sessions last? if he were to leave, how does somebody else get confirmed? i don t know. he should have let president trump know he was going to step down before he accepted that nomination. it s a done deal now. things are wrapping up. once everything is done with the russia investigation, then it doesn t matter so much. although the investigation is turning quite a bit into the shenanigans at the department of justice, what they were doing with this democratic-funded opposition research, russia. i don t know if he still needs to be recused from that when there s a lot that needs to be found out. amy, your vote for liability. i pick someone that didn t get a lot of attention during the nomination process. ryan zenke a congressman from montana. got a lot of democratic votes in his confirmation. yet his time at interior has been marked by travel scandals, which already has taken out one member of cabinets, tom price with his private flights that
i watched that in texas. the thing i loved about him, he was always saying how great texas was. if you don t say it you have to say it, right? you re doing it right now with energy. along with secretary of the interior, ryan zenke and scott pruitt. we ve been through a battle not with each other but with the world. but the world is saying i think they re right. they ll find out. we have no doubt. but all three of them strongly believe in putting america first, which is what i believe in and why i got elected. it s called make america great again. that s what we re doing. we re here today to usher in a new american energy policy. one that unlocks millions and millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in wealth. over 40 years, america was vulnerable to foreign regimes as
and a former senior policy adviser to governor pence and julie and david are back with me. quick reaction to the news that is just coming in as we are waiting to get more reaction potentially to hear more from the congressman himself. this is a big deal. few republicans have been in as awkward of a position as jason chaffetz in the campaign, as you pointed out. runs the house oversight committee and having to do oversight in the time of trump in a white house environment that has so many potential conflicts of interest really challenging stuff for him. i mean, if hillary clinton had won, he would have been a republican all-star. you know, there would have been a lot of appetite to go after all sorts of different investigations on the clinton white house. with the trump white house, his role is a little dicier. so, it s surprising and interesting news that he s not seeking re-election. ryan, what is your take away on this and the political pressures that the congressman has faced?
so whether it is manufacturing or otherwise, it would be nice to see that investment in american jobs. talking about a flawed president here, david. i think the question comes down to what does the public really see and care about when it comes to whether it s his tax returns, his personal business, how it reflects on his leadership. i think the president made a bet as a candidate it wasn t going to stop him, and it didn t, from winning the white house. may not hold him back here. if you have lawmakers starting to stoke this issue, particularly from his own party, you just wonder where it is going. does he eventually feel the pressure that he apparently never felt during the campaign to just get the taxes out there, talk about it openly and move on? didn t seem to bug him during the campaign, ryan. what i heard the senator saying is, yes, there are flaws that are a problem, but there are actually positive things he s doing that should be more definitive in who he is as a pres
tuesday he spoke to 2,500 service men and women on the deck of the u.s.s. ronald reagan in japan thanking them for their service and discussing the president s plan to rebuild our military. he then met with and delivered remarks to japanese business leaders and stopped by a youth baseball clinic before leaving japan. he s scheduled to land in jakarta indonesia about now. we ll have further updates on his travels the rest of the week. this week is national park week. secretary of the interior, ryan zenke is meading with rangers at five national parties. monday and tuesday, he was at channel islands national park where he led a class of junior park rangers and today he will visit golden date national recreation area. since being sworn in march 1, the secretary has met with rangers at nine national parks. he will make that 10 when he visits shenandoah next week.