we are pleased to have senator thom tillis with us for this inaugural event. you have his bio. elected in november senator tillis is the junior senator from north carolina. senator tillis is being joined by my boss, the president of the bipartisan center. so please welcome me in joining senator tillis and jason. jason? >> thank you very much, bill. welcome, all, to the beginning of our agenda setting series. couldn't be happier than to start this series with you senator. i am confident that you will be one of the most influential new members of the class of 2014, and i think we have an opportunity today to talk a little bit about your policy or about some of the ideas and commitments you bring to this work. there is a lot of discussion today about opportunity and the challenges of opportunity in this country and i think there's nobody who i'm aware of who has been elected in this last cycle who really embodies the possibilities in this country more than you. i'm not sure most people know this, but senator tillis graduated from high school and immediately tonight work in a wareho

>> next, senator thom tillis outlines his goals and agenda. after that, nancy pelosi talks about the jobs, the economy and middle class initiatives. then a senate hearing on the prison in guantanamo. ahead of the president's day break, the house is back new -- back tuesday at noon eastern and the senate approves the keystone xl pipeline. the senate is back at 3:00 p.m. eastern, and at 5:00, they will talk about the national drug control policy. it is likely the senate will again try to move forward on the department of homeland security spending democrats blocked debate on the bill three times because it overturns obama's executive actions on immigration. watch the discussion live on c-span, the senate on c-span two. newly elected washington senator thom tillis discussed what he learned working in state government. this is about 45 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. i guess it is afternoon now. welcome to the bipartisan policy center. i am bill hoagland, i am the senior vice president here at the center and it is my pleasure to welcome you al

ann rand of 2015 goes to thom tillis.h-5 him but i don't want to die like a character in the oregon trail. senator! really? you don't want the guy to have to wash his hands after using the bathroom? maybe you don't recognize the need for basic hygiene standards because you're used to the relatively not vomit-soaked starbucks. you go anywhere else, you'll see our food service is barely hanging on by a thread. >> i watched you pick up raw chicken all night in your hands and then touch cooked foods. >> you don't serve bugs to your customers. >> get a exprag pick this ( bleep ) thing up! look at me! >> look at the crap in the middle of this bar tonight and they didn't even clean it up. should this place down! >> jon: that's what your local bar looks like when they try to follow the rules. if tillis thinks making employees wash hands is too onerous by the government i-- i qaentcan't fault him for sticking to his unregulated guns. >> as long as they post a sign that says we don't require our employees to wash their hands after

then thom tillis of north carolina outlines his goals and the congressional agenda. after that, house minority leader nancy pelosi talks about jobs, the economy, and middle class initiatives. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg touched on reproductive choice, campaign finance and gender equality wednesday at the georgetown university law center in washington, d.c. she spoke on her life and career, on her second annual dean's lecture to the graduating class. this is just over an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. it's a pleasure to welcome everyone to the second annual dean's lecture to the graduating class. and the excitement here is extraordinary. there were long lines. we have an overflow room, because this room is packed. we have people in the front rows with notorious rgbt t-shirts. and we're all gathered here to hear from -- i'd like a big round of applause for -- our extraordinary speaker, justice ginsburg. [applause] >> thank you. >> so the idea behind this lecture is that it's an opportunity for our graduating students to hear from a giant in the law, a

then thom tillis of north carolina outlines his goals and the congressional agenda. after that, house minority leader nancy pelosi talks about jobs, the economy, and middle class initiatives. >> the book tv tour takes american history on the road trip read this weekend, we partnered for a visit to corpus christi, texas to read in the 19th century, the government is limited. they do not have many deployable resources. the army does a lot of things. they are discoverers explorers. army contracts are an important part of the economy. they play a role in conservation. in the american national parks they were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect them or preserve them. keep trespassers away. and so the army really because of the efforts of the commanding general, the army stepped in. literally saves national parks until another organization can be created. for better or for worse, they did more than fight indians. the american people have historically had a fear of the regular army. from the english traditions, revolutionary war traditions, we fe

. >> a bipartisan policy center will hear from thom tillis from north carolina tomorrow. he will talk about his experience in state government his recent election to the u.s. senate, and what he hopes the new congress can publish in the your head. senator tillis serves on five congressional committees including armed services veteran affairs, and judiciary. watch c-span live at noon eastern on c-span three. >> the second court of appeals recently considered a case challenging the health care laws contraceptive mandate for religious affiliated employers. the roman catholic archdiocese is arguing that the opt out still violates their religious belief by making them complicit in providing coverage to a third-party. this oral argument is 45 minutes. >> >> they have all rejected the same claim. the religious exercise is substantially burden combination that allows them to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage and instead require an incentivize third parties to step in and by the coverage. as the d.c. circuit recently explained, the objectives here are the government's in

. >> a bipartisan policy center will hear from thom tillis from north carolina tomorrow. he will talk about his experience in state government his recent election to the u.s. senate, and what he hopes the new congress can publish in the your head. senator tillis serves on five congressional committees including armed services veteran affairs, and judiciary. watch c-span live at noon eastern on c-span three. >> the second court of appeals recently considered a case challenging the health care laws contraceptive mandate for religious affiliated employers. the roman catholic

republican thom-tillis was debating government regulations with some woman. this is how all great stories begin when an employee walked out of the bathroom. >> she said for example don't you believe that this regulation that requires this gentleman to wash his hands before he serves your food is important? he should be on the books. matter of fact, it is one i can illustrate the point. i don't have any problem with starbucks if they opt out of the policy. as long as they post a seen that says we don't require our employees to wash their hands after using the restroom. the market will take care of that. >> proper hand washing -- proper hand washing leads the path to food. speaking of clean, my cousin doesn't leave his bathtub. >> see you at the family reunion. let's go to lauren. >> lauren! lauren! >> you believe in proper hand washing, right? you probably wash and wash like lady mcbeth. >> do i give off that vibe this this -- give off that vibe? >> it is a weird issue to champion? is this what your legacy is going to be? the other thing is sign or no sign. we

we are pleased to have senator thom tillis with us for this inaugural event. you have his bio. elected in november, senator tillis is the junior senator from north carolina. senator tillis is being joined by my boss, jason grumet, the president of the bipartisan center, to please join me in welcoming senator tillis and jason to begin this discussion. jason? >> thank you very much, bill, and welcome all, to the gunning of our ageneral dash -- to the beginning of our agenda-setting series. couldn't be happier than to start this series with you, senator. i am confident that you will be one of the most influential new members of the class of 2014, and i think we have an opportunity today to talk a little bit about your policy but also just about some of the ideas and commitments that you bring to this work. there's a lot of discussion today about opportunity and the challenges of opportunity in this country. and i think there's nobody who i'm aware of who has been elected in this last cycle who really embodies the possibility of this country more than you. i'm sure most people know

then thom tillis of north carolina outlines his goals and the congressional agenda.after that, house minority leader nancy pelosi talks about jobs, the economy, and middle class initiatives. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg touched on reproductive choice, campaign finance and gender equality wednesday at the georgetown university law center in washington, d.c. she spoke on her life and career, on her second annual dean's lecture to the graduating class. this is just over an hour.

for remarks but newly elected senator thom tillis he'll talk about lessons he's learned from working in state government. this is the centers first of the new agenda-setter series. >> just waiting for senator thom tillis's remarks talking about the lessons he's learned working in state government. while we wait for his comments here at the bipartisan policy center. we'll look at president obama's budget submitted to congress, a conversation from today's washington's journal. >> a staff writer from roll call. neils, republicans have been panning information that came out about the things in it. is this budget dead on arrival when it arrives this morning? >> the budget is dead on arrival just as it is in the same sense it is most years on capitol hill particularly whenever you have divided government. what the budget is used for by the white house regardless of party is to lay out its vision for how in an idealized world it would restructure parts of the government and the tax code and where the executive branch would prioritize investments if it were left to its own devices. but since

. >>> now, thom tillis speaks at the bipartisan center in washington, d.c. for its agenda setter series. senator tillis talks about goals, congressional agenda, and lessons learned from working unstateun in state government. this is about 45 minutes. >>> good afternoon everyone. welcome to the bipartisan policy center. i am bill hoagland the senior vice president here. it is a pleasure to kick off the new agenda setters series. for those of you who may not be familiar with the bipartisan center we were established in 2007 by four former majority leaders of the united states senator. bob dole howard bake senator tom dash and george mitchell. just on a personal note i had the pleasure and honor of working with all of the those over my career in the united states senate as a staffer. we are launching this series at the beginning of the new 114th congress. our goal is to explore timely issues in policy making and politic politics throughout 2015. each event highlights people in decision making roles and some like today who might have been just put in the role an

listen to what senator thom tillis set about the reg restaurant employees wash their hands after using. >> i don't have a problem with stark bus aening loss 'they post a sign that says we don't require employees to -- the market will take care of that. >> i mean really angela? really? >> no really no! that is so disgusting. let me just say on behalf of starbucks, as a seattle washington born and raised person, that's disgusting. i wish he would have used another example. i hold that lowdown dirty, and that's a brand-new meeting. i hope he never touches me or anyone close to me. you have my former boss on earlier, congressman cleaver. he used to say all the time if someone does not wash their hands, they are a bad person. i think that is so true. that's disgusting. that's disgusting. >> and what is enlightning, jason, is we never knew angela had a boss. [ laughter ] >> you're my other bos. >>> thank you both for your time tonight. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up an emotional day in the aaron hernandez murder trial. the victim's girlfriend takes the stand. >>> plus robin williams'

we are pleased to have senator thom tillis with us for this inaugural event. have his bio, alexa in november he is the junior senator from north carolina. he is being joined by my boss the president of the bipartisan center, so please join me in welcoming him to the in this discussion. jason? >> thank you very much, build. welcome, all, to the beginning of our agenda setting series. could not be happier to start the series with you, senator. i am confident that you will be one of the most influential new members of the class of 2014. i think we have the opportunity today to talk a little bit about your policy and some of the ideas and commitments that you bring to this work. there has been a lot of discussion about the opportunities and challenges of opportunity in this country. i think there is no one i am aware of has been elected this last cycle really embodies the possibility of this country more than you. i am sure that most people know this, but the senator graduated from high school and immediately went to work in a warehouse as a records clerk to begin

[applause] >> tomorrow, thom tillis talks about his experience in state government and what he hopes the new congress can accomplish in the year ahead. the bipartisan policy center host the event live at noon eastern on c-span 3. >> that the fcc focusing on net neutrality in february, he spoke with two industry executives at the consumer electronics show. chris riley and hank hultquist. >> at the end of the day, the internet needs strong, enforceable, effective rules. those need to include non-determination and resource management, and they need to be effectively enforceable. >> the problem we have now with where the net neutrality issue has gone is that -- there is a lot of consensus around the fcc's legal authority to adopt rules and jurisdictional things. our concern is they are going to undo a regulatory status that has existed now for over a decade. >> monday night at 8:00 eastern on "the communicators." >> on thursday president obama spoke to house democrats at the retreat in philadelphia, where they discussed policies and strategies for the next two years. he repeated some pro

then thom tillis of north carolina outlines his goals and the congressional agenda. after that, house minority leader nancy pelosi talks about jobs, the economy, and middle class initiatives. >> the book tv tour takes american history on the road trip read this weekend, we partnered for a visit to corpus christi, texas to read in the 19th century, the government is

senator tom cotton, senator joni ernst, thom tillis, mike sullivan, mike rounds and senator martin heinrich. for the benefit of our new members and all, this committee has a long fashion of which we're proud. i've had the opportunity of working with senator reed for many years, despite his lack of quality education, he has done an outstanding job here as a ranking member of the committee and for those who are political trivia experts, my staff tells me it is the first time that we've had chairman ranking members from the two service -- oldest service academies and so i welcome the opportunity of working closely as i have for many years with the senator from rhode island. today the armed services committee considers global challenges to the national securities committee and today i'm here with general brent snowcroft and zbigniew brzezinski, each serving as advisors to the president of the united states, laying foundations for the u.s.-china relationship, confronting the ayatollahs in iran and moscow and the middle east have clear assailants today and we're thankful for you to allow us to dr

we are pleased to have senator thom tillis with us for this inaugural event. you have his bio. elected in november. he is the junior senator from north carolina. he is being joined by my boss jason grumet the president of the bipartisan center. please join me in welcoming ten senior tillis and jason to begin the discussion. jason? >> thank you, bill. welcome to the beginning of the agenda setting series. couldn't be happier to start the series with you, senator. i am confidant you will be one of the most influential members of the class of 2014. i think we have an opportunity to talk about your policy and your ideas and commitments that you bring to this work. there is a lot of discussion today about opportunity and the challenges of opportunity in the country. i think there is no body who i am aware of who has been elected in the last cycle who embodies the possibilities of the country more than you. i am not sure most people know this but senator tillis graduated and immediately went to work in a warehouse to earn the resources to get a college education. put himself through