south dakota. he will talk about his legislative agenda as a freshman senator. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. coming up thursday, a confirmation hearing for the assistant secretary of homeland security for the tsa. vice admirable peter neff injured has been nominated to lead the initiation. he see's live starting at 10 a.m. eastern, on c-span3. >> for he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother. being never so vile, this day shall gentle his condition. gentleman in england now a bed shall think themselves accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from that country's bosom should grieve the more than streams of foreign gore. >> director of the folder six. library talks about shakespeare and how politicians use the quotes from the playwright and speeches. >> sometimes you have to go with the music of the words. the poetic images and sounds of the rhymes. also the way in which senator byrd did, you are able to linger over a phrase. i think he is using the rhythms of the language, which is something

call from south dakota. guest: i don't do policy. you have to realize why we are in afghanistan. that's where the attackers on 9/11 came. we made a policy decision to kick the terrorists out and help create an afghan government to keep the terrorists out and supported by their people. we have spent about a trillion dollars in afghanistan. that's the war fighting as well as the reconstruction. so actually reconstruction is a pretty good dollar for your value. lot cheaper than boots on the ground. i can't question that policy. i think it's a policy that i believe in but that has been made by the policy makers you are alluding to another report we just released this week or last week, which doesn't paint a good picture. this should have been a high priority. develop the trillions of dollars of oil and minerals in the ground to help afghanistan sustain itself otherwise it will be a declining state. unfortunately, the organization, two organizations working on it that ended up never talking to each other. one called the task force for business security and operations run by the pentagon, try

-- it is harder to get insurance, you know, south dakota, for instance, has one or two insurance companies. they could go across the lines. but to answer the question, i personally cannot think of a time -- i'm sure there is in other circumstances -- but i don't see that republican idea getting traction. host: virginia, bob is a republican. caller: hi, there. if indeed, as established by the states means what it says, established by the state, that should be the end of obamacare. you know, it did pass without a single republican vote. and we were promised, while it was being argued, that we would be able to keep our insurance policy, if we liked them, and our doctors. that was revealed later on and barack obama even admitted that was true. so i think it does -- obamacare really doesn't have, or socialized medicine, which is whether this -- there really isn't anywhere you can find authority for that in the constitution. so it should be -- it should be killed. we really don't need to have any form of socialism and the -- in a free society. host: we will hear from terry next in flor

takes the first call from clinton in sioux falls south dakota. clinton is a democrat. good morning. caller: it might be a little bit off-topic, but i was just wondering why are we spending $110 million when it does not benefit americans? host: thanks. talking about the money spent. we got a tweet -- shouldn't it be spent here? isn't that better use of the money? guest: that is a policy decision. i do not mean not to answer the caller's question, but i do not do policy. that is the president's team and is congress. in afghanistan that is where the attackers could have attacked us on 9/11, so we get a policy decision to go in there kicked the terrorists out, hope create a government that would keep the terrorists out, and that it would be supported by the people. obviously we would have to spend money. we did. if you look at the entire expense, we have spent about $1 trillion in afghanistan. that is the war fighting as well as the reconstruction. so actually reconstruction is a pretty good dollar for your value. it is a lot cheaper than boots on the ground. that is why we are there.

gas tax already this year. utah idaho georgia south dakota. these are not flaming bastions of -- these are people who looked at the problem and decided they needed to step up and they stepped up, not to take the place of the federal responsibility but in anticipation that at some point the federal government would meet its obligation for almost half of the major construction projects. i'd respectfully request that we dive in and see what we can do over the course of the next couple months but that ways and means committee spend one week listening to the men and women who build, operate and use our nation's infrastructure, spend a week, look at the items, consider maybe what ronald reagan thought was a good idea in 1982, raise the gas tax. we can pass that bill out of committee in one week, and you can have the next couple months to give america the bill it needs to rebuild and renew this great country. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from oregon reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. . the speaker

the fight against isis with a democrat from south dakota. washington journal live, every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on twitter. coming up thursday a confirmation hearing for the assistant secretary of homeland security for the tsa. vice admiral peter neff enger has been nominated. you can see him on c-span3. >> for he today that sheds his lead with me will be my brother. this day will gentle his condition. gentleman in england shall think themselves accursed that they were not here. >> one drop of blood drawn from my country's bosom should feed the more than streams of foreign gore. >> the director of the foreign shakespeare library talks about shakespeare and how politicians use quotes. >> sometimes, you have to go with the music of the word. the poetic images, the sound of the rhymes. and also, as senator byrd did you are able to pause and linger over a long phrase. i think he is using the rhythms of the language, which is something shakespeare did so brilliantly. he can put english into high gear. that is somethin