beyer: i think she likes it. she is the one who encouraged me to do it when -- was thinking of retiring. we have been together in politics since the very beginning. interviewer: your two daughters, how old are they now? mr. beyer: i have three daughters, 24, 23, and 20. they have all been in politics in one way or another. the youngest one is the one who pays the most attention to the policy issues day in and day out. so, we will see. i want them -- the conversations are all about what's in the newspaper, what is public policy. and it's not boring. interviewer: what does your dad think of all of this? mr. beyer: i think he is very proud of me. he doesn't understand why i do this. but i think he is proud of me anyway. back when i was lieutenant governor, i would call him every night before we checked into the motel in virginia. out of respect for his being 91, i don't call him every night now. but i update him regularly because he wants to hear what the activities are. interviewer: congressman don beyer, thank you

beyer: i was interested forever. i grew up here. threeof of my four grandparents came here to work for roosevelt. they were new dealers. they were sucked into political life. i can remember very well there was a convention in 1960. all the parents and grandparents were around the radio listening to the convention. i remember john kennedy's race in 1962. it was the biggest thing in our family life. the fact that this catholic democrat who won the presidency. i had -- you grow up and find a career and find a way to get into public service. interviewer: your dad started a volvo dealership. those who live in washington d.c. are from there with -- familiar with don beyer volvo. mr. beyer: by the end of the summer i had fallen in love with the business and gotten cold feet about med school and i asked if i could stand at the weeks and it turned into 41 years. interviewer: where did you go to college? mr. beyer: a small liberal arts college that dates from 1793. iand at dartmouth, majoring in economics which was formative for me because i

beyer: i was interested forever. i grew up here. four grandparents came here to work for roosevelt. they were new dealers. they were sucked into political life. i can remember very well there was a convention in 1960. all the parents and grandparents were around the radio listening to the convention. i remember john kennedy's race in 1962. it was the biggest thing in our family life. the fact that this catholic democrat who won the presidency. i had -- you grow up and find a career and find a way to get into public service. interviewer: your dad started a volvo dealership. those who live in washington d.c. are from there with -- familiar with don beyer volvo. mr. beyer: by the end of the summer i had fallen in love with the business and gotten cold feet about med school and i asked if i could stand at the weeks and it turned into 41 years. interviewer: where did you go to college? mr. beyer: a small liberal arts college that dates from 1793. and at dartmouth, majoring in economics which was formative for me because i had one graduat

beyer: 43, 23, and 20. -- 34, 23, and 20. the youngest one seems to be the one that pays attention to policy issues day in and day out. their conversations now are just like mine where i was a kid. it is all about what is in the newspaper and public policy. they've all got good, strong opinions. host: finally, what does your dad think of all of this? rep. beyer: i think he likes it. he is very proud of me. he doesn't understand why i would do this. he asks, what are you doing? but i think he is proud of me, anyway. and i love to update him. back when i was lieutenant governor, i would call him every night for he would check into the motel someplace in virginia. but now i call him regularly just to keep them updated because he wants to hear what the activities are. host: congressman don breyer thank you very much. >> tonight on c-span, conversations with the leaders of the tech industry at the techcrunch disrupt new york. here is a preview. >> one of the most surprising things are in the net neutrality saga over the last year,

beyer. mr. beyer: on one hand we had three unfortunate losses, on the other hand, it seems the commercial space industry is getting ready to go exponentially. adding great value to our economy and our civilization. new satellites, internet, space tours of mars even. can you help us put these in the proper perspective, especially compared to train and airline and automobile accidents 30,000 deaths last year by the way, nasa tragedies and all the transportation accidents in history, are we looking at the relatively two or three that have come up in the right perspective compared to the last 150 years? >> that's an interesting question. again, i think the positive thing is that in both -- in all three of these cases there's been no loss of life. that says our basic processes and procedures are in place. we protected the public, we protected the launch site, we did the right things. i think the important thing is to not get so fix stated on the problem but -- fixated on the problem but how can we le

beyer: 70 parts per billion. you are only asking for perhaps a five parts per billion decline. 6.33%. again and again we hear we could cut the budget by 5% or 10% and will not make a difference at all. 70 parts per billion is what a robust science said is needed for our health. why the hysteria about a 6% cut? we heard the conservative think tank project or job loss. can you talk about the economic value and the health benefits and how compares to the potential cost? admin mccarthy: the health benefits are dwarfed -- the economic cost we are projecting. we are talking at a level of 70 we are talking about significantly more benefits. the most important benefit of this is you are telling the american people what clean air is supposed to be. the benefit immediately is that individuals who have kids that have asthma will know that there and call it to -- let me put another way they could take a look on what to the air quality is today on their weather channel that we helped provide and decide whether the kids should

beyer: i request a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from tennessee seek recognition? mrs. blackburn: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 6 printed in the congressional record offered by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 333 the gentlewoman from tennessee and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from tennessee. mrs. blackburn: i thank the committee for the excellent job that they have done. under chairman calvert's leadership with bringing this appropriations bill under budget. it is $3 billion below the president's request. still $30.17 billion in proposed funding in this bill. and i come before you to offer an amendment that i regularly offer to these appropriations bills, which is a 1% across the board spe

congressman beyer won the election recently. >> congressman beyer when and why did you begin a career in politics? >> i grew up in washington, d.c. and northern virginia so i think a have a terminal case of fever. my grandparents came here to work for franklin roosevelt. and growing up you read the "washington post" every day and you are sucked into the political life. i can remember the democratic convention in 1960 going down to the beach and the grandparents and parents were huddled around the radio listening to the convention. and i remember the kennedy's race in '62 being a huge deal. the fantasy was i would grow up and find a way to get into public service. >> your dad started a dealership and those who live in washington are familiar with john beyer volvo. >> our 42nd anniversary in november and i celebrated by 41st anniversary in may. i came back to go to med school and my dad needed a summer driver for the parts truck and i said i will do it. by the end of the summer i fell in love with the business, got cold feet about medical school and asked to stay another couple weeks an

you'll see republican brad ashford, john radcliffe and don beyer. that starts tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> the c-span cities tour is partnering with our cable affiliates as we travel across the united states. join us and cox communications this weekend as we learn about the history and literary life of omaha nebraska, where one of the first advocacy groups was fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation in omaha and in the united states as a city that when you came in if you were black, you needed to keep your head down and be aware you weren't going to be served in restaurants and you weren't going to be staying in hotels and when the de porres club began their operations, they used the term social justice because civil rights wasn't even part of the national lexicon at that time that the idea of civil rights was so far removed from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i always like to say they were operating without a net. there were not those support gro

bloomberg will bestie -- speaking with beyers ceo in the next hour.is now up around 2%. a market support in hong kong has the latest. another move from positive to negative and all teh way back again. things looking positive right now. juliette: unfortunately, we are about to close on the shanghai composite. it has been a really wild the day. we are looking at the markets to close high for the first time in four sessions. as you mentioned, there has been a lot of swings. then the market was a negative territory, after lunch break, it continued to fall, never sick and will close up by about 215%. the public sentiment has flowed through. up for the first time in six sessions on the back of that positive sentiment out of the u.s. a bit of a rebound in iron ore which rose by three quarters of 1%. a little bit of weakness in japan. beside really swing between positive and negative territories. reporting from the report -- robot maker funuc pretty flat there. of course, we have been watching this region very closely. the index in hong kong doing quite well

, and we have four interviews with republicans elise stefanik, brad ashford john ratcliffe and don beyer. don: comparing cars to politics, a lot of the steps are the same. you have to go to people you do not know and find a way to be friendly and connect, find something that you have in common. a lot of it is sales. and sales is most about meeting people's needs. we have sold 65,000 cars over the years, and i never pressure a customer into buying a car. that is the worst way to do it. the best way is to say what are your needs, what are your needs, what works for you and your family how can we meet that need? and politics are the same kind of things. the things they do not function in society. how do we move forward and try to listen carefully. announcer: again the conversations with freshmen members of politics coming up tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. announcer: c-span is you the best access to congress, live coverage of the u.s. house bringing you events that shape public policy, and every morning, "washington journal" is live with policymakers and journalists and your comments by pho

and you'll see brad ashford and done beyer of virginia. the personal stories and reflections on being a member of the house of representatives tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> the c-span cities tour is partnering with our cable affiliates. join us this weekend as we learn about the history of omaha nebraska where the depores club was the first group fighting for racial equality. >> omaha had a reputation in omaha and the united states as a city that when you came in, if you were black you needed to keep your head down and be aware that you weren't going to be served in restaurants and stay in hotels and when the depores club began their operation the idea of the -- and the term civil rights -- they used the term social justice because it wasn't part of the lexicon and the idea of civil rights was so far removes from the idea of the greater community of omaha or the united states that they were kind of operating in a vacuum. i always like to say they were operating without a net. there were not the support groups, there were not

beyer of virginia. the chair: those in support of the request for the recorded vote will rise. a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the yeas are 189 the nays are 237. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by mrs. blackburn and the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 6 printed in the congressional record offered by mrs. blackburn of tennessee. the chair: those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning i