general on postal operations and the upcoming election, monday at 10:00 ams turn on c-span -- 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two or listen on the free c-span radio app. what that's >> white house chief of staff mark meadows was on capitol hill during debate on the postal service bill. he was meeting with members about a possible second covid pandemic economic aid. best economic aid hill. this is what he told reporters about his efforts. aid l.omic this is what he told reporters about his efforts. >> i met with a few members of the house. they have an important vote for i wantedl service, and to take a message to as many members as i could wreck lead me with. the president is committed to making sure our postal workers have the assets and financial resources necessary to make sure that we have on time deliveries, but more importantly, that if we really want to solve this problem, since they are here for a saturday vote, i would encourage a targeted l that may include postal, and hopefully businesses,small maybe augmenting enhanced unemployment issues, things we can agree upon as democrats and republicans, but al

eastern on c-span two. later this morning, a congressman talks about that response to the pandemic and the efforts to pass another belief package. you can see that life starting at noon eastern right here. taking a look at congress, negotiations continue on another round of covid relief on the hill. over the weekend, nancy pelosi and steven mnuchin both said the latest talks were productive, but more work is needed. the house has begun its summer work period members may be asked to return. the senate is back in session today to work on a nominee for happy energy secretary. the schedule for the rest of the week depends on the status of the relief package. they are scheduled to begin their summer state period at the end of the week. you can watch live coverage beginning at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. tonight on the communicators, bob latta on the need for better maps so internet access can be delivered to underserved areas. a really good thing was that they admitted it, we have to look at this. we have a

eastern on c-span two. watch live coverage monday on c-span two, on at c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. the white house did not release a weekly address this weekend. carolyn representative maloney of new york, chairman of the house oversight and reform committee delivered the weekly democratic address discussing the u.s. postal service. hello, i am: congresswoman carol maloney. i have the privilege of representing parts of manhattan, queens, and new york city. i also serve as the chairwoman of the committee on oversight and reform in the house of representatives. today, i would like to talk to you

watch book tv this weekend on c-span two. announcer: you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television company as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. announcer: this morning, the washington post reviewed the first day of the republican national convention and looked ahead today two being held tonight. we heard from post writers dan bolles, eugene robinson, and marked eason. good morning. i'm jonathan. our opinion writer for the washington post. welcome to first look, washington post live stop shop for news and analysis, all about this week, the republican national convention. let's get started with white house reporter ann geron. in chief political correspondent dan. it is a tuesday morning. welcome, both of you. >> thank you. >> glad to be here. jonathan: dan, to get your take on what we saw on night 1, was there any one particular thing that stood out to you? dan: i would say there were a couple of things that stood out. this was not quite t

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c-span. coming up monday, host master general louis dejoy testifies on post office operations and the upcoming election. that begins live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. >> now, texas republican congressman will heard and former texas representative beto o'rourke hold a virtual discussion with axios on generation z and the future of politics. is ar next guest representative of texas's 23rd congressional district, congressman will heard, joining , joining us live from san antonio, texas. officer. former c.i.a. you have been the only black republican in the house and he represented -- represent a more than two thirds latino district. i am curious, for younger listeners interested in entering politics, what is your

we will have that live at 1:00 eastern on c-span two. later today, joe biden will be campaigning in pittsburgh live at 1:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. on tuesday, treasury secretary steven mnuchin testifies before the house oversight and reform committee on the urgent need for additional coronavirus economic relief for children, workers, and families'and the administrations if limitation of key stemless programs approved this year. watch live coverage beginning at what a car p.m. eastern on c-span, on-demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the c-span radio app. senator bernie sanders talked about joe biden's economic plan over the weekend. senator sanders was in burlington, vermont. good afternoon. let me begin by saying to those of you lost your jobs in this pandemic, and there are millions of you, some of us in washington, some of us have not forgotten about you. and we have not forgotten about the 90 million people in this and in many

eastern on c-span before the senate committee on homeland security and government affairs. on monday live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two, , andaster general dejoy robert duncan, chair of the u.s. postal service board of governors, testified. watch live coverage of the hearings friday on c-span and monday on c-span2, on at c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> the u.s. house of house speakers pelosi has called members back to washington to work on legislation concerning the united states postal service. they gavel in saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern with votes expected about one hour later. see the debate and votes live on c-span. ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government

c-span radio app. today, the house administration committee holds a virtual hearing on safely boating during the coronavirus pandemic. live coverage begins at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. fromat acceptance speech president trump concluded this year's republican national convention. before the president spoke, voters and supporters also heard remarks from rudy giuliani, if ivanka trump and mitch mcconnell. of the rnc, right now. >> america is great, because it is good. if america ceases to be good, it will no longer be [indiscernible]it is the goodness and americans that informs the great

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charles is referring to , theon c-span two, testimony. you caniss any of it, go to see.org. >> i really liked how you guys put this on. you have seen the states come together and represent their states and the love they are showing out here. i voted for trump the last time. we have to get him again. it is the love in the way they show their love for god. i really appreciate that, you know, i am a copper miner out here and we are all workers. pens had a really good talk. you do not see the love on the other site. i appreciate you showing it. you have negativity on cnn and other channels. >> if any of you missed this speech yesterday, he spent a good amount of time calling it one of the greatest political scams in u.s. history. here he is earlier today. president trump: they take the enthusiasm out of the equation. nobody knows who the hell is signing it. where theve it signature does not have to be verified. not have toe does be verified. and then they will play the game that we are not patriotic. what they are doing is using covid to stea

c-span. coming up monday, host master general louis dejoy testifies on post office operations and the upcoming election. that begins live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. >> now, texas republican congressman will heard and former texas representative beto o'rourke hold a virtual discussion with axios on generation z and the future of politics. is ar next guest representative of texas's 23rd congressional district, congressman will heard, joining , joining us live from san antonio, texas. officer. former c.i.a. you have been the only black republican in the house and he represented -- represent a more than two thirds latino district. i am curious, for younger listeners interested in entering politics, what is your message for gen z? should you bother running for office? is congress a place to get anything done? greaturd: margaret, question. and i think it is all of the above. effectiven able to be as a black republican in a latino district. i have had 16 pieces of legislation signed into law. that's under a democratic resident, a republican president, a democratic speaker, a republican speaker. it is not easy and our system was designed not to be, but

monday on c-span two. watch live coverage monday on c-span2, on demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. house speaker nancy pelosi held a briefing on the legislative agenda after the house was called back into session to work on a bill to fund the u.s. postal service. the speaker addressed criticisms of the post office. good afternoon. we are just contemplating whether this is the first time we have ever done this on a saturday. thank you for being here on a saturday. i am so proud of our members who are here to protect the post office. before i go into that, i want to say what a sad time it is across the country with the storms butng and the rest, what -- with my own personal experience in the state of california. burning thefires lay of the land, the size of the state of rhode island. we think our firefighters for their courage, our first andonders for their courage community service. it is so sad. i remember when we had the fires , we said the smoke will not

c-span two, the postmaster general and the chair of the united states postal service board of governors will testify watch the house oversight live coverage friday on c-span. and monday on c-span2. ordemand at c-span.org listen wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> the house of representatives is on a district work period but nancy pelosi has decided to call members back to washington to work on legislation regarding the postal service. they will be in session saturday morning with post -- with first about. -- with first votes. host: our first guest of this hour is aimee allison, the founder of she the people, joining us from oakland, california. good morning. thank you for being on the program. for those not familiar with your organization, what is it? for thr organization, what is it? guest: she the people is a national network of women of color, black, latino, asian-american, and indigenous from all over the country. women of color who are united in a common cause around gender, racial, and economic justice. host: who supports organization financially? combination of fo

binge watch book tv all summer on c-span two. than three months to election day. we are joined by cleta mitchell, chair of the public interest legal foundation to talk about election security. good morning. welcome to washington journal. >> good morning. nice to be with you. host: tell us about your foundation. >> the public interest legal foundation is dedicated to protecting the integrity of our elections and to serve as a counter to the marriott leftist groups that are very well-funded who are filing lawsuits all over the country to try to upend the election laws of the states and just trying to serve as a balance and a counter to the increasing demands of leftist groups to change our elections ,rocess and really to eliminate their goal appears to be to eliminate all the safeguard that have been put in place in the early part of the 20th century to shift the responsibility for conducting a shins to the states from the political parties and to protect the right of individuals to vote, have secret ballots, to not be intimidated or harassed in voting. our foundati

watch live coverage friday on c-span and monday on c-span two, on-demand at www.c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app. the democratic national convention concludes tonight with the fourth night of speeches. three keynote speakers from past conventions are considered to deliver the best speech of their political careers. congresswoman barbara jordan at the 1976 democratic convention, three term new york governor mario cuomo's address in 1984 and texas state treasurer and future governor and richards keynote speech in 1988. in 1976, congresswoman barbara jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. she received a law degree from boston university and was the first black woman elected to the texas senate. house,erving in the u.s. she taught political ethics at the university of texas at austin and later chaired the u.s. commission on immigration reform which recommended immigration in the usb cut by 1/3. she spoke to delegates in new york city. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen -- [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen -- [applause] ladi

you can follow the house live on c-span and the senate live on c-span two.sas governor greg abbott urging local residents to get their flu shots early this year. he made this suggestion alongside public health officials at a medical center in dallas where he talked about precautions for slowing the spread of the virus. >> want to thank everyone for being here in the medical school for hosting this event, for everything they are doing to help the people in this region as well as the entire state of texas, responding to all different kinds of medical challenges we are dealing with. in particular, what we're focused on today. that is covid-19 as the flu season that is coming up. as the flu season that is coming up. just one of the topics we talked about before i do want to make a compass point regards to cover 19. people in the dallas-fort worth area, one thing you have observed following the numbers is that covid-19 numbers are improving in the sense that so many the point is the numbers of covid-19 are going down from an elevated level. we are not at all anyw

eastern on c-span before the senate committee on homeland security and government affairs. on monday live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two, , andaster general dejoy robert duncan, chair of the u.s. postal service board of governors, testified. watch live coverage of the hearings friday on c-span and monday on c-span2, on at c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> the u.s. house of house speakers pelosi has called members back to washington to work on legislation concerning the united states postal service. they gavel in saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern with votes expected about one hour later. see the debate and votes live on c-span. ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. created by derek's television companies at -- cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. [applause] >> vice president mike pence spoke today in wisconsin on the u.s. economy, jobs and trade issues. this is about 40 minutes. ♪ vice president pence: hello, wisconsin. [applause] it is great to be back in the badger state. a dynamic,thank

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c-span. on monday, live at 10:00 a.m. eastern, the house oversight committee holds a hearing on operations changes to the post office. that will be live on c-span two, youring unfiltered view of government, created a america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. washington journal, this week getting your reaction to the democratic national convention and news of the day. live tuesday morning, we will talk about the first night of the democratic national convention, and what to expect from the second night. and discussion on the role of minority women in politics and the importance of senator kamala harris on the democratic ticket. then, campaign 2020. washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. be sure to watch complete coverage of the democratic convention live on c-span. watch on-demand and find the latest convention schedule orormation at c-span.org/dnc listen live with every c-span radio app. also, our newsletter offers a synopsis of the days key events. sign up on our website. >> our campaign 2020 coverage continues this week with the democratic

eastern on c-span two. watch live coverage. , oremand at c-span.org listen live wherever you are with the free radio app. in 1952, the korean war continued. the u.s. detonated the first hydrogen bomb. i love lucy was the most popular tv show. this was the backdrop for the political conventions that year and for the speeches made by presidential nominees dwight eisenhower and adlai stevenson. when eisenhower decided to run for president, he was already a five-star general and a war hero. eisenhower planned and supervised the invasion of normandy. after the war, in 1948, both parties asked him to run for president. general eisenhower was not aligned with any party at the time. four years later, he decided to accept the presidential nomination in chicago. ♪ >> may i first thank you on behalf of misses eisenhower and myself. for the warmth of your welcome. first entry into a political convention. it is a most heartwarming one. thank you very much. , i want tooceed congratulate this convention. a man who has show

eastern on c-span two, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free radio app. >> house minority leader kevin mccarthy spoke this week about the gop legislature is -- alleges that ifagenda, and the e to the coronavirus pandemic. here is a portion of that event hosted by the los angeles world affairs council. >> we are going back on saturday,

. >> congressman will heard tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span two. tuesday, treasury secretary steven mnuchin testifies before the house on the urgent need for additional coronavirus economic relief for children, workers, and families and the administration's implementation of key stimulus programs approved this year. watch live coverage beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, on at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the c-span radio app. next, today's white house briefing with press secretary kayleigh mcenany. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. the president shows up. when the trump administration shows up in a democrat run city engulfed in chaos, peace is restored. washington, d.c., new york,

on c-span two, the senate meets at 10:00 a.m. to vote on the nomination of mark menzies to be on deputy energy secretary. a homeland security sub committee on -- up on "washington journal," david becker from the center for innovation and research talks about election security. and president trump's claims

c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. ♪ postmaster point and find -- reports in front of congress leave at 10:00 eastern on c-span to before the oversight committee. watch live coverage monday on c-span twot c-span.org or listen live wherever you are span radio app. -- c-span radio app. monday night on the communicators, and look at election security with jeff must -- moss. he is joined by joseph marx. should we bes about security of the 2020 the against hackers from russia or elsewhere? trustm going to vote and the results. what is different in this election is the awareness goes much higher. the people that have been talking about these issues, they risk -- they are not terribly new, but now people are going to actually use them. for they would say it is too expensive. with hand marked, human we about -- readable ballots. some say it is readable because the machine walked it. theeff moss on communicators on c-span2. >> white house chief of staff mark meadows and chris coons appeared to talk about the federare

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c-span. coming up monday, postmaster testifies on dejoy postal operations and the upcoming election. he will appear before the reform committee beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. >> it has become a tradition for first ladies to address party conventions. ahead, we will watch speeches from four of them. nancy reagan, barbara bush, hillary, and michelle obama. in nancy reagan had beefo

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on c-span two. under weekly author interview program. new york times reporter jennifer stein our chronicles the first year of the largest class of women. there had to be a gender focus women often you didn't. many of them have to be talked into running. if that is the case with women and juergen have to recruit women directly. i talked to a woman who had run in the primary of north carolina and she was sent to see how many women especially at 50 didn't believe another woman should have this job. some of that is very regional. it's gonna take concerted effort i think. it's not just can be come on and run. there's can be we structural changes in place for that. visit our website. click on the afterwards tab near the top of the page. book tv is television for serious readers. all weekend every weekend join us again next saturday beginning at 8:00 a.m. eastern for the best and nonfiction books. .. .. congressman will hurd a a republican from texas, former cia officer and a cybersecurity expert. ashley gold of axios is our guest reporter. con

on c-span, campaign 2020 coverage includes vice president pence speaking to farmers at an event and one, iowa. on c-span two at 9:00 a.m., look at the political situation in venezuela from the atlantic council. at 11:00 a.m., the senate returns for general speeches with no votes scheduled. later, democratic attorneys areral from some states discussing racial inequities at a conference hosted by the progressive group net roots nation. ♪ >> the contenders. about the men who ran for the presidency had lost, but changed political history. all week at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. tonight, founder of several labor unions and five-time socialist party presidential candidate. the last time from prison. >> at the white house, president trump spoke to parents and teachers about reopening schools and providing p

watch live coverage of the hearings monday, on c-span two, ondemand at span.org or listen wherever you are with radio app. >> in 1964, the civil rights act was signed into law. civil unrest of racial discrimination continued across the country. the beatles came to the u.s. and tensions between the u.s. and north vietnam escalated. this was the backdrop for the political conventions that year and for speeches made by presidential nominees linden johnson and barry goldwater. at the time of the democratic national convention, lyndon baines johnson had been president less than a year after the assassination of president john f. kennedy. on before, lyndon johnson was a teacher at a small segregated mexican-american school where the poverty he saw influenced his policy throughout his political career. while a u.s. congressman he was named lieutenant commander of the naval reserve and through this after pearl harbor called to active duty. later, lyndon johnson won his senate primary by 87 votes but went on to hold numerous positions in the senate including majority leader. after 12 years in t

enjoy book tv on c-span two. every sunday this summer at 6:00 p.m. we are opening up our archives to look at programs with well-known authors into night it in tonight it is margaret mcmillan next she takes part in a favorite sis historical subjects. ladies and gentlemen please give a warm welcome to the stage. [applause]. i hope you are having as much fun as i am at this festival. [applause]. i think of students in college a few of you were in college a few years ago as the best thing to do is to take the teacher not the course and here i think of things to take these incredible authors and be in a room with them. whatever they're talking about. the only problem is there is someone in every room. that you want to be with. i think you heard from them all at one point or another. they have also done some the other interesting things. american shots. he is the cn and historian. he has a little bit of basement studio and envy of john meacham. who's got that at msnbc. of course the great tester in 1919. just a transformative book that is so important. man

you will have live coverage on c-span. two "washington post" interviews. first, steve scalise will talk with robert costa. and then at 3:30, linda mcmahon talks with "the washington postt trump. live with the free c-span radio app. >> you're watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. created by the public television companies as a public service. wisconsin governor tony evers. he is taking part in a discussion on school safety during covid. he is also likely to be asked about protests in his state after a police shooting. two protesters were killed and one injured last night. joining, the mayor of albuquerque, new mexico. [no audio] >> hello and welcome to our discussion. i am the national correspondent and a host of npr. i am happy to serve as your moderator. as the mother of two children, you can imagine that the term back to school is uttered a lot throughout my household. especially over the past week as my daughters prepared to do their best job to get ready for another semester of middle school online. like many families, we were frustrated

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we will have that live at 1:00 eastern on c-span two. ter today, joe biden will be campaigning in pittsburgh live at 1:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. on tuesday, treasury secretary steven mnuchin testifies before the house oversight and reform committee on the urgent need for additional coronavirus economic relief for children, workers, and families'and the administrations if limitation of key stemless programs approved this year. watch live coverage beginning at what a car p.m. eastern on c-span, on-demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the c-span radio app.

binge watch book tv all summer on c-span two. than three months to election day.we are joined by cleta mitchell, chair of the public interest legal foundation to talk about election security. good morning. welcome to washington journal. >> good morning. nice to be with you. host: tell us about your foundation.

c-span. coming up monday, postmaster testifies on dejoy postal operations and the upcoming election. he will appear before the reform committee beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. >> it has become a tradition for first ladies to address party conventions. ahead, we will watch speeches from four of them. nancy reagan, barbara bush, hillary, and michelle obama. in nancy reagan had been for first lady four years when she spoke at the republican national convention in 1984. she was a film actress when she met ronald reagan. she became first lady of california when her husband was governor. later, she became first lady of the united states when he was elected the 40th president. michael dever, aide and friend of the reagan's, said without nancy, there would have been no governor reagan and no president reagan. here are nancy reagan's brief remarks to the delegates at the republican convention 36 years ago. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the first lady of the united states of america, nancy reagan. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. thank you. thank you. ♪ [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i have to te

we are always reading on social media on twitter at c-span w j and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. whoshia, twoomen attempted to run for vice president in modern history were geraldine ferraro and sarah palin. geraldine ferraro on the democratic ticket and sarah palin on the democratic ticket. neither woman was elected with their ticket. what did we learn about women campaigning nationally from those two elections that we can expect to see coming up this fall for senator harris? caller: i am glad -- guest: i am glad you mention sarah palin. she is absolutely a part of that history. she has talked about the things she experienced in that campaign and recently posted on instagram where she was talking to senator harris about the things that she thinks she should be thoughtful about. here are the names of some things you want to think about. and keep the people you think are closest to you. howe were questions about sarah palin fit in the party and how the party was involving her and questions about how she could fit into her own campaign. there were some differences there that i think caused the

latta onongressman bob the communicators on c-span two. ♪ c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress,hite house, the supreme court, and public policy events. publicll of c-span's affairs programming on television, online, or our free radio app. be part of the national conversation through washington journal or our social media feed. c-span, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought you today by your television provider. >> tonight, fox news anchor chris wallace on his book on the creation of the atomic bomb and what led president truman to use it on japan 75 years ago. >> he agonized over this decision. he complained of sleepless nights. headachesrible throughout his career whenever he was under what he considered heavy stress. is one of thehat joys of doing a book about people who are all gone. when i was in the presidential library, i got a hold of his diaries from this whole period. the sole 60 days i talk about, he talked about the choice of using the bomb in apocalyptic terms. he kept saying this is the most terrible weapon ever discovered an

eastern on c-span two.a life picture now from milwaukee where the democratic national convention kicked off last night. here is a look at tonight speakers. ♪ our live coverage of the democratic national convention continues tonight with congresswoman alexandria ocasio -cortez, former president bill clinton and the wife of joe biden, jill biden. live coverage of the democratic national convention tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. live streaming and on-demand on c-span.org/dnc. listen with the free c-span radio app. span, your unfiltered view of politics -- c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> you are watching c-span. your unfiltered view of government. created as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. chairse democratic caucus effriesakeem j pramilaesentative jayapal sit down with the washington post. >> who better to give us a kick off viewpoint and a curtain raiser at the convention but also the priorities of the democratic party

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eastern on c-span two. a life picture now from milwaukee where the democratic national convention kicked off last night. here is a look at tonight speakers. ♪ our live coverage of the democratic national convention continues tonight with congresswoman alexandria ocasio -cortez, former president bill clinton and the wife of joe biden, jill biden. live coverage of the democratic national convention tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span. live streaming and on-demand on c-span.org/dnc. listen with the free c-span radio app. span, your unfiltered view of politics -- c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> you are watching c-span. your unfiltered view of government. created as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. chairse democratic caucus effriesakeem j pramilaesentative jayapal sit down with the washington post. >> who better to give us a kick off viewpoint and a curtain raiser at the convention but also the priorities of the democratic party than one of its rising stars? i --r

you are watching live coverage on c-span. >> two-minute warning. [indiscernible] [camera lens shuttering] >> hello, everyone. democrats failed to act in the interest of americans hardest hit by the pandemic. amid action, president trump stood up for every american who, through no fault of their own, needed relief. politics as usual should find a place during this pandemic, but democrats rejected multiple clean bills to provide relief. the american people are tired of games. they seek leadership and president trump delivered. this weekend president trump took executive action designed to

eastern on c-span two. >> monday night on "the communicators," ohio republican congressman bob lattae need for better maps so internet action can be served to underserved rural areas. >> the good thing that happened was at the fcc, they had to look at this, there is a problem. there to money out help get these correct. we had the legislation, and i was a part of it right from the get go. it's important we get it done. if the maps aren't right, we are going out there to get the dollars in areas where you need to have them, it won't have them. in some locations, you might put money into areas that already have services in underserved areas and are not getting the dollars into the unserved areas. >> ohio republican congressman bob latta, on "the communicators." >> c-span has unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public-policy events. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online, or listen on our free radio app, and be part of the national conversation through c-span's daily washington journal programs, or through our s

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