[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> today on c-span, "newsmakers " with tom donohue. then remarks from richard trumka. deliversnet napolitano her farewell address. >> joining us on "newsmakers," the president and ceo. he covered economic issues for the "washington post." i was talking with some folks on the hill about being on that show. i said what should i ask him. he said ask him why it has become such a paper tiger. over the past couple of years, your priorities have not fared as well as the priorities of some of the more conservative, right-wing organizations like heritage and clubg for growth. we do not have immigration reform yet. we said we do not have infrastructure spending. you talk about the transformation of the republican party and white seems to be so difficult to advance the interest? >> i do not agree with the argument that we are having difficulty. inyou look at our record the courts, if you look at our record which has a lot to do with the regulatory process, if you look at our record in the senate which is important, if you look at a lot of the ri

. >> congressman, tom donohue of the chamber and the "wall street journal," i don't often cite positivelywe've been getting from those guys, saying don't do this. and yet, the republican members, your colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem to be more responding to the tea party noise from people who don't know what the economy's going to look like in a week or two. >> absolutely, the irony of that is for a crowd who says we're going to run the government more like a business -- what business would trash its workforce, shut down its own operations and threaten or refuse to pay its bills? how would that fair on wall street in how would that fair in the public marketplace? i mean, this is craziness. and sadly, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem to have been captured by some kind of mass psychosis that's obsessed with obama care at any cost, and they don't care who it hurts. >> you think anybody could have been this peter pan character, ted cruz? anybody could have flown in the window and started talking about the evils of obama care and they'd be just as good as this g

i would like to thank the chamber and in particular tom donohue for hosting me today. it's easy to be impressed by tom's time as head of the chamber and his steady guiding new members to the new crisis and in previous times as well. i am a big fan of tom. as you said tom we go back a long way. we have quite a few issues that we are particularly keen about him, and one of which is certainly the protection of intellectual property rights. you would expect that from a former lawyer but what you wouldn't expect is that we'll show shared a serious dislike for class-action. this is an exquisite venue by the way. i am most impressed by the flags and i'm always impressed by the flags. the first day when i walked into the imf -- thank you for being here. you're the executive director for the united states of america sitting on the board of the institution. the first thing that you see when you walk into the imf is the flags. i hear you clearly. you must have 50 flags. they represent the states. when i walked into the imf back in 2011 there were 187 soon to be 188 flags. i don't

i would like to thank the chamber, in particular tom donohue, for hosting this today. it is easy to be impressed by at thein -- tom's time chamber and his steady hand membersi guiding new through the crisis. i am a big fan of tom. we go back a long way. we have quite a few issues that we are particularly keen about in common, one of which is certainly the perfection of intellectual property rights. you would expect that from a former lawyer. we would not expect is that we dislike ofa serious class action. this is an exquisite venue, by the way. i am most impressed by the flags. i'm always impressed by the flags. the first day when i walked into the imf, thank you for being here, you are the executive director for united states american sitting on the border. the first thing you see when you walk into the imf is the flags. you must have 50 flags clearly. the represent the there were 187 flags. buildinglked into the and i see the flags, it reminds me of our responsibility and of the membership we serve. i believe the chamber and the imf have in common the duty to serve, d

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> today on c-span, "newsmakers " with tom donohueen remarks from richard trumka. deliversnet napolitano her farewell address.