meanwhile, house majority leader steve scalise unveiled h.r.1 yesterday that means the priority bill the republicans h.r.1. the lower energy coast act republicans hoping that this legislation will unleash american energy, joining me right now is louisiana congressman the house majority leader himself steve scalise is here, congressman great to have you. >> maria always agreed to be with you thanks for being here in studio, boy oh, boy what a day your take what isson on the ground on on wall street massive market sell-off first h.r.1, could you make bills whatever you want put in whatever order but you made this the 1, so h.r.1 meaning priority bill tell me why this was made the most important. >> yeah, maria, when speaker mccarthy and i were talking about about what the top bill would be, i know we ran on commitment to america we laid out to country we wanted to get our economy back on track, address inflation, clearly is one of the big driving factors behind what you saw at silicon valley bank silicon valley bank bank we said energy security at heart talking about crunch back on tra

with that i'd like to call up our majority leader, the author of h.r. 1, steve scalise. [applause] mr. scalise: well, thank you, mr. speaker. and what a great day this is for american families who have been struggling for too long under the weight of high prices, record high inflation, all of the problems that president biden has created, and especially for those people that have been frustrated for so long that president biden has gone after american history but yet going all around the world and begged foreign dictators to produce our energy and get our energy from them. this has never been a question about whether or not we have oil and natural gas in the united states of america. the question has been, where do we get it? when president biden came into office on day one, he declared war on american energy. he killed the keystone pipeline here in america between the united states and canada, but it wasn't because the president was against pipelines. he was just against american pipelines. because just days later, he gave a gift to vladimir putin because he green light

steve scalise saying that americans are tired of liberals who wake up every morn and bash energy when we do energy cleaner here, look at president's bad polls, this is a failed presidency. gallup. and new fox poll, 2/3 disagree of his handling of the economy, 9 out of 10 worried about inflation, 54% say biden is dishonest this is a failed presidency congressman. >> yes, suit absolutely, they are reflecting what i hear every day when i home in wisconsin, people are falling further behind. people are thrust rated with the crime -- frustrated with crime they are seeing, they are frustrated with this administration and its disconnect from reality which challenges. >> carol . former cheaper economist wrote in "financial times" biden massive cost of green transition will driven -- drive the interest rates higher this say push to ditch reliable energy that is out of control. as, we have now, you know he says follow california. california's greener energy moves to go electric, stanford university study saying people charge their electric cars at night. wind power, solar power goes down at nig

let me bring up steve scalise, our majority leader. >> thank you, mr. speaker.portant victory for parents who deserve to have a say in their kids' education. it is unbelievable that here in washington you didn't see everybody coming together for such a basic right. the parents bill of rights. the fact that not a single democrat would vote to allow parents to have a say in their kids' education shows you how extreme this democrat party has become in washington. yet parents have been calling for this for two years. we saw during covid with shutdowns and lockdowns where parents looked beneath the veil and saw what was happening in their kids' education. many were alarm they weren't seeing their kids learning reading, writing and math. they saw things that made them concern to ask questions saying can i see my kids' curriculum? there were union bosses who didn't want their kids to be able to find out what was going on in the classroom. they didn't want the parents to know. so we brought forward the parents bill of rights. i applaud all the members of the education c

i mean, he's in a long line of republicans, steve scalise called them anarchist and terrorists. of domestic terrorism. mitch mcconnell said donald trump should face civil and criminal charges for his role in insighting the ak tha -- insighting the attack. >> it is not exactly a profile encouraged by senator cruz. it is obvious that tucker carlson is the head of the republican party. the kind of judge almost that will censure people for not falling in line. the question is, and to go back to what joyce said, is he saying this knowing that it is false. that actual malice standard, that is the phrase that comes from the 1964 "new york times" versus sullivan case, malice doesn't mean in that contact of what we think of ill will. it means saying falsehoods and knowing they are false. and what makes the dominion lawsuit so powerful is that i think people like tucker are saying what he said and knowing that it is false. when we saw the stuff that he said behind the scenes, that he thought people were nuts, that these were unbelievable, it is obvious that he didn't think they were true.

. >> at least one top republican, majority leader steve scalise, said "there is no place in america forolitical violence of any kind." this comes a federal judge pierced attorney-client privilege between trump and his defense attorney in a separate investigatn into classified documents found at mar-a-lago. today corcoran testified. he was also ordered to turn over his notes and transcripts of audio recordings. in addition to these probes, trump is being investigated by the justice department and fulton county, georgia, for his efforts to subvert the 2020 election. if indicted in any of these cases it would be the first for former president. joining me to discuss this and more, deadline -- a reporter at "the washington post." and joining me in the studio, the managing ater of punch bowl news. eugene daniels, white house correspondent and author of political's playbook and heinz nichols, a political reporter at axios. i want to start with you because one of the most significant developments was in the classified documents case is investigating. essentially what happened the judge totally

>> reporter: but republicans have a different view including mass shooting survivor steve scalise. >>ll they want to do is take guns away from law-abiding citizens before they even know the facts. >> reporter: the reality tonight, any gun legislation has little chance of passing congress. >> if you think washington is going to fix this problem, you're wrong. >> reporter: that vacuum has left states to take action including colorado that's witnessed mass shootings at club q, aurora, and columbine. lawmakers there advancing a bill to expand red flag laws empowering more people to petition a judge to confiscate guns from those who present a danger to themselves or others. in illinois after that july 4th parade shooting, democratic lawmakers approved an assault weapons ban that now faces legal challenges, but in florida leading republicans are pushing to allow gun owners to carry weapons without a permit. andrew pollack's daughter meadow was killed by a teen gunman at florida's stoneman douglas high school. he says weapons bans are not the answer to stopping mass shootings. >> it's easy t

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. >> steve scalise tells us congress is working on legislation that could classify fentanyl as a schedule one drug. >>> now the cdc issued a warning to americans planning to travel to metroplex to spring break. there are major concerns of pills laced with fentanyl and other dangerous substances. here is the senior national correspondent, william. >> you name it, i got it. 40% off on any medication. >> reporter: more than a million americans buy prescription drugs in mexico. this seller, typical. reading tourists looking for the cheaper meds that don't require a script. p >> p a new study calls that practice dangerous. ucla sent researchers to mexican pharmacies posting as tourists to buy xanax and oxycodone. >> now that the cartel adopted aderal with methamphetamine and learned to press those pills, our problem is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. >> reporter: the follow-up by the l.a. times found 71% of the medication from three mexican cities tested positive forfeital, and methamphetamine. >> i am shocked that more americans are not up and arms over what's going on. >> rep

steve scalise, he said the opposite. >> trillions of new taxes, raising costs for family biden talkedg corporate rate that means when but to the grocery store, you will pay more. if you go to a department store to buy school clothes it will cost you more. kennedy: joe manchin will rwill re-- his lunch, with us party panel brian b-- brin brenberg and alli breen and di director of operations steven -- kenz, brenberg? what is this? >> if it were to be fulfilled it would be dangerous, 6.8 trillion dollar budget, president said he will take deficits down, he will just grow them less slowly than he already. he will add 17, 18 trillion in terms of okay cummulated deficits over 10 years, he can't pay for that, national debt will go way up. i don't know how you get a debt ceiling deal done with this budget, he is not trying to move an inch in direct of the republicans, he does not care about, that this is a campaign document for 2024. i want to say, he is talking about raising corporate tax rate from 21 to 28, you hear people say corporations should pay more, folks, they don't pay it. you pay

saying president has been mia since meeting on debt limit two months ago, house majority leader steve scaliset yesterday. >> at this point the ball is in president biden's court does he want to try to run out the clock risk more fiscal chaos that we've seen under biden administrationor finely do his job sit down with speaker to work through this. >> president biden responded to mccarthy's alert saying he hopes republicans can show their plan before easter recess putting it back on republicans to ask for a budget from congress, joining us right now texas congressman jodey arrington chairman budget committee members house ways and means committee great to see you this morning thanks for being here. >> good morning, you bet, good morning, maria. maria: we all know we haven't seen a budget from congress is that one lever that joe biden gets to pull since, we haven't seen that budget? >> no, it is just -- obfuscation, just a delay tactic speaker laid out two or three important fiscal reforms number one rightsides bureaucracy, to pre-covid levels that will save over 100 billion dollars, resend resc

steve scalise also calling out the president yesterday. at this point the ball's in president biden's court. does he want to try to run out the clock and risk more fiscal chaos that we've seen under the biden administration or will he finally do his job and sit down with the speaker to work through this? maria: the president told mccarthy, quote, my hope is house republicans can present the american be public with your budget plan before congress leaves for easter recess so we can have an in depth conversation when you return. now the heat is on you for a plan by easter. congressman, we narrowly avoided a massive upset because of a bank crisis on top of a narrowly missed severe recession. are we about to come close to the edge on the debt ceiling negotiation or can something be done before we actually are in dangerous times? >> i was disappointed in the biden administration's response, i think it's quite reckless. we saw speaker mccarthy come forward with a pretty straightforward plan about how we need to get the economy back on track and

lauren: hi house majority leader steve scalise says veto offer relied might be considered as soon asthat president biden used power of the pen monday, to veto a bill that would block esg investing in our retirement funds. that bill passed in both house and the senate but in order for it override to happen house needs support from two-thirds of the chamber, big defy between republicans and the president right now. the kro job, web site indeed.com will cut 2,200 employees almost 15% workforce, ceo saying in memo cuts come from every region, and every job level, employees received emails informing them of status subject lines reading your position has not been impacted or -- your position has been impacted, indeed anticipating will keep declining through this year and next as economy in job market soften. >> beathoven making headlines strands of hair to sequence genome complete set of dna found in every cell all years later researchers hope that the studying of his dna might help determine what caused his hearing loss, his stomach pain severe liver disease, that actually caused his deat

the house and members of the senate, leadership in the house, notably not there, kevin mccarthy, steve scalise. why do you think that is? >> i don't know. what i'm thinking, they're trying to get everything together so that we can keep our commitment to the american people. you know, it's a job. we have the majority now and we have to work and i'm here and i can do this and, you know, try to do what we've got to do to keep our promises to the american people. we have to focus on that and that may very well be why they aren't here. jacqui: there's also this duelling event, club for growth, showing the divide in the republican party as they try to elect a candidate for 2024, someone to move on from former president trump and some people don't. why did you choose to go to cpac, will you also be going to club for growth? >> no, i won't be going to club for growth. there is a divide. this is exactly what the democrats and the leftists want. they want a division in the republican party so they can push their agenda right up the middle. you know, what brought us to the party was the american first mo

. >> well, most americans want common sense gun reform, but the line that we heard from steve scalise and a lot of people is that when you talk about common sense gun reform, you are looking to take away guns from law-abiding people, and in violation of the second amendment. that is not actually typically what most people who want gun reform are trying to do. >> of course not. we put all these checks and balances in place for our kids when they ride in automobiles. i mean, good lord. we spent the past two years banning books, and we banned drag shows because we want to make kids safer supposedly. and, yet, 9-year-old children get shot down and we don't seem to think that we need to do anything about guns. the common denominator in all these situations is that there is somebody who has a gun. 367 shootings, school shootings since columbine. we have said never again. and, you know, yet we won't do anything about it. >> and in sandy hook after that we said never again. after parkland we said never again. there is a representative from your state, tim bur chit who said something interesti

larry: h.r. 1, steve scalise's bill. save america by opening up the fossil fuel spigot, promote growth, cut inflation and let liz macdonald save america, she's awfully good at it. elizabeth: that was a great show, larry, good to see to you. okay, this coming up tonight, what you need to know about the irs out of the blue showing up at the home of twitter files journalist matt taibbi the same day he every thed about the weaponny -- he testified about the weaponization of government. plus, the grand jury probe into former president trump. with us tonight, james comer, carol issa and bruce westerman, tom dupree, retired nypd officer bill sanchez and mitch roschelle. the senate had its first hearing into the u.s. bank crisis, we also have what former president trump had to say about that crisis, and another new poll this time from monmouth. now 4 in 10 democrats do not want president biden to run again. and experts slam, quote, ineffective school pandemic policies at a hearing today as parents said say, told you so. and dr.

house majority leader steve scalise says republicans will also work through the legislative process and bring some very important bills to the floor. we'll see where that goes. this hearing comes as chairman jim jordan, biggs and mcclintock sent a letter to the office of refugee resettlement director asking for a transcribed sit-down interviews on protections of migrant children after the bombshell "new york times" report revealing migrant children work very dangerous jobs across the country and in violation of labor laws. we expect some powerful emotional testimony once again unfortunately another mother who has lost her child. >> bill: never gets easy. aishah hosni thank you from the hill today. >> dana: virginia governor glenn youngkin joined us this morning and reacted to speculation he is eyeing a bid for the white house. here is what he said. >> well, i am not looking at 2024 right now. i am looking at 2023. >> dana: if you were going to get into the 2024 race you can't do that at the end of 2023. that is happening now. >> i have said to everyone, this question i get asked quite a

we have had republican members of congress shot representative steve scalise for people to go on nationalalls of violence simply because they don't like the fact that we are taking stands to protect life. these people are unhinged but they need to be held accountable. there should not be a double standard. >> jesse: are you tracing the death threat that you received after jane fonda said this directly to jane fonda? >> absolutely. so, the individual that made this comment actually posted it under her video of "the view" saying that the only good conservative and trump supporter was a dead one. and that was after this comment was made and that was made at us. i just want to make this point known that we have talked to capitol police and it's especially alarming being that republican female members especially as a whole seem to be more targeted because a lot of these predators look at us like victims and so it's a very dangerous thing for her to have done. and we will be holding her accountable as she should be. >> jesse: anna, she says she is just joking. do you buy that? >> no. in fact, i

the extent that this irritation among house committee leaders develops with comer, that is when steve scalisend work itself out. he does oversee the committee, so it seems like there needs to be more coordination there. >> i just want to work this. one of the problems here is speaker mccarthy promised a lot of these things to get the votes to be speaker. ask he can't afford because any member one day said let's have another vote. among them, marjorie taylor greene, who is a big supporter of kevin mccarthy. she's on oversight and accountability thousand. she says those who arrested for january 6th are being treated like political prisoners. this is her letter. the treatment of january 6th detainees paint a picture of abuse of justice. the committee is concerned that january 6th detainees are facing a a unique form of dismist treatment representing potential human rights abuses. that's a huge allegation. the d.c. jails right here, can they prove it? >> we'll have to see. kevin mccarthy did make this pledge, so this is something that is going to be a conversation at least in this congress. this

the number two house republican majority leader steve scalise also took questions on this topic today. his take amounted to, well, the january 6th committee released video. >> is there concern as much as there's a desire around transparency around rethis, arod security information of releasing thisor footage? >> of course if you watchas wha the january i 6th committee did under speaker pelosi they actually released a lot of video veryof sensitive. they literally released video of vice president pence exiting the capitol showing the route he takes. ultimately speaker mccarthy is talking about going through and what gets released is going to be scrutinized. >> okay, all the material shown by the january 6th committee, that was done in consultation with the u.s. capitol police. a staffer with direct knowledge of the process told nbc news that the committee worked with a capitol police representative to makee sure the surveillance footage ifur released to the public would, quote, not compromise their security posture. itur remains to be seen what sa guards house republicans put in place a

but there is legislation coming soon, at least according to majority leader steve scalise who tells foxhat congress is working, right now, to bring bills to the floor. and that could possibly include a bill to permanently schedule fentanyl as a schedule 1 drug. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie live on capitol hill. thank you. attorney general merrick garland faced tough questioning today in the senate hearing where republicans quizzed him on a number of issues. correspondent david spunt has that story tonight. >> so help you god. >> attorney general merrick garland again promising independence in the ongoing criminal probe of the president's son hunter while testifying before the senate for an annual oversight hearing. >> i promised to leave the matter of hunter biden in the hands of the u.s. attorney for the district of delaware who is appointed in the previous administration. >> the younger biden has been under investigation since 2018. reportedly for tax violations and other matters. senator chuck grassley asking for assure appears. prosecutor david weiss could charge someone outside his

house of representatives, my friend from louisiana, steve scalise. mr. scalise: well, thank you so much for the introduction but especially to my colleague from arkansas. thank you for having the idea to call coach rolo, as we call him, and say -- these members of congress, come on over and spend a few minutes to see what true excellence is all about. and that was the treat that we got to experience for that next hour and a half or so, to watch what so many young men through the years got to experience. you can only think of the joy and the treat it was for those students at mater dei high school who had the great fortune to play for coach bruce rollinson over those years because we just saw it in a brief period of time. and since getting to know him over these last few months, to see what kind of leader of men coach rolo is. and we surely saw it in the eyes of those young high school students. although i will say, when i was looking up to some of those six-foot-plus linemen, many of them looked like they played for the new orleans saints. i would have en

number two house republican majority leader steve scalise also took questions on this topic today, his take amounted to, well, the january six committee released video. >> on january 6th, -- talk about today's meeting. and yesterday was being reported as well. is there concern as much as there is a desire for transparency around this, around security implications of releasing this footage full stop. >> of course, if you watch with the january six committee did under speaker pelosi, they actually released a lot of video that was very sensitive. they literally released video of vice president pence exiting the capitol showing the relativity takes. i didn't hear a lot of concern about that back then and we were concerned how it's like they were. ultimately, we're talking about going through and what gets released will obviously be scrutinized. >> okay, all of the material shown by the january six committee, that was done in consultation with the u.s. capitol police. a staffer with direct knowledge of the process told nbc news that the committee worked with a capitol police representative

pretty standard line after any mass shooting, and then the other one is, you know, majority leader steve scalised, you know, the first thing talked about is taking guns away from law-abiding gun owners. i mean, there is not going to be any gun reform legislation or gun control legislation in this congress. not with a republican house, speaker mccarthy, kevin mccarthy has made that clear. but, you know, to, you know, listen to some of those comments, you know, in the wake of the shooting is swrus, it's -- just, it's always stunning to hear it. when you're standing there, and you see it afterwards, it's still stunning to hear. >> i guess the way some of the answers came out, no, i don't think there's any room, no feeling, no connection. i don't know what's in that person's head. the feeling that comes from the words doesn't seem to connect to the fact that three kids just died. let me ask you about what is at the root of it, though. for a long time, people will just say it's the nra, bought by the nra, bought by the gun lobby. this is why they're in congress. didn't want to lose their power, didn'

house majority leader steve scalise had essentially the same message calling the indictment, quote, one jordan called the indictment outrageous meanwhile senator lindsey graham of south carolina was on fox news last night begging people to give money to the former president. >> they're trying to destroy donald trump because they fear him at the ballot box. to the conservatives out there make sure you vote if you've got friends, make sure they vote. if you don't have any friends, go make some friends but you need to help this man, donald j. trump. they're trying to drain him dry. he spent more money on lawyers than most people spend on campaigns. they're trying to bleed him dry. donaldjtrump.com go tonight, give the president some money to fight this [ bleep ]. >> thanks, senator graham. the white house says it's not expecting to comment on the trump indictment, but aides tell me they're not unhappy with the split screen expect president biden to be focused on policy events, reaching out to communities. he's headed to mississippi to inspect tornado damage they think this could help trump

on truth social, a lot of the republicans are making comments on that site, including steve scalise, the majority leader of the house. quote "the sham new york indictment of president donald trump as one of the theorist examples of extremist democrats weaponizing government to attack the political opponents. outrageous. here is what conner smith's police -- what congressman's n scalise says. caller: i think trump is a great person, he gives to a lot of charities and i think he is a goodhearted man and he does love this country -- host: we'll leave it there and talk to patrick in new york. independent line. patrick, good evening to. -- to you. caller: yes, good evening. first of all i want to say the -- to the guy from georgia, he does not sound like a new yorker. i'm born and raised in new york, ok? and i'm a registered independent. i'm 68 years old and it is a disgrace. this is a witch hunt. they are going after this man because they do not want him to run for president. it is a disgrace. this country, the media is on their side. i mean, look at the economy, they are going out boast

steve scalise, the number two republicans said it was weaponizing the government to attack their political opponents. the at least a phonic , who is also a member of republican leadership called an unprecedented election interference and jim jordans, who is the house judiciary committee chairman investigating alvin bragg, called it outrageous. none of these republicans and nobody else has no have any idea what is the charges here or any of the evidence, but they are rushing very, very clear that they are on trump's side. what has been also notable is the silence coming from top senate republicans mitch mcconnell, john dune, nothing one and two senate republicans have yet to issue any statement them to, of course, are eager to move. past the trump era and have not aligned themselves with donald trump the way that house republican leaders have now just in the last couple of hours. we've gotten a response from the manhattan d a s office pushing back on the republicans attacking this investigation. the letter that was sent just moments ago to from the district attorney's general counsel, lesli

simply today majority leader steve scalise singled out the one week from filmmaker alexandra pelosi showing her mother speaker pelosi and others on the day of the attack. >> i didn't hear a lot of concern about that back then. they released a lot of stuff that probably wouldn't be good for capitol police. >> what congressman scalise should know about that is the care that went into that exclusive. the capitol police saw every piece of footage we aired to make sure it didn't raise security concerns. in any case, this is not about us or any other network airing an exclusive. it's about the particular network that the speaker chose to get this particular exclusive about a specific incident that this network has covered in a very particular way, especially after what we learned just yesterday in dominion voting system's lawsuit against fox. and not from the plaintiffs either. from fox's own chairman rupert murdoch who admitted that his own network, quote, endorsed false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. the very same false claims that fueled january 6th, lies that tucker carlson knew or

there was house majority leader steve scalise on the day that that trump posted that on his truth, social media site warning of death and destruction, and steve scully said that there is no room for political violence or calls for political violence in america. but there has not been widespread condemnation by republicans. and that's the issue here is that we've seen time and again when the president has threatened potential violence that there is not some big disconnect occurring between the majority of the republican party and its leaders and the former president. and laura, just keeping with congressional members. republican the house gop, really, they leapt to his defense, and i've called on the manhattan d a to testify. they've really been in his corner. does that surprise you at all that the we're really seeing them once again, like rallying around the former president, and for what it's worth, they're all having to talk about it much more than any agenda item or any legislation that they want to get past. they're choosing to talk about it because we've seen it in poll after poll th

his republican counterpart, steve scalise said there is no place in america for political violence of any kind. but he also echoed the former president, accusing brag of carrying out in his words a political vendetta. and jim jordan, who chairs the house judiciary committee, dodged the question entirely. when shown the post by a correspondent for nbc chairman jordan told him in the correspondence words. he can't read well without his glasses were the former president. apparently can though especially, it seems the tea leaves because the manhattan case is only one of many and they all seem to be coming to a head. especially this week. the federal documents investigation with his defense attorney, evan corcoran, back before a federal grand jury today without attorney client privilege to shield him from potentially damaging questions. there's that , and now we're ruling that all of these former close aides cannot use executive privilege to avoid testimony before the january 6th grand jury put it all together, and there's plenty to keep anyone up at night and tomorrow the former president

his number two congressman steve scalise called it weaponizing government. jim jordans republican conference chair, at least a phonic blasting it as well and his former vice president and potential 2024 rival mike pence, calling it an outrage and saying this. no one is above the law, including former presidents. be clear on that point. and the american people know this. but in this case and controversy over campaign finance, i can't speak to the merits of this case at all. but i can speak to the issue emanating out of the question over campaign finance. should never have risen to the level to bring and unprecedented and historic prosecution against the former president. all right. there was an interview last night with wolf blitzer. so cnn political commentator and political anchor for spectrum news, errol lewis joins us now. thank you very much. so you see the folks there? kevin mccarthy. these are you know, top tier republicans, the former vice president there. obviously they have ulterior motives. some of them have presidential aspirations. and what have

chairman jim jordan called it outrageous white house while house i should say majority leader steve scalise accused democrats of quote weaponizing. the government to attack their political opponents. let's talk to a democratic congressman about it. daniel goldman see what he thinks he's a former federal prosecutor. very afro poor right now also was the lead counsel democratic counsel in trump's first impeachment trial . good morning. good morning. thank you very, very much, so let me just actually start out caitlin this green interview with one of trump's attorneys, not in this case, but representing him in the documents, probe and others. um jim trustee. here's what he said in terms of how the trump team will likely respond in the next few days. here he was. legal gymnastics. they're going to fall apart. so i would think in very short order, you'll see a motion to dismiss or several motions to dismiss talking about this kind of impossible theory of stacking a federal crime into a state misdemeanor statute of limitations issues and very importantly, the intent to defraud. that's an element

steve scalise, these were his comments yesterday on capitol hill.video clip] >> the first thing in any tragedy is i pray. i pray for the victims, i pray for their families, i get angry when i see people trying to politicize it for their own agenda. especially when we do not know the facts. it looks like the shooter originally went to another school that had stronger security and ultimately went to the school. let's get the facts and work to see if there is something we can do to help secure schools. we have talked about things that we can do and it seems like on the others, they just want to take guns away from law-abiding citizens. they talked about taking guns away from law-abiding citizens and that is not the answer. why don't we keep those families in our prayers and see if there were things that were missed along the way. we talked about the need to improve mental health in this country and that has been a driver of a lot of these shootings. host: house majority leader steve scalise on capitol hill. this is mark in cloverdale, indiana. caller:

want to show and have you listen to steve scalise about how republicans plan to make their case, heree is in a recentnterview. re scalise when republicans see how much it impacts them at the pump, prices are 40% higher. one of the reasons you are paying more at the grocery store. if the public gets engaged on this issue like they are crime we could get this done. it starts with passing in the house and having a debate. you have the energy and commerce committee, natural resources, all volved in putting this package together. it will show the country how we could be energy independent. even though a lot of biden administration officials like his own energy secretary have no idea how to do this. we will show the country h it can be done better than anywhere else in the world and let the country get involved. host: steve scalise in a recent interview talking about this low-energy cost act promotes gas exports and some related to critical minerals. it limits the ability of states to block projects and quantifies trump air rules and speed up environmental reviews under the national environ

majority leader steve scalise said it was outrageous.m joined now by cnn political director david chalian. david i can't say that there are many surprises in these reactions. but it is amazing to see the degree to which so few people are willing to either wait to see what the indictment says no. and in fact, this was sort of rehearsed when donald trump put out on social media a couple weeks ago that he was going to get arrested on a tuesday and we saw the first round of this rallying around of donald trump by republican officials, mostly taking on his talking points of going after the manhattan d a. i would just note one difference in the 2024 presidential field. jake asa hutchinson, who is no fan of donald the former governor of arkansas is considering getting in. he didn't join in on the going after the prosecutor here . he called this a dark day for america when a former president is indicted, and he said that presumption of innocence must follow here for donald trump like any other citizen, but that donald trump should not be the nex

tweet from the number two house republican steve scalise, who called us a sham new york indictment. he called it an extremist, so extremist democrats are weaponizing government to attack their opponents. he called that outrageous, of course, the republicans and like everybody else, they have not seen any of the evidence here. we don't know what the charges are, but they are making clear that they still believe that down. trump is internet innocent and that the prosecutor here is going after donald trump because he is a candidate for the presidency and one republican who has not aligned himself with donald trump don bacon. he's from nebraska, who comes from a swing district. you just talked to our colleague anne grayer, he said. quote i trust the system. that's what he said he doesn't support donald trump's bid for the presidency, but he supports the rule of law, he says. now democrats, on the other hand, have some have come out and said that nobody is above the law. and others have said that it's just too early to weigh in brian shots of hawaii democrat tweeted just a reminder that

guy, great baseball player, great golfer, played with him, but he is a brave man who went with steve scalisers on that horror show on the baseball field and others, but he has fully recovered, was hurt badly, and has a lot of courage. he is a handsome sucker. roger williams, who is a great guy. thank you, roger. you [cheers and applause] are looking good. [cheers and applause] another beautiful endorsement and i was proud of it, brian babb and. thank you, brian. and pat fallon too. thank you. thank you, beth. really great people, and many others. texas land commission don buckingham. that was another good one. [applause] thank you. texas agriculture commissioner, a friend of mine right from the beginning, sid miller. [cheers and applause] you know, when i was running in 2016, the first time i saw this guy that she had this big cowboy hat on and i said man, i wish i could get away with that, you know, in new york, it would not work as well. because of taxes and other things because they are doing not a good job. we moved to florida. and, you know, it is really a big difference, big difference

steve scalise called the indictment, quote, one of the clearest examples of extremist democrats. >> theyoing to say. >> senator rick scott of florida used similar language in his tweet. florida governor ron desantis called it a, quote, weaponization of the legal system he went a step further to gesture and say he would not honor extradition laws and send him to new york when that has nothing to do with him and donald trump will be sent to new york with or without ron desantis virginia governor glenn youngkin also mentioned weaponization in his post on twitter. we talk about pearilous times ad these are. no matter what one feels about this, the unfortunate reality is this is a new reality for this country where a former president has been indicted. it opens the doors to a lot of very scary possibilities >> it's disappointing to see even before we know even what the indictment is really about, the slew of republicans that have talked about weaponization. remember, it was only a week ago, maybe ten days ago that ron desantis stepped out and said, you know, i don't know anything about porn s

from louisiana, the distinguished majority leader and sponsor of this legislation, congressman steve scalise. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank my friend from louisiana, mr. graves, for yielding, for his leadership on this, bringing this amendment, which i support, and especially bringing this bill. mr. chairman, we all ought to be focused on helping low-income families who are struggling. families all across america are struggling under the weight of high inflation. all the spending that's come out of washington under president biden. but especially led and driven by this anti-american energy policy that we've seen from president biden that has dramatically increased cost on american families. how are people getting hit by all of president biden's anti-energy policies? you can see it right here. gas prices every time you go to the pump, 50% more people are paying. that takes money out of families' paychecks every single week when they go to fill up their vehicle. you look at the utility bills people are paying. 40% more, 25%

enter into a colloquy with the congressman from louisiana, my good friend, the majority leader, steve scalise. i now yield to you, sir. the chair: the gentlelady yields. the gentleman is recognized. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. chairman. and really want to thank my dear friend from west virginia, mrs. miller, for your leadership and for yielding. and i truly appreciate your leadership on energy policy as we're seeing here today. and also for working with us on getting this lower energy cost act to the floor and hopefully passed over to the senate shortly. you've been a champion on energy issues of all kinds, but especially on the pipeline issues specific to west virginia. pipelines are so critical to america's energy independence. in fact, we deal with making it easier to move pipelines, build pipelines in america. a lot of the infrastructure that we need to make this country grow is being held up right now from a lot of radical regulations on the left. outside groups that don't want american energy. they're fine with getting dirty energy from foreign countries, but they want to make it harder

host: steve scalise focusing on the lowering costs side of the lowering energy cost act. what is the biden administration doing to address lowering energy costs? guest: a lot. we have a energy policy and the main idea is to shift away dependence on fossil fuels that are holding our families and businesses hostage to global price shocks we cannot control that are driving the climate crisis. and, that are emboldening and enriching the warchest of alizarin petrol states like russia. what happened last summer is congress enacted and biden signed into law the inflation reduction act to reduce our energy costs. part of what it does is it provides $370 billion over 10 years to help us shift to cleaner, smarter ways to power our future. wind, solar, build factories in this country to strengthen our supply chain, build out the energy architecture of the future right here in this country. guess what, it is working. it has been a big, fat success. we have had $4 billion since this was passed. $64 billion -- >> ♪

with that let me bring up our majority leader steve scalise. mr. scalise: today was an important victory for parents who deserve to have a say in their kids' education. it's unbelievable here in washington you didn't see everybody coming together for such a basic right, the parents bill of right. the fact that not a single democrat would vote to allow parents have a say in their kids' education shows you how extreme this democrat party has become in washington. and yet, parents have been calling for this for two years. we saw during covid, with shutdowns, with lockdowns, where parents actually got to look beneath the veil, actually got to see what was happening in their kids' education and many were alarmed they weren't seeing their kids reading, learning, writing, arithmetic but saw them that made them concern about, can i see my kid's curriculum and they were shocked when they found out there were union bosses who didn't want their kids to be able to find out what was going on in the classroom. they didn't want the parents to know. and so we brou