. >> tom foley? >> tom foley was a wonderful storyteller. he was articulate, and an effective spokesperson across the spectrum of issues. he had been chairman of the agriculture committee with the provincial topic of -- he also used his time to travel quite a bit. its very well verd in foreign affairs and foreign policy and liked by everybody in the house. i cannot think of a speaker in my time who has been more liked and respected than tom foley. in the end, he was not as effective as jim wright. jim wright named for things were going to do, and he set about and did them. tom did not have that kind of easy successes everybody felt good about his leadership. >> what about newt gingrich? >> i give him credit for being good on his feet. he was able to pick up on a metaphor and squeeze meaning out of it, but i think superficially, his unrstanding -- >> dennis hastert. >> a really decent guy, a nice guy, but while a good speaker and a solid speaker, no flair, nothing special stands him out amongst the crowd. i think he served longer than any oth

. >> tom foley? >> tom foley was a wonderful storyteller. he was articulate, and an effective spokesperson across the spectrum of issues. he had been chairman of the agriculture committee with the provincial topic of -- he also used his time to travel quite a bit. it is very well versed in foreign affairs and foreign policy and liked by everybody in the house. i cannot think of a speaker in my time who has been more liked and respected than tom foley. in the end, he was not as effective as jim wright. jim wright named for things were going to do, and he set about and did them. tom did not have that kind of easy successes. everybody felt good about his leadership. >> what about newt gingrich? >> i give him credit for being good on his feet. he was able to pick up on a metaphor and squeeze meaning out of it, but i think superficially, his understanding -- >> dennis hastert. >> a really decent guy, a nice guy, but while a good speaker and a solid speaker, no flair, nothing special stands him out amongst the crowd. i think he served longer than

steny said that it used to be when he worked under tom foley, any time the democrats had an idea, foleybob michael, not for permission, just to say, hey, bob this is what we are talking about and figure out how to go from here, expand this out, get as many as you guys as possible, that was always the starting point. i know it has to happen that way in the senate, right? >> ended with speaker newt gingrich. i thought you were going to run a clip of steny hoyer with the last word with lawrence o'donnell that is the freshest video that exists. >> yeah. yeah. >> been fascinating to watch him step up to the obama deal being very welcoming, right from the start. where is nancy pelosi as this thing unfolds? steny hoyer has stepped right up to the microphone, nancy pelosi staying in the office with the door closed. i think because for nancy pelosi it is harder to do the rhetorical reversal. >> i don't think she can. >> she will absolutely bring this thing up for vote, going to support it. >> really? >> she has a bigger distance to travel from these very, very strong statements they were making

we met with tom foley. tip o'neill was then speaker and tom foley, i was believe the majority leader or whip. i believe mr. foley was whip. we met with leon jaworski, who was the prosecutor in watergate. we also, each fellowship class gets to go on some trips, both domestically and internationally. our trip was -- we took three domestic trip or four domestic trips. we went to california where congressman leon panetta hosted us. we went to new york city, had a helicopter ride where we went over the old yankee stadium. we went to chicago. and i was able to get the class to come down to texas and we visited in texas. it is a tremendous program. since president johnson initiated it in 1965, over 672 young men and women have served this white house fellows -- as white house fellows. members of this body include in addition to myself, congressman -- former congressman campbell of california, senator tim werth of colorado and in the other body, senator dave karnes of the great state of nebraska. it's a great progr