. -- 114 congress. i can switch this over to one minute speeches and show the leaders of one minute speeches. there are a number of republicans who are the leading 87ple -- glenn thompson with , joe wilson, the leading democrats are sheila jackson lee and brian higgins. all of that on www.c-span.org. oregono to ron in salem, on our public alike. go ahead. -- our republican line. caller: just a question. total wives get paid also for their husbands being senators? did the significant others get paid? guest: if spouses are paid. i don't believe they get a salary from the government. they have their own jobs. host: charles in arthur dale, west virginia. guest: good morning. caller: and what it. -- good morning. my thoughts about this congress and stuff, to try to straighten minority andhe lower party does not have a voice. if you had a speaker for both parties, have them bring something up to vote and then we or whichwhich person senator or congressman would not vote for it. whether it is a democrat or rep

he blames members of congress. what we have seen from both the media and and elected officials is the general sense that the findings are probably right, and what we are picking up in our surveys of with these interviews is the current state of affairs. who is to blame is a different question. from our perspective we're happy to blame both of them and just move on. >> you talked about the attitudes of young people towards the political process into politicians. do young people vote? and if so, what moves them to vote and maybe not have good attitudes towards a politician question to participate in the process? >> win overtime young people have been the least likely to vote. voter turnout in general is nothing to praise ourselves about in this country. and for young people it's even lower but that is the one area where would you seem to have seen at least sustained levels of engagement that it was the one area where when asked young people of any political activity they have experienced in their home, they get sick

inaction makes congress complicit. and for anybody who says connecticut now has a strong measure on gun violence and so does california, so does new york, this simple stark fact is that the strongest state laws are at the mercy of the weakest because our borders are pourest. guns flow across state lines and they victimize innocent people as a result. so state laws are not the solution. nor is slugging our shoulders. that's the most common reaction. can't be done. there has to be a tipping point. what will it take? 30,000 deaths every year ought to be enough. a mass shooting every day on average ought to be enough. not just san bernandino but the constant flow of death and blood as a result of gun violence and it cannot be business as usual anymore. as senator schumer said so well, enough is enough. enough is enough. senator: prayers and sympathies were important to us in sandy hook. i know thoughts and prayers are important to the people of california today. but members of congress don't get elected in order to send ou

congress has been warned. wall street won this one. and congress will provide the tools we need. in the meantime, the meantime, it seems, that if more members of congress, we are only good to send to the front line of war once again. but this time, the casualty of congress. now, i will go back to puerto rico to commend ledge islators, business leaders and labor leaders. to chart our next steps. thank you for having me. >> thank you so much, governor. i mentioned in the introduction while congress didn't give you what you came for, they said you're going to get $900 million in medicare over the next ten years. what does this accomplish, how much does this help? >> get to the room with a stroke. it's with the diet. you are having a stroke, you need to eat better. >> so, what do you do now with congress? do you continue to lobby, work this or what happens next? >> we will continue. the factst are there. they know the facts. there's no single argument. let me be very clear. will be for everybody. the essence of that framework will be bad for everybody. not having that framework, get

they're members of congress. so if you're going to go out there as a candidate running for president in a party primaries, and be successful with these people, it's not an effective technique to stand up there and say the problem with american democracy is you guys, congresss right? those are the people you're trying to win over. some of those people, you know, actually agree with that. many of them, they're great leaders in congress who see the problem of congress who would say, absolutely congress is the broken institution in our government. not many of them like to think of themselves or their institutioning a the broken institution of their government. it is not a great strategy. what is striking, studied these debates i was not allowed to be a part of, i studied very carefully. no point which any of those candidates ever talk trash about congress. never say anything about congress. >> how about the campaign finance system? >> they do. this is what's frustrating. even as that issue now being surfaced, it is s

but this time, a casualty of congress. now, i will go back to puerto rico to convene legislators, business leaders and labor leaders to chart our next steps. thank you for having me and your time. [applause] >> thank you so much, governor. i have mentioned in the introduction while congress didn't give you what you came here looking for, they did say that you're going to get $900 million in medicare over the next 10 years. what does this accomplish? how much does this help? >> imagine that a patient get to emergency room with a stroke and is treated with a diet, the patient will die. what congress did is telling us, you're having a stroke, you need to eat better. thanks but no thanks. they did nothing. >> so what do you do now with congress? do you continue to lobby? do you continue to work this? or what happens next. >> we will continue. the facts are there. they know the facts. there is no single argument. let me be very clear. the restructuring process will be good for every party. -- and port reek -- puerto ricans. the

and we legislate in the congress. if we pass a law, it can be challenged and taken to see if it meets the supreme court's standards or not. i frankly think this is an area where the supreme court has found something in the constitution that does not exist in the constitution and usurped the legislative powers of the state and congress. host: the supreme court generally has the last word in cases like this. when society continues to roil over topics like abortion, what redress is there to a supreme court decision? is it congressional legislation would be the only arbiter to change the law? rep. goodlatte: the supreme court renders a decision. and it is very interesting because technology has changed dramatically in 42 years. i think that has played a role in people's attitude about the issue changing. mothers and fathers have much more information about the baby, what stage of growth it is in the womb. the ability to keep children alive after they are born prematurely has changed dramatically since that time. the abili

but this time the casualty of congress. now i will go back to puerto rico to convince legislators, business leaders and labor leaders to chart our next steps . thank you for having me and thank you for your time. [applause] >> thank you so much, governor. i mentioned in the introduction , while congress didn't give you what you came here looking for, they did say that you're going to get $900 million in medicare over the next 10 years. what does this accomplish, how much does this help? governor padilla: imagine a patient goes to the emergency room with a stroke and is treated with a diet, the patient will die. congress is telling us, you had a stroke. you need to eat better. thanks but no, thanks. they did nothing. >> so what do you do now with congress? do you continue to lobby? do you continue to work this or what happens next? governor padilla: we will continue. the facts are there. they know the facts. there's no single argument. let me be very clear. the restructuring process will be good for everybody. the absence of

this is a way to win a battle with congress. and they knew that this was not something you're supposed to do. this is why there was no paper or request. what they did is they didn't, they didn't demand it. and of course they didn't nix it. which is what they were supposed to do knowing they would get lots of information. which they did and that is i think a violation of the power of the executive. interfering with legitimate activities and interactions of the congress. and also pro advocates who would and should expect that private communications on behalf of political advocacy. is something that the government ought not listen to, listen in on abuse. that was done. >> the administration will argue likely that the pursuit of the nuclear deal with iran was a national security. >> and it was something that they felt prit pretty sure that israel was trying to undermine. look the target of these searches were not members of congress. the targets were netanyahu, israel. the fact that there were conversations with members of congress

as congress moves forward to simplify a very confusing process for veterans, iava highly recommends congress utilize va's framework and avoid proposals that are one of or misinformed or put politics ahead of veterans. inefficiencies resulted in a need to consolidate care. we believe congress should be mindful of these lessons. our second concern centers around va's ability to effectively implement a plan to consolidate care across the enterprise that avoids many of the mistakes made in the implementation of choice and puts the veteran at the center of every discussion. during a recent discussion with post-9/11 veterans, there seems to be significant inconsistencies across va, and although i've had some good experiences, there are too many who have had bad experiences. they want to call all stakeholders to put the veterans first and change the culture of va across the country. given shortcomings on the implementation of choice and customer service generally, the va should also continue its efforts with my va and ensure employees are properly and consistently trained on any change in care. it

my mother went to congress. they were considering a bill to end discrimination and lending, they went into the back room and, sex or marital status, members of the committee, polite southern way, i am sure my colleagues omitted this by accident. years later, several years later, not that many years later, we bought her house, the house i grew up in. and she was moving to downtown washington, having trouble with a loan and she called the bank and said since my income and assets are on matter of public record as a member of congress, i find it passing strange that i am having difficulty with this loan and as the author of the equal credit act i am worried this is because i am female and elderly. >> host: let's take a quick look. >> it is my great honor to welcome you to this joint meeting in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of congress. this occasion is a special time, the bicentennial observance of the congress which would be marked by historical publications, ceremonies, exhibits, a special film and other

pinning of peace that a member of congress on the board and a member can't move. you are seeing political fights in nui york city contests happening much more on one threat on the ltodouging and th other in ele, i agree, daily news has written about lobbying and will contis hired away the chief policy analyst for the commission, they ¥,you number one, worldwide, france burn their vehicles. what will happen? >> i hope we will not burn our vehicles here. >> you should give a on oeply b the executive dire, years ago -- >> you are lobbying of the editorial ity,ard? >> broyea and co.. and promoting a fare hike. and do your journalistic duty. >> i try every day. >> there is another mechanism for influence and that is revolving door. and a lot of negotiators re,pically come from industry, and lobbyists for it. a you have to ask yourself, someone woin iing for the government for a few years and spent some time promoting a certain business interesvep wit their lying to the government or even if he is trying to con us, seems to be more prevalent today. >> i don't know if t

jon stewart described congress this way. i'm not saying it's bad at its job i'm just saying it's the equivalent to a skunk with a head in the jar of skippy peanut butter. when the house their 33rd of votes to appeal the affordable care act than the late-night show said it was mostly a symbolic vote that accomplished nothing or congress calls that a vote so exposure to the current events does tell us they are not fully aware of what's going on in the world and that is terrible but it also demonstrates that they have very little incentive to garner the information that would information that would make an informed consumers. again those young people that talk about politics and do surf the web and find a political website and follow the news regularly are on average about six times more likely to say they might be interested in running for office. and then the third reason that young people away from politics is because of the politicians. in general, yuck is the word that kept coming up over and over and over again. again, th

congress has had ample time to negotiate this agreement. earlier this week, i would -- do not envision a scenario, i still do not scenario, where the president would sign a continuing resolution that would give congress additional weeks and months to negotiate a bipartisan agreement. know, we're still -- i recognize that some in congress may bristle about the notion of a deadline. but i've been in -- i haven't in washington very long but i've been in washington long enough to know that without a deadline, congress doesn't do anything. so we've got to have a firm deadline. and the president is going to insist on one. also true is that sometimes the legislative mechanics in the congress take a days to execute and pass an agreement that's been reached. and so it certainly will i would the sense to shut down government just while congress is going through the mechanics. >> but with this extension -- i not a matter of everything is decided, half republicans, democrats, an we just gotta have the vote, get the bill signed 1600et it up to pennsylva

and again, we're talking about what congress can do or candidly what congress should have done years ago but refused to stand up to the gun lobby. so far in 2015, there had been 355 mass shootings. we are currently in the 336th day of the year. that means on average there has been more than one mass shooting per day. that statistic should stun us all and what is shocking to see that it has become normal and that's a very sad statement about this country. the common denominator of this is easy access to guns and that's no surprise given how many firearms there are in this country. in fact, more guns than people. the day after thanksgiving, black friday, the federal background check system ran more than 185,000 background checks. that's in one day of people seeking to buy a weapon. so that's at least 185,000 potential gun purchases. and the figures don't include purchases at gun shows or online. we sell many guns and so few checks. it's no surprise that guns fall into the wrong hands. the bill, i believe, that is going to be before the floor hopefully today is entitled denying firearms

we have seen the contempt with which it treats congress and the american people. the cfpb is prohibited from regulating car dealers. it's done so anyway. it's an absurdly inaccurate technique which by the way in the private sector would lead to lawsuits over fraud. accuse them of racial discrimination and extract find from companies and auto finance companies. he your government is a bully and your government is a blackmailer. this hearing is another good example of cfpb soper reached one i also discussed to my own article in "the wall street journal" last summer. the cfpb is prohibited in section 1022 of dodd-frank from collecting personally identifiable information on americans but the bureau is doing so anyway and it's doing so on a massive scale. the most controversial collection programs are much less compelling reasons. the cfpb says it aims to monitor at least 95% of all credit card transactions in the u.s. by 2016. toward that end the bureau is collecting data from at least 600 million credit card accounts each month. that's 7 billion records in the last y

community and many members of congress. and while we were not able to make it permanent, we did improve and extend this important tax incentive. the bill will also make america more competitive on the world stannel. it permanently extends the active financing exception, or afe, from subpart-f income and provides a five-year extension for the controlled foreign corporation, c.f.c., look-threw- look-through provision. this gives companies a greater ability to compete internationally. this is important if, like me, you want to see u.s. companies remain u.s. companies. in addition to these top priorities for businesses and job creators in the u.s., the path act would provide significant tax relief for families. the bill makes permanent the deduction for state and local sales taxes. it makes permanent the low-income military housing credit and the employer wrangle credit for active -- employer wage credit for active military employees. and it includes an expansion of eligibility for work opportunity tax credits. all of these pro

we're not the extenders congress. i don't want to have us back every two years just doing the same old, same old. we can do a lot better, and this time we have at least laid the foundation for real tax reform. i want to thank a number of my colleagues, in particular chairman hatch, our committee members on both sides of the aisle, the two leaders, leader reid and leader mcconnell for their efforts. we had an awful lot of dedicated staff people working on this issue. our diligent tax counsel is here, todd metcalf, i want to thank him for his great work, our terrific staff director, josh schenkman, our chief counsel, mike evans, the tax team, ryan abraham, bobby ambras, adam carasso, karen debt, rob jones, tiffany smith and todd wooten. all of them have worked long, long hours to get us up to this point. and i also want to commend liz duranko and juan machado of our health staff because they joined a very good leadership team as well in these efforts, and chairman hatch and his staff led by chris campbell, an oregonian,

congress year in review on c-span, thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> the second session of the 114th congress begins in january. the house is back for legislative work next tuesday, january 5th. among the items on the agenda next week, a budget reconciliation bill that would de-fund planned parenthood and repeal the affordable care act. the senate has approved the legislation. the president said he would veto it. the senate returns the following week on monday, january 11th. senators will consider a u.s. circuit court nomination in pennsylvania. and a bill from kentucky senator rand paul that would require an audit of the federal reserve. the house is live on c-span and the senate live on c-span2. >>> the e-mail privacy act would require a warrant before law enforcement officials can order companies to turn over someone's e-mail. the house judiciary committee held a hearing on the legislation earlier this month. witnesses included a representative from google and officials with state and federal law enforcement agencies. >> good morning. t

one would think that with all of the money that congress has, the thousands of aids servicing the congress they would be able to write a law that is understandable to everybody. but they do not. many times what the court has essentially said is, this is what we think you mean and if it is not, rewrite it. you can do that. that. here you do not need a constitutional amendment. now in a constitutional coward justices began to develop philosophies and they try to be true to them. i'm not saying justices before them did not have consist of use nor that there were not any constitutional cases before then. but the majority of the cases that they heard did not require consistency. better decide a case then decide it right. now with the majority of the cases being constitutional questions the cases had to be decided right and if the justice disagreed, he felt it necessary to did explain why. while there are many reasons that dissents multiplied during the 1940s, one was named felix frankfurt. if any of you had ever tried to read a supreme court case and thought it was dense, loaded with footnotes

in february 2014, congress hit a rock bottom 6% approval rating in one poll. meaning it has only been improving. even the president not known for his endorsement of congressional republicans was praising them and their new boss for finding some common ground despite the anger of some conservative members. >> i think it is a good working relationship. we recognize that we disagree on a whole bunch of other stuff. but perhaps because even before he was elected he had worked on capitol hill, i think he is respectful of the process and respectful of how legislation works. >> well, the key test of the atmosphere on capitol hill comes on january 12th. that will be president obama's last state of the union. which, in itself, already puts many congressional republicans in a much better mood. maria? >> thank you so much. more now with house budget committee chairman tom price. congressman, what about that? look into 2016 for us right now what are the spending priorities from your standpoint? >> well, at the budget committee, what we're going to do is put forward a posi

and again, we're talking about what congress can do. 0 or candid live what congress should have done years ago but failed to because it refuses to stand up to the gun lobby. so far, in 2015, there have been 355 mass shootings. we're currently in the 336 day of the year. this means on average there has been more than one mass shooting per day. that statistic should stun us all, and was once shocking to see that it's become normal. and that's a very sad statement about this country. the common denominator of all these etangs is easy access to guns and that's no surprise, given how many firearms there are in this country. in fact, more guns than people. the day after thanksgiving, black friday, the federal background check system ran more than 185,000 background checks. that's in one day of people seeking to buy a weapon. so, that's at least 185,000 potential gun purchases. and the figures don't include purchases at gun shows or online. we saw many guns so it's no surprise that guns fall into the wrong hands. the bill, believe, is going to be before the floor, hopefully today, is entitl

that is independent of what congress does, but also helps to shake what congress does. because the more people that are now getting jobs in solar insulation and production, the more that you have companies who are seeing how american innovation can sell products in clean energy all across the asia africa, suddenly, there is a big monetary incentive to get this right. and that's been the history of environmental progress in this country and now we've exported around the world. every time we've made a decision, you know what, we're going to have clean air. the predictions were, everything would fall apart. and low and behold, turns out that american innovation makes getting clean air a lot less expensive than people expected and it hams a lot faster than people expected. when we made a decision that we were going to double fuel efficiency standards on cars, everybody said, oh, this is going to ruin the american auto industry. the american auto industry has been booming over the last couple of years. acid rain. when george h.w. bush instituted a system to charge for the em

further congress possesses clear power to control u.s. borders and make rules regarding immigration and naturalization including rules governing the movement of detainees to u.s. soil. to claim that congress has no power in these areas would be ludicrous. the opposite is true. this is why a recent supreme court appellate precedence in the guantÁnamo context to the d.c. circuit indicates the president cannot trump legislation regarding wartime transfers of detainees in u.s. soil. president obama regularly invokes his constitutional law as he mulls whether to buy the clash between the political branches that will do much damage to the legal fabric of our republic that but i would hope the president would consider a two classroom full of law students a day after such an executive order was issued, it would be a demoralizing lecture when i would be unable to ground action in current law and would reveal the cavalier willingness of the president in him so many plays a much hope to circumvent the constitutional order to achieve political ends.

if congress decided -- >> no, no, no, no no no. you know, i -- the thing is that i think the court has decided, and you're not happy with the court decision and what you're -- what your testimony says is that you'd like to expand something that's already been held unconstitutional. >> i disagree. warshack was -- >> i disagree with you. now, let me ask the whole panel just to ask yes or no. if congress gives civil agencies the authority to subpoena e-mail content to service providers, would that law be constitutional? i think you've already said yes. can i get a yes-or-no answer from the other five panelists. >> i'd love an opportunity to explain. >> i'm limited on time. yes or no, please. >> my answer is yes, it would be constitutional. >> mr. littlehale? >> yes it would be. >> mr. calabrese? >> i believe no it would not be. >> mr. salgado? >> i believe, no, it would not be. >> okay, mr. rosensweig? >> no, that's what warshack said. >> i think we've heard from mr. seresny, mr. cook and littlehale, since you believe the law would be

congress should insure to modern rise we do not eliminate to the law because congress picked to make them punishable by the penalties. i want to thank the witnesses for being here today, and i look forward from hearing from each of you on hr 699 and how to properly balance the expectations of the american citizen and the legitimate needs of the law enforcement. i look forward to working with all members on both sides to electronic the act. it's worth noting that we also plan to hold a separate hearing in the future on the issues surrounding the law enforcement information on servers outside on the floor the u.s. that's an issue with many that we carefully exam. i would like to ask the consent to enter the follow items into the record. a statement dated december 1, 2015 from the department of justice. a letter from the federalc/j buu of investigation association dated november 24, 2015. a letter from the national member of police dated november 30, 2015 and a letter from the association of prosecuting. a letter from the virginia common wealth attorneys, a letter from the technology co

members of congress need the data. too many times, republicans say we can't make a decision because we don't have the data. well, let's get the data. lift the ban. >>> even the maker of the -- i was on committee at the time. and he has now stepped away so negotiations on the tax extenders, we'll continue to focus and we'll always have a big focus on violence prevention. this coming having moments of silence and no a. here we have two motions before us. i think we're working in a direction to get that done. i thought we were closer to a bill than that, but, nonetheless, the extender bill is another part of it. it's a massive, permanent give away, unpaid for tax package which is really the omnibus future. have you heard anyone speaking out against this action? maybe they should be on the endangered species list, i don't know. it limb nate it is possibility of revenue reform that creates fairness and simplification in the tax code. what we want to do is do just that. simplify. make fair. lower the corporate rate. do what

before i have tested what i can do with congress. and every once in a while they will surprise you, and -- and this may be one of those places, because i think we can make a really strong argument, guantanamo continues to be one of the key magnets for jihadi recruitment. the question early about how did they propagandize and convince somebody here in the united states who may not have a criminal record or history of terrorist activity to start shooting, this is part of what they feed, this notion of a gross injustice. that america is not living up to its professed ideals. we know that. we see the internet traffic. we see how guantanamo has been used to create this methodology that america is at war with islam. and for us to close it is part of our counter terrorism strategy that is supported by our military, our diplomatic and intelligence teams. so when you combine that with the fact that it's really expensive that we are essentially at this point detaining a handful of people, and each person is costing several million dollars to d

members of congress can read them. they have incredible information in their that would impact people's perception of our foreign policy. it should impact every member of congress perception of form policy, particularly in the current debates we are having about immigration and visas. here soment that out of these briefings are low content, some of the information is high content. content.are high i think they should be declassified. host: one of the things coming out of the events in california and paris was the topic of encryption. the fbi director recently content ofn the encrypted technology. i want to get your thoughts on what he had to say. the tech company and the fbi and everybody else involved in the discussion care about safety on the internet. we understand that encryption is an important part of being secure. we also all caps care about public safety. we also care about a collision between those things right now. encryption is getting in the way withr ability to deal court orders effective for cover informa

this congress seems pretty dysfunctional. i'm willing to - but it's dysfunctional - accept the white house. - because it's not being led. - i'm willing to accept the white house is responsible at least for half. - you can have an irresponsible herd of cats if nobody's herding it. you can have an irresponsible herd of cattle, to be more appropriate to texas, if nobody's herding it. and so, it looks like it's the cattle's fault, but it's the herder's fault. and we have no presidential leadership, no willingness to spend the capital. this president, george herbert walker bush, sat down with congress and swallowed, "read my lips: no new taxes", - no new taxes. because the country needed a five-year budget to strengthen the dollar and to provide a budget for the young men and women that he had sent to deal with saddam hussein. otherwise, we'd have gone to a defense sequester. when we got stuck on the americans with disabilities act, this president got himself involved. this was not a president that said, "go get me a piece of legi

that is independent of what congress does, but also helps to shape what congress does. because the more people that are now getting jobs in solar installation and production, the more that you have companies who are seeing how american innovation can sell products in clean energy all across the asia pacific and in europe and in africa. suddenly there's a big monetary incentive to getting this right. and that's been the history of environmental progress in this country. and now we've exported around the world. every time we've made a decision, you know what, we're going to have clean air. the predictions were everything would fall apart. and low and behold turns out that american innovation makes getting clean air a lot less expensive than people expected and it happens a lot faster than expected. when we made a decision that we were going to double fuel efficiency standards on cars, everybody said this is going to ruin the american auto industry, the american auto industry has been booming over the last couple years. acid rain when george h.w. bush instituted a system t

congress." and he said, "what for?" i said, "because i want to federally regulate the auto companies so they have to meet safety standards." i thought he was going to let me out on the road right then and there. [scattered chuckling] but, you see, i never exaggerated the power of these corporations because, if you exaggerate their power--and they are powerful and they know exactly what they want. they want to control the environment of their business activities so that they can make more money and get more bonuses and, perhaps, give more dividends to their shareholders, and they do that in a very strategic way to this day. they strategically want to control the environment that they operate in. if the government's part of the environment, they want to put their officials in high positions in government. they want to contribute campaign money to members of congress. and if consumers are a potential drag, then they want to have more exciting, emotional advertisements and try to get them to buy th

it is what congress is all about, questioning direct spending. it is bad enough they messed around with us with the earmarks we've had for so many years, but now they are stopping the whole process. i don't think that's going to happen next year. we know you will try to have votes on raising the minimum wage and getting better pay for women, familiar democratic votes you like to hold, especially in election years. what other votes are you likely to hold? >> one thing we have all agreed on, something on guns, we will not be silent on that. when you have a situation where on a terroriste watch list who can go buy a gun, that is not good and when you have almost 90% of american -- if you haveg some emotional problem, if -- i you'reick with crazy, if a criminal, you should at least have a background check. that senator schumer operates, policy committee, he is committed to work as he has, to make sure we do this the right way and we will do that. it is something the american people want and we will do everything we can, but those are things that are

-- as compared to congress? it was verycarter: different. i often say that when i became mayor, the first thing i learned was how do count to four. you are right. you can get a lot done as a mayor. particularly, when i was mayor of the city because i had when i left in 2004, we were up to 19,000. we had phenomenal growth. we just had it at the right time. most of that growth presents a lot of challenges. a lot of it was people moving out of savannah into the we hit the housing boom at the right time and it was quite an experience. we had a lot of big decisions and needed to be made and we made those decisions. it was much the same in the sense of when you have a 40 day , at the beginning of the session you can introduce a bill, can get it to the other body and get signed by the governoru. p here -- governor. up here, it can be very frustrating. you can work for years and years just to get an amendment passed. >> probably one of the most important jobs of any community is a zoning and planning. the community and

with congress. people can say a lot of things on the campaign trail but they are not actually governing. when the rubber hits the road, it is if the white house can get obama to do something and on the trade deal he has strong supporters in congress willing to do something, mainly house speaker paul ryan. some democrats like trade deal so this is going to be less or marcolary clinton rubio and more about obama working specifically with people in congress to pass a bill. a talkingt like point, this is something he this actually get done year if the momentum picks up in congress and there is a decent chance that it will. paul ryan was on meet the press recently and was asked about his relationship between himself and the president. >> is there anything that you and president obama could do together to lay the groundwork? have you thought about that? mostthink he is one of the polar resin presidents we have ever had. i think leadership matters. leaders can unify and leaders can polarize. >> so you guys

there is a battle in congress between the administration and congress over the epa using the authority that they claim to have, that was given to them by congress many decades ago, rewriting the definition of what is a water of the u.s. what is a federal waterway. it even includes underground water now. and most republicans disagree with this redrafting of waters in the u.s. in that appropriations bill that -- when that appropriations bill that funds the epa comes out, we can say none of the funds here redefine waters of the u.s. and we can have that battle on the epa funding bill without impairing our soldiers' paychecks or the processing of claims at the v.a. or whether the national parks or monuments are open or not. so when we try to put these writers on a huge bill, you imperil basically all of government. now, what i would say, if i put my partisan hat on, if you allow me to do that, calling in on the republican line, if you will, is that the president takes the government hostage when he, for instance, the monuments here. they will close down over a and webout the epa, allow him

he says congress should close that loophole. and he asked congress also to take a vote that essentially declares war on isis, to join him in a public statement against isis. the president also asked congress to make it harder to buy assault weapons as major garrett just mentioned. the president made a major appeal this evening to muslims to help in the fight against islamic extremism and also reminded americans that muslims are our neighbors, our friends, as he put it, even our sports heroes and the people who serve in our u.s. military. there will be much more about the president's address and the latest on the san ber dino investigation on your local news on this cbs station. as always, on our 24 hour digital news network, cbsn and in the west tonight on the cbs evening news. i'm scott pelley, cbs news in washington. most of you will be returning to "60 minutes" after these messages. also at the same time suggesting strength he's also stirring up a lot of continuing to stir up lot of unhappiness about a subset of people. >> tr

that faces an uphill battle in congress. on the third item, he wants congress to improve the screening of the people who can come into the united states without visas. congress is working with the white house on that. i must say the most interesting line was when he said muslim americans are our friends. they are our neighbors, our sports heroes, and yes, they are the men and women who serve in our military. that a direct message to those that are been vilifying muslims. >> that's right. injecting the political campaign, saying we cannot discriminate. jon karl, thanks very much. we return now to our regular programs. have a good night, and i'll see he tomorrow on "gma." he tomorrow on "gma." >> >>> another search in the investigation into the san bernardino shooting rampage, and tonight the gunman's father reveals details about his son. we begin with the president's message. a gave a hear speech from the oval office. he did not announce my major changes in this policy but mentioned three ways the u.s. is going to help in his

it's the same with congress. they set up fake deadlines and blow through them, but when you really have to make it, when it really matters, they generally pull it together, and i think you are right about paul ryan. everyone is invested in ryan's success in the house and in fact in the congress on the republican side entirely. i think it would be almost completely inconceivable that they would let ryan fail in this way in his first really big test as speaker. al: i agree again. john: i love it when you agree with me. we do have some less cheerful news. back to some ominous news, ominous words from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he told "the washington post" that president obama posture and partnership deal definitely would not be voted on and takes -- until next year and should not be voted on until after the presidential election in november 2016. comment comingrs from o'connell. that prompted this jab from white house press secretary, our dear friend josh earnest. : others have floated this. while cong

it's your congress, too. why don't you push for that? >> because my congress haven't had the -- i wish trump could give me the word... >> [ laughs ] >> ...to stand up since harry truman. we haven't had a war declared since franklin roosevelt. and we don't want to do it. all we do is send the troops into panama, send the troops into barbados, send the troops wherever we want, because we know with a volunteer army, there's somebody economically that's going to do it. now it's getting much larger. questions. and we could ask the questions if we had time. you know, who is the enemy? what do they want? give up? who represents them? what flag it is? and is this our war to fight? haven't been involved until president bush got us involved. >> but we are involved now. how do you think president obama is doing fighting the war on terrorism? he has a lot of critics. >> well, i'm one of the critics because it just seems to me that not enough people know exactly what the president knows. and he should be able to bring people from that part of the wor

so you believe congress has the right to review the materials. >> i think congress has the right to request. >> those are two very different things. >> i think if you accept the premise we are dealing with confidential supervisory -- >> if we can do that, whether there are certain things -- what i don't want are redacted sheets that look like they're blacked out all the way. i'm looking for a venue for us to review. frankly, if you hear a lot of questioning on both sides of the aisle, we simply do not understand. mr. woodall? >> i think there is one confidential memorandum that has been made public. the confidential basis in the pet politan case. it is my understanding has been filed in the court and is a public record. >> okay. >> i would just want to be clear that the reason i would not raise my hand is because i would not make a unilateral decision. this is a collaborative body. fsoc, if we got together, would turn over whatever would appropriately be turned over to congress. and i would be supporter of that being a robust order. >> you sat on this side of the microphone. sometimes that

that is the way congress ought to be. shows that inon the senate we acknowledge the , rankinghairman kind member scott in the house. here we were led by two educators. former president of the university, former secretary of education. senator alexander and in senator whoay, a teacher herself has taught us many lessons in our caucus on how to do the right job in the right way. today, we come now with the rewrite of a bill that started 50 years ago, when lyndon johnson wanted to have a war on poverty and had passed the elementary secondary education act. it was the first time that the federal government was going to be involved in education and wanted to be sure that there were federal resources to help lift children out of poverty. with what agree condoleezza rice has said, that education is the civil rights issue of this generation. education is what opens doors today and opens tomorrow. the registration -- the legislation we passed today will make sure we correct the problems of the past and do the right thing in the fut

to hear a number of champions in congress. but some of those efforts here today which this bill makes permanent of both sides of the aisle to issue a priority is as bad a top priority of mine for many years in this effort over the years. dell also be made in permanent to be leaders on this issue also permit the depreciation for restaurants and retail the provision the senators end in addition to make that permanent but this accomplishes that goal. the senator roberts has been a strong supporter of that as corporation for charitable all contributions. and also to be a leader with the deduction with the charitable distributions and then also remain tax-free. with conservation and purposes. and it has also made permanent and has been a strong supporter of that provision and to acclimate the low housing tax credits. something senator roberts that they would work out for some time. they have 10 active members. . . his proposed modification is included in our bill, as is an unprecedented five-year extension for this credit. we appre

by statute it must certify to congress a new embassy will provide proper security before it undertakes such a process. the interpretation is contained in the foreign affairs to state that no contract should be awarded before certification and. notwithstanding since 2003 authorizing construction contractors prior two's certification in the case of the london compound many months before they certified the project december 2013 as providing adequate security protection. oh well gee is concerned is certified safety without blast testing results that was not completed until may 2014 within 6 months after certification. as early as november 2012 we had notified concerns with the wall design to reiterate the full blast test need to be completed to meet standards. they change course after the director provided a written assurance it would address any issue if it failed but they agreed it met the standards for go by initiating construction without first completing the blast as the department committed itself to constructing a building but could need redesign putting the taxpayers of financial r

. -- 114 congress. i can switch this over to one minute speeches and show the leaders of one minute speeches. there are a number of republicans who are the leading 87ple -- glenn thompson with , joe wilson, the leading democrats are sheila jackson lee and brian higgins. all of that on www.c-span.org. oregono to ron in salem, on our public alike. go ahead. -- our republican line. caller: just a question. total wives get paid also for their husbands being senators? did the significant others get paid? guest: if spouses are paid. i don't believe they get a salary from the government. they have their own jobs. host: charles in arthur dale, west virginia. guest: good morning. caller: and what it. -- good morning. my thoughts about this congress and stuff, to try to straighten minority andhe lower party does not have a voice. if you had a speaker for both parties, have them bring something up to vote and then we or whichwhich person senator or congressman would not vote for it. whether it is a democrat or rep