. >> the second question, actually related to the myron progress report, it follows the congressional hearing and my question was that, you've received summaries each of these funded projects that were occurring in the impacted neighborhoods so it seems to me and i was going to ask commissioner mcgee, is this something you're following to understand this. this is under the myron progress report. >> i don't think we've given an update to the committee, but we can do that. >> that would be nice. >> we'll do that and calendar thatment -- we'll do that. >> that would be great. >> thank you commissioner. any public comment on the director's report. >> i haven't received request for the public comment. >> next item is general public comment and we have three folks who have made requests. if i can quickly say our normal projector system is down today accident and how that's going to effect public comment , i'm going to hold a timer, so when it buzzes please stop talking and move on, please. >> okay. moody, please, first. >> mr. president, commissioners, please let me first address some feedb

[laughter] >> myron? >> yeah. it's a tradition at the national press club to present to our distinguished speakers and visitors the traditional national press club mug. may you use it in those late night sessions appropriately. thank you both for coming and contributing to the success of the event. cheers. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, cheers. >> thanks. >> [inaudible] >> i'll just really wrap up. i don't want to take advantage of the senate votes here. [laughter] so jonathan raised the point in the house last week we voted on a number of measures to permanently extend business tax preferences unpaid for. and if you look at all the bills coming out of the ways and means committee, that would add over $500 billion to the deficit. the house had to waive their own rules because it immediately made the claimed house republican budget out of balance, the budget they claimed to be in balance which, by the way, included a trillion dollars from the affordable care act in order to claim balance at the same time th

go ahead, myron. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] >> i already had one note saying, why are we showing mr. trump the questions in advance? we don't show mr. trump the questions in advance. he was sitting next to our chair of the speaker's committee, who was trying to organize the cards. we'll ask the questions. and i know that mr. trump can't wait to answer them. let's go right into politics. you have flirted, i think that's the right word, you have flirted several times with a possible run for the presidency. why have you never run? >> again, i didn't flirt. people were asking me to run. they wanted me to run for a lot of things, including governor. i kept saying no, no, no. they want immediate to run for governor of new york. finally i just said i'm not doing it. i didn't flirt. people wanted me to run. we are going to see what happens in 2016. we are going to see what happens. i want to see what's going on. this country is it in serious trouble. i didn't flirt. and i think i probably during the speech cleared it up pret

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we went to myron. atlanta to see how the king does it. >> you know, i got my first world championship trophy. >> reporter: this is why he's called the barbecue king of the world. nixon calls himself the winningest man in barbecue. he's won more than 200 grand championships nationwide. >> still got room for more trophies there. >> reporter: he's won so many trophies he's turned his living room into a shrine. people from all over travel to his backyard in unadilla, georgia. it's here that students learn about how to slice and spice. >> this is the way the meat is going to cook. fat side down. what is the good -- secret to making good barbecue? >> you've got to have a taste for familiar foods. the yenlts are very simple. >> reporter: simple maybe, but it takes time and money. these enthusiasts spent $750 to spend three days learning hid techniques. morton vincent flew 5,000 miles to hone his skills. vincent wants to serve barbecue at his restaurant in west africa. >> that's what i want. what do you think

. >> myron. >> thank you. myron ebelct. i have two questions for both of you. the first is an easy one, it's not easy, what do you think is the path forward if there is a window of opportunity to defederalize or desocialize some or most of the federal lands, what will be the path forward that will actually achieve that in congress? the second question is what do you think should be the ultimate goal? because the last time we had a chance to do this was early in the reagan administration, 33 years ago, and secretary jim wat and senior economist steve henke had a debate and president reagan sided with steve henke that was we should not turn over the lap to the state and we should privatize directly and particularly we should sell the federal portion of the ownership of the blm lands directly to the grazing permittees, they own actually the preponderance of the land typically because think own the water rights. president reagan said we should sell it directly and privatize it. i don't care which way we go on this but if we do turn it over to the states i think we

anything you would like to say, myron? here comes the microphone.e are live on c-span. >> i know senator portman -- always nice to see you. ohio state buckeyes are coming to maryland, you know? thank you, senator and congressman. the national press club has the motto -- this is where news is made. thank you for helping with this this morning. i do not want to take more than a moment -- i want to take a moment of my time to thank you both. everybody is here to ask questions. >> ok, congressman van hollen? >> if i can figure out how to use this microphone button. there we go. well, first, let me start by thanking law for bringing us together today. it is great to be back here, and thanks for all your leadership. myron, thank you for your stewardship here at the national press club. it is great to be here with my friend and colleague rob portman. as he indicated, we have worked together on these budget issues. they are tough and challenging, and i am hopeful that at some point down the line we are able to resolve them in a more comprehensive fashion. w

myron wanted to present something to go to. let's listen to the my run presentation. >> and present to our distinguished speakers and visitors the traditional national press club, we use it in the late night sessions appropriately. >> i will just really wrapped up. i don't want to take advantage of the senate vote here but jonathan raised the point that in the house last week, we voted on a number of measures to permit the extend business tax preferences and paid for and if you look at all the bills out of the ways and means committee that would add $500 billion to the deficit, the house had to waive their own rules because it immediately made the claim house republican budget out of balance, the budget a claim to be in balance which by the way included $1 trillion in the affordable care act to clean balance at the same time the beginning with the affordable care act so it was full of gimmicks but on their own terms this would have put somehow republican budget way out of balance in terms of passage of these tax breaks that wer

myron, thank you for your stewardship here at the national press club.t is great to be here with my friend and colleague rob portman. as he indicated, we have worked together on these budget issues. they are tough and challenging, and i am hopeful that at some point down the line we are able to resolve them in a more comprehensive fashion. we have had some piecemeal progress, but really what we need is more comprehensive progress on these issues. before i talk about the budget issues, i also serve as cochair of the bipartisan congressional soccer caucus, norm want to congratulate team you -- and i want to congratulate team usa on a terrific victory in the world cup yesterday, and i hope that is a sign of things to come. they are in a tough bracket. also, bob indicated that my father had served in the u.s. foreign service geared earlier in my career, i was on the senate foreign relations committee. i do want to say a word about iraq, because when we look at ,he situation there obviously it is a time of great chaos and uncertainty. , over thee learned last