do more and it is entirely possible he could call on the u.s. to do that. also on the agenda, the middle east. the pope has given his support for the nuclear deal with iran that the u.s. is trying to get approved. and they will probably talk about ways to address the ongoing violence in the middle east with isil. host: since you cover the white house and the pope will be visiting with the president at the white house, what will you see that we do not normally see that go on in these types of visits? guest: tomorrow morning, the pope starts his public at the white house, if you will. he will have an arrival ceremony on the south lawn. that is at the back -- the back of the sit white house, the side where there is the big easter egg roll on television. youill be much akin to what

will see for a state visit for a head of state. the pope's visit is not necessarily -- is not technically a state visit, but in terms of pomp and circumstance, even bigger. the white house has ticketed somewhere between 10000 and up to 15,000 people to be there for this ceremony. hear a few words out of the president, the pope, and then the pope will head inside to meet privately with the president in the oval office. when he comes back out of the white house, he will do what is andg called a papal parade he will ride on the pope mobile for the few blocks of the street that surround that side of the white house. do not for people who have tickets, or people from general public, to get a glimpse of the pope in his pope mobile. host: who generally gets invited to the white house by the

president for this event? guest: it is a lot of the usual giving out of tickets by the white house. they will give them to congress, cabinet secretaries, all sorts of vip's like that, ambassadors will be expected to be seen there. and also white house staffers and their families. the same people that the white anye would give tickets to large event. obviously, it is a difficult to get to get because everybody wants to see the pope. but there are other events given out -- other tickets for other events given out, when the pope will speak at the church in washington, those tickets were given out separately. and members of congress were given one to get a piece to see the pope. in some ways, the white house lawn ticket is easier to get.

host: and the session that takes place on thursday, and there is a story in roll call, ms.v keane, i'm not sure if you have seen it. do you expect people to be reaching out to touch the pope? guest: it is interesting to have anyone behavior in congress checked in advance. anyone who watches c-span, when you see the president come in, there are members of congress along both sides of the aisle. who want to say a word to him. those people get their seats hours and hours ahead of time in the chambers were the pope will also give his address. again, pope francis

being escorted by president obama. members of the security detail at joint base andrews. a private welcoming ceremony between the pope and the president. live coverage continuing here on c-span.

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equivalent mission to the united states. he is in a motorcade, which may be a first for washington. we will show you a picture of the chairs and such being set up tomorrow morning's white house welcoming ceremony scheduled to underway at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow morning. we will have live coverage here on seat -- on c-span. a -- 8:45 a.m., the white house welcoming ceremony. 4:00 p.m., the mass at the basilica of the national shrine of immaculate conception. on thursday, and addressed to the joint meeting of congress. at 10:00 a.m.ing on live coverage here on c-span. then on friday, a speech to the un's general assembly followed by a multi religious at the 9/11 memorial.

part of our scheduled coverage here on c-span. our capital producer greg kaplan pointed out that the last pope , wasvisited, pope benedict also greeted at andrews air force base, being greeted by first president george bush -- by president george bush and first lady laura bush. to we will show you a visit the united nations. >> pope paul the sixth served from 1963 until his death in 19 78. you are looking at his of his night stick three coronation ceremony -- his 1963 coronation ceremony. the pope today is now inaugurated in a rather simple ceremony rather than crowned. years ago,om 50 october 4, 1965, pope paul the sixth visits the united nations. he was the first pope to travel

to the united states and the first to address the u.n. general assembly. this film includes a 30 minute portion of his speech and scenes of the pope arriving and greeting dignitaries in a receiving line. you can see -->> you can see in the foreground the flags of 117 states which are flying. this surely is a moment that will live in the memory of those who witness it. the spiritual leader of more than 500 million people all over the face of the earth. years,lineage of 2000 being greeted in this house by the chief representative of a world organization made up of member nations that can count over 2 billion peoples of many creeds and ideas.

he is greeted by the united nations chief of protocol. course, met him at kennedy airport this morning. the secretary general weights inside the threshold of the united nations. nations building. discreet.is there are photographers on either side. through what are called the canadian doors on his way to this historic moment of a greeting by the secretary general. partyrdinals of the papal follow him as he passes into the main hall of the building. the secretary general awaits his holiness.

presented.ls are the secretary-general greets them as they come in. the pope speaks to an observer. we know the cardinals of the papal party, but also the five

cardinals of the united states of america are also in the procession. accompanied, of course, by the chief general and secretary-general. now they cross this main lobby on their way to the meditation room. perhaps one of the moving moments of this visit. this room was constructed in 1952 shortly after the organization came to this building. it was reformed some years later by the late secretary-general. blackslooking at the that commemorate -- the plaques that commemorate those who died in this organization. a place where the doors may be open to the intimate lands of thought and prayer. the holy father and the secretary-general now together go into the meditation room for a brief moment of prayer.

when acumen nickel thought is on the lives of so many, and so many are seeking a coming together, coming closer -- seeking an ecumenical coming of allr, coming closer mankind, this is a moment of inspiration. you are looking at the famous pendulum, a gift of the government of the netherlands. pendulum shows the manifest movement, the rotation of our earth.

inside the meditation room, his holiness and the andetary-general now emerge what we call the ceremonial staircase, which leads to the balcony where there is the entrance to the great hall of the general assembly. in the general assembly hall, the president of the assembly has now left the hall to go to the top of this ceremonial stairway to greet the pontiff when he arrives. it is, of course, of this stairway -- up this stairway that in the past heads of state have come to address our meetings and have always

offended. -- ascended. protocol precedes hope all and the secretary-general -- paul and the pope secretary-general. striking of the most architectural views of the united nations. , theretop of the stairs ontobe a figure holding his holiness, the foreign minister of the republic of been electeds president of the united nations 20th session. greeted pope paul

at his arrival at kennedy airport. now he waits for him just outside the general assembly hall. now proceed slowly through this great moment where he enters the full assembly hall and delegates in every seat to welcome him. [applause] the centereds down aisle toward the podium. the pontiff is raising his hands. he proceeds toward the platform. he is now all in white.

he goes forward to the chair, which has been prepared for him. delegations apply. he walks to the edge of the famoustoward them in a papal gesture. the president of the secretary-general return to their customary chairs. language] g foreign [applause] his holiness is taken forward to the podium where he will speak.

language] g foreign [translator] wish begin our dress, we first two -- our address, we our thankstwo extend to the secretary-general and the president for the imitation to this world institution for peace and cooperation between the peoples of the entire earth. and now, our message reaches its highest point. negatively at first. you are expecting us to utter a sentence, and we are very well aware of its gravity and solemnity.

never again one against the other. principally for this purpose that the united nations arose against war, in favor of peace? listen to the lucid words of a great man, the late john kennedy. he declared four years ago mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. toy words are not needed proclaim the loftiest of all the aims of this institution. it suffices to remember that the blood of millions of men and their numerous and unheard of are the sanction of the pact which unites you with a

note, which must change the .uture history of the world no more war. never again wore. that guides the destinies of people, and all mankind. you proclaim here the fundamental rights and duties of man. , his freedom, and above all, his religious freedom. feel that you have interpreted the highest form of human wisdom, and we might almost say, it's sacred character. above all with human life, and human life is sacred. no one may dare offend against it. regard life, even with to the great problem of the birthrate. here in the u.s. -- you and

assembly, its highest affirmation -- in the u.n. assembly, its highest affirmation. take to the task to prepare the -- repair the tables diminish thed not guests at the banquet of life. the real danger comes from himself, a man who has instruments can be devoid equally well for destruction or for conquest. -- can be deployed equally well for destruction or for conquest. questn a spiritual [indiscernible] we are convinced, as you know, that these principles of superior wisdom can be founded

only to be safe in god. [applause] >> mrs. jackie canted team -- mrs. jackie kennedy is presented. she and the cardinal are having a conversation.

she is followed by senator robert kennedy and senator ted kennedy with their rise. -- with their wives. mrs. kennedy is seated next to robert kennedy.

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the deputy prime minister and the prime minister of ireland. you see the delegates, the senior officials within the organization, the cardinals with the papal party.

the french foreign minister is presented, followed by the french ambassador. two years ago, general de gaulle was accompanied by the prime minister. he exchanged words with the prime minister. the ambassador. the prime minister of chile.

secretary of state dean rusk. an ambassador of the united states. an ex-president of the general peru.ly, of >> and you are looking at a tweet from shirley henry, the deputy washington editor at npr.

that is the set of at the south the white house for tomorrow. we have a life for u.s. part of our continuing coverage. that will be tomorrow at 8:45 a.m. east. fromll show you events about a half-hour ago in case you missed it, of the popes baseal at joint naval andrews in maryland where he was met by president obama.

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c-span has live coverage from washington, the first stop on the post to her. will visit thee white house, starting with the welcoming ceremony on the south lawn, followed by meeting with president obama. and on thursday, the pope makes history on capitol hill, becoming the first pontiff to address the house of representatives and the senate during a joint meeting. follow all of c-span's live coverage of the pope's historic visit to washington, live on tv or online at c-span.org. >> the new york times reports that bernie sanders is using the pope's visit to washington to amplify his call for wage increases for low wage employees of federal government contractors. several hundred food-service and janitorial workers walked off the job today. senator sanders spoke to some of them at a church two blocks from the capitol and said "there is no justice when so few have so much and so many have so little."

on the subject of the pope's visit, he had a chance to talk to the pennsylvania democrat brendan boyle. we will show you that this morning from this morning's washington journal. continues. host: our first guest of the morning is representative been -- representative brendan boyle. welcome to c-span. guest: after all the years of watching it is great to be here in person. now that it is finally here it is a very exciting time. and i'ment philadelphia getting kind of a double dose of the pope francis's excitement and hysteria. i would say especially in the world meeting of families and the speech to congress and the speech to the you when has all been added as part of it.

more than anything else i would say the excitement it has brought and reignited a spiritual awakening and a lot of people. i can say ast someone born and raised as a practicing catholic that the last decade or so between the abuse scandals it is not been the greatest time in the history of the church. to see this new pope come in and to see the excitement with it and to see that he authentically practices what he preaches and to see what a humble man he is and to have him here in the united states is very exciting and i think that there are a lot of people who feel that way regardless of their religion. say about do you critics and say the pope should address topics of faith and world and not necessarily these others? guest: i would challenge that whole dichotomy. that is pretty common. my entire lifetime we have had

the united states where we say there are moral issues and then economic issues but this hope says all issues have a moral prism through which whenan look at them to you're still living in poverty, that is a moral issue. i think he is going to address all of these. he is neither a democrat or republican. he will say some things that make republicans uncomfortable and democrats uncomfortable. i think we should all be clear right and -- clear eyed and openhearted and open-minded. i think it is good to have him here. anything that links democratic members of congress and republican members of congress is a good ring. when you have so much partisanship, it is nice to have

a reason to bring members of congress together. guest is the representative of philadelphia. is (202)for democrats 748-8000. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8002 for independents. this is your first year in congress? guest: it is. host: what has it been like so far? guest: i have to be careful how i answer that. a lot of people will say is it really as bad as it seems. legislature for six years and in many ways that was great reparation. it is two different jobs that happened to be combined in one. there is job in washington where you deal with matters of public policy and the budget and legislation and then when you're back home in the district it is a different job. dealing with any sort of local

development issue. pretty much anything that comes down the pike that affects 7500 people, that is now your issue. so that is sort of a two well he that i am familiar with as having been a state legislator and i am pretty acclimated to that. as far as the climate in washington, i served in the private sector in state government and the federal government. i work in the defense department. there are good people and bad people in every profession and the overwhelming majority of people i work with are good people attempting to do it right. that is the same for democrats and republicans and that is a message that probably does not get out to -- get out. as farhere do you stand as the issues when it comes to spending caps and things?

guest: there is no economic argument in favor of a government shutdown. it is a complete loser for all sides and all americans. it costs more money to do a shutdown than to have the government running. there is no argument for a government shutdown. it is insane that it happened two years ago. boehner that speaker and the republican senate leader mitch mcconnell might be held hostage by a relatively small minority of their caucuses would be wrong and would not be in the interests of the american people. solution,the overall i would like to see spending caps lifted and a bipartisan compromise, where you finally address some of the long-term fiscal challenges. meaning we can spend more specifically a nation's infrastructure.

sitting in the middle of the northeast corridor in pennsylvania, our structure needs are dire. not just in pennsylvania but nationwide. we have been dramatically underfunding infrastructure in this country for 34 years. us of the things that caused to leave the world for years ago was our infrastructure and right now we are not even rated in the top 20. spending more on infrastructure, making sure that we have our defense needs adequately addressed and at the same time ensuring we are taking steps today to avoid trouble down the line. host: here is judy from danville, virginia. go ahead. >> i like you guys and everyone else to know that the catholic church devised an economic

thatm in the 19th century sounded very much like socialism. nobody would be more than 10 times wealthier than the poorest person. to close most of the factories because competitive work took the soul and to bring back the employment guilds from the middle ages that cut most people off from higher education and to give each man a raise upon the birth of each child. family ideal catholic would be limited at 10 to 14 children and for parents to educate their children rather than any type of school system which would tell me if your parents were functionally illiterate. is not surprising, but the real thing that i would like to comment on is that most catholics have one foot in each camp.

the basic catholic position is to be for life, against abortion and against the death penalty and yet support the poverty community. many catholics go through great guilt if they vote for democrats. i would like to know, representative, then i will get off the phone and listen. guest: first of all, the historical points at the beginning where interesting, obviously. the modern context, no one is talking about moving in that direction. as far as her larger point at the end, it is accurate to say that neither political party in the united states fully agrees with catholic social teachings. i think on the vast majority of issues, the director -- the democratic party better outlines than the republican party. on a few obvious issues, the

republican party embraces the catholic argument, and there have been -- i think of the last 20-30 years conservative politicians have taken great advantage of that and then been silent on the vast majority of social justice issues where there philosophy does not line up with catholic teachings. there's nothing in common ayn rand and catholic social teaching matters. even though i am a democrat, i would conceive that when it comes to catholic social teaching, neither political party is fully consistent. y, on issues, such as abortion, where does your belief system aligned with your belief on abortion as a politician? guest: i will tell you flat out that as a more batter, you should not use abortion as another form of birth control.

where the pro-life movement loses me is the idea that you suddenly make abortion illegal would not reduce the number of abortions and would increase the number of women who suffer health difficulties. that is not my opinion, that is the world experience. what is interesting is if you look at the countries around the world, a slight majority of them make abortion illegal, the rest may get legal. roughly half of the population lives in countries where does legal, and half of the population lives where does illegal.- where it is happen, but they happen underground. what you see is the mortality rate of women is far greater in those countries where abortion is illegal. i should point out that in the with thecountries wher

lowest abortion rates, abortion is legal. genuinely and sincerely pro-life, i wish, would join with me and actually seeing universal health care and some sort of robust financial program and community program that actually could help us practice what we preach. from chuck is a democrat pennsylvania. you are next. caller: thank you for taking my call. congressman boyle, a quick question. are you concerned that the papal visit will be made to political by colleagues on both sides of the aisle? that's it. it is a very good point. pope francis is not a politician. he is a world leader.

he is the head of the catholic church, and the spiritual leader of over one billion catholics worldwide. it is interesting how many of politics attempt to force on him their specific political point of view. i hope we do not just treat this as another sort of political donald trump is- the story last week and pope francis will be the story this week, next week, it will be on to the government shutdown. that would diminish the power of the pope's message and was special time this is for american catholics. my dad remembers when i was two years old, i unfortunately don't have a memory of it, but when , pope john paul ii, came to philadelphia as part of his american visit. again experiencing here. it is a very exciting time. that should be the focus, more so than politics. host: will you attend visits and

philadelphia? guest: i will. .e're calling this pope week i'm honored to be part of the official welcoming family for pope francis. the very next day, he will speak in front of congress. i will be on the house floor for that speech. saturday and sunday i will be attending a number of the papal including what will be an historic speech at independence hall. host: (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. .202) 745-8002 for independents on the republican line, here is read from washington. caller: good morning. i was there to say good morning to represent a boil and asked him a question. where i would like to ask is what about us in society that believe in something -- we are agnostic. i personally do not subscribe to

any organized religion. i will not digress into methodological theological perspective, but what i'm saying is as in the dos a person, i do not want to see any religious ander even greeted by american politician with a president. i'm not for difficult christianity, for safe -- per se. in the book, in the manual, it says that god made man in his own image. i am agnosticons, . i believe, by do not worship. anduld like to say, from partisan perspective, why would boo at their convention at the message of god, but because this pope believes in their agenda of global warming and anti-capitalism, they embrace

them. guest: just as a point of fact, i was seleka at the last convention, and at no time did anybody at the convention boo when god was mentioned. in fact, we had the invocation, and at the end, the closing cardinal dolan. just actually, that is incorrect. art ofas people who th at faith or no fai all, i am mindful of the fact percentage of the country is not catholic. certainly, no one is try to force upon others their specific point of view. something that has been very little talked about as part of pope francis' coming to the usa being the first pontiff to speak before congress, just how historic this is -- for most,

speaking ina pope front of congress, it would have not been welcome, and caused a riot. it has been such an anti-catholic sentiment in the herehistory that is coming is a mark of how far we have come. i was looking at the washington monument, on my way over here, and that tells a story of anti-catholicism in the u.s. the vatican had donated a stone, as many countries did to the washington monument, and the know nothings, as they were nicknamed at the time, that they cap at seven time, broke into n monument, and story because they did not want anything catholic to be touching the washington monument. imagine what they would think today as americans, of baltimore -- of all different

welcoming the pope.the po completelyis appropriate for our leaders to leaders. these faith host: what about the congressman he will skips sc -- the speech because of the post position on climate change? guest: i think no one should boycott the speech. it is his decision. as members of congress, we should all be there. catholic of us who are , it would be a good idea to not snuff the pope, regardless of .ho the pope is

i will not boycott the speech. i would rather choose after life insurance, and not boycott the pope and my church. host: from florida, the republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just want to say that it is an honor that the pope is coming to visit us. i think it is really nice that he is going to also come to the white house and talk about that the earth and how we, as citizens and religious people, who value our environment should be open to ways that we can protect ourselves, and others. i am a republican. my father was a physical oceanography. i understand that there's a lot of controversy about global warming or climate change, or whatever they're calling it now. it has changed over the years. i think we need to be open to

ideas where capitalism is responsible to the environment and to people. it is just real basic erie i think people are overreacting. man is an intelligent human being. i think he might have some ideas on how we could do this more responsibly. guest: thank you for the call. what is very interesting about what she said is she mentioned she is a republican. one of the exciting things that has been going on recently is the rise of republicans interested in defending the environment and taking action. you see that specifically among the evangelical community, and a spiritual perspective. you see the also among some in the catholic community as well. as someone who' sincerely

believes this is god's creation, i think we have a responsibility to take care of it and pass on to future generations. at the same time, i believe in capitalism, and it is no contradiction between the two. we can ensure that we are doing better on the environment. inare the world leaders innovation. the idea that we will create this foster economy -- this dichotomy -- we can have both your leaders and innovation. mika do the right thing and also still goodwell -- we can do the right thing and also still do well and do good. affectompanies capitalism in the long run. is there an idea that you can put in rules to affect climate change, but it will affect

capitalism in the long run? guest: if you are talking about carbon caps, that is actually an attempt to have a market solution to this problem. the idea that those companies -- and there are those acting responsibly and are polluting far less -- the idea that they could turn around and sell that on the market and profit, it uses a market in the ,ense to spur innovation growth, and reward those companies that are doing the right thing in terms of the environment. this is a problem that affects all of us on the planet, not just americans. we are 5% of the world population. this might be, in some ways, awkward for us, as the world's needmic leader, but we do to insist to the world that they do their part. china is one of the biggest polluters in the world.

they might say, you had 150 years to jumpstart your economy, it is only fair that we have 150 years to pollute. we cannot stand for that. i suspect that if we knew what today, we would have it acted differently. if we do not do our part, we cannot exercise our leadership. host: do you think the president will press time of change with the chinese president's visit this week? guest: i hope so. if you look at the environmental degradation and own country, it is remarkable. the number of days for the error so bad, it affects people's breathing. this is not some hypothetical problem. this is a problem that we actually seeing today. that is the case in china, and also to a lesser degree, in the united states. we have places in south beach,

miami that are flooding, even where there is no rain, because of high tides. the same thing, we are seeing in virginia. the fact that the seas are low-lyingaffect areas. this is not fantasy or is there, it is dealing with reality. host: our guest is represented by the boyle of pennsylvania, a democrat joining us talking about the pope's visit. the c-span cameras are there as krugman set out for the events that will take place over the next few days. we will take the next call, jim from tennessee. caller: hello. god bless america. will use hispe moral leadership to address abortion. hello? guest: we can hear you. caller: ok.

think the facti that there are an awful lot of baby children being killed in ands country is something -- the church believes it too, i will somehow try to reduce those numbers. also, on climate change, care of the environment is certainly a spiritual concerned. the last people in the world that should be doing anything about it is the united states congress. you know what most people's opinion is of congress, and it is for good reason. most of the things they do bad. when the government does anything, it is backed up by force. that has, usually, some unintended consequences.

one of the things, for example, that congress did was ethanol. i don't think it has done anything but cause problems to the environment. that was supposed to improve the environment. i think that best thing you could do, spiritually, is keep your hands off. guest: thank you. i appreciate the caller from tennessee. he does point out that congress is not exactly the most popular body in the world today. i think the approval rating is somewhere in the low teens. i have only been here 8-9 months, so don't quite put all of that on my shoulders yet. despite the unpopularity of congress, i sincerely believe that there are things the government can do proactively to make positive change. i point out specifically the environment. we are a far healthier society today because of pieces of

legislation that happened 45 years ago. there is actually no doubt about it. the delaware river, the potomac river, these of rivers that have became so dirty and polluted 50 years ago, they actually caught on fire. now they are healthier than they were in the last decades, or century. the fact that we have reduced the amount of pollution. we have cleaner air. these are areas where we have made a great deal of success. you don't hear much about the ozone layer anymore. that is because that is a problem that we largely solved. that was a big environmental problem when i was a kid. i think the spirit of america is solving problems. people are coming together, working hard, and solving it, and moving on to the next thing. yes, it does take american leadership. that means that congress, as

imperfect as it may be, it is the system that the founding fathers gave us. i still put my faith in hamilton, madison, and the founding fathers. it wasgh was was once -- once joked that democracy is the form a government, it is what we have, and it can make a difference. host: our next caller from maryland. caller: my call is about the hate that exists since this president became the president. president obama. the republicans who still believe he is not american, that he is muslim. deciduous,ve the those in congress, republicans, who also hit him. him.so hate i hope the pope can address that

hate and encourage both sides to work together. they don't mind shutting down the government or letting the government defaults on credit. it is really embarrassing to the world. can pray forpe them, or something, and hopefully you can walk together for the good of the people. guest: let me say, this will be very blunt -- i think questioning whether or not the president is even american is a disgrace. i may be young, but i'm pretty old-fashioned. when it comes to the president of the united states, show him more respect. yes, he is an american citizen. whether you be a conservative, liberal, or somewhere in between, we should all have respect for the office of the presidency. i happen to be a democrat, and i support president obama.

i did not vote for george bush, and i thought it was a disgrace that people said he might be mindful of 9/11 before it happened. this is the president of united states, show more respect. even if you did not vote for him, we can all agree to the fact that if someone rises to the place where he is shows how a great country. in terms of bringing people together, the caller has a hope that i share that having a world leader come here like pope francis will be an opportunity for some of the partisanship to disappear for 24-40 hours and bring people together. those moments, i think, actually matter. it can help to remind us that those of us who serve in this rightnder construction

now. host: did you have the chance to invite someone? guest: i did. this was one of the most exciting parts of a new job that i have. i was excited to invite father paul kennedy, who was the iincipal of the high school attended in philadelphia. he is a great individual, and has dedicated his life to catholic teaching and education. he is the pastor of a parish in my district, and has been for a long time. i just could not think of a better person and a family friend to invite. i'm sure he is as excited as i am. host: (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 745-8002 for independents. our guess is representative venoco, a democrat from pennsylvania. he serves on the foreign

affairs subcommittee. in the larger world of fort affairs, your thoughts on the papers this morning about the u.s. possibly increasing its role in syria? what should we be doing tha the? guest: as emagin, i am on the fort affairs committee and specifically the middle east subcommittee during the has been no range of issues that i've done with more in the last months than foreign policy, and specifically the middle east. anyone who would sit here and say they have quarter" ,isillusionment -- they have quote, disillusionment with syria, they would be lying to you. we have bad options. ofneed a stronger role supporting the rebels on the ground. this is easier said than done. i wish we would have started

doing this a few years ago, as some argued in the demonstration. i think that was clearly the better route to go. we are stuck where we will continue to deal with the refugee problem. syria was a country whose borders was john by french and ownish mapmakers for their specific reason. one thing i want to resist is there is a temptation in the united states to say, that is a mess, let's stay out of it. the mark twain quote that america's best friends are the atlantic and the pacific. withw on september 11 that technology today, those problems

that are over there can come right over on our doorstep very quickly. the fact is we are the world leader, whether we like it or not, and we have to play a leadership role here. supporting folks like the king of jordan, is the best option, although it is not an ideal one. host: the stories reporting that the united states is likely increasing the number of refugees that we take in. talking at -- talk about the convocations of taking and that many more people than we usually do. guest: if we are going to talk with the rest of the world about refugees, i think we also have to include the refugees from central america, specifically from three dangerous countries that came last fewasse in the years. we have to include that in the whole world system of try to stop this problem.

i would say, is a set of an immigrant, i tend to be pro-immigration. i think this will be our as americans. we are a nation of immigrants. at the same time, we need an orderly system that makes sense. we know people coming from that part of the world -- and they may be small in number, but they wish to do a time. to make sure that anyone coming to the u.s. is properly ed must be part of the equation. at the same time cover will need to make sure we have the security precautions and check so that no bad actors take advantage of our goodwill. host: catholic from massachusetts up next -- catherine from massachusetts up next. caller: nice to meet you on tv. i'm from massachusetts. i'm glad to see that you are my mother's representative.

she recently moved to pennsylvania. nice to meet you. i hope you stay there for a long time. guest: thank you. i appreciate that and i welcome your mom to my district. roughly half of my district is in philadelphia, and roughly the suburban area. i coach more people to come and move to my district and visit our district office. in new jersey, independent line. caller: good morning. what i wanted to point out is we do not manufacture water. there is only as much water on the planet today as there was when it was formed. changere, maybe climate was required to enable more freshwater, or water, in

general, to be available for the increasing population. in the united states, because the lycee we need more people to raise the gdp. we will constantly need more water. thank you. overall on the environment, we know we are dealing with many cases of finite resources. that is why it is so important that we get this right. it is not like we will have a do of noif we get to a point return, which many scitists believe we are getting close to. the u.s. had a report that said we have already reached the point of no return, and in fact passed it. is thing i want to point out once we run out of these finite resources, our economy would be

in shambles. the assumption that we have to choose economic growth over doing the responsible thing on the environment -- we see the cost of doing climate change. , writingphiladelphia superstorm sandy. someone made the remark that we seem to have the superstorm of the century every other year now. there are people on the jersey shore who still have not recovered today. it is one of the reasons why ofe of the biggest funders climate change are insurance companies. they are not wide-eyed environmentalists, but recognize how much risk they have out

there and how much exposure refers. this falseesist dichotomy. butch host: next is from wyoming. caller: i'm not a religious person and i think the pope is a nice guy. you take a look at the catholic church. that they have stock in birth control? the hypocrisy is amazing. the stuff.gs we should get religion out of politics totally.

religion is the worst thing that ever happened to this world. look at all the problems it has cause, all the death, the murder, the wars. once we get religion out of this, i think the world will be a much better place. thank you very much. first, i respect the caller and his use. -- his views. it is sadly a fact that many people in world history have been killed in the name of religion. it is also fact that many people ,ave done remarkably good work motivated by religion. here, and our own country, you look at the civil rights movement, the abolition of slavery did you look at the work of mother teresa and others around the world doing extraordinary work, motivated by religion. i think that if you were to take a step back, and taken

independently on his view of religion, you would say that people are killing people in the name of religion, and also saving people in the name of religion. from west virginia, democrats line. hello. caller: hello. good morning to you and to the congressman. c-span fore to thank their programming. i would love to have a second "washington journal" in the evening for people to call in and voice their opinions after all the new cycle is over with. i called to say that this young man is very well spoken, and in the place where i come from, west virginia, we have obesity problems, drug problems, loss of industry completely, and there is a hopelessness done here. i am encouraged when i see a young man like this who is well spoken to try to get in politics

and make a difference. i would like to say that i was never more proud of my own s on when, last night, we were discussing this religious issue, and he said, nobody should be taking an oath on a bible, it koran, or a torah. if they believe in god, they should be taking the oath on the constitution of the united states. if you did that and have no belief at all, you could still stand on your word as a human being and as a gentleman or our lady, the way we used to in this country. of again demand that has to go out and work two jobs in an economy that is so bad in my area that he still is willing to go and continue on

working hard for his family to provide for them. i wanted to brag about my son, but as a point of levity, i would like to say this. we previously had the head of the jewish state come and speak to our congress. i would like to start a new religion and call myself the pat, instead of the pope. i think it was my turn to get in front of congress. that is just a joke. i think we need to get religion out of our government completely. thank you for the time. pat for thank the calling in. i think you for your views. you happen to live in west virginia, one of the most naturally beautiful states in the country. also, a state that has played a part in the pope coming here. what i mean is in west virginia,

when john f. kennedy was initially losing because of his catholic faith, he was able to overcome that in west virginia, winning the west virginia democratic primaries, catapulting him to winning the nomination and presidency. west virginia should be proud and playing an important role in american history. i welcome the pat to visit me and washington, d.c. i welcome all of my constituents and folks to see me. but i would say to him, besides saying nice things about me, which i appreciate, he should be proud of his son. the american workforce is by statistical fact the hardest working and most productive workforce. i grew up in a working family, janitor, and my mother, before passing away, was a crossing guard in the city