host: congressman john delaney.et's hear from regina in the apollo, pennsylvania, republican line. caller: i believe you said you were part of a nonprofit organization or company, which means that your goal was to do what you could to pull money out of the federal government, the state government, local government, to get money for your non profit. host: the congressman can clarify his business background. background nonprofits guest: my background is in the private sector. i started two for-profit companies that are public companies and are creating jobs. i also started a nonprofit in maryland called blueprint maryland, it was designed to help put forth a plan to help maryland both the economy and make it more competitive. it was organized as a nonprofit. all the funding for it came from myself, did not take money from anyone to start a nonprofit. the point of the non-profit was to look at the competitive situation of maryland. maryland is a state that is overly dependent on federal spending. it is the third most d

among the new lawmakers virginia senator tim kaine and maryland congressman john delaney. the 113th congress has a lot of work to do. in the first few months lawmakers face a looming government shutdown and a battle over the debt ceiling and automatic spending cuts. >> what just happened with the debt and deficit and taxes, that doesn't go away. >> this is the reason that i ran for congress, so while it's daunting this is what i'm ready for. i'm here to work. >> the first major vote will come friday when the house takes up part of the superstorm sandy relief package. also today the house voted to retain john boehner as speaker of the house. >>> critics call grover norquist the single biggest impediment to a budget deal. you might think he'd be lying low as some of his allies passed a $666 billion tax increase, but bruce leshan reports norquist is keeping anything but quiet. >> no. i'm disappointed that we weren't able to continue all of the 2001, 2003 tax cuts. >> reporter: grover norquist's days are filled with media interviews and he's putting his best spin on the first

there are some 66 brand-new faces in the house, though, including maryland's john delaney and you canirginia's tim kaine among the dozen freshmen in the u.s. senate. we have a look at what is involved on that legislative agenda. >> the house will come to order. >> >> reporter: it may be a new congress. >> this is the first time in history that the democratic house will be made up of a majority of women, minorities and

john delaney beat rosco bartlet in november. and tim kaine will be sworn in taking the seat vacated by jim webb. >> it is back to school for the kids of sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. >> less than three weeks after the massacre students are returning to class. sarah simmons is back with more on what the kids can expect. >> tony and allison they are going back to class starting this morning. but they are now going to a different school. moving trucks yesterday brought the furniture and school supplies from sandy hook where the shooting spree occurred to nearby monroe where a former middle school has been formed into the new sandy hook. students came in for an open house and greeted by their teachers and police officers. newtown school superintendent avent says it will be up to the community to decide what will happen to the building there. the surviving students will spend the rest of the year at this school renamed sandy hook. >> it won't be heavy curriculum but do the kinds of things important for the kids. >> the

democrat john delaney is the new representative of the 6th district. and former virginia governor tim kaine will be sworn in as the new senator from the commonwealth taking the seat vacated by jim webb. >>> one of the first actions being taken is the demand the house restore her right to vote in the committee of the whole. that would lead congress woman eleanor holmes norton right to vote. it was taken away when republicans took control of the house. >> checking our other top stories. family, friends and officers will gather in prince william county to say good-bye to a fallen hero. 35-year-old chris yung died in the line of duty monday after his motorcycle struck a mini van. there will be a wake for yung today in woodbridge. his funeral will be held tomorrow at the same location. he was a 7 year veteran of the force. the crash is still under investigation. >> metro transit police are asking for your help tracking down four men on a connection. the men are suspected of attacking two women on the number 93 bus. investigators say the men got on the bus.

democrat john delaney is the new representative for maryland's sixth district. he beat roscoe bartlett in november. and former virginia governor tim kaine will be sworn in as the newson are to from the commonwealth taking the seat vacated by jim webb. jim webb. >>> in our other top stories, hillary clinton is recovering at home. the secretary of state razz released from a new york hospital last night following treatment for a blood clot in her head. her doctors say she is making progress and expect as a full recovery. clinton's spokesman says she is appreciative of the care she got and is eager to get back to work but there is no date yet for her return to the state department. >>> in connecticut, classes resume for students and teachers of sandy hook elementary school. this comes less than three weeks after the deadly shootings at the school. classes will now be held in a former middle school just down the road from the shooting scene in a town of monroe. last night, parents were invite tie open house of the new school. many parents thanked the teachers for bei

joined us on "washington journal" this morning. >> host: congressman john delaney is a freshman democrat representing maryland's 6th district. thanks for being here this morning. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: also a leader in the freshman class. the democrats have a handful of class presidents. how does that work? >> guest: we do. it works well so far. we have four representatives serving as class president. >> host: and how do you divvy up the work? >> guest: well, there's two the first year and two the second year, so that's one division of responsibility we've made. and, you know, our job is to be in the class, be a representative of the class to the extent people want to know what the class views are, to work with our colleagues, the republican freshman class to do events to bring us together, so the portfolio is relatively broad, but there's four of us sharing the workload which is great. >> host: congressman, you've never served in public office before. why run for house, why now? >> guest: because i think i can make a difference. i started two businesses and created sev

. >> reporter: in the house newly sworn in maryland democrat john delaney knows the tough road ahead in the majority held republican house. >> i think the way congress in general has to prove its image is by doing things. i think the country understands the cost of doing nothing is not nothing and we're paying a very significant cost as a country because congress hasn't acted. >> reporter: the incoming freshmen will have to work hard to change its image having the lowest approval rating in history. >> i think if congress starts doing something, i think the approval rating will go up. >> reporter: but take it from the senior senator. the road ahead won't be easy. >> it was embarrassing to see what happened over the last week or so. americans have got a right to be frustrated with the partisan gridlock, the fact that while we avoided the cliff we didn't really do anything to pay down our $16 trillion in debt. so having one more person here who says he wants to work with both sides, i say amen and he will be a great addition to the senate. >> reporter: still some optimism there. the sen

senator tim kaine along with maryland congress-elect john delaney are among those to be sworn in today. >>> president obama has signed into law the bill to avert the fiscal cliff. the house of representatives passed the bill late tuesday night after the senate approved it. the president is in hawaii vacationing with his family, but a senior administration official says a copy of the bill was sent to the president for him to review and he signed it using the auto pen. the auto pen is more commonly used to sign christmas cards but the 2011 extension of the patriot act marked the first time the obama administration ever used the unique device for signing a law. >>> it is 6:06. the lovely jessica doyle is here with another your money report. she says get ready to see your taxes go up. >> that's right. >> what's new? >> you know, there's been so much debate about the big tax hike, you know. a lot of people don't realize your taxes are going to go up in 2013 when you file them. the tax hike is not small either even though congress did make the bush era tax cuts permanent. here's a scenario f

new members from our area include virginia senator elect tim kaine and maryland government-elect john delaneyboth of them are democrats. the 113th congress already has a pretty full slate when it comes to considering what they need to do. in the next couple of weeks, two votes are scheduled for relief of the victims of superstorm sandy. those eight packages total about $60 billion. the new lawmakers must also dee deal with sequestration -- must also deal with sequestration and the debt ceiling. >> they tell me this is the least productive congress in the history of the nation. if it's not, i would hate to be in the one that was. >> we all have ideas our districts have sent us. where are the bathrooms? >> incoming illinois representative tammy duckworth is nearly 100 women on capitol hill. there are also 33 hispanics taking office and for the first time white men will make up the my majority in the house democratic caucus. >>> justin wolfe was sent to death row a decade ago after being convicted in the murder of his marijuana supplier. now after having that conviction overturned, the northern

luke messer and john delaney will join us. guests also included jay peter fan of the atlantic council. will discuss the influence of terrorist groups in north africa. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> one cannot count the times that americans that we're the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say! of all the countries in the world? everyone thinks their country is pretty good. why do we have to believe that we are the best? what does that mean? why do we have to assert it all the time? what does it mean to other people who consume it? american products go around the world, information products go around the world, so you are observed by people in every corner of the world, and we teach them not to like us. gratuitously. >> author, activist, and transafrica founder randall robinson taking your calls, e- mails, facebook comments, and tweets. "in depth" live on sunday at noon eastern on c-span2. >> of georgia o'keeffe was really the first well-known woman artist. e

we will also be joined by john delaney from maryland and a member of the financial services committee and the former ceo of a publicly traded company. our guests also include the agreement council members who will discuss the influence of terrorist group in north africa. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can count the times americans say we are the best country in the world. what a marvelously stupid thing to say. why do we have to believe that we are the best? what does that mean when might we have to assert it? we assert that all the time. what does it mean to other people to consume it? american information products will around the world. they reach people in every corner of the world. we teach them not to like us gratuitously. >> author and activist randall robinson taking your phone calls and e-mails and tweets sunday at noon on booktv on c-span2. >> next great discussion on stabilizing health care costs and improving outcomes. we will hear from practitioners and insurers. this event is one hour and 40 minutes and is sponsored by the allia

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john delaney from maryland. agreed we should be meeting regularly with our counterparts in the republican party. if both sides are off and their corners looking away from each other with frowns and their arms crossed -- that is no way to run the government. getting together is something we have promoted. my counterpart from indiana, a , we havejob womgentlemen started plans to get together. host: no labels, there was a meeting yesterday it contemplating the question -- why does america hate us? a recommendation they were talking about is that congress work five days a week instead of 3 or four. guest: i guess it is terminology what counts as work. host: work in washington and not back in your district. guest: worked in the district is still work. i intend to do a lot of that. there is a lot of work to be done in the district. i intend to spend a lot of time in pennsylvania. tour.ing a listening that is a very important job of a congressman. i agree that more time in washington means more time together in social

. >> we're going next to john mckennon, michael warren, arthur delaney, paige cunningham, stephen cooper and robert schlessinger to end. >> can you talk a little bit more about tax reform and entitlement reform? how do you see that process unfolding? are those two thingses going to be linked? is there going to be -- do you have a target in mind for the deficit reduction that might be involved and just talk about how that process works. >> well, in terms of deficit reduction i've indicated what i think is a reasonable target. i think what we essentially do, have to do is to move the ratio closer to 73% than it is today. and we can have an argument as to how much below that we need. i think the sequence is very clear, if i might say so. and i think this is what the republican party needs to accept. we need to deal with the sequester with a balance between cuts and revenues. we then need to have a serious discussion about medicare. i know there's been some discussion about moving the age. i have some real questions. i do think with health care -- health care reform is here to stay. i think