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unidentified
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Live to revere you and to yield to your divine will. | |
| From this posture of humility and faithfulness, may your design for this day and for our work be fulfilled. | ||
| Now to you, the only one who is able to keep us from falling. | ||
| The only God, our Savior, may we bring glory and honor. | ||
| In the strength found in your name, we pray. | ||
| Amen. | ||
| Pursuant to clause 13 of Rule 1, the Journal of Last Day's Proceedings is approved. | ||
| The chair will lead the House in the Pledge Allegiance. | ||
| I pledge allegiance to the flag for the United States and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all for all. | ||
| Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 13 of Rule 1, the House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Friday, October 24, 2025. | ||
| The U.S. House has gabbled out after a brief session as the federal government shutdown now marks three full weeks. | ||
| There are no votes scheduled in the House for the rest of the week. | ||
| Stay tuned for live coverage of the House here on C-SPAN when members return. | ||
| Again, open forum lines will be on your screen. | ||
| Let's hear from Virginia, Virginia in Maryland, Republican line starting us off on this open forum. | ||
| Go ahead. | ||
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unidentified
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Thank you. | |
| This is twofold, actually. | ||
| The Republicans are complaining about debt, yet they keep giving tax breaks and these incentives. | ||
| And as far as health care, our health care is going down, but the CEO's salaries are going up. | ||
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unidentified
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So why don't we just get a nonprofit for everybody? | |
| So why don't, as far as a Republican like yourself, what's your message then to your fellow Republicans? | ||
| How would you change it? | ||
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unidentified
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I write them frequently and I tell them, quit complaining and actually do your job. | |
| If you really want to fix our debt, stop giving tax breaks. | ||
| Look at incentives of real cuts, not terminating people, but redundancies. | ||
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unidentified
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I do that frequently. | |
| Who are you reaching out to specifically? | ||
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unidentified
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I'm Stenny Hoyer, actually. | |
| I'm in Charles County. | ||
| I'm in the southern part of the state. | ||
| Okay. | ||
| Virginia there in Maryland. | ||
| Starting us off. | ||
| Let's hear from Mariah. | ||
| Mariah in Houston. | ||
| Democrats line. | ||
| Hello. | ||
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unidentified
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Yes. | |
| Good morning. | ||
| Thank you for taking my call. | ||
| I'm glad I was able to get through. | ||
| As a matter of fact, I wrote down two topics that I am concerned about. | ||
| The first one is: while we're in the shutdown, government shutdown, there are people that are required to work and not get a paycheck. | ||
| My question is, is Congress getting paid while the shutdown is in effect? | ||
| Because I don't understand. | ||
| You want other people to work for no paycheck, but you're not working being Congress. | ||
| You're not working. | ||
| And if you're getting a paycheck, how is that fair to the American people who you're supposed to be working for? | ||
| That's my first concern. | ||
| The second one is every time I hear people talking, Democrats, Republicans, or whomever, talking about the reason there's a shutdown is because the Democrats are talking about Obamacare, Obamacare, Obamacare. | ||
| Obama is no longer in office. | ||
| Biden is no longer in office. | ||
| I remember doing the presidential debate, Vice President Harris asked President Trump, what are your plans for health care? | ||
| If Obamacare is so terrible, this and that, nothing has been done. | ||
| When she asked the question of President Trump, he said he had a concept of a plan. | ||
| Now, he's been in office nine months. | ||
| I still haven't heard a Republican plan. | ||
| Okay. | ||
| All I hear is. | ||
| That's Mariah there. | ||
| That's Mariah there in Houston. | ||
| Let's hear from Walt in North Carolina, Independent Line. | ||
| Go ahead. | ||
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unidentified
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Thank you, sir. | |
| Thank you. | ||
| The government is a trust, and the officers of that government are trustees. | ||
| And both the trust and the trustees are created for the well-being and the benefit of its citizens, by the people, for the people's health and welfare, but by and for the people. | ||
| I think the real measure of wealth in a nation is indicated by the full measure of devotion and protection of citizens. | ||
| I think we should get rid of every member of both parties of Congress and vote them out of office and only bring in those that are going to do the health care that they offer the military and retirees, not independent health care, and shut down the 3,500 nonprofits around Washington, D.C. | ||
| And realize that, again, once again, as Madison did, as Monroe did, that the government answers to the people. | ||
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unidentified
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The people control the government by voting bad people out of office. | |
| Thank you very much. | ||
| Walton, North Carolina, several international stories to share with you. | ||
| BBC reporting that the Vice President JD Vance landing in Israel as part of the Trump administration's efforts to strengthen the Gaza ceasefire agreement. | ||
| He's expected to push the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to start negotiations on long-term issues for a permanent end to end the war with Hamas to special U.S. envoys. | ||
| Also traveling, Steve Wycoff and Jared Kushner holding talks with the Israeli Prime Minister on Monday. | ||
| In Japan, lawmakers there electing hardline conservative Sanae Takahachi as prime minister Tuesday, making her the first woman in modern times to lead the key U.S. ally. | ||
| She's 64, the new leader of the governing Liberal Democratic Party, was elected by lawmakers in the lower house of parliament by a vote of 237 to 149 over her closest rival. | ||
| Though her election is a milestone in a country where women are severely underrepresented in government, she enters office with a fragile coalition facing a number of pressing challenges, including a visit next week by President Trump. | ||
| That's from NBC. | ||
| It was yesterday our C-SPAN cameras traveled here to Washington, D.C. for an interview and a discussion with, a discussion with the Ukrainian ambassador. | ||
| One of the things she was asked was what the average American could do to help out and support the country of Ukraine. | ||
| Here's her answer. | ||
| Speaking to my American friends, they always really call Ukrainians so naive. | ||
| We are really so naive, you know, because we believe so much in everything which is called American Dream. | ||
| We believe so much in everything which is called democracy, the freedom, the rules. | ||
| This is such a, you know, this has become the building blocks of our nation because after the centuries of fight for our independence, our identity, we have become independent and able to build a country and we have chosen the best the world has to give us. | ||
| So I think it's very important that whatever romantic you see, the American dream, this is all now in Ukraine. | ||
| Unfortunately, it's been preserved by the ultimate price. | ||
| But I think the lady which wrote me a letter just two weeks ago putting a $25 check there, you know, thinks about that the same way. | ||
| Because, you know, she might be a really busy person having a lot of stuff to do, but she has found, you know, 20 minutes in her life to stop. | ||
| I think that there are people who might need her help. | ||
| And I think there's only one thing. | ||
| Please care, because that really matters and that makes a difference. | ||
| That full interview that you could, the portion we just showed you there, but you can see the full discussion that took place yesterday on our website at c-span.org and our app at c-span now. | ||
| In Ohio, we will hear from Elizabeth Republican Lynch. | ||
| Go ahead. | ||
| Elizabeth in Ohio, hello. | ||
| One more time for Elizabeth. | ||
| Rose is next. | ||
| Rose in South Carolina, Democrats Line. | ||
| Hello. | ||
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unidentified
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Good morning. | |
| I have just two little things I'd like to say this morning as a 77-year-old lady. | ||
| First of all, I think the Democrat senators are doing the right thing to hold out. | ||
| Why? | ||
| Because every time they try to go back and negotiate with the Republicans, the Republicans don't really do what is, in my opinion, what is best for Americans. | ||
| They only show their negotiation to what is best for our president. | ||
| If I'm correct, once you go back into the government and negotiate with the Republicans and they are in the majority, then if you vote on any one of those bills individually, then the majority rule rather than two-thirds. | ||
| This way, they will need two-thirds in order to get something done. | ||
| So I feel that anytime Americans are not working for Americans, then they're not doing the best for our country because the Constitution is for the people. | ||
| That is just my opinion. | ||
| If I'm incorrect about these individual bills, I would like for someone to respond on it for me. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Rosen, South Carolina, that's GoToArt. | ||
| Art joins us from Illinois, Independent Line. | ||
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unidentified
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Good morning. | |
| I'd just like to talk about seniors and how they are the largest part of the population that depend on their social security and also the health care system. | ||
| No senior is an island. | ||
| When they are deprived by the government, their families have to pick up the slack. | ||
| And when that is done, that's even more people that would be against this administration. | ||
| Their whole ammo seems to be to try to cut and affect seniors. | ||
| 73 million seniors are in Social Security and depend on Medicare and Medicaid for their health and for their welfare. | ||
| And everything this administration is doing is affecting those people. | ||
| And like I said, no senior is an island. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Republican Lynn next. | ||
| This is Susan in Las Vegas. | ||
| Hello. | ||
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unidentified
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Good morning. | |
| I am new to the show and I'm enjoying it very much, and this is my first call. | ||
| I wanted to say that a lot of complaints come in about Donald Trump, President Donald Trump, spending $200 million on a ballroom, and I would like to see them corrected every time they say that because Donald Trump has made it very clear over and over that the money is coming in from his personal bank account and from donations. | ||
| And secondly, I would like to say that as I listen to people talk from all over the country, it's contrary to what I'm hearing. | ||
| I watch liberal stations in the morning, I watch C-SPAN, and I listen to a conservative station in the afternoon. | ||
| And a lot of what people are saying is not factual. | ||
| And I just want to say to those that are watching: really, you should expand your viewing to, of course, include C-SPAN, but also listen to some conservative stations once in a while because if you listen to Donald Trump speak himself, sometimes you turn the station to a liberal station and they do not say exactly what he just said. | ||
| Thank you so much. | ||
| Susan, before you go, you said you're new to the program. | ||
| How'd you find us? | ||
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unidentified
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Well, in search of news, you know, I wanted to see news. | |
| I wanted to know what's going on in Washington, D.C., and I'm just so frustrated with all of the stations because they show entertainers and actors. | ||
| And if I want to see entertainers and actors, I can watch entertainment tonight. | ||
| I want news, and I'm really enjoying your show because it's all news. | ||
| Susan, there in Las Vegas, you're the program calling us for the first time. | ||
| Thanks for the call. | ||
| Let's hear from Rudy. | ||
| Rudy in Georgia, Democrats line. | ||
| Hello, you're next up. | ||
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unidentified
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Pedro, in 1995, I was Deputy Mayor for Community Affairs in Anderson, Indiana. | |
| That was the year Congressman McIntosh went into office, and we had a high draw crime problem. | ||
| He being a Republican congressman and me being a Democratic deputy mayor, he marched with us, a group of kids from the Inniska City School, Shaitan Elementary School. | ||
| He marched through the streets of Anderson, Indiana with us, and he donated a computer to the school, and crime went down. | ||
| And I wanted to ask him, why can't we energize that type of cooperation again between Republicans and Democrats? | ||
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unidentified
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I think that's where the missing link is. | |
| We override the crisis that's facing anywhere we may be in our country, and we let party lines stop us from joining hands. | ||
| We marched together. | ||
| It made statewide news. | ||
| He put my name in the congressional records for those efforts. | ||
| And I think we need to get back to that as a country. | ||
| Thank you. | ||
| Do you think it's possible in this day and age? | ||
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We're leaving this to take you live to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaking on the federal government shutdown. | |
| Live coverage here on C-SPAN. | ||
| This is day 21 of the Trump Republican shutdown. | ||
| And House Republicans remain on vacation. |