mr. mccarthy: no. no. no maybe i didn't clarify it. in the guidelines, if this person who is monitoring what is going on has a problem, staff can send it in. how do you know that the member told the staff to send that in? i think that's a real concern. yes, sir. didn't give you a chance? indiscernible] mr. mccarthy: i have been in meetings in the situation room, bicameral and bipartisan where dr. fauci gave me the same answer. this would go away and told me that masks shouldn't be worn om if you are sick. people learn something more. when president trump made the decision to stop the flights coming from china and 22 other people sitting in that room, the president made the right decision even those who had the right information didn't have the right information. i know you are concerned about the president, i wish you would be concerned, and concerned about those 100,000 and those families. let's go to where it started. when it first came out in china, what did china do? they stopped flights and allowed it to go internationally. when p

mr. mccarthy: we thank you for coming. across this country we are seeing communities working towards opening up safely. in california, we are opening up churches, we are opening hair salons, even today in america we are going to send astronauts back into space. the only place that hasn't been opening is here on the capitol inside the house. we know we have a responsibility that is essential that congress does its work. today for more than 231 years never have we seen a proxy vote on the floor of the house. this challenges the constitution only to protect and empower a speaker. it violates the constitution, a dereliction of duty by its members. we look at the history of america through yellow fever of 1793, the civil war, the burning of this capitol during the war of 1812, the spanish flu of 1918. and even 9/11. congress has never flinched from its constitutional duty to uphold and assemble inside this body. but today is different. as of right now this morning 71 democrats have written to the house clerk to have their vote

mr. mccarthy: answer questions. indiscernible] mr. mccarthy: ready to begin? we thank you all for coming. ou know, all across this country, we're seeing communities working towards opening up safely. we're opening up churches. we're eveniopening up hair salo. today we'll send astronauts back into space. he only place that hasn't been opening is here at the capitol house.the we have something that's essential that congress does its work. oday for more than 231 years never have within seen a proxy vote on the floor of the house. challenge is the constitution only to protect and speaker. it violates the constitution. by a dir election of duty its -- dare election of duty by its members. 1793, the yellow fever of the civil war, the burning of of capitol during the war 1812, the spanish flu of 1918, and even 9/11. fromess has never flinched its constitutional duty to phold and assemble inside this body. but today is different. as of right now, this morning, democrats have written to the house clerk to have their vote member.er the last i checked, one member n this

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mr. mccarthy . [inaudible] republican leaders should have a talk about it. [inaudible] the next question is, can you do [inaudible] we have an emergency of such magnitude no one is ever seen before. this is probably the worst situation, and it is only getting worse when he should be getting better. is, we wantsaying the economy well mood -- we want the economy well, but it will take time. we need testing, testing, testing, tracing, tracing, tracing. this is absolutely essential. let's celebrate our heroes. there are security issues, food issues, social services -- all is interactive and way -- and in a way. inall of it is interactive a way. we want to honor them. isn't it great what they are doing? that is a beautiful thing. but i have no right to praise them, then take away their rights. some nurses say, they don't have enough ppe. we will look at the science, the data, and build from that. [inaudible] again, we are proud that we are working in a bipartisan way, and we hope to continue that, which is why we are passing this bill. [inaudible] aboutd not be p

mr. mccarthy said this to the los angeles times, we were looking at it and maybe we could be, but everybody wants to open up the congress. republicans want to open the congress. we do, too, but we want to do it in a way that people have to stay home because of this, whether it is about themselves or family members or transportation, which is more difficult now. remote voting will enable them to do that. we just have to get enough people here to do remote voting. i feel confident. do you agree? rep. clyburn: i agree. we can effectively do a lot of committee work here and do that in preparation of coming back at some point in the not-too-distant future and have remote -- proxy voting in order to have these things become effective on behalf of the american people. i do see possible legislation coming out of these hearings, especially to clarify something as regards to people not getting what we intended that they get from the congress. >> how do democrats square -- they are standing by biden but using a different standard. they demanded an investigation on mr. kavanaugh when a similar allegati

mr. mccarthy: thank you, mr. speaker. roger sherman, the only founder to sign all four great state documents said in 179, when the people -- documents, said in 1789, when the people has chosen his representatives it's his duty to meet with others from different parts of the union and to meet with them for the whole benefit of the community. sherman is right. especially in a pandemic, our presence here, our congress together matters. it matters to our constituents. it matters to our constitution. and it matters to -- institution. and it matters to all those who will come after us. this pandemic has claimed too many lives and livelihoods already. we must now allow this great body we are charged with safeguarding to be the next casualty if you pass this bill. in fact, aren't we proving today that we don't need a virtual congress? in the middle of this virus, the house is conducting its business while following the health guidelines. we can do that as a -- at a committee level too. our republican colleagues, mr. cole, mr. dav

mr. mccarthy has suggested, members in the hearing room. so it is what mr. mccarthy refers to as a hybrid hearing. this rule provides for that. it also permits the use of proxy voting on the house floor. and takes steps toward adopting remote voting once a platform has been deemed secure. i had hoped the democrats and publicans could move forward with such changes on a bipartisan basis. i absolutely reject any theory that the character of the house is being changed by this rule. absolutely reject it. my friend is shaking his head. no, it is. nothing changes. the same people vote. the same issues will be considered. the same witnesses will be heard the same committee rules will be followed. the only thing that changes is the technology that is available to us. by the way, when that board is lit up, there were some people thought that was a radical change. i ought to be able to stand on the floor and say aye or nay. when c-span was introduced, oh, my, how radically that would hange the house. i reject. i say again, that this is any kind of radical change. what

mr. mccarthy: before i begin this weekly press

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mr. mccarthy: before i begin this weekly press conference, i want to do something different. i want to spend a few minutes paying tribute to an american hero that we lost yesterday. you all knew him. congressman sam johnson. he was a hero in every sense of the word. sam was a republican member who served in this chamber for 28 years. before being sworn in, sam had already done to this country than anyone else. you see, sam was an air force pilot and flew missions in korea and vietnam. he was shot down and served in hanoi hilton seven years. 3.5 of those years was in solitary confinement. he was one of those type of individual it was just an honor to get to know. i want to tell some personal stories so the rest of the country can no who this hero was. sam was on my deputy whip team. there and he could eat three or four donuts within a meeting. i remember one day we had new staff and they did not get krispy kreme. i heard sam say something about it. and i quickly called a staff member who was still home to get krispy kreme to bring them on down. down to the floor i snuck in a ,

mr. mccarthy to did this last stimulus package you believe frankly it become untenable for you and that generally to have the lawmakers on the sidelines as he craft a kind of chilling dollar spending packages every couple of weeks pretty explaining your view what kind of changes need to be made here to bring congress back and get the place working again. >> thanks for having me on. how can we do another bill and not have the committees work? are you just going to have a few people crafted this? think how that's gonna pass $3 trillion you take that along with what the senates during that $7 trillion into the economy we want to make sure that is implemented correctly. in my letter today, it starts out with what benjamin franklin once said, if you're part of the plan planning to fail. my letter is not a partisan letter all and part of this is the bipartisan group we put together to work on this. this different phases to we should bring a few committees back now because you have to have social distancing. mba, water resources, he also need preparation bill bring subcommittees back, they could be in b

mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: i thank the majority leader for his comments. reminds me when i was majority leader and he was minority whip, i yes or no for those days again. let me respond to what you have said. i respect you greatly, but i just think you are wrong. when i walked in the wrong, you said we didn't want to meet. you know that's not true. look at the board today. how many republicans are here and how many democrats. give you an easy answer to that question who wants to meet. a month ago, only one side had a plan to bring congress back. we don't have a schedule. one day you say yes, next day you say no. i think it's very clear which side wants to meet. it's very clear based on 231 years of history. for those members not in the chamber and those watching on television, you ought to pay attention to this very next vote. you are going to do something that no member was ever allowed to do before. we are going to change history, not for the better. while millions of americans are going to be tuned

mr. mccarthy to the speaker miss pelosi derailing plan to establish a clear, safe and effective path to reopen congress and finally, mr. chairman, a letter from all committee ranking members to the majority leader mr. hoyer detailing a number of issues with respect to partisan changes proposed by h res -- >> consent. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's good to see both of you. i'm going to oppose this resolution for a number of reasons, many have been stated already. there's a lot of unanswered questions, i think. but i won't go into that. mr. davis, let's say it's impeachment. let's say there is more impeachment. do you have a concern that there will be lawsuits filed because the question of constitutionality is not clear as evidenced by the unanimous conse consent. you have one constitutional lawyer saying it is constitutional and another one saying it's not constitutional. do you have concerns about that? >> i do have concerns. thank you for the question. in your example, what are referring to with an impeachment committee hearing, maybe judiciary committee, for example, you would assume that

mr. mccarthy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mccarthy: i thank the majority leader for his comments. reminds me when i was majority leader and he was minority whip, i yes or no for those days again. let me respond to what you have said. i respect you greatly, but i just think you are wrong. when i walked in the wrong, you said we didn't want to meet. you know that's not true. look at the board today. how many republicans are here and how many democrats. give you an easy answer to that question who wants to meet. a month ago, only one side had a plan to bring congress back. we don't have a schedule. one day you say yes, next day you say no. i think it's very clear which side wants to meet. it's very clear based on 231 years of history. for those members not in the chamber and those watching on television, you ought to pay attention to this very next vote. you are going to do something that no member was ever allowed to do before. we are going to change history, not for the better. while millions of americans are going to be tuned

mr. mccarthy and we had a very civ conversation. i said to him, kevin, we cannot reach agreement. i don't believe frankly, kevin, what you are asking for for concurrence you would give to nancy closely if she were the minority leader. i want you to think about that. whether you would give nancy pelosi the ability to veto your ability to act and i want you to honestly think about that. we cannot agree on that but it is not because we do not want to reach agreement. i wish republicans would have joined usse in this effort and i hope they will join us on the floor in voting for this resolution.a in closing, mr. chairman, i have a list of about eight, nine things that mr. cole and the staff and other republicans suggested they were good suggestions and you've included them in this rule. that was the right thing to do and this should not be about partisanship but about do we want this institution to have the capacity to meet, at times of crisis and frankly, we did not get there after 911. this ought to be impetus for us to get there and we ought to all be committed that we would only u

mr. mccarthy of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is minute.ed for one mr. mccarthy: thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday speaker pelosi called scrutinizing china diversion. that could not be further from the truth. china lied to the world about the virus. study, 95%to a recent of this crisis would have been china had not been honest. ll they had to do was be honest. imagine all the lives and livelihoods that would have been saved. econd, during the crisis china leveraged to stockpile of personal protective equipment gain.eir own political and at the expense of our workers. and third, just this week, it as reported that china is now hacking our companies and universities to try to undermine effort to find a cure to lives. speaker pelosi should withdraw comments. instead, she withdrew her members from what was supposed force onipartisan task china. one that we had plans and worked or more than a year, long before this virus came from the distant land. speaker, addressing china is not

mr. mccarthy's district in baker's bill -- bakersfield, california. we are taking a look at the way we acquire and build properties. is a 19th century system stuck in the 21st century. it is doubly important in your district, because i think happy and of this year, georgia will have the fifth highest number of veterans of any state in the country. push andl continue to will get you another report as soon as i leave. i agree, it is unacceptable. we tend takehen these masks off, i promise to come see with my eyes and be with you to look at that site. dr. lawrence: in terms of the cmp exams, we appreciate your question. we follow the lead of the hospitals. they stopped doing these on april 2 for obvious reasons of safety. we told our contractors to stop on april 3. we did some telemedicine, but you are right come of the failure to meet in person, you can only do those things i just described and you described for a limited number of the total. the failure to do in person compensation and exams sets us back so we can't process claims. we are partially awa

mr. garcia: thank you, madam speaker. he gentleman from california, leader mccarthy, for that very gracious introduction. i want to thank you all for being here today. and foremost, i want to thank my beautiful bride and wife, rebecca. two beautiful boys, preston and jett, for being the backbone the spirit of and this campaign for over a year now. so thank you very much. i also want to thank the 715,000 california's beautiful 25th congressional district that here, and it's a huge honor that has been bestowed upon me to represent body. this do it with humility and with hopefully performance that represents all of us in the 25th district. better way to no serve this country, to serve our here today n to be taking this oath and doing the job before me over the course of years.t several beautiful rs, this nation has thrived and survived n the back of those who showed up at the right time, to do the ight thing, and for the right reasons. i, as an american, someone who s a first generation american who served my country, i show up today as not only a patriot but make citizen legislator to sure we do what's rig

mr. garcia: thank you, madam speaker. he gentleman from california, leader mccarthy, for that very gracious introduction. i want to thank you all for being here today. and foremost, i want to thank my beautiful bride and wife, rebecca. two beautiful boys, preston and jett, for being the backbone the spirit of and this campaign for over a year now. so thank you very much. i also want to thank the 715,000 california's beautiful 25th congressional district that here, and it's a huge honor that has been bestowed upon me to represent body. this do it with humility and with hopefully performance that represents all of us in the 25th district. better way to no serve this country, to serve our here today n to be taking this oath and doing the job before me over the course of years.t several beautiful rs, this nation has thrived and survived n the back of those who showed up at the right time, to do the ight thing, and for the right reasons. i, as an american, someone who s a first generation american who served my country, i show up today as not only a patriot but make citizen legislator to sure we do what's rig

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mccarthy asking a future franklinoosevelt or harry truman exactly theame questions. that bothers m yang: the immediate effect llof the court's decision e on whether financial records that democrats have long wted, and mr. trump has long fought disclosing, will be turned over. the house overght committee made its demand after hearing last year from former trump attorney michael cohen. >> it was myxperience that mr. ump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes, such as trying to be listed amongst the wealthiest people in "forbes," and deflated his assets to reduce his real. estate tax >> yang: the house financial services and intelligence commites want trump records veyommo olosneneloe ansi eauns have made the president vulnerable to of particular interest to investigators is deutsche bank,

mr. clean. .. .. >> we are entering kind of an era similar to joe mccarthy back when he was redbaiting the state department attacking communism, a little bit like hitler and the 30s a lot of people knew what was going on was wrong but didn't stand up and say anything. >> president obama's ambassador to china, former senator max bacchus and meeting trump's pressure on beijing is comparable to the darkest periods in history. joining us for analysis on that and more on the doj dropping charges against michael flynn, senior strategic analyst general jack keane, good to have you back. let's start on china. an interesting statement by max bacchus, former ambassador, what do you make of that comparison? >> what is happening for many years people in the united states and other countries look to china, they knew very well there was a fundamental clash of values between western democracies and other democracies around the world and china's value system but they look to china through the prism of they were a competitor to be sure, and we should cooperate with them because they have a huge economy, 1.6 billion market

mr. trump's appearance comes after vice president pence met with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house minority leader kevin mccarthy this morning. both parties are currently debating over what should be included in additional covid-19 legislation. the gop is pushing for liability protection. >>> time now for your microclimate weather forecast. a live look at san rafael, still spotty showers but you don't see too much here, nice and sunny out there. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. kari, how soon can we expect the rain to clear out of here? >> it's going to be clearing out by later this evening. it's been very hit or miss. right now we've seen some fairly clear weather across the bay area. we have stormranger geared up and ready in case any of those showers do pop up. we are once again expecting that chance because the storm system is very close by the region. and so we will have a chance of at least seeing scattered showers until this moves away. we're seeing sunshine right now in san francisco. we will once again possibly see our weather changing as we go into today. but our highest chance o

mccarthy: next question, operator. >> this question comes from townhall media. your line is open. >> thank you, mr. leader. i was wondering if you have a reaction from speaker pelosi's comments this morning regarding her defense of joe biden at the -- and the allegations made against him, she said she supports joe biden and she is satisfied with how he has responded to the allegations, which is a bit of a problem given that he has not addressed the allegations directly, despite a lot of media interviews since the allegations came up. i'm wondering if you had a reaction to that defense, given how the democrats' whole how the democrats' whole reaction to this has been wildly different to, say, the allegations made against justice kavanaugh during his confirmation. rep. mccarthy: she is being a hypocrite. you cannot say joe biden -- if you are taking it as his nature -- has she talked to tara reid? joe biden has not responded to this. you cannot say one thing about every other time she has commented about any accusation and now say it is ok. -- she endorsed joe biden after knowing the situation. did anybody f

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mr. secretary i'm not expecting you to comment on it. it looks to me like the game plan is to have senator mcconnell, senator schumer, leader mccarthy, speaker pelosi and you go off and negotiate a deal on the next package, if there is one then you will bring that deal back to the republicans and democrats in both houses if the past is any indication, the republicans and democrats in both houses who don't get to participate in negotiations will moan and groan and complain and then moo and follow their leaders in tlike cattle. i'm not sure that's going to work this time i think that whatever deal y'all come up with is going to receive serious push back from both republicans and democrats in both houses for variety of reasons. i could, of course, be wrong, but i doubt it why would we not agree to allow the states to use the $150 billion that we have already appropriated to them to address shortfalls in their revenue base as a result of the coronavirus >> senator kennedy, i want to comment on first thing i have no intention of doing what you've just described nor -- >> i don't want to debate that it's been done in the past it was done last time

mr. president, it's not up to me. roosevelt said okay, i'm going with ike. during the campaign of 1952, george marshall had been criticized for many, many months by senator joseph mccarthy who said hey, that marshall guy was over in china when it went communist. there must be a connection. maybe he's a traitor. believe it or not, of all the people. well, you wouldn't think that marshall's greatest protege, who had the platform stood up and said anyone who says a bad word about marshall ever again will have to deal with me right now, we'll settle it here. he didn't say anything of the kind. that, in part, because he was really a newbie in campaign politics. he listened to his advisers who made him cut a praise-worthy paragraph out of a speech that he was going to deliver in wisconsin, mccarthy's home state. so he gave the speech, but the press had already received the full speech. >> advanced copy? >> the advanced copy of the text. oh, he's going to praise marshall, break radio silence say something positive about general marshall. then when he gave the speech, the paragraph was missing. i've seen the text. the actual speech was circulated on the campaign train. the advi

house minority leader kevin mccarthy joins us right now with an update. good morning to you, mr.or having me back. steve: well we've already heard, thank you, we've already heard from senate republicans that it's doa in the republican- controlled senate you're in the house. you're not crazy about it either >> no i'm not crazy about democrats are not crazy about it democrats talked about this bill going nowhere. it's really sickening that the democrats are using this opportunity to enforce their socialism. remember what is the bill they just passed on friday? well it's about pot, prisoners, about politicizing election law, prioritizing illegal immigrants and pensions. these are all things that are socialist wish lists that they've been trying to pass long before covid came to this land and that's exactly what they are trying to do knowing that it will not go anywhere. they are just using this as an opportunity to restructure government and i'm not just saying that that's what democrats say. joe biden said it the other day. their whip said it. it goes beyond aoc is now throughout t

mccarthy asking a future franklinoosevelt or harry truman exactly theame questions. that bothers m yang: the immediate effect llof the court's decision e on whether financial records that democrats have long wted, and mr. trump has long fought disclosing, will be turned over. the house overght committee made its demand after hearing last year from former trump attorney michael cohen. >> it was myxperience that mr. ump inflated his total assets when it served his purposes, such as trying to be listed amongst the wealthiest people in "forbes," and deflated his assets to reduce his real. estate tax >> yang: the house financial services and intelligence commites want trump records veyommo olosneneloe ansi eauns have made the president vulnerable to of particular interest to investigators is deutsche bank, the only major financialin itutioconsistently lending to trump businesses. "new york timeen editor david ch is author of "dark towers," which focuses onti mr. trump' with the bank. >> deutsche bank is holding a pzzying array of financial information on tsident. it has information on money coming in and out of his bank accounts, all the infon that trump used when he was applying for loans or opening bank

mr. secretary. i am not expecting you to comment on it. it looks to me like the game plan is to have senator mcconnell, senator schumer, leader mccarthy, speaker pelosi, and you, go off and negotiate a deal on the next package, if there is one. then you will bring that deal back to the republicans and democrats in both houses. and if the past is any indication, the republicans and the mcgrath in both houses who don't get to participate in the andtiations, will moan grown and complain and then move and follow their leaders. i am not sure that is going to work this time. ythink that whatever deal 'll come up with will receive serious pushback from both democrats and republicans in both houses, for a variety of reasons. i could, of course, be wrong, but i doubt it. allowuld we not agree to the $150s to use billion that we have already appropriated to them to address shortfalls in their revenue base as a result of the coronavirus? mr. powell: senator kennedy, i just want to comment on the first thing. mr. mnuchin: i have no intention of doing what you just described. senator: i don't want to debate, mr. secretary. it's been done in the past. it wa

mr. secretary. i am not expecting you to comment on it. it looks to me like the game plan is to have senator mcconnell, senator schumer, leader mccarthy, speaker pelosi, and you, go off and negotiate a deal on the next package, if there is one. then you will bring that deal back to the republicans and democrats in both houses. i think that whatever deal y'all come up with is going to receive serious pushback from bothepublicans and democrats in both houses, for a variety of reasons. i could, of course, be wrong, but i doubt it why would we not agree to allow the states to use the $150 billion that we have already appropriated to them to address shortfalls in their revenue base as a result of the coronavirus? chair powell: senator kennedy, i just want to comment on the first thing. i have no intention of doing what you just described. sen. kennedy: it's been done in the past. it was done last time. i am not being critical of you. sec. mnuchin: senator, there were at least 20 or 30 senators, both republicans and democrats, that participated in the detailed analysis of the last bill sen. kennedy: i understand there -- i understand, but there are

mr. schumer said that he and house speaker nancy pelosi are still working on the package but should be ready to roll it out shortly. also in capitol hill, the republican leader in the house, kevin mccarthy holding a news briefing yesterday and announcing the appointment of the members to the g.o.p. task force on china. >> we can not wait any longer. the stakes are too high to sit idly by, which is why today i'm announce the republican-led china force. and i invite the democrats to join with us. there was one moment in time they said yes. a few months ago, they said no. i would say there's no more important time now to join with us together, to work as one nation as we face these challenges. this group will be led by michael mccaw and it will include liz chaney and anthony gonzalez. darren la hood and mike gal her. andy barr, john joy, jim banks, michael wallace and chris stewart. it will be a microcosm of our entire conference taking more than 10 committees of jurisdiction and others. they will be looking at a wide range of china-relate issues including unless operations targeting the u.s.. economic threats to our government and our allies. efforts to gain the technologyly advantage and

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mr. mccarthy of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is minute.ed for one mr. mccarthy: thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday speaker pelosi called scrutinizing china diversion. that could not be further from the truth. china lied to the world about the virus. study, 95%to a recent of this crisis would have been china had not been honest. ll they had to do was be honest. imagine all the lives and livelihoods that would have been saved. econd, during the crisis china leveraged to stockpile of personal protective equipment gain.eir own political and at the expense of our workers. and third, just this week, it as reported that china is now hacking our companies and universities to try to undermine effort to find a cure to lives. speaker pelosi should withdraw comments. instead, she withdrew her members from what was supposed force onipartisan task china. one that we had plans and worked or more than a year, long before this virus came from the distant land. speaker, addressing china is not

mr. president, we're seeing chilling similarities between the joseph mccarthy of seven decades ago and the situation we are in today. mr. president, i have extended remarks for the record on senator chavez. i would ask consent to put those extended remarks in. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: and i'll finish with one passage from 70 years ago. senator chavez said, quote, it matters little if the congress appropriates hundreds of millions of dollars to check the erosion of the soil, if we permit the erosion of our civil liberties, free institutions and untrammelled pursuit of truth, end quote. that's our own senator in new mexico, senator dennis chavez. those words, mr. president, resonate as much today as they did then. i see my good friend, senator paul, is here on the floor, so i believe he's the next in line. i would yield to senator paul. thank you, and i yield the floor. mr. paul: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: the patriot act was begotten of the most unpatriotic of ideas, that liberty can be exchanged for security. the h