tot: let me invite people congress and with our guest, tim burchett. (202) 748-8002 four republicans -- for independence. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8000 four democrats. guest: i have not -- say that again. host: troops in syria may be out by april. do you agree with that idea? guest: i would like to -- guest: i would like to see us move in a direction. i realize the threat with isis. the industrial war complex, $600 billion last year and they got maybe 8-12,000,000,000 more than they asked for. at some point, we have to say enough is enough. we cannot be the world's police officers. host: are you concerned about who bills that vacuum? guest: i am -- guest: i am concerned. we never have and at a plan.

. >> up next, republican tim burchett who is respecting tennessee's second district. he's served as the naaqs county mayor for the past eight years and served in both the state house and the state senate. reporter: the carhart jacket. it's your thing. why? bump bump i tell people -- bureau bureau i tell people it's cheap -- burch burch i tell people it's cheap, american made. bought is one time. it became my thing. i'm cold all the time, in these dafty buildings and my office is drafty. i told the ladies on the floor, i wear a top coat on the floor, i think. i think they only see me wear my carhart looking rat yflt i told the ladies that -- ratty. i told the ladies down front, i said, y'all, they said, where's your carhart? i said, you can't wear it. i stick it under my desk. when it gets to be 65, i'll quit wearing it. whoirp when did you start wearing it? mr. burr: i don't know. 12 years ago. i ride motorcycles too. i've occasionally fallen off of one. it's good. and they hold up too. i'm incredibly tight with the dollar. and i come from a family of public educators

host: this is tim burchett. a republican from tennessee. he serves on the foreign affairs and budget committee. good morning. guest: thank you for having me. host: when it comes to this. people may not know where you're from. give us your back room -- macron. guest: knoxville, tennessee. i have represented several counties. i was the county mayor for eight years. the second congressional district is in east tennessee. it is a fairly republican area. host: what was your interest in running for the u.s. house seat? guest: i got an politics because i was mad. i had a small recycling business and i was accused of taking toxic waste and my political friends ran for cover and the epa cleared me, oddly enough. with,, after it was over i said if i got into political office, i would look after the little man and woman. that is what i have done. my whole career has been that. received race iran, i about 2.5 percentage points over the opponent, who was an incumbent. out of 99 house races, i was the only person to be an incumbent. --ch her years later,

voters in the desk -- second district elected tim burchett, who has held office as the mid-1990's, serving as mayor and terms in the state senate and house. congressman mark green came to national attention as president trump's nominee to be u.s. army secretary. he withdrew his name from consideration after his nomination to criticism for statements he had made about transgender people and muslims. congressman is a west point graduate who served 20 years in the u.s. army, first as an infantry officer and later as a military doctor. he spent time in afghanistan and iraq, taking part in the mission that captured saddam hussein. militaryiring from the , representative gene green cofounded a company that finds staff for hospital emergency rooms. he was elected to two terms in the state senate. startedtative john rose an i.t. training company after law school and later became owner and president of another one. he also owns and operates a farm that has been in his family for eight generations. early in the 2000's, he was tennessee's commissioner of agriculture. south carolina also has two new m

mine was more expensive and no one came out and looked after tim burchett. i decided if i was ever fortunate enough to be elected in any office, i would never turn my back on folks, constituents. that's my hallmark. the first race we won we won with 2.5 percentage points. i was only person to beat an incumbent. and four years later i ran for a state senate -- the state senate and i got elected. i spent 12 years in the state , and then i ran for mayor. we beat a very popular sheriff, we received 85% of the vote. that's unheard of. bozo the clown gets more than that. , congressmangress duncan decided not to run, we ran. . am more or less in that line we won the primary, i think we were at about 50%. the reporters always tell me it's one less than that and i was counting the newspapers because they are always against me. and we won very well in the general election. -- congas methow are you -- >> i'm sorry that took so long. >> have you found a place to live? >> i don't come from money, i live on my couch. haven'td on this, i drawn a check since september. what

voters in the second district elected tim burchett, who has held elected office sinced mid-'90s, including serving as mayor. congressman mark green first came to national attention as president trump's nominee to be u.s. army secretary. he withdrew his name from consideration after his nomination drew criticism for statements he'd made about transgender people and muslims. the congressman is a west point graduate who served 20 years in the u.s. army, first as an infantry officer and later as a military doctor. he spent time in both afghanistan and iraq, taking part in the mission that captured saddam hussein. after retiring from the military, representative green co-founded a company that provides staff for hospital emergency rooms. he was also elected to two terms in the state senate. representative john rose helped start an i.t. training company after law school and later became owner and president of another one. he also owns and operates a farm that has been in his family for eight generations. early in the 2000s, he was tennessee's commissioner of agriculture. south carolina also has

voters in the second district of the tim burchett who has held elected office since the mid 90s including serving his mayor in terms of both the state senate and house. congressman mike green first came to national attention as president donald trump's nominee to be u.s. army secretary. he withdrew his name from consideration after his nomination drew criticism for statement he made about transgender people and muslims. the congressman is a west point graduate who served 20 years in the u.s. army first as an infantry officer and later as a military doctor. he spent time in both afghanistan and iraq taking part in the mission that captured saddam hussein. after retiring from the military, representative cream cofounded a company that cofounded staffer hospital emergency room said he was elected to two terms in state senate. representative john rose helped start an i.t. training company after law school and later became owner and president of another one. he also owns and operates a farm that's been in his family for eight generations. early in the 2000, he was tennessee's commissioner of a

voters in the second district elected tim burchett who has held elected office since the mid 90s, including mayor, and terms in the senate and house. congressman mark green first came to national attention as president trump's nominee to be u.s. army secretary. he withdrew his name from consideration after his nomination drew criticism for statements he made about transgender people and muslims. the congressman is a west point graduate who served 20 years in the u.s. army, first as an infantry officer and later as a military doctor. he spent time in both afghanistan and iraq, taking part in the mission that captured saddam hussein. after retiring from the military, representative green cofounded a company that provides staff for hospital emergency rooms. he was also elected to two terms in the state senate. representative john rose helped start an i.t. training company after law school and later became owner and president of another one. he also owns and operates a farm that has been in his family for eight generations. early in the 2000s, he was tennessee's commissioner of agriculture. sou

voters in the second district elected tim burchett who has held elected office since the mid '90s including mayor and terms in both the state senate and house. congressman mark green first came to national attention as president trump's nominee to be u.s. army secretary. he withdrew his name from consideration after his nomination drew criticism for statements he had made about transgender people and muslims. the congressman is a west point graduate. he has served 20 years in the u.s. army, first as an infantry officer and later as a military doctor. he spent time in both afghanistan and iraq, taking part in the mission that captured saddam hussein. after retiring from the military, representative green co-founded a company that provides staff for hospital emergency rooms. he was also elected to two terms in the state senate. representative john rose helped start an i.t. training company after law school. and later became owner and president of another one. he also owns and operates a farm that has been in his family for eight generations. early in the 2,000s, he was tennessee's commissione

voters in the second district elected tim burchett who has held elected office since the mid-90s including serving as mayor in terms of the both state senate and house. congressman mark green first came to national attention as president donald trump's nominee to be u.s. army secretary. he withdrew his name from consideration after his nomination drew criticism for statements he had made about transgender people and muslims. the congressman is a west point graduate who served 20 years in the u.s. army, first as an infantry officer and later as a military doctor. he spent time in both afghanistan and iraq taking part in the mission that captured saddam hussein. after retiring from the military representative green cofounded a company that provides staff for hospital emergency rooms. he was also elected to two terms in the state senate. representative john rose helped start an it training company after law school and later became owner and president of another one. he also owns and operates a farm that has been in his family for eight generations. early in the 2000s he was tennessee's commis

voters in the second district elected tim burchett who has held elected office since the mid-90s, including serving as mayor, and in terms the both the state senate and house. congressman mark green first came to national attention as president trump's nominee to be u.s. army secretary. he withdrew his name from consideration after his nomination drew criticism for statements he'd made about transgender people and muslims. the congressman is a west point graduate who served 20 years in the u.s. army, first as an infantry officer and later as a military doctor. he spent time in both afghanistan and iraq, taking part in the mission that captured saddam hussein. after retiring from the military, representative green co-founded a company that provides staff for hospital emergency rooms. he was also elected to two terms in the state senate. representative john rose helped start an i.t. training company after law school and later became owner and president of another one. he also owns and operates a farm that has been in his family for eight generations. early in the 2000s, he was tennessee's com

district the second elected tim burchett, who had held office since the mid-1990's, serving as mayor and terms in the senate and house. came toman mark green national attention as president trump's nominee to be u.s. army secretary. he withdrew his name for consideration after his nomination drew criticism for statements he had made about transgender people and muslims. pointngressman is a west graduate who served 20 years in the u.s. army, first as an infantry officer and later as a military doctor. he spent time in afghanistan and iraq, taking part in the mission that captured saddam hussein. after retiring from the military, representative green cofounded a company that provides staff for hospital emergency rooms. he was elected to two terms in the state senate. representative john rose helped start in i.t. training company after law school and later became owner and president of another one. he also owns and operates a farm that has been in his family for eight generations. early in the 2000s come he was tennessee's commissioner of agriculture. south carolina also has two new mem

. >>> coming up friday morning tennessee republican congressman tim purchased -- burchett then talks about plans to require candidates to release their tax returns. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7 am eastern friday morning. joined the discussion. >>> coming up live at friday. the house returns for more work on a bill that would provide child care assistance to certain veterans and wrote to the white house coverage of two events. democratic senator sherrod brown is in hampton new hampshire at 5 pm and the mayor of south bend indiana holds a meet and greet in iowa. acting attorney general matthew whitaker is on capitol hill to testify at a justice department oversight hearing. committee members are expected to ask him about his decision not to recuse himself from the special counsel investigation. and on cspan3 the secretaries of the army, navy and air force get an update on operations. the state department special representative for afghanistan reconciliation will talk about the peace process. >>> this sunday on american history tv the treaty of the moving of a historica