american workers.cheers and applause] nothing gets done in america without the hard-working men and women of the trucking industry. do we agree with that? [applause] pres. trump: thank you so much for the job you do. when your trucks are moving, america is growing. do you agree? [applause] pres. trump: that is why my administration is taking certain steps to remove the barriers that have slown you down. america first is putting american truckers first. [applause] since january of this year, we have slashed job-killing red tape across our economy. the f-stop or -- we have stopped regulation in the last eight months than any president has done during an entire term. [applause] pres. trump: not even close. that includes eliminating the regulations that drive up the cost of energy. we want low cost fuel for our truckers and for our families all across this country. and we are just getting started, believe me. just getting started. [applause] pres. trump: i have ordered every agency across federal governmen

many mexican-american and african-americans and japanese-americans, particularly after pearl harbor in december of 1941, support what was known as the bb campaign. the vv campaign was victory abroad against hitler, mussolini and fascism, but also victory at home for first class membership in american society. you can't win abroad without also winning at home. that you couldn't fight for american democracy overseas without fighting for equal citizenship on the homefront. this became a fundamental and core principle for many medicatio mexican-american, african-american and other folks. there were some successes in civil rights during the war. franklin delano roosevelt, president during the initial years of world war ii signed executive order that banned discrimination in the workplace and called for fair employment practices and fair housing opportunities. there were also movements against and resistance to siff righsiff -- civil rights progress. remember, we have mexican-american becoming a larger portion, we have african-american migrating internally to big cities across the country. e

they see american culture as something to preserve and the source of american exceptionalism. argue inem -- i special problems that the existence of these four schools has contributed to american success. i believe that. there is a recurring problem, which is that the jacksonians and whenmerous aroused, so politically powerful, that you cannot really have an american foreign-policy -- an effective, strong and expensive foreign-policy without jacksonian support. when they really want to do something, it is hard not to do it. it is difficult and costly. the question has always been, how you get the power of jacksonian political support behind foreign policies that can also command support from hamiltonian, jeffersonian or wilsonian elites. what i think we are seeing in our country today, a moment when that gap is wider than ever and has created a real crisis in american foreign-policy. -- one of the things i noticed when president trump took office is something that happened early. a portrait of andrew jackson was installed in the oval office. i learned later on steve bannon tha

suitors,is that zoot mexican americans, african-americans, japanese-americans and white youths who wore it as the war , thought differently about their style and fashion. it meant different things to all of them. the zoot professed a wide variety of political views during world -- wartime. some of them were heavily .ritical of the war heavily critical of the kind of at the contradictions meant forn democracy mexican-american and other nonwhite folks. alfred perhaps saw themselves and their style and we mightsuit as what call the politics of worldliness. that this is my opportunity to demonstrate that i am more the -- i him worthy of full membership in american society. i will show you by joining the service. i will show you by being as and putting myd body on the line for american democracy. meant different things to different people and i want us to use it as a window into contested, and, shifting world of mexican american identity and ethnic politics during world war ii. this is my way of saying it has a lot to teach us. identities,mplex racial experiences, and culture during world wa

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of americans. this budget resolution, the associated tax plan commits one of the most egregious examples of the powerful and privileged rather than the government of, by and for the people. to stand up and say not 1 penny to the top 1%. with enough 1 penny for the top% come if you want to plan to strengthen the middle class it would be not 1 penny to the top 1%, not 1 penny per billionaire while we've got medicare and medicaid. not 1 penny for billionaires when middle-class families taxes would go up under this plan, not 1 penny when we destroy programs and safety nets andon opportunities for education from head start to programs to attend college. we could do a great deal of good to invest in america. we could invest in transportation. we have a credible number of road that need repairs. a credible number of people to work middle-class jobs in middle-class incomes through buildingld infrastructure insted of a giveaway o the giveaway ofy top 1% by investing more than a trillion we can create millio

they would become americans. the quality would make louisiana and sent to americans while making of people appreciate the advantages of american -- advantages of a member -- advantages of membership. it made the territorial process, the territorial system itself the process of naturalization. , and this notants is written by thomas jefferson, introduced by john breckenridge, the kentucky politician who had introduced jeffersons kentucky resolution in 1798. what it was going to do was permit the president to appoint a governor and appoint a council by which to rule in louisiana. this oligarchy, the small group will have theower chance to introduce american andoms, american laws, slowly bring louisiana's into the union. processeavy-handed based on the realism jefferson encountered. this act creates a structure, a government structure. it creates a way to deal with even slavery. and it prohibits the born slave trade. by doing that it meant there would not be slaves brought in whatever slave insurrections. a system b

the american israeli relationship was very much at stake.was brought back from the precipice the crucial intelligence came from the u.s. ambassador to the united nations after goldberg he wore in tel aviv that the united states had the audiotape which revealed israeli pilots knew it was an american ship before the attack. the tape was quietly buried. and i think just insertion was my to sweep it under the rug to put it behind my reading is that the us government had made the decision to accept the apology and reject the other us now but don't push it further with the politics sorted the only remaining issue was the fate of the u.s.s. liberty badly damaged and now in malta for extensive repairs. the torpedo hole was massive and was revealed to be much bigger once they got the ship into dry dock and drained of water the sealed compartment was a water filled too full of bodies body parts and top secret equipment. you could smell death and you could smell the oil that's what i remember and soon as the air hit the bodies it began to deteriorate r

sole american racism is the embarrassment. but that means is the responsibility that move away from actual history to say that it will never happen but when that exteriors event happens the window is not always so bin. so then there is no chance to go through that means it is not totally all up to us that is like the minority in a country like this. so o that allows for action for realistic action when things don't go the way that of donald trump is elected i'm going to canada or wherever that is nothing from what they actually had to endure but to have a long-term vision perhaps even in more subtle the conversation has to be beyond your lifetime. >> i feel so strongly about this we're all in this together. where african-americans don't understand this history. they know they are second-class citizens that isn't any more than though whites do the other thing is i agree it is both a movement that is ready tear take advantage of the civil-rights victories may not have happened without the cold war and they had made some progress

it's american workers. that's why a key part of the tax framework that republicans unveiled last week involves lowering our massive corporate tax rate and transitioning our tax system from a worldwide tax system into a territorial tax system. by making american businesses more competitive in the global economy, we can improve the playing field for american workers. mr. president, there are a lot of other things that we're going to do to help hardworking families and american workers from improving the tax situation for small businesses to helping family business owners, farmers, and ranchers like those in my home state of south dakota by repealing the death tax. our colleagues on the other side of the aisle complain it's not something to worry about since relatively few estates will have to pay the tax. i'd like them to come and talk to some of the farmers and ranchers in my state of south dakota. some of these farmers and ranchers are paying tens of thousands of dollars a year in an effort to avoid having

each week american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places.next, a visit to the national building cesium to learn about the architectural of an asylum, at saint elizabeth, 1862 to 2017, known as the government hospital for the insane when it opened in 1852. it was on a 100 85 acre farm with a view of washington dc. at its peak in 1960, saint elizabeth had almost 18,000 patients and covered 300 acres. it is still open today. -- 3000 acres. it is still open today. she reveals how the mentally ill were cared for overtime. discussed -- we decided to do this for many of reasons. it is important to talk about the role of federal government and providing health care for the mentally ill, and what that role has been over time. i think this was an interesting time to talk about that. right now at saint elizabeth and in d.c., it is a time when they are looking to develop the land. it is now split into two halves. the federal government owns half and it will become the department of homeland security. also development is really starting on the east campu

so that we can protect arab american, muslim american, latino american, and other immigrant communities, because we are absolutely at risk with the current administration. and even if we have some sort of hope that maybe it will flip in 2020, what it's done, though, is set a tone of what is now acceptable. and so we have to show that it's not acceptable, because the narrative also matters. and that's the other really important piece to this, as someone recently said to me, they are a voter in california, and they're like, well, you're just going to vote on things, right? so i don't know. how does that make a difference really for me? i was just like, because the narrative is important. because if you don't have people who have that platform to speak off of and who are at the table or are able to speak on your behalf, then you don't have representation, and then there's no one properly informing the narrative. >> so hillary clinton won the district by 8.6%. congressman royce won by 14. we didn't run a candidate against him last time. when you look at the district numbers, it's 50/50. all

it is called the american model.applause] under the american model, we are reducing burdens on our businesses as long as they do business in our country. that is what we want. we want them to do business in our country, not to leave our country like a number of firms from indiana. some made some great promises to me, but those promises are only being partially kept, because they are incentivized to leave, but now, they will be incentivized to stay, and if that does not work, then we get even tougher than that, ok? we want our companies to raise wages for american workers and help rebuild american cities and towns. [applause] that is how we will all succeed together and grow together, as one team, one people, and one american family. we want it to happen here. [applause] tax reform has not historically been a partisan issue. and it does not have to be a partisan issue today. i really believe we are going to have numerous democrats come over, because it is the right thing to do. i believe it is the right thing to do, a

egyptians know americans well. greeks know americans well. turks know americans well and americans don't know anything about them and this strikes you as a serious and grave situation. >> in one of the things you start to say, you start to kind of reassess not only america, but who you are as an american and i think it's very important that i want to spend a little time on that because you make that distinction about kind of like american foreign policies and you make a quote at one point, there's this american ideal about this idea of freedom and it's a place that america can come to, but then there's the actual american policies and what we've actually done in the world and i think that you really do kind of start to say, you know, there's not -- america is not one dimensional and americans are not one dimensional there are many sides to it. you start abroad, you start to see what those many sides are. >> yes, and i think, you know, hamid had talked and camilla shaunsy as well, there are two americas. foreigners are aware and most americans

this mission came naturally, because it expressed the dna of american idealism. we know, deep down, that repression is not the wave of the future. we know that the desire for freedom is not confined to, or owned by, any culture. it is the inborn hope of our humanity. we know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just and the weak are valued. and we know that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. it is the failure of those charged with preserving and protecting democracy. this is not to underestimate the historical obstacles to the development of democratic institutions and a democratic culture. such problems nearly destroyed our country -- and that should encourage a spirit of humility and a patience with others. freedom is not merely a political menu option, or a foreign policy fad. it should be the defining commitment of our country, and the hope of the world. that appeal is proved not just by the content of people's hopes, but a noteworthy hypocrisy -- no democracy pretends to be a tyranny. most t

the mission came naturally, because it expressed the dna of american idealism. thatow deep down repression is not the wave of the future. we know the desire for freedom bynot confined to our own any culture. it is the inborn hope of our humanity. we know that free governments are the only way to ensure that the strong are just, and the , and we knowed that when we lose sight of our ideals, it is not democracy that has failed. it is the failure of those charged with preserving and protecting democracy. this is not to underestimate the historical obstacles to the development of democratic institutions in a democratic culture. such problems nearly destroyed our country, and that should encourage a spirit of humility, and a patience with others. freedom is not merely a political menu option, or a foreign policy fad. it should be the defining commitment of our country, and the hope of the world. that appeal has proved not just by the content of people's hopes, but a noteworthy hypocrisy. no democracy pretends to be a tyranny. most tyrannies pretend they are democraci

many americans know very little about american institutions and even less about american history. why not give every american student the same civics test of that every applicant for american citizenship has to pass? why not make passing that tests the condition for graduating from high school? make civic holidays and the holidays again, days when people do not work and cannot shop. [laughter] philip: days when people might talk to neighbors or watch parades. make election day such a day, as it is in many countries. having a system of national service requires all young people spend a year or two doing something for their country. join the military, clearer trail, teach a class. no waivers, no exceptions. but my -- mostg, americans would support these measures. ordinaryt of things of american support, it is hard to imagine a becoming law. why? part because our political system is so corrupt and polarized nothing gets done. the source of that corruption is obvious, it is money, the endless flow of influence money. when five of the 10 richest theties in america are in washington, d.

we believe that our great american flag should be treated with reverence and respect, and young americansght to love our country, honor our an them and proudly recite the pledge of allegiance. we believe that strong nations must have strong borders. and that our most of important job is to serve the needs of america and the american people. that includes common sense reforms like cracking down on sanctuary cities, ending catch and release, and very importantly ending chain migration. the loyal hard working citizens of our country deserve a government that shows them the same loyalty in return. finally we believe that the basis for international security and peace is mutual cooperation among you independent and sovereign nations. this is the message i delivered in my address to the united nations. i told the leaders in that hall that just like i accept and we all understand this, and they finally understand it, because there was a great misunderstanding, that just like i expect them to put the needs of their countries first, i will always put the needs of our country first. [cheers and app

but i would say americans are smart.ylways used to say constituents were the smartest, as they were but they made very good judgments about who to send to congress. but a lot of people now especially with the advent of social media are very connected -- they'red and they views i think are not necessarily shaped by what happens at a white house press conference, there views are shaped by the people they know, the troubles they may come of the information they read. i think that is a good thing. i think there is a layered sense of getting information in this country. some social media is an echo chamber on both ann's. what i think a lot of people are smart and getting their information from many sources and that is good for america because i frankly think the views that you reveal in your pole are solid, mainstream views. that both parties should embrace. >> maybe if you could also explain how you differentiated between republicans and trump supporters, for trumps supporters. it actually has the full methodology. there are

player martie america offers more artsy american personal m. in many ways the u.s. landscape is just like this you know real news big names good actors bad actors and in the end you could never you're on. so much parking all the world's all the world's a stage all the world's a stage and we are definitely apply. your launching the car to america special report better than expected. but that's about basically everything that you think you know about civil society have broken down. there's always going to be somebody else one step ahead of the game. we should not be in this normalizing mine. we don't need people that think like this on our planet. this is an incredibly tense situation. stanton glantz only learned of this case through the documents we showed him you know approaches that they used to attack the person doing the research on linking cured meats was and sure were the standard things they do one is to go through her work with a fine tooth comb and find every little thing they could possibly complain about and because the issues tend to

not in american jobs. you're wondering why the american middle class has seen a flat and actually declining share of the g.d.p.? because american corporations have shifted. from investing in american jobs, american plants and equipment, research and development, they've shifted into manipulating their stock price by buying back their own stock. using the after tax profits, some 90% of it. for executive salaries and for stock buyback. you got 100 stocks out there, valid at $10 apiece you buy back 50% of the stock, guess what? you've doubled the stock price. by create manager jobs, by create manager profit, by increasing wage, by r&d, no. but my manipulating your stock price, by buying back that stock. . maybe there's somebody that would luke to debate this point. come -- like to debate this point. come on down, let's debate it. the reality is just like i said. it's laid out there. oh, there's another fact. one of america's largest corporations, the c.e.o. said ot to worry, you reduce my company's tax rate a

is the john oliver of r t americans do the same. apparently better than booth. and see they believed ever heard of redacted the night president of the world bank. seriously sent an email. back to politicking i'm talking with bill press talk radio host for aggressive commentator host of the bill pressure on the young turks network he joins us from washington d.c. writing in the hill in late september you characterize donald trump as quote writ a racist masquerading as a patriot is that a little too strong well i said it because i don't think it is ice larry look. there's a long history here right remember the first time we learned about donald trump was when he and his father were. sued by the justice department for not renting apartments in the queen to african-americans right you know then he gets the terms of people of color he's always got this problem even as president we talked about the muslim ban we talked about look at his his his criticism or his attacks on the n.f.l. players seventy percent of whom are black and where did he go to make that he goes to

en businesses because american workers should benefit from american ideas those you choose to is the next president not those russian dictators. [applause] that is a mission that can bring us all together again to rise above to revive small towns across america. if we do these things we can move america forward again. why do i think we can do this? because we're democrats. it was democrats who got the side of the great depression and the democrat for victory of world war ii and a democrat said we will put a man on the moon leading the right for civil rights and democrats to lead the fight for equal rights and democrats said once and for all you can marry lou you want my brother can marry whom he once. democrats today are protecting and preserving universal health care. it is time for a new generation of democrats. [cheers and applause] to tell us how everybody can be a part of the economy of our future who into iraq and afghanistan. if we do that we can move this country forward again if we show leadership america needs us to win again. [applause] let me close with one little story.

americans are as industryous and innovative as ever. americans' work ethic is not the problem. it's the antiquated tax system that's been bogged down by lobbyists. and since our last major rewrite of the tax code 31 years ago, the same year that "top gun" was number one in the box office, 1986, our tax code has added over 35,000 pages. think about that. 35,000 pages. that's about three changes per day. each page is another carveout or loophole for the well-connected leaving the rest of the economy behind. our companies are at a disadvantage internationally as our tax rate stands at 35%. the highest as we know now in the industrialized world. families continue to be punished with a marriage penalty. our tax code should be a competitive advantage for our companies competing with the world. it should encourage innovators to push the boundaries and find success. the call to get something done that we hear loud and clear from americans is also coupled with a call to make sure we are doing our best to secure the border. perhaps there's no more vocal call in the past year than to buil

i only use american express cards.what happens when you go to a place that says we don't take american express? you just walk out? i walk out because there are alternatives. i mean, the reality is that we can meet the vast spending needs of our customers. there are other options that i have. and it certainly is in my interests to take advantage of those options. does your wife--? is she allowed to have a visa or mastercard or your children, they can't have one either? well, i think you know my wife is very independent. okay. she has decided on her own that she only carries our products. now, what's very, very important is i study 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's happening in the marketplace. and i think that's very important. today, going forward, what do you think the biggest challenge for american express is? i think what's really exciting, what's happening in the marketplace right now, is the convergence of onli

[applause] the american flag, we love our american flag.applause] think people forgot how patriotic we are. i think people forgot how much we love our country. they've learned over the past week, haven't they? [applause] american flags will soar high above the roads. our cities in our towns will proudly display that flag. our children will be raised in homes filled with love. communitcommunities filled with airplanes going back and forth, that's okay, but communities filled with hope and a nation filled with pride. we will build this future together as one people in one nation under god. [applause] [applause] with your help and your voice we will bring back our jobs, we will bring back our wealth, and for every citizen across the land we will bring back our great american dreams. this is a great and proud state. i am so honored to be with you tonight. thank you, god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. thank you very much. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ president trump wrapped up a speech on tax reform in harrison pennsylvania. y

and american history t.v. pierre, south dakota to history and literary life of a state's capital city. t.v.,noon eastern on book author nathan sanderson talks in his book n "controlled recklessness," and the cattle ranching industry in south dakota, essential along with mining and rail road and e growth of our state in the early part of the 20th century. the pioneer girl memoirs of ores laura engles wilder. research and publishing program of the south dakota society that is esigned to study and publish a comprehensive edition of laura wilder's "pioneer girl," her autobiography. american history t.v. tour the south dakota state capital. there are ook up, also four areas with flags, the south dakota flag, there is the flag from dakota a flag for the united states, of course, there are also flags for spain and france controlled this territory at different times. one corner rner has has white flag, red flag, one lack and one yellow, those are the native american colors that symbolize four directions. >> hear about

he became the embodiment of the new american. the embodiment of the american spirit. and presented to the world an image of the rugged american as important to the 19th century as dr. franklin had been to the previous century. he firmly inherited the frontier mantle of boone, crockett and carson. and with an able assist from james cooper, owen worcester, remington, frederick jackson turner, theodore roosevelt, he made the story of the american frontier into the nation's great creation myths. buffalo bill. astride his snow white stallion, presented an image that all the people of a rapidly changing nation could embrace. no matter where they had come from. when finally he died on january -- in january of 1917, his country about to march into a , new century, into a future, steam, steel, world wars and international power, that country paused and reflected on just how far they had come in so short of time. and it had all been encompassed in the life of one man and with the passing of buffalo bill, the first great epoch of the american story came to a close. thank you ver

this is a question of american vision and the american dream. our vision is for more capital, more incentives and more people with rising incomes. their vision is to go protect the government budget. i stand in opposition to this particular substitute budget. and i yield back. the chair: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from california, a member of the appropriations committee, ms. lee. the chair: the the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. lee: i thank the gentleman for yielding and thank you for your tremendous leadership to raft the congressional black caucus' budget. i rise in strong support of this budget. as a member of the budget and appropriations committee and as chair of our task force on poverty, income inequality, i'm proud that the budget includes $300 billion investments into initiatives that have proven to lift millions out of poverty. for example, it restores cuts to the nutritional program and expands access to affordable

the american people are he screaming -- are screaming for fairer, flatter tax code, one that makes american workers competitive, one that lets the american people keep earn in their ey fairer, flattx pockets. with that i urge my colleagues to support today's vote, pass this budget amendment, and let's get on to tax reform. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the south carolina, the assistant democratic leader, mr. clyburn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, the document before us is a partisan exercise to deliver large tax cuts to the wealthy. working americans will see their tax goes up and our children and grandchildren will have to pay back the debt republicans will create to finance these tax cuts. while they promise the american people revenue neutral tax reform that will simplify the tax code and close costly loopho

these are all things he sees vital to protect the american people and advance the american economy and what not. and the process is so slow. and so hard sometimes to deal with. so i think those two things. [shouting questions] reporter: where does everything stand with the fed? days away, weeks away? >> sometime away. there is still ongoing, ongoing interviews but every candidate, i mean, i'm trying to learn about things that have to do with what you're talking about, but all of the people that have been in to interview have been first round draft choices. we have more to come. very measured process. he has great obviously advisors to help him make that decision. >> thank you -- >> are the people in the front row the most important people? >> no. no at all? >> we're cannon fodder. we're in the first in line when you start shooting. okay. >> reporter: general kelly, thanks so much and thank you for being here today. president trump in recent days got into a bit of a war of words senator bob corker, the latest republican he had public feud with. as chief of staff are you concerned that i

speaker, we need all americans to know, but especially young americans to know, what we really stand for. we have a claim, a very strong claim, to being the greatest nation on earth, and it's got nothing to do with the military or our g.d.p. it's got to do with the way we were created, what our founding ideals were and then the commitment of the people always to try to realize those ideals and engender a more perfect union as we go along. let's keep america moving in that direction so we will continue to be a beacon of light to oppressed people all over the world. i yield back and i'm delighted to hear my friends from north carolina -- my friend from north arolina. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the president. under the speaker's announced policy of january 3, 2017, the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield, for 30 minutes. mr. butterfield: mr. speaker, i rise this evening to recognize the general baptist state convention of north carolina on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. the story

and let's show that we don't just respect americans who have college degrees, we respect americans who don't have a college degree too. i never chose a marine for a mission based on the degree he had hanging on his wall. and no marine ever trusted me based on the degree i had hanging on mine. let's show america and let's show the world that we can build the green economy, not just because it's good for the environment but because it's good for jobs. because there are five times as many as jobs in the green economy right now as in coal and gas and america should be the leader. we shouldn't be buying solar panels from china. america should lead this new economy. let's show america that we can build 21st century infrastructure because everybody in america, no matter if you live in a big city or a smallton, you need high speed broadband access so you all have access to the same new jobs on the internet. and let's build real high speed rail because if the closest job opening to you right now is a three hour drive away, you should be able to get there on a high speed train in 30 minutes. and

he is the author of "american homicide," and spoke with us at the american historical association's annual meeting in denver this past january. this is about 20 minutes. bill: we are joined by randolph roth, history professor at ohio state university, here to talk with us about mass violence and domestic violence. mass violence has a certain connotation today. how would it have been different in the 1850's? prof. roth: it was very different because in our past, mass killings were quite common, but it was a group activity. you just did not have the technology for an individual to kill as many people. when you are talking about violence primarily done with knives or swords, or muzzle-loading firearms -- you know, it takes a while to reload. even if you are skilled, it takes 30 seconds to reload one of those things. by the time you pour in the powder, tamp down the shot, put on the percussion cap, and get ready, the person you are trying to kill should be half a mile away. it is very difficult. these were mass murders where a lot of people got together to do these things. we can get examples

american were -- the american middle class, the american worker. 2005-today,of about the middle classeally seen their wages go up. to have become despondent and began to think of the system is working against them than before the -- than for them. i come from a working-class background, my mother was a wait list until she was 74 -- was a waitress until she was 74 and i carry her's. . -- i carry her spirit. dartmouth,u went to uva law school, a clerk at the supreme court -- >> i never forgot where i came from, charlie. never. that working-class sentiment made me hungry and it connected me to what was happening in projects -- in politics. >> so you say they are someone who respects that working-class sentiment, you think that populism is who you are? i think it is who i am. civic pride and civic virtue is under assault. charlie: but you are not -- for eight years under clinton, eight years of obama, there were a lot of things i disagreed with. it is ok, republicans did not have their act together and i never sat for the pledge or never kneel for the national anthem because there are cer

that will in fact help american's retirement security. about a third have zero retirement set aside other than the prospect of social security. what we have in this budget instead of a sincere effort to help americans retirement security is a sly budgetary trick. it will reduce american's retirement options all to establish a budgetary trick to move revenues into the 10-year budget window. for every dollar they move into the 10-year budget window and count as revenue yurks lose revenue in the -- revenues in the out-years so there's no foreseeable gain but it does create phantom revenues. which can be used to offset tax cuts for the rich. so what you're doing is disrupting americans' retirement security, failing to produce enhancements and improvements that americans desperately need and instead reverting to a budgetary trick that will allow for tax cuts for the wealthy. we deserve better and thank you for listening. senator schumer: all right, we're ready for questions. we're going to take them, at least, i'll take them on this ubject onl

with the american indians. what the story is in south dakota, there's some interesting tales. first when you come to south dakota, sergeant floyd had died. where sioux city is. when you got to what is now elk point, south dakota, they elected patrick gas as the first sargeant. the first election held in south dakota. interestingly enough clark's slave york was allowed to vote in that election. a highly unusual situation. further up the river they saw spirit mound, supposed to be inhabited by 18" high devils, of course, they had to go see these devils. once they got to the top of spirit mountain, what do they see, their first bison. it was acres and acres of bison and it's flat land. remember, these are men coming from eastern united states who are used to trees and forests and hills and rocks. so this open plain was like a farmers delight as well as a hunters delight with all these buffalo. as they come up the river a little bit farther, george shannon, youngest members of the expedition, age 17, got lost. the

touch with the american people. we should have a conversation with the american people about the need of intelligence and the credibility. >> another thing you have to take into account is, in our work, the importance of the availability of secrecy to get our job done in the right way, sometimes that is mistaken. intelligence is the intentions and capabilities of our adversaries, not the sole purpose, but the important function we are talking about today. we have to do that in a way that the american people can have confidence in the objectivity with which we have approached that assignment. and i had some disappointing experiences with top leadership on the political side, on the policymaking side, for people who assumed if you do not agree with me you are cooking the books. regardless of how accurate it might be. i remember that worst experience , on whether to go to desert storm from desert shield or not. wisely -- toh address your question -- contacted his chief advisor to summon a meeting of all of us and all o

they become enemies of american provincialism. so they take one american practice after another and they say wait a minute, this is too narrow. it got them in a good bit of trouble with a lot of the people in the pew. >> yeah. >> imagine, you come into a church in indiana and you are talking about what's going on in china. some pius soul gets up and says we did not send you to china to come back to indiana and tell us how interestchinese are. so there are troubles that the missionaries have to work very hard to educate the people in their faith communities. what happens then is a crucial fact about what happens to liberal protestants in the united states is that the leadership of the ecumenical denominations gets more and more cosmopolitan. they think more and more globally. the people in a lot of the congregations are still thinking locally. they're not thinking globally. >> that's right. >> you have this tension between a cosmopolitan leadership and a more provincial base. >> because the congregations get attached to their missi

john gray, directors of the smithsonian national museum of american history. the 13th secretary of the smithsonian institution, dr. david skorten. and the first lady of the united states mrs. melania trump. [ applause ] >> good morning and welcome. i'm john gray and i have the privilege of being your director of your national museum of american history. we are so honored to extend a very special welcome to first lady trump. it is a thrill to have you with us, and we're so privileged to have our nation ceremony in our flag hall. the second secretary of the smithsonian, dr. david skorten. to our board chair, ambassador nicholas talsman, many members of our board who are with us and to all of your distinguished guests, we welcome you and thank you for your support. millions of americans and so many other visitors from every corner of the world walk through our first lady's galleries each year. they experience not only the importance, gran dure and elegance of the first ladies, but they reflect in how our american democracy, transitions of power are celebrated pea

as americans, the suffering and simply trying -- as americans are suffering and simply trying to survive. this package provides critical disaster relief, flood insurance aid, and help for communities devastatedy wildfires. puerto rico would be aided by provisions to address its liquidity pry sis, by facilitating recovery, not paying creditors and provide additional nutrition assistance. additionally, the bill would continue aid to puerto rico and the virgin islands from the department of defense. however, more must be done to provide medium and long-term investments, including rebuilding ports, coastlines, airports, roads, bridges, repairing the electrical grid and other infrastructure and ensuring the health needs of american citizens are met. i urge your support for this bill and your continued focus on ensuring the full recovery of american communities devastated by natural disasters. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from

. >> what you want to do is help your fellow americans with your donation by texting. americaappeal.org. now a few words from the 45th president of the united states, donald j. trump. >> my fellow americans, the heartbreaking devastation caused and theurricanes terrible wildfires in california have impacted many of our fellow. we pray for those who lost their homes or their livelihood. in the aftermath of these terrible storms, the american people have done that we do best. we came together, helped one another and we remained resilient. we came together as one as we rested to the aid of texas, florida, louisiana, puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. as we rebuild, some of america's finest public servants are heading the one america appeal. presidents jimmy carter, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george obama, milanirack and i want to express our deep gratitude for your tremendous assistance. this effort reminds us we are one nation, under god all unified by our values and devotion to one another. i want to thank every person, including everyone here tonight who has

on american farms. and therefore i must strongly oppose this amendment. the gentleman from california -- >> strike the last word. >> gentleman recognized for five minutes. >> i want to talk about why this bill would actually solve the problem compared to the bill that the committee is marking up. you know, the ag industry current relies on more than a million undocumented farm workers, more than half of the crop workers and farm laborers in the country. now, this has been a situation that is accumulated over time. it's really a product of a need that went unmet by our immigration system coupled with previous although not current weak enforcement of immigration at the border. undocumented workers came to the u.s. to meet an economic end without their papers because there was no way to do it with papers, so we now have a million people who have worked here in some cases for decades. the surveys we have indicate majority of these individuals have been here more than 15 years. they have families. they have

americans have great advantage to renew our country -- americans have great advantage. to renew our country, we only need to remember our values. that's part of the reason we need today. how can we encourage a 2017 american consensus on the part of democratic freedom and free markets? that is the question i pose to scholars at the bush institute. that's why pete and tom are with us today, have answered the torit and liberty, the call action paper. recommendations come in broad categories. first, america must purpose its own defenses. our country must show resolve and resilience in the face of external attacks on our democracy. that begins with confronting a new era of cyber threats. has experienced a sustained attempt by a hostile power to did feet and exploit our country's divisions. our intelligence services, the russian government has made a priority of turning americans against each other. this is systemic and stealthy. it is conducted across a range .f social media platforms ultimately, this won't succeed, but foreign aggressions can never be downplayed or tolerate

economy and american workers. but compared to a year ago, record numbers of americans now say that international trade is good for the u.s. economy, for u.s. consumers and for job creation. in fact, the perceived benefits of the trade are up across all political party affiliation. president trump has also blamed poor trade deals for the loss of american jobs. and on this a majority of americans agree. nearly 6 in ten say that manufacturing job losses are due to outsourcing. yet more americans say that the current administration's policies will harm rather than help u.s. workers. >> immigration was a central issue during the 2000 of campaign and it remains a key pillar in trump's america first platform. but just 37% of americans characterizes immigration as a critical threat, marking a new low in kerp for this issue. there are, however, still large difrpsz between democrats and republicans. with core trump supporters the most likely of all to consider immigration a critical threat. as the perceived threat from immi

that i think has been consistently the american idea. that great song written in 1893 by a lady who came to the kathy lee bates who came to the top of pike's peak and looked out, she says america, god shed his grace on the. one of the characteristics of grace is its undeserved. it is as robert frost said in his inaugural poem, a gift outright. it's a gift that's given and it's a gift that's given that america can serve a higher purpose. that seems undeniable. i'll give you one example. napoleon bonaparte, one of the great converts in human history, someone known for seizing territory, what is it that led him to the consternation of most of his advisers including his own two brothers who tried to stop him, to give away a sickly for peanuts and area five times the size of transit itself, the louisiana purchase? we have 15 states carved out of that. double the size of the country. when jefferson brought that deal home, a deal he didn't look for and he wasn't expecting, it was napoleon giving it to the country, or issue gates said there is a

the american people are he screaming -- are screaming for fairer, flatter tax code, one that makes american workers competitive, one that lets the american people keep earn in their ey fairer, flattx pockets. with that i urge my colleagues to support today's vote, pass this budget amendment, and let's get on to tax reform. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. yarmuth: mr. speaker, i yield 1 1/2 minutes to the south carolina, the assistant democratic leader, mr. clyburn. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, the document before us is a partisan exercise to deliver large tax cuts to the wealthy. working americans will see their tax goes up and our children and grandchildren will have to pay back the debt republicans will create to finance these tax cuts. while they promise the american people revenue neutral tax reform that will simplify the tax code and close costly loopho