that doug collins says this is not a democracy. in your next campaign. >> well, you don't have to worry about that. the ninth district of georgia knows where i stand. that is that we're going to protect them from a bad law and fund the government. if the democrats want to play politics or you want to discuss things that may or may not happen, that's fine. but we're doing the people's business. we're doing what we're supposed to be doing. >> in a republic. congressman doug collins, thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. >>> let's bring in jamal simmons. jamal, we're not a democracy. >> apparently we are not a democracy. >> i'm beginning to understand now how they're so hard. and clearly we are a republic but we are supposed to be a democracy. >> one person, one vote i think is a fundamental ethos of our tenant. >> i don't know what else he would have said if we kept going. but i think the inflexibility and the arrogance of this position and face of it going through so many different branches of government, the supreme cour

doug collins was at the meeting and joins us. >> good to be here. >> you were invited to the white house today. how many of you? >> probably 15 to 20. >> why were you invited? >> it shows how desperate the president is to reach out to anyone he can find help with in a disastrous plan in syria. he has no support on capitol hill. he lost the support of the american people. it's just isolating himself more. he's lost trust. when you have this many gop freshman who are against an air strike it makes you wonder why they want to bring you there. >> who was at the meeting? i mean from the white house. >> chief of staff. >> not the president. >> not the president. >> if i were trying to hustle, persuade or convince you, i would show up if i were the president. >> you would expect maybe a minute drop by. if you are trying to make a hard sell which is what you would expect if this president, the speech, he made a hard sell for war, pivoted, you would expect more. what happened was we got there, shared our feelings and the chief of staff shared their position, gave us nothing new. it's a breakdown

doug collins of georgia. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i appreciate it.e myself with the representative from hawaii, serving in iraq, knowing the issues going on. one of the benefits of sitting on the bottom row is you get to listen. you hear a lot of things and can get a lot of questions asked. i'm not going to steal the thunder of orders that may come b. what i have heard today still concerns me greatly. i walked into this hearing concerned and very deeply concerned about the actions we're taking. i'm still there. many of those have to do with military questions, and the questions that come from the statements such as secretary hagel, no clarity on the ground, that there's no goodologieses in syria. these kind of things that lead me to an understanding of what happens is, you know, the -- and the high confidence that limited nature would be affected, but if it would not, juror at the same time a moment ago after the first volley, leaves it open-ended. i want to just for a few questions on this issue, according to the unclassified assessment that was giv

among the first-term republicans are rodney davis of illinois, doug collins of georgia and chris collinsyork, all three have announced their opposition to the president's syria policy. now, this follows a similar meeting yesterday. vice president joe biden met with two groups of us republicans in the white house situation room. and it comes as the president has asked congress to hold off on a syria vote while diplomatic efforts are underway to put syria's chemical weapons under international control. but the president could need to return to that military option if negotiations fall through in which case he'll need the support of house republicans, many of whom, of course, are very much opposed to a military strike. the president did step up his meetings with members of congress after proposing that congress vote on the idea of a military strike in syria. martha? martha: so there's other business, of course, at hand although syria has gotten most of the air in the room lately. where do we stand on the budget showdown that's going on between the president and these house republicans? >> r

doug collins of georgia. >> i thank you for being here and i thank you for your service and i associate myself with the representative quite. -- from hawaii. you hear a lot of things and you can get a lot of questions. i'm not going to steal the thunder of others that make come but what i have heard today concerns me. i walked into this hearing concerned about the actions we are taking. i am still there. many of them have to do with military questions and the questions that come from the statements, such as secretary hegel, there is no clarity on the ground. there is no good options. this leads me to an understanding of the limited involvement, which has been talked about over and over. if it would not, your statement a moment ago leaves an open ending. there is another volley that would come if it did not achieve the and. just a few questions on this issue. according to the assessment that was given, information suggested a possible chemical attack was imminent on august 21. sunday through wednesday of the 21st there were syrian chemical weapons personnel in the area. the report says p

you're watching this on another medium, and i'm sure a lot of you are asking right now, why is doug collins on the floor talking about the census? i'm hear because the census is a great example of how we can start to save taxpayer money by reforming the small things. this government has a spending problem. we spend money on more agencies and bureaus than most americans can possibly comprehend. all these pieces add up to budget problems that we face today and if we don't start fixing the small pieces now, how will we ever begin to address the big ones? we spend almost $15 billion on the census in 2010. $15 billion. and if we don't start planning now, some projections indicate we could spend as much as $25 billion in 2020. $25 billion in 2020, a little over 10 years we're begun adding $10 billion and some think it could go as high as $30 billion. and the subcommittee of oversight and government reform committee last week, we heard from the new director of the census bureau about steps that can be taken to keep these costs from going up. however, the national academy of sciences has stated tha

doug collins of georgia. >> i thank you for being here and i thank you for your service and i associate myself with the representative quite. -- from hawaii. you hear a lot of things and you can get a lot of questions. steal theing to thunder of others that make come but what i have heard today concerns me. i walked into this hearing concerned about the actions we are taking. i am still there. many of them have to do with military questions and the questions that come from the statements, such as secretary hegel, there is no clarity on the ground. there is no good options. this leads me to an understanding of the limited involvement, which has been talked about over and over. statementd not, your a moment ago leaves an open ending. there is another volley that would come if it did not achieve the and. just a few questions on this issue. according to the assessment that information suggested a possible chemical attack was imminent on august 21. through wednesday of the 21st there were syrian chemical weapons personnel in the area. the report says prior to the signalshere were human showi

doug collins of georgia. mike kaufman of colorado.duncan hunter of california and undecided brad winstrop and scott perry, both republicans. those are figures from the "washington post." this is the hill whip count so far in terms of the house. 32 supporting, 185 against and 125 in favor. just a moment or two here on c-span2, we'll show you some comments of senator richard durbin who spoke shortly after senator mcconnell spoke announcing his opposition to the resolution but here's a statement out from ed markey of massachusetts. the new senator from massachusetts. his statement read in part, i can not support the resolution because it is too broad. the effects of a strike are too unpredictable. because i believe we must give diplomatic measures that could avoid military action a chance to work. let's go to homeland, california. eileen is on our others line. eileen, make sure you mute your television. go ahead with your comment. what do you want to hear from president obama tonight? >> caller: i want to hear that he is going to go in a

doug gansler officially launches his bid to become governor of maryland today. he will be touring all over maryland make hypnosis rock city and baltimore. dave collins will catch up with the candidate and we'll have more on danceler's run tonight on the news at 5:00 and 6:. ::. in today's "consumer alert" governor martin o'malley says we are 100% recovered from the job losses from the recession. while touring the food products factory, he highlighted his advancement now initiative which is a jobs training program for the state's resident. >> the more a person learns and the higher their skills, the more a person earns. that's what the earn act was all about. >> maryland has created under than 43,000 jobs with the private sector creating nearly 90% of new jobs and more jobs will be up for grabs at toys are us. the company plans to hire more than $45,000 workers the same number as last year. nd the top shopping spending accounts forasmuch as 40% of stores' annual revenue. in today's "medical alert" experts say there's been a dramatic drop in h.i.v. infections reported from around the world. new infections are dune 1/3 since 2001. age-related deaths ha

doug, it's funny you should mention that. because last night, i was having a tom collins up at gertrude's on 125th, and i saw them perform.ies and gentlemen, black simon and garfunkel. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ i used to bite my tongue and hold my breath scared to rock the boat and make a mess ♪ ♪ so i sit quietly agreed politely you held me down but i got up ♪ ♪ all ready brushing off the dust you hear my voice your hear that sound ♪ ♪ like thunder gonna shake the ground i got the eye of the tiger ♪ ♪ a fighter dancing through the fire 'cause i am a champion ♪ ♪ and you're gonna hear me roar oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪ ♪ you're gonna hear me roar oh oh oh oh oh you're gonna hear me roar ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: give it up for black simon and garfunkel! that is all the time we have for "audience suggestion box." we'll be right back with chris hemsworth, everybody! fantastic! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ tires screech ] ♪ [ male announcer ] 1.21 gigawatts. today, that's easy. ge is revolutionizing power. supercharging turbines with advanced hardware and innovative software. using data predictively to help power entire