mr. massie: i think we'll get to the speaker soon. reporter: how do you feel about the nominee? mr. massie: there's no paul ryan in this race. remember mack when kevin mccarthy decided not to run after running for a while, they brought paul ryan up. he had a good brand nationally. he had a decent inside game. he could raise money. but there's no paul ryan. there's no close second to jim jordan now. reporter: if jim jordan doesn't make it, are we talking about -- it gets more complicated. mr. massie: i think jim jordan will make it this week. reporter: if he doesn't, does mccarthy make a comeback? emmer? emmer got a vote, mccarthy got some vote you got a vote. mr. massie: just because you got a vote doesn't mean you'll be speaker. if it does i'll throw my name in there. reporter: mccarthy has people talking about the speakership, 20 say no to jordan right now. mr. massie: mccarthy is behind jim jordan. he had a lot of people who were going to vote for him who didn't vote for jordan, he'll talk to them. if mccarthy is behind jordan and scalise is bind jordan. reporter: do you think he

mr. massie. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky, mr. massie, is recognized for two minutes. mr. massie: as the only still serving of the motion to vacate speaker boehner, this motion to vacate is a terrible idea. as the only member who is serving here who took every chance to vote against speaker boehner and vote against speaker ryan, i can tell you this chamber has been run better, more conservatively and more transparently under mr. mccarthy than any other speaker that i've served under. as a member of the rules committee, one of three conservatives who were placed there out of trust, the speaker gave us a blocking position by putting three of us on there to keep an eye on the rules committee to make sure the process was fair and even. i can tell you it's been fair and even. none of us are voting against the speaker today. regular order is at odds with predetermined outcomes, yet the speaker is being accused of not holding to regular order and predetermined outcomes at the same time. it is not possible. you cannot be for both at the sa

mr. massie. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky, mr. massie, is recognized for two minutes. mr. massie: as the only still serving of the motion to vacate speaker boehner, this motion to vacate is a terrible idea. as the only member who is serving here who took every chance to vote against speaker boehner and vote against speaker ryan, i can tell you this chamber has been run better, more conservatively and more transparently under mr. mccarthy than any other speaker that i've served under. as a member of the rules committee, one of three conservatives who were placed there out of trust, the speaker gave us a blocking position by putting three of us on there to keep an eye on the rules committee to make sure the process was fair and even. i can tell you it's been fair and even. none of us are voting against the speaker today. regular order is at odds with predetermined outcomes, yet the speaker is being accused of not holding to regular order and predetermined outcomes at the same time. it is not possible. you cannot be for both at the sa

mr. paul massie executive director the medicare payment advisory commission. you are recognized for five minutes for opening statement. >> thank you. chair mark rogers guthrie ranking members and members of the subcommittee thank you for the opportunity to discuss that medicare and medicaid services efforts to improve the medicare program. before becoming the director of the center for medicare, i took care of patients as an ear, nose, throat physician. i saw firsthand a powerful impacts that help healthcare can have on health and well-being of individuals and their communities. too my current role now. w our goals for medicare include quality person care improving access to coverage and care, advancing health equity and improving affordability and sustainability of the medicare trust fund. through robust engagement with our partners and the communities we serve. medicare payment policy is set in statute by congress. cms works within the confines of the law to establish payment policies for physicians and other healthcare professionals. one area for us is tran

mr. massie want to own kevin mccarthy, then that can be their choice, and they can make whatever choice they'd like. >> matt gaetz answering questions from reporters. our manu raju you can see right in the corner is there. so he's going to be joining us in just a couple of moments and fill us in on what else is happening there. because right now i do want to just bring in a democratic voice because you'll hear matt gaetz again and again saying this comes down to it. congressman ro khanna, matt gaetz taking questions from reporters. so, what do you say? just to be clear, there has not been an attempt to move to vacate a speaker since 1910. so this is almost unprecedented in its attempt. and it has never been successful. so what do you think's going on with congressman gaetz doing this? >> erin, i didn't think i'd have to hear more congressman gaetz on your show. i've heard a lot of it from him all week. but you know what's sad? i was in the grocery store on saturday when we finally got the budget passed, the continuing resolution to avoid a shutdown. it was the first time that people came up to

thomas massie said he thinks mr.y's does not have a plan for dealing with the upcoming bending problems. there are others who have issues with different parts of his past. nancy of south carolina concerned about his -- a speech that scalise gave to white nationalist group. he has since disavowed the speech and said he regretted it but there is a range of problems these folks have. some of them say the party is in disarray. this leads to the problem of whoever becomes the next speaker. it seems we have a pandora's box open here where for any kind of test of leadership, there will be a handful of republicans who have an issue, specific or not. geoff: it seems like we lurched from one government funding deadline to another. what does all of this mean for this next cliff? lisa: whether they want to admit it or not, it seems clear we need a temporary funding bill. it's just a question of if he could get one through. with 10 year treasury bond rates going up, interest rates going up, the national debt is going up, that con

massie said they will support johnson on the house floor. he isn't facing any opposition. host: we'll watch with you. punchbowl. com. mr. cohen, thanks for your time. the house set to gavel in at noon. your phone calls. mobile, alabama, republican line. go ahead. caller: yes, sir. the purpose of my call is because of the speaker of the house. i have been listening two weeks now everybody wants to criticize gaetz ousting the speaker. nobody realizes why he did it. mccarthy lied to us from the very beginning before he was even speaker of the house. he has lied to the american people. matt gaetz called him out on that. and you know what else he done? he also showed up who the true winners in d.c. by doing so we now know who we can trust. and the rinos in the republican party are the ones that are stopping the house voting. host: mark, grand rapids, michigan, democrats' line. caller: you folks really do bring the truth to the people. as a democrat, i need to encourage voting democrats in congress to deny the election deniers. thank you very much. host: jan in new hampshire, independent line. caller: lifelong republicans cau

caller: representative thomas massie from kentucky. he is mr. constitution.ution tells him to do. host: robert in greenville, north carolina. independent. caller: good morning. . my biggest problem is just donald trump. donald trump is the party. republican party does not do what donald trump was to do. until everybody figure stepped out, where she slowly going downhill -- that outcome we are slowly going downhill. host: justin, a republican. caller: hi. thank you. i'm a big fan of "washington journal" and you and your associates do a superb job of leading the discussions. i want to comment on the israeli hamas war. a few points i would like to make. i remember bill maher made a comment i thought was well put. he said if the palestinians lay down their arms, we would get a piece. if there is -- israelis lay down their arms, we have an annihilation. it seems that the palestinians definition of peace as they can launch rockets and kill israelis and israelis are supposed to do nothing in response. of course, that cannot work. you have to be without a heart to no

mr. mccarthy did. thank you very much. host: here is another republican congressman from kentucky. this is his tweet yesterday evening on this topic. that's thomas massief kentucky. this is wrong out of mclean, virginia, republican, you are next. good morning and thank you taking my call. 6 caller: i think mccarthy has begun a process in this party and healed it and need to govern and govern sensibly. we need to bring responsibility to shrink our bureaucracy, to bring common sense to a lot of what has gone to the extremes on both sides. i don't think you govern in the extremes. i think we have a cancer in our party. host: how has he begun that process? caller: i would continue to go across the aisle to start from the center and build a government and show the republican can govern well. i think there are programs that everybody on both sides of the aisle can use and we can accomplish this responsibly and it will take time but it needs to be done. i say bravo, kevin mccarthy to start that process. host: this is hector in staten island, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i would say that mccarthy should stay in