chairwoman clyburn and the new chairperson coming in, mr. tom realer, they have a challenge to create a framework for competitive policy good >> use of the word hope -- repetitive policy. >> you said the word hope twice. are you skeptical? >> we just went through four years of pretty aggressive efforts to ensure that we return the 700 megahertz to interoperability and we will surereally hard to make the 600 is interoperable. it's critical if you're going to have multiple choices in the marketplace for the consumer. is a tough road to hoe. accesssure that we have to spectrum and that there's a fair and responsible way to get access to networks, this is i he transition -- i think commissioner pi was quoted in his confirmation hearing saying that there is no reason why the basic underlying concepts of conductivity should be -- of connectivity should be changed just because of technology. we agree with that. is reason why i say hope that their are at least two companies out there that have taken positions that are fairly disparate to the positio

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the commissioner clyburn, chairwoman clyburn said we are going to fix that and with a lot of encouragement we did. we found a solution and my hat is off to her. a dilemma that we are really impeding the quality of service for many consumers all over the united states and they think and i hope we learned something from that. while you try to put interoperability back into the game plan of 700 megahertz i hope that interoperability will be sort of the staple of the 600 megahertz auction the incentive auctions they're that coming up. >> host: was the fact that the fcc did what it did, was it a stepping stone to possible for the regulation or direct action by the fcc before at&t decided to voluntarily go ahead and do what they did? >> guest: i think chairwoman clyburn's statement that there had to be a solution was really the cattle as the fed okay let's find a solution that works both for at&t and the smaller carriers and a fashion that is economically sustainable while we actually get to the ultimate result which is interoperability. i do not think it would have happened without chairwoman c

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i want to bring in assistant democratic leader of the house, jim clyburn. >> thank you. >> we saw thatrapped up on the hill of the steps there. what more can you tell us about what's happening behind the scenes? any sort of behind the scenes negotiations taking place? >> i think it's pretty well known that there will be a meeting later this evening, i think the president has invited the leadership of both sides of the aisle in both bodies and i think there will be some discussions about a way forward. but i think it's very, very clear over 70% of the american people have made it clear they do not wish to see the speaker of the house pulling a vote on keeping government open hostage to the president's lands mark program that started yesterday. people have signed up, i understand over 8 million people have visited this website already on the very first day. it's going to be open now for the next six weeks -- i'm sorry, next six months. we all know, that the president has taken that initiative for the american people last november. he received over 5 million votes than his republican oppo

the director of national intelligence, james clyburn, said no when asked if they were spying on millionsf americans. edward snowden proved that this was a lie. within the month they spied on more than 124 billion phone calls, worldwide. that means every single people worldwide is facing the chance of being caught up in the dragnet. the people demand meaningful surveillance law reform, with more than it 500,000 signatures they came here to demand the senate reassessed these programs. the senate judiciary committee will hold hearings, and they want to make sure that their voices are heard. congress is divided into those who demand a drastic overhaul of the spying programs and those who suggest a bit more oversight. one of the day's biggest stories -- this was not really possible because so far, any like that is shed on those watchers was through the whistleblowers. >> the nsa has been under fire for its overseas activities. revelations that it has been eased -- eavesdropping on allies including german chancellor angela merkel. we begin with the reports that barack obama said to angela merk

for more, let's bring in congressman james clyburn of south carolina., great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. >> thank you so much for having me, ed. >> what could you make of these most recent 24 hours? you have boehner come out and thrown out of a lame proposal, actually, about keeping the debt ceiling -- open for another six weeks to allow some negotiations, but doing nothing about what the american people are concerned about, and that is opening back up the government. i mean, it's clear that the americans blame republicans for oh this shutdown. where are we at this hour, in your opinion? >> well, i don't exactly know. i do know this. they are talking, and that's good. but i do believe, as you do, that we ought to give relief to oh the american people over this weekend. we're going to be here in the morning. and i would hope that we will go to the floor at 9:00 in the morning and that we would put the continuing resolution on the floor, let's reopen government, and let's pass that resolution so that people can have a relaxing wee

clyburn: thank you. and then i saw some reference as to whether or not people who may ,ave been convicted of a felony what it would do to their qualifications as well as their family qualify keagses. as one instance, i hope this is out of the bill, we talked about barring for life a person who may be convicted of a felony. that is not the kind of treatment our society ought to be visiting upon anybody who may or may not have made a mistake early on in their lives. so mr. speaker, i do believe that there's much in this farm bill that ought to be supported, but i really believe these extraneous things ought to be taken out of this bill, so we can't do it now but i hope when it gets to conference that those smoother heads will prevail and we will have a passionate piece of legislation that all of us can support and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. >> mr. speaker. parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his inquiry. >> mr. speaker,

and so with that, let me yield to my friend, jim clyburn, the assistant leader. >> thank you, mr.n very, very productive. and i would hope the next several hours will be as such. i find it kind of interesting that much of the discussion we've been hearing for the last several weeks has been the fact that we can maintain the full faith and credit of the united states of america by prioritizing exactly how we address the debt. now all of a sudden, from what we are hearing, legislation is now being brought forward to take away the ability of the president and the secretary of the treasury to manage our debt and deficits. that to us is just absolutely the worst possible thing that can be done. we are very interested in a clean continuing resolution. a clean debt limit. and we can supply a vast majority of the democratic votes to get that done. we are hopeful that the speaker will allow such legislation to come to the floor and we commit to him and the american people democrats will be solid in support of that effort. and with that, i yield back. >> that was assistant leader of the hou

. >>> let's bring in james clyburn. always good to see you, congressman, good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> we're on the outside looking in and hearing from a lot of regular americans they have had it frankly. you're on the inside. what's the mood on the hill right now? give us your sense of where we stand. >> thank you so much for having me. on my side of the aisle is a very somber mood. last night we found ourselves in disbelief that we would have a conference being called for on a continuing resolution when all that is necessary for us to settle this issue is for them to agree to the 17 requests we have made for our conference on the total budget. the president indicated in his comments on yesterday that he's open to further negotiations on the larger budget scheme, but not on the continuing resolution. when the only thing you're asking him to do is give up his landmark program which goes into effect today. the president and the senate, much to the chagrin of house democrats, agreed to the house republicans nu

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james clyburn is an assistant leader in the house. he joins us live. >>> can you tell me what you've heard about this and if you know whether or not this may end up being a deal on the house floor within hours? >> thank you so much for having me. yes, i have heard that we will do something today. i'm -- i'm not going to say whether it will be two hours, three hours, or four hours. but i'm making plans for it to happen today. >> and just given the fact that this would be something that has been reached in a bipartisan way in the senate, that will effectively say that there would be enough votes in the house to pass this regardless of what a very conservative faction might think about it. democrats would vote on this if speaker boehner brought it to the floor? there would be enough votes to pass this? >> you're absolutely correct. if the speaker were to bring this deal to the floor, it will pass. it will pass overwhelming democratic vote. i have no idea what the vote count will be on the other side of the aisle. but i think i know enoug

i now want to yield to jim clyburn, the assistant leader. ip.thank you, mr. wh i think what we are experiencing at this time is a tremendous effort on the part of the republicans in the house to once the faith in the american people that was rendered last november. what they have added to this legislation are more extraneous issues dealing with the affordable care act, something that ought to be settled on and i thought we've gotten away from. experiencingwe are , according to the information i have received, a nine-month low in consumer confidence. people are really leery of the to accepts' ability their verdict and move on to the next issue. i would hope that some time within the next few hours the speaker of the house will take an assessment, not just of his conference, but also the sentiment of the american people and allow an issue to come to the floor that would give us a raising of the debt ceiling, give us a continuing resolution, and allow for some negotiations on the budget that will put americans back to work as we argue over these issues. with tha

aside not just dealing with mandatory spending -- which i think is very much related to what jim clyburn showed us in the chart -- but also tax reform. because all of us, i think, agree -- i heard my colleague from oregon talking -- the current system is antiquated. ron wyden said it is 100 years old and it looks like it. it is obvious to me it is urgent. it is urgent and the corporate side, by the way, because we are losing people, capital, investment, and headquarters overseas. right now people are making the decisions because of our tax code which is not competitive. we will not do it in the next 18 legislative days but let's face it. this group will not do tax reform. but we could put together instructions for tax reform saying let's facilitate and next night the process. i know chairman baucus wants to do that. i am not sure white where the leadership is on this but i think is a group we couldn't say, we know, we can agree not to whether we should raise or cut taxes -- republicans probably will be for revenue neutral reform and democrat would want to raise revenue. that is not the d

clyburn. it is incredible what we are watching. just now, house democrats took to the floor and asked for unanimous consent to see if our colleagues would allow, without objecting, us to put on the floor a measure to reopen the government. even the request just to ask to have this on the floor was shut down. i think the message is clear on the part of the representatives of so many of the millions of americans who do not understand why they cannot go to work, why we cannot let our economy move forward. he are simply saying, let america work. that's america' as it is vote to put america back to -- let america's representatives vote to put america back to work. we will not stop until we are allowed to put america back to work. that me yield to the vice- chairman of the democratic caucus. >> what we saw was the shutdown of democracy, of freedom, debate about the most important issue of funding our country right now. this government is not operating. we were using our procedural motions to express our displeasure with the majority. the

joining me jim clyburn, congressman thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> it's great to see you, apparently this was not such a warm and cozy meeting between the veteran congressman eleanor holmes-norton and the president of the united states when it came to the district reopening -- right now the district is using its own emergency funds to keep open. >> yes, i know. i think all of us are aware that the district of columbia is in a very unique, and i think, disadvantageous situation. they collect taxes. they have their own budget. and yet, they have to come to the federal government to seek permission to spend their own money. that's something that i don't like. the president expressed or said he does not like that. and he said that he will be working very hard to get rid of that forever. >> but that has been impossible for a lot of reasons, including as you know republican opposition to d.c. having a voting representative. that said, why not a separate bill for the district of columbia. this city has a surplus. not asking for a handout. has plenty of money in

i am joined by the congressman who said those words of south carolina and congressman clyburn, good morning to you. >> thank you so much for having me. you pick up the papers this morning and you have been around a long time. read the tea leaves for me. do you think we are any closer? the rhetoric would say we are not closer to ending this. do you see a potential way out of this? >> you said it well this morning. all of us have been meeting ryan's op ed piece. i read it last night and again this morning. i think it's telling that he put forth things that do not include any mention of obama care. that to me creates an atmosphere that allows us to have discussions going forward. i want all of your viewers to remember though that it's not about whether or not the president will negotiate. he has been negotiating. the democrats have been negotiating. we made it clear. i think speaker boehner admitted as much on sunday when he said, he actually did accept our number when the democrats give it to us in exchange. that was the deal. all of a sudden he backed away from that deal. this is the third t

clyburn and mr. van hollen, the chair of our caucus, mr. becerra, vice chair joe crowley behind me here, and dccc, mr. our israel, from a number of new yorkers here, a number of californians, a number of marylanders. in any event, we're proud of our caucus and we're proud of our president. but he has said no negotiations on the full faith and credit of the united states of america. let's go to the budget take to negotiate the rest. -- table to negotiate the rest. >> it sounds like in the end you're trusting john bain already do the right thing and put -- boehner will in your mind do the right thing and put a clean c.r. on the floor. you're trusting john boehner to not let the country default. >> i don't know what the sequencing of it but yes. i don't know what the order will be, but yes. >> do you think there will be a vote tonight to reopen the government and avoid default? >> the bill that they're talking about right now is a bill to default. make no mistake. the bill that the republicans are putting on the floor today is a decision to de

chairman clyburn is to be applauded for her leadership and for her outreach. in my home state of vermont we face many challenges. very little fiber is being deployed to the homes and our many areas without broadband access. there's limited competition even in urban areas. wireless coverage leaves much to be desired even where it exists, and yet even in vermont, transition to the ip-based voice networks is occurring. in this latest evolution in which is been underway for quite a few years now, networks are migrating away from circuit switched voice and data services the ip-based services. during the transition, like the previous ones, it is crucial for policymakers to focus on the right issues. no regulator or legislators should intervene in the market to put a thumb on the scale in favor of one technology over another. the market should make those choices. the reason public service commissions and agencies like the fcc were created and regulate remains the same. first, we regulate where competition is not vigorous enough to adequately protect consumers. second

clyburn. >> for how much time?>> two minutes. >> the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for two minutes. >> i thank you for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, the bill we are about to vote on is as unnecessary as it is disingenuous. my congressional district is highly populated by veterans whose service and sacrifices are greatly appreciated. that is why i came to this floor on june 4 and enthusiastically joined 420 other members of this auspicious body to keep our obligations to them at higher levels than are included in this legislation. , the tea party republicans shut down the government because they refused to accept the verdict of the american people in last year's elections. they shut down our government over implementation of several laws, a position that polling shows of 72% of american people oppose. they are using our patriotic heroes as pawns in their petty, partisan, political game. veterans should not have to choose between having their claims processed and their grandchildren educated. thei

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and so with that, let me yield to my friend, jim clyburn, assistant leader. >> thank you, mr. whip.t hour has been very, very productive. i would hope the next several hours would be as such. i find it kind of interesting that much of the discussion we've been hearing for the last several weeks has been the fact that we can maintain the full faith and credit of the united states of america by prioritizing. exactly how we address the debt. now all of a sudden from what we are hearing, legislation is now being brought forward to take away the ability of the president and the secretary of treasury to manage our debt and deficits. that to us is just absolutely the worst possible thing that can be done. we are very interested in a clean, continuing resolution. a clean debt limit and we can supply a vast majority of democratic votes to get that done. we're hopeful that the speaker he will allow the legislation to come to the floor and we. we commit to him and american people, democrats will be solid with that effort. with that i -- >> on obamacare piece, how house republicans are talking

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so with that, let me yield to my friend, jim clyburn. >> thank you, mr. whip.ry, very productive and i would hope that the next several hours will be as such. i find it kind of interesting that much of the discussion we've been hearing for the last several weeks has been the fact that we can maintain the full faith and credit of the united states of america by prioritizing exactly how we address the debt. now all of a sudden, from what we're hearing, legislation is now being brought forward to take away the ability of the president and secretary of the treasury to manage our debt and deficits. that to us is just absolutely the worst possible thing that can be done. we are very interested in a clean continuing resolution, a clean debt limit, and we can supply a vast majority of the democratic votes to get that done. we are hopeful that the speaker will allow legislation to come to the floor and we commit to him and the american people that democrats will be solid in support of that effort. with that, i -- >> all right, we are going to leave it there with members

van ollen, clyburn and mrs. lowey. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to take from the speaker's table house concurrent 58, with the senate amendments thereto and to concur ith the senate amendments. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution and report the senate amendment. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 58, concurrent resolution expressing the sense of congress regarding the need for the continued availability -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from scombrg. the clerk: of religious services -- >> madam speaker, i ask to dispense with the reading. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the reading is dispensed with. is there objection to the request of the gentleman from georgia? without objection, the senate amendments are agreed toont motion to reconsider -- agreed to and the motion to reconsider s laid upon the table. the chair lays before the house the fo

now let me yield to my colleague, the assistant leader, jim clyburn. >> thank you mr. whip. here we are on day 12, of a government shutdown that has been imposed upon the american of le by a series manufactured crises. d today, we have witnessed attempts on behalf of this congress by the majority to shut off debate. and to keep the minority voices that they say they want to hear from offering up the alternatives that the american people have made very clear, they would like to see brought into play. his is what happens in the government process. hen you sometimey opposition, hen we cut off debate and when we continue to teeter on disaster by manufactured crises. it is time for us to reopen the government, let people go back to work, and have the american people once again put at ease. and with that, i would like to ield to our chair. >> it's incredible what we're watching. just now, in the last few minutes, house democrats took to the floor and asked for unanimous consent to see if our colleagues would allow us, out objecting to put on the floor a measure that would allow us

clyburn? >> well, i think, i can't add any more to that. this was a great meeting, very positive, very upbeat, our members were very, very pleased with the discussion and the president was very firm. and we believe very strongly that the president is open for discussions with anyone. the problem we've got right now is the american people, especially those who depend upon the federal government to work, ought to go back to work, we ought not keep them at bay while we have these discussions. >> the president reiterated that he -- >> we spent a good dole of timesharing story the president from his experience and our members from ours as to the hardships that the american people are feeling because of the government shutdown. but it was individual -- whether it was individually or in some cases furloughing of contractors , it's about jobs, it's act the fact that our veterans make up a large percentage of the federal work force and a large percentage of those veterans are people with disabilities. so again, our emphasis is solving the problem, o

what a budget should be for our country, and i am very pleased our we have our team, leader, jim clyburn, the ranking member on the budget committee, chris van hollen, and the ranking member on the appropriation committee representing the values of our with the charge from our caucus to grow the economy, create jobs, reduce the deficit, in a responsible way as we go forward. now, what i would hope would happen is do they know, do they care? let's assume they can't. as an appropriator, in the congress of the united states, working in a bipartisan way and of the timeve most agreement, but in disagreement, we said let's stipulate to a number, to a set of facts. and what seems to me missing now in their caucus is that a respect for facts. it is like a data-free zone. they do not know about this. who said that? they are in a data-free zone? also the preparations we make should be evidenced-based. what is it that we get for this, what is it that is not working, based on evidence, documented evidence, as to what works? we have an expression in appropriations -- the plural of anecdote is not dat

clyburn. it's incredible what we're watching, the last few minutes. democrats took to the floor and asked for unanimous consent to see if our colleagues would allow us, without objecting, to put on the floor a measure that would allow us to reopen the government. and even the request -- just to ask to have this measure put on the floor -- was shut down. and so, i think the message is very clear on the part of the representatives of so many of the millions of americans who don't understand why they can't go to work, why we can't let our economy move forward, we're simply saying let america work. let america's representatives vote to put americans back to work. let our government reopen. that's the simple message. we're here to demand that, and we won't stop until we are allowed to let america work. with that, let me yield to the vice-chairman of the democratic caucus joe crowley. >> that's javier besarah, laying out the democratic effort to lay out a vote in the house. the talk continues in washington. but at this point, the gop is saying that they are

i'm pleased that we have our team, our assistant leader, jim clyburn, our ranking member on the budget committee, chris van hollen, and the ranking member on appropriations committee nita lowey, representing the values of our country with the charge from our caucus. to grow the economy, create jobs, reduce the deficit in a responsible way as we go forward. now what i would hope would happen, because we said do they know? do they care? let's assume they care. as an appropriator, i've been forged as an appropriator in the congress of the united states and you have to, working in a bipartisan way and where you have most -- much of the time you're in agreement but where you have disagreements, we always said let's stipulate to a number. let's stipulate to a set of facts. and what seems to be missing now in their caucus is that -- is a respect for facts. it's like a data free zone. they don't know about this, who said that. they're in a data free zone. all the decisions we make in appropriations should be evidence-based. what is it that we get for all the decisions we make in appropriations