much wealthy americans pay in federal taxes with a senior economist and democratic congressman paul tonkolooming federal spending deadline, the incoming trump administration and democrats priorities in the 119th congress. a reporter discusses potential changes to the defense department during the next trump administration. joined in the conversation at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning, on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. defense secretary lloyd austin talked about the fall of bashar al-assad in syria. he made the remarks during his 13th and final trip

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host: this is representative paul tonko joining us for this conversation. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. independent, (202) 748-8002 and you can text us at (202) 748-8003. you serve on the energy and commerce committee. what does a new trump administration mean to you, particularly when it comes to energy-related matters? guest: to make certain there is not a clawback. making certain that the progress we've made, the relief that was provided by the american rescue plan, you think about the outcome of that and how it enabled us to do that post-covert recovery better than any industrialized nation in the world to move forward with the global discussion with the dollars that we shared from washington, allowing the locals to determine what is best for their regional economic comeback. and a huge investment in my district with semiconductors, with microelectronics. very important to keep that funding going. also the infrastructure built in the inflation reduction act which provides aid for addressing climate change. as is the effort for the inflation reduction a

then new york democratic congressman paul tonko on the looming spending deadline, incoming trump administration and democrat's priorities in the next congress. and tara copp discusses changes in the next trump administration. c-span's "washington journal," join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern, tuesday morning, on c-span, c-span now, or on line at c-span.org. >> on tuesday, stmaster general louie dejoy testifies on moarndizing the u.s. post office. watch the hearg live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. c-span now, our free mobile video app. or online at c-span.org.

then paul tonko on the looming federal spending deadline, the incoming trump administration and democrats priorities in the 119 congress. also, correspondent discussing potential changes in the defense department during the next to trump administration. washington journal. join the conversation at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning on c-span, c-span now, or c-span.org. >> former secretary of state john kerry was honored with a portrait at the state department . he served as the nation's top diplomat during the second half of the obama administration. the ceremony included current secretary of state antony blinken. this is 40 minutes. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, secretary antony blinken and john f. kerry. [applause] sec. blinken: good afternoon. [cheers and applause] welcome. welcome, everyone. welcome back to the state department. welcome to i think one of our shared favorite places in the state department. the ben franklin room. i'm always inspired being in this room. we have franklin looking down upon us. he of course was our first diplomat. negotiated our first tre

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then new york democratic congressman paul tonko on the looming spending deadline, incoming trump administration and democrat's priorities in the next congress. and tara copp discusses changes in the next trump administration. c-span's "washington journal," join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern, tuesday morning, on c-span, c-span now, or on line at c-span.org. >> on tuesday, stmaster general louie dejoy testifies on moarndizing the u.s. post office. watch the hearg live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. c-span now, our free mobile video app. or online at c-span.org. >> listening to programs on c-span through c-span radio is easy. tell your smart speaker play c-span radio and listen to "washington journal" daily at 7:00 a.m. eastern. important public affairs events throughout the day. weekday, catch "washington today," listen any time, tell your smart speaker, play c-span radio. c-span powered by cable. >> family members of journalist austin tice who was kidnapped in 2012 met with officials a at the white house. they later brief red porters and expressed hope president-elect trump would

then paul tonko on the looming federal spending deadline, the incoming trump administration and democrats priorities in the 119 congress. also, correspondent discussing potential changes in the defense department during the next to trump administration. washington journal. join the conversation at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning on c-span, c-span now, or c-span.org. >> former secretary of state john kerry was honored with a portrait at the state department . he served as the nation's top diplomat during the second half of the obama administration. the ceremony included current secretary of state antony blinken. this is 40 minutes.

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all seasons and i just want to thank him, he represents another part of my family in virginia, paul tonko represents one part of the lewis family in new york and you're my family's virginia representative. thank you again, bobby. mr. scott: thank you, barbara. this isn't about me, this is about you, your great legislative legacy, you've done a great job here as a legislator. you'll leave a great legacy. there are two parts of that legacy i want to emphasize. they've been mentioned already tonight. the first is the advocacy you had to create the poverty task force. we raised a lot of money to try to get elected and poverty is rarely mentioned as an issue. you not only created the task force but you've also used that task force to create targeted, effective ways to actually address the issue of poverty. the other is, the issue of global aids. the global aids crisis, your work with the bush administration has been phenomenal. to paraphrase martin luther king, aids anywhere is a threat of aids everywhere. if we don't address it everywhere it threatens the rest of the world. and your work conv

much wealthy americans pay in federal taxes with a senior economist and democratic congressman paul tonko on the looming federal spending deadline, the incoming trump administration and democrats priorities in the 119th congress. a reporter discusses potential changes to the defense department during the next trump administration. joined in the conversation at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning, on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. defense secretary lloyd austin talked about the fall of bashar al-assad in syria. he made the remarks during his 13th and final trip to the indo pacific region as pentagon chief. secretary austin: i am especially proud of how we have improved our force posture, invested in our capabilities, and taken steps to upgrade our command so i'm here to take stock of that progress and thanked japan's leaders for their partnership and to engage with our troops here and with that i will take a few questions. questions. >> on syria, how surprised were you the rebels toppled the government? [indiscernible] secretary austin: i think the entire international community was