mr. coffman. i truly admire the work that you have done served. under my presumption of chairmanship you can guarantee you will not be forgotten and we care about all the veterans and we are going to make sure that all of these medical centers all get up to snuff. what a pleasure it has been to be your colleague and it is with great notice that i say you are and are asleep talented. you will be contributing to our country and our nation and continue to contribute to your neck community and mr. or work is not here but there's enough already being said about him and i have a feeling we haven't heard the last of him. what is special bipartisan space this is mr. chairman. i know we will continue this relationship that we have. i will do my utmost to preserve the tradition of this committee so thank you. >> would the gentleman yield? >> i will yield, yes. >> i'm excited and looking forward to the new leadership here and my understanding is i am looking at one of the new leaders of this committee but i want to say something about the current leader as w

republicans peter roskam, john coffman. mr. >> we go on our devices and want things convictly. jefferson wrote this. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. my point is that we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we got to take small steps in order to get there. mr. duncan: we spent trillions on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on in 18 years. i think it's just ridiculous. i think these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would ave had. they've done more harm than good. mr. coffman: in the house of representatives there is simply still even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged o accept based on my counterparts in the problem solvers caucus, i believe there's too much power and too few hands with too little getting done for the american people and i fear that's not going to change. >> watch co

mr. coffman: in the house of representatives there is simply still even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged o accept based on my counterparts in the problem solvers caucus, i believe there's too much power and too few hands with too little getting done for the american people and i fear that's not going to change. >> watch conversations with retiring members of congress saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen with the free c-span radio app. >> today is day you six of the partial government shutdown. president trump says he will only sign spending legislation to reopen the federal government if it includes money for border wall which congressional democrats oppose. the house and senate come into session at 4:00 p.m. eastern as the debate continues, you can watch live coverage of the house here on c-span and the senate on c-span2. up next on c-span -- a debate between writers for the nation magazine and the american conservative magazine on immigration policy. from george washington university. this is an hour, 40 minutes. judy: hello, everyone. i'm judy

mr. coffman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, i think the v.a. has was had the authority to reach out to community providers prior to the choice act, i think and specifically shall. remember the name of -- is it the p3 program? one of the complaints i've heard about the program, still exist today, is that every separate agreement is negotiated independently. and so in colorado we've had some potential providers under the p3 program drop out because of the length of the negotiations and the complexity of the negotiations. where i think one question that they always raised to me was why don't we simply use medicare rates as reimbursement on the p3 program so we're not renegotiating every new agreement from scratch? >> well, we actually are moving away right now with the triwest and in the future with the agreements with the mission act. right now we have come tri-west have stood up and actually in colorado, and in the first week, and derogating medicare rates, and in the first week actually have entered 2700 consult and overscheduled 500 patients,

republican peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman all discuss losing their re-lks bids and reflecting on their time in congress. mr. roskam: we go our app, devices, we want things quickly. yet, jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we can get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even to do what is for their own good. my point is that we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we need to take small steps to get there. mr. duncan: my thing to think we spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, it's 18 years. i think it's just ridiculous.

mr. coffman: in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there's simply still even with the reforms that nancy pelosi based on to accept my counterparts in the problem solvers caucus, i believe there's too much power and too few hands with too little getting done for the american people and i fear that's not going to change. >> watch conversations with retiring members of congress saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org and listen with the free c-span radio app. >> the united states senate, a uniquely american institution. legislating and carrying out constitutional duties since 1789. >> please raise your right hand. >> witness wednesday, c-span takes you inside the senate. learning about the legislative body and its informal workers. >> arguing about things and kicking them around and having great debates is a thoroughly american thing. >> it's a cooling saucer. the more you're in the senate the more you appreciate that cooling nature. >> we'll look at its history, conflict and compromise with original interviews, key moments in history, a