resigning for the simple fact boehner if you compare his speakership to tip o'neill and the people who is on the bill clinton even newt gingrich and these people from actually worked together. tip o'neill, his budget was put on the house floor within the first 100 days. tip o'neill actually help pass and get democratic votes when boehner is the opposite. the same way when nancy pelosi was speaker. actually helped keep the war fun and all this money going and we democrats were against it. the thing john podesta oestreich tea party, he's going against present obama on things that would actually help the united states and move us forward. and he would not put it on the floor. tip o'neill, democrats, we devote t to ronald reagan for se

of the bad policy that was put in place because tip o'neill wanted this. john boehner has not had any any votes. is the one saying to the president obama. they are polling votes against them. this is what i'm speaking about. look at tip o'neill's record. when chris matthews and his people start talking about it. they had a speaker that actually worked with ronald reagan. thank you. >> host: the chair from our republican line. harry, hello. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. first of all, i think the pope had a big influence on mr. boehner. i'm republican but look at all the people that john boehner what he would not let unappointed extension go through a year ago. it seems that everybody forgot about that, but he doesn't realize all the people that he hurt. i lost my home. i lost my film and i'm sure other people did, too. so i'm glad boehner is stepping down. he does want to work with anyone. he acts like he's god, and he is

not. thank goodness he's going. >> host: your thinking is he was influenced that what he heard from the pope and made this decision because of that? >> caller: i think so. yeah, i think the. john boehner is a catholic. i think the pope got a message to just when you speaking to congress to i think was an influence on boehner hosting the pope speaking for a joint be of congress at the invitation of house speaker been waiting for word from republican members. they are interconference network that may be breaking up short. the house is in session but we expect to hear from speaker boehner we will stay here live on c-span2 until the senate comes in. james is in michigan, independent's line. >> caller: good morning. how are you? post that i am fine, thanks. >> caller: i think it's about time the government of mr. boehner because you can pretty much a do-nothing speaker of the house when we have

corruption and wildness in washington like we have right now that stretches all the way to government oversight committees with elijah e. cummings perjuring himself, eric holder perjuring himself. nothing comes of it. how can a lie ship cummings because of investigation into the irs when he is involved. the e-mail special court he was involved targeted the lady but nothing happened and he is still on the government oversight committee. something needs to be done about these people come and give john boehner will not do it, let's find somebody who will. ..

get someone in there that has the courage and the power to do something instead of just sitting back and curling up in the corner and just letting this ride. i mean, this is nonsense. we have the house. we had the senate. i know we don't have the true but the senate, but we have the senate and the house. quit sitting around. >> host: what you see on the left side of the screen is video from capitol hill in our cameras are waiting for members of conference of the republican

conference, rather to come out of the meeting among those matter-- members is the speaker and we expect to hear from him when that meeting wraps up. of the houses finishing up work on one bill, so that vote in the how should come in shirley and those members will stream out of that conference room before too long we will hear from democrats this morning and that will likely be a recorded situation. hello, go ahead. by the way, we hear-- i understand my producer says that leader pelosi has canceled her briefing this morning and we will hear from how speaker boehner shortly. go ahead, ash, in texas. >> caller: i think speaker boehner should go because-- basically altogether is like trying to and i don't see any difference at all.

they are all for special interest group and others and every single issue, every single issue he worked for special interest group and that the bottom line. >> host: some reaction on twitter and this one says it's about time the closet democrat resigned replace with a real conservative and this one from mary judith who says i will pray for him. i'm a lifelong democrat who hated to vote republican. colombian maryland, under cargo had. >> host: hello: via, maryland. evansville, indiana is next. bill is on our line their. >> caller: yes, i think benard represents the idea if you don't stand for anything you fall for everything and at this crucial point where we are trying to defund planned parenthood and he

pushes it through and despite the fact that they are harvesting organs and i think it's a good thing he needs to be replaced with someone that stands more for republican and american values. >> host: the senate yesterday blocked funding measure that included no fun-- defunding planned parenthood and it failed to make it through the senate yesterday and work was dashwood was the house was going to act on that in terms of a parallel legislation, but no final plans have been announced and we may hear some big coming out of this conference. again, the senate at 10:30 a.m. eastern and we hope to hear from house speaker john boehner and other house republicans. liska to san angelo's, texas. when you think, richard? >> caller: i agree with a lot of your previous callers and i feel it's a victorious day for the congress and i will tell you why

, because this is the most profligate congress that we have ever had the history of america. they have added almost $10 trillion in debt since obama has been in office and they have done nothing. bean or wasn't going to to do it we need a true fiscal conservative and cut this nonsense. >> host: what is your take on this in providence, rhode island? >> caller: i'm a conservative democrat and mr. boehner is the whole process is under the control of money, under the control of money and the money is out of new york. out of dc and out of los angeles.

this is why-- it really doesn't matter and we will-- i agree with the previous callers. we are in deep trouble with this national debt and once it hits 24 trillion we are in serious trouble, but no one seems to care. we get the chinese now present in the united states and they have a long-term strategic goal of usurping the united states and becoming the number one power by the year 2049, which is the 100th anniversary of the communist conflict of the mainland act. we have to wake up. we need to really take it back and this is why people are supporting trump. >> host: thank you for your call. the timing of the speaker's announcement coming a day after

pope francis spoke to a joint meeting with the video here of the speaker while coming pope francis to capitol hill yesterday just got 24 hours ago and the color talk about the chinese president is in washington meeting with the president today. welcomes to the white house today and we will cover on c-span the joint news conference between president xi jinping and president obama today and the pope, of course, speaking at the united nations today we will cover them at 10:45 a.m. eastern on our companion network c-span three. here is great, baltimore, go ahead, baltimore, maryland. >> caller: good morning. first, let me say i'm extrema grateful for c-span, so thank you for the service that you all provide. it does make a difference in terms of civic engagement and i'm very grateful. with respect to speaker boehner, i think it's easy to pile on whether you are democrat republican onto what he has or has not done over the years, but as a man and as a catholic i

think yet it crisis of conscience and after meeting with the pope i think he realized and as the head of the republicans in the house that he couldn't-- she couldn't take the positions that he was being ousted to take as the head of the party, which conflicted with i think his personal beliefs and i think the meeting with the pope crystallized that for him. >> host: okay, greg. speaker boehner went to catholic university. this morning, speaker boehner is resigning his seat in congress what are your thoughts, christopher? >> caller: my thoughts are hallelujah and it's about time. i agree with everything everyone else said thus far. this man, everything is so messed up right now. how he was reloaded in order

reinstalled, rather, blows my mind. hopefully, we can get someone in their that will do something. that's all i have. thank you. >> host: a reminder of our timing here, 20 minutes or so in the senate will come in. we are standing by on c-span 2 from possible comments from republican members of the conference and certainly speaker boehner and we will cover the senate when they gavilan at 10:30 a.m. the houses in this morning finishing up work on a bill over on c-span, so hopefully the next 20 minutes or so we will hear from how speaker boehner. liska to lake city, south carolina, democrat line. >> caller: i am so happy that boehner resigned. anytime you try to pass a bill he reject and go on vacation, so i'm glad he resigned. he didn't do nothing. thank you. >> host: were eugene oregon, republican line.

>> caller: good morning. i'm so excited. i turned on c-span sop boehner is resigning. i'm excited because that's one of the republicans problem they would have in the election is why should we vote for republicans when we have people like boehner running the prayer-- party. he has no values as a conservative mindset. i was a delegate in 2012 in tampa. i videotaped benard we need that teleprompter lining to everyone in passing the new rules to the republican party. it was scripted and made to destroy the party, so-- >> host: when you said you were a delegate 2012? >> caller: yes. >> host: i follow this but he closely. steps in now? who do you think should step in as a speaker? >> caller: i'm not too sure on at because there is a lot of

good people out there. the person that ran against him is set-- i don't know what it is, new egg or something like that some egg in their. i think he would be a good person to step up and jump in their, but there should be new blood instead of older blood. >> host: lots of reporters waiting to hear from members especially how speaker boehner and our producer, capitol hill producer is there as well entreated comments from representative plumbing at the house meeting she says we don't want to rearrange the deck chairs. we need new leadership. chad says marco rubio is over at the summit and announced the resignation to a standing ovation. the time has come to turn the page. paul ryan says tricia murphy, congressman ryan reported in the speakers-- he to he called him

today, a class act. are republican line, goering cleveland, good morning. >> caller: good morning. how are we doing today? >> host: fine, thank you. >> caller: i think we have one down and want to go. the gentleman from kentucky, mitch mcconnell, if we can get rid of him that would be another plus for another great american coming soon. just wanted to throw in that,. >> host: what kind of leadership would you like to see in place of his speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell? >> caller: there's a lot of good people out there and i prefer someone that is more aligned with the tea party. >> host: okay. we have a caller from kentucky, lexington, sandy who is on a republican line. do you agree with the previous call her? would you like to see mitch mcconnell go as well?

>> caller: yes, i would. i voted for him, but i would like to see him go. thank you for taking my call. i want to say i agree with everyone that has called. also, speaker boehner and mitch mcconnell all of them said that as soon as they gained the senate they would impeach obama. i don't know if anyone remembers that, but they have said that all along because people are in an uproar and they want him impeach. clinton was almost impeach due to one line. obama continues to lie and commits treasonous acts and no one does anything. i called congress office at least three times a week end he said that once they got the senate he would file for impeachment. that was a lie. they all lie. this president must be impeached before he has completely destroys america and as far as a new speaker i would like to see someone more conservative in

line with the tea party. i know that for mcconnell i would like to see take cruise, but he's right for president, so thank you very much for taking my call. >> host: another call from kentucky on our independent line. terry, hello. >> caller: how're you doing? >> host: fine, thank you. though had. >> caller: i agree with what the lady said before. i don't believe that just a john boehner resign. i believe the entire government system should not be around. they keep cutting spending for the military and i don't do my job lightly. i go to work every morning and put my uniform on and i get to where my name tape in the u.s. army on the side. they all come around and they tell us so much and they want to shut the government down and make sure their pockets are filled, what about the people who are dying for this country?

they are getting nothing. there getting slapped in the face and we have people i john boehner who are making a mockery of everyone in the white house. so, i believe our president should go first and then we should start trickling down until we get to the very last person. >> host: terry, this is scott monty's covers politics on capitol hill for the hill in history, they are ages say the speaker will not come to the microphone and speak to reporters. however, we expect other members to come before those microphones you are on c-span c-span to comt 12 minutes away from the senate gambling in and we also hear that democratic leader nancy pelosi will be speaking to reporters momentarily. we will cover it on c-span network, not here on specie and to because of the senate coming in. it will be on c-span.org and you can see that life with nancy pelosi's briefing. back to calls.

oakland, california. good morning. >> caller: hello. thanks for answering my call. i'm so happy that john boehner is resigning. he does nothing at all. he went along, go along with the president. the president, nancy polos and all the rest of them should be out of office. they have totally destroyed our country. basically, that is its. at all i had to say. all of them need to go. criminal. >> host: a couple more treacher at c-span is how you can treat us. this one is from willow who says speaker boehner was weak and refused to stand up to racist tea party members and let the do-nothing congress and refused to work with president obama and mrs. from aaron, i'm guessing the governing by hostage taking was started to get to him in your thoughts at c-span and also facebook.com. and seattle washington up next. how speaker john boehner the

news this morning, stepping down from his leadership is a sham resigning his seat in congress. marked in seattle, go ahead. >> caller: hello. welcome back. it's got-- good have you back in the saddle their. mr. boehner did serve in the navy to correct former military man. i'm an army man myself, comeback medic. he had a nervous breakdown. let's face it. he was very moved by the pope and he cried the whole time. god bless him. let's not tear him up. he stood for what he believed in. he was a patriot, but now, we need someone freshen their with an open mind. something like nancy pelosi, only i guess it has to be a republican if you want to keep the government going to be when

you bring up a good point, scotch. that speakership, that's the one position in the house that can go to any party and actually as i understand it doesn't have to be unelected member of congress to be speaker. you're the third who has mentioned the influence of the pope. are thinking the influence of the pope on the speaker's decision. tell us why you think that. >> caller: well, i'm married to catholics for one thing and we talk about a broken catholic church. there is still a lot of catholics that what something to believe in and boy, this pope is just what the doctor ordered, so we could temporarily let the pope take over for obama, but that doesn't quite mesh with church and state, i'm afraid. so-- but, the pope came at an

opportune time and fleshed out mr. to. i was fleshed out by the same kind of feelings. the government does not really represent the people, so we have to do something about that. i don't know if you know who we can choose up. even paul ryan would be okay for little while, but i don't think he can sustain that. that kind of maturity that it takes to be the speaker. >> host: the news was announced this morning at the values of voter summit and we are covering washington with a number is a joke candidates and speakers are speaking throughout the day we will help my coverage throughout the day on c-span.org. one of those is florida senator marco rubio who announced the resignation to the audience this morning a short while ago at the values voter summit and here's what that looks like. >> we will see how things progress. eighty-two minutes ago speaker boehner announced he will be resigning. [cheers and applause]

[cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> and with all due respect to the people that serve in government, it is important at this moment with respect to him and the service he has provided to our country, it's not about him or anyone else and i'm not here to bash anyone. but, the time has come to turn the page. the time has come to turn the page and allow a new generation of leadership. [applause]. >> host: just to let you know all of our coverage of the value boater summit underway and you can follow that live on

c-span.org. house speaker john boehner, the announcement this money, the news this morning. he is not announce it himself, but he is stepping down from his leadership position resigning his seat in october and we expect to hear more shortly. your reaction on the phone here for the next seven or eight minutes. as one twitter at c-span. much reaction on twitter. here's one from patty who treats -- tweets boehner in congress has ruined america and obama has done nothing to avoid collapse of the us. matthew says about time weiner resigned. i went with the pope said to him yesterday? verified people miracle. gym is on the republican line as we wait to hear possible, sperm are public and members. go ahead, jim. you are on the air. >> caller: as you mention a few people have said that we don't-- in my eyes whatever this pope said, he said something to the

president and he said something to john in her and john boehner took it to heart and he thought maybe we are putting this country in the wrong direction. i wish that john boehner would take whatever the pope said to him, send it in an e-mail to all the democrats, all the republicans and maybe they would have a new vision, and new enlightenment of what they're doing to this country because they are supposed to be represented as, but you can never get in touch with them. they are never in their office and they get nothing done. i'm a retired new york city police officer living on disability and i can barely afford to put gas in my car. something has to change for this country and whatever that pope said, god bless him. i am a republican, but i have not voted for the republicans because they don't do anything. something has to change and i hope whatever this pope said is the intervention of a higher power that all these people say,

we need to go back to step one and remember why we took our zero and why we are here and let's move this country forward instead of digging a deeper and deeper. stop the bickering and the fighting. is like kindergarten. >> host: reginald is on the democrat line. >> caller: hello. >> host: reginald, arizona, go ahead. >> caller: what i would like to say is that i think speaker boehner was okay. he was a good guy, but i think that all of the arguing and fussing over who is destroying this country and who exactly is destroying the country is what's causing all the problems. everyone is worried about who is destroying the country and no one is trying to come together to make this country stronger again. so, i believe he is stepping down because the pope probably told him that we need to get

along, democrats and republicans need to get along with each other instead of all of this fussing and fighting about who is the best present, and all of these things and just work together as a country. there is no one that owns this country. we all of this country and i'm just said he is leaving and god bless america. thank you. >> host: a tweak here from susan davis about the possible replacement for the speaker. representative steve king of iowa says i am not running for speaker of the u.s. senate. we will continue with your calls up to the senate coming in and live coverage of the senate on c-span 2 with the pope comments on c-span three at the united nations@10:45 a.m. and following that we will open up our phone lines again and give you a chance to react to today's news. that, in fort worth texas. >> caller: i guess my biggest concern is that we have a

congress that has been in office for so long that they have become complacent with what really matters to this country. people are fed up. you have members of congress that have been there over 20 years. that is way too long for anyone to be in a body that they had become so endeared to what their own agenda is instead of the people. the people put them in office. the people need to wake up and take them out of office. there needs to be term limits. everyone has spoke about this, but no one has really come forward and made any progress as far as what's going on. i think if people had some term limits on congress and you had some new blood in there from time to time, things would change-- a. >> host: appreciate your call, mick.

leader pelosi, democratic leader pelosi holding eight conference temporarily on c-span.org, pope francis is speaking at this hour at the united nations to the general assembly and that is light on c-span three and a bit later on on c-span three we will open up our phone lines again for your comments on how speaker john boehner's decision. let's see if we can get one more call here from warrington, virginia. are republican line. >> caller: hello. >> host: you are on the air. >> caller: thank you. thank you for c-span, for these nice, beautiful programs that people can voice their opinions in regards to politicians in the country-- matters, actually. the leadership means that they have to bring everyone together. not to separating them. not playing politics in people's life, actually. the congress was known,

do-nothing congress for these past years, actually. this resignation, the pope's speech yesterday has been very effective, is telling everyone that if you cannot put people in the front line to serve them then it's better to leave them. >> host: we will let you go there. of the u.s. senate is gambling and thanks for your call. more coming up later on over and c-span three. live coverage of the us senate now. o god, our mighty fortress, the source of all that is good, hallowed be your name. lord, empower our senators to accomplish your good in our

world, leading them on the path of humility. give them courage to live their faith, so that people will see their positive contributions and glorify your name. enable our lawmakers to love and respect each other unconditionally, even as you have so loved us. may they set apart sacred time to be with you. thank you for the gifts of life, love, and laughter that you provide us throughout life's seasons. lord, fill all our hearts to

overflowing with your transformative love. we pray in your loving name. amen. president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. reid: note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk shall call the roll. quorum call:

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mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: grace under pressure. country and institution before self. these are the things that come to mind when i think of john boehner. he's an ally, he's a friend. and he took over as republican leader at a very difficult time for his party. when some said republicans could never recover, he never gave up. when some gave in to defeatism, he kept up the fight. and because he did, speaker

boehner was able to transform a broken and dispirited republican minority into the largest republican majority since the 1920's. that's a legacy few can match. he flew across the country more times than he can count to support members of his conference, to recruit new members to the cause, and as the leader of a new majority, he turned the tide in congress and brought conservative reform in many areas. he worked tirelessly to provide hope to those who dreamed of a better life and to middle-class families who struggled under the weight of this administration. john knows what it's like to struggle and to dream of something better. he's lived it.

a young man from redding, ohio, wielding a bar towel could one day wield a gavel of the u.s. house of representatives, it reminds us of the continuing promise of this country. we all know yesterday was an incredibly important be event for the speaker. it was his aim to bring the same spirit of grace that has always guided his life to others. you only had to look out onto the capitol lawn to see what he achieved, and that he chose this moment to make his decision means he is willing to leave us in a similar spirit. i know we'll all have more to say then, but for now, thank you, my friend. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader.

mr. reid: i, like america, was stunned this morning to learn that john boehner is going to resign next -- in the next few weeks. i have had a relationship with john boehner for a long time. his becoming speaker of course made those relations much more close. i have not always agreed and i wasn't always happy with what john told me, but he never, ever misled me. he never, ever told me something that wasn't true. and i accepted that. i got where i understood john boehner very, very well. his word was always good. we had a lot of dealings, so-called back-channel meetings.

everyone knows that a lot of things that we do are not in the public eye, and certainly some things we worked on together perhaps wouldn't have worked out very well in the public eye, but there are things we had to do to get things done. i had a very good relationship with john boehner. my staff got along with his -- he's had two chiefs of staff, and they have both been terrific to work with. my staff has reached out to them on so many occasions in very difficult times, and they had a good relationship. i have no doubt that everything that john boehner has done has been done with the fact in mind that he was doing his best for the people of his district in ohio and our country. he had a very difficult job, mr. president. you served under john boehner,

the presiding officer, you know what a tough job he had. he had this faction, that faction, that faction and a couple more. but by ousting a man like john boehner, a good man like john boehner, he is a conservative republican, but his problem is that john boehner has been pragmatic. he realizes there comes times when you have to make a deal. now, i say to the residing officer and everyone within the sound of my voice, i didn't know general eisenhower, president eisenhower, never met him, never saw him, but ronald reagan, i was here when he was president, and he had conservative credentials, but ronald reagan was somebody who understood the art of compromise. who else could have worked out something with the soviet union?

i'm not sure there is anybody. ronald reagan was able to do that. mr. president, i'm so concerned. i am seeing the republican party, not the party of dwight eisenhower as i have studied him or the man ronald reagan as i knew him. i just think it's very, very sad that the tea party caucus, the republicans leaders have graced to win in 2010, have now taken over control of the party. to say that i will miss john boehner is a tremendous understatement. i looked out for him in ways that i could. he looked out for me in the ways that he could. i will always consider john boehner my friend, and i look forward to working with him until he leaves. i understand it's going to be in

late october. but i will continue to work with him as i have in the past to try to do what i think is the right thing for the country, as i'm confident he will, and hopefully we'll continue someplace there in the middle to get things done. i have gotten things done with john boehner that i wasn't happy with and he wasn't happy with what we had to come up with, but sometimes you do the best you can. i wish john boehner the very best in the future. whatever i can do to make his life more pleasant, i'll be happy to do that, whether it's setting up a golf game for him in las vegas or helping him in some government matter, i will do whatever i can because john boehner, as far as i'm concerned, have a good man, and it's a gross understatement to say i will miss him. i will. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk shall call the roll.

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a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: i request consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i

rise this afternoon to say a few words about a critical challenge and opportunity facing the united states. you know, for months, many of us have been on the floor debating some of the important foreign policy and national security issues that our nation faces, whether it's islamic terrorism, isis, the president's flawed and dangerous iran agreement, a resurgent russia in europe and the arctic. the list of these issues is long, it's growing but one that really has not gotten much attention, i believe the attention that it deserves, which i'd like to speak about this afternoon, is the long-term national security and foreign policy consequences of the rise of china. china's president is in town right now.

he's in america visiting. he's going to meet with president obama, a state visit, and some of us in the congress are going to have the opportunity to meet with him later today. it's an opportunity, mr. president, to start seriously thinking about the challenges and opportunities that a rising china presents to the world and to the united states. perhaps we're not talking about this issue as much on the floor because it doesn't seem to be such an immediate issue. a bit of a longer term matter. but it also is something that in historical terms is happening so fast. let many he give you one statistic. in 1980, china's economy was smaller than that of the netherlands. last year, just the incremental growth of china's economy was as large as the nether -- netherlands economy. incredible, incredible growth. but some of our country's most

deep and strategic thinkers and historians agree that the rise of china is over the next decade or two the paramount issue for us to focus on in the united states. as far back as 2005, 10 years ago almost to the day, the then-deputy secretary of state, bob zoellick, who went on to be the president of the world bank, a former u.s. trade representative for the united states, a very strategic thinker , gave what was called the responsible stakeholder speech, a very well renowned speech still that people are reading on u.s.-china relations. and in that speech 10 years ago, he said -- quote -- "how the united states deals with china's rising power is a central question in american foreign policy." mr. president, just a few months ago in testimony before the armed services committee can,

harvard professor graham allison gave testimony that in many ways is reflected in an article he just published in "the atlantic" yesterday on the eve of the president of china's visit. he states in that article and in his testimony a couple months ago -- quote -- "the preeminent geostrategic challenge of this era is not violent islamic extremists or even a resurgent russia. it is the impact that china's ascendens will have on the u.s.-led international order." more specifically, professor allison writes that -- quote -- "the defining question about global order this generation is whether china and the united states can escape what he refers to as the lucidies trap." he's referencing