Newsmakers

House Armed Services Committee Chair Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) talks about this week's Supreme Court decision on transgender troops, U.S. plans to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan, and defenses at the U.S.-Mexico border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heritage Action's Tim Chapman talks about the partial government shutdown, President Trump's push for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and how his organization interacts with Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chair of the Homeland Security Committee, talks about the debate over border security, his priorities as the new committee chair, and other congressional issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA), the new Rules Committee chairman, and Representative Mark Takano (D-CA), the new Veterans' Affairs Committee chairman talk about their committees' agendas as Democrats take control of the House of Representatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Incoming Budget Committee Chair Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY) and Incoming Appropriations Committee Chair Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) join us for separate interviews to discuss their respective committee agendas in the 116th Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and James Inhofe (R-OK), who will chair committees in the 116th Congress, talk about their committee agendas. Senator Grassley will chair the Finance Committee and Senator Inhofe will chair the Armed Services Committee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long talks about FEMA's work in 2018 and looks forward to 2019. He suggests FEMA was never intended to be a first responder, but to assist states and localities to meet their emergency needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive VP Neil Bradley talks about the climate for business during the Trump presidency, as well as Friday's jobs report, trade and tariffs, deficits and the minimum wage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There will be 100 new members of the House of Representatives when the 116th Congress begins next year. We meet four of them on Newsmakers: Reps.-Elect Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), Dean Phillips (D-MN), and Jim Baird (R-IN). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

USAID Administrator Mark Green talks about U.S. aid to other countries, its goals, and how it is working during the Trump Administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House Transportation Committee Ranking Member Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) is the potential committee chair in the new Congress. He talks about transportation priorities and the possibilities of an infrastructure bill and a gas tax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices