representative peter roskam, john duncan, and mike coffman. and ayanna pressley of massachusetts previous the massachusetts for the 160th congress. arizonaat, outgoing republican senator jon kyl joins the discussion on whether the u.s. is capable of intercepting a missile attack. c-span talks with outgoing u.s. representative peter roskam of illinois on his carrier and time in congress. this is 30 minutes. congressman, let's talk about your own reelection bid this year. you lost. what happened? did the politics change? did the district change? professionalsthe that will analyze these races and look at the trends. there were a couple of things going on. hisident trump and disposition was on the ballot in someplace. we also had a gubernatorial race that was significant. the republican incumbent was worth $1 billion. you think that is real money, but not in illinois. his democratic opponent, the guy billion.was worth $3.5 these men were both spending extraordinary amounts of money. individual state representative thes in my constituency, democrat

eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress, republicans peter roskam, john duncan all discuss losing the reelection bid and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our app, go on our devices and we want things quickly and get jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence -- he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content with what we can get from time to time and eternally pressed for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even to do it if it's for their on good. my point is that we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think we have spent trillions now on these wars and the war in afghanistan is now think isfor 18 years i just ridiculous. i think also, these wars and her foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress, i believe in house of representatives, there is simply, even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged

republicans peter roskam, john duncan, and mike coffman discussed losing their reelection bids and reflect on their times in congress. >> we go on our app, we go on our devices, we want things quickly. jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. the ground of liberty is to begin to buy inches. we must be content with what we can get time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even if it is for their own good. so my point is we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time. we've got to take small steps in order to get there. >> my big thing, to think we spent trillions now on these wars, and the war in afghanistan and is now going on 18 years, i think it's just ridiculous. and i think also, these awards -- wars and foreign policies have causes to have more enemies than we would have had. they've done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there's simply, still with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to accept, base

representative john duncan of tennessee recently sat down with c-span for an interview to reflect on his career and time in congress. this is 35 minutes. steve: do you remember the very first time you came to washington as a member of congress? rep. duncan: yes, i do, i remember the very first time i came to washington, hearing -- washington, period. i came here at the end of my sixth grade year on a trip. that was 1959. if anybody told me i would ever end up in washington, i would have thought they lost their mind. but i have so many memories. i remember the first time i came to washington -- i succeeded my father in congress, and a remember the first time we driven into washington for his swearing-in. it was pouring snow and we got here at about 11:00 at night. we saw the capitol dome. we stayed at the congressional hotel. it was one of the most beautiful sights i had ever seen. my first day, frank palone and i were sworn in the day after the election, because his predecessor and my father passed away, before i was elected. we were sworn in the day after the election in 1988. steve

republican peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman all discuss losing their re-lks bids and reflecting on their time in congress. mr. roskam: we go our app, devices, we want things quickly. yet, jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. my point is that we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we need to take small steps to get there. mr. duncan: my thing to think we spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, it's 18 years. i think it's just ridiculous.

tonight at 8:00 eastern, conversations with three remark -- retiring members of congress including john duncan and mike coffman. they all discuss losing their reelection bids. >> we would go on our apps and devices and yet jefferson wrote the 14 years after he wrote declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty must be gained by inches. wemust be content with what can get from time to tom and eternally press forward. it takes time to persuade men. why point is that we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think we spend billions on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is going on 18 years. i think it is just ridiculous. these wars ando our foreign policy has cost us to have -- caused us to have more enemies than we would've had. of the unitedress states, i believe in the house of representatives there simply is, still even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterparts and my problem solvers caucus, there is too much power in too few hands with too little

republican peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman all discussed losing the reelection bid and reflectn their time in congress. >> we go on our devices, we want things quickly. and yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said, the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. when this be content or from time to time we eternally press forward for is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men. even to do it for their own good. my point is, that we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think we've spent trillions now on these wars end the war in afghanistan is no going on, 18 years, i think it is just ridiculous. and i think also these wars and foreign policy have caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. doing more harm than good. >> in the house of representatives simply, still even with reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my caucus, it is too much power with getting it done for the american people i fear that it will not ch

representative peter illinois.of then we will heal from -- we will hear from john duncan of tennessee and a colorado representative. steve: congressman, let's first talk about your own re-election bid this year. you lost. what happened? did the politics change? did the district change? rep. roskam: i think it's going to be the professionals that are going to analyze these races and look at the trends and so forth. so there were a couple of things that were going on. obviously president trump and his disposition was on the ballot in some ways. we also had a gubernatorial race that was very significant. the republican incumbent was worth a billion dollars and you would think that is real money. but not in illinois, because his democrat opponent and now the guy who won, governor-elect pritzker, was worth $3.5 billion and these men were both spending extraordinary amounts of money. in individual state representative races in my constituency, the democrat -- the democratic party was spending $2 million on individual state rep races. so there was -- there was a money factor. and all kinds o

republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman, all discuss losing reelection and reflect on their time in congress. >> to go on our app, devices, want things quickly. but jefferson, 14 years after writing the declaration of independence, set the ground of gained by to be gained by inches.we must be content with what we can get from time to time, and currently press forward to what is -- and say, look, these things take time. we have to take small steps. >> to think that we has spent trillions now on these wars, and that the war in afghanistan is now going on 18 years, i think it is just ridiculous. also, these wars in our foreign-policy have caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there's even with the reforms nancy pelosi mydged to accept, based on counterparts in problem solvers caucus, probably there is too much power in too few hands with too little getting done for the american people, and i fear that isn't going to change. >> conversati

tonight at 8:00 eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress -- peter roskam, john duncan, and mike coffman, all discuss losing their reelection bid and reflect on their time in congress. >> we want things quickly, and yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence, the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. with what wentent can get from time to time and a terminally press forward. it takes time to persuade men, even for their own good. my point is, we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time. we have to take small steps to get there. >> my big thing, to think we has been trillions now on these wars , and the war in afghanistan is 18 years, i think it is ridiculous. wars andnk also these our foreign-policy have cost -- have caused us to have more enemies than we would've had viewed -- have had. >> in the house of representatives, there is simply, even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to ,ccept based on my counterparts there is too much power into few hands with too little getting done for the a

representative peter roskam, john duncan, and mike coffman. and ayanna pressley of massachusetts previous the massachusetts for the 160th congress. arizonaat, outgoing republican senator jon kyl joins the discussion on whether the u.s. is capable of intercepting a missile attack. c-span talks with outgoing u.s. representative peter roskam of illinois on his carrier and time in congress. this is 30 minutes. congressman, let's talk about your own reelection bid this year. you lost. what happened?

representative john duncan of tennessee recently sat down with c-span for an interview to reflect on his career and time in congress. this is 35 minutes. steve: do you remember the very first time you came to washington as a member of congress? rep. duncan: yes, i do, i remember the very first time i came to washington, hearing -- washington, period. i came here at the end of my sixth grade year on a trip. that was 1959. if anybody told me i would ever end up in washington, i would have thought they lost their mind. but i have so many memories. i remember the first time i came

peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman discuss losing their reelection bids and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our apps, are devices and we want things quickly, yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the decoration of independence, he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we can get from time to time and press ford for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men, even to do it for their own good. so my point is, we culturally need to step back and say, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think that we have spent trillions on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, 18 years. i think that is just ridiculous. and i think also that these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress, i believe in the house of representatives, still even with reforms nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterparts and the problem solvers' caucus, ther

republicans peter roskam, john duncan, and mike coffman discussed losing their reelection bid and reflectingtime in congress. >> we want things quickly. yet, jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is inches.ined by one must be content what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men, even if it is for their own good. onlyint is that we culture -- culturally need to step back and say, these things take time. we have to take small steps. >> my big thing, to think we have spent trillions on these wars and the war in afghanistan is going on 18 years, i think it is just ridiculous. and ouralso these wars foreign policy has cost us to have more enemies than we would have had and done more harm than good. >> and the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, still even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterparts and in the problem solvers caucus, there is too much power in too many hands with too

republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike kaufman all discussed losing the reelection bids and reflect their time in congress. >> you know we go on our app, we go in our devices we want things quickly let jefferson wrote weekly that 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence, he said "the ground of liberation is to be gained by inches. we must be content with what we get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men, even to do it if it's ward's own good." so my point is that we cultural need to step back and say look, these things take time, we got to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think that we have spent trillions now in these wars, and that the war in afghanistan has been in an ongoing thing, 18 years. i think it's just ridiculous and i think also these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more minute enemies than we would've had. they have done more harm than good. >> again, the congress of the united states i believe in the house of representatives is simply still even with the reforms

republicans peter rosskam, john duncan and mike kaufman, all discuss losing their re-election bids and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our app, we go on our device, we want things quickly, and yet jeffson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence, he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, we must be content with what we can get from time to time, and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men, even to do what is for their own good. so my point is, that we culturally need to step back, and say look, these things take time. we got to take small steps in order to get there. >> my big thing, to think that we've spent trillions now on these wars, and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, it is 18 years, i think it is just, i think it is just ridiculous, and i think also, these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there

eastern conversations with three retiring members of congress, republicans peter ross come, john duncan and mike kaufman all discuss losing their reelection bids and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our app, we go on our devices we want things quickly and yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence, he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even to do it for their own good. so my point is that we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> my big thing, to think that we've spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, it's 18 years, i think is just -- i think it's just ridiculous. and i think also these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they've done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states i bel

republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike kaufman. all discuss losing their re-election bids and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our app, we go on our devices, we want things quickly. yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said, the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. so my point is, that we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> my big thing to think that we've spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on its 18 years, i think it's just ridiculous. i think also these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they've done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives there's s

8 pm eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress, republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike kaufman. they all discuss loop their losing bit and their time in congress. we go on our apps, we go on our devices we went things quickly but jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, one must be content what we can get from time to time and eternal rest for what is it to get. it takes time to persuade men, even to do it if it's for their own good. so my point is that we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time, we got to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think that we have spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan has been going on, it's 18 years, i think it's just ridiculous. and i think also that these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would've had they have done more harm than good. >> and the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives there is simply st

republicans peter roskum, john duncan and mike kaufmann all discuss losing their re-election bids andflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our apps, our devices, we want things quickly yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content or we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. so my point is that we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time. we got to take small steps in order to get there. >> my big thing, to think that we have spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, it's 18 years, i think it's just ridiculous and i think also that these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there's simply still even with the reforms that

eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress; republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman all reflect on their time in congress. >> you know, we go on our app, we go on our devices, we want things quickly. and yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence: the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. so my point is that we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we've got to take small steps in order to get there. >> my big thing, to think that we've spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on its, you know, it's 18 years, i think it's just ridiculous, and i think also these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they've done more harm than good. >> but in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives the

eastern, conversations with three retiring members of roskam, michael duncan, and john discussed their time in congress. >> we want things quickly. jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration independence is to be gained by inches. we must internally press forward. it takes time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. my point is that we need to step back and say these things take time. we have got to take small steps to get there. to think we have spent trillions of dollars on these wars, and the war in afghanistan is going on 18 years. i think it is just ridiculous. wars andlso that these our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states come in the house, even with the reforms nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterpoints in the problem-solving caucus, there is too much power into few hands done forlittle getting the american people. >> watch that on saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen with the free c-span r

andr roskam, john duncan, mike coffman reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our devices and things weekly. 14 jefferson wrote this years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we get time for -- time to time and internally press forward. it takes time to persuade men, even if it is for their own good. my point is we need to culturally step back and say these things take time. >> to think that we have spent trillions on these wars and that the war in afghanistan has been going on 18 years -- i think it is ridiculous. i think, also, these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, in the house of representatives, even with the reforms that nancy pelosi's mydged to accept, based on counterparts, i believe there is too much power and -- in too few hands. i fear that is not going to change. >> watch conversations with the trying members of congress tonight at 8:00 eastern

duncan, and, john mike coffman, i'll discuss losing their reelection bids and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our app, on our devices, we want things quickly. yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. he must be content with what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to pursue -- to persuade men. my point is, we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. wemy big thing, to think have spent trillions on these wars and the war in afghanistan is going on, 18 years, i think it is just ridiculous. i think also these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there simply is, even with the reforms the nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterparts and the problem solvers caucus

duncan,skam, john discuss losing reelection bids and reflect on their time in congress. devices,ld go on our and yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after here at the declaration of independence. he said the ground is to be gained by inches. we must be content with what we can get from time to time and press forward. it takes time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. , we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we're going to take small steps to get there. >> we have spent trillions on these wars. the war in afghanistan, it is 18 years. i think it is just ridiculous. these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, in house of representatives, even with the reforms nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterparts, i believe there is just too much power in too few hands. i fear that is not going to change. watch conversations with retiring members of congress saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. listen

republicans peter rosscom, john coffman, and duncan. >> jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. what we can get from time to time eternally press forward. it takes time to persuade men even to do this for their own good. my point is that we culturally need to step back and say these things take time and take small steps in order to be there. >> that we've spent trillions now on the war and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, it's 18 years, i think it's just-- i think it's just ridiculous and i think also these wars and our foreign policy has cost us to have more enemies than we would have had, they've done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, still even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to accept, based on my counterparts and the problem solvers caucus. i believe there's just too much people in too few hands with too little getting done for the american people and i fear that's not going to change. >> watch saturday 8 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-s

john b. king and arne duncan released a statementll g the rollback proposal "beyond disheartening" and "shameful."rt the relso says individual schools should make the decisioe on giving te and school personnel firearms and training. the commission does not encourage schools to arm teachers, but it provif s guidelinesey choose to do so. for the first of our two reactions to secretary devos's report, i am joined by catherine e. lhamon, chairwoman of the as. commission on civil rights. during the obainistration, she was assistant secretary for vil rights at the u.s. department of education, where she oversaw and signed the student uidisciplinarylines that are being rescinded by today's report. welcome to the newshour. >> thank you, amna. >> nawaz: the goal of this report was basically to make schools safer. you have taken a look at does it do that? >> it has nothing to do with making schools safer. it does not take steps that will make students safer in schools, and so it's a massive misstep, while, also, enshrining discrimination. >> nawaz: that is the rolling back of those obama-era guidelines ab

i should also note that the former secretary of education, king,rne duncan and john came out was a prettying rebuke of this specific recommendation to repeal the discipline guidance. congressman bobby scott, the democrat from virginia who will be the chair of the education and workforce committee in the new congress, said that this was not even a good faith effort to try and look at school safety. really went after the recommendation to repeal the school discipline guidance, and that will certainly be something that his committee looks at next congress. ,ut this is a really big issue and for years, including under the obama administration, politicians have been trying to figure out how to tackle this issue. the 2014 guidance issued under the obama administration was a way to try and prod school districts to better consider some of their school discipline disparities. the hard thing is it is difficult to do when there ton't wraparound resources help teachers and principals bolster some of those ideas. host: so the overall recommendation of the report, if they are recommendations indeed, do

groups have been making, and i should also note that the former secretary of education, both arnie duncan and john king, who served under president obama, came out with a pretty scathing rebuke of this specific recommendation to repeal the discipline guidance. congressman bobby scott, the democrat from virginia, who will be the chair of the education and the workforce committee in the new congress said that this was not even a good faith effort to try and look at school safety, really went after the recommendation to repeal the school discipline guidance and that will certainly be something that his committee looks at next congress. but this is a really big issue, and for years, including under the obama administration, politicians have been trying to figure out how to tackle this issue and the 2014 guidance that was issued under the obama administration was a way to try and prod school districts to better consider some of their school discipline disparities. the hard thing is it's difficult to do when there aren't wrap around resources to help teachers and principals bolster some of those ideas.

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republican peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman all discuss losing their re-lks bids and reflecting on their time in congress. mr. roskam: we go our app, devices, we want things quickly. yet, jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. my point is that we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we need to take small steps to get there. mr. duncan: my thing to think we spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, it's 18 years. i think it's just ridiculous. i think, also, these wars and our foreign policy have caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they've done more harm than good. mr. coffman: in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there's simply still even with the reforms that nancy pelosi