host: that is john in middleburg, florida, this morning. more from sunday's shows yesterday.s is mike lawler of new york. he was on abc's "this week" and was asked about this email of what government employees did last week. this is what he said. [video clip] >> look. i don't know how that is feasible. a lot of federal employees are under union contract. what they are ensuring is every agency and department is effectively and efficiently doing their job. with a $7 trillion budget, there is no question that our government has become bloated and in many respects inefficient. and so the task at hand obviously for elon musk and the department of government efficiency at the direction of president trump is to find efficiencies and savings and make sure that our federal workforce is doing their jobs and doing it effectively. we have many, many people who do a phenomenal job on behalf of the american people, but i think ultimately in any government when a new administration comes in, whether it is the state government, the local government, and i served at every level of government,