our programming is available at www.c-span.org >> newsmakers is next with democratic irishmen ben ray lujan of new mexico. that is followed by a subcommittee hearing on procedures to investigate misconduct by senior military leaders. later, president trump talks about tax policy and the midterm elections during a recent visit to cincinnati. >> join us is ben ray lujan, he represents new mexico's third congressional district. thank you very much for being with us. joining us is the washington post and politico. but me begin with news this past week that you are getting 101 house seats to expand a pickup in the midterm election. how much is that going to cost you? rep lujan: we set a very aggressive budget. most importantly with the strategy behind the battlefield, i made a commitment to not concede one inch our republican colleagues. opportunities, we will expand. we will raise investments and most of the districts across the country. we need over 60 of these districts to be competitive. by growing the battlefield and expanding into areas that republicans are surprised by, by not just throwi

steve: joining us is ben ray lujan, he represents new mexico's third congressional district. and the chair of the democratic campaign committee. thank you very much for being with us. joining us is the washington david wigle for the washington post and alayna scheiner from politico. let me begin with news this past week that you are getting 101 house seats to expand a pickup in the midterm election. how much is that going to cost you? how much money, how much resources we put into this? rep. lujan: we set a very aggressive budget. most importantly with the strategy behind the battlefield, i made a commitment to not concede one inch to our republican colleagues. everywhere we see opportunities, we will continue to expand. we will raise investments and most of the districts across the country. we need over 60 of these districts to be competitive. by growing the battlefield and expanding into areas that republicans are surprised by, by not just throwing things at the wall to see what sticks, we are looking at candidate's strength and how we have been able to out raise republican

. >> here on c-span, newsmakers this next with ben ray lujan of new mexico. followed by former vice president joe biden speaking to house democrats at a recent conference on capitol hill. president trump speaks with law enforcement about combating ms-13 gang violence. at 8:00, doug mills talks about his experience covering the trump administration on q&a. steve: joining us is ben ray lujan, he represents new mexico's third congressional district. and the chair of the democratic campaign committee. thank you very much for being with us. joining us is the washington david wigle for the washington post and alayna scheiner from politico. let me begin with news this past week that you are getting 101 house seats to expand a pickup in the midterm election. how much is that going to cost you? how much money, how much resources we put into this?

with newwsmakers" mexico representative ben ray lujan. after that, a defense department hearing about leadership misconduct. q&a,"night on c-span's " doug mills talks about the photos he took while covering donald trump. >> obviously, he likes having us around. despite his constant comments about fake news and the media and so forth, i really feel he enjoys having us around, because it helps try his -- drive his theage, drive the news of day, what he does every day. having us around really allows him to do that. >> "q&a" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. this morning, stephen moore, senior economic adviser in vitro presidential campaign talks about the administration's economic policy. then, "washington post" columnist catherine rampell talks about the country's economic outlook. later, roben farzad, host of npr one, full

the point of how democrats are looking at the november elections, the chairman ben ray lujan was on newsmakersnd it said he is on the committee that takes a look at congressional elections for democrats and talking with reporters he said, when it comes to the message democrats will deliver for the elections, it will not be all about president trump. [video clip] >> there are enough reasons to vote against this administration, i will not highlight them. i think that you are seeing the american people are tired about talking about this president, and our candidates will be talking about what is most important to the american people around the kitchen table. if we can continue to do that while republicans struggle to explain why president trump, one scandal after another follows him, we will be talking about economic issues, about what it takes to make life better for everyday folks. host: if you want to hear more about that message, go to our website at c-span.org. from a previous taping you can hear the congressman's thoughts. c-span.org is the website to go for that. when it comes to the issue

our programming is available at www.c-span.org >> newsmakers is next with democratic irishmen ben ray lujanw mexico. that is followed by a subcommittee hearing on procedures to investigate misconduct by senior military leaders. later, president trump talks about tax policy and the midterm elections during a recent