i will turn it over to colleen. >> thank you. i want to thank the bipartisan policy center, the national capital area political science association, and the national press club for hosting us to talk about the evolving congress. what i am going to do is talk about why we decided to write this committee print at this particular moment in time. crs has one mission, which is to serve congress. we assist members in all aspects of their policymaking and wreck resent tatian all functions. we find ourselves in the weeds and facing a lot of deadlines. our unique mission is to serve congress and its research functions and for their research needs. the talented analysts and experts that crs also have the ability to look at the big picture. more specifically, we ask this question. how has the institution of congress changed over time? the evolving congress committee print is our attempt to answer this difficult question. then the question becomes why would congress want us to grapple with that particular question? the main reason is because

i'll turn to colleen to introduce the report. >> thank you. i want to thank the bipartisan policy center, the national capital area political science association and certainly the national press club today for hosting us to talk about the evolving congress. what i'm going to do is to talk about why we decided to write this committee print at this moment in time. as john said, crs has one mission, which is to serve congress. we assist members in all aspects of their policymaking and representational functions. because of this mission, we find ourselves on a daily basis often as you can imagine in the weeds and facing a lot of deadlines. that work is entirely appropriate for crs because our unique mission to serve congress in its research functions, and for the research needs. the talented analysts and experts at crs also have the ability to look at the big picture. more specifically we ask this question, how has the institution of congress changed over time? the evolving congress committee print is our attempt to answer this difficult question.

colleen and john noted that it has 29 essays. they are going to go through them one by 1 -- no. [laughter] they are not going to go through them. they will pick topics of interest. we have it well set up to have the house and senate well represented by each one of you. don, could you give a little summary of what your reaction is to it? and then tell us some of your thoughts about some of the pieces that you are looking at. don: i will take the first 250 pages. [laughter] don: thank you. i want to commend the bpc for organizing the event and inviting me here and to congratulate crs on its 100th anniversary. i think this book is a testament to the type of quality staff you have and the diversity of subjects that you cover. it is marvelous. i cannot say i have read it cover to cover, but i have had a lot of the high points that i thought related to what i know and what i want to know a little bit more about. it is a great thing to read. what i thought i would do is relate some of the first things in the book on not necessarily the role of members so much, but there is a great intr

. >> let's see if colleen is home. let me just ring the bell here. doesn't appear that anyone's home. >> four years into its run on nbc, "late night" was both clever and unconventional. >> can you show us around the place and maybe show us some of your sister's stuff. >> in the closet? >> yeah. >> the brother showed up, and he showed us the girl's room. >> let's take a look at her footwear. >> a lot of high-heeled shoes. >> then took us to where she worked at the mall. >> are you colleen boyle? >> oh, my god. >> and that was a kind of model for spontaneous kind of guerilla tv making. >> at the time, that was electric. >> conan o'brien could barely believe it. >> it just wasn't something you ever saw, the idea of johnny carson going into someone's house. dave, you have to remember, was wearing like the pleated pants and the adidas. it was all coming from a completely different angle. >> didn't he mow her lawn? >> i think he did. the fact he walked out of the tv and was going through people's stuff in their room had a huge impact on me. >> had a huge i

there was a lot of movement in our delegation, and because of that colleen hanabusa, before me, ran, and there was a spot open, so in 2013, on august 8, we made that decision. host: how much convincing did it take your family? rep. mark takai: welcome of the biggest decision was where we were going to live. once they knew they would be a look to stay home with their friends, and my wife sami and her family and my family everything was all good at that point. host: the congressional recess and district work periods when you go back on, it is not just to go back to the sandy beaches, but to work. are you able to separate out your life and be able to tend to those? rep. mark takai: a member of the legislature 20 years prior there is almost no separation, especially in hawaii. with your family, we have dinner, say, at the closest shopping mall to our house near pearl harbor, and i am always working, so i am trying my best to spend family time with my family, but my kids grew up through dad being in the legislature, and now they are growing up with me being in congress. i go to their socc

. >> let me see if colleen is home. let me just ring the bell here. it doesn't appear that anyone is home. >> five years into it run on nbc, dave letterman was clever and unconventional. >> can you show us around the place. show us your sister's stuff. >> the brother showed up and showed us the girl's room. >> let's take a look at her footwear. a lot of high healed shoes. >> and he took us to where she was working in the mall. >> are you colleen boyle? >> oh, my god. >> and that was a kind of model for spontaneous gorilla tv making. >> at the time that was electric. >> conan o'brien could barely believe it. >> it wasn't something you saw. the idea of johnny carson going into someone's house. >> did you mow her lawn? >> i think he did. yeah. the idea that he had walked out of the tv and went into someone's room and going through her stuff had a huge impact on me. >> a huge impact on all the shows that would come after him. not bad for a boy next door from indianapolis, indiana. his dad harry was a florist and his mom dorothy a church secretary. his mot

. >> reporter: meet colleen thornby, librarian in the maryland room. >> where do most of these books reporter: she knows almost anything you'd want to about the state. >> i actually was asked this question a few months ago, and had problems finding anything at that point. >> reporter: the perfect person to help us uncover more about the mysterious livingston road, it's now filled with homes and businesses. the road originated in washington that area there called stanton town, with sections running through prince georges and into charles county. it was once a main highway between washington and indian head. >> went back did some more research and this time i found while not primary source documentation, it's enough information to pretty much say this is why it was named livingston road. >> reporter: as the suspense builds we ask around. >> i should know what it's named for, but i don't. >> maybe someone from history, a male perhaps. >> reporter: it seems all the segments of livingston road built bit by bit over the years were named for one family. >> the beginning of livingston road i

calling: -- colleen: hi, colleen rose, i have spoken with michael porter at the harvard business school trying to get this started in for -- started for a long time, but my one fear about this is that we may begin to be driven by only big business, and my understanding is that the small and medium enterprises are the ones the higher the most people, so how do he teach small and medium enterprises how to grow their businesses -- how do we teach small and medium enterprises on how to grow their businesses so that it creates and need to create jobs? sec. pritzker: we work with a lot of different business sectors in how to help them grow, for example, i will go back to manufacturing we have the manufacturing extension partnerships at the department of commerce where we work with businesses to develop world-class practices so they can remain competitive. the department of commerce also has the export assistance center where there is over 100, i think there is 108 centers around the united states, to center on which markets around the world their products will be competitive so that they can

when he passed away, there was a lot of movement in our delegation, and because of that, colleen hanabusa, before me, decided to run for senate and there was a spot open, so in 2013, on august 8, we made that decision. host: how much convincing did it take your family? rep. mark takai: welcome of the -- well, the biggest decision was where we were going to live. once they knew they would be a -- would be staying home with their friends, and my wife sami and her family and my family everything was all good at that point. host: the congressional recess and district work periods, when you go back on, it is not just -- back home, it is not just to go back to the sandy beaches but to work. are you able to separate out your life and be able to tend to those? rep. mark takai: a member of the -- i was a member of the legislature 20 years prior there is almost no separation, especially in hawaii. with your family, we have dinner, say, at the closest shopping mall to our house, near pearl harbor, and i am always working, so i am trying my best to spend family time with my family, but my kids grew u

colleen thompson and ellen shanley are dieticians -- experts in nutrition -- especially when it comes to fast food. they even wrote a book about it -- "fueling the teen machine." >> we thought that teens were at a point where they're really inquisitive about things, and food and nutrition happens to be one of them. they're asking lots of different questions. we thought it was important to write a book geared to the teen, addressed to them, telling them the facts. >> just what is fast food? >> fast food is really anything we grab and go, right? you're running on the go, you grab something that's convenient, that's quick and usually affordable. could be a burger and fries, could be a tall latte and a muffin, could be a humongo gulp and hot dog. >> so, what are the top four things we need to beware of? >> we think of number four being sugar, specifically added sugar. when teens go to fast-food restaurants, most frequently they buy soda, and soda is loaded with sugar. lots of empty calories. so not really a good choice. >> what's number 3? >> the next one's fat. we all know that fast food

. >> colleen thompson and ellen shanley are the authors of "fueling the teen machine."o, ellen, how much should the typical teen eat for lunch? >> well, nicole, we measure our intake by our calories. and an active, young man eats about 800 calories for lunch and a young female should eat about 700 calories. >> so, i think you have some examples that bring those numbers to life? >> i do. we have a big mac, a large fry and a large soda. >> mm-hmm. >> and this is about 1,340 calories. and we see with the big mac, we have two burgers, three slices of bread, and their special sauce, which is loaded with calories and fat. >> so that's a lot of calories over here. >> it's a whole lot of calories. >> what do we have over here? >> here is a regular hamburger a small fry, and a small soda. and this is only about 630 calories. so you've been able to cut out half of your calories if you make that choice. >> so since you're within your 700-800 limit, are you able to eat this every day for lunch? >> well, i don't think i'd make that choice. you really are not getting the fruits and v

will still be protected by the marine mammal protection in the u.s., but whale conservationists like colleenbe enough. >> while it will offer protection against any current and future projects such as oil and gas exploration or seismic drilling under the marine mammal protection act if they weren't endangered, they can apply for permits to harm or harass a certain number of humpback whales. >> in alaska, the state's largest industries, oil and commercial fishing say they have to tread lightly around the growing number of humpbacks. state officials have petitioned to delist the humpback, which would ease those restrictions. >> it's supposed to be a strictly biological opinion or biological analysis, not really considering the economics, but there are economic concerns that bring the humpback population into focus. >> the endangered species act has by all accounts saved humpback whales. now we'll see whether it's done enough to let them survive on their own. jacob ward, al jazeera monterey, california. >> the man booker prize has been awarded, he is the sixth person to receive the prize, one o

and actually rite aid has stepped up with a $1.3 million donation to help families like colleen.e. go buy your budweiser and barbecue. when you go to rite aid, you can participate in a program you can round up on behalf of folds of honor to say thank you to families. we have $13 million in financial aid that will go out next week. we have $5 million for requested for unfunded scholarships for families. i would challenge the fox nation that's been so benevolent to folds of honor to visit our website to make a donation. go to rite aid, all these people that are standing with folds of honor to insure we don't leave any families behind. >> we have generous viewers i imagine you'll get a lot of support today. the folds of honor patriot cup will air on fox sports 1 today at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. thank you so much. thank you for your family's service and your husband's service. we know when someone serves in the military it's actually the entire family. thank you so much. sorry for your loss. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> 29 minutes after the hour on this monday morning. brand-new deve

say, hello to colleen in my home state. >> caller: two b,ooya's.nd my late husband used to love the company, flowserve. and oil prices do you think this company is undervalued based on -- >> it's a quality company. i don't expect a quick turn. but i got to tell you it's about as inexpensive as i've ever seen seen. you want to charter to declare victory on the down side and then you can move in to buy. but you know what still early. stick with cramer. >>> it is time. it is time are the lightning round. and then the lightning round is over. are you ready. it's time for the lightning round. >> caller: jim how are you doing? >> what's going on with you? >> caller: i'm doing good. curious about killian pharmaceuticals. >> i do not want to own that stock. be very careful. >> caller: thanks for taking my call, jim. thinking about buying more retail investment opportunity. >> les unless it yields more than 5% we're pulling back. go to hiemy in new jersey. >> caller: it's jaime. >> sorry. >> caller: it's an honor to speak with you mr. cramer and booya from

and colleen pierce, our democratic saragota county recorder. we have another representative, todd pritchard from the state of iowa. we also have with us two folks that have welcomed sarah to the community. and they're good friends of mine. and we were going to be gone for ten days when sarah landed and i says joanne, can you help me out, we've got a young lady coming working for hillary clinton and we need a place for her to stay and those two people who stepped up were jo ann hardy right here behind me and her husband russ hardy. there in the blue jacket. so thank you very much. so i was just reminded that good about a month ago -- oh, yes. a round of applause. [ applause ] about a month ago a young lady gave me a call and she goes hi, my name's sarah, can i come talk to you? and i said sure, we talk to everybody. we're a welcoming household. come ahead. we sat on this white sofa that usually sits in a circular fashion here in the living room, and she told me about somebody she really was excited about and that she was coming here to live and

. >> let me see if colleen is home. five years in the run. it was clever and unconventional. >> can you show us around the place. show us your sister's stuff. >> the brother showed up and showed us the girl's room. >> and he showed us the girl's footwear. >> and he took us to where she was working in the mall. >> and that was spot tv making at the time. >> at the time that was electric. >> conan o'brien couldn't believe it. >> it wasn't something you saw. >> the idea of connie carson going into someone's house. >> did he mow her along. >> i think he did. >> that he was going someone someone's stuff had a huge impact me. >> and all of the shows that would come after him. not bad for a boy next door from indianapolis, indiana. >>> his dad harry was a florist and his mom dorothy a church secretary. his mom later wrote a cook book with pictures of dave and his two sisters. >> our household was pull of arthur godfrey productions. >> and i can just remember being fascinated by -- when they would open the television part of the simulcast and there w

but whale conservations like colleen worry it won't be enough.lot of protection protections. why do we need this extra layer? >> the esa will offer protection against current and future projects such as oil and gas exploration. under the marine protection act, if they weren't endangered they can apply for permits to harm or harass a number of whales. >> reporter: they have petitioned to take the humpback off of the endangered species act. >> our goal was to get it off of the list. >> reporter: so is this about the science or about protecting economic interests? in alaska delisting the humpback would make things easier on the oil and maritime industries. so it may be a bit of both. >> it's supposed to be a strictly biological opinion or biological analysis not really considering the economics. and -- but -- but there are economic concerns that bring the humpback population into focus. >> reporter: for captain black, the endangered species act has given here a lifelong relationship with individual whales. >> some of them we know, you know, by name

police believe colleen carr jumped on her own during an argument during the driver.he red truck struck car after she jumped on to the fire lane of route 70. she suffered serious head injuries and is in critical condition. >>> paying for plastic. local leaders now debating whether to charge you for the plastic grocery bags that you use to% k tote around food and other items. we'll tell you what they decide. plus this. >> [ bleep ] you, i can say what i want. i'm hearing the worst about you every single day. you got a problem, come over here. >> hassled over housing. the new neighbors who were greeted by a flurry of foul language and what sparked this local encounter. >>> and next why you may want to wait to cut the cord. the new medical findings and why waiting three extra minutes to cut babies' upmbilical cords could make a big difference. >> these were free speech. but the ruling didn't sit well with septa. the ban the trenton agency wants to put on the ads. >>> first alert weather technology is closely watching storms rumbling through the region. count on nbc 10 an

protected by the marine mammal protection act in the u.s., but what i will conservationists like colleen enough. >> the marine ma'am ma'am protection act offers protection. why do we need this extra protection? >> it will offer protection against current or future projects, such as oil and gas exploration or seismic drilling. under the marine protection act if they weren't he dangered, they could apply for permits to harm or harass a certain number of humpback whales. >> alaska has petitioned to take it off the endangered species list. >> our goal was to get it off the list. >> is this about the science or about protecting economic interests? in alaska, delisting the humpback would make things easier on the state's largest economic engines oil and maritime industries. it may be to bit of both. >> it's supposed to be a strictly biological opinion or biological analysis, not really considering the economics. there are economic concerns that bring the humpback population into focus. >> for captain black the intakerred species act has given her a nearly lifelong relationship with individual

and colleen pierce, our democratic saragota county reporter. we have another representative todd pritchard from the state of iowa. we also have with us two folks that have welcomed sarah to the community. and they're good friends of mine. and we were going to be gone for ten days when sarah landed and i says joanne, can you help me out, we've got a young lady coming working for hillary clinton and we need a place for her to stay and those two people who stepped up were jo ann hardy right here behind me and her husband russ hardy. there in the blue jacket. so thank you very much. so i was just reminded that a month ago -- oh, yes. a round of applause. [ applause ] about a month ago a young lady gave me a call and she goes hi my name's sarah, can i custom -- can i come talk to you? and i said sure, we talk to everybody. we're a welcoming household. come ahead. we sat on this white sofa that usually sits in a circular fashion here in the living room, and she told me about somebody she really was excited about and that she was coming here to live a

there was a lot of movement in our delegation, and because of that, colleen hanabusa, before me, ran, and there was a spot open, so in 2013, on august 8, we made that decision. host: how much convincing did it take your family? rep. mark takai: welcome of the biggest decision was where we were going to live. once they knew they would be a look to stay home with their friends, and my wife sami and her family and my family everything was all good at that point. host: the congressional recess and district work periods, when you go back on, it is not just to go back to the sandy beaches, but to work. are you able to separate out your life and be able to tend to those? rep. mark takai: a member of the legislature 20 years prior there is almost no separation, especially in hawaii. with your family, we have dinner, say, at the closest shopping mall to our house, near pearl harbor, and i am always working, so i am trying my best to spend family time with my family, but my kids grew up through dad being in the legislature, and now they are growing up with me being in congress. i go to their so

colleen. >> i want to ask how the president plans to follow up with the gcc nations over the next six weeks. is he going to keep in regular touch? did that sort out a game plan for updates? >> sure. the president did indeed find the conversations yesterday and the night before valuable and productive. he had the opportunity to reiterate the united states strong commitment and strong national security interests. and the gulf region, specifically. they did have an extensive and candid conversation on the p5+1 framework. secretary kerry and mo niece and secretary lieu, there to brief the gulf partners. we were encouraged by the statements that they released expressing support for these negotiations. yes, you bet. we're going to stay in touch with them. >> is there any particular plan for that? >> i think we will stay in touch with them at all level, both at the state department here at the white house and obviously using the specific equities if they have questions as the framework is negotiated down to the technical details. we'll be sure to make sure they stay briefed. i would also poi

this morning my wife, colleen and i joined hundreds of mourners who attended her funeral as she was laid to rest in metro detroit. rachel was only 39 years old when her life was so tragically cut short a life filled with love with accomplishment, and with promise. she was the beloved daughter of my dear friends gilda and john jacobs rachel was a wife, the mother of a 2-year-old son and the c.e.o. of an education start-up in philadelphia. while she worked in philadelphia and lived in new york city, this is a profound loss for the detroit area where she grew up but she left he an inch left behind. she was the cofounder of detroit nation an organization to engage former residents of the detroit area in cities and communities around our are great country. rachel helped to connect people and motivated her friends she took part in the detroit homecoming an event held last fall to engage accomplished leaders across the united states who grew up in the metro detroit area and now want to give back to the community they still call home and love. rachel was a leader in this important work, work tha

and colleen pierce our democratic saragota county reporter. have another representative todd pritchard from the state of iowa. we also have with us two folks that have welcomed sarah to the community. and they're good friends of mine. and we were going to be gone for ten days when sarah landed and i says joanne, can you help me out, we've got a young lady coming working for hillary clinton and we need a place for her to stay and those two people who stepped up were jo ann hardy right here behind me and her husband russ hardy. there in the blue jacket. so thank you very much. so i was just reminded that good b. a month ago -- oh, yes. a round of applause. [ applause ] about a month ago a young lady gave me a call and she goes hi my name's sarah, can i custom talk to you? and i said sure, we talk to everybody. we're a welcoming household. come ahead. we sat on this white sofa that usually sits in a circular fashion here in the living room, and she told me about somebody she really was excited about and that she was coming here to live and start

. >> host: david from colleen texas hi go ahead. >> caller: i would like to comment i am retired military and in the late 80s we did training at fort hood. being a tank commander helped our team our platoon to actually learn how to fight in armored warfare so when we went overseas we knew what to do. everybody knew what they had to do. as a tanker you never get off your tank unless you have to but if something happens to your vehicle and you are on foot you know what to do with the infantry or the medics or whoever to survive. and all of our soldiers and airmen and marine corps need to go to training because they need it when they go overseas. >> guest: no i really appreciate that comment. i myself have served in the number can attend a few years ago in the battle of fallujah had the opportunity to participate in that part of the conflict. as you talk about armored vehicles operating in an urban environment is something we didn't train on. when i was training before we went to iraq we trained on larger ranges in germany. we looked at how will we engage enemy tanks had the range of 200 met