members of the house of representatives beginning with representative steve russell of oklahoma and ruben gallego. >> dr. robert watt our guest on newsmakers. he is the resident of the american medical association joining us from chicago. me introduce the reporters asking questions. gnome leavy hovers -- covers health care policy for the los angeles times. nice to see you. melissa attias is making her first visit to newsmakers. dr. wall, we can -- we start our program about the expected consideration of what is called a doc fix. i know your organization does not prefer that term but i am sure many c-span viewers have heard that in washington parlance. tell us what this issue is. dr. wah: we are talking about sustainable growth rate which has been in place for a long time. it was originally passed in 1997. it was thought to be an effort to control the costs of the medicare program. it resulted in about 17 patches over the last 10 or 12 years. each one of those paid for the one year period, not the committed interest, like a credit card, on past things. by kicking the can down the road each year, c

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. >> tonight at 9:00 eastern congressman ruben gallego. we will hear his entire interview right here on seas. -- c-span. right now, our profile on representative steve russell republican from oklahoma of the fifth district. >> congressman steve russell of oklahoma's fifth district. is it what you expected? representative russell: i think the legislative pieces are. i served a term in the state senate. i got to see what the sausage is made of and whether you are playing arson the lord junior, the stadiums are about the same, it's just a good. in terms of the dynamics, i think the surprising thing has been the division and gridlock that we often get accused of. it surprising that it's not necessarily fomented by us. it's outside groups that seem to profit from the division. and they dusted up to raise money. , how do you fix it? representative russell: i think you fix it -- the american public have such a low opinion of congress, and yet most people like their particular congressman or woman. i think trusting us a little bit, the things that

that is followed by our profile of ruben gallego. during senator paul speech, he was raising $24 per second. the post writes that in the upper right corner, one of the leading forums monday was a message that may have seen cryptic to an outsider. stand with rand, it read. the idea of the money bomb in politics is generally associated with the elder paul. supporters decided to make a splash of support for the former texas representative by encouraging donations to his presidential campaign within a 24-hour period. so senator paul's fundraiser continues. you can see the total above $450,000 on his website. next up, the senators announcement from louisville. this is 35 minutes. [applause] kelly: thank you so much. it's great to be here in louisville today surrounded by people who are passionate about making our country stronger, freer, and more prosperous. together, we share a vision for america, a vision of a country unshackled by crushing debt, recommitted to our founding principles, and fueled by freedom and prosperity. to create end

ruben gallego: they taught me about being there for each other. the marine's top me about discipline in organizations. the marines i served with taught me about what it truly means to care about another human being that you are not related to and what you -- what you want to do to keep them alive. >> and on wednesday night, in an interview with texas freshman congressman will hurd. he came to the 114th congress after serving in the cia. here is a review of our conversation. william hurd: i was 22 years old, i was driving my toyota four runner. i stopped at a gas station. the tv was on. something had just been blown up by al qaeda. i thought to myself, i wonder if i am ever going to know anything of what is going on there. after we go through our initial orientation, i was an officer for human. -- yemen. supporting the men and women in our station. that was my first job. one of the biggest challenges while i was there was fighting the bureaucracy. right? while i was in afghanistan, i managed all of the undercover operations. i felt like there were

that is followed by our profile of ruben gallego. during senator paul speech, he was raising $24 per second. the post writes that in the upper right corner, one of the leading forums monday was a message that may have seen cryptic to an outsider. stand with rand, it read. the idea of

. >> c-span's profiles of freshmen congressman continue now with arizona democracy ruben gallego. he earned a scholarship to harvard but alert dropped tout join the marines and fight in iraq. he talks about his experiences, his family and his new life in washington. this is a little over 20 minutes. >> congressman ruben gallego from arizona's seventh congressat district. a freshman representative. what is it like? >> guest: it's very fascinating. every day brings a new challenge. every day i get to do something very interesting, and every day i miss home a little more but i'm glad i'm here. i feel like i'm doing good work for my district, and i hope to be here for a long time. >> host: how does somebody bosh in chicago end up in arizona. >> guest: i followed a woman out there, who is now my wife but essentially what happened was i -- i was in new mexico with my wife, and i was activated and sent to iraq, and when i returned my wife had established herself fairly well in arizona with a good job and a house, and i had just left the military leaving the marines, objects your done you

. >> host: congressman ruben gallego from arizona's 7th district. what is it like? >> guest: it is fascinating. every day brings a new challenge. everyday i get to do something interesting and everyday i miss him a little more but i am glad i am here and feel like i am doing good works my district and hope to be here for a long time. >> host: have a someone a someone who was born in chicago end up in arizona? >> guest: a woman a woman who is now my wife. essentially what happened is i was in new mexico with my wife working on the 2,004 election. while their i got accident -- activated and sent to iraq. when i returned my wife had established himself well in arizona and i i had just left the military, leaving the marines once you are done you are done. arizona was a good option at that time. >> host: lets take a step back. your your family originally from new mexico. came to the us when. >> guest: my mom in the 70s and my dad in the late 70s. >> host: why chicago? >> guest: a great place for immigrants. a a lot of industrial base good paying jobs cheap housing and it

. >> one of those congressional freshman profiles is with ruben gallego. son of immigrants from one america company earned a scholarship to harvard but later dropped out to join the marines and fight in iraq. he talks about his experiences his family and his new life in washington. >> it is fascinating. every day brings a new challenge. every day i get to do something very interesting, and every day i miss home. but i am glad i am here -- i feel like i am doing good work. i hope to be here for a long time. >> how is it that somebody who was born in chicago ends up in arizona? >> i followed a woman out there who was not my wife. what happened was i was in new mexico with my wife, working in the 2004 election. while there, i got activated and sent to iraq. when i returned, my wife have established yourself in arizona with a good job in-house. i had just left the military. once you are done you are done so i didn't have a job, and arizona was a good option. >> let's take a step back. your family is originally from mexico and central america. they came to the

members of the house of representatives beginning with representative steve russell of oklahoma and ruben gallego dr. robert watt our guest on newsmakers. he is the resident of the american medical association joining us from chicago. me introduce the reporters asking questions. gnome leavy hovers -- covers health care policy for the los

ruben galleego. here is a preview. host: what do you remember about your time in the military? rep. gallego: just the friends i made and the friends i lost. i got to serve with -- i'm sorry -- is served with great men. i don't think i would be surrounded by people that great again. host: what did they teach you? rep. gallego: they taught me about humility. they taught me about really being there for each other. the marines taught me about the organization but that was the marine corps. the marines i served with tommy what it truly means to care about another human being that you were not related to. and what you are willing to do to keep them alive. >> and on wednesday night an interview with texas freshman congressman will hurd. he is the first african-american republican to represent the state since reconstruction. he came to the 114th congress after serving in the cia. here is a preview. rep. hurd: i was 23 years old, driving my toyota from san antonio to d.c. i stopped at a gas station. there was a tv on and it was blown up by al qaeda. i remember thinking -- i wonder if i would know an