coble is recognized for one minute. mr. coble: thank you, mr. speaker. colleagues, alma adams -- representative adams has served our area in the north carolina general assembly in excess of two decades. in raleigh, she is known as the legislative lady with the hat. mr. speaker, i am pleased to present to you and to my colleagues the legislative lady with the hat, alma adams from orth carolina. and mr. speaker, i yield to the gentleman from the fourth district, david price. mr. price: mr. speaker, i thank the dean of our delegation, howard coble, for yielding and i want to add to his words of introduction for our new colleague, alma adams. elected this past election to fill the unexpyred term of mel att, our colleague mel watt -- who has taken leadership of the federal housing finance agency. s the 12th district of north carolina. alma adams was born in high point, north carolina, she attended college at north carolina a&t university, took her doctoral degree from ohio state university and became a teacher. she had a 40-year career as a professor at benne

but i'd say -- i'd go with newt as the speaker. >> congressman coble, during the clinton administration you served on the impeachment committee. looking back at that period of time, how do you think that will be viewed in future generation? >> you know, the late henry hyde, i won't each qualify to say probably, the most eloquent orator in the congress. henry told me one time, i think i remember this correctly, he said i'm not wild about this impeachment but there are 23 americans serving active prison sentences for having committed perjury. how do you justify that and turn a blind eye to the president? he said, i can't do it. and i'll always remember henry saying that. and your question was how would it play with the passage of time. the order of it, which this came, and i believe he may be only one of two presidents who was impeached. am i right about that, peter? >> that's correct, he and andrew johnson. >> north carolinian, by the way. >> via tennessee. >> via tennessee, yeah. >> congressman coble, what brought you to congress in the first place? what made you decide to run for congr

after that, a conversation with congressman howard coble of north carolina. from chicago ideas week, a look at alternative ways to improve education. iner more than 35 years congress, iowa senator tom harkin is set to retire at the end of this year. senator harkin served in the u.s. house, representing iowa's fifth district from 1975 to 1984 and then moved on to the senate. in an interview with c-span, senator harkin reflects on his time in washington. this is 35 minutes. >> senator tom harkin of iowa, we are sitting in a room you spent a lot of time in over the years. and done a lot of important pieces of legislation. i am wondering what prompted you to make the decision to retire this year. there is still a lot to do. i guess what prompted me were long discussions with my wife. and thinking about the past and where i am. i came to the decision that 40 years here is long enough for anyone to be here. and, you know this whole concept -- i haveg to power all these offices and a great committee, all that stuff. i think a lot of people stay around too long. so i

minutes.own for 25 >> congressman howard coble, retiring after this session. you'll be the longest serving republican congressman in north carolina history. what do you think your legacy will be after 30 years here on capitol hill? >> well, not unfavorable, i hope, peter. i hope it will be one that has been laced with credibility. we have interns coming throughout our staff year-round and many have political desires to run for office one day and they ask me what should we emphasize? i say, you emphasize credibility, accessibility. people back home expect to see their elected official and i think justifiably so. i go home just about every weekend. i did every weekend this year. i recall, having served with a fellow who could have been in the congress his entire life. he was that good. he was a good public servant. and he was defeated in the republican primary and i asked him what happened to our buddy. he quit going home, was the answer. quit going home, they never saw him. so they showed him the gate that leads to the road out of town. >> legislatively, what a

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [video clip] >> howard coble is retiring. he spoke with us about his relationship with colleagues on both sides of the aisle. his decision to retire, and the issues that remain for the next congress to address. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> congressman howard coble, retiring after this session. you'll be the longest serving republican congressman in north carolina history. what do you think your legacy will be after 30 years here on capitol hill? >> well, not unfavorable, i hope, peter. i hope it will be one that has been laced with credibility. we have interns coming throughout our staff year-round and many have political desires to run for office one day and they ask me what should we emphasize? i say, you emphasize credibility, accessibility. people back home expect to see their elected official and i think justifiably so. i go home just about every weekend. i did every weekend this year. i recall, having served with a fellow who could have been in the congress his entire life. he was that goo

after that, a conversation with congressman howard coble of north carolina. from chicago ideas week, a look at alternative ways to improve education. iner more than 35 years congress, iowa senator tom harkin is set to retire at the end of this year. senator harkin served in the u.s. house, representing iowa's fifth district from 1975 to 1984

so let's get that framework the fact it is international because the customers are coble so the content based on international standards at that time is just the right approach and house cybersecurity is best managed. >> afternoon i'd like to say thank-you to the chamber for hosting a said they're ready in the audience. i am a director of cybersecurity policy and strategy at microsoft. in that role i have a variety as issues supply chain risk-management to international security issues that microsoft we learn the cybersecurity policy work so we can bridge that security expertise to help them manifest to take demonstrable results to manifest in the policy of environment. prior to that led theurgy markets quite frequently to asia in critical infrastructure and cybersecurity issues one of the reasons we think it is important it is an example to leverage public/private partnership that could be applicable and that is what i will talk about today. >> i am an officer at the washington d.c. office. it is the only office established by the parliament outside the e.u.. first of all, to the chamb

speaker, congressman coble and congressman price. as we all know, journey to congress is not made alone and i could not have made it here without my faith, my family and my friends. i want to take a moment to give special thanks to my mother who could not be here today, to my children my children, billy and janelle, my son in law and my four grandchildren one is on , floor with me tonight. to my siblings and everyone who made the trip to share in this momentous occasion with me. i stand here on the shoulders of the fearless women who shattered the glass ceiling by coming to congress and representing our country with pride, tenacity and integrity. and it is with great honor that i stand before you tonight as the 100th woman in the 113th congress. [applause] the women who have served before me have proven that when women succeed we all succeed. , as i traveled across the 12th congressional district, i heard the calls for us to work together to create jobs, invest in education and to be a voice for the working men and women struggling t

speaker, coble andn congressman price. as we all know, journey to and iss is not made alone could not have made it here without my faith, my family and friends. i want to take a moment to give special thanks to my mother who tortiont be here today my children, billy and janelle, and my four grand meldren one is on floor with tonight to my siblings and everyone who made the trip to ohre in this momentous expectation with me. i stand here on the shoulders of the fearless women who shattered ceiling by coming to congress and representing our country with pride, tenacity and integrity. is with great honor that i stand before you tonight as in the 113than congress. [applause] served' meho have have proven that when women succeed we all succeed. i traveled across the 12th congressional district, i heard the calls for us to work to create jobs, invest in education and to be a voice for the working men and women struggling to make the ends meet. and i'm answering their calls by theging to work with members of the north carolina de

and congressman coble was first elected in 1984. you 1984. you can watch tonight starting at eight eastern on c-span. >> a few of the comments we recently received from viewers. >> i just have to tell you that to see these people and person, to here them have the panel discussion or congressional hearing, it is so important to understand the context and to listen to the statement in its entirety. >> hi. i have been watching book tv for a few years, and i really think it is the greatest program on tv. how these authors take the time to not only present summaries of what they write , but the moderator always does a great job of stimulating the conversation yet. i think it is fabulous. it fabulous. it is what i look forward to on the weekends. >> i watch c-span all the time when i am home. i think it is absolutely excellent. excellent. i watched all of the debates around the country. thank you for the talks and the history. i like all of it. i am thankful that it is there and use it in my classroom. thank you very much. >> continue to let us kno

coble, howard coble served over 20 years and has been a great advocate for transportation infrastructure and certainly been a great protector of a great protector of the coast guard and the other committees he has worked on. he is not here today. we wish you well in your future endeavors. truly west virginia royalty. is there such a thank you mac i can make some analogies about being at the top of certain mountains, but i won't. we wish you well and know that you will do a great job and we will not forget us. you can even talk fast. we hope you will continue. congratulations on your continue. congratulations on your victory. we know you will do extremely well in the senate i think he thought i was going to talk about him, but him, but i guy who served on this committee for almost four decades, every capacity, every subcommittee, on the committee. he was he was here from ice t, t21, safety, i guy with tremendous institutional knowledge and has decided to go back to wisconsin and not put up with the headaches of congress. again, we wish him well in his endeavors. make sure i get everybody.

that will be followed by a conversation with howard coble. here is some of what you will see tonight. we will begin with senator harkin and then congressman coble. --get rid of the filibuster on legislation as well as nominations, but on the other hand, i have often said the republicans do have a legitimate argument here, by the way, in that they are not being allowed to offer administrate their not be allowed to offer a minutes because they filibuster bills and they are filibustering bills because they are not allowed to offer administrate the best way is to get rid of the filibuster, but alt the same time guarantee to the minority in new rules of the senate that the minority will be a lot offered germane amendments to any bill on the floor. maintenance g commitments, -- germane amendments. the minority does in hot have the right to prevail, because they can stop things, so the minority prevails. for the not the right minority to prevail, but it should be the right of the minority to amend or offer amendments, half full and vigorous debate,

. >> with the data they have a lot of oil over there so what effect do they have on coble demand in the future? >> with a number of african and countries to look at deposits to bring them to bargain at the prices they would have would be apprehensive. if the markets would be tied so you would not get the major technological terms coming into the country with the impact going for many, many years after the contracts are assigned. the a good news is it should be a lot more judicious and they both got big signs to understand lou bears the risk? because it is a proportion of their risk up front. >> courier to the end of the event. so i have the question. defining the characteristic of the petro state petroleum is the only game in town for many of them. other countries have other sectors to fall back on. what are the prospects that it sets in motion of fees that do we become less petro stayed driven? >> in nigeria with recently what emerges says finance and it is more than we anticipated that the problem with the fiscal perspective that tax deficit is always directed at the oriole sector. ni

tonight on c-span we'll feature tom harkin and howard coble. this is part of our week-long series. >>> this thanksgiving week c-span is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. watch the interviews tonight through thursday at 8 p.m. eastern. >> i've often said the republicans do have a legitimate argument here, by the way. in that they're not being allowed to offer amendments. well, they're not being allowed to offer amendments because they filibuster bilsz. they're not allowed -- it's one of those chicken and egg things. best way to get rid of it is to get rid of the filibuster but at the same time guarantee to the minority, new rules in the senate, that the minority will be allowed to offer germane amendments to any bill that's on the floor. germane amendments to that legislation. with reasonable time limits for debate. >> the late henry -- i won't even call it, i'll say probably the most eloquent orator in the congress. henry told me one time, he said, i'm not wild about this impeachment but he said, there are 23 american for

tom harkin and howard coble. >>> this thanksgiving week, c-span is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. watch the interviews tonight through thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> i have often said the republicans have a legitimate argument here in that they are not being allowed to offer amendments. they're not being allowed to offer amendments because they filibuster bills because they're not allowed to talk. it's a chicken and egg thing. just get rid of the filibuster but guarantee to the minority in new rules in the senate that the minority will be allowed to offer germane amendments to any bill that's on the floor. to that legislation with reasonable time limits for debate. >> the late henry hyde -- i won't kwaulqualify by saying -- most eloquent in the congress. he told me one time, i think i remember this correctly, i'm not wild about this impeachment. but he said, there are 23 americans serving active prison sentences for having committed perjury. he said, how do you justify that and then turn a blind eye to the president? he said, i can't do it. i will always re

theorists or the judge has any place to stand and the denial of any reality beyond convention is both coble and incoherent and leaves to the different about the destructive errors. if as the late judge argued there is no way to navigate the claims. i get that his position has the virtue of being entirely consistent and i understand why that recommends itself. on the other side it has no content to fill the void with surrogates of their own design. these are void of any normative authority and range from generally accepted standards to the radical personal convictions it is worth considering where v. is translated these translated into spoils of constitutional interpretation lead. the best example i can give you is of the israeli supreme court it's safe to talk about him. he is candid about what he believes or how he does this and he doesn't have a constitution so it is a little bit better. he argues they must defend democracy by defining ultimate values and he suggested a process of conviction must take place among the members of society regarding the truth and justice of the norms and stan

we'll feature iowa democratic senator tom harkin and north carolina republican howard coble. this is part of our week-long series. >>> this thanksgiving week, c-span is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. watch the interviews tonight through thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> i've often said the republicans do have a legitimate argument here, by the way. and that they're not being allowed to offer amendments. well, they're not being allowed to offer amendments because they filibuster bills. they filibuster bills because they're not allowed to talk amendments. it's one of those chicken and egg things. our best way to get rid of it is just get rid of the filibuster but at the same time guarantee to it is get rid of the filibuster, but guarantee to the minority and new rules of the senate that the minority will be allowed to offer amendments to any bill thath on the floor. jermaine amendments, with reasonable time limits for debate. >> i won't even qualify to say probably, the most eloquent order in the congress. henry told me one time, i think i remember this

then, coble on working with newt gingrich. >> get rid of the filibuster. on the other hand, i've often said the republicans have a legitimate argument here. they are not been allowed to offer amendments. they're not being allowed to offer amendments because they filibuster bills. they filibuster because they are not allowed to offer a minutes. get rid of the filibuster and newantee to the minority rules in the senate that the minority will be allowed to amendments to any bill on the floor. germane amendments to that legislation with reasonable time limits for debate. ef you do that, then we can mov legislation and the minority will have the right to amend. the majority does not have the right to prevail, which they are doing now because the minority can control the filibuster and stop things. the minority actually prevails. it is not letting the minority prevail. it should be the right of the minority to amend or offer amendments, to have full and haveous debates, and to votes on those amendments. if we did that, i think the senate would begin to operate v

tonight at 8:00 eastern, democratic senator tom harkin and north carolina republican congress and howard cobleted 30 years ago. >> two things. on rid of the filibuster legislation and nominations. have aother hand, i legitimate argument in that they are not being allowed to offer amendments. they are not being a lot because they filibuster bills. they filibuster because they cannot offer amendment. the best way to give it a bit is to get rid of the filibuster but at the same time, guaranteed to the minority new rules of the senate that the minority will be allowed to offer amendments to any bill that is on the floor. ments withend reasonable time limits for debate. if you do that, we can move legislation and the minority will have the right. to minority does not have the right to prevail which they are doing now because the minority can control the filibuster and stopping spirit the minority actually prevails. whether they prevailed but it should be the right of the minority to amend or offer amendments. full and vigorous debates and have votes on those amendments. i think the senate would beg

will feature iowa democratic senator, tom har kin and howard coble. it's part of our week-long series. >>> here are a few of the comments we recently received from our viewers. >> i just have to tell you that to see these people in person, to hear them, have the panel discussion or congressional hearing, it is so important to understand the context and to listen to the statement in its entirety. >> i have been watching book tv for a few years and i think book tv is the greatest program on tv. i just really like, you know, how these authors pick the times not only to present some gist of what they write, but the moderator always does a great job of stimulating the conversation. yeah. it's what i look forward to on the weekends for me, to watch as much as i can. >> i watch c-span all the time when i'm home. it's the only station i have on most of the time. i think it's absolutely excellent. i watched all of the debates around the country. thank you for the book talks and for the history. i like all of it. and i am thankful that it's there and i use it i

feature iowa senator tom harkin and north carolina republican howard coble. this is part of our week-long series. >>> this thanksgiving week, c-span is featuring interviews from retiring members of congress. watch the ber views through thursday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>. i have often said the republicans have a legitimate argument and they are not being maebs because they filibuster bills. the best way is get rid of the filibuster but at the same time guarantee new rules for the senate. the minority will be allowed to offer amendments to any bill on the floor. to that legislation. which reasonable time limits for debate. >> the i won't even qualify the most eloquent order of the congress. he said i'm not wild about this. he said there are 23 americans serving active prison sentences for having committed perjury. he said how do you justify that and then turn a blind eye to the president. he said i can't do it. i always remember him saying that. >>. and also on thursday, thanksgiving day, we'll take an american history tour of various native american tribes. tha

. >> you can see all of our interview with senator harkin and congressman howard coble on c-span. on the next "washington journal" we discussed monday's announcement on the resignation of chuck hagel. group share our strength will talk about hunger in america and efforts to end childhood hunger. we will also take your phone calls and look at your comments on facebook and twitter on the death of michael brown. or'sington journal" everyday at 7:00 in eastern on c-span. late monday night, st. louis prosecutor bob mccullough announced a grand jury decision not to indict darren wilson in the shooting death of 18 year old michael brown. speaking from a courthouse in clayton, missouri, he talked about the evidence presented to jurors and took questions from reporters after a 25 minute news conference. >> good evening. thank you for your patience. i will be happy to answer some questions. first and foremost, i would like to extend my deepest sympathies to the family of michael brown. i know that regardless of the circumstances here, they lost a loved one to violence. i know the pain that

members of congress, featuring iowa democratic senator tom harkin and north carolina republican howard coble. part of our week-long series. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and senate on c-span 2. we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs event. c-span 3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story. including six unique series. civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history bookshelves with the best known american history writers. presidency looking at policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief. lectures in history. what top college professors delving into america's past. and the series real america featuring archival government and films from the '30s through the '70s. c-span 3 created by cable tv and funded by local cable or satellite providers. watch us on hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> now a look at us

will feature iowa democratic senator, tom har kin and howard coble.t's part of our week-long series. >>> here are a few of the comments we recently received from our viewers. >> i just have to tell you that to see these people in person, to hear them, have the panel discussion or congressional hearing, it is so important to understand the context and to listen to the statement in its entirety. >> i have been watching book tv for a few years and i think book tv is the greatest program on tv. i just really like, you know, how these authors pick the times not only to present some gist of what they write, but the moderator always does a great job of stimulating the conversation. yeah. it's what i look forward to on the weekends for me, to watch as much as i can. >> i watch c-span all the time when i'm home. it's the only station i have on most of the time. i think it's absolutely excellent. i watched all of the debates around the country. thank you for the book talks and for the history. i like all of it. and i am thankful that it's there and i use it in

coble. >> thank you mr. chairman and mr. clancy is good to have you with us here this morning. mr.ancy if i were going to pursue an activity to direct attention to me i believe i would have find some exercise other than a fence jumper at the white house. maybe i am in the minority in that world but it's been reported that the service had vulnerable contact with guns out was prior to september 19. while any review of that event include a review of how information regarding the suspect prior to that date was handled including information gathered by the secret service investigators following gonzalez' arrest on july 19, 2014? >> yes, sir. that is correct sir and to explain a little bit what happened. >> if you would do that. >> yes sir. during that time sir when mr. gonzalez was arrested down in virginia our roanoke office was advised of the arrest. there was consultation between the local authorities and our agents and at that time our agents did not interview mr. gonzalez. subsequent to that, when mr. gonzalez posted bond our agents did interview mr. gonzalez and we were all where

members of congress, featuring iowa democratic senator tom harkin and north carolina republican howard coble. part of our week-long series. >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and senate on c-span 2. we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs event. c-span 3 is the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story. including six unique series. civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites to discover what artifacts reveal about america's past. history bookshelves with the best known american history writers. presidency looking at policies and legacies of our nation's commanders in chief. lectures in history. what top college professors delving into america's past. and the series real america featuring archival government and films from the '30s through the '70s. c-span 3 created by cable tv and funded by local cable or satellite providers. watch us on hd, like us on facebook and follow us on twitter. >>> now a look at us