just want you to know i am safe, everything is fine, don't worry about me. >> louisiana democrat colin allred is a former professional football player who was near congressman jackson on the house floor. he remembers the last conversation he had with his wife before going to the capitol on january 6. rep. allred: the night before, a wife and i were up late watching the sent results coming in from georgia, and we were really thrilled seeing the first black senator and first jewish senator ever elected from the state of georgia. and what that meant for the south and what it meant for the country in terms of the congress . i had to be in the chamber the next morning as part of the house leadership team, and we were observing covid regulations, and so we only had the members of the delegations of the states that were being challenged, and the leadership team on the floor. there were some other members who wanted to attend who were in the gallery. on the republican side there wasn't quite the same level. i remember looking over there and thinking, that's not the rules that we discussed, but we're

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joining us now is colin allred of texas. he is a voting rights attorney. us in your dual capacities. as an election law expert and member of congress. i think we can assume, that the republicans are going to pass something. and the question will then become, what can you in congress do about it? >> you are right. it is likely going to pass. let me just briefly say, lawrence, i appreciate your discussion of the attack in kabul earlier today. and i just want to say that president biden said it well when -- defending our vision and our values. and i think our vision and our values are at risk in what is happening in texas right now. because we have an effort, as you know, and you have covered it well, to try and specifically target types of voting that has allowed minority communities to have easier access to the ballot. it is not based on fraud, and there was no fraud in texas in the last election. they are still trying to pursue these provisions. i think it is un-american and we have to do something in congress to stop. it >> this with some of the debate in

joining us now are democratic congressman colin allred from texas. he's a voting rights attorney.c state representative gina hinojosa. thank you both for coming to "the last word." representative hinojosa, what do you expect to happen next week with the republicans when you come back into session now that quorum has been reestablished? >> well, let me first make clear for the record that quorum has not lawfully been established. there weren't a sufficient number of members on the floor, and they were probably 12 to 15 members shy of reaching the constitutionally required quorum. notwithstanding, they declared it and have proceeded with business, unlawfully and illegitimately. >> oh. >> yes, absolutely. absolutely. >> wait. i think we need to throw out the breaking news banners here. representative hinojosa, what you've just announced to us is that despite what the texas republicans are saying, there is no quorum, no quorum has been met, 12 to 15 -- they're 12 to 15 members shy of meeting a quorum? >> that's correct. they did not have the sufficient numbers present on the floor of

>> you will hear from democrats colin allred of texas and hakeem jeffries of new york. january 6, views from the house, sunday at 10 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or the c-span radio app. attorney general merrick garland held a press conference to announce the justice department is investigating the city of phoenix and its police department, citing possible civil rights violations. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, i am joined here today by assistant attorney general for civil rights kristen clarke. today we are announcing that the justice department is opening an investigation into the city of phoenix and the phoenix police department. the investigation will determine whether the phoenix police department engages any pattern or practice that violates the constitution or federal law. this is the third pattern or practice investigation i've announced as attorney general. each time i've noted that these investigations aim to increase transparency and accountability. this increases public trust and public safety. we know law enforcement's heirs -- law-enforcemen

>> tonight you will hear from democrats colin allred in hakeem jeffries of new york. january 6, views from the house tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> mark kelly delivered his first hit for speech this week. he was elected in 2020. during his remarks, he paid tribute to john mccain, the late republican u.s. senator who's ct now holds. >> mr. president, it is an honor to rise today and deliver my main speech. nine months ago, the people of arizona trusted me with a great response ability, to represent them in the united states senate. to do so, during a pandemic that has challenged every one of us, taken loved ones too soon, and battered our economy. to fill the remaining years of senator john mccain's six term. each day since then, i have gone to work for the people of arizona striving to fulfill that responsibility. undeterred by the challenges we have in front of us. that is what arizonans have done over the last year and a half. protecting their families from this virus, keeping themselves and their businesse

democrat colin allred and republican ronnie jackson. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the senate this week passed a bill that awards congressional gold medals to the u.s. capitol police for their work during the january 6 attack. on -- a number of senators spoke about it on the senate floor. you know, as we all know, january 6 unleashed many horrors, but it also revealed many heroes, a day that many of us remember for its violence, anger and destruction was not without its share of bravery, sacrifice, and selflessness. i am of course talking about the capitol police and the metropolitan police. in a few moments my colleagues, senators klobuchar and blunt, will ask the senate to award them the congressional gold medal. it is the highest expression of gratitude that congress can bestow. i cannot imagine more worthy recipients than the men and women who put their lives on the line to defend this temple of democracy. i want to thank senator klobuchar, the chair of the rules committee, and senator blu

. >> this week, you will also hear from two texas representatives, colin allred and ronny jackson. "january 6, views from the house," sunday on c-span, c-span.org, or on the c-span app. ♪ ♪ host: joining us is the chief economist with moody's analytics to talk about the outlook and spending proposals by the biden administration and congress. back to "washington journal." is it too early to do an assessment of where the economy stands in the midst of the surge of the delta variant? guest: it is -- prior to the delta variant, the recovery was strong, gaining traction. unemployment has been declining. early to see any impact of the variant on the economy just yet, but if you look across states and states in the southern u.s. where the variant is most prevalent and infections and hospitalizations have risen the most, there are indications that economic activity is beginning to weaken. on the margin, we are starting to see some impact. if the variant gets wider spread, a bigger problem in more of the country, it may start to do some damage to the recovery. not yet, but there are some wo

democrat colin allred and republican ronny jackson. january 6, views from the house, sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span, c-span.org come or listen on the c-span radio app. host: former president of the federal reserve bank, currently senior fellow with the mercator center. guest: good morning to you. host: want to start with those jobs numbers just out 15 minutes ago. nonfarm payroll rose by 943,000 in july. unemployment fell to 5.4%. guest: they are very pleasing numbers. they are a little higher than most economists thought they would be come around 840. that is good news. the unemployment rate is now 5.4%. that is good news. the participation rate did not change much. that may continue until we get through the rest of august and son of --some of the unemployment benefits fall away and more people will be willing to join the labor force. i think that will be good in the sense that while we are losing some support from the relief packages, we will be gaining some added jobs into the market. on the whole i think those numbers are

>> this week you will hear from from democrats colin allred of texas and hakeem jeffries from new yorkjanuary 6, views from the house sunday 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. ♪ >>

announcer: you will also hear from democrats colin allred shove texas and hakeem jeffries of new yorkfrom the house," sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or the c-span radio app. announcer: sunday night on q, helen andrews, the american conservative magazine's senior editor talks about her book, "boomers: the men and women who promised freedom but deliver disaster." >> one line i didn't come up with but is brilliant is that they are the generation that sold out but would never admit they sold out. it is a combination of a great deal of idealism and sense of themselves as morally noble, noble idealists liberating humanity but on the other hand a great deal of selfishness and narcissism. a blindness to the ways that their liberationist agenda knocks down a lot of functioning institutions and left a lot of people worse off. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on q&a. you can also listen to q and a podcast wherever you get podcasts. ♪ announcer: todayes

. >> this week, you will also hear from two texas representatives, colin allred and ronny jackson. "january 6, views from the house," sunday on c-span, c-span.org, or on the c-span app. ♪

i remember my colleague colin allred took a brass stanchion and took the tubular portion and was holding onto it as a weapon. none of us knew it we might still be under threat. now that we were all together in an even less defensible location. it was terribly disconcerting. i'm sorry, your question was --? greta: at what point did you know you were safe? rep. phillips: none of us feel safe, even to this moment, since january 6. changes you. i don't know if it is something you ever feel safe from ever again. it changes you. you can manage it, you can adapt to it, but i think i speak for many of my colleagues, because i have spoken with many of my colleagues, including republicans, who still bear scars from that day. irritability, hard to sleep, nightmares, lack of focus. some pretty well-known ptsd symptoms. but we are resolute. what i remember more than anything about that ways and means committee room, we were far more focused on getting back into the chamber, no matter how long it took, no matter under what circumstances, to complete our job. i hope and trust that history will recogniz

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joining me is colin allred of question. let's start with the headline question. we heard from the chair jayapal and we know that senators manchin and sinema and said that it's too much. how do you put together the legislation that holds what you'll need is almost all of the democratic votes there in congress. how do you do it? >> first of all, we have to pass the hard infrastructure bill that the senate passed and we're going to and we really need to stop talking about the top-line number here of the reconciliation bill because what's more important is what goes into it. the programs that we're creating. because what we're trying to do here is to stimulate our economy to get our people back to work and this works in concert to support the job creation coming from the infrastructure and we need to support the workers and their families. so the things you mentioned from child care to universal pre-k to helping with the paid family leave those are going to help our workers be more productive which is going to allow our infrastructure to better serve us. so these wor

. >>> joining me now is congressman colin allred, democrat from texas.ng here. love to get your reaction to the news that we've been reporting this morning about an explosion in kabul, and this coming just seeming hours after the president warned of specific credible threats. >> right. as you said, we were aware of credible and imminent threats to the airport in our mission there, and we've been working to disrupt those threat streams if possible. this looks like it's part of that effort. i have not been officially briefed on what that strike was, what the target was or what its success was, but it appears from reporting i'm seeing online that it was part of that effort. and if we were able to disrupt what we knew was a coming a fact on the airport, obviously that would be a very good thing. >> and i should have pointed out in the intro that you are on the house foreign affairs committee, so you are intimately aware of what's going on. late on friday, the news broke that the united states had retaliated, had taken out two isis-k members, including the pl

democrat colin allred and republican ronny jackson.anuary 6, views from the house, sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span, c-span.org come or listen on the c-span radio app. host: former president of the federal reserve bank, currently senior fellow with the mercator center. guest: good morning to you. host: want to start with those jobs numbers just out 15 minutes ago. nonfarm payroll rose by 943,000 in july. unemployment fell to 5.4%. guest:

>> this week you will hear from democrats colin allred of texas. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> new york governor andrew cuomo was the subject of a state sexual harassment investigation. here is a portion of his response followed by reaction from chuck schumer. >> i have lived my entire adult life in public view. that is just not who i am. that is not who i have ever been. there is one complaint that has been made that bothered me most. that was a complaint made by a young woman, charlotte bennett, who worked in my office. it is important to me that you fully understand the situation. charlotte worked in my office last year as an assistant. she was smart, talented, and eager to learn. she identified herself to me as a survivor of sexual assault. she said that she came to work in my administration because of all the progress we have made in fighting sexual assault. she talked about the personal trauma that she endured and how she was handling it. i could see how it had affected her. i could see her pain.

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three house lawmakers, representatives hakeem jeffries of new york, ronny jackson of texas, and colin allred, also of texas. >> madame speaker, members of congress, pursuant to the constitution and the laws of the united states, the senate and house of representatives are meeting in joint session to verify the certificate -- certificates and count the votes of electors of several states for president and vice president of the united states. >>

. >> you will also hear from colin allred of texas and hakeem jeffries of new york.ashington journal continues. host: the director of right-wing watch, a project for people of the american way. explain that you and your colleagues do. guest: it's great to be with you. right-wing watch is a research object that trains its i on what is going on in many of the lesser-viewed corners of the far right wing movements. everybody from before qanon was qanon, when we were watching that movement, and we are still keeping our ionic. we look at very far a conspiracy-minded preachers. the team comprises two researchers and two journalists and the researchers are researcher-writers. we fact-check everything we put out there. we definitely put it out with a voice, but the facts are solid and wheeze multiple platforms. like everybody. a lot affair posts feature clips of the people we are reporting on. our aim this to really educate the public and journalists about what are some things that you have tracked with right-wing watch? guest: out of the qanon universe, my colleague is inter

democrat colin allred and republican ronny jackson.nuary 6 views from the house" on c-span, c-span.org or the free c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we end the week by turning the phone lines over to you asking you what you think the top news story of this past week was. here is how you can get in touch. (202) 748-8001 republicans(202) 748-8001. democrats (202) 748-8000. independents (202) 748-8002. go ahead and start calling. the senate adjourned very early this morning at 12:18 a.m. eastern after failing to negotiate a final deal on the remaining amendments to the bipartisan infrastructure bill. majority leader chuck schumer filed late thursday setting up floor votes for saturday. the senate is not in session to allow senators to attend a funeral of their late former colleague in wyoming. the senate is set to return at 11:00 a.m. eastern on saturday morning. you can watch all of the action on c-span 2. time for your phone calls asking you about your top news story. this is bill in sidney, ohio. republican. go

>> this week you will also hear from democrats colin allred for texas and hakeem jeffries of new york. sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> sunday night on "q&a," the american conservative magazine's senior editor talks about her book "boomers," the men and women who promised freedom and delivered disaster. >> the one-liner about boomers which i didn't come up with but i think is brilliant is they are the generation that sold out but never admit they sold out. it is accommodation of a great deal of idealism and a sense of themselves as very morally noble, noble idealists liberating humanity, but on the other hand, a great deal of selfishness and narcissism and a blindness to the ways that their liberationist agenda knocks down a lot of functioning institutions and left a lot of people worse off. >> helen andrews and her book "boomers," sunday night at a deck eastern on "q&a." you can listen to "q&a" as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by the television committee

. >> this week, you will also hear from democrats colin allred of texas and hakeem jeffries of new york. january 6 views from the house sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ >> sunday night on q&a, helen and ribs, the american conservative magazine talks about "boomers: the men and women who promised freedom and deliver disaster." >> the one line that i remember is they are the generation who sold out and would never admit that they would sellout. this sense -- they center themselves as morally noble idealists liberating humanity, but on the other hand, a great deal of selfishness and narcissism, and a blindness to the way that their liberation agenda knocks down a lot of functioning institutions and left a lot of people worse off. >> helen andrews and her book sunday night on q&a and you can listen to that as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government, we are funded by these television companies and more including mitco. ♪ >> they support c-span as a public service along with these oth

>> tonight you will hear from democrats colin allred in hakeem jeffries of new york. january 6, views from the house tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> mark kelly delivered his first hit for speech this week. he was elected in 2020. during his remarks, he paid tribute to john mccain, the late republican u.s. senator who's ct now holds. >> mr. president, it is an honor to rise today and deliver my

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>> you will hear from democrats colin allred of texas and hakeem jeffries of new york. january 6, views from the house, sunday at 10 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or the c-span radio app.

the antidote to all of those measures, federal legislation, which congressman colin allred of texas emphasizesriting this, quote, today, we find ourselves at an inflection point once more. we are faced with a clear choice. the federal government can one against intervene to protect our democracy or we can enter a new era of democratic darkness. was we saw last month in the ruling we cannot depend on the courts for the right to vote. it will be legislation, that ensure our elections are free and fair. the need for action no clearer than in georgia, the state that's the target of the former president's lie as he continues to spread lies and delusions about the election result. on that infamous call with georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger, the former guy mentioned fulton county more than a dozen times, making false allegations like this. >> but in -- in fulton, where they dumped ballots, you will find that you have many that aren't even signed and you have many that are forgeries. okay, you know that. you know that. you have no doubt about that. and you will find you will be at 11,7

democrat colin allred and republican ronnie jackson. sunday at 10:00 p.m.eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>