Beaks to Small Business owners in west virginia. At 8 00, q and a retired syndicated columnist thomas soul. Steve joining us on newsmakers on this is congressman adam sunday smith, democrat from washington. He is also the ranking democrat on the House Armed Services committee. Congress and thanks for being , with us. Rep. Smith i appreciate it. Steve joining me is John Donnelly of cq roll call and leo shane of military times. Leo will get the first question. Leo Congress Thanks for doing , this. The big news this week was the Health Care Debacle over in the house. Youve been focused on Defense Budget but with what you saw from that debate, how do you feel about how were going to move ahead with the Defense Budget talks and whether or not theres any chance to avoid a government shutdown. It seems like were at a point where nothing is going to move. Rep. Smith its going to be very difficult. I theorized a couple months ago that the republicans do not have 218 republican votes for anythin
Witnesses at the appropriate time. Is at three months, six months . What we have to do is have a public hearing. We will continue to do as much as we can in public. We have a lot more raw intelligence we have to go through. 20 bring in people like mr. Metaphoric, we want to make mr. Manafort, we want to ask the right questions. Represented a shift said there is more than just circumstantial evidence. There is some evidence of collusion that is going to come out. Ago when i was first Getting Started i said is most important thing i have ever worked on. With what i have now, i definitely believe that. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies. It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Cspans washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Coming up monday morning, Washington Examiner White House Correspondent gabby red yellow and the hills talk about what
Beaks to Small Business owners in west virginia. At 8 00, q and a retired syndicated columnist thomas soul. Steve joining us on newsmakers on this is congressman adam sunday smith, democrat from washington. He is also the ranking democrat on the House Armed Services committee. Congress and thanks for being , with us. Rep. Smith i appreciate it. Steve joining me is John Donnelly of cq roll call and leo shane of military times. Leo will get the first question. Leo Congress Thanks for doing , this. The big news this week was the Health Care Debacle over in the house. Youve been focused on Defense Budget but with what you saw from that debate, how do you feel about how were going to move ahead with the Defense Budget talks and whether or not theres any chance to avoid a government shutdown. It seems like were at a point where nothing is going to move. Rep. Smith its going to be very difficult. I theorized a couple months ago that the republicans do not have 218 republican votes for anythin