and in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. >>> new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> sunday on "q & a," author and columnist, james grant. >> i make my living by writing about markets in something called grants interest rate observer, which is much too expensive for some of the people out there. i think the trouble lies not so much in wall street as -- wall street is what it is. it's been a name either -- not so widely revered. an infamous name. wall street is an epithet,

in the six district, rod rice succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress and new leaders, watch it all on c-span. >> coming up on c-span 3, a discussion on u.s. policy toward asia. then, a panel will look at the china and belton road initiative project. later, a look at u.s. and arab relations. now a discussion on u.s. policy toward asia with former luisi and he -- louisiana congressman charles boutsany. they joined in looking at the upcoming president summit with

this is texas republican joe barton who represented texas sixth district since 1985. ms. speaker, in january of 1985 at the ripe age of 34, i stood in the well of the house with my two-year-old daughter in my left arm and held my right to defendook the oath the constitution of the united states of america against all enemies foreign and domestic to the best of my ability. your.one of 43 that freshman. republicans and a dozen or more democrats. hopper ander to the there is a wooden hopperin, on left hand side. balanced the barton budget amendment into the hopper that constitutional amendment s t he item in the contract with america. which when the republicans took over the house majority for the first time since 1954, we voted on this same floor the first day we were in session in january of 995 on my amendment. it failed, it didn't get the 2/3 vote necessary. we stripped out the tax limitation requirement and brought it back up for a vote and it did pass by 2/3 margin. that amendment went to the senate and it failed by one vote in the senate. since that day in january, mr

succeeding joe barton. earlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. house republicans were briefed about security on the southern border by homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen and vice president mike pence. here are gop leaders. >> hi, everybody. we just had a good meeting with the vice president, secretary of homeland security. the main focus is we have a crisis at the southern border. no one denies we have a crisis at the southern border. it is a humanitarian and security crisis and we need to provide the necessary resources. the president continues to negotiate in good faith. he is giving an address this evening to show you the importance of the issue. at the same time, we are in a situation where even though we have provided information the democrats asked for in terms of detailing the necessary resources to use, they have not responded. they refused to negotiate. we are dedicated to making sure we secure the border and stop the partisan games. the vice president was received very warmly

in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded joe barton, for whom he had once worked

in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded joe barton, for whom he had once worked as chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. up next more on the government shutdown from president trump from his visit to capitol hill. after the closed-door meeting at the white house, later the house votes on a bill to fund at the irs as part of an effort by democrats to reopen parts of the federal government. >> president trump was on capitol hill wednesday to

and in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. >>> new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> sunday on "q & a," author and columnist, james grant. >> i make my living by writing about markets in something called grants interest rate observer, which is much too expensive for some of the people out there. i think the trouble lies not so much in wall street as -- wall street is what it is. it's been a name either -- not so widely revered. an infamous name. wall street is an epithet, mostly in american history, right? but i think what we are more -- what we ought to be more on our guard about are the institutions in the federal government that are avowedly benign in their intentions. the federal reserve, for example. the department of the treasury. the securities and exchange commission. these institutions set up as benefactors for the public. and i think increasingly, they are not so. >> author and columnist,

succeeding joe barton. earlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas.ew congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. house republicans were briefed about security on the southern border by homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen and vice president mike pence. here are gop leaders. >> hi, everybody. we just had a good meeting with the vice president, secretary of homeland security. the main focus is we have a crisis at the southern border. no one denies we have a crisis at the southern border.

at night, in any event, the little boy's mother answered the phone, and i said, i'm congressman joe barton and calling from washington d.c. could i talk to garrett roper and she said you are who? i said this is congressman bart op. she said, well, he is in the bathtub. i said could you ask him to come out of the tub and talk to me. i identified myself. i said did you write me a letter. he said, yes, i did. i said i read it ap i'm not sure what i'm going to do. i'm going to try but what do you want me to do? -wheelers are unsafe and i want you to prevent that other boys won't get hurt or be killed. to make a long story short, that issue was in the issue of the energy and commerce committee, i was the junior member in the minority party. john dingell was the chairman. at that time, he was the powerful chairman and i was a junior member in the minority and the ranking member was norm lent of new york. they decided that it needed to be investigated and did an investigation and we had a hearing, a number of hearings. and the justice department came to the a.t.v. industry, the nsumer safety prou

and in the six district, ron wright succeeded joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief and district director. he was on his career, the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. >> the government shutdown is in its make their day. watch the house monday live at noon eastern on c-span. the senate live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. we welcome back matthew dallek, professor at george washington university in the political -- in the graduate program of political management. let's talk about this idea of a national emergency. what qualifies for that? guest: it is what the president says it is. 1970 six national emergency act, there is no single definition. 1976 national- emergency act, there is no single definition. historically, things like -- applyingiffs sanctions, terrorist attacks, the president declared -- president obama declared a national emergency during the swine flu. is up to the president and that is why so many people are concerned about this unlimited authority the president seems to have when it comes to declaring

in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he once worked as both chief of staff and district director. early in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. the senate confirmation hearing for william barr to be the next attorney general of the united states begin on tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern. in december, he was nominated to replace jeff sessions who had the position for a year and a half. william barr is now counsel at the law firm of kirkland and analysts and served as attorney general for president george h.w. bush. watch the confirmation process for attorney general nominee, william barr, live tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. theoday's the 22nd day of government shutdown, shutting the record for the longest government shutdown in u.s. history. continuing to follow it all on the c-span networks. a forum now on politics, war, and the use of a social media. war"o-authors of "like talk about what they have yearsd from five researching their book and identifying strategies of soc

and, in the sixth the district, one wright succeeded joe barton where he once worked as chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington texas . >> new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span . >>> democratic lawmakers and specific organizations had a news conference to talk about their support for hr one, the bill aims to address voting rights and campaign-finance. >> i'm robert wiseman kupfer public citizen, i'm pleased to be here today with doug roster to support hr one, this is intended to show the broad support for this legislation, the most sweeping co-democracy anticorruption legacy of the last 50 years. we will first hear from to members of congress that i will introduce it after that we will run through leaders of a wide variety of nongovernmental organizations. the first two speakers will be john surveying, john maryland, representative katie from california, representative saar baines is the lead sponsor of this unbelievable legislation that we are supporting, representative porter is a new member and we are excited to

and in the six district, ron wright succeeded joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief and district director. he was on his career, the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. >> the government shutdown is in its make their day. watch the house monday live at noon eastern on c-span.

say the hardest working man of the army staff, the director of the army staff, lieutenant general joe barton. thank you so much for being here. [applause] a couple of months ago, a month or so ago, the team came to me and said we have a great speaker for the lecture series to kick off the new year as general townsend. i said great, who would you want other than that much work what's the date? ofy said monday, the seventh january. i'm like, are you kidding me? in januaryonday question mark the first monday back to work after many people have had an extended holiday season? here you are and general townsend, i think that speaks well of you but i will tell you room,n this side of the you have family and friends of people who truly admire you and are respectful of your service and in this of the room, people who are intensely curious about what you may have to say this evening so it will be a great evening. who know general townsend know that he is next for nearly a compost operational commander, having led at every level of the united states army. i think he would tell you and will probably tel

and to succeed joe barton as the chief of staff earlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington texas. new congress and new leaders. c-span. . >> barack obama was nominated for president than the political climate totally changes. so for me it is the idea of the american dream may be possible for black americans are not created that you can do better than your parents if you work hard enough. but it doesn't seem like that's the reality. even now to be very disappointed . >> it is an honor to be here. i am founder and director of the pulitzer center on crisis reporting. [applause] a nonprofit organization that works with media outlets across the world

in the six district, rod rice succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress and new leaders, watch it all on c-span. >> coming up on c-span 3, a discussion on u.s. policy toward asia. then, a panel will look at the china and belton road initiative project. later, a look at u.s. and arab relations. now a discussion on u.s. policy toward asia with former luisi and he -- louisiana congressman charles boutsany. they joined in looking at the upcoming president summit with north korean leader kim kim -- kim jong un, and this 90 minute event was hosted by sasakawa peace foundation usa . >> welcome, and this is our first event of the new year. we have a terrific one to start with. i am the vice president, and we will start with our shameless plug. this is an organization that in -- dedicated to help in americans understand the importance of our relationship to the republic of korea. if you would like to learn more about our activities including our podca

and ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton.er in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on the span. >> coming up this weekend on book tv. saturday california democratic senator kamala harris details her life and career through her book the truths we hold: an american journey. at 11:00 on skewness talks about his latest book, last call for liberty. afterwards journalist request alan discusses her book it was all a dream. a new generation confronts the broken promise to black america. by the groupewed editor-in-chief daniel belton. >> washington journal continues. host: with president trump headed to texas today we are joined now from boston by alana rocha from the texas tribune. walk us through what the president will be seeing today. what we know about the details of this visit. guest: we know he's going to the rio grande valley. we have a reporter will be accompanying have who is based in -- him who is based in el paso. aside from that we didn't know many details. we

in the six district, ron wright succeeds congressman joe barton, for whom he both worked as chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council for arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. up next little on "washington journal," your calls and comments. all of our guests today focus on the impacts, now in its 19th day. at 8:00 a.m. eastern, nicole how federals about workers are dealing with these shutdown. later, to memories of congress join us to discuss the shutdown and border security, democrat gerry connolly of virginia and republican don bacon of nebraska. [video clip] >> member of congress pass a crisis.t ends this it every citizen, call congress and tell them to finally, after all these decades, secure our border. ♪ host: that was president trump last night in his first oval office address. it was a 10 minute statement followed by a five minute response from nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer. the two sides set to meet again today as the shutdown moves into its 19th day. we are asking our viewer

and in the sixth district ron wright succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he had once worked as both chief-of-staff and district director. earlier in his career he was on the city council for arlington. erdogan snubs bolton over comments that turkey must protect kurds. erdogan refused to meet with national security adviser john bolton saying he made a grave mistake when he said turkey must agree to protect the syrian kurds in the event of an american withdrawal from syria. here are a couple of minutes of the overseas news coverage on what happened. >> the turkish president says military preparations for northern syria are complete and the operation will go ahead and planned. erdogan has also blasted the u.s. national security adviser john bolton who has attached conditions to withdrawal of american forces from syria. erdogan called them unacceptable and said he'll only listen to the u.s. president when it comes to america's military exit from syria. >> those who smear turkey by saying it will slaughter the kurds in syria indeed know the reality behind the issue very well. the ai

and in the sixth district ron succeeded congressman joe barton for whom he had once chief-of-staff and district director. earlier in his career he was on council for arlington. erdogan snubs bolton over turkey must protect kurds. erdogan refused to meet with ational security adviser john bolton saying he made a grave mistake when he said turkey must syrian protect the kurds in the event of an american withdrawal from syria. couple of minutes of the overseas news coverage on what happened.

in the sixth district, ron wright succeeded joe barton, for whom he had once worked as chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career, he was on the city council of arlington, texas. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. up next more on the government shutdown from president trump from his visit to capitol hill. after the closed-door meeting at the white house, later the house votes on a bill to fund at the irs as part of an effort by democrats to reopen parts of the federal government. >> president trump was on capitol hill wednesday to discuss the government shutdown with senate republicans. he spoke with reporters about his demand for a border wall and whether he would use authority to declare a national emergency on the border. >> mr. president, are you worried about republican defections? pres. trump: i would say that we have a very unified party. everybody in that room was fantastic. there was no reason for me even to be there. the republicans want border security. they want national security. they want to have a steel barrier or a wall. i'll use any te

district, ron rice succeeded collars when joe barton, for whom he had once worked as both chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. you congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. a headline in the new york sets both the over comment on kurds. saying mr. bolton made a grave mistake when he said that turkey must agree to protect the syrian kurds in the event of an american withdrawal from syria. here are a couple of minutes of the overseas news coverage on what happened. president erdogan said military preparations for northern syria are complete and the operation will go ahead as planned. erdogan has also blasted the u.s. national security advisor john bolton, who has attach conditions to withdraw american forces from syria. erdogan called them unacceptable and said he will only listen to the u.s. president when it comes to america's military exit from syria. >> those who smeared turkey by saying it will slaughter the kurds in syria indeed know the reality behind the issue very well. the aim of this is to inflnc

in the sixth district, ron white succeeded joe barton for whom he once worked as both chief of staff and district director. earlier in his career he was on the city council of arlington, texas. the congress, new leaders, watch it all on c-span. >> the senate confirmation hearings for william barr to be the next attorney general of the united states began on tuesday at 9:30 eastern. in december, president trump nominated him to replace jeff sessions who held the position for over 1.5 years. william barr is now a council and served as the u.s. attorney general for george h.w. bush. watch the confirmation process for attorney general nominee william barr, live, tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. next, a look at staff turnover in the trump administration. the brookings institutions talks about her decade-long research into turnover and presidential administrations. following her remarks, she takes questions from students attending the washington seminar. this is 45 minutes.