african-americans were caught up in america's entry into world war i as all americans were. african-americans volunteered, but liberty bonds, volunteered to serve in the military, and often with mixed feelings, entering world war i to make the world safe for democracy. very often didn't feel safe or democratic. very unsure about going to fight for political principles. those kind of debates. nonetheless, a large portion of americans decided the best course of action was to serve, the best they could in the hope, the patriotism and that kind of energy would be a kind of bargaining chip, reconstruction would gain greater rights and proved to america at large about the value of their contribution and investment in the national project. the earliest fiction i looked at was a little while after american entry. we are considering what the attitudes should be, and the alias controversies with american offices. and black and white units would be established separately and combat divisions, and although -- by white americans in the ranks, only african-americans were serving. for a wh

and african-americans volunteers. they bought liberty bostons and volunteered to serve in the in military, volunteered to serve as aid workers and nurses, and often with mixed effects. they -- woodrow wilson said that america was entering world war i to make the world save for democracy but america for african-americans didn't feel very safe or democratic. so very unsure about going to fight for a political principles overseas they were just not receiving at home. so there were those kind of debates. but nonetheless, the major -- a large portion of african-americaned decided the best course of action was to serve, was to do the best they could in the hope that the service, that patriotism, that kind of energy, would be a kind of bargaining chip in a post war reconstruction, would gain them greater rights and be proof to the america at large about the value of their contributions and of their investment in the national project. the earliest kind of texas that it looked at was a little while after american entry. so som

cancer society, american diabetes society, american diabetes association, american heart association, american lung association, american society of clinical oncology, the cystic fibrosis foundation, age united, the childrens hospital association, aarp, the march of dimes, the list goes on and on. instead of reading all of these pages, i will submit them, without objection, for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. pelosi: thank you, mr. speaker. under trumpcare, families, seniors, vulnerable children, americans with disabilities, people struggling to overcome addiction, and the sick will lose their health care. rural hospitals will be closed, nearly two million jobs will be destroyed across america. seven million veterans will lose access to tax credits for health care. and all of this to give a massive tax cut to the richest in america. trumpcare is a billionaire's tax cut disguised as a health care bill. it's robin hood in reverse. one of the largest transfers wealth from working families to the rich in our country. today we have -- within wwe honor of visions

today, most american children do -- american women do not start having children until 26. that leaves time to have more children, the earlier it starts. the other thing about the baby-boom, there was no part of the american population that was not affected by it. usually we talk about large-scale social phenomenon in american history, you start making exceptions and talking about differences based on race, religion, class. but there was none of that, this affected almost the entire american population. percent for blacks and whites, the same for rich or poor. if it is any indication of the great increase in the birth rate, it was among urban educated whites. usually demographically it is the opposite. usually immigrants had higher birth rates than native born. less educated people usually have more children. also, very unusual. also, it is not that americans were returning to the 18th century family practice of having large families of eight or 10 children. most families of the baby boom generation had three or four. what made the numbers vast, almost no one had no childre

only interested in the foreigners, not the americans. not any particular known americans. and yet, the moment the data is in their hands, all three agencies can sort through it looking for the communications of particular known americans. the very people in whom the government just disclaimed any interest. and the fbi can even search for those communications to use in ordinary criminal cases that have nothing to do with foreign intelligence or with national security. i've said it many times, i'll say it again, this is a bait and switch that is totally inconsistent with the spirit if not the letter of the reverse targeting prohibition and it creates a very dangerous end run around the fourth amendment. now, i've heard intelligence officials defend backdoor searches on the ground that once information is lawfully collected it can be used for any purpose. alex did an excellent job earlier explaining why that's not the case. i want to add on top of that that the very definition of minimization is you can't use it for any purpose. that's what minimization means and that's not o

demonstrate this president's commitment to putting american jobs, american families and american energy first. so with gratitude for his leadership, unleashing american energy, it is now my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to you, the president of the united states of america, president donald trump. ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. thank you, everybody, thank you very much. how are you? i want to thank everybody on stage, they are really a terrific team. we have some of the real winners in the audience, too, that i can tell you, some great, great people. i want to thank vice president pence as always, he's right there and he is really been a help to this administration. and we have some big things happening today. and we have some very big things happening over the next month. i guess probably i could say over the next eight years, i suspect i can say that. it's wonderful to be here with so many pioneers and visionaries from america's energy industry. great industry. i want to thank the leaders of our great energy companies for joining us today and for supporting our efforts t

joe dimaggio was an italian-american. it was an example of immigrant and ethnic assimilation. joe dimaggio was an italian-american. italians had a reputation of having less self-control than british protestants. these were cultural stereotypes. there are known as volatile people. the fact that dimaggio had absorbed this anglo-american, stoic demeanor was a sign that they had made it in america. this is in the 1940's when the expression of prejudicial attitudes about white ethnic groups was still widely accepted. dimaggio was known as the daigo of the yankees. as a term we don't hear much anymore. it was a moderate epithet of descent. mediterranean dissen at this dimaggio had assimilated point, these new ethnic groups. they are adopting this stance of victorian morality. that is the individual, the struggle for self-control within the individual. to have your rational capacity control your emotions. likewise, social policy follows the same model. the whole goal of social policy is to cultivate personal responsibility. do e

so african-americans were caught up in america's entry into world war i just as all americans were. and african-americans volunteered. they bought liberty bonds. they volunteered to serve in the military. they volunteered to serve as aid workers and nurses. often with mixed feelings. woodrow wilson had said america was entering world war i to make the world safe for democracy. but, of course, america, african americans very often didn't feel safe in the didn't feel very democratic. so very unsure about going to fight for political principles overseas, that they were just that receiving a dome. those kinds of debates. but nonetheless lots, a large proportion of affidavits of the best course of action in the war was to serve, was to do the best that they could in the hope that that service, that patriotism and that kind of energy would be a kind of bargaining chip in a postwar reconstruction would gain them greater rights. and would also be kind of proof to america at large about the value of their contributions and of their investment in the national project. the earliest kind of fic

buy american, higher american again. american manufacturing is getting stronger every day. in the first five months last year, american manufacturers lost 25,000 jobs but in the first five months of this year under the leadership of president donald trump, american manufactures upgraded more than 55,000 new good-paying jobs all across the united states. [applause] v.p. pence: going back decades, inufacturers have invested jobs another countries but this year, company after company are making record investments worth billions of dollars in this country. creating american shops. as this organization announced in a report released a few months ago at the white house, american manufactures have. been years.timistic in 20 confidence is back. manufacturing is back. because and stay one of this administration, president donald trump has been fighting for manufacturers and the men and women who work on your factory floors and he will keep fighting every day to lead an american manufacturing renaissance! i promise that. [applause] at thence: just look presidential decisive action be

, and our american values. it is a sham and a charade. making possible those cuts for the rich as cuts for them at the expense of our most vulnerable citizens, and it has been the result of a profoundly undemocratic process. secrecy and speed. despite the best efforts of our republican colleagues to keep americans in the dark about what this proposal would do, i have seen growing awareness. again, not only at these hearings but as i walk through the airport, as i march in parades twice over this weekend, as i attend public gatherings, whether it is boys state sponsored by the american legion for 16 and 17-year-olds or nursing facilities for elderly senior citizens. a growing awareness that this bill is bad, profoundly bad for the american people. the people i have heard from have prescriptions to fill, appointments to make, lives to live, but they have come to these hearings on very short notice, in hartford and new haven, literally filling a room so that there was standing room only. and i challenge my colleag

american people. madam president, i serve as the ranking member on the senate finance committee, and i can tell you our committee has authority over hundreds of billions of dollars in payments for medicare and medicaid and s tax credits. we haven't had any hearings. we haven't seen a bill. there's not the traditional process of a committee markup where you consider legislation. we are also, the committee, that on a staff level always has tried to work back and forth between democrats and republicans to try to find common ground. but with the majority leader keeping the process locked behind closed doors, chairman hatch and i along with all of the democrats and most of the republicans on our committee have simply been cut out. back in the run-up to the affordable care act, one thatat president obama was involved in in 2009, the finance committee held more than 50 hearings, roundtables, and we walked through carefully the health reform bill. with the legislation was introduced it sat online for six days

and we'll do it using american labor. american energy. american iron. aluminum and steel. [ applause ] we believe in the dignity of work and in the greatness of the american worker. no worker like our american worker. i want to thank secretary perdue, secretary zinkey and administrator pruett for joining us today and you saw what we did with our great administrator. you saw what happened last week with the so-called paris accord. we will -- we will keep our nation so great and so strong and we will never have outside forces telling us what to do and how to do it. believe me. [ applause ] that would have been a huge anchor on our country. i'm also grateful that governor matt bevin, his wife glenna and his family could be here along with lieutenant governor janine hampton from kentucky. great place. where's janine? [ applause ] and lieutenant governor mary taylor from ohio. thank you, mary. thank you very much. we're also very excited to be joined by top labor leaders in the united states. i have negotiated with these people for so long. they're tough. bu

american century again. what many people don't realize is that he delivered this speech a month earlier at the american petroleum institute. there, as you see quoted before you, it celebrated the work that oilmen had been doing up to the point to demonstrate the frontier initiative american -- of american capitalism and to continue that on an even greater stage in the years forward. "having within you a dynamic spirit of freedom and a genius for corporation and organization, it follows inevitably that you do not stop at the frontier of mountains or sea or jungle, nor at the man-made frontiers of knowledge or tradition or hope. i salute you." luce wrapped up in this narrative of both american exceptionalism, and the role that oil will play in that. oil is considered a pillar of american exceptionalism going forward. this will be the key to the rise of the american century. it is important to see how he views religion as well, as a twin column of this foundation. for luce, petroleum is a limitless power that h

the american people got a good look at the bill. the congressional budget office issued their analysis before we voted on it, and we passed it and i'm glad we did and i'm proud of that vote, but what happened in the senate when it came to the republicans? they went into secrecy. 13 chosen republican senators all sat in a room and wrote the throrn, or so we're told. they met in secret and never once had a public hearing, never once disclosed to the american people what was being debated, never once gave an opportunity for real bipartisan cooperation to strengthen our existing health care system. not at all. so all we have at this moment is truly press accounts of what's been announced to the republican senate caucus, what they're going to get a chance to read and see, but it's enough to see that when it comes down to the basics, there's not much of a change between the house of representatives effort and the senate effort. you know, mr. president, you can put a lace collar on a pit bull and it's still a mean dog. what we have with th

it looks like american seniors could be paying way more. why do this? looking at the bill, the answer is because the republicans want to give a tax break to the wealthiest americans. those making over $200,000 a year and set themselves up to give these folks another, even larger tax cut in their tax bil bill. even though much of the early reporting said the bill will keep certain protections for americans with pre-existing conditions, the truth is, it may well not guarantee them the coverage they need. by allowing states to waive essential health benefits, with the bill is saying to those americans is insurance still has to cover you, but it doesn't have to cover what you may actually need. it doesn't have to cover all or even most of your costs. if you need treatment for opioid addiction, your plan may no longer cover it. if you're pregnant and a maternity care, your plan may have decided that's too expensive. the coverage that americans of pre-existing conditions actually need may well become either unaffordable or even nonexistent under this bill. si

the american nurses association and the american hospital association. all of these groups who are the pillars of health care in america saying no, no. this is a disastrous bill and yet we have the republican leadership and a dozen or so members working behind closed doors. mr. president, nobody here has suggested that the affordable care act should not be improved. in my view it should be improved. in my view deductibles are too high. copayments are too high. premiums are too high. and certainly the fact that we're paying twice as much as any other country for prescription drugs, that has got to be dealt with also. so the task right now among sensible people is to put on the table and to be honest about it what are the problems of the affordable care act? how do we lower deductibles? how do we lower copayments? how do we control escalating costs of health care? those are reasonable questions that honest people should debate but the answer is not to throw 23 million americans off of health insurance. that is not a solution to the problem. that is an insu

it would disproportionately hurt low-income americans, especially naturalized americans from immigrant families since they can have a harder time producing documentation needed to verify their citizenship. but don't just take my word for it. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to include in the record a letter signed by dozens and dozens of national, state and local civil rights and advocacy groups strongly opposing this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: such groups as the naacp, the children's defense fund, the national association of county and city health officials, the american friend service committee, the association of asian pacific community health organizations, the league of united latin american citizens, the institute for sisters of mercy, and i could go on and on and on but in the interest of time, thank you, mr. speaker, for allowing it be made part of the record. the -- this bill, it said -- that letter says, is an attack on the people's ability to see a doctor and on immigrants and people of color. h.r. 2581 is a dangerous bill that

. >> american history tv was at the organization of american historians' annual meeting in new orleans where we spoke with the story and about irish immigration in the 19th century. the interview focuses on his book, "expelling the poor: atlantic seaboard states and the nineteenth-century origins of american immigration policy." about eightew is minutes. >> your research focuses on immigration restriction in the united states. when do you see this begin? >> i think it started in the mid-19th century when a large number of impoverished irish catholic immigrants came to the united states. in response to this immigration, the states of massachusetts and new york developed a series of laws to prohibit the landing of destitute foreigners and to deport those already in the states back to europe. >> were there any federal laws in place at the time? >> not really. federal law had to wait until the late 19th century. before that moment, states and local governments were largely responsible for immigration control. so state governments rather than federal governments are the major administrators

of americans. for them, it's life and death, and we're supposed to rush it through. the affordable care act, for the sake of comparison, was debated for 25 consecutive days of senate session and 169 accumulative hours of debate time. and that was after a robust hearing and committee process. yesterday the majority leader basically confirmed that we democrats might only have ten hours total. no committee hearings, no committee markups, no airing the bill. ten hours of debate. can you believe it? this is supposed to be a democracy where we debate the greatest issues of our time. i'd ask another question of the majority leader, and i ask him now. i hope he'll answer it. will our ten hours of debate time be on the house bill or will they be on the new senate bill that he's crafting behind closed doors? will he let us debate the full ten hours on the new senate bill? hardly enough. or is he being even more cynical and doing the ten hours of debate on the existing house bill and then putting a substitute

i think as a country we shall focus to buy american. >> by american made products to put other americansts americans to work. president for the alliance of american a manufacturing. hopes whole but some say by american campaigns are stupid. it doesn't raise american wages. >> that doesn't make sense. then i give somebody a job. >> but they buy things from the americans but do they held the americans which create jobs in american wages. john: by allowing free trade everybody gets the best price period we can specialize then we let the world specialize what they do best. john: i would say most economists say free trade wythes just about all but. >> no question but i will suggest another point of view that by american recirculates money in our own economy to give people additional opportunities. if something is bought and the profits head back to china in some cases their own by the chinese government and who knows what they will do with it. john: i know what my money to go to the state owns communists company. >> but what do they do? they cannot spend dollars in china they can only be spen

the american people have spoken. hopefully the republicans in the senate and the house will continue to listen. today is a significant day as a republican leader in the senate polls his bill. it's going to go back to the drawing board and her stand. it is interesting to see the success of the american people. they know what the republicans are putting forth was a bill that would increase their costs, given fewer benefits, undermined medicare and have 23 or 24 depending on which version of their bill people losing their health insurance. in addition to that it would do serious damage to central health benefits. most important among the changes republicans are imposing our the devastating impacts of their cuts to medicaid. our colleagues have addressed some of these concerns but it's important to note that this assaults of the good health of the american people is there so that they can have a tax break for the wealthiest people. it's just not fair. we have continued to fight and we thank all of our friends and the out

often these americans didn't even pay their first premium. within a couple of months of enrolling, nearly two million people literally dropped out of bawrk. why did so many americans drop their coverage? the reason shouldn't surprise anybody. the most common explanation these americans gave for having canceled their coverage was obamacare's costs. these numbers underline what republicans have been saying all along -- obamacare is collapsing around us and the american people are desperately searching for relief. costs continue to shoot upward, insurance providers are fleeing from the marketplaces across the country, leaving precious few options. it is clear that obamacare just isn't working. in fact, it's not working for millions of americans like those living in nearly 1,400 counties, about 50% of all counties nationwide -- 50% of all counties nationwide who would have zero or just one insurance option on the insurance exchanges next year. and, of course, one option isn't really an option at all. these shrinking choices and increased costs un

it's working for a lot of americans, particularly your oldest sickest americans, that need health care the most. the affordable care act is working in my home state of california. cover california cut the number of ininsured folks in half. it's working, take what we're doing in california and spread that across the countries let's get democrats and republicans working together on something that affects every american. without being tongue in cheek, truly, when you look at the republicans what they are trying to do with this bill, what do you believe the ultimate goal is in you have to get inside the mind of mitch mcconnell if you have a chance to work with him and something in the bill that you want. >> i think they are looking for a political victory. there's a reason why people hate washington, d.c. this is not the real world. it is not what is happening around the kitchen table. i want to get to that patient i'm seeing in the exam room and making sure they can get the coverage they need. >> what can you do to get there? with t exception of saying this doesn't work, don't do it, is t

it very easy to exclude -- african-americans in the south to exclude african-americans from brad swaths of new deal programs inch north carolina there's a large demographic change. people from the north moving in and growing latinos, and people attempts to hold on to the old order. it's not a mistake see the draconian voting laws to allow people to do the same thing they would have been able to do 20, 30, 40, 50 years ago. i think the fight is important. it's inextricably tied together so you're on the right path. [inaudible question] >> couldn't jerrymander everything. >> true. >> i think that the history is not particularly mysterious for black people. there are -- most black people are aware of this history because our grants grandparents who are still alive endured it. would like to just ask a question. the policies were nefarious and intentional and segregating housing because, as you point out in your book, housing is sort of the gateway to all the other disenfranchisement, and so i guess the question i have is about what that -- you said one way we resolve this is by fixing the t

many americans thought they were abusing american welfare funded by american taxes. >> who determined if an irish immigrant would be turned away or deported? hidetaka: miley immigration officers. new york and massachusetts had their own immigration agencies who are taking care of the law enforcement. the state immigration officers impacted the condition of immigrants, and they excluded the acceptable classes. at the same time in massachusetts in particular, fed officers are limited to charitable institutions. when they discovered foreign-born inmates there, they deported back to europe. >> and you supported these measures? hidetaka: the natvivisits. diversemericans were groups of people. middle-class people detected the poverty and catholicism of the irish immigrants, and working-class people as well didn't like immigrants because they thought were the -- they were exact job competitors for americans. just like today's undocumented immigrants were accused of lowering wage standards for americans, working-class americans believe that irish immigrants would take away their jobs. >> were

the mantle of american greatness.ercury, apollo, our space shuttles from atlanta's to enterprise and more. the names have been carved into the hearts of every american. john glenn, the rest of the of the menen, all and women who took us to new heights. but not just the astronauts. as you 12 know already, we could not go anywhere without the dedication of the more than nasa andn and women of -- to send youry to the heavens and bring you home. promise to all a of them and to the courageous new e-minted heroes on this stage. our administration, this will be true, nasa will have the resources and support you need to continue to make history. humanh the boundaries of knowledge and advance of american leadership to the boundless frontier of space. applause] v.p. pence: under president donald trump, america will lead in space once again and the world will marvel. president trump recognizes america needs a coherent, cohesive approach for the last and greatest front tier and that is why i am especially excited to announce afte

in this case, he knew that it would potential not only to divide americans, but harm americans. >> lou: americans on occasions have been devoided. the forgotten founders. this is the bock. senator lee wrote a bock which we wrote to you highly. aaron burr, you got to be kidding. aaron burr was vice-president of the united states under thomss jefferon. he presided over the trials in the senate. he conducted them with due process. it infurerated jefferson and later, when aaron burr was no longer vice-president was tried for treason. aaron burr could have lost his life to thomas jefferson. >> lou: it is a fascinating book and we recommend it highly. i think it is a fascinating book and it is a delight to think that it is the inception of the republic thatty we have been request squa lid in your government. conservative have been fighting big government and is hasn't worked. is it a time to change our strategy and approach. how do we get smaller government. >> they called it common sense and liberty and patriotism. low lou everything i agree with i call common sense. >> even though technolo

i only use american express cards. david: what happens if they do not take american express?st walk out? kenneth: i walk out. there are alternatives. the reality is that we can meet the vast spending needs of our customers. there are other optionsthat i have, and it is certainly in my interest to take advantage of those options. david: is your wife allowed to have a visa or mastercard? or your children? kenneth: you know my wife is very independent. she has decided on her own that she only carries our products. david: ok. kenneth: what is very, very important is i studied the competition intensively. we do have people in the company who have other cards, who test them, who use them so we can find out what is happening in the marketplace. and i think that is very important. ♪ david: your largest shareholder, i think, is warren buffett. does he call you up every day to say what you should do to increase the value of my stock? or does he leave you alone? kenneth: he is not someone who is on your case about how the stock price is doing every day. he is very focused on making sure

now, like americans -- let's trust americans on this for a change. the cuban people know that fundamental change won't happen quickly. -- only to replaced by another, hold on to power while they can. but they also know when that time sending. cuba is changing. the american people can support them best by engaging with them, not to refuse to be there but to engage with them. the secretary of state tillerson says the administration is motivated by the conviction that the more we engage with other nations on issues of security and prosperity, the more we'll have opportunities to shape the human rights conditions of those nations. apparently, this administration should have added -- well, except for cuba. now, mr. president, on may 25 senator flake and i along with 53 democratic and republican cosponsors introduced the freedom for americans, for americans to travel to cuba act. it is, frankly, absurd that such legislation is even necessary to restore the american people's freedom to travel. the federal government should never have taken away a freedom th

next on american history tv's reel america, home front 1917-19 19, war transforms american life. this 1965 encyclopaedia britannica film examines how the war was sold to the american public through the committee on public information and how dissent was discouraged and even outlawed. the documentary shows how the war effort expended the federal government and led to a booming industrial economy. this is about 20 minutes. ♪ narrator: on the eve of grave decisions on april 2, 1917, an anxious president woodrow wilson voices his forebodings. lead his people into war, and they will forget there was ever such a thing as tolerance. to fight, you must be reported and ruthless. conformity would be the only virtue. days later, with the president leaving as he must -- leading as he must, america now at war. all separate voices drowned out by the great chorus of the war effort. do your bit for the boys over there. the spirit of 1917 on the american home front, a nation rallying to the war. behind them keeping the spirit moved is the machinery of government, a new agency set up by the govern

we are americans. we may disagree with one another, but we cannot allow those disagreements to change how we treat each other as fellow human beings. i believe we need to change our tone and bring more civility to our political discourse. young people across the country look to us to set an example, and we all must rise to the occasion. this horrible violence will not divide us, and it will not stop us from getting pack to business on behalf of the american people. let us come together as americans, above all else, and keep our good friend, of course, steve scalise and all those affected by the shootings, in our prayers. i yield back, madam speaker. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, we must speak truth

this was a protection for americans. americans on one end, they had to do to the fisa court and show probable cause this the target was a foreign power of an agent of a foreign power and if the american was the target that involved some criminal activity based on the definitions to have statute. idea of all of the laws was that government officials had to point to indication of wrong doing, it would be harder for them to fall back on racial bias, on political grudges or other improper motives and basically worked. it wasn't perfect and didn't end surveillance abuses but they became the exception instead of the rule and it stayed that way for almost three decades. then came 9/11 and just as quickly as that rule had been put into place, it was tossed aside. the individualized showing that had required in order to get business records about americans and foreign intelligence cases was replaced by bulk collection. the department of justice guidelines for domestic investigation created new category of investigation called ass

we don't know if that will be for cuban americans or all americans. and just, by the way, it seems rather strange to have a policy that is ethnically based where we say you're a cuban american travel, you can travel. you're another type of american, you can't. that just seems pretty un-american. but -- but we can't get back into a situation, mr. president, where a cuban american living in the united states will have to choose whether they can attend their mother or their father's funeral. so i hope that we don't get back into that time. another thing we ought to consider is that when americans travel more freely as they have been able to do under what's called a general license for individual travelers -- one of the changes was made in just past couple of years -- individual american travelers tend to go to cuba and stay in a bed and breakfast run by a private cuban citizen, travel in a private taxi cab, frequent a private restaurant, use a private taxi cab. my own family has done that. if we go back to the time when american travelers have to travel

our president is choosing to put american energy and american industry first. and by his action today president donald trump is choosing to put the forgotten men and women of america first. so with gratitude for his leadership -- [applause] vice president pence: and admiration for his unwavering commitment to the american people, it is now my high honor and distinct privilege to introduce to all of you the president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. thank you. i would like to begin by addressing the terrorist attack in manila. him and we're closely monitoring him and the situation, and i will continue to give updates if anything happens during this period of time, but it is really very sad as to what's going on throughout the world with terror. our thoughts and our prayers are with all of those affected. before we discuss the paris accord, i'd like to begin with an update on our tremendous, absolutely tremendous economic progress since election day on november 8. the economy is starting to

internment of japanese americans. these were american citizens. from 1942 until 1945, the u.s. government detained over 120,000 american citizens of japanese ancestry and resident immigrants forcing them to live in internment camps, taking them away from their homes, their farms and their businesses, many in california in the san joaquin valley. as american citizens, the internment denied them their constitutional rights of due process. these were u.s. citizens who were robbed of their rights and their freedoms, yet, some of these japanese americans, while their families were forced to live in inturnment camps, never forgot -- internment camps, never forgot their patriotism. the 442nd infantry regiment combat team was made up of japanese american soldiers. it was one of these units, the 442nd in the u.s. army was the most decorated infantry regiment was the best ever. we must remember this time in history and not repeat it. we had in the san joaquin valley three assembly centers under the organization of this executiv

our president is choosing to put american energy, and american industry first.ing today, president trump is choosing to put the forgotten men and women of america first. so with gratitude for his leadership. applause and admiration for his unwavering commitment to the american people, it is now my high none or and privilege to introduce to you the president of the united states president of the united states president trump. applause thank you very much. thank you. i would like to begin by addressing the terrorist attack in manila. we are the terrorist attack in manila. we a re closely the terrorist attack in manila. we are closely monitoring the situation, and i will continue to give updates, anything happens during this period of type, but it is really very sad as to what is going on throughout the world, with terror. our thoughts and or prayers are with all of those affected. before we discuss the paris accord, i would like to begin with an update on our tremendous absolutely tremendous election progress since election day on november 8th. the economy is star

the american people don't want dedicated slashed. they don't want the help they need to fight opioid addictions, to help their parents in nursing homes, to help those with pre-existing conditions and just to help the average person who needs good health care. the american people don't want all that changed and eliminated. the republican bill is rotten at the core. the american people are not for dramatically cutting their health care. that's why the bill has about 17% popularity in america and even trump voters don't like it. that is not going to change with any little tweak that went over the senator or that. no matter what last-minute amendments are offered, the bill will force americans to spend more of their paychecks on health care to receive fewer benefits so that the wealthiest americans pay less in taxes. until republicans demand it, that core, that rotten core they are not going to succeed winning the american people over and it makes it much less likely the bill succeeds in getting a bill done a week from now, a month from

pence: i'm the son of two devout american catholics.'m the grandson and the namesake of an irish immigrant. and his wonderful wife. and i just learned from father jenkins that notre dame, where i had the opportunity to speak, that even though my official biography says i was raised in a large catholic family, i'm actually from a midsized catholic family. only six children. [laughter] v.p. pence: in the family i grew up in. the hymns and liturgies of the catholic church are the anthems of my youth. the bible says train up a child in the way he should go and when he's old he'll not depart from it. i want to tell you, as a young boy growing up in a small town in southern indiana, my catholic faith poured an eternal foundation in my life. i did eight years of hard time at catholic school. [laughter] v.p. pence: the name "sister rachel" still sends a shiver down my spine. [laughter] v.p. pence: honestly, i was the beneficiary of an extraordinary catholic education. went to public high school. but that foundation continues to serve and inform

>>richard: it is the voice of the great majority of americans, the forgotten americans, the non-shouters, the non-demonstrators. this, i say to you tonight, is the real voice of america. >>male: nixon brought down the curtain on the liberal '60s that night. he ushered in a long period of polarization that would define the political culture for decades to come. >>richard: thank you. >>male: how he did it is the flip side of the '60s story. >>we want nixon! we want nixon! we want nixon! >>dick: looking back on it, richard nixon seems the man least likely to strike a chord with america in the radical '60s. he was the nation's most famous square. the very caricature of a 50's politician. >>elizabeth: he's a strange person to succeed in politics. he was a loner. he didn't particularly like people.rticularly but he was a very smart man. and a very driven man. >>dick: he projected the image of the ideal family guy, the average joe who wanted the same things most people did. a home in the 'burbs, two kids, two cars, and all the latest household gadgets. america in the prosperous post-war '50s wa

citizens or american legal residents and all the lethal attacks conducted by american citizens. nadal hassan was born in virginia across the bridge from washington d.c. he's an amy say cpsychiatrist. it doesn't get more embedded than that when he killed 13 people at fort hood, texas and grew up in memphis tennessee, african american guy converted to islam, killed an american soldier in little rock, arkansas. his family carlos bledsoe in the u.s. military since the civil war. very american kid. so that's the problem. and luckily, it's not a big problem because people radicalizing here tend not to get training overseas and not part of a large group and lone actors and lone wolves but can create -- omar mateen killed 42 people at a nightclub in orlando but he was born in queens, new york, which is where donald trump was born. donald trump's mother was a scottish immigrant. omar mateen was the son of afghan immigrants. how do you deal with that? >> that is the question, why can't this issue of home grown terrorism get the kind of tracti traction? why can't we get that in public 't d

fear, that's what americans felt. this is a breast cancer survivor and worried about being able to survive. so there are many so stories like this and stories of the disabled and senior citizens who may be thrown out and children who are very sick who may not have insurance. i'm glad to be with you on the floor. my commitment is to see this never happens to the american people. whatever the negotiating that is going on, i respect the other body, but whatever is going on to pass a bill to kill people or cause people to lose their medical insurance or throw people off of insurance, i believe we have a moral obligation to stand in the gap and stand against this. i would lift up my happened to my friends, senators and others, let us sit down together and let us save lives. with that, i yield back to the gentlelady. ms. plaskett: thank you so much for that information for much of the testimony that you have given to the record. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and e

i'm actually san jose's fourth vietnamese american council member, but i'm the first american born. so there is a change in the guard, change of generations. and i think it's important for more, you know, asian americans to get out there, not just be elected, but to run for office, make the attempt and to just create this normalcy around asian american candidates. >> okay, so we have a question from our facebook community for the panel, and this one comes from praise santos. and the question is, "is the passive tendency of asians in our current climate of racial tension in the united states benefiting us in the immediate but hurting us in the long term?" vincent, we'll start with you. >> well, i actually don't accept that premise. i think that asian americans are much more active and outspoken than often is understood. you know, certainly the myth of asians as being passive across the globe is easy to debunk, and you could see that in the elections in south korea, you could see that in protests like occupy central in hong kong. and even in the united states, i do think that asian am

the american cancer society, the american diabetes association, the american heart association, the american lung association, national alliance on mental illness, national breast cancer coalition, national multiple sclerosis society, and the list goes on and on from organizations that have dedicated themselves to advancing patient health. and on the other side i haven't seen a single, not one patient advocacy group that's came out to support this so-called health care bill. how can that be? if this is good for the health of our fellow citizens, why is it we have a long list of organizations that are dedicated to that cause against it and not one for it? how about health care providers, the folks who help provide the care to our constituents? they're all dead set against it. the nurses, the doctors, the hospitals, the people who have that network of care. i was just out on the eastern shore of maryland, rural part of our state. the rural hospital associations are opposed to this bill. they know that the people they serve are going to be badly hurt. and by the way, it's also going to hurt the

to provide a giant tax break to the wealthiest americans. simply put, the bill will result in higher costs, less care millions of americans will lose their health insurance, particularly through medicaid. it's every bit as bad as the house bill and in some ways even worse. the president has said that the senate bill needed heart. the way this bill cuts health care is heartless. the president said the house bill was mean. the senate bill may be meaner. the senate republican health care bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing. only this wolf's teeth are even sharper than in the house bill. somewhere in america, mr. president, there's a family who takes a trip each friday to visit grandma or grandpa at a nursing home who sacrificed all of their savings to pay for their health care until they had no more savings and now they relay on medicaid to pay the cost of long-term care in the nursing home. somewhere in america, president trump, there's a father eaten up inside watching his son struggle with opioid addiction who knows in his heart his son would

artifactsek american takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. by christian built high rick, a german immigrant who started a successful brewing company in 1872. today we tore several rooms in that mansion, also called the brewmasters castle, to learn about the heurich family. this is the first of a two-part series. >> this is the home of christian washington, d.c.'s most important brewer. he was a philanthropist, and he also was they largest employer during his lifetime.

japanese-americans were integrated back into the american comommunity relativelyy quickly.y. as the country moved away from the precipitating event, the persecution got better gradually. what you see in this campaign is the opposite. we have one successful terrorist attack on u.s. soil 11 years ago, get if you look at such -- things neverer get better. never or the abubuses curtailed. even furthther away from the 9/11 attackck, things continue to worsen. you see far morere fbi raids and arrests where the fbi creates and funds and conceals a plot that it tricks young muslims into joining, then they trurumpt that they have dismantled the plot. then they put them in prison for decades, far more so now than 10 years ago. when you look at the form of material prosecutions, they are far more remote connections to his designanated terrorist grou, literally 20 two-year-old muslim americans who upload youtube videos critical of u.s. foreign policy are being indicted based on the grounds of the youtube video encouraging support for terrorist group, done in coordination with them, there

unfortunately, many americans know it firsthand. the american people deserve better, and they rightly expect us to act. and that's why choosing to watch from the sidelines as obamacare fails is not an option. to say that obamacare has created significant problems for the american people is an understatement. and that's why senate republicans are working to fix the mess created by obamacare and to provide real solutions to this failed law. we want to save the millions of hardworking families who are trapped by obamacare's taxes and mandates. average annual individual market premiums have increased by $2,928, an increase of 105%. since 2013 in the 39 states that use health care -- healt healthcare.gov and 62% of states using healthcare.gov including my home state of south dakota saw premiums double between 2013 and 2017. we will help stabilize these collapsing insurance markets that have left millions of americans with little or no options. today one in three counties has only one insurer on its obamacare exchange. according to c.m.s.