host: we are pleased to welcome first-timers' presented joaquin castro, a democrat from texas, servingn the foreign affairs and term services committee. representative castro, we started this morning by talking about senator rand paul's filibuster yesterday on the use of domestic drones, holding up john brennan's cia confirmation. what are your thoughts about that filibuster and the use of drones in the u.s.? guest: there was a lot of trauma around this yesterday. we have not seen a filibuster like that in quite awhile. -- drama. he went on for quite a long time. when we think about the use of drones, it plays into a larger conversation about the process for american citizens. i think the administration was pretty clear that they have no intention of using drugs against american citizens. so that was very good to hear. i don't think any american citizen wants drones to be used against other americans in our homeland. host: you voted yesterday for the continuing resolution for the budget to be set through september. was a republican bill. guest: >> it was. there were really no good choi

congressman joaquin castro, democrat of texas joins us now, someone who is very much involved with immigration for being on the show. >> thanks for having me, luke. >> congressman castro, i want to ask you one thing that we often hear from republicans is when they say that they will become supportive of immigration reform, they have a real emphasis on border security. that the border must be secure. that they can go to bed at night knowing that there's no worry of a huge influx of illegal immigrants running over any specific time. as a democrat that works in these issues, ha can you say to them would sort of be the barometer for that the border is secure? where will democrats move up to on that point? >> well, first, certainly border security is an important part of any kind of deal that we're going to have. but i think that we have to start by acknowledging that the border is more secure now than it's ever been in the last four decades or so. and that this president has committed more resources to securing the border than any president in american history. and there's been a reluctance among

. >> joaquin castro, i didn't realize you were president of the freshman class, with over 40. thanks for coming on this morning. >> thanks. >> up next, setting the table for a deal. we'll get a firsthand account of what happened last night when the president sat down for a dinner with a dozen republican senators. find out what dan coats thinks on the president's strategy. first, trivia, they are sets of hispanic siblings served in the 111th congress, who were they? first person to tweet the correct answer will get an on air shout out. answer is coming up. i know two of them. struggling with the third. i'll admit it. [ coughs ] [ angry gibberish ] i took something for my sinuses, but i still have this cough. [ male announcer ] a lot of sinus products don't treat cough. they don't? [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your worst sinus symptoms, plus that annoying cough. [ breathes deeply ] ♪ oh, what a relief it is! [ angry gibberish ] [ breathes deeply ] ♪ oh, what a relief it is! they're coming. yeah. british. later. sorry. ok...four words

joaquin castro. we'll be co-presidents the first year.e second year will be michelle luhan gresham from new mexico. and a terrific congressman from maryland, john delaney. >> who we met just last week here. congressman cartwright i want to start with you. i know you guys had a bipartisan meeting last week with bill gates. i hear all this talk. luke messer has been on here before with other freshmen democrats. that this freshman class is intent on trying to put something together. is there any chance you guys are going to be able to do stuff together that is on the budget process itself? >> well, chuck, there's -- first of all, i want to say i'm appearing live from the beautiful sordony theater in downtown piston, pennsylvania, which is between joe biden's hometown of scranton and wilksbury. so proud to represent northeastern pennsylvania as you've described. i want to say, there are going to be things that folks like luke and i never will agree on. but what we understand is that there are a lot more things that we will agree on. and if we

joining us now is joaquin castro of texas.understand jeb bush's understanding of a pathway to citizenship? i have spent the last 24 hours reading his book and watching his interviews. i am completely confused. >> i was surprised a few nights ago when he seemed to come out against a path to citizenship and instead for permanent residency. then the next morning seeming to change course. tafs confusing moment. >> and it's inkick ty of the republican party in general. because we're not their position is on this issue. >> that's right. if you look at the republican caucus, they are all over the place. there is probably i would suspect a third of them that would support a path to citizenship at this point. but there are some of the most powerful republicans in the caucus and house of representatives including the chairman of the judiciary committee who are against the path to citizenship. they're across the board. >> now, politico says that more than 114 republican house members represent districts with nearly no hispanics whatsoeve

. >> on the next washington journal, walking castro -- joaquin castro takes questions about immigration and automatic spending cuts. you can call in with your questions to tomblin talk -- to tom clintock. washington journal and live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> the house of representatives voted to keep the federal government funded until the end of the fiscal year, avoiding a potential government shutdown. we spoke to a reporter earlier for some background following this interview, we will show you some of the floor debate. >> jim rowley is a congressional responded for bloomberg news. what are the bill's prospects in the senate? >> this bill will probably be written substantially. the appropriations committee members were anxious to replace a completely with an appropriations bill that would put all of the 12 appropriation bills into the bill. however leadership has decided that would be too cumbersome and complicated. the house republicans said today they are open to negotiating a redistribution of the spending cuts in this bill. but they are firm in their statement w

and tomorrow on "washington journal," texas congressman joaquin castro discusses his political and legislative goals as a freshman member of the 113th congress. also on tomorrow's "journal," the california representative tom mcclintock talks about automatic spending cuts. and federal spending for the rest of the fiscal year. the house passed a continuing resolution earlier today that funds the government until the end of september. also tomorrow, your emails, of course, phone calls and tweets, "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. senator ron paul, kentucky senator ron paul has been on the senate floor for nearly six hours. he's conducting a filibuster, opposing the nomination of john brennan to be the next director of the central intelligence agency. among the reasons that senator paul is holding the filibuster is he's questioning the president's authority to order targeted strikes against noncombatant u.s. citizens. he started the filibuster about 11:45 eastern this morning. here's what he had to say. to filibuster john brennan's nomination for the c.i.a. i w

there's such rising stars now obviously joaquin and julio castro, and unfortunately she ran into theinds as you know, chuck, of the 1994 elections. otherwise i think she could have kept going a long way. >> i think she holds the record for having the highest job approv approval rating of anybody that loses re-election. i think she was up over -- it's an amazing statistic there. benjamin, one last thing, will republicans enjoy this? could they enjoy this play? >> without a doubt. i mean, that was the thing about ann richards is she made everybody laugh. she made everybody think and that's what's happening every night. we've actually had several republicans at the show whisper to us i'm a republican and i love this show. which is fantastic. >> well, cecille richards, benjamin klein, thanks for coming on. glad we got to show this for viewers. i hope folks go see it. ann richards, if you haven't spent time getting to know who she is, this is a great way to do it. >> thanks, chuck. >>> coming up next, our gaggle, senator portlan reverman revers position on gay marriage. the soup of the da