needs. it has been a little lonely, but i also feel like, i am glad i am here. this is going to have a different outcome because i m showing up every day. host: on that issue? rep. beyer: on that issue and others. host: with nancy pelosi, what is your relationship? rep. beyer: it is very good, with nancy pelosi and others. that is the other thing, too i am not seen these divisions on a policy become personal. i am sure they do sometimes for some people, but i have not felt any personal problem. even if you come out of the committee meetings, one of my republican friends had a bill that i voted against we realize it is not personal. host: when you ran for the house, you had a pretty contentious to him. how did you win? rep. beyer: there were 13 of us, originally and 10 on the ballot, and it very quickly became obvious that there was 40 years in business, lieutenant governor, overseas ambassador, and i had this experience, and nobody else had this resume to hit the ground runni
opposed to the state supporting the municipalities and the counties. there are environmental issues. it is employment, civil rights all those things. it is access to health care, affordability of health care higher education. bill: what surprised you the most this year since your swearing-in in january? rep. coleman: my republican colleagues refusing to let go of issues that have been decided in the courts, such as the woman s right to choose, acting myopically with immigration on the southern border. things of that nature and a refusal to look beyond those issues. bill: before we wrap up, i wanted to ask you, your day-to-day routine on capitol hill, what you like the most and what do you like the least? movement. rep. coleman: i like the movement. i like moving from one thing to the next. i like the excitement. i probably like the least being taken away from a committee meeting or something and then having to come back and get that momentum back. bill: after a vote or someth
programs by unanimous consent but kentucky senator rand paul objected. the senate now in the process of holding a procedural vote on the house passed usa freedom act that would extend surveillance provisions but make changes unhappy and is a re - acquires phone data. you can watch is live on c-span two. this week on q&a, pulitzer prize winner david mccullough sharing stories let his new book, the right brothers. that was largely because their father always encouraged them if they had some interesting project they were working on to stay home and do it. you don t have to go to school. he knew how bright they were. wilbur was a genius without question. orval was bright, inventive clever mechanically, but he didn t have the reach of mine that wilbur had. they love music. they love to books they loved books. nathaniel hawthorne was orval s favorite writer. catherine loves her walter scott. in fact, for one of her birthdays, the brothers gave her a bus of sir walter scott. h