we want to introduce you to eric baughman who is the chair of the california party. i think that you heard the call, and lynn is not one of your constituents, but how would you respond to her? >> well, i start out by saying that of course, lynn is one of my constituent, because the democratic party cares about every californian and not just those democrats. california is the most welcoming place in america. we believe it is a place where people have the opportunity to have success, to have a good life and to survive and thrive and do well. individually, i understand people's complaints, but right now, we have the lowest rate of californiians erin the history of the state, 4.4%, and the economy is thriving and we are are the sixth largest economy in the world, and the unemployment rate is going down, and while sit by no means a perfect situation, unfortunately the working people in the lower ends of the middle-class and the upper ends have been the people that we want to aim the policies to help them to have a better life and stable life. quite honestly, we don't beli

we want to introduce you to eric baughman who is the chair of the california party. i think that you heard the call, and lynn is not one of your constituents, but how would you respond to her? >> well, i start out by saying

. >> eric baughman is a registered nurse and spent 17 years as chairman of the l.a. democratic party, and ray is calling in from napa, california, from the upper echelons of california. >> caller: hey, how are you guys? i wanted the american people to know that the last four callers don't are represent the majority of california, and we are happy out here, and the state is booming. and the reason that the infrastructure is run down is because 16 years back-to-back, cut, cut, cut and did nothing to

eric baughman. >> well, i have a opinion wholy vote for personally, and as chair, i am not to give anybody to take that to mean it is the democratic party representation. in answer to the last question, i believe that citizens should have the right to vote. that is what the voting system is about. there are one or two jurisdictions in the state of california who have permitted noncitizens to have limited voting rights in local elections. me personally, one of the benefits of citizenship is the right to vote, and remains that way. >> eric baughman is the chair of the democratic party in california, and thank you for your time. >>> matt gates is with us, representing florida's coasts including fort walton beach. and so, the house has a first step in passing a a school safety measure and we spent the first hour talking about that with the viewers and talking about the protests from here and across the country. what is your take from here in washington and what you were hearing from your constituents in the district? well, as a floridian, it is hitting home for us. we had a no smiles in the su

baughman has been an international economist since 1997. she follows closely the impact of trade programs in the u.s. economy and trade flows of u.s. trading partners. the firm produces detailed economic assessments of these policies and programs based on traditional economic modeling. ms. baughman holds degrees from columbia and georgetown university. following laura, our next panelist will be vanessa sciarra. i'm hitting it with names here. vice president of legal affairs at the foreign trade council, leading u.s. based international enterprises, representing all major sectors of the economy. her additional experience includes working in the private sector, most recently with a law firm in their washington dc office. her law firm experience included a broad range of international trade matters in the pharmaceutical, medical devices, shipping and trucking sectors. she advised on economic sanctions compliance and anti-dumping and countervailing suit cases. she appeared before the department of commerce, international trade commission, custo