this will be a decision that will be taken totally independent. let mstate we have a long tradition of stressing that the ecb is independent and should be independent. as a politician, no matter what decision to ecb will take, we should not become diverted from the fact that we need to put a necessary form work -- framework in place for recovery. we have very clear reform efforts. in italy, we finally have the italian prime minister here addressing you. in france, there is a new coursem which is very good.

time is of the essence. every day, these adjustment mechanisms are not done and we sort of wait. we need jobs. these have to be created in those areas which promise long-term highly qualified employment. how we react in europe to digitization will be essential. germany is pleased that the german commissioner is responsible for its particular industry. it is a good sign that the european commission has not only launched an investment row graham, but is also -- program but is also looking at the digital agenda of europe and the role of the united states and of a number of asian countries.

we lag behind. we have to try to close the gap in development here. we need to find the right mix, the right balance of protection of the individual, but also freedom to use those data to develop new products. i want a strong german economy to be able to actually cope with this merger of the real economy and the digital economy. otherwise, we lose our competition, our competitiveness. we enter with self-confidence, but we have not yet won that. in europe, with this huge single market we have, we have good

opportunities. europe must become faster, more competitive, less regulated. i am pleased that the commission set the goal to do this. i think if we work on the basis of the new agenda that we have given, we have a very good opportunity to get stronger out of this crisis, this european crisis. the example of spain, portugal, ireland, and parts of greece showing that reforms are well worth your while, they are sufficient. in this competition, germany wants to play a responsible role. i think we have shown that growth oriented, sound fiscal

policy is possible for the first time in 40 years. i know that some people accuse us of being too tight with our money, as it were. let me remind you that germany has a massive demographic challenge that probably no other european country has. more than 6 million people will be lost to our market who are gainfully employed because they retire. that is not good for our business and trying to keep our debts down. then we will leave the burden to the next generation. without the necessary breathing space. that would be irresponsible. i think we are attractive to others because we spend 3% of gdp on research and development.

farm production has increased. the growth has been 1.5% up. may be compared to the u.s., that is modest, but for us, that is quite respectable. we want to continue this course of increasing employment. we have as many people in jobs and gainful employment as we have ever had during our history. those are very good figures that we have in that area in particular. 43 million people in gainful employment. we want to remain a stable anchor in europe. we cannot shut ourselves off against the rest of the world and we should not do that. let me plead for the european union being an open-minded place

for agreeing on free trade. the free trade agreement with canada is almost there. it needs to be finalized. the american president has committed himself to negotiations. that is a unique chance for europe. opportunities for growth, in this way, can be speeded up. what is also important is we have very high standards and consumer protection and industrial production. we can do something to set standards globally and we can only do that if we do that together with the united states. this is why i have come out very strongly in favor of this and will work for it. we are challenged, not only

economically but also with regard to standing up for a values. -- our values. the digital world creates a world where there are no secrets anymore, there are no secret -- uncharted borders. civil society wants to know how the world is governed. we look forward to this kind of challenge. we don't want to avoid talking about the risks. we want to see the opportunities. thank you so much. [applause] >> a warm thank you, madam chancellor. i may come back briefly to the key parts of your presentation. you spoke about a conflict situation. if i could just touch on the

ukraine, i would say that the first objective must be to implement the minsk agreement or protocol. what is the long-term outlook? what is the way out of this conflict? the longer it lasts, the more it will cost for everyone involved. >> what is the way out of this conflict? in order to solve the conflict -- but me assure you that we shall not relent in our efforts to bring this conflict to a solution. we want to hold the territorial integrity of the ukraine, it needs to be restored. crimea is not forgotten, but

donetsk is very pressing. our demand -- that is something that was a positive experience for our country, a country needs to be able to determine really where it wants to go. it is also true that there are very close linkages economically, between russia and ukraine. it would be great to restore some kind of stability, trying to explore the possibilities of cooperation in an economic area that president putin has concerns in. i hope that opportunities will present themselves. once we have that, then these

discussions about affiliation difficulties between russia and the ukraine may well be solved. we are ready to do that. we have to have a regaining of control of ukraine along the border with russia. this process has to be initiated. >> when the war came down, a lot was said about these -- this common european house. is the principle still valid? >> of course it is still valid. we have actually created a lot of avenues for cooperation.

there are economic ties between the european union and russia. we have a strategic partnership with russia. part of that was to do with the economy. there were efforts, very good efforts. we worked together with our german foreign minister -- we don't want to have a too hasty joining of ukraine and georgia to nato. we know that will be difficult for russia. we have been accused of that. now, i am again saying, don't

cut off the bridges we have built. we have good work. we are a continent that has known in its history so many shifting borders and has such a painful memory of that. we simply cannot gloss over violation of a territory. >> the question is sometimes are we ready to actually do something? people are talking about making sanctions stronger. disadvantages are greater -- >> one has to defend one's convictions. this may be the second key point of your speech. european stability. we have the feeling in the last few months that there were two different schools of thought, to

religions -- two religions. the ecb is going to make a decision today, but we don't know what the decision is going to be. you are indicating that both different schools of thought could be combined, but now the door seems to be wide open. >> i think that life experience tells us that there is very rarely a black and white solution. i always say to my people that the process of the euro crisis is ongoing. i very well remember the times when bonds were beyond 4% and 5%.

that is a very unpleasant situation for a country. it may well be a message of trust to the financial markets when we say that the sovereign debt needs to be drawn down -- that is what we thought. but nobody said that this works very well. everybody knows that this is conventional wisdom. there are different opinions of this. we have a situation where there is so much liquidity in the markets that bonds cannot be genetically cheaper. -- dramatically cheaper. i don't know what is going to happen to you as the interest

rates and spreads are going up again. now is the time to do your homework as regard to your -- the very low interest rates. the ecb is an independent organization. but as a politician -- you are allowed to be at -- tempted to buy time rather than creating structural reforms. others have not done it. there is a controversial debate within the ecb.

the world has a high level of liquidity at suits -- at its disposal. when the smoke screen has lifted, archer economic capabilities will become -- our true economic capabilities will become apparent. there is a marked difference between this is frank and the euro. -- swiss franc and the euro. we must prepare for that. we don't, as yet, have as positive an environment as we need for investment in the digital area. i think we would be well advised

to be better prepared for this innovation. >> madam chancellor, at the end of this week, there will be elections in greece. ask certainly will not preempt the result. >> -- >> i certainly will not preempt that result. everything we do politically is oriented to greece remaining in the euro area. there are two things. we need to show solidarity and

we will continue to show solidarity coupled with the readiness to take responsibility. that is something we will discuss. it is based on these two matching sides of the coin. solidarity and responsibility. >> we have spoken a lot about the lack of confidence which is linked to the fact that there may not be much leadership. in the world of politics in general.

of course, there are exceptions and i will name those names. this means that the greater pressure on you, more expectations weigh on you and on germany. how do you see that? >> i think if you look at the european union as a whole, there are 28 member states. no matter whether i am a small or big country, in the end, each and everyone has to be convinced of one and the same thing that even under pressure, sometimes too slow, sometimes not in a perfect way, that we have all been able to work together -- that is a very convincing statement of things.

if we were to be a bit more curious to what happened in other parts of the world and engaged in a little less navelgazing, we can be even better. i am pleased and a little bit proud to be a part of the european union. >> for strong leadership, you'd need coordination, vision -- within this, meaning, i would like to congratulate you for this vision of a digital europe. we have to play the role that we can.

i would like to thank you come of the members of your cabinet i would like to wish you all success. [applause] and, may i also invite you to stay seated. we have various more celebrations which will take about five minutes. please remain seated. [applause]

>> for new republican senators discuss the senate agenda and the possibility for bipartisan cooperation. [applause] >> mike duncan was a former chairman of the national committee. he is seeing a few familiar faces. i want to make one point at the outset. there were 13 freshmen senators elected, 12 of them were republicans, one democrat. we invited the democrat here, he was unable to make it. we are nonpartisan at reac lclearpolitics.

dan sullivan is not here. he is speaking on the senate floor about a subject we will be talking about, which is keystone. we have some able advocates of that pipeline. i will start by asking a question of the entire panel. you were all in the capital for the state of the union? was everybody there? president obama spoke for an hour. we have one hour with four senators. please no filibusters. [laughter] >> it definitely won't seem like three hours, which it did the other night. >> let's just play a word association game.

your response to the president must state of the union. one or two words. >> disappointing. >> higher taxes. >> height of arrogance from the depth of influence. >> that is a harvard man. [laughter] >> the president said, we have turned the page on the recession. moments later, he said the shadow of crisis has passed. do any of you agree with those statements? >> i certainly don't. in north carolina, just take a look at the numbers that defy the statement that the president made.

you take a look at the kind of indicators you would look at and say, let's go back to a period of time we made progress and it is very difficult to assert that we are in a positive place. i felt like it was not really connected to anything i could point to and say, you've got me on that argument. we have serious problems economically, in terms of safety and security. you don't solve problems until you recognize that you have them. >> the foreign policy angle. >> i agree with tom on the economy. the foreign policy section was brief and reflecting a world we

wish we lived in. he did not use the term al qaeda. iranian militants were taking over the yemeni capital. the president may want to turn the page, but the islamic state iran, vladimir putin, they are not turning the page. >> i think there was a real missed opportunity for the president. he had a chance to hit a reset button with new leadership in the united states senate. >> he did not mention that. >> it would have been a very kind gesture. i think about what president clinton did when he had to private. -- pivot

the president did not set the table for getting something done with the new congress. >> i may have been too hasty that i would not read your bios. they will to you where they are coming from ideologically themselves. >> i spent years working as governor of south dakota. if i was in his position and knowing what we know about the fact that the pundits are going to tell him that the numbers you are sharing would not be considered great.

when we start talking about clean energy and being independent and what a great thing that is, i think he has got to realize the challenge to what he is saying. he has a congress that is saying , elections to have consequences and we are here. this was a chance to reset. what i did not hear was a reset. the message we got disappointed me. rather than highlighting of differences and how we can close those, he had an opportunity to suggest those -- ways of agreement and set the stage for

the next two years. >> that is an interesting point. the president addressed it very obliquely. all of you ran against the president in your campaigns, at least in part. you also ran on things like energy. you already on a lot of things. you mentioned keystone. workforce participation. and keystone. you all ran against the president and you beat him. he has run twice and won twice. his poll numbers are about even. approval and disapproval ratings.

maybe he should just do what he believes. >> but he set the stage himself. during the election process, he made it clear that his policies were on the ballot. we challenged people. if his policies are on the ballot, make your choices known. time and again we said, his policies are on the ballot. if you vote for my competitor, you are voting for his policies. elections to have consequences. >> i think it gets back down to taking a look at what has happened in this country since 2008. i am only the second republican speaker of the house since reconstruction in north carolina. that majority was controlled in 2010. in 2012, we went to super majorities. in 2011, we had a democratic

congressional members, five republicans. now we have 10 republicans and three democrats. i'm sure redistricting had something to do with it, but the swing district went our way. i don't think that is unique. you take a look at arkansas, west virginia, a lot of the states. the administration should recognize that there is a level of discomfort with the direction his administration has taken this country. the reason i use the words missed opportunity with respect to the state of the union is that it was an opportunity to recognize that maybe the president should find common ground with what is a majority of states under conservative leadership. cooperate. stipulate that there are things we will never agree on. take those off the table for now. but energy policy, national security policy, economic recovery policy, those are the sorts of things that the average american, the people in this room want to see results on.

focus on that. delivering the state of the union that has that on the vein could really put us in a good trajectory. >> in the state of montana, i'm the first republican to hold this senate seat in 100 years. you go back to when senators -- >> i thought you guys had a gentleman's agreement. two of the three federally elected officers -- iran on more jobs, less government. -- i ran on more jobs, less

government. i spent time speaking with the unions, talking to indian tribes. the message i heard is that republicans are fighting for jobs and the middle class. we are for energy development. we should keep developing coal responsibly in montana. the unemployment rate would be 90% if it were not for the coal mining jobs there. as it is, it is only 50%. a war on coal is a war on the crow people of montana, they told me. here is a republican fighting for tribe sovereignty issues back in washington. >> staying with the atmospherics of the speech, some commentators said that republicans had not

risen to their feet and sheared -- cheered when we should have equal pay for equal work. >> in part the reason why republicans were not cheering for so much of the speech is that it was empty, hollow rhetoric. i would disagree that we ran against barack obama. we ran against the policy impact that he had on the people we serve. there were fewer democrats who sat in that room because of barack obama's impact. he did not even in knowledge the

majority leader. that is why i say his speech was the height of very gets. even though his -- arrogance. even though his policies were on the ballot, he still continues the same, old, tired tactics. >> let me take another shot a gender politics. there was a heck of a time finding parking. the house republican leadership pulled a bill on abortion they have gotten past before. what is your view on that bill and whether john boehner made a mistake? what is going on in the house?

>> i am not going to try to pretend to know why speaker boehner did what he did. i don't think it is because of a lack of support for the bill but we have a lot of things going on right now and i would defer to the house leadership in terms of when they think it is appropriate to move certain legislation. i think that is the one risk that we have in this new majority. i was down speaking to a group on saturday saying, we want your persistence on these issues that are important to you, but we also need your patience. i am learning in the senate. i said it is very similar to cooking in a microwave or a crockpot.

it takes a little more time. the rules are not very well understood by the average person. i believe that both speaker boehner and leader mcconnell are allowing us to fulfill the promises we made, but i am willing to show some patients in the startup as we deal with any number of things. we want to get back to what the leadership wants to do. producing results, fulfilling our promises. i'm not going to make it more difficult for them to set the agenda. i don't think that's what we should do right now. >> senator tillis, let me ask you for a follow-up? you said you were running to get the senate following again -- running again. you said harry reid was the reason it was not running.

senator tillis, you said that there were bipartisan bills that could be passed. what are a couple of examples. what could be done? >> we have two members who voted for dozens of bills on a bipartisan basis in the last congress. let's go wherever those bills are on senator reid's desk. many of them were jobs related energy-related, regulatory reforms.

let's get bills that have bipartisan support. that is a starting point. we have proven we can gain six census -- consensus in a divided congress. >> i think the stack was 380 that the house sent over to the senate. the latest i have heard is this debate we have had in the senate to restore regular order to the process, we will have had more votes on amendments on the senate floor over the keystone pipeline than the sum total of all the votes last year and harry reid's leadership. that demonstrates the need for a dull leadership, responsible leadership to get over the gridlock. president will not even come to the table on the keystone pipeline. we are going to get a strong bipartisan vote in the house.

his opening salvo in the state of the union address is that he is going to veto it. that is not smart on his part to try to set the table for congress and the president to have a constructive working relationship moving forward. >> he spent more time in that speech threatening congress then threatening i wrong -- iran. in the last congress sanctions had 60 cosponsors. harry reid did not bring it to the floor. in the last few weeks iran's shiite backed militia has taken over the capital of yemen. iran still controls shiite militias inside of iraq and they

just signed a mutual defense agreement with russia. if that is the kind of cooperation we are getting because of our forbearance, then i'm not sure we want more of it. if barack obama is threatening a veto on legislation that 12 democrats cosponsored six months ago. >> when i think about the president's veto threats and his tough attitude, it contrasted for me with joe biden's demeanor during the week. i was thinking of you especially. i think i heard him, he said, good to see you, man, says joe biden. he said, i'm looking forward to working with you now. he sounded sincere. >> i think the vice president is in his element in that type of a program. he is gregarious, he jumps right in, he is friendly.

he makes sure everyone feels welcome and does a very nice job in that respect. i think he was referring to a fact that we spent about two hours and 10 minutes together discussing obamacare before it was obamacare. >> that's two questions you got in. [laughter] >> it was interesting. we were sitting altogether on point. very seldom do you get that kind of opportunity with the vice president. it is one that i want forget. >> you told a local newspaper

that montanans are tired of the gridlock. he mentioned your beautiful family and told you that swearing in was a big day in his life and he hoped it would be for you. >> the vice president is not afraid of selfies. they asked the vice president, do you take selfies? he said, yes. to my chagrin, there were pictures on "the today show" the

very next day. the president is probably not utilizing joe biden enough. just to stand up on this bully pulpit at the state of the union address. i worked for procter & gamble. find a problem, get a result. i was disappointed to not hear any of that tenor. >> you can take his place, dan sullivan's.

it is good news for republicans that you have the votes to may be forced the administrations and. -- administration's hand. the bad news is that the falling price of oil has raised questions about the economic feasibility of this project. before we just talked about the environmental feasibility. what is your response? >> long-term, the pipeline works and it is necessary. when you talk about transportation of crude, if you are taking eight -- saving eight dollars per barrel, that savings is something that is going to build and regardless of the price. you may have a slowdown or decrease in price, but there is no one out there who thinks the price of oil is going to stay down for an extended period of time.

it is a more efficient and a safer way to deliver oil from those locations in canada, north dakota wyoming down into specific refineries that were designed to take heavy crude. if they think the economy -- those individuals are not taking government dollars. these are real dollars from investors and putting them into that. it gives them an efficiency that they don't have today. in south dakota, they are using our rail lines. it is raising up the price of the cost of getting our grain to market. in some cases, it was over one dollar per bushel. that comes out of ranchers pockets. >> oil would enter the united

states where? >> the keystone pipeline first enters the united states in montana. one of the misperceptions of keystone is that it is all about canadian oil. there is a connector being built in baker montana. it would be 100,000 barrels per day of montana and dakota oil going into the pipeline. it would be rash to make the decision based on a point in time pricing on oil. there is a missed opportunity for the president to connect the dots on the keystone pipeline and the middle class. it is $80 million of tax revenues to these very poor counties in eastern montana. not everybody in montana is on the ski hill every weekend with a fly rod in their hand. there are people living month-to-month. they live near where the

pipeline will go through. it will keep electric prices flat for the next 10 years because they supply electricity to the pump stations on the keystone that lowers the prices for all the customers. the republicans, we are out fighting for the middle class to try to create opportunities to give them a better way of life. >> you said something about the fly rod. i have to ask. you were fly fishing in bozeman. it is not just a pipeline, a river runs through it. is that oil spill than any of those rivers or in those pristine mountains in bozeman, you are going to hear from your constituents. what makes you so convinced that this is so safe? >> the science tells you that. you take a look at the comparative ways of transferring oil. this will be a state-of-the-art

pipeline we have never seen built before. it took the canadians just seven months to approve their portion of the pipeline. it has taken president obama six years and we are still waiting. >> the president said that we are for -- as free from the group of foreign oil as we have been in 30 years. that sounds like good news. is that good or not? >> the price of oil has fallen for three main reasons. there is an ocean of shale oil and the dakotas, texas. saudi arabia does not trust the united states and they are continuing to refuse to drop supply, incidentally hurting other bad actors. and three, a slow economy worldwide. one of the things is bad, slow economy. the other thing is bad, saudi arabia does not trust the u.s.

the third is great. more shale oil production in the united states. the president is trying to take credit for what he could not stop. he has done everything he can to stop the production of oil and the united states, but fortunately, most of that oil is on private land. it is a good thing that we are producing more global -- energy. i'm particularly surprised that the president would say, it is canadian oil and a canadian company. well, canada is an ally. we should want to help canada because they help us. over 150 canadian troops have given their life fighting in iraq or afghanistan. the president always likes to

ask -- act like senators are parochial and nearsighted. you would think that the president should be the mast -- last national leader who would say, it is just a canadian company. he should be the first to say, canada is an ally and anytime we can help them and help ourselves, we should do it. >> we already have strong public support for the keystone pipeline. i think if the average citizen understood what this debate is all about, we would probably have even greater support. government trying to prevent a fully private sector funded venture in energy transportation with the lowest carbon footprint, the lowest cost. if the energy prices go down to a point to where they are not going to fulfill the capacity of the pipeline that is a risk the private sector company is going to make.

i trust the private sector to make those decisions. the deposits in north carolina are far less -- i wanted in north carolina to enter into the national narrative that says that this country is going to do everything it can to be positioned to extract in an environmentally sound way all of the resources we have access to. it makes sense from an economic perspective from a national security perspective, and those that would oppose it don't make sense. >> senator tillis, you did an event with us down in charlotte. you said you were an energy guy.

i noticed that president obama said that in his 2014 state of the union. in north carolina, you said you have built a big clean coal plant. you have put in this new plant that produces less pollution and produces more energy, more efficiently. you have solar farms. you are growing solar energy. we are getting it up here in washington. you have also talked about pursuing offshore oil drilling. have the -- has the administration cooperated? how has the cooperation with the federal government been? i understood talks were taking place. >> i spoke on an amendment that i hope to send forth this afternoon that is going to move the ball along in terms of energy exploration and

extraction on the outer continental shelf in the mid-atlantic and south atlantic. north carolina has a tremendous opportunity, one of the biggest of any of the states on the eastern seaboard in terms of drilling. it would be about 30 miles off the coast. the governor specifically requested and our governor has a coalition of governors in the southeast -- we want to move forward because they did not felix like they were getting the progress that they wanted. it makes perfect sense -- we have an opportunity to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. i want to do everything i can to

get a bipartisan coalition of governors. we need to demonstrate that we have the capacity. there is a strategic advantage to demonstrate that we are willing to do this, we are prepared to do this, we are capable of doing this. as the economic trends ebb and flow, businesses will make the economic decisions at the time. i cannot even plan into the future in terms of risk and capital investment because they are not certain what terms of environment -- sort of environment they are going to be met with in terms of federal policy. we want to clear up the federal policy. >> the president tried to paint this picture that he is the leader fighting for the middle class. one of our best examples most recently is the effect continued

energy expansion is having on the life of middle america. the average household in this country will now save $1200 per year because of lower oil prices we are seeing. $1200 in the pockets of average households. that is not because of what the president has done, it is in spite of what he has done. oil production is down 6% on public land. but it is up 60%. thanks to the revolution of hydraulic fracturing, this miracle of economic growth, it looks like global gdp is going to be up an additional point next year because of what is going on with oil prices. this is hoping middle-class america and the entire world with lower oil prices and they are expecting the gdp in our country to go up of 1%. that is because of oil prices. that is a consequence of the

policies we have been fighting for for years. we were saying drill, baby drill years ago. >> sarah palin said that. >> it is the private sector providing lower-cost energy. >> contrast that with the environmental protection agency's most recent promulgation of rules, where they are suggesting the changes in taxes and costs to regulate carbon. the assessment is that the actual cost of consuming family by family is about $1400 more in their utility bills per year. that is the difference between having an open market versus when you have a regulatory environment which is not recognizing the cost to the average american consumer. the american taxpayer is tired of it. the dollars are being put into

creative regulatory environment that is not helping them out. it is costing them money. it is coming directly out of their pocket. the average american taxpayer does not think they deserve that from the federal government. we went from two democrats to one republican representing south carolina -- south dakota. three republicans in the federal government layout. we don't have a single democrat at a statewide office in south dakota anymore. >> that is a nice transition. i will save one question to after we go to the audience. senator, let me ask you one question. since you four gentlemen one reelections, a funny thing has

happened to barack obama's popularity. it has gone up. it is about even with his disapproval rating. why is that? >> he has had the prerogative to be able to share his message. we are still sharing our message. we care about jobs, we care about the economy, we care about the dollars that come in the american taxpayer's pocketbook. we think that message will continue to sell. we were elected in november and in december, people were asking, why haven't we made changes already? [laughter] >> are we talking about the infallible average? [laughter] thank you. he went on vacation for 17 days. [laughter] >> we are going to go to the audience. [laughter]

we need to keep things in perspective. >> i think his approval rating is approaching 50%. it is like one of the late-night talkshow folks 10% people are out there happy about going in the wrong direction. i think -- right now there are bumps up to the election. there has been some positive news. i think the real test of this president must be as popularity -- president's popularity and are popularity is what we do over the next six to eight months. >> lower gas prices at the pump also helps optimism. you feel a lot better. >> you run campaigns. remind me of the new yorker cartoon or their showing the guy the polls and have gone up beyond 100% popularity.

there happy in his looking skeptical says, i think the voters are toying with us, boys. with that, let's take some questions from the audience and then we will do another round. if you want to ask a question, please, raise your hand. there are microphones. someone will hand you a microphone. we have one here and one over here. there we go. right here. >> senators, it is great to hear from you. i am steve taylor from united way. i worked in the senate for 10 years. i have seen the senate when it is functioning properly. i am glad to hear the abuse yes him about getting it back to work. one thing that the senators i work for were always looking for, someone on the other side of the aisle to work with to sponsor their bills. it used to be you could only move bills in the senate if it started out with bipartisan cosponsors. i am interested to hear if that

is something you are interested in. and maybe two on the other side of the aisle you have thought about working with on legislation that you might work on. >> first, thank you for the work you do with united way. i served on the board for about 10 years when i came in the legislature. -- when i come to legislature, i do exit the boards. when my scheduler asked me what kinds of meetings i wanted to set up with other members, i told them i wanted to place a priority on democratic members who had history of being reasonable and we could see areas where we may have common ground. i've spent a lot of time in the last three weeks meeting formally, making formal request, meeting with senate members in the democratic caucus. things i can work on. i think what we need to do is just do something different reach out to them. i don't have any doubt because i know these guys pretty well, we have been campaigning over the last year and a half, we are in

sync on virtually everything, and i know we're going to be at work well together. i think it is incumbent upon us to reach out and the majority to those members who genuinely want to get back to work and produce results, go to the regulatory policy, go to the energy policy, go to some of the policy issues that are just devastating with the affordable care act obamacare. find ways to work together. i came into the house without super majority and at a hostile democratic governor in 2011. we have had tax reform, regulatory reform, medicaid reform, those kinds of things. i know it can be done. it just requires investment on our part to break that muscle memory that i think senator reid created over the last four years of doing nothing and been largely partisan as the basis for doing nothing. >> my name is bruno.

i am a researcher at georgetown university's department of government. i would like to ask the senators about their thoughts on the influence of environmental groups in the decision-making at the white house and at the federal agencies that deal with environmental energy-related issues. thank you. >> i hate to go back -- i know when i'm presiding, so you sleep for an accurate of the speaker scientific session selectica budget that. this is a good example, we had the dan river coal ash spill last year in north carolina. about 40,000 tons of ash spilled into one of our rivers. we decided we were going to take up a concert him since --

conference of strategy on our coal ash ponds. the environmental groups were one of the biggest problems to achieving responsible policy on environmental remediation. really getting out of the curve to make sure the dan river spill was the only one we would have. i had a great fortune -- this probably doesn't happen in many legislatures, or the gentleman i was able to put in front of that project was formally the national president of the sierra club. and he is a republican. i called him and terminal kryptonite. -- environment kryptonite. we still had the argument that while you're making progress not making enough progress, the old slippery slope argument. i think we will see that. we are signaled the keystone pipeline. i cannot imagine a transportation strategy that

reduces the carbon footprint in terms of the transportation of oil -- make no mistake about it that oil out of canada is going to go somewhere. it is either going to be transported in non-more -- in a more environmentally sound way or not environmentally sound way. >> let's stay with this question for a minute. >> the group to whom i listen most of this and other questions are kansans. many are farmers as i was growing up in my family still is, ranchers even more hunters and fishermen. they want to hand down the environment in as good or preferably, better circumstances than they found it. because the air in the land and the water is much the way they make a living, but a way of life. the problem is some extreme and terminal lists view it as --

environment lists viewed as humans are invading it. >> the only thing i would like to leave with, the way we were successful with it was getting them to the table. another energy policy north carolina that ultimately got sierra club silent. not supported, but silent on the generation that actually was an incinerator. the fact we can get them silent on something like that was progress. we got them to the table. in spite of the way they may have behaved in the past, i do strongly encourage our members to bring them to the table listen to what they have to say, address it when you can, that at least, engage them. i think that is a better way to get cooperation going forward. >> thom tillis makes an interesting point. you can turn that point a few degrees and you can say the environmental community doesn't trust the republican party. it seems to me, that is not all

on them. >> going back to what arthur brooks said, is a fifth-generation montanan, i had a fly rod in my hand before brad pitt discovered flyfishing. i am an avid backpacker. i am a passionate sportsman, as are most montanans. i think there's been a false choice created. there is either protecting the environment or developing energy resources. i am always a little fearful of labels. i think environmental groups, that is a wide spectrum. i look at some of these extreme environmental activists that would seek to stop old of element in this country, and oftentimes through the courts, that is what we have to fight every day. in montana, our environment is our economic asset, whether it is tourism, and why we want to live there. we want to work, but we also

like to play. skiing, yellowstone park is an hour from my house. one moment you can be backpacking in the wilderness and then talking about developing coal resources. i think there could be battleground found. we must find that middle ground. >> what can republicans do -- people are more environment like concerned, what can you do to put them at ease? >> we really do have a group of folks out that that are environmentalists, farmers and rangers taking care of the land for years and years and part of our messages, we think they do a better job than a bureaucrat and washington, d.c. does, protecting the land. the other part is, there truly is a segment in our population that truly believes with all their heart that the greatest threat our civilization faces is climate change. when i talked about carbon anything they can do right now to eliminate our use of carbon,

is worth all the pain and suffering that put everybody through. i think there is a better way to do it. we want clean water and clean air, but we think we have a better chance of making it clean and keeping it clean if we have a strong economy so we can afford to make those changes not expect businesses to do things which are impossible to achieve right now. covered proposal out there right now in our state which shut down the only coal-fired power plant have the entire state. >> epa regulations. >> yes, being promulgated right now. they could operate 23% of the time under this proposal. this is the only power plant we have got and it serves a huge section of south dakota and north dakota. to suggest somehow even after 400 million dollars in investment in the last your, the largest private investment in our state am a entire project facility, is at risk because of the new proposal rules being promulgated at this time. i think that top of approach is going to be very difficult to achieve. >> we have a question here. >> my name is alexander

nicholson. i have to say in the context of the state of the union our members are really disappointed and another thing that was left out we thought that was addressing the v.a. crises and the scandals that have rocked the v-8 and a last year as well as a couple of ongoing issues within the v.a. in terms of infants, suicide crisis. some of your joining us on the committee on the look for to working with you but i was wondering what you thought in terms of what needs to be done in terms of restoring veterans confidence that the the a will be there to serve them and also itself. >> the president mentioned briefly the v.a. and talked about the benefits the veterans were getting. the most important benefit is life-saving medical care. it is just another example of how he continue to cite as successes, things that are really failures.

normalizing with cuba, or what is happen with the islamic state. with the v.a., it was relegated to one sentence or one paragraph in the speech. this is something on which the president campaigned in 2008, that needs greater high-level attention and executive branch. the president was in phoenix at a campaign-style rally and he drove right by the v.a. that started the entire controversy. whenever you're the president when you get presidential level attention, those problems are much more likely to be solved. the congress has apart to do as well. we passed legislation last summer that was just a down payment on making changes and reforms to give veterans more choice and options. and just provide people within the v.a. who are often veterans themselves, the skills and tools they need that often exist in the private sector to process those claims more rapidly. >> the new head of the v.a., bob

mcdonald, we work together in procter & gamble. i was working in china during those times. that combined with the senate the provided greater oversight the get the contrast the house had over 40 oversight hearings on the v.a. atrocities. the senate had 3 under harry reid's leadership. i think. seeing both oversight groups now in both chambers working more together to ensure we take care of our veterans. >> we have time for one more question. maybe two. this gentleman right here and then there. >> the population and d.c. is roughly 630,000. more people living in d.c. than

the state of wyoming or vermont. there's this taxation without representation. i would like to know your thoughts on this. >> i will defer to the governor. >> there are 50 states and the original plan behind what the founding fathers wanted was a location independent of the other states. i think i made the right choice at the time. i still think i made the right choice. it does not mean the groups and washington, d.c. don't have access to our work closely with a number of members of congress. i was struck by the fact or several members from this area speaking specifically about the district's issues and policies right now. i just moved into an apartment. watching as things go along, i would love dispute to someone, as a matter fact, responsible for what is going on. a look at the homeless population. it is alarming.

i am not in favor of it becoming a state. i think that is a fair statement. that doesn't mean there shouldn't be a very active and very clear access to the individuals should be responsible for the operation of d.c. >> thank you senator rounds. i will go to the next question less someone's to make news up here by being a republican senator he says he wants to democratic senators as colleagues. [laughter] no? no takers? last question over here and then i have one of my own. >> my name is james read from george washington university. this is for senator rounds and daines. north dakota has received a lot of attention.

in your first few weeks as members, have you had conversation with those who can petition would be a democratic ally on the issue? >> [indiscernible] >> we had a conversation yesterday, we were speaking at an affairs event. birds of a feather flock together. geographically we have a lot of commonality. with a lot of interest in the bakken development. >> here's a last question. when i come to washington, ronald reagan was president. i went into the office of the new senator wilson, pete wilson. he was a republican. i knew him when he was mayor of san diego and i was young reporter there. i went to see him. he said, come in, close the door. we were catching up on california stuff. i said -- you been there a few weeks.

i said, who is her favorite senator? he said, oh, ted kennedy. without hesitation. teddy came here, met me, we had a cigar. he sat right in the seat where you're sitting and we smoked a cigar. i think i can work with them. that was eye-opening. my question is, could that happen today? have you guys met a democrat you think you can be friends with and work with? >> sadly, they don't let a smoke cigars in the capital. [laughter] i think it will. i think it comes down -- we have the opportunity to set the tone. we have won the majority. we controlled the house and the senate. we're the ones who need to reach out to those members who i think exist and would be happy to have that conversation, and let them know we want to have it. then as we move into our tenure, we need to be those leaders as we gain more and more experience to invite people over and do things differently.

that is what the american people want. they don't want the fighting. they don't want the backbiting. they want results. that comes through relationships and it comes through professional courtesy and it comes from respect -- demonstrated respect for the institution, and that is what ted kennedy embodied. what i agree with them on the vast majority of his policies? probably not, but probably enough that we could focus on it. >> part of what we try to bring is different projects, different committees will have coalitions built that are bipartisan in nature. i think on the water project and south dakota and minnesota working with representation from both iowa and minnesota on that project. democrats and republicans working alike because with a common goal in mind. >> speaking on measures we agree with, we have about eight minutes before they may start kicking us out. >> we have about eight seconds.

we're going to end right now. tom cotton, thom tillis, mike rounds, steve daines, thank you. [applause] >> nancy pelosi talking about the house speaker's invitation to the israeli prime minister to address a joint session of

congress. benjamin yahoo! in d.c. on tuesday, march 3. we will have live coverage on c-span. coverage of the u.s. conference of mayors meeting in washington continues friday. we will hear from former mayors are now serving in the obama administration, including three cabinet secretaries. >> yesterday, president obama outlined his plan to address childcare for middle-class families. he was in kansas highlighting his plan, which would include increasing the childcare tax credit and investilop met fun. the president's remarks were part of his two-day tour promoting his economic agenda. >> hello, kansas.

give a big round of applause. it is good to be at ku. [applause] i have to admit, i took a moment to meet with coach self and the basketball team. we are here for other business but while i was here i thought i should talk to some basketball players. and it is january, so that means the jayhawks are at the top of the big 12, hunting for your 11 straight title. i want to thank your chancellor. i want to thank the mayor for having me. i recently heard from bob dole

who told me is very proud of his institute of politics here. in the school of politics named for bob dole is one i would be proud of because he is a great kansan and a great american. it is good to be back in kansas. i have deep roots in kansas. as you know, my mom was born in wichita. her mom grew up in augusta. her father was from el dorado. i am a kansas guy. [applause] i am a kansas guy. now that helped me in the caucus

here in 2008. it did not help me as much in the general election. coat self 110 straight. i lost two straight. but that is ok. i love you. i might have won sections of lawrence. [applause] that is a possibility. this is exactly why i've come back to kansas today. tuesday gave my state of the union address. and i just want you to know today i will be shorter. but i want to begin were finished on tuesday because i

talked about the state of the union how over a decade ago at the democratic convention, i give a speech or said there is no liberal america or conservative america, there is a united states of america. we all supposed to be on the same team. i know it can seem sometimes like our politics is more divided than ever that in places like kansas, the only blue stands for ku. because of those divisions pundits in washington hold this up as proof that any vision of world politics must be naïve or misguided. as i pointed out, i still believe what i said back then. i still believe we as americans have more in common than not. and i have seen too much of the good, generous, bighearted optimism of the megan people over these past six years --

american people over these past six years to believe otherwise. i will never stop fund make our politics were better. that is what you deserve and how we move this country forward. kansas, we have some big things to do together. [applause] we start this year with some good news. our economy is creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. [applause] our deficits are shrinking energy production is booming our troops are coming home. [applause] we have risen from recession in a better position, free to write our own future, than any other nation on earth. so now we have to choose what our future will look like. when i look out at this crowd,

it is your generation in particular that is going to have to decide what this future looks like. are we going to accept an economy were only a few of us do spectacularly well or do we commit ourselves to an economy that generates opportunity and rising income for everybody who is willing work hard and make an effort? [applause] that is a choice you have to make. [applause] for six years, we've been working to rebuild our economy on a new foundation. what i want people to know is thanks to your hard work and your resilience, america is coming back. we believed we could reverse the tide of outsourcing and draw new jobs to our shores. over the past five years, our businesses have created more than 11 million new jobs. [applause] we believe we could produce -- reduce our dependence on foreign oil and protect our planet at the same time.

and today, america is number one in oil and gas, but we're also number one in wind power and every three weeks, we bring as much solar power online as we did in all of 2008. we have doubled power production. [applause] and thanks not just a lower gas prices but also higher fuel standards, the typical family this year should save about $750 at the pump. [applause] we believed we could prepare our kids for this more competitive world the 21st century economy. today, our younger students have earned the highest math and reading scores on record, our has graduation rate has hit an all-time high am a more young people like you are finishing college than ever before. [applause] we believe sensible regulations

should encourage fair competition and shield families from ruin and prevent the kind of crisis we saw in 2007, 2 thousand eight. today we have new tools to stop taxpayer-funded bailouts and and the pastor alone about 10 million uninsured americans finally gained the security of health coverage. [applause] now, at every step we were told we were misguided or too ambitious or the laws we passed would explode deficits or crush jobs or destroy the economy. i just want everyone to remember that. rollback the tape. rollback the tape. instead, we've seen the fastest economic growth in over a decade. we assume the deficit cut by two thirds. people's 401(k)'s are in better shape because the stock market

has doubled. [applause] we have put ourselves in a position in which the economy potentially can grow not just for next year or the year after that, but over the next decade and generate the kind of jobs that all of you will fill. so the verdict is in. middle-class economics works. [applause] providing opportunity for everybody works. [applause] the ruling on the field stands. [laughter] and these policies are going to continue to work as long as we don't let politics get in the way. especially, politics in

washington. we can't put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance. we are not going to get rid of the roles we put in place to check recklessness on wall street. if those efforts come to my desk, i will veto them. [applause] and here is what is most important today, because the economy is growing at a faster pace, we're starting to actually see wages tick up for first time in a very long time. a survey of small businesses showed they are more likely to provide raises to their employees than any time since 2007. so we have got to make sure that all people have the tools in the

support -- and the support that they need to take advantage of this growing economy. it is not good enough just to not screw it up, let's build on the momentum and move it even further. let's keep it going. let's keep it going. that is what we are got to focus on. how do we restore this link between hard work and being able to get ahead? how do we make sure that everybody is doing their fair share everybody has a fair shot, and everybody is playing by the same set of rules? how do we make sure that not only shares, but contribute to the success of the united states of america? that is middle-class economics. that is our project. and that is something that, by the way, should not be a democratic or republican issue. that should be an american

issue. all of us should want that kind of success for the middle class for everyone who is willing to work hard to try to get into the middle class. [applause] so what does middle-class economics require? the first thing is, trying to give people a sense of security at a time when the economy is so rapidly changing, so dynamic that people cannot rely on being in one place and one job for 30 years, 40 years. that is not going to be the career young people like you have. you're going to be doing a whole range of things. it is going to be fluid. you're going up to take advantage of opportunities. you're going to have to adapt to new circumstances. part of what we have to do is to make sure we're giving families some sense of security in the midst of all this change. and that means helping folks support childcare. it means helping folks afford

college. it means helping folks get paid leave at work. it means making sure people have health care. it means helping the first-time homebuyer. it means helping folks the savory term -- although, you don't have to worry about that for a while. he raised his hand. actually, i do. [laughter] so i am sending congress a budget, a plan, that is going to help families with all of these issues. lowering the taxes for working families by thousands of dollars, putting money back into their pockets so they can have a little bit of cushion in their lives. we can do that. today, i want to focus on one of those ideas, and that is childcare. [applause] i mentioned my grandparents were from kansas. my grandfather, stanley dunham

he went to europe to fight in world war ii. while he was gone, my grandmother was like rosie the riveter. she worked on in a similar plan -- assembly plant for bombers. and because it was a national priority having women in the workforce was critical. a grandmother worked in wichita. by that time, my mom had our to been born. this country provided universal childcare because they understood that if women are working, they're going to need some help, right? they understood that. [applause] and research shows it was good for the kids, good for the parents but we stopped doing

it. even though all most every other advanced country on earth continued to do it. learned from us and did it. in today's economy, having both parents in the workforce is an economic necessity for many families. affordable, high-quality childcare and early childhood education -- these are not just nice to haves, these are must haves. [applause] and studies show that children who get high-quality early education and more over their lifetimes than their peers who don't. think about that. you give somebody -- you get parent support and you give a child, that little boost in the beginning, and last a lifetime. which means the entire economy is more productive for a lifetime. for generation. young people get that good

released are more likely to finish school, less likely to get in trouble with the law, and access to childcare can lead to higher employment and incomes for the moms, which means the whole family is doing better. [applause] so the point is, if we knew how to do this back in 1943 1944, and here we are in 2015, what is the hold up? it is time we stop treating childcare as a side issue or "women's issue." this is a family issue. this is a national economic priority for all of us. [applause] we can do better than we are doing right now. [applause] and right now in 31 states, high-quality childcare costs more than a year of tuition at a state university.

think about that. by the way, this is personal for me because michelle and i remember what it was like -- and we had good jobs. but trying to figure out how to manage childcare costs was extraordinary. at the same time you're paying back student loans. this is something you have a deep interest in. all of you. i'm assuming some of your going to have a little bit of school debt. just a little. and then you start a family, and now you want to start saving for their college education, but in the meantime, you're already paying the equivalent of college tuition just to make sure they are ok at home. this is a strain -- by the way, republican families feel it just as much as to my credit families. there is no distinctions. i don't want any family to face

the choice between not working or leaving the children in unsafe or poor quality childcare. we are a better country than that. we are a better country than that. [applause] so that is why my plan will make quality childcare available and affordable to every middle-class and low-income family in america with young children. we're going to expand access to high-quality childcare for more than one million children and offer a tax cut of up to $3000 per child, per year. [applause] i don't want anybody being day care-poor. and we're going to build on a bipartisan law that i signed last year to improve the quality of childcare options. soap is no their children -- so

parents know their children are welcome for. we also want to live up lived up the quality of childcare. i visited a head start center here in lawrence. had a chance to spend time with 48 lucky kids, because their teachers are wonderful. although they all said, i know you. i see you on tv. that is what they always say. i see you on tv. i say, yeah. yeah. you're the president. [laughter] you have these wonderful teachers and the light and all of these children's eyes, the sense of possibility and potential for these kids made me

just that much more determined to keep strengthening and keep promoting and expanding early childhood education. give à la virtual and a strong start. -- give all of our children a strong start. i want to support expectant mothers. i want universal childcare preschool for all. it is the best investment we can make. it is the right thing to do. we can do more to help families make ends meet. [applause] now, even as we are doing these things, their other things we have to do to help families who are middle-class working the way in the middle class. higher wages helps. which means congress still needs to pass a law to make sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work. [applause]

i mean, come on now. it is 2015. [applause] this should be sort of a no-brainer. congress still needs to raise the minimum wage. [applause] like i said on tuesday if there are members of congress who really believe that they can work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year? they should try. if not, they should vote to give millions of hard-working people across america the raise they deserve. [applause] and if we are going to make sure more and more people are learning higher wages down the road as the economy continues to transform, then we have got to help to make sure more americans

, like all of you, are in a position to upgrade your skills. that is what you're doing here. that it is the second part of middle-class economics. that is what we've been working to help more young people access and afford college. that is why i took action to help millions of students cap payments on her loans at 10% of their income. so if you want to go into teaching or you want to go into public service or you want to go into basic research, any field that doesn't pay a huge amount of money, you can do it. [applause] i want to work with congress to make sure every student who is already burdened with loans can find a way to refinance and reduce your monthly payments. [applause] and that is why i'm sending congress a bold new plan to lower the cost of community college to zero. [applause]

in the new economy, two years of college should be as free and universal as high school is today. the third part of middle-class economics means we have to build most competitive economy in the world. that means building the best infrastructure opening new markets so we can sell products around the world, and investing in research so we can keep on being the creators of new products and businesses can you creating jobs right here in kansas and around the world. and sell them around the world. the good news is lawrence gets it. [applause] that is why you're encouraging private companies to compete against one another to offer high-speed broadband and better prices, and now you're networks as fast as some of the best in the world. there's hong kong, tokyo him a paris and lawrence. [applause]

so helping families feel more secure, including helping with childcare costs and improving the quality of childcare options , making sure that you have the capacity to finance, constantly upgrading your skills, making sure we have the competitive economy, including not just roads and bridges and traditional infrastructure, but new infrastructure of the 21st century. those are the things we need to do to keep the momentum going. republicans in congress may disagree with some ideas. i didn't get as much applause from them as i was hoping. [laughter] the truth is, when it comes to infrastructure, research, both

parties generally agree that it is important -- they just cannot applaud it publicly. yeah, right. so, you know, too often, where we get stuck is how to pay for these investments. these things cost money. roads don't build themselves. power grids and sewer lines and basic research, those things don't pay for themselves. as americans, we don't mind paying our fair share of taxes as long as everyone else does, too. [applause] the problem we have got, we have lobbyists that of raised the tax code with loopholes that let some corporations pay nothing will others are paying. with the superrich getting the

breaks. i told congress, let's close those loopholes. but stop rewarding copies i keep profits abroad and reward copies creating jobs right here in the united states. [applause] let's close loopholes that let the top 1% or avoid paying taxes. let's have a tax code that truly helps working americans get a leg up in this new economy. it is ultimately good for everybody. [applause] that is what i believe in. helping hard-working families make ends meet, giving everyone the tools to maybe find good paying jobs and a new economy keeping our economy strong and competitive come in making sure we have a tax code that is fair so that we can get all these

things done and grow the economy will in to the future. that is where think america needs to go. and that is where i believe americans want to go. it is quinn to make our economy stronger not just a year from now or tenures from now, but deep into the century ahead. i understand republicans who disagree with my approach. so what i said to them is, fine, show me your ideas to pay for things like r-nd and infrastructure. explain to me how you want to help families pay for college and for childcare it is perfectly fair for them to say we've got a better way for meeting these -- top priorities, and then to specify what those ideas are. what you can't do something pretend that issues like child care or student debt aren't out there, that they are not important. you can't pretend there's nothing we can do to help middle-class families get ahead, because i've seen how we have been able to help middle-class

families get ahead we make an effort. the answer can't just big no to everything. [applause] i don't mind hearing no to some things, but it can't be no to everything. at some point, you have to say yes to something. [applause] i want to get to yes. tell me what you want to do. let's get to yes on having more families get by. i want to get the yes on childcare. i want to get to yes on more young people going to college and not been loaded up with debt. that is what i want to get to. [applause] i want to get to yes for folks like steve from right here in lawrence. where is steve? i know i saw him. there he is. you are not steve. gary is right there

steve is right there. you wrote me a letter for america, a place where everyone has a place of the table. 25 years ago, stephen his girlfriend, now his wife, living paycheck to paycheck with baby on the way. for while the turn of food stamps to get by and then they took out student loans so that his wife to go to college and get a job and climb the ladder of success. today they spend their time helping others in their community find a place at the table because as steve wrote in his letter, that is what god and grandma taught us to do. that is some good authority right there. [applause] the point is, we are going to disagree on politics sometimes. but we don't have to be so viciously divided as a people. we all know what god and grandma taught us to do. whoever we are, republican

democrat, male, female, black, white, gay straight, we all share a common vision for our future. we want a better country for your generation and your kids generation. a place where steve wrote everyone has a place of the table. i want the country to be one a shows the world what i know is still to be true, that we are still not a collection of just red states and blue states, we are still the united states of america. [applause] we made it through some hard times, but later new foundation, jayhawks. live in the future -- we have a new feature. let's get started right now. thank you. god bless. god bless. [applause] >> yesterday thousands of antiabortion protesters traveled the washington, d.c. from across

the country to take heart in the and will march for life rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the role be weighed supreme court decision legalizing abortion and the u.s. marched up constitution avenue to the supreme court. here is a look.

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