He served as chancellor of our twoyear college system. He can bring some insight to educational reform. He succeeds one of our closest friends, all of us on both sides, jo bonner. And although we miss jo, we welcome bradley. And that makes up for some of the loss of jo. And i think youre going to, youre going to get to where you know and appreciate this gentleman that has joined us today. Thank you. Prison [applause] at in this time i yield the flo. As a lawyer, former Alabama State senator and as a former chancellor of alabamas twoyear college system, bradley has a proven record as a principled servant leader. I know bradley as a man of strong character who has dedicated his public life to strengthening his community and improving our state. I believe bradley will ably toll in the tradition of his predecessors in rowdily representing alabamas first congressional district. I look forward to working with you, bradley, especially on our shared constituents in clark county. Recently, a lo
Are going to say this is relevant to me, i signed up for this. Guest whether obamacare is going to be a plus or a minus for either side, i am willing to bet. Host longtime democratic supporter, and supporter of Hillary Clinton. Do you think she will run . Guest this is a very critical decision for her, and a tough one. She left Public Office on a high note. Her numbers are very good right now, and Everyone Wants to hear from her. She is right out chiming in and focusing on the issues that she cares about. I do think that she will probably have to decide next year. We will see the way things go. You already see people that are giddy about a campaign, a Hillary Clinton campaign, and you see both sides gearing up at preparing for the possibility of her running. I think from the standpoint of somebody who has to quickly decide to put together a campaign, that is not her. She has the luxury of really waiting and weighing whether this is something that is good for her personally, whether it
On the floor, the pentagons budget bill is expected with an amendment on the nsa, syria, and egypt. One an amendment could curtail the nsas ability to collect telephone and other data. We want to get your reaction to that provision. Host remember, you can send us a tweet or post your comments on facebook host let me begin with the New York Times story. This piece host we want to get your take on this. What do you think about this amendment the house is expected to vote on later this week . It was introduced by a republican in the house. I want to get your take on it. Host a little bit more from the New York Times this morning. It says host the senator spoke at the center for American Progress yesterday about this program. Is a liberal progressive think tank here in washington, as many of you know. And we covered his speech here on cspan. Here is a little bit. [video clip] at this point i think weve gotten in front of us some very serious questions. ,hat happens to our government our ci
Daniel webster to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2013, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. Wolf, for five minutes. Wolf mr. Speaker, today ive come to the floor to raise the seventh in a series of critical but Unanswered Questions about the terrorist attacks on the consulate in benghazi last september 11, 2011. The American People still do september 11, 2012. The American People still do have w if the answers been questioned. Im increasingly concerned that
It was another vote to kill obama care. If youre scoring this at home, its the 40th time the republicanled house voted to of repeal is, defund or cripple the law. It is government by tantrum meaningless. Meaningless measures, meaningless roll calls, meaningless speeches as they say down in texas, its all hat and no cattle. Republicans are united against obama care when it comes to votes like this one, but a warring faction of Tea Party Republicans led by ted cruz of texas are making it very real threat to shut down the u. S. Government if the law is not killed. Apparently the strategy is being lambasted as silly, dumb, unachievable and political suicide. And the people saying those words are not democrats, its the republicans in congress who are saying those things. And those criticisms are delicate compared to whats in todays Washington Post. Charles krauthammer, a pulp Pulitzer Prize winning conservative columnist says cruz belongs to the looney bin. And this is krauthammer, this is