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Ceremonies officially get under way at noon. The reality is this new congress has a whole lot of old problems still to tackle and a couple old members still sticking around, too. Our senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash knows them all, would like to say. Has spoken to them all. I want to find out about the new freshman class. We have 97 news members total, 13 new senatorses, 84 new representatives. This freshman classes far more diversion than we have ever had. Reporter far more diversion. In fact when youre talking about the how democratic caucus, for the first time the majority is no...

The speaker pro tempore the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. O lord, we give you thanks for giving us another day. At the beginning of a new workweek we use this moment to be reminded of your presence and to adapt the resources need by the members of this peoples house to do their work as well as it can be done. May they be led by your spirit in the decisions they make and be mindful of the millions of americans who rely upon them to consider the welfare of the nation in their negotiations of this day. A...

Thank you. Thank you, senator sessions. Senator king. Very briefly, mr. Chairman, i want to thank you gentlemen for joining us today and hoped that you can stay engaged in this issue. One question is are you being consulted, have you been consulted by this commission . Have you had an opportunity to testify and provide your input. Yes, sir, the afa has and we have also been consulted by the department of defense. Very helpful. We certainly want that to continue and we want your good thoughts as we try to work through this. You understand the box that were in. The chiefs presented it very well ...

Have done some soulsearching, you bet i have. Ryan. The mayor is quoted as saying the day he declined to endorse you, as many as 10 appointments between state officials and city officials were canceled. How do you explain that in context of what you now know about some of your staff . All i know is i dont know ryan, is the first answer. What ill also say is, the mayor has disagreements with lots of people, me, Senate President , and others. Theres going to be back and forth. Theres going to be meetings canceled. Theres going to be public disagreements. But the fact of the matter is we have con...

Centuries ago a philosopher wrote, choice, not chance, determines your destiny. And this remains true for new jersey today. Our destiny is not set. It is the product of the choices we make. Our future is not set. It too is the product of the choices we make from this day forward. So let us choose wisely. Were sent here to act. Lets not fail to act. Lets create an attitude of choice. Let us choose to invest in better schools and not in the status quo in which we leave some children behind and put the rest at risk of being swallowed up by a rising tide of mediocrity and failure. Lets choose the ...