host: congressman joe courtney is in his fifth term. he is on the armed services committee, where he is the ranking many -- member on the subcommittee. he also serves on the education and workforce committee. our guest until the house comes in at 9:00 to -- -- not :00. -- 9:00. john, good morning. caller: good morning. i have a question and a comment. right quick when was the last time you bought something in america? guest: i -- i bought a ford taurus, which is an outstanding car. and, you know, built by united auto worker's right here in the u.s. and that is a pretty big purchase. caller: -- [indiscernible] as far as the wars and the troops and all that, you should pass a law that says, if we are going to commit our troops to any war anywhere, everything that troops use have to be 100% made in america. guest: yes, that is a great question. there is actually a law on the books named after marion barry a congressman from arkansas, which basically requires that all the uniforms of our men and women in service have to be made in america.

speaker, i recently teamed up with congressman joe courtney of connecticut to introduce h.r. 2407, the bipartisan school milk nutrition act of 2015. between 2012 and 2014, schools across the country served 187 million fewer pints of milk despite an increase in public school enrollment. mr. speaker, this is an alarming statistic considering milk is the number one source of nine essential nutrients in young americans' diets and provides many significant health ben pits. the -- benefits. the school milk nutrition act seeks to reverse the decline of milk consumption across the country. to help achieve this goal, it would reaffirm that milk is offered with each meal and also gives schools the option of offering low-fat favored milk rather than fat-free. i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get behind this legislation and become a co-sponsor of the school milk nutrition act of 2015. mr. speaker, with this past week being celebrating and remembering memorial day memorial day just having just passed, it is important that we continue to remember and honor our fallen soldiers and t

we will talk to missouri republican vicki hartsler, and connecticut democrat joe courtney, also on the armed services committee. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. a eastern on c-span. >> chief financial officers for major corporations gathered in washington, d.c. this week to discuss the financial challenges facing their companies and the global economy. next is several international trade pacs are finalized and the government considers whether to give fast track trade authority we heard from michael froman and charlene barshefsky. this is a half hour. >> so thank you. we have a lot of trade negotiators up hear on stage. this is good. we should all get some action and have a negotiation session. you know, the best strategies for that. mr. froman, this has been quite a remarkable day just in sort of the evolution of this -- the latest trade pact. let's assume for the moment so we don't get into the politics of this since we've been discussing it a fair amount so far today, that tpa, the trans-pacific partnership gets to a vote. what does this trade deal hold in store for these compan

vicky heart a member of the armed services and attorney general committee and democratic member joe courtneyal live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> on cspan, saturday night at 8 eastern we will talk to supreme court justice about gay rights, and sunday night at 6:35 an interview with presidential running ted cruz. saturday morning we are live for the annual roosevelt reading festival. we have sheila collins and mario manning on how books helped the moral of the military in world war ii. on sunday night at nine we talk about the need for a sexual revolution in the middle east with an author and on american history tv on c-span 3 we are live with the civil war's end and aftermath. saturday morning with universities of california profestpro professor visits us. and sunday morning we continue beginning at 8:30 with gregory downs on the consequences of the civil war and later at 11:00 a discussion about treason and loyalty during the war with william blare. get the complete schedule at cspan.org. >> federal reserve chair janet yellen said the federal reserve will not be raising the taxes. she tal

talked a member of the armed services, and agriculture committees. , and connecticut democrat joe courtney, also on the armed services committee. >> here are some of our future programs this weekend. on saturday night, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg on national issues like race relations in america, and the production of a new movie about her life, and career. sunday night, a profile with candidate ted cruz. on c-span2, saturday morning, we are live at the roosevelt leading festival. others include harry hopkins and molly got till manning. on sunday night, on afterwards, on the need for a sexual revolution in the middle east. on american history tv on c-span3, we're live from the gettysburg college civil war institute summer conference. saturday morning, getting it 8:30 eastern. this is on general grant, and mathematics. also abraham lincoln, and the press. sunday morning we continue our live coverage. later, a discussion about treason, and loyalty. that is with penn state professor william -- >> c-span gives the best access to congress. live coverage of the u.s. house and news

we will talk to vicky hartzler, a member of the armed services and agriculture committees, and joe courtney, also on the armed services committee. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this weekend, the c-span city tour partnered with comcast to learn the history and literary life of key west, florida. ernest hemingway wrote several of his novels at this home. >> they bought it for $8,000 in 1931, and pauline converted this hayloft into his first formal writing studio. here, he fell in love with fishing, the clarity of his writing, how fast he was producing, how fast he knocked out the first draft of "a farewell to arms." he once had a line that said if you want to write, start with one true sentence. >> each book should be a new beginning, for something beyond attainment. you should always strive for something that has never been done, or that others have tried and failed. >> key west is also where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> president truman regarded the white house as the white to jail . he thought he was constantly under everyone's

vicky harts her, member of the armed services and agriculture committee and connecticut democrat joe courtney also on the armed services committee. live at 7:30 eastern on c-span. >>> chief financial officers from major corporations gathered in washington, d.c. this week for discussions on the financial challenges facing their companies and the global economy. over the next few hours we'll watch several panels from the day-long event. some of the topics health care costs, tax reforms regulation and trade. up first, the economic outlook hosted by the "wall street journal" cfo network, this is 30 minutes. >> thanks very much for joining us this morning, jason. interesting time in the world economy. i'd like to start out actually by asking a little bit about what's been going on in the economy. i and many people i think the white house thought this would be the breakout year. we thought with most of the headwinds, whether deleveraging or physical restrapt we would have an above-trend year. a naegive quarter in the first quarter, like the third negative quarter since the expansion began. a lot of

a discussion of the strategy against isis, and student loan debt with congressman joe courtney. host: did morning it's thursday june 18th, 2015. the military effort in iraq and syria was the focus of debate as the house voted down a resolution that would have withdrawn u.s. forces from that engagement unless congress used military force against isis. the trade debate will be front and center in the house as president oh bema'am and congressional leaders again try to move a bill. we'll get to those stories but we begin this morning on the "washington journal" by op

. >> if you want to join the conversation this morning with congressman joe courtney, democrat of connecticut, phone lines are open. republicans, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. we'll start with karen on our line for republicans calling in from new york. karen, good morning. >> good morning. i have basically statements to make. although, i am republican, i don't vote party. i do vote issues. and i am dead set against this trade propaganda that we're hearing. too much of it concerns corporations concerns business. i want to thank you, sir, for voting against the trade bill. there's nothing in this bill that helps the american people. it's all about people sir. and i thank you again because my party doesn't seem to understand that. they seem to be cornering themselves with corporations and the idea that it hurts that any -- not voting for a trade bill will hurt our standing with mexico and they may be angry at us because we want our country of origin on our labeling. that's imperative. i know when i shop i shop for country of origin. i trust and i want to continue to trust what i purchas

courtney cox. our winner is joe collier, getting a copy of brian's book "george washington secret six."'s a very -- i mean i don't know what you're implying. >> are you african-american? >> i don't understand the question. >> well we're finally, today, going to hear the naacp president's answers to those questions. apparently the truth will have to wait. rachel dolezar saying the meeting was canceled. some local members are calling for her resignation. is what she did appropriate? let's have a debate right now. from los angeles, radio show host larry elder sband jessica. larry shall let's start with you. her parents came out and said our daughter has identified with the black culture, she has adopted black siblings -- the parents adopted black siblings predominantly black school in mississippi and married and divorced to a black man but she is white. the question is is it okay that she is passing herself off as having african-american blood? >> i think, steve, what it shows is that being black in america ain't all that bad. eric holder says there still is racism in america. if it's so p