let me say something else that steny hoyer and i have talked about and eric.t was a nonviolent movement. retraced gone these steps. -- ghandi's steps. it was nonviolent only to those advocating equal rights. there was a lot of violence directed at them. as on this day in birmingham, the families, martin luther king, john lewis chose not to return good with evil. not to return hate with more hatred. the civil rights movement in america know that because of the current of people like john lewis, it will remain a nonviolent movement. what we are seeing in syria, what linda and i saw in belfast when a bomb went off, we are not experiencing that today. because of the commitment to peaceful settling of our grievances. peaceful resistance. standing up and fighting and going to jail, but not resorting to violence. that is a legacy that we ought to thank everyone who produce a paid it in this movement. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen majority leader of the united states house of representatives, eric cantor. [applause] >> it is a great honor to be here to

we have steny hoyer joining us this with them. -- joining us this morning. we will discuss issues in the news. g.nk you to that peter peterson foundation for hosting these events. here are a few words from the organization. thank you. >> thank you. today. to all of you i apologize. i'm losing my voice. the peterson foundation, our mission is to increase awareness and accelerate action on the long-term fiscal challenges. so we're very pleased to be working with "politico" in partnering to bring these issues, these important fiscal issues to the national discussion. we hosted an earlier breakfast with senator portman and we're glad to have representative steny hoyer, house democratic whip, and is a leader that's earned respect for both sides because he's worked to find consensus on policies in the fiscal area. we're pleased to have him here today and discuss these important issues. later today the c.b.o. will be coming out with the long-term budget forecast, the update for 2013, and although there's been a lot of talk of debt and deficit over the last several

when you said this morning, you really meant this morning, referring to representative steny hoyer's comments. boy, where are we? is this not the chaos the american people find so difficult to take, and yet watching hours and hours and hours of often passionate speeches playing out on the house floor, it's clear that those divisions, at least according to members are rooted in their own hometowns. those on the republican side and took these votes believe that they are, in effect, saving, to use a word they use, the public from a health care law they don't believe is ready to roll out. of course, october 1st begins enrollment in the exchanges. the law would go into effect fully in january. and so republicans feel like the clock is ticking to prevent that from happening. and, of course, much larger than that is the whole issue of a shutdown, and are we headed for it? boy, right now it sure feels that way, alex. >> kelly, is there any procedural way this shutdown can be avoided, or has time run out? >> because we are both optimists, alex, i'll give you a universe of possibles. until the

joining us now, the house minority whip, steny hoyer, the democrat from maryland. congressman, thanks for coming in. >> glad to be with you, wolf. >> let's talk about this russian plan to destroy syria's chemical weapons. i assume you think this is all positive that potentially it could bear fruit, is that right in. >> certainly i think it's a very positive possibility. and if it bears fruit, it's going to be a very good resolution of this issue. as you said earlier, talking to fareed, not just the deterring, but the removal of chemical weapons and the inability to use them at all. that's a very positive prospect. let's hope it it's real and that's what, of course, secretary kerry is now trying to determine. the syrians have sent a letter to the united nations saying that they're going to sign the convention on chemical weapons. that is very great progress. in my view, all made because the president was willing to use force, use military force, to dissuade and to degrade the ability of the syrians to use their chemical weapons. so, yes, i think this is a positive p

. >> and this is a live picture steny hoyer.waiting for the president to come to the podium. he's expected in half an hour from now to talk about the affordable health care act and we will have that for you when it happens. we'll take a break and be back with more of "jansing & company" after this. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. see, i knew testosterone could affect sex drive, but not energy or even my mood. that's when i talked with my doctor. he gave me some blood tests... showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% testosterone gel. the #1 prescribed topical testosterone replacement therapy increases testosterone when used daily. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your doctor if you see unexpected signs of early puberty in a child, or signs in a woman, which may include changes in body hair or a large increase in acne, possibly due to accidental exposure. men with breast cancer or who have o

does he kill it does he go to nancy pelosi and steny hoyer and understand he has to pass it with democratices in order to keep the government operating or does he try something else, maybe a one week punt another one week spending bill to keep the lights on while they negotiate more. >> all right. thanks so much todd. >> reporter: pleasure. >>> from arizona, a report released today cites poor communications between firefighters and unpredictable weather conditions for the deaths of 19 men fighting a wildfire northwest of phoenix this summer. that from a special taskforce that examined the tragedy. it was the worst loss of life among firefighters battling a wildfire in 80 years. most of the victims were in their 20s. >>> turning overseas now. new red cross video shows just how violent the al shabaab attack in kenya was. hundreds were rescued, at least 67 were killed after militants stormed the westgate shopping mall. more than 60 others are believed missing. they believe the militants rented a store in the mall prior to the attack gave them access to service elevators allowing them to stockp

we are looking for to having steny hoyer with us today and we welcome him. thank you without question thank you. return the mike. -- thank you? -- thank you. i would like introduce anywhere. stop -- hoyer will hoyer. >> a bit of a tough day in washington. tragic event in the navy yard. we need to talk a little bit about that. we have to get into the fiscal matters that we will discuss but i have a question for you, is there and you can tell us. ? anything you can tell us about what transpired? will this event start up a new conversation about gun control and is there anything they can be done on capitol hill about gun control, given the past effort failing. are there laws that are not on the books that could be on the books that would have stop something like this from happening? >> i do not know enough about the facts. i lost three constituents. they lost their lives working at the navy yard. two of them lived in charles county and one lived in the county in which i live. i'm sure it will renew discussions about access to weapons that we use to kill a lot o

maryland congressman steny hoyer. >> when do you say enough is enough, let us move on responsibly to make government work. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner had hoped to dial back this fight but was urged to press on by conservative tea party members. >> we are doing our job on behalf of the american people. >> reporter: today on face the nation kentucky senator rand paul said the white house must make concessions. >> the president is saying no compromise. i will not touch obamacare. but the interesting thing is he's amended obamacare probably 15 times already. but he does it without any legislative approval. >> reporter: the white house called republicans reckless and irresponsible and illinois democrat dick durbin said a shutdown is almost inevitable. >> 800,000 federal workers will be victims of this republican shutdown strategy. but even more important, it hurts our economy. for goodness sakes we're just starting to recover and create jobs. >> reporter: but house republican whip kevin mccarthy warned on fox that if senate democrats kill their bill a second time his party wi

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steny hoyer will be a politico to talk about the debt ceiling debate. you can see the conversation on c-span three. lew speaks of the economic club of washington. later, the national press club hosts republican governor mary fallin of oklahoma. in a few moments, today's headlines, plus your calls and tweets live on " washington journal." the house will be in session for legislative business at noon. today's agenda includes a debate on forest management. in about 45 minutes we will discuss the middle east reaction to the situation in syria. eastern, susan glasser, abaco -- editor of "politico" magazine will talk about the role of the united nations regarding syria, and we will also look at the role of the federal reserve and who might you place chairman bernanke, and our guest is nela richardson, senior economist at bloomberg government. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] is tuesday, september 17, 2013. washington, d.c., waking up to flags at half staff a day after a shooting s

. >> i am very pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguished whip, steny hoyer from maryland. >> thank you gentlelady for yielding. madam speaker, today we are considering a measure to fund the government only if the democratic senate and democratic president will reveal -- it is a latent act of hostagetaking. the republican c.r. lays the groundwork for a default on our debt, and unthinkable act. it embraces the dangerous and irrational policy of sequestration. this syllabi at the dissent of an economy sliding, spalding the recovery are american people need. this destructive obsession with the repeal of the affordable care act, and the unrestrained hostility toward the government, has undermined the republicans hollow claims. the majority does though notwithstanding their chairman's accurate description of their policy on sequester, and i quote him as "unrealistic, and illconcieved." a policy which chairman rogers himself said, "must be brought to an end." chairman rogers votes today in the hopes that his colleagues will come and i urge you to do just the opposite. they will con

some democrats like steny hoyer have said the entire budget debate should be a chance to unwind some of these damaging sequester cuts. but you don't see the president or other democrats using this as an opportunity, which seems like at a minimum bad negotiation because you have cuts versus cuts versus cuts. also, seems to undermine a core democratic principle around for years, you want to spends to grow the economy and take care of our citizens. >> well, unfortunately the fact that we are governing sort of from crisis to crisis and that nobody is passing a budget and the house and senate couldn't even agree to go to conference on a real budget, means that we're not going to have the broader debate about the big picture budget issues. president obama proposed budgets and republicans proposed budgets that do contain a larger vision for how they feel the government should be structure and money should be spent. but when we're in this constantly panicked situation, passing crs that last a few months at the most, we're not going to have the broader discussion about where spending could be

i thought steny hoyer was on fire when he was on ed schultz last night. let's take a listen. >> this crowd is obsessed. as you saw, we had the 41st vote on the repeal of the affordable care act, obama care, today. notwithstanding that, we didn't do anything else. that bill won't have any future and we did not do what we need to do, and that is ensure that the government doesn't shut down on october 1st. >> so here we are, five legislative days before government shutdown. conservative republicans are essentially in revolt. you've got john boehner again faced with kind of this choice, isn't he, josh? he can't get a deal without the support of the tea party or some democrats. what's the strategy? >> john boehner desperately wanted to avoid this fight. the republican leadership, their key goal is to keep all the spending cuts that were in sequestration that democrats would like to roll back some of. if they get caught up in this thing where they try to tie keeping the government open to defunding obama care, they're afraid whatever passes out of the house wil

i will take credit for going to steny hoyer and others if they do not do this, this is too serious, don't win this by these kind of tactics. we will pay a big price. i called hank that night and he called me and i said -- don't orry about it. sometimes the kid gets really mad, you have to let him run away, go a few blocks away, get hungry and cold and scared and then he will come home again. >> what is the alternative? >> when the market drops 700 points -- but i was at the airport the day after the vote, and a couple of people from north carolina came up and said that was terrible. i said, how did your representative to vote? he voted no. they got right on the phone. he voted yes this time. the people who are opposed, you hear from them more. so i knew we had to do it, and i was confident it was going to pass. >> you gave an interesting economic history lesson earlier, and i wanted to see if you would be amenable to my amendment to that, which is we talked about innovation, a kind of lurch forward, and in a need for regulation to catch up. there is often a piece of that, which is innovat

because as steny hoyer said earlier, we are proudly a nation of immigrants. and i'm sure it is this way for the gentleman from california but for me, the moral and ethical reasons are the most compelling. to do the right thing for those people who are already in our communities, for the people who have so much to offer who have yet to come to our shores and will add to the economy, to the civic strength of our communities, and make the places that we live in and the country we call home a better place. i think of edgar falcon a constituent of mine a u.s. citizen, who is working, and while he's working he's also going to nursing school to improve his life, his ability to compete in the marketplace, his opportunity to contribute back to the community that we live in. and to complete his life beyond his education and his work and everything that he's done in the community, he wans to marry the woman of his dreams a woman named mari cruz who lives in durango in mexico, who would love to be here with the man she loves but unfortunately, because of our current brok

this was how very tired minority whip steny hoyer described the situation after the house vote last nightarly, we're on the brink of a shutdown. and we're on the brink of a shutdown because republican colleagues continue to support revisions that they know will not be adopted in the senate, which requires the senate to reject it and send it back. >> that was on his way out of the capitol building this morning at 1:00 a.m. live at this hour republicans are due back on capitol hill to put pressure on the senate to come back early. it's all part of the gop's effort to reframe the conversation and shift the blame off their own deserving shoulders, as we saw today, in this tweet from speaker boehner. joining me now, democratic congressman of washington state, jim mcdermott. congressman, thanks so much for joining me. >> good to be here. >> congressman, you know, i guess we're headed for a shutdown. your thoughts on the events of last night, the emotions? there were a lot of high tensions last night. your thoughts? >> well, i two weeks ago would have said we were not going to have a shutdown. b

. >> well, steny hoyer all fired up.n fired up as they are debating and expected to vote in about a half an hour on a bill that would fund the government until the middle of december but defund obama care so we're keeping our eye on the floor of the house. but there is more politics now. things got just a little weird when senator john mccain was talking about an upcoming trip to russia and meeting with president vladimir putin. >> maybe while i'm there get a chance to chat with vladimir about -- you know, maybe i take my shirt off and we can do some things together. >> you could arm wrestle or something. >> who could forget that video. almost no words. what was supposed to be a boost for martha coakley's candidacy for massachusetts governor turned out to be an unfortunate mistake. in its original posting, emily's list accidentally wrote the worst woman under her picture. the website is now fixed because it should have read she will be the first woman elected governor there. somebody misheard something. if you read only

house minority whip steny hoyer: >> there was a poll taken, november 2012. president of the united states won that poll. but your myopic focus on that one issue threatens to shut down government and put at risk the credit-worthiness of the united states of america. >> ifill: that same message was delivered by senate majority leader harry reid, who met behind closed doors today with house leaders. >> if the republican leaders keep giving in to the tea party and their impossible demands, they must be rooting for a shutdown. >> ifill: and turning from discussion of syria, president obama echoed the same message at a white house cabinet meeting. >> the american people are still interested in making sure that our kids are getting the kind of education they deserve, that we're putting people back to work, that we are dealing properly with a federal budget, that bills are getting paid on time, that the full faith and credit of the united states is preserved. >> ifill: that last item refers to the other key deadline: the government could default on its obligations b

. >> reporter: and the democratic minority leader, steny hoyer came out, said he thinks president obamahas authority to act against assad no matter how congress votes, and that comes along today, harris, with news that democratic leadership will not pressure democrats in the house to support the president on the authorization vote. >> peter, the next big day to watch i understand what you say for briefings would be tuesday, if they don't start convening earlier as we saw today. >> reporter: that would be next tuesday, september 9th, on the congressional calendar when the house and senate are supposed to come back, both are to convene at 2:00 p.m. but there are many meetings scheduled through the week before that. harris? >> thank you. i am harris faulkner. stay with fox news, foxnews.com for updates on the crisis in syria. "huckabee" begins after this quick break. lc dulcolax is comfort-coated for gentle, over-night relief. dulcolax. predictable over-night relief you can count on. ♪ nothing says, "i'm happy to see you too," like a milk-bone biscuit. ♪ say it with milk-bone. ♪ we go, go,

he went to meet minority leader nancy pelosi and steny hoyer.re in the meeting talking about immigration. he met with senate commerce chair jay rockefeller, who interestingly according to reports pressed zuckerberg on issues of facebook privacy and consumer prosection. in a spoons to that a facebook spokesperson said, mark is here to listen and learn around share about his perspective on the knowledge economy and immigration reform and number of issues members of congress are interested in. if zuckerberg appears to be happy mered on this trip it might be the fact that facebook's stock is steadily climbing the past couple weeks. he mentioned in his interview yesterday, revelations about government surveillance hurt users trust in internet companies. he added knowing more about those programs would help alleviate public concern. liz, david. liz: all we're concerned he about he put on a shirt and tie. he looked great actually. very professional. thank you very much. yes, the stock looking much better. david: incredible. >> right. david: coming up,

we begin with house minority whip steny hoyer. >> frankly i don't know enough about the facts. i lost three constituents that lost their lives working in the navy yard. two of them lived in charles county and one of them lived in saint mary's county to county in which i live. i am sure that it will renew the discussions about access to weapons that can be used to kill a lot of people quickly. we have seen however in colorado just in the past weeks to legislators who had the courage to vote for legislation which simply asks that we do a background check so we know who is getting guns which 80 to 85% of the american public say is a sensible policy. now withstanding that these two legislators will recall in a special election. one can analyze who comes out to the special elections but it does not bode well for asking people to vote for legislation similar to that which went down in the senate just a few months ago. i am sure it will rented the debate and the discussion as it should. >> in terms of his access to the navy yard he appeared to have security clearance despite some very

but there is pressure from nancy pelosi and minority whip steny hoyer to vote against it. >> what is ahead in the senate? number of different procedural maneuvers that senate majority leader harry reid can do. one would be to bring up the house cr and see if it can pass. it is assumed that it would fail and then there would be an attempt to amend that. there are different combinations , motions to table, motions to proceed, and the 50-the threshold. we will have to see -- 50-vote threshold. we will have to see what they do. >> have we heard anything from house republican leaders on what if the senate strips out the defunding language and sends it back to the house after they are done with it? >> speaker boehner said he wouldn't speculate on what the senate will do. conservatives have been asked about this and they say that nfl coaches don't plan out three or four plays ahead. so it seems like they are really not willing to engage in what will happen. what could happen is that speaker boehner will have to --ng up a clean cr andreotti and rely on democratic votes. then they would push

steny hoyer warned after these midnight votes in the house, i don't think we're near the precipice of a government shutdown, we are on the precipice. they attached an emergency funding bill a pair of measures targeting obama care. the first was a repeal of a tax on medical devices, a measure that would cost almost 30 billion over the next decade and in which 17 republicans joined it. the second delayed implementation of the obama care health care overhaul. in that vote two democrats crossed the aisle, jim mat thinks son and mike mcintyre. there were two republican defectors, chris gibson and richard hannah from upstate new york. they said these add ones are doa in the upper chamber. the two houses will reach accord before the federal government runs out of money. looks remote this morning and anna, mike, clayton, i have to tell you, the two videos seem backwards. we should be seeing high school athletes on the treadmill and we should be watching shrimp brawl. >> that's part of the government spending plan. >> shrimp fighting. >> it's illegal in most states. >> thanks, james. james up

strike. 270 are undecided, 20 unknown and you've got house democratic leaders nancy pelosi and steny hoyerng they will have a very difficult time convincing the vast majority of their rank and file to support this. >> thanks so much in washington. >>> so, the president doesn't have to look very far. you see how many americans feel about his plan on syria. protesters opposed to a military strike are gathering right now outside the white house and emily schmidt is there. what are the demonstrators telling you as they gather? >> they just began demonstrating here about half an hour ago. their message boils down to no war in syria. and they have brought that message as close to president obama as they can because you see them picketing right in front of the white house. it isn't the first time they've been here. this same group was here last week, but today, there's going to be a little bit of a difference because after they talk in front of the white house, they are going to march to capitol hill. the difference being of course, at this time last week, they didn't know that president obama wa

congressman steny hoyer is here. and congresswoman donna edwards is here. and all of you are here. for a little bit, even if you're just a mile or two outside the beltway. now, i know that a lot of you have seen some of the antics going on in congress right now. so i wanted to take a little bit of time today to speak with you, the people who send us to serve, about something that is critical to our families, critical to our businesses, critical to our economy, and that is the reforms that we are making to our health care system. there's been a lot of things said, a lot of misinformation, a lot of confusion. but there are few things more fundamental to the economic security of the middle class and everybody who is trying to get into the middle class than health care. for a long time, america was the only advanced economy in the world where health care was not a right but a privilege. we spent more, we got less. we left tens of millions of americans without the security of health insurance. by the time the financial crisis hit, most folks' premiums had more than doubled in about a de

we just saw eric cantor at the podium, and now you see steny hoyer of maryland as the house gets readyntinuing resolution that includes the defunding of obamacare. it is expected to pass in the house but probably not in the senate. vote should get rolling sometime around 11:00 this morning. bill: breaking news now on syria apparently handing over a list of its chemical weapons. this as the secretary of state, john kerry, responds to our fox news interview with syrian president bashar al assad when he claimed, assad did, that you cannot prove who used the sarin gas. >> sarin was used, sarin killed. the world can decide whether it was used by the regime which has used chemical weapons before, the regime which had the rockets and the weapons or whether the opposition secretly went unnoticed into territory they don't control to fire rockets today don't have -- they don't have contained sarin that they don't possess to kill their own people and that without even being noticed, they just disassembled it all and packed out and got out of the center of damascus controlled by assad. please. thi

steny hoyer from maryland was on a political show, and every chance he could he put in a jabber or tookwipes at republicans, or somebody in the senate or the house, and after i was done watching that, i turned the channel and here is a reread doing the same -- harry reid doing the same thing, taking shots at republicans sentence after sentence. there is no wonder there is no getting along, so to speak, and that is why things are not getting done, especially in the senate, i believe. i'm glad you guys are doing the show. these are two good people. if more people were like that we will be moving in the right direction. host: are there times where your leadership makes it difficult for you to work on the things you get done together? guest: first, thank you to the gentleman for getting up so early in colorado to watch c- span. there are times, of course, that i may not completely agree with the president or leadership because i am putting my district first. that is the way it happens. there are 435 people in congress. think about the last time your family tried to go out to dinner and you

steny hoyer from maryland was on a political show, and every chance he could he put in a jabber or tookpes at republicans, or somebody in the senate or the house, and after i was done watching that, i turned the channel and here is a reread doing the same -- harry reid doing the same thing, taking shots at republicans sentence after sentence. there is no wonder there is no getting along, so to speak, and that is why things are not getting done, especially in the senate, i believe. i'm glad you guys are doing the show. these are two good people. if more people were like that we will be moving in the right direction. host: are there times where your leadership makes it difficult for you to work on the things you get done together? guest: first, thank you to the gentleman for getting up so early in colorado to watch c- span. course, thates, of i may not completely agree with the president or leadership because i am putting my district first. that is the way it happens. there are 435 people in congress. think about the last time your family tried to go out to dinner and you try to decide wh

steny hoyer from maryland. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. madam speaker, today we are considering a measure to fund government only if the democratic senate and democratic president will agree to dismantle the health care reform law that will help millions of americans access quality, affordable care. that isn't going to happen. and it is a blatant act of hostage taking. the republican c.r. also lays the groundwork for a default on our debt, an unthinkable act, by instituting a pay china first provision. and it fully embraces the dangerous and irrational policy of sequester. this bill enshrines and confirms the descent into an economy destroying national security undermining, and ineffective rendering of the government that our country and our people need. the majority party with its destructive obsession with the repeal of the affordable care act, and it's unrestrained hostility towards government, has offered

the consensus even the democratic caucus led by nancy pelosi and steny hoyer, they're going to have aough time convincing even their members to vote on this resolution. brian todd, thank you. >>> and president obama has a difficult job convincing even u.s. allies on its quest for a strike on syria. right now, france is the only country on board. there are possible categories as well, japan, turkey, saudi arabia, israel, united emirates as well. five of those tallied oppose the idea, that would be russia, china, germany, the european union and nato. >>> while the white house looks for allies it's also looking out for americans in syria. >> yesterday, the state department ordered the evacation of nonmilitary personnel in lebanon and parts of turkey. nic robertson is joining us on the phone. nic, tell us what this means. is there a real threat for americans overseas in that region, or is it just a precaution? >> reporter: an abundance of caution is how it's being termed. there was a small demonstration outside the embassy here yesterday, perhaps 100 or so people. and it wasn't significan

steny hoyer of maryland is the guest at the political playbook practice but that's where he will be interviewed by ben white about the continuing resolution and the federal debt ceiling and other issues facing congress. that is live at 8:00 a.m. eastern. >> c-span studentcam video competition is underway. this year we are doubling the number of winners in prize money. create a five to seven minute documentary on the most important issue that you think congress should consider in 2014. entries should include c-span video, varying points of view, and are due by january 20, 2014. visit studentcam.org. >> in august, the justice department issued a memo saying they would not challenge colorado in washington's marijuana laws, as laws they implement the correct prescription of the law. next, we examined the federal and state marijuana laws. this is one hour and 40 minutes. >> i mentioned to the witnesses while they are delayed. because they are talking with senator grassley. they will be joining us shortly. a very important meeting with the president on the situation in syria. now part of the senate r

here's what steny hoyer said this morning at a political event. >> frankly, i don't know enough aboutthe facts. i lost three constituents who lost their lives there were working at the navy yard. two of whom lived in charles county and one lived in the county in which i live. i'm sure that it will renew the discussions about access to weapons that can be used to kill a lot of people quickly. we have seen, however, in colorado just in the past weeks, to legislators who had the courage to vote for a legislation which simply asks that we do a background check so we know who is getting guns. which 80-85% of the american public say is a sensible policy. withstanding that, these to legislators were recalled in a special election. one can analyze who comes out in special elections, but it does not bode well for asking people to vote for legislation, so to what went down in the senate just a few months ago. but i'm sure we will renew the debate and the discussion, as it should. >> in terms of this access to navy yard, he appeared to have security clearances despite some very troubling events

the pilots wife was in the district of steny hoyer. i want to thank the commandant publicly for making this state and taking this position. because i have always believed that the dead cannot speak for themselves. for the commandant take this position, i wish to thank you on behalf of the two wives, the 17 marines sitting at the back of the plane or that were burned to death. sir, this shows that you are a man of integrity that seeks honesty as to what happened and i want to say that i have great respect to you for making the statement that you just made to the committee. thank you so much, sir. >> thank you, congressman. >> thank you, ms. davis. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank you for being here. i especially want to thank you for continuing to sound the alarm. we are hearing what you are saying. we know that readiness is at risk. and yet i do sincerely worry that we are not acting on what we are hearing. this is really getting serious. i wonder if you could talk about some of the decision-making that goes on. you are deal

house minority leader steny hoyer spoke earlier today about the economy and the upcoming debate over the debt ceiling and about larry somers dropping out of consideration for fed chairman. here's what he said. >> we saw larry somers withdraw his name from consideration over the weekend, by all accounts he was the administration's first choice, the president's first choice for chairman of the fed. do you think it was the right thing for larry somers to do to pull his name out of consideration? and obviously you're on the house side but do you think had he gone up to the senate he could have been confirmed? >> i don't know the answer to the second question. there was obviously controversy. have had the opportunity of i have had the opportunity to work with him both when he was undersecretary and as secretary , found him to be extraordinarily competent, knowledgeable, respected and i know the president relied heavily on him for economic advice and felt strongly about his capabilities. i've not talked to larry somers but my conclusion is that he decided that the controversy that would be

following postponement of debate on the continuing resolution, house minority whip steny hoyer released a statement: -- >> 15 years ago, book tv made its debut on c-span . >> love, death, and money, these are the three main human concerns. we're all keen students of love. we are fascinated by every aspect of the matter in theory and in practice. maybe not quite as much as ken starr is. >> and since then we've brought you the top nonfiction books and authors every weekend, nrn 9,000 authors have appeared on book tv including presidents. >> i wanted to give the reader a chance to understand the process by which i made decisions. the environment in which i made decisions. the people i listened to as i made decisions. nd this is not an attempt to rewrite history or fashion a legacy, it's an attempt to be part of the historicalnarytive. >> also the supreme court justices. >> every single justice on the court has a passion and a love for the constitution and our , ntry that is equal to mine then you know that if you accept that as an operating truth, which it is, you understand that you can d

i will take credit for going to study or a -- steny hoyer and others if they do not do this, this is serious, don't win this by these kind of tactics. we will pay a big price. i called hank that night and he don't me and i said -- worry about it. sometimes the kid gets really mad, you have to let him run away, go a few blocks away, get hungry and cold and scared and then he will come home again. >> what is the alternative? >> when the market drops 700 points -- but i was at the airport the day after the vote, and a couple of people from north carolina came up and said that was terrible. i said, how did your representative to vote? he voted no. they got right on the phone. he voted yes this time. the people who are opposed, you hear from them or. so i knew we had to do it, and i was confident it was going to pass. >> you gave an interesting economic history lesson earlier, and i wanted to see if you would be amenable to my m&a that, which is we talked about innovation, a kind of lurch forward, and in a need for regulation to catch up. there is often a piece of that, which is innovatio