parliamentarian 25 years ago, rising to his current role in 2004 when he was appointed by speaker hastert. before joining the office of parliamentarian, he a distinguished career as an active duty member of the u.s. armed -- u.s. air force, he also served as respected council on the house armed services committee. as parliamentarian, john's keen legal mind and passion for the constitution has always been apparent. mr. schiff: i remember with great fondness, working with the parliamentarian on some very difficult issues, involving the armenian genocide, one of the most challenging parliamentary issues, i think we -- issues i think we faced in terms of how to navigate questions of germaneness. through that process and every other that i have come to work with the parliamentarian, i have respected his insights, his intellect, his integrity and his dedication to his job. he has been a phenomenal asset to this institution and i know that his successor who currently serves as deputy parliamentarian will continue in john's legacy of professionalism. john, i want to thank you for your service to

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. >> on the highway bill, wondering why you decided to go back to the hastert rule when coming out as speaker you promised to bring that up as a full majority of both sides -- ree case this time. >> given the fact that we're dealing with the budtg at i thi responsible thing in meeting the statutory deadline, trying to make sure that we don't have stoppage of construction is really important. and so extending this highway -- current highway bill for 90 days is the most responsible way forward. we do want to get to the conference with this in it as quickly as possible. >> you famously are -- and we need comments from the chair in the house about not having proper -- [ inaudible ] isn't there a double standard? because there are member whose go on the floor who are not in proper attire. >> listen, i think the rules are enforced evenly. i've asked members on both sides of the aisle to leave the floor myself. i know the sargent at arm has asked members to leave the floor. we expect all members to follow the rule, and the rules make it clear that members are to be on the floor in proper bus

hastert when he was speaker he said he had to have a majority brick the bill to the floor. there was that -- half the members plus one on their side to bring it to the floor and we could work 0 on a now, either they can't get a majority of the majority or are insisting on 218. in any case, whatever they come up with, it won't be signed or even aproved by the senate or signed by the president. let's just get it done for the american people. time. time is important, and it's about time that we pass this very important jobs bill. and i don't know what -- again what miracle can happen. i'm a big believer in prayer and i engage in it, but i don't use it for legislation, but maybe that's what we needoy r somethi happen over passover and eastei devices we have seen nothing but kicking the can down the road and maybe even suggested they may kick it again. and every day that they kick the can more jobs for the taxpayer goes up and small businesses suffer, for lack of getting a big part of these projects that will go forward. >> on the -- [ inaudible ] what does it say about the curr

are others also, by i am here specifically in support of, for my community, commissioner davis and hastert harris because i know from my work as a community activist in documenting evens in different organizations, those two in my mind from my community as well as others are people that i think should be on this board, but i am also here to talk about the accountability, responsibility, and the conflicts in which the agency -- which they will be overseeing. the mayor's office of economic development work force. in my opinion, they need to be monitored. there needs to be a public hearing to find out exactly what they are doing. they are in my community at the one-stop, and i will tell you one thing, in my opinion, other than saying corruption, there is no accountability there. good will is there without any accountability, and my opinion is the mayor's office of economic development work force -- i really do not know who they are. you have give we will different divisions. in our community, there were four divisions up and down the street, so i think they need to be monitored, but i am here

and ron, former communications director to house speaker dennis hastert.ng us. >> thank you. >> heather: so as a means of an explanation for our viewer, 123 super delegates, they will attend the republican national convention in tampa this august. they're voting delegates who are not elected or appointed, but included by virtue of their party roles. nearly every state and territory, gop chairman, rnc chairman and rnc committee woman, hold the status. romney already enjoys the backing of 33 of these automatic rnc delegates. if it comes down to his needing the super delegates, can he do it? can he count on their support? ron, i'll start with you. >> that's a great question. it's really going to depend on how many super delegates he needs, how close he is. what's really important here is that these are mostly going to be establishment type republicans that have rnc positions. he enjoys 33. he's going to need -- he may need as many as 90 more. however, i think mitt romney is not going to need this. i think he's going to make the nomination. most people want th

sessions: speaker hastert asked both don and myself to become engaged in issues that would be considered the war on terror. and the speaker recognized that the caribbean could be the gateway not only for terrorism, but also on a number of other issues. and don and i accepted that role, had a number of trips down to the caribbean, but also met with caribbean leaders here in washington, d.c.,. don was always upbeat. don was always looking for answers and responses to the needs of our friends in the caribbean and really found the way to cut some good friendships with people to where they became better friends of the united states congress and the united states because of his personal involvement in issues and matters. and i enjoyed working with don. he accepted not only his role and mine, us working together, i as a younger member, he as a senior member. and he welcomed my advances for ideas and thoughts. and it was difficult for me also, and i know as i was walking into the capitol a few minutes ago to see the beautiful flag that flies outside the united states capitol at half mast in hono

then hubert hammer of the agriculture department, and jerry haggis kurram of the hastert report a lookg and agriculture have changed in the last two decades. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> if there is anything that concerns the american family today it is this. our government has not caught up with the new facts of american family life. families have changed, so why can't washington? new fact, moms working. nearly 65% of all mothers are working, part-time, full-time, all of the time. keeping the family together, making ends meet, making america a more prosperous. it's working mothers need affordable day care and the pay they deserve. too often, they cannot get either. >> this saturday, maryland senator barbara mikulski will become the longest serving female member in congressional history. with nearly 15,000 days in progress, she will surpass the record held by edith rogers, who served from 1925 to 1960. watch her speeches from the senate floor and other c-span appearances, all archived and searchable online at the c-span video library. next, a discussion