nurses. what we have seen when we have implemented ratios either to the california law across the state of calif country like off the top of my head main, yes some rural hospitals. you seem nurses come back to work because there is now a mandatory minimum staffing ratio based on science. we have also -- nurses moved back to their home communities. nurses across the country wanted to move to california. all of our other facilities across the country we see nurses leave their home and cities and home counties to go to california because the working conditions are better mainly because of staffing ratios. that in rural facilities, they come back. >> another topic is scope of practice. having nurses nurses and doctors trained. giving practitioners especially

more authority and flexibility. having practice medicine at the top of their licenses, as i recall. from the nursing perspective what are you hoping to have done on the scope of practice? >> i really appreciate that question. scope of practice is a top concern for registered nurses across the country. as a union, we would fully support an increase in education and therefore following licensing to move other types of health care workers into the registered nurse licensing fields. however what we are seeing in a lot of hospitals is employers trying infringe on scope of practice of physicians or nurse practitioners o r of registered nurses by having lower

license, lower educated health care workers start to take over duties that falls in the scope of practice of, say, an rn or a physician. we are c that mainly because of what it means for patient care. for registered nurses, i'm not a registered nurse. in this job, i have learned about the scope of practice of an rn and there very -- their very unique training. . they are consistently performing a patient assessment. touch, every interaction they are assessing mood, temperature, assessing the flush of your sk performing a nursing assessment. when you have other personnel that do not have that same training starting to take over some of that work, the registered nurse is not able to c,rapture the transitions the

patient may go through otherwise. >> you touch issue where can congress step in on scope of practice? is there a potential solution or not? >> it is a state issue. i don't think the fed should necessarily have a nexus to -- yes we have medicare and medicare but historically it is a scope of practice state issue. ., it is important the federal government make sure to your point, even though shortages, that we don't compromise patient safety and care by trying to have people who don't have the level of training do things that are out of the scope of their ability to do, based on their training and education. other than that, it is mostly a state issue. it is a state issue. the feds other than the va

should not be there. >> luckily we have a state official right here. would you like to weigh in on this? how has this issue played out in virginia? >> i do think it is important health care providers practice at the top of their license. tying it back to burnout they must have a care team working wi patient. we are here to make sure the patients have the healthiest outcome. mentnd social needs are an important part of the team. the pa and the doctor doesn't have all the time to do counselors, social workers, dietitians, as well as people who can help link care. it's really important we have a whole team to take care of them. that reduces a lot of the frustration of the health care provider knowing the patient has

a whole team taking care of them and really helps them achieve their best health when they go into the community. the plan for health is made with the provider but out in the community, it is really important, that team-based approach to care. >> i wanted to give you the last word. you are nearing the end of your time in congress. what do you have left on your legislative bucket list to get do before you leave the hollowed hall? >> never thought you would ask. [laughter] in all seriousness personally, we need to address the reimbursement issues at cms. that is a complicated space to be in. we do have energy and commerce that passed a health care transparency bill, it passed out of the house that includes all kinds of different transparency provisions i encourage everyone

to look that up. the u.s. senate is looking through that. we will have a health care package later in the year that will include transparency and embarrassment issues that are important to the health care field -- reimbursement issues that are important to the health care field. we will have a hearing next week probably. it is a complicated issue related to the laboratory development test. accurate patient safety and clinical utility of tests and where the federal government should or should not be as it relates to that regulation. that is important to me. there are a lot of other working on. big picture i'd like to see something advanced on the reimbursement side that helps all health professionals. also on the transparency side. i know that is a buzzword, but it really is true.

the health care space is very nontransparent. the american people need to understand why things cost what they do, where the money is going and where to better utilize the resources we have. i think we can do that. >> unfortunately that ist we have today. thanks to [no audio] -- thanks to our panelists for being here. [applause] thank you again. announcer: the white house secretary will soon be briefing reporters at the white house. live coverage here on c-.

>> thanks for having me. an week, another shutdown. we have just five days to avert this latest shutdown threat. this is the second tranche of funding. they passed an earlier tranche that packs six bills -- passed six bills in that package funding agencies. this is a more critical package dealing with the pentagon, homeland security department, the state department, really critical agencies that critical for the federal government. over the weekend, there was some development. we had gone into the weekend thinking they were very close on about five of those critical bills. but still running into problems on the homeland security front which has vexed this congress for a

year and a half now. because of issues with border security, the migrant crisis. a real distance between the two sides when it comes to homeland security. but what we have learned from reporting in politico and others is over the weekend they had decided we are not going to do acr, we are g funding bill. we are going to try to include homeland as part of this larger six appropriation bill package. as we stand now, it looks like it's moving forward. we have yet to see text. that is a critical thing we need to see in order to avert that shut down by the friday night deadline. host: here are the agencies we are talking about. the difference department, and foreign operations, labor and

hhs and then the legislative branch as well as other agencies. you talk about the legislative texts, what is the timeline for are there certain amount of times the text has to be up there for senators and the general public to read before they can actually vote on these things? caller:guest: exactly. we would hope to see it by thursday night but that didn't happen.monday morning. they said they would abide by the 72 hour rule which essentially means they introduce the legislation three legislative days passed before they will hold a vote on it, that puts us at about wednesday, and this seems to be getting delayed and delayed further as

we head into this week. because it takesle of days to sort of process a houseboat, is going to put us very close to that friday night deadline. what it means is that it is possible that we will have to have another short-term stopgap measure. a cr to bridge that time. we could have a very short time -- a very short cr needed heading into the weekend or unless all 100 senators agreed to have a very rapid vote. host: speaker mike johnson is still dealing with kevin mccarthy's baggage. if there is another cr and this deal does come together, what does that baggage mean for whether he remains as a speaker and the criticism he's received in his own republican conference? guest: speaker johnson is taking a lot of arrows from his own membership especially those on the right flank as his predecessor did. yp that mccarthy

had negotiated put in place. the biggest example of that is the debt and spending deal, the fiscal responsibility act that iated with president biden. it not only lifted the debt ceiling but it also puts spending caps in place that speaker johnson has to abide by as he is negotiating these various spending bills. that is one example. another example is impeachme. speaker mccarthy at that time had moved forward with impeachment. he had essentially unilaterally set those wheels in motion. speakerohhat very difficult issue. about whether to press forward

with impeachment or pull back the reins. host: never a dull moment in capitol hill. the are as usual. scott long is with us until the bottom of the hour i already p.m. eastern -- bottom of the hour at 8:30 a.m. eastern last week chuck serme minister benjamin netanyahu. and calls for a new election. what does that mean at this point for u.s.-israel relations and what response have you seen from members of congress since those comments? guest: i was actually at the house republican retreat in west virginia at that time.

and we were told that there would be an emergency press conference scheduled by the speaker of the house and his leadership team afterchumer made those remarks. those remarks were condemned by republicans. they said there is no way that a u.s. leader as high as chuck schumer should be trying to interfere in another country's elections. however, i will say, these arehat had been expressed within the democratic party certainly among very pro-israel allies, especially those who are israel hawks over the last several months. there had been a real feeling of disgruntlement about netanyahu and his handling of the war against hamas. and so, because of the number of casualties, in essence, the number of civilians killed in that war effort. i think schumer is someone who is really calculated. it was a deliberate speech he gave.

he gave us advanced warning, said, you need to tune in, this is a major address on israel. and so, schumer understands we are in election-year politics. he sees where the american public feels about netanyahu and the war effort. and i think this was a very deliberate action on his part. host: netanyahu, going on to to respond to chuck schumer, saying it is inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace and elected leadership. -- replace an elected leadership. we are not a banana republic. taking to u.s. sunday shows. how much more do we expect this to play ou week on capitol hill? guest: i think it will continue to be a major debate, because, as you mentioned, schumer is the highest because republicans believe he is wrong on this issue, they are going to keep pounding the

drum. they did so on capitol hill. mcconnell, criticizing schumer speaker johnson out at the west virgg emergency press conference. i think this will be a message that the republicans will keep pounding, but i think chuck schumer is not backing down. in fact, he was backed by president biden himself who has had his own qualities and issues -- qualms and issues with netanyahu and the way he is carrying out that war effort. host: a lot to cover, we are talking about it on thesv washington journal, taking your calls and questions. if you want to know what is happening on capitol hill, scott wong is a good person to ask has been around for a while. i should ask, what else are you covering? if that is not enough on your plate this week. guest: last week's big vote was the tiktok vote. it passed overwhelmingly in the the numbers they put up gave a lot of momentum to that bill in

the senate and put a lot of pressure on senators. however, chuck schumer, theng with his committee heads. that includes maria cantwell who runs the commerce committee, and would have jurisdiction over tech issues. so far, there is not the same urgency in the united states senate as there has been in the house. remember the house bill was introduced and then the very next day passed out of committee and then was immediately brought to the floor. that is a very rapid timeline for something as controversial and complex as a potential tiktok ban. remember, this is a bill that would not outright ban tiktok, but it would force the parent company in china, bytedance, to divest tiktok to another-- divest or sell tiktok to another interest, if tiktok is deemed a national security

threat. and already the fbi director and others in national security circles in washington have said in fact that tiktok is a national security threat. host: it's (202)748-8000 for democrats to call in. (202)748-8001 for republicans. independents, (202)748-8002. starting on the republican line, jess in nebraska. good morning. caller: scott, quick question. are they going to have anybody in congress, nancy pelos of these players that were there on january 6 do a correction on all of the misinformation they are now coming out with? with the president jumping toward the steering wheel, with the secret service and all of that. then they had -- what other items? i mean, are there going to be

any corrections on these items that they are just now coming out with? host: scott wong, january 6. guest: the caller is referring to a gop report authored by a subcommittee chairman on the house administration committee named barry loudermilk of georgia. he put out a report, the initial report, looking at how the january 6 bipartisan committee created by nancy pelosi carried out the investigation and the results they came up with. and loudermilk, his argument is that that january 6 committee cherrypicked certain information, that there were witnesses who did not corroborate cassidy hutchinson's account of some of those critical moments that the january 6 committee looked at including the scene hutchinson talked about in the presidential

suv, where it was alleged the president tried to g steering wheel of the suv and lunged at one of the secret service agents in a bid to drive to the capitol to be with some of his supporters that were attacking the capitol just up the stre and so, this will be that even though many have put january 6 to rest, believe that the events that the january 6 committee said happened, reopen, relitigate january 6. we are in a critical election year. january 6, as it was in 2022 will continue to be an issue in 2024. host: you mention cassidy hutchinson. here's another cassidy making news from the sunday shows senator bill cassidy, the louisiana republican, said

he wou president donald trump's effort to pardon those charged with crimes related to storming the capitol on january 6. mr. cassidy was among the gop senators who voted to convict mr. trump for incitement of insurrection. "i don't think it's appropriate. we are a nation of laws. those folks were convicted." he said on meet the press. thoughts on the impact of that statement by the senator? guest: cassidy is sort of a rare republican senator who has spoken out against president trump. while most of the republicans in both the house and senate have aligned themselves we endorsed the former president in his quest to return to the white house. and so, we are seeing that play out in the race to succeed senate minority leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky. we have john cornyn, senator john thune, of south dakota, as

well as senator barrasso of wyoming aiming for the number two spot, all endorsing president trump. it seems that if you want to remain a player in the party, if you want to hold a leadership position, as speaker mike johnson does in the house, you have to rally behind the current nominee, former president donald trump. host: a twitter user who watches this program, pretty good with coming up with questions. what is the one thing you are watching for nation's radar this week? guest: that is a good question. well, there is a hearing that house republicans are holding. they have invited hunter biden to come back to capitol hill. remember, hunter biden testified in the biden impeachment inquiry behind closed doors.

now james comer wants to bring hunter biden in a public testimony. however, hunter biden and his attorneys have declined that request. they have said, "if you want me to show up on capitol hill before the tv cameras, let's invite some of the trump family members that the bidens allege have done much of the same things in terms of mixing politics and business." and so, we do not expect to see hunter biden here. i think the white house, certainly, the biden family, have made a calculation that this impeachment inquiry is not going anywhere. the white house last week declared it dead, said it is over. there does not seem to be the appetite within the republican conference to move forward with a vote. there are a number of republicans who have said they are highly skeptical of the

evidence they have seen so far presented to them and don't think these are impeachable offenses. because of mike johnson's very narrow two-seat majority, three defections or more could mean a field impeachment vote. -- a failed each minute vote. -- failed impeachment vote. there is a real concern republicans that if you bring impeachment to the floor and it fails, does that exonerate president biden from any of these allegations of wrongdoing? host: this plays into your story of last week, republican ken buck exiting congress early, further er what do you know about ken buck? guest: interesting lawmaker, highly quotable on capitol hill. that is why we enjoyed him so much, sad to see him go. he has spoken out against his own party on a number of occasions. he was opposed to challenging the results of the 2020 election. he does not believe there are impeachable offenses that president biden has committed.

he says that is a large part of the reason why he is resigning from congress on friday, early. had already told us he was not going to run for reelection in 2024, but now he is resigning early, leaving the house majority in an even more dir situation with this two-seat majority. and so, ken buck is a rare person who speaks out against his party, in a party that largely walks in lockstep with former president trump. and we are not sure where he will end up after congress but it could be as a pundit. probably not in any elected office typetion. he says he will not run as a third-party candidate for president. we can rule that out and check that off the list. but we will be watching ken buckhe u.s. senate before running for the house and winning. guest: yeah.

one other thing about ken buck he has said -- i'm sorry, let's move on. host: we've got plenty of calls for you. woodbridge, virg we can get back to ken buck after a few more questions. tom. caller: good morning. this is tom s. thank you for taking my call. c-span, i am the guy that wrote the white paper on inside the fbi y, we spoke a couple of months ago. i was the senior collection strategist for domestic extremism, the director of national intelligence. published that report. recently i published a 90-page timeline going back to 2009legal activities, election interference. you can find that on my website. i say all of this, because i will talk about the loudermilk thing in a second. but you can find that on my

website. the reason i'm calling today is we were talking about whether anyone will be held accountable or answer for all of the misinformation put out by the january 6 committee. the recent testimony -- i am doing what i call the january 6 investigation investigation. the recent testimony that was revealed from the deputy chief of staff, who was a senior secret service agent, who was on a duty asst to the whiteassignment to the white house his testimony was buried on purpose because his testimony not only the president donald trump going for the steering wheel of the suv and he had authorized 10,000 national guardsmen to be deployed to the capital if the capitol police force requested them. the capitol police force had the leader of the senate and the architect of the capital, those people had to request the national guard.

it ultimately had to be approved by them before the national guard could be deployed. that would have not to spend the national guard, that would have been the national guard from the u.s. and the entire country that would have been deployed. that is revealed in the document. what is the question? --host: what is the question? caller: doy should have to answer for this deliberate misinformation that was sewn against the american people? my contention is they lie to you . they lie to everyone. about the dossier, russian collusion, they lied about the hunter biden laptop. everything that has happened on january 6th. host: back to this question of

the january guest: somebody joked to me when i was at the gop retreat that there might be investigations of democrats to take control of the house in november. there may be an investigation into the investigation of the investigation. how far do you go down? was a bipartisan committee in the sense that two respected members of the republican party at that time liz cheney and adam kinzinger were participants. they were selected by nancy pelosi after republicans decided to withdraw their members from what they thought was going to be a highly politicized committee. i think that these things can be debated and we into infinity. that is not my job the report is what it is, it is an official select committee report.

i encourage people to read that. democrats and republicans on that committee democrat investigators and republican investigators on that committee who came up with a product. i think we are seeing this debate happening again two years, three years after the events of january 6th because we are in an election cycle that involves the former president of the united states. host:e in illinois, what will be a state? talking about the senator bob menendez. guest: he is under federal indictment facing a number of charges. related to bribery and other federal offenses as well. i do not think bob menendez will be a united states sene january 2025. one of my colleagues posted a

question to him if he had planned to run as an independent which apparently is a possibility. this will be an issue left for the voters to decide who they want representing them. i just do not think that bob menendez with his myriad legal problems and criminal problems will be returning to the united states senate after all is said and done. host: bob menendez on capitol hill for nearly 20 years. 2006 as a senator. from nebraska? guest: i would like --caller: i would like to ask, how many republicans went down and did it cost the taxpayers any money? host: i do not know. guest: i ins and outs of the retreats, i have been to a number of them on the democratic side and the republican side. these are annual, they called a policy retreatwhere they

supposedly discuss policy issues. they hear from experts in this case, they heard, i ran into a couple of familiar faces, greg walden who was the energy and commerce chairman from oregon. brady who was the former ways and means committee chairman. i ran into those guys and i was out in white silver springs last week. they hear from a number of experts on a various issues. th talk about politics and about the upcoming campaign. the focus of this retreat was growing the majority. e ironic thing of course was that only about 100 lawmakers out of the 219 showed up. less than half. a lackluster attendance at this retreat. and so, that speaks to i think some of the issues of thhouse republicans having in terms of

removing kevin mccarthy as the speaker and having a big fight over who should replace him. all of the infighting we have seen. it is by the congressional institute whichts. on both parties. host: both parties retreats are well attended by the political media. what is your goal when you go down there? is it just press conferences? you get to ask questions? is there more mixing and mingling? more off of the record type situations? how much access do you have to do you see your role is when you do these? guest: it is a place where people are more relaxed, this one happened to be at the greenbrier resort, a famed historic property. actually, th doors to reporters of how this used to be a fallout shelter for the united

states congress in the event of some kind of catastrophe. in the cold war era. they had these facilities, these highly secure facilities where the people would have to relocate to washington to in the greenbrier and the mountains of west virginia. relaxed people are casual, there are press conferences that we attend from the leadership. there is also opportunities for off the record conversations with lawmakers, members of leadership. just to try to check in and get sense of what they are thinking. how they are feeling. a number of months out from the election a to see what is going right and what is going wrong. host: we have gone over our time for you. a call is waiting for you independent, good morning. caller: thank you, i am surprised that this person has

got all your generalizations. he has not wanted to talk about politics. what about the organizations israeli organizations in the areas that all congressmen have to find to support the state of israel and all of the jewish influencers. he is not concerned about this? guest: i am not familiar with a pledge that lawmakers have to sign in support of israel or any country in general. traditionally, the united states members of congress have been overwhelngly supportive of israel for decades now, ever since the creation of israel. this is a real turning point in u.s. israel relations. i should say that it is not that i think the criticism from schumer, from president biden

from other democrats is not aimed at the israeli citizens. it is mainly aimed at netanyahu and the government. there are even within the netanyahu administration. and so it was very interesting to see that as schumer was making those remarks on the senate floor. criticizing and calling for new elections inse republicans were preparing to hear from israeli ambassadors who were being hosted at a lunch for the republicans. before mike johnson stepped out in the press conference criticizing schumer he obviously, barry interesting time -- very interesting and seriousime for the people of israel and the palestinians who have been displaced and killed in horrific war.

obviously, it is a tricky issue politically, you know for u.s. lawmakers, it is going to be i think an important part of the conversation as we head into the 2024 election. host: a smart follow if you want to know what is happening inside of the building across the street, itd.c., senior congressional reporter with nbc news and we appreciate your time. guest: thank you. host: your phone calls are open for this, out of texas. the line for democrats, you are up first. caller: i'm scared of trump. he talks about all of that kind of stuff. you hear about three or four years ago, he said he would do two terms and maybe another one. maybe it out and said. we do not need no dictators in

washington or in this country at all. he started fooling with putin and that thing in north korea. that is a communist country. why is he people? people better wake up. they better wake up. he hasthat is all i have to say. that is all i have to say. i appreciate it. host: that is thomas in texas he mentioned putin, store you heard over the weekend, not much surprise after a three-day election, vladimir putin wins reelection. another six-year term in russia. the supine liner -- the subhead mlinrer says he can continue his work is ukraine. republican line, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call and i'm a big fan of c-span. i want to say not to talk aut really any specific issue, i

know that this past week biden and donald trump have singed both of their nominations which i think is something that has the vast majority of the country and it is not very happy with. the way that it solves this is two main things, the center of the country, the average person needs to get really involved in the party system to help with these nominations. i am a republican, i do not care what lane you choose, choose one and please get involved. time, you need to make your voice heard. potentially run yourself. one thing i think we need to do is to engage in open dialogue with each other calmly and respectfully. something that my wife is always been saying is i think be excellent to each other. i think that is something we all need to do and i think that it will really help right the ship and down the middle and kind of make this place a

happier country to be in. host: have you been on an excellent adventure? guest: it is, i have seen the movie and i think it is applicable here. host: nikki in rockaway park, newindependent. moot. caller: good morning. i think c-span because -- thank c-span, you are the best three hours of entertathe conspiracy theories, all of the good stuff. hello, are you there? i hane service. i like the way that you interview people. you makeyour neutral. i like that. it is hard to find that. i am not political anymore. politics has got me in trouble with the secret service. i am a political.

i am a happy guy and i know that what is going to happen is going to happen. i will leave you with one thing that people should consider. evdeath. suppose one of the candidates dies. that is a real possibility with elderly people. they die every day. young people die every day. i would like to put a little stuff the game and have people consider the consequences. the chaos that would be involved. that is about it. thank you c-span you are the best entertainment, the conspiracy theories. host: we got your point, nikki in pennsylvania. this is mike in illinois, country club hills, illinois democrat. caller: good morning. good morning c-span. all right. i want to say that i am so surprised, i wantwonder what the republicans

feel about this speech donald trump made about if he loses there will be a bloodbath. that is all i have to say. thank you. host: hold on, i want to read this to you. the editorial board of the wall reet journal took up that quote. the bloodbath quote. this is what they had to say about it. i wanted to get your reaction. they note that at an ohio rally on friday mr. trump was talking about the peril facing the u.s. automobile industry from he said this, if i do not