enzi's departure is by liz cheney, after less than two years in congress attempted to unseat enzi in 2014. the washington post reporting some republicans are encouraging cheney to stay in the house, pushing her to pursue the speakership should republicans retake the majority. >>> the president reverses course.

and i learned a lot about senator enzi on that trip. and i learned that he is a person of rare character and decency, and we need more of that in this country. so he will be sorely missed in this body. i appear before you today as a former chairman and ranking member. senator cramer, thank you for that kind introduction. when i was first here, i was in your position. i was at the end of the line. i was the 100th in the chamber in seniority, and i was at the bottom in seniority on this committee. and at the end, i was sitting where senator ebnzi is, chairma of the committee. and i served as ranking member with senator gregg, and we developed not only respect, but a real friendship, which endures to this day. it was a very, very different place at that time. the budget process was taken very seriously when i came here. mark-up could last as long as two weeks. and i'll tell you, it was a serious business. i remember spending hours and hours preparing for markup. preparing amendments. preparing debate with amendments that were being offered

enzi's departure is by liz cheney, after less than two years in congress attempted to unseat enzi inon post reporting some republicans are encouraging cheney to stay in the house, pushing her to pursue the speakership should republicans retake the majority. >>> the president reverses course. more on president trump's weekend tweeting to discuss his findings of the redacted russia report. >> unfolding as a growing number of lawmakers, including republicans, say they want to see mueller on capitol hill. we are back in a moment. back i. and when i went into college and played college tennis, i could play all day long and never get tired. as i got older, i started noticing a change in energy. - [narrator] scientist have discovered that after you reach age 40, your body produces less vital nitric oxide than it did when you were in your 20s. with less nitric oxide you have less energy. so how do you get your energy back? take one atom of nitrogen and bond it with one atom of oxygen. boom. you just created nitric oxide, the miracle molecule your body needs to help support heart health and h

i learned a lot about senator enzi on that trip. i learned he is a person of rare character and decency and we need more of that in this country. so, he will be sorely missed in this body. i appear before you today as a former chairman and ranking member. senator cramer , thank you for that kind introduction. when i was first here, i was in your position. i was at the end, 100 in the chain or chamber in seniority. i was at the bottom of this committee. at the end, i was sitting where senator enzi is, the chairman of the committee. i served as a ranking member with senator gregg. we developed not only respect but friendship which endures to this day. it was a very different lace at that time. the budget process was taken very seriously when i came here. markup could last as long as 2 weeks. i tell you, it was a serious business. i remember spending hours and hours repairing for backup, preparing amendment , preparing debate with amendments being offered. always , when a budget resolution passed the committee, and it always did, it we

enzi: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: mr. president, i'd ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. enzi: thank you, mr. president. last month i came to the floor to talk about the need to confront our country's surging deficits and debt. at the time we had just considered a supplemental disaster appropriations bill that would spend billions of dollars beyond the statutory budget caps without any pretense of offsetting that spending. and i called for congress to better budget for disasters. now, prompted by reports issued last week by social security and medicare trustees that show these programs remain on an unsustainable path, i again come to the floor to sound the alarm over our country's long-term fiscal health. with trillion dollar annual deficits expected to return soon and our national debt now topping $22 trillion, we cannot afford to keep ignoring the warning signs that we're on a dangerous fiscal course. the trustees estimate that social security's combined trust funds will b

senator enzi. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all the members of the panel for their information, both what they said and what's in their testimony. mr. tobias, i appreciate that oregon has a fund that actually has resources in it that are growing at 2 million a year, did i hear that correctly? >> you did, senator. >> good. i hope other states will pick up on that. i'm trying to figure out how to get the federal government to pick up on that. for private companies, we do expect them to invest money that will result in enough funds to pay the retirement they promised. senator wyden mentioned there are 150 multiemployer plans that are in trouble within a decade. we do have requirements for private sector and businesses to invest money to pay that retirement. but the federal government is in worse shape. we don't have any investment fund for military retirees. we don't have an investment fund for federal retirees. we don't have an investment fund for postal workers. supposed to be but it isn't there. we don't have an

>> yesterday senator mike enzi of wyoming announced he would retire at the end of 2020.ey of wyoming to see whether or not she is going to give up her house seat and run for the senate. there are other republicans who have already announced their intentions to retire. this is a real sign of whether or not they think they have any chance of winning back the majority. liz cheney is already number three in house leadership. she could one day become house speaker, not that far off. if house republicans are going to stay in the minority, they might want to jump in the senate. >> rachel. >> following up on congress stonewalling democrats. i've been particularly interested to trump blocking these congressional investigations. i covered the irs controversy, the benghazi investigations, investigations run by house republicans when they were in the majority when obama was in the white house. in the obama administration, they hated these investigations but allowed a number of people to come in and give investigations, they gave thousands of documents. republicans, i said aren't you

enzi: mr. president, today i'd like to honor the life and legacy of the late-senator richard lugar my colleagues and i in the senate were deeply saddeninged to hear of his passing. his selfless service and direless dedication to the state of indiana and to this nation inspired many to follow in his footsteps and govern using his principled commitment to the rule of law and desire for constructive compromise. from an early age, senator lugar understood the value of hard work and dedication to what was important. he became an eagle scout and then was valedictorian of his class in both high school and college. later a rhodess scholar at the oxford university in england. later in his career he served as a dedicated statesman. as a fellow eagle scout, loo senator lugar knew the knowledge and skills gained in scouting always have a use and are a central part of the boy scout motto, be prepared. he learned early on the importance of core scouting values such as trust, reverence and the rest. he displo

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eric: a senate job opening, wyoming senator mike enzi says he will not run for re-election next year. would rather focus on budget reform rather than concentrate on another campaign. despite being an outspoken fiscal conservative, the 75-year-old is known for keeping a low profile on capitol hill. his retirement opens up the possibility that current wyoming congresswoman liz cheney, daughter of the former vice president, could run for that seat. >>> and there's a move on the president's taxes. that next. (in-store music) need a change of scenery? kayak searches hundreds of travel sites - even our competitors - so you can be confident you're getting the right flight at the best price. kayak. search one and done. monitor their blood glucose every day. which means they have to stop. and stick their fingers. repeatedly. today, life-changing technology from abbott makes it possible to track glucose levels. without drawing a drop of blood, again and again. the most personal technology, is technology with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. ♪ ♪ anita: the 21-year-old univers

let's start with the mike enzi retirement.ney, the number three republican in the house, now eyeing this. is this something that she wants to do? as she, i guess, casts her eyes that she could be the next speaker of the house. >> her profile has risen substantially since 2018 election. she's one of the only women, house republican women, she's sort of grabbed that mantle, as sort of representing the party, representing women in the party. they would be very lucky to get her, to recruit her into that seat. but let's face it, wyoming's going to elect a republican regardless, if it will be liz cheney, it will be someone else. the bigger problem, as you pointed out, is that a lot of folks who -- chuck schumer has been recruiting to run in 2020 for the senate, are opting out, making that -- making the prospect harder for democrats to reclaim the senate. and if they do not win the senate in 2020, even if a democrat is elected president, most of the agenda just grinds to a halt. >> because why? talking to john hickenlooper had been i

this morning, the washington post tweeting about the announcement from senator enzi that he will notun for a fifth term in wyoming. cheney,don't assume liz the congresswoman from that state and daughter of the former vice president. she told me she understood her father's love of house. a very special place. she got to number three and leadership in two years. took her father eight years to get there. there's a path to speaker cheney in 48 years. that is from paul kane this morning. news outy in political of wisconsin. ron johnson, the senator, the headline reads the last man is said ton johnson lead the wisconsin gop while contemplating his future. johnson is embracing his new role as the leader of the wisconsin republican party and is mulling a third term or a bid for governor. on the morning of november 7, the u.s. senator from oshkosh woke up as the only republican representing the state of wisconsin to survive the election the night before. the last man standing as he calls it. host: infrastructure for the remainder of our program and your experience with it. if you want to talk

madam president over the leak and our senator from wyoming, senator enzi announced he wouldn't seek reelection. it's no secret we opposedro legislation from two very different standpoint but always found him to be thoughtful and decent qualities that made him a good senator had respected voice for the people of wyoming. when he was elected it was the chambers only accountant by trade perhaps it was destiny then that he would end his tenure at the top of the budget committee. despite the prominent perch and decades in the corridors of power, senator enzi still maintains the distaste for the flashy. if he will forgive me for that joke i would like to wish him and his family their best on their future endeavors that is after he concludes his final year and a half as one of the longest-serving senators. >> what it means to me is every child has an educational opportunity that leads to access and a strong love of learning and the ability to sustain themselves financially and make sure that they can participate in democracy. >> it isn't about your skin color or where you come from it's about the bel

enzi announced his intention to step down following two other republicans. pat roberts of kansas and lamar alexander of tennessee. and a democrat from new mexico. greta: joining us from tampa, florida this week for "newsmakers" is representative kathy castor, democrat of florida and the chair on the select committee for climate crisis. here in studio with us, we have scott wong of the hill newspaper and the congressional reporter with e&e news. scott wong, go ahead with the first question. scott: thank you for being here. before we turn to climate change, i want to address some of the big news of the week. attorney general bill barr testified before the senate judiciary committee. he was a no-show before the house judiciary committee. now, nancy pelosi has said that

when senator enzi was elected, he was this chamber's only accountant by trade. perhaps it was destiny, then, that he will end his tenure at the top of the budget committee. despite his prominent perch and decades in washington's corridors of power, senator enzi still retains the accountant's did distaste for the flashy. he he is chewed the -- he eschewed the lime lighter and the television crawps, something both of us have in common. if senator enzi will forgive me that joke, i'd like to wish him and his family the best in all his future endeavors. that is, of course, after he concludes his final year and a half in washington as one of wyoming's longest serving senators. now, on another matter, in the aftermath of attorney general barr's testimony before the judiciary committee, it's now clearer than ever that the senate must hear from special counsel mueller. we need special counsel mueller to testify because as we have seen the attorney general has shown us he cannot be trusted on the matter of the russia investigation. after the special counsel delivered his

madam president over the leak and our senator from wyoming, senator enzi announced he wouldn't seek reelection. it's no secret we opposedro legislation from two very different standpoint but always found him to be thoughtful and decent qualities that made him