you for being here on this beautiful alaska day, it is tough to be indoors on a day like this, thank you for being in the arena you are a participant, you are walking the walk, not just talking to talking the talk. you understand what the issues are, and we want someone in d.c. to build on rep. young: shoes. understanding that it is impossible to fill his shoes, i appreciate the opportunity to apply for a job. if you would have me as a representative of alaska s interests, it would be an honor of a lifetime. i also wanted think miss sweeney for being here, we love her, and she is wonderful for alaska. i am nick begich the third, how does a begich become a republican? i was raised in a christian school, i received a baylor university undergrad, later i went to indiana university where i picked up and nba with a focus on information technology sciences. i worked for a company for a few years and i decided that detroit and the surrounding area was not the best place for us t
The future of dreamers as Congress Considers a fix to the deferred action for childhood arrivals program. Then representative paul gosar discusses immigration policy and how it could impact a possible government shutdown. Host members of a congressional delegation from puerto rico plan to present credentials to the house and senate today in an attempt to be recognize, which would give them Voting Rights. It is reported to be a larger effort to have the territory be recognized as a state. This is the washington journal. You are watching a threehour program today. The president met with house and Senate Leaders yesterday to work on a plan to keep dreamers, immigrants coming into the country, he gave them until march to hammer out a plan and a california judge has declared that the program make up the dreamers from being deported must remain in place for now. Our first hour devoted to your thoughts on what should be done with the dreamers. If you think the country should let them stay in
Taxpayer. We have a duty to make sure that the program is set up. Properly and there isnt forgetting the term. There is a moral liability, eres a lack of moral hazard here because the risk has been reduced greatly on a person benefiting from the decision. Hope, mr. Chairman, we can hold hearings in another area and thats in our educational benefits. Im disturbed that in another Committee Form there is a proposal to do completely away educational allow institutions to take 100 , 100 of their revenue from the federal government. Including federally backed student loans. I hope we could devil into that area. I want to ask this question of delve into that area. I want to ask this question of cant see the name. The guy at the end. Mr. Cooper, as we approach this, i want to be careful, any action we take does not have any unforeseen consequences. One proposal thats been discussed is capping lender fees and tying the cap to the benefit of the loan for the veteran. So that the lender would not
Tonight. Thank you for being at the first times live event of 2018. After what happened in 2017, we thank you for coming back for more. [laughter] is a greatof all, it honor to be on this panel tonight with two friends and colleagues that i have it through a lot of battles with together, as well as a new friend, joanna mendez, who i authority theent piece of critical information that, after being a Washington Post reporter for decades, recently decided she could not do without the New York Times and became a paid subscriber. [applause] thats all you need to know tonight. Trump and thec is Russian Investigation and this consuming, competitive, maddening story we have been a part of over the past year, some as reporters, some as readers. No doubt if you came tonight, you have been following this closely. I dont know if tonight it will all be clear, and if it is, please tell us because we would love clarity on anything. Hopefully it will be a lively discussion. To start, i thought i would
Even as the investigation into the suspected domestic terrorist case continues. Many are looking to the federal government, we are asking viewers to weigh in this morning. Should soldiers be able to carry their guns on military bases and recruiting sites . The phone lines are open. Democrats call 202 7488000 republicans call 202 7488001 independents, call 202 7488002. A special line is boring for active and retired members of the military, 202 7488003. You can also catch up with us on social media, twitter, facebook or email at journal cspan. Org. We begin with the debate over whether restrictions on soldiers carrying their weapons on military facilities should be lifted. Heres how the washington times, put it. The chattanooga shooting spree has reignited the debate over whether will sorry military personnel should be able to carry on basis. As we noted, governors in several states already taking action since that shooting last week. The wall street journal, says some of the actions ta