This Week on Capitol Hill - A Packed Week in Washington: Fentanyl, Marijuana Reclassification, and the Fight Over Healthcare

20/12/2025 41 min
This Week on Capitol Hill - A Packed Week in Washington: Fentanyl, Marijuana Reclassification, and the Fight Over Healthcare

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U.S. House Speaker MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA) unpacks the year-end actions in Congress including GOP plans to lower healthcare costs while expanding choices for Americans. PHILIP WEGMANN, White House correspondent for Real Clear Politics.com also weighs in on President DONALD J TRUMP’s “warrior dividend” for military members, and what’s on the horizon in D.C. in 2026. Congressman MARK HARRIS (R-NC) reflects on this week’s Judiciary Committee hearing on dangers of the liberal Southern Poverty Law Center targeting conservatives like the late CHARLIE KIRK and the Family Research Council; Ambassador MIKE HUCKABEE reports from Jerusalem with a prediction that Hamas will soon be disarmed “because President Trump promised it will happen.” And Tony’s commentary queries the Administration’s conflicting positions on drugs: naming fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction” while moving to lessen penalties for marijuana. All that and more on This Week on Capitol Hill. Sponsored by: Americans for Prosperity Clear Path Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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