and actually chairman walden, now-chairman walden and representative pence introduced a bill addressing some of those issues. some i think in congress at least on the house republican side there will be close monitoring of the fcc's proposals on that. and if necessary, there'll be legislation introduced that they are concerned with some of those proposals. >> host: you mentioned legislation. i think it dealt with the fairness doctrine, and that's been an issue of interest for mr. walden. do you see him pushing that legislation in the 112th congress? that's if he hasn't made any moves in that area. >> guest: yeah. i think because he's now chair he won't do anything unless it's necessary, right? chairmen tend to hold back and see what's important before they put their chop on the line. as necessary. >> host: final question. with today's telecommunications world, are they outdated at this point? would you like to see an overhaul of the telecommunications acts? >> guest: i think that will does need to be at least an examination of several issues. if this net neutrality issue can't get worke

i'm glad that he's the chairman and that congressman walden will also be there. i think that he has a lot of good in sight and the important thing is for these committees and subcommittees to be held by people who have some kind of understanding of these highly technical areas. i think that helps everyone come to the consensus and create the laws that makes sense for everyone. >> patricia paoletta, coming from the republican side of the nile. >> nsa telecom earlier i am thrilled he's there because he does understand the issues and in terms of a sort of republican principles and governments, he has always articulate it a preference for reliance on market solutions and technology involved, don't come up with an answer to fix a problem that isn't really there. so i think that gives a lot of comfort to folks across-the-board in the different sectors of communication. >> getting back to privacy who do you see being the players on that? in the house, joe barton has been outspoken on the need for privacy legislation. who do you see stepping up to the plate and who do yo

walden hasn't outlined his agendas. in addition to net neutrality, what other priorities do you see for him? >> well, universal service reform. he comes from a rural state. that's a very important issue for rural residents, to get all services and to the extent therlhi areas, you do need subsidies. so that's going to be an issue. he's bringing on as one of his staffers someone who chaired the state regulatory group on universal service. and clearly the vice chairman of the subcommittee, lee terry, has a long-standing interest in universal reform, as has chairman rockefeller. >> speaking of chairman rockefeller, will he push u.s.f. reform in this congress, and do you see it happening? >> i don't know if i see it happening. chairman rockefeller is very interesting, in that he is very consumer oriented in the avenues that he pursues. so on the one hand the argument could be made that if u.s.f. is reformed, those will go down and that's a consumer angle that can be pursued. it will be interesting to see how that plays out.

walden described several. but three there is a major time bomb in this. the major responsibility we have in congress is to debate taxes and spending. taxes and spending. and the provision that basically will protect privileged tax breaks so we cannot have a debate about whether or not a hedge fund billionaire should pay at least the same rate of income tax as his or her chauffeur or cook, the fact that we cannot have a debate as to whether mature and profitable industries should continue to get taxpayer subsidies like the oil tri-instead of being able to divert them to emerging technologies, the fact that these are off the table so that the only outcome will be cuts in spending that affect every single person without any debate, that's the problem and when mr. mccarthy says that the rules dictate behavior, he left out that the rules dictate outcome as well. i yield back. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: thank you very much, madam speaker. may i inquire how much time remains on each side? the speaker pro tempor

host: greg walden, a republican from oregon. chairing a subcommittee on communications and technologies. we have a view were asking -- viewer asking -- guest: we are still getting the committee organized. democrats have not appointed their members to the committees. their organizational effort takes place now and they have started to select their leadership. so we are waiting to populate the committee. the republicans have just about finished their work. once that is all done, which should be by the end of this week, next week, the full energy and commerce committee will set a date to meet. then there will be plenty of notice. this is another example, in my opinion, where federal agency on a party-line vote began to decide to regulate the internet. i think it is an answer in search of a problem that does not exist right now. i want to keep the internet as free as possible. i do not want some fairness doctrine apply to the internet, as they did with broadcasters. we're going to have oversight hearings, -- and first of all, whethe

walden: thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank the chairman of the administration committee for his help and assistance as we work through the transition. i also want to thank the ranking member, mr. brady and mr. andrews as well who are designated by then-speaker pelosi to be a formal conduit on the transition. they were most helpful and gave us good insights. i want to thank the members who participated an the staff who we reached out to in a survey across this campus to say, how can we do this better? how can we be more efficient with our time and the taxpayers imoney. there's an old saying that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ladies and gentlemen, this is a single step forward but it is a $35 million first step. we think we can at least save that in this effort today and leadership really starts at the top. the american people have spoken loudly and clearly, they're very concerned about the economy and their jobs and their communities. and they're equally and deeply concerned about th

walden. mr. cuayar. mr. dreier. ms. wasserman-schulz. mr. roskam. ms. bass.the members of the ohio delegation -- ms. kaptur, mr. latourette, mr. kucinich, mr. ryan, mr. turner. mr. jordan. ms. fudge. mr. shabat. mr. gibbs. mr. johnson. mr. stuyvants. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. >> lots of ceremony and procedure on this first day of the 112 congress as the u.s. house select john boehner as the 61st speaker of the house. >> or speaker-elect, john boehner, a representative from ohio. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] >> it is a high honor to welcome all members of congress and their families to the house of representatives. to the members -- new members and their families, it is a special welcome and congratulations. we all wish you great success. [applause] congratulations to you. we all come here to represent our constituents. our respect for each other is founded in our respect for the people that we represent. this month, we wi

on tomorrows "washington journal," greg walden. democratic rep corporal leap or her party's agenda for the 112th congress. and then the new rules on greenhouse gas emissions. it begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. in house republicans are working to defeat health care law with a vote scheduled next wednesday. watched the entire boat on c- span. new the bill online at c-span read c-span.org region the of the bill online rejiggered -- c- span.org. come on over here. good job, great to see you. thank you for doing this. >> it is nice to see you. >> it is nice to see you, too. >> thank you, sir. [crowd chattering] >> who is going to hold the bible? >> you know the drill. [laughter] >> thank you. >> everybody look at the camera. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> thank you. guys in the you middle. >> raise your right hand. there you go. >> how are you, sir? >> great. thank you, all. >> right over here. >> thank you. >> raise your right hand. make sure your are not b locking her. >> left hand here. raise your right hand. >> oh, my. >>

the hate ash bury free clinics and walden house are merging. they prom sided free health care until 1967. walden house started treating people with assistance use problems -- substance abuse problems. >>> why air quality officials don't want you to burn any wood. >>> plus a new development in the fight over gay marriage here in california. the reason it may take some time until the federal courts make a decision. >>> traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving on the 680 freeway. we will tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> good morning. it's cold again out there. there is areas of fog. a little thicker than we saw yesterday as you can breakthrough that fog. upper 50s to near 60s. otherwise low 50s in the low clouds and fog. >> all right steve time now 5:25. we know it's cold outside but air quality officials are asking you not to burn wood this week. the weather conditions on tomorrow and friday could trap smoke near the ground that would make unhealthy breathing conditions. this is not a winter spare the air

walden. mr. cuayar. mr. dreier. ms. wasserman-schulz. mr. roskam. ms. bass.the members of the ohio delegation -- ms. kaptur, mr. latourette, mr. kucinich, mr. ryan, mr. turner. mr. jordan. ms. fudge. mr. shabat. mr. gibbs. mr. johnson. mr. stuyvants. the committee will retire from the chamber to escort the speaker-elect to the chair. the 112 congress as the u.s. house select john boehner as the 61st speaker of the house. >> or speaker-elect, john boehner, a representative from ohio. [cheers and applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] [applause] [cheers and applause] >> it is a high honor to welcome all members of congress and their families to the house of representatives. to the members -- new members and their families, it is a special welcome and congratulations. we all wish you great success. [applause] congratulations to you. we all come here to represent our constituents. our respect for each other is founded in our respect for the people that we represent. this month, we will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the inauguration o

she's taking care of traffic sitations before she goes to walden house. we can always give you resource cards but you as an individual have to want to do better before we can help you out. okay. thank you. [applause] >> i want to say that ron and antoine once they cornered me and i said, okay. what we did is we invite them to everything. we invite our police officers we also have other officers that are wonderful. we invite them to everything. ron and antoine are on the pta. so, we invite them

she's taking care of traffic sitations before she goes to walden house. we can always give you resource cards but you as an individual have to want to do better before we can help you out. okay. thank you. [applause] >> i want to say that ron and antoine once they cornered me and i said, okay. what we did is we invite them to everything. we invite our police officers we also have other officers that are wonderful. we invite them to everything. ron and antoine are on the pta. so, we invite them to every good event and a lot of times we see them in bad situations also. we always invite them. we opened our doors to them and that was important and i think if you are looking for a ron and antoine the best thing to do is probably if you don't know your officers on the street and their personalities to call our captain and ask him or her if they know of someone you can work with. that's really important. and a lot of the stuff we do we also they wrote a grant for mayor's office of community justice. we actually, i worked with them we got a grant to educate the c

[applause] a big special round of applause for walden house, who has consistently been here helping us double time, triple time. thank you. we have a brand new service here today. we are going to be able to serve about 25 to 30 women, so if i could get a big round of applause for the department of public health being able to bring the service here today. [applause] this is my last project homeless connect, and i just wanted to give a big thanks to both the mayor, the department of public health for giving me the opportunity to be here, but more than anything, i want to say a really big thanks to all of you. what we are doing here is not only helping people who need a hand but creating a community that can be year to work together to help people who are in need. together, we are going to end homeless here in san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> there is another very special person here, home is my great pleasure to introduce to you. she works for the health department, but more importantly, she was on the 10- year planning council. she understands the value and need for mental health

. >> greg walden joins us, republican from oregon's second district. thank you for being here. >> guest: good morning. thank you for having me. >> host: the constitution on the house floor. what's the value in it? >> guest: i think it's really valuable. it's unprecedented. second, i think it really speaks to one the messages from the american people in this election. they felt like the government in washington had strayed from the underpinnings of our country and the constitution is clearly that underpinning that gives us all of the freedoms and rights whether it's the first amendment that gives us the right to be here and have this discussion or any of the others. i think it's important as a reminder to legislators that everything that we do here is only -- restricted or granted by the constitution. and that it is a document that preserves the people's rights, the people's freedoms, and limits the power to the government. i think that's a good reminder. >> we had one comment on twitter today, asking how do you make that come into the play as you legis

we went to work at night with the infantry men was to hire -- this is sergeant walden which is our most famous band we had for our snipers. we got 44 sniper rifles to come over and train our troops. when they first went out in december of a of '68, it's raising the whole el vague of whale -- whole elevation. now we have the night covered in a small part, so we said how can you cover the whole area at night? and we decided we'd go with what we called our aviation thing that we, we put a night vision device into a helicopter, and we had the man looking down, and when you find the enemy down below, the air crab will come in and p zap them. it's a night search, as we call it. and i had the j-be come down with me at night, and he said, we killed sl, we killed he said, look, if men aren't in the village, the vc during the day, they come in at night. let's go get 'em at night. >> so we corked out a plan with a c and c standing off and a light fire team, and they'd land in the middle of the night. now we had it covered by night, we had it,ed what does that mean in if a one year period we had 28

walden books? >> yeah. they just closed half of their stores. when i was a kid and went to the new school, there were lots of good bookstores. they had their own bookstore at pantheon, paid for by a foundation, that i might point out. some of the pillars of the publishing industry and the bookstore, the newspaper review. >> right. >> you said something interesting. that there's -- one the reasons that they are disappearing is the ad money from the publishers is now going to barnes & noble. >> right. the chain to pay for what they call cooperative advertising which is a euphemism for bribery. they will put your book in the front if you pay them extra whatever. >> people don't know this. book at the front doesn't get there because the staff has taken the initiative. >> if you see ritz crackers at the front of the store at the grocery store, it's not a staff pick. the people at the bookstore staff that can get you what to pick, barnes & noble people are paid less than at mcdonald. this is not somebody that you are going to ask for advice on which t

walden. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker.f of the people of oregon's second district to offer my deepest sympathies to the families of the victims of saturday's senseless shooting in tucson. americans see each of us taking this personally because congresswoman giffords and her staff were doing what each of us does in our own way. we go home, we reach out to listen to people who agree and disagree, and we practice the art of demracy. it is the practice so fundamental to our nation that families bring their young children who are interested in public service. senior judges attend to discuss federal policy. citizens come to get help with their medicare or vare benefits. -- veterans' affairs benefits. no one comes, no one comes thinking such a despicable act of violence will occur. despite deep philosophical differences, sometimes argued vigorously and vociferously in our meetings, americans share a common belief that violence has no place in democratic discourse. romans 12:1 paul writes, don't be overcome by evil but over come e

was there also walden books? >> yeah. there are lots of chains that have begun to disappear, and borders just closed their 150 model stores the other day which was half of their stores. but, you know, i mean, when i was a kid and went to the new school, there were lots of bookstores around here, and the new school had it own very good bookstore paid for a foundation, i might point out. all of those have gone. >> and the other thing, so some of the pillars of the publishing industry, the bookstores, and then the newspaper review sections, right? >> right. >> you said something to me interesting, that there's -- one of the reasons that they're disappearing is the ad, that the ad money from the publishers is now going to barnes & noble. >> the chains to pay for what they call cooperative advertising which is a euphemism for bribery. it means that they'll put your book in the front of the store, you know, if you pay them an extra whatever. >> and people don't know this. so a book at barnes & noble does not get to the front of

walden: thank you, mr. chairman. 42.7% of oregon's seniors, that's 200,000 in oregon, nearly 41,000 in my district, were enrolled at the time this law was established in medicare advantage programs. you know, under this bill, under this new law instead care gets whacked by $500 billion and reports indicate one out of two seniors might lose their medicare advantage across the country. look, i want a patient-centered health care system. it's your life, it's your health, you should have the right to choose your doctor and your hospital and make those decisions. we will address with our replacement bill pre-existing conditions, making sure kids who are in college or up to 26 or whatever the age are going to be covered by the insurance. i tell what you, in the law that is on the books today, it drives up the cost of health care, it drives up premiums and it adds to the nation's debt when you look at it in the long-term according to c.b.o. the manager at a small freight logistics told me recently, because of the

walden. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker.eople of oregon's second district to offer my deepest sympathies to the families of the victims of saturday's senseless shooting in tucson. americans see each of us taking this personally because congresswoman giffords and her staff were doing what each of us does in our own way. we go home, we reach out to listen to people who agree and disagree, and we practice the art of democracy. it is the practice so fundamental to our nation that families bring their young children who are interested in public service. senior judges attend to discuss federal policy. citizens come to get help with their medicare or vare benefits. -- veterans' affairs benefits. no one comes, no one comes thinking such a despicable act of violence will occur. despite deep philosophical differences, sometimes argued vigorously and vociferously in our meetings, americans share a common belief that violence has no place in democratic discourse. romans 12:1 paul writes, don't be overcome by evil but over come evil with

walden. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise on behalf of the people of oregon's second district to offer my deepest sympathies to the families of the victims of saturday's senseless shooting in tucson. americans see each of us taking this personally because congresswoman giffords and her staff were doing what each of us does in our own way. we go home, we reach out to listen to people who agree and disagree, and we practice the art of democracy. it is the practice so fundamental to our nation that families bring their young children who are interested in public service. senior judges attend to discuss federal policy. citizens come to get help with their medicare or vare benefits. -- veterans' affairs benefits. no one comes, no one comes thinking such a despicable act of violence will occur. despite deep philosophical differences, sometimes argued vigorously and vociferously in our meetings, americans share a common belief that violence has no place in democratic discourse. romans 12:1 paul writes, don't be overcome by ev

walden. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise on behalf of the people of oregon's second district to offer my deepest sympathies to the familiesf the victims of saturday's senseless shooting in tucson. americans see each of us taking this personally because congresswoman giffords and her staff were doing what each of us does in our own way. we go home, we reach out to listen to peoe who agree and disagree, and we practice the art of democracy. it is the practice so fundamental to our nation that families bring their young children who are interested in public service. senior judges attend to discuss federal policy. citizens come to get help with their medicare or vare benefits. -- veterans' affairs benefits. no one comes, no one comes thinking such a despicable act of violence will occur. despite deep philosophical differences, sometimes argued vigorously and vociferously in our meetings, americans share a common belief that violence has no place in democratic discourse. romans 12:1 paul writes, don't be overcome by evil b

[laughter] with going to be working congressman greg walden to introduce legislation that came from a similar time of blaming the debate. the efforts that amnesty had faltered in the senate, and it was actually members of both political parties who were saying that while we would have been able to pass this -- this was in the press, but-for talk radio or but-for the debate, and i heard one prominent member of the senate say we have got to do some about the debate. that is when i authored the broadcaster freedom act, which would take power away from the federal communications commission for ever to impose the censorship known as the fairness doctrine. that was the law for decades in america. believe in or not, from the outset of the radio business all the way to the ronald reagan years, radio stations lived under -- broadcast radio stations lived under content regulation. eventually it was litigated, went to the supreme court in the famous red line in case. speech restrictions were upheld. but eventually they were done away with, and the explosion of the debate on the airwaves of ameri

what people don't realize is he's also sam walden.ill get a company that's not as good. he has the single best bench i have seen because this happened before. tim cook is able. many people will fill his role but he'll be missed. >> we'll talk about tim cook in a minute. the timing, the announcement of him taking a leave of absence for medical purposes came yesterday, a holiday here, the markets were closed. today apple release it is qua l quarterly earnings. was there a plan? >> i have to believe there was. better to get this out. i think people will feel much better. it's also the right corporate thing to do, the right ethical thing to do. you buy the stock and the news comes out next week you have a lawsuit against apple. >> you mentioned tim cook. he's the man that will be taking over for the interim period. he's clearly a competent businessman. can he keep the cool in the company? >> stock went down 8% last time we had this announcement. up 60% over the next six months because, i think, of the great hand cook gave it. i think this

walden and i have just discovered that i do have another speaker here and with the indulgence of my friend on the other side, i would like to yield to the gentleman, mr. walsh, from illinois, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois is recognized for three minutes. mr. walsh: thank you, mr. speaker. i apologize, i snuck up on you there. i rise today to support resolution 22 in the house. we were elected this past fall to do what we said we were going to do, to lead by example when it comes to spending and tightening our own belts, following through on this key pledge that we made in the pledge to america, i think, is vital, we're taking the first step before we ask others to tighten their own belts and it's important to understand this is a first step, hopefully in an ongoing effort to continue to cut costs. this will impact each and every one of us and i think it's very important to the american people that we see we are talking the talk and walking the walk. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from californi