something as you have done your -- mr. 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 h

. and it corrodes the american people's confidence in our government. mr. president, if speaker ryan wants the house to have a credible investigation, he needs to replace chairman nunez. congress was meant by the framers to be separate and equal. i sincerely worry that under his direction, mr. nunez is pushing the committee into a direction of obsequious nest. and not one that is asking the hard questions and getting the important answers. there is always been a grand tradition of bipartisanship. on the intelligence committees. when members go into the room where they get secure briefings, they check their partisanship out the door. chairman nunez is right on the edge of doing permanent damage to the grand tradition of bipartisanship. he seems to be more bipartisan for the president than an impartial actor. he has not been cooperating like someone who is interested in getting to the unvarnished truth. his actions look like those of someone who is interested in protecting the president and his party and that does not work. when the goal of the committee is to investigate russia and its connection to the president and his campaign. without further due, speaker ryan should replace chairman nunez. now mr. president, on another matter. the failure of trump care. this past friday was a

the gentleman from florida, mr. dunn, for five minutes. mr. nn: thank you, speaker. rise today to wish mr. ryan zimms, american students at arnold high school for their upcoming advanced placement exams. i was impressed by their articulate questions understanding our system of government. of course, understanding our system of government means understanding the u.s. constitution. it's the greatest gift left to us by the founders and it has stood the test of time. the success of the constitution is due to its carefully designed system of checks and balances. by separating the powers of government into separate but equal branches and guaranteeing individual rights, the constitution has been, as james madison suggested, the guardian of true liberty. mr. speaker, please join me in wishing these bright young students good luck on their a.p. exam and in their college applications. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. sherman, for five minutes. mr. sherman: i ask unanimous consent to a

investment a reality. speaker ryan, a key for all of your advice and support vice president we're in your home state. but mr. president we spent 10 or 15 minutes talking. to have the importance to provide high skilled jobs. i feel confident to say with the speaker to strongly support we will be great. [applause] but because the you hear in the attendance states mr. president thank you. >> first things to the president a and you will hear from him in just a moment day and the vice president in the former colleagues to the speaker. of those legislative leaders. the we are appreciative and cannot be more excited. personally he just gave a great speech but for us that embodies those success stories of hard work and determination. here member the old the knobs on the television? the building those then getting that contract if he remembered during that. and now the leaders of the world. and we're thrilled to have you here today. coming to be in the state of wisconsin. [applause] >> a great day for america in wisconsin. [applause] and today the single largest economic project in the history of the state of wisconsin and one

. before his announcement, house speaker pall ryan held a briefing with reporters as well where he talked about the attorney general he said he doesn't think he should resign but added that mr. sessions should only have to recuse himself if the investigation involves him directly. here are the house speaker's comments. reporter: did the attorney general mislead the committee and should he recuse himself. mr. ryan: i would refer to his senate judiciary committee, i checked the transcript, i can't speak to what the judiciary transcript is, i haven't checked that. should he recuse himself? i think he answered that question this morning which is if he himself is a subject of an investigation of course he would. but if he's not, i don't see any purpose or reason for doing this. let's take a step back for a second here.

people next month. house speaker paul ryan invited mr. trump to address a joint session of congress february 28. abc7 news will have the first one-on-one interview with the president since he took office last friday. that airs in a one hour special tomorrow night on abc7. jonathan: james comey will stay in the role of the f.b.i. director despite his scrutiny over the handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. serve for ten years. maureen: the owner of a limousine set on fire in the presidential inauguration says he may have to pay for the $70,000 in damage. the owner says his insurance likely won't pay out for the damages because policy covers vandalism but not damage from a riot. most of the 200 people arrested in inauguration day protests were charged with rioting. jonathan: they are offering a plea deal to a man accused of opening fire in d.c. pizza shot. they have not disclosed the terms of the offer. police arrested edgar welch after he walked inside with an ar-style rifle and opened fire in comet ping pong. no was one hurt but prosecutors say wells was motivated by

the 75th dam. rsary of indian rock thank you, mr. speaker. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one inute. >> ryan black was the kid in washington with boundless potential, always striving to do more. he excelled in the classroom, get this both on the wrestling mat and at state chess tournaments, go figure. when he grew up he took his potential to the united states army where staff sergeant brian black conquered ranger school and special forces selection. sergeant black was not just a warrior and a protector, he was a healer. as a green beret in the elet third group he served as a medic, always encouraging and caring for those about him. mr. heck: and on october 4, sergeant black was killed in niger. our hearts ache for his wife, michelle, and for his sons, and for his parents. their son, husband, father, friend, and patriot will be remembered. precious few among us dedicate our god-given ability to protection of our country, but as sergeant black's father, hank, so eloquently said, some people could, would, should. others do. and brian did. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman f

. [applause] pelosi: oh, there they are. [laughter] speaker ryan: oh, wisconsin. wisconsin.: got it. mr. speaker, god bless them, god bless you, god bless wisconsin. god bless the members of this house. god bless the united states of america. this is the people's house, this is the people's gavel. in the people's name it is my privilege to hand the gavel to the speaker of the house, paul ryan. [applause] speaker ryan: thank you. thank you very much. [applause] i'll be relatively brief. leader.o thank madam you know, i've stood in this spot more than a few times. and yet today it feels completely different. part of it has to do with all the new faces in the house. you look at all the proud spouses, the beaming parents, children at their best. if not impossible to resist the rush of enthusiasm. there's no sense of foreboding today. there's only a sense of potential. kind of reminds you no matter how long you've been here, you still haven't seen it all. and so to all our new members, i want to say simply, "thank you, congratulations, and welcome." [applause] ryan: to my own priest, father paul, tha

somebody callers this morning. yaya from chicago. caller: mr. king, president trump and speaker ryan are all on video clearly stating they will "lower premiums and more deductibles." yet the plan presented by the gop specifically allows insurance carriers to charge uninsured individuals 30% more in premiums. how does charging someone 30% more on a premium lower their premium? taxes insurance executives' wages above $500,000. how is not taxing an insurance executive ceo's $9 million salary lower premiums and deductibles? this does not make any sense. as soon as president trump realizes the gop will fail to deliver his promises he will turn on you, just like you turn on you in the primary. his supporters do not like the gop. that's why they left our party. you are playing with orange fire and you will get burned. host: thank you. guest: on the 30% penalty, and the republican plan they illuminate the individual mandate, which is in obamacare, that requires mandates of individuals by health insurance. the provision they wrote in to bill is if you don't maintain continuous coverage, when you

] >> thank you, mr. speaker. i think a speak for all of us when i say thank you for bringing some of that janesville whether to us. [laughter] speaker ryan: it is going to be 19 below zero. this isn't cold. inches of snow0 on sunday. >> packers weather. i appreciate the chance. it is hard for me to start a conversation like this without talking about jack kemp. i wrote about him, you worked for him. his name is up there, as you noted. if he were here today, still preaching the optimistic, happy, big tent brand of conservatism that he liked to talk about, what would he be pleased about and displeased about in terms of where we are right now? speaker ryan: i remember we would have conservative meetings about fighting poverty and he -- and you could sit everyone around one table at his office. it wasike, six people. this is exciting just to see this effort. i think he wou be really excited. if jac herk wereor if his son were on time -- [laughter] remind him i said that. he would be excited that the call the battle of ideas has really matured to the point where we have so many more people engaged in this fight. my mentor, in addition to jack kem

speaker of the house, republican congressman, paul ryan, and great to have you on the show, mr. speaker. what is your reaction to the resignation of michael flynn and do you think there should be more from here? >> say it again? do i think there should be more from him? >> do you think there should be more from here? >> sorry, you cut out. if that person has lost the trust of the president, the president should ask for his resignation, and i think that was the right thing to do. with respect to michael flynn talking to other governments in the transition, that's what he is supposed to be doing, and it's the job description for incoming national security advisers to talk to other nations and talk to ambassadors and start beginning relationships, and that's very much appropriatesh. but the story here is he was not candid or honest with his superiors and that's ground for dismissal, as far as i am concerned. >> i look forward to talking policy with you in just a few minutes, but the trump administration seems to always get in the way. the intel community is concerned not just because the o

be a man of the house, and i want to thank speaker ryan for giving me an office at that end of the building, too. [applause] mr. pence: now i know how difficult it is to organize these get-togethers, so i also want to thank our conference chair and the congressional institute. let's hear it for them. [applause] mr. pence: oh and john thuman, senator john thurman. thank you, senator. thank you, as well as senator thune, doing a great job as conference chair. couldn't have picked a better place or a more important time in the life of the nation together in this on camera retreat. pennsylvania played pivotal role as you just heard him say, in sending president donald trump and me to the white house and keeping a republican majority in the congress. that is no small feat, it has been a decade since our party has held both the chambers of congress and the white house, and before that, it had been about 80 years since our party had the opportunity to lead the nation. so we owe pennsylvania a debt of gratitude and thanks. [applause] mr. pence: for their hospitality and their support just a few short months ago, but we also

afternoon, house speaker paul ryan talked to reporters about the issue. reporter: did the attorney general mislead the committee regarding his contact with the russians and should he recuse himself? mr. ryan: i would refer to his senate judiciary committee, i checked the transcript of all that, so i can't speak to what the judiciary transcript is, i haven't checked that. should he recuse himself? i think he answered that question this morning which is if he himself is a subject of an investigation, of course he would. but if he's not, i don't see any purpose or reason for doing this. let's take a step back for a second here. number one, we know that russia tried to meddle in the election. why do we know this? because we in congress and the intelligence community did an investigation after the election was discovered russia was trying to meddle in the election. this is something we all well know. here's another thing. we have seen no evidence from any of these ongoing investigations that anybody in the trump campaign or the trump team was involved in any of this. we have been presen

. we will see you on monday. we'r you're going to go to paul ryan and go mr. speaker. please, we can't stand winning this much. we can't take it. >> not today, mr. president. >>> good evening. trump care is dead. there's no doubt about it. signed bid the clerk, the undertaker. the chief mourner himself, trump himself. more than 60 times the republicans and house of represents voted to repeal obamacare. today when they tried doing it for real with a republican president ready to sign it, they choked and left the country's first deal maker with nothing in his hands. precisely what trump has in his hands in his pathetic attempt to justify tweets that president obama ordered him wiretapped during last year's campaign. if you don't believe this, ask nunez who confessed he had nothing to help trump no matter how much he wanted to. today confessed the wiretapping charge didn't happen. that's two trump defeats this week. the biggest coming this afternoon when paul ryan admitting historic failure and pulled republican health care plan back from defeat. much the way richard nixon resigned

on medicare, mr. secretary, speaker paul ryan said it may still be an open question about whether president trump really doesn't want to touch medicare. is it an open question? might there be a back door way that the president will go back on his campaign promise not to touch it either for current retirees or anybody in the future? what is the final bottom line here? >> i will tell you what is not out of question is we believe in the guarantee of medicare for our seniors. the challenge that we have as crowell know and your viewers know, is that medicare is, some folks have said going insolvent or broke, within a ten year period of time we won't have the money in the medicare program to be able to pay the benefits to seniors in this country that has been promised to them. we don't think that is appropriate. so we believ we believe strongle guarantee of medicare and make certain it is a viable financially secure program going forward. so that seniors now and in the future know that it will be there for them. >> dickerson: all right, mr. secretary, sounds like a guarantee with perhap

. mr. speaker, welcome back to "fox news sunday" ." >> speaker ryan: good morning, chris. thanks for having me. >> chris: will you bring repeal and the replace bill to the house floor on thursday as some people have suggested, and if so, does that mean that you know how the votes to pass? >> speaker ryan: that is our plan. i think this will most likely be arctic to bring it forward. we bring it to the rules committee first. part of our regular order process is to go through four committees. we will now go to the rules committee. we feel very good where we are. we're still having conversations with our members, we are making fine-tuning improvements to the bill to reflect people's concerns, to reflect people's improvements. the president, he is bringing people to his table and i'm very impressed with how the president is helping us close this bill, and making the improvements that we've been making, getting the boats, so we feel very good where we are. it's the regular order process. we're going to make those changes at the rules committee that the budget committee and others have ask

hope more members of both parties will join us. all we're asking for is a debate. mr. speaker, the week before the fourth of july i handed a letter to speaker ryan asking for a debate which i ask unanimous consent to submit hat letter now for the record. i said that if he doesn't read my letter, at least read the comments from the 31st commandant of the united states marine corps. my friend and unofficial advisor, general chuck crew lack and i quote him, this is what i wanted paul ryan to read and hope he did. no one has ever conquered afghanistan and many have tried. we will join the list of nations that have tried and failed. how prophetic is that, mr. speaker, that we will continue to go down this road and see this country spend and waste lives for absolutely nothing known as afghanistan. i yield back the balance of my time. e speaker pro tempore: without objection, the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas, mr. marshall, for five minutes. mr. marshall: mr. speaker, this saturday my staff and i finished our 34th town hall in the home of one of america's greatest citizens, my mentor, my hero, bob dole. at every location we go most $20 e ask me a

a few words. congratulations on a job well done. [applause] speaker ryan: thank you. first, thank you mr. president. thank you for your leadership. [applause] speaker ryan: there are too many people today who played such an important role in helping us get to this part, but i want to thank a few people in particular. chairman gregk walden, kevin brady, diane black, pete sessions and the members of their committees for all the hard work they put into getting us to this point. [applause] thankr ryan: i want to all the other members who contributed to making this the best bill possible. it really was a collaborative consensus driven effort. i also want to thank the team here at the white house. i want to think tom price. i want to thank mick mulvaney, and i want to thank reince priebus. we could not have done this without you gentlemen. you guys are the best. [applause] speaker ryan: of course, this would not have been possible if it were not for these two gentlemen behind me. this is the fourth president i have served with. i have never, ever seen any kind of engagement like this. pence andthank mike

of classified information. republican speaker paul ryan said mr obama's decision was outrageous. this is in the new york times. the daily mail reports boxing world champion anthonyjoshua has been received a barrage of anti—muslim abuse after tweeting a picture showing him praying in a mosque. alongside the picture he wrote "prayer is a solid foundation". and it's being called the most coveted job in education — cambridge university is advertising for the world's first lego professor of play. more on the guardian website. it pays about 83,000 pounds per year. we're joined by iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. all three of my sons could do that. yes, that's right. they are already professors of play. i have some words here, i can't work out if theresa may's speech was a wish list oi’ theresa may's speech was a wish list ora theresa may's speech was a wish list or a framework to work with. theresa may's speech was a wish list or a framework to work withm theresa may's speech was a wish list or a framework to work with. it is a fra

advance by years of house republicans budget under speaker ryan and chairman price. budgets which ransack their investment jobs education hard-working families of budget to hand massive tax breaks to the rich by stealing from food stamps and slashing medicaid. all of this to give a tax break to the wealthiest people in our country. the national budget is a statement of her national value so it's important we reflect that and how we allocate our resources. budget fails to recognize that education is the greatest investment we can make and people reaching their aspirations in keeping america number one. it also fails to recognize that nothing brings more to the treasury than the education of the american people. early childhood k-12 higher education. nothing brings more money to reduce the deficit. it's a false economy. it's one of the dumbest budget moves with stiff competition mind you but one of the dumbest budget moves they can make you president trump's budget shows he does not value the future of our seniors children and our working families and it should be rejected. >> can w

have mr. schumer eating humble pie. >> 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:

and group behind it fusion g.p.s. now speaker of the house paul ryan, welcome aboard mr. speaker, even he is now blasting what he is calling attempts to stonewall this massive corruption and investigation. >> it's really frustrating. we've had these document requests with the administration and the fbi, in particular, for a long time. and they have been stonewalling. the fbi and the justice department needs to give congress the documents its been requesting. they need to do so immediately. i can't tell you how frustrating it is to learn through the media, you know, information that congress has been requesting from the executive branch for a very long time. >> sean: could have been watchinwatching this show. the attorney general jeff sessions and the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein need to get their heads out of the sand, start getting to the bottom of this real russian collusion. the american people have a right to know. tonight, we're finally making progress. here with reaction, the attorney that is representing the fbi informant, vic tour i can't pari can't toensing and sara

. oh, wisconsin. got it. mr. speaker, god bless them, god bless you, god bless wisconsin. god bless the members of this house. god bless the united states of america. this is the people's house, this is the people's gavel. in the people's name it is my privilege to hand the gavel to the speaker of the house, paul ryan. the speaker: thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i'll be relatively brief. i want to thank madam leader. you know, i stood in this spot very, very many times. today, though, feels a whole lot different. part of it has to do with all the new faces in the house. you look at all the proud spouses, these beaming children, at their best. people's parents. it's hard if not impossible, to resist this rush of substance abuse yasm. there's no sense of foreboding in this house today. there's only the sense of potential. it kind of reminds you that no matter how long you've been here, you haven't seen it all. so i just want to say, to our new members, and to their families, thank you, ongratulations, and welcome. to my own priest, father pa

paul ryan mr. speaker, we'll back to fox news sunday opinion. >> good morning, everyone. , thanks for having me. >> will you bring repeal and replace bill to house floor thursday as some people suggested if so does that mean that you now have the votes to pass. >> that is the plan i think thursday most likely our day to bring it toward we bring to rules committee first part of regular order process through four committees now going to go to the rules committee, and so we feel very good where we are we are still having conversations with our members, making fine-tuning improvements to the bill to reformist people's concerns to reflect the people's o improvements the president you say people are being seat at the table the president is being bringing people to his table i am very impressed how the president is helping us close this bill, making the improvement we have been making getting the votes so we feel very good where we are we like process to because regular order process we are going to make changes at rules committee, in a budget committee others asked for so we feel we are on

with house speaker paul ryan and this town hall and the beautiful 1st congressional district of wisconsin. and mr. speaker, your colleague and friend, republican congressman steve scalise, who was previously injured when that insane gunman opened fire on the republican congressional baseball team earlier this summer, he joined the house gop conference on the phone today. >> yes. >> that was that like for you, what was it like for your members? >> it was -- it was really very emotional for us. i've been seeing and visiting with and talking with steve, myself, but most of our members hadn't had a chance to even hear his voice. he was just out on a baseball field, 7:30 in the morning, practicing baseball for a charity game, when this guy opened fire and hit him through the hips. he's going to be okay, but he's in a rehab hospital now out of the intensive care unit. he's got a long road ahead of him, but he's going to be okay. he is very, very strong and sound in mind and his body's healing and i got to tell you, it was extremely cathartic for all of us and my members were really, r

innovation for your hard work to make this investment a reality. speaker ryan, thank you for all your advice and support. vice president pence, we have facilities in your home state. your support is very much appreciated. mr. president, we just met inside. we met in -- we spent 10, 15 minutes talking. i met you three times. this time you have emphasized the importance of manufacturing in america and providing high skilled jobs for your workers. i feel confident to say this is a win-win solution. mr. president, with you, the vice president, the speaker and the governor walker supporting buy american, we are confident that many american ports will be a great success. [ applause ] >>> i know you are committed to grow manufacturing in the united states. because of you, we are also committed to create great jobs for american people. mr. president, the eagle flies. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. >> first off, thank you to the president for hosting as you will be hearing from him in just a moment. mr. vice president, my good friend and former colleague to the speaker, my good friend and long-time neighbor to the legislative leaders here from congress who i'll mention in just a few moments, to our legislat

speaker paul ryan that you will veto any legislation that cuts these programs. and with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. >> well, a number of news organizations including politico have this story today, congressman john conyers facing several allegations of sexual harassment announced that he is leaving congress and endorsed his son to replace him. quote: i'm retiring today, conyers told a detroit radio station this morning, and i want everyone to know how much i appreciate the support i've received across the years from my supporters not only in my district, but across the country as well. the michigan democrat has represented detroit since 1965. you can read the entire story at politico.com. here is the official announcement on the house floor earlier today read by congresswoman sheila jackson-lee. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. a few minutes ago in detroit the dean of the united states congress offed his retirement -- offered hisng retirement immediately. he has asked me, a member of the judiciary committee, to offer his words to his colleagues and to, again

anything to offer you. >> oo we could talked a nauseum what this says about paul ryan as a speaker of the house. what does it say about the people around mr. trump? at the end of the day, if this guy is only talking about winning, if he doesn't get it, all those things considered, you still have people around you to help usher this thing through. what does it say about the people around the president? >> look who's around the president. steve bannon, kellyanne conway. these are not people that are going to temper the president's worst impulses. these are either enablers or people with such radical crazy ideas they will send the ship si sinking. when steve bannon says he wants to get rid of the administrative state, you can't run a government, what is the government if not an administrative state. they're just killing the government by attrition here, the fact there's nobody at the state department, the fact there's nobody at the justice department except at the highest level, the whole government remains unfilled. on the one hand you could say it's incompetence, on the other hand, thi

>> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. [applause] [cheers] donald trump: thank you very much. paul ryan: members of congress, i have the highest privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [applause] donald trump: thank you very much. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, the first lady of the united states. [applause] donald trump: and citizens of america, tonight, as we were -- as we mark the celebration of black history month, we are reminded of our nation's path towards civil rights and the work that still remains to be done. recent threats -- [applause] donald trump: recent threats targeting jewish community centers and vandalism of jewish cemeteries as well as last week's shooting in kansas city remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. [applause] donald trump: each american generation passes the torch of truth, liberty, and justice in on broken chain all the weight -- unbroken chain all the way down to the president. th

. >> chris: mr. speaker, thank you. >> speaker ryan: you bet, thank you. >> chris: when we come back, more on that bombshell from former democratic party chair donna brazile about hillary clinton's control of the dnc in 2016. we will bring in our sunday panel to discuss whether the party's primaries were. plus, what would you like to ask the panel about the republican tax plan? just go to facebook or twitter, @foxnewssunday, and we may use your question on the air. ♪ng well jd power did just rank them highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms... again. and online equity trades are only $4.95... i mean you can't have low cost and be full service. it's impossible. it's like having your cake and eating it too. ask your broker if they offer award-winning full service and low costs. how am i going to explain this? if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. schwab, a modern approach to wealth management. listen up, heart disease. you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too comfortable. we're talking to you, cost inefficiencies

you very much, everybody. reporter: do you have confidence in your whip? mr. ryan: i do. >> nancy pelosi and ranking democrats also spoke to reporters following the speaker's decision to pull the america -- the republican health care replacement bill. this is about 25 minutes. >> thank you. >> thank you. ms. pelosi: thank you. good afternoon. i'm very happy to be here with the house democratic leadership. the unity of our house democratic members has an important message for the country that we are very proud of the affordable care act. yesterday, as you know, was the seventh anniversary of the president signing the bill. the american people expressed their support for it. that message became very clear to our colleagues on the republican side of the aisle. today is a great day for our country, a victory. what happened on the floor is a victory for the american people. for our seniors, people with disabilities, our children, veterans. it is not just about the 24 million people who now won't be off health insurance, it is about the 155 million people who receive their benefits in the workplace who will not be assaulted by some of the provisions the republicans put i

resources go to the top 1% in america. mr. speaker, -- the speaker, speaker ryan, spoke about on family or the average making $59,000 a year. he mentioned that that family will get under the house bill, again i haven't seen the conference report, get family making $1,182 per year in a tax cut. what the speaker did not mention is that the family in the top 1% will get a tax cut f $1,198 per week. per week, mr. speaker. in other words, 52 times what the struggling american will get. what the american that speaker ryan said may not be able to come up with $500 if they have a crisis with a refrigerator or their heating unit, something of that nature, or their car breaks down. mr. speaker, we on this side of the aisle do not believe that relief for resses the struggling working men and women of this country. in all er, it's clear of the polling that the average working american shares that view. they believe correctly that this is a tax cut for the rich and a few sprinkles all of the polling that the average working american shares that to the middle class. i'm sure the leader will have somethi

speaker paul ryan mr. speaker, thanks for being with us. i want to ask you what your initial reaction was when you heard the fbi director james comey was fired. >> obviously firing in fbi director is no small thing and quite a serious matter. i think the truth is james come comey, who is a worthwhile and dedicated public servant, i think you lost the confidence of a lot of republicans and a lot of democrats aced upon his conduct, his actions, and some of the comments he made. most importantly, he lost the confidence of the president, and it's entirely within the president's role and authority to relieve him. that's what he did. >> bret: were you given a heads up? >> rights before it happened. he basically called me when i got off a flight to tell me he had made the decision. i also think if you take a look at the fact that he was losing confidence in the justice department might think the president felt the right thing to do was to let him go, move on. i think it's really important at this point now that we find a replacement soon, so that he was very qualified and capable so we can get t

. i really appreciate that. also, i would like to tell you to be leery of speaker ryan. i think he is just waiting for a backlash of people turning against mr. trump if something goes wrong. i think he's just waiting to step up to the plate and kind of take over. guest: very interesting point, because he didn't really support him during the campaign and then came around in the end when it looked like the president was going to win. i think in the end the american people are pretty savvy and one of the things that they'll see is it's speaker ryan who is driving the train on this bill that doesn't really fulfill the promises of repealing obamacare. and perhaps you're right that he is waiting for president trump to stumble and then wants to step up to the plate. but i've seen a lot of politicians who plan that way and then give away their principles. people like governor kasich who was a real conservative when he was the budget chair but became a moderate, more liberal governor in ohio, took on obamacare, expanded the medicaid, and then people in the primaries said, wait a second. you're not the guy that we want because you didn't keep your promises

from janesville wisconsin is house speaker paul ryan. mr. speaker, welcome back to fox news sunday. will >> the morning chris, thanks for having me before will you bring repeal and replace bill to the house floor on thursday as some people have suggested, and if so does that mean you have the votes to pass it? >> it is our plan. i think thursday will be our day to bring it forward. we bring it to the rules committee first. part of our regular order is to go to the house committee and we now go to the rules committee. we are still having conversations with our members. we are making fine-tune improvements to the bill to reflect people's concerns and people improvements. the president, you talk aboutatt the president having a seat at the table, the president is bringing people to his table and i'm very impressed with how he is helping us close this bill, making improvements with the making and getting the votes. we feel very good where we are. we like the process. we will make the changes at the rules committee that the budget committee and others have asked for. we are on track and

ryan said. >> torture is not legal, and we agree with it not being legal. >> you look at what mr. trump said. he appears to be open to enhanced interrogation methods, you juxtaposed that, and have heard from very high posts in his cabinet. it's not a united message. do you have an issue with that? >> i do. i do. look, this has been from inauguration i think the president has done a lot of good things but has derailed his message off arguments about crowd sizes, this kind of thing. i've said on torture and i hope this is really where the president is i've only heard what you have seen, but i hope in extreme circumstances when we have thousands of americans lives and we know a bomb is going to go off in an hour an we need to find out where it is we need to have tools in our pockets. i've been through interrogation techniques, not waterboarding, but it's not most effective, the most effective is getting people in your confidence an getting them to spill the beans, but at the end of the day i don't think we can rule it out entirely because we never know what we don't know, we're goin

president and vice president. mr flanagan is talking to speaker ryan tomorrow. we hope that out of that we will have an outcome in respect of continued good relations with the united states. finally i have asked for a review of the situation insofar as preclea ra nce the situation insofar as preclea rance so the situation insofar as preclearance so far —— as far as dublin and shannon are concerned. and with that, both leaders had out stage right to continue their day's work. just tell you a little more about what both of the irish and british leaders said about donald trump's new restrictions on immigration, restrictions on people coming in from seven countries, three in africa, four in the middle east, well, the irish leader, enda kenny, was explicit, he said, i disagree with the policies of the us government. but he was asked if he would go to the white house and he said yes. if we want to disagree with the us, we should still have a close relationship and i will be going there and will be communicating my concerns about some of these policies. he said it would not be appropriate not

>( applause ) >> reporter: kenosha lies within speaker paul ryan's congressional district, where inaugural viewing parties today erupted in applause-- >> no more obama! >> reporter: and even tears of joy for the new administration's new direction. >> we will shine. >> reporter: but back at new president is an unpredictable man, leading the nation into an uncertain future. >> i think he's a-- a pit bull, and that has worked well for him, and it's also hurt him. >> reporter: every trump supporter we spoke with today expressed the hope that the new president eventually tones down his combative tweets, scott, but none of them was confident he will. >> pelley: dean reynolds listening to the voters. dean, thanks. up next, former trump campaign advisers investigated for possible links to russia. when you have digestive sensitivities, life can feel like a never ending search for food that won't cause bloating, gas, or inner turmoil. try pronourish. a delicious nutritional drink that makes a great mini meal or sna

trade war. >>> house speaker ryan and members of the trump team met to discuss a plan to overall the tax code. the proposal focuses on a border tax adjustment. and some say it could encourage companies to keep more of their operations here in the u.s. michelle caruso-cabrera explains. aren't. >> reporter: currently u.s. corporations pay taxes at a rate of 35%. but what paul ryan and company would like to go is change to domestic revenues minus domestic cost and then a tax rate of only 20%. that would change the system from a worldwide system to what they call a territorial system. similar to what our trading partners to. that means only taxes what happens here in the united states. it also encourages production here in the united states because the more you produce here, the how you can lower your tax base. and that's why retailers don't like it because they won't be able to recuse their tax base by anything that they import and they import nearly everything. here is what is crucial. the economists who support this policy say that it would strengthen the dollar a lot, maybe 20% or 25

ohio, mr. 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 europe, t

ryan. he joins us from janesville, wisconsin. mr. speaker, thank you for being here. >> good to be with you, bret. >> bret: i want to talk about health care, which is why you are out there in wisconsin. but i want to start out with the news of the day, the continued fallout from attorney general sessions of phosphorus and this russia investigation. i know what people said. yesterday, you said this when asked about recusing. >> if he himself is a subject of an investigation, of course he would. if he is not, i don't see purpose or reason to doing this. >> bret: a couple of hours after that, he did it. what do you think happened? >> well, i think what he did he is listening to the advice of people in the justice department and how to maintain the integrity and the independence of the justice department. i don't think he had to do this, i think he did what he thought was of the best decision of the justice department, which i think it's fine. he was a surrogate for the campaign. i think he just wanted to err on the side of caution and remove doubt. i think he went above and beyond, i

american people. it is a promise that has been kept today. [applause] speaker ryan: something this big, generational, so profound could not have been done without exquisite presidential leadership. mr. president, thank you for getting us over the finish line. thank you for getting us where we are. [applause] speaker ryan: i just want to quickly say a thanks. this has been such a team effort. i want to thank gary cohn and steve mnuchin from the economic team for what they did to get up here. [applause] speaker ryan: i want to thank my partner mitch mcconnell in the senate and i want to thank these two chairman, orrin hatch and kevin brady. thank you for your leadership on this. [applause] speaker ryan: it is really simple. the message to the hard-working taxpayers of america is your tax relief is on its way. that is what is happening here. the message to the families in america who have been struggling paycheck to paycheck, your tax rates are going down and your paychecks are going up. this is the kind of relief that americans deserve. this is the kind of tax reform and tax cuts that get our economy growing to reach its potential. this gets us better wages, bigger paychecks, a simpler tax syst

. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to the ryan-mcconnell tax scam bill. this bill should be named the republican donor class relief act. because that's what it is. and several my republican colleagues and many in the media have admitted as much. this tax scam represents -- it will test a set of priorities, revealing deep depravity of american values. one of the first principles of our judeo-christian value system is grounded in what we do for the least of these. from the outset, this bill violates that principle by lowering the marginal tax rates on the wealthiest among us by 2.6 appointments while raising those rates on the least among us by two points. this tax scam bill adds insult to that act by doubling the estate tax exemption from 11 -- $11 million to $22 million. republicans add further insult to injury by lowering the tax rates for corporations by 14 points, while raising tax rates on 86 million middle income families. it makes the tax cuts for corporations permanent and the miniscule individual cuts temporary. while also kicking 1

you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to the ryan-mcconnell tax scam bill. this bill should be named the republican donor class relief act. because that's what it is. and several my republican colleagues and many in the media have admitted as much. this tax scam represents -- it will test a set of priorities, revealing deep depravity of american values. one of the first principles of our judeo-christian value system is grounded in what we do for the least of these. from the outset, this bill violates that principle by lowering the marginal tax rates on the wealthiest among us by 2.6 appointments while raising those rates on the least among us by two points. this tax scam bill adds insult to that act by doubling the estate tax exemption from 11 -- $11 million to $22 million. republicans add further insult to injury by lowering the tax rates for corporations by 14 points, while raising tax rates on 86 million middle income families. it makes the tax cuts for corporations permanent and the miniscule individual cuts temporary. while also kicking 1