mcclintock lives about0 miles away, and the program provides a ride to and from each in-person class.had not had that transportation, do you think you'd be able to get here? >> it would be a struggle without them. a struggle. >> reporter: at the end of eight weeks, mcclintock will have a certificate from the national institute of metalworking skills, and be connected with a local employer, like bigelow, where she will complete an apprenticeship lasting at least a year a paid job that also commits to providing structured on-the-job training and mentorship. while the idea for this program began before the pandemic, joe carbone, c.e.o. of the workplace, a fairfield county- based nonprofit administering the program, says training like this has taken on new importance after the disruption of the last 13 months. >> when you look in connecticut at the people that are right now collecting umployment benefits, two-thirds are people that earned $35,000 a year or less in 2019. to the extent we can help to move people up, feeding the kind of skills that are needed for these jobs that you can do a

leader will be joined by tom mcclintock. we will talk about the crisis of the border in today's vote to oust liz cheney, but first republican senator rand paul and dr. anthony fauci yesterday engaged in sharp debate over research on the origins of the virus at a hill on capital belt -- on capitol hill. >> do you still support funding of the nih funding of the lab in wuhan? >> senator paul with all due respect, you are entirely and completely incorrect that the nih has not ever and does not now fund gain of function research in the wuhan institute. we do not fund -- >> do you fund dr. barrett. >> he was not doing gain of function research and if it is is according to the guidelines and it is being conducted in north carolina, not in china. >> you don't think inserting a bat spike protein into the sars virus's gain of function? at least two other scientists have signed a statement from the cambridge working group saying it is a gain of function. >> while it is not and if you look at the grant and you look at the progress repor

mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, last year we achieving operational control of our southern border for the first time in generations. trespassers knew they would be turned back so they never started the perilous journey. on his first day in office, joe biden canceled the border wall, ordered i.c.e. not to faithfully execute the laws, and canceled the remaining mexico policy for asylum claims. this sent a powerful message throughout the world that america's borders are wide open. so now we are four months into an experiment that will test how long a country without borders can survive. the numbers speak for themselves. the week of the 2020 election scarcely 100 family units illegally crossed our border. by the week of the inauguration, 1100 did. by the last week of march, it was over 14,000 in a week. in february, the border patrol encountered roughly 100,000 aliens illegally crossing our border. that's about the size of south bend, indiana. by march that number had grown to over 170,000. that's about the siz

to that will be a change i think the number of and that it will be a new story that she knew why mcclintock is that what we saw last year but out there saying that the government did not beat these one and he died at the same time these are government duly party like agent of id organizing massive elections in different states the counting of which is being done today as we speak we also have the government allowing religious congregations to go on for a couple of months and we saw that number of cases coming up in this letter i had one particular scientist on this forum has also said that the government did not take into account science and evidence when it came to making policy just kind of according to some research and has the government actually responded to these accusations yet when it looked like a government of not just wanted to be the accusations but again we have not seen the government just on till may partly question because obviously since the 2nd we started what he has seen instead is a disappointing political gain happening so we have not seen a lot of answers coming from t

mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, racism is the practice of according rights and privileges to an individual, not based on equality under the law but rather according to what race that person was born. it is antithetical to every principle our country was founded upon. from the promise of our declaration of independence that all men are created equal to the equal protection clause of our constitution. it was a ma lig nancy we fought a -- malignancy we fought an american revolution for. yet, this dangerous social pathology is now rampant in this house. the judiciary committee recently adopted a measure on a party line vote to establish a commission with the avowed person of enshrining racism into law under the guise of slavery reparations. the biased composition of this commission -- there is no republican -- lays intent to see. it is to go into the past, re-vaive the most conflicts and reintroduce them into our age. i can't imagine a more divisive, polarizing or unjust measure than one that would use governme

congressman mcclintock talks about gop leadership changes in president biden's legislative agenda. we would talk about the mechanics of the gop confidence vote on liz cheney with the hill's senior staff writer, followed by a conversation on how her constituents are reacting to her ouster from leadership with nick reynolds. and a look at one congresswoman's rise in leadership ranks with edward mckinley. watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, wednesday morning, and join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. announcer: house republicans are meeting behind closed doors tomorrow to vote on whether to remove liz cheney from her leadership role, as republican conference chair. this move comes after liz cheney pushback on claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent. earlier this evening, she stated her position from the house for and talked about the importance of upholding the u.s. constitution. i have some thoughts aut

there will be a change i think the number and i think it will be a news story that should be why mcclintock is that what we saw last year but out there saying that the government did not beat didn't want me to get back to the c.g.i. government duly lied to them like agent of oggi organizing massive elections in different states the outing of which is being done today as we speak we also have the government allowing religious coronations to go on for a couple of months and we saw a large number of cases coming out and there is that i have one particular scientist on this forum has also said that the government did not take into account science and evidence when it came to making policy just kind of according to the research and has the government actually responded to these accusations yet when it looked like the government of not just wanted to be the accusations but again you have not seen the government just on guilt maybe partly question because obviously since the 2nd week started what the asking in today is a disappointing pledge of being having so we have not seen a lot of answers com

mcclintock, for five minutes. mr. mcclintock: madam speaker, when the democrats passed mr. biden's $1.9 trillion spending spree in march, a lot of people got a lot of free money. thousands of dollars in many cases. but the bill's already coming due for that free money, and as many of us warned, it turns out that free money is very expensive. indeed, it turns out that the very same families most harmed by the lockdowns will be the most harmed by paying the bill for the lockdown relief. comes to about $15,000 for an average family and the first installment is reflecting in the rising inflation zapping the purchasing power of working families. government cannot put a single dollar into the economy that it has not first taken out of the same economy. when government spends a dollar for you, it's already decided to take a dollar from you, and it can only be taken back in three ways. from your current earnings through higher taxes, from your future earnings through borrowing, and from your savings and purchasing power through inflation. there is no other way to pay for every doll