>> he was considered the front-runner along with mike turner. and chaffetz has been active on the oversight committee for a long time. made his interest in the committee chairmanship clear. his argument to the committee was that he'd be this aggressive watch dog of the obama administration. but at the same time, he argued he would be better able to work with democrats than the current chairman has been, who has created headlines for clashing quite vividly with democrats. >> so, then what -- what was the reaction from democrats? >> well, of course, last night they're only -- they just put out nice statement saying they look forward to working with the new chairman, et cetera. jason chaffetz is very aggressive lawmaker. some democrats even fear he won't be so unlike darrell issa. he also, like i said, he is also very aggressive investigator. >> well, who else is noteworthy here? buck mckeon, a familiar face to our viewers, is no longer going to be armed services chairman. he's stepping down from congress. he's retiring. mack thornberry, i understa

>> he was considering the frontg runner along with mike turner. he has been very active on the oversight committee for a long time now.as, that he has made his interest in thec chairmanship clear. his argumenthe p to the committ was he would be this aggressive watchdog of the obama ats administration. but at the same time, he argued he would be better able to work with democrats than the current chairman has been, who had e created headlines for clashing >> >> then what was the reaction from democrats?k >> of course, last night they were -- they just put out nice e statements saying theyry look forward to working with the newl chairman. you can be sure that the bipartisanship won't last very long. some democrats fear that he won't be so unlike darryl as hei wants people to think. he also, like i said, he is very aggressive in investigating. >> all right. who else is note worthy here? ca buck mckeyon is no longer armed services chairman. he is stepping down from that congress. he is retiring. mean mac thornberry, republican of texas will take this

mike of ohio, and, john, and, john of florida. he comes out on top? who was backing him. >> guest: he was considered the frontrunner, along with turner, and he's very active, for a long time now, and long time interest. and his argument was, that he would be this aggressive watchdog of the president barak obama administration, and he would be able to work with democrats than current house chairman. and, clashing with democrats. >> host: so, then, what was the reaction from democrats? >> guest: well, last night, they put out nice, saying they look forward to work with the new chairman, and, he says, very aggressive lawmaker, and you can be sure, that it won't last for very long. and some fear that he won't be so like ice a, and, very aggressive investigator. >> host: all right. well, who else is note worthty here? familiar face, no longer going to be armed services chairman, he's stepping down from congress. and max, will take this over. what does that mean for the military and defense policy? >>> he has been the second highest ranking republican, and he the endorse men and he is retiring. and, he had a been working, with the committee on some of the bigge