. >> don delaney is the former u.s. representative from maryland. he is the first democrat to declare his intention to become president of the united states. thanks for your time. >> thank you, pedro. >>> c-span's washington journal, live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, the heritage foundation's steven moore, co-author of trumpet not mix inside the america first plan to revive our economy, will discuss the trump administration's economic record and impact of the 2017 tackle. transport senior >>> eugene miller will discuss prospects for a major infrastructure deal. also, democratic congressman, john larson of connecticut, will discuss his legislation to reform and expand social security. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. joined the discussion. >>> tonight on c-span 3, the senate rules committee, considering changes to how the senate debates presidential nominaon. congressman -- talk about national security and foreign policy. and the senate service commit

. >> don delaney is the former u.s. representative from maryland. he is the first democrat to declare his intention to become president of the united states. thanks for your time. >> thank you, pedro. >>> c-span's washington journal, live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, the heritage foundation's steven moore, co-author of trumpet not mix inside the america first plan to revive our economy, will discuss the trump administration's economic record and impact of the 2017 tackle. transport senior >>> eugene miller will discuss prospects for a major infrastructure deal. also, democratic congressman, john larson of connecticut, will discuss his legislation to reform and expand social security. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. joined the discussion. >>> tonight on c-span 3, the senate rules committee, considering changes to how the senate debates presidential nominaon. congressman -- talk about national security and foreign policy. and the senate service commit

delaney. welcome. >> thank you. >> reporter: i want to start with policy so we don run out of time for that before we get to the horse race. let's start what we heard from cortez introducing a new green deal net zero gas emissions and guaranteed jobs and health care and access to green space. it's supported by many of your competitors in the race for the 2020 nomination for democrats. you stopped short of supporting it. explain why and what your position is on it. >> so i definitely support the energy that it's brought to the debate, the fact that it's shining a spotlight on an incredibly important issue, global warming. an issue i've done a huge amount of work on. but i do think what we should be doing is focusing on solutions that we could get done right away, because the problem with global warming is the time is of the essence and we have to start doing things immediately, which is why my plan is rooted in this kind of bipartisan carbon tax bill that i introduced in the congress last session, the first bipartisan carbon tax bill to be introduced. i think it shows we can build a coalition to get something done on