because this will be incredibly hard not to get drug into. and i see some criticism for the left for apparently the biden administration s reluctance to get involved. i think that s the best thing that joe biden can do. let this play out with the investigators who are handling it in a professional, discreet way. the facts will go where we need them to go, and we ll find out everything when we need to find it out. have some patience. kirsten, let s talk about the republican party here and the leadership. taking five days to condemn marjorie taylor greene s anti-semitism, and kevin mccartthy couldn t simply call her comments appalling. he had to make claims about anti-semitism and democrats. is he condemning her and minimizing the comments all in the same breath? yes. you know, the republican party doesn t seem to be able to just take responsibility. whenever you are calling something out or apologizing or doing anything like that, you re not to supposed to start
he understands bakersfield. what do you think of kevin mccarthy? i like him. i zipped into a parking spot in front of me. it was a compact space in an suv. i said that s it, don t like him. we like kevin. sounds like he might be the next speaker of the house of representatives. i think that would be a really good move. i think he has the valley s interests at heart. he relates to the common man here. what do you do here? i m kind of semi-retired but i am an oil and gas man and she s an educator. oil and gas is extremely important to this area. and ag. agriculture, oil and gas. yes. you want to see him tackle things like immigration reform? i think immigration reform is important. what s important in bakersfield? for her, berries. berries in bakersfield are so important. people want to know the reality if we sent 11 million people, are the price of strawberries going to quadruple.
threaten a government shutdown over this funding for planned parenthood. that appears to be a fight that will go on into the next set of crises down the line and house republicans will try to use other tools to go after that money. so these two events waiting for speaker boehner and his likely successor, kevin mccarthy, and this hearing all sort of interrelated today on some of the most heated issues from capitol hill. i do want to go to the other story you just mentioned, behind the scenes leadership jockeying that s playing out in public. just hours after throwing his hat into the ring, congressman kevin mccartthy is now the odds-on favorite to become speaker. how does he differ than boehner? reporter: in many ways he s worked very closely with boehner, but perhaps the biggest differences would be generational perhaps. boehner is almost 66, kevin mccarthy is 50. while that doesn t seem like a huge sweep, mccarthy has maintained better relationships along the way with some of the
to testify on behalf of dana and the 2.7 million patients who rely on planned parenthood for high-quality essential health care every year. thank you. thank you. planned parenthood has sent $32 million-plus in grants overseas. do any of these funds go to the democratic republic of congo? congressman, let me tell you no, no, we don t have time for a big narrative. you asked me a question. yes or no. any of the money that planned parenthood raises and is given by foundations and individuals to support family planning services around the country is in africa and in latin america and they go to individual organizations. i m happy to provide you a list of those organizations but i did not bring them with me. if you could give us a list of those organizations. does planned parenthood have any ownership in foreign companies?