i will talk about it with congressman don bacon of nebraska.t with congressman don bacon of nebraska oh... stuffed up again? so congested! you need sinex saline from vicks. just sinex, breathe, ahhhh! what is — wow! sinex. breathe. ahhhhhh! >>> i want to welcome back friend of the show republican congressman don bacon of nebraska, he represents the state's second congressional district in the last congress representative bacon served on the house armed services and agriculture committees. he is a veteran of the united states air force. good to see you. thank you for being with us again. >> good to see you. happy new year's to you. >> and to you, sir. last time we talked you expressed frustration with the way the speaker thing and reconciliation thing and the funding all went down. you called speaker johnson a good man who is trying to do his best. given some of the internal divisions, do you think what happened last week with the speaker election finally getting done on one ballot, does that help? does it hurt? did it show you more division or

also a conversation with representative don bacon sayinga quote, this is in light of calls from some say chipper should be the head of the rules committee, don bacons quoted saying voting chipper in crge of the rules committee is like putting stalled in charg of amnesty and diplomacy. so there's an idea of how unpular chip roy rules committee chairman would be amongst moderate members. back to you, greta travel back to our call in rome, georgia. you just heard there president-elect trump predicting he believed chip roy fall in line. what do you think? >> caller: i sure hope he does. and the others, too. this is a one-time because like you say, to we get a speaker nothing happens. we got to have a speaker that works with both sides of the aisle. he can do that and be an effective leader if they will just workl with him and get things done and that's i just when we went through this fiasco that we went through the last time trying to elect a speaker and we put up with all of that. and i sat and watched it time after time after time, and the frustration that as a voter that i see that t

there's a difference between thomas massie with a slightly different ideology then don bacon, they representrent districts. how will you get all of the frogs to stay in the wheelbarrow get these things done with a narrow majority. talking about a narrow majority. gwen stefani can walz resign to go into the trump administration and they. >> gate c still not being filled we cannot lose one vote. it's good to be republican partisan vote we cannot lose a single vote. we have to be one 100% united and it was difficult when trump was president the first time. you were in congress and we had dozen or so seat majority and we still had a difficult time, now we can't lose any. when you talk about the debt ceiling, what people often understand the federal government is spending more money every day then it takes in. a beautifully enact these cuts in dojo successful and were able to cut one to $2 trillion which is a huge goal to try to achieve. that is going to be over time, one to ten years in the debt ceiling is going to camp. if we want to keep the bond markets in line and not have to see a spike in

the brasco republican congressman don bacon said on the hill on newsnation. most republicans are frustrated with the few opposed to speaker johnson. these people undermine our leadership and the vast majority of us who want to get things done. 2 years ago, house republicans took 15 votes to elect speaker kevin mccarthy. and months later they voted to oust him over a deal he made with democrats. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> a three-week fight vaulted the relatively unknown. mike johnson to the speakership. the time for action is now. and republican senators have already chosen their leader that senator john thune from south dakota. >> now in the house, they'll need to speak or before they can for many committees before members can even be sworn in. they need to have a speaker reyna. alright bennett, thank you for that breakdown there. well, still ahead the kron, 4 morning news. >> mother opens up about how in killed her 2 children. we dig deeper into what is being done to try dru

brasco republican congressman don bacon said on the hill on newsnation. most republicans are frustrated with the few opposed to speaker johnson. these people undermine our leadership and the vast majority of us who want to get things done. 2 years ago, house republicans took 15 votes to elect speaker kevin mccarthy. and months later they voted to oust him over a deal he made with democrats. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> a three-week fight vaulted the relatively unknown. mike johnson to the speakership. the time for action is now republicans will control both the house and the senate and they'll control the white house when president elect donald trump takes office. now republicans in the senate have already chosen their leader, that senator john thune from south dakota on the house side, though they can't do anything. they can't move into their offices. they can't be sworn in. they can pass legislation until they choose a speaker in washington. i'm today some lot back to you.

the brasco republican congressman don bacon said on the hill on newsnation. most republicans are frustrated with the few opposed to speaker johnson. these people undermine our leadership and the vast majority of us who want to get things done. 2 years ago, house republicans took 15 votes to elect speaker kevin mccarthy. and months later they voted to oust him over a deal he made with democrats. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> a three-week fight vaulted the relatively unknown. mike johnson to the speakership. the time for action is now. >> now in the senate, republicans have already chosen their leader that senator john thune from south dakota and the house, though, until they have a speaker, they can't form committees that can't pass laws. they can even take their oaths of office. they won't be sworn in until they choose a speaker rain and john, they got a lot of work to do. should do. all right. still ahead, a look on morning news. >> a vacaville cat is rescued after it was stuck

don bacon saying "in light of calls from some saying chip roy should be ahead of the rules committee,utting chip roy in charge of the rules committee is like putting stalin in charge of amnesty and diplomacy. if you want an idea of how unpopular chip roy would be." host: rome, georgia, you just heard donald trump predicting he believes chip roy will fall in line. caller: i sure hope he does. the others too. until we get a speaker, nothing happens. we've got to have a speaker that works with both sides of the aisle. johnson has shown he can do that and be effective if they will work with him and get things done. when we went through this fiasco, trying to elect a speaker, and we put up with all of that and i watched it time after time, and the frustration as a voter i see, the party i have been supporting for many years cannot work together to get things done in our congress, and that is what i want to see this year. i want to see unity in the republicans, to be able to work with some democrats to get things done, to make this country better than it has been over the last four years. h