mr. previous is very much aligned with paul ryan. the divide between mr. previous and president would suggest storming trouble ahead for his relationship with the speaker. he says i made a mistake interesting a reporter and it will not happen again. >> maybe you should not have a conversation without saying it is off the record. >> that helps. >> happy friday. >> bloomberg, kevin cirilli, great to have you joining us from d.c. >> we will report it if you do not say off the record. congressional officials are no longer including an import-based tax code. republican leaders stated and we are now confident that without transitioning to a new domestic, consumption-based tax system there is a viable approach to ensuring a level playing field between american and foreign companies and workers while protecting american jobs and the u.s. tax base. douglas,s is like congressman, thank you for being with us. plan can democrats approve? forward ine can move a bipartisan way from the middle out. the question is, have republicans learned anything from this proposal? th

of course, he had a very good relationship with speaker paul ryan. that never really materialized, and it became clear as the weeks and months wore on that reince priebus didn't have much legislative experience at all. so different than so many other chiefs of staff that went before him. i was told by someone close to the president that in the recent weeks and months, the president viewed him as more a junior staffer than a chief of staff here. it became clear where this was going here. many of his associates didn't nil realize it. but again i'm told, wolf, that other people who were aligned with the republican national committee essentially came in with reince priebus also may find themselves looking for new jobs as well. they may be resigning because this washington-new york divide we've been talking about so much over the last six months or so, it really is deepening even more now, and the trump loyalists feel it's time for them to take the reins here. we'll see how that plays out. but this is causing unrest on the west wing here. this is not simp

ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: i thank the gentleman. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their leadership on this. this clearly is a big issue pressing the country. and i just wanted to rise in support of what's happening here today, of taking a firmer stance on russia, iran, and north korea. trying to stabilize the pins la. trying to take -- peninsula. trying to take care of the funding that's coming out of iran to all of these terrorist groups across the country. and across the world. and just say that what's happening with these sanctions here, in the targeting of russian gas pipelines, their number one export, i think, is entirely appropriate. the nortstream 2 which carries gas from russia through the balance tacks to germany, and i know -- baltics to germany, and know germany isn't happy about it, but this is something we have to do. we have to address this issue in a comprehensive way. we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states, our natural gas to euro

ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: i thank the gentleman. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their leadership on this. this clearly is a big issue pressing the country. and i just wanted to rise in support of what's happening here today, of taking a firmer stance on russia, iran, and north korea. trying to stabilize the pins la. trying to take -- peninsula. trying to take care of the funding that's coming out of iran to all of these terrorist groups across the country. and across the world. and just say that what's happening with these sanctions here, in the targeting of russian gas pipelines, their numr one export, i think, is entirely appropriate. the nortstream 2 which carries gas from russia through the balance tacks to germany, and i know -- baltics to germany, and know germany isn't happy about it, but this is something we have to do. we have to address this issue in a comprehensive way. we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states, our natural gas to europe

ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: i thank the gentleman. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their leadership on this. this clearly is a big issue pressing the country. and i just wanted to rise in support of what's happening here today, of taking a firmer stance on russia, iran, and north korea. trying to stabilize the pins la. trying to take -- peninsula. trying to take care of the funding that's coming out of iran to all of these terrorist groups across the country. and across the world. and just say that what's happening with these sanctions here, in the targeting of russian gas pipelines, their number one export, i think, is entirely appropriate. the nortstream 2 which carries gas from russia through the balance tacks to germany, and i know -- baltics to germany, and know germany isn't happy about it, but this is something we have to do. we have to address this issue in a comprehensive way. we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states, our natural gas to euro

let me remind my colleagues, mr. speaker, of the words of our speaker, paul ryan. he said this, quote, we will advance major legislation one issue at a time. mr. speaker, as you probably know i have been here for some years, 36 to be exact. i have never seen in 36 years an omnibus or minibus brought to he floor before september. why? because the regular order is to consider the bills one at a time. or as the speaker said, we will advance major legislation one issue at a time. what the republicans have done, mr. speaker, is to bring a bill and put so much in it they dare people to vote against it. because of the national security. may i have two additional minutes. ms. slaughter: two additional minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady. this rule ought to be rejected. it is not the regular order. it is not good policy. and it's not good for the institution of the house of representatives or for the country. the border wall is controversial. many people in the trump administration do not believe the border wall will be effective and they believe it's a waste of mone

speaker ryan went on to say we will not duck the tough issues. we will take them head on. mr. speaker, we will adopt a rule that will duck the issue, that will preclude full debate and it deals with president trump's proposal to build a all that many in his administration believe will be ineffective. in accomplishing the objective we all support and that is keeping our country secure and making sure that those who come into this country are known to us and don't sneak in to the country, but the wall will not work and we will not be able to debate that fully because it will be included in the rule. and i suggest, mr. speaker, that is ducking the issue. it will be deemed passed. we won't vote on it. we will vote for the rule or against the rule. and the wall and $1.6 billion will be deemed passed. mr. speaker, that's not how our system is supposed to work. neither side ought to let the perfect become the enemy of the good. neither side can claim credit for all the best interests. that's why working together is imperative. that was my experience when i served for 23 years on the

speaker ryan: as tempting as it is to comment on the senate, waints to give them a space to get their job done. we had a promise to keep and we kept it in the house. like forward to seeing the senate do the same. reporter: can i follow-up. would the house stay in session through august -- speaker ryan: if the senate gives us a health care bill. we'll stay and finish the bill. reporter: senator grassley is sending a letter to don jr., donald trump jr. asking him to testify about his meeting. should the president's son testify -- speaker ryan: any witness who has been asked to testify before congress should testify. reporter: in public? speaker ryan: anybody who is asked to testify to the senate should do that. reporter: a bill to re-authorize the f.a.a. to come to the floor as soon as next week. there's been changes to it from the effort last year, to remove air traffic control operations from f.a.a. you didn't bring it to the floor last year. what's changed this year? speaker ryan: i'll defer the specific questions to chairman shuster, but this bill has changed substantially. that's w

tax er: mr. speaker, 44% rate for the top bracket, what are your thoughts on that? speaker ryan: last thing i will do is negotiate tax reform in public. you know me all too well. our tax writers will be the ones writing this bill. we're working to get consensus as a framework so our tax writers, ways and means and senate finance can write this legislation. what we are not doing is negotiating in public what those committees will be doing. reporter: speaker ryan, do you agree with the president's new policy banning all transgeneraleder individuals from the military? speaker ryan: the concern here in the house was whether or not the military will be forced to pay for the surgical procedures. i share those concerns. the question on the broader issue, that is being reviewed by the d.o.d. and the white house and i look forward to seeing what it is they actually produce. reporter: what's your personal position on that? speaker ryan: the d.o.d. is reviewing it with the white house. i want see what they produce. reporter: mr. speaker, senator graham said earlier today he wa

. >> neil: chairman, have you heard from speaker ryan about keeping the house open in august? >> we haven't heard directly. i broached it with the speaker a number of times. congress works better with deadlines. things get done at the very end of temperature 11th hour. with this, what we need to do is do self-imposed deadlines. let's get healthcare out of the way. i believe that if we set in place before we leave in august the parameters of reducing corporate taxes down to 15 or 16%, look at repatriation -- >> neil: you met at reducing taxes. you probably heard one of the plans the senate is calling for is keeping the taxes on the upper income and the .9 sur tax for the upper next for medicare in place. what do you think of that? >> i've heard that. i also know that there's no other plan to go with that proposal. that's a political decision. not a policy -- >> neil: if something like that came back to the house, how would you feel about that? >> we've been firm. we believe the taxes need to be repealed. obviously as we look at that -- >> neil: that would be rejected right away