see how important african-american history is to a larger american history. robert smalls is included in the museum's vision, and it includes the stories related to robert smalls and his life and word. in february of -- february of th year, the museum celebrated the groundbreaking. and president obama was there. and i want to share with you his words in talking about the importance and significance of this museum. he said that moments like this made him think about his daughters, sasha and malia, and what i want for them to take away. i want them to see how ordinary americans can do extraordinary things, how men and a women just like them have the courage to right a wrong. he said i want them to appreciate this museum not just as a record of tragedy, but as a celebration of life. and when we look at, again, robert smalls and the ministers associated with his life, we think of those as some of the ones we have talked about, my colleagues have talked about previously, those that are related to the individual and personal stories, his immediate circle and family

african-american community has gone up. but you see, the devil's in the details. from 2008 to 2010, african-americans made up more than 21% of the public sector work force. there are 30% more likely to work in the public sector than non-black workers. check out this number. 636,000. that's how many public sector jobs have been lost while republicans have been calling for eliminating more and more government employment. mitt romney's solution for the economy is to keep cutting public sector jobs. it's popular with the republicans, romney's record as governor of massachusetts is also a pretty tough sell for african-americans. according to the former head of the boston naacp, the only time the naacp had any interaction with the administration and the governor was to protest when he eliminated the affirmative action office. romney never spoke about the republican voter id laws being implemented across the country, and he should have. 25% of african-americans lack the proper id to comply with this laws. many are in key swing sta

or white americans, latino americans or asian americans or anybody else.sentially a failed tenure as the governor of massachusetts. he cut funding for education. he came to philadelphia not too long ago saying the class size doesn't matter. he wants to repeal obama care. 7 million african-americans who are uninsured benefit from president obama's work on reforming health care. the governor wants to repeal the tax cuts. he wants to get rid of pell grants or reduce pell grants? the president has supported increasingly so i don't know what he's saying. i'm sure the audience is trying to be respectful and be polite, but this is not about applause lines. this is about running and being president of the united states of america. >> specifically, he -- you heavily criticized romney when he came to your city earlier. but in a speech today, as you heard, he said he was inspired by the students in one of the charter schools in philadelphia. so wouldn't members of the african-american community be glad that he is addressing the issue that is specific to the community

how to be an american. >> i wish this president would learn how to be an american. well, that's an odd thing to say about a guy who's basically a stellar american and went to the best schools, worked his way up, won at political offices time and time again. while minutes later, a reporter on this call asked sununu to clarify his comment about the need for the opponent, president obama, to learn how to be an american. let's watch. >> what i thought i said, but i guess i didn't say, is that the president has to learn the american formula for creating business. the american formula for creating business is not to have government create business. the american formula for creating business that i wish he would get comfortable with is to create a climate which entrepreneurs can thrive. if i didn't give all that detail, i apologize. >> it wasn't about a lack of detail. an ins -- i've never seen this n american politics where one runs against the other and says you not really one of us. you're not really in this ca

a tax cut for millions of hardworking americans filibustered simply to protect the wealthiest americans from paying a fair share. we will find out. this is not a new story. in 2001, when president george w. bush decided to spend a large portion of the surpluses he inherited from president clinton to cut tax rates across the board, many democrats opposed it because the tax cuts were unfairly waited towards the highest-income americans. as a result of this opposition, republicans were forced to set the tax cuts to expire at the end of 2010. as 2010 drew to a close, president obama and many democrats in congress, including myself, supported extending the tax cuts for middle-class families but letting the lower rates on income above $200,000 for an individual and $250,000 for a family revert to the clinton-era levels, as was scheduled. senate republicans filibustered that effort, refusing to allow the middle class tax cut without a tax cut for america's wealthiest. not wanting tax rates to go up on middle-class families still struggling during the economy. the president and senate democrats

the asian business alliance, asian law alliance, the asian pacific american leadership institute, chinese-american cultural association, chinese american political association, citizens for better community, culture to culture, why in the chamber of commerce of northern care of -- kawai and chamber of commerce of northern california, northern california chinese athletic association, national association of american professionals, national federation of independent business, national federation of filipino americans, the filipino chamber of commerce, around of applause for all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. [applause] >> i am so glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressmen. he is representing the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives. in congress, he is a member of the powerful house appropriations and budget committee. share of the democratic caucuses, new media working group, house democratic senior went, and the original author of the equity and excellence commission now housed in the u.s. department of education. his d

it makes him an honorary asian- american. he is the first asian-american president as well.ight's events would not be possible without our community partners. a group that helped make all this happened, i am going to read them all. the asian business alliance, asian law alliance, the asian pacific american leadership institute, chinese-american cultural association, chinese american political association, citizens for better community, culture to culture, why in the chamber of commerce of northern care of -- kawai and chamber of commerce of northern california, northern california chinese athletic association, national association of american professionals, national federation of independent business, national federation of filipino americans, the filipino chamber of commerce, around of applause for all of our community partners, please. that was a lot. [applause] >> i am so glad he had to do that. our next speaker is u.s. congressmen. he is representing the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. house of representatives. in congress, he is a member of the pow

those remember the american successes, so this was payback but also to strike the american morale. morale, because admiral coburn, he was the driving force behind the attack on washington. he told the british commander, overall commander of british forces in north america, that the fall of a capital is always a great road to the government of the country. so he knew this would be a struggle, it would really, really hurt americans' self-esteem and it would be a blow to their morale. >> calls are waiting for anthony pitch, historian. author of the burning of washington. seattle, washington, next. go ahead, jack. >> caller: good morning, excellent show. it's my understanding that president madison personally, physically, commanded the troops in the battles, making him one of the only two presidents who personally had the front command of troops during his tenure, and then, also, as a former marine, our belief is that the commandant of the marine corps' house, not far from the existing white house, still today, was not burned because of the british respect for how the u.s. marines foug

what's wrong with american investment? with american jobs? he's running around telling everybody he's a job creator yet his real wealth is overseas? why is that. any americans who has money over seas is for one reason. that's to be as wealthy as you can be. robert gibbs said his offshoring issues can be cleared up only by releasing more tax returns. >> the one thing he could do to clear up whether or not he's done anything illegal, whether he's shielding his income is to do what every other presidential candidate has done, which is release a series of years of tax returns. >> this isn't something that that been ginned up by the obama campaign. this follows a week of more news reports about romney's offshore accounts. does that relate to average americans? do you have offshore accounts? the romney campaign spokeswoman said this, the obama campaign's latest unfounded character assault on mitt romney is unseemly and discusting. he had a successful career in the private sector, pays every dime of taxes he owes, has given generously to charitable

in health care for all americans. we know we won't have that in obama care. we will if mitt romney becomes the next president of the united states. >> just to get back to how would you crystallize the difference between that clip of mitt romney in 2006 and the individual mandate he was talking about in relation to health insurance? what is the ideological difference between that and what barack obama has done? >> well, that's simple. very simple. because what mitt romney was talking about was one state, massachusetts. what barack obama is talking about is every single american in the nation. mitt romney couldn't have been more clear. he said i would never put this program in massachusetts -- i would never apply this to the entire country. it would be wrong. he couldn't have been more clear. and so that's why i say in november the decision will be very stark. barack obama will not deviate from this program that's already been proven a failure because again -- >> if i may jump in. let me jump in and play you a clip from

you know what, i trust the american individual. i believe in the american individual. we need to listen to them. that's why we go back to the district and we talk to so many constituents. we have town halls because the commonsense ideas that people have around their kitchen tables, around their sofas in their living rooms and having conversations, we should be listening to the american individual and the american people because the common sense of america is what makes us strong, not some bureaucratic thought process, some person reading a book who sits in a cubicle down here in washington, d.c. and comes up with a monster of a health care program that's got 130-plus agencies and this is how the personal relationship of a patient and a doctor is handled under obamacare. we can do better. we need a mulligan. and i so appreciate my other friends in the freshman class this evening meeting with us. with that i'd like to yield to a good member, great friend from arkansas, mr. griffin. mr. griffin thank you. i appreciate it very much. mr. speaker, we have heard a lot about r

you have to talk to americans. he has a letter of introduction to sumner, the great abolitionist, because bartholdi is an abolitionist. they meet. people in washington said, why are you talking to us about the statue you want to build in new york? talk to people in the york. the united states was still very much a set of separate entities, separate states, in the middle of the 19th century. he did not get any play until the centennial, until 1876. in philadelphia, the celebration in fairmount park, bartholdi sent over the arm and the torch. he managed to cobble together some money in france. he goes back to france and comes up with a definitive model. he starts trying to raise money. he finally gets enough to build the arm and the porch. it goes up during the centennial celebration in philadelphia. zillions of people go to see it. it is the most popular attraction, and the most photographed. bartholdi gets an idea. i can make some money by selling souvenirs. so all the kitsch we see if we go out to the statue of li

she was the first chinese american woman ever elected to american congress. she chairs the congressional asian pacific caucus, colonel served in the california state assembly, and we're honored you're here today. please proceed. >> thank you, senator. as chair of the congressional asian pacific american caucus, i'm grateful for the opportunity to speak here today, about ending racial profiling in america. asian americans and pacific islanders like other minority communities have spent the significant effects of racial profiling lout american history. from the chinese exclusion act to the japanese american internment and the post-9/11 racial profiling of arabs, muslims, and south african muslims. we know what it's like to be targeted by our own government. it results in harassment, bullying, and sometimes even violence. in the house judiciary committee, we recently listened to the anguished testimony of americans constantly hue milllated as they were pulled out of lines at airports because of their turbines and made to wait in glass cages like animals on displ

there seems to be a development that keeping your money offshore is un-american, outsourcing is un-americanou think that is a powerful line of attack vis a vis mitt romney in this election cycle? >> i think actually, this time, class warfare because of the, you know, the shock of the 2007 recession, the bush recession as the democrats call it, created in the body politic, it does create an opening to put that wedge in between middle class voters and wealthy people. the idea that you have people like the guy from facebook or denise rich leaving, exporting their money overseas to avoid taxes, and this notion that you have this sort of plutocracy that wants to avoid participating in the country's tax base and wants to hoard all of their money, i think that message is kind of working, at least in the rust belt and swing states and places where people are seeing their jobs outsourced. the idea that someone running for president isn't investing here and prefers to invest somewhere else, invest in foreign shores, i actually think it will resonate in certain parts of the country. >> it's not a matt

values and bryan fischer has no american values and that's very very ugly. thanks to the supreme court and their citizens united decision corporations in america are considered people but it didn't used to be like this the first modern corporations began forming around the eight hundred seventy s. eight hundred eighty s. and after realizing the power of these corporations had on society and the danger they could pose to our democracy congress passed the tillman act in one thousand nine hundred seven which outlawed corporations from donating to politicians. but fast forward a century and corporations are now donating to politicians or at least helping political campaigns without any limits because the supreme court decided to blow up the sensibility of the tillman act and replace it with this mind boggling idea that corporations are people and money isn't property and speech should know and of corporations are people and we follow that logic to its final conclusion i think corporations should be allowed to marry right well king county in the state of washingt

be non-african- american.ost: what is the policy implication? guest: i am interested in looking in the 65 and older population. i think one reason for the mortality gap is health-related. a lot of african-americans are actually dying from preventative illnesses, such as heart disease or diabetes, and one policy that as tried to get those disparities from a standpoint of preventative medicine has been the affordable care act with the huge provision to make insurance plans provide free preventive care, and the idea is to get a hold on the health problems in advance before waiting it -- before -- before waiting to when it is too late. i think the affordable care act attempts to get at that. host: there is an opinion piece this morning's newspapers described as a health disparity among populations, written by the director of health disparities solution said johns hopkins. daniel howard is the executive director of the center for health policy. they write -- guest: right. so, i just talked about preventive medicine

let's take a look at what americans think is mainstream. 55% of americans support the president's newimmigration policy. 62% think the wealthiest americans aren't paying their fair share in taxes. 70% of voters are against cutting social security. 72% are against cutting medicare. 59% are against cutting medicaid. i could take subject after subject and go on. but i'm running out of time here, folks. i don't understand how the sun can make the case that i'm not mainstream. how does the middle of the road america feel when their job is shipped overseas? all the things we talk about on the show. how does the middle of the road american think about when they get sick and can't afford to make their health care bill? helping millions of americans, right? how does the middle of the road or independent voter feel about mitt romney hiding his money offshore to avoid paying taxes? i mean, the position that i think, and i know i take on this show are mainstream and populous. but for some reason, the rest of the media sometimes likes to just paint me as a wild eyed lefty. i kind of like that, too

and a new chapter in asian pacific american history when he was elected as the city's first asian-americanentlemen -- all right, join me in welcoming mayor edwin m. lee. [applause] you have your own crowded back there. the m. in your middle name stand s for ma. >> thank you all for coming. i'm glad to be here on the eighth time we've celebrated this, and want to give a thank- you for helping us put this on. thank you! and of course, i join here as part of an official city family. thank you for being here. he is joined by supervisors carmen chu, jane kim, and eric mar. our elected officials, jeff adachi, the public defender, the recorder assessor, hydra mendoza, and emily murase. we're also thankful for the chief of police, thank you. i would like to also acknowledges someone that has been a very special friend of mine, someone that has given me a lot of support and advice over the years. and also someone who has not missed one of these asian pacific heritage month associations, mayor willie brown. >> this evening, we are celebrating our communities from all over the world. i am so lucky to

their american dream. to help them get back to work. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, for five minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, pardon me. mr. speaker, this message is only for persons who may get sick. if you will never get sick, this message is not for you. -n-o-t, not for you. only those who will get sick. mr. speaker, i hold in my left hand a copy of the affordable care act. i hold in my right hand the replacement bill that my colleagues across the aisle have been talking about. this bill has passed the congress of the united states of america. it is more than 2,000 pages. it was condemned for being too long. which may explain the size of this bill. this bill has within it preventive care. this bill has within it a cap on administrative costs. you must spend 80% to 85% of the money that insurance companies collect on health care. this bill protects pe

those are the kinds of basic principles that underlie and the american spirit and bring about americanonalism, too. host: independent caller, charlotte. go ahead. caller: they said this is the land of the free. they tell you where you can smoke, what you can do. this is not the land of the free any more. our kids are going overseas, fighting battles that, you know, we should be fighting here. to take care of our elderly, to take care of the people that took care of the elderly, that it hurt. and they have to fight for disability. you know, just to take -- just to survive. guest: of course, there are individual cases where things could always be better here, but isn't that what really makes america such a very special place is that we have committed the institutions that are churches, synagogues, places of worship can bring people together to solve problems in the community? every week, i write about 25 or 30 letters to young men who become eagle scouts. i think it is important congratulate them for what they have achieved and what they have managed to do in terms of rising above the av

most americans, they might be fix excavated on nba finals. this year i tutored young african-american boys, basic literacy, mathematic skills. so regardless of gender or ethnicity, what you do is extremely important to the contribution of the united states of america. you're our community leaders. we need you on this national platform of c-span to speak to our countrymen the value of history. and i would just end by saying this. ten years ago, i was working in north adams, massachusetts. i had an apartment in east greenbush, new york. commuting to work, i stopped at a grocery store. and at the checkout, there was this laminated one-pager on american history. 1822, slave revolt in charleston, south carolina. now most people in this audience who are native charlestons, you can get an a in south carolina history and be totally ignorant about the gentleman you are profiling tonight. once again, appreciate all the work you do on behalf of us. but could each of you just speak generally, let me give you one example. because two weeks ago i was watch

story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. the senate judiciary committee held a hearing looking at racial profiling in the u.s. specifically state immigration laws in alabama and arizona, law enforcement against african-americans and efforts that target american muslims. the hearing also examined proposed solutions and witnesses include senator ben cardin of maryland who introduced legislation called the end racial profiling act. other witnesses include the police chief of east paloalitio, california. the executive director of the american civil liberties union and the president for the center of equal opportunity. dick durbin of illinois chairs the hearing. >> racial profiling is not new. at the dawn of our republic, roving bans of white men known as slave patrols had freed men and slaves to searches, detentions and brutal violence. during the great depression, many citizens were forcibly deported to mexico under

he singled out one african-american who came with the 20 in his entourage as an african-american that was in his kitchen cabinet in massachusetts, and he promised that he would remain in his kitchen cabinet if he was in the white house. to talk about being in the kitchen and not talk about an african-american actually being in your cabinet is really not a good metaphor to use with african-americans. >> goldie taylor, you're a southerner, you know the southern strategy that republicans have used since nixon and started a little bit before that. where there's actually an almost-overt sometimes appeal to racial and racist voting. and tell me, goldie, if i'm being too cynical, to think that the romney campaign actually went in that room today with the hope of getting booed, at least three times, because they want the video of their candidate being booed by the naacp to play in certain racist precincts where that will actually help them? >> i don't think you're being too cynical at all. as, you know, our friend toure said earlier today, you know, i truly believe that mitt romney went into

together american and u.s. airways can connect more communities to provide greater benefits for americans, creditors, and u.s. airway shareholders than either airline could do on a stand-alone basis. furthermore, we would also save thousand jobs and offer better compensation and long term cities for the employees of both airlines. our networks charge from the complementary, very little overlap, and thus the need to scale back a service that either airline currently offers. with u.s. airways network added american will be able to connect travelers to their destination using a much more efficient and practical system of runs. for instance, instead of trying to convince travelers in buffalo to fly anywhere on the east coast tour throughout the southeast -- throughout the southeast by connection in chicago which is something customers simply want to, the new american will be able to connect those passengers to philadelphia, washington d.c., or charlotte and provide convincing connecting a virginities up and down th

the british were stealing american sailors or impressing them, stopping american ships and forcing american sailors off the ships and making them serve in the british navy. thousands of americans were impressed, and the idea was the american flag doesn't afford any protection. the american flag is not being respected. american citizenship means nothing to the british navy. no american sailor is safe. we tried negotiation. we tried embargoes or economic sanctions as we call them today. none of that worked, so we said we're declaring war. also the british were dictating who we could trade with and who we could not trade with and urging the native americans to shoot settlers. these were the pro-reason war reasons. the anti-war reasons were that we were trading with the french who were the enemies of the british. we wouldn't stop doing it, even when the british told us not to do it anymore. that's why they were stealing our ships. there were a lot of british sailors who were jumping jump away from the royal navy trying to get into that american melting pot and then shipping back out on american

it's part of an american tradition. the tradition of american philanthropy is still strong. remember that a century ago in that progressive era, a masters of great fortune like andrew carnegie and rockefeller gave enormous sums to charity and changed america life through building our system of libraries. rockefeller created our medical research institutions and the rigorous medical schools that we have today and the teaching hospitals. that was the creation of john d. rockefeller. a contribution to american life that was above that of many government policies and government programs. so the federal government does not have the tutelary power, does not have the monopoly in many areas. we've still got philanthropy. bill gates is trying to be a smart philanthropist. he's done some dumb things and taken metrics and trying to do better. so we do have a vital philanthropic thing. two important respects, i think we still remain an exceptional nation in the way that tocqueville was the first to recognize. one is that we're still by and large a religious people and a people who are r

he teaches american history, african-american history, public history an the history of the american civil-rights movement in uta's graduate programs. he is a graduate of central state university. he earned his master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees at ohio state university in columbus, ohio. he has published several books including black police in america, essays and born to serve. he is completing a book for texas a & m university press. he also combined the traditional role of the am becomic historian and documenting and preserving the african-american experience. please join me in welcoming dr. delaney. >> last but not least is elaine nichols. she is the senior cure rater at the smithsonian institute. she is helping to develop an inaugural exhibition that will be included on the culture floor when the museum opens in 2015. it will focus on a dornment relir religion and performing arts. elaine has an ma degree in public service archeology and an ma in social administration and planning from case western university. please join me in welcoming miss nichols. [ applause ] so

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african-american president. after all, in our latest poll, 96% of african-americans said they would vote for obama. just 3% for romney. >> thank you. >> reporter: while romney won't find many votes here, he may find respect. showing he can stick to his beliefs before a hostile audience. romney did get a smattering of applause, including when he promised to return if elected president. for his part, president obama is not speaking at the convention this year. vice president biden is. during the campaign four years ago, john mccain came before this group, but he praised his then-opponent. >> he's inspired a great many americans. some of whom have wrongly believed that a political campaign could hold no purpose or meaning for them. his success should make americans, all americans, proud. >> reporter: after today's speech, a spokesperson for the naacp criticized what romney said, but gave him credit for showing up, saying, quote, we appreciate that he was courageous and took the opportunity to speak with us directly

that is the american dream. that is what we fight for. [ applause ] >> clearly the american dream worked out for you but it hasn't worked out for everyone. >> you see the thing is each and every one of us, i grew up in the inner city it would have been nice if i was 6'3" and could shoot three-pointers so i had a different path. my father served in world war ii and my older brother was vietnam. so my path was military. they convinced me in high school to join rotc. will everybody be a millionaire, maybe not. but there is richness in your life. it's not about material wealth, it's about something that is totally different. intrinsic wealth, i live in the greatest nation the earth has ever known. the story can't happen anywhere else but the united states. that is why people wanted to come here to be a part of. when i put my feet on these shores, nobody is going to hold me back. this is the problem that we have. if we continue down the path of a government -- this is philosophical difference in america. the differen

americans need to ask themselves why does an american businessman need a swiss bank account and secretive investment accounts like that? just a thought i would like to leave folks with. >> let me leave folks with something that we got from the romney campaign about the offshore investments. comes from kevin madden who says he hasn't paid a penny less in taxes by virtue of where the funds are domiciled. the liability is exactly the same. he is account football are u.s. taxes. some investments in foreign countries can be tax havens but mitt romney does not hold any such investments. we got to run. thanks for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> and joining us from las vegas is reince about prieis bus. welcome to you, sir. >> thank you very much. >> what is on the top of your mind after listening to the chairman of the democratic national committee. >> i don't know if she is on straycation or on mars. the fact of the matter is people are not better off than they were four years guy. we can numb everybody's mind watching this with the numbers but the fact of the matter i

un-american?es, barack obama. >> yeah, i know who he is, but what does this have to do with him? >> we're talking about the un-americanization of barack obama, people associated with him, hillary clinton and hillary clinton's aide, the penetration of islamic, you know, muslim extremism in america. you know what we're talking about it here. why is it the good conservatives can't acknowledge what's before us. >> no, you played the clip earlier of senator mccain, who i agree with -- look, you don't make these sort of vague insinuations and this implication, maybe this woman is connected to something sinister, unless you really have proof. there's absolutely none. >> unless you're absolutely wrong and a bigot, having a narrow viewpoint of islamic people in america and what they are likely to do. that kind of bigotry should not be tolerated by anybody, including in the halls of the congress. >> my point is you don't do that sort of thing unless you have proof, she doesn't have proof, so she was wrong t

of americans.but i want to talk about the impact of this legislation on our senior citizens. the impact of this legislation is going -- that this legislation is going to have on medicare. the fact that this bill takes $500 billion out of medicare and uses that money for obamacare. and the trustees of medicare have indicated that medicare goes bankrupt in 12 years. the c.b.o. says it goes bankrupt in eight years. why we would take a half trillion dollars out of medicare for obamacare doesn't make sense. but one of my biggest concerns is the independent payment advisory board, a board that is going to systematically look at where it can reduce reimbursements to doctors, hospitals, and clinics for medicare reimbursements. if you reduce payments to doctors, hospitals, and clinics for senior, you'll impact the quality and access for care for our current senior, not a future generation but our current seniors. i think that's wrong. i think both parties should come together and find a bipartisan bill that

where no american, where no american faces the prospects of bankruptcy just because they get sick. romney and his allies see his health care a different way, controlled by the insurance companies, where pregnancy is a pre-existing condition, where coverage can be taken away to get sick and hit your limit and where medicare is voucherized. 19 million people cut off of medicaid, where 30 million americans will have to wait for another generation before they have a chance for affordable, decent healthcare. on the tax system, we see a system where everybody pays their fair share. where the middle class tax cut is maintained and where no one making $1 million or more paysa i lower percentage in income than middle class and working class families. where the college tuition tax cut is made permanent, where the earned income tax credit is preserved and where anyone and i mean everyone has skin in the game and no one is played for a sucker. the tax code with governor romney and his allies envision continues to be skewed to help the very wealthy. he preserves the bush tax cuts with the wealt

the american people are rightly concerned that wealthy and well-connected americans are skirting our laws to avoid paying their taxes and they deserve to know the people who hope to represent them in washington aren't cheating the system. nothing in my bill impinges on any individual's right to hold financial interests anywhere in the world. if there is a legitimate reason for a candidate or a member of congress or any other individual who files a financial disclosure to hold their money let's say in the count -- in an account in the cayman islands, they shouldn't have any problem explaining that to the voters. but any individual who has or wants to have the public trust should be honest about the practices they've engaged in that, in fact, cost american taxpayers whom they wish to represent literally billions of dollars every single year. this is an important step that we must take to restore the public trust. i would hope that this issue like the one that we just finished debating in the previous several days is one that most americans will understand and it's one that should be bi

it comes back to enslavement of the american people and not empowerment of the american people. we believe in a safety net but not that it is a hammock. we want people to achieve and take advantage of all of the opportunities that this country afford not retard their growth and development by making them subservient and jubigated to government. >> congressman, you are one of our favorites and for all of the reasons that you made clear. you speak your mind and heart and get back to the clear understanding of what the founders intended american to be. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> congressman allen west. new unemployment numbers are stuck at 8.2 percent. the president said we are headed in the right driction . we'll debate that on the hot seat when we come back, stay with >> the u.s. economy created 80,000 jobs in the entire month of the june. unemployment rate is at 8.2 percent and the president is taking a glass half full approach. >> we learned that our businesses created 84,000 new jobs last month and that means that businesses created 4.4 million new jobs in t past 28 m

anatomy has a lot to do one that is and it's geeky science and the minute democrats want to help americans republicans say no way they're fine spending money on golf balls and greens feeds why i'll explain in tonight's daily today. in the eyes of the rest of the news on tuesday in a rare act of bipartisanship the senate passed the small business jobs and tax relief act that legislation is aimed at giving some much needed stimulus to america's entrepreneurs by giving any small business that hired more workers in two thousand and twelve a ten percent tax credit it also gives away new tax credits for small businesses who invest in new major equipment it's no secret the small businesses have taken quite a hit following the bush great recession and there's new evidence out now that suggests america's entrepreneurial class has been suffering for a long time before barack obama or even george w. bush was in the white house in fact the evidence shows that american entrepreneurs have been getting pummeled for more than thirty years now according to a new study released today by the new america foun

build american infrastructure of america. it's taken so long for us to get a transportation bill, and we should be doing so much more to address the infrastructure concerns, whether it's broadband or bridges. do so in a community way where we know the role that education and public safety play about fairness in our tax code and a sense of community and shared responsibility in our country. and i add to the abcs of that a dare, a dare to reduce the role of money in campaigns because you cannot separate the policy from the politics. the bread box and the ballot box are connected, and they are. so we are daring, disclose. i'm nancy pelosi and i support this ad. they should disclose, too. amend the constitution to overturn citizens united. reform the system to reduce the role of money. and elect reformers of either party or any party. >> what has to come out of this next jobs report? there was a dismal report last month. to give the american people hope to know that sticking with the president is it can lead to some semblance of