my next guest is congressman rodney davis of illinois who has particular interest in this area. congressman davis, great to see you again. your name's being dropped in a lot of places. you know, you've been on the food thing and i was talking the other day to jose andres, the chef, about the feed act and he says you're one of the partners in this. and you're pushing the legislation called the meals on wheels for kids act. why are these part of the covid response, if you will, that you're trying to push forward? >> well, hunger in american families is exacerbated during this pandemic, steve. number one, it great to see you again. i appreciate you the opportunity to be on. you didn't tell me i had to follow the surgeon general, i would have dressed up a little better. [laughter] at least you're not in a tie. a lot of people have been wearing ties this morning. >> you're lucky i didn't get the busch lite t-shirt underneath this jacket. in all seriousness we need some ideas that are bipartisan and that's exactly why i worked with the chef jose andreas and my good buddies to introduce

disease, to protect people from this disease, to cure people from this disease, host: congressman rodney davis from illinois. we appreciate you being here. >> "washington journal "washington journal prime time" response tojournal" the coronavirus pandemic. join the conversation tonight on c-span. c-span has round-the-clock coverage of the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. and it's all available on demand coronavirus.n.org/ watch white house briefings, updates from governors and state officials, track the spread throughout the u.s. on the world with interactive maps, watch on-demand any time unfiltered at www.c-span.org/coronavirus. >> for the first time in history, the u.s. supreme court is allowing live coverage of oral arguments. on tuesday, they consider how restrictions for hiv-aids programs are spent by groups overseas and if there are a violation of free speech. live coverage of the courts conference call agreement -- on c-span.gins at our first guest this morning is dr. sarah fortune. not only is she a professor at the harvard school of health, she serves as the chair of the

myself along with tom cole and rodney davis we put out a plan to open congress more than a month ago. have committees working now. there are bills that need to get done. the national defense, appropriations, those committees could meet here and now in congress in large-size rooms with social distancing so we could have that work done. at the same time committees gathering the data, states are opening, what is the need, getting feedback from states, looking at implementing the bills that we have already passed for those trillions along with $4 trillion and realizing where more resources are needed or more flexible when he needs to be given and that legislation can move through committee and passed before and go to the president. everybody knows this. >> pro-life organizations are upset with the latest bill that provides federal funding for planned parenthood. your reaction? >> another reason people should vote against this bill but remember every time we worked on a bipartisan bill nancy pelosi slowed it down. why? because she wanted certain things in the bill. if you read the bill we

as you know myself along with tom cole and rodney davis we put out a plan to open congress more than a month ago. have committees working now. there are bills that need to get done. the ndaa, our appropriations. those committees could meet here now in congress and large sized rooms with social distancing so they could haven't worked done. at the same time we could have committees gathering the data states are opening and get feedback from the states looking at implementing of a bill that we party past along with the feds for trillion dollars and realizing where more resources are needed and that legislation could pass on the floor and go to the president. >> leader mccarthy pro-life organizations want this relief bill because it provides federal funding for planned parenthood or your reaction to that? >> is another reason why people should vote against it but remember every time we have worked on a bipartisan bill speaker pelosi slowed it down. why? because she wanted certain things in this bill. if you read the bill we are voting on today those are in there. it takes away safeguards

republican rodney davis, on the house and straighten committee, talking about his opposition to these rules changes. [video] >> the houses on the receiving -- one pointillion 6 billion unauthorized scans on a network per month. i don't know about institution remotely, i don't know about you, but i expect those to increase. what reduces my confidence in these sweeping changes that will not have their stated effect is the feedback from virtual committee roundtables that have been attempted by every committee. there have been instances of majority staff taking people off because they have not rsvped. i would like to insert into the record a list of concerns our ranking members have provided me. >> without objection. informationpersonal on these roundtables have been viewed publicly. members being dropped because of poor connections, members unable to participate in things because of living in rural areas. cannottual proceedings or should not be authorized. i share this as proof that the crawl, walk, run approach is necessary to make sure virtual meetings are done successfully. i would li

. >> next illinois congressman rodney davis on his wheels on wheels for kids act which

host: we talked about this with congressman rodney davis about proxy voting. want to play you the comments of the republican leader kevin mccarthy on why he is opposed to the idea of proxy voting for house legislation. here's what he said. [video clip] concern if youl go to proxy, i don't have the number in front of me, but if you look at the number of people came back, it was a pretty good number. the number of people who were missing were not that much higher on average. on both sides. , oneso found on proxies person can hold 200 proxies if they wanted to. they hold them accountable. they don't lend their power for other members. host: republican leader from late last week. aaron jones, your thoughts on proxy voting, what are the pros and cons? guest: proxy voting is one of the things that has come up as an issue, whether or not it is possible. there are some senate committees that already allow proxy voting, a member who cannot attend will tell their chairman or ranking member as the case may be how they would want to vote on particular bills. mccarthy's co

monday morning we talk with eleanor republican representative rodney davis, -- illinois republican representative. about operations during the pandemic. and then a discussion of congressional response to the pandemic with the director of the wilson center's congressional relations, erin jones. and look at changes in how the supreme court functions with the national constitution center. why c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on monday. join the discussion and watch a saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern when we take calls from high schoolers across the country preparing to take the advanced basement u.s. history exam -- advanced placement is history exam. >> >> tonight on q&a, how south sudanese video game valid per is bringing peace and -- how a south sudanese video game developer is bringing peace and conflict resolution. >> much of the population is under the age of 30. these young people were born in war and raised in war. they think about war. when i was playing grand theft auto, i thought how about if these young people from south sudan start playing a videogame, not because it i

this morning, we will talk with illinois representative rodney davis about congress in the coronavirusandemic. then, the overall response with the director of the wilson center, aaron jones. how thet changes to supreme court functions with the national constitution center's jeffrey rosen. join the discussion. watch saturday, when we take calls from ice coolers across the country preparing to take the advanced placement u.s. history exam. yea, all persons having business before the supreme court of the united states are admonished to give their attention. >> for the first time in u.s. history, here the u.s. supreme court live. the court is hearing oral arguments in 10 cases by teleconference. first up, today, the justices here the case of u.s. patent and trademark office versus booking.com. the fight to trademark its website. be a part of history and listen to the supreme court's oral arguments. live, today at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span app. immediately following, join jeffrey rosen of the national constitution center, leading a l

issues that impact you. , weng up monday morning will talk with illinois republican representative rodney davis about operations in congress during the pandemic. then, a discussion of the overall congressional response to the pandemic with the director of the wilson center's congressional relations, aaron jones. and a look at changes to how the supreme court functions with the national constitution center's jeffrey rosen. live "washington journal" at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion and be sure to watch "washington journal" saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern when we will take calls from high school is prepared to take the advanced placement u.s. history exam. >> florida governor ron desantis visited a barbershop in orlando to talk with salon owners about challenges they are facing in reopening their businesses. here is a portion of that conversation followed by a press conference. >> can we go around and introduce and say a few things you go i will kick it off and pass it to the mayor, then weakening gauge in a discussion about what we will do -- we can engage in a discussion about w

morning, a will talk with illinois republican representative rodney davis about operations in congresse corona virus pandemic. and then a discussion of the overall congressional response to the pandemic with the director of the wilson center's congressional relations, erin jones. and a look at changes to how the supreme court function with the national constitution center's jeffrey rosen. a short of march c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. join the discussion. and be sure to watch washington journal saturday at 8:00 eastern when we will take calls from high schoolers around the country as they look to prepare for the ap history exam. yay, all persons having business before the honorable, the supreme court of the united states admonished to draw near and give your attention. the court is now sitting. >> for the first time in history, you can hear the supreme court live. is hearing oral arguments in 10 cases by teleconference. c-span will provide live coverage of each of the sessions. first up, on monday, at 10:00 eastern, the justices hear the case of u.s. paten

rodney davis was in a bridgeport hospital for 35 days. had to be paralyzed at one point to conserve oxygen. he couldn't believe the sendoff he received from hospital staff when he was discharged. >>> so have we learned any lessons from the last three months? dr. eisenman, thank you for joining us. the u.s. death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 100,000. i want to ask you about how we got to this point. can you walk us through the response during the early stages back in january and february and some of the lessons that came in hindsight? >> we closed the borders back in january. and we had february to prepare. and we did not use that time. we did not use it, and we lost our ability to prepare. that's our second lesson, which is that it's not just what you do, it's when you do it. we failed to get testing up and running. we failed to get our hospitals prepared. we failed to get ppe ready. we failed to get our ventilator capacities up. we sidelined our scientists. and so i'm not so sure that we've learned those lessons, frankly. we s

the first task force meeting rodney davis a. republican from illinois, said, we want the congress to be able to work. my colleague said that cynically we could observe that perhaps for those of you who may not be able to garner a majority from what we pass, perhaps you don't want us to work. i hope that's not the case. i know the administration does not want us to do oversight. but that is our responsibility. this resolution will enable the house to conduct its work in full without risking the health and safety of americans in communities across the country from which members come and to which they will return. it allows committees to use remote technology to conduct hearings and mark up legislation. technology already in use, lready in use safely and effectively by millions of americans. including the supreme court. nine people who have decided they ought to be separated and are therefore doing what has never been done in history. it's not a revolution. they are using technology to do the same thing they could do in the hearing

that actually, i text rodney davis who is the ranking member with the committee of house administration and he said that is what he has been told. and that verse busted making on how to do that. he also said if that is not the case, it is news to him. that he is all fired up about it. we will see what happens on that. let's turn to the bill itself. you know, i think there are some good things in the bill, i really believe the bad things that i consider bad in the bill totally outweigh the good things in the bill. from what i have been told, the bill continues this extra $600. week unemployment insurance payment through the end of january, 2021. it extends the family medical leave for another year. but it mandates all businesses to do it including businesses with less than 50 employees. and it expands the 1200-dollar rebate checks to people who are here illegally. and the $600 a week that people are getting an unemployment pay does not count towards the income to get food stamps or snap, corset federalize is elections by mandating that everyone gets mailed a ballot in every state has to

and rodney davis' as well. unfortunately it did not come to the place with we could have a bipartisan agreement -- where we could have a bipartisan agreement. mr. speaker, today isn't just a day for debate. it's also a day for remembrance. it is peace officers memorial day. and the second to last day of police week. so before i begin, i want to say thank you to everyone who serves as a police officer or is a family member of a police officer. including our wonderful capitol police and their families. who do an incredible job protecting this campus, its employees and its visitors. as the guardians of peace, you are on the front lines every day. despite the danger, you're undeterred from performing your duty. as a son of a firefighter, i know that you do not do your job for recognition or praise. but you truly deserve our gratitude, especially now. so thank you for everything you do, from a very grateful congress. now, mr. speaker, the work of our front line heroes is the definition of essential. it can be done r

noti -- not rodney davis who i would give my proxy to. we know longer use proxies in the house which i think is a good decision. and when i first came in, chairman of my committee sometimes had 10 or 12, 15 proxies in his pocket. and this is a very specific you vote aye or nay and it is clearly the person's opinion, it is not the chairman or somebody else using a large number of proxies. the limit, we shared the viewer. you couldn't go too long because you might have to have somebody withr. you couldn't go too long because you might have to have somebody with. you couldn't go too long because you might have to have somebody with a lot of proxies. i assure you that any change that we make we will do with discussion, serious and fair consideration. and i think that we all have to have a sense that the technology works. for instance, let me give you my example, which i wrote an article as well as you know and you probably red ebbably read i said my first initial recommendation was let's use facetime. i put the camera up, you see my face, and

coming up monday morning, we will talk with illinois republican representative rodney davis about operations in congress during the pandemic. in a discussion of the overall congressional response to the pandemic with the director of the wilson center's congressional relations, aaron jones. and a look at changes to how the supreme court functions with the national constitution center's jeffrey rosen. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion and be sure to watch "washington journal" saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern when we take calls from high schoolers across the country who are preparing to take the advanced placement u.s. history exam. >> you have done cyber security checks in your office or -- there is a lot of concern, members of congress don't know how to practice good cyber hygiene. >> i've taken two trips overseas and gotten a phone that i check out from the travel office that is not associated with me. it is a travel phone, and many members do but some don't know it is a priority because you don't know where you plug that any