guest: peter defazio is such a remarkable legislator and friend. he will be greatly missed. he served more than 35 years here in the u.s. house of representatives. he is beloved at home by his constituents. he will be sorely missed. i do thank him for his decades of service for being a friend and mentor and a fierce advocate for the people of southwest oregon. i wish him the very best in his retirement. he will definitely be missed, this specially with issues like chance rotation and infrastructure, which he had the honor of leading the effort for that very important committee. also i worked with him on natural resilience issues. he has been a wonderful colleague. i wish him well. host: 19th democrat to do so. what is your confidence after the midterms the democrats will remain in power in the house of representatives? guest: we will do everything we can to remain in the majority. we will see what happens. when you look at the policies and the values we stand for, a better future, really looking out for the rights of people, the rights of people to make reproductive health c

todd: congressman peter defazio becoming the 19th house democrat to retire.ou feel the vibe of this place. do these folks want to get off the sinking ship or is there something more here? >> no, i think you are right. we have seen what happens under nancy pelosi' leadership. she was at the helm ganged 63 seats 10 years ago and it looks like we could -- we might not be seeing a tidal wave it might be a tsunami a red wave and we are hoping that's the case. carley: less than a year away so we will continue to follow it congressman pat fallon thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thanks todd and carley. god bless. todd: almost less than 11 months. pretty soon it will be here. carley: it's basically tomorrow. [laughter] all right, starting right now, "fox & friends." todd: have a great day, everybody. enjoy. ♪ ♪ >> testing requirements. does that include everybody? >> the answer is yes. >> what about these border crossers coming n huge numbers. >> that's a different issue. >> the hypocrisy from anthony fauci seems to know no limits. >> abortion rights

peter defazio of oregon, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. rush, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> as the member designated by ms. underwood of illinois, i inform the house that ms. underwood will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from virginia rise? >> as the member designated by ms. porter, i inform the house that ms. porter will vote yes on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. tom tiffany of the great state of wisconsin, i inform the house that mr. tiffany will be a nay on the previous question. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does t

peter defazio of oregon, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote yes on h.r. 6119. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? >> thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. posey of the sunshine state, i inform the house that mr. posey will vote nay on h.r. 6119. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by the -- by mr. g.k. butterfield, north carolina's favorite son, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. butterfield will vote yes on h.r. 6199. further extending government funding act. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from west virginia seek recognition? mrs. miller: as the member designated by mrs. lesko of arizona, i inform the house that mrs. lesko will vote no on h.r. 6119. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from kale seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. swalwell, i inform the house th

peter defazio has gotten better for democrats.tephanie murphy is one that republicans will target in florida. a state that's trending red. a state that has trended red. so, yes. but many of these people are in safe democratic seats. sherry bustos, in a trump district that republicans are near-certain to win. >> jake sherman, wish you so much. wish we were going to fish tonight. sad we're not. let's do it in april. >>> coming up, a human rights hero, how mourners are paying tribute to the late archbishop desmond tutu. >>> first, a critical call between president biden and vladimir putin is about to begin. details on what the white house hopes to accomplish. very bite. crunchy outside, chewy inside. ♪ tums, tums, tums, tums ♪ tums chewy bites >>> president biden and russian president vladimir putin are scheduled to speak in a few minutes. the phone call announced only yesterday. it was, according to u.s. officials, vladimir putin's idea. it comes a week before officials from the two countries are scheduled to meet for security talks

peter defazio the nineteenth to announce retirement as the gop creates an exit list in the closely divided house. to fazio beat his republican challenger in 2020 by 6 points. that is the tightest victory in his congressional history. it does beg the question i they jumping off the ship, are they retiring because they realize they've been in office too long and time to leave? there are a lot of questions but the overall takeaways it sets the perfect before republicans do not just take the house next year but to take it in earnest. >> they need to gain 5 seats to regain control and we talk about retirement as an important gauge. if one party is like i'm not going to try that is a sign that things are going poorly and you wonder what the biden administration is thinking because if you look at all the polls they are not always to be trusted but when you see poll after poll saying the same thing you get a sense of where the nation stands and repeatedly crime, the border, economy are all the issues where there pulling the lowest in the biden administration is not doing anything so if you are a r

and oregon congressman peter defazio became the 19th democrat to announce he'll retire from the u.s.se of representatives after next year. he is and was first elected in 74 1986. russia has ordered a number of u.s. diplomats to leave the country by january 31st. the move affects u.s. embassy staff who've been in russia for more than 3 years. it follows the u.s. order for 54 russian diplomats to go home in the next 6 months. the women's pro tennis tour -- the wta -- is suspending all tournaments in china, over about concerns about the player peng shuai. she largely dropped out of view after accusing a former government official of sexual assault. the wta said today there's still serious doubt that pung is safe and free of government coercion. back in this country president , biden predicted store shelves will be well stocked for the holidays. and he said inflation will cool as pandemic disruptions ease. but, at a congressional hearing, federal reserve chair jerome powell said it's not certain that prices will ease in the second half of next year. >> we can't act as though we're sure o

guest: peter defazio is such a remarkable legislator and friend. he will be greatly missed.e than 35 years here in the u.s. house of representatives. he is beloved at home by his constituents. he will be sorely missed. i do thank him for his decades of service for being a friend and mentor and a fierce advocate for the people of southwest oregon. i wish him the very best in his retirement. he will definitely be missed, this specially with issues like chance rotation and infrastructure, which he had the honor of leading the effort for that very important committee. also i worked with him on natural resilience issues. he has been a wonderful colleague. i wish him well. host: 19th democrat to do so. what is your confidence after the midterms the democrats will remain in power in the house of representatives? guest: we will do everything we can to remain in the majority. we will see what happens. when you look at the policies and the values we stand for, a better future, really looking out for the rights of people, the rights of people to make reproductive health care decisions,

peter defazio of oregon will not seek a new term. he chairs the transportation committee.ocrats, defazio is the 19th democrat to retire. the chairman of the budget committee john area mouth also announced recently that he would retire the house g.o.p. campaign committee says, quote: committee chairs don't retire unless they know their majority is gone when they lost in 2010, 25 retired. >> bret: government shut down casino you have $100 on chips. got to put down either it shuts down or doesn't. >> probably 65 to 60% because we don't have a bill. and if they stretch this out through the senate, they would have to run the traps. it probably could take until next tuesday or wednesday to pass the bill if the opponents don't relent. >> bret: 60 bucks on shut down, all right. chad, thank you. voters in atlanta have select add new mayor democrat andre dickens easily defeated city council president alicia moore with 64% of the vote. concern over rising violent crime in the city of atlanta. massachusetts republican governor charlie baker says he will not run for a third term. that'

rabbits and squirrels and animals running out of the woods into the field and democratic congressman peter defazioe to announce it ahead of the midterms. this is significant. >> it is significant because these folks are looking at the same measures that we're looking at. and as you mentioned, democrats have 11 folks who are retiring from public office in the house. look how many republicans have. they have just four. this is a complete reversal of where we were in 2018 when a lot more republicans were retiring than democrats. and, you know, they know what's cooking. they know what's going on. and if you look back historically, look back since 1974 midterm elections, what do you see? you see the party with fewer retirements gains house seats 8 out of 12 times. that's not perfect but when you combine that with the jangeneri congressional ballot, tall of these different factors are working against the democrats. >> let's talk about biden's approval rating and what that may mean. >> it's not good. normally the party in power, the white house party, loses seats and if you look at the few times where th

oregon congressmember peter defazio said wednesday he will not seek reelection in 2022. defazio is currently chair of the house transportation committee, serving his 18th term in congress. he's the 19th house democrat to announce their retirement ahead of midterm elections next year, in which republicans are expected to benefit from gerrymandered congressional districts and sweeping new voter suppression laws. last month, california democrat jackie spear announced she will not run for another term in congress. a survivor of the johnstown massacre which was a congressional aid in 1978, she more recently coletta resolution to censure republican congressman paul gosar after he posted a violent animated video to picking himself murdering commerce member alexandria ocasio-cortez, for which he was censured. human rights groups are demanding the united nations reopen an investigation into atrocities committed in yemen after the u.n. human rights council voted in october against extending an independent war crimes investigation. dozens of organizations, including human rights wa

then you've got all of the democrats he resigning, peter defazio is the 19th democrat to announce hisare they basically saying, look, we know we're not going to win in 2022, let me get out of here before all of that and your thoughts in terms of kamala harris' office as well with all of this -- they're a talking about michelle obama coming in to have a leadership role in the white house. >> the democrats don't like either of the two people at the top of the ticket. i mean, joe biden is perhaps well-liked by him but they don't think he's going to be running again even though he has to say he is, otherwise he's already a lame duck. no one believes that kamala harris has the political acumen, the popularity, the competence to step into his shoes so they're basically without anybody who might be on the ticket plausibly in 2024. that's why you hear stories about michelle obama. pete defazio leaving congress after 35 years. he held the seat in oregon for a long time. it becomes a self-fulfilling prediction. when the democrats think they're going to lose, they get out. that means alex scarle

peter defazio of oregon, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote yes on h.r. 4352. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mrs. bustos of illinois, i inform the house that mrs. bustos will vote yes on h.r. 4352. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. khanna of california, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. khanna will vote aye on h.r. 4352. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. russ fulcher, i inform the house that mr. fulcher of idaho will vote nay on h.r. 4352. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. swalwell, i inform the house that mr. swalwell will vote aye on h.r. 4352. as the member designated by mr. vela, i inform the house that mr. vela will vote aye on h.r. 435

peter defazio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. defazio: i thank the gentlelady. this bill does not look back. yeah, we saw the abuses of donald trump, overusing the 1976 national emergency act in ways that had never ever been used before to move money around to things because he couldn't get it appropriated through a republican senate. and a republican house. he couldn't get it done. so he moved the money around. anybody who works in the house of representatives or the senate should be insulted. that you want to empower a president, what about if joe biden starts doing that? don't you want to have these tools? or any other future president of either party. this isn't about donald trump. it is about the trump era, which exposed things that need to be fixed and this law does that. subpoena power. our subpoenas should be enforceable. whether they're from a democratic congress or a republican congress. they're not. you know, the department of justice needs to have a firewall between the white house and the department of justice. you c

peter defazio of oregon, i inform the house that mr. defazio will vote yes on h.r. 4045. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from indiana seek recognition? mrs. walorski: mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. bucshon of indiana, i inform the house that mr. bucshon of indiana will vote aye on h.r. 4045. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated chairwoman johnson, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on h.r. 4045. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. cardenas, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote yea on h.r. 4045. mr. soto: as the member designated mrs. demings, i inform the house that mrs. demings will vote aye on h.r. 4045. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from west virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mrs. lesko of arizona, i inform the house that mrs. lesko will vote y

we design what would later be called the psp, and we took it to chairman peter defazio in the house. he demanded that they talk to labor, and that is what they did. american ceo doug parker called me on march 18 and i went to the headquarters were all of the ceos were camped out and frustrated with the response from days of meetings on the hill. i was honest with them. i said that the public is mad at you. there is a sting of inequality on our planes. your neck when to get anything on your own, but if you work with labor to her workers for their program, we can save the industry. we didn't agree on every provision that night, but the basic terms of the program were set. the next day, we started working together to get it done. senator cantwell and senator wicker, your leadership i cannot think for enough. in less than a week, the psp program became part of the cares act and our jobs were saved. i have to recognize the outstanding leadership of chuck schumer as well. we cap are health-care and retirement and kept paying taxes. we did not stress or need coverage for covid benefits. the

peter defazio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. defazio: i thank the gentlelady. this bill does not look back. yeah, we saw the abuses of donald trump, overusing the 1976 national emergency act in ways that had never ever been used before to move money around to things because he couldn't get it appropriated through a republican senate. and a republican house. he couldn't get it done. so he moved the money around. anybody who works in the house of representatives or the senate should be insulted. that you want to empower a president, what about if joe biden starts doing that? don't you want to have these tools? or any other future president of either party. this isn't about donald trump. it is about the trump era, which exposed things that need to be fixed and this law does that. subpoena power. our subpoenas should be enforceable. whether they're from a democratic congress or a republican congress. they're not. you know, the department of justice needs to have a firewall between the white house and the department of justice. you c