committee in the house. brendan, what does it say to you while you're seeking impeachment that the president has flat out admitted what he's done and would do it again. he clearly doesn't think the reporters care and maybe he's right. how do you sway people? >> thank you for having me again. we already know we don't have to take any whistleblower's word for it. the statement, what they call a transcript of the president's own words with president zelensky of ukraine, showed first and foremost that the president broke numerous laws in that conversation, soliciting something clearly of value from a foreign national. then today he actually doubles down on it and repeeats that o'ferno offense, only this time it's a different day in a different country. whether you watch the president with the president of finland or you see president trump today right there on the south lawn of the white house, this is a president who is increasingly beco

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wednesday morning, brendan boyle discusses a newly released treasury department numbers on the rising budget deficit and the upcoming government funding deadline. talks aboutheiber congressional hearings on the safety of the boeing 747 max airplanes. and congressman ron estes on thursdays houseboat on impeachment procedures and trade policy. watch live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. coming up on the c-span networks , on c-span, we are live wednesday at 10:00 a.m., when the house returns for general speeches. at noon, the house takes up several bills expanding protections for public lands in the west, including the grand canyon and areas in colorado. senate continues work on 2020 federal spending. go toen :00 p.m., we george mason university for a conversation on intelligence and the u.s. presidential elections. speakers include former cia , former john brennan cia directors, and andrew mccabe. en c-span3 at 10:00 a.m., the house homeland security committee hears testimony on global terror threats with fbi director christopher wray. and at 3:00 p.m., we join th

joining me now to discuss is brendan boyle. congressman, let's start with the latest news.new york times" reports a second intelligence officials is considering filing a whistle-blower complaint. i think that's remarkable, considering how hostile an environment trump and his defenders on fox have created for whistle-blowers. what would you say as a member of congress who will ultimately receive any new whistle-blower reports to anyone considering coming forward to assure they field safe and secure doing so? >> well, thanks, s.e., for having me back on. first i very much admire the courage of the initial whistle-blower who came forward, as well as the current of this person who it sounds like -- this additional person who it sounds like is also weighing to come forward. i would point out even though a lot of focus has gone on the original whistle-blower, keep in mind the inspector general of the intelligence community went to the sources that the original whistle-blower got this information from and deemed it to be highly credible. >> right. >> we also frankly have the white

coming up this morning, pennsylvania democratic congressman brendan boyle discusses a newly released treasuries department numbers on the rising budget deficit and the upcoming government funding deadline. in the former transportation inspector general talks about congressional hearings on the safety of the boeing 737 max 8 airplanes, and ron estes on tomorrow's house vote on impeachment procedures and trade policy. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. house has announced it is moving forward on the impeachment process against president trump. watch c-span3, live today at 3:00 p.m. eastern as the house rules committee presents a resolution on how certain committees will continue their investigation, at thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. on c-span, the house takes up that resolution outlining the next steps, including how he runs will be conducted and later transferring evidence to the house judiciary committee. follow the impeachment inquiry. watch live on c-span and c-span3, online on c-span.org or listen live from wherever you are on

the irish center here in philadelphia, and 200 people turned up to hear myself and congressman brendan boyle talk about the implications of brexit for the irish. we don't want anyone to take sides. we simply want our friends in america to be assured that if brexit happens, it doesn't come at the expense of peace in northern ireland, which was hard-won at the price of great american influence over the last 30 years. ave a lecture earlier this year, at the university of virginia in the rotunda room, designed by thomas jefferson, meal shortlya before his death with the marquis of lafayette doing what of his tours of america in the 1820's, and i gave a lecture on declaring independence. ireland 1919. theproclamation of 1916 but declaration was 1919. obviously, the american one is of global renown, but i would point out, interestingly, the american revolution produced a republican experiment, which was pretty much unparalleled in human history, that you could claim some president perhaps in the ancient world, but in the modern world, this was the first time a republic had been established. the co

earlier i spoke to brendan boyle and i asked him for his reaction to news of the deal. suppose this will be the fourth vote will be at this time in a different withdrawal agreement. i really am quite pleased that this agreement does achieve some of the most important principles to those of us here on capitol hill who care and have been following this issue. so fari have been following this issue. so far i think it is a good, fair agreement for everybody, and i hope that saturday we see a positive vote. it sounds like you feel confident that the deal, as things stand on the table, it does add here, in principle, to the good friday agreement, which was crucial to you? that's right. that certainly does appear to be the case, that it would avoid the reconstruction of a ha rd would avoid the reconstruction of a hard border on the island of ireland, which concerns so many of us ireland, which concerns so many of us from dublin, to brussels, to washington, to many places across the world. that does appear to have really been upheld in this agreement. and i think it does so in

an hour, in representative brendan boyle discusses the newly released treasury department numbers on the rising budget deficit and the upcoming government funding deadline. at nine :00 a.m., former transportation department inspector general mary

wednesday morning, congressman brendan boyle discusses the treasury numbers on the rising budget deficit and the upcoming government funding deadline. then, congressional hearings on the safety of the boeing 737 max airplanes. republican congressman ron estes on thursdays house vote on impeachment procedures and trade policy. washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern on wednesday morning. >> this week, the house will consider the next phase of the impeachment inquiry against president trump by taking up a resolution that confirms committee work so far and any additional procedures in the future, including the possibility of public hearings. lawmakers are planning to debate and vote on the measure this thursday. as always, live gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span. coming up on the c-span networks. on c-span, we are live wednesday at 10:00 a.m. when the house returns for general speeches. at noon, the house takes up several bills expanding protections for some public lands in the west including the grand canyon, chaco canyon in new mexico, and areas in colorado. on c-span two, the senate cont

wednesday morning, pennsylvania democratic commerce men brendan boyle releases the numbers on the risingudget deficit and the upcoming government funding deadline. former transportation inspector general talks about congressional hearings and the safety of the boeing 737 max airplanes. republican on the house impeachment procedures and trade policy perry washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. coming up on the c-span networks come on c-span we are live wednesday at 10 a.m. when the house returns for general speeches. at noon, the house takes up several bills expanding protections for public lands in the west, including the grand canyon, chapel canyon in new mexico, and areas in colorado. one c-span to senate continues work on 2020 federal spending. at 7 p.m. we go to george mason university for conversation about intelligence and the u.s. presidential elections. ciakers include a former director john brennan, former deputy cia directors john mcglocklin and michael morel, and former deputy director of the fbi andrew mccabe. on c-span3 at 10 a.m. th