clyburn: thank you. and i am hopeful that when we get back here after the first of the year, that we will move and do as we have done in the unemployment insurance, make it retroactive until january 1, so those people who find themselves unemployed for no fault of their own -- through no fault of their own can find some relief going into the next holiday season. . so hopefully we'll do something on the minimum wage. these are things i think we need to do coming back after the first of the year and i thank the gentleman for yielding me time and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: first, i'd like to yield myself 30 seconds just to respond to my friend from south carolina, mr. cry burn. i want him to know -- mr. clyburn. i want him to know that the time spent, that was not time wasted. that was productive time, because the findings from those groups were used in this agreement. the work that they did on all of those policies w

and i would also like to commend commissioner clyburn for her leadership during the interim period.ink you very much. -- thank you very much. mr. chairman, the subcommittee is working diligently to find bipartisan solutions for smart and sound spectrum policy for nation. we are to create a path for dod to develop the 7080 megahertz band. dod and broadcasters should be applauded for the landmark sharing agreement. moreover, i joined with representative guthrie for the incentive act which passed yesterday in a bipartisan manner. the bill is the first of its kind that offers a fresh approach that would create a federal spectrum incentive auction. i look forward to working closely with my colleagues and administration in moving this bill to the floor. there are tough decisions ahead and i want to encourage the fcc to move forward with the usf reform efforts, modernizing the usf for broadband, particularly the lifeline program to provide a path for universal broadband adoption in this country. and with that i yield back the balance of my time. >> all the time is been consumed and we will

clyburn and miss lowie.otiation and i want to thank leader pelosi and my fellow conferees for making it clear as recently as 12 to 24 hours ago that the way the agreement was taking shape would absolutely not be acceptable to members of the democratic caucus. it's now in a form where members of our caucus will have to decide for themselves. speaking individually, my view is that it is a small step in the right direction because we are able to restore many of the cuts that would otherwise take place as a result of the sequester, those very deep and immediate cuts, and it especially is good at restoring some of the cuts that would have taken place in important domestic investments, in our kids' education, in science and research at places -- >> it's the first comments that matter the most. two quick things taking away what you heard there. number one, the fact that they led with the news out of hhs regarding health care sign-ups, that tells you what is concerning many democrats on capitol hill first. but the s

to her credit share worman clyburn took a couple of actions to offer some immediate relief that would provide some predictability for the next year or two but this is an area that the fcc is going to give revisit and revise. >> guest: if clyburn called you tonight and said walter tell me how to write access, what would you tell him and what would be your device to him? >> guest: my advice with the focus on broad and investment and look at the object that just as you are doing more nationally. the usf program is one that rate-of-return carriers continues to be primarily based on calculated subsidies that are based upon the provision of voice telephone service. it needs to be a program that's based upon the cost of supplying an operating broadband infrastructure and so i would say look towards investment in to this last 4%. >> host: to follow up on howard's line of questioning if mr. wheeler called you tonight and asked you how you would like to see the spectrum auction structured what would be your response? >> guest: what i would say to him is that going back to the lodestars promotin

>> congressman james clyburn. we're awaiting the president's remarks for the health care law. >> joining me now, carrie brown and michael smerconish. congressman clyburn was on and i think this is what we would expect and will see from democrats, each of them pointing out a story of success in their own state and district. and quite honestly we will expect to hear the same from republicans, however they would point out people who went on and say they did not get the health care they were hoping for. they are paying more and not able to keep their doctor. it is a battle of the storylines here. >> it certainly is. it's anecdote versus anecdote for the administration at least now, the website appearing to be mostly functional. they don't have that drowning out positive stories they are trying to tell. i don't think they are going to be declaring the website fixed until they resolve the back end issues with the insurers. that's still a big problem. they are working on it. until that happens, they are going to continue

south carolina congressman and leader james clyburn joins me now. thank you so much for joining me this afternoon, senator clyburn. >> thank you for having me. >> do you agree with senator pelosi, should this legislation pass? is this a good deal? >> i think it is. it's a relatively good deal. all things are relative. it's not the bill i would have written and i'm certain it's not the bill she would have written. but if you look at this, we have reached what i consider to be a pretty honorable compromise. that is what it's about. we don't get all of what we wanted, they don't get all of what they wanted but it's an honorable compromise and i'm vote for it. >> congressman as you know, a lot of progressive groups are upset about this deal because it doesn't include a provision to extend unemployment benefits to 1.3 million americans who are going to lose those benefits at the end of the year. did you fight hard enough to get that included? >> we fought hard to get it included. i never wanted to be inside this budget deal but wanted to be part of the b

there are still some gaps, as commissioner clyburn talked about earlier, in getting broadband to people individually. and the fcc has taken some pretty exciting actions in that regard through the other programs. the other is just getting phones in people's hands that need them who are underserved, and that a's other parts of the universal service fund like lifeline. we've seen some pretty exciting partnerships between those who -- the phone companies who provide that service, medicaid managed care, organizations and app developers. so the power of mhealth and the power of broadband, getting it into individuals' hands as well as hospitals' hands are two goals that are related but operate in different ways. >> host: and so the fund provides money for that, how -- >> guest: the health care connect fund, the rural health program only subsidizes broadband to health care organizations. other programs are aimed at connecting people. and also bringing broadband service, actually, to rural areas and others. that's less under my purview. >> host: so you said about meeting with the fda, being here

joining me now is congressman and assistant democratic leader james clyburn who is involved with this conference. good morning to you, sir. >> thank you so much for having me, chuck. >> tell me where we are. how close are we? are we going to see something on december 13th produced collectively that is supported by murray and ryan? >> i would say we are very, very close yet far away. we are close. >> why do you say you are far away. it sounds like you know what you are negotiating over. is that what you are trying to say? >> that's right. we on the democratic side are very, very leery of putting together any kind of a budget deal that tends to rest too heavily on people who were on fixed incomes and we don't want to see a budget deal that will cost jobs and we want to see a deal that will include unemployment insurance because to get rid of that will cost 200,000 jobs. if you let that die, you want a budget deal that will do something about the sequester. we believed that that ought to be done away with. i think the republicans feel the same way. we are far apart because we cannot seem

clyburn: thank you. and i am hopeful that when we get back here after the first of the year, that we will move and do as we have done in the unemployment insurance, make it retroactive until january 1, so those people who find themselves unemployed for no fault of their own --

>> joining me now, congressman jim clyburn of south carolina.an, good to have you with us tonight on the heels of this deal. but -- and, of course, before the vote. >> thank you so much for having me. >> let me be the fly in the ointment here. the republicans are going to go home and say we didn't raise your taxes. we're not going to shut down the government. you still got the big three. those are pretty good talking points. what ado the democrats get out f this? >> we'll tell them, first of all, we'll go home. we did not destroy medicare. we did not do anything to medicaid. and we preserved a government shutdown, which a big portion of the republican caucus wanted. and i think they still want. i will say this. what we did was -- top line numbers, the proposers still must do their work between now and january 15th in order to avert any kind of a government shutdown. but i think this is a pretty good deal. not everything did i want. not everything did i put in it if i were writing it. but the fact of the matter is, we do have a compromise that i

to her credit, chairwoman clyburn took a couple of actions to offer some immediate relief that would provide some predictability for the next year or two. but this is an area that the fcc is going to have to revisit and revise if they're going to get -- >> well, if tom wheeler calls you tonight and says, walter, please tell me how do i fix this, what would you tell him? what's your advice to him? >> guest: yeah. my advice to him would be to focus in on broadband investment and look at the objective just as you are doing more nationally. the usf program is one that for rate of return carriers continues to be primarily based upon calculating subsidies that are based upon the provision of voice telephone service. it needs to be a program that's based upon the costs of deploying and operating broadband, broadband infrastructure. and so i would say look towards investment and deployment in broadband for this last 4%. >> host: just to follow up on howard's line of questioning, if mr. wheeler called you tonight and asked you how you would like to see the spectrum auctions structured, what w

i want to welcome commissioner o'rielly, and i want to commend commissioner clyburn. your daddy would be very proud. my questions will be directed solely at chairman wheeler. you will not be surprised to hear yes or no responses. i would like to start with a reverse auction of broadcast frequencies authorized by the jobs creation act. you recently announced to hear the commission will not conduct such options until 2015. that gives you an extra year. in the meantime, do you expect complete negotiations concerning the relocation of broadcast frequencies with canada, mexico, and border areas? yes or no? >> no, but i am very hopeful we will be able to move it forward. you don't have to have the signature on the page. >> you know that would cause a lot of viewers to lose service and a lot of screens to go dark in our part of the country. paragraph 15 of the commission's notice of proposed rulemaking for the incentive option states "the commission expects interested parties will have an opportunity for meaningful comment on all specific repackaging methodologies before it

you, we'll get back to this conversation with mayor stephanie rawlins, and leader of the house, jim clyburn't forget, the president be our guest tomorrow. we'll be right back after this. >>> let me finish tonight with this, i'm going to be short in closing tonight except to say i look forward with hope and a little bit of a concern about tomorrow's visit by the president. i'm concerned about the discussions and concerns people have today, not just the concerns but whether or not the government can function. whether we can regain our confidence in the ability of the government, especially here in washington to deliver on its promises, and can we, the american people, really set out what we want to do? big hopes and questions, i hope there is no way in the world my loyal hardballers out there are going to miss a minute of it. set your watches, 7:00 p.m. eastern, and watch us here, the place for politics, that is it for now, thank you for joining us, "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes, the white house today got the best news it has had i

clyburn will speak as well and another member of the conference committee. i will just say one thing, some decent news, some good news. that is that today we have learned that some 1.2 million people in america have gained health insurance coverage as result of the affordable care act. over 360,000 under the marketplace, having applied directly to the marketplace and some 800,000 through medicaid. we know that another 1.9 million americans have already started the application process and simply need to choose which option they would like to have. some 3 million americans today will have health security, something they did not have before. surely, americans want health security, and they are signing up for affordable insurance under the affordable care act. like the american people, democrats want to make sure the health security law works. we don't want to shut it down. now on the issue of hopefully no more shutdowns, we want to be able to start talking about moving forward on the budget so we can get to the real work of the american people, which is creatin

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on wednesday, congressman jim clyburn and a member of the budget conference said that nothing is set in stone. >> that's the problem we get with these things. you agree to something and you look around and the goal post gets moved. we on a democratic side are not going to agree to anything. until everything is agreed to. >> joining me now, the chair and new york congressman israel. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me on, luke. >> off the bat, you are very much in the weeds with the democratic leadership and the budget process. how are the prospects for a budget in two years guaranteed to americans. we won't have the same threat we faced in october. how is it looking? >> right now we don't have a lot of details. we are in the weeds. we need to see beyond the weeds and see what the field looks like. right now negotiations are ongoing. democrats will do our part to find that common ground. that common ground needs to include several things. smart deficit reduction and investments in education. we have to cut spending and it has to be fair to the middle class.

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and clyburn, commissionerer.oss-section of women from very powerful positions, sort of across media and the government. >> and i reason, you cover what we mu might call women's issues and wrote in "salon" about wendy davis and bringing out a new moment for women. i want to put up on the screen, take a look at a chart that shows references to -- take a look at this chart. this is references from english language books throughout the last several decades. and what you see in green is the just reference to women's rights. drastically, increasing, particularly after roe v. wade, while pro life and pro choice references run together and a lot lower. you argued in your piece that wendy davis wasn't just a story about a woman standing up for abortion rights, shall we say. but about something much broader. >> i think we have seen since 2010 with republican takeover of state houses, as well as in the house of representatives, this profound interest of regulating uteruses. and that's included access to birth control. it's

clyburn and mrs. lowey. this was a hard fought negotiation, and i want to thank leader pelosi and my fellow conferees for making it clear as recently as 12 to 24 hours ago that the way the agreement was taking shape would absolutely of be acceptable to members the democratic dauks. it's -- caucus. it's now in a form where members have to decide for themselves. speaking individually my view is that it is a small step in the right direction because we are able to restore many of the cuts that would otherwise take place as a result of the sequester. those very deep and immediate cuts. and it especially is good at restoring some of the cuts that would have taken place in important domestic investments in our kids' education, in science and research, and places like the national institutes of health. law enforcement, and those kind of areas, this will help restore almost 2/3 of the cuts that would have otherwise taken place in fiscal year 2014. and i believe that the way those cuts are paid for is not at all perf

clyburn. let me just take a moment to extend my thoughts and prayers on behalf of my district to esident mandela's family for south africa, we all have lost a warrior. south africa has lost a war dwhromplee world has lost a freedom fighter and a great statesman. the congressional black caucus . ood alongside the a.n.c. even throughout his 27 years of incarceration and pruittal treatment his spirit was never broken this stands testament to the power of resistance and determination. not only is nelson mandela the father of the liberation movement in south after character he laid the framework for mod herb lynn ration -- liberation movements throughout the world he never compromised his principles and took up the mantle of fighting h.i.v. and aids. i was first inspired by mr. mandela in the 1980's. i was arrested in berkley in a time when the brave brothers and sisters refused to unload ships from south africa that arrived in oakland's port. congressman dellham led the rules alling for these that

technicalsome sort of solution with respect to canada and mexico's border, acting chairwoman clyburn made this such a high-priority. help make a great breakthrough. chairman wheeler has met with both canadian and mexican representatives. we have a strong charge to the international bureau to push as quickly as we can because we recognize the need for certain teeth with respect to both the respect to the canadian border. >> thank you. i know the broadcasters are very concerned about the methods the fcc is going to use to place monitoring value on the spectrum. how will the calculation methods the fcc uses impact the potential revenues of the auction as a whole? how will it impact the decisions of broadcasters who want to participate? >> at the fcc is buying six megahertz of spectrum. they're not buying broadcasting businesses. they propose to score stations based on some characteristic of their broadcasting operation. that doesn't have anything to do with what the fcc is buying. it is grading distressed among rod casters and driving away from the auction. as professor crampton discuss

we are very ably led in our discussion from our side by our ranking member chris van hollen james clyburn, our assistant leader, and by the ranking member on the appropriations committee. i wish now to -- i am very pleased to be joined by our house democratic leadership as we hear ranking member chris van uslen come forward and give a word on what he sees going forward. >> thank you, leader pelosi. it is great to be here with my colleagues and my fellow contrary, ms. lowen. .here is no budget agreement there's been a lot written, but there is no budget agreement yet. we believe these negotiations have already dragged on way too long. we share the view of the republican chairman of the appropriations committee who wrote to all the conferences some time ago saying we should right aftere thanksgiving so the appropriators could get to work. that is the senate of the -- that is the chairman of the senate appropriations committee. we also believe that as this ,rocess has dragged on important priorities are at risk of being left behind. we have is why presented our priorities. these are prioriti

conferees, congressman chris van hollen, our ranking member on bument, our assistant leader, jim clyburn and the ranking member on appropriations, nita lowey, for bringing this fight to a draw. i think that's really where it came out and it -- hopefully it will go forward today and enable us to clear the table, to set the table for other debates as we go down the line. whether we're talking about job creation, whether we're talking about raising the minimum wage, whether we're talking about passing an immigration bill. let us get this out of the way. having said that, i just want to say about the republicans, they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity when it comes to job creation. in this bill, in this budget we could have had, as chris van hollen suggested, investments in short-term and long-term growth. just to close -- to close a loophole, we could have built the infrastructure, built infrastructure in our country, creating jobs immediately. close a loophole, we could have built the human infrastructure by investing in early childhood education. the republicans said no. on