like greg walden, he has a technical background. he holds patents, he has a number of them. he is interested, and, of course, he represents a district in california where tech entrepreneurs, obviously, have a lot of political influence. so, yes, i think he will be just from his district's concerns and his own background, he will be interested in that. >> guest: talking with a member of the subcommittee staff this morning, and it turns out that he is going to be going for seven hearings a week. [laughter] between -- yes, that's a lot of energy. and so i think that he is very serious in his, you know, in his determination, you know, review programs and to look at where government's role is and should be. >> guest: of course, he has letters to industry associations including those in the communications sector saying tell us, you know, what regulatory programs are undermining job growth, undermining innovation, so he already has stepped into that space. >> host: this is c-span's "communicators" program. we're discussing the 112th congress and telecommunications policy. trisha pa

host: greg walden, a republican from oregon. chairing a subcommittee on communications and technologies. we have a view were asking -- viewer asking -- guest: we are still getting the committee organized. democrats have not appointed their members to the committees. their organizational effort takes place now and they have started to select their leadership. so we are waiting to populate the committee. the republicans have just about finished their work. once that is all done, which should be by the end of this week, next week, the full energy and commerce committee will set a date to meet. then there will be plenty of notice. this is another example, in my opinion, where federal agency on a party-line vote began to decide to regulate the internet. i think it is an answer in search of a problem that does not exist right now. i want to keep the internet as free as possible. i do not want some fairness doctrine apply to the internet, as they did with broadcasters. we're going to have oversight hearings, -- and first of all, whethe

>> like greg walden, he has the technical backgrounds. i think he's one of the few members of congress that helped pass it. so i think he is interested, and, of course, he representatives a district in california where silicon valley and entrepreneurs have a lot of political influence. so, yes, i think he will be, just from his districts' concerns and his own backgrounds. he will be interested in that. >> i talked a bit about the subcommittee staff this morning, and it turns out that he is going to be going for seven hearings a week. that's a lot of energy. so i think that he is very serious in his determine nation to review programs and to look at where government's role is and should be. >> there were letters saying tell us what regulatory programs are undermining job growth, undermineding innovation. so he's already stepped into that space. >> this is c-span's communicators program, we're discussing the telecommunications policy. our guest, trisha paoletta on the house side from 2003 to 2006, and catherine mccullough, former senate com

on tomorrows "washington journal," greg walden. democratic rep corporal leap or her party's agenda for the 112th congress. and then the new rules on greenhouse gas emissions. it begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. in house republicans are working to defeat health care law with a vote scheduled next wednesday. watched the entire boat on c- span. new the bill online at c-span read c-span.org region the of the bill online rejiggered -- c- span.org. come on over here. good job, great to see you. thank you for doing this. >> it is nice to see you. >> it is nice to see you, too. >> thank you, sir. [crowd chattering] >> who is going to hold the bible? >> you know the drill. [laughter] >> thank you. >> everybody look at the camera. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> thank you. guys in the you middle. >> raise your right hand. there you go. >> how are you, sir? >> great. thank you, all. >> right over here. >> thank you. >> raise your right hand. make sure your are not b locking her. >> left hand here. raise your right hand. >> oh, my. >>

in about 45 minutes, chairman of the house republican transition team congressman greg walden. democratic congressman barbara lee on the legislative agenda -- agenda. national journal reporter

i particularly want to thank my good friends, greg walden, who led our transition team, and rob bishop who led the rules reform effort, as well as the other members of our transition working group. we had four new members of congress who right after the election got involved in working on this very, very important transition. and i want to express my appreciation. as i said, madam speaker, this has for the first time ever been bipartisan. now, i don't want to claim that my democratic colleagues are supportive of this rules package, but i will say that when we began the process, i'm happy that former speaker pelosi designated as liaisons to work with us through the transition process the distinguished former chair of the administration committee, mr. brady, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. and i want to express my appreciation to them again for their hard work. as we looked for ways to chart a new course and reduce congressional waste, we knew that we had to consider good ideas from both political parties. and that's why i'm happy to say we had input from both democrats a

. >> greg walden joins us, republican from oregon's second district. thank you for being here. >> guest: good morning. thank you for having me. >> host: the constitution on the house floor. what's the value in it? >> guest: i think it's really valuable. it's unprecedented. second, i think it really speaks to one the messages from the american people in this election. they felt like the government in washington had strayed from the underpinnings of our country and the constitution is clearly that underpinning that gives us all of the freedoms and rights whether it's the first amendment that gives us the right to be here and have this discussion or any of the others. i think it's important as a reminder to legislators that everything that we do here is only -- restricted or granted by the constitution. and that it is a document that preserves the people's rights, the people's freedoms, and limits the power to the government. i think that's a good reminder. >> we had one comment on twitter today, asking how do you make that come into the play as you legis

i particularly want to thank my good friends, greg walden, who led our transition team, and rob bishop, who led the rules reform effort, as well as the other members of our transition working group. we had four new members of congress who right after the election got involved in working on this very, very important transition. and i want to express my appreciation. as i said, madam speaker, this has for the first time ever been bipartisan. now, i don't want to claim that my democratic colleagues are supportive of this rules package, but i will say that when we began the process, i'm happy that former speaker pelosi designated as liaisons to work with us through the transition process the distinguished former chair of the administration committee, mr. brady, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. and i want to express my appreciation to them again for their hard work. as we looked for ways to chart a new course and reduce congressional waste, we knew that we had to consider good ideas from both political parties. and that's why i'm happy to say we had input from both democrats

i particularly want to thank my good friends, greg walden, who led our transition team, and rob bishop who led the rules reform effort, as well as the other members of our transition working group. we had four new members of congress who right after the election got involved in working on this very, very important transition. and i want to express my appreciation. as i said, madam speaker, this has for the first time ever been bipartisan. now, i don't want to claim that my democratic colleagues are supportive of this rules package, but i will say that when we began the process, i'm happy that former speaker pelosi designated as liaisons to work with us through the transition process the distinguished former chair of the administration committee, mr. brady, and the gentleman from new jersey, mr. andrews. and i want to express my appreciation to them again for their hard work. as we looked for ways to chart a new course and reduce congressional waste, we knew that we had to consider good ideas from both political parties. and that's why i'm happy to say we had input from both democrats a

[laughter] with going to be working congressman greg walden to introduce legislation that came from a similar time of blaming the debate. the efforts that amnesty had faltered in the senate, and it was actually members of both political parties who were saying that while we would have been able to pass this -- this was in the press, but-for talk radio or but-for the debate, and i heard one prominent member of the senate say we have got to do some about the debate. that is when i authored the broadcaster freedom act, which would take power away from the federal communications commission for ever to impose the censorship known as the fairness doctrine. that was the law for decades in america. believe in or not, from the outset of the radio business all the way to the ronald reagan years, radio stations lived under -- broadcast radio stations lived under content regulation. eventually it was litigated, went to the supreme court in the famous red line in case. speech restrictions were upheld. but eventually they were done away with, and the explosion of the debate on the airwaves of ameri