first of 5 like to thank john cornyn for the bipartisan support for the justice trafficking act. is something we did in north carolina. i'm glad to see the bipartisan support for that. i would ask unanimous consent to be added to richard blumenthal's amendment. hopefully we will complete the market today. >> without objection so ordered. >> back to the nomination. i said in the last committee meeting that i was looking at loretta lynch who is extraordinary. i spent a lot of time watching her family and her supporters in the committee meeting beaming with pride for what a remarkable job she did in the committee, what a remarkable track record she has. she was raised right. she was clearly somebody who came up with strong work ethic, she has done a great job as u.s. attorney and i would gladly confirm her for that role. the way i look at this role and i decided i will not support loretta lynch and keep in mind loretta lynch hails from north carolina. a lot of the family are proud citizens of north carolina. this is the most difficult decision i have made in 45 days in this job but

john cornyn said that was an out for republicans and they should let the courts do their job. lindsay graham beck the begged members of the party to take the lifeline from the courts. you have people whose view of president obama and their view of how he is using his power as president they think if they do anything seems to seems seems to acquiesce in the power as the presidents pursuingpursuing it makes them a renegade to the cause. they are not going to tolerate it. >> what does this tell us abist the speaker that we already knew or don't know at this point? and secondly going forward looking at potential fights later in the year, where are we headed? >> it is not a particularly good road and i think in you are a member of john boehner's leadership team or the speaker yourself you are not happy. another case of boehner being tested. they have the new republican congress with the mandate where they said they will govern and stop having the spats and here we are again having another discussion about republicans painting themselves into a corner. >> don't spend all your money

lou: senator john cornyn today saying that the house would like to leave the hot potato, referring tocould gut the president's executive amnesty order. senate republican conference chairman john thune making it clear that the republicans intend to give out this hot potato back to the house and deferred to the president. he said that i think it's going to come down to is the house figures out what they can move. because clearly we do not have a bill over here appropriations bill demonstrating that we are not going to get the votes necessary to move through the senate. and this includes legislation to ensure that companies are not using that program to replace existing american workers with foreign labor. all of that comes out to reports of southern california edison using the visa system to replace workers with guest workers. our next guests is leaving congressman dear liza member of the house foreign affairs committee and it's great to have you with us, congressman. >> thank you for having me on. the second issue is one that is very timely. companies are abusing the h1b visa system, t

outline the cost and economic impact of giving millions of illegal immigrants a free pass >>> senator john cornyn today said the house will "like to leave the hot potato with us" referring to a stalemate over the house-authored department of homeland security bill that would in effect gut the president's executive amnesty order. and senate republican conference chairman john thune making it very clear the republicans intend to give that hot potato back to the house and defer to the president. he said, "i think it's going to come down to if the house figures out what they can move because clearly we don't have a bill over here. appropriations bills originate in the house, and it's been demonstrated now that we're not going to get the votes that are necessary to move it through the senate." congress also considering reforms to the h-1b visa program and legislation that ensure that companies aren't using that program to replace existing american workers with lower-cost foreign labor. all of this comes after reports that southern california edison is using h-1b visas to replace 500 american workers w

yesterday texas senator john cornyn said he won't support lynch, and last week david vitter and jeff sessions said they would oppose her as well. we'll be right back. you want i fix this mess? a mess? i don't think -- what's that? snapshot from progressive. plug it in and you can save on car insurance based on your good driving. you sell to me? no, it's free. you want to try? i try this if you try... not this. okay. da! ♪ reliability, is now an american thing. introducing the all new chrysler 200 america's import. ♪ >>> i know some in the media thinks conservatives don't care about the cities, but they're wrong. we believe that every american in every community mass the right to pursue happiness. they have the right to rise. >>> welcome back to "hardball." that was jeb bush yesterday in detroit testing his campaign message. it sounds a look like what his broker offered 15 years ago. he called it compassionate conservative. >> big government is not the answer, but the alternative bureaucracy is not indifference. it is to put conservative values and conservative ideas into the thick of

have been tremendously supported, especially by the state department, certainly by our senator john cornyncongressman al green, the communication has been ekhorrible honestly. >> the president spoke yesterday in an interview about his correspondence with the families whose children who have been taken hostage. i want to play that sound byte. >> you know, it's as tough as anything i do having conversation with parents with parents who understandably want by in means necessary for their children to be safe and we will do everything we can short of providing an incentive for future americans to be -- >> mark has the president spoken to you by phone? >> we have not spoken directly with the president by phone or otherwise. you know, we have talked to white house officials, but not the president himself. >> and when you hear that sound talking about wanting to disincentivize future hostage taking situations, what's your reaction to that? >> in our situation, that hasn't been an issue at all. there's a lot of room between initiating discussion and ransom. so what we need in our situation is for o

soon step down and that day just can't come soon enough for some members of congress like senator john cornynt apparently has just one requirement of mr. holder's successor. >> the attorney general has stone walled legitimate investigations by the congress. how do we know you're not going to perform your duties of office as attorney general the way eric holder has performed his duties? how are you going to be different. let me just stipulate you're not eric holder are you? >> no i'm not sir. >> i sat down with attorney general holder yesterday and he had something he wants to say to the senator from texas. >> let me just say to senator john cornyn i am eric holder and i'm proud of that. >> for more on my interview, turn into tomorrow's show at 10:00 a.m. eastern on msnbc but up next, the class of 2016. rned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not

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senator collins spoke about are built on the floor today along with senate with john cornyn of texas a&m dick durbin of the only. this is 40 minutes. >> coming up, the senate judiciary committee vote on loretta lynch's nomination to be the next attorney general. later life to the floor of the senate. >> the c-span's city tours take c-span on the road to another history and literary love. next weekend we partnered with comcast fortitude to galveston texas,. >> with the opening of the suez canal in 1869 sailing ships really were almost adult a death blow. with the opening of the canal coal-fired ships have a shorter route to the far east india all of those markets. the sailing ships really needed to find a way to make their own living so instead of high-value target they started tearing lower valued at cargoes coal oil, cotton, et cetera. so she found her niche in tearing any kind of cargo that did not require getting to market at a very fast pace. >> the connection to galveston is really unique in that she sails and arrived here in galveston probably about 100 yards from where we're s

john cornyn's is saying that outcome is likely, though he has not indicated how he himself would vote. and charles grassley has said he hasn't decided how to vote on the nomination. this week there will be another confirmation hearing on capitol hill. he was chosen in december to replace outgoing secretary chuck hagel. he previously several that previously served as that did in the obama administration. we will have live coverage beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three. here is more on what to expect this week in congress from the house and senate floor. >> for a look at week ahead a congress we are joined by christina from the hill. what are the details that stood out for this budget and what has been the reaction for lawmakers? >> he wants to repeal the sequester. those harsh spending cuts that lawmakers agreed to during a bruising debt ceiling fight in 2011. with the economy showing signs of improving as well as threats abroad from the islamic state president obama is making the case that this is a good time to increase spending after three years of deficit dropping. republi

we will begin with senate majority whip john cornyn. mr. president yesterday, our friends across the aisle blocked -- filibustered really, a funding a $40 billion funding bill that would have paid the f >> of funding bill that would have paid the funds necessary to keep the department of homeland security up and running to the rest of the fiscal year. i understand that they have some differences over the content of the legislation that the house passed, but it is undeniable the house acted responsibly by passing this appropriation bill particularly at the time of heightened security concerns not only hear at home but around the world. of course the part that confused me the most is our democratic friends said, well we don't want to debate the bill. what what we want is a claim dhs appropriations bill. they want to get to the end of the process without even starting which strikes me as odd. as i pointed out last week during the senate debate on the keystone xl pipeline senator durbin spoke very sincerely in support of the process. we did not

that was a question that was addressed to senator john cornyn the majority whip in the senate, and you know, he just side that it definitely spoke of bipartisan desire to work with the president, and that there needs to be a cooperative decision in both chambers. on this. >> kayla mueller, laura barron lopez joining us to talk about this document authorization for war against isis. before we let you go also, one of the things aside from this was the status of a vote on costone xl. what's the status as it stands right now? >> so today, actually the house will be voting on a senate passed version of a bill that would approve the pipeline. after that passes and it's expected to pass the house today, that will be sent on to president obama, who is expected to veto it. >> and so what happens after that? >> what happens after that is there's still the ongoing process at the state department right now, and that is that the state department just wrapped up its national interest determination on the pipeline and so really it's on secretary of state john kerry's hands to decide when he wants to

we'll begin with senate majority whip john cornyn. >> yesterday democrats blocked homeland security funding. i don't understand why they don't want to -- why they'd want to block the senate from even debating a bill to fund homeland security. it really just doesn't make sense. you'd think our democratic friends would at least want to give the senate an opportunity to make improvements to the bill if they want to make such improvements. why would our friends want to stand tall for the ability of politicians to do things president obama himself has described as unwise and unfair? why would our friends go to the mat to protect the political class from the consequences of overreach president obama has referred to himself as ignoring a law? well, here's the good news: there is a way forward, there's a way to end this democratic filibuster. all it requires is a little common sense and a little democratic courage. remember several democrats previously indicated unease with the idea of overreaching in ways president obama has seemed to imply would, quote violate the law, end quote. so now's the tim