mr. smith. mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: i yield myself as much time as may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: the process for considering our first bill of the 11th congress reflect ours commitment to americans and an open legislative process. congresswoman michele steele and i first introduced this bill in september. members were given more than 2 hours notice prior to today's consideration. 72 hours is more than enough time for members to read through this bill. in fact it's two pages long and covers only one topic. if members wish to vote on this bill they must be present in the house chamber because proxy voting is no longer an option. now let's focus on what this bill does. it repeal thets vast -- repeals the vast jerrett

mr. smith: i reserve but i'm prepared to close as well. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. neal: thank you, mr. speaker. this has been an edifying debate. but as harry truman noted, let's just talk about the facts. let's debunk the argument that we're hiring 87,000 armed i.r.s. agents to go knocking on doors in the middle of the night. this is a substantial investment in technology, this is a substantial investment in customer service and, yes, the $80 billion is over 10 years. that's $8 billion a year to improve customer service. that's what we're talking about. at least 8,000 agents retire from the i.r.s. every year. we're simply replacing them. you know, our school systems back home, when 200 teachers retire, we replace 200 teachers. that's what we're doing here with the i.r.s.. to make this preposterous argument that all of a sudden next week 87,000 armed, because you always have to use the language that's incendiary enough to get people worked up around here, that 87,000 armed agents in the dar

mr. smith, seek recognition? mr. smith: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 5, acall up the bill h.r. 23, the family and small business tax pay brother text act and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 23, a bill to rescind certain balances made available to the internal revenue service. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. pursuant to house resolution 5, the bill is considered read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader, or their respective designees. the gentleman from nebraska, mrn from massachusetts, mr. neal, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from nebraska, mr. smith. mr. smith: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill currently under consideration. t

mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise to recognize third district native, pete, for his contributions to the nebraska beef industry. pete was raised on a farm and ranching operation near hold bridge, nebraska and maintained a lifelong commitment to growing nebraska -- growing nebraska cattle business and advancing the state as a leader in agriculture. with steadfast excellence, pete has fostered growth in numerous sectors of agribusiness in alaska and amound his retirement after 25 years of service in several roles with the nebraska cattlemen, including the last 10 as the organization's executive vice president. nebraska's first nickname was the beef state. pete's list of accomplishments in maintaining that reputation is long. despite having to navigate the difficult conditions of disasters, drought, and market challenges, nebraska's beef industry is better for his leadership and we continue to be grateful for his outstanding service. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a o

we've been very fortunate that mr. smithe film and the scholarship, the proceeds -- they have spent a lot of time looking for jessie's remains. he was shot down in north korea, and so it has been a very difficult times to access that. tom hutton are, as you mentioned, he was the author of the book, devotion, title of the same as the movie. they were able to go to north korea, but were unable to get to where they believed jesse's remains are. we do think that there is something that will be able to bring back. so we are hoping that the film and the effort with mr. smith, as long as if -- so he will be able to finally have a final resting place. and really, bring some closure since it was one of the last things my grandmother wanted. >> you brought the story of jesse brown, who gave a stellar performance in devotions filmmaker. what values or principles did brown possess, that she wanted to depict in the film? and what role do movies based on historical events and previews plain educating audiences? >> well, you know, i think

mr. smith: thank you.am speaker in a florida abortion clinic, a woman delivered a live baby girl at 23 weeks. the clinic owner took the baby who was gasping for air, cut her umbilical cord and threw her into a biohazard bag and put the bag in the trash. heart broken, ms. williams later had a funeral for her baby girl who she named shanice. cnn reported that ms. williams suffering ptsd from that ordeal. why are these live births from abortion little known? dr. will art cates, former head of the centers for disease control abortion surveillance unit said several years ago, live before its are little known because organized medicine from fear of public clamor and legal action treats them more as an embarrassment to be hushed up than a problem to be solved. it's like turning yourself into the i.r.s. for an audit, he went on. what is there to gain? the tendency is to not report because there are only negative incentives. madam speaker, philadelphia abortionist, kermit gosnell, one of the few who got caught, and

mr. smith, i'm glad we were able to clean up at least a little today. watch the mm hm. maybe half of what scattered around here. oh and with that, a new environmental awareness is growing along the banks of the barza. cleaning up the natural environment. does more than just remove the i sort of garbage. it boosts biodiversity and livelihoods. a former software engineer and coming nod has found rewarding work in the restoration of leaks. tanks and rivers. it's helped more than a 1000 families returned to farming lands they had given up as lost. ah ah, agriculture has changed a lot into 10 java district of diamond lydel. many farmers have given up going rise and coconuts and swish to legumes like peanuts, which are robust and neat less water because dropped is a chronic problem in the state compounded by extreme further events like psych loan gotcha. in 2018. the usa spaces in c, nasa capture the images of the policy stone that destroyed fees and wiped out around 80 percent of the regents coconut trees. a disaster for the past 3 years. that seemed less and less trained on

mr. smith: thank you, elise. last night's legislation is about taxpayers. it's about empowering taxpayers who are trying to just do the right thing in paying their taxes without having to face more and more i.r.s. resources. i think randomly out -- out to place all these audits across the economy, without being as diligent and customer service oriented as they should be. and i told my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, let's work together to address the customer service needs that are absolutely needed all across the i.r.s. because there are problems, clearly. there's bipartisan agreement that there are problems at the i.r.s. so the first step is to draw back these dollars that i think were so randomly placed and then start over so we can meet the needs of taxpayers and the american people all across america. so next up is anthony de-esposito, featuring a freshman, great to have an expanded team here and he flipped a seat in new york and we're glad he's on the team. mr. d'esposito: thank you. it's great to be with everyone. during the campaign we ma

rogers and mr. smith having the top positions. rob is going to stay. he better stay.ughter] trent kelly is positioned to be the chair. i expect to be ranking member. there is a lot of carryover in terms of the people that i think are going to head up some of these committees. one thing that is of concern to me is -- and for a good thing it was not in the rule adopted yesterday -- but the talk about trying to rollback the top line of the federal government to fiscal year 2022 is, in my opinion, a completely unrealistic policy. it is going to put downward pressure. there are ways that people are talking about to backfill to protect defense. but we went through this with sequestestration and that is a fools errand. we have got to come to grips with a realistic framework for what budget is going to look like for 2024. which will create the space so a lot of new starts that are still waiting to begin, you know, landed the navy it is the fast forget program. if we want to get three subs a year, the coast guard needs the new icebreaker program. that was not funded in fy23. t

though, i would doubt that mr. smith and mr. heard will be exchanging notes that would be improper.gain, you know, the responsibility falls back on attorney general garland to well would have faulten on him to shut this thing down and difficult to see that at this point. bear in mind we have the house of representatives james comer looking into the hunter biden issue is asking for documents related to these classified biden classified biden documents and no doubt he would like to know whether it has to do with ukraine or comien so politics of this joust going spin completely out of control. paul: what a mess all right when we come back 118th congress gets underway with a bipartisan vote to establish a committee to counter the china threat. we'll talk to the chairman of that committee from a republican congressman mike gallagher, next. they customize your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need! whoo! we gotta go again. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty liberty liberty♪ ♪liberty♪ oh, what's this? the sofia vergara collection at america's best? wow, amazing styles and un

meeting tonight, thinking about talking at school board meeting, he said maybe i won't go, i know mrs. smithent free speech is what we care about. this committee is about protecting the constitution in particular the first amendment. elizabeth: that is the story. parents look at this. parents in marion, iowa. they are upset, outraged their school district, a school board member put on facebook this post. talking about diminishing role of parents in their charge's education saying: >> really? >> it is interesting we know a loot about this district, they have a federal lawsuit against the school district, i love she used phrase what society needs them to know, this district passed one of the most expansive gender policies in country over protest of hundreds of members of community, this school board thought they knew better how these people needed to raise their children. elizabeth: so offensive. >> school wanted to withhold information from parents, exclude them from knowing their children's gender identity, parents are upset, they think you have no role in this. elizabeth: they have a role.

rogers and mr. smith having the top two positions. see power, rob is going to stay. he better stay.laughter] trent kelly is positioned to be the chair. i expect to be ranking member. there is a lot of carryover in terms of the people that i think are going to head up some of these committees. i have to say one thing that is of concern to me is just that even though it was not in the rules adopted yesterday and for a good thing, but the talk about trying to roll back the top line of the federal government for fiscal year 2022 is, in my opinion, a complete lee unrealistic policy. it is going to put downward pressure. there are ways that i know people are talking about trying to backfill to protect defense, but the fact is we went through this drill with sequestration. that is at the end of the day, just a fools errand in my opinion. we really have to come to grips with a realistic framework for what budget is going to look like for fiscal year 2024, which will create space so that a lack new starts are still waiting to begin. in the navy it is the fast frigate program. we want to get

mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: for over three decades post the tiananmen square massacre, congress was divided not between republicans and democrats but among the majority here and in the senate who favored unfettered engagement and trade without human rights policies. i went up and gave a press conference, joined by a few other, saying how serious that was to give up on human rights and allow profits to trump human rights. we've seen the brutal nature of the communist regime, especially under see jinping and the communist ultimate desire to see hegemony. over the years i chaired 76 congressional hearings on china and authored several pieces of legislation including the honk con human rights and democracy act and was the republican sponsor of jim mcgovern's uighur forced labor act. we have to make sure those las are being faithfully implemented. 2 years ago, when china became a member of the w.t.o. most members of congress and certainly in the commun

mr. smith: thank you. madam speaker in a florida abortion clinic, a woman delivered a live baby girl at 23 weeks. the clinic owner took the baby who was gasping for air, cut her umbilical cord and threw her into a biohazard bag and put the bag in the trash. heart broken, ms. williams later had a funeral for her baby girl who she named shanice. cnn reported that ms. williams suffering ptsd from that ordeal. why are these live births from abortion little known? dr. will art cates, former head of the centers for disease control abortion surveillance unit said several years ago, live before its are little known because organized medicine from fear of public clamor and legal action treats them more as an embarrassment to be hushed up than a problem to be solved. it's like turning yourself into the i.r.s. for an audit, he went on. what is there to gain? the tendency is to not report because there are only negative incentives. madam speaker, philadelphia abortionist, kermit gosnell, one of the few who got caught,

i know mrs. smith had a visit from the f.b.i. last week. first amendment free speech is what we care about. this committee is about protecting the constitution and in particular the first amendment. >> the white house is signaling cooperation. counsel to the president wrote to jordan last week looking forward to engaging with you and your staff in good faith in the constitutionally mandated accommodation process. adding president biden is committed to insuring that teachers and other public servants can do their jobs free from violence, threats and intimidation. we've reached out to the national school boards association. no response so far. >> dana: mike emanuel will stay on top of it. >> bill: the homeless crisis in portland, oregon. a lawsuit revealing taxpayers are on the hook for a lot of stuff they did not know about and they are not happy about it. coming up. >> dana: a surgeon general sounding off on the adverse effects on social media and how it is affecting young minds. >> if parents can band together and say as a group we won't a

and mrs. smith." sorry about that, angie and brad.t focused on deborah ramirez, and it was an assassination attempt. it wasn't an investigative documentary. >> i haven't seen it but i have read about it. all they come up with is that the fbi didn't aggressively follow up on tips. that's what they have. we are talking about things that happened 30 plus years ago. >> trace: does the movie have anything about beers with bobo or whatever his name was? thank you both. putting the events of tonight in perspective with our reporters who have been out in the field covering past protests, that is next. >> i am meteorologist marcia torres and here's a look at your saturday forecast. to get off on the west coast, quite across the west. we have some snow through the northern rockies and that arctic air blasting through the northern plains into the central plains where it's going to feel quite cold. then you make it further into the south and we do have some rain chances, but on east coast's going to be quiet and mild. you can download the fox wea

the clerk: mr. smith of nebraska. mr. graves of louisiana. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-z of house resolution 5, the house stands adjourned until noon on tuesday, next, for morning hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business. the announcer: grabbing up today's session, they will be back the tony forth for legislative coverage. the 50th annual march for life rally is taking place today on the national mall here in washington, d.c., the first time the event has been held since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade last year. we take you live to this event, started just a short time ago. [crowd chanting usa] >> thank you for that powerful witness and start our rally and to ariel for the beautiful song. that afternoon and welcome to everyone here, welcome to this 50th march for life. thank you for standing for life. >> i'm honored to be here for the march for life. on behalf of the whole team, i want to welcome you to the world's largest, longest running annual human rights demonstration, the march for life. [cheering] we

. >>> but first, this is "today" [ cheers and applaus e ♪ >>> back at 8:36 with mr. smithand it gives us these crazy, stunning images of galaxies far, far away harry, there are a couple of people are responsible for some of those mesmerizing shots. >> but first, back to physics class in high school. >> oh, no. >> anyone paying attention the electromagnetic spectrum, which is radio waves, micro waves, gamma rays. >> microwave i know. >> okay. right. so what we can see is about this wide, a little tiny bit, ultraviolet not so great, infrared on the other side what would it be like if you could see through an infrared lens you could see to the edge of the universe >> james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. >> reporter: it was just over a year ago the webb telescope was launched into space. last summer we saw the first pictures and the world was wowed. ♪ no one had ever seen space this way before views from the edge of the universe brought to us by webb and these two working from a tiny office in baltimore at the space telescope science institute. visual

if you would watch mr. smith goes to washington, you have the final where he's the hero. but along the way it's a very dark movie at one point they're you know beating up a newspaper boys to keep from delivering the truth and there's a hepburn tracy movie to think of the name. but where spencer tracy is running for office, they're trying to co-opt him. you in all sorts of dirty ways. it seems at least was kind of on to it even the forties and fifties. i also write about a film in my advise and consent, which may have read the novel and seen the movie, which centers on story of a gay senator or a closeted gay senator whom some enemies of his attempt, and try to blackmail. and what's revolutionary about novel less so the film which was directed by otto preminger. the novel portrays the gay senator's a hero in that he is standing for what's right. he is trying to defend the country from the president, is nominated as secretary of state who had a communist. and this the senator, the hero of the novel is basically the only voice of reason trying to prevent this secretary of st

i know mrs. smith had a meeting with the police last week. this committee is about protecting the constitution, in particular the first amendment. >> you know, many of the things you want to investigation when i look at them in isolation, i think they're fair targets. the problem is when you look at it, you want to talk about the weaponization of the justice department. you don't want to look at anything that happened during the trump years. he subpoenaed data, he secretly obtained phone records, pressured the justice department, donald trump did. he even tried to change the leadership at the justice department. >> chuck, we want to protect the first amendment. >> if you're concerned about the weaponization of the justice department in the biden years, why not investigate the trump years? >> we're going to look at threats to the first amendment. what elon musk through the twitter files has displayed is unbelievable. the idea that fbi was paying twitter $3.4 million -- >> that's not how it works. >> do you think it's okay for the fbi to be mee

jones is thinking about going and talking but he says you know maybe i won't because mrs. smith had a visit from the fbi last week. the chilling impact on free speech is what we care about. this committee is about protecting the constitution in particular the first amendment. >> many of the things you want to investigate when i look at them in isolation i think they're fair targets. i think they are fair things for you to be questioning. the problem that, when you look at this, you want to talk about the weaponization of the justice department but not anything during the trump years. he subpoenaed data on congressman adam schiff and eric swalwell. that is known. he secretly obtained reporters' phone records using the justice department. he pressured the justice department, donald trump did, to go easy on michael flynn and roger ston, pressured by mark meadows to investigate alleged election fraud. he even tried to change the leadership at the justice department. >> chuck. we want to protect the first amendment. >> if you are concerned about the weaponization of the justice depar

mr. smith's arrest incident and examples with a footnote to a news account of the meaning that mentioned the arrest in passing but without details like the daughter's action, assault. but the point is, is that this came about. because there were threats against school board members. so can we have truth here? that's what i rise to bring to the attention of this body as relates to this committee and select committee. is it going to be truth finding or is this going to be a committee that is going to collect information or otherwise investigate citizens of the united states and gives the most right-wing members who may have an ax to grind to participate? or is it going to be fair? is it going to be a gross misuse of power with dangerous implications, unintended consequences, and could potentially expose general operations of our national security infrastructure which will american lives at risk. let me be very clear. russia's one of our most dangerous adversaries. we are in the middle of a national security quagmire. and to undermine that through investigations of the f.b.i. and central in

psychiatrist toxicologist mr goldsmith smith accordingly remotely states that the convict is quotingrogressive dementia due to some serious poisoning, allegedly with heavy metals, as reported by one of the economic organizations. is it really all because of smoking in these footage from the ward, published by the georgian authorities, who consider politics a simulator, that you can see how the convict kurit rushes the whole thing , like a capricious child, all sorts of people try to fall out of bed, and then walk. rooms, when alone on foot, when saakashvili’s state of health is on people with walkers, such a frank political game is played, the game is aimed at him to take him abroad. but, and then, what happens next with such patients of this kind is good. they saw the example of opening a car that quickly left the stroller, kiev comrades are actively working out the stories of saakashvili, a citizen of ukraine, after all, their politician, after all, an adviser to the president’s office is an independent podolya. he was ready to personally pick up the restless patient, allegedly for

mr. smith connor could have the paper prior to breaching, but as we understand it, he did not.you respond to that? ryan i wouldn't characterise what adam did on that day is as being a protest. that's how he describes it himself and i think should take his words seriously and his intentions as describes them seriously . adam went to them seriously. adam went to a place of real deep significance for himself and he stood there silently on his arm, not bothering anyone , not bothering anyone, not approaching anyone , not talking approaching anyone, not talking to anyone , not announcing it, to anyone, not announcing it, and silently prayed in his own mind for his deceased . that's mind for his deceased. that's all that adam . adam served in all that adam. adam served in our armed forces for 20 years. defend me often . mental freedoms defend me often. mental freedoms and he now finds himself facing fine from his local council because he prayed for his own son in the privacy , his own head son in the privacy, his own head and so this wasn't about adam . and so this wasn't about adam.

mrs. lee smith said that mrs.lee and she were always very close this is where mariah songfacts is buried with other family members in a suitland maryland. and if you if you go to arlington house, you'll see that they do a family tree of the justices in the washingtons and the lees. and they have a direct dotted line now between, mariah cy facts and martha washington. and she would be the great great grandmother, the great granddaughter. so we'll see whether that that takes so in the 1850s because this is nearing its final days and there's a there's a grouping of deaths in the extended family, his sister nellie dies, i guess it's 1852 and his his sister martha is 1854. and his wife molly dies in 1853, which put cassius kind of at a loss and had to have live and help from cousins, nieces to help him get along and he finally succumbs to pneumonia in october of 1857, his funeral at the arlington house front yard was attended by thousands. it got worldwide press coverage. there were military units in formation. it's in

mrs. smith, we were watching, or something, they let us in? to zero. kill my son it will be on your conscience. this will mean that he noticed you. we tried to follow all his instructions. and you are all spoiled. let's now calm down, we'll wait for the news what news? which woman is who? now let's find out let's go it 's 5 minutes to go. well, what is there? silence, no one came in or went out continued to observe. let 's take the assault. we don't know how many people. let me go check it out. no, we don't need another hostage, sergei petrovich, tell me you, when you left home, your wife was left alone. the last time i saw her. until now, they have not understood that all your secrets come out sideways. car where he is already waiting for pregnancy, let's go to the next street. why there? what am i, a fool, we are already burning with you. so what is this? gathered for the night. to get an apartment that he is to blame for everything, i did not want to force me. vitaly just promised that she would marry me if i helped him. tell us where you f

mr. johnson: ms. smith, being an expert in the area, i'm not looking for a hard and fast answer, i doubt this has been researched but it would seem that probably most cases of this kind of abuse go unreported. would that be -- ms. smith: i think these cases are like sexual abuse in the community as well. often those cases go unreported as well. to be victimized means that you don't have power. and i think it is that sense of powerlessness that makes you think that either you can't report, nobody is going to believe you, or that nothing is going to happen to you. you will not be protected because you weren't protected in this situation. mr. johnson: so chances are that something like 8,000 complaints that haven't been file, that may still be the tip of the iceberg. dr. smith: absolutely. mr. johnson: obviously prea, those audits, haven't worked. maybe they have in some cases but they have not eliminated sexual assaults. dr. smith: so let's say prea aspects of it have worked but some of the procedures have no

mr. frank a smith in sole but welcome frank. how likely is it? do you think of her? south korea could start supplying our arms directly to you. crime? i think for the time being it's, it's somewhat unlikely. south korea had pledged $200000000.00 of humanitarian aid last year, but it's relationship with russia is a little bit complicated. it has a, an arms deal that it made with russian in $1009.00. he still has a couple of $1000000000.00 in debt. there it has a nuclear reactor deal with russia in, in egypt as well. and there's also the issue of the law that you mentioned that to south green president use. so you'll references saying that he can't provide direct lethal military aid to ukraine. south korea is providing military aid in terms of military weapons sales to pull in another nato states, kind of back filling as those countries are providing military aid directly to ukraine. but that's not really, you know, satisfying the secretary general, the nato secretary general's desires. yeah, he expressed his, you know, the reality on the ground is that, is that the uk

mr. ben smith.> that was a very easy question, yes, it's going to make it very hard. >> this is my question. is it going to be -- do you remember in the beginning days of the trump administration where we would watch the white house briefing every day because of the craziness that would come out of that. is this going to happen with correct me if i'm wrong now? >> i think probably not. as indkaitlan found it was impossible not to watch congress over the weekend but you can go weeks or months not caring what the house of representatives does. this is an enormous headache for kevin mccarthy but the house isn't expected to do that much over the next couple of years, republican led house, democratic led senate. sometime next summer they have to raise the debt ceiling and looking for fistfights on the floor and tears and all that, we may have to wait a few months for that. there's a couple things that really has to do and no clear way how they're going to do them. >> it's fascinating that today they're g

mr. speaker, is his face dealt with the question as the prime smith , the one, mr. the prime smith, the onemr. speaken the prime smith, the one, mr. speaker, prime minister. mr. speaken speaker, prime minister. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today today . meetings later today today. there are no nhs dentists taking on patients . lancaster and on patients. lancaster and fleetwood . for those fleetwood. for those constituents of mine looking after half one the waiting months for an appointment. so can i ask the prime minister how long he had to wait for his last nhs dentist appointments ? prime nhs dentist appointments? prime well , mr. nhs dentist appointments? prime well, mr. missed. mr. speaker we as a result of the new reformed nhs dentistry contract , there nhs dentistry contract, there are now more nhs dentists across the uk with more making sure people can get treatment they need. but mr. speaker, let me answer lady directly. i am registered with an nhs gp.

mr. smith's and more and more matt gaetz, people that want to raise money online, they don't hire legislative, they hire could asians staffers to up their name id, to be relevant. my hope is perhaps some of these concessions mccarthy made will make him a week speaker but that actually might be good. we transfer power back to some of these fights, more ame'g to the floor, more legislation that can get voted on and empowering congress and seeing legislative solutions instead of everything having to be done through the executive branch, through the agencies and executive orders that go through the course to get struck down half the time. this could be a much healthier three branches of government. host: know what we saw on the house floor where the freedom caucus, at least 20 members of the caucus, declare themselves as almost an opposition force to the new speaker. as he moves forward, how much power does this freedom caucus actually have, considering in the end there are 20 of them and there are some any other republicans in the house. how much power will they have in this new congress? guest:

mr. smith's and more and more matt gaetz, people that want to raise money online, they don't hire legislative, they hire could asians staffers to up their name id, to be relevant. my hope is perhaps some of these concessions mccarthy made will make him a week speaker but that actually might be good. we transfer power back to some of these fights, more ame'g to the floor, more legislation that can get voted on and empowering congress and seeing legislative solutions instead of everything having to be done through the executive branch, through the agencies and executive orders that go through the course to get struck down half the time. this could be a much healthier three branches of government. host: know what we saw on the house floor where the freedom caucus, at least 20 members of the caucus, declare themselves as almost an opposition force to the new speaker. as he moves forward, how much power does this freedom caucus actually have, considering in the end there are 20 of them and there are some any other republicans in the house. how much power will they have in this new congress? guest:

won't be cut, he's missouri congressman, chairman of the house ways and means committee, ja j jason smith. mrtulations on your new appointment. thanks for being here. >> it's great to be with you, maria. thank so much. maria: i want to t get your take on what you heard from karine jean-pierre, are republicans planning to cut medicare and social security? >> absolutely not, maria. as chair of the house ways and means committee, we have control, jurisdiction over social security and most of medicare. we will not be cutting social security or medicare in the house ways and means committee and that is exactly the truth. the problem is, you have all this fear mongering coming in from the white house to distract from the issue at hand. the president needs to talk to speaker mccarthy and house republicans to address the debt crisis that's approaching. we have the debt crisis because president biden and the house democrats and senate democrats for the last two years have spent more than an increase of $10 trillion, led to the highest spike in prices in 40 years, the fastest rise in interest rates in

the clerk: mr. smith of new jersey, chair. mr. mcgovern of massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: under the speaker's announced policy of january 9, 2023, the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. hill: i thank madam speaker for the time to address the house. isn't it jut standing -- outstanding, madam speaker, to see the people's house opened once again to the public. and have the public in our galleries. and see the capitol opened to our families once again. that's a big change after the years of the pandemic. and our chamber being closed from the citizens and families that send us here to washington. that is a great way to have seen this house under republican majority leadership open the week. as we close this first week under republican leadership, back in the majority on this house floor, it's also good to see my colleagues on the other side of the aisle put a premium on talking about bipartisanship. i particularly like my friend from ohio, mr. landsman, and mro new freshmen member