, independents, call 202 7488002. You can also make a comment via social media. Or you canspanwj, send an email to journal cspan. Org. Page of the washington times, ryan takes gavel, promises clean slate. Appealing for clean slate as gavel changes hands. Although its an unusual time for his party in the house, mr. Ryan situation has a few historical echoes. Things could be worse. Host thats a little bit from the New York Times. Paul ryan elected speaker. Republicans, call 202 7488001 , democrats, call 202 7488000 , and independents, call 202 7488002. He says lets hope he stays true to the Republican Partys and its values and gets the dissolution passed without the drama called by losey. Caused by nancy pelosi. He needs to use this majority to pass legislation. Andrew says divisive, arrogance, kind of dumb, big jerk. We met him in his vp bid and didnt like him. A greatys he is communicator, he will keep the house in order and a cobblers great things we have a republican president beginning january 2017. If you want to make a comment and join your conversation on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Ins begin with dee lymington texted lymington, texas. Caller i vote for the person. Been a new day in washington, and i hope the kid has enough guts to slap them down and make them behave. Stir up the rebels into working instead of promoting themselves. He has a rough job ahead of himself. I wish him all the best. Im praying for him. Dee in livingston, texas. George is up next from atlanta, georgia on the republican line. Caller im just really excited about paul ryan getting in. I feel like he is going to be a shit in your mouth . Host lets look at paul ryans acceptance speech. Ryan we need to make some changes. Starting with how the house does business. We need to let every member contribute, not once they earned their stripes, but now. Job with thes twotime committee chair. The committee should take the lead in drafting all major legislation. [applause] paul ryan if you know the issue, you should write the bill. Open up the process, let people participate. They may change the mind. And neglected minority will gum up the works. Minority will work in good faith. Instead of trying to stop the majority, they may try to become the majority. We need to return to regular order. The Washington Post, paul ryan wins the support after a closeddoor vote. Daniel webster of florida who had a following among staunch conservatives host sandra at bowling greens, south carolina. Say . Do you want to caller im proud of him, i just hope he keeps everyone in consideration. The whole world, everything. Host what do you mean by that . Well, government is a big thing. Straight, get things and when they make the decisions , the decision should be made for everyone. All, everything, not just a certain issue. Everything should be considered. Host thank you. Back to the Washington Post, article. Saying goodbye thursday, john boehner says he leaves the house is the same regular guy that came there. He recited a list of his accomplishments, including passing major spending cuts ending earmarks, and reserving the d. C. School voucher program. Host from the hill, newspaper, the Senate Approves the budget deal in a 3 00 a. M. Vote. It raises the debt ceiling. Toy send the agreement president obamas desk. The deal was approved in a 6435 vote after 3 00 a. M. After late speech from senator rand paul, who criticize the legislation as a blank check for president obama to add to the nations debt. Both sides of the aisle would have what i call sacred cows. On the right they have a sacred cow of military contracts, the left wants more welfare. Adding should we give congress more money . Hell no. Few other senators seemed interested, as they had to ask them to keep it down so that he could speak. Democrat from minnesota tweeted her dissatisfaction, arguing the gop president ial candidate was simply seeking attention for his campaign. 35 republicans oppose the deal, including senators pat toomey and ron johnson, who are facing tough reelection battles and blue leaning states next year. Legislation clears the cattle the calendar of mutual fistfights major physical fights after the elections. It goes on to say that senator Lindsey Graham was the only gop president ial contender to vote for the package. Senators ted cruz, rand paul, and marco rubio all against it. Thats from the hill. Lets go back to your calls on paul ryan. Samuel in north pole, alaska. Independent line. Caller thank you for having me on. Paul ryan is no different than any other mainstream elected official. There will be no change in this country until someone can take on the militaryindustrial complex. Paul ryan supports more military spending, and thats bankrupting our nation both morally and financially. We have to put a stop to the blank check to the pentagon. We have to put a stop to these wars, with her will be no change for the better of our country. Or there will be no change. Its time to rein in the blank check we get to the pentagon. Agency isal security spying on every single american in this country, that is a violation of what this country stands for. Until someone like rand paul, god bless his heart, at least he has the courage to take that on. We need to change this, sir. Host where is north full, alaska . Alaska . Pole, caller itself of fairbanks, just a few miles south of Eielson Air Force base, where they shoot artillery off all my long. A more massive waste of our wealth that has been stolen from us. Says davids says we should sport support terrorism. Pole,that samuel in north alaska. This is george in connecticut. Caller my name is george, im from milford, connecticut. Is that img glad he got in. But i am a senior, and im a little bit tired of not getting costofliving raises. I have been paying and since i was 16 years old. And now im told him not going to get a raise because the gas prices come down. I guess were supposed to stop eating and paying our bills and drink gas. Everyone in washington gets their raise, why cant we get ours . Is disgusting they are treating seniors that way, and i think its very disgusting that we are not taking care of our soldiers coming back from iraq, iran. Look how long it took them to recognize all the guys from vietnam. This country is owned by big business, and congress runs it. It doesnt make a difference who is in that white house. Thank you for listening to me. David in chester land, ohio. David, go ahead. Republican. About thee comment is appropriations that were just put forward to get us through until next november. I were in debtr 10 years earnings, we would be advised to not spend a nickel until we had forensic people look into our finances before we were able to do anything going forward. If the dollar fails, none of these other issues are going to matter. Thats my comments, thank you for your show. Host paul ryan, after he was elected speaker, he gave a speech. Heres a little bit more. [video clip] but ryan i cant help think of something harry truman once said. The day after frank and roosevelt died, truman became president. He told a group of reporters if you ever pray, pray for me now. When they told me yesterday what had happened, i felt like the moon, the stars come and all the planets had fallen on me. We should all feel that way. A lot is on our shoulders. If you ever pray, lets pray for each other. Republicans, for democrats. And democrats, for republicans. [applause] paul ryan and i dont mean pray for a conversion come all right pray for a conversion, all right . [laughter] paul ryan pray for deeper understanding. When you are after, you see it so clearly. Wherever you come from, whatever you believe, we are all in the same boat. Host charles in melrose, ohio. Ohio. Nt orab, we are on paul ryan being elected of speaker of the house. Caller im glad to see new blood coming into the congress. Its time for a new speaker. I just dont think hes going to thinkhe rosy path they john boehner has made out for him just because they signed this illadvised, i would say, budget deal. When are they going to start acting like responsible adults . And saying we dont have this money, we have to make choices here to either get a balanced thismendment in, or country is really going to be in for a hard time when the rooster come home to rest. We are spending money we dont have. When you are broke, you are broke. I think its irresponsible to give obama a blank check for the next 17 months. Thats all. Thanks. Host who do you like in the president ial race . Caller im very intrigued by marco rubio. He is kind of young, we already had one one term senator in there, and we saw how that worked out. In my opinion, not very well. I think Carly Fiorina is very , butligent, i like carson i dont think he is cut out for that job. I think donald trump is nothing but a blowhard. Ive never seen a guy in my life that is so full of himself. His hubris is beyond belief. I think he would be a very big mistake for this country. Also like ted cruz, i think hes a very intelligent man, i think he has morals, and hes very constitutional. I like that. He respects the constitution. And this president , to be a constitutional professor, has no regard for the constitution. Orab. Charles in mount another call from ohio on the republican line. Caller i dont think too much of the money they are taking, raising medicare up to help out medicaid. Passed that health care of obamas, they took money and made medicare stronger, but they took billions of dollars over into the insurance thing. Medicare and Social Security allinone. Another way by taking money out of that fund instead of making sure it. All these people running for president arent speaking up on that. If i could get an answer on that, i appreciate it. Host thats bob on the republican times. Republican line. A lot of articles of talked about the fact the budget deal was passed prior to him becoming speaker. Senator rand paul talked at the debate about how much he was going to filibuster the budget deal, which went through the senate last night and passed at three clock a. M. An article from the washington times, paul begins filibuster to stop budget deal. Deal has been put on the speedy path. It was written late monday and clear the House Wednesday afternoon. Senator mcconnell wants the senate to vote before the sun rose friday morning, meaning be 144 page letter decision controlling trillions of dollars of spending over its lifetime would have just three days in the sunshine. Host here is a little bit from the senate floor. [video clip] lets rephrase the question. What do advocates of fiscal restraint get in exchange for raising spending caps. If you perus this agreement, is apparent, they dont get anything. What we traded is an increase in the debt ceiling, not just an increase, and unspecified increase to the debt ceiling. We said to president obama, spend as much money as you want throughout the rest of your presidency. No limits. The National Taxpayers union rights if the question on the deal, is deal or no taxpayers should clearly opt for the latter. While the agreement contains a few meritorious provisions, it fails other sufficient savings and Structural Reforms necessary to address our nations 18. 1 trillion debt problem. The debt is without question the number one problem in the country. Eveninghave a vote this , and that vote will be do you care . Are you willing to do something to slow down . Should we use the leverage of the debt ceiling to slow down the debt ceiling, or are you a profligate spender who will vote to give president obama unlimited borrowing authority. I think its a clearcut question. I will vote no, i will continue this filibuster as long as there are enough votes to allow it to continue. Host we are talking about paul ryan being elected speaker of the house yesterday. Republicans, call 202 7488001 , democrats, call 202 7488000. Independents, call 202 7488002. Joe was calling in on the independent line from parks word, pa. Caller there has been no truer words spoken out of washington put they helped him together the Affordable Care act. He said the American People are dumb as a stump, anyone who does want to get on the internet and look at paul ryans voting record, he voted lockstep with paul ryan. Republicans who think they have a good man up there is out of their tree. This treasury reflects nazi germany now more than ever. They keep marching down that road. Americans, you are dumb as a stump trade everyone, enjoy your day. Thank you for your time. Host paul in houston, texas. In your let me shit mouth. Host jeeze, louise. Darrell, good morning. Was amazing to me, before they ever started their delayed there debate, voting for the budget, it was already said on who over the announcer was of the program i was watching that this most likely will pass. Im sitting there thinking thats amazing, these people are spending this time early in the morning, they already know its going to pass. Even though paul ryan was trying to get the point across that there is something totally wrong with the concepts. You have the prayers every ryan beingu have mr. The new speaker, asking for everybody to pray, and yet scripture says the person who loans the money is the head, and the person who borrows the money is the tale. Went fromuntry has being the head, now we are the tale. That hypocrisy of it is very disturbing. The fact that we as a nation are setting up for making the crash of 1929 look like nickels and dimes. Host that is darrell in long beach, california. Some of our twitter comments. Karen says it was nice of john boehner to leave paul ryan such a lovely welcome gift in the form of the budget bill. Matt says i didnt realize voting against eric cantor in the primary would lead to this. But im glad he doesnt have the gavel. Representative dave brats career. Here is truth and freedom. He is an affable guy, but a partisan figure. Gridlock continues. Saysild and wonderful considering the alternatives, paul ryan is a good choice for the gop. But i doubt the honeymoon will last very long. Wallngton journal, street journal, their take on paul ryan. Focus ons gavel on overhauling taxes. Catapulting one of its youngest members to the top job, in hopes that a policy oriented fiscal conservative could give the party a fresh start after years of strife. Host john boehner said goodbye to the house yesterday. [video clip] proud of thesem things come but the mission is not complete. The truth is it may never be. The one thing i came to realize over the two years i have been here is that this battle over the size and scope and cost of our government in washington has been going on for more than 200 years. Quothe forces of the status are good for an awful lot of trouble to prevent change from happening. Real change takes time. Yes, freedom makes all things possible. But patients is what makes all things real. Slowlieve in the long, struggle. Believe in this countrys ability to meet her challenges and to lead the world. And remember, you cant do a big job alone. Especially this one. Host paul ryan was elected speaker of the house yesterday. Republicans, independents, call 202 7488002 call 202 7488001. Democrats, call 202 7488000. Independents, call 202 7488002. In other news, the New York Times lead editorial this morning governor christie, time to go home. It mustve been rough for those who reelected him to see him hold court wednesday, when he has been a net failure on the new jersey economy. On his watch, one of the per capital riches states has become one of its biggest laggards in economic growth. Host more galling still, he was not the only such politician on the dais. When is shortchanging your own state qualify a Public Servant to be president. Host thats the New York Times, lead editorial. Governor christie, time to go home. Denise is calling in caller id would like to say as a 22yearold who works by my stomach at all, icy a great economic challenges great economic challenges for africanamerican individuals and minorities with income at 300 a month. The fact this budget is being passed and there are families with ssi and making the process of applying for disability and government assistance is really going to deteriorate our work horse and eventually our work orce and eventually our nation. Host craig, cedar rapids, iowa. Republican line. Good morning. Guest america is so divided and the media conglomerate should be declared a thirdparty, and are trillions of dollars at stake, people want to be in charge of. The average person cant prove anything that is being said and its all about power, money, and votes. What are we supposed to do . Host what you mean . Anythingow do we know been said is the truth . It is slanted towards getting into power. Craig in cedar rapids, thank you for your call. Paul ryan discussed the debt in his speech. Problem, here is the they are working hard, paying a lot, trying to do right by their families and the are going nowhere fast. They never get a raise, a break, the bills keep piling up and the taxes, and the debt. The are working hard to get ahead in the are falling further behind. They feel robbed. They feel cheated by their birthright of their birthright. They are not asking for any favors. They just won a fair chance. And they are losing faith that they will ever get it. Washingtonlook at and all they see is chaos. What a relief to them it would be if we finally got our act together. T a weight off there so off their shoulders. What a really it would be if we fix the tax codes, strength of the military, lipid people out of poverty, and paid down our debt. [applause] host from politico this morning, joe biden with bernie sanders. Democratic president ial candidate Joe Biden Bernie sanders met with joe biden an hour on sunday discussing issues related to finance reform. The meeting comes more than a week after biden announced that he would not the demo added president ial nomination not seek the democratic president ial nomination. Bernie sanders is doing a hell of a job. Remarks ngarten and pledged to stay involved in the election. Although ive will not be a candidate, eye will not be silent. Of paul ryannk been selected speaker of the house caller . Sam . Id dont think it will do anybody any good until we recognize and it that the problem of our host sam, im going to put you on hold, and the will tell you to turn down the volume on your tv. Feedback would you dont turn on your tv. Hris, homestead michigan chris, are you with us . Caller good morning. Thank you cspan. Iwatch you pretty much every day. Ive been watching the hearings. What eye cant understand is the sequesters went into affect 2011. Just six month ago, all the candidates were touting that we were 17 trillion in debt. Now we are up to 18. 1 trillion dollars in debt here it is has been in effect since 2011. I