host: joining us now is congressman gary palmer, republican of alabama and the chair of the republicanicy committee. congressman, before we talk about the 1.9 julian dollar economic aid bill, can you quickly tell viewers, what are your responsibilities as chair of the republican policy committee? what do you do? guest: we keep our conference informed about the key issues, we make sure members know what's going on in the other committees. and we are so assigned to serve a committee and you can get siloed and it's important to keep up with what's going on in the other committees. we are responsible for making sure everybody knows what the key issues are and whether they are in the committee jurisdiction or not. i think we've done a good job. host: what is the policy committee advising lawmakers, how are you advising them on this $1.9 trillion economic aid package? guest: we don't advise them on legislation, we provide them with information so they can make a good decision. in this case, i have come back and looked at the lab -- the past stimulus legislation, particularly the 2000 nine st

coming up friday, alabama republican congressman gary palmer joins us to talk about pandemic relief andhe house gop agenda. we will discuss the house passage of the equality act, which extends protections for the lgbtq community, with the executive director of legal advocates and defenders. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> coming up friday, the house is back at 9:00 a.m. eastern to finish work on a bill that designates certain lands and rivers in colorado, california, and washington as protected wilderness and permanently bans new mining and oil production on public lands around the grand canyon. members are expected to take up a 1.9 trillion dollar covid relief package. follow the house live on c-span. on c-span two, the food and drug administration holds an open meeting to discuss emergency use authorization for the johnson & johnson covid-19 vaccine. on c-span three, the house rules committee meets at 9:30 to consider the rules for debate on the covid-19 relief bill before it heads to the house floor. >> the senate

back to worlds apart with miles cam for a senior fellow at the bill gary institute of international studies at monterey and mr palmer before the break we were talking about. the resumption of the dial up and strategic stability and it has to be said that the your state department has already issued a statement suggesting that they see that when you're well over the new start treaty as it's just the 1st step in that direction but i think what's the most crucial here is not the willingness to your. real it is that dialogue i think the russians have been there ready for quite some time and actually the zone of discussion and you know last week i had a chance to talk to your the iranian foreign minister vibes that he and he likes to say that the americans have this approach to negotiations what's mine is mine what's yours is negotiable and i think this is something that the russians share to you they believe that the americans in their in the go shaking south always strive for an upper hand rather than trying to your. insurance interests at a balance as a collateral on the deals your ability is that a fair assessment an

victims of the palmer raids, their houses ransacked without search warrants. 3000 bore arrested, held without charges for three months. in pittsburgh and garytell me what is a vigilante man what is a vigilante man eu does he carry a club and a gun in his hand when he beat your brother and sister down >> a modulating clothing workers of america find their contribution for the steel strikers. we know that this is only the beginning of one of the greatest attacks directed against american labor. a >> 1920. ha >> in six short years, we built ourselves one of the strongest unions in the country. >> in new york a 44-hour week and working machinery of arbitration. >> the employers decide it's time to come up with a plan to set back the clock, bring back the sweatshop. they turned him down. >> lock out. they got it all figured. shut down the machines, lock the doors, get a court injunction against picketing. starve us out. but just came back into the courtroom. they reached a decision. >> what happens if they get the injunction? >> they get thrown in the clinker. that's what happens. >> supreme court of the state of new york is now in session. judg