delegate votes the next president of the united states. ♪ ♪ >> former utah senator bob bennett passed away wednesday night. he was 82 years old. he had been fighting pancreatic cancer vermont's and he served three terms in the senate. this image is from the hill.com. mitch mcconnell said he approached his work with creativity, constructive ms., and honor and his former colleague orrin hatch of utah said in the senate, he was widely respected as a wise and thoughtful leader. bob bennett past way last night at the age of 82. veterans affairs secretary robert make donald talks now about health care policy and outlining goals to improve veteran access to health care and urged congress to take action on appeals reform and fully fund the va >> good morning, everybody, thank you for coming on a gray day. it is warm inside here and we got coffee and i think it will be a very interesting morning. all, when we do public events, we start with a brief safety announcement. i am your responsible safety officer it is my job to make sure that if we have an episode that i will take care of all of you.

haven't done a serious profile trump. chavez theed joshua republican from you to. -- from utah. guest: the psychiatry donald trump, that is something i try to be below. just it to the facts. [video clip] >> donald is a bully. >> the most vulgar person ever to aspire to the presidency. >> the man is utterly a more on. -- a more on. on. >> he is a race baiting, xena phobic. a narcissist at a level i don't think this country is ever seen. >> the sky is so unfit to be commander-in-chief. >> i bring people together. everybody loves me. he needs therapy. host: the latest in a series of bad in the clinton campaign. despite donald trump's player in style, you type of executive leadership we need now more than ever. the democratic ad is telling, because this is what we are going to see in the advertisement assault from secretary clinton and her highlight super pacs the next two months. donald trump is absurd, he doesn't have the party behind him. then we have headlines that we .aw in the new york times you see these polls a republican voters showing voters quite giggly moving to back do

million street value. in utah at the utah v.a. a pharmacist there stole 7,000 units of prescription drugs for sell on street. i am not criticizing these institutions. i'm merely underscoring that the addictive nature and the power of these drugs is really driving these crimes and we have to -- and i'm just trying to underscore there is a need to address the drug diversion issue. the controlled substance act requires registrants notify the drug enforcement agency of theft or significant loss of any controlled substance. but we need to try to prevent the diversion of these drugs and work together to improve, strengthen the systems in place to deter the thefts that put these addicts in this position and put the addictive drugs on the street. if adopted, my amendment will help do that. it will give states and local governments to work with the hospitals and community health clinics, treatment facilities to identify areas which they can improve the security and custody of these prescription drugs. by regularly reviewing best practices and updating protocols in existing systems, we can ke

that tom in utah, good morning. i love america, i am a veteran, i quit college and joined because i believed the big lie and i have been waiting a long time to say this and i , becausen't break up there are millions of us out there who saw the big lie. the big lie was that the united states government told american people that we were attacked by north vietnamese in the gulf incident. resolution which lbj said he got elected on, saying that it is another big lie, he said that we would send american boys -- he sent thousands and thousands of us over there and consequently, we kill -- we kill 3 million vietnamese people and 60,000 of hours and hours -- all of the drugs and sorrow and heart ache, and i would -- what i want to say is, wake up, they are lying to us over and over. bill clinton, what was he doing? he did not join, then what he was the president and it was time to serve, he is in the oval office having sex. these people are evil, they are elitist and i hope that you have allowed me to say what i have to say. host: if you had a chance to talk to your younger self, before you

from some or viewers. our next one comes from south jordan, utah. stephen is on the independent line. go ahead. caller: if you want to become a nation with democracy, we have to get back to the principles under god, we have to become a nation under god. the principles that god has given will increase the social, spiritual, and economic value of individual communities in this nation. at the principle of our shot not covet, we turned that into thou shalt covet. , theyear false witness kill, they lie, they steal, people commit adultery. we don't keep the sabbath day holy. the sabbath day is a rest day for man, it's also god's environmental rest day for the earth. if you look in the bible, you'll notice that satan's favorite tool was covetness. host: we are on most of time. go ahead, amy goodman. guest: i think it's very important to maintain the separation between church and state. i have great respect for people of all religions. but speaking of religion, i just wanted to acknowledge two losses in the last few weeks of great people who have passed. one is the jesuit priest who died jus

city, utah, he just returned to the governorship, and wreaked havoc on president truman from the fed for another three years. that would mean the janet yellen could stick around. it also means that even if there is no litigation janet yellen would pursue in being fired, donald trump would then rely on refer -- conferred the replacement, and the senate would then have the appropriate decision to say we don't like that tradition, but a tradition it would be, not a legal protection. i think that is important. trump take that risk? i don't think any president making careful political decisions would, which is why have not seen much of what we have saw -- saw with truman. asill not go on record saying anything in particular about what donald trump will or will not do, only to highlight just how much tradition is what we conceive of as fed independence as opposed to law. let me conclude with addressing kevin's question head on. has the fed gone too far? much of my discussion is not been about history, but about structure and governance. -- first third about my book of my book is about hist

: by the time utah became a had to disavow itself from some of the mormon practices including polygamy but there was a lot of religious bigotry. there were a lot of people did not want to accept him in the senate because of his religious beliefs. he had been a prominent figure in the mormon church, had been part of the leadership hierarchy and there were a lot of people that would not accept that. >> there is a paragraph i wanted to read a bright moment in this , otherwise ugly episode came in a floor speech by the committee's ranking majority member, who testified that smoot stood out among his colleagues for having no vices. he does not drink or smoke or chew or swear. and so, because he did not do all that, his religion boggled them at times. betty: there were people who would not accept them because he was a mormon. it is not because they dislike him or they thought he was horrible, they just did not agree with his religious practice. ultimately the senate voted to seat him despite their prejudices. brian: here is one from 1954. on the first of september, 1954, south carol

friend from texas or mike lee from the utah. i would rather have mike lee and louie gohmert and david limbaugh -- i would rather have them as friends than john boehner. all those friends in the same thing about 10. they say he is exactly the same. behind closed doors, kicking back, out in public. i bring that up because at some of who has endorsed donald trump recently, ben carson is set on the day that he endorsed donald in publicis one guy and one guy in private. the best decisions -- the biggest decisions presidents will make are made in private. we better know what kind of what kind of supreme court justice they won't nominate in private. we better know that whenever everybody is saying you can't do that, you can't actually go to a simple flat tax to illuminate president will say yes i can. we need to know who he is and private. -- in private. then i got to observe him as a husband. heri, you will get to meet in a bit. she is a brilliant woman. she is in a compost, brilliant woman. -- accomplished, brilliant woman. she has a harvard mba. i have watched the two of them, they

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congressman jason chaffetz of utah did testify on his on theee's investigation targeting of groups applying for tax-exempt status. he introduced the house resolution to impeach the irs commissioner. this is 2.5 hours. we welcome everyone to this morning's hearing on examining the allegations of misconduct against irs commissioner john caucus and, part one. the cockapoo should forth a system of checks and balances which grant each branch of government will to ensure that no branch of government attained too much power. branch, 12tive include powers to write the laws, power of the purse, the impeachment power, and the power to censure, among our -- among others. the duty to serve as a check on the other branches including against corruption and abuse is a solemn one and congress does not and must not take this responsibility lately. that is why this committee has scheduled a hearing today. in 2013, the american people first learned that their own government had been singling out conservative groups frightened review by the irs as they apply for tax-exempt status. this iris targeting

from utah is up next. caller: hello. , do you see this prolonged poverty that the united states seems to be suffering? no jobs and locate jobs etc.? there is no better way to keep people quiet if they are worried about when they can get a job, or when they can pay their rent, when they can eat. that is not how i think about what is going on. there are a lot of forces that have reduced the supply of good, middle-class paying jobs for people without advanced skills in the economy. a generation ago, people who could work in a factory or in a number of areas for reasons that are complicated and we can talk about endlessly, there is more entry-level work in less than those kinds of jobs then someone with a college degree could earn. it is a great challenge, a great crisis and a lot of ways. we have seen this on the campaign trail, how many people are deeply dissatisfied with the outcomes happening and available to them. the next president, the great challenges will be trying to figure out ways to help middle-class americans who -- americans earning middle-class wage because he had been lef

. congress from utah, in particular, and all other states that are far away. i guess the one point that i would make is in 2012, 60% of ae residents voted to become u.s. state. they are u.s. citizens and have the rights and obligations of all other citizens, except they do not vote for president. that is no different than the people here in the district of columbia. they do fight in the military and the members of congress to care about them, the same with the care about other u.s. citizens. host: joseph lawler with "the washington examiner," thank you for joining us this morning. coming up next, we take your calls on the issue of the new overtime rule announced by the obama administration earlier this week. we would like to hear about your work experience. have your wages or hours changed? you can start calling in now. make less than $50,000 per year, you can call, (202) 748-8000. if you make between $50,000 and $100,000, call (202) 748-8001. those making more than $100,000, call (202) 745-8002. if you own a business, call, (202) 748-8003. "fore we get to the calls, on newsmakers" this w

would do and return to his millionaire banking empire in salt lake city, utah, he just returned to the governorship, and wreaked havoc on president -- on the fed for another -- on president truman from the fed for another three years. so that would mean the janet yellen could stick around. it also means that even if there is no litigation janet yellen would pursue in being fired, donald trump would then rely on the senate to confirm the replacement and there i think the senate would have a very appropriate position to say we don't like that tradition. but a tradition it would be, not a legal protection. think that's important. so the question -- that's an open question, then. what president trump take that risk? i don't think any president making careful political decisions would, which is why have not seen much of what we saw with truman. i would confess that very little -- very few of my prognostications about the republican primary have come about so i will not go on record saying anything in particular what donald trump will or will not do. only to highlight just how much tradition

of his lifelong friends whether it is his college roommate or louie gohmert. such a great guy. utah wholeigh from stood in battle with him in the senate area and i would rather have mike leigh and louie gohmert. i would rather have them for friends than john boehner. all those friends say the same thing. they all say the same thing. they say he is exactly the same. behind closed doors and just with us kicking back as he is in public i bring that up because someone who endorsed donald trump recently, ben carson, ben carson said he endorsed donald trump. he is one guy and private and one guy in public. think about that, ladies and gentlemen. the most important decisions are made in privates we better know what we are getting. we had better know when someone sitting in private what kind of supreme court justice they are going to nominate. we better know when the going gets's desk gets tough that they will defend this nation and make the tough call. we better now that is people are saying you cannot go to a simple flat tax and eliminate the irs because the president is going to say, yes

resources committee, representative rob bishop, republican of utah. thank you for being with us, sir. we also have with us nick timiraos, economics correspondent for "the wall street journal," and mary clare jalonick, congressional reporter with the associated press. let's begin with what the financial situation is in puerto rico and how do you view it, sir? rep. bishop: the financial situation is horrible for them. they have not had audits in the last two years. no one knows what is assets and what is not. we know they have about a $70 billion bonded indebtedness, and about a $44 billion asset deficit in their pension fund, and they don't have the resources to pay that. something has to put this financial house back in order. host: and it has to be the u.s. congress? rep. bishop: unfortunately, yeah. article four of the constitution still says general control of our territories falls within congress. until you give them independence or make them a state, yeah, congress is ultimately responsible. doesn't matter how much home rule we get, we still have the ultimate responsibility. ms. jal

representative bishop, a republican from utah in the chair of the house natural resources committee spearheading that legislative effort. james pearson is the deputy director of the wilson center history and public policy program and an expert on north korea. thank you for being with us this morning. the party congress has ended. the first one since 1980. what was the significance of this session? what does it mean for the current leader? guest: after a very rough 36 years, the death of two leaders, the collapse of the socialist isolation,lso had international sanctions, and famine ofifying several hundred thousand people perishing. they're are looking to show development in the economy and of course the ability to develop nuclear weapons. host: how is the economy functioning? >> muddling along. of course it's rather subjective what constitutes success. as long as they can provide basic necessities, to them that is a success. host: let's go to the map a look at the location of north korea and its order with china. does the leader there consider ?hina a close ally in how would you de

next one comes from south jordan, utah. stephen is on the independent line. go ahead. caller: if you want to become a nation with democracy, we have to get back to the principles under god, we have to become a nation under god. the principles that god has given will increase the social, spiritual, and economic value of individual communities in this nation. at the principle of our shot not covet, we turned that into thou shalt covet. , theyear false witness kill, they lie, they steal, people commit adultery. we don't keep the sabbath day holy. the sabbath day is a rest day for man, it's also god's environmental rest day for the earth. if you look in the bible, you'll notice that satan's favorite tool was covetness. host: we are on most of time. go ahead, amy goodman. guest: i think it's very important to maintain the separation between church and state. i have great respect for people of all religions. but speaking of religion, i just wanted to acknowledge two losses in the last few weeks of great people who have passed. one is the jesuit priest who died just shy of his 95th earth da

. newbieet me show you a on capitol hill, mike lee from utah. this is what he had to say back in april. he was standing with democrats at the podium talking about why there needs to be changes. >> if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. here, making a choice not to reform will make us less safe. we currently spend about 25% of the department of justice's annual budget on the bureau of prisons and that will increase to 30% by 2020. this is roughly on par with what we spend on the fbi and the dea combined. enact a new time we minimum mandatory penalty, every single year that you lapses when we do not reform our mandatory withnimum mandatory, something that will actually make us more safe, we are making our self less safe. people sometimes ask me why i am a conservative republican and yet i support this. i support this not in spite of my status as a conservative republican but because of it. conservative republicans tend to believe in due process and protecting the individual from an overbearing government. nowhere is the due process of deprivation more pervasive than when t

several states where mitt romney won in 2012 like north carolina, utah. could mr. trump overtake mrs. clinton, sure it mrs. clinton is very unpopular herself. her polling lead is a snapshot in time before the barrage of attack ads. they have been 10 point ships over the general election season. of a precedentch for huge swings in races with candidates as well known as mr. trump and mrs. clinton. an majority of americans minute like her, but they say they are scared of him. to have a chance, he will need to change that. his biggest problem is that he would be the most unpopular nominee in the modern era. some say they are scared of his candidacy. -- who propelled president obama's election four years ago. marilyn, you are supporting john kasich. he says he is staying in it until donald trump gets to that magic number. the you think you should stay? caller: no. he doesn't have a chance. he is a good man. i am a moderate. toually when it comes elections, i will vote for trump , because he is more moderate than he is conservative. he scared me with his conservative view like hillary scar

gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from utah for five minutes. stewart stewart thank you, mr. speaker. -- mr. stewart: thank you, mr. speaker. along with many of my colleagues, i rise to honor national police week. one of the favorite things i get to do as a member of congress is to ride with police officers as they go about their duties, and from st. george to salt lake city i've had an opportunity to do this. sadly, many in our society, particularly among the press, have become highly critical of law enforcement officers. now, i recognize that not all law enforcement officers are perfect. people make mistakes. we all do. but we can't let the mistakes of a few tarnish the name of such a noble and a brave profession. such criticism of police efforts doesn't come without a cost. it forces the officers to pull back, to become overly cautious, to view every encounter that they may have through the prism of a lens, of a media event. what is the result of this? we now know that crime rates have been rising across the country, and interestingly and sadly, they

from utah. there's a new story about a ofdy from an university northwestern law professor that shows that 60% of all law professors are democrats. when we rephrase that. -- let me rephrase that. 11% aredemocrats, republicans, and 2% are independents. another article -- "bible verse prompts gop walkout after lgbt vote labeled sin." he wants the regular policy meeting in the capital basement reading a bible passage condemning homosexuality and suggesting supporters weree algae t lgbt provision defying christian tenets. severals said republicans walked out of the disgan in ust. very quickly, hillary clinton and the e-mails. this is in the new york times. clinton was not adept at using a computer for e-mails, and inquiries told. their lead editorial this morning -- hillary clinton drowning an e-mail. jim, you literally have 30 seconds. onler: i was just commenting your comment about 10 start being demoted -- ken starr being demoted. for me tell you how difficult this sometimes to make a decision relevant to what falls up to you as an accusation on the part of someone. if you make t

amendment and modifications committed to conference. messrs. bishop of utah, young of alaska, police lummis, messrs. denham, westerman, grijalva, and huffman, and mrs. dingell. from the committee on science based technology for considerations of sections 1301-1304, 203, 10,1311, 2301, 2401, part 3 of sib title a of itle 3, sections 3101, 3302, 4001, 403, 3501, 3502, 002, 4006, 4101, subtitle c of itle 4, sections 4402, 4404, 4728, 720, 4721, 4727, and 4737 of the senate bill and ection 1109 of title 1 -- 7 of division a and division d of house amendment and modifications committed to conference messrs. smith of texas, weber of texas, and ms. eddie bernice johnson of texas. from the committee on transportation and infrastructure for the consideration of sections 1005, 1016-1019, 014, 22, 3001, 4724, title 7, and section 10331 of the senate bill and sections 2007, 3116, 3117, and 3141 of division a and title 9 of division b subtitle d of title 2 of division c of the house amendment and modifications committed to conference, messrs. hardy, zeldin, and defazio. the speaker pro tempore: p