hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his question. as the gentleman knows, we passed an initial bill some many weeks ago. the senate didn't pass that. we then passed more recently a bill which did in fact take care of everyone we know who has had a natural disaster in the interim as well as those we had taken care of the first time around. so we think we have a good bill that was passed. however, as you also referenced, the president has asked for an additional supplemental, a little over $4 billion, reference for humanitarian issues at the border. that is being reviewed. as the gentleman probably also knows, an offer was made to our side. that offer has now been responded to with respect to both the initial and the supplemental. the initial, i mean the disaster bill. we are looking for an answer back at some point in time to our response, but hopefully we can reach agreement. mr. scalise: thank you. again, i thank the gentleman from maryland. hopefully those conversations do continue on. i'm encouraged by the negotiations in terms of

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his comments. of course what the gentleman didn't say is the last congress has the -- had the most closed rules of any congress in which i have served and had the most closed congress that we've served in, according to outside observers. but mr. mcgovern, chairman of the rules committee, there were 30 amendments available to this bill. i'm not sure how many were asked on the democratic side or the republican side, frankly, but having said that, there were republican amendments made in order. and we intend and mr. mcgovern, the chairman of the rules committee, has said he intends amendments made in order as they believe consistent with getting our work done. so i would say to the gentleman, unlike the last congress, i don't think -- i think you'll see closed rules be very much the exception while frankly they were very much the rule in the last congress. but i take the gentleman's point andville discussions with mr. mcgovern. but as you know and i know he's one of the fairest members in this house a

hoyer: i thank myend om louisiana mr. hoyer: i thank my friend, the gentleman from louisiana. in monday, no votes expected in the house. on tuesday, the house will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 for legislative business and votes postponed until 6:30. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour debate and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. on friday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. we will consider several bills under suspension of the rules. the complete list of suspension bills will be made available by the close of business today. the house will also consider mashpee tribe reaffirmation act. that will be considered under a rule. in addition, the house will consider h.r. 986, the strengthening health care and lowering prescription drug costs act. this legislation is supposed of seven bills that would protect and expand affordable health care and lower prescription drug costs. the legislation consists of separate bills from the energy and commerce committee to ban junk health plans, bring generic pres

hoyer: i certainly will. mr. scalise: first, to address the comment that was made about are you luck tans on puerto rico. it's kind of hard to -- reluctance on puerto rico. it's kind of hard to suggest there's reluctance on puerto rico when we've appropriated more than 90 billion already -- $90 billion already and want to continue to make sure that puerto rico has the relief that they need. again, over $90 billion of money from the united states government has already been appropriated. we have other issues that we need addressed including some problems with the money that in the bill was supposed to go to farmers. it's been identified that a lot of that money can't get to the farmers who need it. many of them are going under. american farms that are going under that cabinet get the help they need, those -- can't get the help they need, those problems were identified, we'd like to get that fixed. there were other issues like the president's supplemental. and the supplemental was $4.5 billion of additional money t

hoyer: madam speaker. madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: reserving the right to object, madam speaker. and i of course will not object and i urge my friends in this body not to object. i urge them to do so because millions of people, millions of people are at risk and the sooner that we pass this bill, which we passed in january to the senate, which we passed some three or four weeks ago, needs to be passed as soon as possible for the welfare of our people. -- people of this country who have been attacked by natural disasters. and i urge my friends on the other side of the aisle not to object. the speaker pro tempore: the reservation is withdrawn. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition? >> madam speaker, reserving the right to object. if the speaker of this house -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> if the speaker of this house felt that this was must-pass legislation, the speaker of this

maryland congressman and house majority leader hoyer. nice to see you, sir. >> chuck, good to be with you. >> let me just, look, you were an eyewitness. tell us what happened. >> first of all, it was a sad d day. we were prepared to do the business and the campaign campaigned on infrastructure, we campaigned on infrastructure. we had a meeting three weeks ago. frankly, not much has changed. we were conducting oversight hearings as we think is our responsibility. at that time, we were investigating. we were trying to get to the bottom of the facts of what has been done, when it was done and who did it. so nothing really changed except apparently the use of word cover-up, but in any event, it was a sad day because what the president of the united states said, i will not do the people's business if you continue to exercise your oversight authority. he used the word investigation, and we use "oversight authority" but whatever word you use, it is our constitutional responsibility to pursue the facts. >> take me back to the start of the meetin

she joins us for a look ahead at congress and when the house returns next week, hoyer plans on taking up one of the legislativeop 10 priorities, equal rights. tell us about this bill and why it is a priority. five, quality act is hr yes in the top 10, a bill that would amend the civil rights act to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and things like housing, education, employment, federal financing, even jury duty. this is a big deal. lgbt writes have been a big deal for a long time and they want to -- like other forms of discrimination that are already banned. >> on another topic we have been hearing from the speaker of the house nancy pelosi talking about the timing of a vote that got a lot of attention, the contempt of congress resolution against william barr. you write that the house floor vote is not imminent. what are you hearing about the strategy and timing? citations. his committee has said former white house counsel tom mcgann will be held in contempt if he doesn't appear on may 21. they want to get it all done in one fell swoop versus distract

this is a report about steny hoyer. they're quoting steny hoyer tonight saying, "we are confronting what might be the largest, broadest cover-up in american history, majority leader steny hoyer told reporters. if a house inquiry leads toe in impeachment, the maryland democrat said, so be it." >> we can say at this hour a little bit after 10:00 eastern daylight time on this day that the president's going to get impeached, i think now. and there's obviously a large question of what happens after that happens in the senate, but i think we now know that democratic resistance has crumbled and saw it happen with astonishing speed. you rightly pointed out justin amash is going to prove when the history of this is written to have been the trigger, the catalyst. people looked at him and said, you know, it's not -- he's only one republican, he's an outlier, he doesn't matter. he mattered a lot and he mattered a very specific way. he mattered in that he crystalized the question that arose yesterday about 24 hours ago when it becam

just after the house wrapped up legislative work today, steve scalise asked majority leader steny hoyer about the legislative schedule for next week. which includes legislation to lower prescription drug prices and another bill to ban discrimination against lgbt people. the two also discussed the disaster relief bill, illegal imforeign relation, and holding attorney general william barr in contempt of congress for refusing to release an unredacted copy of the mueller report. objec, so ned.ho

chair of the ways and means committee, and our distinguished democratic leader in the house steny hoyer. [laughter] whip,r pelosi: the senate whatever the title is in the senate. >> number two. [laughter] speaker pelosi debbie stabenow : of michigan, a leader on all of these issues. mexico, ourt speaker, mr. lujaw hiptinguished democratic wi ofthe house, the chair , and the topn democrat on the finance committee and the united states senate. we came with heft, commitment, knowledge, hopefully the shared vision of creating this for our in the spirit of president eisenhower when he instituted the interstate highway system, it was important for jobs and mobility, it was a national security initiative and bipartisan. rayburn, then, sam house and senate, the president, dwight eisenhower, we had hoped we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president is not ready for that. thank you very much. nct conversations] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accur

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i regret that the chamber is ot full of members or that the gallery is not jammed with people for this is an historic day. many members have quoted that extraordinary doctrine of civil rights and human rights articulated by our founders 243 years ago. we hold these truths to be elf-evident. i tell people that they may beself evident but they are not self executing. today we will take another step in a long journey towards a more perfect union. and we will take a step hopefully as it was in 1957 when we passed the civil rights act that year, hopefully it will be as it was in 1964 when we passed that civil rights bill. and hopefully it will be as we oted on the disabilities act in 1990. l of those bills were passed in a bipartisan fashion. and, yes, there were bipartisan votes against those bills, some from my party and some from my colleagues on the republican side. and my presumption is and my hope is that those who voted no on those civil rights bills look back and said i made a mist

carper richard neal, the chair , of the ways and means committee, and steny hoyer. where's the chairman? whatever the title is in the senate. >> number two. ms. pelosi: debbie stabenow of michigan, a leader on all of these issues. our assistant speaker, mr. lujan of new mexico, our distinguished whip of the house, mr. clyburn. the chair -- i love saying chair -- the chair of the transportation and infrastructure committee appropriate to this discussion mr. defazio and ron wyden. democrat.op we came with commitment and knowledge and shared vision of this and spirit of president eisenhower, when he instituted the interstate highway system. it was important for jobs and mobility. it was a national security initiative. and it was bipartisan. lyndon johnson and sam rayburn in the house and senate, president of the united states, dwight eisenhower, we thought we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president isn't ready for that. thank you very much. [indistinct conversations] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] captioning performed by th

brittany neal, our chairman in the house, benny hoyer. whatever the title is in the senate --. >> debbie stabenow of michigan a leader on all of these issues, and her committee in the congress. our speaker bill ruane of new mexico. that isn't a moved approximate of the chair of the transportation infrastructure committee appropriate up to this discussion. mr. defazio and the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, ron widen. we came with heft, with commitment, with knowledge, and with a shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for our country and. it was important for jobs and month fw-- and it was bipartisa. we had hoped that we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president isn't ready for that. thank you all very much. >>> comments from both congressional democrats and senate today on the mueller report and various investigations. we'll continue to follow the story. we'll bring you updates when warranted. >>> right now, though, we'll take you live to the national press club here in wa

our distinguish leader of the house, steny hoyer. the senate with -- whip, whatever the title is in the senate, the leader on all of these issues and her committees in the congress, our assistant speaker of new mexico, our house,uished whip of the the chair of the -- i love saying chair -- the chair of the transportation infrastructure the top democrat on the finance committee in the united states senate, so we came with heft, with commitment, with with what we hoped was a shared vision of creating this great jobs initiative for our country and spirit of president eisenhower when he instituted the interstate highway system. it was important for jobs and mobility. it was a national security initiative, and it was bipartisan. lyndon johnson and family learned in the house and senate the president of the united states, dwight eisenhower -- we had hoped we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president is not ready for that. thank you all very much. >> [indiscernible] >> house speaker nancy pelosi made more public comments l

schumer is going to be on the show later this morning and steny hoyer. but jackie, i just have to ask, if republicans can't step up for lying, potential obstruction, and things that really pertain to matters of our constitution and our government, how about more than justin amash stepping up because they don't want to look stupid? like the whole thing yesterday looked ridiculous. it was like a kid's play that was set up by a bunch of bumbling idiots that they thought they were tricking everyone and all the parents are like, yes, this is really happening! when it was obvious that the president set this up, acted like a complete idiot, had a temper tantrum, walked out and left the actual job of the government undone. >> that is a very rational, logical way of laying that out, mika. but what you're seeing is justin amash was actually punished for calling out for his impeach. the devos family pulled their funding from his campaign. >> the bigger issue at play here and i think why republicans are so silent is because of pelosi's quandary on the hill. there is

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. on tuesday, madam speaker, the house will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business, with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. on wednesday and thursday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour debate and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business. on friday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. we will consider several bills under suspension of the rules, a complete list of suspension bills will be announced by the close of business tomorrow. the house will also consider h.r. 986, protecting americans with pre-existing conditions act of 2019. on october 22, 2018, the trump administration continued the republican assault on affordable, quality health coverage by issuing new guidance to carry out section 1332 of the affordable care act. that new guidance, madam speaker, undermines patient protections and threatens coverage for americans with pre-existing conditions. h.r. 986 blocks implementation of that guidance so as to prese

hoyer. the chair: the gentleman from aryland is recognized. without objection. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker and ladies and gentlemen of the house. thever whelming majority of scientists in the world, not just in the united states, believe that this is climate change is one of the major crisises confronting the global community. so we went to paris and the world community got together and they adopted an agreement which was voluntary in its implementation. no sovereignty was given up by any nation. but they said, the scientists say we have a crisis. and we need to respond to it. my friend from michigan who spoke earlier, mr. walberg, said we ought to be focused on education. housing. health care. job creation. he's right. is to ignore this problem dangerous. and unacceptable. climate change is perhaps one of the greatest threats we face as a nation and as a planet. those who deny it do so at great peril to the health, security, and economic prosperity of our country. h.r. 9 will not solve climate hange. the first step in any journey does not get you there. but without it, you get now

steny hoyer. where is dick durbin? the senate whip. whatever the title is in the senate. >> number two. >> debbie stabenow, a leader in michigan. speaker from new mexico. our distinguished democratic whip of the house, mr. clyburn the chair of transportation infrastructure committee. mr. defazio. and the top democrat on the finance committee and the united states, senator ron wyden. so we came with heft, commitment, knowledge, and hopefully a shared vision of greeting this great jobs , iniative for our country the spirit of president eisenhower when he instituted the interstate highway system. it was important for jobs and mobility. it was a national security initiative, and it was bipartisan. lyndon johnson and sam rayburn in the house and senate, president of the united states, dwight eisenhower. we had hoped that we could do something comparable. unfortunately, the president is not ready for that. thank you very much. we have been listening to speaker pelosi and minority doder schumer, and impr

i think that -- i think the person who got this right the quickest was steny hoyer. steny hoyer not long after the mueller report came out said look, we're halfway through 2019. this is to be decided in the next election. and when you look back to bill clinton's impeachment, he was in his second term. there was no election, he had no electoral accountability. the white house has made it clear, they're ready to have that fight. both as a matter of accountability, i think it's the place for the debate to be had. >> i think there is, because as we've been pointing out -- they're using a constitutional crisis. that carries a lot of weight. and in the same way people claim we're in the midst of a national emergency there was no action upon it for quite some time. i think that's why you're going to see weary voters say, fine, if we're in the midst of the constitutional crisis. let's start harnessing powers. >> that's how kamala harris saw it. take a listen. >> i think that we are seeing a breakdown of responsibilities. i am seeing up close where the -- there is a failure t

hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourns to meet on tuesday next, when it shall convene at noon for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so noted. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana, the minority whip, seek recognition? mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for the purpose of inquiring to the majority leader the schedule for next week. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. speaker. i also ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. scalise: with that, i yield to the majority leader, the gentleman from maryland. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend from louisiana, the republican whip, for yielding. on monday there will be no votes expected in the house. on tuesday the house will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning

i asked house majority leader steny hoyer today why he didn't keep the house around a little later onday or maybe even friday just to finish this bill. listen to what he had to say? >> the answer to that question, there was no assurance that the senate was going to get work out. we had no assurance that they were going to be able to pass it. >> the issue here this is $19 billion. this is not a post office renaming. they didn't ask for unanimous consent to rename a post office. they asked for unanimous consent which means no vote, no debate. let's just deem it passed. to spend $19 billion which is not in the budget. that is, if it is precedented, that is the definition of the swamp. reporter: there was swath of tornadoes moved through ohio earlier today. i asked thomas massi what would happen if the tornadoes were 100 miles to the south, district he represents in northern kentucky, would he vote yes or no, and he dodged my question. i would demand a recorded vote. there is brief session scheduled in the house of representatives thursday. they will try again by unanimous consent accordi

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i regret that the chamber is ot full of members or that the gallery is not jammed with people for this is an historic day. many members have quoted that extraordinary doctrine of civil rights and human rights articulated by our founders 243 years ago. we hold these truths to be elf-evident. i tell people that they may beself evident but they are not self executing. today we will take another step in a long journey towards a more perfect union. and we will take a step hopefully as it was in 1957 when we passed the civil rights act that year, hopefully it will be as it was in 1964 when we passed that civil rights bill. and hopefully it will be as we oted on the disabilities act in 1990. l of those bills were passed in a bipartisan fashion. and, yes, there were bipartisan votes against those bills, some from my party and some from my colleagues on the republican side. and my presumption is and my hope is that those who voted no on those civil rights bills look back and said i made a mist

even nancy pelosi and hoyer, the majority leader have been trying to talk to people down.g to avoid the political cost so they don't have a basis to issue the subpoenas. if you're on the e presidents team, one of the things it's got very little coverage about the mueller report, is, you mentioned the reductions. they didn't claim executive privilege one single time. >> the president. that's right, you remember the clinton impeachment process. setting politics aside they use executive privilege all over. >> they created privilege. we never heard of it. >> that's exactly right. they were creating brand-new fresh ones. they did not refuse writing any witnesses. the president did not sit down to be interviewed. he did answering questions which are in the report unredacted. and read very straightforward, very honestly and therefore, they've got no coverage. because they don't give anybody anything to stoke fires with. and so they been incredibly open with robert mueller during the investigation and of course, we know how the president feels about this investigation. now we know

steny hoyer said democrats are expected to hold a roll call vote on the bill next week after lawmakersy recess. joining us again from washington, scot wong. let's talk about this controversy over the "uss john s. mccain" playing out. the navy now the president say there's nothing to see here but the "wall street journal" has temp mail and you can clearly see in the picture the tarp hanging over the name where it would have been on the ship. how do you think this will all play out, scott? >> well, i think it's a black eye for the navy, for the pentagon, for the trump white house. and, you know, who knows what the fall will be. i don't think we know the individual or individuals who sort of orchestrated this activity. but there's going be a lot of pressure to find out who exactly was responsible, and whether they should be held accountable, whether they should keep their jobs. but i think it is notable that the president is defending these people as well meaning individuals and so clearly there's no love lost between the president and the late john mccain. that is well-known. and, you kn

> and coming up on "morning joe" later this morning senate minority leader chuck schumer and steny hoyer will both be guests this morning.ot >>> amid his blow up with democratic leaders president trump is ramping up his attacks againsthi members of that party and the growing calls by its members to begin impeachment proceedings against him. trump fired off a barrage of tweets claiming the democrats want a do over on bob mueller's special investigation. the president wrote this, everything the democrats are asking me for d is based on an illegally started investigation thatar failed for them. now they say impeach president trump even though he did nothing wrong while they quote fish. >>> asuo mepged the number of democratsmb calling for impeachment proceedings against president trump and his administration is growing as the white housein resists cooperati with lawmakers investigations. now the calls come as house speaker nancy pelosi and other top democratic leaders continue to urgeic a more cautious approh to the situation at least for now. by nbc news count 32 house democrats and republ

neither hoyer or speaker pelosi are calling for impeachment yesterday. many others are, including kamala harris who has said that what robert mueller basically did is return an impeachment referral. now it's up to congress to hold this president accountable. we need the start impeachment proceedings. it's our constitutional obligation. harris is not the only 2020 contender. corey book, elizabeth warren and beto o'rourke as well. bernie sanders and joe biden have not said yet. >> shepard: what about the republicans? >> lindsey gray states this without and underlying offense or collusion, and the cooperation into the investigation, the attorney general's decision on obstruction is sound. it will be the final view in my word. and then there's republican ranking member of the judiciary committee, doug collins who adds this. while i had hoped he would come before the committee, robert mueller has lead and extraordinary life of public service and is entitled to his life as a private citizen once again. congress is out of town today. if they were here, it would

>>but house democratic leader steny hoyer says the bill is critical for disaster victims around the >>believe to so many millions of our citizens to >>the $19 billion disaster relief bill would give money to areas recovering from wildfires, flooding and hurricanes including puerto rico. earmarks millions for rebuilding military bases destroyed by storms it also extends the national flood insurance program which expires friday. >>if we don't pass something. >>after months of delay the senate finally passed disaster relief bill late last week 85 to 8 and the president says he'll sign it last friday it was texas republican chip roy who stopped the bill called this is a $19 billion bill that is not paid for who we are says the delay is ridiculous because the bill will pass overwhelmingly once the house returns next week. >>in washington, i'm in a warning keep. >>in san francisco, several supervisors announced mental health sf that has a plan for universal mental health care system for the city. the plan would create a 24 7 treatment center for anybody needing help including those who need

this is what hoyer said. quote, to say there is no political calculus would not be honest.he bottom and get this information. some people thought that that court ruling yesterday would have relieved the pressure. it did not. here's the other thing. if they do forge ahead with impeachment, they are not going to be able to talk about anything else. that's going to take every cubic centimeter of oxygen off the table when it comes to other issues. neil: chad pergram, thank you very, very much. let's get the read right now from fox news at night host, author of a really good book "finding the bright side, the art of chasing what matters." i will get to that in just a second, shannon. great job there. maybe you can find a bright side in all of this back and forth among democrats and republicans about how far this goes, because i'm just seeing nonstop acrimony. >> i think so much of it is a calculus about 2020 because the president keeps saying, his camp is saying hey, do it, go ahead, we are daring you essentially to impeach us. he thinks it's a great thing for him to run on to s

for more on next week's legislative agenda, minority whip steve scalise and majority leader steny hoyer spoke on the house floor. objection, so noted. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana, the minority the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana, the minority whip, seek recognition?

hoyer. the chair: the distinguished gentleman from maryland is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. if you put patients before politics, you will vote for this bill. because patients care about prescription drugs, but they also care about access to affordable, quality health care. now, you sent a bill to the president -- you really didn't send it to him because it didn't pass the senate -- and you went down to the white house and you exalted about the bill you passed and the president said this is a good bill. then, he had the opportunity to perhaps have his advisors tell him what was in the bill, and 10 days later he said, this is a mean bill. because it shortchanged patients for politics. mr. speaker, last week, the house passed h.r. 986, a bill to protect coverage with those with pre-existing conditions, and they, republicans said, no, it doesn't do that, and they wanted to change the name of the bill. not only did they want to vote against it, they wanted to change the name of the bill. why? because they want to tell the patients tell you we're for

hoyer. the chair: the distinguished gentleman from maryland is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. if you put patients before politics, you will vote for this bill. because patients care about prescription drugs, but they also care about access to affordable, quality health care. now, you sent a bill to the president -- you really didn't send it to him because it didn't pass the senate -- and you went down to the white house and you exalted about the bill you passed and the president said this is a good bill. then, he had the opportunity to perhaps have his advisors tell him what was in the bill, and 10 days later he said, this is a mean bill. because it shortchanged patients for politics. mr. speaker, last week, the house passed h.r. 986, a bill to protect coverage with those with pre-existing conditions, and they, republicans said, no, it doesn't do that, and they wanted to change the name of the bill. not only did they want to vote against it, they wanted to change the name of the bill. why? because they want to tell the patients tell you we're for

as you pointed out, cummings, nancy pelosi, hoyer and nadler 7 years ago, they had big thoughts about the proceedings of contempt against eric holder. he had given nothing and stone walled cong for over 400 days. then he only gave the documents after he left office. >> laura: yes. they rushed this whole thing. robert, the democrats are rushing any possibility of accommodations between the justice department and democrats. they went back and forth saying we will accommodate you as they can. they don't want any of that. back to her point. i want to play some. old sound from 7 years ago that the democrats were dismissing this whole idea of contempt. i think we have it. let's watch. >> contempt of congress, contempt of congress not only to monopolize his time, to undermine his name. >> some of my colleagues on the other side seem almost giddy about today's vote. after turning this investigation into an election year witch hunt. >> laura: [laughing]. i love the witch hunt! the witch hunt word is back. it depends on whose ox is gored. >> consistency is the goblin of little minds. i was payi

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hoyer: i yield back the balance of my time. mr. scalise: with, that i look forward to next week, hopefully -- with that, i look forward to next week, hopefully getting some of those things done. with that, i yield back the balance of my time >> coming up monday morning, we will preview the week ahead with melodies and stephen nelson of the washington examiner. then a discussion of infrastructure, priorities and funding with the american society. c-span'so watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion. q&a is next and a discussion on c-span's look "the presidents" with contributors. at nine :00, prime minister questions from the british house of commons. after that, theresa may appears before parliamentary committee on brexit. former attorney general alberto gonzales talks about the mueller report and it handling by william barr and the white house. ♪ ♪ why do wety shlaes, spend so much time in this country and on our network and in your life talking about presidents? amity: thank you, brian. i am

house majority leader steny hoyer intimated democrats can try again to pass the bill in three sessions he doesn't object, the house passes the bill and his opponents urged donald trump to sign. >> calling in the president to close the southern border topping the western roundup. sierra county asking the president to stop immigration through mexico and opposing, and new mexico cities are struggling due to the number of migrants being dropped off there. until january 2021 they can get their payrolls in order. signing an equal pay bill allowing employees who believe they are paid less because of their gender to sue for the money they would have received for the previous three years had they been treated fairly. a pilot project called light up navajo bringing electricity to 200 homes on the navajo reservation for the first time ever. volunteers from 25 public utility companies across the country partnered with the navajo tribe utility, 10,000 homes are without power on the reservation. a harrowing moment in f-16 pilot ejected from a crashing plane during a training mission in california. t

. >> reporter: steny hoyer used to strongest language you telling reporters it is, quote, the largestadest cover-up in us history. she denied feeling pressure last night. >> are you wondering pressure to impeach the president? >> know. >> reporter: the tipping point may have been researched with don mcgann snubbed today, the second after william barr is refusal to testify earlier this month. that combined with unrelenting pressure from caucuses rank-and-file. >> needs to be impeached. >> reporter: the first republican defection. >> speaker pelosi is in charge of that. >> reporter: may have with pelosi at hand, so might have her meeting with chairman jerry nadler. opening remarks before an empty witness seat like the roadmap to impeachment many democrats said the mueller report was intended to be. never quoted the report. >> the president told mister mcgann tell the american people something that was not true. he asked him to deny those reports publicly. mister mcgann again refused the president's order, refused the president's order to lie to the american people on the president's beh

yesterday, however, you had both majority leader hoyer and speaker pe he see stand up and defend the comments of one of my colleagues who, you know, in addition to saying that, you know, she felt a calming feeling as she was thinking about the holocaust, her justification for that was then to go on and tell this absolutely -- this fantasy notion of the extent to which the palestinians, in her telling, helped the jewish people during world war ii. the leader of jerusalem was helping hitler. it's a set of lies meant to delegitimize the state of israel. it's a vitriolic anti-semitism. i believe that the leadership on the democratic side should be ashamed of themselves for failing to stand up and stop it and speak out against it. mr. mead: one of the big differences, it seems, between the parties, or at least parts of the parties in american politics today is that many liberal internationals, let's say, look at international institutions and sort of say, ok the future world politics is that these institutions are going to become more and more powerful, nation states will lose power. and

hopes to leave his position without testifying before congress today the house majority leader steny hoyerd not so fast, quote, i believe the american people deserve to hear testimony from the special counsel about his report in the report's conclusions. pressure is building on nancy pelosi who resisted calls for impeachment, nancy pelosi standing her ground is 40 house democrats are calling for impeachment proceedings as are a number of democrats running for president. >> the mueller reporters and impeachment referral to the congress. it is clear that he is asking the united states congress to take up the responsibility to hold and impeachment inquiry. >> we are legislating, we are investigating and we are litigating. everybody wants the president be held accountable on the democrat side, no one is above the law, especially the president of the united states. >> reporter: nancy pelosi is walking a tight rope while members in democratic districts are calling for impeachment. she's well aware what brought democrats the majority are swing districts to voters in the swing districts make democ

pelosi's team is pointing us to that to emphasize that hoyer who is in charge of the house's schedule after recess. that could be the week of june 4th, nothing is formally scheduled, they wouldmn not giv us anú"vct date. who cares when it happens. well, a couple of things here. we can't assume it will happen. one question is whether mr. barr is going to get away with this entirely or democrats going to come around and do something. there is some interesting clues as to why you use a slower or even wider strategy than the republicans did. it is no necessarily left gres aggressive. aggressive. pelosi's team pelosi's team is arguing the delay is to super siz size -- normally brings potential jail time. let me read you some of what we have learned. the interest of efficiency and floor time, they want to wait and package more than one vote together. we call on someone else. wall pelosi was the speaker and wall was the other big clash, not holder but the other big clash in the bush era when he nathan tells nathan tells:f us the whole pac can be paid off. it may illustrate the court a compre

democratic leadership including steny hoyer and judiciary chair jerrold nadler condemned hamas and defended israel. congresswoman omar and rashida tlaib had different perspectives with omar writing how many more protesters must be shot, rockets must be fired and little kids must be killed until the endless cycle of violence ends? and rashida tlaib when will the world stop demonizing the palestinian people who just wanted to be free? wyoming gop congresswoman liz cheney responding with this, hamas-controlled gaza, hamas is firing rockets at civilians in israel, congresswoman omar is defending hamas. how many times will she rush to the defense of terrorists? today on the view texas gop congressman dan crenshaw, former navy seal, was asked why dems won't callout omar and rashida tlaib? >> we are playing a team sport these days, you are seeing the same issues play out on the democrat side with somebody on their own team, not sure how to handle even the behind closed doors it is a different setting. >> reporter: the cease-fire notwithstanding israeli prime minister netanyahu says the campaign wi

>> city hoyer and nancy pelosi. we were briefed by all three of them. >> did they say the same thing about the president's demeanor what the speaker said and chuck schumer? >> that's correct. the president appeared agitated and erratic and the whole thing seemed staged. and three weeks ago the president indicated to us that he wanted to have a real discussion to try to enter into a bipartisan infrastructure deal, and now he appears to be super sensitive based on the fact that we're calling him on the notion that his administration is clearly engaging in a sustained and systematic coverup. >> yeah. >> so i got to ask you, you know, she has said, nancy pelosi has said he needs an intervention. congress could intervene with impeachment. justin amash called for the president's impeachment says that pelosi is talking out of both sides of her mouth on the issue. does he have a point with that? >> no. we haven't ruled anything in or out. we're going to follow the facts, apply the law, respect the constitution, and see wher