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i'm going with a group from florida meeting with representative allen grayson. >> hi, how are you doing? >> how are you doing? >> very good. >> what you're doing is you're setting an example. it's you against this enormous huge institution that employs over a million people and has a billion of dollars of its pocket. it's you against all of that and you just have to be brave, keep summoning that courage because if everybody like you in your position comes together, then you'll all be better off. >> exactly. >> so congressman, do you think unionization is the answer for a place like walmart? >> yes. they get a better wage. >> as the workers are afraid to speak out and step up, are your fellow congressmen and senators afraid of the same thing? >> i knew about the events of thanksgiving and, you know, it was a clear-cut decision to show my support. i was kind of surprised when i heard that there were only two of us in the whole country, 135 senators only two of us decided to show our support. this is something that obviously needs to happen. it's got to change not just for the benefit of t

. >> you may remember congressman allen grayson support obamacare. >> remember the republican plan, don'tick. if you do get sick, die quickly. >> i was surprised so learn grayson used to be a businessman. he helped create a tech company called idt. >> international calls -- >> usual politician, having really created something, created wealth, run idt. i would think you would see the burden all of these rules put on businesses. >> point to one rule that actually has had a dramatic impact on job creation or on small business. and -- >> not one rule. it's the pile of rules. here's obamacare, and this is just the start because many pages say the secretary shall produce more regulation. >> well, put together a big pile of rules. which are the bad ones? >> what about the tax on medical devices. a bunch of democrats now object to this. >> listen, we have to pay for it somehow. >> obamacare imposes a steep tax on companies that make medical devices. things like pacemakers, artificial limbs, digital thermometers. this can be a profitable business but it's also one that saves lives. the new tax mea

joining me is congressman allen grayson, democrat from florida and cynthia tucker, a pulitzer prize winning syndicated columnist. thank you both for your time and coming on the show tonight. >> good to be here, rev. >> congressman grayson, let me start with you. the health care law is racist because of a tanning tax? is that all they've got left? >> well, it's another weapon of mass distraction. what this bill does is it extends health care to the 50 million people in this country who can't see a doctor when they're sick. and it maybes it affordable for everyone else. it does that through common sense things like having standard contracts, like having a website that you can go to so that you can pull your buying power with others, and so on. none of this should be controversial, but it is because the tea party republicans are bent on making it that way by ignoring reality. all they want to do, the fundamental principle the republican party these days is let's make absolutely certain that poor people can't get health care when they're sick. that's what it's come down to. president lincoln, o

allen and grayson is a democrat from florida. texas is up first on the democratic line. caller: i don't know if you remember me but i'm a lady down in texas that you took the time to make a phone call to a few years ago and bank be on your health care comments. i have followed you and we appreciate what you do. i am down here on the southern border and i am very concerned about the drones on the domestic surveillance down here. i don't think people have any idea how widespread it is. saw has concerned me when i a story a few years ago about the war blimps they were using. everything we take out of the mideast is being brought here. i worry about that and i think the drone program is something that really needs to be investigated and put a halt to. guest: in fact, i have taken a step to do that. i passed an amendment -- it is typical for any democrat to pass an amendment -- and a man and a republican-controlled house bypassed an amendment a few weeks ago to to forbid the department, as occurred from acquiring any weapon is drones. there is a second generation of drones co