ms. pelosi: i hope. we have to defeat -- there are many issues that could be on this list, and that could be one of them. however, what we have to do is defeat this tax scam first. as you know, they have a consideration in there that repeals the individual mandate. i don't know that survives the conference. there are members on the republican side who would like to see the cost sharing funds in the bill. that's all in the negotiation. a lot of that is over here, and could be over here. second one. reporter: what's changed in terms of your discussions with the white house between november 28 and today besides time and besides who called for the meeting? ms. pelosi: well, that's a big difference. we called for the meeting last week to go and we said, we're not there to fight your defense number. we think it should be subjected to scrutiny, what's the mission and the rest, but if that's what you think it should be, that may be a place we can go to. so that wasn't about, you just have less and we should have

ms. pelosi: by the way, these are tax expenditures. that is spending the taxpayers' money to give corporate -- of course they are not paid for. reporter: one of the consequences of the bill is that they talked about having to waive the pay-go provisions here. that's something they want to do right away. i know on your side, i haven't spoken to you about it, but mr. hoyer said that they would provide the votes. keep the government opened if they put that in there. seems like you guys got -- senator schumer: they haven't shown us any plan how they'll get it done. let's wait until they come to us and tell us how they expect to get it done. let's wait until they come to us and see what their plan is for getting it done. reporter: do you think leader mcconnell misled senator collins in promising they could pass the health stabilization bill to win her support? senator schumer: unclear what they said to one another. it's clear one thing, leader mcconnell and all the republicans have made the health care system much worse. 13 million people n

ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. leader. i associate myself with the leader's remarks to fight like p speaker ryan and the freedom caucus from in the interest of time. when he talked about champagne bottles being opened and executive suites and in the i will add to that the joe six-pack is paying the price. in a very severe way. today the house republicans are cheering, they are toasting the ct that they raised taxes on 82 million american families. middle class families. remember these three numbers -- 86, 86 million middle class families get a tax -- 83% of the tax advantage goes to the top 1%. 13, 13 million americans may lose the health insurance as the premiums go up under elimination of the individual mandate. this is what they are drinking toast to. now the republicans are taking their cool victory lap, toasting with champagne with their donors and the wealthiest. but they didn't do what they promised. think of this. in the campaign the president said that he would end carried interest loophole. instead, maybe you can

ms. pelosi: thank you for accommodating the floor schedule. sadly as you know today marks the five-year anniversary, five years since 20 beautiful children and their six extraordinary teachers were gunned down at sandy hook elementary school. our hearts are shattered and our resolve grows stronger five and their names and the 90 americans who lose their lives to gun violence every day and the 120,000 americans who have been killed by guns since newtown, we will never stop fighting for commonsense gun violence prevention. as we saw with last week's concealed carry bill, republicans want to make this awful problem even worse. how can it be when people were converging on washington and around the country to observe the five-year anniversary that was observed here by putting forth with stiff competition, one of the worst gun bills that they put forth. we had for a couple of hours on saturday in church a interfaringt service and the stories of the families and the collateral damage that happens in not only losing your loved ones but how sad it was

ms. pelosi: there were two measures. one from the cato, one from -- one is just a shorter term estimate and one is a 10-year estimate. ms. slaughter: well, we need to stop killing people and start working on the infrastructure. it hasn't been that long ago that some of the wire pipes going into new york city were made of brick. most of the water systems in the united states -- and we would talk about spending that kind of money to deport young people, who mean us no harm. ms. pelosi: chairwoman has a -- re that corroborates ms. lujan grisham: $434 billion are what dreamers would add to the economy. they have to keep working in order to do that. over 10 years. ms. pelosi: that's from economic economists that's consistent with the american of -- center of american progress. ms. slaughter: thank you very much. mr. sessions: the gentlewoman yields back. thank you very much. let me clarify, the gentlewoman has not brought a temporary, what might be a temporary request for three months to the committee, she brought a bill. the

ms. pelosi: no. reporter: is there special significance to defend funding for chip? ms. pelosi: here's the thing about chip. it was one of the first bills when we took the majority and had a president so we could get a signature on chip was one of the first bills we passed house and senate when we took the majority. and so this has been part of our value system, our children's health. so -- but the question is how is it paid for. and the reason we voted against the bill they had on the floor earlier this year on chip because they paid for children's health by having children pay for it. hether it is lead poisoning. >> members are gaveling back in to debate temporary government funding. resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.

ms. pelosi: thank you.i told the president, we take pride in finding a common ground. we know the issues we are dealing with. i said to the president, left to their own devices, they can reach common ground. i think the speaker feels that, as well. as i said to the president and i say to you, the difference between the $17 billion difference, it is all bipartisan, opioid epidemic, veterans, some of the pension crisis. if it isn't bipartisan, we're not bringing it to the table. but this issue, and i appreciate you using the word passion, but this is a very intellectual issue as well. it's not even issue, it is a value. this issue of saving these, that this building is burning down and we are deciding how much h and o is in the water we will put on it. we have to decide it it's like the chip health care bill. it is very discreet and it is about our young people. the other issue in terms of border migration and the rest, those are big issues we have to deal with and welcome that discussion. i want to thank the

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. lewis. i want my colleagues all to hear the esteem which we hold our democratic members of the ways and means committee. i thank you. thank you very much, mr. neal, for being our ranking member for your extraordinary leadership on behalf of america's middle class working families. and that concludes -- includes millions of veterans. thank usm today is a very sad day in the history of america because we have on the floor probably the worst bill in recent times to come to the floor. that doesn't mean it doesn't have stiff competition from other legislation the republicans have brought to the floor. but this is the worst. because so many people are affected in such a negative way, and because trillions of dollars of impact on our economy have been voted upon without any hearing, without any hearing from the people who will be most affected by it. no hearings, no expert, no listening to the american people. yesterday our republican colleagues stood on this floor and voted for a g.o.p. tax scam t

ms. pelosi: thank you.you afforded me an opportunity to make a distinction in a very clear way about why we opposed burgess, became walden, when it came to the floor. you are quite correct in saying in the past there has been a call on some of the prevention funds. but that was -- the prevention funds are additional. we had worked with mr. boehner, as you know we had an historic agreement when we did the doc fix and schip and community health centers and all the rest a few years ago. that was a big accomplishment. some funds were taken -- over time some funds had been taken from the additional funding you correctly say comes into the account. what we're concerned about in the walden/burgess bill, put it on walden, is that it went to the base. it went to the basic money of the prevention fund. we did not think that that should be a place where children had to take money from children's inoculation, fighting lead poisoning. those kinds of things. mind you, not to get back to former issues, we have had a $1.5

ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and salute him for his extraordinary leadership in being a champion for america's working families. i commend him and the democratic members of the house ways and means committee. for putting forth the facts on what is in this bill. mr. speaker, today we choose what kind of country america will be. one that champions the ladders of opportunity for all, or one that reinforces the power of the wealthiest and well-connected. outside the congress, the american people have already made their decision. polling shows that americans oppose the g.o.p. tax scam by a margin of two to one. hardworking families see right through the brazen con job republicans are trying to sell them. so why aren't our republican colleagues standing with their constituents? why aren't they joining us insisting on a better deal for american families? why aren't they joining us on-demanding that we write real bipartisan tax reform that puts t

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to honor the extraordinary life and legacy of my dear friend, naomi, who died on december 4, in her beloved san francisco. life for her fighting for values, ideas and issues we hold dear. born and raised in san francisco, she attended loyola high school, san francisco state. her parents were prominent leaders in the san francisco jewish leader. their activism, particularly of er mother, who brought food, entertainment and joy to the litary in world war ii, made her political activism to begin in the 1950's. most prominently working with cesar chavez and the farm workers. she mobilized the fight toned segregation and expand access to quality education for all. her commitment to upholding the dignity of every person knew no bounds. her and her husband were force supporters of israel and tried to help strengthen u.s.-israel relationship. she was a pillar of the san francisco jewish community where she was dedicated to forging connections between young jewish connect

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and thank him and the democratic member of the ways and means committee for being committed to the truth. to the facts. and to hear the distinguished chairman of the committee say what he said about the budget is almost ludicrous. almost laughable. if it weren't so serious in terms of the impact that it has on america's future. he knows that in the last four, maybe even five years of the clinton administration, the budget was in balance or in surplus. the operational budget. and it was on a path to reducing the national debt. until president bush came in, gave tax cuts to the high end, a giveaway to a pharmaceutical industry with the medicare part d legislation and three unpaid -for wars, that's what the experts will tell you increased the deficit. that was on a path of -- the national debt of going down. it was a swing, my colleagues, of $11 trillion. to date, the biggest swing in history, when president obama came into office. he was inheriting a d

ms. pelosi: good morning. good morning. be with you momentarily. sadly i begin by saying once again we are heart broken by the images of wildfires in california. it's so sad having just experienced this in northern california. it's easier to understand how field in a otball second, the fire travels that quickly. so we're praying again for all of those who are affected and praying also for our first

ms. pelosi: when we won the house and we went to our first meeting my being speaker with president bush he said now we can pass immigration reform. we're sitting at the table. not a big table.

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. and i thank all of the members of the rules committee for the exceptional service they provide to the house in reviewing legislation that will come to the floor. i particularly want to thank my colleagues on the democratic side for honoring the values of our country by advocating for an amendment to include the dream act as we go forward. i hope most of our members would vote no on this rule and allow for the previous question to come forward that -- not allow this previous question to come forward that will allow for the dream act to be considered. i want to thank the chairman of the committee and the distinguished members on the republican side as well as the democratic side for the hospitality extended to deputy -- democratic whip, mr. hoyer, chair of the hispanic caucus, congresswoman michelle lujan grisham, and to me. at that meeting, mr. speaker, i told the colleagues that we are in a tradition of having great democratic and republican presidents who had been supportive of new c

ms. pelosi, came to the rules committee for several hours. the gentleman, the whip, the minority whip, mr. hoyer, came, less amount of time but no less came to the rules committee and offered us advice, advice about not only what we're doing but presented the arguments about what they were for. they were given unlimited opportunity to discuss that. there were some limit we had to offer our challenges back but it was an open process and i appreciate ms. pelosi doing that and all the members of the committee. mr. speaker, the reason why i came down is to say -- and there are lots of stories that go on but the story i was just told by the governor of the state of texas is that texas not unlike the islands of puerto rico and the virgin islands, the great state of florida that was in the way of hurricane, texas was too. record-setting rain, 60 inches, lasted eight or nine days. incredible damage. this body has taken time to now study, getting money back to those affected areas, and the determination that was made by this body is some $81 billion.

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. lewis. i want my colleagues all to hear the esteem which we hold our democratic members of the ways and means committee. i thank you. thank you very much, mr. neal, for being our ranking member for your extraordinary leadership on behalf of america's middle class working families. and that concludes -- includes millions of veterans. thank usm today is a very sad day in the history of america because we have on the floor probably the worst bill in recent times to come to the floor. that doesn't mean it doesn't have stiff competition from other legislation the republicans have brought to the floor. but this is the worst. because so many people are affected in such a negative way, and because trillions of dollars of impact on our economy have been voted upon without any hearing, without any hearing from the people who will be most affected by it. no hearings, no expert, no listening to the american people. yesterday our republican colleagues stood on this floor and voted for a g.o.p. tax scam t

ms. pelosi and her party will join out, that will be a done deal. >> the democrats say they woebt join. that leads to the question about senator susan collins. this was for passing the bill. as well as passing the alexander murray bill to stabilize the health insurance markets. do you have her vote? even if the those provisions are not guaranteed? >> senator collins has been construct i. she's vastly improved the bill. by protecting tax paisers in the states. a $10,000 cap which benefits everybody. she's been a champion of trying to stabilize the affordable care markets and bring premiums down. we'll all join her in those efforts. we will, not trigger a cut in medicare. we'll deal with that this week. and, again, i invite our democratic friends to join news protecting medicare. >> it looks like the democrats won't be there on the tax bill. back in 2010, when republicans did not vote along with obamacare. you warnd the democrats against passing obamacare against a part through, as they have so far, with strictly along partisan lines, then i think november 2010 will be a very good month f

ms. pelosi: no, i stand by that statement, we won't leave here without a data -- daca fix. next week. roip have you -- reporter: have you changed your mind about accepting border wall funding? ms. pelosi: we said to the president the night he agreed to the daca legislation that we have a responsibility to protect our border and we think there are many things we can do working together to do that. members have been working in a bipartisan way to address that. so we're not backing off anything. including meeting the needs of protecting our borders. we're not going to turn this country into a rein of terror of omestic enforcement and have daca, the dreamers, pay that price. host: what did you make of her comment there is? guest: if you listen to the full press conference yesterday, she is saying that daca will be a priority. she doesn't want to leave before the end they have year without a commitment on this. interestingly, she didn't say it needed to be in the spending bill. she was asked earlier in the press conference, will you be demanding a fix for dreamers in the next spending bill

ms. pelosi is holding the united states hostage. >> this pushes larger fights about healthcare and the budget into 2018.>> the senate has passed the government funding bill, 66-32. that is good to go at this point. the senate as well as a house will now adjourn for the christmas resource data recess and will be back in washington on january 3.>>> we will extend it for a few more weeks.>>> united nations general assembly voted to condemn president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. before the vote, u.s. ambassador nikki haley accused the un of a long-running bias against israel.>> to its shame, the united nations has long been a hostile place for the state of israel. >> even close allies like britain, france and germany voted against the u.s. it was 128-9 with 35 abstentions. haley reminded other nations that america is the un's biggest contributor and that the u.s. can cut that funding any time.>> the united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. amer

ms. pelosi will join us, that will be a done deal. >> for susan collins, this was one of her conditions for passing the bill. do you have her vote, even if those provisions are not guaranteed?

ms. pelosi and others who called on conyers to resign, are they going to call on him to resign? what's the standard here? there are different standards for different people. if that's the basis, are they going to ask the president of the united states to step aside? >> that's why my position is clear. if you took the position that conyers should step down, you have to take the position that any member that has been allegedly involved in sexual harassment, that they have to resign. my position is that -- i'm a lawyer. you do have due process. and if someone wants to go through the ethics committee and submit themselves -- they have the right to do that. if one feels that they know they are guilty, that's their choice. my opinion, it is conyers' choice. but if he has to step down, anyone else in the same situation should also be asked to step down. >> thank you, congressman meeks. great to have you with us this morning. >>> coming up, uncovering something you never would expect in today's world. a slave auction of human beings. >>> and the action unprecedently being taken to stop

ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and salute him for his extraordinary leadership in being a champion for america's working families. i commend him and the democratic members of the house ways and means committee. for putting forth the facts on what is in this bill. mr. speaker, today we choose what kind of country america will be. one that champions the ladders of opportunity for all, or one that reinforces the power of the wealthiest and well-connected. outside the congress, the american people have already made their decision. polling shows that americans oppose the g.o.p. tax scam by a margin of two to one. hardworking families see right through the brazen con job republicans are trying to sell them. so why aren't our republican colleagues standing with their constituents? why aren't they joining us insisting on a better deal for american families? why aren't they joining us on-demanding that we write real bipartisan tax reform that puts t

ms. pelosi's judgment. paul: all right.ablers or much worse by many in the press, john kelly, jim mattis, gary cohn and many others took a lot of abuse, but sometimes they save this president from his own worst instincts and move the country in a better direction. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigótx happy new year. we hope to so you right here next week -- to see you right here next week. ♪ ♪ kelly: we're learning what may have triggered the fbi investigation into russian meddling and any possible collusion with the trump campaign. "the new york times" reporting that it was a tip from an australian diplomat claiming that trump aide george papadopoulos confirmed in him during the campaign saying russia had thousands of hacked e-mails that would hurt hillary clinton. here we go. hello, everyone. welcome to a brand new hour r'side america's news headquarters, i'm kelly wright. molly: and i'm molly line. papadopoulos is a cooperating witness in the mueller investig

ms. pelosi: any of which is on the floor would pass with a strong bipartisan majority. fighting the opioid epidemic. this is a priority for the president, all of us, that affects every district in the country but there's no money. we need that increase in domestic budget to fight the opioid epidemic. veterans' funding, we need more money for veterans. then in addition to that, chip and community health centers because they're spending so much time on this, they're ignoring t

ms. pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. s. pelosi: thank you very much to the gentleman from philadelphia, from pennsylvania. mr. brady. thank you for your leadership. thank you, mr. chairman harper, for yours as well. thank you for bringing this legislation to the floor. here it is. november 28, 2017, an historic day in the history of the congress. a water shed moment in our congress' history because it is a day in which we will take the opportunity to make change. this body is taking a constructive first step to protect all members of our legislative community from harassment and discrimination in the workplace. this vote is vital to upholding the integrity of the u.s. congress. 're grateful for the tremendous leadership of congresswoman jackie speier. i have observed her leadership on this subject for a very long tremendous leadership of time. she has a lifetime commitment to exposing and ending the scourge of sexual harassment. i thank her for that leadership. i want to also acknowledge my own daughter, christine pelosi, t

ms. pelosi's judgment. paul: all right.nablers or much worse by many in the press, john kelly, jim mattis, gary cohn and many others took a lot of abuse, but sometimes they save this president from his own worst instincts and move the country in a better direction. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigótx happy new year. we hope to so you right here next week -- to see you right here next week. ♪ ♪ welcome to this special one hour edition of "wall street week," the program that analyzes the week that was and positions you for the week ahead. i'm maria bartiromo, happy holidays, merry christmas, thank you for joining us. back in october, i was honored to go on an historic trip to saudi arabia to interview the future king crown prince muhammad bin salman. it was an exclusive global financial forum featuring the biggest names from across the glob

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding and thank him and the democratic member of the ways and means committee for being committed to the truth. to the facts. and to hear the distinguished chairman of the committee say what he said about the budget is almost ludicrous. almost laughable. if it weren't so serious in terms of the impact that it has on america's future. he knows that in the last four, maybe even five years of the clinton administration, the budget was in balance or in surplus. the operational budget. and it was on a path to reducing the national debt. until president bush came in, gave tax cuts to the high end, a giveaway to a pharmaceutical industry with the medicare part d legislation and three unpaid -for wars, that's what the experts will tell you increased the deficit. that was on a path of -- the national debt of going down. it was a swing, my colleagues, of $11 trillion. to date, the biggest swing in history, when president obama came into office. he was inheriting a d

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, it is with profound sorrow that i rise to pay tribute to a dear friend and an extraordinary leader, mayor ed lee, mayor of san francisco. all who knew mayor lee understood him to be a true gentleman of great warmth, positivity and kindness. his passing is not only a tragic loss, official loss, for our city, but also an immense personal loss for all who were fortunate enough to call him friend. mayor lee's first priority was always the people. lee's strong morale compass was rooted in his identity as a hardworking son of an immigrant family of modest means and was guided by his years as a community organizer and civil rights lawyer. ed lee fundamentally understood the strength of a community is measured by its success in meeting the needs of all of its people. he knew the rhythms and workings of san francisco at the most grand lar level and dedicated decades to improving the lives of san francisco. as mayor lee served with exceptional dignity and great effectiveness, his leade

ms. pelosi shouldn't be concerned. when this is over any moneys that they don't get in the paycheck, they will reimburse them and all the government employees will get back pay. so why should they be concerned? host: in livingston. very concerned. good morning. caller: good morning. during world war ii not because we desire to have a debt, we came up with the debt and guess what, republican and democrat alike said we have to pay it off in two years.off they raised taxes to 90% on the rich. that's when you really care about the debt and you are concerned. when i see mr. mark meadows , befored freedom caucus tea party, when they came in 2010 they were so angry about the debt. in,ngry that when 2017 came forget about that. we don't have to worry about that. we've got a republican in now. hypocrisy. hypocrisy. weight misallocated $70 billion to the military but wethat. we've got a republican in now. hypocrisy. hypocrisy. can't pay chip program for children. there right now 2 million children of the 9 million who are gravel

ms. pelosi where she was in debt went from a trillion to 20 trillion under the previous administration.eil: by the way, both parties under the 9 trillion spending. >> look, the big difference between the two bills, for break points versus seven, the alternative minimum tax he just talked about, frankly it's a big break for the wealthy. $700 billion. i would keep it in including the corporate amt pace for more than half of what we are talking about. the corporate radius of going from 35 down to 20. if a link to 25 inside 2025 instead of 20, that would generate 466 billion in revenues. between the two we pay for the whole thing. >> very few pay the top rate anyway. if they got to 25, then it's a wash. >> still better than what they have in my opinion. my point being, you could then put more into the middle-class side and i don't think the wealthy need any breaks here including myself. i don't mind paying taxes. neil: you were not just wealthy. uart uber wealthy. i don't mean to make light of it. there's a difference between guys like you and those in the upper income who would similarly b

ms. carolyn bartholomew of washington, d.c. mr. michael wessel of falls church, virginia. thank you for your attention to these appointments. signed, sincerely, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. w" "washington journal" continues. paulsen is with us now and now the conference committee is i running out the differences between the house and senate versions of their tax reform bill. what do you expect to see and when and how different will it be from what you voted for? guest: good morning, the house mood and he swiftly past the first significant tax reform since 1986. 31 years is a long time ago. the senate followed pretty quickly right after. we don't often have these conference committees. there are significant differences both on the business side of the equation protect reform and the individual side. my sense is that the conference committee got going right away prior to the weekend last week. i would not be surprised if we are voting early next week at some point. we are heading into the final weeks of december but they w

ms. lee: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to commemorate world aids day. the theme this year is increasing impact through transparency, accountability and partnerships. first i'd like to thank leader pelosi for her steadfast commitment to fighting h.i.v. and aids and for guaranteeing the strong united states leadership in this area. as the co-founder and co-chair of the bipartisan congressional hiv-aids caucus, with my good friend, congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen, we have seen significant progress that we have made in the global fight against h.i.v. year after year congress has come together in a bipartisan way to stop the spread of this disease. from pepfar and the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria, which i was very proud to help write, to the ryan white care act and the minority aids initiative. the united states has been a global leader in committing the critical resources needed to end this disease both here at home and abroad. partly due to our efforts, over 20 million people around the world have access to life-saving anti-retroviral treatment. 20 million people getting life-save medicine. that's more than the population of the state of new york. so in memory of

ms. pelosi will join us, that will be a done deal. >> for susan collins, this was one of her conditions for passing the bill. do you have her vote, even if those provisions are not guaranteed? senator cornyn: senator collins has approved this bill and is protecting taxpayers with the state and local tax deductions, a $10,000 cap, what benefits everybody. she has been a champion of trying to stabilize the affordable care market and to bring premiums down. we will join her in that effort and we will not trigger a cut in medicare. we will deal with that this week. i invite our democrat friends to join us in protecting medicare. >> george, this is a total betrayal of trump's message on the campaign trail. it is a huge giveaway to big corporations. millions of middle-class taxpayers will see their taxes go up even though republicans promised it would not happen. millionaires will get an average annual tax break of $35,000 a year. the big winners are those corporations. many people have it focused on the fact that 35% of the shareholders of those corporations are foreign stockholders. >> you hear