let's welcome back to the show congressman james comer of kentucky.fauci told a house committee, quote: i have no idea why president trump ordered the halt in funding. so what do you think of this? >> it's more discrepancy in his testimony versus what we now know is reality. what i would like to do is give dr. fauci an opportunity to come before congress and try to explain the discrepancies in his testimony and what we now know as fact. elizabeth: you know, the new book by the two washington reporters reveals specific, verbatim conversations showing that dr. fauci absolutely knew the reason why trump was ordering the halt and that he canceled, dr. fauci canceled the funding k and he knew what trump was about, and trump was worried because the hhs general counsel warned -- it looks like they warned dr. fauci, if you don't stop this funding, you're going to get toured. so looks like -- to get fired. so looks like he did know. >> i believe he did know, and i believe dr. fauci clearly had a grudge against donald trump. he used every opportunity he could t

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this is congressman james comer, the republican from kentucky. [video clip] >> we have a growing number of opioids streaming across our southern border. my republican colleagues and i have sent three letters to chairman maloney asking her to hold a hearing on the biden border crisis. we have not had it. the longer the chairwoman waits to hold a hearing on the border crisis, the more americans are dying due to fentanyl coming across the border. and the economic shutdowns during the covid pandemic have prevented opioid abuse disorder patients from accessing care. without access to care, patients are isolated at a higher risk and -- and at a higher risk of relapsing. this hearing is focused on the sackler family that it forgets the epidemic affecting millions each day it forgets the epidemic affecting millions each day. the chairwoman to hold a hearing on the border crisis to stop the illicit trafficking of fentanyl to reopen our country so that patient access and can access the care they need. [end video clip] host: that was congressman james comer

this is congressman james comer, republican of kentucky. >> we have a growing number of illicit opioids streaming across our southern border. my republican colleagues and i have sent three letters to chairwoman maloney asking her to hold a hearing on the biden border crisis. we have not yet had one. the longer the chairwoman waits to hold a hearing on the border crisis, the more americans are dying due to the illicit fentanyl coming across the border. and the economic shutdowns during the covid pandemic have prevented opioid abuse disorder patients from being able to access care. without access to care, patients are isolated and at a significantly higher risk of relapsing. this hearing misses the point. it is so focused on the sackler family that it forgets the ongoing epidemic affecting millions of americans each day. i urge the chairwoman to hold a hearing on the border crisis, to stop the illicit trafficking of fentanyl and to reopen our country so that patient access -- can access the care they need. >> that is congressman james comer yesterday during that hearing before the house o

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thank you for joining us were coming out of the bottom of our you're watching the fox business our, james comerb leak probe because it would distract from the narrative the former president trump mishandled the pandemic. >> it certainly looks like that there is some group stonewalling were just trying to get the information so we can answer questions to the mark in public, were getting stonewalled. we also need to know everything at the various agencies that the united states knows and if there is a group trying to block it but we gotta find the answers one way or another. ♪ ach employee... yeah i should've just led with that... with at&t business... you can pick the best plan for each employee and only pay for the features they need. (judith) in this market, you'll find fisher investments is different than other money managers. (other money manager) different how? don't you just ride the wave? (judith) no - we actively manage client portfolios based on our forward-looking views of the market. (other money manager) but you still sell investments that generate high commissions, right? (judith) n

oversight committee is congresswoman carolyn maloney, and the committee's top republican is congressman james comer

james comer is accusing her of avoiding democrats. what's your position on that?her word. she said that thee could not come today and from my understanding thee has been cooperative and she said she will come at another time. so i'm going to believe her. >> okay, and we'll see when we hear from her again. let me also get your expectations from the meeting betweenspeaker pelosi and the meeting chairs. how soon might you expect a decision of the chair. >> hopefully before we leave on thursday we'll have our marching orders and we'll know what way to go. >> would you like to see a select committee in would you prefer to see one committee? >> i wish that the senate would have passed what was sent over there. that was, you know, bipartisan, independent, but they didn't do that, so whatever we can do as close to that as possible. so whatever comes out of that will be believed and not criticized. that's what i would like to see. >> let me ask about another headline coming out of your committee. it's new documents from the oversight committee showing how former president

this is congressman james comer, the republican from kentucky. [video clip] >> we have a growing number of opioids streaming across our southern border. my republican colleagues and i have sent three letters to chairman maloney asking her to hold a hearing on the biden border crisis. we have not had it. the longer the chairwoman waits to hold a hearing on the border crisis, the more americans are dying due to fentanyl coming across the border. and the economic shutdowns during the covid pandemic have prevented opioid abuse disorder patients from accessing care. without access to care, patients are isolated at a higher risk and -- and at a higher risk of relapsing. this hearing is focused on the sackler family that it forgets the epidemic affecting millions each day it forgets the epidemic affecting millions each day. the chairwoman to hold a hearing on the border crisis to stop the illicit trafficking of fentanyl to reopen our country so that patient access and can access the care they need. [end video clip] host: that was congressman james comer

james comer of kentucky is pleased. >> currently today we have 10 million barrels of bourbon in storageuced in kentucky is exported and the european union is our biggest export market. i think there is a sigh of relief in kentucky those tariffs will not go to 50%. reporter: now the u.s. retaliated, u.s. placed tariffs on scotch whiskey and irish whiskey. part of a trade dispute with airbus. you have four bottles obviously of scotch whiskey here. still at 25%. five bottles. you might go, if they jacked it up to 50, that didn't happen it would be six bottles there. katherine tai the u.s. trade representative was asked about this at at house hearing. listen. >> on the uk, very important strategic trading partner. we are working with them in a number of areas and the trade agreement negotiations are an important topic for us to keep working on with them. reporter: now obviously this was a double-whammy on the restaurant industry. you have a worker shortage already and higher costs on food and also alcohol. it might inhibit people from coming into the restaurant. if they want a glass of wine

james comer you get the last word from florida. caller: good morning.dler the epicenter of one of the -- i live in the epicenter of one of the multiracial parts of the country. just south of us is little brazil. folks come here legally, learn the language, obey the laws and then they can follow the american dream as it were. as the previous caller indicated it is open border, neo-leftist concert that we should open the floodgates. my wife and i were in texas for a wedding. the people of texas, i'm sure the people on the borders, are sick of it. there is going to be a change come the next election cycle. the democrats are going to lose the house, the senate, and the biden administration will be over. the american people are fair, good people but we don't want lawlessness and open borders. ever governor here, desantis, is tremendous on this issue. i'm not a xenophobic, i'm not a racist, but you have to say that nowwhen you have a point of view other than the far-left. host: thank you for your call send comments and messages on social media. thank you for

congressman jim jordan and james comer writing a letter which questions what facebook censored in regardsinformation. it reads in part, quote, zuckerberg's communications with dr. fauci raise the prospect that the federal government induced facebook to censor certain speech in violation of the first amendment. facebook still denies any wrong-doing. well, the country's largest meat supplier jbs paid a reported $11 million in bitcoin following last week's ransomware attack. the company's ceo saying the decision was made in order to limit the impact on grocery stores and restaurants. it is believed a criminal gang based in russia or eastern europe is responsible for that attack. and finally this. country music's biggest stars hitting the stage at this year's cmt awards in nashville. ♪ don't want to forget it. ♪ cheryl: carrie underwood and john legend taking home the top awards, winning video of the year for hallelujah. linda martel was honored with tech wall play award, the first black woman to perform solo at the grand ol opre. and those are some of your headlines from here. back over to y

oversight committee is congresswoman carolyn maloney, and the committee's top republican is congressman james comer. they had a heated discussion at the beginning of hearing about the issue of paid leave for employees. >> the committee will come to order. without objection which is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. i now recognize myself an opening statement. today, we will discuss the dire need for comprehensive paid leave in the united states, and the steps congress can take to meet that need. in 2019, congress passed my landmark legislation guaranteeing paid parental leave for the birth, adoption, or fostering of a child for more than 2 million federal employees.te this was a quantum leap forward, there were only two countries in the world, unitedd states and papua, new guinea, that did not provide at that time paid leave for the birth of a child. with the passage of this bill it put the government in a strong position to recruit and retain a talented, diverse workforce. but we cannot rest now, because there is much more work to be done. we need to build on this histor