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The speaker i dont know about your guys, pretty awesome being in the capitol today. I cant tell you, im a little emotionally pushed. It was really nice to see steve today. I dont think i can add much. But we are so grateful and so relieved to have Steve Scalise back. He is such a fighter and force of nature and that was before this ordeal, watching him fight through the struggles and do so well, we are in awe of this. And i tell you what, im in awe of his family, jennifer, harrison and madison, im in awe. We are so grateful. Crystal and dave, they are amazing people who just completely stepped up, followed their training and through courage to the wind and we are really happy to have our friend back and grateful to the people who made this possible. Later today, i will be up in pennsylvania just outside of philadelphia and im going to visit penn machine works. They make pipe fittings. This is a working class town that has been hurt by the slow growth and flat wages of recent years. I r
On that they wanted to see a tax plan, which includes those reconciliation instructions that allow them to move the tax bill through with only republican support in the senate. So that backing from the Freedom Caucus is a critical element to this. What obstacles does the space next week in the house . Think it faces many obstacles at this point in time. We have been talking with conservatives and republicans and the Freedom Caucus, and both groups seem to be on board at this point in time. We are moving the budget resolution forward. Some more moderate members have 203 billion in mandatory spending cuts over the next decade, but we are not quite sure in time if they will vote against the budget resolution because of those concerns. Even if they do, it should still be able to advance easily. So what does this mean . The way the republican structured their tax bill seems to be a partyline vote. So when congress adopts the budget resolution, that will send reconciliation instructions to t
If we may, we can begin our hearing. It was delayed with the arrival mr. Scalise, who was received warmly by the house, and we are continuing to pray for his continued recovery, and his family is constantly in our minds. This is our Congressional Task force on election security. Body to lookd this at some issues around what happened during the last election. A lot of us are concerned about it. We are kind of looking forward rather than backward. If we to figure out missed something, can we use this as an opportunity to fix things for the future . , the cochair,sly who is a Ranking Member on the house administration. A comment for the record, as the cochair, in the interest of time, im just going to submit it for the record. We are joined here by former secretary of Homeland Security, jeh johnson, and former undersecretary for for the department, suzanne spaulding. Welcome. We are going to allow you to begin. Mr. Johnson thank you for having us, for inviting us. I accepted this invitati
Radio at. Now, here it is a look at what is ahead in Congress Next week. Jennifers appropriations and budget reporter for cq roll call. Steve scalise returns and he has his work cut out as the house takes up the republican budget. They attach it what took it so long to get to the house floor. Budgets pass with budget support which means you need the vast majority of the house on board. We heard from Freedom Caucus members early on that they wanted to see a detailed outline before voting to advance a budget resolution which include reconciliation instructions that allowed them to move the tax bill through with republican support in the senate. That backing from the feared Freedom Caucus is a critical element, what obstacles does the space next week in the house . We dont think it faces many obstacles. Weve been talking with conservatives with the Freedom Caucus and they both seem to be on board at this time with moving the budget resolution forward. Some moderate numbers have concerns a