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i want to thank sam's wife katy and his children, claire and john thomas, for sharing sam with us over the years, and for iowa. we couldn't be more thrilled for your family in this new chapter. and though sam is leaving the hill we know he will always be a member of our team. so thank you, sam, for your service to iowa and your service to our country. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone first proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered. or votes objected to under clause 6 of rule 20. the house will resume proceedings on postpone questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> i move to suspend the rules and concur in the senate amendment to h.r. 8663. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 8663, an act to require the science and technology directorate and the department of homeland security to develop greater capacity to

thomas massie said no. the math gets a little confusing here for republicans. >> katie: not confusing.t tight. >> todd: january 1 which is literally a few days away. florida implement a new law restricting kids under the age of 14 from creating social media accounts. so, we obviously want to know what you think about the legislation. should this be nationwide? email us at friends@foxnews.com, and we will read your answers on air. but, when i think about this, i'm torn. because, on the one hand, you really don't want the government interfering in this world wide web as the kids call it. no kids call it that. but, anything that is sort of borders on speech. and ultimately, at the end of the day, when you are going online and doing stuff on social media, it is speech. so, that's the libertarian in me. then there is also the dad that says i want my kids banned off of this thing until they are married and i want them. >> katie: married i hate the fact that they have to deal with this. and if we could ban it, there's no potential pressure there. their friends can't force them into it and the

thomas massies he is definitely not voting for mike johnson. others uncommitted like victoria spartz and tim burchett say they are still undecided. >> katie: america'stem is in a crisis with average test scores among t13 year olds being down in reading and mathematics over the last decade. with favorability of the education system, president trump is planning major reform. former education secretary and fox news contributor bill bennett. bill, can we talk about stats, the kids are falling so far behind, it is awful. >> bill: by the way, let's focus on that. 10 years. you can't blame it on covid, this was pre-covid, during covid and after covid, reading scores down seven points and math scores down 14 points. we are getting worse and worse, number one problem to address. we know how to teach reading and we know how to teach math. let's be sure states are doing that. >> katie: there has been controversy around eshgliminati department of education all together. what could happen if that were to come to fruition? e eliminating department of education would school choice and gain more control, educational programs would move to other federal departments,

are folks like thomas massie, do they become john mccain with thumbs down that does sink the ship over principles. i hope they figure it out before it is time to vote. >> katie: republicans have a choice to make, do they toss out speaker johnson risking certification of january 6 election and put in grassley instead of donald trump? all points valid on principles of how many get spent. this did happen under president joe biden, it is new chance republicans to start over and maybe timing is not the best. if they want to have this fight in march, when it comes up again, that is better time, getting house up and running is probably a priority for the president-elect. >> joey: one caveat, talk about posturing and talk about trump thr throwing tariffs out. is there something that thomas massie or others saying they are h holding out want in writing or in a deal. mccarthy says there were deals made others did not stick to. they have to go by parliamentary procedure. >> todd: i have two points. one, mike johnson was backup to the backup, to the backup. >> joey: the walk-on. >> todd: who is this magical person? is it elon musk? no, he has a busy job giving informati