i think ms. pelosi is okay and we are moving forward. >> ms. pelosi basically admitted saying she has fundamentally lost touch with millions of american voters that the democratic party is supposed to be representing. with that said, do you have faith in pelosi's leadership? >> well, clearly i thought we needed to move in another direction or i wouldn't have run. and i do think democratic party moves forward we need to acknowledge what happened on election day a few weeks back and recognize that the american people want to send us in another direction. i'm not 100% confident that donald trump is going to be able to provide the direction that they want to go in but clearly they had been fed up with both political parties and it would be very helpful for us to remember that, to acknowledge that and to operate from that premise. >> the direction the democratic party has been going in recently is transgendered bathrooms and black lives matter and gun control. you seem to have gotten away from the kitchen table issues that the democratic party stood

ms. pelosi: that is lovely. tomorrow we are going to have a caucus. our new chairman manages all of the business of the caucus very well. and we will be dealing with that tomorrow. we have called for an expansion of those participating in the leadership. the caucus is the ruling body of the house democrats. we will be working out how we go forward. this is not about division, this is about bringing people together. >> thank you all very much. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the trump transition team announced steve mnuchin as treasury secretary and wilbur ross as commerce secretary. mr. mnuchin spoke to reporters at trump towers, and then we heard from anthony scaramucci, a member of the transition team. here is a look. >> can you go over some of those points. how you will work on the economy, middle-class versus rich? >> i could not be more honored to serve the president-elect.

ms. pelosi: i have only said that that i would have to thirds. with all due respect to previous opponents that i have had, none of them -- had an aggressive campaign in the public arena, as you have seen. confident that the folks i have seen, i feel more liberated than i ever have after such a hard campaign. campaign some on filing and running against u-verse versus the very aggressive campaign. having said that, i commend tim ryan for working with all of our members as we go forward. i could not be prouder. -- i cannotbility be prouder about the responsibility my colleagues have given me. >> [indiscernible] people did not expect a challenge. [indiscernible] i think i answer that question and i want to go on to the fact that the republicans are trying to end the guaranty of medicare. and that is what is important. how many votes i get in the caucus is about the least important item that we could be discussing when we have so much at risk in this election. i have respect for regional support that members have come a print -- friendships people hav

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding and i commend her for her excellent leadership as the ranking member, ranking democratic member on the appropriations committee. as an appropriator myself, i understand the culture, i understand the camaraderie between parties and for that reason i want to commend our distinguished chairman, mr. rogers, for his wonderful service as the chairman of the appropriations committee. i served with him for many years on the committee, i know firsthand his concern for the american people. and i thank you for your service. i know you'll continue as an appropriator, but thank you for your leadership as chairman, mr. rogers. i join in commending one of our members, who is leaving, sam farr, for his always looking out for america's children. whether it was the health or education especially, in terms of their access to food security. thank you, mr. farr, for your leadership. mr. speaker, it's with great regret that i come to the floor to express my personal disa

listen to what nancy pelosi said. [video clip] ms. pelosi: i worked with harry reid for more than a decade. to observe harry is to observe a master at work. his commitment to his values and his respect also, for his colleagues. harry had many occasion to evaluate the leadership and courage of our colleagues. in all of my years, more than 10 working with harry, he always spoke in the most glowing, respectful and understanding way about all of the senators. and republican senators, as well. very respectful with everyone's point of view. the constituents they represented, never, never anything but the finest word. guest: that is fake news right there. i think that any half-alert denizen of the beltway swamp, harry reid has conducted himself in a manner that might most politely be called brass knuckles thuggery, and certainly, the victims of his rhetoric and his actions over the years can attest to that. but i think this says as much about nancy pelosi as it does about harry reid, and this very -- this is a very stubborn and amazing and s

ms. pelosi: good afternoon. as you know, on wednesday, my house democratic colleagues extended the honor to me to continue to serve as house democratic leader, which i am honored and delighted and humbled and grateful. our caucus has been energized by members who have stepped forward wanting to get to work and i'm pleased that our caucus is building consensus and creating new roles in leadership, on committee, and at the d-triple-c. that's why i'm a little bit late, we were finishing some of that. that interest in working and participating is muse toik my ears. there's hard work ahead but with the strength, wisdom and resourcefulness within our caucus, i know house democrats will meet the challenges ahead. that's why democrats are eager to work with republicans to swiftly pass a bold infrastructure bill to rebuild america and create good-paying jobs. however, congressional republicans are clearly more interested in dismantling medicare than building job creating infrastructure. with chairman price headed to the

the new president and his new secretary of treasury and the senate leadership and speaker ryan and ms. pelosi, all of you together, what did -- would be your recommendation as to how we finally and effectively address the debt before gets worse. mr. boehner: we have spent more than we broadened has a country for 50 of the last 65 years. let me say the scanning case you thought i said rep. we have spent more than what we brought in for 60 of the last 65 years. you can't do it at home, in your business, you can't do it here, either. the president and i were on the verge of the grand bargain in july of 2011, we stood in the oval office, the president and i and shook hands on a debt reduction deal that was over $5 trillion the first 10 years. over 25 years, it might have been in the $25 trillion range in terms of what would've existed because of changes we were talking about. frankly, my greatest disappointment in my year of politics was one that deal fell apart. that you have got big drivers of the debt. baby boomers are retiring at record rates. they are living longer than everybody eve

ms. pelosi who retains the power to appoint people to those positions. some democrats have expressed an interest in the idea. selected ms. pelosi ben ray lujan of new mexico to again laid the democratic congressional campaign committee in the house democrats picked up just six seats in this election. morning an update this from politico that says that nancy pelosi yesterday sent a letter to rank-and-file last night, just hours after fending off the first real challenge to her control in years. ms. pelosiports that has decided to support changes to the leadership that will loosen somewhat her grip on democratic hierarchy. she will back the election of the chair of the d.c. cc and will throw her weight behind five new leadership spots including two for junior members , and she will create the positions of vice chairs or vice ranking members within the committee to give junior members more of a say on what goes on within panels. serious dissension the ranks, due to the fact that the caucus i

pelosi, all of you together, and said to you, what would be your recommendations as how we finally and effectively address the debt before it gets worse? mr. boehner: well, we have spent more than we have brought in as a country for 60 of the last 65 years. i will say this again in case you thought i said this wrong. we have spent more than what we brought in for 60 of the last 65 years. you can't do this at your home, in your business, and the government cannot do it either. the president and i were on the verge of the grand bargain in july of 2011. we stood in the oval office, the president and i and eric cantor shook hands on a debt reduction deal that was over $5 trillion the first 10 years. over 25 years, it might have been in the $20 trillion to $25 trillion range in terms of the tails that would have existed because of the changes we're talking about. frankly, my greatest disappointment in my years in politics was when that deal fell apart. but you have got big drivers of the debt. baby boomers are retiring at record rates. they are living longer than anybody ever expected we wo

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding and i commend her for her excellent leadership as the ranking member, ranking democratic member on the appropriations committee. as an appropriator myself, i understand the culture, i understand the camaraderie between parties and for that reason i want to commend our distinguished chairman, mr. rogers, for his wonderful service as the chairman of the appropriations committee. i served with him for many years on the committee, i know firsthand his concern for the american people. and i thank you for your service. i know you'll continue as an appropriator, but thank you for your leadership as chairman, mr. rogers. i join in commending one of our members, who is leaving, sam farr, for his always looking out for america's children. whether it was the health or education especially, in terms of their access to food security. thank you, mr. farr, for your leadership. mr. speaker, it's with great regret that i come to the floor to express my personal disa

clearly the caucus decided to stick with ms. pelosi. it's clear it's time for a change and it's clear she's not the future of the party. tim and others in the congress are going to have to not only rally around themselves but rally around a message and an agenda and i hope that democrats understand that we're not going to defeat donald trump or beat back republican proposals by just saying no and by yelling and screaming. if we don't offer substantive, real proposals and answers and counters that speak to the aspirations and dreams of every day hard working middle class americans, which is why this carrier deal is symbolic as it is, is important, then we're going to find ourselves in a worst situation. we have the smallest membership of democrats in the house in almost 100 years. my former colleagues in congress and those new to congress, you're going to have to explain that. if we don't pursue a real substantive agenda over the next two years, shame on us as a party because we let down a lot of hard working middle class americans who d

ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentlelady for yielding. and for her period of service on the rules committee. mr. speaker, across america today hardworking people and seniors find that their retirement security is under threat and in doubt. congress has the responsibility to threaten and strengthen america's retirement -- to strengthen america's retirement security and we dishonor that responsibility with the half measure for coal miners in the c.r. today. i command congressman cartwright. he knows full well the contribution that the coal miners made to our economy. he knows the stress that they are under from what is happening now and how this is exacerbated by the continuing resolution. 22,500 coal miners in pennsylvania, west virginia, ohio and across coal country are facing a complete loss of their health and pension benefits in 2017. however, the continuing resolution offers these men and women only a short term. senator manchin in the senate is making the pitch -- has been making the pitch and man

i know ms. harry reid. >> i will miss chuck schumer. stuart: i think your party have some troubles. >> i think my party does have some trouble spirit i cannot wait for your party to bring and make america great again. stuart: what he think about jennifer paul merry saying they lost the election in part because trump has been a platform for white supremacists? >> i don't know if they lost it. you asked a question. stuart: i did indeed. if fascinated. >> you're on a roll today. they've done that a number of times, so whatever we do at some point in time we would like to do in bipartisan support and we would like to make sure the system that you end up here will be satisfied. nobody is satisfied right now with obamacare. the original plan didn't do anything to bring the cost down. the cost of businesses and insurance. is this going to alter the electoral college? the next day term threat millions of illegals voted for hillary clinton. the press goes nuts and i go chasing after the story appeared the next day another, if you burn the americ

ms. lee: mr. speaker, i rise today to commemorate world aids day, the theme this year is leadership, commitment impact. first i'd like to thank leader pelosi for her steadfast commitment to fighting h.i.v. and aids and for guaranteeing strong united states leadership in this area. also, to the congressional black caucus, for its leadership in the establishment of pepfar, which was a bipartisan effort that president bush signed into law. as the co-founder and co-chair of the bipartisan congressional hiv-aids caucus with congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen and congressman mcdermott, we have seen significant progress that we have made in the global fight against aids. from pepfar and the global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria, to the ryan white act and the minority aids initiative led by congresswoman maxine waters, year after year we have committed critical resources to end this disease. partly due to our efforts, $18.2 million people around the world are now living on anti-retroviral dru

ms. pelosi: i move to move the resolution upon the table. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to table. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. ms. pelosi: i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 180. the nays are 235. the motion is not adopted. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will be in order. he house will be in order. for what purpose does the gen