please come back and we have more time. >> pennsylvania congressman charles dent has introduced a bill to rod emergency unemployment insurance and encourage job creation. he talked about what was in his host: on your screen isnal. representative charlie dent, a republican from pennsylvania. you are ocribeda you are often described as a moderate republican. what does that term mean to you? >> i have often considered myself a center-right congressman from the center right district in the center-right country. i guess what that restriction ians to me is i am part of thes governing one of the republicant party. a lot of folks believe we have the whoation to govern. i believe in more limited govero government, strong nationalgoven defense and personal responsibility.- obli i think those types of ideas or values are in keeping with what many americans turned the erican country feel. that would be my to sent answer. >> you have been working on a you have been working on: unemployment insurance. legislatione a growth act. it acknowledges the economy is still -- isn't still in a very good place

at 8:20, presented present of charles dent of pennsylvania explains his growth act. host: this week in congress the xl pipeline was debated in the senate. a benghazi special committee was head ericd, andva shinseki was subpoenaed. this morning on "the washington journal" we want to get your views and what is happened in

at 8:20, presented present of charles dent of pennsylvania explains his growth act. host: this week in congress the xl pipeline was debated in the senate. a benghazi special committee was head ericd, andva shinseki was subpoenaed. this morning on "the washington journal" we want to get your views and what is happened in the last seven days. -- what has happened in the last seven days. you can contact us via social media. seven democrats broke ranks from the "usa today" this morning -- front page of the "arizona republic" this morning. "the washington post." that's a little bit from "the washington post." we go toarticle before calls. this is from " the hill." a couple of issues here -- based defense spending is to increase to $490 billion from $487 defensethis year, while primer war funding decreases. those are some of the figures in the house appropriations committee's numbers. this week in congress, pretty busy week. he have benghazi, lois lerner, appropriations, surveillance, x the pipeline. caller: please don't cut me off. the gop has done nothing to help america