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>> you may not want to name them, but they've named themselves. while we still have time, congressman, you said on the energy and commerce committee in the house, and we're watching the senate in this rare thursday saturday -- rare saturday session as it awaits the language in this infrastructure bill. i don't have to tell you that many lamakers and activists have lamented just how much energy these negotiations have required, but since we're here, what will this bill's passage mean for your district and for that matter, others like your district? >> yeah, no, absolutely. i live in fort worth,...

Those fumes, empty. >> you can't resist auntie ann's. >> no, i love some auntie ann's. >> thanks, kathy, good to see you. happy holidays. now to the impeachment and as lawmakers head home for the holidays, back on capitol hill the two articles of impeachment against president trump hang in limbo. the house speaker nancy pelosi saying she's holding on to them until the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, vows to hold a fair trial. >> so -- in your opinion as the president's daughter you're going to hear it here, she's his senior adviser, speaking out on how her father is handling impeachme...

Congressman, happy holidays to you, thank you for being here on this saturday morning. so i want to get your reaction to ivanka trump's comments, is this all just raw partisan politics? >> absolutely not. i can tell you this is my fourth term in congress and this was the toughest vote, the toughest decision that, and the saddest decision really that i've had to make as a member of congress to go down into that well, and cast the vote to vote on two articles of impeachment against the president of the united states. i think it's a sad day for the country. it has nothing to do with partisanship ...

And he needs to work with the minority leader, chuck schumer, to make sure that happens. >> congressman there are a couple of things up in the air right now. i'm curious whether or not democrats, at least at this point, have come to some sort of consensus on who should be named impeachment managers. there was all that talk about justin amash from michigan who is now independent. all of this once the articles are turned over to the republican senate, who do you think should be some of the managers? >> that's going to be determined by leadership. i don't really have an opinion on who should be t...

People and people will still be backing him. again, it's incumbent upon them and a benefit to them to cooperate with the democrats, to cooperate with the house panels, that are looking into this to show that they have nothing to hide. . >> all right. congressman mark visi of texas, thank you for joining us this hour. up next, the president of one of the biggest labor unions in america joins me with what her union members are looking for in a 2020 candidate. you're watching msnbc. 0 candida. you're watching msnbc. (announcer) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once...