ladies and gentlemen, it's our pleasure to present to you congressman eric cantor of virginia. [applause] >> thank you, senator. it is just an honor to be here to join you in kicking off protect america month. i want to salute ed heritage and the whole family here for what is an extraordinary effort. i commend you on that. it is an honor for me to be here. i want to start by acknowledging the tremendous job by civilians as well as law enforcement in their vigilance surrounding the failed terrorist attack in times square this past weekend. we all owe them a debt of gratitude. [applause] we're gathered here today to make a sober assessment of the condition of our national security. it's time to remove the blinders of political correctness from our eyes. it is time to cast aside wishful thinking. we must see the world and our enemies, not for what we hope they are, but for who they truly are. as we ponder defense policy for our nation, it is instructive to peer through the lens of former soviet disdent sharanski. authorities jailed him on bogus charges of treason and shipped him t

that have en posed to the iran eric cantor's blogging, or on the representatives aside.d this is some of the thgs -- these are some of the things that the gop has proposed cutting on their site, and include taxpayer subsidized union activies, is how they phrase it. the $600 million in savings. should they also be subsidized by the taxpayer for their official functions? and some comments that have come in on you tube from citins include proposing budget and staff cuts by 90% as a beginning. another one -- trying to do this piecemeal will just generate the usual "what about me" mentality. what do you think about this? waynesboro, north carolina, your first up. good morning. caller: good morning, i do not trust the republican cuts, executive because i'm not sure they will not revert back to their old habit of spending from a deficit surplus to trillion dollar deficit. i think it is for political gain, to gain seats in the house, etc., and i do not believe they have been genuine. they have done this as well behind closed ors. and in the future, i hope that they will actually

there is me, eric cantor, john skinner, and rush limbaugh -- john boehner and rush limbaugh.a called today to give me his regards. call from his doctor's office in costa rica. now we know who listens to rush into the room. speaking of health care, you have to admit that some of the provisions in a bad bill were untenable to republican leadership. you had to know the john boehner was never going to stand for the tax on tanning beds. i get it. they passed the bill. president barack obama feels he has some momentum going. now he is trying to co op some of our initiatives. the one that surprised me was his proposal for offshore drilling. i never thought he understood the concept. not the drilling part, but for a guy who walks on water, i thought the whole concept of offshore would be difficult to understand. i know you think republicans would be discouraged by all of this, but i am really not. i travel around the country to town hall meetings and tea parties, and i am inspired. i was here for the 9/12 rally on the national mall. i had a chance to speak there. i know that this cou

all like to welcome to the podium now eric cantor, -- eric cantor, the republican whip. >> good morning. the american people are speaking out, and washington in the democratic majority are just not listening. the trouble began back almost a year-and-a-half ago when the democratic majority jammed through nearly $800 billion stimulus bill, reaching far into the future and imposing debt on our kids and theirs. next came the attempt to try and reformulate energy policy in this country with the prospect for national energy taxes while this economy continued to struggle to try to regain its footing. then we saw an attempt to try to put government smack dab in the middle of health care in this country, taking away from people the ability to determine their health care choices and at the same time spending well over $1 trillion in the future. lately we have heard that appointees of this administration at the sec are attempting to take over the internet. we have seen the democratic majority but the final nail in the coffin of the student loan industry as well, taking 30,000 jobs away from our ec

but i think eric cantor -- i will not emphatically say, no, there is not. but i think eric kanter is trying to do something. and even though we do vote for this, it is doubtful that nancy pelosi will do anything. you can bring it to a vote, but we will see what happens after that. host: what you do in kings mountain? caller: i am a nurse. host: how long have you been a nurse? caller: many, many years. host: do you have to work today? caller: no. host: next call, roger, from dallas. caller: we have to control spending and i think maybe the most practical way to do that is an across-the-board spending freeze and as we move forward the will eventually reduce the spending and balance the budget. ho: lackawanna, n.y., aggie, you have the last word on this topic. caller: this is sort of like a contract on america. they have no idea, republicans. they're just saying you cut. i saw something where they interviewed a the day and they ask her what she would cut and gm and hawed. -- and she hemmed and hawed. since the 1980's they have been going down in taxes. if you l

. >> reporter: matt lira, advisor to eric cantor, republican congressman said voters could point a device at a certain environment to reveal relevant data about the environment on the screen, soliciting the voter's opinions. >> all this technology could restructure the relationship between the government and the constituents. i think could be a radical transformation. no less impactful than when television began to impact that relationship. >> reporter: rob willington who did the surprisingly successful campaign for senator scott brown talked about 2010 techniques. >> we're going to see a lot of people doing a little bit in their spare time, online donations i think are going to be moving toward mobile donations, we're going to be seeing the iphone and also the ipad used at political events. >> reporter: the effect of this new media and social media push on the republican party in the coming midterm election is not clear, west says. >> sometimes, people become technology determinists. they think technology solves everything. marshall mcluhan was famous for saying it's the media not the me

host: in that conversation you may have seen the youtube video that was posted by eric cantor on that youcut web site. earlier this year the most popular youtube video of all time was a british toddler biting the finger of his toddler, knocked over by a newcomer, lady gaga's "bad romance." "the shift was a symbolic. youtube, once a search giant known for skateboarding cats and dancing geeks has begun featuring a smorgasbord of more professional video that is drawing even larger and more engaged audiences. monday youtube will celebrate its fifth birthday. they reached the 1 billion videos watch mark in october. -- octoberwatched mark in octob" run, independent line. go ahead -- ron, dependent line. go ahead. caller: that congressman that you had on, that project of his is a joke. giving people a choice, none of those choices will actually affect the budget. what would affect the budget is if they gave $1 trillion to rich people that it would not want to give back. hundreds of trillions of dollars that they have not put on the books going towards war. those are the big problems in the d

host: congressman eric cantor, republican of virginia. thank you for being with us this morning. opinion piece in the wall street journal calls into question -- "the wall street journal" calls into question the effectiveness of republicans in the election from tuesday. it says -- guest: i think what we saw in the primary fights the other day is an extreme frustration on the part of the american people. first of all, washington is not listening. second of all, the priority is being set by the obama administration and policy majority does not reflect what people want done. it is about the economy, having people find their economic security once again. while washington continue to spend, and incur more debt, people are afraid about the prospects of higher taxes and interest rates. a permanent state of recession. there is no question, republicans do, and we are about promoting more and better ideas. i am confident that when the election occurs, the people of the country will look to republicans to once again bring the addenda -- agenda back to the center to reflect the content conser

i think my colleague, representative eric cantor -- i thank my colleague, representative eric cantor, for spear heading the youcut where we ask the american people to tell white house they would like us to cut here in washington from the federal budget. clearly government doesn't create the wealth or the jobs in this country. it's the private sector that does that. and when the government taxes and spends the way it has been thlast several years, well, then innovators and entrepreneurs are stripped of the flexibility that they need to create jobs by excessive taxes and burdensome regulations. we're now at the point, mr. speaker, where we have over $13 trillion inebt who ran the debt up? this is under democrat leadership, but this is under republican leadership. both parties have been at fault with increasing the debt that the next generation has to pay. it isn't a republican or democrat issue, and the american people are outraged by all of the out-of-control spending that's been going on in this city by both political parties. under president bush the federal employees received across

i would like to welcome to the podium, eric cantor, the republican web. >> good morning. the american people are speaking out and washington and the democratic majority are just not listening. the trouble began almost a year- and-a-half ago when the democratic majority jammed through the nearly $800 billion stimulus bill, loading up more government programs, reaching far into the future, imposing debt on our kids and theirs. next came the attempt to try to reformulate energy policy in this country with the prospect for a national energy tax while this economy continued to struggle to try to regain its footing. then, we saw an attempt to try to put governments smack dab in the middle of health-care in this country, taking away from people the ability to determine their health care choices and at the same time, spending well one $1 trillion. we have heard the sec is attempting to take over the internet. this is after we saw the democratic majority but the final nail in the coffin of the student loan business as well, taking 30,000 jobs away from the economy. as we have seen

the republican whip eric cantor was the one who initiated this effort on maff of republicans. we talked to him this morning on "washington journal" to find out what's behind it and what's ahead in this vote this afternoon. cantor, republican of virginia. thank you for being with us this morning. opinion piece in the wall street journal calls into question -- "the wall street journal" cls into question the effectiveness of republicans in the election from tuesday. it says -- guest: i think what we saw in the primary fights the other day is an extreme frustration on the part of the american people. first of all, washington is not listening. second of all, the priority is being by the obama administration and policy majority does not reflect what people want done. it i about the economy, having people find their economic security once again. while washington continue to spend, and incur more debt, people are afraid about the prospects of higher taxes and intest rates. a permanent state of recession. there is no question, republicans do, and we are about promoting more and better i

donna pavetti, robert rector, eric cantor spoke on this program last week about the program. they went through a process asking about which program they would like to cut the most. this temporary assistance to needy families was cited by republicans as the top program to cut. here's a short piece. >> cutting the emergency welfare program could actually hinder feeding children? >> what i have found out about this program, the welfare program today is a program established in the stimulus bill. this program was intended to help folks but lacked the elements of reform that were put in place by congress back in the 1990's. that welfare reform program was extraordinarily successful in helping people get back to work because it puts a priority of initiative. folks could get the help that they needed but like the rest of us needed to dedicate ourselves to productivity. guest: the problem with that is that is an inaccurate and misleading characterization of the program. one of the exciting things about that program is that the state's estimated will create 185,000 jobs. what states h

also, representative eric cantor and a look at the economy with "financial times" columnist dan mccrum. >> in some ways every senate class gives you a sense of what the country is thinking at that moment. >> terence samuel looks behind the institution of the u.s. senate, the upper house. sunday on "q&a." double our supreme court justice clarence thomas on the confirmation process. >> i did not have on the experiences up there and i do not wish that on anyone. and also, something justice white said when i first got here has stuck with me. it does not matter how you got here. it matters what you do after you have gotten here. >> with the new supreme court nominee heading into the confirmation process, learn more about the nation's highest court in c-span is latest book, "the supreme court." pages of candid conversations with all supreme court justices active and retired available now in hardcover and also as an e- book. >> now another in a series of congressional hearings on the gulf of mexico oil spill three witnesses include bp america and chairman lamar mckay, who said that he had ass

also republican whip eric cantor and a look at the global economy with financial times columnist dan mccrum. "washington journal" begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c-span. >> in some ways, every senate class gives you a sense of what the country is thinking at that moment. >> d.c. journalist terrence samuel looks behind the institution of the u.s. senate, the upper house, sunday on c-span's q & a. >> the house today voted on and failed to pass a science and technology authorization bill for the second time. for a background on what happened, we talked to a reporter. >> we're joined by edward epstein of congressional quarterly. house democrats were working again today to pass that science and technology bill. it got thwarted what happened? >> they brought it up under a consequence of the ruse means they needed 2/3 of the house votes. they fell 12 votes short of passing it. now they say they will bring it up again at an unspecified date under a rule, which means they need a majority, but it also means the republicans could offer another so-called motion to recommit, which is how

tomorrow morning, eric cantor of virginia talks about u.s. foreign policy.sted by the heritage foundation, the event begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on c-span3, a hearing on the bank tax proposal for the troubled asset relief program known as part. tim geithner third and others will testify. live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. now, a un conference in new york and preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. we will hear from iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad, who spoke for 45 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. in the beginning, of like to say a word about the statement by the secretary general. the secretary-general said that iran must expect -- except this and that the ball is in a run scored. i would like to tell you and inform held as well that we have accepted the fact from this part, and i would like to announce again that this is is accepted deal. we have thrown the ball into the core of those who should accept our proposal and work in cooperation with us. in the name of god, the compassionate, the merciful, all praise be to allah,

the meetings that occurred down in the cabinet room in the white house where the minority whip, eric cantor, tried to bring some ideas to the table about what this stimulus ought to look like and what the republican position was on the stimulus bill and it was, well, wait, not so fast. we want -- we won, we won the election. what you all say here doesn't matter. it was really that comment that set the tone for the balance of 2009. now there were opportunities where both sides could have come together on some aspect of what ultimately was included in the health care reform bill. i will admit those opportunities were few and for between, but they did exist. indeed, even individuals such as myself, so-called back bencher, reached out to the other side, both to the transition team and the democratic leadership of my committee and said, look, health care is important to me. i didn't give up a 25-year medical career to sit on the sidelines while you guys did this. let's talk about the areas where there can perhaps be common ground. but those offers were never seriously entertained by the other si

i applaud republican whip, eric cantor, fo launching youcut, an interactive way for all americans to vote both online and via cell phone on spending cuts they want congress to enact. in the first week of this program, over80,0 people cast their votes to cut new nonreformed welfare program that cost $2 billion a year. please visit joewilson.house.r-l gov or republicanwhip.house.gov to see this week's options. in conclusion god bless our troops and we'll never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. some the gentleman's time has expired. are there further one-minute requests? pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 , the chair will postpone first degree murderings proceedings today on motions to -- will postpone further proceedings today on motions to suspend the rules or on which the yeas and nays are ordered. recorded votes on postponed questions will be taken after 6:30 p.m. today. for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? mrs. napolitano: i move the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1258, as amended. the speaker pro tempore

here are a couple of things that have been posted on eric cantor's blog or on the republican whip site. just when you thought america's debt situation could not look any bleaker, the u.s. reported an astounding monthly deficit that is four times greater than it was in error, 2009. the government has posted 19 consecutive monthly budget deficits, a long string of shortfalls on record. -- the longest string of shortfalls on record. here are some of the proposed cuts, including taxpayer subsidized union activities, 6 $7 million in savings, $607 million in savings. some federal employees spend up to 100% of their work week, paid by taxpayers, doing work for their union. they spend significant amounts on political activities and lobbying. it should they be subsidized by the taxpayer for their -- should they be subsidized by the taxpayer for their official duties? i propose reducing budget and staff by 90% of the following departments -- epa, energy, labor, as a beginning. trying to do this piecemeal will just generate the usual "what about me mentality" -- congress needs to cut the federal