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it just means we're going to do it in a different way more like the way steve scalise delt with his differences as the chairman earlier this congress. so we're going to see more of that. it doesn't mean we're going to be align though. >> what are do you say to the members who want to see a leader who really pushing the conversation even in public and not just a behind closed doors sort of thing? they want to see those comments out in the media and be a force for that conservative vision? >> here's the deal. that's not in our mission statement. now, if the membership of the republican study committee wants to change the mission statement to say that part of our mission is to be publicly pushy with our leadership, i'm willing to fulfill the mission statement. i signed on as chair to fulfill the mission statement, whatever it is. but the mission statement today is the -- what i said earlier when susan opened this conversation. it's not to be pushy with leadership or to be banging on our leadership, if you will. it doesn't mean we're not going to be. we're going to come up with policy solutions, po

house republican leadership john boehner and kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, they like to legislate onsue after issue. the president would really engage them. you could see some good things occur. both parties would say this is good. the houses were a lot of stuff begins. >> and deferred action on immigration, would be helpful if the republican stopped voting to repeal obamacare? >> well, i think they will both have to do what i have to do. do what you have got to do. he see how it turns out and move on. he is going to veto it. what i would do is i would quickly have a vote to repeal it and get it over with in the process if i could. but the president veto it. we have done that. here are some things we can do to two improve. some the president would be willing to do. republicans have got to try to repeal obamacare. that was a big issue. we'd need that. we believe that. could we accomplish that? we need to show we are serious. same thing on immigration. i think we need to do immigration reform. we need to secure the order. we need to deal with the people here in a responsible way. e-mai

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a very large conference now, but house republican leadership, john boehner, kevin mccarthy and steve scalise, these are good hands, they like to legislate. on issue after issue, if the president would really engage them, perhaps privately, you could see some good things occur. that broad spectrum of both parties would say this is good. so he shouldn't underestimate, it's not just about the senate. the house is where a lot of stuff begins. >> we talked about would it be helpful for the president to defer action on immigration. would it be helpful if the republicans stopped voting to repeal obamacare and worked rather to change it? >> well, i think they are both going to have to do what they have to do. but do what you got to do, you know, and see how it turns out and then move on. >> becauser they're fots going to appeal obamacare. >> no. he's going to veto it. what i would probably do is i would quickly have a vote to repeal it, get it all the way through the process, it could get stopped in the senate, let the president veto it and say okaying good, we've done that here are some things we c

they have also reelected kevin mccarthy as the majority leader and steve scalise who will serve as majority whip for the 114th congress. the cuts not expected to hold -- democrats not expected to hold their elections until sometime next week, although we expect to hear from members of the democratic caucus in just moments, live on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the house is in recess. members will be back later today. they will start work on a bill that authorizes the keystone xl pipeline. house republicans and democrats holding meetings. republicans electing their leaders for the next congress, including reelection of house speaker john boehner to serve as speaker again in the 114th congress. we are waiting for house us briefingcause c to begin. before it gets started, from journal," toington talk about net jollity. -- net neutrality. put apresident obama video they're asking the federal communications commission to adopt

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and another by steve scalise will bring much-needed transparency to the permitting process. i thank the gentleman and yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the majority leader for that information and we will expect to be considering those piece of legislation. the majority leader, excuse me, has not mentioned, of course, four bill which is i know the majority leader is focused on that are very important and that must be passed prior to -- let me back up. are we still, mr. majority are we still expecting to end this session of the congress on the 11th of december? mr. mccarthy: if the gentleman yields. yes, it is our intention, and i do understand that government is only funded until the 11th. it's our intention to work -- continue to work with you and all members and have that finished by december 11 and be out. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for that observation. let me say, mr. majority leader, i know there's been discussion on your side and my side of the aisle, i know mrs. lowey is working with mr. rogers to affect an omnibus appropriation bill, as we all know not a single a

majority leader kevin mccarthy majority clip steve scalise conference conference chair cap lima morris rodgers conference vice chair lynn jenkins and national republican congressional committee chair rick walton were all reelected to their posts unopposed. on "washington journal" we talked to former house speaker dennis hastert about house republican leadership and what they plan to do over the next two years. this is 45 minutes. >> host: our next guest was sworn in as republican speaker of the house back in 1999. this is a bit of dennis hastert from back then. >> to my republican colleagues i say it's time to put forward the major elements of our legislative program. we will succeed or fail depending upon how sensible the program we are far -- we offer into my democratic colleagues i will say i will meet you halfw halfway, maybe more so one occasion. cooperation is a two-way street and i expect you to meet me halfway too. the president and a number of democrats here in the house have been saying it's time to address several issues head-on. i will buy that but i think we should agree t

and another by steve scalise will bring much-needed transparency to the permitting process. i thank the gentleman and yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the majority leader for that information and we will expect to be considering those piece of legislation. the majority leader, excuse me, has not mentioned, of course, four bill which is i know the majority leader is focused on that are very important and that must be passed prior to -- let me back up. are we still, mr. majority are we still expecting to end this session of the congress on the 11th of december? mr. mccarthy: if the gentleman yields. yes, it is our intention, and i do understand that government is only funded until the 11th. it's our intention to work -- continue to work with you and all members and have that finished by december 11 and be out. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for that observation. let me say, mr. majority leader, i know there's been discussion on your side and my side of the aisle, i know mrs. lowey is working with mr. rogers to affect an omnibus appropriation bill, as we all know not a single a

and also our own majority whip, steve scalise's bill on manufacturing, that he'll talk about shortly. i'm excited about what the new year brings. i'm more excited about what a new american congress brings. i'm just disappointed about what i hear in the white house. you know, i know the president and i know the democrats, they have their leadership race today. i saw that situation before when i came in 2006. but the one thing i will say, if the president had two years with the house and senate and did nothing on immigration but he won't even allow this new american congress to convene before we have an opportunity to do something about it, i think he should rethink that opportunity. >> good morning. this week, the house will continue our laser focus on creating jobs and getting the economy back on track. if you look at what we did last week, we took very quick action to continue to push the keystone pipeline to the president's desk. what was the president's response? he issued a vee vito threat and tried to hide behind this concept that he needs to keep studying the issue. this issue h