chris van hollen, do thnna edwa race, a lot of interesting stuff went down. >> in the van hollen raceinst his opponent, donna edwards, there was a feeling that she had something of the bernie sanders touch, that the grass roots, the younger people, people that really wanted a change. chris van hollen did not plan on being the establish by and he was taken to task for it by donna brazile -- that's twice on in a row on donna. p donna edwards. but he was able to coalesce with the younger people, and conddonna edwards were not happy. she pointed out that the maryland bosses were not for her, and this is the first time in a long time that there will be an all male congregation, delegation to come into capitol hill. but it was a hard-fought win and we will see where chris van hollen goes from here. probably into the senate because the republicans don't have that strong a challenger. >> a lot of talk was the after the election and what donna edwards had to say. and basically she's saying i'm putting the democratic party on notice. you're going to have a ticket here of democratic legislators

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she was not able to prevail over chris van hollen in maryland. in pennsylvania, we had a similar dynamic in the senate race there. john federman, who is a sanders endorser, was not able to get through there. what do you make of these races where progressives have tried to take on so to speak the establishment democrats and have not quite made it? are there any lessons from these races? do you think progressives are getting support from the party to make a difference? rep. grijalva: i think that ties into your question about the convention. it ties into your question about state parties, county parties, their infrastructure, the ir political infrastructure, and the national parties. the fact that it is -- the coziness of how decisions are made, who is anointed and who is not, kind of precludes the kind of competitive races you need to have in order for this party to establish its identity. that is what is going on with the democratic party and maybe politics as a whole in this country defining who we are as a nation, politically. i think for our p

. >> i would like to ask that the statement of representative chris van hollen, a member who represents jurisdiction be admitted for the record. i would like to ask you an animal's consent to correct the record and to have a chart that for mr.deral funding wmata, 17% of their budget is the industry average fares cover 62% of the budget where the industry average is 23.3%. let this be entered into the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> we have mr. paul mr. , andfeld, carolyn flowers tim levain. that oursk consent witnesses for statements be included in the record. since the written statements will be included in the record please try to limit your comments to five minutes. mr. wiedefeld we will start with you. thank you for the opportunity. i want to summarize quickly my parties -- since i joined on november 30. about what we are up against and then wrap up with some concluding remarks. , serviceof my priority liability of fiscal management. it is important to step back and think about the physical nature before we get into management issues. we have to recognize this is a two

while the second panel is coming up, i would like to ask that the statement of representative chris van hollenmber represents a jurisdiction in the region be admitted to the record. and i would like to ask unanimous consent to correct the record and have a chart that shows federal funding for ramada as opposed to other agencies. ramada receives 19% of its budget from federal contributions, 17% is the industry average on fares. ramada's fares cover 32.6% of its budget where the industry average is 23.3%. and i ask that this chart be entered into the record as well. >> without objection. so ordered. i would like to take the opportunity to welcome the second panel. we have paul wiedefeld, chaarol flowers, and tim lovain. with that i would ask unanimous consent that our witnesses' full statements be included in the record. without objection that is so ordered. and since the written statements are going to be included in the record, try to limit your comments to five minutes. with that, mr. wiedefeld, we'll start with you. >> good morning chairman graves and ranking member norton and members of the

while the second panel is coming up i would like to ask that the statements of representative chris van hollen, a member of who represents a jurisdiction in this region be admitted to the record. and i'd like to ask unanimous consent to correct the record and have a chart that shows federal funding for obama as opposed to other agencies receives 19 percent of its budget from federal contributions,17 percent is the industry average . on fares, ramada stairs cover 32.6 percent of its budget where the industry average is 23. .3 percent and i asked that this chart be added into the record as well. >> without objection. so ordered. i like to take this opportunity to welcome our second panel. we have mister paul wiedefeld, the general manager of the washington metropolitan area transit authority, as carolyn flowers with the active administrator of federal transit administration and the honorable kim levine, chair of the transportation planning board of the metropolitan washington council of government. with i would ask unanimous consent of our witnesses. included in the record and without objection,

host: did you follow the senate primary in maryland between donna edwards and chris van hollen?as very critical during the campaign that she didn't get support from women that she thought she was going to have in her bid for senate nominee. jennifer: i did watch. i live in washington, d.c. so the shared media market made me feel like i was watching the campaign on a daily basis. i think the van hollen campaign would beg to differ. you have women in the house and senate who got involved on both sides. i think primaries are very tricky. a lot of political elites and the most politically active people don't note what to do with them. you want to hedge your bets and make sure that whoever emerges victorious in that race is on your side in general and i think that's what we saw here. host: caller: good morning. host: thanks for listening to us on c-span radio. caller: yes, i listen on tv right now. i'm an african-american scientist, and i have top-secret clearance and i'm multilingual. and as i speak on hillary rodham clinton, i think she's the best qualified of all those candidates