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talk to two members who serve on the house financial services committee -- democratic congressman keith ellison of minnesota and arizona republican congressman david schweikert. they will take questions on the economy and president obama's latest housing mortgage plan. >> over the past two and a half years the u.s. economy has been gradually recovering. while conditions have certainly improved, the pace of the recovery has been frustratingly slow. and particularly from the perspective of the millions of workers who remain unemployed or underemployed. fortunately over the past few months, in the cases -- indicators have shown signs of improvement. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] host: that was part of the testimony that the federal reserve chief ben bernanke gave to capitol hill yesterday in his outlook for the year 2012. as we start our program this friday morning we are going to ask you to tell us how the economy is failing in your local community and how you think it might in fact your vote and those of your neig

i'm joined by keith ellison, good to have you with us tonight, appreciate your time. always interesting to see what happens in minnesota, because the pendulum can shift. what do you make of rick santorum and his polling right now? it seems to mie the same people that did it for him down in iowa are showing up in minnesota, the last time i checked that state is a stone's though away. what do you make of what is unfolding? >> well, one thing about rick santorum is he believes what he says he believes. and in minnesota, whether the conservatives like us liberals or progressives, prides authenticity, that is something romney lacks. >> you are speaking volumes, my friend. let me tell you about newt gingrich last night at this event. he walks in, he speaks, he says vote for me, does no retail politic what's so ever. i was really stunned by that. he didn't interact with the people, maybe he has such a tight schedule he doesn't have time for the people. rick santorum is the guy of retail politics, going town-to-town, bus stop to bus topp. what you're saying is correct, how un

keith ellison is a democrat from minnesota and member of the house financial services committee as we talk about fannie mae and freddie mac to help homeowners under water. we will get the perspective of david schweikert. that is live on c-span television. thanks for joining us on this thursday. enjoy the rest of your evening. >>> in a few moments, the head of the congressional office testifies on the economic outlook. in a little less than two hours, they will discuss extending a payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. after that, the senate budget committee will talk about how the europe crisis will affect the u.s. >>> 2020 or half of all energy that navy uses afloat and ashore will come from non fossil fuel sources. >> from the first to use nuclear power for transportation, navy secretary ray mabus on new energy for the fleet. >> we are too dependent on volatile places on earth to get energy. we are susceptible to supply shocks and if we have enough, we have susceptible to price shocks. when the libya situation started and the price of oil went up $40 a barrel, that was almost a

for the muslims either you know there is the peter king hearings on muslim radicalization work keith ellison was crying when muslims see that and they get tormented by the fact that they walk around they don't feel like society is on their side at home in the us and abroad. i feel like this conversation is a little bit repetitive because i was talking to you about something another embarrassing act by the u.s. military just not too long ago do you recall that video that resurfaced a marine on the bodies of dead taliban so what is going on here how does this all. the big picture shape of our troops overseas. well specifically in afghanistan. of the marines the marines and of the marines on the dead afghan the burning of the koran the incident now and the others just general treatment of afghans day to day throughout the counterinsurgency effort. afghans are in favor of international support for their not in favor of a lot of this kind of anti afghan anti muslim behavior which that they see as. an identity crisis that's occurring right now it's as if this is their afghan idea that is being tak

my name is keith ellison. i want to thank you for the time to talk about the progressive caucus, the progressive congressional caucus is that caucus in congress that comes together to talk about the most important values that our country is founded on. ideas like fairness, inclusion, prosperity for all, protecting our world and environment that we live in. the progressive caucus can be found, talking about civil and human rights, striving for an economy that's fair and inclusive and has shared benefits and responsibilities for everybody. the progressive caucus is that caucus in congress that will stand up for peace and diplomacy and also will make the case for a -- for the human rights of all people. we bring you the progressive message to illustrate what's at stake in america today and i'm very pleased that i'm joined by my good friend from the great state of illinois, january schakowsky. we're going to bring the progressive message tonight and just talk a little bit about the values that we share. you know i

to that end, representative keith ellison offered the following comment. he said i think the media of which i am a part is being lured into the same things they got lured into with iraq. what if they being iran are not actually weaponizing. as the buildup for iraq was going on if you were to say publicly i don't think saddam has weapons of mass destruction you'd be laughed out of town. can you give us any assessment as to the quality of the information, we can get ourselves worked up 50 ways and analyze until we're blue in the face. sure. the bottom line is they're doing it with the same folks who have developed weapons before. the north koreans have taken weapons systems that you can mount nuclear things on and shoot missiles and frankly you've got the chinese and russians both giving technical support. we're talking about in some ways them trying to develop very advanced enp weapons which even the russians had a hard time dealing with. they've never been used in combat but they exist. i think they have got two war heds and don't know what to do with them

i cannot think of many of our colleagues who have been fighting as relentlessly as keith ellison to represent the interests of working families and the middle class, and i am pleased deal to him. >> whether you're talking about the occupied movement or the tea party or anybody in between, there's one thing that americans are solid on, and that is they should have transparency in government. secret money, manipulating outcomes for special interests is a paulson to americans. it does not matter what part of the political spectrum they come from. because they have called for transparency, we need to engage in a true partnership with them to pass the disclosed act as a first step. we need citizen sponsors. they can sign up and say we want to co-sponsored this bill. put my name down there for transparency, but we want to call on friends who are municipal leaders. city councils across the country are calling on countries -- on congress to make sure there is disclosures. many cities across the city -- the country say we need disclosure, we need to get corporate money out. the call on citizens, and p

i can't think of many of our colleagues who have been fighting as relentlessly as keith ellison who have presented the working class. >> will talk about the occupied movement or anybody in between. americans are solid and that is they should have transparency in government. manipulating outcomes is repulsive to americans and it doesn't matter what part of the political faction may come from, they are upset about it here because they have engaged in true partnership with them to pass the disclose that as the first step. we need citizen sponsors. citizen sponsors sign up and say we went to cosponsor this bill. citizens put my name down there for close that. put a name down there for transparency. we also want to call and friends to our municipal leaders. they are calling on congress to make sure their disclosure. the city of new york, los angeles. duluth minnesota and many others across the resolution saying that any disclosure, we need to get me out. we call upon citizens. people often ask what can i do? will vote we can do is have people sign up and place their name on the side of disclo

i'm proud to join with representative keith ellison on this resolution. we stand together tonight in support of basic human rights and we appeal to the highest authorities in iran to spare the life of youcef nadarkhani. please let this father return to his wife and his children. further still, let the iranian people freely practice their faith. stand by your commitments to your people and to the world. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. >> i yield myself as much time as i may consume. mr. speaker, i rise in strong support of this important resolution. i would like to join my colleagues in calling for the immediate release of youcef nadarkhani and all of the other individuals who are held or charged on account of their religion. mr. higgins: i would also like to send a message to pastor youcef's family, please know that the united states stands behind you and we will do all we can to see that youcef is set free. mr. speaker, it is difficult to comprehend in

keith ellison as the caller says, and then at 8:28:00 -- 8:20 eastern time. will talk with both of them to our lead off is the presence new plan for refinancing homes to get people who are underwater a break with low mortgage rates, and so we will start off with their thoughts on that and also talk about other aspects of the economy. maryland in the washington, d.c. metro area, this is field was a democrat. you were on. >> caller: hi. i've been living in the metro area for about four years. i can do right when the economy tank. it was incredible to see the difference between people working and the americans who struggle with the economy. very small percentage of people that seem to be thriving. i had a friend in 2010 bought a mercedes, on private money. that he hadn't -- [inaudible] so to some people the economy tanking has really affected a small percentage. listen to the show, it's stranger so many people saying how bad obama is doing when he is trying so hard, the civil rights issues in this country. again, it's amazing issues like the quality -- equality

speaker, my name is keith ellison and i'm co-chair of the progressive caucus. and the progressive caucus, for people just tuning in, mr. speaker, is a group of members of congress who believe that america is a place where the idea of liberty and justice for all must prevail. it's got to be more than words we say in the pledge of allegiance. it's got to be something that we actually live. what that means is that liberty and justice for all, that means everyone, that means we don't exclude people based on their religion, we don't demonize them because of it, we embrace people anall their racial and ethnic diversity, we say that americans born in america and those who have come here are americans all the same. we say whether you're straight or gay or whether you're male or female, we believe all america, one america, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. we believe in civil rights, we believe in human rights. we believe in the importance of economic opportunity being weded to social inclusion -- wedded to social inclusion. that means working people of eve

i and my colleague, congressman keith ellison, have introduced a resolution identical to the bill that the senate just passed on a bipartisan basis, and i urge my colleagues to speak out against the unspeakable violations that take place every moment doing right is long overdue. let's stop the horrors and mobilize the world to stop the killing. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i recently had the pleasure of viss illing an outstanding new company in western pennsylvania called cab bot guns. a gun whose believe in american exceptionalism and dedication to uncompromising quality have resulted in a new standard of precision made handguns. can bot guns -- cab bot guns are -- cab yot guns embodies the best of what this nation's finest machinists have to offer and are proof of the enduring prowess of the american dream. these highly prized fryer arms provide a new industry for my distri

eliminating same-day registration and i have to say two members of the congressional black caucus, keith ellison and gwen moore, introduced just in november, a bill that would protect those rights and restore same-day registration and also same-day voter registration and improve the voter access to -- voter access protection act is the name of the legislation and the laws that curtail early voting and eliminate same-day registration. some of these laws intimidate voter registration groups and the states are imposing strict i.d. requirements, creating barriers requiring getting the i.d. and barriers to students voting where they attend school. . tonight i'm going to be joined by several members including sheila jackson lee from texas to again begin to raise the country's awareness of some of the voting restrictions that are being put in place across this country and to let the public know that the congressional black caucus, just as we did last year, go across the country to raise the country's awareness of the need for jobs and actually having job fairs where we actually put people to work in se

. >> on washington journal tomorrow morning our guests will be keith ellison and represent ative davidchweikert. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 eastern. >> for those who are not aware of what the parliamentarians does around here, he is like an umpire in in the bowl -- in a ballgame calling balls and strikes. it should not be surprising to hear we have not always agreed with those calls. it is not easy to keep up with 200 years of precedence. >> he is the only parliamentarians to be hired by both democrats and republicans leaders. he was retained in his position despite a change of senate control four times by five different majority leaders. one cannot be an effective parliamentarians without being judicious. he also brings to the job a willingness to hear both sides of the government and consider every side of the issue. >> after serving nearly 20 years, alan firm and has retired. he talks about his rare role in the senate. >> is there some kind of lawyer client relationship as as you will not tell senator be what senator a is up to? >> there is definitely th