and since he became the nominee , i separated myself and a few weeks ago when he said those -- when the audio came out -- it is a political world and we expect that when we get into these races. evan: mr. huerta? mr. huerta: i think that for the most part it is pretty accurate. i think time is the valadao decided to put distance between himself. when mr. trump came out and condemned mexican immigrants and called them rapists and drug dealers, i myself, a mexican-american, was offended. i'm sure most residents in the central valley, a majority of which in the 21st district were latinos, were equally as offended as i was. mr. valadao waited until months

and months later until donald trump was the presumed nominee for the republican party. he is a first generation son of immigrants. i don't understand how he can go home, faces parents, and basically say that he agrees with the view of the republican party. mr. valadao: that is not true. i never said those words. i never supported donald trump. i supported his opponents. we end up with this sort of tie. jim: you said this regarding this political ad. it is out there, i can't change it so i think it clearly represents what we stand for. can you explain what you're referring to? i can't change that. mr. huerta: it was not my ad.

it was an ad by an independent expenditure. the ad correctly portrays mr. valadao's position with respect to his views of donald trump and the republican party. he allowed the creation of donald trump. he enabled donald trump to be the republican nominee, the presidential candidate. you refused to stand up to donald trump even to this day. he's not called for mr. donald trump's resignation. jim: he allowed donald trump to become the nominee? mr. huerta: that's correct. jim: i thought that was decided in the primary election. mr. huerta: he had an opportunity and other republican leaders had an opportunity to condemn donald trump for his bigotry, his divisiveness. they did nothing. mr. valadao: endorsing his opponents and supporting his opponents, traveling to other states to help other opponents in the campaign and making statements i would not support that.

the point i think meet three brought up is the fact that the best they can throw at me is attaching me to someone i've never been connected to. it's because of what i've done in congress, so i am proud of my record. it is deceiving, it's dishonest and for those who care about the community and those who fight for our community in do the right thing this is the best they can throw at me. jim: the valadao campaign released a political ad that criticizes you, mr. huerta, for making a profit off of a land deal in fresno county involving the ufw and low income housing. let's roll that. mr. valadao: i'm david valadao and i approve this message. >> one of the worst real estate scandals in central valley history. emilio huerta used his influence to take land from the united farm workers that was intended for low income family housing.

huerta sold the land for $1 million profit. abusing his power and turning his back on the families who needed an affordable place to live. emilio huerta, just another politician looking out for himself. jim: we should point out that the state attorney general found nothing illegal about that transaction. as to the assertion, mr. huerta, that you acted in your own best interest and not in those avenue low income family is not in those of low-income families, how would you were spot? mr. huerta: i never take advantage of my position that benefit myself or my associates. that was a transaction. it was not property owned by the united farm workers. it was all with the national farmworkers -- the buyer backed

out, the service center came to me and asked me if i could put together a team to buy the property. we purchased the property and were able to sell it and give the national farmworkers service center their money they needed to build educational radials and other affordable housing throughout the southwestern united states. investigation of the attorney general came as a result of false acquisitions from the l.a. times. a hit piece on the ufw. the attorney general's office investigated and found nothing inappropriate with the transaction. mr. valadao: i think it is unethical. when you try to represent an organization that supposed to be out there to help people, especially the most honorable, and you heard all the stories and things they talk about and you find out they are profiting $1 million and you look at the national political front where you've got pay for play politics going on this is a scary situation. maybe it's not illegal but does that make it ethical? does that make it moral? can you look in the faces of those people and say it is ok to profit with that kind of money? i don't think it was right. jim: you said it was one of the

worst land deals in the central valley. that is a pretty strong statement. is that an exaggeration in anyway? mr. valadao: i think it does a good job for trying what that's good job for training -- good job portraying what actually happened. jim: would you put mr. huerta in the same group of the carl kohl's of california? mr. valadao: i could not compare them. jim: probably the worst mortgage fraud scam and case in california history during the bust and boom of the wood real estate market. mr. huerta: i think the difference between my work in the valley as compared to mr. valadao, i've done housing for poor people. he's never built anything. i've done credit unions for poor people. this transaction you mentioned probably happened more than 10 years ago. even subsequent to that article

by the l.a. times i continued to work with low income community-based organizations with housing development corporations to continue to bring decent, clean, safe, affordable housing to communities such as bakersfield, porterville, phoenix, arizona throughout the southwest united states. community groups have been willing to work with me. i've worked with the federal home loan bank, tax credit agencies from california, arizona, texas and new mexico. there's never been hesitation andanybody to bring me in to bring together a deal for local communities. mr. valadao: it's typical of someone who's never actually built a business to undermine, to put down. we employed folks. we continue to build and grow and provide for the economy. when we talk about jobs, what we do for our community, especially when all the different groups come to us as business owners and ask for resources, as for money to support different

events. does a lot of things we do in our communities but to say you've never built anything i would say the people that work for us and our employees enjoy coming to work, especially those who have been with us for over 30 years. i would say that shows we've done a good job for our community. we've actually created jobs and we've created a business that is successful, gets the economy going and provides a resource, some dollars for our community. what more than that do you want? as far as helping out with all of these clinics. in my role in the appropriations committee, making sure the resources are there so people can come in and help direct a little bit. in my role i provided quite a bit of assistance and i'm proud of that record as well. i've done it on both sides. jim: congressman valadao, many observers in the valley, this republican-controlled congress has really done nothing to move forward on the issue of immigration reform. do you accept any of the blame for that and if reelected what would you do to get this issue resolved? mr. valadao: does a lot of folks -- there is a lot of folks that

i would say blame on that. i would start with the president and the former speaker. the very beginning of this congress there was an opportunity to get something done. speaker boehner told president obama do not do anything. let us move forward. he chose to take a different path and that ruined this conversation on immigration. some sort of policies and things that have been a part of major piece of legislation but overall immigration reform is something i'm supportive of and continue to work on behind the scenes especially with other members who are interested and tried to prepare for the next round because a believe there's an opportunity for it. it is something that i take very seriously. something that i think there is a real opportunity. for us to just throw it out would be a mistake. the president did not help the situation when he decided to make his -- what he did. jim: mr. huerta? mr. huerta: political convenience. he says to latino families in the valley that he supports

immigration reform but he does everything he can to block it. in march of this year he signed onto a house resolution to condemn president obama's executive order on the dreamers. he asked the supreme court to strike down president obama's action in that regard. when he was on the appropriations committee he refused to sign the discharge petition. when he was in the state assembly he voted against allowing dreamers to enroll in local universities, junior college, as california residents so they could avoid paying out-of-state tuition. he voted against allowing dreamers to having access to cash to have access -- to have access to state financial aid so that they could continue their education and be contributing members of our community. at every turn he says he's for immigration reform -- his party leader, majority leader paul ryan, has made an agreement with conservative republicans to not bring the immigration bill to the floor.

this is his party, his leader, and that is why we don't have -- mr. valadao: as far as the amicus brief, that was a controversial issue. anybody who decides to run for congress and put their name on the ballot has understand they are running for congress to write laws. that has nothing to do with immigration. that was specific on the president overstepped his bounds in trying to write law. the president is an executive. the congress writes the law. we had to reinforce that and protect that. anybody that thinks that that -- especially those that voted no on that have to understand that in four years, eight years, 12 years, 16 years, whoever the president is, if you said that president, what do we have is a future? do we end up with the dictatorship? i think we have to protect the institution invite to do our -- protect the institution and

fight to do our jobs and pass immigration reform the right way. evan: i'm going to ask a follow-up. mr. huerta: when he voted to deny dreamers and the children of immigrants the right to attend college, the right to be able to have an affordable college education, the right to secure financial aid, those children are now here in the valley. that was six or seven years ago. is that what he will tell the next generation of children? that it was a political move to question the authority of president that his reasons were not endorsing true immigration reform because it was not the right time -- [indiscernible] mr. valadao: after signing on got attacked from the left. have groups like his come out and attacked me and made it more difficult because we have the opportunity to get something done but as soon as the three of us stepped up to the plate, got attacked on tv, a lot of other members who would've been there decided to back off. they figured out they did not have the support.

evan: i wanted to ask about amnesty. millions of undocumented immigrants in this country. a lot of them in the central valley. where do you stand on the issue of amnesty for these people? mr. huerta: in 1986 my mother along with united farm workers union -- my mother sitting in the audience, was able to lobby for the passage of a bill which president reagan signed in which farmworkers tremendously benefited. we in the central valley, majority of farmworkers that pick our crops and put food on our tables live here in the central valley. and they were able to benefit from the amnesty provision. i'm not sure if amnesty is necessary for comprehensive immigration reform, but we do need to have a pathway to citizenship.

we do need to have a mechanism where we can bring the 12 million undocumented immigrants, men and women that work every day and do jobs nobody wants to do in this country, and be able to give them legal status so that we can bring them out of the shadows so they can become taxpaying community members and they can contribute to the building of roads and schools and make our communities better. mr. valadao: there is no such bill in congress that is amnesty by definition. amnesty is the pardon of a large group of people without punishment. every piece of legislation and a part of has to do with allowing those that are here to go through a process so they can become legal. there is going to be something that that probably are not the ones we will want to stay because they got some criminal backgrounds but for the people that are working hard in the field, working hard in the restaurant industry, the service industry, we got a come up with a system that addresses the 11 million that are here but you have to have a process to make sure we have guest worker programs that work, visa programs that work. at the end the day amnesty by definition there is no such

legislation proposed or in the process of being proposed in congress today. jim: we're going to take a break. you're watching a live debate here on tv 17. our candidates for california's 21st congressional district. we're right back after these words. ♪ evan: welcome back. a debate between congressman david valadao and emilio huerta. thanks so much for being here, gentlemen. mr. huerta, you have no prior experience in elected office which is not necessarily a bad thing. everybody starts there at some point. your critics say you would not be in this race if it was not the fact that your mother is dolores huerta who is here tonight. what he say to critics that say that you are riding on her coattails?

mr. huerta: i'm grateful for the life that my mother has given us . i think it was unique and we certainly were involved and have been involved in have been at the forefront of social change and bringing justice to social issues in the valley since i was a child. i think my track record speaks for itself. over 20 years as an attorney, i've been active in the community. just last week i was coaching my mock trial students. i travel to other communities. i've done work throughout the central valley in the state of california both as an attorney, helping nonprofit organizations develop. building credit unions and financial institutions. i think when you look at the work that i've done, my commitment to the community, my

dedication, my work ethic, that i'm qualified. i believe i'm the best candidate for this office. evan: i'm going to move to this next question to you, sir. you spent two terms in office trying to push legislation that would modify federal environmental regulations. trying to bring more water into the valley. some people -- critics of yours, would say that you have not been able to do that. the end result is not a big change, people would say. how do you respond? mr. valadao: we got closer than we've ever been. when you compare where we've been historically on water the situation has gotten so much worse because of all the environmental regulations. the regulation does not change it, it just allows for commonsense reform in between. we've actually got four or five different pieces of legislation on the senate side right now waiting for senators to come to the table. an appropriations bill which is

a step closer with ever been before. getting senators to introduce the bill is something they've never done before so now we are getting people to the table and we are getting to the point where we are a most there. aside from that this other things i've worked on. picking sure we have funding for -- making sure we have funding for clinics. making sure that the farm programs are working the weather -- working the way they are .upposed to make sure when programs have more access points and purchase point throughout the valley. those are things are things that put into those appropriation bills and are laws that i helped implement. there are things i put in the farm bill -- agriculture producers looking for new markets and treated with a price their product. evan: mr. huerta? mr. huerta: mr. valadao stood here and said he blamed harry

reid and the u.s. senate for not passing his legislation and knocking laws passed and signed by the president. now we have mitch mcconnell. a republican-controlled senate and house. mr. valadao has been effective in getting his legislation passed it enacted into law. in the meantime, we in the central valley our air is getting worse. we are now in the fifth year of the drought. many of our small communities are being negatively impacted by the drought. as much as mr. valadao would like to boast that he believes that we will get legislation passed that will benefit the valley, the bottom line, the truth is that he's probably one of the most ineffective representatives with ever had from the central valley. jim: mr. huerta, as a freshman congressman what would your approach be to stabilize water deliveries from the delta to the valley if mr. valadao has been so ineffective?

what would your strategy be? mr. huerta: the first step would be to reach across the aisle to talk to folks from northern california to invite stakeholders to the table. the water legislation he's proposed there's been no public hearings. he's not invited any input from the folks of northern california. the water crisis we are confronting in the central valley is a statewide issue. if this drought continues this state and the valley will be in a much bigger crisis the world crisis than what we are experiencing today -- bigger crisis than what we are experiencing today. i would reach across the aisle and it will be suspending environment the regulations. east of here, right over the sierras we have a place called mono lake. we've seen what unrestricted drainage of water would do to an area. a pristine area in the state. we're not going to want that to happen in northern california.

they are not going to allow us to make that happen. we have to be able to demonstrate to them that we would use and manage water wisely to the benefit of all california residents. mr. valadao: anybody who's read the bill would know that most of the stuff he said is false. no clue what we're doing and what's going on. the bill is bipartisan, has support from democrats, has support from northern california. while california water districts that manage a lot of those projects we're worried about. we have worked across the aisle. the problem that we have is we have two senators from california who need to step up to the plate and deliver this. other senators are not going to come into california unless we have at least one of ours supporting us. we need more help from our own senators but as far as legislation itself it does not touch the endangered species act. it asked for some common sense. before you turn those pumps off, make sure that you are going to prove something with actual science. it is common sense.

a reasonable piece of legislation. i would ask anybody who challenges it to sit down and read it and call me. to throw stones at it, read it -- don't throw stones at it read , it first. it is evidence that he is no clue he has no clue is talking -- that he has no clue what he is talking about. jim: the endangered species act. would either of you envision leading the charge to suspend any provisions within the endangered species act that restrict water supplies to farms in the valley in the name of preserving endangered species in? mr. huerta: i'm not sure that's the answer. i'm not sure the regulating the environmental protections in the endangered species act is going to get us where we need to be. all we have to do is we have to invite stakeholders to the table. we have to be able to convince them that the crisis here is not just about water for ag, it's about water for families that don't have water. there's communities year in east

tulare county. delano, kettleman city. up and down the valley. it's no longer a question of water to sustain agriculture economy. it's about water just to sustain families. we have to be able to press upon them, we have our own plant, michigan, -- our own flint, michigan, going on right now today. we are going to need everyone's help in order to clean our water. in order to ensure the continued delivery of safe drinking cleaning water. mr. valadao: i appreciate he named all those communities. everyone of those that he mentioned is affected by the community. kettleman is mentioned 900 acre-feet from the delta. there are communities on the west side who rely solely on water from the delta. today they are at 55% of their historical use. the legislation i introduced and is sitting now and for five different pieces of legislation does address that.

as far as the east side, those we claimed to be friends with and have supported him in his race are the ones that sued to force us to send the water down that river. the communities along east tulare county, all the way down to arben, all guys who get water from the kern canal. that lawsuit, environmentalists came in forced us to send water from the canal although we don't the san joaquin river. what we see now is the cause of that. my legislation repeals that. it's commonsense legislation and as far as endangered species act. my simple request is if you're going to try to turn our palms off proved to us with science that you're going to save a species and you can turn the pumps off. just turning palms off because -- just turning pumps off because they feel it's the right thing to do is not the way were going to operate. evan: both of you were involved in agriculture in different ways. what do you think of the new farm worker overtime laws that have been passed in california? paying farmworkers the same type

of overtime as just about everybody else. mr. valadao: the problem with agriculture and it's a different -- agriculture is it is a different world. when you look at any other industry you are year-round. when you look at harvesting crops, giving farmworkers the opportunity to work more hours favored can get more money during the shorter amount of time is something they have benefited from. i expect to see more people make less money. evan: one thing that i've heard from a lot of growers and farmers, they say they will be cutting hours to a lot of -- mr. valadao: that's going to have a direct impact on salaries. they're going to be working eight hour days and that of 10 hour days. it's going to make it harder for them to feed their families. evan: have you already planned on making some of these cuts? mr. valadao: we're going to have to make decisions as they come. a pretty long period it has worked in so we will see how it plays out. that is something that my brothers and my uncles will have play a role in because i don't have that much of a management role anymore.

evan: what do you think about farmers are overtime? mr. huerta: i think it's great. farmworkers are the hardest working people in the valley. we know the value and the contributions that farmworker immigrants have made. one of the reasons for denying overtime for farmworkers? every industry pays their workers overtime. we have laws for years in california and throughout the nation giving workers the right to overtime, paid meal period and paid rest period's. the united farm workers union came about to give farm workers overtime. when i was negotiating contracts in the early 1980's, we had overtime in those contracts for farmworkers. not once did the employers complain that they were going to have to shorten hours. not once did employers complain that they were going to receive less hours. i think it's appropriate.

i think we need laws throughout the country in the 49 of the -- 49 other states that don't provide the same level of protection for farmworkers to the country. jim: i don't think i heard of single political ad since i've been covering politics for 30 plus years that has not included a promise to bring more jobs to a constituency. i think our viewers deserve some specifics from both of you gentlemen here tonight. you've promised to bring more jobs to the 21st district. can you point to one specific strategy that would serve as a catalyst for job creation? mr. valadao: the water is the one that has the largest impact in the valley because it's not just about farming, not just about communities. if you look at any city around that is trying to track investments like they all talk about doing, not having a study -- not having a steady water supply does play a role. if i'm investing in an area, if i make a decision i want to picture the have enough water so

i can mop my floors. other things i've worked on, energy policy. the last oil price drop we lost thousands of jobs in the valley. one of the things that i've done and i was a part of was the oil export ban allowing more markets for our oil industry. we've listed oil export bans so -- we have listed oil export bans so they would be more competition for products. hopefully that should help and i feel like it has helped little bit to create jobs. as far as the energy side, make sure we have before noble -- making sure we have affordable energy. we look at solar and all of these different things but anytime you make an investment in any technology. at the end of the day you have to make sure it's affordable so people can keep their families culpable. if you're going to invest in the value to have the ability to operate whatever piece of equipment you are trying to operate. jim: specific ideas on generating new jobs. mr. huerta: we are not going to

be will to attract industries to come into the valley unless we have a skilled workforce. it starts with education. our educational levels are deplorable. we have less than 50% of our kids graduate from high school. of that less than 10% graduate from college. that means 90% of the children here in the central valley will not have a four year college education. how are we going to attract the industry's to come to the valley if we don't have the skilled workforce to be able to attract those types of industries? in developers industries -- industries? and develop those industries. it's not enough to have job-training programs. we have to invest in education. our community colleges. we have to invest in job training programs. and then develop a skilled workforce. it has been too long. the 21st congressional district is one of the poorest congressional districts in the country and has remained poor

during mr. valadao's tenure. mr. valadao: i agree that education is a big deal. making sure that we brought back education to the local level. a bill that was signed into law by the president. one of the things we did at the end of the year last year and something that will have real impact area at another thing that has to play a role in all of this is making sure that we have good teachers. because of my heart for it on education over the last few years i've got the support of the teachers association in california and the national education association have come out in support of me because they know i've been there for them on education. making sure carl perkins type funding is there so we can continue to support vocational education. jim: we will give you the last word before we go to break it you have anything to add mr. huerta. mr. huerta: my daughter went to public high school. she got a law degree and she

decided to come back to this community as i did as an attorney in order to serve our community. we need to invest. we are giving up on our children and if we continue to do that were not going to attract new industries. were not going to be able to give them the opportunity to achieve the american dream. evan: were going to take a quick break. back in a couple of minutes with the candidates for the 21st congressional district. evan: welcome back. evan: welcome back. we thank you for being here. let's turn the homeland security how should the u.s. proceed with the processing of middle eastern immigrants seeking entry into this country? something that's coming up in front of us. congressman i'm going to start with you. mr. valadao: there is a process

in place. the syrian refugees that have been waiting to come and usually a process of three to four years. i think the president achieved 10,000 last year. it is something we ought to continue to watch. we don't have way to another backgrounds and to allow people in without -- we can wait three years with the waiting in a refugee camp that not knowing what the real background is a scary situation. i've been strong in opposition to allowing so many in. we have to look at it from the perspective. having the ability to defend themselves or allowing to be able to take over this country so other terrorist organizations don't -- i think pulling refugees out of there pulls the numbers against us. i think we should be reinforcing them and giving them the opportunity to defend their country. evan: hillary clinton wants to increase the number of immigrants coming in from the middle east.

places like syria. do you agree with her? mr. huerta: absolutely. the american people have always been generous with allowing refugee immigrants to come into our country. i think we have to be able to welcome the victims of war. people who have no other options. to be able to preserve their family union to come into our country. not using religion or the nationality as a litmus test, but to look at the circumstances in which they have applied for refugee status in our country. give them the opportunity to become american citizens in the united states once they've been here for a while. jim: it only takes a couple of bad apples to really cause big problems. .we've seen it in california and florida. individual people, homegrown terrorists, not to mention terrorists who may come over from another country seeking

refugee status. do you not feel there should be any vetting process involved with these refugees? mr. huerta: there should be some sort of vetting process but there is no unique way to determine who's going to be a criminal and who has a predisposition to engage in a criminal act. criminality is not unique to a muslim or a syrian or someone from the middle east. so i think race should not be a factor in determining who is eligible for refugee status. mr. valadao: we literally don't know anything about these people backgrounds. i know there is a slow process area it is a three to four year process but in three to four years it's still not enough. not knowing anything about their background. if they have a criminal record. a scary situation. pulling them away from their home country to bring them to the u.s. and even the talk of citizenship on a situation like this i think is absurd.

you have to look at the situation and we look a country like that, we look for allies of these country we should work with them if we need to put up more camps if we need to meet the more comfortable, i support that. allowing them to stay there in their countries with their families and friends in the communities they really recognized. jim: something we have to pay attention to. if the next president decided to put american boots on the ground in the overall effort to eradicate isis from iraq, is that something you could support mr. huerta is a freshman congressman? mr. huerta: isis is an international problem. the entire international community should be prepared and should contribute to eradicating isis.

i do think we, as the united states, should confront taking on ice is alone. those countries impacted by isis -- jim: certainly not alone but should our soldiers be there on the ground?? would you support for regular troops as part of a coalition force? mr. huerta: there would have to be great deliberation. compelling reasons for sending american troops. our young men and women overseas to fight isis. only when we have the exact circumstances, the introduction strategy and exit strategy for when those men and women would be there for how long. mr. valadao: i've personally gone and visited. i spent this past christmas with our troops in iraq. had the opportunity to take some time away from my family -- just a few months ago i had a chance to visit some of our troops in egypt. it's something i've thought about a lot. i think we have to play a role in this area i think the u.s. has played a leadership role. there is a coalition. every time i travel to any of these bases we work with there are lots of countries were playing a role.

i've been briefed by british, canadian, i've even seen colombian soldiers out on the field. it is nice to see the coalition. as far as making the decision to go forward and keep more on the ground you have to look at the intelligence, the exact situation. it is something i'm willing to look at and have a conversation. it's going to take a lot of research and are going to have to have the commander in chief that you trust to make sure we're taking care of them evan:. really almost no such thing as traditional war, traditional threats. their cyber threats, threats to our power grid for example, which could be destabilizing to our country in many different ways. in your view, how vulnerable is our country's power grid? how vulnerable are we to cyberattacks now and as a congressman what you doing to help protect america? mr. valadao: through the energy

and water subcommittee i am on appropriations. cyberattacks and especially electrical grid is something abroad up quite a bit with them and i continue to put pressure on the secretary of energy and the department of energy in general. secretary moniz has hurt for me quite a bit on this issue. the more we get into smart meters and things like that. more technologically advanced system. more computers opens the door for more hacking. when you get into faster and stronger computers like supercomputers or quantum computers this is something that could play a role and is something we are aware of. something i continue to bring up. it is on my radar. evan: mr. huerta?, how would you approach this topic mr. huerta: i have not had the privilege of being briefed on national security issues. i truly believe we have to protect our infrastructure. with protect our water delivery systems, our electrical delivery

systems. we have to protect those resources. our infrastructure so that we are subject to attacks. i think it's appropriate to make the investment in the commitment to protect the american people and the infrastructure we have in the united states. mr. valadao: it's not a briefing where you get this information. it's public information i know you don't have any classified credentials. there are books that i have had good friends recommend to me. there's also people in kern county that have talked to me and made investments computing technology to try to get ahead of this. evan: he wants to reduce fossil fuels in california. what to do it everywhere. mr. huerta, do you support the governor in this regard? mr. huerta: i support clean air. i support a clean environment.

particularly for us residents in this of in central san joaquin valley where we have the worst air in the country. this seems to be very the movement on the part of congress to help clean our air and to ensure our families that live here that they will be able to live a healthy life that the children's life expectancy will not be shortened because of the bad air. i believe we have to reduce carbon gas emissions and we have to have policies that will lead to a healthy clean environment for us in the central valley. jim: the epa continues to punish the central san joaquin valley for our poor air quality even though in the face of new studies that show that a considerable amount of air contaminants that end up down here come to us from northern california and that we, some say, carry a disproportionate share of the board and for other people's pollution. is that a fight you're willing to fight in congress with the epa? mr. huerta: absolutely. i agree significant portion of our air gets trapped. the bad air that comes from the

bay area and down south to the central valley gets trapped here and it has no way out. we have to begin to clean up the air. there should be a man-made solution. mr. valadao: you bring up a good point. even the head of the regulatory agency in the central valley has said if we get rid of every single combustible engine in the valley we will never meet the standards. there's monitoring stations outside the bay in the bay area let's say some of the standards we are supposed to meet, the air coming in before it touches california does not meet the standards. that is a real problem. we all want clean air and clean water but when you got ahead of the regulatory agency saying we will never meet the standards and we continue to have to pay dmv fees, every one of the hard-working people in the central valley paying those fees for a goal that is not attainable.

i fought a different avenues to mature we fix that. commonsense regulation. we've looked at ways of making sure the fees that are paid to try to keep them. the central valley so at least the central valley benefits from them. evan: mr. huerta, you've pledged to stand in the way of any attempt to repeal or defund obamacare. i think we recently did a story in fresno about a family's premiums are going up 300%. she's worried she's not going to be able to pay for care. why do you stand in support of this program? mr. huerta: there are 20 million people in the united states that now have health insurance that did not have health insurance before the affordable care act. there were many insurance companies, including my own insurance company, that refused to provide health insurance to my daughter that she had a heart murmur when she was born. fortunately for her, later in life that was not an issue. without the affordable care act, which prohibits insurance companies to discriminate

against folks with pre-existing injuries and allows the children of working families to continue on their parents insurance programs until their 26, there would be hundreds of thousands of people in the central valley that will be denied access to affordable health insurance. you're correct in the sense that the affordable care act still need work. it's not a perfect model, but it is a lot better the interpretive in terms of denying working families afford will help insurance. mr. valadao: there are things in the affordable care act that makes sense. the pre-existing condition is a concern but you want to make sure that people with pre-existing conditions are seen. we got a find a way to make sure that continues to be addressed. allowing kids to stay on until they are 26 is a positive. i have family members of my own who struggle because of lifetime limits.

i know that is something a lot of families in the valley struggle with. everybody talks about the 20 million that have insurance cards and i know that makes people feel good. the problem that we have with that is people who have good insurance in the past to pay their bills, now the have this insurance card. doctors are no longer seeing them and the going to local hospitals and hospitals are not being reimbursed. i saw my opponent in kalinga and one of the things that was brought up is that the kalinga hospitals starting off with a $34 million deficit to on the verge of closing their doors. a community on the edge of the valley like that so far away from fresno, we want to make sure we keep those doors open. those reimbursement rates, the insurance card is not what it's all about. we have to make sure we keep those doors open. mr. huerta: from down south in san diego county here in kern county my own father was the executive director of a primary health care clinic in fresno for

many years. my brother is a doctor and kern county. you have seen the benefits of the affordable care act. the excess money that has been brought to our community locally so that we can build new clinics and oil they'll, western kern county. there are hundreds and hundreds of farmworkers, working families than that have access to primary health care did not have it before. jim: time for closing statements. by virtue of the coin toss, mr. huerta will go first. mr. huerta: thank you for having us again. my life has been dedicated to helping working families in the central valley. as a young negotiator, as a lawyer representing women who have been discriminated in the workplace because of their pregnant condition.

representing workers who have been denied reinstatement to employment because of existing medical conditions. helping workers regain lost wages. in california, on average among workers are deprived $3000 to $4000 on annual basis because their employers have refused to pay them over time for missed meal periods or missed bric period's. i have dedicated my life and career to helping working families in the central valley and i will go to washington and continue to fight for us in the central valley and for all californians because i know california is the great state. we live in a great community yet we are the poorest congressional district or one of the poorest congressional districts in the country and one of the richest agricultural economies in the country. mr. valadao: thank you again for the opportunity. i enjoyed this conversation

we've had. i worked my butt off doing everything i can for the district. everything ever focused on estimate shall the people of the central valley are happy. we are getting through things but at the end of the day when you have a representative in congress that makes as much effort as i do to go out to small communities to make sure that my constituent casework is taking care of so that you see the stories on tv about a veteran who was held or a family with social security issues that was helped, that has been my goal, to ensure the people of the central valley are successful. i positioned myself on committees that tie directly to the central valley. everything of ever done in my role in political office has always been for the central valley. i feel like my personal experience as a business owner, as someone who is to deal with regulations, also has to do with the employment side. we have to ensure we have the ability to attract businesses. i feel like i bring that to the table. evan: one of these men will be representing california's 21st congressional district. mr. huerta, congressman, we appreciate you taking the time and wish you the best of luck as we head down the home stretch.

jim: it's coming up. from a colleague evan onstat, i'm jim scott. we want to thank the candidates and you for spending time with us tonight. go out and make an informed decision at the polls on november 8. good night. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> election night on c-span. watch the resulting be part of a national conversation about the outcome. be on location at hillary

clinton donald trump election night headquarters. watch victory and concession speeches in key senate house and governor races, starting life and throughout the following 24 hours. watch live, on demand at c-span.org, or listen to live coverage using the free radio app. >> our road to the white house coverage continues in the afternoon from detroit, where hillary clinton will hold a rally, live at 5:15 p.m. eastern. then we will take you to hershey, pennsylvania for a rally with donald trump, live at 7:00. yesterday, ivanka trump made a stop in nashua to talk to supporters about their republican party headquarters, where she met with campaign volunteers and posed for pictures. . ms. trump: hi, everyone.

how's it going, new hampshire? unbelievable. i wanted to stop by. i just came over from michigan. i was touring an amazing public charter school this morning, i spoke at a rally. i wanted to stop by this office and thank you guys, because i hear you are crushing it. there's so much enthusiasm, i see it based on the number of signs, i hear it based on the number of people who have gotten phone calls or have had their door knocked on. really, thank you so much. my father says it all the time, that he is just a messenger but this is your movement. your enthusiasm is unbelievable validation, and i think that is why we are doing so well here. >> [cheers and applause] ms. trump: my father gets zero credit, if you guys. -- it's you guys. and i wantedall,

to come by and offer my thanks and send our love. my father wanted me specifically to tell you how much he appreciates it. i wanted to swing by and take pictures of you. i want to meet you guys, come on through. it two oroing to do three at a time in that way it is all organized. >> [inaudible]

>> we will at up a couple at a time that we need to give her space first, please. backup, let her get in. i know your first. >> we just need to back out. -- back up. >> [indiscernible]

>> we are going to do one group shot from appear, and then we will take folks in a the letter time. we will get some group shots right now. >> excuse me. >> kelly has to get in.

>> ready? >> everyone smile. wow. great group, thank you. november 8! >> [cheers and applause] >> all right, here we go. two or three at a time. >> [indiscernible]

>> washington journal is live every day. coming up today, health correspondent for kaiser health news. she will talk about open

enrollment for the affordable care act and we will talk about the law under a new administration. the president of the national constitution center will be on appeared he will talk about the electoral college. the professor of political science from the university of scranton will be on. they will talk about pennsylvania as a battleground state. washington journal is live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. alikethe nation president, will america have its first foreign-born first lady since louisa adams? learn more about the influence of america's presidential spouses from c-span's first ladies, now available in paperback.

first ladies is a companion to the biography series and features interviews with the nation's leading first lady historians. each chapter has a brief biography of 45 presidential spouses. ,irst ladies is in paperback it's now available at your favorite bookseller. wife gave her first speech since the republican convention in july. she promises to advocate or liam -- women and children. mrs. pence: good afternoon, pennsylvania. what an honor it is to be here with you today. i am karen pence.

thank you. and my husband mike pence is running for vice president. [cheers and applause] mrs. pence: on the ticket with our next president of the united states donald trump. i flew in this morning from iowa, where mike is campaigning right now as we speak. and yesterday, we were campaigning in arizona, new mexico, and colorado. later today, he will be in michigan. and then we will meet back up in pittsburgh tonight. it has been the greatest privilege of our lives for mike to be running and preparing to serve as the next vice president with president donald trump.

so for those of you who do not know much about me, i am a schoolteacher, an artist, and an entrepreneur. and a mother of three wonderful children. including our daughter charlotte, who is here with me today. [cheers and applause] mrs. pence: you know, it has been wonderful to serve indiana these last four years as the first lady of indiana, but mike and i are looking forward to serving the country in the next four years with donald and melania trump. on the campaign trail, one of the greatest blessings for us in this campaign has been getting to know donald and melania trump in their family and seeing their

heart for this country and their passion to make it better. they are tireless, believe me, waking up every day ready to take their message to the american people. and now, with just five days to go before election day, we can see their efforts and hard work really paying off. and looking at all of you, i can tell that pennsylvania is ready to make history by helping to elect donald trump as the 45th president of the united states. and when you do, melania trump will be our new first lady. [cheers and applause] mrs. pence: she is amazing.

let me tell you a little bit about her. melania is, first and foremost, a dedicated wife and mother. the first time i met melania was when she and donald were deciding who to choose for the vice president, and we joined them for a weekend at their resort in bedminster. we were having dinner, and melania looked at me and asked about our three children. well, i told her with a wink that we have raised three independent-thinking children who don't always agree with their father on every issue. i told her that we have a lot of great discussions around our dinner table, believe me.

but you know what, she looked at me with her warm smile, and she said, i like that. you are teaching them to think for themselves. i like that. and i knew right then that i was really going to like melania. i have so enjoyed getting to know melania during these last several months. you know, as the spouse of a candidate, it is not always easy to have your husband out on the campaign trail with a very grueling schedule or to face the attacks, but i can tell you one thing about melania trump, she is strong. she also -- she is so strong. she also is very accomplished, working her way up to the fashion and modeling industry and emigrating to america from her native slovenia. her love for america is boundless, just like her husband's.

she is going to be america's next great first lady. [cheers and applause] mrs. pence: and i know that america will fall in love with her, just as she loves the american people. ladies and gentlemen, it is my great privilege to introduce to you the next first lady of the united states of america, melania trump. [cheers and applause] >> ♪ aquarius aquarius aquarius harmony and understanding

sympathy and trust abounding ♪ [cheers and applause] mrs. trump: thank you, first lady of indiana karen pence. thank you. that was very nice. crowd: we love you. mrs. trump: we love you, too. what a wonderful welcome here in pennsylvania. it has been more than 500 days since my husband donald trump announced he would run for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] mrs. trump: i remember that day in june 2015 vividly. surrounded by our family and speaking to an audience of millions, donald promised to campaign on behalf of of those who feel the system is broken and does not work for them, those who just want a fair shake, an opportunity for better education, a better paying job, a better future.

he pledged to restore integrity to washington and respect for america abroad. this is not an ordinary campaign. it is a movement. [cheers and applause] a movement in which people feel inspired and involved. i have seen it firsthand. we are deeply grateful to the millions of americans who believe in my husband because they know he believes in you. he believes in america, and he will make fantastic president of

these united states. [cheers and applause] mrs. trump: i come here today to talk about my husband donald and his deep love and respect for this country and all of its people. i have come here to talk about this man i have known for 18 years. and i have come here today to talk about our partnership, our family, and what i know for sure in my heart about this man who will make america great again. [cheers and applause] mrs. trump: i know exactly what that means. i grew up in a small town in slovenia near a beautiful river and forest. slovenia is a small country that was under communist rule back then. it was a beautiful childhood. my parents were wonderful. of course, we always knew about the incredible place called america. america was the word for freedom and opportunity. america meant -- if you could dream it, you could become it.

when i was 10 years old, we learned that a man named ronald reagan was elected president of the united states of america. we heard what he was saying and doing. president reagan's moment in america was not just something in the united states. it began to feel like morning around the world, even in my small country, a true inspiration to make it later my lived in milan and paris working hard as a fashion model.

i worked with people all over the world. i traveled with the bigwigs of glamour, but it is also hard work. there are ups and downs, high highs, and ridicule and rejection, too. i loved my work, and as a young entrepreneur, i wanted to follow my dreams to a place of freedom and opportunity. so, of course, i came here. living and working in america with a true blessing, but i wanted something more. i wanted to be an american. after a 10-your process, which included many visas and a green card, in 2006, i studied for the test and become a u.s. citizen, which is the greatest privilege in the world. i am an immigrant. and let me tell you, no one values the freedoms and opportunity of america more than me, both as an independent woman and as someone who immigrated to america. [cheers and applause]

mrs. trump: love for this country is something we immediately shared when i met donald. he loves this country, and he knows how to get things done, not just talk. he personally knows how to shake things up, doesn't he? [cheers and applause] mrs. trump: he knows how to make real change, make america great again is not just some slogan. it is what has been in his heart since the day i met him. over the years of our marriage, i have watched my husband grow more and more concerned as he sees american workers suffer. i have watched him get frustrated as he sees parents traveled to care for children while working outside the home. i have watched him as he sees policies that make our country less strong, less secure, and less safe.

every time my husband learned of a factory closing in ohio or north carolina or here in pennsylvania, i saw him get very upset. he could see what was happening. he saw the problems. and he always talked about how he could fix them. my family is truly blessed. the most important thing we have in our family is health and love and loyalty. donald -- [cheers and applause]

mrs. trump: donald has built a very successful company. the privilege to go to work each day to do a job he loves, alongside his adult children, this is a great blessing for any parent. he has a great and fulfilling life, but donald felt he could not sit by anymore and watch what was happening in our country. and that is why this movement began. [cheers and applause] crowd: [chanting trump] mrs. trump: as donald travels the country, he has asked some simple but very important questions. what kind of country do we want? do we want a country that is safe with secure borders? yes. do we want a country where every american gets a fair shot? yes. do we want a country that honors

our constitution? do we want a country that honors life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? do we want a country that respects women and provides them with equal opportunity? yes. do we want a country where every child has access to a good education? do we want children to be safe and secure and dream big dreams? yes. do we want president who is beholden to no one but you, the american people? [cheers and applause] mrs. trump: yes. do we want a president who will never give up? yes. then we want donald trump to be our president. crowd: yes. [chanting trump] mrs. trump: people have asked

me, if donald is the president, what kind of first lady will you be? it will be my honor and privilege to serve this country. [cheers and applause] mrs. trump: i will be an advocate for women and for children. let me tell you a little bit more about what that means to me. i am a full-time mother to our son, an incredible voice. as his father travels around the country running for president, i am with our son. we talk a little bit about politics and a lot about life, homework, and sports. he has many privileges and advantages. we know how fortunate we are. still, i have the same conversations with my son that many of you have with your sons and daughters and nieces and

nephews, grandchildren and godchildren. i want my little boy to know that he is blessed to have been born in this country that values individual freedom and constitutional democracy. i want our children in this country and all of around the world to live a a beautiful life, to be safe and secure, to dream freely of love and a family of their own someday. we need to teach our youth american values, kindness, honesty, respect, compassion, charity, understanding, cooperation. i do worry about all of our children.

as we know, no social media is a centerpiece of our lives. it can do useful tool for connection and communication. it can ease isolation so many people feel in the modern world. technology has changed our modern universe. but like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side. we have seen this already. as adults, many of us are able to handle mean words, even lies. children and teenagers can be fragile. they are hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks and intelligence. this makes their life hard and can force them to hide and retreat. our culture has gotten too mean and too rough, especially to children and teenagers. it is never ok when a 12-year-old girl or boy is

mocked, bullied, or attacked. it is terrible on the playground, and it is completely unacceptable when it is done by someone with no name hiding on the internet. we have to find a better way to talk to each other, to disagree with each other, to respect each other. we must find better ways to honor and support the basic goodness of our children, especially in social media. it will be one of the main focuses of my work if i am privileged enough to become your first lady. [cheers and applause] mrs. trump: i will also work hard to include everyday life

for women, the women in america that are incredible, strong, intelligent, generous, determined. with opportunities, women will advance and achieve. but some women have been left behind. i see that. we cannot call ourselves a fully developed or advanced nation when 50% of our women live in poverty, when 60 million are without health insurance, when too many are choosing between basic needs like rent, food, and health care. this cannot be.

we cannot afford to have more of the same. we must break with the failures of the past and embrace a feature that is worthy of this great nation and her beautiful table. [cheers and applause] mrs. trump: we must win on november 8, and we must come together as americans. we must meet each other with respect and kindness, even when we disagree. i will be there to support my husband's efforts to help all of americans when he is president. donald trump will make america fair. he will make america safe. he will make america prosperous. he will make america proud. and yes, this man i know so well, donald trump, with your help and god's grace, will make america great again. thank you. god bless you. and god bless this beautiful country. [cheers and applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

>> during the speech donald trump photo -- tweeted a photo of himself. our coverage continues from detroit where hillary clinton will hold a rally live that by 15 p.m. eastern and we will go to pennsylvania for a rally with donald trump at 7:00. >> over the guns your showing simulcast of radio talk shows. to date, a conservative lyrical perspective with the mike gallagher show live from new york city.

on the road to the white house, it hillary clinton shared the stage with bernie sanders. is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause]

[applause] >> north carolina. i[applause] i love you guys back. i'm excited be here today. the help get out the vote for hillary clinton, the next president of the united states. to be honest with you guys, i feel a little odd. as a political rally. this is my first time doing something like this.

[applause] i'm a little nervous. i am a musician. politics is not my field of expertise. i'm human. it [applause] familyhuman being with a , that shares this earth. the selection is too important. i couldn't sit on the sideline and be quiet. the whole definition of leadership is -- the new definition should be looking you, i'm listening. [applause] that's what we haven't hillary clinton. here because i believe she

is going to fight or us. don't you? [applause] for americak hard and fulfill a promise where all men and women [applause] and women [applause] and women [applause] were created equal. a always beenas fair to all people, especially my culture. i think that hillary is going to help takes these wrongs. [applause] she and i spoke today and she

has made some commitments. she made some commitments. whether it's paying equality for women, free public college tuition if your family earns $125,000, and addressing the mass incarceration of 1994 by eliminating mandatory minimum prison sentences. we are going to deal with all of those things. isn't that right? it makes me angry when people say hillary can't lead our country because she's a woman.

how dare anyone question a woman's ability. every person on this planet was brought into this world by a woman. [applause] day, carry so much every including us for nine months. it [applause] women are the reason we even exist. we call the planet mother earth. i want to live in a world where a woman's ability is respected and not ever questioned. and for once, let me dream. uken it comes to the no button, i want to see it operated by a person who knows what it's like to bring a life into the world and will think about it before she decides to

take millions of them out. woman break the presidential glass ceiling on november 8. i want to see that glass shatter on the floor. my mother is able. your grandmother is able. your nieces are able. your daughters are able. amazing happened when women lead. i benefited when i have worked with the team of all ethnicities and sexual orientations who come together for a common cause. i am excited to see the halo effect on young women. [applause]

girls will be unstoppable. on all the women in this nation. i don't care if you are democrat or republican, if you are a female, think about what can do on november 8. you can be part of a number of the changes things and shows everybody your power when women come together and galvanize. [applause] culture, i know they call us minority, you see our influence everywhere. we're not a minority, we are the majority. that's my culture. beautiful.k, if you have ever been called a

, and i am saying this for the standing rock sioux indians, go out and show everybody that you are really the majority. [applause] that's all i to say. i want to bring up somebody who is closely associated with the word fire, senator bernie sanders. [applause] senator sanders: thank you very much. much.you very

making ahis remarks by very important point. he said he's not a politician, he's a musician. he understands that at this moment in american history, it is imperative that all of us see -- be involved in the process. thank you. thanking all of you for coming up. what a fantastic turnout tonight. thank you so much. begin with a startling revelation. are you ready for a startling revelation? i knew you would be. ,espite what media may tell you this campaign is not about

hillary clinton. it is not about donald trump. it is not about bill clinton. it is not about melania trump. the not about their children. this campaign is about you and millions of other americans. [cheers and applause] and this campaign is not a personality contest. we're not voting for high school president. we're voting for the most powerful leader in the entire world. [cheers and applause] and what this campaign must be about is which candidate has the experience and the vision to work with the middle class and the working class and the families of our country.

and in my view, without a shadow of doubt, that candidate is hillary clinton, our next president. [cheers and applause] now, let me also do something after giving you the startling revelation, let me give you something else also very radical, and that is i think a campaign should be based on issues. now, i know that's, again, a very radical idea. imagine talking about the real issues impacting the american people. what a crazy idea that is. but just for the heck of it, let's do it. why not? what are we going to lose?

when i think about the most important issue -- and i speak for myself now -- i worry very very much that this country is sliding into an oligarchic form of society where a handful of billionaires control our economic and political life. as we speak this very moment, billionaires around the country are pouring tens and tens of millions of dollars into senatorial campaigns, house campaigns, and campaigns of all kinds. what we are saying tonight is we will not allow billionaires to buy the united states government. [cheers and applause]

and one of the major differences of many between secretary clinton and mr. trump is that secretary clinton has made it clear that she will do everything she can in every way to overturn this disastrous supreme court decision on citizens united. [cheers and applause] too many brave people here in north carolina and vermont and all over this country have put their lives on the line to defend american democracy. we're going to fight for that democracy. we are not going to become an oligarchy. [cheers and applause]

and there's another issue when we talk about democracy -- which, after all, is what this country is about -- we have cowardly republican governors all over this country trying to suppress the votes. hillary clinton and i believe that our job is to get more people to participate in the political process, not fewer people. and i say, look, in a democracy, honest people can have different points of view. secretary clinton has conservative friends. i have conservative friends. that's democracy. but what is not democracy is when cowardly governors go out of their way to make it difficult for people to vote.

[cheers and applause] and i say to those governors, if you don't have the guts to participate in a free, open and fair election, get out of politics and get another job. [cheers and applause] [chanting "bernie"] sen. sanders: thank you. so issue number 1. secretary clinton, pharrell and i, and all of you understand that we need a vibrant democracy where people participate, where people vote. second point.

now, i try not to be too hard on my republican colleagues, because many of them suffer from a serious illness called amnesia. and unlike mr. trump, we do not make fun of people with disabilities. [cheers] and what their illness is about is they seem to have forgotten where this country was eight years ago tonight. [cheers] somehow, it just skipped their minds. i don't know. they forgot that eight years ago tonight, we were losing 800,000 jobs a month, a horrific number unprecedented since the great depression.

they've forgotten. they're very concerned about deficits -- which is an important issue. they've forgotten under bush's last year, we were running up the largest deficit in the history of this country, $1.4 trillion. just forgot about it. and they forgot, by the way, just mention that the world's financial system was on the verge of collapse. we have come a long way in eight years in improving the economy. thank you, president obama. [cheers and applause] but let us also acknowledge that while unemployment has gone way lower today than it was when president obama came into office, we have also got to

acknowledge that the economy is nowhere where we want it to be, and that millions of our brothers and sisters in this country are hurting financially. that is a fact. and let us acknowledge and not be afraid to put it out on the table and to say that over the last 40 years what we have seen is a middle class in this country which is shrinking, where people in north carolina and vermont and all over this country are today work inging -- working not one job but two or three years to cobble together the income and the healthcare that they need. let us be honest and acknowledge there are millions of working families desperately looking for decent quality affordable child care.

let us be honest and acknowledge that millions of older workers are moving into retirement, but they have absolutely no savings and they are very scared about their future. that is the reality, and we can't hide it. so it is important for us to take a hard look at which candidate is going to address those issues, which candidate understands that the grotesque level of income and wealth and equality in america today is unacceptable. [cheers] and which candidate has the courage to stand with working families and tell the billionaire class they cannot have it all.

this country, our government, belong to all of us. [cheers] in north carolina and all over this country, we have people working longer hours for lower wages. everybody here knows that nobody can make it on $7.25 an hour federal minimum wage. and let us be very clear, a 7.25 minimum wage is a starvation wage. let's be clear. you can't make it on $7.25 and you can't make it on 10 bucks an hour. there is one candidate running for president who has pledged to raise the minimum wage to a living wage and that is hillary

clinton. [cheers and applause] in america, we have got to think big, not small, and one of those ways that we have got to think and understand, nobody in america who works 40 hours a week should be living in poverty. we are going to raise that minimum wage to a living wage. [cheers and applause] there's another issue i'm almost embarrassed to mention it. and that is in the year 2016, women are still making 79 cents on the dollar compared to men. and i know that every man here

will stand with secretary clinton and me and all the people of this country in demanding pay equity for women, equal pay for equal work. [cheers and applause] when we think big and not small, we take a hard look. we say, well, what's going on around the rest of the world and then we learn something. we learn that all over the world , working people are guaranteed paid family and medical leave. every major country, in fact, most poor countries guarantee paid family and medical leave.