utah senator mike lee is here, too. in fact, it's his political action committee hosting a fundraising ski getaway. cold weather not your thing? tee off at san diego's torrey pines government course. it's a fundraising for california democrat congressman juan vargas teeing off at the 9:40 tee time his special guest, house mine north whip steny hoyer. for a washington, d.c. lobbyist, this is the world of unlimited access. political fundraising junkets leave d.c. every weekend. they meet at luxury resorts where lobbyists schmooze. critics say it's the epitome of pay to play politics. surprisingly, less than a month ago, the senator having this slope side lunch with lobbyists was one of those critics. this is senator mike lee giving the tea party state-of-the-union response, chastising the business as usual that goes on in washington. >> critics might push back and argue that my own party has been part of the problem. too often joining the democrats to rig our economy to benefit the well connected at the expense of the dis

inequality argument from senator mike lee. >> where does this new inequality come from? from government. every time it takes rights and opportunities away from the american people. and gives them instead to politicians. bureaucrats. and special interests. gwen: that was part of the tea party response to the state of the union. like four responses to the state of the union speech. but it illustrates very nicely this argument that yeah, we think inequality's bad, too, we just think government's the problem. >> one thing that struck me that john boehner said yesterday at the republican -- they had a retreat and said we cannot just be an opposition party. we have to be the alternative party. and i think for so much of the past two or three years, republicans in congress have positioned themselves just against obama. whatever obama was for they were against and we go into an election year and they'll vote on an alternative to the president's health care law. they're going to try to put forward their own path on immigration and their own jobs bills. and i think part of it was

utah senator, mike lee, is here too.in fact, it's his political action committee hosting a fund-raising ski get-away. cold weather not your thing? tee off at san diego's torrey pines golf course. it's a fund-raiser for california democrat congressman juan vargas, teeing off at the 9:40 tee time, his special gift, house minority whip, steny hoyer. for a washington, d.c., lobbyist, this is the world of unlimited access. political junkets leave every weekend, meet at luxury resorts, where lobbyists schmooze, drink booze, dine slopeside and get what unlobbyists tell cnn is the most valuable access you could have. critics say it's the epitome of pay to play politics. and surprisingly, less than a month ago, the senator having this slopeside lunch with lobbyists was one of those critics. this is senator mike lee, giving the tea party state of the union response, chastising the business as usual that goes on in washington. >> critics might push back and argue that my own party has been part of the problem. too often, joining wi

senator mike lee joins us.o see you, sir. >> good to be here. >> first why was the work requirement taken out of the stimulus bill who was the thinking behind that. >> i'm not sure there was a whole lot of thinking behind it. it ran into political trouble on the other side of the i'll. it -- aisle. what we're trying to do with this bill and other measures like it, greta, is not make our welfare system smaller but more effective and efficient so it doesn't have to be so big. >> is the thinking behind it get people in some sort of work program they will maintain an economic status and maybe work themselves out, i take it? >> precisely. that's the idea. what we want here is to help americans get out of poverty. we have federal policy right now that artificially keeps people in poverty. it creates a poverty trap. we want to make it easier for people to get out of poverty. >> if you can't get the work, i assume you can still get the food stamps or disabled under your program. say you are physically unable to work. c

i have not met anybody in washington who is more interested in ideas that mike lee. that is why it is such a privilege to work with him. one of the themes that you have heard me refer to throughout this event, from the morning straight through the afternoon, we cannot advance advert -- conservative policy until we take on the status quo. until we are able to trust old ideas and inspire americans to change washington from the outside in. part of the reason that mike lee has been such a forceful advocate is that he also recognizes that he has not been afraid to take on the status quo. doing that, he yes come forth with innovative proposals. mike is here to talk about his higher education reform opportunities. it is something that would radically transform the way higher education works for the better and how people are empowered with choices that make more sense for themselves. i'm pleased to share the stage with senator mike lee. he will take questions afterwards. [applause] it is good to be with you today. on my way in, he said to me, are you all set to talk about ra

senators mike lee, rand paul, and ted cruz. they had a message about where the tea party and the rest of the party goes from here. >> that gap, that ghost right now is evident. and the hole inside the republican party is i believe exactly the size and the shape of a conservative reform agenda. >> our message has to be a happy message, one of optimism, one of inclusiveness, one of growth, one of a message that actual ly brings up the poor among us, the long-term unemployed and finds them job. >> i am hopeful, i am optimistic, i am filled with the promise that we're going to turn this country around because there is a grassroots revolution sweeping this country. >> this grassroots revolution sponsored by the heritage foundation. joining me now is the washington bureau chief for buzz feed john stanton and from capitol hill nbc's casey hunt. john, you were covering this fiesta earlier today and tell us, if you will, what exactly the tea party is proposing to do on this fifth-year anniversary or at least what they were focused on in

mike lee, i'll start with you. administration contends it has brought authority under the tax code to implement laws in ways that will encourage compliance. given that authority, doesn't president obama have, whether you like it or not, the ability to keep changing obamacare? >> look, if that kind of broad regulatory mandate buried somewhere within the internal revenue code with authorize the president to do what he's per porting to do here, there's no limit to his authority. and we have a government of one, we have a super executive and super legislator vested in the president of the united states. as of course not what we have as any high school civics student can tell you. the president knows this is wrong, and it's not defensible. he's violating the constitution and exercising power that doesn't belong to him. it belongs to the american people. >> congressman baccera, i went back and read not the whole 2,000 pages, but i read the key parts of the health care law. and it seems to be very specific when it comes t

ultimately replaced with mike lee who proudly waves the banner for the tea party in the senate. bennett's main prab with the grassroots is he committed the unforgive bl sin of proposing, yes, a conservative alternative to obamacare he actually seemed to want to make the law. and, of course, there's the obvious fact that the entire mandate and subsidy model that is the architecture of obamacare was first implemented by republican governor mitt romney in massachusetts and based on a paper from none other than the kvbtive heritage foundation which floated the idea in 1989 and which was later used, wait for it, as the basis for a conservative alternative to hillarycare. in fact, something to the left of obamacare was the official republican alternative during that health care battle in the 9 0s and conservatives say something like, well, that was then and this is now. >> in 1993, in fighting hillarycare, virtually every conservative saw the mandate as a less dangerous future than what hillary was trying to do. it's now clear that the mandate i think is clearly unconstitutional but i

utah senator mike lee accuses the president of essentially rewriting the law and calls his action as ator lee admits there isn't much congress can do to stop president obama. let's bring in former republican congressman and a fox news contributor and joining us via satellite, doug shone joining us from l.a. bring us some sunshine, won't you. you can join the conversation as some of you already are because the twitter feed is flying. or facebook.com/harris faulkner. 29 delays. 35 changes, at least since obamacare became law. clearly there are problems with it. is the president bending the constitution with all those moves? >> well, i think he may well be, but i call this, harris, simply abuse of power. bottom line, the president is making laws and changing laws on his own say so. we heard meek lee, but bottom line, there's been no chorus from the republican party about this. there's no sense of outrage. i'm angry. i think most americans are, because the law isn't what they were promised. they can't keep their policies. they can't keep their doctors. premiums are going up. the president

"fox news sunday" is here with exclusive governors mike lee and ted strickland. miss the battle over the obamacare controversial changes and whether the president is taking his power too far. i'm doug mckillway, thank you for watching. >>> i'm chris wallace. three years out sparks are already flying in the 2016 race for president. leading operatives on the left and right are working to derail potential frontrunners. >> either the governor knew and is lying or he's the most inept, incompetent chief executive. god help us if he were to become president. >> we'll get into it with ohio governor ted strickland and gop strategist karl rove. >>> then another obamacare delay continues the controversial practice. raising the questions whether the

joining me now, utah republican senator mike lee who is a member of the senate judiciary committee.d to see you, sir. so eric holder has received that request and said, i don't think so. and so what is your next move? >> well, our next move is to continue to question him. i questioned him in the judiciary committee a few weeks ago and still have yet to receive any satisfactory response. so my question about what gives this president the authority. the attorney general, to my great surprise and dismay really didn't have anything. all he said was i'm sure there is authority in there somewhere, i don't know whem, i'm not sure who reviewed it. i reminded him he is the attorney general of the united states and all he said was i'm sure we have something that covers it. but this is a problem, megyn, because we have a constitution. the purpose of the constitution is to prevent one person from getting too much power, especially our chief executive. and that is not being followed. the constitution is being openly flouted. >> we have been talking about this for weeks now, we did a whole specia

the bill was introduced by dick durbin and republican mike lee. what does it do?e plan todayer t minimums and equalize jail terms for people incarcerated under older laws that have now been changed. editor and chief of global grind joins us. thanks for coming back. >> thanks for having me. >> i know you were in washington for this vote last week. you've been working on these issues. why why is there a shift away from some of the harsher mandatory minimum sentences? >> i think there has been tremendous leadership from eric holder and certainly the president on these issues in the past year, year and a half. the attorney general has alluded to making these changes in many speeches he's been give and now you see great bipartisan support. libertarians and mike lee and rapped paul joining sides with dick durbin and patrick leahy to pass theseee seeing good-bye pa start support. >> let me devil's advocate you a little bit before prosecutors are saying mandatory minimums are a valuable way to compel defendants to testify. back in the day they would do it, now they're fac

on thursday republican senators ted cruz of test and mike lee of utah introduced the state marriage defense act that with would give definition of marriage to the states. meanwhile there will be no rush to the altar in virginia. the judge stayed any action while challenges to her ruling are shaped. >> what's next in the fight for and against the right of same-sex couples to marry in the united states. how did last terms marriage in court change in the debate. here we have patrick scene policy council at the gay and lesbian task force. rich wit the director of marria. and from new york chris of get equal. what do you make of these latest decisions. the ones from oklahoma and utah which come from some of the same legal ground? >> well, they are complete misreadings of the windsor last year. and there was a misreading of what happened last summer. first of all, the defense of marriage act was not struck down. only amendment three. and to recognize and not recognize marriages from other states. and on proposition eight was not found unconstitutional simply put the people of california were deni

. >> mike lee, who gave the tea party response, which we ignored, wasn't on tv. mike lee's speech was more substantive, more reform ideas and more candid in discussing inequality. we have an inequality crisis, here are conservative ideas. he had more ideas than president obama. >> and job training, which the president supports. >> talked about immigration reform, didn't make a big moral, throwing out red meat arguments. talked about the economic benefits. it seemed like that was him saying i think i can get this done this year. i'm not going to go out and be way in front of this. i'm going to let republican party work it out, and sign something at the end. >> i think everybody would love for this thing to happen, but, again, he's trying to bet on the reasonableness of certain republicans in the house or senate to make this happen. this issue for me, and i worked for george bush in 2000, he wanted a hispanic or latino coalition to build for the republican party and in 2004. the republicans have a major problem. it's not like the hispanic or latino voters think thi

we'll ask republican mike lee of the senate judiciary committee. and congressman javier basara, chairman of the house democratic caucus. and our power player of the week, medalist girard senahi is live in studio and promises to astound our panelists. we'll see. all right now. on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. when new jersey's chris christie spoke in chicago this week, a former governor was sent to act as a truth squad. and when papers from one of hillary clinton's closest friends were discovered, we decided it is not too soon to talk about the 2016 presidential election. joining us from ohio, that former governor democrat ted strikland and from texas, former bush seen your white house adviser karl rove. we're going to get to chris christie in a moment. let's start with those papers from close clinton friend diane blare. in the papers, hillary clinton calls monica lewinsky a narcissistic looney toon and asked it was consensual and not awe power relationship and not sex within any real meaning of the term. nobody in

when you have raul labrador and bobbie scott of virginia, mike lee and nick durbin... >> i'll take it. >> is it possible that laws come off the books? >> i don't know if they come off. they should. certainly prosecutors make decisions not to enforce laws. as you look around the country the easiest is the marijuana laws. prosecutors are enforcing those less and less and in two states they made it okay to smoke. >> there are reforms. >> there's 30 seconds left. if someone followed you or me around we would have committed three fellionies. what did you commit today? >> i had a couple of conversations where i couldn't tell them the whole context. that's a kinded fraud. there's a reform that would insert a requirement of intent in every criminal statute. >> that is all the time for this conversation. thank you to all our guests. until next time, we'll see you all online. >> seeking help from the united states - ukraine's opposition leaders prepare for a meeting with john kerry. >> hello, welcome to al jazeera, live from doha. also ahead on the program - the final push. anti-government prot

you had your mike lee for the tea partiers. rand paul for the other tea partiers. and cuban american congresswoman ilian-- ileana ros-lehtinen for loss party grande del tea. no matter what kind of republican you are there was a speech for you, like your own personal sleep number but for rage. and that is not even including the official response from house republican conference chair and stay at home congresswoman kathy mcmorris rogers. the big question is, how would she rank on a scale of rubbio to 10. jim? >> you know, firstoff, it's a major plrbment that she didn't provide content for a week's worth of the late night. >> she didn't do any harm. >> i don't think anyone did any harm. i don't think they did anyone any good. there is no nursery rhyme, the cow killed nelly in the belly in the barn, didn't do her any good, didn't do her any harm. >> stephen: well said, george, well said, the whole evening was a complete waste of time. by the way a cow kicked nelly in the belly is also the republican's plan for contraception. we'll be right back. ?(2(áááááááááá >> steph

when you have raul labrador, and mike lee and dick jergen agreeing, i'll take it do laws ever come off the books? i don't know if the laws come off the books, but they do, and they should, and certainly the prosecutors make decisions to enforce the laws, and as you look around the country, the easiest is to look at the marijuana laws, the prosecutors are enforcing that, and they essentially made it okay to smoke. harvey, hang on, you said if somebody followed you or me around for a day, we each would have committed three felonies, and which three would you have today? i had a couple of conversations where i couldn't tell them the whole context of what we were talking about, and that's fraud. and one reform is important, it's the unfortunately that would invert the require. intent in every criminal statute that's all the time we have. and thanks to all of our guests. until next time, raj and i will see you all online. good evening everyone. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. the christie scandal. new questions for the new jersey governor after one of his o

mike lee has a great bill that looks at a country with more student loan debt than credit card debt.e lee has reg slayings that would radically transform the higher education kartel so there are bold ideas that requires getting outside the box of the broken system in washington that protects special interests. >> and on that rare note of bipartisanship and comity thank you, panel. see you next week. up next, our power player of the week. we've got a special look at washington's, oh, boy, rising star. >>> the website has almost 12 million hits in the last half year. there are 140 different pieces of merchandise that bear her image. who is this superstar? here's our power player of the week. oh, i guess that's the only reaction you can have. >> she's a little bit sleepy this morning. >> meet bao bao, the national zoo's baby panda. her name is chinese for precious treasure, and that's what she's become to washington and the world. bao bao turns 6 months old today, and this week we were allowed to participate in a training session. brandy smith is senior curator of mammals at the zoo. >>

mike lee of the senate judiciary committee sat down with chris wallace earlier this morning to address just that. >> this is a shameless act, a shameless power grab designed to help the president and his political party achieve a particular out come in the partisan election. that's wrong. >> joining me now, news sunday he joins me now. the president was caught again on a hot mike. i heard it. he said that's the beauty of being president. you can do whatever you want. and he is. but he's not the first president to do this. >> no. not only that, but in terms of executive action being taken a lot fewer over the next five years, than george w. bush or bill clinton or ronald reagan, i asked about that and he said there executive actions and the kind this president has taken have been bigger and have strained more at the limits of the executive authority and more on congress's prerogatives and he said because somebody else did something wrong doesn't mean he was right. i get asked it a lot. if this was wrong, it was unconstitutional. why not take him to court? why not sue him? this gets tech

the reason i'm so excited is mike lee came here in the 2010 election will end within months of mike coming to washington we were working with him on some of the heritage foundation have put forth call their saving the american dream plan. mike would come by at mondays at 6:30 and sit down with her policy experts and steeped himself in the policy of this. i haven't met anybody in washington more interested in ideas than my khalid. that is why it's such a privilege to be able to work with him for the last three years. one of the themes you have heard me refer to throughout this event from the morning straight through all afternoon is we will not be able to advance policy in this town until we are willing to take on the status quo bias of washington d.c. and trust old ideas to inspire americans to change washington from the outside in. part of the reason mike lee has been such a forceful advocate for the bold ideas is that he also recognizes that. he has not been afraid to take on the status quo in washington d.c. and in doing that has come forward with some of the most innovative proposals w

expected speakers include senators ted cruz and mike lee. former senator jim demint who is also the president of the heritage foundation. -- you canch and watch live coverage starting at 9:30 p.m. -- 9:30 a.m. eastern. commissioner josh testifies about the continuing investigation into the irs by his agency. he was sworn in as head last december and served previously as deputy mayor of washington dc. from the house oversight committee, this hearing is 2.5 hours. applied for tax exempt status. our live coverage getting under way right here, right now, on c-span 3. >> committee will come to order. i want to welcome our witnesses today. have to put up with a couple opening statements from myself, mr. cartwright. we'll swear you in and get to your testimony. we'll get to you just as quickly as we can. may 10th last year, lois learner with a plan in question had a meeting here in town disclosed targeting of conservative groups took place. she disclosed that even before the inspector general report was released, shde that after consulting with the

we don't control washington is their answer well no it's not acceptable that is why ted cruz and mike lee and ram paul and just in a mosh and in mark meadows in the house have the platform they have because somebody is finally standing up and fighting for the american people that's why they have the platform they have given you good bread and so will you stood by the. well i i didn't call him reprehensible i called what he said on mark levin program reprehensible and that is words to the effect that this thing that republican politicians in washington fear the most is telling the truth to their constituents that i find that to be reprehensible by somebody or if you go to the government shutdown you go to the default thing i'm all for standing up i'm all for making an issue out of obamacare the affordable care act i didn't vote for it i don't like it but at the end of the day he had no plan b. so yes shut down the government you take the country to the edge of the fault for what for what you think obama down and six hundred and so i have and they have a new is going to go you're right this

mechanisms of government to try and do that and by that and by that token ted cruz has been a success mike lee has been a success and if you're measuring their responsibility to stop the obama agenda i don't just philosophically i don't i don't disagree with that politically i don't disagree with that and then it's up to the voters to decide ok does this republican agenda get their us or would the democratic president definitely pick sides on this question that's all i'm saying it seems like the taking the sides but with what i would argue though is that the the debt has gone up so rapidly and so high that that it's because that's what there's no ceiling associated with george. you know the interest rates are still an all time low no. it is saying i'm going to buy treasuries our debt is a fraction it's you know it's half of as a percentage of g.d.p. it's half of what your pan's is and nobody's worried about japanese bonds only being is lower than it was if you're a smaller nation than we are and they're not doing well i mean the name is and why don't you say that compared to the only reading o

among the people scheduled to speak are senator ted crews, rand paul, representative mike lee, and formeran michele bachmann. these lawmakers gain popularity with the tea parties help. >> coming up on the kron 4 news. we will have more team coverage on the weather and the traffic. >> here is a live look at sfo. delays of nearly two hours of arriving flights sfo. delays of nearly two hours of arriving flights because of the high winds. anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa sfo. delays of nearly two hours of arriving flights because of the high winds. where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you. >> welcome back. the opening bell on wall street. >> we are c

. >> well, that was senator mike lee grilling the president on the use of executive power. not satisfied with the explanation that attorney general holder gave, they asked for more, seeking constitutional justification stating the separation of powers exist to prevent tyranny. as you are aware, we do not have a king. nor do we have unchecked power in any single branch of government. joining me now, republican congressman michael canckelly. now, you are pointing to that case law, saying the president can go as far as he has gone. first of all, has he responded to you? >> no, they have not responded yet. but as the senator just said, there is no precedent for this -- >> how is it -- >> pardon me? >> how is it so different? >> listen, we're talking about things that really have deep seated changes in the way our constitution was written. we all took the same oath when we came into office. protect and preserve and defend our constitution. but when you go through the process, it is very difficult for congress to do this. it is very difficult to get answers from the department of

figures like cruz, paul, mike lee, who has emerged as kind of policy guy for sort of potential republican reformers and to a certain extent, marco rubio. now in terms of the primaries, we're sort of into steve stockman. >> i want to say that overall the republicans feel good about the odds of taking the senate back. >> sure. i think they phonfound a way to co-op. the reason the republicans are being looking strong, certainly in the house and even likely in the senate now is because they are a bit more unified. but more than that because of the democrats' weakness. >> mcconnell's weak polling against bevi in is an outlier. the under lying factor is as long as the president's approval rating is in the low 40s, republicans should be able to win the senate. historically, out party senate votes track very well with presidential approval ratings. that may change but right now that's the more important factor. >> republicans also feel good because over the weekend a very conservative candidate opted not to run making that race more competitive. >> if you think about it, if it wasn't for them to

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i think that it's a good thing in our party and actually, i think senator mike lee did a great job andorris rogers did well. i don't think it's a problem at all. it keeps the party together and people nowadays tune into the news they want. if people want to go to the tea party express website, what are the people i like say about what the president said? that's what people do. >> are you going to win the senate? >> well -- >> tell me how that happens? >> it happens because the chairman is going to say yes for sure. i'm saying yes -- because we're -- we have six states where the president didn't win 41% and that have seats that will flip to the republican party. alaska, montana, south dakota, arkansas, louisiana, west virginia. those six right there, the president didn't win 41% of the vote in 2012. now on top of it we have obama care and now you have, which you didn't have ever before, you have the president's personal approval rating upside down. you remember, the president, a lot of times, people were disapproving the work that he was doing but they always kind of liked him. now that

among the speakers, senator ted cruz and mike lee, jim jordan, jeb hensarling. you can see this live. easternrun until 6:00 on c-span. the u.s. house will return for work at 2:00 this afternoon, it's just two bills on the calendar. funny, andrizes noaa another condemning violence in ukraine. we are expecting general speeches first and then a recess until 5:30. then we will see work on the debt ceiling. republican's are holding aim members-only meeting today. 5:30 thisg is set for evening. you can see that house when it returns today on c-span at 2:00 eastern. and look at the week ahead in congress with a reporter who joined us for "washington journal." continues. continues. host: welcome back. our guest is susan ferrechio. she's the chief congressional correspondent for "the washington examiner." thank you for being here. walk us through. what are the major story lines running on capitol hill this week? guest: everyone is going to be talking about the debt limit. the treasury secretary said he needs the debt limit to be raised by the end of february. otherwise h

on the other hand senator mike lee said congress really doesn't have standing in this case regarding oftentimes in politics, things can be hypocritical. >> no. >> i know. the understatement of the century. >> never happens. >> i want you to listen to what president obama said earlier about this. >> i taught constitutional law for 10 years. i take the constitution very seriously. the biggest problem that we're facing right now has to do with george bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through congress at all. and that's what i intend to reverse when i'm president of the united states of america. >> except he's not reversing it, he's actually doing it. >> right there he was really talking about the signing statements that george bush was criticized for. then president obama came in and has done his own signing statements. this is normally what happens. once you become the executive, you start to love executive power and start to realize that oh, it's not such a bad thing after all. >> that may be the case from one of those editorials we were tal

wanted to get to was, senator durbin, a powerful democrat within the senate, has joined up with mike leebody who most know as a tea party republican. they are pushing a bill that would take this whole approach that we're talking about and make it a standard law. deal with that 2010 disparity. and that passed out of the judiciary committee just last week. how important would it be to have the congress involved here? >> it would be enormously important. as you mentioned, ari, this is something that fox news and the tea party should be really behind. think about it. $80 billion will save that kind of money. and more important, government intervention. every study has shown. i would just add one thing. this has not only become a civil right but a human rights watch which we know monitors human rights throughout the world has issued a report in december of 2013. and it really does monitor how much this is being used as a kind of taking away from african-americans as kol lateral consequences. i'm glad to see that congress is about to take it up and it should be bipartisan. >> i want to look di

ted crazy and mike lee and rand paul, rubio, and on the house side there's a number. what's the point -- >> you didn't put chris christie in that bunch. >> of course not. ken langone supports him. chris christie is the baseballaire's favorite republican. these guys talking in platitudes, we got to work together. work together to do what? i want to know what? what are they going to do about the $100 trillion unfund liability? that's the question that needs to be asked to every single one of them. it will destroy our country. they keep talking about repealing obamacare. have you seen a repeal proposal? what exactly are they going to repeal? a bunch of republican governors said they don't want to. >> that's what i what going to follow up on. and just to clarify for folks listening, we have nearly $14 trillion debt when mark refers to the unfunded liabilities, that's close to 100 trillion. so, let me ask you about what these republican governors are saying. talk about shooting the message here. the message among republicans putting it on obamacare, these republican govern

foundation is hosting a daylong conservative policy summit including speakers tend -- ted cruz, mike lee and jeb hensarling. president of that organization. you can watch live all day until .bout 6:00 eastern on c-span3 tomorrow, janet yellen will deliver first monitoring policy report before the house committee. you can see that tomorrow on c-span3. >> i think it is an evolutionary process. you grow into this world. my sense is you never get comfortable if you are always pushing for change and growth, not just in yourself but the issues you care about. done, so there's never a point in time when you feel like you are there. wayi can do this the same all the time. it is always changing. >> first lady michelle obama, tonight live on c-span and , also on c-span radio and c-span.org. we bring public affairs offense to washington directly to you, putting you directly in the room at congressional hearings, briefings and conferences and offering complete gavel to gavel publice all as a service. c-span -- created by the cable industry 35 years ago and funded by your local provider. watch us in

. >> well, that was senator mike lee grilling the president on the use of executive power.isfied with the explanation that attorney general holder gave, they asked for more, seeking constitutional justification stating the separation of powers exist to prevent tyranny. as you are aware, we do not have a king. nor do we have unchecked power in any single branch of government. joining me now, republican congressman michael canckelly. now, you are pointing to that case law, saying the president can go as far as he has gone. first of all, has he responded to you? >> no, they have not responded yet. but as the senator just said, there is no precedent for this -- >> how is it -- >> pardon me? >> how is it so different? >> listen, we're talking about things that really have deep seated changes in the way our constitution was written. we all took the same oath when we came into office. protect and preserve and defend our constitution. but when you go through the process, it is very difficult for congress to do this. it is very difficult to get answers from the department of justice

i see you and i see mike lee and ted cruz and marco. in the senate, you guys are taking bold stands and even going up against your leadership a lot of times, i don't see that -- i wouldn't envision the house would be like really boldly pushing conservative ideas. i don't see them doing that. and i'd like an answer from speaker boehner, why would he give a clean debt ceiling to obama? >> i think the debt ceiling is a big issue. when i go home, everyone i meet says you cannot pass the debt ceiling without having a spending constraint. you can't do that, you can't give the president a blank check. really, i think it was a huge mistake, and it devalues what we stand for, to say we're going to give you an unlimited amount of money to spend. for a period of time. >> do you think that the average person in the country knows that if the republicans came back in power in the house and senate, what their agenda would be? because i don't think they do. >> well, you know, i think we're having some growing pains as a party, and the republican party