i.r.s.'s audit capacity and not just audits on wealthy americans. with that capacity, i.r.s. can bring in more revenue by auditing more middle and lower income families and more small businesses. families are struggling urn the weight of inflation and shortages. small businesses are struggling to find workers at any wage. the overwhelming majority of americans follow the law and pay their taxes. the last thing they need is more i.r.s. agents knocking on doors to conduct audits. yet this i.r.s. funding is part of the broad biden administration strategy to tax and audit exponentially more americans by looking into their bank account, requiring online payment services to report them, and when they split a dinner check with friends or pay their baby silter after a night out and target them using 87,000 new i.r.s. employees. americans deserve to know that government is working for them, not against them. today, mr. speaker, you're going to hear democrats claim there really won't be 87,000 new i.r

a republican i.r.s. commissioner, who we worked with, he said it might be $1 trillion a year that goes uncollected. a donald trump appointee who stated that and raised that issue a number of times in front of the ways and means committee. let me make a point that i raised earlier. tax compliance in a representative democracy is a fundamental commitment to civilization and first-class services. so by not collecting this revenue, are we going to say down the road, well, maybe we'll cut social security? maybe we'll cut medicare. of course maybe we'll cut medicaid. or maybe we'll cut the american military. now, we all know that in this discussion, that the facts are very clear here. they've been upset with the i.r.s. for a long period of time. we all remember the lowest learner episode -- lois learner episode. even -- lois lerner episode. even though the advocates on the right and left were audited at thatthe same rate. that's a fact. so as we close this argument, let's stand up for the honest taxpayers in a

i.r.s.'s audit capacity and not just audits on wealthy americans. with that capacity, i.r.s. can bring in more revenue by auditing more middle and lower income families and more small businesses. families are struggling urn the weight of inflation and shortages. small businesses are struggling to find workers at any wage. the overwhelming majority of americans follow the law and pay their taxes. the last thing they need is more i.r.s. agents knocking on doors to conduct audits. yet this i.r.s. funding is part of the broad biden administration strategy to tax and audit exponentially more americans by looking into their bank account, requiring online payment services to report them, and when they split a dinner check with friends or pay their baby silter after a night out and target them using 87,000 new i.r.s. employees. americans deserve to know that government is working for them, not against them. today, mr. speaker, you're going to hear democrats claim there really won't be 87,000 new i.r

confirmed that when they added those i.r.s. agents, it wasn't just to go after the millionaires and billionaires. it was to go after people making less than $200,000 a year. broke president biden's pledge. we actually had an amendment when that bill was going through to say the new i.r.s. agents couldn't go after people making less than $400,000, to hold president biden's to his pledge. you know every democrat voted against that amendment. so those i.r.s. agents would be set up to go after hardworking families across this country. frankly, what we need is more border patrol agents securing america's border, not i.r.s. agents going after hardworking families in america. and so we passed that bill. and we're going to pass more good bills this week. you are going to see us today set up the select committee on china to finally confront the challenge that's one of the greatest threats to our nation and that's what the chinese communist party has been doing all around the globe making challenges to our country and other countries aro

and the i.r.s. commissioner, a republican, under donald trump said that number is closer to $1 trillion annually that goes uncollected. now, what swroated for last -- voted against last night was to make it consistent with our position which is that computer modeling, replacing retired i.r.s. officials, which have been cut by 30% over the last 15 years. we've addressed that. and enhanced technology. for those of you who were stuck at airports with southwest, one thing you should be reminded about, now the evidence points to technology and the lack of sufficient upgrade that created the chaos. that's what happens with the i.r.s.. every year for our local school systems, 200 teachers retire, you replace them. they haven't done that at the i.r.s.. so don't go buying what i have to say about this. $574 billion. think what you can do with that. $574 billion a year goes uncollected and back to commissioner redding who said $1 trillion a year goes uncollected. that's a tax gap. >> thank you. >> thank you.

the i.r.s. doesn't know everything. does the i.r.s. know the weight of a wish?he song that hope sings? the way, those are the names of my other charities. please donate below. >> stephen: jimmy, take that down! take 2 down, jimmie! do not send money there. santos, you've been accused of some really atrocious things. you claimed your mother died in the september 11th attacks, then you said that she died a few years later and then you said she died in 2016. what really happened? ( laughter ) >> stephen: stephen, how could you bring that up at a time like this? can't you see i'm at my mother's funeral right now? do you know how hard it is to lose someone when they've already died three times before? >> stephen: i'm sorry for your losses. but, representative santos, after all this deception, do you really expect republicans to keep you in congress? >> of course, stephen. they can't get rid of me. i'm the speaker of the house! ( laughter ) >> stephen: no, no, no you're not. no. don't applaud him! no. that's kevin mccarthy. >> okay, boomer. then where did i get this g

and the i.r.s. were added. this was all done after 13 speaker votes at 10:00 at night, clearly in an attempt to win more votes, but the people who are asking for these changes are the people who are, you know, who are the same people who want to investigate the people who are investigating them. this is really, really unprecedented. i don't know what the hell is going on here, but this isn't right. this isn't openness. this isn't transparency. my friends talk about corruption. this is corruption. this is -- this is unacceptable, and the american people ought to know it and reasonable colleagues on the republican side ought to say no to this. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to my good friend from the great state of pennsylvania, mr. perry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. perry: i thank my fr

we don't need any 7,000 more i.r.s.s and officers and 79.6 billion we don't need to put in there. they say there is a tax gap. taxes owed but not collected of $458 billion. i don't know where that number came from. it is a dangerous gamut. >> bill: they could get a couple of senators. the president won't sign this bill. >> i hope they do. i really do. it is one of those things. this is not -- again, you use the jeff bezos of the world and sell the programs that way but ultimately particularly small businesses is who i am worried about. folks who file and small businesses file their incomes that way. i just think they would be sitting ducks. >> dana: the venmo stuff was so complicated and democrats said it went too far. they delayed it for a year. it makes the sword is hanging over your head for another year. a lot of people that might get paid by venmo are hustling. gig work trying to make a way to make ends meet. it feels like a lot of heavy handed government. >> who pays the real price for this honestly? it's advertis

bill coming since chairman mcgovern mentioned the i.r.s. bill, 87,000 i.r.s.gents is a two new i.r.s. agents in every congressional district in this country, for one purpose, to go after small businesses and hardworking americans to try to raise money to pay for reckless spending. reckless spending that's cost $31 trillion in debt in this nation. this is the right thing to do. we can repurpose those agents to the southern border. or we could repurpose them and let them build the keystone x.l. pipeline. there was an estimated 61,000 lost jobs with keystone x.l. pipeline when the biden administration canceled that yet they turn around and hire 87,000 new i.r.s. agents to go after your constituents and mine i mentionedded it earlier, look it up, i yield back. mr. mcgovern: the first bill you're doing is going to add $115 billion to the deficit. i yield one minute to the gentleman, the chairman of the democratic caucus, mr. aguilar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. aguilar: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. i rise in opposition to

bill coming since chairman mcgovern mentioned the i.r.s. bill, 87,000 i.r.s. agents is a two new i.r.s. agents in every congressional district in this country, for one purpose, to go after small businesses and hardworking americans to try to raise money to pay for reckless spending. reckless spending that's cost $31 trillion in debt in this nation. this is the right thing to do. we can repurpose those agents to the southern border. or we could repurpose them and let them build the keystone x.l. pipeline. there was an estimated 61,000 lost jobs with keystone x.l. pipeline when the biden administration canceled that yet they turn around and hire 87,000 new i.r.s. agents to go after your constituents and mine i mentionedded it earlier, look it up, i yield back. mr. mcgovern: the first bill you're doing is going to add $115 billion to the deficit. i yield one minute to the gentleman, the chairman of the democratic caucus, mr. aguilar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. aguilar: i thank the gentleman from massachusetts. i rise in opposition t

and the i.r.s. were added. this was all done after 13 speaker votes at 10:00 at night, clearly in an attempt to win more votes, but the people who are asking for these changes are the people who are, you know, who are the same people who want to investigate the people who are investigating them. this is really, really unprecedented. i don't know what the hell is going on here, but this isn't right. this isn't openness. this isn't transparency. my friends talk about corruption. this is corruption. this is -- this is unacceptable, and the american people ought to know it and reasonable colleagues on the republican side ought to say no to this. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to my good friend from the great state of pennsylvania, mr. perry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. perry: i thank my fr

ronald reagan paid his taxes and staffed the i.r.s. stand with ronald reagan and stand with adequate funding for the internal revenue service. there is a second threat to our ability to collect taxes, it's longer term. and that is the possible rise of crypto currency. when somebody tells you what they are, believe them. crypto currency tells you what it is, or aspires to be, in its name. crypto currency literally means, hidden money. i am the only member of this house to get a grade of f from the only organization dedicated to crypto advancement that rates members of this house. because i have been trying to ban crypto for over five years. no one has helped me more in that effort than sam bankman freed. to some of you he's one big snake in a crypto garden of eden. the fact is crypto is a garden of snakes. from the outside it looks like it's just a token. an electronic pet rock. something to bet on not because it has any value or use, but because you might be able to sell it for even more to somebody else. but longer term investors in c

we repealed and stripped the funding for 87,000 i.r.s. agents. government should be here to help you, not to go after you. be able to protect the unborn. we just protected the strategic petroleum reserve where the president can no longer deplete and sell our oil to china. and we opened the house back up for the public, something the public has not been able to be a part of for the last couple years. that's just the first five days and we're just getting started. so we made a commitment to america and we're going to keep it. with that, let me open up for questions. reporter: you had a growing number of republican members that are calling on representative george santos to resign or not sit on committees. [indiscernible] admitted to lying to, stealing, why put him on a committee? speaker mccarthy: the leaders elected george santos. if there is a concern, he'll go through ethics. if something is find he will be dealt with. they have a voice in the process. yes. reporter: [indiscernible]? speaker mccarthy: i didn't mention the other thing we did. pas

by revoking all of those moneys to the i.r.s. to hire new employees, they are giving wealthy corporations and wealthy individuals, like donald trump, who had only one auditor looking at his return which was not looked at within the time period it was supposed to be looked at under the law or policy of the government at the time, they're giving those people an open door to continue to make their i.r.s. statements -- payments really not payments but their first offers. and that's what they do. it's not filing their return. it's filing your first offer. so if they get away with that, which i don't think they will in the senate. they are depriving the middle class who they said they were trying to support services and fairness and the middle class will have to pay more money because it's the wealthy and corporations that get away with fraudulent returns. then, they're talking about banning -- protesting through h.con.res 3, violence against pro-life centers, anti-abortion centers. i hope everybody in the house is against violence aga

tax policy under a republican-led house and the party's vote this week to rescind funding for the i.r.s. and then the atlantic council's valentina discusses the unrest in brazil and parallels to the january 6 attack. also, page browning, a law enforcement filed by seattle public schools against social media companies that aims to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning on c-span or on c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts and tweets. >> housing secretary marcia fudge talked about the racial biases in housing appraisals and legislation that will help mitigate bias and discrimination. this event co-hosted by the brookings institution and national fair housing alliance. >> good afternoon. i'm andre. senior fellow at the brookings institution and team lead for evaluating black assets initiative. and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the event examining racial bias in home appraisals, our screening of america low balled. we'll discuss about h

a note back on the i.r.s. lot of people say 87,000 agents. it's 87,000 employees. not all of them are agents. the concern obvious, there's more audits. those making under $25,000 a year are more likely to be audited than millionaires. back to the border. you had a meeting with d.h.s. secretary mayorkas this week. he's got to be aware of the articles of impeachment. what's your conversation about his assessment of the border is. do they have a real understanding or take any responsibility what's going on? >> i did have a meeting earlier this week with secretary mayorkas. look, the house of representatives is no doubt going to start impeachment articles. where that takes us, only the truth will lead us there. representative jim jordan is going to be leading those efforts. i'm confident that he will bring out the truth in that matter. as a member of congress, my role is oversight of one of my roles is oversight of the executive branch. sitting down with secretary mayorkas. i pushed to get border patrol agents out of the processing centers and out in the field. one thi

>> we'll start with abolishing the 87,000 new i.r.s. agents. that was going to be the first bill we voted on yesterday once we elected a speaker. hopefully we can get to that today. that's a symbolic vote to show republicans are serious about reducing unnecessary spending. i think that's a perfect place to start and what we campaigned on and the first bill passed by a republican majority. >> harris: from that point you have the southern border, the chaos there, the deaths there of people drowning in the rio ground. i was down there covering it recently. our own peter doocy put it to the white house press secretary. let's watch. >> they claim to have evidence that joe biden lied to the american people about his involvement in his family's business schemes. did he? >> house republicans promised that fienth inflation during the mid-terms would be their number one priority. that's what they said was important to them. instead what they are doing is wanting to do an investigation on the president and his family. that's their focus. they don't want t

in addition, house lawmakers are expected to take up legislation to rescind $80 billion in i.r.s. funding approved under the inflation reduction act. again, you can watch live coverage of the u.s. house starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> preorder your copy of the congressional directory for the18th congress -- for the 118th congress. with bio and contact information for every house and senate member, important information on congressional committees, the president's cabinet, federal agencies, and state governors. scan the code at the right to preorder your copy today for early spring delivery. it's $29.95 plus shipping and handling and every purchase helps support our nonprofit operations at c-spanshop.org. >> president biden traveled to the u.s.-mexico border to discuss security and immigration issues with local and federal officials. he was greeted in el paso by texas governor greg abbott. during the trip he toured a port entry and a section of the border wall. he also visited the el paso county migrant support center. this is president biden's first trip to the u.

for example, president obama should not have used his i.r.s. to make sure conservative groups couldn't get their proper 501-c-3 tax preparation. when you say breaking norms, i just ask you to expand your universe of reading and history. because many presidents break lots of norms. i can think about scores of norms that were broken by president roosevelt. he threatened to pack the court. this is -- everyone wants to just focus on the last 20 minutes when in fact what's really important here and i'll get to your very first question. how did it impact me? it impacted me an awful lot. sometimes in good ways. think about this. one of the norms folks talk about is the way he communicated. he used the twitter accounts. i can do the greatest hits, the twitter account. when he tweeted about north korea, he tweeted, my button is bigger than your button and fire and fury. you all laugh. enormously important for america's most senior diplomat. because chairman kim new two things. one, we could bring fire and fury and our red button is bigger than his. and

in addition, house lawmakers are expected to take up legislation to rescind $80 billion in i.r.s. funding approved under the inflation reduction act. again, you can watch live coverage of the u.s. house starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> preorder your copy of the congressional directory for the18th congress -- for the 118th congress. with bio and contact information for every house and senate member, important information on congressional committees, the president's cabinet, federal agencies, and state governors. scan the code at the right to preorder your copy today for early spring delivery. it's $29.95 plus shipping and handling and every purchase helps support

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we will end the growth of government and we will stop 87,000 new i.r.s. agents from picking through your pocketbooks. we will secure our energy independence. we will ban the sale of petroleum from our strategic reserves to china. we'll establish a bipartisan select committee specifically to keep our eye on the ball in china. we'll address the crisis at the border that's killing americans by the day. and improve both our safety and our nation and our dignity for those who come had here in -- come here in search of a better life. but not yet. we're still stuck at the starting block. the american people have told us why putting the republican majority -- by putting the republican majority here that they want republicans to lead and they want a government that works and doesn't embarrass them and we are failing on both missions. that must change today. it will change -- benjamin franklin said, we must hang together and must a-- or must assuredly hang separate. we're stuck in a malaise, at an impasse. and we will stay here. we will not be able to fight the rea

so we might get a further announcement from the i.r.s.missed someone or something like that. >> let's pivot over to the middle class tax refound. -- refund. there's confusion on whether it will be taxed. >> we're waiting for clarification from the i.r.s. to give us definitive guidance. in the tax community there's some that says yes, some that says no. >> we will report back once we know for sure if your county isn't one of those darkened on our map there is a workaround. here's what tsms if your tax professional works in one of the affected counties, you get the tax relief. that's the law. apparently that goes way, way back. we'll be keeping track of this. karina: a major change is coming to netflix. the company announced today its founder, reed hastings is stepping down as coe-c.e.o. he founded netflix in 1997. the company changed the way americans watched movies and shows, first with the d.v.d. by mail business, remember that? and now as a streaming giant. the 62-year-old plans to stay on as executive chairman. dan: it may be dry today

the last thing we need is 87,000 more i.r.s. agents and 1.2 million more audits. i voted yes on the family and small business taxpayer protection act because it's a clear-cut way to fight back against one of the most egregious pieces of legislation from the last congress. the $72 billion of taxpayer money that washington democrats allocated to the i.r.s. last year would have ballooned the agency to a size larger than the pentagon, state department, f.b.i., and border patrol combined. i committed to creating an economy that's strong by stopping president biden's audit army and i'm keeping my commitment. to create a government that's accountable i voted yes on the strategic production response act, which the house also passed. president biden has been playing fast and loose with our country's most important national security assets. his energy policies have caused prices to skyrocket at the pump and using the strategic petroleum reserve as a political tool. the leagues of our -- depletion of our oil reserves. i voted yes on the strategic production response act whic

for example, president obama should not have used his i.r.s. to make sure conservative groups couldn't get their proper 501-c-3 tax preparation. when you say breaking norms, i just ask you to expand your universe of reading and history. because many presidents break lots of norms. i can think about scores of norms that were broken by president roosevelt. he threatened to pack the court. this is -- everyone wants to just focus on the last 20 minutes when in fact what's really important here and i'll get to your very first question. how did it impact me? it impacted me an awful lot. sometimes in good ways. think about this. one of the norms folks talk about is the way he communicated. he used the twitter accounts. i can do the greatest hits, the twitter account. when he tweeted about north korea, he tweeted, my button is bigger than your button and fire and fury. you all laugh. enormously important for america's most senior diplomat. because chairman kim new two things. one, we could bring fire and fury and our red button is bigger than his. and

and lawmakers are to take up legislation to rescind funding for i.r.s. agents. preorder your copy of the congressional droact tower of the 118th congress and access to the federal government with bio and can't information for every house and senate and the president's cabinet, scan the code at the right to preorder rly spring delivery. and every purchase supports our operations at cspanshop. org. walk us through the mechanis and what to expect this week after the election. thanks for joining us. guest: good to be here. host: last week, the vitriol we saw amongst these factions that played out in the election. does this continue on as far as the way they -- the technicalities of the house go forward? guest: absolutely. i think this is just the start, where you have the various factions, the conservative wing, the moderate wing of the party facing off, going head to head. he saw a speaker race on the floor proceedings last week. this now carries into today, where lawmakers will fly back into washington, d.c. and take up their gop rules package on the house floor.

the night is late, but when we come back, our very first bill will repeal the funding for 87,000 new i.r.s. agents. you see, we believe government should be to help you, not get after you. we are going to pass bills to face the nation's challenges from wide open borders to woke indoctrination in our schools. we will address america's long-term challenges, the debt and the rise of the chinese communist party. congress must speak with one voice on both of these issues. this is why we will end wasteful washington spending. from now on, federal bureaucrat wants to spend it, they will come before us to defend it. as for as the chinese communist party, we will create a bipartisan select committee on china to investigate how to bring back the hundreds of thousands of jobs that went to china and then we will win this economic competition. speaking of committees, we will hold the swamp accountable, from the withdrawal of afghanistan to the origins of covid and to the weaponnation of the f.b.i. -- weapon isation of the f.b.i. let me be very clear. we will use the power of the purse and the power of

we will end the growth of government and we will stop 87,000 new i.r.s. agents from picking through your pocketbooks. we will secure our energy independence. we will ban the sale of petroleum from our strategic reserves to china. we'll establish a bipartisan select committee specifically to keep our eye on the ball in china. we'll address the crisis at the border that's killing americans by the day. and improve both our safety and our nation and our dignity for those who come had here in -- come here in search of a better life. but not yet. we're still stuck at the starting block. the american people have told us why putting the republican majority -- by putting the republican majority here that they want republicans to lead and they want a government that works and doesn't embarrass them and we are failing on both missions. that must change today. it will change -- benjamin franklin said, we must hang together and must a-- or must assuredly hang separate. we're stuck in a malaise, at an impasse. and we will stay here. we will not be able to fight the rea

we promised on day one to repeal joe biden's army of 87,000 new i.r.s.s and yesterday we did just that. today, we'll counter the chinese communist party with our select committee on china. we will vote to protect every american's confidence constitutional rights with a new select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government. we will also vote to stop the biden administration from selling our strategic at the petroleum reserves to china. and, of course, this week, as thousands prepare to stand for life in our nation's capital, next week, we'll continue to hold the line and protect the most vulnerable among us by bringing the born alive survivors protection bill to the floor. and we are just getting started. house republicans are unified and united in our effort to implement our commitment to america to save this country. and it's my honor to turn it over to my colleague, michael cloud from texas. open for business and i can tell it's been awesome to see in the last week even as we ran the halls to see film is come together, once again able

>> todd: first major action from house trying to defunneled the i.r.s., congressman michael waltz talkingbout it next. . >> todd: doj reviewing several classified document found at one of president biden's private offices. we are learning joe biden's private attorney stumbled upon the sensitive information just six days upon the midterms. the white house saying they are, quote, cooperating with the national archives and the doj discovery what appear to be obama-biden administration records including a small number of documents with classified markings. the archives took possession of the materials. but, the president himself keeping quiet, ignoring questions on the matter while in mexico city. >> got a smile from him on that question, i believe. florida congressman michael waltz joins us now. one of the question on this is the timing. these documents were found just before the midterm elections. why are we only learning about them now? >> great question, carley. were they, indeed, found before the elections? my question is these were apparently documents from his time as vice president so

federal government, request of three-fifth super majority to pass tax increasing, blocking the 87,000 i.r.sts, all things agreed upon and accepted prior to the first vote. so there was already, in my opinion, accountability on the chair, transparency for the american people, making sure we have energy independence, making sure the border is clear and a big omnibus bill. a lot of things had been done prior to the first vote, to clear that up for the american people. >> ashley: jim jordan says they will come together, do you foresee another issue issue not an issue, situation like we saw last week? >> cory: i think democracy, it is great we are debating issuing on the floor. that is what the american people want to see. do i think certain people are upset there are committee assignments? of course, that bothers me, it should go through the regular order and process. i will say when it comes to securing border, getting infl inflation, that is what the rules package does, i, myself and my colleagues are 100% on board with that and what the american people want, as well. >> todd: at the end of m

to allow us to pass a bill that would defund 87,000 i.r.s. agents who are going after small businesses and average americans. to allow us to put forward an energy independent agenda. to allow us to secure our border. i would implore them to ask them to use their intellect because this game is ending and it is ending soon. thank you. reporter: you guys talked about you're having this press conference. what are you doing on a member to member basis? what conversations are you having to convince -- mr. waltz: i asked a member, one of the no votes this morning, what is it? we went through everything in terms of rules changes and i don't even like to call it concession. i really think the vast majority of them are moving in a positive direction, but what is that thing? the answer i got back was, things have got to change. well, that's -- i mean, we need specifics. right? and what will you're hearing in our collective frustration is we're not getting anything specifically back, what gets us to that 218 with kevin mccarthy so that we can move forwar

congress and the house will consider first piece of legislation, a bill to rescind funding for 87,000 new i.r.s. agents which passed in the previous congress without any republican support. this bill would need to spas the senate and it is unlikely with democrats in control of that chamber. >> kevin mccarthy taking pictures and shaking hands with members of congress. he was appointed their leader of the republican party by a majority. but he needs to get 218 votes of republicans today to become speaker. and can only afford to lose 4, publicly five members of the g.o.p. said they are not going to vote for him. it could be up to 20 as we learned from reporting today, up to 20 republicans who do not vote for kevin mccarthy. he represents the 20th district and first elected in 2006 and ninth term in congress, 57 years old. just moments ago, gaveling down. let's listen in. the clerk of the house: are there additional representatives-elect in the chamber who wish to record their vote? if not, all time has expired. 434 representatives-elect have recorded their presence. a quorum is present. credential

because they are hearing from the i.r.s., from different departments, i can't help you because congressman-elect is not a member of congress, they can't get clearance briefing or help constituents with matters that constituents are asking for. >> ashley: we'll bring in fox news contributor liz peak. kellyanne conway said americans are hurting in this situation, but you have this op ed and says speaker chaos gives opportunity for reboot, with that reboot, would it have been better if it were done in private or better it is happening in front of the world? >> i don't think it matters if several days go by where the house has not elected a speaker. the decision is who is going to be the speaker? at some points, if kevin mccarthy is not able to round up these votes, it really speaks to the fact he is not able to lead this congress. i think that is the big issue here. i would like to see if this thing doesn't get resolved tomorrow or today, i guess, friday, i think kevin mccarthy needs to find out who is going to be the other candidate. what the guys have done is brought forward a lot of issues about

we're the ones targeted by the i.r.s. because our organizations have the word patriot in their name. if you're a conservative pastor, the government persecutes you. if you're a liberal pastor, well, joe biden shows up to your church whether we he realizes he's there or not. and yet now we're faced with newsmax. a conservative news organization followed and watched again by millions of americans. and it has been removed from directv. newsmax is the fourth most watched news channel but they've been removed for hyper political reasons. so what can be done? i've been asked time and time again, what do we do to rein in the censorship and oppression of conservatives? because free and open speech is worth fighting for. the first amendment in our constitution defends our freedom of speech. and and that is something we'll continue to pursue, to preserve, and never let the left take away from us entirely. so here's where we will start. at&t, as long as you continue to sensor conservatives and attack the press, i will make it my per

the i.r.s.s you can't make more than $150,000 as single person to qualify and $300,000 as married couple. it has to be assembled in north america. the suv can't go over $80,000 and there is the president in a tone deaf tweet talking about this fantastic car that would not qualify for any government assistantance. >> brian: tesla wouldn't qualify, most are built in china. what do the american people care about? gallup says the most important problem in u.s., 21%, top of the poll said government and poor leadership. look at the 15 rounds to pick a speaker and the president from afghanistan to the economy to broken-down border, nobody is pleased with the leadership. the president has 41% approval rating. inflation is second, i was surprised by that, economy is third, four percent is race relations. >> steve: and crime, something you think about all day long. >> ainsley: six months ago, inflation was number one, now after the classified documents scandal. >> steve: it is 8:11 in new york city and as

need to swear in members of congress, and we need to get our action on the border, our action on the i.r.sdealing with this administration s. negotiating with them. right now we're doing none of that. >> do you think that donald trump's statement he put out, urging people to vote for kevin mccarthy, do you think that changes the dynamic at all? >> i am hearing that the 19 are growing their vote. >> growing their vote. >> that tells me that -- that's what they seem to indicate. i'm listening to both sides. we need to resolve this. we need to get to a resolution, but i think it's incumbent upon what i would call my friends in the freedom caucus to decide who they're for, to begin a real negotiation, as opposed to going to the floor, revoting and picking up two or three votes at a time. i think it's going to require real discipline and real collegiality. >> we'll stand by to stand by to see that. congressman, thank you. >> that's about where we are. that's about where we are. >> yeah. >> i think the american people are seeing the seriousness within both sides here to address the issues to whe

they didn't get to vote on repealing the 87,000 i.r.s. agents or vote on scent up the china committee or going to the border and requiring democrats to go hold hearings on the border. a lot of things that mccarthy had planned and the conference had planned. remember, this is not just about kevin mccarthy. this is about 200 plus members of the conference who have been unified consistently through this whole process. >> harris: a good point. when you bring up the border. we'll move forward with this for the hour, but i would say that president biden now has a position that he wouldn't have if republicans in the house were able to join, you know, delegations to go to the border. he has the bully pulpit unfettered, and we don't really understand his plan. nobody likes it particularly but they can't understand it. he is getting to make points now and go down to the border on sunday without any competition on any ideas, good or bad. speaker, i have to let you go. newt gingrich, it is always great to have you in "focus." in 52 minutes we could s

we can't put the first bill on the floor which by the way is to defund the 87,000 i.r.s. agents.do any of that until we have a vote for speaker. so my message is now is the time to be united. we voted as a conference for kevin mccarthy and we need stow stand firm against the democrats in the senate and adversaries around the world that want to take down america. enough is enough. let's get on with the people's business. that's what they elected this republican majority to do. >> harris: if anybody is wondering whether or not it's pomp and circumstance where you guys are concerned. at 11:59:59. half hour from now or so you become congressman elect because we end one congress and then go into the next one. without speaker of the house you are in limbo for a little bit. this is very real. has mccarthy given too much, has he capitulateed too much? now what are the bargaining chips. he is giving in and people want more. >> by the way, the house will be presided while we can't establish ourselves by an appointee of nancy pelosi, the house clerk will be overseeing nancy pelosi so actual

they hired the whole point of the extra i.r.s. was to what, fund their electric car stuff so they can get the money from that to pay people. it's the same thing. that is not going the way as planned. low and behold gas stoves are dangerous. yeah, if you light them with your face close to them, yeah. stick your head in the oven they are. they just made this up. all of a sudden they will charge us for really expensive electric stoves. >> harris: that's exactly what they'll do. 40% of american homes that cook and heat this way. those who cook. many more are heating with gas. what do you tell the people when they have to replace what they have. they say they won't take away what we have but you can't replace anything. it has to be with electric. >> same exact thing. they continue to -- they want everything on electric. in texas, in louisiana where i live the infrastructure for electricity can't take much more and they continue to keep adding things on. california. they say you'll be able to plug everything in. then nothing works. you