i thank the distinguished chair of the house judiciary committee jerry adler for yielding and moving this important piece of legislation forward. i also thank kelly armstrong, who is the lead republican who has sponsored this legislation for his advocacy and his efforts to advance this critical piece of legislation, and i thank my good friend, the distinguished gentleman from texas, congressman gohmert, who indicated that we had had a previous conversation with then-congressman cedric richmond at a judiciary committee hearing about his willingness to be supportive of moving forward with a bill to deal with the sentencing disparity that relates to crack cocaine and powder cocaine. so i rise in support of hr-1693, the equal act, legislation that will finally eliminate the federal crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparity, which has devastated families' lives and communities across the country. as has been indicated since 1986, shortly after the tragic death of basketball star len bias. the anti-drug response made the 100-1 disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine. 500 gra

attorney general, can you confirm to this committee if you did earlier before the house judiciary committee the purpose of the memo that you were just discussing with senator cornyn is to have meetings to discuss whether there is a problem, to discuss strategies, to discuss whether local law enforcement needs assistance, or doesn't need assistance? is that the purpose of it? >> yes. thank you for making that point, senator. i say that in the memo. that the purpose of the memo is to convene meetings with federal, state, and local, tribal leaders and to facilitate discussions of strategies for addressing threats, to assess the question and to open lines of communication about those threats. >> thank you. i want to move to some other threats and that is a hearing that actually center blunt and i had yesterday. a bipartisan hearing. we both called witnesses before the rules committee. and it was with both republican and democratic election officials, the attorney general of arizona, a republican local official in philadelphia. and they told stories that horrified senators on both sides of the a

house judiciary committee reported the equal act favourably by a vote of 36 to five. the bill is also supported by dozens of groups ranging from the aclu to americans for prosperity. thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to bring us to this point. i urge everyone to support the equal act. that ends this statement by mr. kelly armstrong. and let me just say in conclusion, and i appreciated the comments of mr. jeffries regarding treatment. when i saw during my decade on the bench was, whether it was crack cocaine or powdered cocaine, it was incredibly addictive. and every now and then somebody might be able to deal with their addiction in a 30 day program, but normally it took a lot longer than 30 days. something i thought texas did right was have up to 12 months substance abuse felony punishment facility. some thought it was strange that a strong conservative like myself used that as much as i did. [inaudible] got a better chance of making it out understanding how addictive those substances are all coming from cocaine. and i know the second chance act act dealt

hearing before the house judiciary committee and the attorney general merrick garland get pretty testy at times. everything from whether or not republicans could show and in particular congressman jim jordan could show a video supporting the questions that they are asking the a.g. about parents being targeted by the f.b.i. specifically about those things and they were denied based on what chairman nadler of the house judiciary committee said was a point of rule there. someone objected and they went on. the back and forth got chippy for a bit. and then just moments ago, we saw something else and they are taking a break now and while they do we'll step in with "the faulkner focus". i'm hair use -- harris "the faulkner focus". a moment ago you saw the a.g. pressed on what may seem to be naked eye a conflict of interest for him to talk at all about going after parents and leveraging the f.b.i. to do that over issues that parents may have on what is being taught inside their children's's classroom. critical race theory. i believe we have a little bit of that. i will ask my team for that. >>

and then thursday attorney general garland will be before the house judiciary committee for an oversight hearing of the justice department. and there is a lot of issues he will be grilled on that day from january 6 committee but also on abortion more generally and texas abortion law. immigration is a huge one that republicans are pointing to there is a huge range ofs topics. a lot is happening this week at the hearing level that we haven't seen. sometimes a play out in the background to dominate the news coverage and we will see what else. host: independent line go ahead. >> number one i don't like either one of the's bills they are full of things we do not need. why aren't they talking about getting the deficit down instead of spending all this money? >> thank you for that. a lot of people are talking about getting it down. democrats in particular but also they had been saying we cannot be spending as much as we have been with these two packages together will be trillions of dollars. the argument from the white house is they are really trying to make a broader social spending package. n

host: that from the house judiciary committee meeting earlier this week. you can watch the whole thing at c-span.org. as the sun begins to rise on this saturday, october 23, asking you what role parents should play in public education. several responses from social media. elizabeth writing, parents should have complete control over their children's education. anne say, parents should play a role in education but let the professionals that we all pay for lead and do their jobs. the majority are not skilled or educated enough to determine curriculum. it is a shame the extremists are trying to bully the professionals about things they don't know or don't exist. also, try to push a whitewashed agenda to keep our kids ignorant. brenda saying, any parent who does not pay attention to anything your child is taught is asking for trouble. go to the meetings, talk to your school board. parents have been allowing liberal indoctrination for 20 years. pay attention. yes, parents should review school programs in advance. jimmy saying, kids are not government property. y

today gop members the house judiciary committee are asking chairman nadler to convene a hearing with deputy attorney general lisa monaco and acting assistant attorney general mark less coto investigate the national security division and their role in all of this. the letter follows a separate letter sent yesterday by all 19 republican congressman on the house judiciary committee to the nsba's board of directors, asking for their assistance in an investigation into the doj and the white house's attempt to use law enforcement to target concerned parents. now one of those signers joins me right now, congressman dan bishop of north carolina. he is on the house homeland security committee. congressman, thanks for joining us tonight, let me ask you before we get into the house's letter, take a look at some of the fireworks from yesterday's senate judiciary committee. listen to this. >> you have weaponized the fbi and the department of justice. it's wrong, it is unprecedented to my knowledge in the history of this country. >> it is about politicization of doj and you decided to submit as a

he sits on the house judiciary committee. congressman, good morning you and thank you for being with us. and we have a lot that we want to get to you, but first, we want to ask your reaction to that developing situation out of haiti. have lawmakers been briefed? do you know what's going on right now to get those people back safely? >> well, we're all in our home districts and homes and i don't think many people have been briefed, maybe some people on intel committees or foreign affairs, but haiti is the most outrageously poor run and violent and lawless spot in the western hemisphere and possibly in the globe. i've been to goma in the congo and it reminds me of goma. it's a terrible situation and we have to be careful not to get troops there, or we'll see another situation maybe like mogadishu, where we'll lose american troops trying to rescue americans. of course, we were trying to help somalis there, but we put our troops in great jeopardy. the united nations needs to get involved and see what they can do. >> goma, referrin

. >>> also we're keeping an eye on merrick garland's system before the house judiciary committee on the january 6th insurrection and other issues. >>> meantime the fda authorizes booster shots for the moderna and johnson & johnson vaccines as we learn more about the effectiveness of the pfizer booster shot. >>> and we are live on the ground in haiti, as the search continues for 17 american and canadian missionaries, including children, who were abducted by a haitian gang. >>> and on this latina equal payday, take a closer look at the huge pay gap between latinas and white non-hispanic men. >>> we begin on capitol hill, democrats are once again grappling with how to pay for their multi-trillion-dollar social safety net bill, and arizona senator kyrsten sinema is apposed to raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations to president biden and democratic leaders said is key to funding their reconciliation bill. with me is kristen welker and leighanne caldwell. how does the news affect efforts to get the outline of the bill in place by the halloween deadline for a vote on the bipartisan infr

judiciary committee. what is your takeaway? we talked about some of the big issues and critical race theory and d.o.j. intimidating parents in virginia. what do you expect to hear? we've watched these hearings for years, karl. there is a lot of bobbing and weaving and not much substance. a lot of side stepping. what are you looking for today? >> i'm looking for bobbing, weaving and side stepping. merrick garland since taking the job has professed a desire to create the image of his justice department as being a apart from politics. that's what he said the goal was. he has made statements and taken actions that belie that. you put your finger on one of the most amazing ones when we had disputes over the curriculum in places like loudon county, virginia, in which there were ugly words said he sent a message to the f.b.i. i want you to look into this. if there are threats of violence that's a state and local matter. it is not a matter for the justice department and yet he intruded in that. we'll get a lot of

as a member of the judiciary committee of the house, and now seeing with the senate judiciary committee has revealed, you to have jurisdiction, oversight jurisdiction of what goes on at the justice department, what are your first thoughts about what can be done about this? >> good evening lawrence, great to be on. as always. donald trump's behavior continues to make richard nixon look like a choir boy. there is no bottom, there never will be. that is how corrupt this particular individual, who used to occupy 1600 pennsylvania avenue, is, and how much he has corrupted, the republican party, which is no longer a functional governing party. it's a cult. i think, we came very close to losing our democracy and the more information that is to, fields the clear that becomes. and so i expect that on the house, judiciary committee side, they will continue to explore this information, probate, presented to the american people of course. leading that effort in the house is going to continue to be the select committee, and they were going to have to try to figure out how we can hold some of these i

judiciary committee on issues facing the justice department. 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span.org and on the new c-span now app, homeland security secretary appearing before the senate judiciary committee. watch next week on the c-span network. or you can watch full coverage on c-span now, our new video app. head over to c-span.org for scheduling information or to stream video, live or on-demand, anytime. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> a new mobile video app from c-span. c-span now, download today. >> washington journal continues. back and we want to know what your top new story of the week was. are there particular topics that were in the mainstream media that you want to talk about or is there something else going on that you think americans need to know about? call in and let us know what your top new story of the week wise. here are some stories that did come out this week that you may want to talk about. first of all, there is a supply chain disruption that happened and will happen in the future around the united states. the inflation con

you can begin. >>> house committee on judiciary will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. welcome everyone to this morning's hearing and oversight of the department of justice. before we begin i would like to remind members we have established an e-mail address and distribution list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions or other materials members might want to offer as part of our hearing today. fuld like to submit materials please distribute them and we'll circulate them to members and staff as quickly as we can.if y materials please distribute them and we'll circulate them to members and staff as quickly as we can. also face conversation are required for all meetings in enclosed space such as committee hearings except when you are recognized to speak. i will now recognize myself in opening statement. good morning mr. attorney general, and thank you for appearing before our committee today. in the department of justice performance as it should it is champion of bill of rights,

joining us now congressman ken buck of house antitrust and house judiciary committees. congressman, good to have you back on. your reaction to this report. we have the hearing tomorrow. is there now serious movement to do something about this in congress? >> i think there is serious movement. i think it is really important that the public understands the need for the movement. it is clear that facebook has shown no interest in stopping the predators who use the site. for example human traffickers and drug dealers. they have shown very little interest in the fact that teen suicide rates are going up. that teen girls especially have serious issues when they're using instagram, serious bodily issues and so there are all these, you know, problems that really magnify the monopoly issue that facebook is involved in. if we have five facebooks, we have competitive pressure to make sure that these companies deal with the, really abuses going on. elizabeth: congressman, phase book whistle-blower said, quote, facebook's own research shows that it knows that its content is hateful,

it's just amazing. >> don, you know, when the house judiciary committee subpoenaed don mcgahn, trump's white house counsel, it took two years to get through the court. two years. that's the kind of system that we're dealing with here. >> oh, boy. kirsten, let's talk about another tough thing that's happening in another tough week for the biden presidency. a disappointing jobs report. the country barely avoided a default. the debt ceiling remains, right? that mess remains. it's temporary that they -- you know, they're stopping it now, but they're going to have to deal with it in december. and his domestic agenda, if i can get my lips to work right on a friday, is in jeopardy. i mean biden ran as a candidate that could get things done. so how is he going to pull all this off? >> well, look, yes, i mean i think he's trying to get things done. but we also have to keep perspective on this which it's not like he has 60 democratic votes in the senate. he's working with a very narrow majority and with a couple senators who are -- you know, aren't going to go along with his agenda as he's laid

i am including in the record now the house judiciary committee's record addressing whatever rights and the woody rights act of the senate judiciary committee. without objection, that will be included. and continue to work with us, because i was thrilled to be standing with -- if i could have that photograph back for just a moment before i yield the floor -- i was thrilled to be standing with leading republicans and democrats when we last signed this bill. and saying, see, it's for america. it's not for either political party. it's for america. and that's what you want. now to answer senator blackburn's question -- actually, senator, i am told senator lee will be recognizing. sen. lee: thank you, mr. chairman. general clarke, let's talk for a moment about what states can do. does california have the authority, and should it have the authority to adopt more stringent air quality standards than the federal standards in place without receiving preclearance from the united states government? general clarke: senator, this is not an area that i work in. i suppose, this is not an area that i w

for hearing, his first in person testimony before the house judiciary committee. that is that live on c-span3. you can watch on c-span.org or stream it live on our new c-span now mobile app. opal forum. let's hear from james first in waldorf, maryland. democrat line. >> the morning. several things. i want to touch base on -- i will start with the vaccine mandate. the vaccine mandate isn't as huge of an issue in my eyes because we have been vaccinated since i've been had the chickenpox and measles, mumps. i didn't know i need to take it, but i took it because you go to school, and your parents make you take the vaccine because it was mandatory. i don't necessarily see why we think there's a huge difference with this new vaccine the vaccines that we already have taken. the concern and that woke us of new medicine and deceiving humans. people don't really believe that you should trust the government. i trust that, but that different is not much from what we already do. thank you. >> colorado, next up. lori, independent line. lori, are you there? johnstown, colorado.

attorney general, can you confirm to this committee, as you did earlier before the house judiciary committee, that the purpose of the memo that you were just discussing with senator cornyn is to have meetings to discuss whether there's a problem, to discuss strategies, to discuss whether local law enforcement needs assistance or doesn't need assistance? was that the purpose of it? >> yes, thank you for making that point, senator. i say that in the memo, that the purpose of the memo is to convene meetings with federal, state, and local, tribal leaders, and to facilitate the discussions of strategies for addressing threats, to assess the question and open the lines of communication about those threats. >> thank you. i want to move to some other threats. and that is a hearing that actually senator blount and i had yesterday. it was a bipartisan hearing. we both called witnesses. it was before the rules committee. it was with both republican and democratic election officials. the attorney general of arizona, a republican local official in philadelphia. and they told stories that horrified senato

judiciary committee next week. meanwhile the white house focused on trying to head off an economic crisis, caused by supply chain disruptions. empty shelves escalating prices for goods, or now realities for so many americans. just ahead, we will have more on what the administration is planning to do about that. meanwhile, we may soon know more about boosters for people who received the moderna and johnson & johnson vaccines, and fda advisory committee will meet tomorrow and friday to decide whether to recommend additional shots. one new study on boosters is now getting a lot of attention, and deservedly so. research from the nih shows the j&j vaccine recipients may fare better, with a second shot of another brand. either moderna or pfizer. we have a doctor, a leading expert in fact standing by to take our questions on all of this. in just a few minutes time. but first, let's bring in our starting line show we. on this wednesday night. the white house correspondent for the pbs news our, moderator of washington week

hopefully we'll continue to work together on this and i'm including in the record now the house judiciary committee addressing footing rights act [inaudible] our objective will be included. i'll continue to work with you because i was thrilled [inaudible] i was thrilled to be standing with leading republicans and democrats, and say this is for america. it's for america. now to answer my friends question, senator lee will be recognizing senator klobuchar. >> thank you mister chairman, miss clark talk about four minute with states can do. can california have the authority and should it have the authority to adopt more stringent air quality standards than the federal standards in place without receiving plea clearance from the united states government? >> senator this is not an area that i work in this is not an area that i work in. >> what about areas that are protected by the bill of rights? hastings wants to pass laws dealing with covid-19 that might have the impact of restricting religious impact, like restricting the number of people who may congregate in a church or otherwise? should l

today during the house judiciary committee, merrick garland sidestepped a question about his intentions. >> the department recognizes the important oversight role that this committee, the house of representatives, and the senate play with respect to the executive branch. the department of justice will do what it always does and circumstances, it would apply the facts and a lot to make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution. >> now, there are however, new signs indicating how serious the feds appear to be about the sex trafficking investigation, involving trump ally and gop florida congressman matt gates. according to the new york times, the justice department has added to tell prosecutors from washington to the team working on that very case. the times puts it this way, the prosecutors, won a public corruption investigator with an expertise and child exploitation crimes, and the other a top leader of the public corruption unit, have been working on the florida-based investigation for at least three months. gates has not been charged with any crime, and has denied all w

host: that from the house judiciary committee meeting earlier this week. you can watch the whole thing at c-span.org. as the sun begins to rise on this saturday, october 23, asking you what role parents should play in public education. several responses from social media. elizabeth writing, parents should have complete control over their children's education. anne say, parents should play a role in education but let the professionals that we all pay for lead and do their jobs. the majority are not skilled or educated enough to determine curriculum. it is a shame the extremists are trying to bully the professionals about things they don't know or don't exist. also, try to push a whitewashed agenda to keep our kids ignorant. brenda saying, any parent who does not pay attention to anything your child is taught is asking for trouble. go to the meetings, talk to your school board. parents have been allowing liberal indoctrination for 20 years. pay attention. yes, parents should review school programs in advance. jimmy saying, kids are not government property. y

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member of the house judiciary committee, he joins me now. it's good to have you, congressman. the, i think there's a key distinction, congresswoman uses planning in that tweet. cori bush's resolution says incitement. has it been cleared by members of congress? >> it's great to be on your show again. you know, there is a fine point and i think that that's why it's so important to conduct the investigation that cori bush and so many other colleagues called for early this year. i appreciate the reporting done by rolling stone. obviously there needs to be further investigation and of course this was the entire point of the select committee, which we had hoped would be done on a bipartisan basis earlier this year, but we couldn't get enough support from our republican colleagues in the united states senate to do a simple bipartisan investigation of what happened on january 6th. that's why you're seeing democrats lead the way. issue subpoenas that are uncovering day by day the kind of information that we are seeing reported in rolling stone. >> but expulsion from congress, the 14th

i am including in the record now the house judiciary committee's -- and without objection that will be included. and continue to work with us because i was thrilled to be standing with leading -- republicans and democrats when we last signed this bill, and saying, see, this is for america. it is not for either political party. it is for america. and that is what we want. now, to answer senator blackburn's question, senator lee will be recognized, then senator klobuchar. center late -- senator lee? sen. lee: thank you. ms. clark, let's talk about what states can do. does california have the authority and should it have the authority to adopt more stringent air quality standards than federal standards without receiving preclearance from the federal government? gen. clarke: this is not an area that i work in. i suppose, but this is not an area that i work in. sen. lee: what about areas protected by the bill of rights? let's suppose a state wants to pass laws dealing with covid-19 that might have the impact of restricting religious freedom by, for example, restricting the number of people

let's bring in legal analyst, ambassador norm eisen, special counsel for the house judiciary committee in president trump's first impeachment trial. good morning, ambassador. great to see you as always. so in that first round of subpoenas, there were a lot of familiar faces, steve bannon and mark meadows, but in this subpoena list, not quite household names. you say that shouldn't fool anyone. what's significant to you about these subpoenas? >> boris, thanks for having me back. always wonderful to see you. in building any investigation it's important to identify those who -- because every investigation is different -- played the central role. they're not always big names, but this round of 11 subpoenas includes some familiar ones like katrina pierson and some less familiar ones who occupied critical conduit roles, boris. these are folks who worked in the republican fundraising and political apparatus in the trump campaign and also who are listed as organizers on the papers for the january 6th rally which became inthe crime of insurrection -- incitement of insurrection. i think just as

the attorneys general coming before the house judiciary committee on thursday will be certainly asked about these issues. >> lastly, i need your opinion about what a new gop gerrymandering map in texas is doing. whites in texas make up 40% of the population but now control 59% of the districts. hispanics have 39% but control just 20% of the districts. and blacks make up 12% of all texans, but control a tiny portion of districts. 2.7%. the texas house passed this bill at 3:00 a.m. thursday night, so democracy quite literally is dying in the dark. is there anything that congress can do about this? >> well, part of the freedom to vote act would prohibit this type of aggressive gerrymandering designed to bring about a republican partisan advantage where the demographics of a state, in that case, texas, don't measure up. we also, i think, are going to see litigation filed against this particular map because, as your numbers so clearly illustrate, this is a racial gerrymander that is a classic one and should not pass muster in terms of the constitution. i expect that the courts will hear th

. >>> right now attorney general merrick garland is about to answer questions from the house judiciary committee for the first time. it is expected to be a contentious hearing as lawmakers will likely press him on the enforcement of subpoenas from the january 6 committee as well as the capital riot, voting rights, migrants at the southern border and the ongoing abortion ban in texas. >> cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is joining us live from washington. as jim pointed out, expected to get contentious. i think we're all waiting for a little bit of that. we also have a sense of what merrick garland is going to say going into this. >> the interesting thing about this, this is a standard oversight hearing. this is a chance for committee members on the judiciary committee to question the attorney general about what's happening at the department of justice. you can bet that the attorney general will do everything he can to steer it to a conversation about what the department of justice has done in his seven months at the top and what it will continue to do. in his opening stateme

all the republicans on the house judiciary committee have an obligation. we're supposed to provide oversight for the department of justice. merrick garland is the attorney general. he is the top law enforcement official in this country. he should be above reproach. when he sent out the controversial memo on july 4th it raised a lot of eyebrows. his memo to direct the fbi and u.s. attorney's offices to mobilize against parents who have audacity to exercise free speech and protest curriculum at the local school board. this despite the fact it looks partisan, ethics problem has arisen. reported everywhere that the attorney general's son-in-law is cofounder and owner of a company, that gets this, promotes the far left curricula that is subject of many of these parents protest. we need a public report on this. we need an ethics inquiry and we demanded that today. liz: at the same time he aiming federal firepower meant for terrorists against parents making alleged threats to school boards his son-in-law is making big bucks from school boards. one report says $12

. >> reporter: now, alex, congressman ted lieu sits on the house judiciary committee. he knows this well because he spent years trying to conduct oversight of the trump administration, so the committee now essentially moving forward with this process of criminal contempt for steve bannon and any other witness who defies a subpoena. they're looking at a form of punishment rather than getting to their goal of hearing from these witnesses. >> okay, julie. thank you so much for that update from capitol hill. >>> now to breaking news out of california where we are getting more information on the status of former president bill clinton as he remains hospitalized for now a fifth day. a person familiar with his condition telling nbc news that clinton's doctors are evaluating whether to release him from the hospital today. just a few hours ago, we saw hillary and chelsea clinton returning to the uci, that's university of california at irvine, medical center where the former president is being treated for a urological infection. monica is following this story from the white hous

he is testifying right now on capitol hill before the house judiciary committee. he just weighed in on the bannon decision. let's get over to cnn's jessica schneider who's following this for us. jessica, what is the attorney general saying? >> well, this has been a wide-ranging hearing, kate. the attorney general has very much tried to stay on message to talk about the moves that the justice department has made during his seven months at the top. in particular, he referenced the fact that they have doubled the staff of their voting rights section in the past year to be prepared to evaluate this influx of voting rights laws that have been enacted by mostly republican states. at the same time, the attorney general here, he is sticking to this message that he always focuses on. he repeatedly has said the justice department is not political and that its sole goal is to uphold and protect the rule of law. but of course today is that house vote on the steve bannon contempt referral. when the attorney general was asked what the doj will do when this referral is ultimatel

you can begin. >>> house committee on judiciary will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. welcome everyone to this morning's hearing and oversight of the department of justice. before we begin i would like to remind members we have established an e-mail address and distribution list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions or other materials members might want to offer as part of our hearing today. fuld like to submit materials please distribute them and we'll circulate them to members and staff as quickly as we can.if y materials please distribute them and we'll circulate them to members and staff as quickly as we can. also face conversation are required for all meetings in enclosed space such as committee hearings except when you are recognized to speak. i will now recognize myself in opening statement. good morning mr. attorney general, and thank you for appearing before our committee today. in the department of justice performance as it should it is champion of bill of rights,

individuals like william underwood, cynthia shank, all testified before the house and senate judiciary committees of the devastating impact of mandatory minimum laws have had on them, their families and countless others. i can assure you this legislation is long overdue. i'm excited that the introduction of my legislation now today will become reality and i'm excited to be a part in working with chairman jeffries on this important legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. ms. jackson lee: race has been a factor, and we are glad we are moving beyond that. we must pass the equal act. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. gohmert: continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i now recognize one minute to the gentlelady from michigan, ms. tlaib. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from michigan is recognized for one minute. ms. tlaib: colleagues, as

joining me to talk about it is a member of the house judiciary committee colorado congressman joe neguse, i'm happy to have you back with me this sunday. i want to get into this him as a lawyer, somebody who has worn a few different hats in congress already. this is quite is showdown, i said yesterday we need to queue the clint eastwood music. we have 35 national archive requests, how should this play out? >> well, good morning, tiffany, it's great to be with you. i think are you right, democracy is at stake and the future of congressional oversight. at the end of the day, if witnesses can defy a duly lawfully issued subpoena without any consequence, then ultimately congressional oversight doesn't exist. it's hard to argue that congress is a co-equal branch of government. so i think it's important for there to be consequences. i suspect that if the select committee, given the statement they issued on friday is taking this as serious as, you know, the gravity of this crisis demands and i'm hopeful that ultimately that they will make a criminal contempt referral to the extent that individu

i think it's absolutely essential that the six bills that passed out of the house judiciary committee make the floor of the house, i believe most if not all of those bills will pass, the senate is working on those bills also in making great progress. i think you will see a real change in these high-tech big tech area in the near future. >> congressman, thank you for your time, sir. >> president biden's agenda is in danger of being tainted by progressives in the house a separate bills has no chance of being passed. they say that the three-point trillion dollar price tag as way too high, so where do democrats go from here? kayleigh mcenany will weigh in next. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom ♪ ♪ for me and you ♪ ♪ and i think to myself ♪ ♪ what a wonderful world ♪ a rich life is about more than just money. that's why at vanguard, you're more than just an investor, you're an owner so you can build a future for those you love. vanguard. become an owner. there is no place like home y'all! vanguard. and these people know that there is no

thursday, merrick garland is going to be before the house judiciary committee for an oversight hearing of the justice department. there is a lot of issues that he is going to be grilled on -- january 6, but also on abortion, texas's abortion law, immigration is a huge one republicans are planning to ask about. a lot happening this week at the hearing level. we have not seen a lot of these hearings. this is going to be a huge week for these to have a centerstage, dominate cable news coverage. host: wanda, michigan, independent. caller: number one -- i do not like either one of these bills. i think they are full of things we do not need. my question is why art date talking about getting our deficit down instead of spending all this money? guest: a lot of people are talking about getting the deficit down, republican in particular. derek has have also been saying we cannot be spending as much as we have been -- democrats have also been saying we cannot be spending as much as we have been. the argument from the way house then they are trying to make this broader social spending package tota

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mere hours after he sat before the house judiciary committee last week, the full house passed a resolution finding steve bannon in contempt of congress. in other words,garland's appearance before senate judiciary tomorrow will be his first oversight hearing since it became his department's responsibility and among many democrats, expectation to enforce a congressional subpoena against steve bannon. he might not be able to dodge questions tomorrow, considering what we learned from the "washington post" this week about bannon's involvement about what is being called headquarters for the insurrection. joining us now, our friend neal katyal, former acting u.s. solicitor general, now a georgetown university professor. i was able to sleep after that vote because you assured me that doj would enforce that subpoena. do you believe that will be the case? >> i do. so, i think the justice department has a very cautious attitude in which they examine the stuff case by case but this is a case in which literally the subpoena is about a war on our democracy and a guy who's afraid to tell the truth under