Host this is washington journal for sunday, may 19. Lastly, personal attacks the real a Committee Hearing. The nearly hourlong destruction is the latest event to play out on capitol hill. This morning, we want to hear from you. His stability in congress important . Here are the lines. If you say yes, 202 7488000. No, 202 7488001. And if you are unsure, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us, you can do so at 202 7488003. Be sure to include your name and city. You can also post a question or comment on facebook at facebook. Com cspan or on x cspanwj. It was thursday night when the House Oversight accountability hearing happened. Here are the headlines from axios. The hearing was beset by chaotic outbursts. The article says the republican controlled hearing to mark up a contempt of Congress Resolution against attorney general Merrick Garland on thursday was routinely muted in disorder. Why it matters, it is a new normal for the panel that has transformed from overseeing democracy to hosting pitched partisan battles between some of congresss biggest names. Here is some of the hearing from thursday. [video clip] the chair recognizes ms. Green. I would like to announce the democrats on this committee are employing the judges daughter. Please tell me what that has to do with Merrick Garland. That is right, he is advising. Ok. Do you know what we are here for . I dont think you know what you are here for. You are the one talking about i think your fake eyelashes are messing up. Order. Mr. Chairman. Order. Order. Order, please. We have a point of order. Mr. Lynch, state your point. I would like to ask the parliamentarian if your conduct here raising money in connection with this hearing is referable to the ethics committee. There is a motion in order to refer your conduct and your abuse. It is not a point of order. I do have a point of order and i would like to move to take down miss greenes words as absolutely unacceptable. How tear you how dare you attack another person. Strike your words down. Girl, baby girl. Really . Dont even play. Baby girl . We are going to move and take your words down. I second that motion. No, no. Hold on. Mr. Perry will be recognized. I am not apologizing. You are not striking your words. I am not apologizing. Why dont you debate me . Mr. Chairman. You are out of order. You dont have enough intelligence. I moved to strike. Order. That is two requests to strike. Host another headline from axios, Dumpster Fire hearing about congresss new low. At the bottom of the article, it mentions former House Majority leader hoyer, he told axios said he was hearing that is why many members who are retiring. There are some who have stability and have been frustrated by their party and made a determination it is just not worth their time to continue to serve. And also, john duarte from california sent it has been demoralizing many lawmakers to see all the chaos and notoriety seeking. We would hear first this morning from yolanda in nashville, tennessee, on the yes line. Good morning, yolanda. Caller good morning. Can you hear me . Host i can. Go ahead. Caller good morning. I think having stability in congress is incredibly important. I grew up in tennessee, and my neighbor ran for district magistrate. She was not a good person. I think there is so many people watching and children. We set an example by what we do. Marc did noti set a good example, and i think we need to be able to be mindful of the example we are setting. Marci took a lot from me when she put me in prison. Excuse me. I just want everyone to know that she should not be voted for in the next coming election because marci took so much from me. She is just an ungrateful woman. Host ok. We will go next to lester in oregon calling on the no line. Good morning, lester. Caller what is going on in the United States . I have a friend, democrats. I know about the issues going on in congress. The issues that when a democrat is scared to vote for somebody, for freedom, and they are afraid to wave a flag. They are scared to wave a flag. They are afraid to vote for who they want. The issue is, what happened to america that we can vote for somebody that is very important to our country . I am just very upset because my dad was in normandy, dday. There was a young girl there who was jewish who sat on his lap and ate a candy bar. My dad bawled. I dont understand what is going on in our country. Hatred. It has become communist. This is what im feeling about america. I have been a democrat. I have been an independent. The first time trump ran, i did not know what his deal was. I did not vote for either party at the time. But now i see what he is saying. The law is allowed to do anything for our country. We need to have someone who will protect our country and stop wars. Host ok. We will hear next from doug on the yes line. Caller good morning. How are you doing today . Host im doing well. Caller the congress has to do something about certain people. Marjorie Taylor Greene and the disgrace of ohio jim jordan, they are destroying the republican party. It is disgusting. This is why i left the party in the first place. Between donald trump and those two idiots, i am tired of what they are doing. I mean, we have to have some sense in this country to get back to normalcy. And the best thing to do is to vote all three of them out. Thank you very much. Host at thursdays hearing, there was a back and forth between the members. Here is more from that hearing after the committee ruled that congresswoman greene personal attacks on congresswoman crockett could be allowed. [video clip] mr. Chair, point out order. Ms. Crockett . I am curious to understand your ruling. If someone on this committee starts talking about somebodys bleach blonde bad built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities correct . What now . Chairman, i make a motion to strike those words. I am trying to find clarification. Chairman, motion to strike those words. We are not going to do this. You guys earlier literally just i am standing up. Order. Order. I am trying to get a clarification. Calmed down. Calm down. No because this is one of those. You are not recognized. Can you please calm down . Dont tell me to calm down. You are out of control. Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman. Sorry. Order. Host lets go back to the phones and hear from eric in florida calling on the no line. Good morning, eric. Caller good morning. I just wanted to say that our congress has at a history. The house of representatives is the peoples house. Since the early days, the very early days founding our country, of having fights, huge fights on the congress, riots inside the building, attempted murder. I think somebody was actually murdered in the house many years ago. I have to look it up, but i think i read that somewhere. This is about freedom of speech. Marjorie Taylor Greene is now my favorite person, political officeholder. She can stand up for herself. She did not start that, if you listen to it. Someone insinuated she was being frivolous about saying that the lady that her father is prosecuting trump, trying to connect her to marjorie Taylor Greenes attempts to show Hunter Bidens escapades with the point star. She was compared to a point star. So marjorie Taylor Greene did not do the first insult there. She was defending herself from those people, and it was two on one. Two crazy democrats on one republican, and i think the republican i am very proud of my Republican House member from atlanta. Host eric, do you think members of congress should be held to a higher standard, that that behavior is ok . Caller no. I just said the history of the house goes back a long ways, and this is the way the house has been functioning forever, since the inception, all through the civil war. You know, this is the way, you know. This is the way it should look. I am very glad it looks that way. I am glad they are trying to work this stuff out however they can work it out if it comes to raising their voices. It is not supposed to be a library. It is supposed to be the peoples house where the problems are they are getting work done with on the streets there are giant riots all over the place. Host this headline from last year, from last november, fights broke out daily in congress this week. Here is some of the legislatures biggest fights in history. The article highlights several of those fights and says that 70, at least that is how many physical fights broker between 1830 and 1860, a particularly violent period in history as they debated slavery according to a yale historian. And brooklyn, new york, calling on the yes line. Good morning, linda. Caller yes, there should be i agree, there should be civil liberty in the congress because this is the kind of stuff that divides our nation more so, and we are regressing back prior to the civil war. Our representatives, when they do stuff like this, this does not help our country. It is delaying progress in our country and moving forward and making things better when they are so busy fighting among themselves. What happened to ethics . Do they not have any ethics accountability where people you are there to do a job, not throw mud and stuff like that. It looks bad, and it does not people have to look at this. It is going to show just the dividing. A lot of undertone Racial Division in our country. Host ok, we will hear next from christine in pennsylvania, also on the yes line. Good morning, christine. Caller good morning. I am concerned about the craziness in congress. I know it is fascism. I know that it is an attempt to by the gop i know it is an attempt by the gop to make our democracy look like it doesnt work. It is an attempt to claim that a government does not work and then to break it. This is why there have been so many attempts. Excuse me. So many attempts at government shutdowns. It is fascism. Our gop has changed. Last year, if i remember correctly, there were 28 boats that got through the house, that got passed into bills. The two years before that, i think 344 and 366. That is 344 and 366 under nancy pelosi. No wonder they hate her. She got the work done for all americans. She got us 800,000 manufacturing jobs. She got us infrastructure. And now it is chaos. The democrats get the work done for all americans. Everyone. They help people. You know, from 35 insulin and inhalers for medicare to the most new businesses in history to wages going up to inflation almost normal, and the rest of the g7. It is not happening there. Host got your point, christine. We will go on to mike in ohio, who says no. Good morning, mike. Caller good morning, maam. How are you . Host doing well, thanks. Caller i am calling from ohio, and that is the state of the gerrymandered state of ohio. And the reason i say no, as long as you have a rigged fake court, gerrymandered states, the Citizens United law, which provides dark money from all around the world, and then we need to reinstate the fairness doctrine. That is why we have an ongoing carnival of bad tricks. It is like a disney production wrapped around the twilight. That is why we have all the problems in this country, and World Leaders look at this house of representatives like these people are nothing but fools being led around by a you know what. The maga crowd and the proud guy eric from georgia, that is a good one for you. Thanks, have a good day. Host the forbes article talked about two fights nearly breaking out in congress. That article from november 15 of 2003. One of those fights, n ear fights, was on a Senate Hearing on labor education and Labor Pension Committee hearing. It was when senator Markwayne Mullin fought senator challenged senator obrien to a fight during the hearing. Here is that video. [video clip] Everybody Knows this, last time him and i had a back and forth. Appreciate your demeanor today but after you left to me you got excited about the keyboard. You tweeted at me 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 times. Let me read what the last one says. It said, greedy ceo who pretends like he is selfmade. I wish you were in the truck with me when i was building my Plumbing Company by myself and my wife was running the office because i sure remember working pretty hard and long hours. Pretends like he is selfmade. What a clown, fraud. Always has been, always will be. Quit the tough guy act in these Senate Hearings. You know where to find me, anyplace, anytime, cowboy. Sir, this is a time, this is a place. If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults and finish it here. Ok, fine, perfect. Stan you are butt up. Stand your butt up. You are a United States senator. Sit down. No, i am sorry. You will have your time. Can i respond . This is a hearing. God knows the American People have enough contempt for congress. I dont like you. Pulled it hold it. You have the mic. Lets do this because i challenged you and i accepted your challenge and you and quiet. No, i did not go quiet. You challenged me to a cage match acting like a 12yearold. Excuse me. I will say senator mullin, i have the mic. Any questions on Economic Issues , go for it. We are not here to talk about physical abuse. I want to expose this slug to who he is. Do not point at me. That is disrespectful. I dont care if i am disrespecting you. I dont care at all. Hold it. Hold it, please. Please. This is a excuse me. This is a hearing to discuss Economic Issues. All right . If you have questions for mr. Obrien or anybody else on what he has said, go for it, but we are not here to talk about fights or anything else. Host lets hear from kathryn in new york. She is calling on the yes line. Good morning, catherine. Caller good morning. Good morning. I did see that on cspan line when it was happening. I could not believe it. What is going on . What is going on in our congress and house and senate . What is happening . Why is everybody so angry at each other . Where did this all start . I dont care, democrat, republican, independent. I would not do this in my own family. We are divided because of all of this. It just does not make sense anymore. Everyone, come to a middle ground here. Find out what the anger is. What is everybody so angry about . Host do you have any thoughts on what is causing the decline incivility or worsening . Caller you know, i want cspan, fox, msn, cbs, everybody so i can be informed. I read times, newsweek, and it is all different. Everything is different. Everybody is holding their ground to what they believe is right. This is not reagans republicans anymore. This is a whole brandnew game that is being played out. These are maga republicans and they are angry. Trump gets on the stage and he is so angry. Where is the anger from . My brother is angry because trump is so angry. You dont like trump, you dont like me. My big brother. I never saw this in my Family Dynamics before, and it is only getting worse. Guys, think about this. Stop what you are doing. I dont know how to fix this. I dont think anybody knows how to fix this. What happened in congress . It was just talking back and forth to each other. It was all personal, calling each other names. This has to stop. Host a pole from georgetown university, the institute of politics and public service, last september talking about civility fod that 94 of voters agree tha respect for each other is thfirst step having a government that works. 89 of voters agree that civility is the language of respect. Lets hear next from matt. He is calling from dallas on the yes line. Good morning, matt. Caller yes, good morning. Thank you. This is a great question. The first thing that came to my mind is i think too many of our leaders because of platforms like x and facebook and so on are more concerned with celebrity over civility. Some of these people have learned it is more profitable to be outrageous. It is more profitable to embarrass your colleagues at a House OversightCommittee Hearing or embarrass your colleagues on the house floor or as we heard even in the senate, which is supposed to be the worlds most body. They learned outrageous cells, outrage gets you clicks, outrage gets you donations. Unfortunately we need to get back to a time when colleagues talked to each other in a room, negotiated bills, negotiated resolutions. Instead, they want to go on their favorite platform and embarrass each other because it gives them clicks. It gets them noticed, and that needs to stop. Host ok. Like you for your comments. We will go to rick from birmingham, alabama, on the unsure line. Caller good morning. How are you doing . Host doing well, thanks. Caller i just want to correct the guy from florida that called earlier that said marjorie Taylor Greene did not start it. That is the problem with this whole situation. I dont know what he was seeing. I dont know what he heard, but it is obvious she started the whole deal because she attacked the ladies personal appearance, and you cannot do that. I dont have any problem with congress debating the situation in the house, having a vigorous debate about a topic, but when you start attacking someones personal appearance, you cross the line, and she got that from trump because he does in every day. I dont know what he was saying, but it infuriates me because this guy basically told a lie. Nobody corrected him. Marjorie Taylor Greene was the person that started this whole melee. Host during the hearing, the chair representative comer called for a fiveminute recess at one point to come back from order. When they came back from that, the representative from colorado said this about the incident. First i just want to apologize to the American People. I dont think this is the best use of our time when we are squabbling. It is one thing to have fun and laugh as members of congress and try to find humor or some sort of lightheartedness in what we are doing, but when things get as heated as they have, it is unfortunately an embarrassment on our body as a whole, and so i just want to personally apologiz