native, married a lobbyist named bill emerson.hen lobbyist bill emerson went on to become congressman from missouri, joann went on to become a lobbyist for the restaurant industry. when he died of cancer in 1996, she took his seat and she's served nine terms since then. and while the combined emersons were spending 32 years in congress they were raising two daughters, both of whom who are now registered lobbyists. now congresswoman emerson goes back to a trade association directing a team of lobbyists. >> it's the personification of the revolving door. >> reporter: kathy kiely with the sunlight foundation says it's a revolving door of lobbyists and politicians and staff members and big payoff jobs that erode americans' faith in a system that seems to be driven by special interest, access and money. >> what people do see is that is there's a network of individuals who don't necessarily have the public interests at heart. they have special interests at heart. when people have the impression that those special interests are dominatin

in fact for more on the mortgage market we are joined by quicken loans ceo bill emerson.at. we've been talking about the mortgage market. not only the story andrew just mentioned but both of our last market guests pointed to the idea that the housing market is really starting to turn and that could make the difference in the economy. what do you see? >> so i think the market is getting better. i don't know if i would say it's turned. i think it's stabilized. you know, you take a look at the case shiller price index, 3%. certainly better than that going down. seeing pockets in the country where folks are starting to get multiple offers. but i wouldn't say that we are in a full-blown recovery. i do think stabilization is good. and i do think that it's probably the best time ever to buy a home because we've got low rates and you've got affordability index at all-time high. so it really is a good time to be looking in the market place. but there's a lot of analysts, you just mentioned the cftb and the new rules coming out. there's a whole lot of uncertainty about what the fut

asking someone who has a wealth of experience in the mortgage industry, bill emerson. great to have you with us. >> great to be here, lori. lori: what a year quicken had. $70 billion in loans closed versus the prior here and record of $30 billion. that is tremendous growth. why were conditions and even confidence among home buyers so improved in that time? >> well, i think there's a variety of reasons for that. number one, rates were low. that's helpful. number two, market participants shifted focus on what they wanted to do for mortgage, and then number three, with our platform, centralized nature of the platform with technology and process, award winning client service, folks needed a place to go so they were calling us and trying to find a way for them to help themselves. lori: $70 billion against $30 billion in loans closed the prior year. is it growing faster than the housing market's recovering? >> yes, no two ways about that. it's stabilized. home prices bottomed out. there's a little bit of an increase. some regional players you are seeing multiple offers, but

native, married a lobbyist named bill emerson.obbyist for the restaurant industry. when he died of cancer in 1996, she took her seat and she's served nine terms since then. and while the combined emersons were spending 32 years in the congress, they were raising two daughters, both of whom who are now registered lobbyists. now, congresswoman emerson goes back to a trade association, directing a team of lobbyists. >> it's the personification of the revolving door. >> reporter: kathy kiley will the sunlight foundation says it's a revolving door of lobbyists and politicians and staff members and big payoff jobs that erode america's faith in a system that seems to be driven by special interest access and money. >> when people have the impression that those special interests are dominating washington and the way things work here, it reduces people's faith in their government. and it probably should. >> reporter: technically speaking, jo ann emerson is not becoming a lobbyist, at least not yet. she has been named the new ceo of the nati

to sell reluctant dining services executives on the idea, ben showed them the bill emerson good samaritansses, organizations and individuals that donate food in good faith from legal liability that might arise from their donations. after that recognition of limited liability the food gates opened. ben rallied a group of student volunteers, made sure everyone went through food handling training and started with one night a week to collect the unsold food from campus dining halls, package it and deliver it to local food banks. the cost was minimal. the food was already made. student volunteers did all of the work. the only cost was a 10 cent tin to place the food into. the program called the food recovery network, quickly expanded to five nights a week at the university of maryland. then members of the food recovery network contacted their friends on other campuses and shared the model. now there are chapters at 13 colleges and universities around the country. more than 120,000 pounds of food have been recovered. resulting in more than 96,000 meals for people who may not have had meals othe

bill after the enacting clause. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mrs. emirson of -- mrs. emerson of missouri for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. the chair will remind all persons in the gallery that they are here as guests of the house and that any manifest case of approval or disapproval of proceedings is in violation of the rules of the house. the chair will entertain requests for one-minutes. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentleman will suspend. >> mr. speaker, i rise to honor the 2013 sugar bowl champions, louisville cardinals. from the opening toss the game was destined for greatness. mr. yarmuth: they became the first team to score a touchdown in the first minutes of both halves. against the team arching one turnover and play -- holding every opponent below 30 point they forced tree turnovers to reach the 30 point mark in the first half. teddy bridgewater completed two touchdowns. this proves what the coach

they will return later to debate a bill dealing with disaster reg speaker's room, washington, d.c., january 14, 2013. i hereby appoint the honorable jo ann emerson to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we pause now in your presence to acknowledge our dedependence on you. we ask you to bless the men and women this, the people's house, who are returning to their stations here on capitol hill. as the new congress begins, help them and indeed help us all to obey your lay, to do your will and to walk in your way. grant that they might be good in thought, gracious in word, generous in deed and great in spirit. make this a glorious day in which all are glad to be alive and ready to serve you. may all that is done this day be done for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuan