ann kirkpatrick represents the first district. from the fourth district.elcome to "washington journal." guest: thank you. good morning. you were called the arizona odd couple. we are working on issues to benefit arizona and other issues. how did this partnership come -- how didan mark this partnership come about? guest: we both come from large families that are bipartisan. we have democrats and republicans in our families. it made for interesting dinner conversation. >> i have i have always told the star that i am the first of five kids. always said that i'm the first of five kids. representing everyone across the board. work inpeople back to something that is crucial to arizona. we have the five c's. that is a very important thing to the people back home. >> the two of you faced each other in an election a couple of years ago. teams.e on opposite still are, but how do you overcome the tone of a campaign and how did that all shake out? guest: we put that behind us for the good of the people in arizona. you may disagree issues, pierre got to get along. the

dentists, paulo gosar, and ann kirkpatrick, thank you.will continue our discussion on bipartisanship talking to aaron schock and tulsi gabbard. we will talk about issues facing the millennial generation. first, an update from c-span radio. >> the gunmen that killed 12 people at the washington navy yard monday had obtained a security clearance that was good for 10 years. the navy said aaron alexis was not a stellar sailor, but gave commanders no indication of the serious mental health outcomes that law officials say he was being treated for. the rampage has opted the pentagon and other agencies to announce reviews of federal procedures. defense secretary chuck hagel and general martin dempsey will be holding a news conference this morning. we will bring that to you later in our programming schedule. many investors expect the federal reserve to change course start slowing the economic stimulus it's applied during the financial crisis and the great recession. conclude its regular policy meeting today and is expected to go carefully with a sm

the end his colleague on other side of the aisle, ann kirkpatrick, for her work on this. i want to say in closing that this is extremely important to the folks in arizona. it's been going on since i left congress the first time, and that was 12 years ago. it's time to put this to bed. and honestly it's passed the house on several occasions. it gets all caught up in the senate. i think we got the opportunity to get it done this year. i think common sense will prevail, and i'd like to again compliment the gentleman from arizona for his great work. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from arizona is recognized. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. hairman. i think the great senator, senator moynihan once said people are entitled to their own opinions but they are not entitled to their own facts. fact, allowing the immediate exploration on and under over prior to the re view contemplated in section 4-j of the act would constitute an irretrievable commitment of resources. that is part of what is already in th

arizona representative paul gosar and ann kirkpatrick discussed their working relationship on legislation including health-care longer they have opposing views. then congressman of illinois and a democrat of hawaii talk about their bipartisan caucus today. solutions to issues facing the millennial generation. washington journal is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c- span. wednesday, the house services committee looks at the 2014 military budget and spending cuts. military chiefs from all four branches of the military will testify. live coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three. when helen taft became first lady, one of the first thing she did was address having cherry trees planted in potomac park. it was a mess. the japanese heard about her interest and decided to give 2000 trees to the united states in her honor. everyone was shocked. the trees that were sent world .r -- were older it was decided that they would have to be burned. president taft made the decision. the japanese were very accommodating and understanding. they decided to send 3000 trees which arrived in 19

and i am very happy and fortunate to be on listening to ann kirkpatrick and mr. gosar. thank you for being on c-span. i'm a native american from many farms, arizona. and i'm very proud of you to be working together. and then the other one is that basically the northern arizona and the navajo reservation, the infrastructure is very -- it does need development. and i'm very happy to hear that you, as partners, are working together. the part that i also know is the immigration policy. i did see a representative or senator flake and also mccain working together because we are one country, we are one state and the way i feel is that we are diverse. at the same time i feel i depend on our leaders to work together to make it the best for arizona. but the part that i want to really explain is the infrastructure. our unemployment is very high and i feel that we have the ability as leaders to help us to go forward. host: all right, charlotte, thank you for your call. guest: thank you for calling in this morning, getting up so early. you're absolutely right. infrastructure is a hu