cable satellite corp. 2016] ♪ >> here on c-span, newsmakers is next with democratic congressman john yarmuthntucky. then the group no labels takes a look at expectations for the first 100 days of the trump presidency. later, republican members of congress discuss how they plan to work with a trump administration to address environmental issues and policy. host: joining us is representative john yarmuth who will serve as the ranking member of the budget committee in congress. welcome. guest: good to be with you. host: joining me, a congressional reporter and senior budget report appeared to both of you, welcome. bill: congress next year will be controlled in the senate by republicans and in the house by republicans. committee, what are the mechanisms you can use to be relevant? n: we do not have a lot of tools readily deployed -- deployable. a divided republican party. to pass many things pass, they want to will need to find 218 votes. they have had trouble doing that . a conservative element of the party sometimes votes in what they wantt to do. the dynamic is something they want to exploit

. >> i want to bring in kentucky democrat, john yarmuth now. good to see you, sir. president-elect trump responding to the sanctions in a statement that reads in part, it's time for our country to move forward to bigger and better things but nonetheless, in the interest of great people, i will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation. we already know that the president-elect has been very skeptical about this idea that russia interfered in the election despite 16 or 17 federal agencies all agreeing and saying tha it did. any reason to think that after this meeting with intelligence officials next week he's going to change his mind? >> certainly hope so, craig. i think the disturbing thing about this is that the trump team still seems to view this entire episode as a political issue. it's not a political issue. this is a national security issue. and the comments that he made about that and it sounded like reluctantly take this briefing should alarm everybody and kellyanne conway, the same way. it'

here's what democratic congressman john yarmuth told us earlier. >> we in the house get to vote on that waiver and right now i would not vote to support the waiver. i think that restriction on some seven years is in -- is in place for a very sound reason. and, again, somebody without the kind of management skill that you have to have to run that department, you don't necessarily get that in the position of general. you're certainly managing in one respect. but you're not managing, again, $600 billion a year. so i would rather see somebody with management experience. >> meanwhile, new reaction from the president-elect's team on his controversial call with the president of taiwan yesterday. the ten-minute call was captured in these pictures released by the taiwanese government late last night. here is kellyanne conway hours after the transition team told reporters about the call. >> this is the president-elect, this will be his administration, we'll be commander-in-chief and president of the united states imminently now. and he either will disclose or not disclose the full contents of tha

here is what john yarmuth told my colleague earlier. >> what donald trump did yesterday in talking to the my taiwanese president is the kind of loose cannon behavior that has gotten the world very, very shaky. the only people around him are political operatives and not policy people. and he needs to get some policy people, some very, very experienced, savvy people, or he's going to make some critical mistakes. >> also today, new reaction following heated exchanges between the trump and clinton teams at harvard the other night. here is more election post mortem from former campaign interviews in an interview that will air tomorrow. >> steve bannon run breitbart news which is notorious for stories like this. they pedalled a lot of stories on that website that are just false. they're just not true. and that reinforced sexist, racist, anti sem mittic notions. >> i think america said there is a difference between what may foend me and what absolutely affects me and i as a voter am going that way. >> the president-elect is taking a break today ahead of tuesday when he resumes his thank you

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host: i want to get your reaction to john yarmuth of kentucky, the incoming budget committee ranking member. here's what he had to say about repealing the affordable care act. >> repealing the afford will care act is not going to be nearly as easy as they think it is. a number ofto people recently, when we put the affordable care act together in 2009 or 2010 there were 7500 lobbyists in washington trying to affect that bill in some way. those lobbyists have not disappeared. they still exist. when you talk about taking revenue streams away from hospitals and insurance companies and medical equipment manufacturers and hospice and it, health care, you name you are going to get a lot of resistance from a lot of quarters. earlier this week the american hospital association chimed in saying "this may have adverse consequences for us." same with the insurance lobby. there is a lot of pressure on them to at least not repeal it without telling people -- for them to have a say in what is coming afterwards. guest: he is right. if you receive a subsidy you don't want to lose it. people don't lik

cable satellite corp. 2016] ♪ >> here on c-span, newsmakers is next with democratic congressman john yarmuthky. then the group no labels

host: i want to get your reaction to john yarmuth of kentucky, the incoming budget committee rankingember. here's what he had to say about repealing the affordable care act. >> repealing the afford will care act is not going to be nearly as easy as they think it is. a number ofto people recently, when we put the affordable care act together in 2009 or 2010 there were 7500 lobbyists in washington trying to affect that bill in some way. those lobbyists have not disappeared. they still exist. when you talk about taking revenue streams away from hospitals and insurance companies and medical equipment manufacturers and hospice and it, health care, you name you are going to get a lot of resistance from a lot of quarters. earlier this week the american hospital association chimed in saying "this may have adverse consequences for us." same with the insurance lobby. there is a lot of pressure on them to at least not repeal it without telling people -- for them to have a say in what is coming afterwards. guest: he is right. if you receive a subsidy you don't want to lose it. people don't like