sheehy: i'm sheehy, so i'm on board. [laughter] how many push-ups can you do? mr. hegseth: i did five sits at 47 this morning. sen. sheehy: what do you think are most important strategic bases in the pacific? mr. hegseth: guam is strategically significant. sen. sheehy: how many rounds of 556 can you fit in an m4 rifle? mr. hegseth: standard is 30. sen. sheehy: what kind of batteries do you put in your night vision goggle? mr. hegseth: duracell? [laughter] sen. sheehy: right there you are represent qualifications that show you understand what the war fighter deals with everything a day on the battlefield. -- every single day on the battlefield. what happens unfortunately in this country is decisions made in rooms like this, bad decisions, end up in dead 17-, 18-, 19-year-old americans, and they really come from families that sit in rooms like this. they come from low- and middle income families and they join because they want to go to college, maybe they love this country. for whatever reason they join and sign on the dotted line, when people like us screw up, they

senator sheehy, the green lan story. do you see it -- greenland -- >> this is another point of strategic interest for america. during world war ii and the korean war and all the way through the cold war we had strategic locations all over the pacific and atlantic to include greenland and iceland. and those locations were absolutely critical for our ability to control the atlantic during world war ii and and throughout the cold war. just like the panama canal, these are critical military strategic, points of pressure that literally control the world. the world moves through the oceans, the vast majority of to our trade. so it's not just military, it's also economic. and as we've seen in the past two years, china has taken unprecedented actions to expand their sphere of maritime influence all over the world. and it's not just in the south china sea, as we know, in panama, and they're going to continue to push that globally. we should be doing everything we can to revive our global footprint in places like iceland are, gree

tim sheehy of montana, happy new year to you, senator sheehy welcome to kudlow and u.s. senate. mr. tuberville, happy new year to you, sir. okay. >> thank you. larry:ly the i'm not sure i understand this, we have sound trump -- no, let's play it compan trump on the one big beautiful bill. >> well i favor one bill. i want to get everything passed. you know there are some people thatten to necessarily agree with it i'm open to that also, my preference is one big beautiful bill. >> appear to open door yet for two bill approach, still your preference for one big beautiful bill. >> i like one big beautiful bill, i rally ways have and will, if 2 is more certain it does go quicker. larry: so. sinsenator t tuberville what is going on, you know i am in favor of one big beautiful bill. that is what speaker johnson wants, that is what ways and means chair jason smith wants, but i see resis san resistance in senate, i am not sure i understand. >> i am with you, we need one, but the house makes the decision. they have to get it done before us. if -- go and look at history, ronald reagan did it,

sheehy. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god? the senators: i do. the vice president: congratulations, senators. the vice president: the clerk will call the names of the next group. the clerk: ms. slotkin, ms. warren, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker. the vice president: please raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that you take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that you will well and faithfully discharge the

sheehy. please raise your right hand. you solemnly swear that you support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic? you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. >> you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you god. congratulations. [applause] >> the clerk will call the names of the next group. ms. warden, mr. whitehouse, mr. wicker. thank you. thank you. thank you predicate from everyone ready? please raise your right hand. you solemnly swear it will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic? that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. you w

here with more senator tim sheehy. you know, senator, some of the allegations, like drinking, for example, there are numerous people that worked every single week with pete. the question about drinking was debunked by every single one of them. number one. number two, knowing him myself for as many years as i have, this man eats, breathes, sleeps, lives, military, the men and women in combat every single day. this is his life's passion. his mission. yeah. did he hit a rough road at one point in his life, what, nearly a decade ago? sure. he's been up front, honest. he's moved on. he checked that box. he changed his life. why wasn't there more substance today? >> well, we all knew it was coming, sean. this is what they did to clarence thomas. what they did to brett kavanaugh. they did it to me during my election. when they can't argue on policy or substance, when they know that they are wrong with what the american people want, this is what the democrats do. they resort to smear anonymous allegations, character assassinat

senator sheehy, you've been very patient. >> thank you, mr. chairman. entering a support letter in for mr. hegseth submitted by nearly 90 former soldiers who served with pete in combat. >> i would like to submit a statement from 86 of them who support his nomination. >> although they come from different units and ranks, the signatories commend mr. hegseth for his selfless leadership, love of his soldiers and commitment to our country. >> two items. sorry, one item. i ask unanimous consent to enter this. without objection, it will be entered. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> pete, i'm going to ask you questions because i want to hear your answer. >> how many genders are there? >> tough one. >> senator, there are two genders. >> i know that. well, i'm a sheehy, so i'm on board. >> what is the diameter of the rifle round fired out of an m4a1 rifle. >> that's a five, five, six. >> how many push ups can you do? >> i did five sets of 47 this morning. >> what do you think? >> what do you think? >> our most important strategic bases in the pacific are in the paci

there was one funny moment during this confirmation hearing from newly minted montana senator tim sheehyuse i want to hear you answer. how many genders are there? tough one. >> senator, two genders. >> i know that well i'm a sheehy so i'm board. >> carley: got laughs there. dbleg what pete said was important i know what i know and i also know what i don't know. oftentimes when you get to a certain level of stature you start to feel like you know everything. that's when you have tunnel vision and make decisions without consulting other people. and he did display a lot of humility during this hearing in the face of all of this incoming fire that he was taking. could the treatment of him backfire on democrats? >> oh, i think it will. if there are any republicans who may have been a little wobbly on this. they saw pete hegseth getting brett kavanaughed yesterday in terms of the personal attacks and bringing up all these stories based on anonymous sources particularly about his time at fox. all i know is that the people that have gone on the record. people like will cain, rachel campos-duffy

joining us now, the montana senator tim sheehy.he's a former aerial firefighter, also a former navy seal, i just learned. senator, thanks so much for joining us. you used to run a company that uses these so-called super super scooper planes. tell us about that. >> well, as you just mentioned in your last segment, these aircraft that are coming in flying, they're either dropping retardant or water. they're a key part of especially the initial attack phase of these wildfires, because getting ground crews up there, sometimes if it's rough mountain terrain, it can take a long time to get ground firefighters on scene. so the aircraft are oftentimes our best chance to get to that fire quickly, get a defensive line in place and do a direct initial attack there. a key part of our fire response. >> so these planes, they scoop up the water, let's say there's a lake or even the pacific, and then they dump the water on top of the fire areas. >> right? exactly right. so those videos you saw of the yellow planes flying in the ocean, those are th

sheehy -- sen. reed: yes, mr. chairman. chair wicker: this concludes today's hearing. i want to thank the witnesses and their families, and this hearing is adjourned. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2025] >> today the house members are working on a bill that would ban transgender student-athletes from competing in girls and women's sports, k through 12 schools. late they are week members will also consider measures related to taiwan and deporting undocumented immigrants convicted of senior citizen sex offenses and other violent crimes. live coverage when the house returns here on c-span. we take you live now to capitol hill to a house ways and means committee hearing on the potential extension of tax cuts that were passed and signed into law in 2017. we join that live in progress here on c-span. >> thank you, mr. duke. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> mr. duke, i'm perplexed by a lot of your testimony today

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tim sheehy continues with us.tor, new senator from the great state of montana who has a little experience in fighting firefighters. senator, tell us about that meeting with president trump today. he is raring to go. i saw him on saturday night. had a chance to meet giorgia meloni briefly. tell us about what he said and what the future looks like. >> it was a fantastic meeting. and, like you said, we actually started off the meeting talking about wildfires for several minutes. you know, those red and yellow planes you showed on the screen i used to personally fly those. aircraft, we don't have enough planes and firefighters. president trump is committed to put our first. we are not going to put the asian smelt fish first. not going to wrong headed. we are going to make sure protect communities wildfire from coast to coast. we discussed panama canal. that's been top of news lately. like you said a national security priority. we lost 38,000 lives. spent, i don't know, how many billions of dollars in today's money bui

sheehy. mr. scott of florida. [indiscernible conversations] >> raise your right hand, do you solemnly swear that was support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter so help you god? >> i do. >> congratulations, senator. congratulations, senator. congratulations. >> and that is outgoing vice president kamala harris swearing in the new members of the senate, about 10 new members, 10% of the entire body and in the 199th congress, the republicans gain control. 53 seats, democrats 47 seats. senator thune, republican of south dakota is the new majority. senator chuck schumer of new york continues as the democratic leader. there are 12 new senators as you can see, six from each party, it gets a little complicated and we

senator banks of indiana, senator sheehy of montana and senator slotkin of michigan. we are excited to have you as committee colleagues and look forward to many important contributions from each of you. senator slotkin, is a look at the end of the dais, it seems only a week or two ago i was sitting in that very chair being recognized by the chairman of the committee, the distinguished senator from michigan. time flies. let me say this. we had very appropriate expression of approval by the members -- members of the audience as are nominee and his family walked in. the distinguished ranking member and i sincerely hope that is the last signal of approval or disapproval in today's hearing. people of the public are here. they are welcome to observe today's hearing. senator reed and i agree that no disruptions will be allowed. audience members may not verbally or physically distract from the hearing, to include shouting, standing or raising signage or gestures that block the view of the audience. we are very serious about this. aren't we, mr. reed? sen. reed: absolutely cer

well, i'm a sheehy, so i'm on board. what is the diameter of the rifle round fired out of an m4a1 rifle. >> that's a five, five, six. >> how many push ups can you do? >> i did five sets of 47 this morning. >> what do you think? what do you think? our most important strategic bases in the pacific are in the pacific. >> guam is pretty strategically significant. >> how many rounds of five, five, six can you fit into the magazine of an m4 rifle? >> depends on the magazine, but standard issue is 30. senator. >> and what size round is the m9? beretta standard issue sidearm for the military fire a nine millimeter. >> senator. >> what kind of batteries do you put in your night vision? goggle? >> duracell. >> so right there you're representing qualifications that show you understand what the warfighter deals with every single day on the battlefield. you understand what happens on the front line where our troops will be and what happens unfortunately in this country is decisions made in rooms like this, bad decisions end up in dea

the dust on boots here, has been on the ground, in combat, dust on boots, now here is a senator tim sheehyuizzing pete hegseth. >> what is the diameter of rifle round fired out of m4. >> that is a 5, 5, 6. >> how much push ups can you do. >> i did 5 sets of 47 this morning. >> how many rounds 5, 56 can you fit in magazine. >> department -- depends on magazine, standard issue is 30. >> and what size round msize bar it's. >> 9 9 millimeter. what kind of battery you put in your night vision goggle. >> duracell. [ laughter ] >> right there you rip qualifications -- represent qualifications that show you know what war fighter deals with every day on the battlefield. >>tu duracell batteries and a lot of push ups, he is kind of a soldier's pentagon chief. he isa really, a -- this will be first time i can't remember in how long, sort of representing actual soldiers combat and he knows his stuff. i think that is what really matters, did you see it that way? do you think public viewing public saw it that way. >> yes, i do, i am longest serving enlisted member of u.s. state military to be electioned

this is where newly elected senator like mccormick from pennsylvania and senator sheehy from montana,an on these platforms that the incumbent democrats were punishing oil and gas and not standing up to biden. this is a great opportunity for these newly i elected senators who say to their constituents i'm here to fight for you and a great chance for senators from gulf states and last, senator murcowski and sullivan, this is for them to stand up and say we're putting our industry and our constituents first. we need the jobs, we need the revenue. >> dana: we'll see if they do that. daniel turner thank you for joining us, enjoy the snow down there in virginia. take care. >> thank you. >> what we can and are doing is investigating every detail of this attack to find answers. we are leaving no stone unturned. >> bill: we have new video now, chilling new video of the pus pact in the deadly new year's terror attack in new orleans. what the feds are revealing about his movements before the event and what we're learning now. a suspect wanted in two new york city subway stabbings has been arrest

get your reaction to this exchange between gom montana senator tim sheehy and pete hegseth. watch this. >> what is the diameter of rifle round fired out of m4 a1 rifle? >> a 556. >> what is our most important strategic base in the pacific? >> gaum is threatty significant. >> how many rounds of 556 can you fit in magazine of m4 rifle? >> depends on the magazine but standard issue is 30. >> what kind of batteries in your night vision goggle? >> duracell. [ laughter ] >> right there you represent qualifications that show you understand what the war fighter deals with every single day on the battlefield. liz: he's been in the trenches anden oturu front line and knows what it means to put your life on the line for america and you've done that; right, jim. you've worked with military veterans and we have military veterans in our world here with fox. hegseth knew all the answers and now we have the senate slated to hold more than a dozen hearings for trump's cabinet pi picks and get them confirmed and trump wants them confirmed and he's inaugurate and the wrap it up for us. final t

on the ground, in combat and dust on the boots and there's a wonderful colloquy with senator tim sheehy quizzing pete hegseth. take a listen to this. jowski what is the diameter of the rival round fired out of m4 a1 rifle? >> a 556. >> how many pushups can you do? >> i did five sets of 47 this morning. >> how many rounds of 556 can you fit in magazine of m4 rifle? >> depends on the magazine but standard issue is 30, senator. >> what size rondos the m9 brett tafanely stan darling stone issue fine up for? >> a 9-millimeter, senator. >> what kind of batteries do you put in night vision goggle? >> duracell. [ laughter ]. >> right there representing qualifications that show you understand what the war fighter deal withs every single day on the battlefield. larry: so, duracell batteries and lots of pushups. very impressed and mr. van orden, he is kind of a soldier's pentagon chief, won't he be, if he gets it? he's a really, this will be the first time i can't remember in how long. he's sort of representing the actual soldiers combat, and he knows his stuff backwards and forward. now, i think

senator banks of indiana, senator sheehy of montana and senator slotkin of michigan.e you as committee colleagues and look forward to many important contributions from each of you. and senator slotkin, as i look down at the end of the dias it seems like a week or two ago i was sitting in that chair recognized by the chairman of the committee, the senator from michigan. so time flies. now, let me say this. we had a very appropriate expression of approval by the members of the audience as our nominee and his family walked in. the distinguished ranking member and i sincerely hope that that is the last signal of approval or disapproval in today's hearing. people of the public are here and they are welcome to observe today's hearing and senator reid and i agree, though, that no disruptions will be allowed. audience members may not verbally or physically distract from the hearing to include shouting, standing, or raising signage or gestures that block the view of the audience. and we are very serious about this, aren't we, mr. reid? >> absolutely, sir. >> those who do so wi

i'm a sheehy, so i'm on board. what is the diameter of the rifle round fired out of an m4a1 rifle. >> that's a five. five. six. >> how many push ups can you do? >> i did five sets of 47 this morning. >> at the end of 2013. shortfall of $130,000 at the end of 2014. shortfall of $428,000. you had a surplus the following year, but then another deficit of $437,000. by the time you left, that organization had deep debts, including credit card transaction debts of about $75,000. that isn't the kind of fiscal management we want at the department of defense. >> what's the largest number of people you've ever supervised or had in an organization in your career? >> not 3 million. >> so i don't expect that no one very few people have ever had that experience. but how many? it's a straight up question. >> i think we had over 100 full time staff of concerned veterans vets for america, roughly with thousands of volunteers. so 100. it was also a headquarters company commander, which would have been a couple of hundred. so nothing

well, i'm a sheehy, so i'm on board. how many push ups can you do?approach yesterday to defense secretary nominee pete hegseth. in the hearing yesterday. and in just about 30 minutes, president elect trump's pick for attorney general, pam bondi, will face members of the senate judiciary committee on capitol hill for her confirmation hearing. let's bring in the ranking member of that committee, democratic senator dick durbin of illinois. >> are you going to ask him how many push ups he can do? >> i want to know if he can talk. all right. senator durbin, i do want to ask you about yesterday. i know we're going to talk about pam bondi and today in your committee, but what stood out to you from the hearings yesterday for defense secretary nominee pete hegseth? >> there were many good questions, and i have to commend my colleague, tammy duckworth. >> there's hardly a person more qualified to ask someone who wants to be secretary of defense what their background is and whether it's good enough for the job. tammy duckworth, like so many of our veterans, has

used to work as an aerial firefighter, the just sworn in freshman senator from montana, senator tim sheehy is the former ceo of an aerial firefighting company. and it's great to have you here. i think you're the only former aerial firefighter in the senate, i would assume. so. tell me if i'm wrong. i checked, i didn't see any others. first off, just on what it is like to be in those planes, in those helicopters that are doing this. can you just walk us through that as we're watching and seeing just how pivotal they've been playing a role in this tonight? >> well, it's important for people to know it's one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. just this last summer, we lost four firefighting pilots around the u.s. and around the world. every year you'll read stories about it. you're flying these planes through smoke and ash, through incredible turbulence, high winds, and of course, you're close to the ground, high terrain. you've got mountains on either side, and you've got a lot of other aircraft in the area. and as you just mentioned, i can show you a picture in a minute here about the

used to work as an aerial firefighter, the just sworn in freshman senator from montana, senator tim sheehy is the former ceo of an aerial firefighting company. and it's great to have you here. i think you're the only former aerial firefighter in the senate, i would assume. so. tell me if i'm wrong. i checked, i didn't see any others. first off, just on what it is like to be in those planes, in those helicopters that are doing this, can you just walk us through that as we're watching and seeing just how pivotal they've been playing a role in this tonight? well, it's important for people to know it's one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. >> just this last summer, we lost four firefighting pilots around the u.s. and around the world. every year you'll read stories about it. you're flying these planes through smoke and ash, through incredible turbulence, high winds. and of course, you're close to the ground. high terrain. you've got mountains on either side, and you've got a lot of other aircraft in the area. and as you just mentioned, i can show you a picture in a minute here about the

senator banks of indiana, senator sheehy of montana, and senator slotkin of michigan. we are excited to have you as committee colleagues and look forward to many important contributions, contributions from each of you. and senator slotkin, as i look down at the end of the dais there, it seems that only a week or two ago, i was sitting in that very chair, uh, being recognized by the chairman of the committee, the distinguished senator from michigan. so. time. time flies. now, um, let me say this. we had, uh, uh, very appropriate expression of approval. uh, by the members of the pardon me, members of the audience as, um, as our nominee and his family walked in, um, the the distinguished ranking member. and i sincerely hope that that is the last, uh, signal of approval or disapproval in, uh, in today's hearing, um, people of the public are here. they're welcome to observe today's hearing. and, um, senator reed and i agree, though, that no disruptions will be allowed. audience members may not verbally or physically distract from the hearing to include shouting, standing or

. >> to sheehy of montana and senator slotkin of michigan.senator slotkin, as i look down at the end of the dais there, it seems that only a week or two ago, i was sitting in that very chair being recognized by the chairman of the committee, the distinguished senator from michigan. so. time. time flies. now, let me say this. we had very appropriate expression of approval by the members of the pardon me and members of the audience as as our nominee and his family walked in the distinguished ranking member. and i sincerely hope that that is the last signal of approval or disapproval in in today's hearing, people of the public are here. they're welcome to observe today's hearing. and senator reid and i agree, though, that no disruptions will be allowed. audience members may not verbally or physically distract from the hearing to include shouting, standing or raising signage or gestures that block the view of the audience. and we're we're very serious about this, aren't we? mr. reid, and the those who do so will be immediately escorted from the r