. >> congressman joe barton former chair of the energy and commerce committee. cochair of the congressional presidency caucus area he is been our guest. >> thank you. >> tuesday in new york city businessman and reality tv personality donald trump announced he is officially running for president.

>> joe barton, the senior republican on the energy and commerce committee, says he doesn't consider the pope an expert on environmental issues. >> the pope should stay with his job and let us stay with ours. >> jon: that is his job. it's the biggest job of the pope is to tell people when they're being bad. that's why he dresses like a big wet blanket. barton and inhofe who cares about those guys. rick santorum was so catholic he was an altar boy until about six weeks ago. he's so catholic, his crucifix wears a crucifix. >> i think that probably we're better off leaving science to the scientists and focusing on what we do-- what we're really good at, which is-- which is-- which is theexpolg morality. >> jon: oh, yeah no just leave the science to the scientists. by the way-- ( laughter ) what do the scientists who have an overwhelming consensus about global warming say about global warming even republican upon front-runner jeb bush is chafing at the pope. >> i don't get economic policy from my-- from my bishops or my cardinals or from my pope. i think religion ought to be about making us

. ♪ >> monday night on "the communicators" -- the cochair of the commercial privacy fun, joe barton on recent fcc regulation rules and the issues of vivus he and cyber security. >> you've got the race it rentable, whose information is it? is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use a mobile app? we know the way these things work, they go into the cloud and all that. can i use it and still have a reasonable expectation of personal privacy is to mark take the latter view that it is personal and that changes the way you regulate and the way you legislate. if you take the position that by act of being a part of, by participating, by using the app by and for going my individual right to privacy, that's a different issue, in its entirety. >> that's monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> like many of us, first families take vacation time and like president 10 first ladies, a good read can be the perfect companion for your summer journeys. what better -- what better book than one that peers inside the personal life of every first lady in american history? "first ladie

joe barton, the senior republican says he doesn't consider the pope an expert on environmental issuesm jackie ibanez, stay tuned for "red eye." you are watching the most powerful thaim in news -- powerful name in news. fox newschannel. >> welcome to red ei, eio. i am ken gnaw -- kennedy let's welcome our guests. she is more [bleep] than from the middle ages. and he is a her met -- hermit, but not a crab. his favorite nation is hibernation. it is andy levey. it is his first time. i booked a hotel room and champagne and rose petals. it is sean davis co-founder of "the federal list." and his nickname is orthopedic shoes. interaction access force john devore. that's the first story. >> bin laden been reading. on wednesday the obama administration released english language text found at the al-qaeda leader's compound in pakistan when raided in 2011. apparently the mastermind enjoyed reading about how he wasn't the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. according to buzz feed he was an avid conspiracy buff who not only liked to read about the alu madi, and the free masons but the truther books lik

texas republican chairman joe barton on the issues with privacy and cyber security. >> you have the basic principle -- whose information is it? is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use a mobile? we know that the way base things work they go into the cloud and all of that, or can i use it and still have a personal expectation of privacy? if you take the latter view, that changes the way you regulate and the way you legislate. if you take the position that by active participating and using -- by act of participating or using the act i am forgoing my right to privacy, that is a different issue. >> monday night at 8:00 p.m. est on "the communicators." >> next, the prime minister's questions at the british house of commons. then as part of the road to the white house coverage, a town hall meeting with bernie sanders. later, a house foreign affairs hearing at the human. on wednesday, british prime minister david cameron travel to italy for meetings on european union negotiations. george osborne stood in for the prime minister during this week's question time. he took que

>> host: joining us for "the communicators" is representative joe barton chair of the house energy and commerce committee and congressional privacy caucus. since the last time we spoke, the merger between comcast and time warner had failed and neutrality has taken hold is now a lot of the land. what is your opinion of the actions of the fcc over the past year? to read this is a family program. i cannot give you my explicit opinion but then that neutrality rule is wrong. they better enjoy it while they can. we have the votes to change the law to make it that what they're doing is inappropriate weathering have the votes to overturn a presidential veto is debatable. but there is a new presidential election coming next year. eventually we will change it. the open internet or whatever they call it, is just wrong you should not regulate the internet. the regulatory solution looking for problem. i am disappointed in what they have done in the courts have allowed it but i am confident it can be changed. >> host: in the next 33 years it is the law of the land? >> is open to interpretation so wi

congressman joe barton and congressman mike doyle. they will be talking about tonight's congressional baseball game, a tradition that dates back to 1909. we will be right back. >> director of clinical cardiology in boston. on the advances in heart surgery and the progress being made in the understanding of heart health. >> this actually is a valve that has been crimped onto this catheter that is being opposition into the diseased valve. and it will be deployed here in just a second with the balloon being inflated. and a new valve will be inserted inside the old calcified stenotic valve. as you can see here, the delivery system is being withdrawn and then the wire will be withdrawn. and what we have just seen in this little display is replacement of a diseased aortic valve. in a manner that does not require open-heart surgery. so we are trying to become smarter about predicting who will get disease. we are trying to become smarter as to identifying the most effective means to prevent attenuate the disease. and then smarter about follow

communicators, cochair of the congressional caucus, texas republican governor -- texas republican joe barton on the issues of cyber security. congressman barton: you got the principle, whose information is it? is it automatically the public domain because i choose to use a mobile app and the way these things work, they go into the cloud and all of that, or can i use it and still have a reasonable expectation of personal privacy? if you take the latter view that it is personal that changes the way you regulate and the way you legislate. if you take the position that i am by act of being a part of and by our dissipating -- by participating in the act, i am forgoing the right to privacy, that is a different issue entirely. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. on the communicators on c-span2. >> and tomorrow on washington journal, virginia tech survivor -- shooting survivor colin got her looks at the gun control debate. and in coulter discusses her new book discussing history of illegal immigration in the u.s. and we take your phone calls, facebook comments, and we. wash -- and tweak. washington journal is l

. >> congressman joe barton former chair of the energy and commerce committee. cochair of the congressional presidency caucus area he is been our guest. >> thank you. >> tuesday in new york city businessman and reality tv personality donald trump announced he is officially running for president. mr. trollope is now the 12 major candidate seeking between 16 republican presidential nomination. this is almost an hour. [applause] [no audio] >> welcome everybody. today, i have the honor of introducing a man who needs no introduction. his legend has been built and his accomplishments are too many to name. that's man -- that man is my father. [applause] most people strive their entire lives to achieve great success in a single field. my father has succeeded in many. he's enjoyed success in a vast diversity of industry because the common denominator ism. -- is him. his vision, his brilliance, his passion, his work ethic and his refusal to take no for an answer. [applause] i've enjoyed the good fortune of working alongside my father for 10 years now and i've seen these p

monday night on "the communicators," cochair of the congressional privacy caucus texas republican joe barton on the recent fcc regulation rules and the issues with privacy and cyber security. representative barton: whose information is it? is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use a mobile app? you know the way these things work, they go into the cloud and all that. can i use it and still have a reasonable expectation of personal privacy? if you take the latter view, that it is personal, and changes the way you regulate and the way you legislate. if you take the position, i am, by act of being a part of, i am by participating by using the app, i'm forgoing my right to privacy. that's a different issue in its entirety. >> monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> coming up next, some of c-span's road to the white house coverage, beginning with our recent interview with republican presidential candidate ted cruz. that is followed by carly fiorina speaking at this weekends faith in freeman summit in washington, d.c. our conversation with step

i see my colleague joe barton is not here i don't know if the members heard his mom passed away last week. i just wanted to express regret to joe. mr. secretary, welcome back. the website for the international border comply with requirements to consider environmental consequences of proposed projects. mr. secretary, are you familiar with that requirement? >> yes. >> when making cross border decisions, d.o.e. adhere to these regulations and guidelines set forth by council on environmental quality? does this include cumulative impacts? >> i'm sorry -- clarify the question. >> when making these decisions, d.o.e., the regulations and guidelines set forth, you said yes, does that include cumulative and indirect impacts? does that process include that? >> i guess i am not quite sure if that's part of the nepa process or not. clearly there are in general when we make public interest determinations cumulative impacts are part of that. >> okay. requires environmental impact for major federal action significantly effecting quality of human environment. is it reasonable to conclude d.o.e. would

. >> monday night, on the communicators, cochair of the rational privacy caucus, joe barton on the recentcc regulation roles in the interest of privacy and cyber security. >> you have got the basic principle, whose information is it? is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use a mobile app? we know that the way these things were, they go into the cloud and all of that. or can i use it and still have a reasonable explanation -- expectation of personal privacy. if you take the latter view, it is personal, that changes the way that you regulate and the way that you legislate. if you take the position that i am by participating and using the app, i am forgoing my individual rights to privacy that is a different issue in its entirety. >> monday night at 8:00, public communicators on c-span2. >> this week, you and ambassador samantha powers testified at a congressional hearing about the role of the u.s. at the united nations. she answered questions about how she plans to use her position to further u.s. interests and the un's role in iran nuclear negotiations. iran nuclear

. >> tonight joe barton on the recent fcc regulations and privacy in cyber security. >> whose informations it? is it automatically in the public domain week as i choose to use a mobile app? the way these things work, they go into the cloud and all of that. can i use it and still have a reasonable explanation -- expectation of privacy. that changes the way you regulate and the way you legislate. if you take the position that i am by act foregoing my individual right to privacy that is a different issue. >> tonight at 8:00 on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: he is the executive director. good morning. the supreme court is soon to make a decision on subsidies for those who get health care from the government. what could happen if the supreme court sides with the plaintiffs in this case? guest: in word -- one word, chaos. millions of people will lose health insurance. there are 6.4 million people in 34 states receiving subsidies. if the supreme court sides with the plaintiffs, they will use -- lose them. people will not be able to afford health-care cov

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secretary, i don't know i see joe barton, i don't know if members have heard but his mom as well as we. mr. secretary, welcome back. according to the d.o.e. website for projects across the u.s. international border, d. we must comply with requirements to consider primitive consequences of project. are you for me with the requirement speak with yes spent when making cross-border decisions the d. we adhere nepa regulations? >> yes spend does this include punitive indirect impacts? >> i'm sorry mr. green. could you clarify the question? >> when making these decisions the d.o.e. here, nepa regulations and guidelines set forth by the ceq coming to suggest. but does that analysis included cumulative and indirect impacts? >> i guess i'm not quite sure that's actually part of the nepa process or not. >> cpq requires -- >> clearly there are, in general, women make public interest determinations, cuba to impacts are part of it. >> okay. cpq requires environmental impact for major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of human environment. is it reasonable to conclude that d.o.e. wo

commune cailtors, cochair of the congressional privacy congress, texas republican representive joe bartonthe issues with privacy and cyber security. >> you've got the basic principle whose information is it? is it automatically in the public dome main because i choose to use a mobile app and we know that the way these things work they go into the cloud and all that? or can i use it and still have a reasonable expectation of personal privacy? if you take the ladder view that -- latter view that it is personal, that changes the way you regulate and the way you legislate. if you take the position that i am by act of being a part of by participating by using the app i am foregoing my individual right to privacy, that's a different issue in its entirety. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators. on c-span 2. >> coming up next on c-span "q&a" with author stephen puleo talking about his book. >> this week on "q&a," our guest is author stephen puleo. he talks about the assault of charles sumner on the floor of the u.s. senate. mr. puleo: i wanted to figure out what got us to this point. at

i see my colleague joe barton is not here but i don't know if members heard his mom passed away last k. so i just wanted to express regret to joe. mr. secretary, welcome back. according to d.o.e. website for projects that cross the border d.o.e. must comply with environmental consequences of proposed projects. mr. secretary, are you familiar with that requirement? >> yes. >> when makes cross border requirements the d.o.e. adhere to guidelines set forth by the council of environmental quality. >> uh-huh. >> does this include cumulative direct impacts. >> i'm sorry, modify the question. >> when the making of the decisions, the dough, the guidelines set forth by c.e.u. and you said des but does that include cumulative and impacks. does the need for process include that. >> i guess i'm not quite sure if that is part of the peppa process or not. >> i mean -- >> clearly there are in general when we make public interest determinations cumulative impacts are part of that. >> okay. c.e.q. requires environmental impact for actions affecting the quality of human environment. is reasonable to con

i see my colleague joe barton is not here, i don't know if the members heard his mom passed away last week. i just wanted to express regret to joe. mr. secretary, welcome back. the website for the international border comply with requirements to consider environmental consequences of proposed projects. mr. secretary, are you familiar with that requirement? >> yes. >> when making cross border decisions, d.o.e. adhere to these regulations and guidelines set forth by council on environmental quality? does this include cumulative impacts? >> i'm sorry -- clarify the question. >> when making these decisions, d.o.e., the regulations and guidelines set forth, you said yes, does that include cumulative and indirect impacts? does that process include that? >> i guess i am not quite sure if that's part of the nepa process or not. clearly there are in general when we make public interest determinations cumulative impacts are part of that. >> okay. requires environmental impact for major federal action, significantly effecting quality of human environment. is it reasonable to conclude d.o.e. woul

. >> tonight on "the communicators," co-chair of the congressional privacy caucus joe barton on the recentfcc regulation rules and issues of privacy in cybersecurity. >> you've got the basic principle, whose information is at this? is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use a mobile app? and we know the way these things work go into the cloud and all that or can i use it and still have a reasonable expectation of personal privacy? take the latter view that it is personal that changes the way you regulate and the way you legislate. if you take the position that i am by act of being a part of by participating, by using the app i am foregoing my individual right to privacy that's a different issue all come in its entirety. >> tonight at eight eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> today the u.s. senate is scheduled a confirmation vote on the nomination of vice admiral peter neffenger committed the transportation security administration. earlier he testified at his homeland security committee about the challenges facing the tsa including security gaps at airports a

congress joe barton and representative mike doyle. >> if they are in d.c. come out. we'll have 8,000 or 9,000 people and you can still get tickets, they are $10 and the money does go to charity. >> back live on capitol hill where a house hearing on international child abduction is in a recess. so the committee members can vote on the house floor. we continue to cover this hearing live when it resumes, we expect that to occur shortly. in the meantime a short portion of a senate homeland security hearing today on federal whistleblowers. a man told of a son threatening to jump from his high school and calling it the most costly and emotionally devastating thing he to deal with when responding to do the right thing. and he was asked a question from ron johns about the cost of whisting blowing. here is his statement. >> for me, the biggest cost is watching my son jump out of his high school roof because he saw his father lost his uniform, his weapon. he's always been very proud of my career and the way i perform my duty. not only at work but off duty. i have raised three

. >> tonight on the communicators joe barton on recent sec regulation rules and the issues of privateecurity. >> you have the principle of whose information is it. is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use a mobile app? they go into the cloud and all that, or cannot use it and still have a reasonable expectation of personal privacy? if you take the latter view that changes the way you regulate and the way you legislate. if you take the position that i am participating in the app and for going individual right to privacy, that >> tonight at eight eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> congress is in session before the independence day.

. >> tonight, cochair of the congressional privacy caucus, texas republican representative joe barton under fisa rules and issues of diversey in cyber security. >> you have the basic principle whose information is it? is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use of mobile apps? we know the way these things work they go into the cloud and all that. or can i use it and still have a reasonable expectation of personal privacy. to take the latter view that it is personal, that changes the way you regulate a silly you legislate. if you take the position that i am by act of being a part of five participating, by using the app -- by participating you are forgoing the individual right to privacy, that is an -- that is a different issue in its entirety. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. >> last week we heard from several 2016 presidential candidates, both declared and potential during the in will faith and freedom coalition. no, some of the speakers from fraud -- saturday, rick harry carly fiorina and scott walker. altogether the comments ran about an hour. as [appla

i see my colleague joe barton is not here but i don't know if our members heard that his mom passed away last week -- >> sorry. >> wanted to express regret to joe. mr. secretary, welcome back. according to d.o.e. website for projects across the u.s. international board he, they must comply with deeper requirements to consider environmental consequences of proposed projects. are you familiar with that requirement? >> yes. >> when making cross border decisions did d.o.e. adhere to regulations and guidelines set for by the council on environmental quality? >> uh-huh. >> does this include cumulative indirect impacts? >> i'm sorry? >> quantify the question. >> when makes these decisions the d.o.e. here, set forth by ceq, you said yes, but does that analysis include cumulative and indirect impacts? does the nepa process include that? >> i guess i'm not quite sure if that's actually part of the processor not. >> okay. clearly there are in general when we make public interest determinations cumulative i am packs are part of that. >> okay. >> ceq requires an environmental impact for major actions

[laughter] congressman joe barton and representative mike doyle appreciate your time. guest: if you are in d.c. come out. you can still get tickets and tickets are $10. the money does go to charity. host: thanks, gentlemen. lack of it here on c-span of the house. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm pleased that after 55 months in control my republican friends have scheduled their first hearing on transportation finance. this is a very important very welcomed development, as welcome as it is long overdue. i appreciate my friend paul ryan, the chairman of the committee, keeping his word that we could actually have a hearing. now the question is whether this is going to be one that is more or less prefunctry, sort of plain vanilla

and a preview of this year's congressional baseball game, our guests are joe barton, the republican teamager, and mike doyle, manager for the democrats. washington journal live with your phone calls at a 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> on book tv on c-span2 saturday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern, fox news contributor kirsten powers says although they were once its champions liberal res now against free speech and tolerance. sunday night at 11:00, michael morrell on the successes and failures of the agency's war on terror and its current fight against al qaeda and terrorists. saturday night at 9:15, author kevin mcmahon on the strategy behind president nixon's supreme court appointment and the impact he had on the court and american politics. >>> and sunday night at 6:00 on american artifact we visit the national museum of american history to view the newly restored murals from alabama's talladega college. and the founding of talladega college. get our complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> british prime minister david cameron spoke to parliament about the recent g-7 summit in germany. follo

. >> host: congressman joe barton, former chair of the energy and commerce committee still a senior member of that committee and co-chair of the congressional privacy caucus has been our guest on "the communicators." kate tummarello of "politico" has been our guest reporter. thank you both. >> guest: thank you. >> thank you. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> next we'll take you to a conversation on the congressional agenda with michigan senator debbie stabenow followed by former texas governor and presidential candidate rick perry at the faith and freeway.com coalition. then you'll hear supreme court oral arguments on a case on confederate flag license plates in texas and freedom of speech follows by a conversation on the supreme court. >>> today democratic senator chris murphy will share his views on foreign policy american involvement in military conflicts around the globe and combating isis. he's also expected to touch on human rights and climate change. we'll have his remarks

. >>> tonight representative joe barton on the fcc rules and the issues of privacy in cyber security.> whose information is it? is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use a mobile app and we know that the way these things work, they go into the cloud and all that. can i use it and still have a reasonable expectation of personal privacy. if you take the latter view that it is personal that changes the way you regulate and legislate. if you take the position that i'm participating by using the app, i am foregoing my individual right to privacy, that's a different issue in its entirety. >>> tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators, on c-span 2. >>> when congress is in session c-span 3 brings you more of the best access to congress with live coverage of hearings, news conferences, and key public affairs events. every weekend it's american history tv, traveling to historic sites discussions with authors and historians and eye witness accounts of events that define the nation. c-span 3, coverage of congress, and american history tv. >>> agriculture secretary testif

the communicators," co-chair of the congressional privacy caucus, texas republican representative joe bartontion rules and the issues with privacy and cyber security. >> you've got the basic principle whose information is it. is it automatically in the public domain because i choose to use a mobile app and we know that the way these things work, they go into the cloud and all that? or can i use it and still have a reasonable expectation of personal privacy? if you take the latter view that it is personal, that changes the way you regulate and the way you legislate. if you take the position that i am by act of being a part of, by participating, by using the app i am foregoing my individual right to privacy, that's a different issue in its entirety. >>> here at the woodrow wilson center in washington. senator murphy is on the counterterrorism subcommittee. he's expected to when he arrives propose a u.s. foreign policy overhaul and that would include making climate change a larger part of the broader debate. this is live coverage on c-span 3. it's expected to start in just a moment.(n- >>> agai

monday night on the communicators, cochair of the privacy caucus joe barton on recent fcc regulation rules and the issues with privacy and cyber security. >> you have the basic principle whose information is it? is automatically in the public domain because i choose to use the mobile app and we know that the way these things work they go into the cloud and all that or can i use and still have a reasonable expect tatian -- a reasonable expectation of personal privacy. for a lot of you it is personal. it changes the way you regulate and legislate. if you take the position that i am by act of being a part of and participating by using the app i am forgoing my individual right to privacy that is a different issue in its entirety. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span2. >> this weekend, the c-span cities to her partnered with comcast. to learn about key west florida. ernest hemingway wrote several novels at this home. >> i found this house for sale. they bought it for $8,000 in 1931. pauline converted this loft into his first formal writing studio. here he fell in

joe. bring it on. mr. barton: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say i.a.a. those opposed, no. -- those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the gentleman from texas. the gentleman calls for -- a recorded vote has been called. a sufficient number having arisen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 244. the nays are 178. the resolution is adopted. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky seek recognition

clara barton, blast from the past, someone who was instrumental in improving wartime sanitary conditions, save the lives of thousands of soldiers, but my number two would be my mom. alix: aww. joe: if we could personalize bills. alix: i was trying to find out what was the $10 bill and the room or was because of counterfeiting, but there is 1.9 billion dollars of notes in circulation. not that much. us.ks for joining paul, you're sticking with me. there will be much more on the fit it ipo after the break. ♪ to theelcome back bloomberg market day. i am alix steel. itsnasdaq edging above march peak really boosted by the biotech sector. fitbit did not hurt much either. this was after heavy demand for the ipl led the company to boost the size of the deal. also the home rental site airbnb is in talks to raise funds, as much as a $24 billion valuation. we take a look at the animal spirits, all things tech, all things innovative, what does that tell you about the market? the market is starting to pay attention to the economy. the market is starting to pay attention to what the fed is saying that there might be prevarication among the officials about when to make the first rate hike. al

barton, a blast from the past, someone instrumental in improving wartime sanitary conditions, saved the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers. my number two would be my mom. points. and apple pie. joe: a personalized bill. out, i wasuld point trying to find out why it was the $10 bill and not the $20 bill, the rumor was because of counterfeiting. their only $1.9 billion of notes in circulation for $10 bills. guys, thanks so much. good to see you. paul, we will talk about much more. fitbit's ipo coming up after the break. ♪ welcome back to bloomberg market day. the nasdaq edging above its march 2000 peak, boosted by biotech. fitbit did not hurt. after heavy demand for the ipo led the company to boost the size of the deal. airbnb is in talks to raise money for a $24 billion valuation. we take a look at the animal spirit for all things tech, what does that tell you about the markets? market isls me the starting to pay attention to the improvement in the economy. the market is paying attention to what the fed is saying, that there may be some further pre-verification -- prev uncertainty and went to make that rate hike. alix: when you see companies like fitbit go public, is there a conc