center mark pryor and joins us. --senator mark pryor joins us.resident did not mention the xl pipeline. your reaction. guest: i did not expect him to talk about it in the speech. pipeline.ehe xl there will let us refine it here and burn it in our automobiles cleaner and safer than any other country or there will send it to china. we should do this. i think it is the right thing to do. it is a north american source of energy from a friendly neighbor. we should do this. this has become a red hot political issue. it is full of rhetoric now. i am hoping we will get this done in a year so. host: you indicated you disagree with the president's decision. did you talk to the president or the administration about the pipeline? guest: i didn't have a chance to talk with them. they know where i am. i support the pipeline. it will have an impact on our state in a couple of different ways. i fill the pipeline can be done safely and you can meet all the environmental standards. we have a better source -- near domestic source of gasoline and diesel. they may bu

what do you say to mark pryor, to j to joe manchin from west virginia?, i would say that the decision yesterday was not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline. the pipeline may very well be constructed. the decision yesterday was based on the coercion from the republicans and the house of representatives, where they essentially said that the decision had to be made in 60 days, where you have the republican governor of the state of nebraska and so many other people saying that you need to look at an alternative route. these transnational pipelines, which are important for us, cannot -- the permits can not be judged and the decisions cannot be made in this kind of a timeline. so the 60-day timeline that was imposed was simply an arbitrary and capricious timeline, and if another application comes forward, then the judgments will be made on the merits. >> and before i let you go, i wanted to ask you about the washington monument, because we understand today that david rubenstein, very extraordinarily wealthy and philanthropic washingtonian has agreed to fo

the event is chaired by senator mark pryor of arkansas and senator jeff sessions of alabama. you can see it live starting at 7:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. there's millions willing to sacrifice for change, but they want to do it without being threatened and do it peacefully. they are the non-violent majority, black and white for change without violence. these are the people whose voice i want to be. >> we look back at men who ran for office and lost. go to c-span.org/thecontenders. >> our ancestors came across the ocean on ships you wouldn't cross a lake on. they did it with neighbors helping one another, not federal grants. [cheers and applause] they came here because they wanted to be free. they wanted to practice the religion of their choice, and after 200 years, too many of us take those

center mark pryor and joins us. --senator mark pryor joins us.sident did not mention the xl pipeline. your reaction. guest: i did not expect him to talk about it in the speech. pipeline.ehe xl there will let us refine it here and burn it in our automobiles cleaner and safer than any other country or there will send it to china. we should do this. i think it is the right thing to do. it is a north american source of energy from a friendly neighbor. we should do this. this has become a red hot political issue. it is full of rhetoric now. i am hoping we will get this done in a year so. host: you indicated you disagree with the president's decision. did you talk to the president or the administration about the pipeline? guest: i didn't have a chance to talk with them. they know where i am. i support the pipeline. it will have an impact on our state in a couple of different ways. i fill the pipeline can be done safely and you can meet all the environmental standards. we have a better source -- near domestic source of gasoline and diesel. they may buil

and mark pryor also joins us. we will get his take on the speech. washington journal, each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, here on c- span. the house will be in session at 9:00 a.m. eastern. gabrielle giffords will officially hand in her resignation to the house leadership. the arizona democrat was shot a year ago while meeting with constituents. a number of members will come to the floor to talk about their calling. live house coverage is on c- span. coming up, we will bring you president obama's state of the union speech. then it will get the republican house of response to the president's speech. later, more reaction from members of congress. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> thank you so much. [gavel sounding] >> thank you. >> members of congress, i have the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you very much. thank you. t