we have to see nancy pelosi, marcia fudge, john lewis, andre carson, gwen moore. i approve this message. but the billionaires, their names are nowhere to be seen. but the public should know the special-interest is weighing in the expense of the people interest. so going to issue the stair. d. disclose. i'm jumbos, i approve this message. his name should be on the ballot to so people know. disclose, transparency. who is paying for this? amend the constitution to overturn citizens united must be done. it must be done. clawback reform the system. in order to do that, we have to win. i'm not talking politically here, but certain people have to win. public financing of campaigns that diminish the role of money in campaign. disclose, amend, reform, elect reformers. i don't care if there's democrats or republicans who want to reform the system so that we're true to our democracy. i promise you this, you lower the role of money in politics. you increase the stability by stopping their poisoning of the debate. over the role of money, increase stability. you like more women

andre carson. give them a warm welcome. and also, kyl kilpatrick is also in the room. lawmakers that are on the panel. part of what this has become is an abstract argument. a kind of ideological argument were people were entirely clear. so what i would like to talk about is what kind of issues are voters in your district dealing with right now with regard to voting? >> seniority. >> seniority. >> first of all, the issue of any willing to vote, it will to participate in a democratic process should not be a partisan issue. the right to vote, the right to participate, as i said before, it's precious. almost sacred. people died for this right. people stood. another time in our history people had to pass a test. it the number of jellybeans and a jar, the number of black lawyers and black doctors, college professors, teachers, ministers, lawyers were told that they could not reach a run on of. we thought we'd solve that issue with the voting rights act of 1965. why now during this election year we must fight this issue all over again. some people said, probably talk about th

welcome the co-chair of this year's annual legislative congress, congresswoman when more and andre carson's and congress wicharles rangel. [applause] [applause] >> good morning, brothers and sisters. we want to thank our chairman for his service. me also want to thank our good friend and sister, my classmates, rep debby wasserman schulz, who you just heard from. there is no way to start a town hall meeting of the legislative conference without asking elders for permission to speak. we have on the state with us today one of the founding members of the congressional black caucus bless this affair and bring us greetings. ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, please welcome representative charles rangel from the 15th district of new york. [applause] >> thank you, my good friends. thank you so very, very much. you may notice that when speakers come out here to speak, normally they come out alone and they either read or greet you. they told me in the back that i had one minute to speak to you. and so, with all of my 82 years, i looked to both of them startled when they just smiled and said

emanuel cleaver, gwynne moore, andre carson and hank johnson. also carol kilpatrick is in the room. them a round of applause, please? part of what this has become in some ways is an abstract argument. an ideological argument where people are not entirely clear of what is at stake. what i would like you all to talk about is what kind of issues are voters in your district dealing with right now with regard to voting? >> seniority. the issue of being able to vote, being able to participate and to a democratic process should not be a partisan issue. the right to vote, the right to participate and cast a vote is precious. almost sacred. people died for this right. people stood in lines. people had to pass a so-called literacy test. they are asked to count the number of jellybeans in a jar. they were black lawyers and doctors, college professors, teachers, ministers, they were told they cannot read and write well enough. we thought we solved that issue. with the voting rights act of 1965. and why now during this election year we must fight this issue all over again? some people say why yo