this is a good bill. if we don't this, we are not fulfill one key aspect of our duties to our constituents. also the legislative process itself i think is incredibly important. these are times when we have a deeply divided nation and congress. that is precisely the moment when legislative authority is so important. it is how we come together and solve problems. i will tell you senator inhofe and i disagree on a lot. we also do not have a lot in common. but we have come together -- i yield myself an additional minute. we have come together on this bill because we recognize the importance of that process. you have to learn how to work with people you disagree with in order for civil society to function. that's what we have done. now, sadly, this is the only conference report that we will vote on this session. i think it might be the only one we voted on in the last two years. i could be wrong about that. but if not, it's one of the precious few. though shows you how far we drifting away from exercising our

so three things about this bill. one, more relief than any bill but the cares bill. good shot in the arm to the economy. two, lots of help for people in many different ways which we have outlined. many different ways, which we have outlined, which, by the way, none of which were in macconnell's bill. unemployment insurance mcconnell's, zero. snap, zero. rental assistance, zero. transportation, zero. sba grants, zero. covid research, nih, zero. broadband, zero. his bill had next to nothing in it, and he is saying that this bill is close to his bill. thank god it is not. thank god it is not. pelosi: what he did say, which is amusing, is it falls in the ballpark of what senate republicans have been proposing since the summer, i guess it was , falls in the ballpark. what ballpark is that? let me just say to the extent we can work in a bipartisan way, we are happy to do so. and as the leader said, this is a big bill, second only to the cares at, changing it from a corporate, trickle down bill to a people bubble up bill, because they still got their $150 billion for the we

bill? >> bill: two questions. are they doing this every day and is this the first sense of push-back that you've gotten from that crew? >> this is something that they've been doing once a week on fridays the last few fridays. this is certainly the most direct push back that we've seen in a chat function that has about -- it's a combination of biden staff and reporters, about 100 people on there. it's not like it's a private e-mail, this is airing grievances -- >> bill: very interesting. can you predict what the coverage could be like come january? how much access will you have? >> as long as covid is a concern, seems like this is what we'll be getting. there were questions food about what the west wing is going to look like, whether or not staffers are going to have to get the covid vaccine in order to work in the west wing and proximity to the senior officials. but they do not have any information as of yet as to what that might look like. >> bill: wait till they call on you. thanks, peter doocy watching the pres

bill? >> bill: hillary vaughn, thanks. want to bring in my next guest writing it's time to call in a special council on hunter and joe biden. michael goodwin from the "new york post." good afternoon. make your case. how come? >> bill, the mushrooming stories about hunter biden are really fundamentally about joe biden in the end. hillary vaughn just pointed out there. joe biden pops up in all of these stories, whether it was the credit card companies in the 70s or whether it's china today where hunter biden flew with his father on air force 2 in 2013 and came home with a big deal, an investment of $1.5 billion in to his investment funds. hunter biden has effectively said that he got these gigs from foreign companies because of his last name. well, that's not just a small matter that suggests that those companies believe that they're buying with something not from hunter biden, they don't care about his services. they're buying his father's allegiance. that's i think the only reasonable way to interpret the sequence of event

the final bill. it is bipartisan legislation. it would have prevented unexpected tax bills and tax complications for medical professionals who travel to other states to help during the pandemic, and for americans who work from home to help slow the virus' spread. it's unfortunate that opposition from a handful of states with aggressive taxation policies like the senate democrat leader's home state of new york has so far prevented legislation like mine from getting through congress. but, mr. president, i will continue to fight for tax relief for remote and mobile workers. mr. president, it has been a difficult year for our country. there are way too many virus infections, way too many hospitalizations, way too many people who have lost loved ones from this dreaded virus. it's affected people in so many ways, their health, their confidence, their economic standing and status, their mental health, there are just so many, so many effects of this, mr. president, and this winter is likely to be very challe

in the bill text. let's hope the parties will continue to act in good faith despite this. i again thank mr. staub earth for his effort and the members of the committee who worked across the aisle and i am pleased to join my committee during this year and have more years on the committee. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from hawaii is recognized. mr. case: i have no further speakers and prepared to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from puerto rico is recognized. miss gonzalez-colon: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from hawaii is recognized. mr. case: i urge my colleagues to support this valuable legislation and yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 199. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are

bill. we will not adjourn the congress until such time as we can accomplish those two objectives. i was hopeful we'd accomplish those objectives by next thursday. unfortunately, things are not moving as rapidly as i think they ought to. i'd like them to, but as they ought to be moving. so that members need to be advised they need to keep their schedules very, very flexible until such time as we pass both of those pieces of legislation. we will in addition consider several bills under suspension of the rules. the complete list of suspensions will be announced by the close of business today. i want to say something further on suspensions. somebody said oh, we're not passing important bills. that's not accurate. somehow, when we have agreement, it's not looked at as important. on suspensions, it mean we was agreement between the parties that we can pass those bills because they're bipartisan and the overwhelming majority of members agree on them. we are passing bills that are good bill bus not

this is a good bill. if we don't this, we are not fulfill one key aspect of our duties to our constituents. also the legislative process itself i think is incredibly important. these are times when we have a deeply divided nation and congress. that is precisely the moment when legislative authority is so important. it is how we come together and solve problems. i will tell you senator inhofe and i disagree on a lot. we also do not have a lot in common. but we have come together -- i yield myself an additional minute. we have come together on this bill because we recognize the importance of that process. you have to learn how to work with people you disagree with in order for civil society to function. that's what we have done. now, sadly, this is the only conference report that we will vote on this session. i think it might be the only one we voted on in the last two years. i could be wrong about that. but if not, it's one of the precious few. though shows you how far we drifting away from exercising our

bills. said, we reached a bipartisan agreement. we sent the bill the president trump to sign, and only then, after we agreed on a figure that we thought was too low for direct payments for families and children, but that the republicans would not take a higher figure, only debt -- only then did the president indicate that $600 was not enough. mnuchinter of fact, mr. had indicated that the lower figure might have been appropriate. believe it or not, democrats agree with the president. at least to the extent that we need to sign this bill now. certainly not enough for individuals who have been struggling these past seven months, and it is not enough to provide the boost that our economy needs. president trump, as i sat on the floor, on behalf of the speaker, and myself, i asked for unanimous consensus to pass a bill that would have responded to the president's request. did not have the agreement of the minority leader , again i offered three people who could stop unanimous consent by anyone of

hi, bill. >> bill: hi, dana. a cool guy. >> dana: pretty cool. >> bill: nice to see you, dana. see you at 5:00. big news, big hour. i'm bill hemmer. could be a second vaccine available. food and drug administration documents show that moderna's vaccine is safe and 94% effective. this has covid deaths top 300,000 yesterday. we begin the hour with dr. stephen hahn. he's been working 24/7 back to last year. so many doubted whether or not we would have an effective vaccine in this calendar year. soon we'll have two in the year 2020. dr. hahn, welcome and thank you for joining me today. exclusively on our broadcast. operation warp speed is a beast. you'd agree on that. >> i would agree with that. this is an impressive effort. really just amazing biomedical research, government, private industries, partnership. all hands on deck approach to get to this point. >> bill: okay. moderna is next. when will they get the green light, doctor? >> so we issued today our preliminary assessment of the data. scientists went line by line. we have a vaccine committee meeting thursday where we will h

to help supplement and keep my power bill going so high. just to help pay bills. me and my husband are on disability. in southwest virginia we don't get the help like other people. people in washington do not understand what it is like live on a fixed income in these rural areas. host: how did you spin the $1200? did you get one of those in the spring? caller: yes, we paid it on our bills to help us keep going. call fromks for the lebanon, virginia. oregon, good morning. .o ahead, ann caller: our situation has been a little different. as retirees we have been a little more fortunate in the fact that the pandemic has not affected us as directly as a lot of less fortunate people. normally i would save the check, but i guess we have made a conscious decision to try to not only pump it back into our local economy by ordering take-out from local restaurants or outdoor dining where it is available, to take advantage of that, but also to search the web and order made in america products to help local businesses in different parts of the country, like north dakota and ill

there is an interim spending bill in play right now. 70 spending bill. the congress wanted to fund the government through next september on this bill, there's a big omnibus package that is attached to this bill. of the president does not sign this bill, or he does in fact veto it, but he does not find it by the 28th of december, then we have a government shutdown. tammy? >> tammy: well, chad, thank you for that background. it is always exciting, isn't it? now, we are continuing to learn more and more about the so-called stimulus package that passed congress last night, because as the president explained, it appears to have everything in it, except real, direct aid for struggling american families. the 5500 page, $2.3 trillion omnibus package includes things like establishing carico new branches of the system only smithsonian museum, greeting national standards for the horse racing industry, and makig illegal streaming a felony. and there is more like $10 million for "gender programs" in pakistan. hundreds of millions in other foreign aid, and even a stat

in presenting a bipartisan bill. the president threatened to veto the bill largely because it has a provision in there championed armed teran on the services committee who has fought to have the renaming of these bases an important priority. the bill received a rousing vote on the floor, i think it was 337 -- it was like 80% of the house voted for the legislation which the president threatened to veto. it will be coming up in the senate. i don't know what their schedule is until they announce it. ut nonetheless, it is -- it is interesting to see. because the senate republican chairman there said we're bringing the bill to the floor even though the president is opposed to it because of enaming, also because he wants section 230, the repeal, to be included in the bill. i don't like section 230, it needs to be revised but you cannot repeal it or else you destroy protections for small businesses and entrepreneurs working their way up as we also recognize that some of the organizations that did not even exist when this se

this is a good bill. my chairman richie neal and i hope every democrat and every republican will vote for and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. he gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. brady: thank you, madam speaker. i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock. the peaker pro tempore: gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. mcclintock: thank you, madam speaker. let's get this straight. small shopkeeper who's lost their entire savings because of the same wns will get $2,000 grant as the government who's been enjoying a steady paycheck at home for the past 10 months. is wholly inadequate for those that have been harmed y the lockdowns and wholly unnecessary for those who have not. and this free money doesn't come from heaven. it comes from the future earnings of those who will be back on their et eet, making the postlockdown recovery more difficult and prolong. and much of

the bill be considered read a third time in the senate vote on passage of the bill. without intervening action or i debate, further that if passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. >> is their objection to the request for modification. >> object . >> the objection is heard. is there objection to the original party to. >> i object . >> objection is hard. >> president, this is our historic moment. we can see the suffering across our country. we can see how desperate people are. we can see during this holiday season

there is no other game in town besides the house bill. the only way, the only way to get to the american people the 2000-dollar checks they deserve and need is to pass the house bill and pass it now. the house has recessed for the year. any modification or addition to the house bill cannot become law before the end of this congress. it's a way to kill the bill, make no mistake about it. either the senate takes up and passesse the house bill or struggling american families will not get 2000-dollar checks during the worst economic crisis in 75 years. over the past few days the idea of increasing direct payments to the american people has united folks from all points of the political spectrum and isolate the senator from vermont for the good job he has done in bringing this forward it the american people's attention.on overwhelming bipartisan majority in the house supports the 2000-dollar checks and democrats strongly support these 2000-dollarur checks and are allied president trump this morning tweeted, $2000 asap. for once democrats agree

this bill does more than that. this bill -- this bill -- it's not enough to legalize marijuana. they want taxpayers to pay for it. this bill sets up a grant program. this is the marijuana business infrastructure bill. sets up an office o in the department of justice. -- office in the department of justice. special office in the department of justice for the marijuana industry, grant dollars, taxpayer dollars. i didn't have anyone tell me you know what i hope the democrats -- first big bill, i hope it's to give my tax dollars to the marijuana industry. that's exactly what's happened here. this shouldn't surprise us. think about what the democrats did earlier this week. their first big hearing, their first hearing since the election in the judiciary committee was wednesday. the crime subcommittee. that was a hearing about letting criminals out of prison early because of the covid issue. letting criminals out early in an environment where violent crime is increasing. we know this summer aggravated assaults up 14%, homicides up 53%. democrat mayors and city councils around the count

this isn't like highway bills or farm bills or defense spending bills where we have an idea about what's needed for individual programs. there was no precedent for this pandemic, no handbook, no clear way to gauge how long this crisis would go on or what would be needed to sustain our response. after the cares act passed, we knew it made the most sense to hit the pause button and see what worked well, what didn't, and where more help was needed. as i said, there were certain programs like the paycheck protection program that almost immediately dried up. if i'm not mistaken, in two weeks, roughly $350 billion was obligated under the paycheck protection program, a strong indication that we really hit the sweet spot when it came to helping those small businesses. and that's why we added more funding in april, another $320 billion, and we extended the program in july and reinvested in the paycheck protection program again in the omnibus. as i said, there were other places where the money went unspent, but fortunately in the most recent bill, we were able to repurpose hundreds of billions of

his bill had next to nothing in it, and he is saying that this bill is close to his bill. thank god it is not. thank god it is not. pelosi: what he did say, which is amusing, is it falls in the ballpark of what senate republicans have been proposing since the summer, i guess it was , falls in the ballpark. what ballpark is that? let me just say to the extent we can work in a bipartisan way, we are happy to do so. and as the leader said, this is a big bill, second only to the cares at, changing it from a corporate, trickle down bill to a people bubble up bill, because they still got their $150 billion for the wealthiest people in the america, but as we go forward on all of this, to avoid what they tried to do with rightsbility, the civil act, americans with disabilities act, fair labor practices act, osha, you name it. they were trying to prevent people from having any safety in the courts in many categories that had nothing to do with the coronavirus. oh, and i asked one of the republican senators, why do you have the americans with disabilities act on your agenda to preve

what is the next step for the bill? the next step for the bill? the next is that the irs and the treasury department will be sending out the $600 checks which is less than trump wanted, although he really blindsided congress and didn't indicate he wanted those $2000 checks until very late in the process , checks until very late in the process, until it was basically after until —— basically after it was too late. steven mnuchin had been telling congress that the trump administrator was fine with a $600 and republicans on capitol hill, they weren't eager to increase it to $2000 per person. this will come back into session tomorrow and try to pass the $2000 ones, but that is kind of guaranteed to fail because the senate is controlled by republicans. what have individual and leading republicans set about mr trump's delay in signing this bill? they have not been happy, since they wanted, most of those senate and congressional republicans voted for this bill. this was a hard—fought compromise, given they had been working for months on this relief

this is not like highway bills or farm bills or defense spending bills where we have an idea about what is needed for individual programs. there was no precedent for this pandemic. is no clear way to gauge how olong the crisis would go on what would be needed to sustain our response. after the cares act passed new made the most sense to hit the pause button and see what works well, what didn't and where more helppr was needed. as i said, they're certain programs like the paycheck u protection program that almost immediately dried up. if i am not mistaken in two weeks roughly three under $50 billion was obligated on the paycheck protection program. that is why we added more funding in april, another $320 billion. we extended the program in july and reinvested in the paycheck protection program again and the omnibus. as iey said there are other places for the money went unspent. but unfortunately the most recent bill we repurpose 100 millions of dollars in unspent funds targeted to her the need was greatest where it was needed the most. tens of millionsll of workers and their families die

is terrible even if you if you separate the coronavirus bill from the spending bill like a lot of those items on a spending bill like this stuff you wait a lot of my friends are small business owners and lie i have to drive up and down the streets and watch businesses closing every day you know the current ministration out government converse all of these people who fail america big time the whole reaction or response to coal that has been terrible these 10 was packages have been terrible i agree with steve like $600.00 to people who are losing their businesses and their families and it's ridiculous i think we also should lose focus you know when they close down restaurants indoor dining at restaurants which are responsible for 1 point one percent of the infections and they say it's the science but that leaves open big box stores to serve food indoors there's something wrong on the local level i think governors need to be held responsible for what's going on here and they're a big reason why local businesses are shutting down and will never reopen. u.s. lawmakers have been offered early

happy monday, bill. >> bill: important story there. good to have you back. see you at 5:00. >> thank you. >> bill: so here we go. brand new week, brand new hours. i'm bill hemmer. at this hour, restaurants are taking their fight and their message to the u.s. capitol. this is a live look. protesters laying down dinner plates to represent the two million restaurant workers out of a job. they're also pushing for relief as new lock down orders take aim at the industry. small business owners say something has to give. >> i'm losing everything. it's being taken away from me. they set up a movie company next to my outdoor patio, which is over here. and people wonder why i'm protesting and why i have had enough. >> bill: so that's angela, a restaurant owner whose plea went viral over the weekend. i'll talk to her in a few minutes. meantime, william la jeunesse leads our hour. he's in los angeles as millions of californians start the week under new restrictions. what is happening, william? >> those restrictions took place at midnight last night. they will last throug

bill, and this bill now, are approaching $1 trillion that we are putting out for p.p.p. if that is what is needed an spent effectively, that's a worthy expendage. almost $1 trillion. will over $750,000. this bill alone over $300 billion. so we have p.p.p. now, in order for the private sector to function, in order for us to live our lives, we need to have the public sector, public transportation, public schools, public health. the list goes on. . it's about people, people who are doing the jobs. again, risking their lives to they lose their life and maybe lose their job. have lost their lives. many more have, of course, lost their jobs. approaching $1ly p.p.p., small he business, which i support all way, and $150 billion or and localon for state government. sectornables the private to function. which enables us to crush the virus. enables us to meet the people. billion, $160 billion from well over $1 billion. want to give n't money to blue states where the coronavirus is. in red states, too. knows no o border, it party, this vicious virus. but somehow other republicans sa

that the bill be considered red a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill without intervening action or debate. further, that if passed, the motion to reconsider the considered made and laid upon the table. >> is there objection to the request for modification? sen. mcconnell: i object. >> objection is heard. sen. sanders: i object. >> objection is heard. sen. durbin: it is an unusual sighting of a senator in the capital between christmas and new year's. this is one time we really try to reserve for our personal and family response abilities. our family, like others, look forward to the christmas season. it is one time of year we desperately try to find ways to come together. of course, covid-19 intervened and made that more

into the ndaa, the defense bill. . she's an example of why we need congress.ans in they bring that expertise into legislation. is smart and above all kind. corni more ss can certainly use like her. she will make our country a safer place. with that, mr. speaker. i yield my time. tempore: r pro pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further roceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the house will resume postponed on questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? move that the i house suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 906. the speaker pro tempore: the title of report the the bill. the clerk: senate 906, an act to the management of driftnet fishing. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the mr. eman from california, huffman, and the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, each minutes.rol 20 the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. huffman. r. huffman: thank you, mr. speake

house,elosi, democrats, they passed bills, the voting rights act, bailout money, etc., 300-plus bills back in the spring. it is still sitting on mitch mcconnell's desk. host: i'm getting one last call here. bismarck, north ko

the bill was enacted. well, sunday happened before the bill was enacted. sunday morning happened. so it's not clear if benefits will be payable for this week. it's a theory benefits can be payable this week we're just not sure yet. we have to find out. >> meaning do people basically get back pay for this week, is that what you're saying and that's unknown? >> that's right. the 9 million people collecting pandemic unemployment assistance, the 4.7 million about collecting pandemic unemployment emergency composition that is for people who ran out of unemployment compensation. it's unclear if they'll get a benefit this week and it's unclear if the $300 will apply to this week. we have to wait for guidance from the department of labor. >> that's uncertainty, obviously, that americans hurting don't want to hear. i know you've been talking to different agencies. what are you hearing about the struggles of americans? >> so the struggle out there is tremendous. it's sometimes hard for me to open by email because pe

we are ready to pass a bill. we're in the process of getting signatures on the -- from the committees, and there are a lot of people that don't like the idea of having to sign a bill and sign on to a bill, and yet they know that in order to maintain the superior position over china and russia, we have got to do that, and we have got to show our superior city, we have got to make it last. that's what we are doing right now. it's a very significant time. i anticipate that we're going to be able to get this done. i applaud the president for the time that he had spent and the money that he had spent on rebuilding our military. you hear him say all the time that we have now the strongest military that we have ever had, and we're in great shape but we are still rebuilding. we still have areas where our adversaries have better equipment than we do. so that is what's going on today. that's what's taking place. it's a very proud time that we can -- we can say that we're now addressing those things that are the most signif

bill? >> bill: jeff paul hanging in there. this is matt schlepp, chris hahn, former aid to chuck schumer. hello, gentlemen. good day to all of you. matt, you were in nevada yesterday. can you win that case? you just heard that gentleman say breathtaking relief requires breathtaking evidence. >> yeah. that's what the legal team and the other team on the ground in nevada, really a great team, volunteers and lawyers, that's what they came up with. bill, i've been in politics my entire adult life. when i hit the ground, i never thought i would see this level of provable illegal ballots in the count. please understand, everybody needs to understand this, the judge has spreadsheets with real names and real addresses of people, over 40,000 people that voted in two states. over 20,000 people that voted without being a legal resident of nevada. with people that voted who are green card holders, every category that you can imagine, the judge has in his hands. look, i assume he's a fair-minded judge. i sat through the proceedings. you ca

a clean bill. the president has been sitting in his oval office sulking since the election. he's not done one thing for the american people. hold on. if he wanted a bill before the election, he should have worked on mitch mcconnell before the election. he said he wanted the $2,000 payments which were more than the democrats proposed in their bill in may. he should have got that done before the election. it's the -- i don't understand why he's fighting so hard to keep the job. he doesn't do the work. it's amazing to me. brad, you saw a president work. you know how hard your former boss worked. this president did not work the phones, he did not work the congress. now he's complaining because he's saying they didn't read the bill. the bill is his budget. he complaining about his own budget that he didn't read, wasn't briefed on because he didn't care about this country. merry christmas, mr. president. >> listen, i know you can fight all day long. we can't let you. >> i know brad personally. >> yeah. >

putt andy biggs and what he thinks they should do with that bill. >> well, this is the worst bill and typifies the swamp because it is terrible from a process and a sub submit point of view. i've written a letter with a good number of my colleagues where we have delivered the letter asking the president to veto the bill. >> dana: senator, "the new york post" as it often does capture some of the thinking about the bill calling it a big stocking stiffer with a lot of xing for the special interest but not for us as they put it. we don't have regular budget order, these bills have been out there for a long time. people could read them if they wanted to. but this is what happens, all jammed into the very end and the democrats on the republicans all vote for it and complain about it. do you think that the president is going to veto the bill? >> the problem is they are all one, it was merged with the covid bill, frankly if it were the omnibus spending bill and the package of annual appropriation, if that was a prestanding bill, i would've voted no. but i felt that the covid portion was so im

was against the signing of this bill. as far as i'm concerned this bill is illegal. thatess has their own law says that they are supposed to get 48 hours to review any bill before it is put up, they were only given six hours. a lot of the congressmen never had a chance to go through 5000 partsto see where all the from all the special interests were buried in this bill. host: joe's thoughts, a republican. lily in st. louis, missouri. democratic caller, you are next. caller: i want to say this. he could have fixed all of this. he could have got involved but he did not want to do that, now he wants to put all his conditions in there. thence all these people on sixth of january to be there -- joe biden will be president. it shouldn't be about trump causing trouble like this. he knew this and didn't say a word, he wants to play god in all of this. he knows people are hungry, but he doesn't care then and he doesn't care now. to thousandant dollars, he's playing games with politics. goodbye. host: politico reports this morning that it was house minority leader kevin mccarth

bill. hi, chad. >> good afternoon, john. covid relief is on the way to the american people. it's a matter of when congress passes the bill, likely tonight. we have the bill text in the past hour. talks were stalled for months. house speaker nancy pelosi refused to accept a smaller bill before the election but changed her tune. >> it was all or nothing. but a few days ago, with a new president-elect of their own party, everything changed. democrats suddenly came around to our position that we should find consensus, make a law where we agree and get urgent help out the door. >> the bill is a compromise, $600 in direct payments for many americans. liberals and some republicans pushed $1,200. the checks should be in the mail next week. there's a month-long moratorium on evictions and $300 in jobless benefits but for ten weeks. pelosi says she's glad she rejected the bill that mcconnell wrote in the summer. >> it's a good bipartisan bill. it does -- it's different from bills that had been propos

reporter: think for covid relief bill does it need to write up the funding bill? what should we expect, when it is to come out, when it is a come to for russian? >> first or looking hard to finish of the omnibus bill as senator blunt pointed out. obviously given the challenges of moving things across the senate floor speedily, that would be a vehicle to add on whatever coronavirus relief bill we know will get a presidential signature. and obviously as discussed earlier, it will have to have democratic votes to get to the house. think will all likely come in one package. reporter: talked about the electoral progress integrity the election. why have you not spoken out? and they've said the elections been rigged and stolen from him. as i said repeatedly we have this government for the next three weeks for sure. what i am focusing on in trying to accomplish as much as we can during this three week period, which requires dealing with the government we have right now the future will take care of itself i was said repeatedly we will go to these processes electoral colleg

bill. the clerk: h.r. 7105, an act to provide flexibility for the secretary of veterans affairs in caring for homeless veterans during a covered public health emergency to direct the secretary of veterans affairs to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans, and for other purposes. senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. takano, and the gentleman from tennessee, mr. roe, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. takano: -- mr. takano. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks insert extraneous material on h.r. 7105, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. takano: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, mr. takano, is recognized. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i rise in support o

this bill, the bill is pending right now that we are going to try to get passed for this year. i think we will successfully do that. but that's going to be concentrating on the pacific area, that's china, and the things that china is doing that people don't -- many people don't realize the threat that's out there. right now, we're up, as i understand it, to seven different areas where they -- the chinese are actually building, creating islands in the south china sea. this is something that's different than has ever been done before. i contend, i have always contended -- it's still illegal but they are still doing it. they are doing it, and that's what they are, the effort that they are making there. if you go into these islands where they are rebuilding, it's almost as if china is preparing for world war iii. all of them are. this is what is happening right now. right now, we know about this solar winds act, the act that we're facing. that's something where we have language to deal with that in the defense authorization bill. the new hunt forward authority that allows our cyber

and this bill reflects that. process of a he lengthy effort involving members f both chambers, both parties that have come together and put together an incredibly strong piece of legislation. it passed so overwhelmingly just a couple weeks ago. and nothing has changed. has changed. the bill is exactly the same and every little bit as important. now, the president has the right o veto it, but i think we as members of the legislative body have to look at the reason that. was it because of something in the bill? ook, a piece of legislation comes through all the time and we occasionally miss something. the president finds out. my gosh. didn't know that. that's not what happened here. i really want members to understand the president vetoed something that isn't in the bill. and was never going to be in the bill. something totally unrelated to national security. and something that we were not to do in any event. there is lit lally -- literally to veto this bill for the reasons that the president did, and certainly no r

even if the left-wing governor were to veto a bill, they have enough to override that bill. that is what is going on here, there is a $500 billion unfunded liability in the state of california and according to ucla real estate economist, the houses in california are 50% more expensive than they would be but for the stupid regulations and taxes, that is why people are leaving. >> jason: one of the biggest crises in this country is the unfunded liabilities for these pensions. illinois, california, new york, all of these big democratic estates and somehow, someway, somebody's going to stop getting these pension payments in the country is good to have to wake up to literally hundreds of billions of dollars if not trillions of dollars in liability. joe, mayor de blasio -- and we talked about this before, mayor de blasio is literally rooting for the two democrats to win in georgia because he wants chuck schumer to become the majority leader because they need a bailout in new york city. >> that's an excellent point, it's the same bill de blasio who talked about and bragged about re

mccarthy was in the room negotiating this bill, mccarthy signed off on this bill, so how he operates, you make a great point, who are the closest allies at the president's ear? kevin mccarthy is still one of them, so watching him throughout this process will be interesting. one final note, brooke, speaker nancy pelosi made clear that tomorrow she will go to the house floor and try to bring up via unanimous consent a bill to basically address what the president wanted, $2,000 in direct payments. mccarthy made clear on this call that republicans believe that's a political stunt. any one person in the house could object to it and essentially kill what pelosi and the democrats will try to do tomorrow. somebody is going to object to that tomorrow. there will not be unanimous consent for the $2,000 checks. it will be a political battle, i'm sure, on the house floor during the pro bono session, but right now i think everybody is waiting to see. >> everyone, as you pointed out for months and months, all those americans struggling who need the assistance. phil mattingly, thank you so much for

the bill he signed yesterday is the exact same bill that was handed to him almost a week ago. besides creating a spectacle and snatching the news cycle, he got nothing that he wanted. it did have a real granular, devastating effect on millions of americans who were relying on the financial assistance programs for the federal government so that they can put food on their tables during one of the worst economic disasters to ever hit this country. because donald trump decided to stall the signing of the relief bill, all the financial assistance due to struggling americans is now delayed. the unemployment assistance program expired on saturday. because the president waited until sunday to sign the bill, the program lapsed. that means part-time workers, self-employed americans, gig workers instead of receiving $300 in federal assistance this week, they get zero. $0 this week because the president's playing games. for americans anxiously waiting for this $600 relief checks to make ends meet, they will have to wait days, maybe weeks longer because of the president's game playing. 14

in passage of this bill is addressed in the bill. the bill has the disciplines to force us to only work on appropriation bills of we can leave town but not on the federal dime, not on campaign money. we'll have to pay for that ourselves. and i don't know what we're going to pay for it with because we're not going to get paid until we actually pass the appropriation bill. so the discipline is already set in here. that's what so beautiful about this bill, that's what so eloquent about it. as i said in wisconsin, once they enforced this discipline, the most we ever had was a 40-day c.r. we're 71 days into this c.r. and we're going to have it another week. preventing the government shutdown act is a solution that will force us back to the good old days when we bring up appropriations bills. because my guess is not many members of congress aren't going to want to not get paid and not be able to go back to our districts. it will focus our minds and work on appropriation bills other than in a nional emergency, that's what happened in wiscon

so we needed to bipartisan bill, not this is our bill, take it or leave it. that can bring usr together, can solve the desperate needs of the american people which we all solve.ch want to the second item on our to-do list is federal appropriations which expire in two weeks. as we speak appropriators from both sides of the relevant committees continue their negotiations. it's my hope and expectation that we can come to an agreement very soon. third and finally, congress should pass the annual defense bill. as a country prepares for a peaceful transfer o of power, te continuity of our national security is paramount. for nearly 60 years congress has never failed to pass the annual defense bill. but this year it seems normally uncontroversial legislation has hit a snag president trump has threatened to veto the bill over provision that would rename military bases and installations named after confederate military leaders, men who would render this country andve have to preserve the institution of slavery, men who literally fought against this nation's military in

barr was bill barr. thank you very much. let's go to senior analyst elie hogue is with me. elie, we'll get to the fact that this was attorney general bill barr, but on the substance of this, the nation's top cop, from the doj, no fraud. is this just finally case closed, biden won, it's over? >> reporter: brooke, if you're donald trump and bill barr of all people are telling you it's over, it's over. this is and should be a death blow for all the conspiracy theories, because let's remember who bill barr is. he's shown us this over the last two years when he has continually bent the law, bent the truth, bent the facts to fit donald trump's narrative. but here's the thing. you can't just make stuff up. and bill barr told the thousands of women and men who work at doj a few weeks ago, he said, we're changing the rules now. you can investigate potential voter fraud and we'll announce it if you find anything. well, guess what? here we are a couple weeks later and the good non-partisan people who work every day

i would like to see a bill goes through congress that's just one thing on the bill. how comes there's always 5000 pages of what is supposed to be a relief package for us? it's a bunch of bs and i'm tired of it. i don't know who else might be tired of it. it's time to change the system or burn it down. host: jj, democratic caller. caller: thanks for taking my call. i'm for the $2000. we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. i think we should get $2000 a month for about six months. that way -- people are hurting. some people don't have any food. people can't pay their bills. small businesses are shutting down. ridiculous, and the people in washington, our politicians are playing games with us. and weme that stopped start looking at the real issues. we don't have time to distinguish who needs it and who doesn't need it. the best thing to do for the next six months is give everybody $2000. we are going to pay it back in taxes over time. this is a crisis right now and it's time that we stop the bickering in washington. portion ofleave this today's washington jour