. ♪ congressman sean duffy recently announced he would retire from congress effective monday.is retiring in preparation for the birth of his ninth child, who is scheduled to be born in late october. he and his wife have been told the baby will have health problems. congressman duffy gave his farewell speech thursday evening and was joined in the chamber by members of his family. it is a unique and cool wellng to stand in this and hold on to this podium for the last time. what an honor it is to serve in this house and stand in this chamber. i want to take a moment as i give my last address to the constituents, my who i have put so much faith in me, that they would give me the opportunity, a guy from small-town wisconsin who had a big family and grew up doing lumberjack sports, would give me the opportunity to come here and represent them. timesave done that five over. i would just note that they have been so kind to me, whether they agree to me or not, whether at a town hall, a dinner or a dairy breakfast or a parade or fair, the kindness that has come for my constituents as i

let's go to sarah carter, sean duffy i have a bone to pick with you sean duffy, you went to the show very nicely and then the next day made this big announcement that you're leaving. i completed an essay here. [inaudible] is there any news you'd like to share. >> i am running for sean's seat. [laughter] >> do it. >> on the saudi development, what you make of it. >> we have to remember iran took down one of our drones and now they've attacked an oilfield. they are in crisis. they need to be smart and keep the pressure on this rogue nation. are they allowing our policy to be dictated by the saudi regime. >> absolutely not. i think you did the right thing and the diplomatic thing. what he's looking at is information that's going to be coming from u.s. intelligence, what's going to be fed from them from the cia or our national intelligence agencies. he's also when want to talk to the saudi's about what they're collecting. they have a very robust intelligence service and they can share information with the president. the president did the right thing, he knows pretty certainly that iran h

and sean duffy also of wisconsin announced he will resignfective september 23. democrat who is have announced they are not running for re-election in 2020 include dave of iowa. susan davis of alifornia. ♪ c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning. politico's gabby and mike lewis of the hill will discuss the rounch congress from the august break and then matt schultz are talking about a new survey on credit cards and consumer debt. watch live at 7:00 eastern this morning. be sure to connect with us during the program with your phone calls and foost facebook questions and starting this morning with our new testing feature. >> here is a look at our live coverage today on the c-span networks. 10:00 a.m., former homeland security secretary sits before a field hearing in new york city. the hearing takes place at the national 9-11 memorial and museum just ahead of the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attacks and the u.s. house returns from the august recess gaveling in at 2:00 p.m. eastern for legisl

van drew: recently scout "sean" duffy of egg harbour township in south jersey earned the outstanding honor of becoming an eagle scout. for his eagle scout project, sean decided to beautify the nature reserve in egg harbour township. sean led his fellow scouts in the construction of the gazeebo and oversaw the project from the very beginning until the very end. because of his exceptional young -- of exceptional young man, the community of egg harbour township can enjoy a new place of recreation and gathering at the nature reserve for many years to come. at times we must all take initiative and assume a role of leadership. we continue to be inspired by brave and passionate young people like sean duffy, who stepped forward and guided their peers in order to better their own community. we are proud of him. he is a true leader. congratulations, sean. we wish you the best going forward and thank you for your contribution to your community. south jersey, new jersey and the united states of america is proud of the work that you have done. good luck. and i yield back the balance of my time. th

. ♪ congressman sean duffy recently announced he would retire from congress effective monday.is retiring in preparation for the birth of his ninth child, who is scheduled to be born in late october. he and his wife have been told the baby will have health problems. congressman duffy gave his farewell speech thursday evening and was joined in the chamber by members of his family. it is a unique and cool wellng to stand in this and hold on to this podium for the last time. what an honor it is to serve in this house and stand in this chamber. i want to take a moment as i give my last address to the house to thank my

. >> host: the one that is listed as a likely republican in the wake of the resignation of sean duffy. >> there may be a primary, the democrats don't yet have a challenge. there may be other candidates coming in, but that seat is if emthe democrats get it within single digits, they will have done well. it's an important seat for the republican base to turn out. it's important for president bottle on the house while. he campaigned in wausau for the republican u.s. senate candidate who lost heavily against tammy baldwin, the democratic u.s. senator. >> host: as they ar we are talkg wisconsin politics in the battleground states, mark is the first out of new hampshire. good morning. >> caller: wisconsin being a purple state up for grabs, do you think that the challengers would have a chance next year in the primary for the republican party? >> that is a great question. this was the last stop. ted cruz did very well in the primary but since then, republicans are on board here in the state and it would be a heavy lift to beat him in the primary. for that part of the republican fracture comi

sean duffy, you are a good man and you can pass for 39 any day of the week. sean duffy, everybody.that's a fact. thank you very much, sir. >>> more "varney" after this. ♪ . . . stuart: constitutional crisis in britain which is getting worse. no effect on us here in america. certainly not on our markets, or our culture or our politics but this is fascinating. boris johnson, the prime minister, is saying look, if parliament messes around with our exit europe october 31st, i will call a snap election. general election called at very short notice. by the way boris johnson's conservatives would probably lose that general election. stuart: he just lost his majority. rebel tory members have left gone elsewhere. this is not a good sign. mps are doing everything they can to prevent a no-deal brexit on october 31st. if they pay legislation to do that, that is boris johnson will call an election. we're back to even more chaos. stuart: conservative party would lose. he is laying down the law. he says we are out on october 31st, no matter what. if you don't like it, i'm out. our government is o

i, for one, hope this is not last we hear or see of congressman sean duffy. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from arizona is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today to pay my respects to ronnie lieu pay, former chairman of the white mountain apache tribe to passed away last month at the age of 89. during his time as a public servant, he fought tore tribal overeignty and worked on water rights issues. his efforts aided the passage of the white pount an apache water rights qual if iation act of 2009. established a clean drinking water system. he was recognized by former arizona governor jack williams on the arizona commission of indian affairs in 1968. mr. o'halleran: a veteran, he was a member of the united states marine corps during the korean war. arizona lost an awesome voice for native american advancement. i feel truly humbled to have known him. pat and i are keeping our thoughts with ronnie's fami

and in news reports, as i have announced i was going to step aside, people will say that sean duffy's seat -- i think we should correct that. it is not my seat. it was not my predecessor's seat. it's the people's seat. they get to choose every two years, or now this will be eight months in, a new congressman to represent them. it is the people's seat. it is not mine. it is theirs. so thank you to the seventh district. i want to say thanks to my fellow colleagues and members of congress. on both sides of the aisle. we get a bad rap in this chamber, people will tell us, you guys are so dysfunctional, you guys can't get along, you guys can't get anything done. there's some truth to that. there's a lot of -- there is a lot of fighting. yes, sometimes we don't get a lot done. but i'll just tell you this. people get along a lot better across the aisle than might meet the eye on some of the major neutral zone networks. it may not be on tax reform or immigration reform, there's a lot of legislation we work on together that we try to -- try to find bipartisan compromise that cannot just pass o

joining me, kt macfarland and former wisconsin congressman sean duffy.ou and i have seen some impeachments in our lifetime. two to be exact. they are based on a whole lot of stuff. we have an impeachmen an i am -n impeachment inquiry based on a 30-minute phone call. do you think that's enough to call for bribery and obstruction and impeach the president for that? >> you have to build a case with the american people. they tried with the mueller investigation. the left-wing base was incredibly angry they couldn't take the president out of the white house. once the whistleblower came forward and they thought they would have a pathway to say the president is corrupt, they thought that was a pathway. the problem is the transcript doesn't match the narrative the democrats are trying to use for impeachment. i think joe biden is going -- joe biden was with holding a billion dollars in loan guarantees. so the ukraine president would fire a prosecutor going after his son's company. david: kt, to my original point. even somebody like john kasich. he's a never trump

sean duffy is the latest this week, he's got a child that's coming in. he'll have his health challenges. so we have three republicans walk away this week. it's been -- it's a trickle that feels like is this about to become a flood of retirements? there was one congressman who tweeted over the weekend he said there would be eight announced retirements before in first ten days of september. >> well, when i started on capitol hill, we were in the minority and we worked in the senate. being in the minority in the senate is not that bad. but being in a minority in the senate there's no reason to come to work. i get that. if they think that the republicans won't take back the house then there's no reason to hang around. it is miserable. >> this becomes self-fulfilling when you walk awake like this. >> that's probably true. you're thinking about yourself. plus, these have become awful jobs. you know, the executive branch is where everything is happening. capitol hill, they don't get anything done. >> but they can't -- democrats can't get their best candidates t

rachel campos duffy is a fox news contributor and wife of departing congressmen sean duffy, who we had has a brand-new children's book. it's's title is "paloma wants to be lady freedom." great title. rachel campos duffy joins us tonight. good to see you. >> good to be here, thanks for having me on. >> tucker: so one of the points that you have made is that when you go -- my kids are older so i wasn't even aware until you set it but you go into the children's section at m a bookstore and virtually every book isks woke. they're all political, it seems like. >> absolutely. in the case of immigration, for example, you see that there's this focus in the media on immigration, but there's also -- on illegal immigration. there's also a focus on in children's literature and on diversity, so what's happening is we're focusing so much on the things that make us different and we are not focusing on the things that unite us as americans and, yes, there is a deliberate agenda to present literature if that's woke, that's progressive, the liberal, two children. there's also a deliberate effort, i thin

heard in his own right having it in the first place, but i think you look at my own state, we have sean duffypectacular. northwestern wisconsin suburbs and to the middle of the state jim sensenbrenner been there more than four decades. both of those cases, those are strong republican districts. as long as the candidates want to get and tell a convincing story. as you heard from dan bishop i think in each of those races a clear contrast between freedom and free enterprise and those who want to fight for socialism. the more this squad is out front, aoc, omar and others face today socialist democratic party, the better off we will be in the elections in 2020. >> neil: and beginning to wonder. you talk about the passion and this jazz on the other side and it might very well be as we get close to the election for the republicans but so far it does not appear to be the case. why do you think that is? >> well i think through 2018, i sort of saw wisconsin. a lot of republican leaned voters took it for granted. a lot thought that there was no way, whether losing in wisconsin or any number of other bac

johnny isakson has had some health challenges, sean duffy is the latest also this week.ve some health challenges. john shimkus. three republicans walk away this week. it's a trickle that feels like is this about to become a flood of retirements? there was one congressman who tweeted over the weekend, a republican, who said he thought there would be eight announced retirements in the first ten days of september. >> well, when i started on capitol hill, we were in the minority. we worked in the senate. being the minority in the senate is not that bad. being a minority in the house, there's just no reason to come to work. and so i'm -- i get that. if they think that the republicans are not going to take back the house, then there's just no reason to hang around. it's miserable. >> this becomes self-fulfilling when you walk away like this, though. >> that's probably true but at that point you're thinking about yourself. plus we've said this again and again. these have become awful jobs. the executive branch is where everything is happening and capitol hill, they don't get an

and that seat is the one that is listed as likely republican in the wake of the resignation of sean duffye is maybe a primary among the republicans. democrats don't yet have a challenger. tom tiffany is the first in the race for the republicans to succeed duffy. there may be other candidates coming in. get it to within single digits, they will have done well. ,t is an important seat important for the republican base to turn out. important for president donald trump as well. during 2018 he campaigned in wausau. host: we will let you chat with a few callers. mark is up first out of new hampshire, republican. isler: my question to you with wisconsin being a purple state and up for grabs, do you think republican challengers like governor bill weld or mark sanford or joe walsh would have a chance to beat president trump in wisconsin next year and the primary for the republican party -- in the primary for the republican party? guest: that is a great question especially since back in 2016 you may recall this was the last stop for the anti-trump faction. ted cruz did very well here. he beat donal

farmers, joining us right now wisconsin congressmanen ma of house financial services committee sean duffywith you -- >> a lot to talk about with you given the fact that you have announced your retirement. we are sorry to hear that sense of wisconsin farmers where they stand, now, that we are several months into this or a year into this trade fight with china, and the impact has been pretty hard. >> yes, it is what kind of funds talking about we have -- so he will some milk, dairy to china don't have a huge market it hasn't had real impact negotiations with china on dairy farmers but problem in dairy altogether, because we have more milk less people consuming milk, a problem has affected our dairy farmers i think across the ag industry has been somewhat painful president tried to sake some tariff revenue recently, and the president 15 billion dollars, there is a payout going to our farmers in wisconsin here we call ginseng in the world cranberries president making sure specialty crops our larger farmers are being taken care of, you know with payout from -- from revenue from tariffs, so it

he's got a beautiful family, some of whom are here behind me day, we wish sean and rachel duffy the best and we will keep them in our thoughts but forever in our prayers and in our hearts. so thanks so much to sean for your leadership. mr. speaker, i rise in support of senate bill 239. this is the christa mcauliffe commemorative coin act of 2019. i'd like to thank the gentleman from michigan, the dean of the michigan delegation, who has the bill here in the house, h.r. 500, and who has gathered more than 309 co-sponsors of this -- on this bill to see it across the line. we know the story of christa mcauliffe. in fact, it's one of my first memories of understanding what nasa did is to see the tragedy of the loss of the shuttle. and the human tragedy of someone who is such a dedicated public servant, dedicated to her classroom, to teaching, but also her willingness to put herself on the line to be a greater advocate for teaching. and for education. christa mcauliffe had a meaningful impact on people's lives and this was a representation of that. it's a fantastic undertaking that we've had

i want to thank the gentleman from wisconsin, sean duffy, from our side who is the lead republican on this bill. this is a bill that will get more appraisers in the pool to actually help people who want to buy homes that are financed by the f.h.a. it's a wine hiff win and i urge support and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio yields back. the gentleman from guam is recognized. mr. san nicolas: i want to thank the gentleman from california for bringing this legislation. and the support from mr. duffy. this removes unnecessary barriers which will help millions of americans and join me in supporting this important piece of legislation and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2852 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this v

signed, sincerely, sean p. duffy, representative to congress. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? mr. king: i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until noon on tuesday next for morning hour debate. >> youth activists are holding rallies in washington and around the country on climate change. live coverage here on c-span. > all right. ♪ [singing]

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