especially pete domenici and my good friend senator olympia snowe and kent conrad, steve bell and bill hoaglandthat i've worked with and congressman and secretary clinton. i'm sure i'm missing other people and i apologize. but by policy bipartisan policy center has been at the forefront of shaping public wolesi since it was started seven years ago. at a time when our nation critically needs a place for bipartisan discussion on complex issues the bbc has become that place on a broad range of important topics. a perfect example of that role as the work that this organization has done to shed light on the significance of protecting the full faith and credit of the united states. as we meet here this morning i want to emphasize as the president did in his state of the union last week this can and should be a breakthrough year for our economy. as the gdp report for the fourth quarter of last year underscores, our economy ended 2013 strong and is poised for growth in 2014. the table is now set for us to build on the economic progress we have made over the last five years and it's incumbent on washing

we have many distinguished renaccisenator pete jim -- pete domenici, bill hoagland, feel i have worked with. i am missing other people and i apologize. the bipartisan policy center has been at the forefront of shaping public policy since it was started seven years ago. at a time when the nation critically needs a place for bipartisan discussion of complex issues, this has become that place on a broad range of important topics. a perfect example of that is the role that this organization has done to shed light on the importance of protecting the full faith and credit of the united states. i want to emphasize as the president of last week, this can and should be a breakthrough year for our economy. our economy ended 2013 strong and is poised for growth in 2014. the table is now set for us to build on the economic progress we have made over the last five years, and is incumbent on washington to be part of the solution, and to avoid the that has done so much to diminish economic momentum. it was not that long ago that the worst recession since the great depression wreaked havoc. the commen

on behalf of jason and myself bill hoagland we thank you for sticking in with us both the audience here and the audience viewing particularly on our early morning after the super bowl. .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> a quick reminder if you missed any of today's event you can watch it anytime in the c-span video library. go to c-span.org. we have been asking for your thoughts on raising the debt ceiling. here are a couple of your comments from facebook. >> what ceiling? this guy is a limit with these people. you can continue the conversation online. you can use #cspanchat. congress is back today. bito suspension bills will be on the table. also this week, a bill that eases federal restrictions on hunters and fishermen. in the meantime the senate will gavel in at 2 p.m. eastern. they will consider the five your farm bill that passed in the house last week. a vote to limit debate is expected at 5:30 p.m. if they get the 60 votes needed, it could happen tomorrow. you can see the house live on c-span, the senate live right here on c-span2. the winter olympics will