mr. scalise? >> well first, secretary mayorkas' job is to protect america's homeland, he is homeland security secretary. and when 8 million people have come across our border illegally, including people on the terrorist watch list he has failed at keeping our country safe. he comes before congress he testifies under oath this america's border is secure, this is a lie, either he is ignorant of the facts that are going on at border, he can't be, president biden is desperate to try to assign blame to someone else. he puts -- his own vice president in charge of border security, and she doesn't want too have anything do with it she has failed at the job, secretary of homeland security is the person in charge of the border, he can secures border today, he has chosen not to, that say failure of his job, that is why he is facing prime minister proceedings -- impeachment proceedings today, he has had months to get this writeright, he chose not to he brought it upon himself. larry: steve scalise, will this

mr. scalise. we appreciate it very much.enator hagerty, two things i don't understand, number one you don't need any new legislation. if you want to close the border, close the border. it can be done by executive direction. it was undone by biden's executive direction. the second thing, senator hagerty, this trigger mechanism sounds like a very bad idea. what do you think? >> well i have respect for my colleagues as you know, larry. i think they have been working very hard on a piece of legislation. i haven't seen it, as you mention the haven't seen the text, tell you this, you have been in business for years. when you negotiate with the other side and don't show good faith you walk away. steve scalise said president biden had every tool president trump had. joe biden came in intentionally undid all of that. he showed no good faith to try to step back up to say he was wrong to put back in place the border wall, to begin rebuilding that again, to put back in place remain in mexico, third party safe agreements he has an down a

mr. scalise, and the gentleman from new york, mr. jeffries. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 949, resolved that the clerk of the house inform the senate that a quor rowsm the house is present, and that the house is ready to proceed with business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from utah seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i send to the desk a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 950, resolved that unless otherwise ordered, the hour of daily meeting of the house shall be 2:00 p.m. on mondays, 12:00 on tuesdays, or 2:00 p.m. if no business was conducted on the

larry: steve scalise, house majority leader, happy new year, mr.der, i hope to visit with you soon on all these issues. >> happy new year. let's get a great 2024. larry: folks, breaking news from "breitbart." get this, president trump vows to fire jack smith if he is elected. we'll talk about that with much more of the president's interview with "breitbart"'s very own alex marlowe, john carney. terrific interview with mr. trump. he will fire jack smith. i'm kudlow. i'm still here. happy new year folks. it is nice to be here. ♪. on car insurance with liberty mutual.” he hits his mark —center stage— and is crushed by a baby grand piano. are you replacing me? with this guy? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache! oh, look! a bibu. [limu emu squawks.] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ i have type 2 diabetes, but i manage it well. ♪ ♪ jardiance ♪ ♪ it's a little pill with a big story to tell. ♪ ♪ i take once-daily jardiance, ♪ ♪ at each day's staaart. ♪ ♪ as time went on it was easy

top the republican leaders, tom emmer the whip, steve scalise majority leader, both endorse trump this week, and mike johnson was fairly quick to mrto endorse trump after winning the speakership. so there's a definite schism split in the two chambers of congress and republican leadership on getting behind trump early. a lot of that is due to the fact the house has more gerrymandered districts where losing a primary challenge is the biggest threat to your general election and so you're saying ang lot of folks whose constituents are pro-trump getting kind of earlier in the house. the senate is a bit of a lagging indicator. the house is in front with regards to getting this endorsement to president trump. >> why do these candidates seek endorsements from members of congress? >> that's a greatat question. especially as we see that with the two early state governors kim reynolds and chris sununu candidatesed of the beside trump. i i don't know an individual senators endorsement matters between who wins especially if it's from someone not from the state but trump really values endorsements. they are super important to him. he uses an al

scalise that's his job to settled ask the floor. he will make announcement on when that is going to happen. i think this is going to happen very quickly. >> lawrence: mrant to read something from the secretary. he wrote this in a letter to you and i just found it baffling. he said we need a legislative solution and only congress can provide it. your false accusation does not rattle me and do not divert me from the law enforcement broader public service mission to which i have devoted most of my career to which i remain devoted. the interesting thing about that, sir, is that they use executive action to get us to this place, undoing the trump administration's policies. can't they just bring it back? yeah, absolutely, they could reinstate those policies. that would be a grit thing. they could also follow the rules as written. multiple courts have shown he has done opposite of what the immigration and nationality act says. if he actually followed the law. that's the issue for us. congress passes the law. the executive branch executes those laws. they don't goat pick and force their -- what he would like congress to do on the american people at their own