representative peter roskam, john duncan, and mike coffman. and ayanna pressley of massachusetts previous the massachusetts for the 160th congress. arizonaat, outgoing republican senator jon kyl joins the discussion on whether the u.s. is capable of intercepting a missile attack. c-span talks with outgoing u.s. representative peter roskam of illinois on his carrier and time in congress. this is 30 minutes. congressman, let's talk about your own reelection bid this year. you lost. what happened? did the politics change? did the district change? professionalsthe that will analyze these races and look at the trends. there were a couple of things going on. hisident trump and disposition was on the ballot in someplace. we also had a gubernatorial race that was significant. the republican incumbent was worth $1 billion. you think that is real money, but not in illinois. his democratic opponent, the guy billion.was worth $3.5 these men were both spending extraordinary amounts of money. individual state representative thes in my constituency, democrat

representative peter roskam of illinois. on his career and time in congress. his is 30 minutes. congressman, let's first talk about your own re-election bid this year. you lost. what happened? did the politics change? did the district change? rep. roskam: i think it's going to be the professionals that are going to analyze these races and look at the trends and so forth. so there were a couple of things that were going on. obviously president trump and disposition was on the ballot and a gubernatorial race that was very significant. the republican spent was worth a billion dollars and you'd think that's real money. but not in illinois because his democrat opponent and now the guy who won, governor-elect pritzker, was worth $3.5 billion and these men were both spending extraordinary amounts of money. in individual state representative races in my constituency, the democrat -- the democratic party was spending $2 million on individual state rep races. so there was -- there was a money factor. and all kinds of other things. but this is politics. this is the arena and i came up shor

steve: when you close this chapter and begin another chapter in january, what is next for peter roskam? to. roskam: i've been asked be a visiting fellow at the university of chicago institute of politics. i will be talking with undergraduates about this process and providing a series of seminars and i'm very much looking forward to that. rep. roskam: what -- steve: what will you tell them? rep. roskam: we will talk a lot about process, about all kinds of different things. i will tell them a quick story i will tell you. i went out with an old sunday school teacher of mine, a guy i had known since i was little kid. a very wealthy guy. during the course of the him, i saidi asked what is it like to be that wealthy? i'm willing to learn, but what is it rich. i said don't you feel like everybody who's approaching you is manipulating you and wants something from you? doesn't that put you off? and he said something to me that was impactful. he said, peter, guard your heart against cynicism. nothing good comes from a cynical heart. he said people are manipulating me that is their problem. not m

eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress, republicans peter roskam, john duncan all discuss losing the reelection bid and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our app, go on our devices and we want things quickly and get 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 with what we can get from time to time and eternally pressed for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even to do it if it's for their on good. my point is that we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think we have spent trillions now on these wars and the war in afghanistan is now think isfor 18 years i just ridiculous. i think also, these wars and her foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress, i believe in house of representatives, there is simply, even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged

representative peter roskam, john duncan, and mike coffman. and ayanna pressley of massachusetts previous the massachusetts for the 160th congress. arizonaat, outgoing republican senator jon kyl joins the discussion on whether the u.s. is capable of intercepting a missile attack. c-span talks with outgoing u.s. representative peter roskam of illinois on his carrier and time in congress. this is 30 minutes. congressman, let's talk about your own reelection bid this year. you lost. what happened?

eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress, peter roskam, duncan and hoskin reflect>> we go on our app, our devices. this 13 yearse after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be contents what we can get from time to time and the terminally work 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 have to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think we have spent trillions now on these wars and the war in afghanistan is now i think it isars, just ridiculous and i think also these wars and our foreign policy have caused us to have more enemies. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states i believe in the house of representatives, even with the has pledged pelosi to accept, based on my too muchrts, there is power and too little getting done for the american people. withtch conversations retiring members of congress on c-span andp.m. li

republicans peter roskam, john duncan, and mike coffman discussed losing their reelection bids and reflect on their times in congress. >> we go on our app, we go on our devices, we want things quickly. jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. the ground of liberty is to begin to buy inches. we must be content with what we can get time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men even if it is for their own good. so my point is we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time. we've got to take small steps in order to get there. >> my big thing, to think we spent trillions now on these wars, and the war in afghanistan and is now going on 18 years, i think it's just ridiculous. and i think also, these awards -- wars and foreign policies have causes to have more enemies than we would have had. they've done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there's simply, still with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to accept, base

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.

republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman, all discuss losing reelection and reflect on their time in congress. >> to go on our app, devices, want things quickly. but jefferson, 14 years after writing the declaration of independence, set the ground of gained by to be gained by inches.we must be content with what we can get from time to time, and currently press forward to what is -- and say, look, these things take time. we have to take small steps. >> to think that we has spent trillions now on these wars, and that the war in afghanistan is now going on 18 years, i think it is just ridiculous. also, these wars in our foreign-policy have caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there's even with the reforms nancy pelosi mydged to accept, based on counterparts in problem solvers caucus, probably there is too much power in too few hands with too little getting done for the american people, and i fear that isn't going to change. >> conversati

republican peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman all discussed losing the reelection bid and reflectn their time in congress. >> we go on our devices, we want things quickly. and 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. when this be content or from time to time we eternally press forward for is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men. even to do it for their own good. my point is, that we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think we've spent trillions now on these wars end the war in afghanistan is no going on, 18 years, i think it is just ridiculous. and i think also these wars and foreign policy have caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. doing more harm than good. >> in the house of representatives simply, still even with reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my caucus, it is too much power with getting it done for the american people i fear that it will not ch

. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress -- peter roskam, john duncan, and mike coffman, all discuss losing their reelection bid and reflect on their time in congress. >> we want things quickly, and yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence, the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. with what wentent can get from time to time and a terminally press forward. it takes time to persuade men, even for their own good. my point is, we culturally need to step back and say look, these things take time. we have to take small steps to get there. >> my big thing, to think we has been trillions now on these wars , and the war in afghanistan is 18 years, i think it is ridiculous. wars andnk also these our foreign-policy have cost -- have caused us to have more enemies than we would've had viewed -- have had. >> in the house of representatives, there is simply, even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to ,ccept based on my counterparts there is too much power into few hands with too little getting do

peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman discuss losing their reelection bids and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our apps, are devices and we want things quickly, yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the decoration 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 press ford for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men, even to do it for their own good. so my point is, we culturally need to step back and say, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think that we have spent trillions on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on, you know, 18 years. i think that is just ridiculous. and i think also that these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress, i believe in the house of representatives, still even with reforms nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterparts and the problem solvers' caucus, ther

peter roskam didn't want the embrace. eric paulsen didn't want the embrace. those are some of the people that, you know, decided for their own reason not to embrace. >> stephen: i'm-- i gotta say, i'm really surprised that stopped him. because he is not known for asking permission before he embraces. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) i mean, just look what he did to that poor flag. i mean... ( laughter ) now, likely new speaker of the house nancy pelosi has promised to work with the president, and he said he thinks that's a great idea. but there's one thing that could make that impossible. >> if they start investigating you, can you compartmentalize that and still continue to work with them for the benefit of the rest of the country, or are all bets off? >> no, if they do that, then it's just-- all of it is-- is a war-like posture. >> stephen: and, of course, we know trump's war-like posture: ( as trump ) "look, nancy... ow, bone spurs! bone spurs! bone spurs. i got-- ow, ow, ow! oh! i have to-- i'm sorry, i left-- i have-- i'm having a vietnam flashback

republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike kaufman all discussed losing the reelection bids and reflect their time in congress. >> you know we go on our app, we go in our devices we want things quickly let jefferson wrote weekly that 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence, he said "the ground of liberation is to be gained by inches. we must be content with what we get from time to time and eternally press forward for what is yet to get. it takes time to persuade men, even to do it if it's ward's own good." so my point is that we cultural need to step back and say look, these things take time, we got to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think that we have spent trillions now in these wars, and that the war in afghanistan has been in an ongoing thing, 18 years. i think it's just ridiculous and i think also these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more minute enemies than we would've had. they have done more harm than good. >> again, the congress of the united states i believe in the house of representatives is simply still even with the reforms

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

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republicans peter roskam, john duncan, and mike coffman discussed losing their reelection bid and reflectingtime in congress. >> we want things quickly. yet, jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is inches.ined by one 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 if it is for their own good. onlyint is that we culture -- culturally need to step back and say, these things take time. we have to take small steps. >> my big thing, to think we have spent trillions on these wars and the war in afghanistan is going on 18 years, i think it is just ridiculous. and ouralso these wars foreign policy has cost us to have more enemies than we would have had and done more harm than good. >> and the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, still even with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterparts and in the problem solvers caucus, there is too much power in too many hands with too

johnlicans peter roskam, duncan and mike coffman discuss losing reelection and reflect on time in congress. >> we go on our app, devices, and we want things quickly, but jefferson wrote this 14 years after the declaration of independence, "the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content for what we gain from time to time, but it takes time to persuade men, even if it is for their own good." we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time, we need small steps to get there. >> to think we spent trillions now on these wars, and the war in afghanistan is going on 18 years, i think it is just ridiculous, and also that these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had, done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives there's simply still even with the reforms nancy pelosi has pledged to accept, based on my counterparts in the problem solvers caucus, i believe there is too much power in too few hands, too little getting done for the american people, and i

republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike kaufman. all discuss losing their re-election bids and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our app, we go on our 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. so my point is, that we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> my big thing to think that we've spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on its 18 years, i think it's just ridiculous. i think also these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they've done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives there's s

republicans peter roskam, john coffman, allike discuss losing their reelection bids and discuss their congress. >> we would go on our app, our we want things quickly. jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches. we must be content what we can get from time to time and internally press forward. 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 have got to take small steps in order to get there. >> to think that we spent trillions now on these wars and at the war in afghanistan is going on, you know, 18 years. i think it is just ridiculous, these wars ando our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe, in the house of representatives, there is simply, even with the reforms nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterparts in the problem solvers caucus, there is too much power in in

eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress; republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike coffman all reflect on their time in congress. >> you know, we go on our app, we go on our devices, we want things quickly. and yet jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence: 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. so my point is that we culturally need to step back and say, look, these things take time. we've got to take small steps in order to get there. >> my big thing, to think that we've spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan is now going on its, you know, it's 18 years, i think it's just ridiculous, and i think also these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they've done more harm than good. >> but in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives the

> saturday at 8 pm eastern, conversations with three retiring members of congress, republicans peter roskam, john duncan and mike kaufman. they all discuss loop their losing bit and their time in congress. we go on our apps, we go on our devices we went things quickly but jefferson wrote this 14 years after he wrote the declaration of independence. he said the ground of liberty is to be gained by inches, one must be content what we can get from time to time and eternal rest for what is it to get. it takes time to persuade men, even to do it if it's for their own good. so 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. >> to think that we have spent trillions now on these wars and that the war in afghanistan has been going on, it's 18 years, i think it's just ridiculous. and i think also that these wars and our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would've had they have done more harm than good. >> and the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives there

republicans peter roskam, john and discussy cop losing their reelection bids and reflect on the timengress. >> we go on our app or our devices and what things quickly this 14erson wrote 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 if it's for their own good. my point is that we culturally look,o step back and say these things take time, we have to take small steps in order to get there. >> would have spent trillions on these wars and the one afghanistan is now going on for 18 years. i think it's just ridiculous and i think also, these awards at -- these wars in our foreign policy of causes to have more enemies than we would have had an done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states, i believe in the house of representatives, there is still in with the reforms that nancy pelosi has pledged to accept based on my counterparts in the problem solving caucus, there i

. >> conversations with johnlicans peter roskam, duncan and mike duncan all discuss losing their reelections and reflect on their time in congress. >> we go on our devices. we want things quickly and yet jefferson road 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. 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 these things take time. we have to take small steps in order to get their. >> to think that we have spent trillions now on these wars and the war in afghanistan has been going on 18 years i think is just ridiculous. these wars ando our foreign policy has caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they have done more harm than good. >> in the congress of the united states i believe in the house of representatives simply still even with the reforms that nancy accepthas pledged to based on my counterparts in the problem solvers caucus i believe t

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. i think, also, these wars and our foreign policy have caused us to have more enemies than we would have had. they've done more harm than good. 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