institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] with, "newsmakers" congressman john kline followed by hillary clinton at the clinton global initiative. later, defense secretary hagel and martin dempsey testified on the 2014 defense budget. >> this week on "newsmakers" john kline, republican and chairman of the workforce committee. >> i am really glad to be here. >> we have two reporters. all johnson, the national journal congressional reporter. as you know, on july first if congress does not act stafford loans doubled from 3.4% to 6.8% for millions of student including those who are still paying them off. do you see a way with the house and the senate still not having figured out how to come together on this? do you see a way that doubling gets a verdict before july 1? >> when you say congress need to act, the house has acted. the house passed legislation to avert that doubling on july 1. registration in keeping with the president of united states, what he propose, to get away from politicians deciding what that interest rate should be,, tie it to the markets. use the 10 -

thanks and have a great weekend. >> hello, i'm john kline. as you know, millions of student loan borrows could soon see their interest rates double. this rate hike, which will take place july 1 is nothing is done would apply to new stafford loans. the house of representatives is the only chamber of congress that has acted to solve this problem. our students deserve better. we're in this predicament because politicians put themselves in setting interest rates, guaranteeing this type of down to the wire uncertainty for students and families. we need a long-term solution that gets congress out of the business of setting rates altogether. fortunately president obama agrease and he proposes to tie interest rates to the market. republicans put together a similar measure, the smarter solutions for students act and the house passed it last month, weeks before the deadline, but senate democrats have actively blocked the president's plan and refused to consider ours. in fact, they have yet to pass a solution of any kind. if i didn't know any better, i

. -- presidentlein john kline -- representative john kline gave be republican address. >> hi, everybody. united states debate is debating an immigration bill that will ask our broken immigration system. a -- it will continue to strengthen our borders and whole fish and hold employees were accountable -- and hold accountable.re as we train american workers for the jobs of tomorrow, we are attracted the highest skilled brewers who grow our economy. it is a bill that will provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million citizens who are here. it means passing a background check, paying taxes and a pivoting and going to the back of the line behind everybody trying to come here legally. a few days ago, a report definitively shows this bipartisan bill will help the middle class grow our economy and shrink our deficit by making sure every worker in america plays by the same set of rules. this independent report, reforming our immigration system would reduce our deficit by almost $1 trillion. it will boost our economy by more than five percent in part because businesses created and investments m

then the weekly addresses with president obama and minnesota congressman john kline, chairman of the workforce committee. tomorrow on "washington journal," robert rector and alex nowretah debate immigration policy. bought you sack will set the congressional agenda before the july 4 recess. then a discussion on the recent iranian presidential election. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> in a lot of ways, this is a challenging time for conservatives. we've got not only a democratic president but quite a liberal democratic resident who is not -- who has not only been elected but relented after putting into play some ideas and programs and projects that i think are very wrongheaded. the public had a chance to think about that, and they did reelect him. it is a challenging time. it is also an exciting time if what you are trying to do -- many others are trying to do it, modernize conservatism, bring it into line with the challenges the country faces now. to help conservatives and the country think about how to confront the challenges of the 21st century. neither

on newsmakers, minnesota and cronk -- congressman john kline, chairman of the education and workforce committee, docs about his bill another proposals to prevent student loan interest july 1.ubling on he also discusses the future of no child left behind. newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. going as far back as abigail adams and martha washington, you find that first ladies played an active role in the white house and in the campaigns that it took to get there. abigail adams was basically a campaign strategist for her husband. she helped advise him on who to woo to win the election, who he had to keep in his coalition. they would talk incessantly about the politics of the day, the legislation that needed to be passed, which senators and congressmen he could count on, what he needed to do to win more support. >> as we continue our conversation on first 80s, john ladies, john first roberts takes a look at our first ladies as political partners with their husbands rather than as wife's and mother -- wives and mothers. monday night on c-span. and ceo randall s

john kline is the chair of the house education and workforce committee.n the republican response to the president's weekly address, former education secretary and tennessee republican said her lamar alexander so addressing the same issue. -- also addressing the same issue. [video clip] >> senate republicans will work hard with the president and with the house to produce an agreement that ensures all student borrowers benefit from today's low interest rates. that would mean that 100% of all new student loans made this year would have a rate below 5%. we may be in agreement on student loans, but we have a major disagreement about who should be in charge of our one hundred thousand public schools that educate 50 million american children. to put it simply, democrats want a national school board. republicans favor local control. , the unitedt decade states department of education has become so congested with federal mandates that it has actually become, in effect, a national school board. if you remember the childhood game, other may i, then you have a good s

then the weekly addresses with esident obama and mountain repive john kline. then the participation of the ceremony for the new frederick douglas statue in the capital. repive joe courtney talks about the various proposals in congress targeting student loan interest rates. those rates are set to double july 1 unless congress takes action. he'll also discuss efforts to reauthorize no child left behind. sunday on c-span. >> first ladies have a capacity for personifying, if they so choose and this is a pattern in american women and in politics, famous or not. there are two things. one is that there are women, real people, who actually do things, but then there's this also secondary capacity of being a personifying figure, a charismatic figure and i think many a first lady has come to be a first lady and realizing that this was something larger than life and that was something dolly figured out. so she becomes a figurehead for her husband's administration. all this is happening in 1808. in 1814 the british are going to burn the capital city and all this work she p

on newsmakers, minnesota and cronk -- congressman john kline, chairman of the education and workforce committee,

. >> on "newsmakers," minnesota representative john kline talks about his bill and other proposals to prevent student loan interest rates doubling on july 1. he also discusses the future of "no child left behind." "newsmakers" at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on sunday on c- span. >> at&t chairman and ceo randall stephenson spoke once a at a brookings institution discussion on the future of mobile technology. and he talked about the nsa it a collection program. he was joined by arkansas and this is pryor, one hour. >> good morning. i am vice president of government study and director of

education and workforce committee chairman john kline of minnesota gave the republican address. he talked about the gop bill to keep student loan interest rates from doubling on july 1. >> hi, everybody. right now, the united states senate is debating a bipartisan, commonsense bill that would be an important step toward fixing our broken immigration system to it is a bill that would continue to strengthen security at our borders and hold employers more accountable if they knowingly hire undocumented workers, so they won't have an unfair advantage over businesses that follow the law. it would modernize the legal immigration system so that, as we train american workers for the jobs of tomorrow, we are also attracting the highly skilled entrepreneurs and engineers who grow our economy for everyone. it is a bill that would provide a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million individuals who are in this country illegally, a pathway that includes passing a background check, learning english, paying taxes, and a penalty, and then going to the back of the line behind everyone tryi

representative john kline talks about his bill and other proposals to prevent student loan interest rates doubling on july 1. he also discusses the future of "no child left behind." "newsmakers" at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on sunday on c- span. >> at&t chairman and ceo randall stephenson spoke once a at a brookings institution discussion on the future of mobile technology. and he talked about the nsa it a collection program. he was joined by arkansas and this is pryor, one hour. >> good morning. i am vice president of government study and director of technology. bookings. i want to will commute to our forum on mobile and technology. for those of you who are following on twitter, we have a hash tag. the number of smart phones worldwide has increased this year to over one billion devices. mobile phones are being used to improve education, healthcare, and entrepreneurship are crossed the grove -- across the globe. we are wanting to address the topic of what american policymakers should do to respond to this revolution. where will we get more spectrum to use applications and what can the pu

also commenting on the whole effort about student loans was john kline. he's the republican from minnesota. he came to the house before this event took place last week to talk about student loans and specifically what the house proposal does for it. >> last summer with the lower rates scheduled for july 1, 2012, debate reached a fever pitch. the president began touring college campuses, calling on campuses that prevent the increase that his own party set in motion in between. -- in 2007. no one wanted to see interest rates double. we need to move away from a system that allows washington to use students for profit. when congress approved legislation to shave off of the stafford loan increase, we lent our support to use it to work towards a long-term solution that better aligns interest rates for the free market. the smartest solutions accomplishes this goal by simply moving all federal student loans, except perkins loans, to market-based interest rate system. this responsible legislation was put forth by the president earlier this year. it is a narrow pie

kline,sman john followed by speakers from the faith and freedom coalition conference. first, randa paul, followed by marco rubio. then, former florida governor jeb bush. >> this week on "newsmakers >> this week on "newsmakers" john kline, republican and chairman of the workforce committee. >> i am really glad to be here. >> we have two reporters. all johnson, the national journal congressional reporter. >> as you know, on july first if congress does not act stafford loans doubled from 3.4% to 6.8% for millions of student including those who are still paying them off. do you see a way with the house and the senate still not having figured out how to come together on this? do you see a way that doubling gets a verdict before july 1? >> when you say congress need to act, the house has acted. the house passed legislation to avert that doubling on july 1. it was solid registration in keeping with the president of united states, what he propose, to get away from politicians deciding what that interest rate should be, tie it to the

2013] >> next, live your calls and comments on "washington journal ." " with minnesota congressman john klinethen remarks from former secretary of state hillary clinton. i know in my small aterience having worked news organizations, you do see people, older journalists who you know who would not cut it today. it doesn't mean they were not good at what they do. it just means the demands of their generation and our generation are very different. whoink that older people decry what the media saturation is doing to us in terms of being constantly updated and the new string, i think it is a valid complaint. the argument of, take your time, get your facts right. that will always be true. we sought on the healthcare ruling. we sought in the boston marathon bombing. i think that the pendulum swings back and forth. we are now at a time where people are reconsidering how important it is to get your facts right. >> more about journalism today with political reporter patrick gavin tonight at 8:00 on c-span 's "q&a." >> this morning we focus on the patriot act. paul singer talks about the role politics pl

he's john kline tomorrow at 10:00 in the morning. you can catch it at 6:00 in the evening as well. if you miss it, it's available online at c-span.org. joining us right now is matt lewis, a columnist for "the week." welcome. uest: thank you. so there are a ton of concerns especially amongst conservatives and this is one of them. this is fairly new. they've been around for four years and the chairman is ralph reed of christian coalition fame and they're a non-profit group. one of tighis that they do are these conferences in d.c. that are annual every summer and they get, you know, some of the biggest names in republican and conservative politics to come through and give it speech and it's quite impressive if you look at the lineup and the roster that they're able to show up. it's a big deal, especially some of the groups that are here. host: what are some of the names? >> jeb bush, marco rubio and ran paul among others like michele bachmann and donald trump. the big speeches in my estimation, the ran paul-marco rubio are arguably the most important because of the -- and they spoke o