representation in parliament is a strawman, i say. we hold our right to tax ourselves and will not surrender that right to the corrupt politiciansd of parliament. >> here, here. >> the chair recognizes dr. gardner. >> i am distressed that someone seeks to delude us about this wholesome and legal beverage. it,here is a poison about it is that which flows from the lips who insight the mob. >> here, here! mere 3/10 tax worth the destruction of trade in this town? >> the chair recognizes mr. samuel adams. sir. >> governors have no right to speak and take what they please. instead of being content with the station assigned them, that of honorable servants of society , and instead become absolute masters desperate to -- as a private man has a right to say what wages he will pay in his private affairs, so has the community to determine what it will give of its substance for the administration of public affairs. >> here, here. >> the chair recognizes mr. archibald wilson. you have the floor. >> mr. savage i apprehend that , the application of

the president auj offers a strawman when he talks about the middle east. the choice of doing nothing or half a million boots on the ground. he could have destroyed the ear assets of assad after he dropped barrel bombs an used chemical weapons an denied him the ability to do that by air and he didn't. and he could have armed the moderate rebels when they were rebels and could have backed the initiatives of the saudis and jordanians and he didn't. and he could have left a residual force in iraq which could have kept isis from moving into iraq and destabilizing a bigger door for the region and making the situation in syria more complications. but 400,500 and 600 million -- >> not million, hundred thousand. >> a million or two million refugees destabilizing europe and foreign policy, these are the -- these are the credits on president obama's report card when it comes to syria. >> we ask you for questions for the panel and on this issue of whether or not president obama could have done more and his contention that he couldn't, we got this from christopher hess

it's a bit of a strawman, excuse for the fot have for example to lobby to keep jobs in this country,er to lobby for certain factories -- david: jonathan, it's real spending and it's our money! >> well, let's see, let's hope it's not drain the swamp and build the wall and lock her up. let's see him do it after he's elected and i'll give him the credit he deserves. david: see if he can walk the walk as well. >> big news out of the trump transition team. navarro saying this i'm deeply honored for the opportunity to serve the president-elect and this nation and to advise on policies to rebalance our trade, rebuild industrial base and restore america's national power by making america great again. and wilbur ross did advise trump on the trade policies. david: the great thing about this for fans of larry kudlow, leaves the position open, some think navarro is going to get that. supplyside tax cutters wanted kudlow to have it. that position is still open. there's time for a supply sider to move in. that would please conservatives. >>> democratic senator chuck schumer says trump's one trillion

on the health care issue, the strawman that has been put up continually, democrats want to take care of all people and republicans want for people to be on the street. that's not true. everyone knows it. it's two different solutions. there is a passion to say how can states solve some of these issues? states are closer. in the past five years medicare the highesthas had in improper payment rates of all government. $142 billion in improper payments in just medicaid, that's a state run programs that the federal governments trying to manage and can keep up with. if you move to states organizing and being able to do more, they are more engaged. , whenegulator in oklahoma there is broad, they are down the street and we can check on it. it's 1200 miles from here. when you are managing fraud, when you are managing relationships, they know about it in the state because they are down the road. there's multiple options but there should be more ability to monitor and control that on a state level. i don't have the belief that the only people in washington, d.c. love americans. i think there are

allows him, you have anticipated my question, which is he set the press up not just as a foil or a strawmanand something that's not to be taken seriously or believed because they're out to get us. so how does the media handle itself in that climate. should it change the way it operates somehow? >> they have to keep doing their job. they have to keep the pressure on. they can't stop reporting uncomfortable facts. but at the same time, i think journalists have to reconnect with their public by listening better to what's bothering them than trump is. than the political system is. >> yeah. >> and re-engage, not at a superficial level like on facebook or twitter, but deeply understand what the troubles in the country are better than the political system does so that they can hold trump to account, not only for what he said but for improving the country and addressing the problems in people's lives. if journalists can do that, then maybe they can get back on the road to trust. >> part of the problem is right now especially for the press, you look back at what's happenedover the past year. most of