john dingell was great. rick boucher, mike oxley, just so many members -- >> guest: anna eshoo. >> guest: on the house side, just fantastic. trent lott agreeing on everything, and they just were going to clear the pathway to make this possible legislatively in a relatively short period of time. larry pressler. you can keep going down the line including jay rockefeller and olympia snowe working on the e-rate with me over on the house side so that the bills for every computer in every school in america for poor children would be paid for out of this bill so that we could speed up the pace at which kids get the new be skill set as we're speeding up the pace at which we're going to see technological innovation occur in our country. so the bill includes what is now $40 billion which has been spent on those poor kids, the largest single educational technology program still in the history of our country. if there's one thing i could do differently, i underestimated how much the phone companies would just try to gob

john: how long did it decide -- did it take you to decide to go against tpp? rep. dingelljohn: it looks transparently political to some people. why did it take hillary clinton salon? -- so long? rep. dingell: it would appear that way, but i have had a discussion with her and she gets it. this is a woman who picked up the phone and said, what do i do? what do i need to know? i think she has been respectful, having been secretary of state. it is someone who brings is a very seasoned, someone who is drinking experience. i think she is someone who wanted to not undercut a person she worked for. this was last friday, she did oppose the tpp several months ago. john: she tried to hit bernie sanders against the export-import bank. how many people know what that is? rep. dingell: it is probably not the most important. thes important to some of smaller businesses. i think it's more important to talk about what she did do. she really was one of the leaders in 2008 on the auto -- i don't want to use bailout. it was the backbone of the american economy. if the auto industry had gone do

i want you to know that former congressman, john dingell is a social media sensation.se] he is the king of twitter. and i am so pleased he is here today. i want to thank former governor, jim blanchard and plan -- janet blanchard. [applause] we have some great union leaders here. the former president of the uaw, bob king. thank you for being here. the president of scei you, marge robinson. and al garrett, thank you all for being with me. [applause] i deliberately chose to come to detroit, and to come to this company to talk about jobs. because i want more people to see what is happening in southwest detroit and midtown, and eastern market. new businesses are opening. families are moving in. the streetlights are on again. the buses are running. there is a palpable feeling of pride and community. we have to spread the economic revitalization to all of detroit's neighborhoods. you can do it, because look how far you have come. thanks to your hard work, the auto industry just had its best year ever. [applause] innovation is on the rise between the carmakers and suppliers, t

john: a lot of things came up, but not auto. rep. dingell: that was very good. s a woman who knows how to the deliver. john: if you boil down sanders message, he goes back to the 90's. he says nast, calf the on trade. he says the root -- he says the repeal of glass-steagall. those are three things that a lot of democrats in the state are receptive to. what is the answer if you are hillary clinton? oil down to that. how does she effectively answer those, which are cutting critiques? rep. dingell: she needs to be very strong, which he did. she talked about the economy and for actually fighting for men and women and that they take care of everybody, that you create jobs for everybody. a sort of walter luther message. if you go way back, the henry ford message about people are building cars and making income and they can afford to buy a car. that is what she was talking about. she was strong in telling that she would oppose the tpp, which is the latest trade agreement. i worked for general motors when nafta went through. we knew we were in a global marketplace. a, we

chairman wheeler, in the spirit of john dingell i'm going to ask you for a yes or no answer to my question to i've got a future. i don't have a lot but chairman wheeler i like to focus this morning or this afternoon i guess it is now, undertreatment of television joint sales agreement known as js is that i don't know if you're aware but there is a gsa in my district between tv stations ksm f. and -- and joplin, missouri. and it was because of his js a better able to buy doppler radar which at the time was a benefit to the joplin community but in 2011 when the ef-5 turner ripped through job of building 161 people in a town of 50,000, so everyone knew someone from the tragedy when it ripped through job that wasn't much more important, than the doppler radar which tried multiple vortex tornado, stayed on the ground for six miles and the reason they were able to afford this piece of what equipment was because of the jsa. i've got to admit i was pretty frustrated with the fcc when they made the decision back in 2014 to basically outlaw jsa is a special and i saw first in a difference they can m

former representative john dingell had a bill so that we would begin to have medicare negotiate prices with these pharmaceutical companies, even 24 republicans joined us. that's the kiped of bipartisan action we need -- kind of bipartisan action we need. let the bill move forward but without gouging consumers on prescription drug prices even more than they are today. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. goodlatte: to speak in opposition to the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, there's no question that because of obamacare and government regulation that the cost of prescription drugs is going up and going up too fast. and we definitely need to reform our health care system starting with repealing obamacare and putting in place real patient-centered reforms of our health care system. but that's not what this legislation is about today. the smarter act is predicated on a very simple notion. the resu

thursday the canadian prime minister will sit down for an exclusive interview with bloomberg's john dingellie: this is the bloomberg business flash. jefferies group posted a loss for the first time since 2008, trading revenue fell 82% during the time. they are frequently a sign of how the largest investment banks will do with her the numbers a month later. according to the wall street journal amazon is launching a new service allowing big businesses to move out of databases online. and so you will pay the estate of the late michael jackson for his stake in their joint music business. 1985ught their catalog in for almost $42 million. stephanie: we have to bring our attention back to valeant. shares plunging today after the drugmaker cut its 2016 forecast to lower than what it predicted back in december. the ceo, lik mike peterson speaking earlier on the call, saying he is sending off nonstrategic assets. take a listen. >> during the past few weeks we have already taken steps to restructure our underperforming businesses and we are taking steps to launch a broad place cost reduction for -- br

i have one va hospital, another that happens to have the name john dingell on it. i'm there regularly. we have a moral responsibility to these veterans. there's way too many problems happening and we have got to invest. it is just a moral responsibility that is not partisan. we owe the men and women who served us this responsibility. and i yield back. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield my time. >> gentleman yields his time back. i would like to recognize the gentleman from indiana, mr. stutzman for seven minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. first of all, i want to thank mr. moulton for your service as a veteran. this is one issue i tell constituents back home, if there's anything that unites congress is support for our veterans. that's one reason why veterans are a top priority in this budget. you look at the past several years, we have committed -- congress has committed a tremendous amount of dollars to the va. our budget this year provides a 4% increase in discretionary budget authority for veterans benefits and services related to -- relative to last year's le

chairman wheeler in the spirit of john dingell i'll ask you for a yes or no answer to my questions. i got a few. i don't have a lot. but chairman wheeler, i would like to focus this afternoon on your treatment of television joint sales agreements known as jsas. i don't know if you're aware there's a jsa in my district in joplin, missouri. and it was because of this jsa that koed was able to buy doppler radar which at the time was obviously a benefit to the joplin community, but in 2011 when the ef-5 turn ripped through joplin killing 161 people in a town of 50,000, so everyone knew someone from that tragedy, when it ripped through joplin there wasn't anything much more important in the community than the doppler radar which tracked multiple vortex tornado, stayed on the ground for six miles, and the reason koed was able to afford this piece of weather equipment was because of the jsa. i got toad mitt i was pretty frustrated with the fcc when they made the decision back in 2014 to basically outlaw jsas, especially when i saw firsthand the difference they can make to small and medium