Brings you together, you get to know him, and you find that your the one that was wrong. This is a great group, lots of potential, and by a wall behind it. [applause] that is a great message from a republican from georgia about a relationship he has with the democrat from virginia, and i know that congressman moran since his best all and planned to be here and is in bed with 103degree fever, so we send per stem for a speedy recovery because we need him back in congress and in the Problem Solvers working group to make sure that we are solving those problems. Well, for the next bit of time this morning, we are going to get to visit, learned a lesson, and ask questions and the gauge with ten members of congress who are the committed leaders in our Problem Solvers group, and hear what they have to say and answer your questions about what is going on in their world. Lets meet the congressional Problem Solvers. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the no labels congressional Problem Solvers. Congressman from oregon. Congressman scott rebel from virginia. Congressman read dribble from wisconsin congressman peter wells from vermont. Paris roman from california. Congressman charlie debt from pennsylvania. Congressman jim connecticut from connecticut. Guardsman david from rhode island. Congressman from new york, and congressman from illinois. [inaudible conversations] [applause] thank you, gentlemen and ladies. Please have a seat. Isnt it awesome to see the Senate Leaders in America Today . And it is no labels. And while it is in that dna of these men and women he stand up and leave for america, it is because of your support that they can do this. Is that right . That is what makes it happened. What i would like to do is to start on the far end. I will go over on the send command we are going to hear from each of our leaders today about what it is that brought the men to the Problem Solvers group, what it is that brought them here today, and we are going to quickly move out into questions that is going on with our activists all over the country today. Why dont you pick us off. Sure. Good morning, everyone. What an Amazing Energy in this room come as a thank you for being part of it and giving us the opportunity to share comments with you. I really think it is actually simpler then everyone makes the scene. I have never ever met a member of congress, house or senate, that did not want to make our country healthier, better, stronger for the future. We can figure out a way to get there. That is what this is about. Putting the Country First and doing what are country does every day, working together to get the job done. With this audience you will pull your members of congress and encourage them to join this group and to start solving the problems of the greatest nation in the world. Gabba suing think you for having a survey. [applause] good morning. I represent connecticuts fourth Congressional District. This system might think, one of the most diverse Congressional Districts in the country. I have the towns of greenwich where Hedge Fund Managers and Corporate Executives and what not. The city of bridgeport, conn. , which is one of the poorest cities in the country in pretty much everyone in between. My district also sets sits for miles south of the town called new town which unfortunately became a big part of the public imagination several weeks ago when the tragedy occurred there. One of the many things that happened to all of us, not just those of us who live close, but all of us in this country was in the face of unspeakable tragedy we felt, maybe for the first time in a long time the fact that we have a lot more in common than we have things separating yes. All the trivialities to all of the conceits kamal the daytoday concerns that we have fallaway. We dont want that sort of thing to have to remind us of that bottom line fact. The truth is that all the issues we struggle with, whether medicare or social security, welfare of grandparents, whether it is how much we tax, invest, how good our system of education is to all of those things at their core is the notion that we want the same for the kids of bridgeport as the kids in greenwich. Theres an awful lot more that unites us than divides us which will make this cars we all serve in live up to the ability in the qualities of the republic. Thank you very much. Congresswoman. Good morning, everyone. I was elected to congress about a yearandahalf ago from california. I represent a district of los angeles. My whole life i am the mother, grandmother, i have worked in the private sector. I have my teaching credential, or to the public sector. My whole life by solve problems. I thought i was uniquely qualified to come to congress because we would be solving problems. Frustrating moving from one crisis to the next which between you and me have been manmade, and i mean that [laughter] and the moderator is going to give her thoughts on that one. Manmade crises, and it the worst problem in our country is the fact that congress cannot belong then that is the worst place we can be. We have so many problems in this country, no labels have given me a great opportunity to get together with members of congress, find out what we have more incumbent then divided. Thank you for your support. Your voice is going to be allowed voice in this country moving forward to convince all members of congress that we need to the lay down our political partisan bickering and do something for the country. Thank you. [applause] good morning, everybody. I represent wisconsins eighth Congressional District which includes the city of abcaten and green bay wisconsin. I was asked to tell you why i decided to come this weekend and it is pretty simple. I am here because you are here. Is there were 57 americans felt passionately enough about something that they would spend their own money to come from all over the net estate and spend time here to figure out how they can almost organically begin to change how washington works, i wanted to be a part of it because two years ago when i was first elected to congress was not much different and maybe not at all different from most of you and i could have seen myself being in this audience had chosen not to run for congress. So i would encourage you for those of you are sitting in have extra interest to possibly consider sunday running for cars yourself and being one of the Problem Solvers and kevin jarvis. Thank you for having is. [applause] congressman. Take all of you for being here. We have a long history of doing, i think, what no labels is trying to do, work across the aisle, work in a bipartisan manner. We actually have Health Care Changes in my state that both republicans and direct press report support, educational stuff going on that republicans and democrats support. Unlike a car receptivity years ago it was astonishing how little interaction there was avoid of an opportunity to talk to another member of a Different Party is hopefully now going to be filled with this no labels group. I am sitting next to my good friends here in congress, to republicans that tolerate my existence, which i appreciate kindly. [laughter] but the forum to do this is not in congress. No labels is really an opportunity, believe it or not, congressmen and women have to sit down together and understand how we to other things, what their districts are all about because it is not all about myself talking to read your stock and convincing them that i am the smartest kid in the room. It is about be sitting and listening to these guys you are figuring out what drives their constituents. At the end of the day it is about solving problems. You dont have to give up your liberal or conservative or moderate credentials. The goal is with all of you want us to do, solve the problem by parsley, and that is what we are all about, and i appreciate you being here in helping us. Thank you. [applause] congressman. Good morning. I have the privilege of serving and representing virginias second Congressional District. A special place, home to more men and women in uniform that any Congressional District in the country. Raised by and he would you not read them and never thought that we would find our country in this place. Each generation of erica is has the duty to pass on the blessings of liberty and freedom to the next. We will get through this, but at present the course that we are on to what we are not meeting that obligation to the nextgeneration. That is why i sought the office. I am an entrepreneur businessmen who never served in public office, and i am greatly encouraged by you being here today. We can get this done. You keep this pressure on, but we need you to remember always that before we are republicans and democrats, we are americans, we have to meet the obligation to our kids and grandkids and also the source serving in our goldstar families, those who lost lost a loved one in service to our country and gives us a deeper resolve to do what is right. Thank you for being here. [applause] i am peter welch from vermont and in our daily lives we work with other people and find that getting to know those that we did not think we like to be in that seeing that they have a lot of character, integrity, and can learn from them. In vermont we had terrible storm about a year ago. People were wiped out. Tropical storm irene, and everywhere i went as i travel around the matter what people said to what can it help. And then when people who lost their homes would meet me they would say, dont worry about me, theres a single mom with two kids down the road. Go see her. You know, that is how most americans are. They want to help. They feel good at the end of the day if they have done something constructive. But congress is not most of america. We are in an alternative reality. And what are you going to do for me is kind of a question. Talking parts of the dialogue, and that is what has to break down. Is a desire,ave what you areat once the election is over in the conflict of that is over it is time for cooperation and progress, and we would rather succeed and fight. You are providing that absolute sense of urgency that has to be communicated to those of us in congress to make that institution work on behalf of this country. Thank you. [applause] congressman dan. Thank you for allowing me to join you this morning. I am charlie dent. I represent the 15th district of pennsylvania. My wife. [laughter] shes here. Seriously. My district includes allentown, bethlehem, the sweetest place on earth, like the three mile island. So from the delaware to the susquehanna. The reason i am here is because we have these and people seated behind a sand in front of us and want to make sure they have a future prosperity and opportunity that the american that we will leave them is better than the one that we found. What i am convinced of convinced of is the American People are not afraid of the answers or the solutions to these very big challenge is this country faces. What they are afraid of is that their leaders may not have the capacity or the ability to find the answers, but they can deal with the answers. That is what this is about, i am here because i want to make sure this country is a better place. One other thing, much of the public thinks that republicans and democrats said in their own camps and rarely did speak, but that no labels group and the Problem Solvers make sure that there are those of us to actually talk to each other to develop relationships of a building just. Think you very much. Good morning. I am a congressman from ryeland from the first Congressional District. I became part of this group because like janet i came to washington with the expectation that i was part of solving some of the big challenges facing our country. Before, was elected in congress and only been there for one term. And you dont have a republican or Democratic School that is failing. You have challenges you have to solve every day. We have big challenges in this country, and no labels is an opportunity to come together and understand that we have a responsibility to Work Together to solve problems and not just push everyone to the middle. This group represents people on the far left and the far right, and in the middle who bring their pensions and that the and strong convictions and also willingness to Work Together to solve problems. Really does not exist in congress. A broken place commend this is an opportunity for us to Work Together to solve the problems facing our country. It could not happen without all of you comes of the key for being here today, supporting this work iran and know this will make a real difference and we will bill the government or the of the people we serve. [applause] congressman. Thankyou. Thank everyone for being here today. I represented district of illinois, chicago area. I have a background as an engineer. Engineering is problemsolving. I came to washington to solve problems. Unfortunately as our problems have gotten bigger congress, its seems to has done smaller. Not smaller in size or ego but smaller in the ability to get things done. We come to washington. This direction are that direction. We have to do this for our party or do this for this group or that group. What we need is for all of you to help us by reaching out to your representatives in telling them to join with us, join with no labels. Tell your representative to become a Problem Solver. That will give you representatives across the country the incentive to join us, come together because in the end we have to Work Together for our country to solve these problems. It is only going to happen thats just because the ten or 25 of this Problem Solvers get together, but because you, the American People say we need to get these problems solved. We need you in washington to solve them. This is not just up to us. It is up to you every Single Person in this room and in the country. Thank you very much for your help. [applause] something that is important that happened here this morning. I hope you noticed when every member of congress, and do we have the entire kutcher represented from vermont to oregon right through the heartland of california, the same way you are represented here today. When they came on states today identified themselves today they were not announced as republicans and democrats. They did not talk about their districts as republican or democrat. Look at what they all have in common today and with many of you. See that. That is a Problem Solver and everyone of them has this on. The congresswoman and i talked about this. We have an assignment for all of you. When you leave today you need to call your elected officials, members of the house, members of the senate until then you expect them to join the Problem Solvers group, urged his pen and that the state of the union be want to watch on television and see how many orange pants we see. [applause] we will make sure that these leaders have enough pins in their pockets to hand out so that no one has to do without but, with the right attitude. All right. Lets get the questions that lets get to a conversation about what is going on. I we bringing lights up . Plenty. They shine bill little light. Everyone shade your eyes a little bit. We have one rule that is important. Well, to rules really. First, tell us your name and where youre from. Second, lets get to the question so that we can get to the answers and get more questions in. You will see we have runners of microphones, but i will do a little bit of alternating. I will start of this aisle with a microphone right there. Mike tobias. Stand up for us. Like tobias from new york. Representative, i know that you are a business person. You run your business. That is how you make decisions. In the congress, congress is not necessarily work on facts. Their work based on hard Party Politics. How can you change that so when we can deal with tracks the kendis solution . Was that to you . We have this problem. Yup. Okay. But in easy thing to do. You will often get hard truths, choose from a perspective of the partys spin on something, but there is Data Available for the American People that gets to the real facts of things. Today kendis of it here is being live stream then there is so much Information Available the part of all of us on the states have committed to is providing the American People with the truth, not the partys spin. Lets get the American People to get the real facts, the circumstances going on so that we together, u. S. Can begin to actually solve the problems on the basis of data that is accurate and understandable so that we can fix things. It is possible to do. You are correct. Anybody else want to jump in . That is one of the principals, the idea of the financial. We all have differences of opinion about how we should navigate through these challenging Financial Times and we should have those disagreements and argue about them passionately, but if we do not begin with a common understanding of what the challenges are in the short term and long term and if there is not the mechanism to report that regularly to the congress, i think its just compounds the problem. Youre absolutely right. One of the agenda items no labels is considering is nonpartisan staff rather than having a democratic staff and the republican staff could your information. Youre supposed to regurgitated. You can have nonpartisan staff and everyone have a common set of information and then you will ask the appropriate questions to u. S. Citizens and our colleagues. [applause] a que