that congress. frankly, it was the last congress that gave us the first tax modernization overhaul and tax reduction in 31 years. it was the last congress that began the opioid initiative that we've worked in a very bipartisan way on. it was the last congress that had more deregulation than any congress in american history. it was the last congress, working with my friends on the other side, that did work on human trafficking. last congress that did historic work, again, in a very bipartisan way with my friends, on the veterans' issues. finally, it was the last congress that began rebuilding the american military after eight years of neglect. so we'll see if this congress has a record that matches that in the next two years. but having said that, as my friend laid out, the proposed select committee would be charged with investigating, studying and making recommendations for modernizing congress, including improvements to rules, to procedures, including the schedule and calendar, improving staff, rec

that congress. frankly, it was the last congress that gave us the first tax modernization overhaul and tax reduction in 31 years. it was the last congress that began the opioid initiative that we've worked in a very bipartisan way on. it was the last congress that had more deregulation than any congress in american history. it was the last congress, working with my friends on the other side, that did work on human trafficking. last congress that did historic work, again, in a very bipartisan way with my friends, on the veterans' issues. finally, it was the last congress that began rebuilding the american military after eight years of neglect. so we'll see if this congress has a record that matches that in the next two years. but having said that, as my friend laid out, the proposed select committee would be charged with investigating, studying and making recommendations for modernizing congress, including improvements to rules, to procedures, including the schedule and calendar, improving staff, rec

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of congress.emocrats have control of the house, the senate remains in the hands of republicans. it is a divided congress and a republican in the white house for the next two years. what are your priorities for this 116th congress? we want to hear from you as we spend five hours on the washington journal. democrats, 202-748-8000. publicans, 202-748-8001. -- republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. join us on twitter @cspanwj or facebook.com/cspan. we are live outside the russell balcony, just steps away from the capital. up until noon when the house gavels in, we will be taking your calls about the 116th congress. what are your priorities for members of congress and those reelected as well? john mcardle has more on how the day will play out. >> i am glad the rain held out for you. we want to show viewers some stats on the 116th congress beginning with the pounds -- the balance of power. there is one undecided seat. democrats, 53 47 republicans. the average age of a member of congress,

it's an odd practice by congress. some would say illegal that it's actually taking a federal benefit that they don't have to pay any taxes on which is essentially free housing but nobody has called the question. a couple dozen members we think at least will be sleeping in offices and some of the new ones will be taking up that habit pretty soon. >>> what about perks or benefits or healthcare? >> healthcare, they do get, since the enactment of the affordable care act, one of the requirements and outlaw which was directly written to address voters believe that members of congress got exempted from obamacare, members of congress actually have to buy their health insurance on the affordable care act exchange. so they are required to essentially participate in obama for serving in congress. they do get other benefits, yes. there are some perks. there are special parking places for them at the local airports to allow them to cut it close when they are trying to make a flight. of course, when they are here, they can, it's ea

it is an odd practice in congress. some would say it is illegal but a benefit,lly taking a federal benefit that they do not have to pay any taxes on, which is essentially free housing. no one has called that question, so a couple dozen members at least, we think, will be sleeping in their offices and probably some of the new ones will be taking up that habit pretty soon. host: what about perks or benefits, like health care? enactment ofthe the affordable care act, obamacare, one of the requirements in that law, which was directly written to address that they getlief excepted from obamacare, members of congress have to buy their health insurance on the .ffordable care act exchanges they are required to participate in obamacare as part of serving in congress. they do get other benefits, there are some perks, there are special parking places at the local airports to allow them to cut it close when they are trying to make a flight. when they are here, it is pretty easy to get a free cup of coffee or a free sandwich. there

it is in the congress. i still strongly support the agreement the democrat and republican leaders came down on. i will say this. i do think there is a lot of agreement and goodwill still existing for that. it is not going to be passed exactly that way. let's leave the details on negotiation on that to congress. starting now, they will have to contend with the veto i sent up. next bill says you will sign a c.r. president bush: i want to see the system disciplined. if what bob dole said is correct, i will sign one. but discipline on the system. if it does not discipline the system, i stay with my current position. i'm glad you brought that up because it would strongly support that. president, the leadership made a strong point that it is average americans who will be hurt, federal workers, hurt by this. president bush: the average american is smart. the average american knows what is going on, i think. and i think they know that congress has continued to kick this can down the road and they've got to act. i a

the court can decide what the congress said, the significance of what congress said, they can fail to some degree with congress intended but to say whether the agency is doing something that is reasonable on a matter of policy brings the court into exactly what we don't want. which is the courts to decide on policy so that is why think it was wrong. >> as you said about filling in details that is one way to look at the non- delegate doctrine. the issues of such magnitude in scope that they are legislative and congress has to decide them or issues where the executive branches delegating the past in making actual finding. or filling in small details, there are other ways that the supreme court has done this much more recently, since the last century i guess. they said there needs to be a intelligible principle in the statue, that's good enough. what was your delegation doctrine look like. >> infected no idea. what i do know is in intelligible intelligible principle means nothing. in fact, in one decision, scalia said that it came down to a single word in the single word established what

congress and only congress has the power to declare war, even though the president may call for a declarationwar. and when the united states is involved in international agreements, the senate is all-important. for example, the signature of our secretary of state to the united nations charter had to be approved by a two thirds majority of the senate. a clause in the constitution states that treaties are made by the president that only with the advice and consent of the senate. we went down pennsylvania avenue for a look at the white house, that's where the president lives. the white house represents the executive branch of the government. could we got through, i understand why uncle jim said the president has the biggest and toughest job in the world. yes, the white house is both the home and office of the president. the president is chosen either people through the electoral college. some of the president's duties are set by the constitution. others are established by laws, treaties, president, and public opinion. nt and public opinion. the president's main job is that the law should be fait

congress could act.i know the bar is high, but when you think about the possibility if they issue a declaration of congress' role? >> congress could act. under the national emergencies act, congress can pass a joint resolution to end the date of emergency. as i pointed out before that would be the signature in order to actually turn that into law, congress would need to become a majority. there are expedited procedures at least for that. it would get a vote. it would move fairly quickly so those are aspects were doing. even if there is no chance that it's ever going to become law, it is worth doing. such a powerful statement to potentially pass because that has never been done in the national emergencies act. i actually wanted to ask one question the bill because it was a question i was thinking about the minds of some of you who are too shy to raise their hands on the question was how did the insurrection act react and how does it not in some way violate -- [inaudible] >> we will start with the question

sorry, by the congress. but if it's 2019 now and there is a cyber war going on, they have enough of a wiggle room to say china, north korea, russia, whoever it is attacked us and we have cyber security attacks going on all throughout the midwest, or throughout california. so we have to shut down this part of the internet for now. just to keep citizens safe. the last part of this is 606a. forced privatization in wartime. now that is net neutrality reversed. i will not going to net neutrality. that is a discussion that gets everyone tends. but basically what would happen is, president would be able to prioritize certain providers or certain channels over others. in net neutrality, there's a big battle between if isps are common carriers are not. if people who support acknowledging them as common carriers would win, that would give president trump more authority and more clear pathway to do that. to prioritize certain traffic over others. is, when does this power apply? if you look at the case law , it strongly

and then there is congress. democrats doubling down on what helped them win more seats this year than they have won since nixon resigned. the new head of the democratic congressional campaign committee as of this month is congresswoman cheri bustos of illinois. her first order of business is actually this endless weird ground fight in north carolina's ninth congressional district which turns out to be kind of a crime scene. who could have known that would be the first order of business. but the big picture is a lot to work with here. congress's incoming class is the most racially diverse, most female freshmen class in congressional history. there are 66 new democratic members of congress. 35 of them are women, many of whom unseated republican incumbents, and some of them did it in very republican districts. cheri bustos of course wants to do more of that. more women in congress, more competing and winning in republican districts. cheri bustos' own district is one that voted for donald trump in 2016. this year co

sos was passed by congress, when you say was this passed by congress? it was. other presidents have used this. fairly often. i have the absolute right to declare a national emergency. i have not done it yet. i may do it. if this does not work out, i will probably do it. i would say definitely. steve: matthew, what debate do you think is happening internally? win no jared kushner was advising him not to do it. lindsey graham and others are saying go for it. matthew: my sense is there is a dynamic -- is there is a dynamic that is hard to know who trump is listening to. the governance in a chaotic way. my guess is there is a number of conservatives, and they have come out and said this, who worry about the president this precedent this sets. what happens when there's a democrat? a democrat says climate change is an emergency. declare public health, single-payer health care, basically, the precedent it sets, anything that congress does not declare an emergency and try to do that. some are saying, look, we are losing this fight politically, a majority of the public

the people are ahead of the congress. the congress must join them. and that is why we have created a select committee on climate crisis, the entire congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future. this is a -- this is a decision -- a public health decision about clean air, clean water for our children's health. it's a decision for america's global preeminence in the green technologies. it's a decision, a security to be n to keep us all good stewards of god's creation. we have no illusions that our work will be easy and that all of us in this chamber will always agree. but let us give a pledge that when we disagree we respect each other and we respect the truth. we will debate and advance good ideas no matter where they come from, and in that spirit, democrats will be offering the senate republican appropriations legislation to reopen government later today. we will do so -- we will do so to meet the needs of the american people, to protect our borders and to respect our workers. and i ple

at the end of the last congress and before committees in this congress have had a chance to organize and look into this very serious issue. this timing leads me to believe that the administration was trying to jam this decision through so congress would not be able to act. we ask thee the administration to explain this decision, their answers were, frankly, inadequate. we asked the administration to pump the brakes on easing these sanctions so we could review the decision further. they simply wouldn't. so with that 30-day window closing, we're now forced to bring this measure to the floor to try to block the decision. it's too bad, really, i'd rather the administration respected congress enough to allow us the time to address our concerns and again the rules for this were put into effect by the republican majority in the last congress and they're good rules. i'd rather they hadn't dropped this announcement when they did, that's the white house so that our committees could hold hearings and do our work the way we want to. but with the threat that russia poses to the united states, to

new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> next, a discussion on presidential emergency powers. president trump's ability to use those powers to build a wall along the u.s.-mexico border. the brennan center for justice hosted legal and policy experts to consider the history, application, and scope of presidential powers. this panel is one hour and 35 minutes. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. thank you so much for being here. as jim told you, i'm liza goitein and i co-direct the liberty program at the brennan center for justice. we have been researching emergency powers the past two years and i am thrilled to have the chance to share some of what we have learned with you at a time when this issue is very much in the news and on people's minds. the format for our first discussion today will be a bit different from the usual panel discussion. i will lead off by giving an overview of the legal framework for emergency powers and how that legal framework came about. then i will sit down and speak -- e

by the congress. but if it's 2019 now and there's a cyber war going on, they have enough of a kind of wiggle room to just say, you know what, china, north korea, russia, whoever it is, attacked us. we have cyber security attacks going on all throughout the midwest or all throughout california. so we've got to shut down these parts of the internet for now. just to keep the citizens safe. and the last part of this is 606a. forced prioritization in war time. now, that's basically net neutrality reversed. i'm not going to go into net neutrality. that's a discussion in tech policy that gets everyone very tense. but basically, what would happen is, the president would be able to prioritize certain providers or certain channels over others. now, in net neutrality, there is a big battle between if isps are common carriers or not. if people who support acknowledging them as common carriers would win, that would actually give president trump more authority, and more clear pathway to do that. to prioritize certa

the vetoed bill and message are sent back to congress, and this ends the matter unless congress can passill over the veto by a two thirds vote of both houses. then it becomes a law without the president's signature. the president can also appear in person before a joint session of congress to explain a veto or propose new legislation. congress is then free to accept or reject the president's suggestions. and then it starts all over again. the great lawmaking assembly line goes on, passing bills, creating laws as diversified as the nation itself. labor, national defense, government departments, regulation of transportation, foreign trade, taxes -- bills, bills, bills. and all informed by the written constitution of the united states, which establishes the rules. and acting representative of the people, for the people, rules which govern the great enterprise of democracy that is america. ♪ >> next on "reel america," from 1946, a 15 minute classroom film describing how the three branches of government work. in "meet your federal government," a highschooler visits his uncle jim, who was a co

i think congress functioned better. i look to him as a potential model of how this committee should be run. joe moakley became chair of the rules committee. reporter asked him, now that you're chairman, you can settle scores of people you don't like, and he said no. power to some people is the ability to say no. power to me is the ability to say yes. i am on the rules committee because joe moakley put me on the rules committee. we served as colleagues in congress for a few years. when he was diagnosed with leukemia that could not be treated, he had three months to live and he called me and said you're going on the committee. he put me on this committee and he said learn the rules. learn the names of all the members. get to know everybody. someday, you may be chairman. he said do not do anything stupid. like run for senate. stay where you are. i have been thinking about him a lot. over these last few days. his portrait hangs over the rules committee. me ng hears, he looks at approvingly, and on some days disapprovingly,

the people are ahead of the congress. the congress must join them.nd that is why we have created a select committee on climate crisis, the entire congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future. this is a -- this is a decision -- a public health decision about clean air, clean water for our children's health. it's a decision for america's global preeminence in the green technologies. it's a decision, a security to be n to keep us all good stewards of god's creation. we have no illusions that our work will be easy and that all of us in this chamber will always agree. but let us give a pledge that when we disagree we respect each other and we respect the truth. we will debate and advance good ideas no matter where they come from, and in that spirit, democrats will be offering the senate republican appropriations legislation to reopen government later today. we will do so -- we will do so to meet the needs of the american people, to protect our borders and to respect our workers. and i pledg

calvin coolidge appeared once before congress. hoover, coolidge, they are not delivering state of the union in person. they are reverting to the earlier jeffersonian tradition of delivering it in writing. since the presidency of frank roosevelt, it has become customary for the president to deliver the address before a joint session of congress. though the constitution is clear the president shall give to congress information on the state of the union, the context of the speech during the modern era has changed dramatically. one of the most important developments is under lyndon johnson. johnson brings the speech into prime time. this allows the address to be given directly to the american people. this dramatically increases the number of people paying attention to the state of the union address. the first televised state of the union occurred in 1947 after 20 years of radio coverage. calvin coolidge was -- we remember fdr as the president who harnessed radio but it was really coolidge to harness the new technology. his presidency

the people are ahead of the congress. the congress must join them.t's why we have created a committee on climate crisis. the entire congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future. [ applause ] this is a decision -- a public health decision about clean air, clean water for our children's health. it's a decision for america's global preimmense and the green technologies. it's a decision, a security decision to keep us all safe and a moral decision to be good stewards of god's creation. we have fo collusions our work will be easy but let us pledge when we disagree we respect each other and we respect the truth. we will debate and advance good ideas no matter where they come from. in that spirit democrats will be offering the senate republican appropriations legislation to re-open government later today. [ cheers and applause ] we will do so to meet the needs of the american people. to protect our borders and to respect our workers. i pledge that this congress will be transparent, bipartisan

fewers new congress has veterans than the previous congress. what has that decline meant for the institution? >> i would prefer to talk about numbers of young veterans who are joining the congress and while the total number of veterans at this moment is declining relative to the numbers of veterans we have seen serve in congress and world war ii and the post-civil war era -- it is true that the absolute numbers are not equal to those numbers. i believe this congress will be invigorated by the voices of women veterans like mikey cheryl -- the new member from pennsylvania. >> are any new members serving on your committee? of them is seeking to serve on the committee. i already have veteran members. max rose from long island wants to serve on the committee. account member this name from pennsylvania. -- i cannot member this name from pennsylvania. he won a special election. is they areell you bringing a young, fresh perspective from afghanistan era veterans. that is going to be so important to setting our agenda for this congress. >> mark takano.

but look we've got to keep congress together. got to keep our majority together and we got to keep the country together and people understand we're dealing with a very unusual situation -- >> yes. >> -- where the corruption and criminality in the white house is pervasive. impeachment is no fetish but no tap oo either. we understand it's very much part of the kaunconstitution. it has played an important role. and self defense of the congress and the people about a president who insists on acting like a king. so when presidents decide they're going to set themselves at war against the constitution and rule of law, then impeachment may be the end of the road indeed. >> you mentioned the nixon article oz of impeachment, article one, obstruction of justice. improve -- counsel to lawfully authorize investigative officers and employees in the united states and false or misleading testimony in dually congressional proceedings. i want to get you on the record here. if it twhwere the case any president would order a subordinate to lie to c

an address american people from congress. the house of representatives becomes a cool television set for presidents to directly address american people. a different interpretation from the state of the union that we find in the constitution and what early presidents expected. formalizes this by moving the speech into prime time. if you are talking directly to the people, why not do it when most of them can watch? >> on this hill which was my home, i am spared by old friendships. total agreement between the executive and the congress is impossible. total respect is important. mr. ubertaccio: we know a lot about president johnson. those are significant words. payment except for his office and policy proposal. of the union is delivered in january 1969, the final. a short time before richard nixon would take the oath of office. ofs was delivered at the end the term, a custom they no longer subscribe to. president carter delivered it in writing. ronald reagan chose a farewell address. none since carter formally had a state of the

the people are ahead of the congress. the congress must join them. and that is why we have created a select committee on climate crisis, the entire congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future. this is a -- this is a decision -- a public health decision about clean air, clean water for our children's health. it's a decision for america's global preeminence in the green technologies. it's a decision, a security to be n to keep us all good stewards of god's creation. we have no illusions that our work will be easy and that all of us in this chamber will always agree. but let us give a pledge that when we disagree we respect each other and we respect the truth. we will debate and advance good ideas no matter where they come from, and in that spirit, democrats will be offering the senate republican appropriations legislation to reopen government later today. we will do so -- we will do so to meet the needs of the american people, to protect our borders and to respect our workers. and i ple

, what can congress do? they can legislate and they can act on trade policy instead of relegating that to the president to act by emergency authority and they can solve the immigration problem by acting with legislation and time after time after time the problem is that congress does nothing. the executives fill in by executive order and then everybody complains because that's not right either. so i, you know, i think congress can do a lot and hasn't done much is my short answer. >> quickly, on the -- yes, there is a model and we have explored it partly with the support and cooperation of common ground solutions of getting people together and going through the policy simulations in groups where they had discussions and so on. it works beautifully. people enjoy it and yes, they tend to spontaneously move toward common ground. people kind of assume that if we talked for a while and listen to each other we're going to move toward common ground. to some extent this is simulated online where they have arguments,

congress about the russia investigation. he claimed negotiations about the moscow tower project ended in january of 2016. when, in fact, they ended in june of that year. donald trump was already the presumptive republican nominee. to be clear, cnn has not independently confirmed the buzz feed report, but the reporters behind it are very solid and they've done very dead-on reporting in the past. if this is true, it's a serious game changer. democratic lawmakers are seizing on the report with former attorney general eric holder writing, if true and proof must be examined, congress must begin impeachment proceedings. and obviously this raises the stakes for michael cohen's testimony before congress next month. wroining us now, david gregory, nia-malika henderson, phil mudd, asha, thank you all for being with us this morning. we have a lot to discuss. buzz feed says two sources have twold buzz feed the president personally instructed michael cohen to lie. and this isn't just the word of michael cohen a convicted felon and liar.

new congress, new leaders. watch it on c-span. announcer: the house today debated in another bill to end the government shutdown. -- wouldwas reopened reopen all shuttered agencies with no official money for boardwalk. there was a dispute as to the vote. the house will revote next week. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has said he will not bring any bill to the senate floor that the president finds unacceptable. sed, the measure is unlikely to be considered by the full senate. also today the house would to maintain sentience against three russian companies in which the trump administration eased last year. the senate failed to pass a similar measure yesterday. here is what the house look like. mr. engel: thank you, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to relt rhett their remarks and include extraneous material on h.j.res. 30, disapproving the president's proposal on certain sanctions on the russian federation under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. engel: i

the people are ahead of the congress. the congress must join them. and that is why we have created a select committee on climate crisis, the entire congress must work to put an end to the inaction and denial of science that threaten the planet and the future. this is a -- this is a decision -- a public health decision about clean air, clean water for our children's health. it's a decision for america's global preeminence in the green technologies. it's a decision, a security to be n to keep us all good stewards of god's creation. we have no illusions that our work will be easy and that all of us in this chamber will always agree. but let us give a pledge that when we disagree we respect each other and we respect the truth. we will debate and advance good ideas no matter where they come from, and in that spirit, democrats will be offering the senate republican appropriations legislation to reopen government later today. we will do so -- we will do so to meet the needs of the american people, to protect our borders and to respect our workers. and i ple

but we need to remember that lying to congress is a felony, instructing your lawyer to lie to congress is a felony, and we 20 years ago impeached a president for lying under oath about an affair with a white house intern. if we do not impeach and remove a president upon a credible evidence that he instructed his lawyer to lie to congress, if we're not willing to take the step of impeachment and removal of the president for that, our country's going to be the laughing stock of the world. >> so, richard, really -- >> this is a very, very serious crime. >> richard, really quickly, then, let me get your thoughts on the question i asked the congresswoman. are we supposed to expect congress to wait until the mueller probe comes out, or is there something in the interim that congress can do in their oversight responsibilities to address this central question of lying to congress and deal with it immediately? >> immediately. the house judiciary committee and the senate judiciary committee should be meeting as they were in 1973. they should have started those hearings two years ago but it's tim

it was also an effort for congress that the president has to renew every year and that congress can overturn the emergency. in practice, it has not worked in congress has not ever reviewed the emergency or overturned an emergency. there was one time since that act was passed by congress really pushed back on a provision. george w. bush wanted to lift federal wage laws in rebuilding after hurricane katrina. there was a uproar in congress and bush rescinded that action. congress has never voted to overturn an emergency. atexample of good intentions reform that have not failed -- that have not worked in practice. host: we welcome our radio audience in the greater washington, d.c. area and on the free c-span radio app. our conversation with matthew dallek on the issue of what is a national emergency? bill in cleveland, on our democrat line. caller: good morning. when did that national emergency act -- what was it created for but i guess that was answered. does anybody know what the national emergencies that are declared right now by trump? there are three of them. dothere any thing we can about

this time it was a felony false statements charge about lying to congress, lying to congress about somethingueller's prosecutors called "the moscow project." the moscow project was the trump organization plan to build a trump tower in russia. it was reportedly going to be financed by sanctioned russian banks, building the tower would have required the approval and the facilitation of the kremlin. prosecutors say it was a project that could potentially produce hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for president trump and his business. this moscow project was something the trump organization was pursuing actively and working on during the campaign, even while the president was publicly maintaining that he had no business, no deals, zero investments in russia. but what cohen pled guilty to that day in court in november, his second day in court, was lying to congress about this moscow project. he told congress the effort was over and done with by january 2016, by the time of the iowa caucuses. that apparently wasn't true. work on the project apparently went on for months thereafter. he also

had huge support in congress. once the tapes started being heard and the facts and even the witnesses, once you heard john dean say the words and then they were corroborated by the tapes, it changed people. and that's what led to his resignation was the republicans went to him and said we heard the evidence, you have no more support, you will be convicted after these articles of impeachment are finished. and unless you resign you will be convicted by the senate. >> animating the testimony by hearing it from a real person and having it go to members of congress changes the equation a little bit. >> exactly. it sort of the exactly. it's sort of the difference between if i listened to michael cohen testify and i see him testify, versus if i read a transcript of it. reading the transcript just doesn't get to your gut in the same way that when you see the body language, the facial expressions, the tone of voice, it's a very different thing. i think hearing and seeing john dean testify made people go, oh, my gosh, that'

while i was here in congress. and meet with the war lords that i had met with during the time we were fighting the soviet union. one of them, commander ma pseudo, who i met on a number of occasionsing was murdered three days before 9/11. i knew had been tipped off by other contacts i had in afghanistan that there was an attack being planned on the united states. and they said, you will know that it's going to happen when something major happens in afghanistan that will change the political balance. it's a signal that the attack will go forward. i went all over the city when i realized, when commander ma pseudowas murdered three days before 9/11, that was the signal to move forward on this attack on the united states. tried to warn our administration. i tried to warn everyone in the city. no one would listen. and then i had a wonderful thing happen in my life. i actually after 9/11 people did start to listen. ing of they did. they remembered, dana rohrabacher was trying to warn us about this. and all of this is hap

we need congress to fund the wall, fund the government and in our laws.pholes if congress wants to have catch and release at the border and more drugs, gangs and crime to come into our country it can continue to refuse to provide the funds to build the wall.

reporter: new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> new jersey sent for new members to congress, mikey sherrill will represent new jersey's 11th district mushy discussed her experience of experience in the military and as a federal prosecutor during one of the debates. >> i began my service to this country when i was 18 years old and joining the naval academy. i served at the u.s. attorneys office. after a lifetime i decided the best way i could continue my country and to new jersey was to run for congress. because i am not just concerned about what is happening now, i am concerned about the future of new jersey because i have four kids, i think we need to work in a bipartisan manner to get legislation passed in congress, a tax plan that does not attack new jersey. quality and affordable health care for everyone in this country, working hard to bring costs down in our health care system, infrastructure spending so it can grow our economy now and well into the future. put this country first, i have worked with

he said, i lied to congress about the trump tower moscow project.imony would be consistent with what trump had said as a candidate. it wasn't, though. because his specific lie was that trump -- that the trump tower moscow project had ended -- the planning for that ended in january. >> in january. >> ended several months later. and actually, the summer of 2016. trump had never made any claims like that at all. trump had claimed as a candidate that he had no deals in russia, no pending deals, no investment, nothing going on whatsoever. trump had never given anything so finally nuanced as to explain the exact kind of lie that cohen would have made about the timing of that deal. that's part of this that i never understood about why cohen needed to lie in that way. >> well, there was some reporting about this at some point. and, you know, i have to say, as -- however en psych paidic you think i am on this, i'm fuzzy an exactly when the first reports on the trump tower moscow projects emerged. but certainly at a minimum, by saying it ended in january at t