Its open phones. We want to hear from you on any ublic policy issue you want to discuss. Line for democrats. 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can start call nothing now. In, want to check in with frances rooney, republican 19th district of ida, the foert my area. Ers, naples congress is a way for the district work week. Todayssman, where are you and what are your plans for this week . Im m in washington today, going back to the district later in the week. Host where are you go week . Giving what will you see . Ill probably go back down to go through the district a little bit. Last week i was there all week of the to every part district, out on boats it see the damage at marco island, in air to see hehiesh the area of lehigh acres and help colleagues the storm. Y host what are immediate needs you are hearing about you saw last week, what will continue week, do you think . The game changer is power, about power. Everything works with power and nothing works without it. N a flat area, you need power to operate the lift pumps that keep sewage in the ground and it bubbling up through man holes n. Addition to weatheritioning and hot environment and house mold and food rot, you have Public Health power and so weve been using a lot of gasfired propanefired generators to run the lift stations, hopefully get power by the week. Host what is federal response in your district . How much is in the 19th district and what are they doing down there . Well, we have a good fema team on the ground there, fema came in as soon as the hurricane week, the week before last and started in supplies and ing getting organized for future recovery effort and they are things like helping with debris clean up, organizing to fill out the forms for public assistance and individual fema tance under the reimbursement programs. They are going, its just not be as fast as everyone would like, that is just the roblem or devastation that is widespread. Host we hear a lot of numbers bill could very include, a dollar number, do have you one in your head at too early . Or is it i think it is too early, i whole florida,he taking florida as whole could be in than what it was houston, that was over 100 billion, right . Host perhaps, yes, even more than that. When are we going to start bills move through congress specifically for irma . Da in the wake of the week of hurricane hit, we passed 22 billion, that kept fema solvent for the time being, i dont think it will last very long. I imagine first up when the house comes back. Host i know you are getting down today. D before you go, as you make rounds last week, was there a conversation that stuck with you that you think will stick with you about the irma and what it meant for your district . Yeah. Tell you, john, the amazing thing to see the Community Come people pitch ee nothing and helping their neighbors and others who have others. Mage than i saw people helping in bonita springs, where it was flooded. Going around and helping people with mobile homes, getting people cleaning other peoples yards in marco island. Bring nd of disaster can out the best in a community, as well as making it difficult. Going ongressman, it is to be a long road, we want to stick with you and continue to hear from you and all the about their district. We appreciate your time. Well check in again down the road. Thanks for having me on. Rooneycongressman francis down there. Open phones on washington ournal, want to hear from you with Public Policy issues you want to talk about. Lines are yours. 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Johnny is up first, woodbridge, virginia, democrats line. Good morning. Caller hello. Host go ahead, johnny. Yeah. R oh, make the almost 1100 a month. Im 84 years old and i got no of es from the Government Social security or whatever. 16 an y cut me off of hour. Now you got to listen to me i was mexican or spoke spanish or something, i pay. Never these people can afford to send dime they work for back to mexico because they get checks from three different jurisdictions, washington, maryland and then virginia. Retired from mexico because they get checks rom Prince William county government about 17 years ago. I used to go to the post foode and pick up mail and stamps and boxes and they had manager down at one of the Service Offices said that this lady was getting 800 a month and she was getting it from three places and he going to let her have that. Host john newoodbridge, virginia. Reminder to turn down your television when talking through your phone, it is easier to hear understand your comment when you are calling in. Make sure to do that. Ovville, indiana, line for independents. Good morning. Hi. Er host go ahead. Hello. Can you hear me . Host yes, sir. Caller okay. I was going to make a comment on florida and down texas. I just want to make one comment on this, on build og flood almost 70, 1970, 50 high ago, i worked at a school with my dad doing construction project here in town. Nd they were doing a nursing built on a flood plain. Flooded out and people had to be evacuated. This was hud. Was hud that bought the property and decided to build on flood plain. I feel sorry for people in florida and texas. The developers, when you build is flood plain and a lot just greed. When you build, some developers on a care if they build floodplain. That is my comment, you know. At the uld have looked long picture of this building on a floodplain. Ill let you i wont take up time. Re of your project runway appreciate the call. In 20be hearing hopefully minutes or so from a member of congress from the houston area. Jacksonlee, she can talk about some of those issues, as well. At 9 45, coming up busy day for her, it may not be exactly that time. Gar nesterling, virginia. Republican, open phones, what do talk about . Caller good morning. Thank you for taking my call. Lowhangingalk about fruit, you know, where we use common sense, logic and reason. Bonanza of natural gas america has come across, why arent we using it . It, we could ing cut the pollution down by 80 . People that are gainst this are the Oil Companies and the radical left like the 350 ions group. Ecause it is not perfect, they want perfection. Okay. This natural gas is 80 cleaner, it is onethird price of diesel fuel. We dont have to import it. The problem . T is host gary, any concern how we the ground, the fracking process, does that concern you . I think for fracking, we should be using co2. That is another thing, i got a bone to pick with cspan about co2 and how they let that inetwor tisoffe guy write that book 3. 8 on the ph scale. If you have a soil tester kit, will see, because if you do gardening, you know how acidity is for raspberries. You know, we can use the co2 for fracking and the best place to 15,000 er the co2 is 10, feet underground f. They dont going ural gas, theyre to burn it off. I mean, they can see it from burning it theyre off. Host all right, gary in virginia. Moulden, massachusetts, line for independents. Mind . D, what is on your caller john, the Food Stamp Program in welfare this country. Blown out, gone, people on it left and right. Social ou one thing, ecurity, ssi, disability is moving rapid. Four, five ree, months ago, they moved 150 regular Social Security and put it over in the disability Social Security, that it is, john. And the sad part about it, it is better, its o get going to be worse. These people have to put them streets and clean up the parks and stuff, let them earn it. Of trash all over this country. I see it everyday i go walk it. They should be doing. 8eople out and let them o 5, five days a week and have weekends off. Host can i ask, are you on Social Security . Caller me . Host are you on Social Security . Retired eah, im firefighter. Half my Social Security, which i worked second build up my d Social Security. We are on the fire department. They took 50 away from me, i with military. N i worked eight years before i department e fire and 34 years on the fire department, just like a job. Got lousy 500 a month, i they have got 1100, said, no that is double dipping. 1975. N did that in so, you know, its just terrible know. Y things happen, you you work a lot and they take it away from you. Else that dont want to work, they feel sorry for. Cruel, but im 73 years old, you know, so that is john, and i thank you for letting me listen talk to you, i mean. Richard, thank you for sharing your story. Want to hear your story on the washington journal, especially during open phones last halfhour this morning. 2027488000. S republicans, 2027488001. Independen independents, 2027488002. As youre calling in, here is thf mornings st. Louis post dispatch about over the protest Police Shooting verdict out there. Case. Il rights the department of justice saying insufficient evidence to charge the police officer. Page focusing on the third night of protest erupt othing violence, arrest and officers hurt. Expected, st. Louis bracing for more protest is the headline in u. S. A. Today. Besieged by two nights of violence following the white in the s acquittal shooting of a black man. Good line for democrats, morning. Suzie, you with us . Go ahead. This is debbie. Host sorry, go ahead. Love i want to say, i your program. I just want to say the always talking about we need to cut spending, program, that program. I know some people that is in county, in kentucky, that is on disability, that never a day in their life. They are partying, they go out they get that yet check every month and they need to start checking out these on disability and check and see why young kids aint theyre out there making money off the state and et you got people out there that is really struggling to make it that do work and they dont get nothing. I mean, they just, it is ridiculous. Money ifd save so much they get people off that dont eserve Social Security, not Social Security, disability, and make them go to work. Host all right. Myra, is in new york, awego, new democrats. For good morning. Caller good morning. Asked for you different subjects and i watched burns vietnam last night. Think . What did you caller oh, wow, have you had him recently on your show . He was talking about his vietnam series. For theoh, i cant wait next one, it is so informative. It really is. Wondering if you have vietnam . Ives on host oh, we have plenty on that topic. Et me send you to the video archive, 30th anniversary of our Video Library on cspan, actually. You can watch any of this event, topics ents, search for like vietnam war, whether 30 ears ago, 30 minutes ago, you will find it in the Video Library. Tell me more about your thoughts you watched last night. Im assuming you will continue to watch . Caller yes. Thing is, i was against the know, war anyway, you but im one of the 60s kids. You know, it is so complicated. It really is. The government, how much mixed up. Hochimen. Ong, i love the program. I cant wait for the rest. Thank you. Host myra, thanks for the call this morning. Burns lastt with ken week on this program. Check out voot library. Rosalee in givensburg, go ahead. Wish somebody please would take a poll on the ealth care, how many want it get it free because they hear like 70 of people want to get free. Well, get health care, probably get it free, we have to pay for ours, somebody please take a poll, people in favor of it, how it free, how et many have to pay for it, please, id like to know. You. Host all right. Eff in port, florida, line for independents. Jeff, go ahead. Caller how you doing today . Host im doing well. Great. I just have a suggestion, i dont know if it would work, i cant run the numbers. E have a . 07 sales tax, i was wondering if it was raised to if the . 03 would be enough to Cover Health Insurance for the United States. Host would you support that, jeff . Caller oh, yes, they dont have sales tax on food. Host on the topic of health care in the United States in new york times. Up the kman, takes Graham Cassidy bill and proposed legislation on the Affordable Care act and replacing the act. Rdable care corkman writes, as in president ial election, we start extreme line of tribalism, 48 or 49 senators how for anything, no matter awful their party set of approval to make the bill into sponsors need to win one or two more vote when is it comes cassidy bill. The main raent they wouldnt on bills, activism, letters and calls, made it clear Many Americans were aware of istakes and politicians who voted to take Health Care Away would be held accountable. Cycle moved on from health care, taking public attention with it. Progressives are taking obamacare achievements for on from sk moving protests to dreams of single payer. Environment ind of in which swing senders no longer in the spotlight might be bribed bullyed into voting for a truly terrible bill. Line for independents, jeff, go ahead. Caller yeah. Like i said, i didnt run the numbers because i didnt have rmation host yeah, that was your call just then, sorry. Thought on pauls column . E lost jeff tochlt denisencincinnati, ohio. Democrats, go ahead. Caller good morning. Host good morning. I have i hope cuhear me. My comment is that im wondering the difference as to subsidies, corporate welfare, i it, and food stamps for the general public . They are really needed. Why do we have subsidies for all companies for im not sure if correct, for hundreds of years they have been receiving that . Dies, why is host you dont get the difference in concern or outrage those two people on topics . Caller oh, yeah, im outraged, goont understand how it can on and people dont understand ere giving all companies subsidies, for years and the regular t stamps. S receiving food host appreciate the call. Leonard in edgertown, wisconsin, for democrats. Good morning. Caller good morning, cspan. Really something that came up a number of years ago, ive myself somewhat of a political junkie and i didnt all about and was span has never done much background rarely to explain the exchange egislative council and that maybe that if program right now they could get on their computer and alec exposed. Its quite an education. Could have wish we a conversation about that host appreciate suggestions for future segments. Alk about alec a bit in the past, but certainly something we can take up again. Aking up the lead spot in the front page of u. S. A. Today, rump treks to u. N. Amid multiple crisis. The president appear before the unsure ofal assembly, him is what u. S. A. Today says. Be in the ill spotlight over the next two days. Sunday, on Fox News National security advisor, h. R. President lked about trumps speech, which will u. N. N on tuesday to the General Assembly and how it will fit in to his doctrine of america first. He had to say. Speech is s the tremendous opportunity to reach so many World Leaders at the same time and emphasize three hemes, first is to protect the american people. The second is to promote prosperity and the third is really to help promote accountability and sovereignty. Three themes will allow him to communicate his role in themericas world. But also what his expectations International Bodies like the United Nations and also nations, expectation to protect sovereignty of citizens sovereignty of other nations. Host that speech happening on u. J. General assemb assembly. To see past speeches head to the cspan website, cspan. Org. Linda is in waynesburg, virginia. Linda, go ahead. Caller yes, good morning. Make four very brief comments. Understand that mcconnell urged congress not to take quickly, maybe to delay it because they had so on the back burner for congress for them to adjudicate. Ost youre talking about the august recess . Caller they left early. So ive been calling my this is what i say, i wish you could tell your boss one of you, if they worked for forbes 500 company, that wouldnt have a job because pathetic, sman are they do not follow through. Had rday they were they Health Care Program on with only anthem, and they you know, if you all dont look at rates that you are have to come back and have Like Universal Health only had one Health Provider there. Lukewarm,thing is very there is never anything congressmen the dont have any numbers to back things up about profit the companies make. And i believe we as a public need to pick up the phone and say, to our to all of them, democratic and republican, we unhappy with you. To do the work. Also, nancy pelosi during the hurricane, she got on and after he was just mmediately there behind everything and i thought it was a disgrace. Away ed her office right nations. The united these people that represent these countries have a charmed life. Get the support in the United Nations, were always totem pole. N on the i think about our contributions need should be cut or we to look at something else. Thank you very much. You linda, how often do call the office of members of congress . Dismayed,ll, i was so i could only call 10 at a time. Them, because theyre young people, they sound like College People on the telephone. Ill ask them very politely, do you think that you will be able afford a home and what about College Expenses and i just want them to think about their future, too. I call when i really believe because im 80 years old, when i really believe that its urgent now. I think the time is we cannot sit back. I wish everybody would get a all of them, im doing like an industrial strength, you know, no bars, nobody gets a pass. Diane feinstein, she has a recording. T is interesting to see who will engage you and who will not. Host do you feel like it makes difference . Caller yes. I do. Thing, you have to have citizen participation. Verybody complains about President Trump, but if you dont get involved, if you dont something, then you get government you deserve. Linda, 535 members of congress, is there anyone you right way . Ing it the im not astutely i see someudge that, hat are so old, so incapacitated, they look as if they really cannot absorb the that were in. Anyone, especially the republicans have really let me down. Now. Ink it is a club they get a pass all the time. Things. Bizarre and like, republicans and emocrats, they left early for their recess. Who is holding them to task . The incident after where the person was shot. On, we have it is criminal there is no healthcare country. His and if i were younger, i would efinitely try to do something be tically, but we cannot unempowered, we have to get our power back, that goes to democrats, to republicans, we cant afford to sit and watch this unfold. E have President Trump because nothing, anger, i believe we ave President Trump because everybody was so angry at democrats and the way obama military, this is backlash vote and we cannot afford that. Discerning, we must ake action and if it takes calling, call. Really that is all i have to say. Calling. Da, thanks for linda, republican in williamsburg, independent. Good morning, what is on your mind . Caller good morning, i called to talk about Bernie Sanders and medicare for all proposal. They it is touted as system. Payer when in fact, people on medicare, most of them have plus mental insurance, they pay deductible, actually there is no such thing as single medicare system right now. It is actually a person that is three times. Paying if for a supplemental plan and paying deductibles. I dont know where he gets off saying it is single payer or end all, be all for people. It isnt. Never addresses who is going to pay for it. Taxpayers, to be going to come out of the middle class. Enough rich peep toll pay for it. These are things that baffle me. Bernie sanders is going to run again . Caller i hope not. I hope not. Extreme. We need more people, both on closer right that are to the center because these the left and th the right really only have an advance, they dont have what is right for the people to advance. Another john in new jersey, line for republicans, go ahead. How you doing . I was calling it should be be wed and would disrespectful to those who died to not burn the flag. This is a topic we talked about in first hour of the burning whether flag should be legal, one member of the senate has a constitutional underway to ban the the flag in protest and several republicans are signing on to that legislation. Go ahead, thanks for bringing it back up. Caller very good, thank you. Just like to say it would seem to me there are groups of people that enrich creating wars. The gulf in vietnam was perfect a lie. , fought on so amount of people that it people dieonce these and now like these people that cause the war come back because the money, first thing they want to hide behind is dead bodies and say, we cant talk about this, we cant burn the flag or talk about this, died, youiotic people know. A, i dont like the fact people hide behind nd soldiers that fight them and die for them. And b, a lot of these in a country, talking about health care and living wages and whatnot, how people go to the military for education or just for health care . So those are two concepts i up. Ld like to bring host thanks for bringing up. Bernie also in the news after weekend, some video emerging of flag burning in the that decision in st. Louis and the protest happening in st. Louis. You are seeing on your screen posted over the in st. Louis, the cbs affiliate there and the flagburning incident making headlines in the wake of that. Harry in fort lauderdale, independents. For harry, what is on your mind . Caller good morning. Me, im very th nervous. Im in south florida and youre up so many issues. Happen to be such a small minori minority. Disabled, im on stamps, i m on food very t my house tis hard for me to take care of myself and i was trying to to two different friends that were going to take to hide from ogs irma so i wouldnt be in my got turned down to two places i had reservations to get out of the state. They cancelled both my one, i ions due to wasnt allowed to take a car across the florida line. Running for my life and i cant get around properly. I got stuck and ended up having rental cab to another place i got a reservation for. They cancelled me, they couldnt take my debit card, im running for my life. And im calling because im mad there should be you are on that if evacuating and youre trying to three largeyou have dogs that are hard to get to a shelter and people are going to and i couldnt go, i got stuck here. Got power, opening my old house, i cant take the maria is coming. I got taken to emergency ward for heat stroke, being outside the heat, no shade. My porch is gone. Down here. Y bad its hard to get to. 25 for a salad to be and you to the house guys are talking medicaid, medicare, all that affects me. Ive never been political, but verything going on, taking Social Security, im dead, im away, i dont get medications and i dont think it is right. Get out of here. Isnt there a legislation, if ou are trying to get out of danger, that they stopped you from getting away . You for sharing your story. Let me bring on a member of district was own impacted by one of the recent urricanes, hurricane harvey, Sheila Jacksonlee is on the phone and i believe listening to call. Congresswoman, i want to hear about your district. If you hear harry just then, she asking for legislation on ome issues that impacted her, what would you say to tersne im appalled at her story and deepest concern. I know there must be at this ime, it is after the fact, a local authority she should access immediately, particularly People Living with disability. My point to her, she is must do y right, we more in the predisaster with ng for People Living disabilities, Senior Citizens and others who face obstacles. To hear her voice and certainly i want to assure her we will not medicaid, Social Security, medicare, if any of us can help it. I can certainly help it, im opposed to any of that. Would also say to her that members of congress from texas and florida have committed to together to assure full unding to make her whole, whatever the issues she has now be her home, for it to restored, either through fema, or housing block grants. Her to know help is on the way. I ask her to reach out to a local agency dealing with people with disabilities, that was certainly an issue in our community, a concern that i had seniors. Ith you may know that i introduced 174 billion for appropriations to the state of texas with 43 members of cosponsoring it. We have to now be part of the to recovery n. My own are 119,000 ere homes that have been damaged and 40,000 plus that have been destroyed. Maged or and that is just the beginning. People in the neighboring area that are sheltering, meaning they are in that are inhabitable. They have to be moved immediately. Now in this region, were is the most difficult part, that is to get people back on their feet. Sending a letter to the president today asking for an xtension of the fema application process, which ends on the 25th. To extend disaster time period because in my district was out weekend, as i in neighborhoods, i heard from people who had not yet filed for fema, because they had no technology, no computers, about the re telephone. I know that we need a longer period of time to make sure fema one can get a registration number. Cross had t red ssues with their system and it crashed because so many people were desiring to get 400 assistance. Will be back up on this thursday, september 21st. In the texas region can have to red cross if they been displaced or lost items for in and of ance, that itself is a life line to many people. Beginning to make that way, we need federal dollars. Ne of the other issues that is important is that we need the attempted ding, as i to engage in dialogue on that house,on the floor of the i am grateful to say that many sides olleagues, on both of the aisle agree, we want go to local government, the city of houston, or beaumont, aransas, and t others to get to local officials to work as egin quickly as possible on getting places ack in habitable to live. Host congresswoman, the 174 seen, a number weve small portion of that move already, when are we expected to larger chunks of that start to move through the congressional process . Question. Od obviously were in recess this colleagues, we met exas delegation met with our eadership talking about funds, so we expect when we come back, it will be in the period of the september to october, im hoping that some funding can ome into emergency supplemental. You are aware we have extension government of the for three months into december, o by that time, we must complete funding of the entire government, but moneys that are of us here in the texas region and those in florida, we hope it will come much quicker than the end of december. Host congresswoman, thank you checking in with us, some cspan crews have been following you around and in the 18th district, we will show viewers some of your efforts in that continues. S recovery good luck to you in that process. Thank you. To thank l allow me the first responders, military hat helped us during this catastrophic, significant and to pray for and to acknowledge those who lost members, who went to the last funeral of a Public Servant ofsaturday and certainly all those who have family members still missing and as well family injured, we were pray that their families are coming back together and they together and as resillient as texans are that we stand ke it through and together and be united. Host of course. Time, ou for your congresswoman. Thank you. Host time for one or two more alls before the end of the program today. Open phones. Terry waiting in fort auderdale, florida, independent. Terry, good morning. Waiting in is elizabethtown, kentucky. Ahead. Or republicans, go caller good morning. Thank you for cspan. Call very focused on my prior to the last lady that called in and i want to let her now that my heart and i am saying prayers for her, im sure a lost viewers are. Comment is on the american flag. And also on the infrastructure country. It bothers me when i see flag. Ody burn the american i believe in freedom of xpression and freedom of speech. I think there might be a solution. In post office has been turmoil. Its a huge part of our infrastructure. Think it we sell flags, we flags as currency. It is against the law to destroy currency f. If we sell flags the post office, we would increase to save as well as stop people from burning flags, i say we would require all in the United States and we would stop all market of flags. There should be some kind of stamp of some sort and if you have a flag, say, for example, a burial flag or historical flag, you would register your flag. And that way you could have that flag legally. Boost our it would economy, ensuring no flags are imported from other countries i think the post office could charge a reasonable amount f money for the flag and it would, the people that own flags ould show how much pride they had. Host thank you for that call. Those suggestions, that topic lot of time spent a on today on the washington journal. If you missed it, you can this program at cspan. Org. One more programming note for clinton will be giving her personal account of the 2016 president ial Campaign Election in her memoir what happened, the former first lady candidate will alk to her former aide and politics live from the warner theater in washington today at 7 00 p. M. Eastern, watch it on cspan, cspan. Org and of course listen on the cspan. Org radio app, that will do it for us this morning on the washington journal. See you back here tomorrow morning at 7 a. M. Eastern, 4 a. M. Pacific. Have a great monday