let's listen to this. >> it is called the clyburn amendment. 10, 20, 30. i believe all of these resources coming out of these programs, at least 10% of it ought to be directed into these communities where 20% or more of the population is stuck below the poverty level for the last 30 years. >> so if we're talking about two americas or more, this idea -- this is james clyburn's idea, to try and at least give the worst off in america a leg up. what do you think of this idea? >> first of all, i love the idea and i was a little upset that when he told me i hadn't heard about it in the last three years. he said there was a stimulus bill put into effect in 2009. when you talk about poverty in this country, we have to be honest. a lot of people out there think of african-american and hispanics. the reality is, according to their research, there are 474 of those counties. two-thirds are republican counties largely white. one-third in democrat and so when people here poverty, the less fortunate, people who are poor white and hispanic, native americans and what he's

you recently spoke to representative james clyburn about something called the clyburn amendment in the stimulus plan which he thinks could be implemented in other programs in help reduce chronic poverty. let's listen to this. >> it was called the clyburn amendment. 10, 20, 30. i believe that all of these resources coming out of these programs, at least 10% of it ought to be directed into these communities where 20% or more of the population has been stuck below the poverty level for the last 30 years. >> so if we're talking about two americas or more, this idea, this is james clyburn's idea to try and at least give the worst off in america a leg up. what do you think of this idea? >> first of all, i love the idea and i was a little upset that when he told me on my show on sunday that i hadn't heard about it the last three years. he said it was part of the stimulus bill that was put into effect in 2009. here's what's also amazing. we talk about poverty, we have to be honest. a lot of people think about african-americans and hispanics. but the reality is according to their research, ther

assistant leader jim clyburn and we will join together in presenting our guests to you. a special -- is that it? calling you from the audience your grandson. that's what it's all about. i'd like to thank our friends bob meeks, brian england, felicia williams, elizabeth mart martinsteen and car min morales for being with us. imagine and this is not hard to do being a parent who has a child with a preexisting medical condition like asthma or diabetes. driving medical bills through the roof and forcing you to choose between paying the mortgage and paying the next doctors' appointment. imagine being a college senior getting ready for graduation, looking forward to a successful career, but you cannot accept your dream job because they don't offer health insurance. imagine being a senior who re relies on medicare for health and economic security but faces rise each year for medicare or prescription drugs. a woman charged higher premiums, women are up to the tune of $1 billion higher premiums than men for the same coverage or a worker locked in a dead end job unable to pursue y

clyburn for any yes? >> let me say -- one thing i do want to add is there was bipartisan opposition to the budget that came budget committee. it was a totally partisan bill in terms of passage, but it was a bipartisan opposition to that bill because it has the wrong priority and in fact in my opinion will make the debt, deficit and economy worse and move in exactly the wrong direction as well as undermining the guarantee and confidence that people have that medicare and social security and other programs will be there for them when they need it. >> can you address for the moment -- >> you and your democratic colleagues have been spending the last few days marking the second san versery of health care, but president obama has not. with the person with the biggest bully pulpit in the country should president obama be using it to talk about health care this week? >> i think the president has been absolutely great on health care without the president we would not have this bill. [ applause ] and every day, ev

[applause] >> i am jim clyburn and i represent south carolina's sixth congressional district. too often in this town, the conversation gets bogged down into process. the thorny policies and political calculations. you have heard the terms, bending the cost curve, motions to proceed, who wins, who loses? all of them really miss the point of this landmark legislation. it is not about this town. it's about real people, and their families and their health care. it's about saving lives, saving money and saving medicare. i am pleased to be here today with two people, to real people with some very powerful stories. the first one i am going to introduce, i can't really identify with as a grandfather of a preemie, who came here 90 days before we expected him, who weighed three pounds and four ounces, had three operations before he turned 20 pounds. so i can relate to fully show willems' story. felicia is from raleigh north carolina and she is going to tell you about her son, ethan. [applause] >> good afternoon. like you said my name is felicia willems and my son ethan was up here with

i would like to thank leader pelosi, with hoyer and assistant peter clyburn for this opportunity. on the second anniversary of the affordable care act. i am a nurse practitioner and a certified diabetes educator in bakersfield, california at kern medical center, a public hospital. let me tell you about how the affordable care act is making an impact in the community. recently we had a 25-year-old previously uninsured are now covered through another's insurance plan come to us because she found a suspicious lump. 25 years old is awfully young to be finding these kinds of things. but as it turned out she is a strong family history of breast she was able to get the necessary tests and treatments and have it turned out, it was cancerous. we got her into surgery quick and we are able to move the lump. and thankfully we got it all. her access to our clinic probably saved her life. because we caught it early, we were able to avoid a disfigured and costly surgery. now she'll be able to have follow-up care to make sure the disease doesn't return or come to another part of her body. she wil

clyburn, when we went to liberia, it was a boiling hot day. boiling hot day. and we all went to the a.m.e. college there and that the time the a.m.e. university and they were honoring donald payne for his everything. for what he knew about africa, for the values and how he was concerned about, get, -- again, policy as it related to people, the knowledge that he had, the great wisdom that sprang from that knowledge, the plans that he always had to make things better, and the way people just flocked to him because they would learn, they would be inspired and they would love donald payne. it was boiling hot and we go there and they decide that we're all going dress alike that day. so it even got hotter as we donned our robes and here we were seeing not only telling them the esteem to which he was held in congress, that was the least of it, because what we were hearing was what people from around africa, the esteem to which they held him, name ad lietum brear for him at that university in -- named a library for him in liberia. he was school teacher and he never fo

clyburn: i thank my friend for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this misguided republican budget because it fails the moral test. the federal budget should reflect the values of the american people, and this republican proposal does damage to those values because it is fundamentally unfair to middle income, to the hardworking people of america and the most vulnerable among us. this republican budget would end the medicare guarantee that working people depend upon after a lifetime of hard work. the republican budget creates new tax breaks, up to $394,000 for the wealthiest few. this republican budget destroys 4.1 million jobs. the republican budget breaks faith with the agreement their leaders made in last year's budget control act, to maintain funding for essential services. and this republican budget protects all pentagon funds while putting schools, roads and job creation on the chopping block. the american people have spoken loud and clear in opposition to these misguided priorities. i urge the house to pass fai

clyburn: i thank the gentlelady for yielding me the time. madam speaker, i often quote the poet, robert frost, who admonished us that two roads difficult verge in the wood and i picked the one last traveled by and that has made all the difference. i would not quarrel with mr. froast, but i would believe that it's the people that as you travel the roads of life that really makes the difference with all of us. and several years before i came to this body, i met donald payne. i was a bit in awe of him because he struck out to us and in the race after i met the goal as he had hoped, as many of us had hoped. but don did not lose faith. he gathered himself and he tried again. and, of course, upon his success, all of us know whether successful congressman he made. i traveled with don often. we went to africa together and traveling with him on the in the event of africa, going in and out of country after country, sitting with him as he called heads of states by their names and to see the respect that all of them had for him was just a joy to behold.

moved fromut( myrtle beach t & ini]e1 an area that john0lp sprat and now nick mulvaney and some jim o clyburn moving that district forward and q block.aw a good c+ it was a fight up to the last twoxd hours of where republican couldn't gx along and democrats went back to a federal court. >> this question of whether or note1 people would understand their economic interests rather than partisan or racial ones. that's not typically how american politics operated, right? >> absolutely. i think one of the things to be careful about is that this is a race under a different name. been forbidden from doing something from thej'y front doo we can't allow it through the back door. i think that's the real danger with, as marc was saying, supreme court retreating andxd saying this is lefte1Ñi up to t politicale1 process. it left a crack open from that retreat or it left -- i'm mixing metaphors. >> cracks and doork and front ones and back ones. >> it left a loophole in saying that, look,w3 in this 2004 caset said that partisan gerrymand gerrymandering is not something -- going back to what marc was saying e

i remember we interrogated congressman jim clyburn, the number three ranking democrat, where in the constitutionrized to manage health care. he looked at me, and he goes, judge, most of what we do down here is not authorized by the constitution. they are simply concerned with staying in power and with bringing home the bacon. they are not concerned with whether or not what they do is authorized by the supreme law of the land. i think that mrs. pelosi will be unhappily surprised when we learn finally how the supreme court comes down on this in june. but for her to suggest that there isn't even a constitutional argument to be made reveals an embarrassing indifference or ignorance on her part. jon jp there have been an awful lot of suggestions primarily from the left, talking heads on television and so forth, that if this court strike down the law, it is going to be legislating, it's going to be writing law and maybe subverting the will of congress. i suppose that last one could be accurate, but legislating? >> well, you know, that's an argument that both sides of the aisle make when a statute that

they include assistant leader john clyburn who was arrested several times for civil disobedience on behalf of civil rights. congressman barney frank and congressman john conyers who both volunteered during the freedom summer. congressman bob filner who spent several months in jail after his efforts of the freedom rider and he takes great pride being invited back. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton who was an organizer of the student nonviolent coordinated committee, and congresswoman terri sewell, who, along with congresswoman roby, co-sponsor of this legislation, as congresswoman sewell is from selma and her family opened their home to travelers on the 1965 march from selma to montgomery. sure, there are more, but all of these people played a role. john lewis, of course, an icon in our country for his leadership at that time. these members of congress and these american heroes made history. they also made progress for our country. i urge my colleagues to join in supporting this legislation to ensure that our history and our -- and the heroes, that that history lives on long after we are

clyburn deserve a lot of credit for that. thus far however the commission is addressed only some of these spending side of usf. perhaps even more urgent is the need to fix the taxing side. in other words how do we pay for all of this? the contribution factor or the attacks on america's own consumers has risen each year from approximately 5.5% in 1998 to almost 18% this year. this trend is unacceptable because it is unsustainable. we need to update this automatic tax increase as soon as possible. third as my concern regarding proposed new rules affecting tv broadcasters tears -- and i broadcasters. transparency is a laudable public policy goal especially in the context of political spending. furthermore providing broadcasters with more cost-effective means to comply with fcc rules is also a noble endeavor. congress should be aware however that the proposed rules create any factual legal and pragmatic complexities that are not obvious at first glance. the political file contains information regarding purchasing political ads on

ago, madam president, i was privileged to lock arms with congressman john lewis and congressman jim clyburn, two men who i admire deeply, as we reenacted the march across the pettus bridge. it was a humbling experience as john lewis with throngs of people, but we were together, and explained to me what he remembered from that day. as we were starting up the bridge, there was a drugstore that doesn't exist anymore, but a lot of whites were gathered there, and they were, of course, up to mischief. and john lewis had on his back -- backpacks were not very familiar in those days, but he had a little backpack on his back. he had a book he thought perhaps he'd be arrested as he had been many times, and he had something to read while he was in jail. he had a book and an apple in that backpack. of course he was beaten very, very badly, and no one will ever know what happened to the backpack and the apple and the book. it was really a humbling experience -- i repeat -- one that i will never forget. on this day i think we should all pause to think while we have come a long ways, we have a long way to

. >> indeed, it's "clyburn park" it's the 2011 pulitzer prize winning play. both profoundly provocative and gut-bustingly hysterical, and this is a mix that makes me happy. >> i love it. it deals with the issue of race? >> it does. it is -- it is inspired by "raising in the sun", of course, the landmark piece that opened two days ago 1959. that play was about an african-american family that was trying to buy a new home in a predominantly white neighborhood, and the white community association leader came to their house to try to convince them not to buy it. he failed. "cly "clybourne park" is set in the same community, and it starts coming into this family and trying to convince them to sell. and it's all about the unspokenness and what we mean and what we say when we talk about race. the second act -- >> don't give the whole show away now. >> oh, don't you worry. i'll only tease. the second act is set 50 years later. that house did sell. it's now an african-american community and a white family wants to buy the house. >> oh, okay. >> and the community doesn'

keeping a lid on spending and the chairman and my colleagues to mission or are cops and commissioner clyburns far however the commission is addressed only some of the spending side of the usf equation. perhaps even more need to fix a taxing that taxing side of the electorate come in other words how do we pay for all this? the the caw tradition factor of attacks on american consumers has risen each year for approximately 5% in 1988 to almost 18% this year. this trend is unacceptable because it is unsustainable. we need to update this automatic tax increases in as possible. third is my concern regarding proposed rules of the so-called political file. transparency is a laudable public policy goal goal of special in the context of political spending. furthermore providing broadcasters with more cost-effective means to comply with fcc rules is also a noble endeavor. congress should be aware that the proposed rules create many factual legal and pragmatic complexities that are not obvious at first glance. the political file contains information regarding candidates seeking to purchase political ads

. >> monday's show, congressman jim clyburn on set and we'll bring back dr.enator ron johnson will be on with dr. emanuel for round two of their debate on health care. >> joe, try not to make it about your private personal health issues. >> he is a doctor. >> he's a doctor. >> on the air. >> yes. >> you wouldn't believe what he said. >> we'll be right back. >> seriously, i've got goiter problems. okay? >> we'll be right back. ♪ one way or another i'm going to find you ♪ you know, those farmers, those foragers, those fishermen.... for me, it's really about building this extraordinary community. american express is passionate about the same thing. they're one of those partners that i would really rely on whether it's finding new customers, or, a new location for my next restaurant. when we all come together, my restaurants, my partners, and the community amazing things happen. to me, that's the membership effect. like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their

clyburn, when we went to liberia, it was a boiling hot day. boiling hot day. and we all went to the a.m.e. college there and that the time the a.m.e. university and they were honoring donald payne for his everything. for what he knew about africa, for the values and how he was concerned about, get, -- again, policy as it related to people, the knowledge that he had, the great wisdom that sprang from that knowledge, the plans that he always had to make things better, and the way people just flocked to him because they would learn, they would be inspired and they would love