you are on with congressman tom rice. caller: hello -- thank you, congressman. i went to talk about the delegate system in the united states. i think it is wrong. i think people should use their elections to pick up a candidate that we want, not the delegates. i think we need to take care of tax on. it should have been taken care of a long time ago and it should be taken care of because and get its actions, these big companies are just cheating and lying about it terry, like your opinion on that. thank you. guest: the delegate system is really not a matter of law. it is about party rules, where the republican party has its rules and the democratic party has its rules. quite honestly, i am not horribly familiar with either one. it does seem a little askew when i hear about all these superdelegates being allocated not necessarily based on the votes of the people, but their publican party rules say that if

you are on with congressman tom rice. caller: hello -- thank you, congressman. i went to talk about the delegate system in the united states. i think it is wrong. i think people should use their elections to pick up a candidate that we want, not the delegates. i think we need to take care of tax on. it should have been taken care of a long time ago and it should be taken care of because and get its actions, these big companies are just cheating and lying about it terry, like your opinion on that. thank you. guest: the delegate system is really not a matter of law. it is about party rules, where the republican party has its rules and the democratic party has its rules. quite honestly, i am not horribly familiar with either one. it does seem a little askew when i hear about all these superdelegates being allocated not necessarily based on the votes of the people, but their publican party rules say that if

from congressman tom rice >> and congressman rice and his colleagues grin legislative work in the house at noon eastern today. just under half an hour from now, members will initial -- consideration of two bills dealing with the financial services industry and another prohibiting the federal communications commission from regulating internet rates. the internet bill is on the bill for friday. live coverage of the house when members return here on c-span. and some campaign news from "the hill." democratic hopeful bernie sanders has picked up the endorsement of the new york transit workers union during a visit to a brooklyn union hall center, sanders thaad the union members for his endorsement and he would keep up his winning streak with a victory in new york. you don't have a great middle class unless you have a great trade, sanders said. dising missing those who offered -- by the way, we have recorded the union town hall with senator sanders today and show it later on the c-span networks and he picked up his first endorsement from a senate colleague, oregon senator jeff merkley has thro

rna coming up in about 45 minutes, tom rice on tax reform proposals and the republican budget.nnsylvania congressman brendan boyle looks at some of the issues before the house foreign affairs and oversight and government reform committees. later, mark warren, talks about his "esquire" magazine willing at the blurring lines between politics and entertainment. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. isit ncicap.org] host: good morning. it's wednesday, april 13, 2016, and in the headlines for today's "washington journal," house speaker paul ryan ruled out a presidential bid amid growing speculation that he might enter the race for the republican nomination at the party's convention should the delegates fail to choose a nominee on the first ballot. meanwhile, newly confirmed educational secretary john king was on the hill on the every student succeeds act but he faces criticism from committee chairman lamar

are talking to congressman tom rice, the republican from south carolina, about tax policy ahead of friday's tax day. member ofn rice is a the committee and was elected in 2012. up next, on the republican mind, cottage, newlley york. you are on with congressman rice. caller: you got it right. congressman, nice to talk to. guest: thank you. how are you? caller: good, thank you. we have not been tax reforms since 1986. one of the main problems i see with doing tax reform, it is never indexed to inflation. one thing that people don't really understand is that the federal reserve creates inflation. , 2% try to shoot for it inflation rate every a, but since 1973 to 1990, inflation averaged about 4.5%. the american people do not understand that that is a tax on them. every year, because the tax code is not indexed to inflation, every year, more and more people get sucked into the alternate minimum tax and higher tax rates. people do not understand that they are being taxed. they think it is greedy businessmen but it is not true. host: do you have a specific question? caller: i want him to address

we are talking with congressman tom rice, a republican from south carolina. for lines for this conversation, republicans can call in, 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. inns can call -- independence can call 202-748-8002. nd independents, 202-748-8002. i think i said that twice. i apologize for that. guest: you get flustered. host: i do too. a little bit. it's so much going on at this campaign. it's such an exciting time that's got me tongue-tied a little bit. you're speaking a little bit about donald trump in today's "new york times" editorial page. steven ratner piece says that congress essentially has created donald trump by -- through their efforts of spoiling the obama administration and some of the things that they've been doing. it starts off saying memo to republican legislatures. biting your nails over the new york primary, wondering if you can finally derail donald trump's candidacy with gulp, ted cruz, you brought it on yourself. not just by failing for too long to take mr. trump seriously or by lacking an effective response what do you say of

coming up wednesday morning, south carolina republican congressman tom rice on the prospects for passagepublican budget. tax reform proposals, cyber security and taxpayer information and the 2016 presidential campaign. then pennsylvania democratic congressman brendan boil will join us to discuss top issues before the horse foreiuse foreis committee. his thoughts on the candidates and the democratic national convention taking place in his district. mark warren, executive editor for "esquire" will talk about the blurring lines between politics and entertainment. watch washington journal wednesday morning at 7:00. join the discussion. >>> madam secretary, we proudly give 72 of our delegate votes to the next president of the united states. >>> up next, education secretary john king testifies about the nation's new federal education law. then a look at fema spending and emergency preparedness. later, a debate on assessment testing at universities. >>> the campaign 2016 bus continues its travels to visit winners from this year's studentcam competition. our bus visited spanish springs high scho

coming up wednesday morning, south carolina republican congressman tom rice on the prospects for a pass of a republican budget, tax reform proposals and 2016 campaign. and then brendan boil and taking place in his district. mark warren will talk about his magazine's piece this month which takes a look at the blurring lines between politics and entertainment. this is beginning live at 7:00 eastern on wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> next, fema's deputy administrator talks about cuts to the agency part of the homeland security. other topics include first responders, transportation of hazardous material and fema training. the subcommittee hearing is an hour and fifteen minutes. >> i call this hearing to order. good afternoon and welcome to the panel. thanks for joining us today. this committee is charged with oversight of all federal spending, which we accomplished through hearings like this one and through regular reports that are provided by various agencies that also help us to oversee government and its spending. today, we're examining the spending at the federal emergency l

coming up wednesday morning south carolina republican congressman tom rice on the passage of a republicanreform proposal, cybersecurity, taxpayer information and the 2016 presidential campaign. pennsylvania democrat congressman boyle will join us to talk about his thoughts on the upcoming 2016 presidential candidates. and mark warren, executive editor or esquire magazine will talk about his views. join the discussion. >> president obama designated a national monument today in honor of women's rights and suffrage movement. it is adjacent to the u.s. capitol. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you, very much, everybody. thank you. very much, everybody. thank you. thank you. everybody, please have a seat. have is a seat. hello, everybody. thank you for the introduction. it should be noted that today is equal pay day. which means a woman has to work about this far in 2016 just to earn what a man earned in 2015. what a better place it commemorate this day than here at this house where some of our country's most important history took place and where this history needs to inform the work that rem

but yesterday, it wasn't the hot sauce making tom fallis sweat, as he waited for the jury's verdict. he barely had time to finish his rice and beans. >> the jury only deliberated three and a half hours, after weeks of testimony. that is a swift verdict. >> reporter: and sometimes that's a good sign for the prosecution. >> ladies and gentlemen, the jury has reached a verdict. >> reporter: judge thomas quammen read the jury's sudden decision to a packed courthouse. >> we the jury find tom fallis not guilty of murder in the second decree and all lesser included offenses. >> reporter: while tom fallis hugs his lead attorney, his defense team wipes away tears and mouths a thank you to the men and women of the jury as they are led out of the courtroom. >> you have to wonder whether the prosecutors felt pressured to bring the case. was at best conflicting. most people would have been shocked if there had been a conviction. >> reporter: and in the wake of that verdict, a challenged police force has had to look itself in the mirror and ask its own questions about how they handled the case. so you thought it was a homicide? >> i d

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agreeing to pay $6 million to the family of tamir rice m he was shot to death in 2014 while playing with a pellet gun. a fed rl appeals court ruling tom brady should serve the four-game suspension in the so-called deflategate. brady who said he had no role in deplating the air pressure in gameballs could steel appeal the decision that's a look at news. and now back to "red eye." >> game "game of thrones" returns on hbo. the show is a huge hit, but not everything on the network is leaving her to ask why is hbo flailing? it treats its women as sex be ons. "game of thrones" reflects a broader problem with the lineup. the male centered programming treats them as plot devices. she is not alone. after an episode of last season's "game of thrones" there was a brutal rape of one of the main characters about how it was inappropriate because it denied her character agency and empower meant. my old favorite view . went with the typical feminist studies professor. i don't think there should be gratuitous sex and graphic violence, but i don't need a graduate thesis to tell me why. there just shouldn't be. i don't need to spend a lot of time thinki

. >> i think tom made a lot of good points but in the united states we tried to hit the home run ball three times, bill clinton, condoleezza ricef with secretary keri 2013-2014. and i think what we see despite the best efforts of the united states these guys cannot do the home run ball. we don't have time to explain all the reasons, but the point is i think we have to be more mod nest our objectives and try to hit singles and doubles because whether it's a lack of leadership-- and by the way, even the great leaders in the middle east deferred these issues. there's a reason why these issues-- the can's been kicked down the road-- and we have disbelieving publics. they might say, "i'm for a two-state solution but i don't think the other guy is." and the middle east is in unprecedented turmoil which the newshour has been chronicling since the arab spring in 2011. given all together, we can give up and say let these guys kill each other on both sides or say maybe we have to be more mod nest our objectives, keep the two-state solution open, so when the sides want to go through that door, they can. i think there are some practical id