traveled to a number of federal agencies, and all the way to philadelphia to talk to senators and congress minnesotatheir annual republican retreat. president trump is setting a fast pace to say the least. but the democrats are slowing from what was already a snail's pace, the already obstructionist dems looking to pursue a scorched policy, vowing to work against the president to block him at every turn. their do-nothing doctrine comes as president trumps out to unions and their families. president obama did almost nothing do to them. union membership dropped to just 10% of the workforce. but union workers moving to mr. trump in the election and he met with union leaders earlier this week, they had nothing but lavish praise for the new president. the result, a manufacturing jobs initiative comprised of business and union leaders. the president has already taken action to help americans workers withdrawing from tpp, reenacting the keystone and dakota pipeline. the president has been full-speed ahead, showing off the energy that drove him at the candidate. but also mounting a full-on charm offensive a

president and is not going to the inauguration on friday, and he's got at least 26 other democrat congress minnesotaand women following and out the door, not there for the big event. want to get the read on all of this with the niece of dr. martin luther king and so much more. she's the daughter of reverend a.d. king, the younger brother of dr. martin luther king. alveda, very good to have you. >> hello, neil, and how are you? you know, i've got a new book, america returns to god, and i talk about mr. trump in there, civil rights movement. i'm so excited, neil. my uncle would be very happy with these times because it's forcing america to talk again. so, you know, we can't be great again until we talk again -- neil: but we're not talking, right? >> no, no, we're beginning to. neil: these congressmen who aren't going to the inauguration led by congressman lewis, what do you make of that? >> you know what? and i said that earlier today, and i really pray people are hearing this. john lewis, legendary, his legacy of civil rights activity is so powerful. he was trained by the best, martin luther king jr.

minnesota. representative hank johnson, fourth district of georgia. representative andre carson, seventh district of indiana, first vice chair of the congressional black congress. representative marsha l fudge, 11th district of ohio. representative karen bass, 37th district of california,

congress. democratic senenator al frankenn minnesota questioned price about his personal stock investments. $50,000ased this 100,000 hours of stock in a biomedical company. we have talked about it little bit. the single largest purchase and the last three years. in a private deal that was not made available to the public and i find it absolutely amazing that you responded that you did not know that you got a discounted price. that is absolutely amazing. because we discussed this -- >> by definition, i think that is the nature of a private placement offering. what i said to you and have said others, i've had exactly the same price as everybody else. i disclosed it -- >> a private offering that went to only about 20 people will stop amy: for more we go to washington, d.c. dust on that was senator franken questioning commerce and price. we are joined by dr. sidney wolfe, director of public citizen's health research group. welcome to democracy now! your commentnts on the p price nomination? >> asiside from price's questionable, moral and ethical standards in terms of these yet fully investigated purcha

congress. craig boswell for cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> the governor of minnesota is scheduled to deliver a keen budget proposal today just one day after collapsing during his state of the state address. governor mark davis was delivering the speech he began to slur his words before falling and striking his head on the podium. state senator whose also a paramedic was among those who rushed to his aid. the 69-year-old was hospitalized last year after fainting at another event. glad to hear he's doing okay. >>> miracle buried under a wall of snow. three puppies found alive after an avalanche in italy. coming up the search intensifies for people who may still be trapped. >> la la land grabs most oscar nods. another the break the other top nominations just >>> back on "eyewitness news", a heart warming discovery in italy. three puppies are found alive after that deadly avalanche a bruise so. they were trapped for five days underneath a destroyed italian hotel. the discovery is raising hopes for more than 20 people that are still missing. it's believed they are buried under a wall of snow. search tea

congress, set her on fire. she surrendered. 120 more dead. and. and the next target was another union frigate, the minnesota. it steamed over to help and run aground. but now the tide was going out and the minnesota would be there not tomorrow, at the merrimack called it a day. quite a day. it was the worst defeat the union navy had ever suffered, and would remain so until pearl harbor 80 years later. the news of the battle through the entire north into a real panic. a cabinet meeting the next morning, president lincoln kept walking over to the window and looking down at the potomac fully expecting to see the merrimack steaming up river. and where was the monitor? very nearly on the bottom of the atlantic. she set out from brooklyn the day before and run into a storm that knocked out her ventilators which filled all her spaces with the poison gases. her engine crew passed out. they thought she would die, you know, the other crew members help they died. they had not, and when they came to the ship nearly sank twice. but just at dusk on the second day of this awful voyage she entered this chesapeake. she steam

congress a few hours later. about one in the morning from the stranded minnesota they saw a strange bubble shape in the darkness. the minnesota skipper said all on board felt he had a friend that would stand by in our hour of trial. all on board felt nothing of the sort. at the time come absolutely appalled with the best of the north could come up within the mobster that just killed two of the finest in the world. a union sailor on the tugboat was trying. they wrote the next morning was a fine one. clear and bright there was a little monitor and we commenced a comment. that is certainly what they thought on the merrimack when she came to finish minnesota. as the captain steamed out to meet her he called out i will stand by you until the last. they shouted back no sir you cannot help me. you expect them to try from the longest possible distance, but that isn't what happened. much to my astonishment on the she fell alongside the merrima merrimack. not the only one to be astonished. when the monitor fired a first shot, they said you can see surprise on the ship just as you can on a human being. and there was a surp

today, minnesota democrat keith ellison, one of only two muslims in congress, said mister trump's order is tantamount to a ban on muslims entering the u.s. >> when you want to ban refugees, these folks go through an 18-24 month vetting as it is. you know, the fact is, is that if you talk about banning syrians, about three quarters of those folks are women and children. a full third of them are kids under 12-years-old. >> reporter: last year's democratic nominee for vice president, virginia senator tim kaine, said the policy hurts the country. >> the trump administration is poised to do horrible danger to our country our values, our people and our reputation. >> reporter: the executive order has also come under fire by some republican senators and congressmen, who call it an overreach or too broad. arizona senator jeff flake said, american business leaders in silicon valley, who rely heavily on foreign engineers and experts,oppose the order. apple c.e.o. tim cook told staff in an e-mail, "apple would not exist without immigration, let alone thrive and innovate the way we do." google co-f

congress officially opened. we talked with some members and they discussed their background and the campaign. >> representative elect jason lewis representing the second district in minnesota, republican, what did you do before you were elected to congress? >> well when i had a real job, i was in broadcasting for 25 years. then retired in august of '14. thought i would spend more time watching my girls swim, which is a 24/7 job. then the seat came open. i looked at the landscape and thought i could make a difference, so jumped in. >> what did you do in broadcasting? >> talk radio, believe it or not. maybe the first talk radio guy that got elected, who knows. but nice to be a pioneer. it was good and we talked about the issues and interviewed a number of members over the years. so that feels nice to

congress and set her on fire. she surrendered. 121 more dead in the next target was another union, the minnesota that steamed over to help and had run aground, but now the tide was going out in the minnesota would be there in the merrimack called it a day. quite a day. it was the worst defeat the union it navy had ever suffered and it would remain until pearl harbor 80 years later. the news of the battle through the entire-- sent the north into a real panic. at a cabinet meeting the next morning president lincoln walking to the window and looking onto the tarmac expecting to see the merrimack coming up the river. where is the monitor? nearly on the bottom of the atlantic. she set out from brooklyn the day before and had run into a storm that .doc or ventilators, which filled all her spaces with poison gases. her engine crew passed out. they thought-- the other crew members thought they had died. they had not, but as they came to that ship nearly sank twice, but just at dusk on the second day of this voyage she entered that chesapeake. about 1:00 a.m. the look out from the stranded minnesota saw this strange shape

congress before this. governor brown says he will be a champion for all californians. he'll be sworn in at 10:00 this morning. >>> minnesota governor mark dayton plans to return to work this morning after fainting while giving the state othe state that is some scary stuff. governor dayton ban slurring his words. a state senator who also happens to be a paramedic rushed to dayton's side. the 69-year-old walked out of the state capitol under his own power. >>> former president george h.b. bush is out of intensive care this morning. a spokesman tweeted out this photo last night of a smiling 41st president and former first lady, barbara bush. the elder bush is recovering from pneumonia. barbara bush was released from the same hospital after being treated for bronchitis. >>> "saturday night live" writer katie rich lab suspended for mocking president trump's son barron. >> rich wrote that the 10-year-old would become "the country's first home schooled shooter." she temporarily deactivated her twitter account but not before it drew widespread condemnation online. she posted this message, saying, i sincerely apologize for the ince

congress in 1994 and 1998, always bipartisan and usually by huge margins supported charter schools. 43 states and the district of columbia operate charter schools. for over 30 years those 12 charter schools in minnesota have grown to 6,800, 66% of america's public school students attend them. so who is in the mainstream? the democratic labour party, presidents bush and clinton. the u.s. congress, 43 states, the district of columbus, betsy devos or her critics. i think obviously she is in the mainstream. let's go to the other criticism. giving lower income parents choices of schools that wealthy parents have. arguing against that is arguing against the most successful social policy this congress has ever enacted. the g.i. bill for veterans which appropriated federal dollars to follow veterans to the school of their choice. notre dame, university of tennessee, any accredited institution. it produced the greatest generation and produced a model for all of our federal aid for colleges. they follow the student to the school of their choice. nearly $100 billion in new student loans follow the student to the school of his choice. many of us believe competition produces the best colleges and might produce th

congress. this has incoming freshmen members. -- minnesota and he said that seat is one to watch in 2018 when they run for reelection again. here's what he had to say about his background and what led him to run for congress. cracks jason lewis representing the second district. a republican. what did you do before you were elected to congress? guest: i was in broadcasting for 25 years. and i retired in 2014 and i spent more time watching my job. swim, a 24/7 but that i thought it can make a difference away jumped in. i was in talk radio, believe it or not. first talkt be the radio guy who got elected, who knows? we got to the issues and interviewed a number of members over the years. so it is nice to come here and serve. host: what you think about the background of being in the conservative talkshow radio host. does that help you? do you think? the minuses is that we have years of opposition research because everything you ever said is out there. thatdesertions took place we knew better so with every canada there are pluses and minuses. now, over a get a chance to make differences. host: why did y

congress should step in to start regulating recordings. >> the videos are seen in the realtime all around the world. many are disturbing. in august, minnesota man fatally shot by the police as his girlfriend is posting to facebook. >> you shot four bullets into him, sir. >> four wiem were charged with hate crimes after using facebook live to broadcast themselves beating, taunting and threatening an 18-year-old mentally dispushed mentally disturbed man. for anyone watching live some call on the federal government to regulate. >> that is a really slippery slope. >> carl with net choice advocates for a free internet says the government could attempt to regulate but it would not keep up with the technological elevation. >> you are looking at the issues of the free speech. the intrusion. it's dangerous. >> facebook will figure this out. >> date longs doesn't think the government will have an opportunity to have hearings and last legislation. he believes facebook are working on solutions. >> facebook will take down the feature, figure out what to do, how to police it back up. in washington, chris papst. larry: three years before the iphone they l

the first meeting of the congress of the united states and within every subsequent term of ten years in such manner as they shall by law direct. >> the gentleman from minnesota, mr. walls. >> the number of representative shall not exceed one for every 30,000. and until such enumeration shall be made massachusetts 8, rhode island and providence plantations 1, connecticut 5, new york 6, new jersey 4, pennsylvania 8, delaware 1, maryland 6, virginia 10, north carolina 5, south carolina 5 and georgia 3. >> the gentleman from new jersey, mr. lance. >> when vacancies happen and the representation from any state the executive authority there of shall issue ritz of election to fill each such vacancies. the house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. >> the gentleman from texas, mr. green. >> section 3, is senate of the united states shall be posed of two senators from each state for six years and each senator shall have one vote. immediately after they shall of the first election. they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. >> the gentleman from illinois, mr. bost. >> of the second class of the expiration of the fourth year

the labor party of minnesota, president bush, clinton, bush, obama comes ethics u.s. education secretary's, u.s. congress, 43 states, district of columbia, betsy devos or her critics? pretty obviously she's an dream. she's on the side of our children. let's go to the other criticism. even though income more choices of schools to wealthy americans already have. more specifically, the objection is public money shouldn't follow poor children to an accredited school of their parents choice, public, private or religious. arguing against that is arguing against the most successful social policy this congress has ever not good. the g.i. bill for veterans, which appropriated federal dollars to fellow veterans to the school of their choice. notre dame come yeshiva, university of tennessee, and the accredited institution. it produced the greatest generation and it produced a model for all of our federal aid for college is. $29 billion to tell grants this are in vouchers. they follow the student to the school of their choice. nearly 100 billion in new student loans follow the student to the school of their choice.

congress has also said that that's what they support. >> you guys want to end the expansion of medicaid. that has people in minnesota scared out of their mind. >> the concerns that were expressed by the senator are valid concerns. the conclusions that he drew on the policies that i promoted and will continue to promote are absolutely incorrect. >> last night trump's nominee for education secretary, billionaire megadonor betsy devos faced suspicious democrats who took her to task on a range of issues from guns in schools to sexual assaults on college campus. joining me, minnesota democratic senator al franken. serves on the het, education, labor and pensions committee that heard from tom price and betsy devos. senator, thank you for coming on. >> great to see it you. >> issues we can talk about, violence in school, guns in school, guns anywhere a schoolyard and also title 9. the president was great on title 9 saying it's the reason we win olympics, reason we're the country we are. women as full as they have in history a chance to be themselves in every sphere. now, let's start with gun. what does this woman, devos, t

congress is here. >> a scary scene at an nfl game in minnesota, two protesters risk their lives to send a message.urance company won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says, "you picked the wrong insurance plan." no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance. >> january 2nd officially is a national holiday. so you may not have to work. but this man is getting back to it. you see president obama returning at anders air force base from his vacation in hawaii. man oh man is the weather different in washington when compared to the sunny skies of hawaii. you see the first family there deplaning from air force one, in advance of the president's speech in chicago, in which he will give the president's farewell speech on january 10, we await and anticipate that. former u.s. ambassador to the united nations john bolten has been calling on president-elect trump to retaliate, after the u.s. abstained in the city council resolution regarding the continued building in the west bank

minnesota. representative hank johnson, fourth district of georgia. representative andre carson, seventh district of indiana, first vice chair of the congressional black congress of california, second vice chair congressional black caucus. representative sewall, seventh restrict of alabama. representative frederica s wilson, 24th district of florida. representative donald m payne junior, tenth district of new jersey. representative joyce beatty, third district of ohio. representative hakeem jeffries, eighth district of new york. representative mark bc, 33rd district of texas. representative robert kelly of illinois. senator cory booker of new jersey. representative elma adams, 12th district of north carolina. representative brenda lawrence, fourth district of michigan. secretary congressional lack caucus. representative mia love them a fourth district of utah. they'll get stacy plaskett of virgin islands. bonnie watson coleman, 12th district new jersey. representative dwight evans, second district of pennsylvania. senator kamala harris of california. representative lisa blunt rochester. at large, district of delaware. representative anthony brown, fourth distr

minnesota. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i think he did a pretty good job if you consider the obstruction int he had with the congress cleaningp bush's mess. he took a lot of heat -- a lot of heat for the things bush actually did. i think that the next presidency, the only thing we and see whatt wait happens, but i think he will remove all doubt. maybe we will get rid of the republicans in congress once he does that. thank you. host: let's hear from david, who is joining us this morning from michigan. good morning, david. you are on the. -- the air. caller: hello? host: good morning. caller: i called on the independent line. host: go ahead. caller: i am not better off. i live on social security. anyway, somer me of my food i used to buy is twice what it was eight years ago. and-pay is , my so on is more. i do medicare through the v.a. i do not feel i am better off. i had a heart dr. and so on and bluerth, and blue cross shield almost quadrupled their premium for me. i am 79. i am back working again and going to the food bank. i am in a unique situation perhaps, but in my case, i am not doing as well. host: david from michigan

congress of the united states. and within every subsequent term of 10 years in such manner as they shall by law direct. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from minnesota, mr. walz. the number of representatives shall not exceed one for every 30,000, but each state shall have at least one representative, and until such enumeration shall be made, the state of new hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, massachusetts eight, rhode island and providence plantations one, connecticut five, new york six, new jersey four, pennsylvania eight, delaware one, maryland six, virginia 10, north carolina five, south carolina five, and georgia three. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from new jersey, mr. lance. when vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. the house of representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from texas, mr. green. section 3, the senate of the united states shall be composed of two senators from each state for six years and each senator shall have one vote. i

congress of the united states. and within every subsequent term of 10 years in such manner as they shall by law direct. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from minnesota, mr. walz. the number of representatives shall not exceed one for every 30,000, but each state shall have at least one representative, and until such enumeration shall be made, the state of new hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, massachusetts eight, rhode island and providence plantations one, connecticut five, new york six, new jersey four, pennsylvania eight, delaware one, maryland six, virginia 10, north carolina five, south carolina five, and georgia three. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from new jersey, mr. lance. when vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. the house of representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from texas, mr. green. section 3, the senate of the united states shall be composed of two senators from each state for six years and each senator shall have one vote. i

the labour party minnesota president bush, clinton bush obama the last six u.s. education secretary's the u.s. congress 43 states the district of columbia devos or her critics? obviously she is in the mainstream and she is on the side of our children. let's go to the other side. giving low income parents more choices of schools that wealthy americans already have enrolled more specific way the objection is public money shouldn't follow for children to an accredited school of their parents choice public private or religious. arguing against that is arguing against the most successful social policy this congress has ever had come at the g.i. for veterans which appropriated federal dollars to follow veterans to the school of their choice motor dane -- notre dame university tennessee and the accredited institution. produce the greatest generation and to produce the model for all of our federal aid for colleges, $29 billion in pell grants this year are in vouchers. they follow the student to the school of their choice. nearly 100 billion in new student loans. follow the student to the school of their choice

congress. many of these agencies have those sorts of due process components. we think that would be a good process reform. that was financial services roundtable ceo and former minnesotaernor tim polity. we will have live coverage tuesday at 8:00 p.m. in new york are president trump announcing his picks for the u.s. supreme court. joe: up next, it is already been a wild election season and france with dark horse is becoming the nominees, while the national front leads in some polls. independent candidate is making a serious contention. how have these affected the markets? this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ investors are betting on volatility in european stocks. increased volatility in april. the reason is the first round of the french presidential election is scheduled for april 23. this is the future curve of europe's of vix and it shows a big spike for three months out in april. it is pricier than those of subsequent months. the price the stag's resuming its climb. because weeresting talk about the clinical risk and it comes to a head on april 23. if no one candidate wins there will be a runoff likely held on may 7. a lot of things to watch for and investors are starting to com

congress and at the ballot box. i've got myself elected eight times. there are no, zero republicans statewide in minnesota. why? i jack up the vote in my district. so, because i turn out the vote, i outperform the democratic average in my state by about 60,000 votes. if i hadn't done that, minnesota, we would have beat them by 42,000 votes but i outperformed the democratic average by about 60,000 votes. the fact is that if this job is about getting democrats elected, unique in the field in doing it. also, i raised money. i've been able to -- i've given over a million to my state party and raised money for the other candidates. so, in the core proficiencies of the job, resource raising and getting dems elected, there's no one running who does it like i do. >> you managed to do that while being in the crosshairs of trump world. being black and being muslim. do you think it's important -- would it be an important statement for the democratic party to make to proactively put somebody who is black and muslim in the dnc chair or would it cause controversy, division? >> for me, it doesn't matter, right? because i am a

minnesota, amy klobuchar is joining us. thanks for the time. >> it's great to be on again. >> of course. it's a busy day. a lot to focus on. the focus of the next congress and also what's hand with this ethics watchdog. we want to ask you about the news that just came out of ford's ceo mark fields announcing they're canceling plans for a plant in mexico to create, add 700 jobs in an existing plant in michigan. and saying that he spoke with vice president-elect. they've talked to the president-elect about it saying this is a vote of confidence for the incoming administration. does donald trump deserve credit? >> well, we're always happy when jobs are moving to america and we know the auto industry in the last few years with president obama as president has been getting stronger and stronger every year. i think that's a good sign of it. and i know that president-elect trump is also focused on this issue of bringing more jobs to america. i would like to say, just from a perspective today, this major earthquake that when we've been questioning a lot of these nominees and their ethics and what's been happening and trying to get their ethics forum, we have th

minnesota for the house education and workforce committee. so she has a ton of experience in federal policy especially from the perspective of congress. immediately to her left is arne duncan who needs no introduction but you may not know that he currently is a managing partner with the emerson collective as well as being a nonresident senior fellow here at the brown center on education policy at brookings. prior to that he was the secretary of education under president obama for seven years, and before that he was the ceo of the chicago public schools, the nations third-largest iic believe school district. finally at the end of the row is gerard robinson, a resident fellow at the american enterprise institute, both prior to and for a month following the election, gerard was a member of the presidential transition team for president-elect trump and he's currently still serving as an informal adviser to that effort. before that he was commissioner of education in florida as well as the secretary of education for the commonwealth of virginia, not at the same time i don't think. so let me start things off by asking each of you to reflect

congress. that is worth a hand. also, i want to tell you that my district is the fifth congressional district of minnesota and when i first got there in 2006, my district was the lowest turnout district in the state. today, it is the highest turnout district in the state because we haven't tested in turnout, 365 days a year, all over, everybody coming young people, new americans from all over the place. we are doing the deal. if electoral's success as a qualification for this job, i fill that criteria. i hope you all will take that into consideration, who has actually produced electoral success and helped other democrats win? democratic governor mark dayton won by less than 10,000 in 2010 that more than 100,000 in 2014. that is because we turned up the vote. i want to tell you, i am an organizer at heart. i walked picket lines with my brothers and sisters in later whether it is nurses, anybody i am out there with you. postal workers, verizon workers, we are there. i have been arrested for standing up for immigration reform, so we are fighting for a new america. i have traveled to nearly 30 states the last two years

congress an administration or department or legislative proposals. and with that, i submit that for the record. and i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota for three minutes. mr. peterson: do you have further speakers? i have no further speakers and i just want to say that some of this has been passed legislation around here. sometimes what comes back, you don't recognize what you have passed legislatively. this bill and this amendment will help solve that problem to some extent. i encourage my colleagues to support the amendment, support the bill. and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. johnson: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota will be postponed. it it is now in order to consider amendment number 6 pin

minnesota is rised. >> i thank the gentleman and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> i rise in opposition to this bill. the bill last congress went too far and the one in this congress in my opinion, is going too far as well. the commission in my opinion just need as simple re-authorization. mr. peters: i urge members to consider this -- mr. peterson: i urge members to .ore this title 2 makes it more difficult for the commission to function. i'm also concerned that title 3's cross-border real making mandate will result in a race to the bottom for multinational banks in the swaps market. which is a global market. on top of that, this bill's cap -- this bill caps the agency's yearly budget at $250 million for the next five years. it does this when every single witness before the agriculture committee last year told us that the agency needs more resources to do its work. maybe that's the whole point, that this bill will lead the agency to not doing much and i think that would be a mistake. we tried that once before and we found ourselves in a real mess. since we last discussed re-authorization, the market situation has changed.

schools in minnesota have grown to 6800 public charter schools. 6% of america's public school students attend them. there? in the mainstream bush, last seven education secretaries, u.s. congress, district of colombia, betsy devos, or her critics? obviously, she is on the side of our children. children'sincome parents more choices. the objection is public money should not follow poor children then accredited school of parent's choice. arguing against that is argued against the most successful social policy this congress has ever enacted. bill for veterans with appropriate federal dollars to follow veterans to the school of their choice. university of tennessee, any accredited institution. it produced the greatest generation. it produced a model for all of our federal aid for colleges. grant's areof pell in vouchers. they followed the student to the school of their choice. nearly $1 billion in new student loans followed the student to the school of their choice. why is a great idea for college students deemed to be such a dangerous idea for k-12 students? many of us believe competition produces the best colleges, and might produce the best schools. ed a poorlars suggest kid's b

congress officially opened. we talked with some members and they discussed their background and the campaign. >> representative elect jason lewis representing the second district in minnesota, republican, what did you do before you were elected to congress? >> well when i had a real job, i was in broadcasting for 25 years. then retired in august of '14. thought i would spend more time watching my girls swim, which is a 24/7 job. then the seat came open. i looked at the landscape and thought i could make a difference, so jumped in. >> what did you do in broadcasting? >> talk radio, believe it or not. maybe the first talk radio guy that got elected, who knows. but nice to be a pioneer. it was good and we talked about the issues and interviewed a number of members over the years. so that feels nice to come here and now serve with them. snrs. >> what do you think about that background of being in conservative talk show radio host. does that help you, do you think? >> there are pluses and minuses and certainly the minuses were you have 25 years of opposition research. everything you have ever said will be out there. pluses are that people in second district knew who jason lewis