Former congressman Jason Chaffet z is here. And is reforming medicaid the next target for republicans, congresswoman Marsha Blackburn is live as we look ahead on new years eve on sunday morning futures. The head of the House Intelligence Committee is blasting the department of justice and the fbi for failing to turn over documents tied to the largely discredited anti trump dossier. Fox news obtaining a letter congressman devon nunes sent to Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein suggesting the fbi and Justice Department should be investigating themselves and demanding all records by this wednesday. Joining me right now is Florida Republican congressman ron desantis a member of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committee happy new years eve so good to see you congressman. Let me ask you about this letter here from representative nunes. Putting that deadline on things how does that change the equation right now . Will they need it . Well i think the letter was great and i applaud chairma
This critical legislation expense government funding through february 16. Our current funding expires congressnight, and if does not pass the bill in the president is not signed into law the for then, the government will shut down. It is our duty to prevent that be surepening, and to the American People have access to Government Programs and services they depend on. The additional time, just under one month, will allow congressional leadership in the white house to come to a final agreement. Languagealso includes that would continue the Childrens Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2023 , to help children from low income families get better and ensure they have healthy, happy futures. The proposal will extend several healthcare related tax provisions. Chairman, the continued resolution is not the preferred way to conduct a nations fiscal business. It is this point, absolutely necessary to avoid a costly and destabilizing Government Shutdown. It is my hope that this will be the
Depend on. The additional time, just under month, will allow congressional leadership of the white house to come to a final budget agreement with legislation including a limited number of technical changes to ensure good governance. It also includes language to continue the Childrens Health Insurance Program through fiscal year 2023. To help Sick Children from lowincome families get better and to ensure they have healthy and happy futures. Additionally this proposal extends several health carerelated tax provisions. Mr. Chairman, a continuing resolution is not the preferred way to reduce to conduct the nations fiscal business but at this point it is absolutely necessary to avoid a costly, destabilizing Government Shutdown. It is my hope that this will be the last continuing resolution the leadership of the house and senate and white house will quickly come to an agreement on top line spending levels and then we can complete our appropriations work for fiscal year 2018 in short order. I
Impact of this legislation but theres no doubt that this is backing off of commitment that this nation has made so that all people in our country can freely participate in home ownership. Theyll try to minimize and say its only Credit Unions and banks under only issue 500 or fewer mortgages. But when you add all those folks up, that ends up being a whole lot of mortgages, mr. Speaker. If it was only certain types of data. That data is critical to making sure people are included in the American Dream. We are urging a very powerful no vote. People who advocate this its too , they say much burden its too much burden on businesses. Cant involve them with having to fill out forms, its quite inconvenient. The problem is, if it was such a problem, wed all come together an figure out how to make it easier to meet the requirements of hmda, but thats not whats oing on. They want to delay the implementation of collection of critical data, which will lead to the furtherance of the American Dream.
Many things that are important for the health of the American People. Not only the Community Health centers, which expire in a few weeks, not only the medicare extenders, which includes the therapy caps for seniors in medicare, the Home Visiting program for seniors, the special Diabetes Program, the Teaching Health sent, the National Health centers, the National Health service corps, all of these things. Also the safety net hospitals. As of january 1, the dish or safety net programs for all these hospitals around the country that have to take care of so many poor people, that funding has expired and theyve actually had to cut the funding. So how do you stand up here and say to me and the American People that somehow you care about these things, you want to deal with these things . You are not dealing with these things. What are you doing here again . Once again youre bringing a bill to the floor that has all kinds of repeal of taxes. I dont even want to get into the deal. These are the