, do things differently in congress. committee did not sit with democrats on one side and republicanon seating. we sat on a big roundtable. we did something that was recommended by the committee, which was have joint staff. our services committee does that as well, i am not sure if others do, i think some may have come some-type roles are bipartisan but we did not have staff with separate blue and red jerseys, just staff with congress jerseys. those changes were not cosmetic, th fow our committee worked. to some degree, i mentioned the scale issue, there is no guidebook on how to chair a committee. commerce past bipartisan legislation and to democrats and republicans selected a committee chair and we brought him in to see what some things you do to -- to run an effective committee that gets back to skill. i will mention a few small things the modernization committee recommended that i think could help on the margins. not primary reform or campaign reform, just must -- but just a few things we recommended. one was the sta

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it's the congress that's that that authorizes the spending of not one dime can be spent unless congress appropriates the money for that activity. so congress has to have a role in foreign policy and in defense, and yet we've had president after president resisting congress's efforts to insert itself into decision making and to resist giving a full accounting and, being fully cooperative with oversight efforts. so you know that the iran-contra scandal and the investigations that followed were really a dramatic laying out of this conflict. and it's rare that public gets such a window into these machinations and these conflicts. did the public share the media's obsession with the iran contra affair? well, certainly for a while in the summer of 1987, i can just be personally, i was i was a college student and i had been been backpacking through europe and having, you know, pretty good time explore in a place i'd never been before. and i came back home in in june of 87, and these hearings were beginning. and i was like a lot of other people just wrapped, you know, with with these hearings an

it's the congress that's that that authorizes the spending of not one dime can be spent unless congress appropriates the money for that activity. so congress has to have a role in foreign policy and in defense, and yet we've had president after president resisting congress's efforts to insert itself into decision making and to resist giving a full accounting and, being fully cooperative with oversight efforts. so you know that the iran-contra scandal and the investigations that followed were really a dramatic laying out of this conflict. and it's rare that public gets such a window into these machinations and these conflicts. did the public share the media's obsession with the iran contra affair? well, certainly for a while in the summer of 1987, i can just be personally, i was i was a college student and i had been been backpacking through europe and having, you know, pretty good time explore in a place i'd never been before. and i came back home in in june of 87, and these hearings were beginning. and i was like a lot of other people just wrapped, you know, with with these hearings an

once an agency issues a regulation and it's reported to congress, then congress has about 60 days to take action, give or take recess days. but then there's also the lookback period which is the end of a session of congress, the last 60 working days of the session, whether that's legislative days in the house or session days in the senate, congress can review those rules that are issued during that period in the subsequent session of congress. so those kind of have a grace period to give congress its full 60 days of review. so that's why the c.r.a. is particularly potent during these political transitions that we've been talking about. host: for that time frame for how long you can do this, take us to what generally happens at the end of an administration or the final year of a potential administration that may not be re-elected in the beginning of an administration. specifically, coming back to that "wall street journal" headline, biden is racing to trump-proof his agenda. what is he trying to do here? guest: so as i just talked about, the lookback period. that period, those regulat

i ran for congress the first time i ran, i lost. i ran again and won and it made a huge -- that first campaign made a big difference in the success of my second campaign too. so in some of those cases we have folks who were already great candidates and are running again and have incredible momentum, our candidates are on average, both our red to blue candidates and our front line incumbents who are running for re-election have been outraising republicans the last two quarters. so they have momentum, they've got the resources and are in great position. but we have incredibly diverse candidates running across the country which is something we're really proud of and i think they all uniquely speak to the needs and issues in their districts and i'm excited to see them as future colleagues. linda: you have seen a decline at all in donations from jewish donors in light of the situation in israel? ms. delbene: i don't know the answer. i know we've been outraising and had strong, strong support. but i don't -- i can't give you any specific

trying to fix congress from within.h is harder than trying to fix it from the outside. >> thanks. i want to start by echoing the comment about scheduling, the calendar. pre-covid, the house w in session 66 travel days and 55 full days. by and large committees don't meet on travel days. the average member's done 5.4 committees and subcommittees. so you are packing all those committee meetings into the 55 full days members arth work - the math does not work. jumping from committee to committee, parachuting in to give a five-minute spiel and running to your next committee. that is bad for legislating and relationship development. you are not there to hear the ideas of your colleagues or defend your ideas, just give a speech that you can then throw up on social media. the only way to fix the math, two things the modernization committee proposed and one thing that we did not -- the one we didn't is youof committees people serve on. we did not recommend that. we did recommend that there should not be a congress with more trav

on, it's not even a crime to lie to congress because it's schumer.hat lady it as well as speaking half the truth about the republicans. host: what are you referring to? caller: what you mean? host: about schumer. caller: he introduced a bill last week that from now on, it's not a crime to lie to congress. no matter what biden does or his son does congress, there is nothing they can do about it. host: are you fiathis guest: i'm not entirely sure at about in terms of lying to congress. it is a crime. we've seen several witnesses before congressional committees be rebuked for lying to congress so i'm not sure ofha referring to there. host: vincent, ohio, democratic caller. caller: yes, michellemsl. do you know wh conductivity for? i got an email from both j.d. vance and sherrod brown back in april saying they were still working on called one of the oes yes they were. i company that i go through h said they've given me the deadline of the 22nd of this month. have you heard any? guest: there has been some chatter i believe is the american conductivity pro

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let's begin with we can congress and we will start with the senate. headline from the hill.com -- remind viewers with the bill is and what is the plan. good morn. this is the bipartisan border deal that the senate negotiators struck back in february. would end the so-called program called catch and release and would give the president authority to shut down the r■$ a certain number of this was the deal that haser finally come together after months of painstaking negotiation that initially convened at the republs mand thr ukraine would go along border security provisions of that senate group convened and they came to an agreement and unveiled this deal which was essentially a stunning matter. borderec and immigration is s lawmakers for years. after became clear this bipartisan border deal would not make it over the finish line of republicans casting doubt on the significance of the legislation and the final with president trump coming out and urging republicans to vote against it. senate republicans have blocked this legislation from moving rw and cong

united states congress. that has been clear since the beginning of the republic. with that, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. burchett. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. burchett: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker. thank you. much has been made about the tight thofl bill but i would remind my friends across the aisle they had a bill called the inflation reduction act and it spent over $1 trillion and inflation has not been reduced. i want to thank you for allowing me to speak. mr. donalds, thank you, sir. right now, d.c. considers a criminal a youth offender if they're under 25 years old. yet you can be a member of congress at 25 years old. it seeps the city council believes that something magical happens at the age of 25. it seems they believe that dadgum it, you're a child and then the next day you can serve in congress. they're trying to be politically correct as always by not prosecuting criminals and the city is suffering because of it. last year the h

now congress must do theirs. if we only had gender equality enshrined in the constitution, i mean how demoralizing or eating saying that 100 plus years and if that is even still a fight with maybe the supreme court would not move with such callousness and recklessness in the overturn of things like roe because we would have those legal protections. >> i come from the era project at columbia law school and we did a report a yuriko we call the quality gap to the extent the existing sex discrimination lawsuit we have, and the army, that benefited anyone. it's been white women. and women of color have not been really have not benefited much at all by title vii, equal pay act, the robust anti-discrimination infrastructure that we have. what the era could do is allow congress if not command congress to strengthen those measures but also take up to distribute your time but your son being profiled. i worked frisk challenging in new york city. it was black and brown and being told because they were of the race but also be

is reports that come out congress has a decade. there's no question that congress will act. >> we've seen great gains so i look forward to seeing how it plays out to the degree that finances have been deteriorating, the aging of american society which is in combination with the decline in fertility americans are having fewer babies than ever before. these factor to social security because it's a pay-as-you-go program and what that means is current workers working today, including myself and nancy are paying for the benefits of current retirees. at a time when retirees were working, they were paying for the benefits of the retirees of that time. social security is a government redistribution program that take today's taxes to pay today's benefits and the trust fund makes up a small portion of the program. but that's only invested in treasury securities. >> in your mind is congress truly interested in doing something at this point?>> 100%. their bills that are been introduced by democrats. social security is extremely secure and is o

consciously kept from congress.undermining the ability of congress to do executive level oversight. we have what political scientists call fire alarm oversight. somethin really, really bad and then congress jumps in. but other than that, i will tell you, i have heard it myself from distinguished members of these it could have branch, talk about how they talk to u.s. senators. oh, yes sir, that's really a good idea. and they are lying. ok? they are lying. they are just trying to get out of that hearing and not let the complexities and the situation get there. what has congress done dincut th service. cut all of the institutional support that would help make congress a better place. finally, on the electoral college, norm has a great idea. it is really getting to be a crisis. and we did a piece of research a little while ago that someplace in the brookings archives showing how, at the turn of the last century, theion of the american population was such that having two senators for every state, requiring one it was not

congress has about a decade to bring in more revenue. this is no question congress will act. the only question is what they will do when they act. guest: yeah, i would like to add there's been slight improvements in the outlook of social security's finances thanks to greater labor productivity. so we're living in exciting times with the advancement of a.i., supporting especially lower and less educated workers in their jobs. we've seen great gains there. i look forward to seeing how that plays out. to the degree that the finances have been deteriorating, it's been in large part due to the aging of american society, which is in combination with the decline in fertility. last year we had the lowest fertility rate in the united states, meaning americans are having fewer babies than ever before. all of these things factor into social security because it is a pay as you go program. what that means is that current workers working today, including myself and nancy, are paying for the benefits of current retirees. at the time when today's retirees were working, they were paying for t

they were voted and before congress and had an expiration date. so by what authority does he become a god and decides i could go off and charge anyone with any crime to persecute them for type them up in court and bring criminal charges. please explain that to me. >> doctor jackson? garland wanted to maintain -- did not want to seem biased. it brought in a special counsel to view this. we have seen this in cases with the president biden. with the documents in case also with various situations. the authority to do what hee is doing. given by i'm sorry the authority general. >> 10 minutes left. we mention the house and senate bill come in tomorrow. key congressional hearing shall be watching for it once members of congress are back in town on tuesday, wednesday, thursday for. congressional hearings. that is a good question. i think the judiciary i'm not sure of all the hearings going on this week but i think the judiciary has somethingng upcomm and it is escape me right now, sorry progress one question i have whether presidents of universities would

what congress intended. if the president wanted to defeat hamas, he would not be preventing it from happening and we will try to get to the bottom of that. with that i will take a few questions. >> will you do what marjorie taylor greene is asking, fund special counsel investigation? >> there's been a lot of discussion for a long time about the abuse of special counsel's and this tradition goes back 25 years, janet reno i believe originated the idea and the problem we have, congress has an oversight responsibility and we have to make sure the justice system is maintained well and that is our job. the problem that many of us see with special counsel statute is it goes outside the regular appropriations process. there is discussion about what is the most effective way for congress to take the reins and ensure the special counsel's are not abusing the law themselves? discussions are not new. we are looking intently because the problem has reached a crescendo. i think there are serious questions and americans wa

cohn, your response. >> well, the reason i want to join congress, congress needs people who can bringgether. we're having a real national security threat in our country from polarization. it's tearing us apart at every level and we need people with the skill set and the determination to stop treating us versus them where we're trying to dunk on our political opponent. i spent the last 20 years of my career in legislatures across the country trying to bring people together to make real progress and i've had success, even where republicans have the power and the control. and right now that's what we need more than anything is people who are going to be able to navigate that situation. >> herb conaway, you have 45 seconds. >> thanks, well, i'm running because i love my country and my country has given me a lot and i want to serve it. i've served in the military and raised my hand for the nation and prepared to work for the nation once again. you're right that-- and i know i'm only one person, but my approach has been to speak the mind, the common situation and common ground. we have much

the congressional caucus in the house is the largest ideological congress caucus in congress. when i came in the 116th congress we are about 70 members. now we are over 100. so the country -- mike you might be shocked by that. they keep electing progressives. now, i want to be transparent about this. my very first campaign consulted and made it lip peas set vote for presley the only progressive in the race price that you can't use that lip peas i thought that was not a term that belonged to black candidates. i don't hug trees, that's off of me. i did not know i was environmentalist and now i hug trees on the fight for tree canopy equity. but how it ultimately was able to take on that character is a civil rights movement. what was his freedom writers and fighters doing? they're disrupting the status quo. the progressive movement is a civil rights movement. we are still in it. and so please continue to practice the discipline of hope and know that thiss movement is winning. and you are not alone. [applause] while, thank you so much for that. minute, final remarks? >> first of al

[laughter] he began covering congress way back in 1985.he chief washington correspondent for the new york insightful commentary and analysis of the institution at the other side of the window. his book is called "confirmation bias." it explores the 30 year war at the j shape ideology -- war to shape the ideology of the court system. one of the few things americans agree about is that congress has broken and has been broken for some time. d they wrote their book, the broken 7zbranch, way back in 2006 and a decade later, norman tom came up with an updated version. in 2016, the titled -- it's even worse than it looks. norm would agree, it's only been downhill since then. you generally hear two sets of explanations for this dysfunction. the most common one that you hear from the members, at least in public, is that it's all the fight of the fault of the other party. our party wants to■g get tngs done. it's those other guys who are unreasonable and who are undermining the process. ile there is a kernel of truth to that gng putting this conferen

the farm bill is important in congress. how important is it to bolster what is left of agricultural heritage and how do you do that with development pressure? >> i live in a part that is a rural street only five minutes from a suburban area and 30 minutes away from philadelphia. we have to keep our open spaces open and preserve as much as possible. fighting to make sure that the agricultural world is not left behind. it is true, my view is a bill worth fighting for because we cannot go back once we developed. host: next response goes to herb conaway. >> there is an agricultural space. i served 10 or 12 years and to preserve open space is critical and intensely popular areas, we have a great farming economy. if that means protecting access from overdevelopment, preserving open space, preserve the farm. in that case, we need to make sure they use every bit of the lands and maintain farms and make sure there is a pathway for families to take forms over. i recognize we are in a great place. host: ok. carol murphy? 45 seconds. m

. >> folks who have not served in congress don't understand, this is what congress will do in 2024. that work is a five day a week job. here, we basically work on wednesday. [laughter] you come here tuesday and thursday, fly in and fly out days. the one day that the house is in session is wednesday. that is when all the constituents come from back home. if you don't greet your constituents who traveled all the way to washington to see you and miss your hearing, miss your markups -- so we have really collapsed the schedule until one day a week. we get full-time pay for a part-time job. we are working hard campaigning back home. but that is a different job from what the founders intended. >> we will be back here in 10 minutes. slightly after 11:15. you. [indistinct chatter] >> ok. ■>everyone, check your phones oe last time. rpwelcome back. welcome back to our viewers on c-span. >> wrapping up, talking about social media, i wanted to talk about regular media, such as it is, which i am a part of. when i started covering washington, we would write one story at the end of the day, maybe a

and congress mandated that. and i don'e anway to try to draw lines around to exclude pregnancy complications in the very narrow but tric circumstances where the only way to address the woman's condit and prevent material pregnancy to end.for the justice kavanaugh: thank you. chief justice roberts: justice barrett? justice barrt:o, general, i -- i understand the primary ffence between emtala and the idaho statute to be this healthth -- that idaho focuses on the risk of life, but the federal government says that emla -- well, emtala says that the health is -- am i right, it's health and life? general prelogar: that's -- that's the principal difference, but i think it'also the difference between necessary to prevent deatversus the health concerns would be reasonably expected to ocr. so i think that that is a stanrdhat builds in a little more space for doctors to take action. justice barrett: got it. is the federal governmt are of any state, other than idaho, that has a law that doesot take health into account? gene

congress was never notified of n. marked up a bill out of committee that requireswithhold more weapons from israel which i would say was the intent of congress when we passed the supplemental and when i you at least give us advance notification. >> we have gone out of our and well above and beyond in previewing for congress -- >> i had no no congress until he saw the president on cnn. that is hardanadequate native way to notify congress. lastly,ukraine. we have a really bad situation going on as you know. this is a sanctuary zone that the russians have created. what they are g lining up all of their artillery and rockets and missiles just across the ukraine border that they then use to attack horainians. ver, the administration have restricted the arms use so that ukrae defend itself and fire back at russia. that's why it's mandated in th supplemental the long-range, short range and high mars that your administration■■-is tying their hands behind their back likewhat you are trying to do in israel. will you change this

what is the source of congress' authority? >> congress is authorized under the constitution to provide and create legislation to ensure that these rights are trying further into law. and bransford, the court invited congress to do so. we are pleased that the house has acted in this regard and we look forward to the senate doing so as well. >> according to your recent testimony, it has been a decade since the court decided. many federal circuit courts have any sort of privilege. why is it so important that we step in to the statutory report? >> it is because the law is unsettled. you have different landscape all across the country were different circuit courts have different interpretations. there was a decision i one point where the judge said the cases was something as clear as mud. it really has not allowed for a clear understanding of that landscape with congressional action. the press act would reduce forces and help journalists. it would provide clarity in the landscape that is now muddled and uncertain. we averred ms. he

the last, it was faxed to congress, new congress meant responded back wanting some details. so you were able to get a part of those disclosures to congress, but the c, i officer congressional affairs began to basically threatened me like you're not supposed to have contact with congress. if you do, you may be fired basically what they're trying to tell boy, and you know, when i provided to o c a, all the documents i had passed to the i c, i g. they had the audacity to tell me, well, we don't pass all those things to congress. so they actually with whole things from congress or to the state. i have no idea what congress got, but it didn't, it continues to escalate. it does indeed. we're speaking with c, i a whistle blower, pedro florida about his experience is blowing the whistle pharmacy. busy from the c i a and the damage that comes with that both personally and professionally stay tune. we're going to take a short break and come back and talk about his important new book, which we have right here will be right back. 2 the russian states never as tight as i'm one of the mos

the news comes _ joint session of congress. the news comes days _ joint session of congress.mes days after the biden administration suggested it would join congress in sanctioning the international criminal court for judging netanyahu and the criminal court forjudging netanyahu and the minister for defence with war crimes. the us central command says three american troops have suffered what it's calling "noncombat injuries" during the operation to build and operate a pier off the coast of gaza to increase humanitarian aid aid to palestinians. reports say one us serviceman is in critical condition.

the nearly 700,000 districts residents have no voting representation in congress and congress has the ultimate say even on local d.c. matters. my republican colleagues are correct that congress has the constitutional authority to legislate on local d.c. matters. but they are wrong that congress has a constitutional duty to do so. instead, legislating on local d.c. matters is a choice. in federalist 43, james madison said of the residents of the future d.c., and here i'm quoting, a municipal legislature for local purposes derivinged from -- derived from their own suffrages will, of course, be allowed them, end quote. the supreme court held in 1953 that, quote, there is no constitutional barrier to the delegation by congress or the district of columbia to full legislative power, end quote. d.c.'s local legislature, the council, has 13 members. the members are elected by d.c. residents. if d.c. residents do not like what the members vote, they can vote them out of office. that is called democracy. congress has 535 members. the members are elected by residents of their states. none are el

>> yes. >> even if that includes members of congress? >> right. >> does the status quo need to depend on a reporter and their outlets financial tolerance for contempt punishment? does it equate to a functional, sensible system? >> no, and one quick example, a lot of times, a source will end up going on the record, which is preferable, but you can't begin the conversation many times if you can't start out by telling them, as you begin to talk, that he is not going to be identified yet. >> does the current system have a chilling effect on potential confidential sources and whistleblowers? >> yes. >> if we pass the press act, you talked about the press act and where you think it is sufficient, but you agree it would be helpful? >> it seems like it would be helpful. >> in the last minute and 30 seconds, i think there are certain things that we have to recognize. i am a former criminal defense attorney, confidentiality with my clients is absolutely essential in order to deal with those things, and i think there are a lot of different similari

host: we like to take a look at we can congress. i want to start not necessarily on capitol hill, but certainly on a topic involving a member of congress. the democratic senator of new jersey, his trial begins today. what if the trial about. remind folks why he got involved in this, his second trial as people may remember. >> the first one happened around 2015, 2060i believe. it took so long from initially breaking the news. essentially, the indictment involved him receiving gifts for colluding with foreign governments. this is all somewhat related to we assume a halal meat organization and him giving special privileges to certain companies. his wife is getting wrangled into this, so it is going to be very interesting. it all starts this week. host: the federal district court in manhattan is where it will be. you mentioned the story originally about the investigation. guest: october 2022. it was very unclear what was going on, but big news was this is happening once again because we know that is under investigation and almost like t

aid that was duly passedy congress.here was no excuse to ease sanctions on iran, paying a $6 billion ransom to the leading terror, or to did there and hide while our friends fighr lives. no excuse, full stop. that's why i am proud to have backed everysure to aid israel that has come before congress. everything a one. that's why i as a senior member of the intelligence committee have helped secure billions of dollars for iron dome, david slane, anti-tunneling technology, and further emerging technologies most recently in the supplemental aidackage passed just last month. that's why let calls for the white house to speak out against the corrupt icc. his wife for y, a leading partnt trump in his historic support for israeli independence and security. including moving the u.s. embassy to its rightful place in jerusalem. the negotiation of the historic abraham accords. the greatest stride towards peace normalization in more than a quarter century. adopting the strategy to align u.s. central command with israel. a change that

congress been menendez. in one of the indictments that have been handed down against her father, the mountain of evidence against him, will you return the $20,000 in contributions your father's leadership pack has given to your campaign? yes or no. rep. menendez: as i mentioned at the beginning and my opening, we knew that alternately you would want to keep interjecting my father into this. it's unfortunate. we are here to talk about our track record of delivering for the congressional district. the broad coalition of support that we have. i haven't given any consideration to what i'm going to do with any particular contribution from my father or anybody else. laura: you have 30 seconds to respond. mayor bhalla: yeah. i find it shocking that you haven't even considered, even right now when i'm asking is a question, whether you would return contributions from your father who is under indictment. or any contributions for that matter. the fact that my contributions come from individuals whereas your contributio

was a wonderful member of congress. may he rest in peace. and my thoughts are with the eight officers that were shot in north carolina some of whom passed away. i want to thank you them for their courage and my thoughts are with them and their families. like chairman aguilar said, want to talk about the supplemental. the importance of passing a supplemental is it's the best way to achieve peace in ukraine. having served in act rfb duty and in the reserves, it's clear to me to get putin to the negotiating table is to stop him on the battle field. will he not negotiate if he believes he will advance in the ukraine. his goal is to take over ukraine and he's not going to try to negotiate anything until he is stopped. and what the supplemental package will is give the resources necessary to stop putin on the battlefield and that's how we get to a lasting peace in ukraine. with that i yield back. mr. aguilar: nothing none of the discussion was about saving mike johnson. the motion to table was. it is not lost on me the role that mike johnson playe

in the congress are expected to be held simultaneously. at the opening of the congress , we hope that the video message of the supreme leader of the revolution will be broadcast and the president will be the opening speaker . makarem shirazi ayatollah javadi ameli and ayatollah sobhani. they will have a written document for the congress and in the closing ceremony, some officials and thinkers will give speeches, so we will have a closing opening and 20 meetings on may 24th and 25th in holy mashhad. international secretary of imam reza congress peace be upon him announced the sending of 200 articles including 100 domestic articles and 100 foreign articles. ms. kharzmi said that about 80 articles will be presented in the congress , 50 of which are international and from 30 countries. the deputy education minister of health announced the scholarship of general practitioners in less popular fields, especially in deprived areas. mr. bagheri fard said that in order to fill the vacant seats of the medical specialty of the scholarship doctors, in

but this is, again, this congress. >> phil, are they getting anything done in this congress? are republicans passing legislation by and large? >> reporter: yes sorry, go ahead, phil. >> they're getting some things done, for example, the foreign aid bill a couple of weeks ago. not nearly the kind of ambitious agenda that i think speaker johnson wanted to push through, nor that president biden would like to see push through on the democratic side. the big ticket items apart from a few highlights in biden's term have not moved forward and congress has been defined bipartisan led investigations is some of the fighting you're seeing here. >> for a moment, it looked like house republicans might lose control of the floor because so many republicans have been going up to see donald trump at his criminal trial. why do democrats not try to seize control? >> in theory, that's something that could have happened. you're right to point that out. we're seeing more members. all of the faces you see on the screen go up and fall literally in line behind the former president as he continues to