discussion and help move transportation and infrastructure policy forward. thank you very much, and i look forward to our discussion. thank you. [ applause ] go ahead and sit in the middle. and rich, if you join us on the end there. we ll have some q&a here. we ll chat a little bit and then time to open it up to some questions from you all in the audience. thank you both for being here. as i said at the top, a host of issues where the chamber and the afl-cio, organized labor do not see eye to eye. i saw mr. trumka and on this issue there is so much overlap and the question is raised immediately, if organized labor and the largest business group in washington are on the same page, why can t this get done. maybe i ll go to you, rich, first. what s standing in the way? you ve looked at this issue and battled over this for years. what s in the way? it s pure politics right now. in the past this was always a bipartisan issue. there was never bickering. everybody knew that you
the ceremony is one hour and 15 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, please members of the united states house of representatives and the members of the united states senate and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] that afternoon and welcome to the united states gavel. congress is celebrating the heroes of the civil rights movement. frederickt proves douglass was right when he said if there is no struggle, there is no progress. among the begins between his , for little lights standout. it was three weeks in a day after the march on washington, was inluther king jr. birmingham, alabama. sermonize,there to he was there to eulogize to make sense of the sunday morning murder of young addie mae collins, denise mcnair, carole .obertson, and cynthia wesley the innocent blood of these may well serve as a redemptive force. what may have b
move they acknowledge is risky. house speaker john boehner met with house republicans for an hour and a half today. he didn t share his opinion of the bill, but many other did.licans, like alabama s ledncer bacchus, did. cuttingenate bill failed miserably in cutting spending. reporter: michael conaway of texas. ta i m unwilling to gag down a deal that is unacceptable. reporter: even the number two house republican, virginia s eric cantor, said he could not fopport the bill in its current form, despite the fact that it passed the senate at 2:00 this morn morning with huge bipartisan support. the yeas are 89, the nays are eight. mi reporter: the bill is the product of the intense last- minute negotiations between senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and vice president joe biden. it contains no major cuts, partly because the speaker and vicepulled out of talks with the president last month over a akand bargain that would have cut nearly a trillion dollars in th over
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 texas, mr. smith, for five minutes. mr. speaker, the senate immigration bill never secures the border. it plans to mostly secure the high-risk sectors which are less than half the border, and there is no guarantee this will happen since there are no deadlines. in fact, if the high-risk sectors are mott secured after five years, a commission is established to make recommendations. make recommenda
today president obama signs the export/import bill. the senate is out until next week. a western nation are expelling syrian delegates. our question is whether or not you think the u.s. should go further. here are the numbers to call. the number to call for our democrat line is 202-737-0001. the number to call for our republican line is 202-737-0002. the number to call for our independent line is 202-628- 0205. you can also find us online at twitter. you can also join the conversation on facebook by looking for a c-span or e-mail us, journal@c-span.org. here is the headline in usa today this morning. do you think this has reached the point where the u.s. should get involved militarily? should we send in drones? you think this has reached a point where the of intervention? how does it compare to libya? how is it compared to egypt, in your eyes? give us a call and let us know what to think. area in profile of the league. the league. as we mentioned, while there were some ki