mcmorris rodgers: mr. speaker, as chair of the republican conference i'm directed by that conference to notify the house officially that the republican members have selected asthma the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. leader, the gentleman from virginia, the honorable eric cantor. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. mr. becerra: i have been directed to report to the house that the democratic members have selected as minority leader the the gentlewoman from california, the honorable nancy pelosi. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentlelady from washington state. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: as chair of the republican conference i'm directed by that conference to notify the house officially that the house has selected the gentleman from california asthma the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. whip, the honorable kevin mccarthy. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. mr. becerra: as chairman of the democrat

cathy mcmorris rodgers takes over as conference chairman and craddick walton becomes -- greg walden becomes chairman of the nrc see. joe crowley is the new caucus vice chair. after the formal swearing-in of the group, speaker boehner met with members and their families for a mock swearing-in selected have their picture taken. -- so they could have their picture taken. >> how are you? thank you all. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you all. >> thank you, sir. i am proud of you. >> stand right there. there we go. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> raise your right hand. >> you are in the middle. you can hold that. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. speaker, it is and honor. >> look straight ahead. congratulations. >> we will hold it. look straight ahead. >> congratulations. >> good job. >> how are you? there you go, just like that. >> perfect. right hand up, and there you go, perfect. >> congratulations. here we go. come on, get in there. gee whiz. right hand up. there we go. nice to see you. hi. there we go. smile. good job, good job. wow, look at this. >> thank you.

>> guest: cathy mcmorris-rodgers was selected number four in the house gop. that was the position boehner had in the 1990s under newt gingrich and when cathy mcmorris doesn't say anything that john boehner would have said, that means a lot of republicans especially the leadership level or cognitive that they have to do something to expand the party, to reach out to new voters and new demographics and immigration reform is a part of that. i think they near and other republican leaders want to work together to stop some the infighting on immigration but it's in the agenda. >> host: burma you are next from nebraska, democratic caller. >> caller: thank you. what i would like to say about boehner is, he and cancer are not doing the will of the people of america. from what i see -- as alec, and the koch brothers. boehner's job is not hard at all. all you have to do is work for the people of america, him and cantor. none other republican jobs are hard. if they would only do the work for the people of america and not for groups like, like i said, alec. >> host: okay b

mcmorris rodgers: mr. speaker, by direction on the republican conference, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 6, resolved that following named members be and are hereby elected to the following standing committees of the house of representatives. committee on agriculture, mr. lucas, chairman. committee on appropriations, mr. rogers of kentucky, chairman. committee on armed services -- mrs. mcmorris rodgers: mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the reading is dispensed with. without objection, the resolution is agreed to. the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> mr. speaker, by direction of the democratic caucus and on behalf of the minority leader, nancy pelosi, i offer a privileged resolution and ask fo

host: representative mcmorris rodgers, ted on a government shutdown. host: representative mcmorris rodgers is the chairwoman. what do you think about that? guest: she is highlighting that republicans have conviction that we as a nation do not -- have to stop spending money that we do not have. we cannot continue to pile debt on future generations. host: how much is that a threat as opposed to a reality -- are you willing to go that far? guest: we are sitting in the quiet before the storm is the sequester comes due and the continuing resolution. the sequester is part of the law and it means we will spend less money this year. the president has the discretion to exercise what things he pays for and does not pay for as the budget is reduced. the continuing resolution is another matter, and we could well be where we were in the 1990's if we cannot reach a continuing resolution compromise that both sides can agree to. i think kathy is right. republicans mean business and the president will have to come to the table and work with us or we could see some fire

cathy mcmorris rodgers, the boehner ally, beat out price. you saw, at that level, some fighting.r, eric cantor, mccarthy, they seem pretty safe. members may have a disagreement with certain decisions, but they think there is no one better to step up. ryan has not expressed any interest in challenging mccarthy. if a ryn -- it is only a ry an-like figure who could challenge boehner. he does not seem to have an interest. host: jim, you are up next. caller: good morning. i have seen your guest on several programs. i am retired. i watch a lot of political programs. i just wonder -- i believe there is no way we are going to raise the debt ceiling. i think that is just idiocy -- no way we aren't going to raise the debt ceiling. i think that is just a easy to say that we will not. there are three factions -- inside the beltway, cable news, and the average american. i don't say i'm above average. they don't stay engaged at all. thati'm really seeing is the republican party is not seeing the forest for the trees. the forest being the american people. the trees being boehner and those peopl

host: representative mcmorris rodgers, ted on a government shutdown.ost: representative mcmorris rodgers is the chairwoman. what do you think about that? guest: she is highlighting that republicans have conviction that we as a nation do not -- have to stop spending money that we do not have. we cannot continue to pile debt on future generations. host: how much is that a threat as opposed to a reality -- are you willing to go that far? guest: we are sitting in the quiet before the storm is the sequester comes due and the continuing resolution. the sequester is part of the law and it means we will spend less money this year. the president has the discretion to exercise what things he pays for and does not pay for as the budget is reduced. the continuing resolution is another matter, and we could well be where we were in the 1990's if we cannot reach a continuing resolution compromise that both sides can agree to. i think kathy is right. republicans mean business and the president will have to come to the table and work with us or we could see some firewo

. >> let's talk about that and more with congressman cathy mcmorris rodgers of washington state. a member of the republican leadership in the house. she's chairman of the house republican conference. congresswoman, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> of course. i wanted to get your reaction to what the president said there. his point that hays driving over and over again that this is not about authorization new spending and all of this is about paying bills that we've already racked up. so how do you counter that? >> it's the wrong analogy. this is about the credit card being maxed out, and then we're going to the credit card company, and asking to raising that limit even farther. we are talking about future spending. and it is a debate that needs to happen. we need the president to get serious about the out-of-control spending, the record debt that we've accumulated as a country. and we need the federal government to stop spending money that it doesn't have. >> i understand that you are making, republicans are, making an argument about cutting spending. b

mcmorris rodgers: by direction i send to the house a resolution. and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will reminority resolution. the clerk: resolution 17, appointing certain members to committees. resolved that the following named members be and are hereby elected. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: i ask that the resolution be considered as read. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to concurrent resolution, the chair announces the speaker's appointment of two members on the house to count electoral votes, the gentlewoman from michigan, candice miller and the gentleman from pennsylvania, robert brady. pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the house stands in recess until approximately 1 >> i am pleased that our new members will be here to bear witness to that. a few weeks ago i came before you bring forth our 49 members together. we saw the beautiful diversity in every possible way, gender, geography, philosophy -- in every possi

>> well, if you start with the chairman -- the chairperson of their conference, kathy mcmorris rodgers have to shut it down just to send a message to obama. boehner has said he doesn't care about the sequester. we're willing to take the cuts without any adjustments. >> bill: marsha blackburn from tennessee said shut it down. >> shut it down. you could get like a list of quotes from these guys. all adding up to one thing. they don't really care. you know, what happens. they don't care about students. they don't care about schools. they don't care about public safety. they just -- let it all just crumble. also they can get their way. and this is -- i think legislative malpractice man. there ought to be a law. you shouldn't be able to just obstruct and stone wall that way and i'm hoping that the media -- i'm not talking about you because you get this stuff but i wish that the other elements of the media would stop saying congress is broken. no, congress is not broken. there is an element in congress, not even the entire republican caucus, but a part of it that is, in fact, broken and they

- >> before president obama had even left the luncheon, there was a statement out from cathy mcmorris rodgerse who basically said, okay, there's a lot of nice words in this speech, but we would like to see some literal action. and the literal action is persuading the senate to pass a budget so we can move forward on fiscal issues. so i think you'll see some folks on the republican side, say, it was a beautiful moment for their country. obviously, they'll understand the significance of having an african-american president sworn in for a second time. but today, there was a press conference at 5:00 p.m., which is the first time we heard from house speaker john boehner since december 21st. i'm sure that the focus will now go to this gop president, to extend the debt limit. and there was this divide between some presidents, that bob costas wrote about, is obama the singular force in democratic politics that has sort of taken the country by storm, that has these huge, new majorities found with african-americans and latinos and progressives, or is this something that's a lasting phenomenon? i think

i got a comment from kathy mcmorris rodgers, already the president has not left the capitol.on a budget. the house is in session tomorrow. we expect a vote on their plan to raise the debt limit on wednesday. it shows you, brian, how quickly things go from the ceremonial to the political. >> and luke, it strikes me if we had a president departing town today instead of staying in, you'd be standing on the helipad. >> which would be a cool place to be. you're a security aficionado as i am, i have never seen so many motorcades in one place at the same time. >> we have covered these national security events, the conventions and inauguration. it has really gotten to a choking extent for trying to get around the city and just the degree to which, you know, it's seldom questioned because we citizens think public officials have done what they need to do. but i'll tell you what, our country has changed a lot. especially since 9/11. this is what we live with now. with the sound of a helicopter overhead, luke russert on the east front, where the motorcade staging area is and where we'll