jamil: congressman fitzpatrick? rep. fitzpatrick: my day started off reading in article from the wall street journal where i think vice president vance used courageous language. the strongest i have seen yet leading into these negotiations where he said he will fight and will not tolerate anything but ukrainian independent sovereignty and the administration is willing to go to the mat on sanctions and even troops in ukraine. that is the strongest linkage we've heard from anybody and i applaud vice president vance for using such strong language. to dance point, the question is what does victory look like? dan said it best, the goal has to be for vladimir putin to regret his decision to invade ukraine. that has to be the message because if the message is you were going to be rewarded, a dictator that conveys a sovereign freedom of democracy, that will send a message to xi jinping, kim jong-un, any other aspiring dictator across the planet. victory means making these dictators regret the day they stepped one foot over a cou

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fitzpatrick you are recognized. rep. fitzpatrick: six in 10 americans have a chronic disease. we are over about two thirds of u.s. adults that are over weight or obese. last congress representative kelly and many of our colleagues on the committee introduced the bipartisan personal health investment today after known as the fit act enabling individuals to use up to $1000 per year to cover physical activity related expenses. exercise is medicine. this would promote public health and spark economic growth at the same time. according to a 20 24 report from the health and fitness legislation legislation like the fit act and analogous companions could help prevent up to .5 million chronic disease cases annually and see over -- receive over $12 billion in health care costs and create whatever 200,000 new jobs. mr. chairman, i want to submit the report to the record. mr. tingle, in your experience can you speak to the benefits of the healthy living programs, wellness activities, and the impact it can have not only for the prevention ofe chronic disease, but for long-term health as we

>> coming up next, a panel of bipartisan members of congress including gop representative brian fitzpatrick and democratic representative chrissy houlahan discussed working across the aisle, continued support for ukraine, and elon musk's department of government efficiency. politico held this discussion at the munich security conference. >> thank you for joining us. many of you have been here. i'm rye barcott, the ceo of w ith honor, fighting polarization in the united states congress. we do that by supporting veterans and servant leaders that are focused on being bipartisan and a time that is very difficult to do. what we found in the past seven years of this

brian fitzpatrick, from covering the hill, african pennsylvania, used to be an fbi agent, gave cbs atement i want to read here. he says he wants to emphasize to the administration, line level street agents have little to no control over the office to which they're sent, the cases to which they're assigned and leads which they're asked to cover. like the military they go where they are told and perform the investigative duties their chain of command orders them to do. i know you know this, but that is a republican explaining the basic function of how law enforcement works. it sounds like there's going to be pushback on the potential of these firings. >> yes, indeed. it's been reported by multiple media outlets that the acting director pushed back very hard and loudly against the doj request and reportedly he may have been threatened with termination himself. both the acting director and acting assistant director would be on that list. they both worked january 6 related cases or trump related cases. we have a potential standoff that's here, but yes, line agents did nothing outside of t

. >> megan fitzpatrick from cbc news. >> we will pull away from this.he questions have been around the very issue we knew that they would be, and that was what were the conditions of the surrounding area when the plane was landing. we had a guest last hour. i wanted to play little bit of that, and then we will get into what is becoming clear. we didn't get a real good answer. i spoke with the former commercial airline pilot who also investigated this in the 19 -- let's watch. >> it is very important. i hate to disparage the fire chief, but i had the weather at the time of the crash. it was like, the winds were 270 at 26 gusts of 36. then, i've got the data from when they were at 532 feet. their sink rate and their airspeed indications. >> he went on to say how fast they were coming down, or his pilots might tell you they were coming down too fast, but we will see what the investigation holds. your thoughts. >> hope we can get some of those answers. obviously, there leading the way with their transportation safety board leading the way with a lot of this

pennsylvania congressman brian fitzpatrick posting on x. we will use every lever and every vote at our disposal, regardless of the personal or political consequences. ukrainian leaders are frustrated after being excluded from talks between u.s. and russian diplomats earlier this week. but the white house insists kyiv will be part of the peace process. >> i used to be a divorce lawyer. you get the antagonistic couples in the room at the end, not the beginning. >> the trump administration is also pressuring zelensky to accept a rare earth mineral deal with the u.s. as repayment for billions in american aid. in washington, rebecca castor, fox news. >> all right, so starting as soon as today, the internal revenue service becomes the latest target of federal layoffs. in a dramatic reshaping of the government by the trump administration. sources say irs they could lose thousands of workers right at the start of tax season. according to the new york times, approximately 6000 people at the agency will lose their jobs out of about 100,000 staffers.

us are new york democratic congressman tom suozzi and pennsylvania republican congressman brian fitzpatrickthe house problem solvers caucus. thank you both for being here. you are from a district that kamala harris won in 2024. you are from a district that donald trump won in 2024. as a democrat, you wrote this op-ed in january saying let's try something different in how we deal with trump. every word he has ever spoken has been criticized. yet, he just won again. people are exhausted by the endless finger pointing and nitpicking and daily battle for political advantage. we talked about that. how do you see it shaping up at this point. >> the natural inclination take a punch at me i will take a punch at you. we have had enough in our country with everybody attacking each other. it's not easy right now because the president is doing a lot of stuff right now. coming at us like a fire hose. >> he wool not waste a single moment on delivering to our promises to the people. >> and people are concerned. they don't really know what happens going on. but, one of the things that brian and i have focu

pennsylvania congressman brian fitzpatrick posting on x. we will use every lever and every vote at our disposal, regardless of the personal or political consequences. ukrainian leaders are frustrated after being excluded from talks between u.s. and russian diplomats earlier this week. but the white house insists he will be part of the peace process. >> i used to be a divorce lawyer. you get the antagonistic couples in the room at the end, not the beginning. >> the trump administration is also pressuring zelensky to accept a rare earth mineral deal with the u.s. as repayment for billions in american aid. in washington. rebecca castor, fox news. >> starting as soon as today, the internal revenue service becomes the latest target of federal layoffs. in a dramatic reshaping of the government by the trump administration. sources say the irs could lose thousands of workers right at the start of tax season. according to the new york times, some 6000 people at the agency will lose their jobs. that's out of about 100,000 staffers. similar to layoffs

. >> megan fitzpatrick from cbc news. what can you tell us about the child that was airlifted to sickkids? do we know if the child was on. somebody's lap or buckled in? what can you tell us about the nature. >> of their injuries? >> no, no we don't i'm sorry. >> we don't. know if the child. >> does not know. no, we don't have that. those details. >> can you give us an age range of the passengers on the plane? >> we don't have that either. i would direct that to delta. okay. >> we're going to take two more questions. >> okay. >> and just one more on the. >> shot of the two that are in hospital. is one of them the child? >> we're not sure either. okay. >> i have a. quick question for fire. did, uh, fire responders fear the spread of the fire? and can you speak to the properties of jet fuel? how flammable is it? how much time did that give you to? to tame it? >> okay. did you hear the question? okay. so on the jet fuel, like whether they were working. >> yes. um, upon arrival, there was jet fuel and there was flames. uh, we

in just a few minutes ago, we heard from brian fitzpatrick, a republican member of congress, someone who is actually in office right now. and he wrote this extensive, long, long tweet so people could see, i think, his thinking on this. and to explain it, you know, it'd be too long for me to read all of it here. but what he says is there's an outcome determinative number of members in the u.s. congress, from bh parties and in both chambers who are ready, willing and able to do whatever it takes to prevent communist dictator vladimir putin from being rewarded for this illegal invasion. it just goes on here. we're starting to see republicans get angry about the language that the president is using. shermichael will we see more stand up? >> it depends. >> i think pence and haley aren't. >> really a factor. >> as it pertains to trump. if we begin to see john more members in the house and in the senate sort of come forward and say, mr. president, i think we should reassess our long term strategy here. i think that may have some impact. >> i agree. >> with the president that we don't want t

it includes representatives like brian fitzpatrick and don bacon, who both have a military backgroundmselves. and then there's senator thom tillis, who's generally an ally of president trump. take a listen to how he described this. >> whoever believes that there is any space for vladimir putin and the future of a stable globe, better go to ukraine. they better go to europe. they better invest the time to understand that this man is a cancer and the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. vladimir putin is a liar, a murderer and a man responsible for ordering the systematic torture, kidnaping and rape of innocent civilians. believe me. >> now, that's not exactly a consensus opinion within the party. ali. there are others, like senator jim banks and josh hawley, who are effectively siding with trump on the on this the way he's trying to handle the war in russia and ukraine. this is where the rubber ultimately is going to meet the road. this is congress. the question is not are they going to put out some tweets and statements. it's will they act? will they use their article one powe

along with my colleagues, don norcross of new jersey, as well as members evans, scanlon, dean, fitzpatrick and houlahan of pennsylvania. i'm proud to say it is bipartisan. fly, ekes, fly. it -- eagles, fly. go birds. congratulations to the super bowl champion philadelphia eagles. and with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair -- for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. lamalfa: thank you, mr. speaker. this week we have a chance to send a clear message. break the law and put americans in danger and there will be consequences. congressman ciscomani's agent gonzalez officer safety act holds traffickers and illegal immigrants accountable for reckless actions, especially those who flee from border patrol agents and create deadly high-speed chase incidents. this bill makes evading law enforcement within is00 -- within 100 miles of the southern border a heavy crime. if you put american lives at risk, you'll face the full force of the law. it's time to pass th

fitzpatrick patrick urich nice be my think you season ten americans have at least one chronic disease many more for example cardiovascular disease diabetes cancer obesity just to name a few were over about two thirds of u.s. adults are overweight or obese as congress, representative kelly i along with many of her colleagues in this committee, induce bipartisan personal health investment today are also known as a city that enable individuals up to $1000 per year to cover activity related expensesr and exercise in medicine this would promote public health and spark economic growth at the same time and including 22024 report legislation like a fit after they now get companions to have million disease cases annually save over $12 billion to help healthcare costs read over and over to happen to her thousand job mr. chairman mike smith reports into the record. >> in your experience, he. rudabeh: the benefits of these healthy living programs wellness activities, and the impact it could have finally for the prevention of chronic disease bute also for long-term health this will saving money en

fitzpatrick: anna dedicated herself to service. not for recognition but because she believed in the power of uplifting others. diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at a young age, she understood struggle. but she refused to let it define her. instead, she worked tirelessly to make life better for those facing challenges of their own. anna was a fierce advocate for better health care and stronger support for families navigating rare diseases like herself. through her leadership, as vice chair of the pennsylvania rare disease council, anna is a founded of the bucks county cystic phi rowcies alliance. she gave hope and voice to so many in our community and across america. anna remained resolute in the face of stage four cancer diagnosis in 2021. and especially heartbreaking and all too familiar diagnosis as a year before her battle began, i lost my brother mike who fought bravely but was taken by the same advanced stage cancer. anna continued serving as an elected official advocating for policies that would ease the burden of others. whethe

fitzpatrick. >> i want to get to the child tax credit, but you had answered a question to my colleaguethat tax cuts don't pay for themselves ever. would you wish to qualify that at all? >> the tax foundation, which lots of people on your side of the aisle site, they posted last november tax cuts typically don't pay for themselves. typically. could we find some -- >> are you saying that no tax cuts ever generate any kind of economic development, any kind of economic generation that pays for themselves? >> cbo and jct found they increase the economy did not cuss -- cut costs by 20%. >> you're given a blanket statement that tax cuts don't pay for themselves. that seems ridiculously oversimplified. >> if you can name a tax cut that paper itself, that would help me. >> your position is that they don't exist, is that it? >> i can think of any. >> currently the ctc benefits 40 million families each year. obviously the tax cuts and jobs out double it from 1000 to $2000. we tax or social security number requirement for the first time, very important. and under current law, the $2000 per child,