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continues. host: it is open phones. the phone numbers are on the screen. you can also tweet or if you want to post on our facebook page, you can do so during the show and after the show. a new website from the trump administration -- this highlights what they say their compliments are in the first 100 days. a website that just went live today. highlighting aspects about jobs being created. the dakota access pipeline. energy independence and other things. if you want to check out what the trump administration is highlighting as accomplishments leading up to the first 100 days -- which takes place on saturday -- another story concerning a website promotion, this is from the hill about the state department website. and the promotion of mar-a-lago. the story says that a

representative said tuesday, a post appeared promoting the mar-a-lago. it shouldn't have happened and "ought to come down." she goes on to say "that is the kind of thing that should not happen and if it take a posted, take it down immediately. if this was put up by someone, it is to come down and there needs to be clarity brought to that issue that, no indeed, it was a mistake and it is down." there is a closer look at the winter white house and the post drew backlash from lawmakers and ethics watchdogs said they prepared -- said it appeared to be promoting a private business. they did remove the post from the website on monday and an apology forh any "misperception."

let's go to the democrats line. you are on. in my state of missouri here, in the last election, we had a republican governor and the senate is republican. ran on betters wages and better economy. wasthe first thing they did past the right to work bill which reduces wages for everybody. and they are trying to do away , whiche pervading wage shows the amount of money paid on government projects, they are trying to do that so they can do it cheaper. so we will be paying a lot less taxes. don't understand. i think they are a bunch of liars. because they are not doing the right thing. i will get off the air and let somebody else talk. host:: is next. caller: i would like to the

reform the way taxes are being collected. congressman,my mike conaway, last year, the irs collected $2.5 trillion. now, $3 trillion. my proposed way of doing this is to bring $2.5 trillion a year -- that would make the existence of the irs unnecessary. because they only collect $2.5 billion a year. obama and trump as well. they printed $1 trillion a year. which was my way of collecting taxes. but they did not decrease the

collection of taxes by the irs by $1 trillion which is why you three point $5 trillion instead of $2.5 trillion. you know? this is overtaxing of the people. the government is doing it. host: let's go to nick in illinois. on the republican line. go ahead. caller: figure for taking my call. there was a caller in the last segment, with the lady aggies then we had $19 trillion in debt but it is a fake number. but you put up the debt clock website. debt,is $19 trillion in yes. $60 trillion in total national deficit on that website. over $100 trillion in future bills that haven't even been built yet. have 119 million people who pay income taxes in our country right now out of over 300 million people.

in we have $20 trillion social security liabilities. so the trillion dollars he referred to for social security -- ross perot, i don't know if he is somebody you should be listening to, he lost every time he ran. it is sad when you see people say the debt doesn't matter because it does. take a look at the roads and schools and what is going on in the inner cities. are flooded with that. there's over $1 trillion in local debt. almost $2 trillion in state debt. it is sad what is going on. look at illinois. we have $300 billion in bills and we have nothing to pay for it. we have chicago -- the only thing that has come out of chicago is death. death and crime. host: that was nick. (202) 748-8001, republicans. (202) 748-8000, democrats. (202) 748-8002, independent

callers. we hear next from guy in north carolina on the independent line. the guy from north carolina, are you there? you are on. go ahead. caller: all right? my name is guy. i live in cherryville. yes. i am from north carolina. i was a democrat for 51 years. changed to being an independent. host: i do appreciate the call put a reminder, when you get on the line, turned on your television. it keeps the delay from happening and it makes the conversation faster between us. the front page of usa today takes a look at peace. pushing protection for -- 51

members of the house requests that the draft is signed on religious liberty as reported by numerous outlets on every second in order to protect millions of americans whose religious freedom has been attacked or threatened over the last eight years. been publicly not released. it was obtained by usa today. in february, the white house said the president had no plans to sign such an order. it protects employees from auntie lgbtq workplace discrimination while working for federal contracts will remain intact at the direction of the president but on monday, a senior white house official told usa today that some sort of policy to protect liberties was in the works and the president was trying to find middle ground. the official did not want to publicly discuss a policy that was developing. on the open phone we go next to deborah in north carolina. on the democrat line.

about: my statement was taxes. -- yes, ok.s with can you hear me now? host: yes, go ahead. caller: my concern was with taxes and balancing the budget. , yes, worked for years yes. itave worked for years and is for the state and i also have the small business. owning my own small business. so i understand budgets, balancing budgets. my concern is that it is not going to be balanced on the back of potable populations. and that is a real concern. senior citizens. children, vulnerable children, all of that. and with them wanting and at thee taxes,

same time, the middle class, i just don't see how both of those can be done at the same time. hurting a vulnerable population. host: we go to scranton, pennsylvania on the independent line. caller: hello. taxes is thatut big corporations like ge, they -- yes, hello. thank you for taking my call. my concern is that big make $12ons like ge billion in a profit and they are not paying their fair share in taxes. they haven't paid any taxes until now. so my thinking is that the

government should look at big corporations who are making billions of dollars around the world and not paying taxes over here. and that will definitely reduce some of the budget. and that will be justice to the middle class. there should be a flat tax for the middle-class and rich people. if you make more money, you pay more taxes. that should happen. host: let's go to marry in new york on the independent line. caller: i would like to know, is this pager? host: yes. caller: do you remember before they passed the dodd frank bill? host: vaguely. go ahead. caller: our money used to be backed by gold in fort knox.

do you remember that? host: and don't have total memory of everything. go ahead with your question. the -- om guest: -- caller: i am an old lady and i were the history books. our money was backed by gold in fort knox. and it was under lock and key and it was owned by the federal government which took care of it. did you ever hear of fort knox. host: yes, i have. what is your point? caller: ever since dodd-frank, they took us off the gold standard and now our money is worthless. air print money out of thin and it makes insulation and money isn't worth nothing because one day it could be this and then the next day it could be something else. host: ok. the washington post this morning

has a story by robert barnes taking a look at some of the back-and-forth that is going on in the supreme court with the addition of the latest justice, neil gorsuch. this one deals with statements by one of the justices. she wrote on monday that the court is "developing a disturbing trend of siding with police officers accused of excessive force." she was arguing that the court should have accepted a case of a man who was shot in the back by a police officer in 2010. a federal judge dismissed in that suit before the trial. the u.s. court of appeals upheld that decision. what happened in the incident that left him crippled is in dispute. wrote thatent, she the decision on which a man is telling the truth should be "made by a jury, not a judge reviewing a paper record." what made this unusual was the

past decisions. "a disturbing trend using the court resources. she wrote an opinion that was joined by justice ruth gator -- ruth bader ginsburg. that joined a rebuttal. and in allwere cited but one of those cases, there was no published defense. fit inside a single case in which we failed to listen to the alleged victim of alleged police conduct. the rest of the story is on washington post. we are now in open phones. (202) 748-8001, republican. (202) 748-8000, democrat. (202) 748-8002, independent callers. here is john. how're you doing, man? a just wanted to say that prior to now, i always abstained from whyng, because i felt,

should i participate in a broken system. with the existence of the electoral college. we the american people don't even have a say in who becomes our president. it is supposed to be the constitution of the people for the people by the people but in reality, we don't actually elect our own president so i have always abstained. and this year, because of how disheartened i was with how things are going in this world country, i decided, you know what? let me go out and register. i will pull the win for trump. he seems to be a man for the american people. and he did win the election. by the electoral college. he got into office as a result of that very thing that i hated so much. you know, i do find it disheartening that he is trying to protect the american people by instituting a travel ban and by trying to build a wall and through the vetting people that want to come here. and he is doing all of the things that should have been

done from the onset, back when september 11 happened. and the democrats will try to stop and block him at every turn. and anyone who is a trump hader will block him at every turn. and all he is trying to do is protect the american people and do what should have been done to begin with. because the next time something everybody -- the: steve from oregon on independent line. caller: think you for taking my call. exit wanted to comment on the previous story you are talking about with the national debt. thatlso throw in there when we talk about national debt, we are talking about a long list of problems that are created by debt. in our country. if you look at debt in our country, in the last couple of decades, kids are really pushed

towards getting into debt as soon as they get into college. they walk onto a college campus with the table set up there with the credit card companies. pushing credit cards to get them into debt right away. they go to school and they get into debt through school, which is unbelievable. it is unbelievable that we have to pay for education in this country when it is free and other countries. that are in a system appears to be creating the debt. and unless we change the system, we are not going to actually fix this. as long as we stay in the same system that is creating the problems, we can't fix this. it is like putting a band-aid on a severed limb. the problem is capitalism. capitalism is the problem. capitalizing on other human beings. it is about opportunism. country dealshe with every day. to changew we have

the system. we have to move away from a capitalist system. from trusting bankers and politicians, people who are not trustworthy. a story in mentioned the wall street journal this morning. i don't have time to read the full story but it talks about appearance who have student loans under a parent plus program, as it is known. people in that program haven't made a payment in at least a year. a textbook the larger issues with the program and student debt, overall. that is in the wall street journal this morning. let's go to john who is joining us from jacksonville, florida. republican line. caller: i wanted to make a comment about the issue with the nuclear option to get judge gorsuch appointed. timeems as though every there is a republican

administration, there seems to against theruction republicans and it seems like, in my lifetime, i have seen the their liberalh justices and judges -- it seems like republicans bend and have been in the past. and i'm amazed to see how in bill clinton's era, they were getting it done easier. that is my comment. host: the latest tweet from the president of the united states on the topic of the border wall. saying "don't let the media tell you i have change my position on the wall. it will get built to help stop drugs, human trafficking etc.." oft comes after his request the addition to the budget or continuing resolution that needs to be approved to keep the

government opening. there are stories that it may be changing. stay with c-span to find out what is going on with that. tim is next. caller: my comment is to cut taxes for corporations would be fine. as long as the money was going directly towards the workers that work for the different companies. but to cut taxes from large corporations and to have ceo salaries go up, it would be ridiculous. so it would be fine to cut taxes for incorporation, as long as the money goes directly towards the workers. not towards the people in the higher up positions that are making millions of dollars already. thank you. host: cindy from texas on the independent line.

caller: i wanted to make a comment on the people that are talking about how the democrats are being obstructionists. if these people knew how the government worked, which obviously they don't, they would realize that the republicans are the majority of all three branches. and they are the ones that are keeping trump from getting their democrats., not the the democrats are in the minority. they cannot keep him from getting his agenda done. people, don't be stupid and blame the democrats. it is the republicans fault or trump's fault if he doesn't get his agenda done. it is so annoying that these people are so stupid. host: one more call from donald in pennsylvania on the republican line. caller: hello. i was a democrat for a long time but i changed in the last election. i was tired of everything. concerned, giving

away free stuff to all these people, i worked all my life and i'm still working and it will be 66. i have to work. brought up caller the idea against the prevailing wages. that is a major issue. that's a major issue. taxand buffett has set a 1% on everyone as a sales tax or harbor they would do it would pay for everyone health care. there would be no problem with that. i'm not a fan of his because his corporation bought heinz and destroyed it. there are so many corporations leaving our country and in how are you going to have a job creation when everybody wants autonomous vehicles. pittsburgh is one of the ones promoting this and that would jobs, forklifts running autonomous implants.

how will you have job creation if you're destroying the jobs. people of the ones actually buy things, not machines with nobody in them. host: got to stop you there only because we are out of time. appreciate him and all the others who called. another addition comes your way at 7:00 tomorrow. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> president trump will be on capitol hill to participate in the holocaust remembrance ceremony. we would take you live to the capitol rotunda for the ceremony

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congressman matt cartwright held a town hall meeting with constituents at northampton community college in bethlehem, pennsylvania. he talked about several issues, health care, budget appropriations, veterans affairs and redistricting. the townhall ran about one hour and 10 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for that, but let's start things a little more formally if we can. i would like everyone you can rise to rise and let's say the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god