marianna: how do you see congress, how you continue to see congress change so thank you for being with us today. mr. upton: thank you. i have had a bird s-eye view of how it works here. we have to work together. that s always been my m.o. and delighted to be here with you this morning. marianna: i do want to talk about the need to work in a bipartisan way, as we see how toxic things can be on capitol hill. i want to talk about the economy which everyone is focused on. the new jobs report, pretty disappointing numbers. only 210,000 new jobs added in the last month but we re seeing a better unemployment rate. it s gone down. what do you make of those numbers and what do you think is the solution to make sure that people are entering the job force again after the pandemic? mr. upton: i was surprised when i heard those numbers this morning. a lot of questions about exactly what do they mean because the unemployment rate did come down. as i talk to my employers back home in southw
about me. they re probably not true, but they were nice. respect earned through his years of public service and capped with a congressional gold medal in 2018. but dole s storied career brought congress together in a rare unanimous vote to pay tribute to this world war ii veteran and son of kansas who achieved so much. impaired by war, but never deterred. longevity was among his gifts. in his 90s, dole returned to kansas to visit every county wus last time. from his roots in russell, kansas, dole joined the army during world war ii. injured in italy, dole gave credit to the people of cancance for putting their faith in him. in 1960, then to the senate in 1968. rising to republican leader for a dozen years. fathered a daughter robin from his first marriage. in 1975, he married elizabeth. his partner in life and politics. on the ticket as gerald ford s running mate in 76, dole sought the office of president himself three times. and faced incumbent bill clinton in 1996. des
was built was down in west palm beach is a nightmare. and then on the other hand, i could watch over 10,000 criminal illegal aliens come into my country every single day. a quarter of a million a month, and they re being flown to the cities president biden: before i start, i want to report i will be signing a bill funding the government operations for the next few months. funding the government is a great achievement. it s a bare minimum we need to get done. bipartisan cooperation is worth recognition. i want to thank senator schumer and mcconnell and speaker pelosi for getting this done. i want to thank a substantial bipartisan vote in the senate for sending this bill to my desk today to avoid disruptions of government operations. i want to urge congress to use the time this bill provides to work toward a bipartisan agreement on a full-year funding bill that makes the needed investments in our economy and our people. from public health, education, to national security. now
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap.org] live now to a virtual discussion with republican congressman, fred upton of michigan. hosted by the washington post. watching live coverage on c-span. we are seeing a better unemployment rate. it s gone down. what do you make of those numbers? what do you think is the solution to make sure that people are entering the job force again after the pandemic? mr. upton: i was surprised when i heard those numbers this morning. a lot of questions about exactly what do they mean because the unemployment rate did come down. as i talk to my employers back home in southwest michigan, there is not a one you pick the field from autos to appliances, i talked to one of my sheriffs last night. he had this terrible shooting earlier this week in michigan. i was checking in with him. he said they need 40 people. the truck washers. pretty simple job. i th
marianna: how do you see congress, how you continue to see congress change so thank you for being with us today. mr. upton: thank you. i have had a bird s-eye view of how it works here. we have to work together. that s always been my m.o. and delighted to be here with you this morning. marianna: i do want to talk about the need to work in a bipartisan way, as we see how toxic things can be on capitol hill. i want to talk about the economy which everyone is focused on. the new jobs report, pretty disappointing numbers. only 210,000 new jobs added in the last month but we re seeing a better unemployment rate. it s gone down. what do you make of those numbers and what do you think is the solution to make sure that people are entering the job force again after the pandemic? mr. upton: i was surprised when i heard those numbers this morning. a lot of questions about exactly what do they mean because the unemployment rate did come down. as i talk to my employers back home in southw