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To give you a chance again to correct the record and to fully state the record. if i understand it right, you voted for the original and supported the re-authorization of that act, at least twice, and that your objection to the act that did pass this last time, the re-authorization, was not at all based on the question of whether to have the statute in place. it was, instead, based on an issue with regard to jurisdiction on tribal lands and other related matters. could you again restate position on the issue? >> well, thank you, senator crapo. you know, i came here as a lawyer, tried to conduc...

Democrats pushing forward on loosening environmental regulations, increased vetting of syrian refugees, exporting u.s. crude oil currently which there's a ban on. those issues are still being figured out. this is paul ryan's first large-scale budget negotiation as speaker and his negotiators are still getting to know the democrats' negotiators and how they work and what not. one very important part of this bill will be the droguea act, the health care for 9/11 first responders. jon stewart has been all over the talk shows, we here at msnbc have been covering it. it's been told to me that they ...

There has been some griping over the course of the years, but eventually people came to and said we got to move this forward. what's really happened recently it's a very important point. a lot of these house republicans, they come from districts where amtrak plays no role. so essentially their entire model is it doesn't affect me i don't hear about it at home, i don't care about it, it's another big spend government boondoggle that we do not need. if you talk to republicans from the northeast, a lot of them push back on their more conservative counterparts and say hey, this actually matters a ...

Choice. we have all of that. and that's improved public schools. we eliminated social promotion in third grade which was a pretty difficult thing to do. we did all of this and we raised standards. and my belief is our standards have to be high enough where a student going through our system is college or career ready. and that's not what's happening right now. >> is common core a federal takeover -- >> no. it shouldn't be. here's where i think conservatives and myself all of us are deeply concerned with this president and this department of education there's a risk that they will intrude. and ...

We're back is our panel. what is the one big thing to watch for the week ahead? marshall? >> east ukraine. we have to see if there's more trouble, if anything else develops. >> terms of russia and ukraine, what happens next. >> yes. >> john? >> labor force of working age americans. if it's risine ingrising, that' indication. >> the working age. >> i just came back from a conference. it is critical that we have the re-authorization which is coming up at the end of september. exports are key to jobs and employment and growth. we need to make sure we're doing everything we can.