. >> we are pleased to welcome the new chairman of the house judiciary committee, congressman bob goodlatte. thank you for being with us today. >> good to be with you and your viewers. >> let me introduce our reporters.alan gomez, reporter for "usa today." >> thanks for agreeing to do this. on friday, you and your colleagues on the house to sherry committee republican-- house judiciary committee and colleagues adjusted to the obama administration that they are not doing a good job enforcing current gun laws. during the peak that the bush administration, there were 11,000 prosecutions of people who are illegally attempting to purchase a firearm. at its peak in the obama administration, there have been 7700 such prosecutions. your argument being that until the obama administration more effectively enforce current gun laws, there may be should not be any new gun laws. i'm curious what your measure of success would be for the justice department once they reach that point. is there a threshold you would like to see them reached before new gun legislation is considered? >> we are not saying that

bob goodlatte is the chairman of the house judy's jury committee. this is part of our weekly series. -- judiciary committee. this is part of our weekly series. you may have seen our previous interview earlier this morning with our guest from delaware. the national governors' association is in town. our coverage starts in just a few moments. he will get to see part of their session today. gov. markell and gov. fallin talking about a number of things. that is it for our program today. another program comes you to mark at 7:00. we will see you then. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [general crowd conversation] ba >> is the governor here? he was here a minute ago. ok. good morning. i am jack markell, chair of the national governors' association. i am joined by governor fallin. through the nga we identified the priority of the state can find common ground on the issues that unite us. the bipartisan nature of the nga allows us to have very candid conversations with our colleag

virginia congressman bob goodlatte is chair of the house judiciary committee which he bluntly told nprwon't support any law that overs citizenship to people who he said broke the law coming here. immigration reform was supposed to be the one thing this congress can do. if we believe 11 million immigrants in limbo what do we accomplish? marco rubio won't pick him as a running mate. if you believe it in hard enough and maybe it will come true. so seems to be the strategy of the 15 g.o.p. senators who today sent a letter to president obama requesting that he withdraw the "controversial nomination of chuck hagel for secretary of defense." of course the only reason the nomination is controversial is because they're making it into a controversy. can't have your cake and define it too. they write... >> john: yes, almost as unprecedented as filibustering a president's cabinet selection. beacon of bipartisan there. this letter marks the latest chapter in a campaign to discredit hagel that is being headley south carolina senator lindsey graham who is just doing his absolute darnest to prove he's

enter the chair of the house judiciary committee who will have a good say on this and bob goodlatte says no need for a path to citizenship. >> now there is no need. we were just talking about it before the show. there is no clear path to citizenship, and the problem we have is that there are so many different versions of immigrants that we try to corner them all with one big label as if they're all one big issue that it's the same to be addressed in one way when it's not. the biggest issue here is we keep mixing and missing the point that there's an economic impact when we address immigration. you cannot ignore it because it is impacting the competitiveness of our country altogether. >> krystal, a recent bloomberg poll shows a clear majority want a path to citizenship. less than a quarter of the country say they don't want a path to citizenship. isn't this somewhat similar to what's happened with republicans and the overall management of the economy? as soon as the polling suts a balanced approach, they ignore the polling and ignore what americans want and pursue a path that satisfies th

. >> bob goodlatte, we appreciate your time on c-span2 following the president's state of the union speech. now joining us is a democrat from illinois, dan shikokwsi. i want to start, what's the ribbon you have on tonight? >> this is in memory of the children killed at sandy hook school. i also had a mom in the gallery from illinois who lost her 19-year-old son, and activist to prevent gun violence. i saw her crying when the president was saying that we need a vote on these important gun safety measures. i was also thrilled because i'm on the energy and commerce committee, and he talk about climate change and basically challenged the congress and said if you don't do something about it, will, and i think that's exactly the kind of urgency we need on this issue. and finally, let me say, when he says we should raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour, and like mitt romney, who also felt it should be indexed to the cost of living every year, i thought that was fabulous. that's what we need to do to help jump start our recovering economy. >> did you have a chance to talk with your colleague, senat

virginia congressman bob goodlatte, chairman of the judiciary committee -- he talks about immigrationand gun control and his plans for the committee. this airs sunday at 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern and c- span. >> at age 25, she was one of the wealthiest widows in the colonies, and during the revolution in her mid 40's, she was considered an enemy by the british who threatened to take her hostage. later, she would become our nation's first first lady at age 57. meet martha washington during c- span.org's new weekly series " first lady's." which will visit some of the places that influenced her life, including colonial williamsburg, valley forge, and philadelphia. the part of the conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook pulse live at monday night -- by monday night at 9:00 eastern and c-span. >> gene mccarthy, the epa assistant administrator, said president obama has made climate change a priority in his second term and that her agency will implement his policies. she has been mentioned as the next epa administrator. she spoke thursday at an energy conference hoste

. >> we're hearing now from a congressman out of virginia, bob goodlatte, it is abhorrent that president obama is releasing criminals into our communities to promote his political agenda on forced budget cuts. obviously politics at play here. we'll get to that with somebody else later in the show. to you, how often does this kind of thing happen? >> it is not new. people need to temper their enthusiasm. there is own recognizance bonds. detainees are a low flight risk and not a risk of fleeing from the united states, that the ice officials believe that they will make their court date. so this has been happening for a number of years and the federal government has given these own recognizance bonds to low priority detainees. we don't know if that's the case with miguel angel hernandez, but we know this has been going on for a number of years. >> nick valencia, thank you. >> thank you. >>> and while leaders in washington are ripping each other apart over these spending cuts, deadline remember, midnight friday, they are standing together today. there she is, to honor civil rights icon rosa p

. >> thank you, chairman bob goodlatte. this is an important hearing.ou started off on a very important analysis of where we are. i am not here to critique your presentation, but to make my own. that i could summarize what i think we are going to be addressing in three phases. one is comprehensive. two is a path to citizenship, and three is border security more than ever when we can agree on is border security. it is improving -- i think that we have a general consensus about the ways that we can do a better job. there may be a few members of the house judiciary committee that would like to go to the borders and examine this and talk to those who are responsible for it. and i propose would determine that we continue this discussion as these hearings proceed. the notion of a comprehensive immigration area has been pushed around and bantered about. the fact of the matter is this is a challenge that i don't think we can handle on this basis. as my experience with the subject shows me, with 10 or 11 million undocumented people living among the as undocument

illegal immigrants needs to be included in any immigration reform bill passed by congress areas bob goodlatte chairs this committee. this is three-and-a-half hours. >> good morning. this hearing of the committee on the judiciary on america's immigration system opportunities for legal immigration and enforcement of laws against illegal immigration will come to order. we'll the first hearing of the judiciary committee. i will recognize myself for an opening statement. after i welcome their ranking member. congress will engage in a momentous debate on immigration. this will be a massive undertaking with implications for the future direction of our nation. we must move forward methodically and evaluate this issue in stages taking care to fully event the pros and cons of each piece. this is often emotionally charged. it is not about abstract statistics and concepts but rather about real people with real problems. this holds true for u.s. citizens, legal residents, and for those of lawfully residing in the united states. i urge the members of this committee to keep this in mind as we begin our exam