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fema, the ckc and and health and human services are heading to east palestine as we speak today. but despite additional assurance, resident fears are mounting and mounting fast. theyre still reporting illnesses, theyre still suffering symptom from the air, and many are still worrying about the safety of the water thats right around them. were going to the hear from members of the community today. well also hear on a separate issue from house foreign affairs committee chairman mike mcca...

A degree of comfort in the rural water operators and municipal have to be the ones that say this is safe, and theyve9 got to instill that sense of safety to the people that they serve. so, you know, if the folks in east palestine are telling us that theyre not comfortable drinking that water, i think weve got to take their word for it. neil: congressman, thank you. well see how this sorts out. again, we should remind viewers that representatives from the epa and fema and health and human service...

Bills and day-to-day necessities. >> for others who represent districts we high unemployment, the extended unemployment benefits is attractive. they want them to be able to see their doctors so they had to fix something that would have punished doctors known as the doc fix in medicare. >> as you said, mike, the bill had blende of support in the house and senate. explain some of the no votes. >> it was interesting because of some the democrats who represent the washington, dc area did not like th...

Bill. some democrats had reservations as well, but in the face of strong voter support for extending the tax cuts, the bill passed with bipartisan support. an election year legislative victory for president obama who says its necessary to support the countrys economic recovery. mike, this was a long time coming. what finally got them to agree? >> the vote in the house was 293 to 132. in the senate, it was 60-36. so they had plenty of votes for a lot of lawmakers, the idea was dont raise taxes wh...

Extend the program here to give you the so-called tax break. its a shell game and it is going do have to be repaid. >> in the end, it passed. lawmakers are now going on their presidents day holiday recess, and we expect the president to sign the bill into law in short order. >> and they soon will. mike, thank you. fox news sunday anchor chris wallace is in washington. it has widespread support but the republicans saying it has to be paid for. it wasnt paid for so they gave up. >> absolutely. thi...