A lot of outstanding political figures made information on the inaugural Hill Nation Summit on Wednesday, weighing in on the Federal Reserve, Democratic primaries, laws shifting via Congress, international coverage and extra.
Lawmakers, Trump administration officers and advocates spoke with journalists from The Hill and NewsNation over the course of a day.
Listed here are seven memorable moments.
Navarro calls Powell ‘the worst Fed chair in historical past’
Peter Navarro, White Home Senior Counselor for Commerce & Manufacturing, is interviewed by NewsNation Chief Washington Correspondent Blake Burman throughout The Hill and NewsNation’s inaugural Hill Nation Summit on the Willard Resort in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
Trump commerce adviser Peter Navarro referred to as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell the “worst Fed chair in history.”
President Trump for months has expressed growing frustration with Powell, and the White Home has appeared more and more taken with ousting the Fed chair.
On the Hill Nation Summit, Navarro stated that the Fed, a traditionally impartial physique, had grow to be politicized.
“The problem with the Fed now is that it’s too politicized, because a lot of folks on the board are Democrats who hate Trump,” Navarro stated.
Noem teases liquid measurement adjustments for TSA
Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem is interviewed NewsNation chief Washington correspondent Blake Burman throughout The Hill and NewsNation’s inaugural Hill Nation Summit on the Willard Resort in Washington, D.C., July 16, 2025.
Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem recommended that adjustments may very well be coming to the scale of liquid containers allowed via airport safety.
“That may be the next big announcement, is what size your liquids need to be,” Noem stated.
Her feedback come a couple of week after DHS, which oversees the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), stated that home vacationers could be allowed to maintain their sneakers on via safety.
Noem stated she was hopeful that airport safety may very well be streamlined sooner or later.
“Hopefully the future of an airport, where I’m looking to go, is that you walk in the door with your carry-on suitcase, you walk through a scanner and go right to your flight,” the DHS chief stated.
Donalds on potential Powell firing: ‘I am not there but’
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) is interviewed by The Hill’s Congressional Reporter Mychael Schnell throughout The Hill and NewsNation’s inaugural Hill Nation Summit on the Willard Resort in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
As calls from Republicans mount for Trump to fireplace Powell, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) stated he wasn’t fairly able to assist the transfer.
“I’m not there yet, but I’ll tell you that the president doesn’t rule anything out,” Donalds instructed The Hill’s Mychael Schnell.
“It’s pretty clear the president is frustrated about where short-term interest rates are,” Donalds added, and he stated that he additionally supported a lower to charges alongside reductions to spending led by Congress.
“I think the greater issue is Congress being smart with the people’s money,” Donalds, who’s working for governor in Florida, stated.
Different Republicans, nevertheless, had been vocal of their want for Powell to go.
“Today’s a great day to fire Jerome Powell,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) wrote Wednesday morning on the social platform X.
Klobuchar says lawmakers want extra safety after Minnesota shootings
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is interviewed by The Hill’s Senate reporter Alex Bolton throughout The Hill and NewsNation’s inaugural Hill Nation Summit on the Willard Resort in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2025.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) stated that lawmakers at a number of ranges of presidency want extra safety and that politicians ought to “decrease the rhetoric” in response to the shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses in June.
“I’ve been a longtime advocate for this and more police, and worked really well with them in the Capitol, but we have to do more in the local areas,” the Minnesota senator stated.
Klobuchar was buddies with former Minnesota state Home Speaker Melissa Hortman (D) and dined along with her hours earlier than Hortman and her husband had been killed by a gunman at their residence.
“She was a mom. She taught Sunday school. She was a Girl Scout leader. She balanced all that and rose up in the House of Representatives,” Klobuchar stated.
“Some people need to look in the mirror if they’re making this worse,” the senator added. “It is on all of us as leaders to bring down that rhetoric whenever we can.”
Klobuchar was among the many senators to sentence posts from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) that appeared to make jokes in regards to the shootings.
McCarthy goes after Matt Gaetz
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is interviewed by The Hill’s Congressional Reporter Emily Brooks throughout The Hill and NewsNation’s inaugural Hill Nation Summit on the Willard Resort in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) opened his remarks by saying that postcongressional life was “fabulous. We don’t have Matt Gaetz anymore.”
The comment from McCarthy, who has had a long-running feud with former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), drew laughter from the viewers. The Florida firebrand was among the many key figures behind McCarthy’s ouster from the Speakership.
Hogg calls ouster from DNC a ‘double commonplace’
David Hogg is interviewed by The Hill’s nationwide political reporter Julia Manchester throughout The Hill and NewsNation’s inaugural Hill Nation Summit on the Willard Resort in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2025.
Former Democratic Nationwide Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg characterised his ouster from the get together committee as a “double standard,” though he expressed openness to working with the DNC sooner or later.
“There’s obviously disagreements that we have at the end of the day, but I think that we all still have good relationships. I still have, you know, enormous respect for all my fellow vice chairs, the other officers of the DNC,” Hogg instructed The Hill’s Julia Manchester on the Hill Nation Summit on Wednesday.
The progressive activist, who has referred to as for main challenges towards Democratic Get together incumbents, left the DNC final month after his election was vacated over a procedural rule relating to gender range.
Hogg described it Wednesday as a “double standard that was selectively enforced.”
“I would argue that what I’m doing is not that different from someone having a leadership PAC that gives against an incumbent,” Hogg stated.
Himes praises Trump on international coverage
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) is interviewed by NewsNation Political Editor Chris Stirewalt throughout The Hill and NewsNation’s inaugural Hill Nation Summit on the Willard Resort in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
Rep. Jim Himes (Conn.), the highest Democrat on the Home Intelligence Committee, provided some reward for President Trump’s international coverage, significantly on the Center East.
“I mean, the opening to Syria, I did not anticipate that. That’s pretty amazing. You know, he’s taken a practical approach in the Middle East that I think is, again, will the Iranian question, will play out over the next year or so,” Himes stated.
Trump signed an govt order in January to finish sanctions towards Syria after the surprising collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in December.
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