host: if you would like to join the conversation with carlos gimenez, you can do so. our lines are by party, republicans, (202)-748-8001. democrats, (202)-748-8000. independents, (202)-748-8002. you serve on both armed services and homeland security committees, so i wanted to ask about the nominees that will come before the senate, starting with the director of national intelligence and your thoughts on that. guest: she has got some controversial statements she made in the past, and i'm sure those will be brought up again. the senate has to do their job in confirming the nominations. the president has a right to choose the people who would like, but the senate also has the job of confirming them and vetting the candidates. she has made controversial statements in the past, and i'm sure she will have to explain that to the senate before she gets confirmed. host: and the nomination of pete hegseth, where you stand? guest: certainly an out-of-the-box nomination. he went to princeton and harvard and served in the armed forces, and as a member of armed services, the pentag

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host: if you would like to join the conversation with carlos gimenez, you can do so. lines are by party, republicans, (202)-748-8001. democrats, (202)-748-8000. independents, (202)-748-8002. you serve on both armed services and homeland security committees, so i wanted to ask about the nominees that will come before the senate, starting with the director of national intelligence and your thoughts on that. guest: she has got some controversial statements she made in the past, and i'm sure those will be brought up again. the senate has to do their job in confirming the nominations. the president has a right to choose the people who would like, but the senate also has the job of confirming them and vetting the candidates. she has made controversial statements in the past, and i'm sure she will have to explain that to the senate before she gets confirmed. host: and the nomination of pete hegseth, where you stand? guest: certainly an out-of-the-box nomination. he went to princeton and harvard and served in the armed forces, and as a member of armed services, the pentagon n

elizabeth: carlos gimenez, congressman gimenez, thanks for joining us.reat to see you. >> it's my pleasure. ♪ finish. >> he wrestled with these circumstances. these changing circumstances, ultimately, and the combination of that, the president changing his mind and issuing, certainly led to the president changing his mind and issuing in this pardon. he laid out how he wrestled with this decision. he wrestled with it. he thought about it, he wrestled with it. he wrestled with it and made this decision. that's what i can tell the american people. elizabeth: okay, we get it, right? wrestled with it. denying it was always biden's plan to pardon him. what kjp if just said is misleading you. nbc already reported that they had a plan in place, they were considering pardoning hunter biden going back to june, and they had a plan in place to publicly mislead and lie to the american people about it. and now they're talking about back dating preemptive pardons for jack smith, retired general mark milley along with dr. fauci, adam schiff, liz cheney? why? what did th

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david: porter republican congressman carlos gimenez joining us now he sits on the house china selectcommittee. we will talk about that in the tariffs in just a moment but i have to get your reaction about the pardon, your thoughts? >> i was asked on another network whether he would pardon his son and i said yeah he will because joe biden is a pathological liar he's been lying for 40 years what makes you think is not lied about his son for god sakes. this is not a surprise to me. david: in general we just talked about andy with what happened with the d.o.j. is not just the d.o.j. there's intel agencies beginning with fbi which is part of the d.o.j., there is a whole big question about whether or intel services have been recognized for political purposes, doesn't this case get to the heart of the matter? >> absolutely i think all the agencies, the weaponization started under obama administration and president trump could not get rid all of it and president biden double down so yeah, this whole case is a great example of the weaponization and how different people are treated differently

thursday morning, florida republican congressman carlos gimenez discusses federal spending deadlines and foreign conflicts. and then former acting cdc director dr. richard besser

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congressman carlos gimenez, thank you so much for that conversation. and keep us posted on how things are unfolding there on capitol hill. we appreciate your time. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> well, while lawmakers are clearly scrambling to make a deal by midnight, federal offices have to begin preparing for how a shutdown affects their operations come saturday morning. cnn's arlette saenz is at the white house for us. arlette. >> pamela, the white house and agencies across the federal government are bracing for a potential shutdown, readying their plans for how federal workers should proceed if congress cannot reach a deal by midnight, there would be widespread impacts across the federal government if it were to shut down tonight. about 875,000 employees would be furloughed and thousands more who would be deemed essential would continue to work, but do so without pay until a shutdown is resolved. this could impact everything from national parks and museums, which would close in the event of a shutdown. and then there's very real questions about

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can he do that, interesting question, carlos gimenez will deal with that coming up next.t to be says the stock market rally thanks to the trump effect. we will ask stephen moore if he thinks the trump bomb will last. ♪ ashley: amazon workers still on the picket line two days away from christmas. madison alworth joined me now from new york with the very latest development. what is going on. >> it's day five of the strike in new york and across the country, two days until christmas. this is the smallest crowd at this location since it began on thursday. that was not the story. the latest the strike has expanded. take a look at the map window started seven locations across the u.s. now were up to nine locations with thousands of teamster drivers protesting asking amazon to sit down with their union. amazon has confirmed they do not plan to do that but strikers say they're getting keep going until their demands are met. you are a teamster driver were two days away from christmas. i told ashley this is the smallest i've seen of the group are you running out of time to get your

congressman carlos gimenez saying if we have some kind of protracted fight where we can't elect a speakerot elected. we're not sworn in. and if we're not sworn, in we can't certify the election basically delaying everything. so he is saying i would hope that president trump would chime in and talk to those who are maybe a little hesitant and say we have got to get going. we don't have time. philip, your thoughts? >> well, i was talking to a senior congressional source who complained that any time speaker johnson gets crossways with his caucus, he sort of runs behind president-elect trump's legs. that's a pretty cynical take but it reflects the reality of johnson trying to hold together his caucus when he has one half of 1/3 of government to deal with. and only a handful of votes to lose. i think what is going through the minds of lawmakers right now, many of them who just got home for the holidays maybe friday or saturday, is first is there an alternative? stunt seem like there is anyone more conservative than speaker johnson. second, would this we bell i don't know against johnson seen a

should they be pleased tonight with how we got here and i think i heard and may have been carlos gimenez who said sometimes making the sausages and very pretty but that's what it takes to get the job done. >> what they should be pleased about is the people who spoke that can they've elected president trump and a republican majority to get our country back on track and that means regular order, finding savings, making sure we extend the tax cuts, securing the border, supporting our military. those fundamentals that make our country strong. i think that is what we should be focused on, that is what we need to accomplish, that is what people voted for in this last election and that is the plan president trump put on the table. >> kevin: let's get back to that energy independence. i know that's a big issue for your state. >> right on. >> kevin: i know that's obviously something that is huge. we certainly hope that for the country as well. senator, thank you for your time tonight. we certainly appreciate it. >> thank you kevin and merry christmas. >> kevin: merry christmas, my friend. amid th

coming up, republican representative from florida, carlos gimenez, discussing spending deadlines andoreign conflicts. former acting c.d.c. director dr. richard boeser on nominations. c-span's "washington journal." join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning on c-span, c-span now our free mobile app or online at c-span.org. >> on thursday, v.a. officials testify about recent multibillion dollar technology modernization projects. watch live coverage of the house veterans affair committees beginning at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2, c-span now our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. >> house democratic leader hakeem jeffries spoke to reporters about continued work on a government funding deal. he said house democrats would oppose any spending plan that would cut benefits for social security or medicare which he said were under threat by house republicans who are looking to cut spending. his remarks came during his weekly news conference at the capitol. the briefing is just under 30 minutes. >> good morning, good morning everyone. we are preparing to wind d

and joining us now, republican congressman carlos gimenez of florida.ank you so much for being here. >> my pleasure. >> i want to take us back to our top story first, which is syria and what's unfolding there in syria. president-elect trump has made it very clear he does not want the u.s. to get involved there. we do have the 900 troops, but they are not engaging in what is going on in this essential, essentially civil war within syria. do you believe that's the right tact at this moment? >> yeah. at this time i do. >> i think we need we need a wait and see attitude of what really is going to shake out in, in syria. and i think that just keeping our forces there makes sense at this point not to get involved, but to keep them there because we don't know what how this is all going to shake out in the end. >> how concerned are you about as elena was talking about, but also as as we've heard other experts talking about the potential for isis to get gain a larger foothold there in syria in this in a potential power vacuum. >> yeah i'm concerned about it. aga

thursday morning, florida republican congressman carlos gimenez a number of the armed services and homelandecurity committees discusses federal spending deadlines and foreign conflicts. the former acting cdc director and robert f. kennedy, jr.'s hhs secretary nomination on potential changes to public health policy. "washington journal" joined the conversation live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning, c-span now our free mobile app, or online at c-span.org. >> thursday on c-span, the house returns at 9 a.m. for legislative business toonsider a bill to increase the number of federal district judges to adess shortages across the country. if passed, the bill ads to white house. on c-span2, v.a. officials testify on multibillion-dollar modernization projects at 8 a.m. easter at 10:00, the senate returns to continue work on more of presiden biden's executive nominations. also at 10:00, a hearing on challenges faced by people with disabilities including health care, employment and economic curity. these stream live on the free c-span now video app and online at c-span.org. >> house democratic leader

thursday morning, florida republican congressman carlos gimenez discusses federal spending deadlines and foreign conflicts. and then former acting cdc director dr. richard besser on some potential changes to public health policy. c-span's washington journal, join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern on thursday morning, c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> several dozen representatives are retiring at the end of the 118th congress. one of them is california democrat grace napolitano. here is her final floor speech. it is about five minutes. peaker, i rise to speak in this chamber one last time as the most humble representative of the first district of california. i am incredibly grateful to the people and the southeastern los angeles county for the trust they have placed in me for the last 26 years. it has been my distinct pleasure and honor to serve you, to work with you. i have worked since the age of 12 for everything i have achieved. i was not expected to succeed with only a high school diploma. i believed in myself. i have been extremely fortunate to have made too many dear f