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, im 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 dont 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 dont compromise Patient Safety and care by trying to have people who dont 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 doesnt have all the time to do counselors, social workers, dietitians, as well as people who can help link care. Its 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 teambased 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 id 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 its 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 didnt 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 shortterm 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 Mccarthys 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 hes 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 countrys elections. However, i will say, these arehat had been expressed within the Democratic Party certainly among very proisrael 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 electionyear 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 weeks 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 its 202 7488000 for democrats to call in. 202 7488001 for republicans. Independents, 202 7488002. 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 Hutchinsons account of some of those critical moments that the january 6 Committee Looked at including the scene hutchinson talked about in the president ial 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. Heres another cassidy making news from the sunday shows senator bill cassidy, the louisiana republican, said he wou president Donald Trumps 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 dont think its 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 nations 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, lets 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 dont think these are impeachable offenses. Because of Mike Johnsons very narrow twoseat majority, three defections or more could mean a field impeachment vote. A faile