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he met bob, hometown illinois, republican. do not good morning john, we love cspan, is a pleasure to talk to you. you did a terrific job in the whitewater investigation. the senate didn't go along with it, but i'm concerned about our special counsel now not doing a very good job. the fbi, d.o.j., cia are up to their ears in spying and leaking and all kind of things , possibly classified, do you think it's time to get a special counsel to investigate the investigator? >> i appreciate the concern, but let me say several things, one, i know bob muller and i have confidence in his integrity, just as i served with bret cavanagh, and bob is marine and had an exemplary career as head bret cavanaugh as a public servant who i believe in his integrity. i have to express concerns about some of the senior people around him in terms of their over partisanship. just as i j say in the book, the system works. we agree with what eventually happened, whether you agree with what the senate did or the house of representatives did during the clint
he met bob, hometown illinois, republican. do not good morning john, we love cspan, is a pleasure to talk to you. you did a terrific job in the whitewater investigation. the senate didn't go along with it, but i'm concerned about our special counsel now not doing a very good job. the fbi, d.o.j., cia are up to their ears in spying and leaking and all kind of things , possibly classified, do you think it's time to get a special counsel to investigate the investigator? >> i appreciate the...
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. >> bob hometown illinois republican, good morning. >> caller: good morning, john, love c-span, pleasure to talk to you, you did a terrific job in the white water investigation in the country. the senate didn't go along with you, but you did a terrific job. i'm concerned about our special counsel now not doing a very good job for our country. the fbi deal, even the cia are up to their ears in spying and leaking and all kinds of things, some things possibly classified. do you think it is time to get a special counsel to investigate the investigators? >> well, i appreciate the concern, but let me say several things, one i know bob mueller and i have confidence in his integrity, just as i served with brett kavanaugh. and bob has had an exemplary career as has brett kavanaugh as a public servant, as i believe in his integrity. i have expressed concerns about some of the senior people around him in terms of their overpartisanship and i hope they are leaving their partisanship at the door which is their responsibility. they have the 1st amendment right to believe whatever they believe, but lea
. >> bob hometown illinois republican, good morning. >> caller: good morning, john, love c-span, pleasure to talk to you, you did a terrific job in the white water investigation in the country. the senate didn't go along with you, but you did a terrific job. i'm concerned about our special counsel now not doing a very good job for our country. the fbi deal, even the cia are up to their ears in spying and leaking and all kinds of things, some things possibly classified. do you think...
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. >> host: bob, hometown, illinois. republican. good morning. >> caller: good morning i john. love c-span. judge starr it's a pleasure to talk to you, you did a terrific job in the whitewater investigation. senate didn't go along with you but you did a terrific job. i'm concerned with our special counsel now not doing a good job for the country. the fbi, the doj, the cia are up to their ears in spying and leaking and all kinds of things. some things possibly classified. do you think it's time to get a special counsel to investigate the investigators? >> guest: i appreciate the concern, but let me say several things. one, i know bob mueller, and i have confidence in his integrity. just as i served with brett kavanaugh. bob is semper fi marine, has had a exemplary career. and i believe in his integrity. i have expressed concern about someed of the senior people arod him in terms of their overpartisanship, and i hope their are leaving their partisanship at the door. they have a first amendment right to believe what they want to believe. but leave that at the door. but in terms of
. >> host: bob, hometown, illinois. republican. good morning. >> caller: good morning i john. love c-span. judge starr it's a pleasure to talk to you, you did a terrific job in the whitewater investigation. senate didn't go along with you but you did a terrific job. i'm concerned with our special counsel now not doing a good job for the country. the fbi, the doj, the cia are up to their ears in spying and leaking and all kinds of things. some things possibly classified. do you think...
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day in logan's hometown of harristown, illinois, small rural community in macon county, illinois, today the house will vote on a bill to designate harristown's post office as the logan s. palmer post office. although i never had the honor of meeting logan, i have since come to know his parents, theresa and sid, and i was honored they were able to join me when i introduced this bill earlier this year. while they sat in the gallery, i was able to drop that piece of paper in the box to introduce this bill to the floor of the house. i'm honored today to ask my colleagues to join me in passing this important legislation to honor one of america's heroes. designating this post office is not -- will not only honor logan's service, but serve as a grave reminder of the risks that our service members take on each day and the responsibilities we have to them as a country. it is my privilege to be able to honor logan today. it is not why we're here. many times this chamber will be criticized for naming post offices, naming public buildings. again, let us remember the sacrifices that many of those wh
day in logan's hometown of harristown, illinois, small rural community in macon county, illinois, today the house will vote on a bill to designate harristown's post office as the logan s. palmer post office. although i never had the honor of meeting logan, i have since come to know his parents, theresa and sid, and i was honored they were able to join me when i introduced this bill earlier this year. while they sat in the gallery, i was able to drop that piece of paper in the box to introduce...
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illinois, located on route 66. springfield was the capital in 1937, and the city is known for being a hometown of abraham lincoln. joining us on the bus is state representative tim butler, a republican, who represents the house seat that lincoln once did. good morning to you. illinois sprinkle , located on route 66. springfield was the capital in 1937, and the city is known for being a hometown of abraham lincoln. stateg us on the bus is representative tim butler, a republican, who represents the house seat that lincoln once did. good morning to you. let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. it is a state that is consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings big white is that? -- rankings. why is that? guest: we have huge pension debt in the state of illinois. with $130 billion in unfunded pension liability. medicaid payments have skyrocketed over the next -- past decade and a half. on top of that, we are coming off an unprecedented budget impasse, what we did not have a budget for the state of illinois for two years. that accumulated unpaid bil
illinois, located on route 66. springfield was the capital in 1937, and the city is known for being a hometown of abraham lincoln. joining us on the bus is state representative tim butler, a republican, who represents the house seat that lincoln once did. good morning to you. illinois sprinkle , located on route 66. springfield was the capital in 1937, and the city is known for being a hometown of abraham lincoln. stateg us on the bus is representative tim butler, a republican, who represents...
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illinois. springfield became the capital in 1937. it is known for being the hometown of abraham lincoln. bus,ng us on the c-span state representative tim butler who represents the same seat lincoln once did. let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. illinois is consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings. why is that? >> we have a lot of big challenges. we have huge pension debt. we have over 100 $30 billion in unfunded pension liability. we have seen medicaid payments skyrocket. those items take up a large chunk of our budget. on top of that we are coming off an unprecedented two-year budget impasse where we did not have a budget for two years, which really accumulated our unpaid bills dramatically. upwards of $16 billion we had in unpaid bills. it is a structural debt problem we have in the state of illinois squeezing out other programs we want to fund. it is a tough situation. those of us in the general assembly try to battle it. it is a hard situation for the citizens of illinois. have the second highest overall t
illinois. springfield became the capital in 1937. it is known for being the hometown of abraham lincoln. bus,ng us on the c-span state representative tim butler who represents the same seat lincoln once did. let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. illinois is consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings. why is that? >> we have a lot of big challenges. we have huge pension debt. we have over 100 $30 billion in...
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hometown? host: that is where he served as an illinois senator. i don't think it is his hometown. that is where he is based out of chicago. what did he do for chicago when he was president? it was the same situation that. obama was a failure to the country and especially black people. host: let's go to isaac on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i give obama credit for this wonderful economy. if he had not been such a lousy president, we would not be blessed with president trump. president obama, let's face it, he was a train wreck. host: let's go to kathleen calling from chicago on the democrat line. caller: good morning. how are you doing? i am listening to all of these obama haters. people have such short memories. i wish you all would put up some charts. i am going to make this quick. when president obama got in that white house, the country was going off the cliff. if you go back to when president obama and john mccain was going to have a debate one night, president bush called on both of those guys to come to washington because he needed some help to ge
hometown? host: that is where he served as an illinois senator. i don't think it is his hometown. that is where he is based out of chicago. what did he do for chicago when he was president? it was the same situation that. obama was a failure to the country and especially black people. host: let's go to isaac on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i give obama credit for this wonderful economy. if he had not been such a lousy president, we would not be blessed with president...
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illinois located on historic route 66. it became the city's capitol in 1967 and it's known to be the hometown of abraham lincoln. joining us this morning, tim butler, a republican who represents the same house seat that lincoln once did. mr. butler, good morning to you. let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. illinois is a state that's consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings. why is that? >> well, we have a lot of big challenges in illinois when it comes to our budget health. we have a huge pension debt in the state of illinois. we have over 130 billion in pension liability. we've seen pensions rise in the last year and a half. we're coming to a budget impasse where we did not have a budget for two years in the state of illinois which made our bills go up dramatically, upwards of million. it's just our debt structure in the state of illinois is squeezing out a lot of other programs we want to fund. it's a tough situation. those of us in the general assembly try to battle it, but it's certainly a hard situation for the citizens of illino
illinois located on historic route 66. it became the city's capitol in 1967 and it's known to be the hometown of abraham lincoln. joining us this morning, tim butler, a republican who represents the same house seat that lincoln once did. mr. butler, good morning to you. let's start with the fiscal health of illinois. illinois is a state that's consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings. why is that? >> well, we have a lot...
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illinois, located on route 66. springfield was the capital in 1937, and the city is known for being a hometown of abraham lincoln.
illinois, located on route 66. springfield was the capital in 1937, and the city is known for being a hometown of abraham lincoln.
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hometown of abraham lincoln. stateg us on the bus is representative tim butler, a republican, who represents the house seat that lincoln once did. good morning to you. let's start with the fiscal health of illinoiss a state that is consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings big white is that? -- rankings. why is that? guest: we have huge pension debt in the state of illinois. with $130 billion in unfunded pension liability. medicaid payments have skyrocketed over the next -- past decade and a half. on top of that, we are coming off an unprecedented budget impasse, what we did not have a budget for the state of illinois for two years. that accumulated unpaid bills upwards of $60 million. debt just our structural problem in the state of illinois is squeezing out a lot of the other programs we want to fund. situation.gh those in the general assembly try to battle it, but it is a hard situation for the citizens of illinois. with the second-highest overall tax burden out of all of the states. he will feel taxed out. we need to provide for services we offer to the citizens of illinois. .t is a tough situation we are trying to move forw
hometown of abraham lincoln. stateg us on the bus is representative tim butler, a republican, who represents the house seat that lincoln once did. good morning to you. let's start with the fiscal health of illinoiss a state that is consistently ranked at the bottom or near the bottom of fiscal health when it comes to various state rankings big white is that? -- rankings. why is that? guest: we have huge pension debt in the state of illinois. with $130 billion in unfunded pension liability....