and virginia democratic congressman gerry connolly also weighs in on the government shutdown. the nebraska republican congressman don bacon joins us to talk about border security. you sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>

. >> democrat gerry connolly joins us now. his district contains one of the largest districts of federal employees. after last night's dueling addresses, are we closer to ending the shutdown? rep. connolly: what shocked me remarks, president's if you just watch them and did not know anything, you would not know we are in the second longest government shutdown in american history. i thought that was a shameful part of the president's presentation. the crisis for him is not the shutdown of the federal government and the furloughing of 800,000 employees, and the services increasingly being denied to the american people. he chose to talk about the wall. i thought that was a huge disservice to the country. >> is there any deal to be had? >> i think the deal increasingly attractive to republicans is, let's reopen government and start a series of conversations about border security. the wall could be part of that conversation. but if you make it -- it is a ,recondition without a wall >> why do you think it is increasingly attractive

and virginia democratic congressman gerry connolly also weighs in on the government shutdown. the nebraska republican congressman don bacon joins us to talk about border security. you sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. day 18 of a partial government shutdown. here to tell us where we are at with that is christina marcos of the hill. government shutdown. here was us is cristine marcos to let us know. where are we? guest: this is the first day the house and senate are coming back in session. nielsence and kirstjen will be coming to meet with house republicans. this is where the ball will start to roll for the week. host: when it comes to house republicans or senate asublicans, where are they far as the shutdown? we are seeing dissension breakout in the ranks. some republicans voted with democrats last week to reopen the government. a few senate republicans have said it is time to open the government backup and end the shutdown. the trump administration is trying to hold strong with their party. we are starting t

talkrow, nicole briscoe to about the impact on federal workers, and two members of congress, gerry connolly, democrat from northern virginia, and congressman don bacon, republican from nebraska. from the oval office as we move into day 19 of the shutdown tomorrow, the president's address to the american people. trump: my fellow americans, tonight i am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. every day customs and border patrol agents and thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter our country. we are out of space to hold them, and we have no way to promptly return them back home. america proudly welcomes millions of lawful immigrants who enrich our society and contribute to our nation. but all americans are hurt by uncontrolled, illegal migration. it strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages. among those hardest hit are african-americans and hispanic americans. our southern border is a pipeline for vast quantities of illegal drugs, including math, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. every week 300 of our citizens are kil

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2.6% in the gerry connolly-steny hoyer bill. the trump administration is putting a temporary pay raise freeze into effect, and is only proposing a 1.9% increase. that could get rolled into this homeland security agreement as well. host: erik wasson covers congress for bloomberg. you can follow his reporting on bloomberg and twitter. thanks, as always, for joining us. erik: thank you so much. >> following is a speech announcing a deal to end the partial government shutdown, president trump met with a group of hispanic pastors in the rose room of the white house. this is about 15 minutes. president trump: can you come over here? it is much easier. there is a lot of room over here. you are all looking at the door so you can be the first ones out. >> [laughter] president trump: come on, bring the camera over here. there is room. [chatter] president trump: thank you very much. we have some of the most respected and powerful, frankly -- they have tremendous contributions of ministers -- anywhere in this country. they have been talking

. >> we understand that next week, gerry connolly of, democrat of virginia, will introduce legislation to increase the pay of some federal workers in the week ahead. what else will the senate and house move on to of note that is not related to the government shutdown? >> that is not really necessarily been announced, but the senate will be taking up to give aid to israel as well as arm sales for them. that was repeatedly blocked by democrats as they tried to jam up the senate and put pressure on mitch mcconnell to bring about an end to the shutdown. that will come up for a vote. the rest of the schedule has not developed. as you mentioned, this could be a chance for federal workers to get the patriots, 2.6%, in the gerald connolly and steny hoyer ill. that could end up getting world --o this homeland security getting rolled up into this homeland security bill. >> you can follow his reporting twitter,erg.com and on @elwasson.treatweet thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> president trump tweeted i wish people could understand my work on the border wall. this was in no way a

host: gerry connolly is with us until the top of the hour. if you support the shutdown, the phone line to call is (202)-748-8000. and for federal workers, the phone number to call is (202)-748-8002. if you don't support the shutdown, the phone number to call is (202)-748-8001. rep. connolly: in my district, and probably for every federal employee, there is at least one employee.ntract the private sector since ronald reagan increasingly provides a direct services to the federal government, so sometimes the federal employee works next to a federal contract employee in the work lace. those federal contract employees are not only not being paid for their work, they don't necessarily get guaranteed retroactive pay when this is over. host: and you are trying to guarantee this for some federal contractors. rep. connolly: yes. host: which ones? rep. conolly: i don't understand what you mean. host: you said federal contractors. rep. connolly: my view is, if you do the same work in the work lace as a federal employee, you ought to be treated with the s

. >> we will leave it there, gerry connolly , we will see again. >> great pleasure. strike here's what's coming up once send the number three. first we hear about the impact of religion on

. >> john: we'll be joined by one of those congressmen gerry connolly will be here to talk vabout the federal shutdown. special line in this segment for federal workers 202-748-8000 federal workers or 202-748-8001 all others want to focus on you and your stores and impact to you. in terms of the impact with this paycheck being missed yesterday we're starting to see stories about individual federal employees setting up gofundme pages. vin youg talk through that effot and what you've looked through in the terms of ethic to be able to do that. >> nicole: it's complicated because while there are government ethics rules for accepting gifts, and that's pretty much what these gofundme pages are. if you're receiving donations you're receiving a gift. typical guidance will tell you can't accept a gift if it's over 20 colorado, or you can't accept a gift from a hoibted source. so someone or a contract that your agency does business with, and not a prohibited source. in addition ether rules governing specifically the dollar amount within a given year. so you can't accept gifts worth $50 from one

talkrow, nicole briscoe to about the impact on federal workers, and two members of congress, gerry connolly, democrat from northern virginia, and congressman don bacon, republican from nebraska. from the oval office as we move into day 19 of the shutdown tomorrow, the president's dr

. >> democrat gerry connolly joins us now. his district contains one of the largest districts of federal employees. after last night's dueling addresses, are we closer to ending the shutdown? rep. connolly: what shocked me about the

we were on anderson cooper last night and gerry connolly, a democrat, said that their understanding inside the committee was that it's security, physical safety for himself and his family, but it's also concern about the threats to his family legally and to his in-law in particular. i actually -- i totally agree with everything you said. it's unbelievable that we're talking about the president of the united states and his lawyer who rudy giuliani went a lot further with jake on sunday in threatening michael cohen. having said that, the fact that cohen decided to pull out and shine a light on that which because of so much news and there's so much noise, you know, there wasn't maybe as much focus on those threats, now there's a focus on those threats which i think is really noteworthy. >> and now democrats have to decide if they're going to subpoena michael cohen. are they going to subpoena him if they believe what he's saying and put his family further at risk because they want the information? and so that's -- it sounds like some adam schiff are moving towards doing that. >> i don't think

i want to go outfront now to democratic congressman, gerry connolly joining me on the phone. congressman, okay welco, so the president said, i never said they'd write a check, and he did, in response to sean hannity, "they may even write us a check," but also very specifically on his campaign website, mexico would make a one-time payment of $5 billion. it's extremely clear what he said and extremely clear what he campaigned on. why do you think he's now trying to say he never said it? >> well, first of all, let's be honest, this president has a habit of pathological dissembling, and that's being polite. it's almost a case of, don't believe of what you see with your eyes and hear with your own ears, believe what i tell you. and maybe he fools some percentage of the public with that, but i don't think he's going to fool many people. all of us saw it for many, many rallies during the campaign in 2016 and afterwards. what are we going to do? we're going to build a wall. who's going to pay for it? mexico. he couldn't have been clearer and now he's backtracking and asking the ameri

thank you to my colleague, gerry connolly, for your strong leadership on this important issue. i rise in strong support of house resolution 790 and in strong support of a long overdue cost of living increase for federal civil servants. many will remember the president's callus executive order of december 30, right in the middle of the shutdown, freezing federal worker salaries while hundreds of thousands of them were furloughed or worse, working without pay. federal employees are not the swamp, as some would have you believe. federal employees are people who make sure that social security checks are mailed on time each month. they are the scientists researching cures for cancer. they are tour guides in our national parks. f.b.i. agents investigating criminal activity. and they are the air traffic controllers and t.s.a. agents keeping us safe when we fly. we saw during the shutdown how important every dollar of every paycheck is for federal employees to pay their bills, to pay their rent, mortgage, to afford childcare. to pay off their student loans, and, yes, even to feed their

. >> we will leave it there, gerry connolly , we will see again. >> great pleasure. strike here's what's coming up once send the number three. first we hear about the impact of religion on government policy in muslim countries. in a capitol hill briefing on child protection programs. later a conversation on leadership hosted by the council on american islamic relations. >> secretary of state mike pompeo made an unannounced stop in iraq on his way to egypt where he met with several leaders, the washington post writes the visit as part of a middle east tour in which the secretary is seeking to

connolly: thank you for being here in the midst of what is madness. les we forget, the president made it very clear early in his presidency that he believed in good government shutdowns. there is no such thing. it's a mentality he has of our government and federal employees as pawns in a bigger game. well, in is not a game. this is about the contract between the american people and their government. they pay taxes, and in return they have a right to expect services uninterrupted. we talk because we represent of our federal employees, but we also have to talk about the american people who are being injured by this shutdown in a game donald trump created. a wall mexico was supposed to pay for, suddenly we're supposed to pay for and government has to shut down until it is. a wall we don't need that's justified by racist, bigoted, nativist, geno phobic rhetoric we -- xeno phobic rhetoric we heard from last night. mimicking alt-right bigotry as a justification for shutting down the government and inisting on a wall we don't need, we don't want and that won

this picture is the one now being worn by congressman gerry connolly, a democrat of virginia. you the dean of the house, don young, a picture he posted on his twitter page with nancy pelosi, the incoming speaker -- the likely incoming speaker. the speaker don young is expected to swear in as part of his ceremonial duties as the new congress gets underway. he said "as we prepare for the 116th congress, this morning's bipartisan prayer service was a wonderful start to the busy day ahead." this teacher of senator mitt romney checking into his senate office, saying he is excited for let's do chapter, this. you see the brick surrounding mitt romney's office door, an indication it is one of the basement offices on the senate side, the freshman members of the senate do not get the prime office space on capitol hill. elizabeth landers, who is with this tweet showing incoming arizona senator kyrsten sinema, sporting a pink ensemble for her first day of the united states senator. and this tweet from rollcall, congressman ruben gallego of arizona says his news tweet about taking back the

thank you to my colleague, gerry connolly, for your strong leadership on this important issue. i rise in strong support of house resolution 790 and in strong support of a long overdue cost of living increase for federal civil servants. many will remember the president's callus executive order of december 30, right in the middle of the shutdown, freezing federal worker salaries while hundreds of thousands of them were furloughed or worse, working without pay. federal employees are not the swamp, as some would have you believe. federal employees are people who make sure that social security checks are mailed on time each month. they are the scientists researching cures for cancer. they are tour guides in our national parks. f.b.i. agents investigating criminal activity. and they are the air traffic controllers and t.s.a. agents keeping us safe when we fly. we saw during the shutdown how important every dollar of every paycheck is for federal employees to pay their bills, to pay their rent, mortgage, to afford childcare. to pay off their student loans, and, yes, even to feed their

this could be a chance for federal workers to get a pay raise of 2.6% in the gerry connolly bill. the trump administration is putting a temporary pay raise into effect, 1.9% increase. that will be rolled into the homeland security treatment as well. >> requests request and covers congress for bloomberg. on twitter.eporting thank you as always for joining us. erik: thank you so much. housefter the senate and passed a bill to open the government, president trump tweeted, i wish people would listen to my words. this is not a concession, it was taking care of millions of people getting badly hurt by the shutdown with the understanding that and 21 days, if no deal is done, it is off to the races. following his speech announcing a deal to end the partial government shutdown, president trump met with a group of hispanic pastors in the rose room of the white house. this is about 15 minutes. president trump: can you come over here? it is much easier. there is a lot of room over here. you are all looking at the door so you can be the first ones out. >> [laughter] president trump: come on, b

in the gerry connolly and steny hoyer bill. the trump administration has put in a temporary pay freeze in effect. that could get rolled into this homeland security agreement as well. wassen covers congress for a bloomberg and you can follow his reporting at bloomberg.com and on twitter. his latest tweets are at elwassson. thank you as always for joining us. >> after the senate and house passed the bill to reopen the government, president trump tweeted, i wish people would read or listen to my words on the border wall. this is in no way a concession. it was taking care of millions of people who were getting badly hurt by the shutdown. with the understanding that in 21 days, if no deal is done, it is off to the races. following his speech announcing a deal to end a deal to end the partial government shutdown, president trump met with a group of hispanic pastors in the roosevelt room of the white house. this is about 15 minutes. president trump: can you come over here. there is a lot of room over here. bring that camera over here.

this could be a chance for federal workers to get a pay raise. 2.6% in the gerry connolly-steny hoyer bill. the trump administration is putting a temporary pay raise freeze into effect, and is only proposing a 1.9% increase. that could get rolled into this homeland security agreement as well. host: erik wasson covers congress for bloomberg. you can follow his reporting on bloomberg and twitter. thanks, as always, for joining us. erik: thank you so much. >> following is a speech announcing a deal to end the partial government shutdown, president trump met with a group of hispanic pastors in the rose room of the white house. this is about 15 minutes. president trump: can you come over here? it is much easier. there is a lot of room over here. you are all looking at the door so you can be the first ones out. >> [laughter] president trum

. >> we will leave it there, gerry connolly , we will see again. >> great pleasure. strike here's what's coming up once send the number three. first we hear about the impact of religion on government policy in muslim countries. in a capitol hill briefing on child protection programs. later a conversation on leadership hosted by the council on american islamic relations. >> secretary of state mike pompeo made an unannounced stop in iraq on his way to egypt where he met with several leaders, the washington post writes the visit as part of a middle east tour in which the secretary is seeking to reassure us partners in the region after president trumps decision last month to with drawl troops from syria. >>> [ inaudible question ] >> >>> and ny lerach secretary pompeo spoke

. >> we understand that next week, gerry connolly of, democrat of virginia, will introduce legislation to increase the pay of some federal workers in the week ahead. what else will the senate and house move on to of note that is not related to the government shutdown? >> that is not really necessarily been announced, but the senate will be taking up to give aid to israel as well as arm sales for

stly, gerry connolly of virginia is going to introduce legislation to increase the pay of some federal workers. in the week ahead, what will the senate and house move to that isn't related to the government shutdown? erik: that has not necessarily been announced, but the senate will be taking of legislation on syria, aid to israel. that wasn't something repeatedly blocked by democrats in order to put pressure on mitch mcconnell to bring an end to the shutdown. that will come to a vote. the rest of the schedule has not been fully developed. this could be a chance for federal workers to get a pay raise. the trump administration is putting a temporary pay raise freeze into effect, and is only proposing a 1.9% increase. that could get rolled into this homeland security agreement as well. coversrik wasson capitol hill for bloomberg. thanks, as always, for joining us. erik: thank you so much. host: here on c-span, the day is done for the house and senate. can't tell you about any coverage of the president signing that legislation this evening, but it is expected to be signed by president tru

. >> lastly, we understand gerry connolly of virginia is going to introduce legislation to increase the pay of some federal workers. in the week ahead or so, what else will the senate and house move on to of note that isn't related to the government shutdown? erik: that has not necessarily been announced, but the senate will be taking of legislation on syria, aid to israel. as well as arms sales for them. that was something that was repeatedly blocked by democrats to jam up the senate in order to put pressure on mitch mcconnell to bring an end to the shutdown. that will come to a vote. the rest of the schedule has not been fully developed. as you mentioned, this could be a chance for federal workers to get a pay raise. 2.6% in the connolly-hoyer bill. the trump administration is putting a temporary pay raise freeze into effect, and is only proposing a 1.9% increase. that could get rolled into this homeland security agreement, as well. >> erik wasson covers congress for bloomberg. you can follow his reporting at bloomberg.com and on twitter. @elwasson. tweets at thank you for joining us.

. >> we understand that next week, gerry connolly of virginia, democrat, will introduce legislation to increase the pay of some federal workers in the week ahead. what else will the senate and house move on to of note that is not related to the government shutdown? >> that is not really necessarily been announced, but the senate will be taking up legislation in syria, and they have aid to israel as well as arm sales for them. that was repeatedly blocked by democrats as they tried to jam up the senate in order to put pressure on mitch mcconnell to bring about an end to the shutdown. that will come up for a vote. the rest of the schedule has not really been developed. as you mentioned, this could be a chance for federal workers to int that pay raise, 2.6%, the gerald connolly and steny hoyer bill. it is supposedly a 1.9% increase. that could end up getting rolled up into this homeland security agreement as well. >> caret wasson covers congress for bloomberg. you can follow his reporting at bloomberg.com and on twitter, his latest tweets @elwasson. thank you so much for joining us. erik:

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