host: ok, representative-elected debbie dingell, you are a democrat. what do you make of all that will happen on the floor in the rollcall vote? guest: she did not even mention the fourth option which is nancy pelosi. that is who i will be voting for. i think most of the democrats will vote for her. it is a democracy, the greatest thing in the world. it is that right, the ability that freedom of speech to it sometimes, no matter who we are what we agree or disagree on, all of us think it is great to have freedom of speech and his country. people should be able to go to the floor and vote on who they want to think speaker boehner will get reelected. a lot think he is doing a good job. he is bringing many people together. but this is america. people can vote on who they want to. host: california, gary, independent. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am calling in an area of northern california which will soon be called the state of jefferson. my comment is, i am sure that in northern california -- i am sorry, in washington, d.c., it will be nearly i

of course, his wife is replacing him, debbie dingell.ng with her and the entire michigan delegation. >> as you become dean now, do you get any privileges with that? better office space, your choice of committee? how does that work? >> we have been looking to see if there are any perks. guess what? we haven't found one. >> but you are the longest-serving member now. with this freshman class coming in, because you hold the title of dean, what advice would you give the freshman class, being the longest-serving member? >> well, i would advise them to be very careful and thoughtful about the votes they cast, and >> with your new platform as dean, even after you do the ceremonial aspect of it, do you use your platform to talk about race issues, to talk about other issues near and dear to you? >> absolutely. the dean of the house has a special recognition. and it gives a little more added authority to the positions i take, so i will be very carefully assessing what i say and what positions i have -- advocate as new dean of the house. i follow a

dean for a long time himself, and he's stepping down and of course his wife is replacing him, debbie dingell, we are looking forward to working with her and the entire michigan delegation. host: representative as you become dean now do you get any privileges with that? do you get better office space? do you get your choice of committees? how does that work? guest: we have been looking to see if there are any perks laying around. guess what? we haven't found a one. host: you are the longest serving member now, and especially with this freshman class coming in, and because you hold the title of dean what advice would you give the freshmen class being the longest serving member? guest: well, i would advise them to be very careful and thoughtful about the votes that they cast. and that they will want to realize that every vote they cast becomes a part of our congressional history. and we don't want them to get into a mood or into a group in which they will be saying later on that they were sorry that they were running in a direction that they really didn't support. host: joining us, the longest

congressman ryan zincy from montana, congress woman debbie dingel from michigan and congressman french hill from arkansas. welcome to both of you you are are republicans, you are krath democrat. >> we're living under very difficult times. i want to bring up the fact first in terms of keeping up with the theme of terrorism right now, there are a lot of folks who are hoping that the president includes some if you priorities or beefed up expectations for the fight against the jihadists in his state of the union address. do you hope and expect that he will? >> first thing he has to identify to the american people what we face. it is an islamic terrorist organization that we face. it's an ideology. you're not going to reform these guys. when they dee capitate children and crucify villages you are a he not going to reform them. we have to fight and we have to fight for our values and our constitution and it's going to take resolve and american leadership. what i expect from the president is call it the way it is. tell the american people the truth. the truth is it's not a small group of isla

[cheers and applause] congresswoman debbie dingell is here.s and applause] you're outstanding ceo mark fields is here. [cheers and applause] now, i have to say i love secret service, i love the beast that they put me in. that is what we call the cars i drive in, the beasts. so i like my ride these days and it was made in michigan too. [cheers] but i had a chance to look at these new mustangs and i got to say that the mustangs have a little more style. a little more flavor. bill ford is in the house. [cheers and applause] surprisingly enough we talked a little bit about sunday. [laughing] now, listen, i'm a bears fan. you beat us twice. but even a bears fan has to admit that that was a little suspect. [cheers and applause] i had never seen anything like that before. i would have been pretty irritated. were you irritated? , oh, yeah. all i can say, because i'm used to saying this, because i'm a bears fan, there's always next year. and look, you have a lot to be hopeful for. first of all you have one the best defenses in the league. >> yeah. >> f

let's bring in three members of the new congress democratic congress com-elect debbie dingell of michigan and republican congresswoman elect barbara comstock of virginia. i'll start with you on what your leader said. he was pretties totive about getting things done but you are also going to have three or four likely presidential candidates. so it's not so easy to get things done when you have people with their own agendas in your caucus huh? >> well i don't know about that. i think they'll be interested in accomplishments so from that standpoint the more things we can put on the president's desk in a bipartisan manner and it will have to be bipartisan with 60 votes required in the senate the better we'll all look. i think we're into accomplishments and governing. >> and congresswoman elect comstock i have to ask you what one of your first jobs will be in the coming week, the whole, i'm not sure people realize the whole house to elect the speaker of the house. john boehner needs 218 votes. will you be one of them? >> yes. and i expect we voted in our conference in november and we it was ne

of course, his wife is replacing him, debbie dingell.ng with her and the entire michigan delegation. >> as you become dean now, do you get any privileges with that? better office space, your choice of committee? how does that work? >> we have in looking to see if there are any perks. guess what? we haven't found one. >> but you are the longest-serving member now. with this freshman class coming in, because you hold the title of dean, what advice would you give the freshman class, being the longest-serving member? >> well, i would advise them to the very careful and thoughtful about the votes they cast and that they want to realize that every vote they cast the comes a part of our congressional history. and we don't want them to go and get into a mood or into a group about which they will be saying later on that they were sorry they were running in a direction they really didn't support. >> joining us, the longest-serving member of congress the dean of the house of representatives john conyers from michigan. thank you, representative. app

speaking of deals we traded john dingell and got debbie dingell which so far i think is a fair trade. [applause] >> i am the knew girl on the block from michigan but i am no knew girl to the subject of trade. i was honored to go to detroit with the president and have him visit a ford motor plant and see a plan that is doing well. if we pass legislation that we are talking about right now it we will set us backward. i support the comments that have been made. we are told that any fast track deal will not include currency. currency is the mother of all trade barriers. in the last two years and $8000 advantage in this country to the japanese and they use it against the best built product made in america and made in michigan , then used to undercut. that is not fair trade and it is not fair trade when we export middle-class jobs to other countries. how many people have focused on the fact that toyota made more money and profits on currency than ford motor did in all production around the world last year? i want fair trade. i have lived in the auto plants, knows plants, knows the working p

incoming freshmen house members from including don bier of virginia, can buff of colorado and debbie dingell of michigan taking over the seat of her husband, john dingell. including cory gardner who will take your calls. plus, your facebook comments and tweets. "washington journal" is live on tuesday and every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on seat and. >> the 114 congress opens at noon eastern on c-span. next ray flock discusses the history of the house speaker. this is 10 minutes. >> the constitution requires the house of representatives to choose a speaker. what is the speaker's job? >> the speaker has a big job that has evolved over 200 years. it started off as a constitutional office because they say that the house shall choose their speaker's. they spelled it 18th century style. and there were no other duties mentioned. it was assumed since the founders knew all about this from colonial legislators and from the british parliament going back to the 13th century, what a speaker was, which was a presiding officer. but in our congress the speaker was not only a presiding officer but he quick

>> let me say i am debbie dingell and am not trying to replace the shoes of my husband.t thing i need to do is represent the people of the 12th district of michigan and the people of michigan on the many issues we care about. you afford republicans and democrats share a lot of the same goals which is to help the economy and create jobs for people and health care is a passion i will continue to fight for, i don't think any american should have to choose whether they can go to a doctor and afford edison or eat. -- afford medicine or eat. most of children's brains developed by the time their five years old so i think i share a lot of these issues that many others do and one of the things i really learned and heard in this past election -- the american people are tired of everybody fighting. we have a lot of issues out there and they want to see people work together and find solutions. >> as you say, you had a career before congress and served 30 years at general motors and the senior executive responsible for global community relations -- how will that experience impact you

debbie dingell, we are looking forward to working with her and the entire michigan delegation. >> host: representative as you become dean now do you get any privileges with that? do you get better office space? >> via choice of choice of committees? how does that work? >> guest: we have been looking to see if there are any perks lying around and guess what, we haven't gotten one. >> host: but you are the longest-serving member now and especially with the freshman class coming in and because you have the title of dean what advice would you give the freshman class being the longest-serving member? >> guest: well i would advise them to be very careful and thoughtful about the votes that they cast. they want to realize that every vote they cast it comes part of our congressional history. we don't want them to get into a mood or get into a group in which they will be saying later on that they were sorry that they were running in a direction that they really didn't support. >> host: joining us the longest-serving member of congress, the dean of the house of representatives, representative jo

and speaking of deals we traded john dingell and we got debbie dingell, which so far i think is a fair trade. >> so i'm the new girl on the block from michigan. but i am no new girl to the subject of trade. yesterday i was honored to go to detroit with the president and to have him visit a ford motor plant and see a plant what is doing well. and yet if we pass the legislation people are talking about right now it's going to set us backwards. i want to associate myself with all of the comments that have been made by my colleagues and not repeat them. but i am going to say a couple of things. which is one we're told that any fast track deal isn't going to include currency. currency is the mother of all trade barriers. i want you to know that right now in the -- the yen, which is at 120 in the last two years has given an $8,000 advantage in this country to the japanese. and that $8,000 advantage they have that they're using against the best-built product that's made in america and made in michigan is then used to undercut cost of what the vehicles are or the parts or in advertising. that'

dean for a long time himself and he's stepping down and of course his wife is replacing him, debbie dingell, we are looking forward to working with her and the entire michigan delegation. host: representative, as you become dean now, do you get any privileges with that? do you get better office space? do you get your choice of committees? how does that work? guest: we have been looking to see if there are any perks laying around. and guess what? we haven't found a one. host: you are the longest serving member now now, -- now an especially with this freshman class coming in and , because you hold the title of dean, what advice would you give the freshmen class being the -- being the longest-serving member? guest: well, i would advise them to be very careful and thoughtful about the votes -- about the votes that they cast. and that they will want to realize that every vote they cast becomes a part of our congressional history. and we don't want them to get into a mood or into a group in which they will be saying later on that they were sorry that they were running in a direction that they rea

aisle and one of the people that i met with over the christmas holidays was congresswoman-elect debbie dingell, we will be working on a young woman's leadership program. now we want to expand that i have other women in congress work with us on how we can get young women engaged in leadership roles. back when i worked in these halls and i first worked for congressman wolf in canon 104 now i'm in canon 226. i never thought about running myself. i was working for a lot of men and women who were up your doing a great job but this was not something i thought about so i want to talk to other young women about how they can see themselves as leaders -- in leadership roles not just in government but in business medicine, science and technology which is very important to my district. i am looking forward to being able to continue a lot of the work i did in the statehouse with the tech community and with our business community and our defense community. the committees reflect a lot of work i did in the statehouse i am looking forward to bringing that experience to work for my constituents. host: why are

i stopped by to wish debby dangle the wife of the former dean of the house john dingell who served more than 50 years. today is a day that everyone gets along. >> nice to have your family there, to be sworn all that. >> absolutely. the family is there. it is a great experience, and for the new members coming in to the house and senate, just the absolute thrill of recognizing that the dream that you realized on election day in november has now actually come into play. >> tell what's it means that 25 members were willing to vote against the speaker. that is the most in a century. >> it's a dark cloud on the horizon. you know, i know a number of these members. they care passionately about their--about the issues. they care passionately about the leadership, and they want to make sure that this congress moves in the direction that they want it to move. i think that it's too early to read too much into it. i do know what john boehner will do. john boehner will be an individual who will not go back and hammer these folks. he will do everything that he can to earn their vote the next time he n