i like to think, the old dick armey line, when we act like us we were incurred when we act like them windows. it is to make sure that republicans act like us. when we do that, not only is it good for republicans and what we stand for, but believe it is good for america. that is the mission of rsc, and we are about making sure we adhere to the mission. host: russell berman is a congressional reporter for "the hill." guest: congressman, i want to get you to talk more about your view of the role of the rsc. holdat you're trying to do speaker john boehner's feet to the fire before bills get to the floor? guest: you saw the way rsc operated last week. you saw our leadership do the right thing last week as well. i have been impressed with our leadership's willingness to allow -- and you are following this city -- this open process of that we have. not only is bringing this -- amendments to the floor, but within the conference. we have seen as play all relative to the continuing resolution which will fund the government. the appropriations committee was working appeared good start. good pie

dick armey claimed that winning support of the house would be like pulling teeth from the back of your head. in fact the house refused to take action in support of the mission. yet the president move forward because he knew it was right. it helped end the terrible war. it has been said that courage is not simply a virtue, but the form of every virtue. to be sure, president clinton showed political courage in seizing the initiative to stop the bloodshed and doing what needed to be done to enforce the peace that was so hard to secure. bosnia was also a reflection of his values. a belief that prosperity and progress must be rooted in unity, not division. he had a vision for europe and a transatlantic alliance at a time of historic transformation. it was a vision of a peaceful, undivided europe. it has seen some of humankind's worst brutality taking place on that continent. the new a new europe will never be born with a fire raging in its heart. it is easy to forget how bullbat statement released was. nothing was preordained, especially not the peace agreement we live with today. the presi

dick armey claimed that winning support of the house would be like pulling teeth from the back of your head. in fact the house refused to take action in support of the mission. yet the president move forward because he knew it was right. it helped end the terrible war. it has been said that courage is not simply a virtue, but the form of every virtue. to be sure, president clinton showed political courage in seizing the initiative to stop the bloodshed and doing what needed to be done to enforce the peace that was so hard to secure. bosnia was also a reflection of his values. a belief that prosperity and progress must be rooted in unity, not division. he had a vision for europe and a transatlantic alliance at a time of historic transformation. it was a vision of a peaceful, undivided europe. it has seen some of humankind's worst brutality taking place on that continent. the new a new europe will never be born with a fire raging in its heart. it is easy to forget how bullbat statement released was. nothing was preordained, especially not the peace agreement we live with today. the presi

dick armey and that lot.ish the republicans controlled both houses because i wanted to shut down the government. host: silver spring, maryland, ken. caller: i bet the republicans would wish they were in charge of the senate as well and this would be a fight between the republican congress and the president. that would actually be much more closely paralleled to 1995. i think they don't want to repeat that. what you are hearing from ken is a sense of what you are seeing in this two-week fight is about the larger issues of the country that in some ways we are not dealing with. the economy, how to revive the economy. is it going to be tax cuts or cuts in spending or incentives with stimulus spending? i think that discussion is probably coming in a larger way than we have seen, if we can manage to keep the government running while this emerges. host: james in southeast louisiana sends us this message. he writes that we need to get this cr to the end of the year and then fundamental tax form, then completely rewri

you have all the hill, leaders like dick armey who did not have passwords.st time i went on the no. 1, i know every word i uttered or any other correspondent utters -- with social media and the way it is growing, there is even more pressure to get the story first, but more importantly get the story right and be fair. the pressure we have as journalists -- just multiply that when you talk about these press secretaries. the whole world is watching them. their words can come back to haunt them. they are the ones who are touching the stories every hour as they come in from everywhere. the work we have to do to make sure we get our words and our reports right, multiplied what they have to go through. their words can literally topple a government or move a market. that is why i have respect for all of the people coming up here at this moment. there is a story of what to pass along from when i was in the bush white house. tony snow passed away far too early. we miss him, but he left behind a lot of lessons to teach us all about how to carry ourselves. he and i got

dick armey declare that winning the support of the house would be like pulling teeth to the back of your head. in fact, the house refused to take action in support of the mission. the president moved forward because he knew it was right. we have helped end the terrible war and now we would lead for peace. it has been said that courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue as a testing point. to be sure, president clinton showed political courage in seizing the initiative to stop the bloodshed. he did what needed to be done to enforce the peace that had been so hard to secure. bosnia was also a reflection of his values. his abiding belief that prosperity and progress must be ruled in unity, not division. he had a vision for europe and a transatlantic alliance at a time of historic transformation. it was a vision of a peaceful, undivided europe as we neared the end of the century has seen some of humankind's worst brutality taking place on that continent. he knew that such a cure would never be born with a fire raging at its heart. all this happened in the last 15 y

when i was covering leaders by a slight dick armey -- the first time i went out on the north lawn, every word i uttered is dissected here and abroad. people in dozens of countries watching these reports. with the social media and the way it is growing, there is more pressure to get the store force. the pressure that we have multiplied that, when you talk about these press secretaries who are at that most public podium. the world is watching them and words can come back to haunt them. we have seen me lies back and change history. they are catching these missiles, every day, every hour as they come in from bloggers. the work we have to make sure to make sure we get our reports right, we have to make -- their words can literally topple the government. that is why have the respect for the people who will come up here in a moment. i will leave you in a moment. it is a story i passed along from the white house. it was when tony snow was the white house press secretary. he left behind a lot of lessons that can teach us about how to carry ourselves prepared he and i got off to the wrong foot a l

and now someone well known to the tea party moved to, who is ceo of freda marks along with dick armeyay for much that it happened in the tea party movement nationally. this young man came from gross city college by golly and from george mason university where he got his mba and tsa paternoster at budgetary issues, having been in the house budget committee and having worked for representative jim miller for years. he is one of the great young, brave economists in washington who believes, as we do in balanced-budget and fiscal responsibility. please welcome, not kidding. -- not kidding. [applause] >> since people seem eager to stand up, nat partiers in the house? [cheers and applause] do you guys want to stand up in show your neighbors who you are. give these guys a hand. [applause] okay, i noticed some people that didn't stand up. let me ask another question. does anyone here that the bank of the federal government is spending too much money that it doesn't have linux [applause] does anyone think the federal government is getting involved in so many things that it shouldn't do because

dick armey and that lot. i wish the republicans controlled both houses because i wanted to shut down the government. host: silver spring, maryland, ken. caller: i bet the republicans would wish they were in charge of the senate as well and this would be a fight between the republican congress and the president. that would actually be much more closely paralleled to 1995. i think they don't want to repeat that. what you are hearing from ken is a sense of what you are seeing in this two-week fight is about the larger issues of the country that in some ways we are not dealing with. the economy, how to revive the economy. is it going to be tax cuts or cuts in spending or incentives with stimulus spending? i think that discussion is probably coming in a larger way than we have seen, if we can manage to keep the government running while this emerges. host: james in southeast louisiana sends us this message. he writes that we need to get this cr to the end of the year and then fundamental tax form, then completely r

i think the republican leader dick armey was correct when he recommended in 2001. the only reason we're going to find if things are misused similar to what's been stated here is if we have these sunset provisions because it forces us to do the kind of oversight we need. so i know other senators are waiting for the floor. as i said, i will put my full statement in the record. but oversight and sunset provisions are critical. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: i want to thank the majority leader for agreeing to allow debate on this important legislation. we will have time to amend it in the next three months, discuss it fully. when the patriot act was passed in the first place, it was passed in a hurry, without committee hearings and in a climate of fear and anger after 9/11. congress was sensitive to the fact that the fourth amendment was being abridged, and that's why these legislative proposals were sunsetted. it wasn't just so we could pass them by unanimous consent without voting. it was done so we could review how wel