hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his comments.rst i would say there's nothing to disagree with in what the gentleman has said. we do want to focus on jobs. we do want to focus on creating jobs. we do want to focus on growing the economy. the gentleman is absolutely correct. as a matter of fact as the gentleman knows, he and i have discussed an agenda that democrats have been talking about for 2 1/2 years, and it's called make it in america. that make it in america agenda focuses on manufacturing and growing opportunities in this country for good jobs, for skilled workers and unskilled workers, frankly. but mainly skilled workers in the new manufacturing environment in which we find ourselves. that ought to be our long-term objective. but i would say very candidly, mr. speaker, we ought not in the short term forget those who have been deeply damaged by the economic dislocation that has occurred in our society, in our country and frankly globally over the past five years. actually starting in december of 2007. we ought not to forget

hoyer here.d to see us come to a common budge it agreement between paul ryan and patty murray. i was very pleased to see an omnibus. we can go back to what's called regular order on the hill and move our appropriations bills through. i think that will raise confidence and frankly benefit both parties. >> i want to ask you both to stick with me, dana as well. when we come back, i'll ask you if speaker boehner can survive another year from his caucus. ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around, barbara ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ [ female announcer ] fiber one. >>> mopped floors, did dishes, tended bar. and you have to learn to deal with every jackass that walks in the door. trust me, i've learned all the skills i learned growing up do my job. >> i am back with a lot of nodding heads here with steny hoyer, tom cole, and dana bash of the speaker and his future. it was a great appearance on leno i thought. >> it was.

is pleased to" welcome steny hoyer. he is the democratic leadership whip. covers congress for the hill. >> hi. like to be with you. >> moderates are fleeing both parties fairly quickly. congress mcintyre and else's retirement this week. there are 15 blue dogs. two are retiring. what does this mean for the possibilities of taking the house in 2014? are these just gone? >> i do not think they are just gone. they were very strong candidates in their districts. they were very republican districts. redistricting has hurt both of them. i think we will certainly be recruiting candidates in those two districts. parties are confronting folks who have retired in districts. in districts where the other party will have a good chance of , the philadelphia suburbs are particularly a good example, but we think we have opportunities in arkansas where we have a retirement. both parties are experiencing i think the result of the frustration that has come from the gridlock that we have seen underhe last 2.5 years republican leadership where we have not acted in a positive way

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his comments. irst i would say there's nothing to disagree with in what the gentleman has said. we do want to focus on jobs. we do want to focus on creating jobs. we do want to focus on growing the economy. the gentleman is absolutely correct. as a matter of fact as the gentleman knows, he and i have discussed an agenda that democrats have been talking about for 2 1/2 years, and it's called make it in america. that make it in america agenda focuses on manufacturing and growing opportunities in this country for good jobs, for skilled workers and unskilled workers, frankly. but mainly skilled workers in the new manufacturing environment in which we find ourselves. that ought to be our long-term objective. but i would say very candidly, mr. speaker, we ought not in the short term forget those who have been deeply damaged by the economic dislocation that has occurred in our society, in our country and frankly globally over the past five years. actually starting in december of 2007. we ought not to forg

hoyer: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purpose of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hoyer: thank you, mr. speaker. i now yield to my friend, mr. cantor, the majority leader. i yield to my friend. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, for yielding. mr. speaker, on monday the house will meet at neen for morning hour and 2:00 -- noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30. on tuesday and wednesday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. mr. hoyer: mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is correct. the house will be in order. the members will please remove their conversations from the floor. he house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. cantor: on tuesday and wednesday the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. and noon for legislative

reaction now from house minority whip steny hoyer. congressman, very good to have you back with you. >> good to be with you, neil. >> this concern among the troops. is it legit? are you worried? does it tell you something? >> clearly, concern on any new program of this size. however, we see increasingly many fold increases in applications. many fold increases in people who are signing up. we see young people having increased their numbers. so the answer is, i think that this program is starting to get momentum, and i think credibility, and i think it's going to grow in acceptance, not diminish, but there's no doubt that the rollout was rough. >> okay. nancy pelosi sort of wingsed when a reporter called this obamacare. what do you call it? >> well i call it the affordable care act, but i call it obamacare a lot as well. the reason she winced and the reason i try not to use it if i think of it, because so many people, we've called it obamacare for so long, is because that phrase was coined not as a supportive phrase, but as a derogatory

the art of the doable with two members of the house leadership, democrat steny hoyer and republican tom cole. >>> plus -- >> it only takes one suicide bomber to get in to cause a real problem. >> i would not go and i don't think i would send my family. >> russia's olympic-sized security questions grow. we talk with their man in washingt washington, the russian ambassador. this is "state of the union." >>> good morning from washington, i'm candy crowley. two days before president obama heads to capitol hill for his state of the union address, new polling underscores the tough environment he faces in the second year of his second term. joining me now, dan pfeifer, senior advisor to president obama. dan, let me start out with the new abc/"washington post" poll which found the president's approval rating at 46%. half the country disapproved of how the president is handling his job. cnn had a poll of polls taken before this one which was lower at about 43%. seems to me that's the first thing he needs to do, is change the public's opinion, before he can move forward on anything. >> i think th

and steny hoyer, the ranking democrat, he said that the websites problems are going down. signing up. the key architect of all of this is david. david, what you make of that? six months we start seeing this. and things are going much better. the number of people have gained coverage because of the affordable care act and there are a lot of economic benefits to millions of families. there is still a number of very tricky issues that have to be navigated, it is actually going quite well be one no offense to you, i don't think this turned out the way that you planned. but the fact of the matter is that a lot of people were concerned and net net we are down health care coverage. but did you ever think that this would be a disastrous rollout like it turned out to be? >> i think that the numbers of people gaining gaining coverage will exceed right away the number of people who lost coverage. many of those who lost coverage will get them in other ways as well. but not all of them will have to pay more. when people come forward saying that their premiums have gone up, a lot of tim

ed via gmail, you let hoyer off the hook. he just blabbed the same bs, shame on both of you.tive conservative who wants to hike am minimum wage to $12 an hour and says we'll be the better for it. as you pointed out, this guy got rich selling his company to moody's where i bet you won't fike a single worker close to minimum wage. earl in topeka, why do so many millionaires have a guilt complex about their money? they feel free to offer their nickel and dime advice to those who aren't as fortunate. rick, via yahoo, he tried to give the minimum wage hike credit for lowering unemployment in california. you caught him on that statement, properly crediting the national economic boon at the time. tex in texas, the do good ers ae so removed from reality, they saent accept the consequences of their actions. dale says maybe large companies like walmart and mckhanldonald' absorb this. as a small business, minimum wage has a larger ripple effect. i'm a small biz owner and we have no minimum wage employees, but if we had to raise to $12 an hour, we would also have to raise the manager's w

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i appreciate this opportunity to comment not only upon this rule, which provides of course for mostly closed rules, no amendments, no ability to change or modify, particularly two bills that had no hearings, went to no committees and were reported out, doing stuff that did for 2013 almost without exception. but what i really rise to say is that i want to urge every member to vote for -- against -- excuse me -- the previous question. now, mr. speaker, i know the american public will hear previous question. what does that mean? the previous question, if defeated, will give us the opportunity to put on this floor what the overwhelming majority of american people want on this floor which i understand the gentleman from michigan, as i just was walking in, he just was talking about, and that is to deal with the most pressing issue confronting this country right now, today. and that is we have 1.3 million americans who have simply been dropped through whatever safety net we thought we had in

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i think steny hoyer was telling me try six months. >> i think it is going to go the other way at theere is a fair amount of sign-ups even though the numbers are low but lower than what the administration wants. but when it comes to actually paying, people just aren't paying and that is something that comes across the board. whether it is amazon or ebay or anything. but the number of people sign up for something is always far exceeding the number that they pay. the evenue is a lot less. neil: let's say that insurance companies are between a ck and a hard place, they will guarantee that they will never be bailed out, could they run up a run on very quickly? could there be a shift in marketplace based on the fortunes of this law? >> definitely. neil: it falls on its own weigt and tomfoolery. but it more or less seems to me that it is a drag on the economy this year. is that correct? >> it is more as you imply wait-and-see thing. the health care industry has a lot of levers to pull. they have huge lobbyists and the plan can be rewritten. my gosh, through lower rates and better insurance

i think they will come up with omething that steny hoyer said will pass. >> that compromise includes the cutback but for some number of people on food stamps. this is something they are compromising on in an election year. what should we understand? >> republicans will claim they are compromising as well. they do not bring almost $40 million. they would say they have compromised even more. that was the strategy all along. > does it offer a playbook for the year? >> obama has brought up inequality and things like hat. both sides want to make this an issue. these are republicans saying it was a failure in democrats saying that agenda has been a success. that will be a theme all year long. they're trying to get people out f the working class would they can pay taxes. >> they're having low approval ratings as we are opening up the congress. i am wondering what will his ideas provide? >> i think you will hear a lot about the minimum wage and things that affect the middle and low income americans. i think you will push that. the approval ratings are tied very closely to how the affordable

a spate of wealth to the independence moves as seen as a direct challenge for prime minister rudd hoyer who previously to thwart a referendum on constitutional grounds. the arctic splitting ice is gradually opening up access to massive oil and gas reserves hidden under the polar sea bed but with an increasing number of states to exploit the region's riches getting all to agree on how exactly to divide it up could prove tricky tends to port myricks plains. melting ice caps in the arctic have ignited a military build up over the world's smallest ocean and the riches buried beneath it the arctic circle is believed to contain thirty percent of the world's undiscovered natural gas and fifteen percent of its oil the future of the world economy to some extent is dependent on the arctic and i think you know russia canada the united states and norway and denmark are very interested in exploiting these resources last month canada abruptly claims that it owned the north pole while the united states with its alaskan outpost has plans to boost its military there claiming it lacks operational experie

hoyer, mr. crawley, mr. isreal, and ms. delaro. members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort the resident of the united mr. reid, mr. durbin, mr. mcconnell, mr. cornyn, mr. blunt. >> the members of the escort committee will exit through the chamber doors through the lobby. >> acting dean of the diplomatic orps. >> mr. speaker, the chief justice and the associate justices of the supreme court.

and just a short time ago steny hoyer said that it's, quote, an irresponsible assertion and ought to be claarified and retracted. what is your response to that? >> i think i took questions thon for the last couple of days. -- >> he just said that today. >> as i have referred to others and i'm happy to do so again, the president believes that congress has been an excellent partner in the effort to construct the most comprehensive , effective sanctions regime in history. a sanctions regime that was designed specifically to try to change iranian behavior, to try to compel iran to the negotiating table. what we have seen in the last several months is that that effort has produced progress. it helped lead iran to the negotiating table, it helped the p-5-plus-1 reach the joint plan of action agreement and the implementation agreement and now we will see whether or not iran is serious about reaching a comprehensive resolution so that we can in a verifiable, transparent way be confident that iran is not pursuing and will not obtain a nuclear weapon. and we can -- and to do that peacefully. t

maryland representative steny hoyer is our test this week on "newsmakers." legislativethe agenda for the year ahead and the 2014 elections. here is a quick preview. work oncan congress this year? what are you most confident about? that congressis can certainly get something done if the republicans are prepared ofput on the floor pieces legislation that will enjoy bipartisan support and will not simply be message bills, as we dealt with last year. insurance billt -- we're very hopeful it gets done. we are very hopeful we will address comprehensive immigration reform. i think that's that can get on. i think that the evidence of that is it got 68 votes in the united states senate. it was not a partisan bill. i think it will enjoy bipartisan support in the house as well if it is put on the floor. we would like to see the minimum wage raised. as you know income inequality has been focused on iv president. we think that is wrong. we think that is a real challenge to america that the gulf between the rich and the poor is as large as it has been in a very long time.

hoyer, the gentleman from south carolina, mr. clyburn, the gentleman from california, mr. becerra, the gentleman from new york, mr. crowley, the gentleman from new york, mr. 's reel, and the -- israel, and the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delahr row. >> the president appoints the following senators as members of the committee on the part of the senate to escort the president to have united states into the house chamber. the senator from nevada, mr. reid. the senator from illinois, mr. durbin. the senator from new york, mr. schumer. the senator from washington, ms. murray. the senator from colorado, mr. bennett. the senator from michigan, ms. stabenow. the senator from alaska, mr. begich. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from texas, mr. cornyn. the senator from south dakota, mr. thune. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. and the senator from wyoming, mr. barrasso. >> the members of the escort committee are exit through the chamber doors through the lobby. [inaudible conversations] .. brt [ inaudible conversation] >> the acting dean of the court.

we have brian hoyer with wedge partners. -- brian blair with wedge partners. >> the last time they diddid not go anywhere. >> they are still tied up in the course but i think this is a real effort to put all the legal battles behind him. it's a distraction for both companies. they're spending money that could be going into products. i want to get this behind us. they want to focus on their own products and hopefully that will happen. >> is it possible? >> there is a lot of bad blood but of both parties have to come to the table with a solution in mind, it would be great not to hear about them being tied up in court. they can then focus on what is coming next from each company. when you talk to these companies, they say they would rather not be doing this. they wound up in this position and tim cook has said he hates litigation. samsung feels the same way. there are a lot of law firms who are very happy to continue. right, many would like to see it happen. my prediction is it will end this year and we will stop hearing about it. licensing agreements will be worked out and sam sang -- sa

. >> i was talking to steny hoyer, number two ranking democrat in the house and other democrats who say the enrollments are picking up steam. six months from now everything john goodman says is going to seem like an old worry. what do you think? >> well, i would say that people aren't worried enough because the risk -- there's a federal risk pool established for people who are sick, it's going to end in a month or so. and those people go to exchanges, and states with risk pools end soon and those good on the exchange. the cities like detroit that promised benefits they can't pay for, they going to dump people on the exchange. a lot of employers do the same. so i have a fear that the pool is just going to be a sicker and sicker, which means more and more costly. >> the other fear is that insurance companies push back against, will almost have be to bailed out. republicans have the measure to avoid just that sort of scenario, but how likely drew think that is? >> the republicans don't have the votes to get it passed, and what the obama administration will do subsidize the insurance compan

hoyer, think you for your leadership in this house and in our caucus. president is asking us to talk about wage inequality income in this nation. we can do an awful lot to address that issue if we simply raise the minimum wage. it is unacceptable that a full-time worker earns just $1 4,500. that is below the poverty line. that is why she has to make the choices she has to make. that is why she has to worry if her son will graduate. those are the kinds of choices that they have to make. they do not have a livable wage. they do not have enough other than income -- of an income to support their families. workdo incredibly valuable for our communities and neighbors and state. we have to reward that work. we have to reward it with fair pay. that is why raising the minimum wage to $10.10 will make sure raisehose servers at the and are not worried about whether someone leaves them a tip. it is unfair. the public does not like it. the public does not like the idea of the current minimum wage at all. the country, they overwhelmingly believe that the minimum wage

hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his comments. irst i would say there's nothing to disagree with in what the gentleman has said. we do want to focus on jobs. we do want to focus on creating jobs. we do want to focus on growing the economy. the gentleman is absolutely correct. as a matter of fact as the gentleman knows, he and i have discussed an agenda that democrats have been talking about for 2 1/2 years, and it's called make it in america. that make it in america agenda focuses on manufacturing and growing opportunities in this country for good jobs, for skilled workers and unskilled workers, frankly. but mainly skilled workers in the new manufacturing environment in which we find ourselves. that ought to be our long-term objective. but i would say very candidly, mr. speaker, we ought not in the short term forget those who have been deeply damaged by the economic dislocation that has occurred in our society, in our country and frankly globally over the past five years. actually starting in december of 2007. we ought not to forg

. >>> and they may be running out of pot in colorado, but house minority whip steny hoyer does not want maryland, calling marijuana a threshold drug that leads to the use of more harmful substances, something the scientific community generally refutes. >>> he's back, former new york congressman anthony weiner will appear in tonight's drama "alpha house." you may recognize tom brokaw, michael steele, jonathan alter, and, yes, yours truly. not really a dra marx it's a comedy. and i think that's my first and last comedic role. >> you had good hair in that picture. >> thomas, you're never happy on friday unless we're flashing back to bad hair days. why do i look so tiny next to you. >> you don't have anything today about a flashback. >> i don't, but i'm expecting you and patrick to cancel whatever pathetic plans you had tonight and watch me on "alpha house." >> we will for sure, no plans other than ice cream and elastic pants. >> thomas, i'm going to miss these moments. thomas is now going to the 1:00 a.m. wakeup. what time will you set your alarm for? >> i think it's more like 3:00-ish. >>

general hoyer from the national guard informed me but they'll begin to make the lifting the ban zonet take a hit. so i still caution residents in these nine counties in west virginia who have been without water for five days, don't automatically turn on the faucets and think you're going to use it. there's a process. first off you have to be notified. then you'll have to flush through and then you'll be able to use it. we do have good news now. my concern has always been also -- first the needs of west virginians but then small businesses. you have to think about this, for four and a half five days they've been without income because they haven't been able to be open for business and their employees are suffering too. >> i've yet to hear a sufficient explanation as to precisely how it was that this happened. >> craig, you and me alike, we are not getting that sufficient information that we would like. that is what's been so frustrating. no only have we gone five days where you can turn on water and can't use it but at the same time tell us why, explanation, little accountability in t

steny hoyer saying in six months we won't remember this, we'll be off to the races.aphasing. the gist is the healthcare law will be on its way to being very popular and appreciated by americans. what to you think of that? >> neil, i think that's what we used to call wishful thinking. the people have been notified of either their policy being cancelled, even after the president said they could keep is, period if they liked it, or the fact they're getting increases in their deductible, decreases in the level of coverage and it's costing them a fortunate of money they need to spend on their family. there's nothing that is good about that in six months. >> while i have you here -- stuff about whether insurance companies are pushed to the point like bank thieves meltup, the republicans would stand in lockstep against bailing them out, even though they were largely in lockstep about bailing the banks out then. you wouldn't do it with insurance companies. >> i don't see a mood to do that. you can also see a shift in this administration of beginning to play the blame game to

steny hoyer who declared, quote, i think that is absolutely untrue. an irresponsible assertion and ought to be clarified and retracted. the white house would not retract it, but touted the support of other top democrats like senator tim keene, who today said congress should hold off for now on new sanctions and, quote, give diplomacy a chance. as for reid, he will not tip his hand on scheduling a vote. >> well, the legislative process is working forward here, i'm going to sit and be as fair an umpire as i can be. >> on a call today sponsored by the israel project, a former iaea inspector called on the white house to release as much of the paperwork as possible. the white house has thus far refused to release the agreement. jay carney pledged today they'll release the details soon. >> ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. >>> the chairman of the senate intelligence committee still believes groups with ties to al qaeda were responsible for the benghazi terror attack, september 11th, 2012. dianne feinstein tells the hill, a "new york times" conclus

>> well, i can tell you that nancy pelosi and steny hoyer will be pushing speaker boehner to bring this to a vote. now there is an opportunity here for the republicans to demonstrate their willingness to help those who are hurting, those who are struggling. my fear is that it will never be brought to a vote. i am convinced, however, that if it is brought to a vote because of the november elections, only a few months away, i think many of the republicans will vote for it. because many of them are representing poor districts, poor people are struggling and need jobs, and we have a chance to help them. >> so the challenge is to get a vote? >> we got to get a vote. because the people out in the country are hurting. and the only way they're going to get help is to put pressure on congress. if congress was serious about trying to create jobs, they would pass a transportation bill. >> all right, congressman emanuel cleaver and joan walsh. thank you both for your time. and we'll be -- we'll continue to watch the vote in the senate. and if we get that vote to the house, congressman, you might wa

paul hoyer is a professor who found himself back on the dating scene after 20 years of marriage and realizedbig thing. the online dating market is not all that different from the business markets that he teaches about. paul looks at modern microeconomics through the lens of modern romance in his new book "everything i ever needed to know about economics i learned from online dating." out now. guess we don't need to take your class now, professor. i did want to ask you one of the fundamental assumptions in economics is that all the actors are rational, in this case talking about the actors being human beings. human beings in love, which seems like the most irrational time of all. so how does this all work out? >> that's a very good point. even the most staunch market-oriented economist wouldn't say that people are always rational all the time. the point of the book is to think about the rational side of online dating. not to suggest that there isn't this other side, which is very important, i agree. >> the bigger the market, you have more job options, more dating potential, because there's mo

there's a gentleman from the state where i am right now, steny hoyer, who is looking at this very closely that's wondering, maybe he's going to get a little bit of promotion come november of this year. >> we can say affect natalie he's been the prince charles of democratic house politics. >> indeed. >> chris cillizza, at the risk of putting your voice to a real test here -- >> it's okay, it just sounds bad. >> but the other thing is the president out on the road today. trying to generate excitement on his post state of the union agenda and in wisconsin, an important state met by scott walker. i have to tell you, after all of chris christie's problems, when you talk to big republican money people, they are now looking very hard at scott walker as a potential republican contender. >> i think you're exactly right. i would say that two people benefited from chris christie dropping a little bit. rand paul and scott walker. scott walker is now seen as the potential establishment yet still could nservative alternat to someone like chris christie. but it is a telling statement of what it's like t

papers,week in foster's steny hoyer talks about the congressional agenda and what his party is hoping will be accomplished in the new year. the maryland congressman is minority whip in the house of representatives. here is a brief portion of what he had to say. >> what can congress truly work on this year that will be able to get done? what are you most confident about? >> the answer to your question is congress can certainly get something done if the republicans are prepared to put on the floor pieces of legislation that will enjoy bipartisan support and will not simply be message bills, as we dealt with last year. we are very hopeful that the getsloyment insurance bill done, both short-term and long- term. we are very hopeful that we will comprehensive immigration reform. we think that can get done, and i think evidence of that is a got 68 votes in the united states senate. broughted by -- bipartisan support. i think it will enjoy bipartisan support in the house as well if it is put on the floor. we would like to see the minimum wage raised. as you know, income inequality has been f

steny hoyer, the minority whip who opposed the budget deal because it didn't do enough to create a grand bargain to deal with deficit, has said he'll support this measure. i think there's going to be a strong vote. we're talking to members and seing if they have concerns. there are cuts to, you know, national institutes of health funding and certain programs, especially in the education department that may deter some especially liberal members from voting for it. host: read more from erik wasson at thehill.com. thanks for the update. in a few moments president obama's advisory group tells congress that the program hasn't had a sig can effect on stopping terrorism. in a little more than two hours, a forum on raising the minimum wage hosted by the economic policy institute. after that, it's a heritage foundation discussion of the economy. >> i think i had little antennas that went up and told me when somebody had their own agenda and not ronnie's. and i'd tell him. he didn't always agree with me but i'd tell him. it usually worked out. >> watch our program on first lady nancy reagan at our

that will be with steny hoyer of maryland. he will join us at 10:00 eastern.r calls and comments. 50 years after the surgeon general warning on cigarette smoking. from facebook, two comments. steve says it is not good for one's health. up until the 1980's, many families depended on the income to survive. many would have starved to death if they had not had that crop. eric says it is a vile habit. it is worse than smoking pot. we should incarcerate cigarette smokers. you can join in at facebook.com. mark is joining us from new york. good morning. caller: longtime viewer. first-time caller. great show and great subject. i think that smoking -- i have been smoking for about 20 years. i have to pack a day. i have become reflective in thinking that coming back to some of the clips you have shown with actors smoking cigarettes and films of soldiers in battle with lighters -- i was thinking product placement and marketing of cigarettes in this country has been specular. it has a long history. respect to the actual decline, you do not see it anymore in print. you do n

i do think that nancy pelosi, steny hoyer, they believe -- >> give me a republican.th a republican that you have your eye on that can benefit here? it is very, frankly, difficult today. somebody like tom cole is someone i have great respect for. he is a terrific guy, a very close friend. there are some others, but the problem is they are few and far between, and that is why i have that kind of difficulty. republicans are afraid of being termed as moderates and being challenged in a primary, and int is why many of them act ways that are not consistent with their conscience or their good judgment. >> we thank you so much for coming on with some straight talk. thank you so much, from the eighth district in virginia. , that was fabulous. he was not on talking points. it was great. i was just busting his chops. a democrat out of boston ever that has set a positive thing about a republican. absolutely great. david kirkpatrick, it is another world, isn't it? washington is removed. >> i agree. newe was a cartoon once -- yorkers just do not care about washington, and i am a c

hoyer. let me now yield to representative danny davis from illinois who continues to remind us of the formerly incarcerated individuals who have families and children living below the poverty line. mr. davis: thank you, mr. chairman. and i certainly want to thank the outstanding gentlewoman from california for yielding. and i'm pleased to join with my colleagues to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty derks claired by president lind -- poverty, declared by president lyndon johnson, a historic moment in our nation's history, when he affirmed a national priority to support those in need. one of the reasons that i got involved and ran for public office was because of the war on poverty. and the programs it created. the war on poverty called for a citizen involvement and participation to strengthen america. as i got more involved and more engaged, the more aware i became of the difficulties faced by individuals, families and communities. ultimately i decided i would run for publi

thatu can see all of interview with maryland congressman steny hoyer tomorrow when "newsmakers" airs at its regular time -- 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c- span. >> i think that there is a way in which we have set up this impossible series of expectations, especially for our presidents, but for elected officials as a whole, that they are going to come in, swooped in, save the day, and when it does not happen, we give congress the 9% approval rating in the president 39% approval rating. expectations have to be lowered, and that is part of what is really quite amazing about the american founding. it is not that the founders themselves said, "don't expect much from government." it is, "government is not going to be the main driver of our liberty. it is going to be civil society. the federal government exists to do certain things, and it better do them well. if it does not do them well, nothing else will be properly situated, but the main area of activity is going to be in the private sphere, in civil society, and in the election of local officers and the carrying out of duti

i think they will come up with something that steny hoyer said will pass. that compromise includes the cutback but for some number of people on food stamps. this is something they are compromising on in an election year. what should we understand? claim theyans will are compromising as well. they do not bring almost $40 million. they would say they have compromised even more. that was the strategy all along. does it offer a playbook for the year? >> obama has brought up inequality and things like that. both sides want to make this an issue. these are republicans saying it was a failure in democrats saying that agenda has been a success. eme all year a thin long. they're trying to get people out of the working class would they can pay taxes. approvale having low ratings as we are opening up the congress. i am wondering what will his ideas provide? >> i think you will hear a lot about the minimum wage and things that affect the middle and low income americans. i think you will push that. the approval ratings are tied very closely to how the affordable care ac

steny hoyer said that this week.e was quick to praise the work and emphasize that he has a good personal relationship. argued that gates contradict himself in his assessment of obama. he makes an accurate charges on the biden and based timing, has created an falselyon false he -- that his motivations were political. he should have waited until the administration is over. of ours during a taping newsmakers program on c-span. the entire program will air on sunday at 10:00. gates'book -- we will atlive with him next friday 6:30. ktv.org to findoo all of the information. he will be talking about his book. dean is calling from burke. democratic line. back to chris christie and what is going on there. give us your view. caller: thank you. good morning. that you have one party that is constantly on the liberal media. you have another party that cannot get over the fact -- the past as well. the social media seems to be the driving force for many of these phone calls that we get. you have outlets that do not report the news a

in the senate, harry reid -- the issue of unemployment comes up in our conversation with the steny hoyer, our guest on sunday and on newsmakers, at 10 a.m. eastern and again at 6 a.m.. -- 6:00 a.m. >> there is a way that we have set up this impossible series of expectations especially for our president, but for elected officials as a whole, that they will swoop in and save the day and when it doesn't happen we give congress a nine percent approval rating and the president a 30% approval rating. the expectations have to be lowered and that is what is quite amazing about the american founding. --is not as if the americans the founders said not to expect much from government. the government will not be the main driver of our liberty. the federal government exists to do certain things and it better do that -- it had better do them well. if it doesn't do them well nothing will be rapidly situated. but the main activity will be in the civil society. but in the election of local officers, at the local and state levels, even in that there is a measure of modesty, of recognizing that it is not po

hoyer, from south carolina mr.clieburn. >> appointing the following senators on the part of the senate to escort the president. from illinois, from new york, senator from washington, the senator from colorado. >> it is a laundry list of people escorting the president in? >> yes, it is a ritual here. they have come in and shaken the hands of everybody as they are coming in and go back outside and come in and shake again. >> that is all in the nation's capitol. >> also a little civics lesson. joe biden is the president of the united states senate and he's announcing the escort committee. >> david wants to jump in. >> the next the justices that choose to appear. the diplomatic core, there is a jock kiing over the last several years, the members of the diplomatic core have their own issues and being able to press the flash with them and the members of the joint chiefs of staff there could be a great opportunity, but specifically for the air force secretary, on the screen's left, that is an awkward night of him with the

danny hoyer is the minority whip, democratic whip for the house of representatives. >> hi. >> the president said three times he may act without the congress. >> he said we want to work together. but if you don't work and not going to be immobilized to forget that i have been elected by all the people to do things to men and going to do things to try to create jobs, grow our economy, invest in the education of our kids in the job training of our workers. and going to do things. and i think that is what the american people expect all of us to do. his message was, let's do it together. let's work together to make america better. and that the debt is a mess is the american public will respond to and say, yes, that's well what to do. and they also don't want -- of the congress won't help, of the congress will participate, for the president to just sit there will the kutcher does not make the progress the people milanese. >> where do you see common ground between the democrats and republicans in the house? >> i think there is common ground in that everybody says they want to grow the economy. the

host: on the newsmakers program, which you can see tomorrow, our guest will be steny hoyer.so the house minority whip. he talked about a variety of things with reporters. he will talk about whether congress can get anything done in 2014. there will be a variety of talk it -- topics within that. [video clip] >> congress can certainly get something done if republicans are prepared to put on the floor pieces of legislation that will enjoy bipartisan support. they will not simply be built like dealt with last year. we're very hopeful that the insurance bill will get done. both short-term and long-term. hopeful that we will address immigration reform. we think that can get done. evidence is that we get 60 votes in the senate. it is not like it was a partisan passed bill. it enjoyed bipartisan support. i think it will enjoy bipartisan support in the house as well. if it is put on the floor. we would like to see the minimum wage raised. income inequality has been focused on by the president. we are focusing on that as well. we think that is a real challenge to america. we have the

the minority whip, steny hoyer, said yesterday that offsets can be harmful. hence, the battle. here's gene sperling, the white house money guy, on extending it. >> so look, why don't we do this. les pass the heller-reed proposal tomorrow. that will extend unemployment insurance for three months. it will help these 1.3 million people and their families. and then we can have time to then work for what is the best way to extend it for the rest of the year. >> you know what we're seeing right now? starting today the first day that th*e back for this new year 2014, we're seeing exactly what the dynamics are going to be going into the elections in november. it's very simple. the democrats think they've got a winner in income inequality. so they're going to push unemployment. they're going to push minimum wage, things like that. meanwhile, on the republican side, what they're going to do is they're going to remind people that the affordable care act, which the democrats installed, has been a disaster. democrats want to change the subject and the republicans want to remember, people, h

hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to bring up h.r. 3824 to end the republicans' refusal to extend unemployment benefits that protect 25,092 people in my state of maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would advise the distinguished minority whip we understand the gentleman from oklahoma has not yielded for that purpose therefore your equest cannot be considered. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i would like to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. cuellar. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas, one minute. mr. cuellar: i thank the ranking member for yielding and i want to thank chairman rogers and ranking memberlow wie for their hard work on this funding package, specifically their help in add an accountability provision to make our government more efficient and more effective this accountability language will for the first time direct each agency into preparing funding requests as part of the president's annual budget in consultation with the g.a.o. to directly link the agency's performance plans and performance goals to such funding. it will requi