. >> joining us on "newsmakers," congressman steve scalise the chair of the republican study committee. thank you for being with us. joining us with the questioning is burgess everett who covers congress for "politico" and susan ferrechio, chief political correspondent for "the examiner." i want to talk about your jobs plan unveiled this past week. on the larger issue of how you view the republican leadership, this has put forth for you to run on in 2014. what kind of a grade would you give the gop leadership? >> if you look at what the house has done, i would give them an a. we have started bringing bills to the floor to address the problems that are holding our economy back. the problem is you have the president and harry reid in the senate who you have to give an f at best. you cannot tell what the plan is. they will not even bring any of these bills to the senate floor for a vote. the president seems to be mia when it comes to a job plan. we know his final four brackets. he has never missed a deadline. we do not know what his jobs plan is. to see a comprehensive bill to address the

. >> joining us on "newsmakers," congressman steve scalise the chair of the republican study committeeank you for being with us. joining us with the questioning is burgess everett who covers congress for "politico" and susan ferrechio, chief political correspondent for "the examiner." i want to talk about your jobs plan unveiled this past week. on the larger issue of how you view the republican leadership, this has put forth for you to run on in 2014. what kind of a grade would you give the gop leadership? >> if you look at what the house has done, i would give them an a. we have started bringing bills to the floor to address the le

. >> the chair of the republican study committee steve scalise will join us tomorrow on news makers to talk about promoting republican ideas in congress and among voters. you can watch that interview at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> c-span bringing public affairs events from washington directly to you. white house events, briefings, and conferences, and offering coveragegavel-to-gavel as a public service industry. c-span created by the cable industry 35 years ago and brought to you by your local producer.atellite watch us in hd and follow on facebook and twitter. host: we will talk u.s. and mikaila icy with dodge. how are russia's actions in crimea changed the playing field for missile defense in europe? guest: for us, we tend to think of russia as this changed country toward the end of the cold war by demonstrated acts of aggression in crimea in georgia, it shows us that we have to start thinking seriously about russia as a potential adversary, and we have to adjust our missile defense and clear weapons policies accordingly. host: some people might wonder why we are being quick

and for the remainder of our time, i yield to our friend from louisiana steve scalise. mr. scalise: thank the gentleman from texas. thank the gentlelady from missouri in bringing to light an important issue that will be debated right across the street over in the supreme court in the hobby lobby case deals with much more one cowp company. and that is the right of religious freedom. and what does that mean. and just how much ability does the federal government have to impede upon that right especially when we talk about the right of a president in this case ks barack obama, to put out an addict that would take away that right of religious freedom from millions of freedoms that have enjoyed it since the beginning of our country. if you look at this, it says in god we trust. a lot of people would be surprised because their school boards that have threats against them if they try to pray before any governmental service. in schools across our country. that is being challenged by groups every single day and threaten groups, schools, other governmental organizations. and we pray a

steve scalise. mr. scalise: i thank the gentlelady from kansas for her leadership on this bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. this is providing fairness for hardworking taxpayers. if you look how the president's health care law is being implemented, mr. speaker, you've got the president literally saying he's going to give exemption after exemption after exemption to the political class, to a select few who have special interest protections here in washington. that the president by the way has said big businesses can get exemptions from obamacare. the prs has said -- president has said insurance companies can get exemptions from obamacare. then when it comes to hardworking taxpayers, families out there struggling under the weight of this law, the president says no. you can't have that same exemption that he's given to everybody else. so what we are saying here, mr. speaker, is if these exemptions are good enough for big businesses, and if these exemptions are good enough for insurance companies, shouldn't they

is representative steve scalise.ere's little bit from that newsmakers interview. ,> i would give them an a because we have started bringing bills to the floor to address the problems that are holding our economy back. the problem is, yet the president and harry reid in the atate, you have to give an f best, frankly, because you can't tell what the plan is. they're going to bring any of these bills that passed the house to the senate floor for a vote. the president seems to be mia when it comes to jobs plan. we know the president's final four brackets. he is never missed a deadline and submitting his final four bracket, we don't want the president's jobs plan is. frankly, to rebuild an america that works again. that is what the american people want us to focus on. i think you have seen some really good bills move through the house. leadership is broad number of these bills to the floor. he went to continue to sharpen the focus. he also want to put pressure on the president and the senate to finally start addressing th

michele bachmann, diane black and marsha blackburn, virginia foxx, kevin brady, joe pitts, and steve scalise will gather at high noon and have a press conference there at the supreme court. "the opposition will also be on hand. some 40 organization will host a ,business' rally including the gay and lesbian task force, american civil liberties union, and naral pro-choice supporters will be in attendance." you see people lined up at the supreme court. let's go to tommy waiting in madison come alabama, on outline for independents. caller: good morning. i think we should have more religion in our public life. i'm not a religious person myself, but i see politics the way it is today in this country and it's just crazy. ins like there is no faith anything anybody wants to do anymore. where are we going to vote for and where do we propose this -- host: tommy, how does religion fix that? think thatl, i just it has helped us so long in the past and if we go back to what is help us in the past we will in from the street and won't repeat it -- we will learn from history and won't repeat it. host: eric

obama's meeting with pope francis during his trip abroad >> joining us on "newsmakers" congressmen steve scaliser of the republican study committee. thank you for being with us. joining us with the questioning is burgess everett who covers congress for politico and susan ferrechio chief political correspondent for the examiner. on the larger

steve scalise. mr. scalise: i thank the gentlelady from kansas for her leadership on this bill i'm proud to co-sponsor. this is providing fairness for hardworking taxpayers. if you look how the president's health care law is being implemented, mr. speaker, you've got the president literally saying he's going to give exemption after exemption after exemption to the political class, to a select few who have special interest protections here in washington. that the president by the way has said big businesses can get exemptions from obamacare. the prs has said -- president has said insurance companies can get exemptions from obamacare. then when it comes to hardworking taxpayers, families out there struggling under the weight of this law, the president says no. you can't have that same exemption that he's given to everybody else. so what we are saying here, mr. speaker, is if these exemptions are good enough for big businesses, and if these exemptions are good enough for insurance companies, shouldn't they