. >> the frank wolf congressman from virginia has been arguing the house to put together a select committee instead of the five committees with dispirit interests. do you support that idea? >> i think it's very good idea. they may come to the same conclusion that the committee came to. or the review board. i think a bipartisan committee. i think it rises to this level. >> paul: this review board never interview them? >> they did not interview gregory hicks when he as in tripoli. we need a reboot of the national security agency on issues like that and the only thing they can do is like they did underwater gate. >> paul: when we come back, the debate begins in the senate on a bipartisan bid to reform the nation's immigration system but a new report is pitting conservatives against conservatives on the true cost of the overall. we'll break down the numbers and handicap the politics. [ female announcer ] research suggests cell health plays a key role throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin designed for women's health concerns as we age. it has 7 antioxidants to su

frank wolf says he and his office are getting calls from cia officials, who want to talk. >> if you're 50 years old and have two kids in college and a mortgage, you're not going to give your career up by coming in so you also need subpoena power. let people come forward, subpoena them to give them the protection so they can't be far. >> after the attack the cia was reluctant to acknowledge that the two navy seals, former navy seals killed at the annex in benghazi, tyrone woods and glen darty, worked for the cia. that is not always how it's done. with high profile attacks leading to cia deaths as with the attack on the cia boast in afghanistan in december, 2009, in which seven cia officials were killed, sometimes the cia publicly acknowledges and honors cia officials killed but that did not happen in this case. then cia director david patraeus did not attend the funerals of woods and doherty. obviously cia officers feel it imperative to keep their work in the shadows but that in this case may also keep some of the answers about benghazi in the dark as well. >>> coming up, not a great we

washington journal," we will talk with freshman congressman john delaney and virginia congressman frank wolf. congress will hold more hearings this week on the ongoing investigation into the irs targeting of conservative groups. this morning, former irs commissioner douglas schulman will testify before the senate finance committee. commissionerng irs stephen miller will also be at the hearing. live coverage starts at 10:00 eastern on c-span 3. on wednesday, douglas schulman will take part in a house oversight committee. we will also hear testimony from the treasury department inspector general for tax and ministration. that is live at 9:30 eastern also on c-span 3. senator rand paul spoke at an event last night hosted by the new hampshire republican state committee. senator paul is mentioned as a possible presidential candidate. we will also hear from republican national committee chairman rights previous -- reince priebus. from concord, new hampshire, this is 45 minutes. >> if i could have your attention please, we are going to get the program started now. folks, i need to ask for your atte

. >> frank wolf, congressman from virginia, jason, has been arguing for the house to put together a select committee instead of the five committees with disparate interests that are looking into this. do you support that idea? >> i think it's a very good idea. and look, they may come to the same conclusion as the committee that's already lookeded into this. we don't know. but an ambassador -- >> review board. >> yes. but yes, i think a bipartisan select committee, i think this does warrant that. it rises to this level. >> this review board never even interviewed secretary clinton, dan. do you understand that? >> it's impossible to explain. the fbi did not interview gregory hicks when they were in tripoli. i do not understand that. and i think that's why we need a reboot of the national security agencies on issues like that, and they're one of the only mechanisms to do that is a committee of congress like they did under watergate, looks into this, issues the report. >> dempsey, as well. chairman of the joint chiefs. when we come back, debate begins in the senate on a bipartisan bid to refor

you have signed the resolution of frank wolf. guest: i am not sure on that. i think it should stay with government reform. multi agencyhas jurisdiction. i think it has been handled well by mr. issa. to form another committee will take more time, start over, more staffing. i disagree with that. it has taken some time. u have a criminal investigation ongoing. i think it's to stay in government reform. i see no reason to take it out. host: have you sign onto anything that frank wolf is calling for? made: i think mr. boehner the right decision. we had the five committees. folks are coming for who were there and testified. melvin, as hear from democrat. caller: fort lauderdale, florida. i think the irs was correct in what they did. when you have the supreme court, have allcision and you of the tea party people who put in for these application for this 501c4. oftrickles the amount applicants and they start using the same type of a vernacular for getting their approval request put in. that is the target right there. these people are all putting in and using the same

ost: up next we will here from virginia republican frank wolf.e will talk about his idea to committee to cial investigate the benghazi attack update.t the news >> it is 8:32 eastern. shulman appears this morning before the stat finance committee to answer questions the agency targeting tea party groups. lawmakers want to know what the commissioner knew and when he knew it. 10:00 eting starts at a.m. eastern and c-span radio will air it. urning to oklahoma, federal emergency management director is to insure the state that resources are being properly deployed. noler just tweeted three national urban search and rescue teams have been activated for support with other personnel. we will hear from the president this morning on the devastating tornado near oklahoma city which last count 51 people. the president has already disaster.a major he's meeting this morning with his disaster response team before making remarks which you as well on c-span radio following "washington journal." latest e some of the headlines on c-span radio. the way s the parlor,

>> i would like congressman frank wolfe has got sponsored house resolution 36.d that now there are 134 fellow congressmen that signed up to that the problem has been speaker boehner has been stonewalling, the formation of that very necessary commit see in a select committee to investigate benghazi? >> right. and, as i said, in recent op set, if this were a -- op-ed, if this was a republican president, and nancy pelosi were the speaker, there would be no hesitation on her part to find of courage to form this special committee, i can only hope that speaker boehner will find his. lou: speaker boehner, what is his interest in not doing so? the questions mount by the day, we now have 4 whistle-blowers, potential whistle-blowers i should say. seeking reputation with private attorneys so they may speak, bring classified information to those discussions with their attorneys, and shed light on the events and that light will contradict some of the statements of this administration, your thoughts? >> well, if i had to speculate, i don't know if the administration is holdin

frank wolf said maybe we should have a select security hearing on security laps around benghazi.ou are hearing from hillary clinton and now the current secretary of state john kerry there is a politization and spread of misinformation. the question is there something real here? it is okay to be persistance. but is it there? >> there is something and it independent the white house. we know the talking points as laid out in the house respect and was evident to anyone who watched susan rice on the sunday shows. to answer your questions directly there is new information and that is one of the reasons that this is proving to be difficult for the administration to ignore or shove aside. we saw an administration the f.b.i. didn't show up in benghazi until october 4th. a month later and we didn't have much urgency on investigating this and even after the election in that time frame. >> bret: let me interrupt you. adam housely piece this week dealt with the hunt for the master mind. we know who it is and where they are and they are walking free. asked the f.b.i. about it repeatedly this w

boehner passes frank wolf's bill, and gets the committee created. you know what is interesting too, i give kudos for many media going after the irs thing. the benghazi thing they have been trying to say, it is so old, so out there. that there is nothing there do you suspect that is the intention that administration would sooner deal with an irs crisis, than a benghazi crisis? that is where this is going? >> i think that is right. i'll see that and raise you one, i think that administration is terrified to what people would find out if the benghazi affair was actually other -- thorough investigated, that is why it needs to be made. neil: senator mccain, was with me, he said, they should have recall hillary clinton to testify. as a private citizen, and subpoena her, and all principles who talked about the beginning, i can't see it happening in this senate. they might make make a go of in the house, a lot would be in limb low, right in. >> well, it would be, it will just disappear..@ if they don't have the select committee in the house, there will neve

>> out to be that congressman frank wolf has a resolution to form a committee. he ought to do it. >> sean: mr. president, if you you have nothing to hide you can go ahead and get the attorney general to do this. i think it is same. shuns onews coming up on capit. lawmakers vow to get to the bottom of the benghazi cover up. a bomb shell admission from the irs. they admit they are targeting conservatives. all the details and also tonight as always we ask for your help. you get to pick the video of the day. you will see a clip of each of the three choices. option number one stunning police shootout footage released. >> court. the winner will run its entirety at the end of the entirety at the end of the oh, he's a fighter alright. since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him back in

this week congressman frank wolf of virginia introduced an amendment to change that. >>> "parade" magazine is apologizing for its unfortunate choice of images in the story profiling an award-winning navy chef. this graphic accompanied the feature on senior culinary specialist derek davenport, but u.s. naval institute news reports some of those boats mixed in with the kitchen utensils and gadgets are actually nazi battleships from world war ii. on the top is the ship from the parade article and on the bottom is a german battleship. in september, you may remember, a tribute to the u.s. veterans at the in that case national convention in charlotte featured russian warships. >>> finally vice president joe biden verbalized what many have surmised for some time. the president and his vp have different styles when it comes to public speaking. last night biden asked that a teleprompter be removed before speaking at a jewish american heritage reception, saying, quote, you can't tell that barack that the teleprompter is down. the standing joke in the office is he's learning to speak without one, i'm

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>> out to be that congressman frank wolf has a resolution to form a committee. he ought to do it. >> sean: mr. president, if you you have nothing to hide you can go ahead and get the attorney general to do this. i think it is same. shuns onews coming up on capit. lawmakers vow to get to the bottom of the benghazi cover up. a bomb shell admission from the irs. they admit they are targeting conservatives. all the details and also tonight as always we ask for your help. you get to pick the video of the day. you will see a clip of each of the three choices. option number one stunning police shootout footage released. >> court. the winner will run its entirety at the end of the entirety at the end of the man: how did i get here? dumb luck? or good decisions? ones i've made. ones we've all made. about marriage. children. money. about tomorrow. here's to good decisions. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. ready to plan for your family's future? we'll help you get there. thto fight c

>> there needs to be -- congressman frank wolf, who is a man of moderate temperament, and he happenso be my congressman and i don't agree with him on everything but he's a responsible man. he's pushing to have a select committee in the house. 64% of the republicans have sign add petition to get a select committee, and there's only one person that won't do it, and it's boehner boehner. they are told it's a matter of money. do we want to get to the bottom of it or not or keep chasing our tails? seem to me we need to get to the bottom of it. >> the american people have a right to the truth on all of these. very serious allegations. i imagine if it was a republican we would get a different response, especially from the media and elsewhere. we will stay on it. why is it so hard to get you out of the bunker and put a little powder on your head? why is that so hard. >> why is it that hard? because about now i should be eating a hamburger with french fries, that's why. >> you are looking good. you look skinny, you are looking good. you got the ball started and landmark legal did and by going

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. >> frank wolf, who was part of a panel discussion on human trafficking today only blocks from the saudime said diplomatic immunity should not be a barrier to address violations. >> if you find an embassy involved in this, you crack down on visas. you tell me them you're not going to grant visas. >> the state department made no such promises. >> under the vienna convention, diplomats are under a duty to respect the laws and regulation of the receiving state. >> in january, 1997, georgia waived it for a drunk ema bass staff who are careened into dupont circle at 80 miles per hour, killing a 16-year-old. he was sentenced to prison time in the u.s. >> it's very rare for a country to waive that immunity for their diplomats. >> in the case of the saudis, it may be rarer still. a 2012 state department report found saudi arabia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so. shannon? >> shannon: doug, thank you. >>> 70,000 people are in houston for the national rifle association's annual convention. the nra's ne

i congratulate frank wolf for what he is doing. it does not demean the work of chairman issa. wonderful job -- >> maybe he'll be the chairman. >> he will be doing something else tomorrow, as well he should because there is no so much going on. >> but this committee would be focusing like a laser beam on that particular subject and nothing else. it has a limited time period. and you would have a council who would be able to ask questions, maybe for a 30-minute block. you know how it is in congress, greta. we each get 5 minutes. and each of us is asking a different thing. it's hard to pin down the witnesses and get them to answer the hard questions. >> i should note for the viewers that ambass derpickering has said he does want to testify -- >> they have. to they didn't interview secretary of state hillary clinton. it's outrageous. >> they have said they want to. we will see what happens. nice to see you. >> see you this weekend. you are the graduation speaker. >> your daughter's graduating. >> straight ahead, rush limbaugh making an offer to president obama. is it an offer the

so i congratulate frank wolf for what he's doing t does not demean the work of chairman issa.ng a wonderful job. >> maybe he will be chairman. >> but he will be doing something else tomorrow, as well he should because there is so much going on. this committee would be focusing like a laser beam on that particular subject and nothing else. it has a limited time period and you would have a counsel who would be able to and questions. maybe for a 30-minute block. know how it is in congress, greta. we each get five minutes and each of us is asking a different thing. so it's hard to pin down these witnesses and get them to answer the hard questions. >> all right. i should note for the viewers that tonight ambassador pickering said he and admiral mullen have written a letter to congressman issa that they do want to testify. >> they are going to have to. they did not even interview secretary of state hillary clinton. it's outrageous. >> they have now written a letter and say they want to. nice to see you. >> see you this weekend. you are the graduation speaker. >> your daughter is gra

and i think that there are now republicans in the house, frank wolf, not a very partisan member fromirginia saying, you know what we need to coalesce this into one committee, bi-partisan to looking at this with deposition authority and subpoena power, and i think that there is a movement building in the house to have that happen. jon: there are lots of questions yet to be answered. so it would seem. paul gigot from the "wall street journal." be sure to check in this weekend when he hosts the journal editorial report, saturday, 2:00 park m eastern on fox news channel. jenna: coming up next from jail to a job. ex-cons learning new skills to help them succeed after a life behind bars. a closer look at an inspiring program coming up in a live report. and beer is flowing across the country today, and it's not just because it's friday, people, it's for a whole other reason. our next guest says the craft beer boom in this country is an excellent example about what happens when you lower taxes and strip away regulations. jon will tap in next. girl vo: i'm pretty conservative. very logical th

even as we speak congressman frank wolf from virginia, who has been a champion cracking down on human trafficking is holding a long-planned forum on trafficking in mcclain, virginia, in all places less than a mile from where the incident occurred. he says mistakenly assumes human trafficking is only happening in foreign countries about but happening in america with american children. ms-13 runs prostitution rings in this area, nabbing unsuspect spg young immigrants and exploiting them. the vast majority of those trafficked are women and children. according to the state department 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders each year. that does not include trafficking within a specific country's borders an concluding the united states. jon, final lie because so much of this happens behind closed doors it is very difficult to try to verify any hard numbers on it, jon. jon: doug mckelway in washington. thanks, doug. >> reporter: sure thing. arthel: coming up a well-respected doctor collapses and dies three days later. what officials found in her blood that has the police i

we will talk with republican congressman frank wolf of virginia. he has introduced the legislation creating a select committee to investigate the attack on u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. and more about benghazi. a former foreign service officer posted in libya. he is the author of the book exit the colonel. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7 a.m. eastern. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events. and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our website, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> today, the senate finance committee looks into the irs targeting of conservative groups. witnesses include outgoing irs commissioner steven miller, treasury department inspector general j. russell george, and former irs commissioner douglas shulman. live coverage at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3. and on wednesday, the house ove

do you have any hope on tuesday congressman frank wolf introduced an amendment that would give the forts the combat pay and benefits he believe they deserve? >> a letter came out from one of the lieutenant generals in response to that saying that the army does not see it as workplace violence at this time. they're trying to wait and see what happens after the trial, which there again is just a lot of paragraphs of them trying to prolong the agony of making a mistake. >> it will be interesting to see if they deem it as a terrorist attack instead of workplace violence. thanks for your thoughts today. >> thank you, ma'am. >> coming up, what do you know about oil and gas? it could be all wrong. john stossel is here with the three biggest myths. and want to make a difference today? can you help nascar's kurt busch raise money for our military. that's next. ♪ and it's the sound of sunshine coming down ♪ erything. everything? [ all ] everything? everything. male announcer ] get free shipping and 5% back on everything your business needs. that was easy. to take a centrum silver multivitamin eve

and we will talk with frank wolf of virginia, who has instigated a committee that will investigate the attack in benghazi, libya. " washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. the senate is in session today, debating the farm bill. here is morning about that from this morning's "washington journal." host: we look at what your taxpayer dollars due. let's talk about the farm bill. give us a sense of what the funding levels are like, what is the cost? 955 billionost is dollars. the house of representatives has a bill that passed the committee last week. that is expected to be on the floor this summer. there were attempts to pass it last year that failed last year. it was a promise for floor action, so there is a better chance that we will get the farm bill which is close to one dollar trillion. host: tell us about the snap program and where the funding level is for that. or graham food stamp is the largest amount of that budget. $760 billion over 10 years. it has increased the last year. spending in 2007 was $35 billion a year. last year it was $80 billion. it is the lions

>>brian: frank wolf said in a letter sent to the white house, the g.o.p. conference is calling on speaker boehner -- not to the white house. the speaker. to form a special committee with broad subpoena powers and broad jurisdiction. that would put the oversight committee to the side and use power, for example, like getting the former secretary of state hillary clinton back in front of the cameras. >>steve: speaking of hillary clinton, yesterday dick cheney was on capitol hill and said hillary should be subpoenaed if necessary to get her to testify again. i saw items on-line that she couldn't really get caught in lying before congress because apparently last time she was there, she was not sworn in. for some experts, they say this does remind them of watergate in some ways. but others like charles krauthammer says there's no great big smoking gun, but there is a drip, drip, drip. here he is on -- with o'reilly last night right here on the channel. >> the story isn't going to explode. this is a drip, drip, drip. and what the drip, drip, drip is about is this

i've worked very hard with frank wolf and others, writing letters to the secretary of the army.y mr. hassan. and the best evidence. i said, what did he say to you when you were shot? allah akbar. that's the classic jihaddist terminology. then i realized, this is not some workplace violence. this is elevated to a whole new level and when you look at the e-mail exchanges between mr. hasan and ahacky, who was at that time arguably the biggest terrorist in the world. >> gretchen: we'll have to see how it plays out. congressman, thanks so much for your time. >> it was not workplace violence. >> gretchen: that's what it's being labeled. from "glee" to morning tv, can jane lynch do our job? she's here next. but first let's check in with martha. >> a tornado update. where the next watch or touchdown could happen. dan pheiffer says what really matters about these scandals is just that we make sure that it never happens again. is that enough? congress is not so sure and tea party groups are now ramping up their legal fight. brit hume joins us with a monday morning look at what happens now

department, and two, work with me and other members, this is bipartisan legislation i have congressman frank wolf in the house, at how we can do a better job at the federal level to support insourcing of jobs back into this country. >> well, senator, i think insourcing say great opportunity particularly as to energy costs falling in the united states and our strong rule of law, our terrific labor force and our great patent protection. i look forward to working with you on that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator warner, i should warn my colleagues that the floor is not behaving properly and they're talking about a 12:00 vote. we're trying to do everything we can to get them to push it back, but what i would suggest dias here e of the that we cut our seven minutes down to five minutes and the other side of the aisle will have seven minutes. senator fisher. >> thank you so much, mr. chairman. i will try to take five to help out here. the senator asked you about find be efficiencies. when we had the pleasure of meeting and having a good conversation, i also brought up about looking at

i hereby appoint the honorable frank r. wolf to act as speaker pro tempore on this day.igned, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. kevin chappell let's us pray. -- chaplain conroy: let us pray. you look upon our world, men and women being born and being laid to rest, some getting married and others getting divorced. the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the happy and the sad. so many people aimless, despairing, hateful and killing , so many undernourished, sick and dying, so many struggling with life and blind to any meaning. send us your spirit, that the issues of our day might be met with compassion by the members of this house and all who serve to improve the conditions of our shared humanity. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last adeas -- the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof.