bresnahan: no. am just excited that a kid from butler street in wyoming, pennsylvania can be representing his family's home. we have called it home for five generations so now i am here to focus on people of paa> >> emily randle of washington state is one of 60 new members of the u.s. house. before her election she served in the washington senate. she talks about her career which also includes work as a community organizer. rep. randall: i worked mostly in nonprofit health care and education organizations, building community support for expanding health care access for kids, for women, lgbtq folks. i worked at children's hospital boston and i worked for planned parenthood and the san francisco aids foundation and ran for office in 20 -- in 20. i was born in the six congressional district. >> who were your key influences going up cash growing up? rep. randall: i grew up in the house that my mom grew up in. i am close to my dad's parents. i am the first of my family to go to college. my role models we

bresnahan. rep. bresnahan: last month, i had the pleasure to visit the pennsylvania farm show where i got to speak with some of these farmers and producers from all over the commonwealth & everything from milkshakes to apple cider, potato doughnuts and deep fried mushrooms. it was truly remarkable to hear just how much work goes into bringing these products from the farm to our tables. just as remarkable was here and how many of these farms were family owned and multigenerational. the most common thread that i hear from farmers while traveling around my district in northeastern pennsylvania is the desire to keep their family farm in the family and pass it down to the next generation. this speaks directly to me as i am a third generation family business owner. i went from first generation to third generation in the heavy highway electrical space, so i am new to agriculture, but understand the significance of what we do here and appreciate all of your testimony here today because it does speak heavily

bresnahan: i rise in strong support of h.r. 27, the halt fentanyl act and oppose the amendment. it takes only two milligrams of fentanyl to kill a person. two milligrams. that's the weight of a single grain of sand. on average one pennsylvania dies from a drug overdose every two hours. these aren't strangers. the fentanyl that has poured in adoctors our borders during the past few years has wreaked havoc on our families, neighbors and communities. this includes me my 16-year-old cousin lost her life to this crisis no. race, dividend, zip code is immune from the fentanyl epidemic. this is why i'm proud we are wasting no time in bringing halt fentanyl act to the floor. this bill should have passed both chambers in the last congress. it should have passed with unanimous support. here we are. let's show the american people we are prepared to fight for them and address this skies. let's deliver a tangible victory for families and neighbors back home. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky reserves. the gentlewoman from massachusetts is recognized. mrs. tra

campaign slogan -- [ choked up ] "don't cry or i'll start crying." [ laughter ] up next, here's rob bresnahanistrict, eighth. special skill, does a perfect impression of home plate. [ light laughter ] next up, here's -- [ rim shot ] >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: here's riley moore. state, west virginia. previous job, state treasurer. talent, smelling something weird right now, but kinda liking it. [ laughter and applause ] and finally, here is pat harrigan. state, north carolina. district, tenth. talent, smelling something weird right now and loving it. [ laughter ] it's good to get to know some of these people. [ cheers and applause ] just get to know them and understand them. yeah, guys, the 119th congress just kicked off. it is a brand-new group of people. but luckily, mark's made a a quick song to help us get to know them all. mark, take it away. >> thanks, jimmy. the 119th congress is an amazing group. they come from all over the country, and every single one of them is unique. let's do this. ♪ ♪ the 119th congress has finally begun ♪ ♪ let's get to know the members come on it will be fun ♪ ♪

i'm joined here by three other terrific reporters, john bresnahan of punchbowl, cnn. excuse me. npr's tamara keith and laura barrÓn-lÓpez of pbs newshour. it's funny that i almost messed that up because our running joke is i always say, tamara keith, npr news, washington. that's your tagline. okay, let's talk about elon musk. i know we've all been doing reporting on it. you had a report last night. i mean, i do want to get into how he ended this, which is, you know, everybody is looking at this. and depending on where you're looking at it from, you're saying, you know, yeah, this is this is great. i'm glad that somebody is finally getting in and cleaning out the deep state or oh, my goodness, this is an unelected individual with people who are still some of whom are still in their teens. yeah. um, going in with him and going into these, these agencies and nobody really knows what they're doing and just let's just start with the latter, because even if and let's just say it maybe should not even be contested, that the federal government has fat. and that could be trimmed the way

let's get one example from freshman republican congressman rob bresnahan. he's in northeast pennsylvania. he ran on kind of boiler plate cutting spending from his campaign. we need to stop the reckless spending, get inflation under control, cut taxes. um, friday he posted this. i ran for congress under a promise of always doing what is best for the people of northeastern pennsylvania. if a bill is put in front of me that cuts the benefits my neighbors rely on, i will not vote for it. take us inside this intraparty fight over what to cut. >> this is a tough road ahead, perhaps for house speaker johnson, because, as we've known as we've all been talking about for several years, he really has had to wade between those further to the right, perhaps members of his party and his caucus. and balancing through what he thinks can pass. and so now, as the house is looking toward really trying to make massive cuts to account for some of the spending that they would like to implement in terms of what president trump wants to spend at the border and in military funding,

bresnahan: of pennsylvania is one of the new members. he owns a real estate development company and his electrical business dates back. first time in elected office. >> i have absolutely no political experience. no one in my family ran for dog catcher. our family business is and was traffic signals, electrical contracting. my grandfather started in 1973 with a station wagon and grew the company and 2008 we got clobbered with banks and surety and looking for a succession plan. i was going to go to drexell university and my grandparents we will sell you the company, university of scranton checked the box and i knew i would be back in the family business but not at the age of 19, to whom much is given, much is required and i took it very and it grew up at $400. 19 different states and i am excited to represent my home in washington ddz. >> you turned to politics. where did the political bug come from? >> i tried to help the right people for the right reasons, people that wanted to make northeastern pennsylvania and represent my home and my

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bresnahan: of pennsylvania is one of the new members. he owns a real estate development company and his electrical business dates back. first time in elected office. >> i have absolutely no political experience. no one in my family ran for dog catcher. our family business is and was traffic signals, electrical contracting. my grandfather started in 1973 with a station wagon and grew the company and 2008 we got clobbered with banks and surety and looking for a succession plan. i was going to go to drexell university and my grandparents we will sell you the company, university of scranton checked the box and i knew i would be back in the family business but not at the age of 19, to whom much is given, much is required and i took it very and it grew up at $400. 19 different states and i am excited to represent my home in washington ddz. >> you turned to politics. where did the political bug come from? >> i tried to help the right people for the right reasons, people that wanted to make northeastern pennsylvania and represent my home and my