but in the chair you are sitting in, the former transportation secretary ray lahood said he was only allocated $36 billion. leaves $44 billion that is in somebody's pocket. aside from the figures, what would you like to address? caller: i want some facts from them. destroy a trying to republican, why don't they tell the truth on how people have spent our money? legitimate is a issue as far as concerns about spending. guest: i'm not sure what he is talking about, but every president in modern history has understood running for president means releasing your tax returns. we are months into the donald trump administration and he has been claiming his taxes have been under audit for two years now. it's a simple question what are you hiding and i think americans are entitled to have the answer. guest: i would share the concerns the caller has about what is going on. we need to know what is going on in the way we will know whether or not this administration is acting in the interest of the american people or whether donald trump is lining his pockets through his existing business interests

and it's an extraordinary thing -- >> ray lahood's son. >> ray lahood's son is one of them. we're talking about freedom house, ndi, these are not submersive organizations. >> i talked extensively about president el-sisi about this. i think there were trumped up charges. she was acquitted within a few days of a visit, so so much for we can't control what happens in the judiciary. ms. dunne, in terms of the future of egypt, without some economic reforms and without economic growth, what's going to happen in egypt and to all of you very quickly? what does it matter to us if egypt becomes a failed state? because that's what i fear the most quite frankly that we're headed that way? >> yes. senator, that's true. there is -- that danger is there. the employment problem in egypt is enormous. the human development problem is egypt is enormous. they have failing educational institutions. people coming out of secondary school and even public universities without the basic skills needed to be in the global work force. so, those are major problems and as i've said, the egyptian governmen

we're all in but we need a strategic plan first and that's what secretary lahood will work with us on. we need an independent outside of the metro system eyeballs on this system. how do we take it to the next level for years to come? >> governor, got to get a little personal here. "the washington post" is reporting that your wife is considering running for congress in the tenth district. can you corn finfirm that for " midday"? >> i'm encouraging her. she's interested in doing it. 8 million more children this year will have access to healthy breakfasts in our school than last year. she's been a leader on veterans issues, active duty, the child military identifier bill. i think she'd be a great member of congress. she hasn't made a final decision. people have come to her to ask her to run and she's talking to folks. i would hope she would do it. a family of five children living with us, she's got to make that decision. congress is broken today. we need more people in congress will work in a bipartisan way to get things done. we need leaders in congress. her focus will be all about chil

lahood: these prisoners were not, quote, civilian, accused of trade violations as the administration claimed. they were men who posed a threat to our national security, accused of supplying iran with materials for the nuclear weapons program. it had taken hundreds of hours for our law enforcement and intelligence services to track down and build cases against these men and the obama administration was willing to undo all of that to use these men as -- as a bargaining chip. undermining our national security is not in the best interests of our country, nor is being dishonest with the american people. as we move forward, we must be clear-eyed and vigilant with the iranian regime and its intentions while supporting and strengthening our intelligence community. that is a path toward a nuclear-free iran. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it looks like congress has avoided another government shutdown for now. we'll probably pass another short-term spending bill or two before this lat