predecessors in previous congresses and signed by any previous president can be reversed by the united states congress, if it's our will to do that. we don't accept sazz sacrosanct a decision made by by a previous congress and neither should we accept a decision sank row sant made by a previous -- sank sant made by -- sacrosanct a previous supreme court. we shouldn't allow ourselves to be bound by those decisions, even if we have to go back to challenge marbury at some point. but we won't have to do, that mr. speaker. because i believe the next appointment to the supreme court brings a strict constructionist, an originalist, to the court, as promised by president trump. he followed through with neil gorsuch. i believe he'll follow through with the second appointment to the court. if given that opportunity, we need to move heartbeat legislation over to the desk of mitch mcconnell so we can begin to apply how we're going to get it off his desk and get it to the floor of the senate and passed and over to president trump's desk where will he sign the heartbeat legislation -- he will sign the heartbeat leg

united states legally justified its constant state of warfare when our pounding paperwork the founding paperwork of a country the united states constitution quite specifically states that only congress has the power to declare war not george herbert walker not bill c. not w.-a not moroccan certainly not the donald. enter the highly controversial and much debated authorization for use of military force or a us that that along with the national defense authorization act has been responsible for all of our collective killing of poor brown folks around the world since nine eleven representative barbara lee out of california was the lone vote against the a u.s. back in two thousand and one stating it was a blank check to the president to attack anyone involved in the september eleventh events anywhere in any country without regard to our nation's long term foreign policy economic and national security interests and without time limit in granting these overly broad powers of the congress failed its responsibility to understand the dimensions of its director late declaration and sadly that they have as the a you a map has been stretched about as thin as it could ever possibly be imagined i

the united states congress is certainly no exception. here, as everywhere, employees must be free to work without fearing they'll be the victim of harassment. so a consensus emerged among members in both the house and the senate that we should do more to hold people accountable, protect staff, and help prevent harassment in the first place. that's exactly what will happen under the proposal that our colleague senator blunt and senator klobuchar have developed. these colleagues of ours deserve big thanks. they are a thorough, -- their thorough, bipartisan collaboration has produce add proposal to reform how congress handles federal workplace violations, particularly harassment. it will help this institute take an important step forward. it achieves many of the important goals that members of both parties have put forward in recent months. there was widespread consensus that members of congress who commit sexual harassment should reimburse taxpayers for the cost of claims or settlements. this reform achieved that and more. it requires memb

congress. are taxes added to goods imported to the united states. englanduy a chair from for $20 come you add a terrible and the chair costs $40. at the time the united states had no income tax. the united states was really good at it. mid-80's, there was a huge surplus in the mid-1880's in the american budget. no income tax, yet america was running a huge surplus because of the tariffs. the surplus was viewed as a problem. puck was against the tariffs. they thought tariffs were tax on the working man. you can see they are making the point that the surplus is a terrible problem caused by the tariffs. >> we now have a $20 trillion debt, roughly. was the u.s., what federal budget and the surplus? >> in the low hundreds of millions. the surplus was less than 100 million. the numbers are amazingly small compared to today. >> let's look at the speaker of the house from this time period. not a very complementary look. why? >> puck was a democratic magazine. this is a series of republican speakers starting with james blaine. he was involved in a lot of sca

speaker, this is the most closed congress in the history of the united states of america. let me repeat that. this is the most closed congress in the history of the united states of america. the majority is very proud of this rule. develop made a bunch of amendments in order on a handful of bills to run up their numbers. let's remember one thing. on most bills, on most bills the majority of legislation that comes to this floor, they do not allow a single amendment. not one. on most bills that come to this floor, no member of this house, democrat or republican, can offer an amendment. this rule before us today is not closed. but let me highlight a few germane amendments from the 281 amendments that this rule blocks. several bipartisan amendments were blocked such as an amendment by representatives denham, foster, curbelo, and panetta which allows dreamers who grew up in the united states gain legal status provided that they serve out the terms of their enlistment honorably. we're talking about rewarding people who served in our military. that was the amendment. that was brou

what this suggests is the guilt or innocence would be adjudicated not in a court of law but united states congress. >> you wonder if there's a case that the whole time it will be a case against hillary clinton and then say even with everything we found we decided this is not a prosecutable case it puts information out there. >> it doesn't i would not be surprised if the final chapter of this is that he puts his facts forward to congress or some public support and basically says do with this what you wish, my job is done. >> there still discussion whether the president would talk to the mueller team. and his attorneys are saying not going to happen. the question of whether he can subpoena or not or how he responds here is what really giuliani had to say about that scenario. >> the same reason they can't issue a subpoena to him. clinton opposed the subpoena and voluntarily complied. he didn't give up presidential prerogative and his administration wrote a memo saying they can't do that. >> that is a tougher question. i think if mueller were to subpoena the president we would have a legal battle roya

states to wager market forces to set prices so all of those put together congress wanted the united states, fill-in the blank congress wanted their no dates sponsored or operated gambling taking place either individuals been a of course you had to use state-sponsored and you had to use the word state-sponsored there. that means legislation so therefore there is no interstate policy other than the interstate policy of telling states what to do. >> and i meant my answer? laughmac. >> they did not want there to be sports gambling schemes. >> they could prohibit sports gambling themselves somewhat federal policy is served by the statute that would not be observed by the former? >> justice alito that congress could prohibit all sports gambling that would require to regulate individual and sports gamblers as opposed to entities that were providing. >> so i amend my question if it permitted gambling itself it could have done that assuming the commerce clause so what policy does the statute. >> ironically enough it has the federalism values to say inead of having a one-size-fits-all policy

yesterday, somebody was interviewed by the united states congress. none of us know what happened because it was in private. this is what happened in the united states senate over 100 years ago. they would hold hearings in private and the press, i'm sure, as a member of the press, you would want to find out what happened yesterday and he would have preferred if the interview is in public. this is what they are complaining about. and the press in 1880 and 1890 was adamantly suggesting the senate should not meet in private and they should meet in public and he was trying to shine the light on the behavior. here, of course, the sinister and terrible things are happening in congress behind closed doors, where the public can't see. >> and we should say you are referring to hope hicks, meeting behind closed doors and the house intelligence committee. we should point out we begin this network and because we want to show the process as it unfolds. >> and so you would be the gentleman and the lady of the shining light in that cartoon. >> this next one is buildi

united states legally justified its constant state of warfare when our founding paperwork the founding paperwork of a country the united states constitution quite specifically states that only congress has the power to declare war not george herbert walker not bill c. not not moroccan certainly not the donald. enter the highly controversial and much debated authorization for use of military force or a us that that along with the national defense authorization act has been responsible for all of our collective killing of poor brown folks around the world since nine eleven representative barbara lee out of california was the lone vote against the a u.s. back in two thousand and one stating it was a blank check to the president to attack anyone involved in the september eleventh events anywhere in any country without regard to our nation's long term foreign policy economic and national security interests and without time limit in granting these overly broad powers of the congress failed its responsibility to understand the dimensions of its director late declaration and sadly that they have as the a you a map has been stretched about as thin as it could ever possibly be imagined in ord

it wasn't the united states congress.nap reform, some republicans opposed to sugary forms, the house g.o.p. vote counter is getting nervous about the farm bill. >> you need to look at what's the big picture. it's having a farm program that works and putting work requirements and placed on welfare programs. >> congress remain foxx says she will support the farm bill even if her sugar amendment fails. >> shannon: doug mckelway, thank you very much. when the u.s. embassy open in jerusalem, not one democrat, not one elected member of congress who is a democrat attended the ceremony. do they have a problem with israel? that story is next. some democratic 2020 front runners including elizabeth warren share their ideas and come out swinging against president trump and even our democracy. >> 2016, nearly 3 million more people voted for hillary clinton than donald trump. but trump took the presidency. that is not exactly a sign of a healthy democracy. a heavy smoker for 26 years. i smoked a pack and a half a day and i was able to

very frankly, newt gingrich, in 1978, was elected to the congress of the united states and he said we have to be more confrontational. we have to bring down the democrats. we have to show that they are corrupt and show that they cannot run the congress and they are not acting in the best interest of the american people. bob michael, but not that much in disagreement with newt gingrich. but my -- bob michael however was very substantially at odds with newt gingrich and the respect he gave to the other side. they respected one another. they worked together. they respected the institution and respected the context of this being the people's house. that is what you would have to replicate. and hopefully, it can be done. but elections now are too close and too confrontational and we raise so much money that people think they must go home thursday night or friday night and be there that weekend. and come back at the latest possible time -- spend time at home campaigning because campaigning now is a 24 hour, seven day a week, 52 weeks a year operation. and in that context, it is tough to com

anyone who carries that gun openly is willing to use it to kill someone it is a shame that the united states congress has not done anything anything to protect our students from gun violence there's all kinds of proposals in congress to stop and limit gun sales however is selling new guns really the issue at this point there's over three hundred fifty seven million guns in the united states that's more guns than people and at this point over four hundred thousand guns are stolen on average each year to put it simply the usa is awash in guns and the firearms owners protection act makes it illegal to track them the f.b.i. can conduct criminal background checks on the people who purchase firearms but there's a catch the records of those background checks must be destroyed within twenty four hours so that no record can be kept of who purchased what gun congress now has for proposals on the table two of them are for tougher background checks another is an outright ban on the sale of assault rifles and in addition to that there's a proposal to lift the age for purchasing firearms from eighteen to twenty on

the united states congress has not done anything anything to protect our students from gun violence there's all kinds of proposals in congress to stop and limit gun sales however is selling new guns really the issue at this point there's over three hundred fifty seven million guns in the united states that's more guns than people and at this point over four hundred thousand guns are stolen on average each year to put it simply the usa is awash in guns and the firearms owners protection act makes it illegal to track them the f.b.i. can conduct criminal background checks on the people who purchased firearms but there's a catch the records of those background checks must be destroyed within twenty four hours so that no record can be kept of who purchased what gun congress now has for proposals on the table two of them are for tougher background checks another is an outright ban on the sale of assault rifles and in addition to that there's a proposal to lift the age for purchasing firearms from eighteen to twenty one all of these proposals impact gun sales but don't do anything about the millio

give millions of dollars without us knowing who they are and being able to buy votes in the united states congress. that is wrong. and democrats have a plan to end that and to return our democracy back to the people. the nation's wealthiest and special interest groups have funneled millions to influence votes and there is little competing with large-scale corporate pac money. it is pretty tough to outfinance billionaires if you are busy teaching our nation's children. and it's hard to beat back against these interests to make sure all the voices of working people are heard and frankly it's unjust that they should have to. we know that big donors, the n.r.a., the koch brothers and these special interest groups own republican members of congress. they throw resources into tight races and in return they return -- receive a not so secret promise from republicans to slow or shred any meaningful legislation to address our nation's biggest problem. and until we can get this big money out of politics and push for the kinds of real reforms we mentioned today, we are not going to see the kind of reform that

it's very possible that diplomacy is successful it will require action by the united states congress in order to deal with some of these issues during the discussions on their rand nuclear agreement all republican colleagues thought that this should be a treaty type or an arranged. which would require the two thirds vote of the united states senate my question to you is how do you intend to keep congress informed during these negotiations considering the questions that senator menendez asked were ones that i would have asked also and we had not had the in-depth type of briefings that would be i think required in these types of negotiations so how do you envision keeping us informed recognizing that during the iran nuclear agreements congress felt compelled to pass a statute in order to make sure that we were kept informed. senator appreciate the question. i was but a junior member of congress at the time i don't remember being kept informed at all for the record with respect to the j.c. appeared spite of what i think the record would show were constant efforts to be so informed i'm g

and that is a request for the fuel scope memo that would allow the american people and the united states congressrstand what this investigation actually was allowed to do. the remarkable part honestly is that this inquiry which congress has made has been rebutted by the deputy attorney general who says he's been extorted by congress. and that's quite remarkable in the context of congressional oversight power ps there are six provisions in the constitution, 18 statutes that validate this request. to me it's very surprising more than anything else why the deputy attorney general, which incidentally he's blocking the production of this document, which may be law enforcement sensitive but they're fully entitled to get it under the law of the land. it's the exact same document that the judge in virginia is trying to get. to wrap this whole thing up, you have to understand what this whole thing is. >> well exactly. >> and that means you need to get at it. >> you're talking about a scope memo which would have been produced by rod rosenstein which gives the authority for bob mueller, here's what you can

the united states congress has not done anything anything to protect our students from gun violence there's all kinds of proposals in congress to stop and limit gun sales however is selling new guns really the issue at this point there's over three hundred fifty seven million guns in the united states that's more guns than people and at this point over four hundred thousand guns are stolen on average each year to put it simply the usa is awash in guns and the firearms owners protection act makes it illegal to track them the f.b.i. can conduct criminal background checks on the people who purchase firearms but there's a catch the records of those background checks must be destroyed within twenty four hours so that no record can be kept of who purchased what gun congress now has for proposals on the table two of them are for tougher background checks another is an outright ban on the sale of assault rifles and in addition to that there's a proposal to lift the age for purchasing firearms from eighteen to twenty one all of these proposals impact gun sales but don't do anything about the million

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to work to improve our great institution that is the united states congress. now, ladies and gentlemen, steve, are you introducing him or should i? ladies and gentlemen, i will introduce you to a friend of mine. he is a republican. i'm a democrat. but, we share an appellation in common, probably with most of you, if not all of you. we are americans. that is the most compelling facet of our identity. we are americans. as such, kevin and i believe we need to work together to make this institution work better for all americans. to leave them to have more trust and faith in the institution on which the quality of their lives in many respects relies and the success of their country. he is a former leader in the california assembly, which is to say, the seventh largest country in the world, just about. he has great experience before he got here. elected very shortly after he got here as the whip of the republican party and now the majority leader. majority leader, the gentleman from california, kevin mccarthy. i want to see a government that is effective, efficient

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context, but he carter from georgia -- buddy carter from georgia, the only pharmacist in the united states congresse knows about drugs. thank you for being here. i want to quote and analysts who says that instead of a final change, this was making some change on the margin we think the industry was moving toward anyway. make for plan fundamental change in the health care system? >> the devil is in the details and is we get more into the implementation, we will see how much impact it can have. he is on the right track. i honestly believe that the president gets it and understands that americans are suffering from this. , i sawseen it firsthand seniors have to make a decision at the counter on whether to buy medicine or groceries. i have seen mothers in tears because they cannot afford medication for their children. of practice ins pharmacy i have seen nothing short of miracles come out of research and development. if those medications that are a proven reckless are not , they do -- accessible patience no good and that is why we have to address this about prescription drug prices. david: let's go int

anyone who carries that gun openly is willing to use it to kill someone it is a shame that the united states congress has not done anything anything to protect protect our students from gun violence there's all kinds of proposals in congress to stop and limit gun sales however is selling new guns really the issue at this point there's over three hundred fifty seven million guns in the united states that's more guns than people and at this point over four hundred thousand guns are stolen on average each year to put it simply the usa is. awash in guns and the firearms owners protection act makes it illegal to track them the f.b.i. can conduct criminal background checks on the people who purchased firearms but there's a catch the records of those background checks must be destroyed within twenty four hours so that no record can be kept of who purchased what gun congress now has for proposals on the table two of them are for tougher background checks another is an outright ban on the sale of assault rifles and in addition to that there's a proposal to lift the age for purchasing firearms from eighteen to

that were on facebook that i found out about last thursday with everyone else because the united states congress heard evidence in two long sessions with facebook, which were specifically on these issues and this is the first time we have seen this information. i think what we need is for you to have the power as the electoral commission to require, for example, facebook to disclose advertisements that have been paid for from overseas in our electoral period. yes. at the moment we do not have that power. no. i very much agree with that. it is good to see proposals for midterm american elections and proposals for ireland, we'll learn from the experience, about things like proposal and transparency, but it is notjust about us seeing it. it should be there for everyone to see it, there should be transparency in real—time. you should be able to see what targetting is going on and i think we should have the ability over and above that to require information from them, immediately and quickly and that might be about information that should not be there. imprints, what the source of funding is, it may

to work to improve our great institution that is the united states congress. ladies and gentlemen, steve are you introducing or shall i introduce you? ladies and gentlemen, i'll introduce a friend of mine. he's a republican. i'm a democrat, but we share an appellation in common, with most of you if not all of you. we are americans. that is the most compelling facet of our identity. we are americans. and as such, kevin and i believe we need to work together to make this institution work better for all americans. to lead them to have more trust in phase in the institution on which the quality of their lives in many respect relies and the success of their country. he is a former leader in the california assembly, which is to say the senate's largest country in the world just about. so he has had a great experience legislatively before he got here. elected very shortly after he got here as the width of the republican party and now the majority leader. the majority leader, the gentleman from -- kevin mccarthy. >> doesn't matter who's able to bring it, but i think t

perhaps provide the millions of documents that have been demanded by various committees of the united states congress. jonathan turlay, as always, great to have you here. thanks so much and come back soon, please. >> thank you. lou: up next, democrats, well, they're trying to embarrass and obstruct yet another trump administration nominee. we'll have the latest on gina haspel's confirmation hearing here next. it is shameless conduct on the part of the democrats on that committee. lou: hang on to your seats. a new study finds almost 40% of top tier american will liberal arts colleges have zero conservative professors. zero. 40% of them. the national association of scholars found out of the 500phd holding professors studied, the democrat to republican ratio stands at just 10 to 1. now i think many of us would be surprised that there is even that one standing in many places in academia >>> on wall street, stocks closed higher, the dow up 182 points, s&p up 26, nasdaq climbed 73, volume on the billboard 3.8 today. listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem video network. >>> up ne

center since 2011, and to lead a a team thas passionately dedicated to serving congress and every visitor to the united states capital. we have tremendous civic responsibility to connect people to our great democracy. each of our employees strides everyday to meet our mission which is working together for congress to inform, involve, and is by every visitor to the united states capital. we remember the words of thomas jefferson, an educated citizenry is a vital prerequisite for our survival as a free people. we received affirmation from our visitors that we are meeting our vision which is preserving democracy one visitor at a time. i would like to share an excerpt from a a recent comment from a teacher at a local school. in an era of videogames and smart phones, children can often be easily distracted. not the case with your tour. the reviews i i heard from the children were incredible. they were engaged, excited, and could not stop talking what they learn. most important the children now feel connected to the legislative process in a way they were not before. since we opened our doors in december of 2008, we

the cia because she was part of the program, than every one of those people who is in the united states congress knew about this program and refused to be -- to condemn it and agreed with it like nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein who today find it convenient to attack haspel, they are morally cull panel if she's morally cull panel. she will be approved. two democrats have announced support. she -- even with the two -- chris: let me pick up on that, despite opposition, it does look like haspel will be confirmed. two state red democrat running for reelection this year, joe manchin and john donnelly will vote for her. should haspel be blocked for following presidential directive which was viewed legal by the justice department and was briefed to democratic members of congress, should she be blocked from serving as the cia director? >> well, what i was hearing in the questioning was a question about whether she believed today looking back on it that the program was immoral and she refused to answer that. look, i think that the two joeys, manchin and donnelley opens pathway for confirmation. i think

perhaps provide the millions of documents that have been demanded by various committees of the united states congress turlay, as always, great to have you here. thanks so much and come back soon, please. >> thank you. lou: up next, democrats, well, they're trying to embarrass and obstruct yet another trump administration nominee. we'll have the latest on gina haspel's confirmation hearing here next. it is shameless conduct on the part of the democrats on that committee. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. racing isn't the only and with godaddy, i'm making my ideas real. with godaddy you can get a website to sell online. and it will look good. i made my own way. now it's time to make yours. ♪ everything is working just like it should ♪ a new study finds almost 40% of top tier american will liberal arts colleges have zero conservative professors. zero. 40% of them. the national association of

if it is something that really requires the attention of the united states congress, in particular the house of representatives and because constitutionally they are the ones that would start potential impeachment proceedings, then you might see it go that far but we're not quite there yet. the president is in no way, shape or form in the clear and it is still up in the air haven't really begun in ernest as to what the special counsel wants to ask the president and the trump team hasn't been able to get back because they don't know exactly the details of what robert mueller wants skblipts so interesting because when giuliani came on board, wasn't he he that you canning about in two weeks. >> he thought that was going to happen but now they're clearly in a holding pattern. the trump team doesn't want any potential interview to happen until after what he we expect to be the north korean summit mid nobody on the trump team thinks that donald trump should do an interview. and that is another thing they are preparing for. what if the special counsel's team says we demand an interview and th

with over the years to told me that the statute was the most pro russian bill passed by the united states congress. the sanctions are imposed not only to keep us safe, but to bring about a change in russia for the russian people so that their human rights are respe respected and i hope that the lesson we've learned over the last four years is that inconsistent messages to mr. putin undermine the clear message that we're trying to send. to the extent that the sanctions have not brought about a change that we want to see, not because they're ineffective it's because they're not effective enough. and we need to do more. and that's what i hope you'll see come out of the work that i'm doing in congress with my colleagues, bipartisan, and the congress, the sanction bill passed nearly unanimous, 99% of the members of house and senate that approved those sanctions and we're prepared to do more, recognizing that russia is not only a threat to its own people, it's a threat to the democratic state around the world. thank you all very much. [applaus [applause]. >> senator cardin, thank you so much. those were

the clerk: to the congress of the united states. i am pleased to transmit to the congress, pursuant to subsections 123-b and 123-d of the atomic energy act of 1954 as amended, the text of an agreement between the government of the united states of america and the government of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland for cooperation in peaceful uses of nuclear energy. the agreement. i am also pleased to transmit my written approval, authorization and determination concerning the agreement and an unclassified nuclear proliferation assessment statement concerning the agreement. in oicordance with section 123 of the act, a classified annex to the naps enacted by the secretary of state in consultation with the director of national intelligence summarizing relevant classified information will be submitted to the congress separately. a joint memorandum submitted to me by the acting secretary of state and the secretary of energy and a letter from the chairman of the nuclear regulatory commission stating the views of the comm

in the united states congress. lackluster career in the house all better in the senate. it was designed to give federal dollars to train teachers and special education. they walked out of the hearing before the testimony began. much to the annoyance of the community that knew what the rest of the country did not that this issue have touched the kennedy family as well. but what they didn't know is that they would have an advocate in the kennedy family much more committed. to put money into special education. to make sure they have the right to the seat in the classroom. didn't have that until 1975. the change in public perception that they brought through the special olympics the first year the problem she told jack was there is nothing in the national institute of health that is committed to discovering a child development. we do understand what these problems are and where they come from. we need to study infancy. we need an institute for child health and human development. sort of a threat is said help is health. with no medical training that it was not true. very dist

the house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes, he wants congress to hold the attorney general of the united states jeff sessions in contempt of congress for failing to hand over some requested classified materials related to the russia investigation. what is going on here? >> reporter: he issued a subpoena last week to the justice department and they told him they would not be able to comply with because it refers to a quote, specific individual and providing that information according to the justice department could harm -- could risk lives and could have serious consequences and national security but nunez is not buying that warning that he's -- he wants to move forward on a contempt resolution to hold jeff sessions, the attorney general, in contempt. now earlier today at a press conference in california, jeff sessions was asked about this and he made it very clear he's not going to comply with nunez's request. >> the department of justice is written him a letter in responded -- as appropriate to him. the request he's made is one that the intelligence

she has made it clear she will abide by the laws and statutes of the united states of america approved by congressby the president of the united states. >> chris: let me bring in our other two. >> i would make two points. you hear a lot about i suppose a conflict between the president and the brackets the yet he has nominated the first career professional to lead the cia since william colby in the early 1970s and the same people who are criticizing the president for being hostile to the bureaucracy and the federal career civil servants are trying to block this nomination. i find that surreal. the other point i would make is that i think what this is about, i will go a little further, it's about trying to relitigate the issue. i think there was a lot of anger about it. investigations done. people were cleared. there were hopes i think that when the obama administration came and some people would get punished, raked over the coals. investigations were launched and everybody was cleared. i think there were some people who never got over that and they want to find some way to punish somebody and gina