that doesn't mean frank wolf will stop pushing for. it what do you think? >> my sense there could have been one already. you are right. a number of committees are looking in the issue. they just issued a report as well. and they have committees and have subpeeba capabilities and over sight. and they look at what the accountability review board came out with. and which didn't find misconduct or negligence involved with the individuals although some have been relieved of their responsibilities and they can come up to a different conclusion and press the straight department to do other things different than they have done so far. >> frank wolf said no one is held accountable. can you name anyone? >> i know several people were dismissed from their positions that they held when benghazi went down. one is retired and a few of them in different jobs in the state department. i think mr. wolf, representative wolf is asking for more senior responsibility or accountability at the white house level and senior state department levels, and i think that is fine for him to

frank wolf decided that the uighurs was the hill he was going to die on.n front of the machinery and stop the world on. who cared that even the bush administration said these guys aren't terrorists and they aren't dangerous. >> you know, holder and this administration is, they were actually going to bring uighurs, people who were picked up who came maybe to learn how to kill the chinese, but were going to kill americans, they were going to release them on route 7 in falls church. >> in falls church. that year, congressman wolf would not let up. and congressman wolf got his way. the plan to relocate the uighurs in the united states was scrapped and it was hard to find them anywhere else to go and so, they continued to languish in camp iguana. in 2009, four of them finally were sent to bermuda. two went to switzerland. last year two went to el salvador. that left three uighurs still at guantanamo bay with no charges against them, no contention that they're dangerous. earlier this week, the final three were finally freed after 12 years of imprisonment, they w

in the gop, representative buck and frank wolf are the most prominent of ten republicans giving way aftertirements evidence a shrinking a political center. the exodus of legislative veterans in turn could exacerbate that problem leaving capitol hill with politicians that are young and inexperienced. if recent history is any guide, prepare yourself for the worst. when kay bailey hutchinson retired, her seat was taken by ted cruz. john, you're in washington. i'll ask you first how much of a big deal is this? i read about these departures and got measurably more depressed about a place that seems pretty depressing at present. >> yeah, i think they are pretty substantial particularly folks like tom coburn, who is a very conservative person, but who has also created a reputation for finding ways to work across the aisle. he worked with president obama and hillary clinton when she was there. and i think there is this notion that these guys are leaving and you're seeing already in his race for instance, the conservative outside groups saying representative langford is not conservative enough. th

you see frank wolf leave, you're not going to get the progress on those have and have not issues, that's right. >> i want you guys to make bold predictions. bill starting with you. anything happening this year? >> the economy will begin otake off but he may not have much political effect because of obamacare. the health care law will remain the problem because a lot of young people are just not going to sign up until the last second. they're not going ohave to pay a penalty -- to have to pay a penalty until april of 2015. way down the line. they're not worried about that. >> tom. >> my prediction is like bill said, towards the election it's actually going to be a little bit better. but i think based on what i saw murray and ryan doing adeal together, chaos doesn't work for republicans, it doesn't work for democrats. they'll try to get immigration reform done next year. >> eric molder will leave his job early next year and that will change the affordable care act as well. >> that will make republicans happy. bill mike and tom, it's great to have you on the show. have a wonderful new year.

frank wolf, congressman from virginia, has this bill in there.speaker to appoint a committee. >> not going to happen. >> why not? >> because john boehner has made a decision not to do it. as we sit here today, the democrats are effectively demonizing chris christie, destroying him, and bottom line, far more serious scandals, nsa, benghazi, all of those, and they're not on the radar screen. not withstanding how serious they are. >> you go why? because democrats go for the jugular. republicans run from a shadow. it's really pathetic. >> wow, that is -- >> because they're part of the same political game. john boehner's performance is embarrassing. who would want to be a republican? my god. >> let's remind everybody, benghazi, libya, september 11th, 2011, four americans killed at our diplomatic outpost, and lots of questions about what triggered that. was it organized, was it al qaeda? so on and so forth. now is our best chance to find out. you say republicans won't push forward? >> john boehner won't. >> republicans want to. i don't know why they do

i was sitting with the republican house member, retiring virginian, frank wolf, who has been in the house 34 years, kind of back in the corner last night, and. when the topic of immigration reform came up, i asked frank what he saw the thought, and he said, look, it will go through some twists and turns, but he was feeling optimistic about the house to go an immigration reform bill. it will look different from the senate bill but we'll get in conference and trade. there may be other issues. we are moving ahead. we have to get over the debt ceiling hurdle but i expect more willingness to work together. >> woodruff: let me pick up on immigration. senator flake, you both said you think that's a real possibility. do you think there could be an agreement that includes a pathway to citizenship? >> the senate included a pathway to citizenship. that's what i prefer, and ting the senate prefers in general. the house may say that those who are here illegally can access current avenues to citizenship, but no special path would be created. that would be a kind of hybrid that might win the day. i thin

announce retirement since november, joining john runyon of new jersey, tom latham of iowa, and frank wolfprap join meg now nia malika henderson, political reporter for the "washington post" and sam stein, politics editor for the huffington post. and so nia ma'lika, another republican would like to spend more time with his family and a lot less time on the house floor with those crazy tea partiers. >> we are seeing something of a trend here. i think the question is whether or not it continues into 2014. you saw at the end of 2013 john boehner himself get fed up with the tea party and also moderate republicans say that they needed to speak up more, that they needed to band together. they of course were against the actions around the government shutdown that were led by the far right of the party. so this is an interesting thing. and i think if you look at what democrats need to do come 2014 to win back the house, you know, slim, slim, slim chance that they can, i think it's something like 1%, but when seats like this open up it certainly gives democrats more of a chance to win back in-some

. >> perhaps you all were going to mention this anyway, but frank wolf, long-time moderate conservative, pretty much a loyal republican, staunch champion of government workers, even when it didn't help him with his party. he admits to being a bleeding heart conservative. went to all of the world's trouble spots, human rights areas, has decided that that's what jesus wants him to do, his savior, he says. he wants him to be in that fight against depression.leaving cong. who will replace him? the state party, the same people who called for a convention to getcucinelli, and his platform and his panel. they'll make the choice for the eighth -- for the tenth congressional district, pardon me. a lot of people think that's not the way to do it. people in the county should. as an example again, will certain people and certain parts of the party pick the candidate or will the people? >> two minutes left. want to talk about maryland's governor's race. lieutenant governor anthony brown picking up a whole host of -- how do you see that race shaking out? >> i was really surprised that he actually got

rogers: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the very hardworking and longtime classmate of mine, frank wolf, chairman of the commerce, justice, science subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for five minutes. mr. wolf: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wolf: i want to thank mr. rogers. we came here together in 1981. i think what mr. rogers and mrs. lowey have done, along with senator mikulski and senator shelby, have been amazing. i want to thank mr. fattah for his partnership and help and, you know, just thank you. you've done a great job. i want to acknowledge the staff diane, as lie, jeff, well as bob and matt. they have done an incredible job. if the american people could have seen the hours, and i want to thank them. this bill totals $51.6 billion which is $1.4 billion below the enacted 2013 level. we have reduced spending by more than $12 billion for agencies funded in the c.j.s. there's no reason why anyone would vote against this bill. we're even $200 million below f.y. 2008, and so

we worked very hard on this bill, and also with our counterparts in the house, chairman frank wolf and ranking member fatah. the c.j.s. bill that we agreed upon provides $61.1 billion in discretionary spending. it focused on community safety in our jobs and our economy. we used those priorities to guide funding decisions from federal law enforcement to space exploration. what could keep america safe, what could make america great. we can't have vibrant communities unless they are safe, and the c.j.s. bill has money in here for key grants to help state and local police departments. the legislation we have worked on adds money to more of the cops programs that will put cops on the beat. but we also want to deal with the prevention of violence as well as the prevention of crime. this bill includes money for the violence against women. $29 million more than sequester. what it will mean is more help to local enforcement to prosecute, more money to help with prevention for those who are victims of domestic violence and to be able to provide life-saving shelters an then transitional housing.

frank wolf, congressman from virginia, unfortunately retiring right now, but he's the guy who's standing i think evangelicals will be calling on elected officials to do that. >> and are you traveling to washington and making this case -- >> yes. >> -- meeting with lawmakers -- >> what's the response so far? >> i think there's a growing interest in saying -- i think the question is, what do we do? i think there's practical things we can do. one of the things is internet freedom. working to come in and break down fire walls across the world where some of the persecuted communities can get in touch with people on the outside, to know what's going on, to connect with one another. i think that's going to be a major, major initiative in fighting religious persecution around the world. >> well, thank you so much for being with us. we greatly appreciate it. and i hope you'll come back. >> thanks so much. thank you for having me. >> maybe we'll talk music a little bit more. >> maybe you guys should sing. >> yeah, southern baptist church, how's my southern baptist church doing? >> going great. a l

i have one people who have a heart and mind to support congressman frank wolf's efforts to pass housen 36. we need an independent select committee to investigate benghazi. >> we sure appreciate. thanks. >> my pleasure. >> well, too much too young? a disney star posing in this new ad, but is it really appropriate. >> lone survivor. >> mark wahlberg the challenges of playing a soldier in that movie, a navy seal coming up. >> not more than 10 guys in this army. >> spartan 01. >> your radio working? hi, i'm terry and i have diabetic nerve pain. it's hard to describe, because you have a numbness, but yet you have the pain like thousands of needles sticking in your foot. it was progressively getting worse, and at that point i knew i had to do something. once i started taking the lyrica the pain started subsiding. [ male announcer ] it's known that diabetes damages nerves. lyrica is fda approved to treat diabetic nerve pain. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depr

rogers: madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the very hardworking and longtime classmate of mine, frank wolf, chairman of the commerce, justice, science subcommittee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for five minutes. mr. wolf: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wolf: i want to thank mr. rogers. we came here together in 1981. i think what mr. rogers and mrs. lowey have done, along with senator mikulski and senator shelby, have been amazing. i want to thank mr. fattah for his partnership and help and, you know, just thank you. you've done a great job. i want to acknowledge the staff diane, as lie, jeff, well as bob and matt. they have done an incredible job. if the american people could have seen the hours, and i want to thank them. this bill totals $51.6 billion which is $1.4 billion below the enacted 2013 level. we have reduced spending by more than $12 billion for agencies funded in the c.j.s. there's no reason why anyone would vote against this bill. we're even $200 million below f.y. 2008, and so

wolf. >> erin mcpike in trenton, thanks. let's bring in democratic congressman frank pallone. congress man, thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you, wolf. >> all right. so this is a she said versus a she said. who do you believe? do you believe the mayor of hoboken or lieutenant governor of your state? >> well, wolf, i wasn't party to the conversations, but i do think that the allegations of the mayor of hoboken are very serious and the u.s. attorney needs to look into it and, as i said to you in the past, there's been so many allegations now about threats and bullying by the christie administration, you know, it does seem that that's the culture and i think this whole idea of abuse of power, you know, has to be looked into, both by these legislative committees and by the u.s. attorneys office. you know, i believe that what happened with the tv commercials that -- where the governor said, you know, his administration said, you know, you put me in the tv ads and i'll take the higher bidder, which is what has been investigated, is just another example of this abuse of power

frank pallone, of new jersey. joining us from union beach right now. congressman, thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you, wolf. >> sir, this is a she said versus a she said. she said, who do you believe? do you believe the mayor of hoboken or the lieutenant governor of your state? >> well, wolf, i wasn't party to the conversations, but i do think the allegations of the mayor of hoboken are very serious, and the u.s. attorney needs to look into it. and i have said to you in the past, there's been so many allegations now about, you know, threats and bullying by the christie administration. you know, it does seem that that's the culture. and i think that this whole idea of abuse of power, you know, has to be looked into, both by these legislative committees and by -- and by the u.s. attorney's office. i believe that what happened with the tv commercials, that -- where the governor said, you know -- or his administration said you -- you know, you put me in the tv ads, and i'll take the higher bidder, essentially, which is what the asbury park press investigated, is just another example of this abuse of power. and

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frank sock lich, is furious at the christie aides. he joins us now. thanks for coming in. >> thank you, wolf. >> let's talk a little bit about the christie statement among other things. "this completely inappropriate and unsanctioned conduct was made without my knowledge." do you believe him? >> you know, as this story continues and as things begin to unravel, with e-mails, the actions of counterparts, resignations, engagement of defense counsel, that position becomes more and more difficult to understand, more and more difficult to comprehend, and quite frankly more and more difficult to believe. i'm actually rooting that the highest elected official in the state of new jersey isn't involved in this. but i'm beginning to question my judgment. >> why? >> well, you know, when we starmt e started off with chaos in fort lee on monday in september and got no response, right from the beginning people were saying it was about me and failure to endorse. i always dismissed it as not being important enough. i mean, who would possibly reduce themselves to closing lanes to the busiest bridge in the wor

mention, wolf, we now have a state investigative committee that's going to hear from 17 people who are subpoenaed in the bridge scandal, the original one. so you had on this morning congressman franknt. how do you separate what is really political here and people taking advantage of this moment of weakness, chris christie being in a weak position here, and what is really true? what is really happening, whether or not anything has been done wrong? >> well, that's what the investigators -- the local, the state, the federal investigators, the prosecutors, potentially, they're going to be investigating, whether any crimes were committed. and they're looking very closely at all of that. and let's just be precise. right now there is no smoking gun, if you will, no direct evidence that the governor himself was involved in anything illegal. may have hired aides that weren't necessarily doing their job that he wanted them to do. but there's still a lot of questions out there. and it's only escalating. and i suspect, suzanne, as the days go by, and the weeks go by, there will be more of these allegations of bullying, of threatening, that will come forward, and it's going to continue and con