congressman john dingell jr.man of the house energy and commerce committee asked whether giving banks more freedom wasn't asking for economic trouble the same concern his father, congressman john dingell sr. had voiced over 50 years before. my daddy taught me there's no educational value in the second kick of the mule. i've tried to learn from others' mistakes. the banks propose to rush out and get into many businesses. wouldn't the bush banking bill open the door for banks to speculate in new business with federally-insured deposits, just as s&ls did? we're not talking about taking insured deposits from banks and going into the securities business or the insurance business. what you do is you build these walls that say no insured deposits can hop over from the bank to fund any kind of risk-taking, any activities in these other areas. wouldn't banks know best about how the nking industry should be reformed? they've had huge successes in bringing themselves to their knees. they want to tell congress how banking sh

. >>> right on top, former congressman john dingell tweeted my congressional office always had more oftiques road show kind of decor to it really. >>> bourbon is on its way to washington, d.c. in the name of comp miegz. they came together combining the product to encourage politicians to break the political dead lock. and then there's this. >> he says that -- whoa. >> that he -- didn't see his shadow. >> ouch, that's going to sting. it was a couchy groundhog day. i can watch that over and over. to be fair to the groundhog, though, they were forcing him to predict the weather in the middle of the midwest winter. as "the washington post" put it the groundhog revolution started today. good thing we don't have a groundhog around here because you'll be in big trouble. good morning. >> i think the groundhog needs some of that kentucky bourbon. that might help don't you think? >> he might come down be a little nicer. >>> let's talk about this because it's really move over economy, step back isis 2016 candidates seem to be more interested in the measles. are you surprised? >> let me say unequi

years and 22 days, surpassing the man he came to work for here in washington first, congressman john dingell, who has just retired. put that in your calendars. that is the date. the first tribute comes from the codirector of the campaign for america's future. he is a former i.p.s. director. bob is out of the country. i'm going to read two paragraphs from his tribute which i will then give to congressman conyers. this is from bob. "consider this. representative conyers has been elected, reelected 25 times, in a series of nail-biters with his lowest winning percentage dropping to 77%. even in the worst years, three out of four of his constituents wanted him back here championing their interests. consider this as well. representative conyers was the leading proponent and organizing force in making dr. martin luther king's birthday a national holiday. [applause] this is bob saying this. at the time as a young radical at i.p.s., i thought this quaint at best. now i realize what an achievement it was. each year across america, every family and child in school pay tribute to extraordinary movement

safety standards proposed by fimsa and adhere to the pipeline safety standards that i worked with john dingell to get signed into law. keystone is better for the environment. yes, it is. we know that canada is going to develop to develop its rich oil sands regardless of whether we build the pipeline. we don't build it, that oil is going to continue to get to the marketplace through other more carbon-more-intensive means. it will enrich our energy prices and stay stable and affordable. we know this despite high gas prices. we know that high gas prices aren't going to last forever and prices have begun to tick back up. by bringing more energy to the market, it can help us protect us against price spikes and overseas' disruption. we want certainty. the president said last week that he was again another reason that he is against this is because gas prices are low. yesterday's "wall street journal," headline above the fold, oil price rebound predicted. that's right. they are going to go up. americans understand supply and demand. this is a positive, the keystone pipeline is very positive for us and

we also heard from a retired member of congress john dingell who says congratulations, house g.o.p. this is one hell of a way to run a government. again, taking your phone call, want to know what you think about the funding for homeland security failing tonight to move forward and again the sticking point, the president's immigration executive actions. those were attached to a lot of the legislation that both the house and senate were working on. they could not agree on whether they should go ahead and fund the department with those provisions or without them. eric is on the line in medford oregon. erica, go ahead and share your thoughts, you're on the air. caller: my thoughts are basically that they've been elected to doha a job and they need to do that job. host: sort of echoing what our caller said there lydia in denton texas son the line. your a republican, what are your thoughts. what do you think the split between the republican party here? caller: thank you for taking my call. i am closely watching what is going on with our country, with our congress and senate and if i may s

safety standards proposed by fimsa and adhere to the pipeline safety standards that i worked with john dingell to get signed into law. keystone is better for the environment. yes, it is. we know that canada is going to develop to develop its rich oil sands regardless of whether we build the pipeline. we don't build it, that oil is going to continue to get to the marketplace through other more carbon-more-intensive means. it will enrich our energy prices and stay stable and affordable. we know this despite high gas prices. we know that high gas prices aren't going to last forever and prices have begun to tick back up. by bringing more energy to the market, it can help us protect us against price spikes and overseas' disruption. we want certainty. the president said last week that he was again another reason that he is against this is because gas prices are low. yesterday's "wall street journal," headline above the fold, oil price rebound predicted. that's right. they are going to go up. americans understand supply and demand. this is a positive, the keystone pipeline is very positive for us and