the problem is the alexandria ocasio-cortezs over the world are not going away. that creates a problem for how you get all of these things you want to get passed, done. how you get joe manchin and kristin sinema to go along or how you get the 13 republicans? john: the democratic caucus is not like the republican caucus. it does not look like a country club board of directors. we have an incredibly diverse, ideologically, demographically, gender, etc. the process is pretty messy and it has hurt us. i will be the first to say that. we are going to get some stuff done. that is important. it will be impact. as well. you have to deal with that, not now, not in the first quarter or the second quarter, you guys would have to deal with the effect that you do not have anything to run on. i hope you have plans of what you are going to do about the border and what you are going to do about how we perceive the broad or what you want to do about voters who have lost confidence in biden's ability to govern. not his ability to understand government. john: let us challenge. i do

this is congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez, from yesterday. [video clip] >> this is not about me. this is not about representative gosar, but this is about what we are willing to accept. not just from a leader, but i have seen other members of this party advanced argument, including a percentage of gosar himself, the illusion that this is just -- including representative gosar himself, that the illusion that this is just a joke and what we say and what we do does not matter as long as we claim a lack of meaning. this nihilism runs deep, and it conveys and betrays a certain contempt to the meaning and importance of our work here that what we do, so long as we claim it is a joke, does not matter. that what we say here does not matter. that our actions every day as elected leaders in the united states of america does not matter. that this chamber and what happens in it does not matter. and i am here to rise to say that it does. our work here matters. our example matters. there is meaning in our service, and as leaders in this country, when we inc

host: that was alexandria ocasio-cortez of new york. caller: she said exactly the words i would have said. i voted for him to be fdr, because this country needs a large transformation. the way we take care of the middle class and the poor and the wealthy are getting away not contribute in their fair share for years and years. that tax cut that donald trump passed was horrendous. host: how do you think this legislation benefits middle-class people? caller: the first thing is a lot of people will be getting some childcare. you will be able to get some help with your elderly family members if you need it. the child tax credit we are already dealing with. a lot of this will go to help out the efficient -- the ever structure built. -- the infrastructure built. these are things people need to go about their lives. these things are very costly. host: ok. let's hear from chris in new york, independent line. caller: how are you doing this morning? mccarthy was right and wrong yesterday. wrong on the part of dragging out eight hours when they sho

zander casio cortez -- adam gose r and alexander are casio tests -- held sandra oh casio cortez -- alexandria ocasio cortez. , a place where slaverry was abolished and taken our men and women into service to protect freedom and democracy throughout the world and place where medicare, medicaid and social security, meeting the needs of the american people were established and the list goes on about the distinguished nature of the house of

host: philip in alexandria. caller: good morning. thank you for all you have done with all of this stuff. this goes way back to mercia and everything else. my wife and i recently had our burst -- booster. i read a lot of indications on the internet where protected by 16 times more antibodies. is that a matter of antibodies or protecting against the virus itself for the percentage of being safe? thank you for what you do. guest: great question. the answer to that is yes to both. the booster does have more antibodies. the reduction of risk of acquiring the virus. the fundamental immunity with the combination of antibodies is much harder to measure. we don't fully understand those two. we do know from excellent critical -- clinical trials the vaccine itself in the booster increase antibodies but more importantly increase our chance of getting covid. your chance of getting severe covid are very low. right now in our hospitals, 99% are not vaccinated. the percent of people who are vaccinated to wind up with severe covid is very slim. host

here in alexandria, virginia into maryland, i would not be able to drive it. that language looks to remedy that situation. we could make sure drivers are fully trained. host: how else does the infrastructure build benefit the industry and on the others, hurt the industry? guest: i think everybody wants a firm -- first-class office space. would you dedicate $110 billion, that goes a long way to improving that aspect and getting drivers that office space. that is the big benefit right there. eliminate the crumbling roadways that we have right now on our infrastructure. host: how many days are they out on the road versus at home. guest: it is up to the driver and what kind of job they are looking for. all aspects of this, you could imagine short-haul delivery drivers. the time allows. host: what times of the day are they allowed to drive? could they drive at night? guest: they could drive 24 hours a day. they operate 24 7, 365. host: what is the competition to retaining drivers? guest: everybody is looking for drivers. there is the opportunity where everybody is

caller is from, they would probably have to give a lot of republican precincts to progressives like alexandria ocasio-cortez or jamal bowman or mondaire jones. are they going to be ok with that? or will they pressure their fellow progressives in albany to vote against such a gerrymander. there are a lot of moving parts here. host: joyce next in portland, oregon. independent caller. good morning. caller: good morning. hello, can you hear me? host: we can. go ahead. caller: yeah. i'm not going to vote ever again because my personal color, i know they have not passed the voting act right act yet. and i just about tired of america anyway. i was born in this place. and when i went to school, the only thing they taught us about was abraham lincoln, george washington carver and frederick douglass. now they own this -- on this big kick about c.t.r. earn all that. i don't care about the redistricting. it's going to leave black people out anyway. goodbye. host: two points there. not going to vote because she doesn't see any action on voting rights. and you have heard the speaker of the house talk about

host: philip in alexandria. caller: good morning. thank you for all you have done with all of this stuff. this goes way back to mercia and everything else. my wife and i recently had our burst -- booster. i read a lot of indications on the internet where protected by 16 times more antibodies. is that a matter of antibodies or protecting against the virus itself for the percentage of being safe? thank you for what you do. guest: great question. the answer to that is yes to both. the booster does have more antibodies. the reduction of risk of acquiring the virus. the fundamental immunity with >> we will leave

host: philip in alexandria. caller: good morning. thank you for all you have done with all of this stuff. this goes way back to mercia and everything else. my wife and i recently had our burst -- booster. i read a lot of indications on the internet where protected by 16 times more antibodies. is that a matter of antibodies or protecting against the virus itself for the percentage of being safe? thank you for what you do. guest: great question. the answer to that is yes to both. the booster does have more antibodies. the reduction of risk of acquiring the virus. the fundamental immunity with the combination of antibodies is much harder to measure. we don't fully understand those two. we do know from excellent critical -- clinical trials the vaccine itself in the booster increase antibodies but more importantly increase our chance of getting covid. your chance of getting severe covid are very low. right now in our hospitals, 99% are not vaccinated. the percent of people who are vaccinated to wind up with severe covid is very slim. host

alexandria ocasio-cortez joining some of the members of her class there. they had their own press conference. the class of 2018. about how to approach the climate crisis. it gave us great hope. we had the highest level meetings there. were inspired what happened. it took a giant step forward. but we have to do our share, our fair share. what that's about is about health care for our children, clean air, clean water. it's about jobs, jobs, jobs. good-paying union jobs to keep us preeminent in green technology throughout the world. you heard me say it's a national security issue. as national security advisors tell us. competition for habitat and resources with drought and rising sea levels, etc., can cause conflict. and, of course, the moral obligation for us to hand this planet over to the next generation in a responsible way. for me, it's a religious thing. i believe it's god's creation. we have a moral obligation to be good stewards. but if you don't share that view, you must share the view that we have an obligation to future generations. so we're very e

we will go to sydney end alexandria, indiana. what are your thoughts on veterans day? caller: i want to talk about the va hospital. the va hospital has been destroyed under mr. trump's privatizing at the v.a.. i have been to the v.a. hospital twice in the emergency room and operated on. now, we no longer have an emergency room. if i have skin cancer on my face or ear, now i have to drive 120 miles one way. why don't y'all start investigating how the v.a. is collapsing because of this outsourcing money to private doctors? you cannot go to any doctor you want, only certain doctors will take you. we have been told we have to wait six months to get any appointment to see these people because the v.a. no longer hardly has any doctors in central louisiana. my doctor announced that he is no longer going to be there. nobody is talking about it. everyone is saying how great the v.a. is. i used to praise the v.a. now it is a mess. host: malcolm in louisiana, a veteran. good morning to you. caller: good morning. i am a vietnam era navy corpsman . and it is corpsman, not like co r

guest: steve in alexandria, indiana. republican line. host: yes. host: steve, make sure you mute your volume and go ahead with your question or comment. caller: i wanted to say that i think the reason our economy, the gas prices is the main reason. once the gas prices go up it caused a chain reaction to everything. from truck drivers, it was a chain reaction. the truck drivers have to pay more for their fuel. if everybody's paying more for the fuel than all the prices will be going up. it is not going to end until we get relief on these gas prices. it costs more to transport all of our goods all over the country and i think it is going to be with us for a while until we can get these gas prices lowered. host: ok, steve. guest: you are right. gas prices contribute to inflation when they are rising as rapidly as they have been. it is not the only contributing factor. we also have commodity prices going up as demand for goods have risen with the economy's recovery. we have house prices going up and lumber prices going up. there is a host of goods that

host: we will go to joe in alexandria, virginia, independent line. caller: good morning, sir. i am very pleased. it was a long time coming for this vote to get across the finish line. the thing that astonishes me about all things going on in washington these days is that we have broken out into travel factions. if this was the same legislation offered in the same way, in the same manner under the previous administration, it would be cheered by the group opposed for it and it would be demonized by those who are now for it. i really do worry about the state of our republic. we should not be holding up these bills. we should not be holding up what things we need to make sure we keep on moving. the bill is trimmed down. you have investments in ports, roads, transit, and anyone who travels internationally knows that america has to build back our airports because they are dilapidated and taking forever to give up to speed. but they should never have taken it hostage. another piece of legislation i support -- host: to the point you are making, what do you think about these republican

host: larry next from alexandria-virginia. caller: a few quick questions, if you can say it where he was born and raised in how he became a millionaire through his construction company. has he read molly hemingway's book? she showed strong reason to question the wood gallery of more votes than the margin won by biden in georgia. i wonder if he could say whether she is a liar and talk about himself a little bit. thank you. guest: i forget exactly where you are from, but i talk about in my book. my dad was in the construction industry. we lived in upstate new york in niagara falls for two years and then moved to pennsylvania for first grade through fourth grade. then my dad got transferred to toronto. moved up there. that is where i met trish in high school. we moved back to the states when i graduated from engineering school. have not been back but to visit family. we have lived in different parts of the country. georgia has been our home since 1982. first business was a daycare center with tricia. then left and had a partner f

this is cecil in alexandria, virginia. go ahead. what is the situation in alexandria? caller: i am an advocate for supporting funding of the police with a caveat. with the immunity they hold -- doing the right thing and they can take my life without any recourse or consequences. that is the counterbalance of defunding. to walk around like a god, snatch up my life -- their life normal. that is my personal worry about the funding. however, society has to take up the slack to support their neighbors if they already funded to save lives -- are defunded to save lives. host: have you seen an increase in crime in alexandria in the past year? caller: it is relatively peaceful and quiet particularly in my community. i do not see any increase, but i noticed around the nation generally there seemed to be a spike. i do not know if it is because of covid so they are not launching headlong in or if it is other factors as well. i think there is a noticeable absence. crime and murder seem to be on a steep rise. host: aaron, tacoma, washington, another increase. please go ahead. caller

you look at the numbers in loudoun county, alexandria, fairfax county. mcauliffe loss just enough in those big democratic counties to cost him the race. >> let's go to the interactive and conversational portion among ourselves, the panelists. one of the things elaine just mentioned was critical race theory and culture wars, which is, what i think, maybe youngkin strategy -- he was not running with trump, but he used a lot of trump type attitude and policy with regard to culture wars. is that going to work going forward, and only in the midterms, but local races? what do you guys think? >> i will go first. i think that strategy of going to work -- is going to work if democrats let it work. if there is no countering of that type of messaging, or if the counter into the messaging around things like critical race theory is the approach terry mcauliffe took and getting caught with just some really bad talking points or soundbites, yeah, republicans are going to keep on doing what they are doing until it stops working for them. they've been masterful at this.

host: we will go to joe in alexandria, virginia, independent line. caller: good morning, sir. i am very pleased. it was a long time coming for this vote to get across the finish line. the thing that astonishes me about all things going on in washington these days is that we have broken out into travel factions. if this was the same legislation offered in the same way, in the same manner under the previous administration, it would be cheered by the group opposed for it and it would be demonized by those who are now for it. i really do worry about the state of our republic. we should not be holding up these bills. we should not be holding up what things we need to make sure we keep on moving. the bill is trimmed down. you have investments in ports, roads, transit, and anyone who travels internationally knows that america has to build back our airports because they are dilapidated and taking forever to give up to speed. but they should never have taken it hostage. another piece of legislation i support -- host: to the point you are making, what do you think about these republican

he posted a violent cartoon to social media depicting him killing representative alexandria of course you could -- alexandra conseil cortez. he is the second to be kicked out of committees. joining georgia's marjorie taylor greene. this was followed by speaker pelosi reading the charges against the congressman while he stood in the well flanked by his colleagues and supporters.

he posted a violent cartoon to social media depicting him killing representative alexandria of course you could -- alexandra conseil cortez. he is the second to be kicked out of committees. joining georgia's marjorie taylor greene. this was followed by speaker pelosi reading the charges against the congressman while he stood in the well flanked by his colleagues and supporters. there seven years myself. i rise today as the speaker of the house of representatives and an institution that was designed by our founders to be the peoples' house, a house constantly invigorated by accountability to the people every year, a place where slaverry was abolished and taken our men and women into service to protect freedom and democracy throughout the world and place where medicare, medicaid and social security, meeting the needs of the american people were established and the list goes on about the distinguished nature of the house of representatives. many people have been elected to this body, only a few hundred women and great heroes of our country have served in this institution including presid

zander casio cortez -- adam gose r and alexander are casio tests -- held sandra oh casio cortez -- alexandria ocasio cortez. , a place where slaverry was abolished and taken our men and women into service to protect freedom and democracy throughout the world and place where medicare, medicaid and social security, meeting the needs of the american people were established and the list goes on about the distinguished nature of the house of representatives. many people have been elected to this body, only a few hundred women and great heroes of our country have served in this institution including president abraham lincoln that was before the chamber was where his desk is memberrialized, the place where his desk was. when we come to this institution, we understand there are 435 members of congress, but only one from each district, only one of us is -- represents the thoughts, aspirations, dreams, fears and hopes of our constituents. there is no bigger privilege for any one of us in the house, the speaker, any of the titles that our caucus has bestowed on us as to say i speak for the people in my

. >> calls coming in -- paul is coming in from alexandria, virginia. caller: thank you for having me. i think the forest may be getting lost to the trees. i think it's very critically important is a 40 year lifelong democrat abandoned them about 15 years ago when we realize they were throwing up government dole to get people's votes. what you need to look at is the down ballot in virginia. the turnout in virginia was extraordinary democrats and republicans. they came out in virginia and they got trounced. the first african-american lieutenant governor in the state of virginia. first latino american attorney general in the state of virginia, i don't know how that plays in the rest of the country but i sure it is still unique. virginia has made a loud cry, enough. enough with your taxes, your afghanistan screw ups, your border. people of had enough. host: got the point. what you think. caller: it was -- guest: it was a historic night. first woman of color is going to be lieutenant governor, but looks like they've major advantage there. it also looks like

host: from alexandria, virginia, this is aaron. caller: i have heard a lot of discussions this morning ken thank you very much. one of the largest things going on is the division in the united states. we are taking sides and partisanship discussions on as if there were only two sides. i know on c-span we have the republican, democratic, and independent, but what i find important is looking at how the divisions in the united states are seeking into the legal system and how there is still a separation of fact and fanaticism, for lack of a better word in looking at the politics. i just want to say to you happy holidays and enjoy kwanzaa if you celebrated it. thank. host: yahoo! at george's representative marjorie taylor green called out kevin mccarthy it saying he does not have the full support of house publicans to become speaker even if the republicans take a majority in 2022. we know that kevin mccarthy does not have the full support to be speaker she said during an episode of a high pass that aired thursday. he doesn't have votes

we will go to sydney end alexandria, indiana. what are your thoughts on veterans day? caller: i want to talk about the va hospital. the va hospital has been destroyed under mr. trump's privatizing at the v.a.. i have been to the v.a. hospital twice in the emergency room and operated on. now, we no longer have an emergency room. if i have skin cancer on my face or ear, now i have to drive 120 miles one way. why don't y'all start investigating how the v.a. is collapsing because of this outsourcing money to private doctors? you cannot go to any doctor you want, only certain doctors will take you. we have been told we have to wait six months to get any appointment to see these people because the v.a. no longer hardly has any doctors in central louisiana. my doctor announced that he is no longer going to be there. nobody is talking about it. everyone is saying how great the v.a. is. i used to praise the v.a. now it is a mess. host: malcolm in louisiana, a veteran. good morning to you. caller: good morning. i am a vietnam era navy corpsman . and it is corpsman, not like co r

committee assignments for posting an animated video depicting him killing democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez and attacking president bynum. he has not apologized and instead played on the video, claiming it was a symbolic trail of a fight over immigration policy and saying he would not espouse harm 20 member of congress. that story noting he has privately blamed aids for posting that video. -- aides for posting that video. that censure may happen on the house floor. a little history on since years. the last member of congress to be formally censured was new york democrat charlie ringo. he faced teen ethics charges and including some related to fundraising efforts for the city college of new york. it was charlie ringgold back in december of 2010. here are some of charlie wrangle's comments to reporters following that censure back in 2010. >> i think history would show that a different standard has been used in this case, where i did not curse out the speaker, i have not tried to have sex with minors, i did not steal any money, i tried to help city college and it has been hard fo

host: congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez responded to a tweet sent out by congressman gosar within animated video of him killing her. she responded saying that while i was on the way to glascow a creepy member that -- i'm killing me. he will face no consequences because the gop readership here some on excuses. do you think there should be consequences? guest: the question is, what consequences are there to give out? look, paul gosar is continually someone who is attention seeking in the extreme, and that radio was at best in poor taste, and at worst disgraceful. i have not seen it, only descriptions. he is the only elected member, the only thing republicans could do, theoretically, be to remove him from committees, and, yeah, i think the question would be whether or not that is the appropriate response. certainly, the democrats used their power to remove marjorie taylor greene from committee, a representative from the bronx, and if she feel so strongly about it, she should go to nancy pelosi and try to do that again and use the power of the democrats to remove him. as long as he is

guest: steve in alexandria, indiana. republican line. host: yes. host: steve, make sure you mute your volume and go ahead with your question or comment. caller: i wanted to say that i think the reason our economy, the gas prices is the main reason. once the gas prices go up it caused a chain reaction to everything. from truck drivers, it was a chain reaction. the truck drivers have to pay more for their fuel. if everybody's paying more for the fuel than all the prices will be going up. it is not going to end until we get relief on these gas prices. it costs more to transport all of our goods all over the country and i think it is going to be with us for a while until we can get these gas prices lowered. host: ok, steve. guest: you are right. gas prices contribute to inflation when they are rising as rapidly as they have been. it is not the only contributing factor. we also have commodity prices going up as demand for goods have risen with the economy's recovery. we have house prices going up and lumber prices going up. there is a host of goods that

host: larry next from alexandria-virginia. caller: a few quick questions, if you can say it where he was born and raised in how he became a millionaire through his construction company. has he read molly hemingway's book? she showed strong reason to question the wood gallery of more votes than the margin won by biden in georgia. i wonder if he could say whether she is a liar and talk about himself a little bit. thank you. guest: i forget exactly where you are from, but i talk about in my book. my dad was in the construction industry. we lived in upstate new york in niagara falls for two years and then moved to pennsylvania for first grade through fourth grade. then my dad got transferred to toronto. moved up there. that is where i met trish in high school. we moved back to the states when i graduated from engineering school. have not been back but to visit family. we have lived in different parts of the country. georgia has been our home since 1982. first business was a daycare center with tricia. then left and had a partner f

congresswoman alexandria cortez is 32. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from pennsylvania reserves her time. the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. cole: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cole: if we defeat the previous question i'll offer an amendment to the rule to consider a resolution that would add a new house rule stating that any resolution proposing to remove a member from a committee assignment shall not be in order unless offered by or with the concurrence of the leader of the party of the member that is the subject of the resolution. madam speaker, my amendment would reinforce the long-standing norm of basic fairness that today's resolution does not comply with. throughout the entire history of the house of representatives, it's been an unwritten rule or norm of conduct that one party does not attempt to exercise a veto over the other party's committee assignments. the reasons for this are

host: larry next from alexandria-virginia. caller: a few quick questions, if you can say it where he was born and raised in how he became a millionaire through his construction company. has he read molly hemingway's book? she showed strong reason to question the wood gallery of more votes than the margin won by biden in georgia. i wonder if he could say whether she is a liar and talk about himself a little bit. thank you. guest: i forget exactly where you are from, but i talk about in my book. my dad was in the construction industry. we lived in upstate new york in niagara falls for two years and then moved to pennsylvania for first grade through fourth grade. then my dad got transferred to toronto. moved up there. that is where i met trish in high school. we moved back to the states when i graduated from engineering school. have not been back but to visit family. we have lived in different parts of the country. georgia has been our home since 1982. first business was a daycare center with tricia. then left and had a partner f

the clerk: kate hudson walleters of alexandria, virginia. justin of silver spring, maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 44 u.s.c. -- of the united states code 2702 and the order of the house of january 4, 2021, of the following individual on the part of the house to the advisory committee on the records of congress. the clerk: mr. norman j.orn steen of washington, d.c. -- norman j. ornstein of washington, d.c. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the 44 u.s.c. 2702, i hereby appoint as a member of the advisory committee on the records of congress the following person, ms. dana bell of washington, d.c., signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 11-b of house resolution 188, the house stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m. on friday, november 26, >> the house has their performer session friday at 11:00 a.m. eastern. the next votes have them set for tuesday, november 30.