>> when i took office, more than a 180,000 people were serving in afghanistan. today all of the troops are out of iraq. more than 60,000 have come home from afghanistan. our troops have moved to a support role. together with our allies we will complete the mission and america's longest war will

finally be over. [ applause ] >> president obama: after 2014, we will support a unified afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future. if the afghanistan government signs a security agreement, a small force of americans could remain with nato allies to train and assist forces and to train people to pursue al qaeda. our relationship with afghanistan will change, but our resolve with terrorist that do not launch attacks against our country.

[ applause ] >> president obama: the fact is that danger remains. when we put al qaeda's core leadership, the path evolves in other parts of the world. we have to keep working with partners to disrupt and disable those networks. in syria, we will support the opposition that rejects the agenda of terrorist networks. here at home, we will keep strengthening defenses and attack cybsi attack. and we will to invest in the

missions for the future. applause ] we >> president obama: we have h t remain vigilant. but i strongly believe our leadership and security cannot depend on the outstanding military alone. as commander in chief, i have used force when needed to protect the american people. and i will never hesitate to do so as long as i hold office. but i will not send the troops into harm's way unless it is necessary nor will i allow our sons and daughter to be in open-ended conflict. we must fight the battles that need to be fought. not large-scale fights that

drain our resources. even as we pursue terrorist networks and by building the capacity of the foreign partners, america must move off a permanent war footing. th [ applause ] >> president obama: that iats w i have imposed prudent limits on the use of drones. we will not be safer if people abroad think we strike without regard for consequence. that is why i will reform our surveillance programs because the vital work of our intelligence community depends on confidence. the privacy of ordinary people isn't being violated. of ordinary people are not being violated. and [ applause ] >> president obama: and with the afghanistan war ending, this

needs to be the year congress lifts detainees. counter terrorism not just through intelligence and military actions but by remaining true to our constitutional ideals and setting an example for the rest of the world. you see, in a world of complex threats, our security, our leadership, depends on all elements of our power, including strong and principled diplomacy. american diplomacy has rallied more than 50 countries to prevent nuclear materials from falling into the wrong hands and allowed us to reduce our own reliance on cold war stockpiles. american diplomacy, backed by e threat of force is why chemical weapons are being eliminated. and we will continue to work

with the international community to usher in the future the syrian people deserve, a future free of dictatorship and fear. as we speak, american diplomacy is supporting israelis and palestinians that they engage in the difficult but necessary talks to end the conflict there, to achieve dignity and an independent state for palestinians and lasting peace and security for the state of israel a jewish state that knows america will always be at their ide. and it is american diplomacy, backed by pressure, that has halted the progress of iran's nuclear program and rolled back parts of that program for the very first time in a decade.

as we gather here tonight, iran has begun to eliminate its stockpile of higher levels of enriched uranium. it's not installing advanced centrifuges. unprecedented inspections help the world verify every day that iran is not building a bomb. and with our allies and partners, we're engaged in negotiations to see if we can peacefully achieve a goal we all share -- preventing iran from obtain agnew clear weapon. these negotiations will be difficult. they may not succeed. we are clear-eyed about iran's

support for terrorist organizations like hezbollah which threaten os our -- threatens our allies and we're clear about the mistrust between our nations, mistrust that cannot be wished away. but these negotiations don't rely on trust. any long-term deal we agree to must be based on verifiable action that convinces us and the international community that iran is not build agnew clear bomb. if john f. kennedy and ronald reagan could negotiate with the soviet union, then surely a strong and confident america can negotiate with less powerful adversaries today. the sanctions that we put in place help make this opportunity possible. but let me be clear. if this congress sends me a new sanctions bill now that

threatens to derail these talks, i will veto it. for the sake of our national security, we must give diplomacy a chance to succeed. if iran's leaders do not seize this opportunity, then i will be the first to call for more sanctions and stand ready to exercise all options to make sure iran does not build a nuclear weapon. fie ran's leaders do seize the chance, and we'll know soon enough, then iran could take an important step to rejoin the community of nations and we will have resolved one of the leading security challenges of our time ithout the risks of war. finally, let's remember that our leadership is defined not just by our defense against threats, but by the enormous

opportunities to do good and promote understanding around the globe. forge greater cooperation. expand new markets. free people from fear and want. and no one is better positioned to take advantage of those opportunities than america. our alliance with europe remains the strongest the world has ever known. from tu knee shah to burma, we're supporting those who are willing to do the hard work of building democracy. in ukraine, we stand for the principle that all people have the right to express themselves freely and peacefully. but they have a saying -- that they have a say in their country's future. across africa, we're bringing together businesses and governments to double access to electricity and help end extreme poverty. in the americas, we're building new ties with commerce but we're also expanding cultural and

educational exchanges among young people. and we will continue to focus on the asia-pacific where we support our allies, shape a future of greater security and prosperity, and extend a hand to those devastated by disaster. as we did in the philippines when our marines and civilians rushed to aid those battered by a typhoon. and who were greated with words like, we will never forget your kindness. and god bless america. we do these things because they help promote our long-term security. and we do them because we believe in the inherent dignity and equality of every human being, regardless of race or religion. creed or sexual orientation. next week, the world will see one expression of that commitment when team u.s.a. marches the rhett, white, and blue into olympic stadium and

rings home the gold. my fellow americans, no other country in the world does what we do. on every issue, the world turns to us. not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might, but because of the ideals we stand for. and the burdens we bear to advance them. no one knows this better than those who serve in uniform. as this time of war draws to a close, a new generation of heroes returns to civilian life. we'll keep slashing that backlog so our veterans receive the

benefits they earned and our wounded warriors receive the health care, including the mental health care, that they eed. we'll keep working to help all our veterans translate their skills and leadership into jobs here at home and we will all continue to join forces to honor and support our remarkable military families. let me tell you about one of those families i have come to know. hemsberg, an ey army ranger, on omaha beach on d-day.

along with some rangers, he walked me through the ceremony. he was a -- an impressive young man, an easy manner, sharp as a tack. we took some pictures, i told him to stay in touch. a few months later, on his 10th deployment he was nearly killed by a massive roadside bomb in his comrades found him face down in the canal face down . for months he laid in a coma. next time i met him, he couldn't speak. he could barely move. over the years, he has endured hours of surgeries, grueling rehab. he is still blind in one eye, still struggles on his left

side. but slowly, steadily, with the support of caregivers like his dad greg and the community around him, he has grown stronger, he has learned to speak again, stand again and walk again and walking toward the day when he can serve his country again. my recovery has not been easy, he says. nothing in life that's worth anything is easy. corey is here tonight and like the army he loves, like the america he serves, sergeant neverclass corey ramsburg gives up and he does not quit.

the president: my fellow americans, my fellow americans, men and women like corey remind us that america has never come easy. our freedom, our democracy have never been easy. sometimes we stumble. we make mistakes. we get frustrated or discouraged. but for more than 200 years, we have put those things aside and

placed our collective shoulder to the wheel of progress. to create and build and expand the possibilities of individual achievement, to free other nations from tyranny and fear. to promote justice and fairness and equality under the law so that the words set to paper by our founders are made real for every citizen. the america we want for our kids , a rising america where work is plentiful and prosperity is widely shared and opportunity lets us go as far as our dreams, none it of it is easy. and if we work together, if we summon what is best in us, the way corey summoned what is best in him, with our feet planted

intoy but our eyes looking the future. god bless you. and god bless the united states of america. thank you so much.

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[inaudible conversations] >> and the president spoke for an hour on the fifth state of

the union address. just off the house chamber where the house and senate meet is stachuary hall and that is where we will tonight. joining us first is represent eddy bernice johnson. how did the speech compare to the past? >> it made me feel responsible to get something done. it has been easy to get met with everything being met with no. but when i saw cory, i realized much of what can be done is up to you. i will try harder to wok with the opposite -- work -- party because we need to achieve the stem education, we need to

achieve the opportunity for job training and all of the things we know we need to go forward to improve the economy and bring jobs back to america. it takes all of us. >> you are the vice chair of the ranking democrat on the science committee, right? how closely do you work with the chairman? >> i try hard. and i will try harder. it hasn't been a great experience up until now because i believe in research and looking forward to the future and looking out to the future. we have not done that well. but i am not going at a give up. >> thank you very much. now from the other side of the aisle, we will grab the majority whip of the united states senate

dick durban. what did you think? >> i thought it was powerful. he talked about unemployed folks getting back to work and these who are working making enough to get by and making sure you have health insurance. these are thing real families talk about. politicians might not. but the president brought it up. >> three times he said he would act without the congress: jobs, infrastructure and education. >> he said i am not going to wait for you, but i am willing to work with you. he's going to do everything in his power to move his agenda. >> final question, he talked about investments, didn't mention the deficit.

>> he talked about the deficit cut in half. and made the point when americans are back to work and paying taxes, the deficit will come down. >> thank you for your time. coming up next, we have from the house side, the vice chair of the democratic caucus a democrat from new york. was there any point the president said you disagree with? >> i thought the president nailed everything. optimistic and you can see the use of humor that was good. very positive speech and uplifting for the american people. that is what he had to do. i think he came through with flying colors. >> where is your district and what he had to say, how does that affect yours?

>> i am from queens new york and parts extend in the bronx. primarily in queens and east bronx. he is talking about a more positive america. not just about new york or the queens, it is about the entire country. i think using the speech is an opportunity to uplift the american people. i think he did that tonight. we are looking to be uplifted and how we will improve the economy and what we can do. ...

six. >> the need for congress to act and work with him and where congress fails to do is john that he will step been and provide direction at the executive level. finally, he focused on the fact

that we should be optimistic, that we are, you know, coming out of a deep recession. my home state of nevada as 9% of employment. people have been hit hard, and that is why we need the extension of the unemployment, the increase of the minimum-wage and the focus on policies that really help the middle class. >> thank you for your time this evening. we will probably see you next monday night under special order. thanks, congressman. joining us now from the other side of the rotunda is senator lindsay gramm, republican of south carolina. senator gramm, five pages of the president's 20 page speech devoted to foreign policy. >> incredibly disappointed. the picture the president paid is not remotely similar to what is really going on. contagions. this award in syria is a humanitarian disaster, affecting lebanon.

800,000. the king of jordan is under siege. it is affecting our lack of troops in the rock. you forget to tell us that barack is falling apart and al qaeda is on the rise. national security situation in the mideast. not remotely connected to the world as i see it. >> what about his call to talk with the run? >> at the end of the day the goal is to disarm the iranians and implicate -- this does not dismantle one centrifuge. as the removed one else of interest uranium, and it does not deal with the plutonium reactor in terms of dismantling. the final deal should be no in richmond ability, no plutonium producing reactor and remove all uranium. the interim deal is so far away from what i think is an acceptable deal. i am very worried. sanctions are falling apart.

delegation after delegation is going to do business. there the reason we're at the table, but if we don't reinforce sanctions and think it will fall apart. >> three times the president said he would act with the without congress. >> that's up to the president. that was levying courage and a foreign-policy, if you leave a residual force behind to that commit the same mistake, i would support that. there are no troops left afghanistan in 2015. executive orders, the president is going to have to make that position. >> of is your campaign going? >> so far so good. >> and also from south carolina, someone who is returning to congress, former governor, former congressman, republican of south carolina. congressman, your return, has it

been any different? >> at the one of the things that jumps out at you is the erosion or destruction of what was once called a regular order. heal idea of going through the year the budgetary process in washington is something that i saw 13 years zealand and rusting since i came back with what did you think of the president's speech? >> i thought it was lot of words and short on details. think that there are some dreams out there that every american will agree with in terms of equality and opportunity, but the devil is in the details in terms of how you get there, and that it does see a lot of flesh out. >> the president said then he would act with of congress. >> i think that is a real mistake. i think that our founding fathers were deliberate about setting up a system of checks and balances, a system that forced of us to talk to each other with there we agree or

disagree and a given subject. this idea of acting unilaterally is really at odds with our constitutional tradition that eritrea's enjoyed. it is a real mistake. >> when you realized i've been using a change in partisanship? >> it is still too early to tell. or about six months into it. i would say the easy answer is yes. a lot of the conversations that take place on the floor are very much the way they would have been 13 years ago, almost 20 years ago. i would say let me gather a few more facts over a few more months of of a fuller answer. at this point the quick answer is yes, but i think as you get deeper into it and the social or >> finally the president said climate changes affect. >> well, facts are debatable phase in washington these days. that think that it is a fact that the climate may be changing. the? as it relates to policymakers a muscle in d.c. is what is the

cost. is a holy man made, partially man-made. where we on the continual. i think that that has a lot of of sheets windy hill in the policy that will be debated here in washington. >> welcome back to washington. thank you for spending a few minutes with the spirit of the appreciate. we'll get to you in one second, a promise. thank you for stopping. congressman kevin brady is joining us next. you can see, it's quite is cramped here is statuary hall. a lot of media folks, a lot of members of congress. a friend will be joining us as well of a few minutes. i know kevin brady his chair of the joint economic committee, republican, raised in texas. congressman, the president used the word investment quite a bit tonight. >> unfortunately in washington that normally means spending directed by the government and oftentimes it just does not hit the mark which is one of the reasons the stimulus failed while a lot of the benefits of all the spending is really going

to wall street. the middle class. at think we needed changing course. >> where did you agree with the president had to say? >> i think we can work together on trade issues and expanding our ability to sell more of the world. increasing training, the way we steelworkers of america is pretty poor. finally, lowering that backlog for veterans, especially as going back to get there case determined. there is some common ground there. >> ca the speech. what happens? >> it really falls and the president's court. most americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction. the president said tonight we will stay the course. i just think republicans have a more positive vision wycherley empowers people rather than the government. you know, we are willing to work with the president. we are hopeful maybe he was a ton of work with us. >> you have to of your fellow texans standing right next to you.

how often do you work with them? >> in the eastern region we work together very closely. between the port of houston knesset, texas medical center, the largest of the world, we have a lot of common interest. i think we work together beautifully. >> as always we appreciate your time. appreciate you doing the wash and and journal of a regular basis and taking calls. we have had mr. michigan standing here for quite awhile. familiar congressional name. father represented some districts. ogle, apologize. for how many years? >> thirty-six years. >> your internal number 25. >> first term which your reaction? >> here in washington it's frustrating. obviously tonight the president laid and a vision, most of which i agree with. but this has been a frustrating first year for anybody who really was to get things done. the president shares of frustration. his comments about his willingness to act in use the executive authority vested in

into the constitution is one that think he ought to take up. >> your that your fellow michigander sitting up his bucks. >> that's right. she went to college in my hometown of flint, michigan. it's good to see her in the position. >> al is the auto industry doing? >> is recovering. it's slow. the president spoke tonight about expanding his manufacturing innovation institute. as the kind of thing that we need to do to grow our manufacturing base. just wishing that we have a strong manufacturing base is enough to be the need to make the investments that create the opportunities. it's going to take that kind of felt. the president expressed that tonight. >> to "the president, climate change is a fact. >> it is. it is. of course a lot of folks back home right now, seven below zero. as my daughter says, if you're wondering about cool weather and climate change as a reason another scientist. >> representative, doesn't climate change affect manufacturers?

>> it clearly -- the entire environment affect manufacturers. we're talking about here is how the auto industry can make the transition to be cleaner and greener. my own hometown remanufacture a portion of the volt engine that supports that hybrid vehicle that gm makes. as the way manufacturing can not only helped advance the economy but also do so in a way to protect the environment. >> democrat of michigan representing flint. thank you for spending a little time we are in statuary hall. as you can see, pretty crowded with lots of members of congress. members of the press. 1807-1857, this room served as the house of representatives for the congress. five presidents have been inaugurated in this room and one died in this room. that was john quincy adams. first of all, a democrat, what committees @booktv? >> financial-services.

serve on the subcommittee have fedex of institutions, and i am the ranking member of oversight and investigation. >> from that perspective, from that perch what did the president said tonight? the you agree or disagree with. >> well, i agree with the president of something that is important, not necessarily from financial-services but raising the minimum wage. he said that he would take action committee said he would raise it. i think that's important. we have a bill in the house that can raise it in a jar to intend. the president mentioned that bill, but it is important for us to raise the wage, and a looking forward to working with my colleagues in the house to get done. >> will that cost u.s. taxpayers money? >> raising the wage does not require the president set up any additional bureaucracy. really requires that we give those who are working, many below the poverty line and working full time, and opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty.

it will help employers because they will have a workforce that is going to be better trained because when you pay people more you want to keep the moderate and it will stay with you longer it will be more productive for you, and it will spend that raised in the community which will create more jobs. so it does have a nominal impact >> what do you hear from your business owners in houston that say, i can afford this. and cutting it pretty close right now. >> i don't hear that from all the business owners. i do hear someone say they're cutting it close, and appreciate their position, but there're others to think that we can do this. other states have done it. in fact, middle-aged be indexed so that in the years out we can anticipate making deep the persons who are working full time above the poverty line. this is america, the richest country in the world, one of every 60 persons is a millionaire. one of every household is with amelya. vienna men in

20,083,000,000,000. inaccurate. $400 a second. we can pay get $400 is second in the richest country in the world we can pay a minimum wage worker $10 an hour. >> l. green, the all of the above energy policy that the president talked about tonight, how does that affect east and? >> well, it's positive. and you say all of the above and the president says that to my taken to mean all above the ground and below the grim. think we're talking about green energy, but also talking about the keystone pipeline. i have now given upon that command a think the president will eventually come around. we will get the keystone pipeline. means a lot to houston in this country. i think all of the above is a good policy. we do need green energy, no question about it. we have to transition more. we cannot give up of fossil fuels, and best of a lot of natural gas. all of these a good things. >> l. green, a democrat, a sixth

term. >> actually, into my fifth. >> i was close. all right. thank you. congressman, if you google love for one second. let's let ladies go first. our friend has been standing here. we're kind of law that taxes are right now. this will be at third texan in a row. let's start there because you also represents houston. the energy policies of the president. are you supportive? >> i think the fact that the president said all of the above fits used to well. obviously we are in the oil and gas economy, but we are also a seller economy, when the economy. i think that the energy industry is an economic engine for the station, but i think the president recognized having been very responsive to deepwater drilling, the overall after the tragic bp oil spill has been, i think, welcomed by the industry, and it is a job creator. the president has worked with the industry to create an increase more jobs. the overall point tonight for

houstonians was the inspirational romance for the 21st century, one of the best that i have heard and certainly one of the best the president obama has rendered. strong, responsive to the needs of the american people, and that think his authority is not arrogant authority, abuse of authority the simply to respond to the needs that have to be addressed in the immediate -- the next couple of months. >> as always, it's a pleasure to see you. did you get an aisle seat? >> i do. i do so because there's a lot of work getting done but i'm speaking to a cabinet officers making sure that they are aware of the needs of houston, inviting them to the district. i have three or four secretaries now scheduled to come. i do what to ask something that i held was very poignant in his message, and that was about women. will women succeed america succeeds. the idea of universal 3ki think was just standing for women and

children across america. it is vital, and the increase in the minimum wage and pay equity has to be a major step forward for changing the economy as it relates to women, many of them are breadwinners as single heads of household. makes a difference to know the president is concerned about your values and unions. >> sheila jackson lee. >> the key for stopping by. >> and from texas to new york, the democrats of brooklyn and queens. >> queens. >> all right. yet. we got it right here. in statuary hall to stay in position as we talk with members of congress. congressman, what did you find in the president's speech that made you stand up and chair? >> number one, the fact that he stood up for the affordable care act. i know how it has held several individuals in the district, and he says he's not backing away from the. we know overall that it will

serve until millions of americans as those that he describes in his speech. but i think about individuals who have been cut off. a pre-existing condition. a number of young people who still have health care because they're allowed to stay on their parents' health care. people have not done to bankruptcy. dino committed is important that we push forward and move forward if there are individuals that have something they want to add to it, let's do it, but let's not keep playing games in washington d.c., 49 times. that was significant and is part to show that this is what he believes in. of course along with to make sure that we put an end to the inequities as far as the wage gap, helping those on the bottom get the minimum wage. that is tremendously important. finally, the fact that we are finally getting of august that

we have been in the history of the united states, afghanistan, a rock, in using diplomacy to help us with syria. i think that is tremendously important because we will have to get engaged. hopefully we have some successful negotiations so that we can eliminate the possibility of having to greengage another costly war that cost american lives. that was significant, and that think that's a move forward and the blueprint of how we should continue as a country. >> did not address syrian policy. >> he said that we are going to stand with those syrians who are the rebels who are against terrorism and terrorists. you want to make sure that they're free. the current negotiations that a taking place right now with our allies. and so i don't think that he was to step on that, the fact of the matter is your currently within were in negotiations. let those negotiations take place. he mentioned what he had to

mention, well we're doing that. that is why is not done this in another sanctions bill. that means the kind of conversation and dialogue denise to take place that is taking place with syria. and those can be negotiated in public. to get those things done first. hopefully we will have some kind of result. >> the blue ribbon. >> the blue ribbon is about windy to come back with unemployment insurance. we need to get those who are long-term unemployed that extend unemployment insurance so that they can get the tools that they need and help them find a job. >> thank you for your time this evening. from the arctic california. what is your district? >> in pasadena. >> when you think about pasadena and the president's speech have it affect your district. >> i heard a blueprint for changing america for the better

or reducing inequality by job training, making sure that there aren't on the benefits, helping women and really emphasizing the way women succeed, america succeeds. i heard him talk about immigration reform and the fact that it was reduced the deficit by a trillion dollars of the next two decades. and that is very, very important for my area of california. >> immigration. >> erasion reform is something that he was pushing, our president was pushing commence a tender we could compromise on. indeed there already is bipartisan support for a. he sent this message very strongly that we need to get it done. >> thank you for your time this evening. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> on the republican side of the aisle, charlie did, member of the appropriations committee, allentown croupier's his district. congressman, the appropriations

committee, the president used the word investment ten, 12 times. have you feel about that? >> well, he ignores the fact we passed a bipartisan budget agreement. supportive and apply the knowledge that. let he brought regular order back to the appropriations process. as been pretty clear that we lower our overall discretionary spending each of the last four years. i agree that we need to make smart investments. i do believe it is imperative that he talks a lot about him for structure, but truthfully getting that money out is not that easy. we're now living in 1955 and more. but we are going to need a lot more regulatory relief in order to make sure those investments in infrastructure can take effect much more quickly. >> and he says he would do it with the law without the congress, the regulatory relief. >> well, i was encouraged he said he wanted to do something regulatory relief as it relates to infrastructure. but his administration was very

interested in providing the kind of relief. a lot of a sense of various suggestions about lessening the need for process so that we can get to construction much more quickly. i hope that's what the president was referring to. at times at the present was conciliatory and at other times he was, i thought, a bit overly confrontational. demint come around and saying to congress to we're negotiating, trying to get a good deal, but respectfully ask you not to report on sanctions if he passes sages bill, i will veto it. just jealous the conference -- congress. was overly confrontational. he was conciliatory and other times i thought he was a little bit too much in your face. there's another issue. he talks a lot about income inequality. we have more of it. touch a lot less about economic growth that we have less of it. i felt that the president, you

know, was at times on those issues saying that his solutions or increasing the minimum wage and extending emergency unemployment benefits. and mild proposal tied to job creation, but the fact of the matter is whether you're for or against raising the minimum wage, they are not a job creation policy. i don't think the focus enough on that. the warm coolest along. that was clear, although he didn't know is that natural gas has been significant in lowering our overall carbon emissions. was pleased that he had knowledge that. so that was somewhat encouraging from my perspective. again, i heard a lot of the similarity is that repackaged and regretted for tonight. >> tell us about the economy of your district to run allentown. >> the economy in my district, we're doing all right. that's all i can say. the recession in 1983 was enormously traumatic. we lost bethlehem steel.

it was really quite devastating. other playwrights robert hall%. this recession has been very hard. our economy is a bit more diversifying. south central pennsylvania, the economy has been a little more resilient. i would say to you that we are getting through it. we were not hurt as are other housing clubs. but we still felt the effects. our economy is a bit more diversified says. the city of bethlehem seems to be doing very well. cities are rebounding, so employees of what seeing. >> tell me to leave it -- you been around for awhile, considered on watering. my correct so far? >> i'm a center-right congressman. a common-sense conservative, where you want to call me. district that is a center-right district in the center-right

kutcher. >> tel has -- is the mood here the same as it has always been a your time? has a taste for the better worse? >> what i noticed recently, there are a lot of folks are stock. we have people on the extremes, both sides that have a hard time getting into the trenches. but i found at least during the government shut done is that it is the case to about of the trench is committed to no man's land. there are a lot of people out there who want to get some things done, worker problem-solving. and so i feel like i'm actually much more encouraged today that was a few months ago. a budget agreement, get the appropriations bill done. there is lot of space between those in the far left his sale this fiscal problems with us the fantasy world. some of the other extreme view of our time getting to yes on anything. but when you get beyond those two extremes there are a lot of space to get things done.

i feel better today than i have over the past year. >> charlie did is republican from pennsylvania. former representative david dreier once thought i was a model airplane. set me up for a long time until they figure that was the you. >> if you or me. >> thank you. a very good. >> thank you, congressman. pennsylvania bell here is statuary hall. right of the us chamber, served as the house of representatives for 50 years. 18071857 for the house. the current chamber was built. joining us now is another republican from pennsylvania. the essay that correctly? >> this is my second term. >> you been around for a couple of years. first of all, what's your impression of washington being a former mayor of hazleton. >> very difficult for me coming here as someone who needed to pass a budget by law every year, pass a balanced budget be

someone who had to work with city council in get things accomplished and make decisions. it was a culture change for me to comment. very frustrating in my first term. >> what did he think of the president's speech? >> the main issue for everyone back in my district, the economy and jobs. the president did not offer anything new to satisfy in that things will change. i personally believe -- is not only a mayor but a businessman, entrepreneur before became mayor the president did not touch on the important issues that are really killing the entrepreneurial spirit in this country, and that is the uncertainty that washington is creating, uncertainty on tax rates. just last december will not even know what the tax rates would be for this year. the president did not talk about regulations and of their killings of businesses, not helping small businesses. and entrepreneurs and the fact that the affordable care act has

continued to add more uncertainty to the economy. when the president says that we need to invest in small businesses and helping entrepreneurs, is his exact policies that are hurting them. >> what committees to you serve on? >> transportation and infrastructure, less security and education work force. >> when it comes to education the president is pushing a plan for pre kate. >> i agree. think it is very important. we need to get to these children early. that was one area where i did agree with the president. >> the president use the word investment quite often. >> that is spending. he tried to convince the american people that we are better off today and we were when he took office, although our debt is no $18 trillion, and we're talking about more investment or more spending rather than getting our house in order, cutting up the waste for

spending in cutting of some of the waste that goes on here in washington and getting your finances in order. really making washington more efficient, having to run it the way the private sector would run their business in hard times. washington has not gone that million. >> representative libor less. >> serve. >> live on c-span2. senator joe mentioned, democrat of west virginia. senator, what, first of all, was your impression overall. >> encouraging comments encouraging points an encouraging message. there are some things that still very challenging to me in the state of west virginia on energy , and it looks like fossil or call. we have to get together. irrigation that embraces everything we have the have the balance between the economy in the environment to make sure we can produce the energy this country