personal information of companies such as what we saw with target and neiman marcus in december. there's the issue of cyber espionage. the justice department has charged five members of the chinese military unit, alleging ,hey hacked into u.s. companies alternative power companies, nuclear companies, to try to take their intellectual property. then there is the issue of cyber where there is at least the specter of hackers tapping into our power grid, our water supply, the switching technology for our railroads. allre going to talk about three of those today, but i would like to ask your assessment of those three -- cyber theft, cyber espionage, and cyber terrorism.

we havee do you think made the farthest inroads to protect ourselves, and which of the three do we need to work on? >> that is a good question. it resembles a question i get a lot as secretary of homeland security. what threat, what vulnerability do you worry about most? where have we made the most progress? difficult to rank them. as secretary of homeland forrity, i am responsible counterterrorism, and your question has elements of counterterrorism. i'm responsible for aviation security, border security, port security, maritime security,

protection of our critical infrastructure, protection of our national leaders, response to hurricanes, tornadoes, natural disasters, and cyber security, which is what we are here to talk about. correct thatutely the cyber threat has those different components, different characters, motivated by different designs, and routinely, we assess threats in the nature of all three. i would have to say that we need to be vigilant in both the.gov world with and .com respect to all three. i have been impressed by the security inhe cyber

a lot of major corporations run the country, but then there are others that really need to do some work. the supplier chain, through the general contractor, subcontractor arrangement, i think a lot of people in this room are in a position to really help us with it. you are correct that the nature of the cyber security threat has components of all three. how would i rank them? that would be difficult to do. my bottom line is you have to be vigilant and responsive to all three. >> does not want keep you up at night more than others? >> that's the question. what keeps you up at night? let's put it this way. i don't sleep much. and homeland security, we've got to be vigilant in response to many different types of potential threats. large department. the department of homeland

security has 22 components, 240 thousand employees, and cyber security is a big part of my mission. i am determined to advance the ball on our cyber security strategy in this country. the federal court nader of our efforts in the .gov and .com world. >> let's get into the nitty-gritty of that a bit. let's start with target. that oneunderstanding branch of dhs was involved in identifying that target had been hacked. >> the secret service's lead investigative agency. >> they contacted the fbi. the fbi contacted target, if i understand that correctly. could you talk about how exactly they determined this had happened to target, and once it was determined, how swiftly could they act? general, i've been very

impressed by our capability quickly into act terms of information sharing, in terms of law enforcement. the secret service, as you might --w, historically was originally, the secret service was for financial crime, bank robberies, counterfeit currency. 25 years ago when i was a young on acutor, i worked counterfeit curtis -- currency case. 1901 that thel secret service took on the mission that everybody knows about, protection of our national leaders, but the secret service traditionally has been involved in financial crimes, which has evolved in very large part to cyber crime. the secret service has tremendous capability in this area. i have seen what our people can do. i have seen their techniques. i understand their capabilities.

it is a remarkably impressive law enforcement agency in the cyber security realm. i have been impressed by their ability to work with the fbi. jim comey and i are friends going back to when we were both 25ng prosecutors in new york years ago. there is a personal, professional collection -- connection. out?w did they find it >> you know, that is a good question. sitting here, i don't know offhand how we were first alerted to the issue. there are proposals kicking around in congress now for a ata breach notification as legal requirement, which we are generally supportive of. i don't know how this particular investigation kicked off. there are a couple of

different things in congress. i think there are six or seven bills that have been floated around, none of which have come out of committee. understand it, i would set up some kind of portal in which companies could share that they have had some kind of data breach. return iswould get in some kind of indemnification of liability, so they have the incentive to provide information to others who are in their same boat. is that the legislation that you, as secretary, would like to see? >> yes, we are focused on a bunch of things. of my adult professional career, i was a lawyer, corporate lawyer in the private sector. there are one or two former clients of mine out here. understand the

thinking of a lot of boards of directors when they are faced with these kinds of issues. from our point of view, in terms of legislative priorities, what we are interested in doing -- there is renewed interest on the hill in doing a lot of this -- legal clarity in terms of what dhs's authority is the city -- world,is the .gov what the private sector may share with the government in terms of a cyber security it'stion, and, i believe, appropriate for the lawmakers and us to try to devise some targetedimited, liability protection centered something that, is transaction-specific.

i think it is appropriate, and i think creative minds could come up with that. i do believe, in general, we ought to try to help the private sector in that regard. without very broad immunity for anything having to do with cyber security. >> in the event of a certain situation, company executives could basically have a certain classified level in which the government could feel comfortable to share information. >> i believe that we could devise legislation, a mechanism a company in the private sector responding to a cyber security situation has some form of limited liability in providing information to the government, or responding in a manner that the government asks. i believe that is doable. i believe creative legal minds could come up with something. in the nsa session,

there was reference to the president's executive order from february of 2013. one of the things that that order was intended to do was just to increase the volume and the timeliness and the quality of the information that the government imparted to companies about situations in which their systems had been hacked. after that, the white house reported that it had contacted 3000 companies in the u.s. in 2013 that their systems had been hacked. a huge number. i want to get a sense -- when that contact takes place, what is the trust level? first of all, you have the situation of how much the government feels it can explain about how it knows the hacking has taken place, especially when you're talking to people who don't have a certain clearance level, and then there is the situation when maybe the company is reluctant to be forthcoming.

they are not sure what they are required to release to the government. first of all, i would like for you to talk about what you think the trust level is, and i'm also going to put the question to the audience and let them kind of vote in the meantime on what they think. we will see how much they trust you. [laughter] >> my impression from six months on the job, talking to our cyber security people -- i ask this very same question -- there are in a security personnel lot of the large firms that we typically deal with who they have come to know and who have come to know our people, and there has been a certain level of trust. i have been impressed by the speed with which we are able to push information to them in the business community, in different sectors, and i have been impressed by the speed in which

they bring information to us and the fbi. it seems to be -- i guess i stand to be corrected -- it seems to be an up and running relationship that works reasonably well, and i believe that is the key to our cyber security efforts in the .com world. we can help each other. there is tremendous cyber security capability in the private sector, but even with the best systems in the world, we still need information sharing. we are in a position at dhs, with our birds eye view across the federal government, with access to all sorts of intelligence, to help the private sector by broadening the aperture, sharing with you what we can about what we are seeing happening across the spectrum to better protect yourself. i have seen examples of that time and again in the course of six months. >> do we have a question

available? no? we have been hacked. [laughter] possible. he knew about it before that, right? i want to ask something else. one of the other conversation pieces happening on capitol hill is there are people who have been pressing for some kind of unified -- >> there seems to be an interest in capitol hill on legislating in this area, by the way. defeat?post-cantor >> i don't know that cyber security was an issue in that primary, but there seems to be a real interest. i have talked to saxby chambliss, for example. he and senator feinstein are interested in doing something. the senate and house homeland security committees are interested in doing something on this. i really do think people on the hill would try to like -- would like to try to get something done this year. >> one of the things people have

talked about that might need to be done is some kind of a federal standard for notification of consumers. if target has been hit, there should be some kind of protocol in which immediately the company knows exactly if they are supposed to contact those people, how, and when. there have been consumer groups who have questioned whether there should be a federal standard. they worry that any kind of federal standard that might get passed in washington right now, in a situation where it is so difficult to have bipartisan legislation of any kind, would be watered down, and it won't be as strong as some of the notification requirements and some of the states, especially california. what is your thought on that? should there be a federal standard? >> in general, i am supportive of data breach notification. a lot of nature of

iter crime that we see, involves the store, the vendor, but it also involves that entities customers -- entity's customers. there are victims in these crimes that may be unwitting of the fact that they have been and that presents a situation where it is critical for the business to inform its customer. so, i'm generally supportive. i think it is a good idea. i haven't studied the various etate requirements out ther and whether they are more rigorous, less rigorous than what is being considered in congress, but i'm generally supportive of a data breach notification requirement. >> across the board? in a way the board that informs the victims of cyber crime that they have been

hacked. >> one issue you have spoken a , a little closer to home in your agency, is the need for homeland security to be able to attract the best and the brightest who can compete. >> i'm looking across this crowd here. >> this is a very bright crowd. >> why do you think i'm here? [laughter] >> one of the and issues is not only, are you competing with you have also but expressed concern that you're competing within the government, that the pentagon can pay more for people who are experts in computer security and system security than homeland security. you are hoping to be able to get some kind of pay grade increase certain jobs. talk about why you think that is necessary. >> we are in the hunt for cyber security talent. i want the next generation of

cyber security talent. i have been to places like georgia tech, morehouse college where i went to school. i've been to the cyber corridor in northern louisiana. mary landrieu has told me about the great talent in her state, louisiana. i believe that we ought to be able to recruit people out of graduate school, recently out of ent forwho have a tal cyber security, who are interested and coming in serving , even if just for a couple of years, and then taking that knowledge and experience and bringing it to the firms out here. of athe perspective somebody who is doubly cyber security in the government, that is a different perspective people have in the private sector.

the access to intelligence that we have about the cyber security threat -- iam on a talent search, and believe there are ways in which we can complement each other in the hunt for talent. >> what do you think is the likelihood that you will be able to get that pay grade increase? >> i'm an optimist. [laughter] i think people in congress recognize the same thing i do. landrieu,tion mary the senator from louisiana. she has expressed concerns about what she called an arms race within the government itself. why are we having the defense department compete with -- for the same people and the same pay with homeland security? what do you say to that? >> i think that each department has its own unique perspective on cyber security. tremendous capability.

the fbi has a law enforcement mission when it comes to cyber. shares in both of those missions, but we also have the mission of being the -- the thecipal interlocutor with private sector. i believe there is great experience that can be learned. we are the core nader across the federal government in terms of information sharing, best practices, protection of the .gov world across all the agencies large and small. that itself is a unique perspective. i think that each department has a role, and i believe that mike rogers who is a friend of mine from dod and jim call me -- come y who is a friend of mine from the southern district of new york will play well together. >> which means you don't think you'll get into an arms race? those i don't think in

terms. at least i'm not planning on launching one. >> let's see if there are questions from the audience. i'm also looking at the ipad. secretary johnson, it is interesting that you feel that there is going to be progress on legislation. you're the first official that i've heard say that. >> on anything? [laughter] >> i have to be an optimist. >> it's funny, i hadn't thought on anything, but now that you mention it -- either in congress or in the administration, because these are pretty sticky issues to contend with, and there has just been no progress -- >> we have about 10 more sticky issues. is really a complicated one. it is interesting to hear you say that you believe that there is traction and that there is go into the momentum, and by the end of the year, there might even be some movement. >> i've talked to enough members

that,gress who believe ok, we are not going to be able to get anything done in the areas of a, b, and see. here is an area where we know we've got to make progress. perhaps the ideological divide is not as great, not as contentious, not as emotional, and we know we need to make progress in this area. let's try to get something done. coalitionsipartisan arising. i tend to believe that we will be able to get something done. >> it does seem to be a havingsan issue, america's intellectual property siphoned off to china and russia and the philippines or wherever. it does seem to transcend the political divide. if that's the case, why hasn't there been something done until now? --t is it that is holding

that is holding up congress? >> one can always ask, why not earlier? i'm focused on, here's an opportunity, let's see if we can get something done. there was an effort to years ago at legislation, and i think there were some lessons learned from that. the president then issued an executive order in 2013 after the legislative effort in 2012 that focused more on industry best practices versus just out right legislating standards -- so, this go around, i think there is going to be legislation with perhaps a more nuanced approach. i just see opportunities to get something done. >> it's interesting that the executive order did seem to be in lieu of anything else happening, right? that is the president having to step forward to show some leadership on the issue where congress was not really. >> that is happening in several

contexts. i remain optimistic about congress on this. >> was target a wake-up call? is that changing the momentum in congress? is there more urgency to do this now? >> that is probably true. it is a wake up call because it affected a lot of people. it brought home, i think, a vulnerability that consumers have. threet one or two or verys are hacked -- it was visible. it was a very visible event. i suspect you are right. >> any questions from the audience? i had one more that i wanted to ask. i'm sorry, please. please let the secretary know who you are. no? ok.

the limited liability that you envision for companies, this would allow them to share information with the government about having been hacked, perhaps handing over datafiles that had been corrupted or might ,ave evidence of the hacking without facing suit by the customers whose stated they are handing over. is that what you are envisioning for the little dash of the envisioningility -- for the limited liability? >> not risking exposure to civil liability. a two-way street. >> that would be an enormous step forward from the corporate side. >> the devil is in the drafting. -- aat is also something time horizon on that -- is that something you see -- >> in the total package of advancehat would really

cyber security, this probably needs to be one of them. that, the timeframe on when is it before we see this actually likely to become law, some provisions like that? >> you have to ask the members of congress what their timetable is. i am optimistic that we will get some action in this area. >> can i ask one follow-up question to that? for some reason your optimistic view of how capitol hill is working doesn't come to pass, do you foresee a situation in which the president would issue another executive order going further and addressing some of those things that are right now on the legislative table? >> we will have to take a hard look at that. i do think that a lot of what i've outlined here does require a change in law. you can't provide limitations on civil liability by executive order.

you can't provide legal authority for the relationship between the private sector and the government by executive except through perhaps federal acquisition regulations or as a condition of doing business with the government. that legislation is important, but if we don't get anything, i think the cyber security mission is imperative to go that we will have back to the drawing board if congress doesn't act. >> secretary johnson -- >> it is not a cyber security threat anymore. it is a series of ongoing attacks that happened virtually every day, every hour. would very much agree. secretary johnson, jennifer forsyth, thank you very much. [applause] >> on the next "washington

journal," correspondent anna mulrine reviews u.s. military options in iraq. the author of "the world through arab eyes" offers a history of the sunnis, shias, and kurds. we will take your calls, and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. book thatsis of the there is a whole group of people in america, a big swath of america, that is being ignored, left behind, not included in the discussion for either party. particularly the republican party. i would call them blue-collar conservatives, the folks out there who are working people and

most of whom don't have college degrees, folks that really still understand the value of work and the importance of work and responsibility, people who understand the importance of family and faith, believe in freedom and limited government. those are conservative, republican voters, and in many cases, they are not. in fact, a lot of them aren't voting at all because they don't see either party talking to them about the concerns they have, trying to create an opportunity for them to live the american dream. >> former pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate rick santorum argues that working americans have been abandoned by both lyrical parties and offers answers to their problems, tonight at 10:00 eastern on "afterwords." this month, we are discussing s "the forgotten man."

book tv, television for serious readers. on transparency and freedom of information. i think my colleagues in journalism would give is -- a similar grade. the freedom of information process has become a joke. wayas already well on its prior to the obama administration, but this administration has perfected the stall, the delay, the reductions . it is really shocking because i feel very strongly that the information they would hold and protect many times belongs to the public. we own it. there is no sense of it when you ask for it. they covet it as if they are product corporations defending their trade secrets rather than understanding that what they hold as information they've gathered on our behalf. >> investigative reporter sharyl attkisson on the changing face of network news and her career, sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's next maryland governor martin

o'malley speaking to democrats in iowa. after that a conversation with faith and freedom coalition founder ralph reed. then minnesota representative michele bachman's remarks at yesterday's faith and freedom oalition conference. maryland governor martin o'malley has been considered a potential presidential candidate in 2016. he was the keynote speaker at this year's iowa democratic convention in des moines. the state traditionally holds the nation's first presidential caucuses. his speech is just under 30 minutes. please join me in welcoming governor o'malley! [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you very, very much. i want to begin by thanking you

for your indulgence and watching that little introductory video and my apologies to those who thought were you settling in for the next episode of "the wire." [laughter] it's wonderful to be here in des moines, to be with so many great friends in iowa. turn to your neighbor and tell them iowa is moving forward. go ahead. do it. turn to your other nare and tell them we need a fresh start. you guys have one of the most outstanding democratic parties in the united states of america. and thank you, scott brennan, for your great work. [applause] scott does an outstanding job as your chair. and scott, i want to thank you for your leadership. i think that you understand better than most that in order for any of us as public servants to govern well, we need the democratic party getting stronger every day. and that's what you're doing in

iowa. [applause] to create jobs, to strengthen our middle class, to give our children a better future. with scott's leadership and the hard work of all of you in this room, we are going to give iowa a fresh start by electing jack hatch the next governor of iowa. [applause] jack, i'm looking forward to campaigning with you today. you represent that sort of problem solving. you and monica. that sort of problem solving leadership that every state needs. we need a governor who's on the side of the middle class families of iowa. their needs and their aspirations. i think the people of iowa have had enough of the branstad administrations. don't you? [applause] my goodness. five terms is enough, don't we think? it's time for a fresh start. and it's time to turn the page

on cronyism. and elect a governor who's going to put the needs of iowa's middle class families first every single day he goes to work. and jack hatch is that leader. jack hatch and monica vernon are going to move your state forward. but they're going to need partners. so let's make sure that mark smith is the next speaker of the house of iowa. let's help senators gronstal and yokum keep the senate with democratic leadership moving forward. and we're going to re-elect dave lobsect to congress, aren't we? [applause] and we are going to send the congress patrick murphy, aren't we?

and whoever the republicans figure out they want to put up, we are going to elect stacy apple to congress, aren't we? and break that glass ceiling? and we're going to beat steve king and elect fighting jim mauer the next congressman from iowa's fourth. now i'm sure also on your mind, especially given the outstanding service that came to our country from your united states senator tom harkin that you have an important u.s. senate race here, don't you, this year? yes, indeed you do. and there couldn't be a bigger contrast than the choices of the people of iowa are going to be presented. in bruce brailley and joni ernst. bruce brailley's cause is the cause of a stronger middle

class in iowa. greater opportunity. an iowa where everyone's included. and where everyone is needed and where we help each other in order to move forward. now, joni earns of the -- ernst wants to privatize social security. she wants to turn the medicare into a voucher system. she wants to repeal the federal minimum wage. now, how is any of that going to help strengthen middle class opportunity and middle class families in iowa? she even wants to roll back the clean water act and eliminate the department of education. how much less schooling do you think would be good for power kids, joni? can you imagine someone with those sorts of extreme views holding the seat that tom harkin so ably filled on your behalf all of these years?

look, from education to agriculture, to his unflagging commitment to the sick, to the poor, to the voiceless, senator hearken's success can be measured by the millions of american lives that he has touched and that he has made better. and iowa and indeed the entire country will be forever blessed because of tom harkin's great service. [applause] and i know tom and ruth would join me when i say -- you want to know what sort of lasting tribute you can give to tom harkin? you want to know what sort of tribute you can give to him and to ruth after the thank you parties and the thank you dinners are done? the best tribute you can give to tom harkin's work is to elect bruce braley your next united states senator.

cheers and applause] it's all about the beliefs we share, isn't it? about our belief in the dignity of every individual. about our own responsibility to advance the common good. and that's what i want to talk with you about today. i want to talk with you about the story of us. the ongoing story of us. the story of baltimore and iowa, the story of maryland, and america. when i was elected mayor of baltimore in 1999, my city had become by that year the most violent, adetected and abandoned city in america. and there was a big difference

in those days between the baltimore that we carried in four hearts and the baltimore that we saw on our streets and the baltimore that we saw on our headlines. and our biggest enemy wasn't drug dealers or crack cocaine. it was in essence a lack of belief. a culture of failure. countless excuses about how nothing would work. and why none of us should even bother to try. and so we set out to make our city work again. we saw trash in our streets and alleys. so we picked it up. every day. we saw open air drug markets, and we began to relentlessly close them down. we saw neighbors suffering from addiction so we expanded drug treatment, and we got more of our neighbors into recovery. -- after a year [applause] nd after a year of

hard-earned, steady progress we turned a bright light on the heart of the despair that had gripped our city for too long. and we launched a campaign on television that we called simply "believe." the first step was a four-minute commercial which the local news affiliates agreed to air simultaneously. and as a viewer you walk through a day in the life of a 10-year-old african-american boy. it starts out with him warming his hands at a corner fire with a homeless man on an abandoned corner. dodging drug dealers and their suburban buyers, stepping around hypodermic needles and prostitutes. ultimately seeking out his little sister in the night who had gone to the store to buy candy. and he finds her in the center of a crowd of grief-stricken neighbors, paramedics and police, another young victim of

drug dealer crossfire. killed in a drive-by shooting. her tightly braided hair, her lifeless eyes, wide open, lying in a pool of blood. the narrator's voice says the people of baltimore are in a fight. it's a fight for their future. it's a fight that we've been losing one life at a time. he continues. there are some who say it's over. give up. we've lost. but for the strong, for the brave, this fight is not over. what will it take to make us stand together and say enough? and then come the stark white on black words, believe. believe in us. believe in yourself. baltimore, believe. now, for flee very uncomfortable and painful

weeks, we ran those ads. and we had to be honest about our present in order to change our future. we then ran ads calling upon our people to take real individual actions. to step up, mentor a child and an hour, a week can save a live. call 1-800-believe. join the police department. believe in yourself. believe in us. call 1-800-believe. get someone you love into drug treatment. it works and there's more of it. call 1-800-believe. and you know what? it did work. the people of baltimore rallied. and of course it wasn't about the bumper stickers or the signs, was it? it was about something deeper. the belief that there is no such thing as a spare american. over the next 10 years, baltimore went on to achieve the biggest reduction in part one crime of any major city in america. now, why do i share that story with you today?

because we must acknowledge where we are together in order to move forward together. because belief is important. belief drives action. and today, like baltimore in 1999, we as americans are going through a cynical time of disbelief, aren't we? a time with more excuses than action. more ideology than cooperation. more fear and anger oftentimes than progress. we seem to have lost, haven't we, that shared conviction we once had that we actually have the ability to make things better together. and there is today in our country a big difference between the america that we carry in our hearts and the america that we're seeing in our headlines. the america in our hearts is that land where those who work hard, who play by the rules, who get up early in the morning, can make a better future for their kids and their

family. and the america in our headline sincere too often a place where wall street profits are higher than ever, the rich are richer than ever, but the paychecks of hard-working families are becoming smaller and smaller. -- merica in our hearts [applause] the america in our hearts remains that nation that created the greatest middle class in the history of the world. but the headlines of the nation where too many kids can't afford to go to college and too many college graduates can't find a job. and all of this, my friends, reminds me of the story of the prize fighter who has been in the ring and he's beaten against the ropes. he's getting the worst of it. pounded down by his opponent time and time again. and finally his trainer gets a chance to sit him down in the corner. and he says to him as he looks him in the eye, the problem isn't with the other guy doing to you, the problem is what

you're not doing for yourself. whether we think we can or we think we can't, we are probably right. and i don't know about you. but i've had enough of the cynicism, and i've had enough of the apathy, i've had enough of us giving into self-pity, small solutions, and low expectations of one another. [applause] so let's remember who we are, shall we? for 235 years, we have been the country that thrilled the world. that led the world. over and over again in large part by making ourselves stronger at home. don't you think it's time we do t again? the patriots who made america

great, they didn't pray for their president to fail. they prayed for their president o succeed. [applause] and our founders didn't belittle science. they didn't belittle learning. they aspired to it. they didn't appeal to america's fears. they inspired american courage. and they would never, ever abandon the war on poverty in order to declare a war on women, a war on workers, a war on immigrants a. war on the sick, or a war on hungry children. [applause] what was true for our parents and grandparents remains true today. america is the greatest job generating, opportunity-expanding nation ever created in the history of the free world. but america cannot serve our

children's needs, cannot serve our children's future well if our republican brothers and sisters in congress keep shutting us down and selling our country short. as democrats, as americans, we have an urgent responsibility today. it's about jobs, it's about a stronger middle class, and it's about giving our children a better future now. the truth is after hoover, america needed roosevelt. after eisenhower we needed kennedy. after reagan we needed clinton. and after eight miserable years of george w. bush, america needed barack obama. [applause] no president, no president since f.d.r. inherited a worse

economy, bigger jobs losses, as many wars or as large of deficit as president obama did. thanks to his leadership, thanks to the leadership of tom harkin and congressional democrats, america's moving forward again. get this. this month, was our 51st month in case anybody still keeping count of positive monthly job creation in the united states f america. in fact, it was the fourth month in a row, i think, that we actually had more than 200,000 jobs created. there were 217,000 jobs created last month. but urgent work remains to be done. and the cynical if you who have hacked our democracy are digging in. yes, these tea party republicans funded by their wealthy economic royalist friends like the koch brothers,

they see america as a small, small place, don't they? they see us as a business in decline. they look at america as a place of limited potential. and limited capacity. a place that can -- a place that can only afford to serve the interests of the privileged few. and we've seen this view before, haven't we? hoover called it supply side economics. reagan called it trickle down economics. george w. bush called it focusing on my base. [applause] now, whatever they call it, it will not give our children a better future. a more prosperous future with more jobs and more opportunity for all. to those who would prescribe this future of less for america's middle class, we must ask the very real question, how

much less do you think would be good for our country? think about it. how much less education will make our children smarter? how many fewer college degrees will make our economy more competitive? how many hungry american children can we no longer afford to feed? think about your parents and grandparents for a second. picture their faces. they understood the essential truth of our american dream. the stronger we make our country, the more she gives back to us. to our children. and to our grandchildren. we will not solve our problems by doing less. we must do more. in maryland, we have chosen to do more. we have answered our president's call to create new jobs and new industries. to build a modern economy. an economy with a human purpose.

we've done more rather than less to improve our children's education. more rather than less to rebuild our infrastructure and create jobs. more to make college opportunity more widely available to more families. you see like you, we believe that the foundation of any growing economy is a stronger middle class. therefore, we increased the earned income tax credit. not once but twice. we became the first state in the nation to pass a living wage. and just a few weeks aeg, thank you, tom harkin, for your leadership, we increased the minimum wage in maryland to 10.10 an hour. [applause] now why did we choose to do these things? why did we choose to do these things? because when workers earn more money, businesses have more customers, and our whole economy grows. this is called common sense

economics. a thriving economy, a thriving economy, a growing economy is built from the middle out and the middle up. prosperity doesn't trickle down. and it never has. a stronger middle class is not the consequence of economic growth. a stronger middle class is the ause of all economic growth. [applause] and the proof is in the results. the proof is in the results. maryland's creating jobs at the second fastest rate of any state in our region. about 9,000 over just the last two months. not only do our people now earn the highest median income in the nation, but we're also rated one of the top states for upward economic mobility. and just last week, the united states' chamber of commerce hardly a mouthpiece for the maryland democratic party, for

the third year in a row, named us the number one state in america for innovation and ntrepreneurship. but progress is also about creating a more just and a more inclusive and a more secure future for power kids, isn't it? with the belief in the dignity of every individual, we expanded and protected collective bargaining rights in aryland. and we don't belittle our teachers. we support them. we partner with them. and with the belief in the ignity of every child's full potential we passed the dream act in maryland. and we enjoyed passing it so much that when a republican brothers and sisters sent it to referendum the people of our state passed it again. ith 58% of the vote.

and together, with the belief in the dignity of every individual, we passed marriage equality in the state of maryland. [applause] together, we've driven crime down to 30-year lows in maryland. and we passed important gun safety legislation that focuses on school safety, mental health, and background checks for handgun purchases. and because climate change is real, we expanded renewable energy, accelerated energy conservation, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. progress is a choice. we do not move forward by

chance. hope drives belief. belief drives action. and action achieves results. final story. final story. i am joined here in your great state by my 16-year-old son, william o'malley. and when william was 9 years old, and my wife and i have four children, two boys, two girls, rich people couldn't do better -- laft last -- [laughter] when william was 9 years old, when william was 9 years old, i was at home and together we were watching a history channel special about rosa parks. sism rights. and the montgomery busboy caught. and as william watched the story he turned to me and said hey, dad, back then, by which he meant sometime between the extinction of the dinosaur and the arrival of the eight-track pe, he said, dad, back then,

somebody actually told you that some of you had to ride in the front of the bus and some of you had to ride in the back of the bus? and you guys actually listened? [laughter] and i said, well, william, i know it's hard to imagine, son. but that's just the way it had always been. and then he turned to me, with that clear wisdom of youth, and he said dad, didn't you guys realize that you were all going to the same place? [applause] oh, yes. the truth is we are all going

to the same place. we are all on the same bus. iowa and maryland, california and mississippi, and we will move forward or we will slip back together. we will succeed or we will fail together. and we will rise or fall together. and this is not a matter my friends of wishing or hoping. it's a matter of belief. it's a matter of action. we are americans. and we make our own destiny. and we will not be the first generation to give our children a country of less. and it means that iowa must stand up. it means that maryland must stand up. it means that each of us must stand up. and it only takes one person, and then another, and then another, to stand up and say enough. enough obstruction. enough wasted time. stop selling our country short. let us achieve like americans again. let us lead like americans

again. and let us believe in americans again. in ourselves, in our nation, and in one another. together we can, together we will, and together we must. thank you, iowa. on to victory. on to november. on to a stronger country for our kids. hanks a lot. [applause] >> on newsmakers democratic national committee chair representative debbie wharfman schuldt of florida. -- wassermann schultz of florida. she talks politics in the primary season and looks ahead to the fall elections and campaign 2016. ere are some of her remarks.

>> is there a democrat other than hillary clinton who could be a national standard bearer for the democrats in 2016 at this point? >> well, of course there is. >> she's sort of sucked up all the oxygen in the room and nobody else gets started. >> that's not entirely true. we have a vice president of the united states. certainly who could be a standard bearer. i'm the chair of the d.n.c. and so i have to credibly manage our primary process with whoever is in it. but we have a deep bench of potential candidates whether it's secretary clinton, vice president biden, or any one of number of candidates, martin o'malley of maryland or devalue -- deval patrick off mark warner from virginia. the list goes on. >> but you were one of her earlier supporters and endorsed her in 2007. >> proudly so. >> do you think there's a need

to coalesce around her as a party or is a contested democratic primary in 2016 good for the party? >> you know, honestly, we are going to have a robust presidential campaign like we -- like we always do in this country. and i think -- i will paraphrase my counterpart again, at the r.n.c., who himself said that they are going to have the hard -- be hard pressed to win another national election unless they get themselves right with the groups that they've alienated. that are the swing vote. and the keys to winning a national election. so what we need to do is continue to make sure that we focus on the priorities of the american people. which are making sure that through tax policy, through economic policy, through education policy, and environmental policy, health care policy, that we help make sure that people can have more

opportunities to create a better way of life for themselves. >> democratic national committee chair representative debbie wassermann schultz of florida. on news makers. sunday. at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. on c-span. on the house floor friday, outgoing majority leader eric cantor discussed the upcoming schedule with minority whip steny hoyer. it was their first colloquy since leader cantor lost the primary election for his seat. this is about 15 minutes. majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, before i inquire of the majority leader, i want to say at the outset, i have now and have had great respect for the majority leader. the majority leader is a person of significant intellect, he cares about this institution, cares about our country and works hard on behalf of the

principles which he believes in and which his party believes in. and i have enjoyed the opportunity to work with him. we obviously, as people have seen from the colloquys from time to time, have not always agreed on what we ought to be doing. mr. cantor, from the state of virginia, served in his house of delegates, in his general assembly for eight years. he served there with distinction and then was elected to the house of representatives in 2000 to succeed a good friend of mine, the former mayor of richmond, tom bliley, who mr. cantor chaired his campaign for at least three cycles. obviously successfully. he served in the house of representatives since 2001, was selected early on as the chief deputy whip and then became the whip and then after one congress serving the whip, his party took the majority, he was elected the majority leader.

it has been my experience during that period of time that he has worked hard, attentive to his members and attentive also to the interests of our country. again, because we do not agree with one another on how to get to a destination, it does not diminish in any way the commitment of either side to the welfare and best interests of their country and the people we serve. so i want to say at the outset hat i have enjoyed working with mr. cantor and at times, not always, but we have worked very productively and in tandem with one another for the interests of our country. i want to say to the members of the house of representatives that i expect mr. cantor to continue to be over the next five months an influential and effective member of the congress of the united states. and want to say to my members, his members, and to, mr.

speaker, those who might be listening that i intend to continue to work over the next five months or six months with mr. cantor on things that he and i can agree on. because i believe he will remain an influential and effective member of the republican conference and a person dedicated to the best interests of this country. i want to also say to his wife, diana, it's tough being a spouse. i lost my spouse 17 years ago, judy. and eric is blessed by having an extraordinarily wonderful wife, not only extraordinary in terms of her partnership with mr. cantor, but also extraordinary in terms of her own talents and intellect and success that she's had in business and in life. they have three wonderful children who follow in their parents' success, evan, a recent graduate of the university of virginia, could he have gone to the university of maryland but he chose

virginia. such is life. jenna, who is senior at the university of michigan, and michael, a second-year student at the university of virginia. i know that their father will be continually successfully, as he has been thus far in life, and will continue to contribute to his country in whatever capacity he might serve. so i congratulate him on his service in this house. i thank him for the opportunities to work with him as a partner from time to time and as a respectful opponent from time to time. always realizing that there are 435 of us elected around this country by our people. they elect us because they have some faith and trust that we will represent their views and the best interests of their communities, our states and our country. and so i thank him for his

service and now am pleased to yield to the gentleman from virginia, the majority leader. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from maryland. before i talk about today's schedule, i just want to thank the gentleman for his very kind and generous remarks. i too have enjoyed the ability to get to know the gentleman from maryland, steny hoyer, the democratic whip is a tenacious advocate for his cause. i know that these colloquies have at times become heat and long. much to the dismay of some who would like to make their word known on the floor. but i do want to say it's been a privilege. i respect the gentleman from maryland as a friend, as a colleague who has been elected over the years by his constituents to be here to advocate on their behalf and for the good of the country. as the gentleman said, mr. hoyer and i do not always agree.

but i think we do share a love of this country. i think there are plenty of things frankly that we have found the ability to work towards in the fashion that i believe is the best way forward for this institution, which is to look for ways to set aside differences, to find areas that we have in common so that we can produce results for the american people. and again, the democratic whip, mr. hoyer, my friend, has been a very engaged individual on the issues and it's been my and my team's honor to get to work with steny and his team on some of the issues that come before this house that have to be addressed. and i thank him for that. and look forward to continuing relationship -- the relationship here as i intend to stay and certainly as majority leader to the end of july and then for the rest of my term as a member.

but again, i want to thank him for the courtesies and look forward to continuing to nurture the relationship. mr. hoyer: if the gentleman will yield before he gives the schedule. i want -- he mentioned his staff. i'm not going to mention them by name because i would leave out somebody perhaps. but i will say, mr. speaker, that mr. cantor's staff and my staff have, no matter what the differences might have been, been able to work together in a collegial, effective and productive manner on behalf of this house, i think. and i want to thank the members of mr. cantor's staff for that. they have been always receptive to our discussions, haven't always agreed, as no one would expect. but they have been always cordial and effective and worked closely with my staff and we appreciate that and i

appreciate that and now i'll yield to the majority leader for the schedule. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. on tuesday and wednesday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. on thursday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. last votes of the week are expected no later than 3:00 p.m. on friday no votes are expected. mr. speaker, the house will consider a few suspensions next week, a complete list of which will be announced by close of business today. in addition, the house will consider h.r. 4413, the customer protection and end user relief act, sponsored by chairman frank lucas of the committee on agriculture. members are advised that debate on the bill and the eight amendments made in order by the rule will occur monday night after the 6:30 p.m. vote series. however, votes on amendments and passage will occur on tuesday afternoon. for the remainder of the week

the house will consider three bills to lower the price of gas and lessen the middle class squeeze caused by higher energy prices. these three bills are h.r. 6, the domestic prosperity and global freedom act, authored by representative cory gardener. h.r. 3301, north american energy infrastructure act, sponsored by chairman fred upton. and h.r. 4899, the lowering gasoline prices to fuel in america that works act of 2014 authored by chairman doc hastings. and with that i want to thank the gentleman again and yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, this is the last colloquy i think that i will be having with mr. cantor, which is why i spent time -- because the american public i'm sure thinks we're all at one another's throats all the time. and that's very discouraging for them. very depressing for them. and frankly it is a problem for us here this the house because

we don't like that atmosphere. but i want them to know there is respect on each side i think for the other, in most instances. i hope that's the case. but that i do have respect and appreciation to mr. cantor for his service. but because it's the last colloquy, not for the purposes of necessary debate or discussion, but simply want to articulate some of those things that i know we need to address and i hope we address in the coming weeks before the august break. we clearly need to fund the highway trust fund with a sustainable funding source, we're running out of money. i think every member of the house does not want that to happen, does not want to have governors around this country shutting down the letting of contracts for needed infrastructure improvement. . we need to authorize the

export-import bank. we need to pass comprehensive immigration reform which we think will be a positive for our economy and the morally right thing to do. we're still very concerned, mr. speaker, with unemployment insurance. the minimum wage. the senate has passed an employment nondiscrimination act which we hope will be considered on the floor. the terrorism risk insurance will expire in the not-too-distant future. we think both for our economy and for the private sector's growth we need to pass that. and of course we want to complete the appropriation it's bills before the end of the fiscal year. and lastly, let me say, mr. speaker, we will celebrate next week the 50th anniversary of the signing of the civil rights act of 1964. we will celebrate this summer that which is being called freedom summer, to celebrate that move towards a fiscal year

and more justings -- towards a more freer and more just future. we hope we can pass the voting rights act which will deal with the ensuring that all people in our country not only have the right to vote but have access to voting in casting their vote. again, we don't need to gait those issues, but i did want to set them forth, mr. speaker, because this is our last colloquy before our july fourth break. again, i want to close, unless the gentleman wants to say something, with thanks to mr. cantor for his service and for his working together when we saw that as possible and when we disagreed to disagree as co-workers on behalf of this country and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i ask

unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet on monday, june 23, 2014, when it shall convene at noon but other one was gruesome an international sensation, called the trunk murder in 1885 and there were two englishmen who came to america and were traveling salesmen and they meet on the boat. they decide to go across america and they wind up together at a nice hotel here in st. louis called the southern. one of them was richer than the other.

and the poorer guy suddenly has a lot of money flashing around. and he tells everybody that his buddy, mr. preller, went out of town and the hotel room starts smelling. and the chambermaids go in. and lines up that his buddy is in the trunk dead several days. the police try to start chasing him. but he's taken the ship from san francisco already. now, this becomes a big international case because you have two guys from england. you have st. louis. you have the manhunt to the other end of the world. and the new zealand police stop him. two officers from st. louis actually went to get him, took 10 weeks for the round trip. and when they come back to the train station downtown, half of st. louis is there to see this guy. and interviews galore. and he winds up being hanged. we used to have a gallows at the police headquarters like a

lot of towns did. >> we'll look at the history and literary life of st. louis, missouri, throughout the weekend on c-span's book tv and on american history tv on c-span3. for over 35 years, c-span brings public affairs from washington to you putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences. and offering them complete gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. house. all as a public service of private industry. we're c-span. created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago. and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch us in h.d., like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> next a conversation with ralph reed, the founder of the faith and freedom coalition. from washington journal this is just under 30 minutes.