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. >> host: energy commerce committee greg walled len and marcia blackburn taking key posts on that committee. >> guest: we do. i think it will be more active committee, sitting over judiciary, there is balancing act that will have to occur because both committees have important rolls. suzan talked a lot about privacy, but we talk about this watch on our hand or a fitbit or the, sampson or google product you're saying to control your lights, most of these products were nice to have. if the watch shuts down it will not ruin our day completely but fairly shortly the nice to have, and the need to have are reaching a crossing point to where systems of the internet of things are running things that in fact life depends on. so the robustness of internet of things, the safety of it, the encryption and reliability, and in fact the inneroperability, all those are going to become very important. the industry has recognized that. i sat on panels at shows and so on where you can tell they're concerned. government needs to simply ask, you're concerned, are you getting to an answer, what will be the nation

marcia blackburn just came o the floor, she is joining me now by phone. good to have you. >> thank you. i have been on the floor and voting. liz: here is the thing with this first move to gut the ethics panel. it is taking off on twitter, now a joke that g.o.p. is acting like it is my party, i will lie if i want to, is this a mistake to gut the ethics panel? is this what senator schumer said obama should have done. why did the g.o.p. make this move and not do what trump wants focus on jobs and health reform. >> you know. it is one of those things where rules package gets voted on by the conference before the swearing in takes place. i tell you, i think that timing on this is terrible. there is bipartisan agreement that the steps that need to be taken to bring transparency and allow individuals who are being accused to know who is their accuser. to know where the accusation is coming from. all of that is transparent see that needs to happen. i had one democrat ask me -- >> we understand that, we get that. people know the unfairness. but just don't make to

other side of the aisle, let's bring in congresswoman marcia blackburn from the great state of tennesseeo see you, ma'am. >> good to see you, thank you. leland: thank you. when i was a little boy you would go into a store with your mom and be a little sign you would always point out to me, can't imagine why, say you break it you buy it. she would point that out to me. are the republicans at a point here you break it, you buy it when it comes to obamacare? >> not at all because obamacare is what broke the health insurance marketplace. and all you need to do to look at that, go back to the time they're passing the bill. they had to pass it to read it, to find out what was in it. it was disruption as they spent four years trying to put it in place. now, if you return to 2010, tech 2010, and blair house health care summit, what you saw republicans lay out a patient-centered private sector approach for health care reform broadening the marketplace. leland: congresswoman, i get what was laid out in 2010 but, at least from what i can tell, there is not been any concrete plans laid out by the re

ben carson is with us, rudy giuliani, jeff sessions, marcia blackburn, tom reed represent part of theteam and we express our appreciation for the president-elect for the many, many hours you put in helping us assemble this day-one tea and we thank the executive committee who donated literally hundreds of hours in assisting us in preparing the recommendations to the president-elect over the course of this. lastly, i have just two more things to mention, number one is just to thank my team. you know, there's an old saying back in indiana, when you see a box turtle on a fence post, one thing you know they had help getting there. while it's been my privilege to chair this transition effort, the team we've had around us and the extraordinary seven-day-a-week hours is greatly to their credit. i want to thank director rick dearborn, who has done a masterful job, extremely thankful for the energetic reince priebus, don mcgann, literally working almost around the clock in supporting the efforts of this transition effort. for our team here, bill haggerty on presidential appointments, ron nichol

stuart: i believe we have her ready, marcia blackburn, congresswoman marcia blackburn, republican fromcome to the program. >> thank you. stuart: as you look at hearings are going to be contentious but all three nominees, whether dr. price, scott pruitt, wilbur ross, all three will be accepted and take exception in the cabinet if all republicans on committee stay strong, stay solid and stay unite do you think that is going to happen? >> i do expect that is going to happen. they are all qualified, they are ready to do the job. you have mr. pruitt and mr. ros coming from outside of washington. dr. price who had outstanding career before going to the georgia senate and on to congress. he is well-prepared to take the reins at hhs. stuart: i want to talk about scott pruitt, who is nominated to run epa, the environmental protection agency. his hear something already underway. just as it started "the new york times" released this headline, for the earth sets a temperature record for the third straight year. now scott pruitt is portrayed as a climate skeptic. how do you, what is going on here?

this is something she's talking to marcia blackburn about, a congresswoman from tennessee. also, seeing if she can get maternity leave. six weeks of maternity leave for new mothers. again, this is big government. it's costly. again, it scrambles the political decks on immigration reform. this idea of donald trump talking about deporting two million to three million criminal undocumented immigrants. we'll see what happens with that, if he is able to do that. i think he'll see tension with local officials in states like new york and states like california. it's going to be -- >> you're right on the child care. ivanka trump's big issue. he is going to get a lot of support from democrats on that issue as well. your three. >> infrastructure, russia policy, and then -- the common thread is sort of where donald trump breaks with his own party and where does he sort of try to reach across the aisle. infrastructure being sort of the christmas tree dream of both parties where they can sort of attach other things too and then it becomes a mus pass vehicle of donald trump's first team.

marcia blackburn, congresswoman from tennessee is with us now. congresswoman, let me get your sense of this dust-up with mexico because i believe it is rare for a planned head of state meeting to be canceled days before said meeting. the closest i can compare it to is the chill of, with barack obama and benjamin netanyahu when he had agreed to speak to a joint session of congress. he was invited by then speaker john boehner but this is almost in that camp because this guy not coming at all! >> you're exactly right. it is something that is unfortunate neil, and i think that the president would have been well-served to go ahead and come in and meet with president trump and meet with con aggressional leaders and start a dialogue. the american people and mexican people would like to see some definition on that southern border and put an end to the trafficking, the coyotes working through that area. that has to be disruptive to them and their families. so this is a problem that needs to be solved. i think he would have been well-served, let me be part

maria: joining me right now tennessee congressman marcia blackburn, congresswoman, good to see you?> thank you, great to see you. maria: released a statement last night, the firing of sally yates underscores how it is to have an attorney general that will stand up to the white house when they are violating the law. the fact that this administration does not understand that is chilling. congresswoman, you're reaction to the events of last night. >> the president is within his rights to release ms. yates and put someone in her place someone who is going to carry out executive orders and advise the president. this is common practice. a president brings in cabinet, they bring in their team, that is why you have three separate equal branches of government. we seem to have a group of democrats who just can't get over the fact that they lost, they do not want this president to have his team around him, they need to realize donald trump is the president of the united states. maria: yeah. >> if they want to see a change, at doj and stop politicizing at doj, why don't they confirm his nominee