so i think our job as governors and certainly as leadership of the national governors association, is to make sure we do everything we can to bring down that barrier of non-trust. you can trust us. we are pretty smart people in the states. where doing some good things. in fact, in many ways, much better than a collective work that comes out of washington dc. which, and probably most of our views, they're trying to do too much. we might fall down skin our needs, but we will pick ourselves back up again and find solutions. and we will end from each other. it is a wonderful system. we need to bring back some of the trust from the federal government to the states. and that is part of the job. if we can do that, i'm very optimistic about what the future will bring. >> what you think of the -- governor hickenlooper: go ahead. governor herbert: he is kind of a shoot from the hip, tell it like you see it kind of guy. and i think he speaks for mayor giuliani, himself, and not for many others on this particular issue. i know there is frustration that comes, whether it is efficient with the exec

there is something called the national association of secretaries of state. that is the person who runs elections in states. and there is a national association for those folks. one of the secretaries of state from around the country is the president of that organization that served as president for a one-year term. this week in washington the national association of secretaries of state have been having their annual winter meeting in washington dc. not the highest profile event in the world but it ends up being important. stay with me here. the current president of the national association of secretaries of state is case brown. the secretary of statement for the great state of oregon. on tuesday, in the middle of their winter meeting for this organization that she runs as president this year, she got a personal, direct, one on one call from the governor of her state. from the governor of oregon. in that phone call on tuesday, she says he asked her personally to please fly back to oregon immediately for a one on one meeting with him. leave this meeting she is

i apologize only because it is the start of national governors association. this is coverage by c-span. we go to it now. >> thank you for being here as we kick off the national governors association 2015 winter meeting. i'm standing here with my colleague and good friend from utah who is the vice chair of m.g.a. and chairs the m.g.a. center for best practices. as you probably know gary and i have -- you number of you were here for the annual state address and we have welcomed 12 new governors. we all share the ambitious agenda to making sure our states keep moving forward. we also recognize as this country moves forward states are leading the way. states are navigating through the partisan gridlock, we are developing solutions where testing one solution against another another. i think in many ways we have become the primary places of action to a large part because we don't have the luxury of inaction. just last month our layoff counter counterparticipants were sworn in with the 114th congress and we hope the new congress will provide clean slate to address th

roy wilkins, secretary of the national association for the advancement of colored people, seized on atice holland in a dissenting decision on plessy versus ferguson said "justice should be colorblind." that is the liberal position. to my astonishment, today, the current chairman of the national association for the advancement of colored people has said that to believe justice should be colorblind is stupidity. david brooks: i maybe gave “the case for reparations” the sidney awards ironically. brian lamb: he changed his mind on some things in his life when you read about him. and you have too. what are your biggest changes? david brooks: i started out on the left in college and then went to the right, working at "the national review." a lot of that was trying on different things. i now have two guiding stars in what i believe although i do not fit into a normal pattern. one is edmund burke, an irish philosopher and british politician. his key phrase is epistemological modesty. the world is complicated and we should not get arrogant about reason. that is a conservative belief in caution

our live coverage tomorrow on c-span as the national governors association meeting continues. let's go to calls now. first to livingston, new jersey. diana, you are on the line. >> good afternoon. our economy isn't doing too good at all. i noticed that the most common response was the workforce skills gap. i would like to comment that during the american recovery act there were workforce programs put in place. i attended one through the department of health and human services which trained us to be the future workforce for physicians to implement. when you to build on prior skills. we had background of health care and technology. i graduated, i changed to a certification. i haven't and a lot of my fellow classmates across the country have not obtained jobs because the employers demanded experience besides the education and the requirements, the acquisition of the certificates. it was a six-month program. we were supposed to be trained fast. and yet it didn't result in any of us getting jobs. they need to do more than just tell people education. they need to have internships or

the national association of realtors said winter weather was partly to blame. ews, plus a drop in oil prices, sent wall street mostly lower. the dow jones industrial average lost 23 points to close near 18,100. the nasdaq rose 5 points. the s&p 500 lost less than a point. >> woodruff: and, hollywood handed out new hardware last night, but the oscars show fell flat with viewers. the audience was down 16% from a year ago. the dark comedy "birdman" won four awards, including best picture and best director. britain's eddie redmayne won best actor as afflicted scientist stephen hawking in "the theory of everything." and julianne moore won best actress as a woman with alzheimer's in "still alice." >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: the lasting wounds of war in gaza. why more graduates are failing to pay back college debt on time. the week ahead in politics with amy walter and nia malika- henderson. when oscar buzz turns to activism. using music to connect to those with alheimer's. and, shedding light on china's tiger trade. >> ifill: now we turn to a story ab

residents took advantage of the snowfall and organized a massive snowball fight coordinated by the national association called the d.c. snowball association. dressed up as some superhero characters like batman and captain america. now, we are going to see the snowfail pulling out just a little bit as a low pressure system departs through the area. we do have another little cold front that's going to squeeze through so the ohio river valley may see some snowfall. lingering into the mid-atlantic states as we go throughout the day. but the cold is really the bigger story. we're talking about temperatures really dropping down. down to the carolinas we're looking at temperatures close to negative 10 degrees in terms of the windchill factor as we go into wednesday night. it is going to be really cold and windy, as well. negative 2 in washington, d.c. on wednesday. negative 14 in chicago. negative 20 degrees in winnipeg. and so the cold air, the frigid air will stay around for awhile. overnight lows will be dropping into the negative teens for thursday and friday from washington, d.c. to boston all the way in

when i became secretary the first thing i did was meet with the national governors association and express my willingness to work on a state-by-state raise this -- state-by-state basis. what a state needs in terms of continuation and moving on building on the healthy indiana plan for indiana. utah, tennessee, there are other approaches important to those states. we are reflecting is that waivers are a means we can try and test on what works and how it would scale them as a nation. we are looking forward to working with the government as he implements and make sure he can implement quickly as soon as we reached an agreement. we are looking forward to finding out the things we can do better in medicaid as a program. that effort in the waivers is accompanied and complemented by something the national governors association asked, state innovation model grant. at the same time we are trying things we are innovating in terms of payment models and helping the states through financing. a number of states have received those. there is a first round and a second round. >> our governor and those who

after, the national rifle association recommended arming adults in school as neville is schooling for. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun. >> a poll last year suggested 50% of the people in colorado support the idea of arming school staff, while 45% do not. patrick neville is sure his proposals will not make it out of committee stages but it's worth having a go. if colorado is not ready, other states may be. similar legislation has been proposed in wyoming and north dakota designed to boost safety. now, the thinking is many schools are away from towns, so if the incident occurs police may not be able to reach the schools as quickly. there's financial costs involved - that's the thinking >>> for more we go to michael doran, the executive director of safe havens international, a nonprofit focussing on school safety, good to have you with us. the representative neville lived through a horror like few others. does he not have a point that if teachers were armed we wouldn't see an enormous bloodshed? >> it's a more complex issue than a lot of people

what you can do, the national association of unclaimed property administrators has an excellent website. it will take you to all the states, the ones that have it and most of the states do have a website for unclaimed property. put in name, the state, address if you know it but you don't have to do it. >> always good advice. of course, we have more information and links for you to find out if you're eligible on our wusa9 call for action page. and if you'd like to volunteer or file a complaint, go to our website wusa9.com. click on the call for action link. >>> i think we can call this a yellow alert week. i don't know if we've had a single day where we weren't alempted because of the incon-- alerted because of the inconvenes of this weather. maybe -- inconveniences of this wet. maybe monday -- weather. maybe monday good the polar vortex, can you apply that? >> you can apply it. the upper level of winds are on the poles, siberia, the poles. canada, us. >> it feels like it's making a b line for glus it's been doing it a while. >> what is the term you like? >> siberian expression. that's w

we could find to work together, and that is one of the reasons why we meet here at the national governors association. >> thank you very much. >> good job, john. >> a number of the nation's governors coming to speak with reporters, appearing upbeat and hopeful following the meeting this afternoon with president obama. some describing some of the conversation as robust recounting some of the dialogue with the details, and some of the topics they discussed this afternoon. one of those items is homeland security funding. the senate returns from their presidents' day break this afternoon to talk about homeland security and funding for the department in's on friday at midnight without senate intervention. this tweet from the hill today keeping a countdown on the dhs funding clock. in all reading of president george washington's farewell address today. the senate will continue debate on the house passed only security spending bill which includes provisions to block the president's executive order on immigration. here are some of the remarks from the president from his meeting earlier today with the governo

he's at the white house addressing the national governors association. ection of the nation's governors. let's listen to what he says. >> thanks to the affordable care act, millions of americans have peace of mind of knowing they're covered. i want to thank those that expanded medicaid to millions of people over the past two years. i think there's recognition that it makes sense and it's bigger than politics. as governor kasich said, for ohio it saves lives. no question about it. if your state isn't one of 28 already expanded medicaid, i would urge you to consider it because our team is prepared to work with you to make it happen. because some of you may not always agree with my approach or policies, i think that we can all agree that it's a good thing when a family doesn't lose a home just because a member of that family gets sick. surely we can agree it's a good thing when businesses have roads and bridges and ports and the kind of internet connections -- >> we'll keep our eye on that. the president speaking at the white house to the national governors

of police organizations and the national sheriffs association. e will return live when they wrap up their lunch and start up again at 1:00 p.m. ooen. elsewhere in washington, the national governors association is holding their annual winter meeting. president obama is meet wg the nation's governors at the white house today. he just addressed them a short time ago. we do expect those attending to speak with reporters at about 12:30 eastern. we'll have live coverage of those remarks on cspan. and the u.s. senate returns today at 3:00 p.m. eastern when north dakota republican senator will deliver the annual reading of president george washington's farewell address. then at 4:30, the senate will continue debate on the house passed homeland security spending bill, that includes provisions to block president obama's executive order on immigration and at 5:30, senators will vote for a fourth time to limit debate to proceed to that bill. 60 aye votes are needed. watch live coverage on cspan 2. the house will be back tomorrow. this week, they're expected t

pedro: niraj chokshi, covering the national governors association plus what is going on at the state our guest, to talk about financial issues. you can watch the national governors association on c-span. the first call is from tom in new jersey. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a couple things to say real fast. if you have a president who comes in office and the national debt is $8.5 trillion and he runs the debt up toward $19 trillion as we are today, you would think the economy was doing pretty good. where did all of that money go? it like disappeared in the air. i run 15 shipping trucks out of new jersey. all the warehouses are down. he bore not getting paid. -- people are not getting paid. everything in this administration has been a smokescreen of lies. to prove that, you have bloomberg news saying every day about this fake unemployment number. why don't they tell us how many people have been dropping out of the force of work? niraj: that is a good point. long-term unemployment is a major problem and is a problem that is not captured in the unemployment number. right n

once for commercial use, the national association of unmanned vehicles systems international estimates it could grow to $13 billion in the u.s. and rise to $80 billion by 2025 adding over 103,000 new jobs along the way. >> the salaries are usually tied to the difficulty and the qualification level of the individual but anywhere from 50,000 statecide side and if they're willing to take overseas engagement higher than 25,000. >> reporter: that's good news for senior jessica brown who abandoned plans to be a pilot to concentrate on unmanned aerial vehicles or uavs. >> if i could do anything with uavs, i would love to do it whether the actual pilot or sensor operating working the cameras and stuff like that. >> reporter: stuff no longer part of science fiction but an industry with strong growth potential in the real world. in daytona beach, florida, i'm mary thompson for "nightly business report." >>> the president of the atlanta federal reserve bank said the u.s. economy is strong and that growth is healthy enough to justify an initial interest rate hike later this year. dennis lockhart a

it is supported by the national education association, the american academy of pediatrics and national sleep federation. in my district some schools begin the day at 7:00 a.m. and others begin at 9:15. we see similar disparities around the country. as the father of five, i believe that 7:00 a.m. is probably too early to get the best out of our developing minds and bodies of our young people. that being said, i want to make it clear that this amendment does not mandate any change to school start times in the least. it seeks a national study on this topic. maybe that study will prove me right, maybe won't. localities will continue to choose the start times for their children that make the most sense for them, hopefully being better informed by this study. my amendment should it be accepted should make those decisions possible than what information is currently available. according to research that is available by the director of the educational improvement at the university of minnesota, later school times have led to increased attendance rates improved graduation rates increased g.p.a.'

the national association of realtors says sales of existing homes dropped nearly 5% from the month before. the northeast and the west on the largest decrease that decline being attributed to the rise in home prices and tight supplies. >>> meantime stocks fell back from the record highs of friday way down today by a drop in oil prices and shares of energy companies. investors were also reluctant to make big bets ahead of that testimony by the feds by janet yellen tomorrow. the nasdaq actually finished higher for the ninth consecutive day, this time with a gain of five points. the s&p 500 fell less than one point to close at 2,109. >> the crude prices went on a bit of a wild ride today. prices were lower most of the session, and then spiked mid-afternoon on a financial "times" report that opec might call for an extraordinary meeting if the commodity fell further. but those gains were fleeting. by session's end, west texas intermediate dropped $1.36 to just below $50 a barrel. brent also fell more than $1. the oil prices fall back below $50 a barrel gas prices are going in the other directio

the national association of boards of pharmacy is urging states to restrict use of metrics proven toomise safety. pharmacists insist safety is their number one priority. >> hope so. >> got to watch that stuff and read everything. >> it's up to you to double check. if you find a mistake report it. >>> one person has died in north carolina of the same superbug that killed two people in los angeles. this is a hospital in charlotte where the patient died. two others are being treated there. a hospital spokesman says it's not clear how the patients became infected. at a los angeles hospital seven people contracted cre after a routine endoscopic project. the bacteria was spread by the medical scopes. we look at three superbugs likely to infect you. >>> a student at uc davis has been diagnosed with a bacterial infection that can lead to meningitis. the unidentified student is being treated. they're offering those who came in contact with the student antibiotic. >>> seems as though we're seeing the end of the cheap gas. the prices we've enjoyed over the last few months pretty much gone now.

. >> the national governors association winter meeting expected to continue momentarily. hearing from secretary jeh johnson. he will be discussing cyber security efforts at the state and federal level. secretary johnson is there after appearing on the sunday morning talk shows. funding for his department set to run out this week. secretary johnson this morning called the debate over funding absurd, and he said he hoped to some in congress will quote, exercise some leadership it comes to finding a solution. he also said 30,000 workers would be for load if the fund is not approved. we could hear something about that today from secretary johnson. >> if everybody can please take your seats, we can get started. thank you and good morning to everybody. i want to thank the governors. i think we all understand the importance of cyber security not only to protect our respective networks, but also the huge job creating ability and cyber security will create for all of us. especially in our region, right, governor hogan? i want to thank you all. i'm terry mcauliffe, governor of the c

the national association of realtors monthly index of so-called pending sales deal signed but not yet closed an indication of future closings. rose 1.7% last month. despite the gain the numbers still roughly weak and one reason is a lack of homes for sale. supply is limited by several factors but one directly related to downsizing baby boomers. diana olick exexplains. >> reporter: betsy freelander and mike clipper have a 3 story colonial in suburban bethesda maryland for nearly three decades. raised their boys in it but with them gone they're looking for a new lifestyle. >> i think we want a more urban life. downtown where we could walk to everything, i think that was a preference for us. >> reporter: after an exhaustive search of condominiums and town homes in downtown washington, d.c. and bethesda they learned a tough lesson about this new lifestyle. it has become incredibly expensive. >> we were shocked because we thought we would be able to sell our house, put a little money in the bank and buy something we could be comfortable in. >> reporter: everything she said was so tiny. >>

as california's only football program in the national associate of collegiate athletics, expensives have nearly triples in five years, but students believe it was money well spent. >> that's is huge, a seventh of the school population that they're diminishing and the admissions numbers are going to go down. from a business perspective, that's a poor decision. >> this senior helped organize the rally. >> we can't just let that go without a fight. >> some athletes have already transferred out. others are waiting until the end o-school year. students say saving the program may be an up-hill battle but one they're willing to take on. an online petition has collected more than 1700 signatures. reporting at menlo college chris nguyen. >> the new 18,000 seat home of the san jose earthquakes was christened today in a ribbon cutting ceremony. avaya stadium cost $100,000 and was the first cloud-enabled stadium. it boosts having the largest outdoor bar in north america and the second widest l.e.d. screen in california. >> we're here to commemorate a permanent home for soccer in silicon valley. we'r

of homebuilders, the national association of realtors. he has been a research associate with the u.s. census bureau bureau center for economic studies. he holds a doctorate in economics from george mason university. if you don't know the cato step well today when the conversation mark will be the one with a the yellow tie on. the other fellow would be chris edwards. chris is the director of tax policy studies at cato and editor of downsizing government.org. he is a top expert on federal and state budget issues. before joining cato edwards is a senior economist on the congressional joint economic committee, and manager with pricewaterhousecoopers and an economist with the tax foundation. chris has testified to congress on fiscal issues many times in his articles on tax and budget policies have appeared in the "washington post," "the wall street journal" and other major newspapers. i can say this because chris is a collie. no one at cato rails against political corruption better than chris edwards so he was a natural for our event today and

home prices are going up according to the national association of realtors, median sale price of an existing home was $208,000 last quarter, that is up 6 percent from a year earlier. prices are climbing at a faster rate, then last year. >>> facebook is changing its pol willcy when it comes to users who pass away. the social media site will let people pick a legacy contact a someone that can post on your behalf or respond tour friend request and update photos and profiles. facebook said it made change in response to thousands of requests. >>> this valentines day people are shopping for their sweet hard, the old fashion way at the store the international council of shopping centers says vast majority of people buy their chocolate flowers and jewelry in person not on line. >>> united says it will not honor tickets of thousands oz have people who snagged first class airfare yesterday from newark to europe for about $70, even less. the airline says it did not make the mistake it was made by a convenient or who applied an i am correct currency exchange rate. i think they should honor it. i know it

president obama meeting with governors from across the country during the national governors association winter meeting in washington, d.c. governors wrap up their meeting with a visit to the lighthouse p we expect to hear from some of the attendees around 12:30 eastern time. we'll bring you live coverage on c-span. congress returns from a weeklong break. the senate gaveling in at 3:00 eastern time for the reading of george washington's farewell address. the house returns tomorrow. expected to work on a college savings program as well as homeland security spending. live coverage of the house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. >> the political landscape has changed with the 114th congress. there are 108 women in congress, including the first african-american republican and the house and the first woman veteran in the senate. keep track of members of congress using congressional chronicle on c-span.org. the page has lots of useful information, including voting results. new congress, best access on c-span c-span2, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> i really weekend, the democratic national c

the national association of manufacturers whose members import and export a lot of products estimate it could cost $20 billion. laura anthony is live with more on why they weren't working today. laura? >> this the long shoremen were going to attend the monthly union meeting. we haven't seen activity yet. pressure is mounting from the outside for these sides to solve the differences. for the fifth out of eight days the port was shut down. >> we had 73,000 people whose jobs rely on the port. >> it's a reality not lost on the oakland mayor, attending a summit with ed lee. >> this business can go to vancouver, mexico ports on e gulf. >> i need beans. >> he and his family own peerless coffee. a roaster who relies on imported beans that arrive by ship. he says many are looking for alternatives. >> i think you're going to see how coffee comes to the u.s. change dramatically, sadly. it's going to veer away and go towards houston or to the east coast. >> tony is with a company that makes messen ger backs and backpacks in san francisco. >> having a major negative impact. we've had our product o

the national association of manufacturers whose members import and export a lot of products estimate it could cost $20 billion. laura anthony is live with more on why they weren't working today. laura? >> this the long shoremen were going to attend the monthly union meeting. we haven't seen activity yet. pressure is mounting from the outside for these sides to solve the differences. for the fifth out of eight days the port was shut down. >> we had 73,000 people whose jobs rely on the port. >> it's a reality not lost on the oakland mayor, attending a summit with ed lee. >> this business can go to vancouver, mexico ports on the gulf. >> i need beans. >> he and his family own peerless coffee. a roaster who relies on imported beans that arrive by ship. he says many are looking for alternatives. >> i think you're going to see how coffee comes to the u.s. change dramatically, sadly. it's going to veer away and go towards houston or to the east coast. >> tony is with a company that makes messen ger backs and backpacks in san francisco. >> having a major negative impact. we've had our product

on behalf of the national governors association i think we thanked the present and the vice president for his hospitality and willingness to show respect to the governors but i think is appropriate and willing to engage in a dialogue to talk about the issues that face us. the goals that we have earlier the same. we sometimes differ on process as far as how to achieve those goals but that is part of the dialogue we had here today as we talked about a number of different issues. the common theme i think for most of us as governors is the states have a role to play as what we refer to as the laboratories of democracy. we would like to see the states have more autonomy. the president said do the creative work that comes with solving some of the problems and allow us in fact to find solutions that are unique for all of our respective states. it helps develop better policy across the country. so the aspect of this dialogue in this discussion and bring us together as republicans and democratic governors as the vice president said to us today the governors in the states are the best hope for

the nation. that's not including california. the national association of manufacturers warns this new ozone regulation threatens to be the most expensive ever imposed on industry in america. the ozone standard will push large swaths of the country to nonattainment with national ambient air quality. refining operations, manufacturing developments agriculture operations and economic growth. crude oil experts could also help producers sure up the economics of their domestic production by giving them access to foreign markets. this is a topic that's just starting to be discussed. there's been several studies this have projected positive economic benefits to the u.s. of crude oil exports were to occur. the refining community has some questions about what that policy might mean for them. on the hill it's an issue that need increasing attention. these are some examples of the regulatory burdens that can add unnecessary and burdensome costs to energy producers or remove them. there are plenty of others. proposed hydraulic fracturing. endangered species act. nat

holds two important positions, one on the security council and the other as chairman of the asian nations, the association of south-east asian nations. and will hope to have a collective voice, one voice as asian heads towards france at the end of the i don't remember and will be interested are interested to see what francis hollande says in the philippines later on thursday. >> joining us from penn in fact in malaysia. at least 124 people have been killed in a series of av plarges in north american afghanistan. the avalanche has swallowed schools and mosques. rescuers will begin on thursday. it was of the worst in 30 years. >>> in bolivia the vice president visited a province where flooding forced people out of their homes. 800 families had houses destroyed. the president promised that residents of the hardest hit areas will be evacuated. food and supplies has been flown into the areas. >> in mexico a volcano has spewed ash 7-00 metres into the sky. the eruption forced a series of flights to be cancelled. experts say the volcano experienced low-intensity explosions following a series of tremors. it is an

examine all the components of the criminal justice system all the way from the international association of chiefs of police, the national sheriffs association to the aclu, the naacp, and the american bar association. i don't know other people up there who are working in that kind of way. so i don't think this notion that i'm here on some horse to try to save america is what we're doing. i feel very strongly about a lot of issues. but i think when you look at what we've done, it's providing leadership and what i hear over and over again in the thousands of e-mails we receive is that i don't agree with you mr. web on everything but i trust you. and i think that's what we need in government. host: our guest, a graduate of naval academy. the autor of nine books. served in the reagan administration and served from 2007-2013 as the senator from the commonwealth of virginia. we go to tennessee. caller: good morning. >> good morning. senator webb, i've got to ask you this question. suppose i come to your house and i bring my kids and i bring my wife and she brings her parents and i bring my parents. and we bring our brothers an

i am a multimedia journalist at channel 5 news in west palm beach and vice president for the national association of black journalists the miami for lauderdale chapter and the am very happy to introduce two special guests today. dr. cornel west is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual, a professor of philosophy and christian practice at union theological seminary and professor emeritus at princeton university. the also taught at yale, harvard and the university of paris. graduated from harvard and obtained his a and b hd in philosophy at princeton. he has written more than 20 books and has edited 13. he is best known for his classics race matters and democracy matters and his memoir brother west, living and loving out loud. he appeared frequently on the colbert report, cnn and c-span and he also made his film debut in the matrix and was a commentator on the official trilogy released in 2004, his latest book "black prophetic fire" with a distinguished scholar chris the bushindorr prevents a perspective on six african-american leaders including frederick a. bliss, w. e. b. du bois, ma

and that can be done with the national association of black journalists, the national association of asian-american journalists. from a network standpoint. again, no one is perfect but when i look at what abc is doing, the kind of on-air hires that they have made we love to -- it literally requires challenging them. and this is what you should do as a community. the media love to talk about transparency, tell city officials and public people to reveal their numbers. these media institutions have a public trust. from a community standpoint, you should you should tell them, reveal your numbers, reveal your hiring numbers but don't stop there. reveal your supply and diversity numbers, who you do business with. so broad and it -- broughtreveal your supply and diversity in -- broaden it beyond just who is writing stories. who is writing stories, the executives, making decisions making decisions and what they are doing on the business side. again, you can hire us to be reporters or executives. if you are not spending money than all you are doing is continuing the cycle of income inequality

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the national center on time and learning, national congress of american indians national council of loraza, the national coalition for public education, the national disability rights network, national down syndrome congress, the national education association, the national urban league, the national women's law center, parents for each and every child, poverty and race research action council, public advocates incorporated, stand for children southeast asia resource action center, teacher plus, new teacher project, education trust, united negro college fund, the leadership conference on civil and human rights and the u.s. chamber of commerce all in opposition to this legislation. . i reserve the plans of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. kline: thank you mr. chairman, we are expecting another speaker, en route so i'd like to -- do you have other speakers? yes, you do i'll reserve. the chair: the gentleman from minnesota reserves, the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: thank you. mr. chairman, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from alabama ms. sewell. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. sewell: thank you, mr. speaker. i often d

i'm here on behalf of the national governor's association and also the people of alabama. we're on the national government association economic development and commerce committee. we served together on a bipart bipartisan basis. all the governors of the states basically have the same problems that have just been mentioned to me today. i'm here to highlight some of these problems and some of the situations that we have. the first priority when we look at priorities is to really to continue to maintain a strong partnership between the federal government and the state governments. you know there are selected projects across this country that are of national and regional significance that states and the federal government can partner together on that will benefit our entire country. one such project is our -- is in alabama. it's our mobile river bridge also known as the i 10 bridge. central sessions had to step out. he knows this very well. this is a project that reduces the congestion in the tunnels that help with the growth of our great city there in alabama. this is a projec

the national governor's association is on sunday and the president will speak on sunday night.overnor, you've been to these before and governors get to know each other better and talk about things in their state working. and we don't talk enough about governors and things they are getting right and because that is where interesting things are happening. when you look across the board, on both parties, who are doing things that are getting things done? >> i think it is what they are not getting things done. and a lot of them are the disposition of where someone in a executive job has been. that is what sets you apart. you are making decisions and saying things that are not popular and you can't please everybody. it is different than being in the senate. so i do think governors come to the campaigns with a different mindset than people who have not served in an executive position before. >> one of the best complyiments over the years is that you are not sennet oriole. and governor howard dean thank you your your time. >> thanks for having me. >>> and up next you may have noticed

. >> thank you for being here as we kick off the national governors association 2015 winter meeting. m standing here with my colleague and good friend from utah who is the vice chair of m.g.a. and chairs the m.g.a. center for best practices. as you probably know gary and i have -- you number of you were here for the annual state address and we have welcomed 12 new governors. we all share the ambitious agenda to making sure our states keep moving forward. we also recognize as this country moves forward states are leading the way. states are navigating through the partisan gridlock, we are developing solutions where testing one solution against another. i think in many wayse have become the primary places of action to a large part because we don't have the luxury of inaction. just last month our layoff counter counterparticipants were sworn in with the 114th congress and we hope the new congress will provide clean slate to address the challenges facing our states and facing the country. we certainly look forward to this fresh start with federal partners and we encourage them to look to