. >> i want you to listen to republican congressman louie gohmert of texas.was very precise in saying what needs to be done as far as the overall russia probe is concerned. >> i think mueller should be fired. he should be. he should never have been -- he should never have been appointed, and he should never have accepted. he should be fired. and the only reason that i think he should not be in actuality fired is because we have some establishment republicans in the house and senate that say, oh, gee, if he were to fire mueller, we might need to impeach the president. even one senator saying that may be an impeachable offense. no, it's not. but because we have so many people that have not bothered to do their homework on who robert mueller is and the damage he's done, especially to the fbi as director, the years of experience he ran off. but he's done enough damage. he needs -- >> what do you think? >> i think if the -- i'm just going to try to say this as respectfully as i can. if the republican leadership listened to louie gohmert ever, it would be a problem

jim, you're up with louie gohmert, republican of texas go. ahead. ller: hey, louie, you're doing a great job. guest: well, thank you. caller: we got to get rid of this ryan and this mcconnell character. they're just poison. i don't understand it. mcconnell was saying oh, we have to return to regular order but that's the same game that he's been pushing for years. what's up with this? why does the senate allow -- why do the republicans allow him to be their leader? and ryan, we might as well have pelosi. he's screwing the president. it's terrible. host: thank you. guest: let me mention about mcconnell. he makes clear that he does not want to get rid of the 60 vote cloture rule because we will end up back in the minority at some point and we want to be able to have that kind of influence. but if you go back before the election in november 2016, schumer is giving indications, gee, maybe it's time we went back to a majority. he was thinking they were going to get the majority back and he was going to thumb his nose at mcconnell and say hey, buddy, this i

texas republican congressman louie gohmert agrees. welcome, congressman. you should be busy right now because eve got a 2,232 page bill to read. how does it work? >> in 2010, we were not in the majority and we kept saying, if you give us the majority, will read the bill. we will read the bill. i did read obamacare before he voted against it. this is really tragic. a massive spending bill. the truth is the house did our job. we passed 12 appropriations bills. we had a budget. the senate didn't do their job. it doesn't appear they are ever going to until we get rid of the culture of the 60 vote requirement and go with 51. president trump has been great on that. and by the way the constitution only requires a majority. that was a super imposition by the senate. >> shannon: mitch mcconnell does not want to get rid of it. there are plenty of people speaking out. >> if you look before the november 2016 election, you will see there were democrats like schumer that were handing -- maybe it's time to get back to a majority ruling, and maybe we can get it done. that

that's louie gohmert. you didn't vote for the bill. let me get straight at it.k it's time for mitch mcconnell and/or paul ryan to go? >> well, i'm afraid this could end up costing us the majority in which case you will have total new leadership in the house. i don't know if the senate likes to hang on to their bad leadership no matter what happens, but it would probably mean new leadership there. but you've got to remember, stuart, when you've got mcconnell, cornyn, schumer in the room from the senate, if you've got ryan, you've got pelosi, i'm not sure about steny hoyer. and apparently the president's own -- [inaudible] there must not anybody in the room that wants the wall, that wants to crack down on illegal immigration, that wants to do the things that got the president elected, that kept our majorities for us. you've got to remember even within a month of the election in 2016 we were being urged by our leadership to run from trump, and a bunch of us rared up and said you better not run from him, this is your only chance, you better get behind him. so these

let's bring in congressman louie gohmert, republican from texas.ion from governor brown, that jeff sessions is doing this to keep his job because he is not real popular within the trump administration and he is going out on a limb to go after california to keep his job. what say you to that? >> i can tell you jeff sessions is doing exactly what he would have done no matter what anybody in the white house was saying. this has been a pet of is. i met with him number of times when he was the a senator over this very issue. it has been of great concern to him and by the way, i would rather have somebody in california accuse me of a low blow than being in california obstructing justice which a lot of people consider a crime. the acts of places like san francisco and actually in california, those who advocate getting in the way of the federal government doing its job and enforcing our immigration laws and our criminal laws, they're actually, they're acts are acts of secession. they're saying we don't care what the -- i mean, this hasn't happened to this

coming up thursday morning, texas republican congressman louie gohmert on this friday's government funding bill

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most republicans have either been silent or some republicans, louie gohmert among others have said, go ahead and fire mueller. >> well, i hope they wouldn't be cowards. and we can't really depend on them to have any level of courage, but we have seen some republican senators say that this is a line that they cannot cross -- >> well, impeachment first goes to the house and then the trial goes to the senate. >> it's true. at the same time, we have an election season, and i do believe that the american people would not stand for this type of obstruction of justice. and they would punish the republican caucus for being the cowards that they are. >> what does all of this mean for a potential sit-down, face-to-face interview between the president and mueller? >> well, the president is not afraid of what he did. he believes everything he's done has been correct and has been honest and legal, he shouldn't be afraid to sit down with mueller. he has so far, you know, hired some conspiracy theorist lawyers. he might go to court tv and hire some more lawyers, whatever it is. so he can hire whoever

here is republican congressman louie gohmert, from texas. from the house freedom caucus, thanks for joining us. >> by the way they run because they're trying to make the first plane. i'm rather slow and i'm still here and, by the way, i know "the wall street journal" critic was proving the rule when he criticized your article because he proved the rule that nobody's perfect and obviously he is not. melissa: oh, i love that. >> you're right. he is wrong. david: wow. >> he approved the rule. melissa: we're done. the interview is wonderful. we're all down. >> by the way, don't you think, the massive spending that just cleared the house could also be discouraging thing to the market? i. melissa: yes. >> i remember not too many years ago we were threatened if we didn't get a proper spending bill done they would lower our credit rating. these massive bills like this, you know that we're tacking on to our children's legacy, i mean those can have an effect because they are an effect. as far as the value of stocks, i like this market so much better w

look who we have, louie gohmert. louie. tell you what a good congressman. what a good job.ou, louie, for being here. the astros victory for the ages was truly a team effort and that is true. everyone contributed. everyone made critical plays. everybody helped deliver the championship. very few errors on that team. the astros have had an incredible progression in recent years. not so long ago i would watch, i'm a big baseball fan, the team was not a good team. maybe it was a good team, but wasn't doing very well but what you did this year is incredible, putting it all together. it's a testament. really a true testament to the entire organization and your many loyal fans. you have great fans. texas is an amazing place. great fans. [applause] tough stuff, winning the world series required years of evident, faith in your vision and an unwaivering will to succeed. and now, what happens a lot of types is you get a little complacent and, bad things happen. i don't think that will happen to this team. no complacency, fellows? just forget about last year, right? put it down as a gre

coming up thursday morning, texas republican congressman louie gohmert on this friday's government funding bill deadline. and maryland democratic congressman jamie raskin talks about legislative efforts to reduce gun violence. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >>> ben carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, recently briefed members of a house appropriations subcommittee on the president's 2019 budget request for his department. the budget proposal totalled $41.24 billion for fiscal year 2019. >> the subcommittee will come to order. good morning, everyone. today we welcome secretary ben carson from the department of housing and urban development to discuss the fiscal year 2019 budget. right, hard to believe we're discussing 2019 when we haven't quite finalized 2018. as i've stated in the past, mr. secretary, you have one of the most difficult and one of the most important jobs in the country. think our country's blessed and fortune to have someone with your level of commitment, and so we're gratef

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." >> our first guest of the morning is representative louie gohmert. good morning. >> good morning. great to be with you. >> talk about your thoughts on if this omnibus bill that was released yesterday will gain passage by friday. >> it's hard to say. it won't pass with 218 republican votes. i mean, it is a disaster. it's the very thing that we belittled nancy pelosi over when she said we got to pass a bill to see what's in it. you have a 2200-page bill. of course, obamacare was 200 pages. and you got 24 hours. maybe 36. it's just -- it's insane. that's no way to govern. and in fairness to the members of the house, we have a budget process. you have a budget, then you have 12 appropriations bills, and the house did all of that. did all of that last year. the senate did zero of the appropriations bills. and they haven't done it. whether it was democrat, republican, since i've been there, they don't do appropriations bill. they wait until the end of the year, and then we do a cr, an omnibus. that is so unfair, and pedro, i really believe it's immoral. i

coming up thursday morning, texas republican congressman louie gohmert on this friday's government funding bill deadline. and maryland democratic congressman jamie raskin talks about legislative efforts to reduce gun violence.