. >> you think about the great speeches that daniel webster gave, and these great speeches that abraham lincoln gave come and they lived through the ages but they were never televised. it did happen. >> people say other government institutions have been opened up,ut it would be interesting to see what they thinkhat government institutions function better. we of the most transparent branch of government. everything we do is done in public. you see are worked in public on the urt. the only impact we have is on the arguments. you see the material we look at in the briefs. what is not public is our internal discussion and argument. the long and short of it is that it is being looked at and we ll see how the pilot program does. but does raise concerns, and i have been sharing my views and not just those of my colleagues. >> chief, i'm want to thank you so much for being here. it means a lot for us to have you as our guest and to have this conversation to begin our supreme court review. i hope you will return every time before e circuit has a conference, because you are always our number one

. >> when you think of the great speeches the daniel webster gave and the great arguments that daniel webster gave and the great speeches of abraham lincoln gave -- they live to the ages, but they were not televised. >> that is right. other government institutions have opened up, but it will be interesting to note what government institutions people think function better now that they are on television. we are the most transparent branch of government. everything we do as an impact on the public. you do not see the deliberations. you see our work in public. our decisions are out there. the only impact we have is our opinion. that is out there. you see the materials we looked at in the breeze. what is not public is our internal discussion in conference. anyway, the long and short of it is it is obviously an issue we have looked at. we'll see how the pilot project goes and take it from there. it is a concern for some of us. i had been sharing my views. >> i want to thank you so much for being here. i cannot tell you how much it means for us to have you as our guest and that you talk wit

in the words of daniel webster, who said -- one cause, one country, one heart. the kind of commitment it will take us to face these great challenges that are before us, but i believe that the great people of this country are longing for a president who will listen to them and who will lead from the front and not from behind. [applause] i am michele bachmann. i am running for the president of the united states. together, we can do this. [applause] together, we can rein in the corruption and the waste that has become washington, and instead, we can leave behind a better future for the next generation of americans. together, we can make a better america if we stick together. together, we can bring the promise of the future. together, we can. together, we will. god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. thank you, everyone. thank you. thank you, iowa. thank you, america. together, we will do this. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ ♪ >> well, she was an american girl rais

in the words of daniel webster, we are, "one cause, one country, one heart."hat is the kind of commitment it will take to face the great challenges of today. the people of this great country have that level of courage and they are longing for a president who will listen to them, who will lead from the front, and not from behind. i'm michele bachmann, and i'm running for president of the united states. together, we can do this. together we can reign in all the corruption and waste that has become washington and instead leave a better america for future generations. together we can make a team that can't be beat. together we can secure the promise of the future. together we can -- and together we will. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. thank you. thank you, iowans. thank you, americans. together we will do this. ♪ ♪ >> let's win this thing. >> amen, let's do it this time. it is going to happen. thank you. thank you so much. hello there. thank you so much. ♪ ♪ fluf ♪ ♪ >> c-span has launched a new website for politics and the 2012 presiden

. >> you think about the great speeches that daniel webster gave, and these great speeches that abraham lincoln gave come and they lived through the ages but they were never televised. it did happen. >> people say other government institutions have been opened up, but it would be interesting to see what they think what government institutions function better. we of the most transparent branch of government. everything we do is done in public. you see are worked in public on the court. the only impact we have is on the arguments. you see the material we look at in the briefs. what is not public is our internal discussion and argument. the long and short of it is that it is being looked at and we will see how the pilot program does. but does raise concerns, and i have been sharing my views and not just those of my colleagues. >> chief, i'm want to thank you so much for being here. it means a lot for us to have you as our guest and to have this conversation to begin our supreme court review. i hope you will return every time before the circuit has a conference, because you are always our n

in the words of daniel webster, who said -- one cause, one country, one heart.t is the kind of commitment it will take us to face these great challenges that are before us, but i believe that the great people of this country are longing for a president who will listen to them and who will lead from the front and not from behind. [applause] i am michele bachmann. i am running for the president of the united states. together, we can do this. [applause] together, we can rein in the corruption and the waste that has become washington, and instead, we can leave behind a better future for the next generation of americans. together, we can make a better america if we stick together. together, we can bring the promise of the future. together, we can. together, we will. god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. thank you, everyone. thank you. thank you, iowa. thank you, america. together, we will do this. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ ♪ >> well, she was an american girl

i hereby appoint the honorable daniel webster to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: "morning drive." -- pursuant to the order of january 5, 2011, the members are recognized. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority leader and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. today, we are starting the most important debate of 2012 in congress, the re-authorization of the farm bill. now, it's true that we are just talking about the ag appropriations bill and much of the reform agenda will be difficult or ruled out of order due to the restrictive approach of the rules, although in the past some of my republican leadership friends have had no compunction about legislating on appropriations bills. but h