republican bruce rauner is the governor of illinois and he wants to stay governor. he is a billionaire so that helps him. pritzker wants to be the governor. he is a billionaire too. that helps him. now republican billionaire rounder doesn't want to face pritzker who has to survive a primary. so what does rauner do, gets involved in the primary, buying 11 minutes of air time across the state. why? he wants to air parts of a fbi wiretap of pritzker talking about a possible job with former democratic governor rod blogoyavich. he wound up in prison just like three of the previous six illinois governors. it is an illinois tradition. here is part of the fbi tape in a recent one-minute ad that the republican billionaire rauner is running. >> there is an a.p. i could apoint. >> you are doing the right thing for the people. >> are you a lawyer? >> there is an a.p. i appoint. >> there you go. >> don't rule that one out. >> okay. >> now all of the stuff is circumstantial. we already know what happened to blago. and now he is not the first politician to meddle. mccaskill 2012,

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he ties rauner to donald trump. >> you look you in the eye and say i am not in charge. >> do not blame me he says. i'm just the governor. i am not the one running things. >> i press the governor on my illinois conservatives should broken. and if the speaker is really running the show. his response was that he beats him some of the time. in chicago, fox news. >> it is almost party time in new york city. folks are braving what is expected to be a zero degrees wind chill to see the ball drop in times square. and henry, lisa and dean cain are already in the freezing cold. and it looks cold out there. ed, what is it like at -- i think i'm on five layers. everyone else as well. lisa and i been talking about this. we're just going to have fun tonight. i mean i think that is it, right? >> exactly. i feel like a fat guy in a little coat. if i move my arms, they might break. >> it is beautiful out here. i'm so excited. it is the first time i have seen the ball drop. >> me too! >> 12,000 pounds that they are of waterford crystal. >> i would like that in my house. >> they will have confetti at mid

before becoming governor, bruce rauner was chairman of a private equity firm where he put profits ahead of working families and as governor he's the one who filed this suit. we need to make sure we protect workers all over this country. we need to win this case before the supreme court. justice calls for winning for union members. i yield back. mr. scott: thank you very much. mr. scott: mr. speaker, we asked for a unanimous consent to have four minutes of his time for our final speaker. thank you. and now i would like to recognize -- the speaker pro tempore: the chair cannot entertain the gentleman's request and the time has expired. mr. scott: thank you for the time. and we had so many speakers and we appreciate it and we hope that we have shared with the american people tonight this case and the threat it holds for members.valuable the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, for 22 minutes. mr. gohmert: i would like to recognize my friend