Congressman jim jordan of ohio. Break, he wasust home in his district. He has said he will judge congress by how they perform this month. Hisill talk about expectations and voter expectations. Bob, you are up first. There has been a lot of speculation about Speaker Boehners future. A resolution by one of your colleagues to oust this speaker. You voted for the speaker ohio colleague at the beginning of this congress. Do you think john boehner has done a good job as speaker . Guest what i know is this. We have big issues coming up. The country is coming up. We have the iran issue we are debating this week. We have the funding the government issue along with this huge question about planned parenthood and the fact that they should not be getting any taxpayer dollars as we move forward. Shortly after that, we have the highway bill potentially, the xm corporate welfare concept. We have a number of big things coming up. Frankly, i think everyone is watching not just the speakers but congress
40. 95, plus shipping. A dollars . 25r plus shipping. Next, set as historian emeritus don ritchie takes us Senate Officeksen building. We learn about its construction, place in history, and the buildings namesake. Once upon the time the entire United States senate could operate out of the Capital Building. That wasnt the 19th century that was in the 19th century. Demands of the government grew and as services group, letters started coming in, more staff had to be hired, more space had to be acquired, and eventually the three Senate Buildings were constructed. Right now we are in the dirksen building, we are in the large multipurpose hearing room that has had various layers of history. The first Senate Office building 1909, known as the russell office. More and more services were coming out. All of the senators were in one building and all the staff were in one building. Was a small unity of staff and senators that existed in the building until 1958. Steadily that a on the government in
Multipurpose hearing room that has had various layers of history. The first Senate Office building opened in 1909, known as the russell office. More and more services were coming out. All of the senators were in one building and all the staff were in one building. There was a small unity of staff and senators that existed in the building until 1958. Steadily that a on the government increased. People started writing in, Social Security became an issue, somebody became an issue. Senators hired more staff and they had to find more places to put them. At one point the russell building was absolutely crammed with people. They had people working in the attic, into the basement, bathrooms were converted into offices. People were squeezed in everywhere. It became clear by the end of the 1930s after this new deal had increase the size of the federal government, that they were going to need another building. They needed space for committees to meet. Committees were partly at the Capitol Buildin
Ew, morehe services gr public letters started coming in, more staff had to be hired, more space had to be acquired, and eventually the three Senate Buildings were constructed. Right now we are in the dirksen , building. We are in the large multipurpose hearing room that has had various layers of history. The first Senate Office building opened in 1909, known as the Richard Russell building. This was because the government was growing. There were more and more services coming out. All of the senators were in one building and all the staff were in one building. There was a Small Community of staff and senators that existed in the building until 1958. But steadily, the demands on the government increased. People started writing in, Social Security became an issue, so many other federal issues directly affected citizens, so they were to their senators. Senators hired more staff and they had to find more places to put them. At one point, the russell building was absolutely crammed with peop
There are reports and theres a lot of oversight in this subCommittee Mark. So i would say while i agree with some of her comments and ideas behind why she wants to see this, i would also agree with mr. Turner that the unit cost as come down for us and make date in some ways more affordable as well as for many of our allies looking at some of these buys in order to make sure they are also applied by this. Thank you for your time. Appreciated. Gemmill and from mr. Castro appeared i would like to yield three minutes to the gentlelady from california ms. Speier. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I have a question or to chair the subcommittee. Mr. Turner, the fact that the gao, the Inspector General and the department of Operational Testing and evaluation have all said that there are problems and that we need to recognize moving forward we dont even have to ramp up capacity as i believe the gao, do you basically disagree with the conclusions made by those various oversight entities . No.