have to come up with something new. in indiana, we work creatively. we did what was called a community crossings program. that was to challenge counties and cities who put skin in the game. they universally complained about it. indicated that that was the state's responsibility. all i can tell you is it has been an overwhelming success. >> this is important in the hope that any shutdown would be

taken off the table is a reasonable approach to governance. it had a terrible impact in the lives of the families affected by our federal employees not receiving their paychecks in a timely fashion by their communities. since the paychecks were not coming, the communities have suffered in their individual in economies as it has on the national economy as well in terms of the gdp, harming gdp growth. its formal tour -- it's harmful to our veterans and federal employees. for veterans, many have their jobs because they have security affected and that is by your credit rating and your credit rating is affected by your ability to pay your bills. impactsuch a negative and hopefully we can do

something to help our contractors. they were not getting paid under the present formulation of things and there is some .nitiatives coming forward we know what the consequences of a shutdown are. yesterday, we had to bills on , wasloor and one of them to say the shutdown is wrong and no to ablicans voted resolution that said shutdowns are wrong. only 21 voted yes on that and there was a federal employee pay their schedule pay consistent with federal pay for 29 votedary and only

yes on that. 163 -- 161 voted no. what is fortunate is that we have a conference committee working in good spirit. the opening statements yesterday i think were promising. the house and senate, democrats and republicans, i take pride in the ability of the appropriations members to reach a consensus left to their own devices without any other interference. i look to them for guidance. they know their brief. they know the dollar amounts, they know the impact of investment and many of them have experienced this. i was very proud of our --

including a relatively new because he aguilar is the vice chair of the appropriations committee in the therefore one of the fewer than five term members. aspect of our caucus represented there. the border security, those took -- six contraries came forward in a conference and put forthrity what they saw as the best way and most cost-effective way to have border security. 1000 newed about customs officers, new imaging technology and critical repairs at the land ports of entry. 90% of whatever comes into our country comes into the ports of entry.

ormight be asylum-seekers for drugs and the rest of that. having more funding to repair and expand the ports of entry is important. there is also technology that goes with it, unobtrusive scanning and cars can go through without stopping. with improved technology, it's important. drugs to the mail is a big issue for us. it's not only cutting this down but at ports of entry and other andes along the border border patrol, air and marine operations along the border and u.s. waters. this is not the total package majorhey are some of the points of discussion i would

hope as we go forward now. i was pleased yesterday. i thought everybody was of good intention and that is the way the appropriations committee usually works. on, we have goes been preparing the people's agenda, lowering health-care costs, lowering the cost of prescription drugs and ensuring the pre-existing condition benefits continue. also increasing the paychecks by building infrastructure of america from sea to shining sea and hr-1 which is moving along our integrity in government to increase the voices of the american people so they know that the people's agenda will happen, not the special interest agenda. paycheck issue had a hearing yesterday and we also had -- yesterday was the 10th

anniversary of president obama signing the lilly ledbetter act. this opened the door to more fairness in the workplace. yesterday, on the anniversary, delauroain,rosa we pass a it and number of times when we had the majority but we could not get the 60 votes in the senate so it was never taken up and out patty murray is a cosponsor -- the lead sponsor in the senate on that that is equal pay for equal work. yesterday was the 10th anniversary. april 2 is equal pay day. that is the day in which women start to get paid for their work

for the year as opposed to what men make for the year so we hope this bill would be signed into law by that day. it's all a part of the for the people agenda for bigger paychecks, lower health care costs, more integrity in government. any questions? we've got the blue sign today. >> we match. during the shutdown, we heard president trump and his offering to provide three years of protection for it daca recipients. in the current negotiations, is that being discussed or our jailers getting lost in all of this questio? >> let me clarify what the president did. the dreamers art twice the number of the daca recipients.

in his comments come he said he wanted to protect the daca but what he did was he took away the protections daca had, he took away the protection of tps which is the protective status of people in our country and he took away the initiative of president obama to facilitate in the countryns of origin. he took those away and then he said i'm going to give these back to you temporarily if you give me a wall. he should not have taken them away in the first place. these protections were there until he decided to take them away. now you are going to come back and say i will give them back to you for three years, that is not a protection. protection is something that has certainty. it was really disappointing. having said that about what the these aredid, protections that exist.

i will take them away and give them to you temporarily to have a wall permanently. it's a nonstarter. in terms of the negotiation, what is the best way to protect our border? you have heard some of the ideas, many of which the president talked about in that speech as well. 90% of being concerned about these drugs that come through the port of entry, let's make them stronger and go with it so we can facilitate commerce and at firstnd immigration and foremost security. you said the committee should be left to its own devices. are you committed to allowing a floor vote, whatever congress

agreement they have? they come out with a bipartisan consensus, of course. >> will include border wall money? they are having a negotiation. there will not be any wall money in the legislation. however, if they have some suggestions about certain , technology, some infrastructure about these ports of entry maybe we need more ports of entry, that's part of the negotiation. it is not a negotiation for the president -- what did he say today? he said it doesn't matter what congress does. i knew he wanted at all to himself. really?

congress is completely irrelevant and how we meet the needs of the american people? come on. let them work there well. they know they are briefed and other limitations as far as financial resources in a have to use the best way to use the money for the american people. i have confidence in what they can do. mr. mcconnell indicated he might be open to supporting legislation that would end government shutdown. would you support legislation to effectively outlaw government shutdowns? >> yes, but there are so many possibilities on the table. i don't think that should be part of this agreement. there is not a consensus as to

what that would be. if there is a consensus, maybe it could be but we -- in order to have a bill signed by the president in three weeks, we have to have a signed conference report by next friday. we only have this week plus one day with the state of the union in between to get the done in order for them to bring it to the floor and haven't on the president's desk. to the extent we can keep it simple -- this is about border security, homeland security which is a bigger issue and it's about the six other bills that need to be passed in order to completely open up government but which are not controversial. i feel confident about the ability of congress to do the and that's respecting the differences of opinion. that's what a negotiation is about.

a consensus?e at least 30 different versions of the story exist. consensus andve keep it simple with something that can be injected there but certainly we should not have any more shutdowns. you can talk about the diversity of viewpoints and ,here are pro-life democrats how does that make it harder for pro-life democrats in the party? >> i don't know what he said yesterday. a new question or the same old same old? [indiscernible] the question is what does vladimir putin have on the president? do you believe someone has someone -- something

compromising on the president? >> it's a question and i've been asking that for two years. something is wrong with this picture. talked about intelligence and your counterpart in the senate chuck schumer sent a letter -- are you planning to take any further action that there are discrepancies between the president and his intelligence advisers when it comes to global hotspots? >> what the public saw this week was the fact that the president has not paid attention to the intelligence that has been given to him on many of these subjects. i thought it was courageous that the different aspects of our toelligence community spoke the country and to power.

their opening statements are usually vetted by the white house. statements and also they answered the question. proud of adam schiff and the number -- of the members of the intelligence committee and when they will have that particular presentation made to the house intelligence committee in open forum. closeday be some activity with the appropriations committee but i'm not sure. as one who started in the early 90's as an appropriator and one who served as a ranking member that adam schiff had until it became chairman and annex oaf officio for the house, tractors closely.

the main thrust is that the president just doesn't seem to have the attention span or the desire to hear what the intelligence community has in telling him. for him to make the statement that he did yesterday, that's cause for concern. >> [indiscernible] >> i think it's important for the republicans in congress to recognize that they have to weigh in with the president to say you cannot act without knowledge. the intelligence community is there to be a protection for the american people. when i started all those years ago, it was about force protection, it was about all overarching issues like money laundering and those kind of things and how they affected our security. course, the anti-terrorism initiative in the 90's emerged and you know much

of what has happened since then. us,s a real protection for to keep us from having to go into initiating hostilities or if we do, make sure we have the intelligence to protect our men and women in uniform and also to fight terrorism in its many forms. almost,president to say we don't need congress, and i know more about what's happening in the rest of the world, then ie intelligence community, haven't paid attention, when people described it to me, that's a pause for concern and i would hope that the republicans in the congress would either have an intervention with the president about that or recognized the problems he faces with our country and take some congressional action.

do you agree with the democratic caucus when i say enhanced spending should be on the table during these negotiations? >> i did not hear his comments but -- did you see the presentation yesterday of henry cuellar of texas? he is the only border person. he represents laredo and surrounding areas. he showed the border. any places on the border there andcliffs, there is a river there is 600 miles of something. 300 of it are like this. 300 miles of this so cars cannot

go by. the president wants to call it a wall, he can call a wall. he's referencing we already have almost 700 miles of wall. it's a place where enhanced fencing, normandy fencing would work. let them have that discussion because it's all about two analysis,cost-benefit get forhe best way to your dollar in order to protect the border? up, also and this will come the opportunity cost of the money. if the money can be used that technologyer for then let's see -- when some of these fences were built, the technology was not what it is today.

technology look at in a new form just as we say should we all just get land lines in our phones -- in our homes question mark what should we be doing on the border that's like a landline versus the on theogy our personnel border should have? what they are talking about is more personnel, enhancements of the ports of entry which require construction. we already have that in the bill. when it -- it went under the department of treasury. that's more on the subject and you may want to know. let's let negotiators see if there's something -- 30 miles sess if you saw mr. cuellar' presentation of the 700 and a

lot of it does not let the cars go by and some is about that and the rest of it. thank you all very much. host[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> house democrats are postponing their annual retreat which was scheduled to take place february 13-15 in leesburg, virginia. it conflicts with the new government funding deadline of the friday the 15th and the house is in today at noon eastern for a pro forma session with no legislative work expected. live coverage is coming up at noon on c-span.

and later, a forum on the u.s. policy in the middle east posted by the washington institute scheduled for 12:30 p.m. eastern. then former defense secretary ashton carter and former health and human services secretary sylvia burwell take part in a discussion about technology and national security. it's hosted by the aspen strategy group live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. over the last year, the world has seen but we always knew, that no people on earth are so fearless or daring or determined as americans. if there is a mountain, we climate. if there is a frontier, we cross it. if there is a challenge, we tame it. if there is an opportunity we seize it. let's begin tonight by recognizing that the state of because our strong people are strong. [applause]

the state of the union, postponed because of the government shutdown will now take place on tuesday night, watch as president trump delivers his state of the union address live from the house chamber beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span followed by the democratic response by the former georgia gubernatorial candidate, stacey abrams. tuesday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span and c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. ♪ ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a look service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the and public policy events in washington, d.c. and

around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. ♪ arkansas republican governor asa hutchinson delivered his 2019 state of the state address from the state capital of little rock recently. the governor entered his second term in office and spoke about his administration's a competence and outlined his goals for the new term. about cutting regulations and taxes, investing in education and government services, and establishing a technology and innovation counsel to partner with the private sector. this is about 25 minutes. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i present to you, the honorable asa hutchinson, governor of the state of arkansas. [applause]

>> thank you. thank you. lieutenant governor griffin, speaker shepherd, president h endron and honored members of the general assembly, this is truly an occasion to celebrate. you are celebrating, we are celebrating, it's exciting. but it is also a time to reflect and to set a determined course for the future. as part of the celebration, i have my family here today. iii,fe susan, my son asa sarah and dave my daughter and son-in-law