. >> or marks from the chair of the congressional black caucus.he discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on minority communities. she is joined by dr. blackstock, founder and ceo of advancing health equities. this virtual event, hosted yesterday, lasts about half an hour. a national political reporter for "politico." i am joined by karen bass of california today, the chairwoman of the congressional black caucus. physician dr.ity blackstock, ceo of advancing health equity, which partners with health care organizations to tackle racial health disparities. we are here today to talk about the disproportionate impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on people of color, particularly african americans and latinos. it is an issue that i have spoken to policymakers about extensively over the last two months. we will discuss the push by lawmakers in public health the data on coronavirus cases, the historic neglect of black and brown health that has led to this moment, what immediate action is being taken to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus

said mccarthy congressional leaders were inching along when it came to figuring out exactly what to do. politico's daily newsletter that publishes in the morning, it publishes also in the afternoon, had some early details on what a legislative framework might look like. not yetobviously very finalized, very, very much subject to change, but it does anear that there is agreement may be forming around possibly providing more than $250 billion for small businesses, in addition to making some funds for community-based lenders, something like $75 billion for hospitals, but all of those details are very much subject to change. it is possible we can see an agreement may be early next week. last question a for you -- is anyone checking to make sure that the businesses that are getting these loans is using the money for what it is supposed to be used for? we remember during the last depression, corporations got government funding and used it for stock buybacks. is anyone checking behind this money to make sure it is being used for what they say they needed it for? right. the huge economic relie

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the houseman already leader kevin mccarthy said congressional leaders were inching along when it cameo figuring out what to do. newsletterelly bushes in the morning -- politico has a daily newsletter that publishes in the morning and afternoon. it has details on what a framework might look like, not finalized and subject to change. but it does appear there is maybe an agreement forming around possibly providing more for smallillion businesses, in addition to funds for community-based lenders. maybe $75 billion for hospitals. all of those details, subject to change. it is possible we can see an agreement early next week. host: last question. is anyone checking to make sure that the businesses who are getting these loans are using the money for what it is supposed to be used for? we were member during the last depression, corporations got government funding and used it for stock buybacks. is there anyone checking behind this money to be sure it is being used for what they say they needed it for? well, the huge economic relief package congress passed last month was the largest infusion e

but just recently, in the last year, that has been stricken from that particular congressional act. it was an amendment done by the efforts of the five civilized tribes, the seminoles included in that. that eventually got that blood quantum to be waived so now with the limited lands that we still have left, about 11,000 acres of land, that are in individual land holdings, 500 acres of land and trust, which is not much at all, really, when you think about acreages of land, will e'e able to retain that as long as our families also want to retain that land and that same status, because of that amendment that just took place in the last year. we have in the state capital, the state of oklahoma, a large 22-foot-tall statue called the guardian. and this guardian was constructed by a seminole man. his name is engoc kelly haney. he was a state senator, a state representative. he was an early planner in his early years for the seminole nation. and later, after serving at the state level in all of those different capacities, he also became the chief of the seminole nation for one term. but he

we've only seen the one republican case in one congressional district and so donald trump just gets upre and lies about it as if it's this huge problem. how do you counter that when he has that microphone of lying about it every day, which he is going to do? >> we counter it with republican secretary of states who are duly elected in states in this country as well as democratic secretary of states who are the ones in charge of the elections and counter with the facts. we counter with the fact we have not seen this fraud, with the fact that these are actual paper ballots people send in because of course, remember, they were trying to deny us paper ballots before when they wouldn't pass my bill of bipartisan bill with senator langford to allow for backup paper ballots in every state in the country and that was something mitch mcconnell and donald trump stopped. once again we see them doing it again. i think we have to make this patriotic plea to the people of this country to call their elected officials. we have time to fix it. donald trump stood up and said i alone can fix this. that's

>> jon, the democratic chair of michigan's 13th congressional distribute tells fox news today that democrats there censured the state representative because she was being combative towards her fellow democrats. michigan state representative karen whitsett landed herself in hot water with fellow democrats after a meeting with president trump in the white house last week and thanking him for his pandemic response. she also cited hydroxychloroquine for helping her beat covid-19. her doctor confirms that medicine helped. she tells fox news since that meeting with president trump, the governor has been unpleasant towards her, but she says she's unapologetic because quote black bodies are piling up in her state and her community is being underserved by the state's democrats. here's the representative explaining her thoughts about being censured after showing appreciation to the president. >> i started out with a simple thank you to the man that is the president of the united states. it's a thank you. i didn't know that thank you had a political line. i'm not going to stand by and be quiet nor will

can you talk a little more about this congressional task force. , did republicans are on it trump say anymore about how it is going to work? rep. mccarthy: the president had rolled out a number of tax forces for industry and business, and this is another test course along with all of those that were about elected officials. it is a bipartisan group. it was a very good call today. 10:00 eastern time. the president spoke, and that he asked me to say something, and then he just took questions. i was very impressed with the spoke,of democrats who and they were giving input, ways to open the government backup, places who are hard-hit, democrats from new jersey and new york, and how in those states it is different areas. almost every single one occurred thanked kim from the very beginning on what he was able to provide from ventilators, two navy ships, and building hospitals in those regions. the vice president was on the call as well, and so was the treasurer. he was on the call as well taking questions, and that is what we did for a full hour, just taking questions and putting out ideas.

i proudly represent new jersey's fifth congressional district. i want to begin by saying how grateful i am to our first responders and frontline health care workers who are doing so much to take care of so many people, not just in my district, but all across our country. so thank you very much. you from all of us. in new jersey's fifth district, we have about 2000 of the nearly 10,000 cases in the state of new jersey that are presumed positive. many hospitals in my district are suffering. we pray for all of them. together as democrats and republicans and americans, we join together to support them and let them know that we are thinking about them. we've also lost many lives in new jersey. to each ando out every family. this legislation is critically important. first, it gets direct aid to our states, to help in this fight. masks, protective equipment for health care workers, to make sure they can stay safe and stay healthy as they take care of so many others. we have to get more tests. more to makedo more people able to get a test and get the res

but recently, in the last year, that has been stricken from that particular congressional act. it was an amendment done by the efforts of the five civilized tribes, the seminoles included, that eventually got that blood quantum to be waived. so now, with the limited lands we still have left, about 11,000 acres of land, that are in divisional landholdings, 500 acres of land in the trust, which is not much at all really when you think about acreages of land, we will be be able to retain that as long as those families also want to retain that land in that same status because of that amendment that just took place in the last year. we have in the state capital, the state of oklahoma a large 22-foot tall statue called the guardian. this guardian was constructed by a seminole man. enoch kellyhany was a state senator. it was representative and early and then later after serving at the state level in those capacities, he becomes the chief of the seminole nation for one term. he has an outstanding, well acknowledged artist of the seminole nation in both painting and also sculpture. he d

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i represent new york's 14th congressional district. out of the top 10 most impacted districts in america, five of them are in new york's 14th, including the top three. impacttruly seeing the of this. codes cover --ip we are seeing mortality rates that are two times higher than the rest of york city. know just many of us how ravaged the hospital is, how ravaged many of these communities are. people,ent working which means i represent a lot of frontline workers, a lot of hospital workers, as well as grocery store workers, delivery workers and more. all of these people are in a profoundly dangerous position. we also know this crisis is hitting us in the context of racial income inequality and inequity. the death toll is reflecting those inequities, as well. jake: the president has said he has given everything to .overnors that they need he referenced andrew cuomo, who has bagged for medical equipment. for medicalegged equipment. do they have what they need? rep. ocasio-cortez: a lot of our front-line workers do not have what they need. we

can you talk more about this congressional task force with republicans. did trump give any more guidance on the call today about how it will work and what the focus will be? >> notice the president had rolled out a number of taskforces for different industries and businesses. this is another task force along with those almost all of bipartisan elected officials. the white house will tell you the people on it. it was a good call today. we held it at 10:00 eastern time. the president spoke and asked me to signal something and then took russians. -- then took questions. i was impressed with the number of democrats, i did not see the full list, who spoke with input, ways to open the government places thats on were hard hit, democrat from new jersey and new york explaining how even though states, it is different in different areas. almost everyone i heard thanked him from the beginning of what he was able to provide from ventilators to the navy ships to building hospitals in those regions and the ppe and the vice president was on the call. , secretarysecretary

we are so glad he was able to receive that congressional gold medal. >> tonight we meet to immortalize men who were, in a way, meeting for the first time. men like edmund >> a member of the 195th field artillery battalion. one day, in 1944, he was walking through an orchard in southern france and heard one of his brethren singing under a tree. he recognized the dialect as creek. later on, it captain heard the two talking and immediately put them to work on opposite ends of a radio. that coincidence brought these two men onto the stage of history and alongside that elite band. he is with us today. i ask all of you to join me at welcoming him here and thanking him for his service. [applause] >> the commemoration, 20th of november. it was in 2013. this little traveling exhibit was designed when we had an exhibit -- a large exhibit from the smithsonian and we added a couple panels to it that was shared by the seminole code talkers in world war ii. here, we have edmund and tony palmer, who was also a code talker, so this is on the gold congressional coin of the seminoles. this is inscribed

at the end of the congressional day of tuesday, weapons and thus, they are out raising money. members don't get to know each other. and i mean, i'm a guy who has been there a long type.

now this one is the congressional oversight commission, with commissioners. the body is appointed by every single leader -- appoints one. on our side of the aisle, we appointed french hill. why? first, he's a statesman. he worked at the treasury department. he knows things backwards and forwards so they can't ever fool french hill. i was very excited when i heard on the other side of the aisle you appointed donna shalala, former secretary of h.h.s. this body won't be weighted by one side or the other. all four leaders, republican and democrat, appoint one so it's equal. and then you know what happens for a chair? mitch mcconnell and speaker pelosi decide who to become the chair. i think the american public says that's right. but they don't go and hide inside a corner. they literally report to congress every 30 days. i was proud of that accomplishment. that's what america expects from us. no politics. but the very best -- put the very best on there and report back. but today when we come back, because it was delayed, to give small business the resources it tak

i don't know where i picked it so few of us on the congressional team got infected with it. you look at the house floors, you know the size of that, we are sitting beside each other. the fact more members didn't get ill is really an upside that things may be i brought it when i got home, not in washington. i don't know where i host: would have picked it up. where would you put yourself tonight in terms of how you feel? guest: 100%. i'm ready to go. the biggest problem i have, i'm not used to not being out with people. i'm not used to not getting up and going to work in the morning. i'm not used to this. my wife pushed me to get the tests and everything and go to see a doctor. she has been so patient with me. i think her patience is running out. to worked to get back again, because you are no good around the house. you are just moving from room to room among conference calls. , iking to my chief of staff keep talking to our staff. we have a conference call every morning. i'm 100%, i'm ready to go. i'm waiting until i get through not, i'm more scared about me getting the virus

we need a strong ig, a congressional oversight role.hat's why congress functioning is critical to have these programs done the right way. >> what do you think about the president removing the ig? if we deal with the fraud later, we actually have to have someone reviewing this. >> obviously i'll let the white house speak for themselves, but removing the ig at this point in time isn't something i would -- >> hold on a second. the white house has spoken for themselves. i'm asking to speak for yourself. >> i just said, stephanie, if i there, i wouldn't have done that. the bottom line is i'm not there. what we do need is to have a strong ig. whoever they need to replace him, i like what your previous participant said about his record, his background. i'm getting to know him. i don't know him personally, but that type of inspector general is critical. but congressional oversight needs to be established, and this letter about how congress will function is very important that our leadership make the decision and allow us to do our jobs as membe

considering redirecting his pee pee only some quick some quick calls leading to intervention by our congressional representative prevented its seizure others my friends have not been so lucky remember back in march massachusetts governor charlie baker revealed that a shipment of 3000000 masks were seized by dorothy's and then later the beginning of april in new jersey freeholder director chanelle robinson that somebody somehow is at these hospitals p.p. equipment so they want to deny those requests so what does that leave states to do other than to try and find this stuff on their own and the problem is the states don't get the luxury of the federal government they can't create money to buy things they can't just go to the fed and say print to subsume more money you know the states can't do that. they can't deficit spend it's a lot of times in their very state state constitutions that they can't do that so they're dependent so when they're being outbid or having to outbid the feds or other countries or whoever that's all coming out of that state budget that they can't get back you know and that's

congressman jodey arrington joining us from the 19th congressional district, republican from texas. congressman, thank you for joining us. rep. arrington: god bless your listeners and we will be back. we will be back. >> this weekend on book tv, sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on directords, former fbi andrew mccabe with his book "the threat -- how the fbi protects america in a time of terror and from." corrosivecern was the impact that these false narratives about the fbi, the corrosive impact those narratives were having on the people of the fbi and their ability to do their work. and it felt like if people understood more about the we are, how -- who we work, what kind of people are drawn to the fbi and how we made the decisions that we did based on specific legal authorities and policies given to us by the department of justice. this weekfter words and on book tv on c-span2. next, president trump signing a $484 billion emergency coronavirus relief package. the legislation replenishes the fund for small businesses and since additional aid to hospitals. he was joined members of his ca

the economy crashed and what happened between congressional republicans, congressional democrats and the white house they pushed through an enormous bill to bail out the banks. t.a.r.p., remember that bill? hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars. a lot of republicans didn't like it. a lot of democrats didn't like it. they came together and played ball. that's what they did. once barack obama took office a few months later, the economy still losing 800,000 jobs a month, the worst crisis since the great depression, priority throughout the government, throughout congress became destroying barack obama politically no matter the cost and destroying obama politically meant essentially drying the country. it meant making the citizens tangibly more miserable and republicans did not seem to care. that was the price. listen to the lead in the "new york times" on the 2009 recovery bill. quote, without a single republican vote president won house approval on wednesday for an $819 billion economic recovery plan. without a single republican vote. $819 billion. sounds like a lot but of course

considering redirecting his pee pee only some some quick calls leading to intervention by our congressional representative prevented its seizure others my friends have not been so lucky remember back in march massachusetts governor charlie baker revealed that a shipment of 3000000 masks were seized by dorothy's and then later the beginning of april in new jersey freeholder director chanel robinson announced that a shipment of 35000 masts had been scooped up also by federal officials. these actions by the fed seem to fly in the face of the great brand name us president battle drums continued orders from up on high for states to be responsible for securing their own medical supplies and not reliant on the federal government. was how can you do that donald when the federal government keeps out bathing or outright stealing from them with no real explanations as to why so it was a good time to start watching the hawks before you know the feds come confiscate all of us. if you want to go on a cd you st. leger so let's see this is joyce state. rice grace suggests least systemic deception is to lat

exist and agents went to triple 3 they continue on a scale that we don't know about because the congressional oversight power has completely collapsed so these people just disappear and we never even know about them or we tribute them somebody else the israelis did it my side let's assign that to them because how many times you know people just disappear out of the in that we no longer see them and we know that the executive branch is inclined any time you're in warfare all the history going back 100 years or more is the executive branch lies lies lies the u.s.'s me mexican american war you listen to us as greer a gulf of tonkin resolution every time so we know they're probably lying about this stuff. bruce fein a former senior official and department of justice and a constitutional scholar has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by donald trump but as he notes many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the trumpet ministration they have been normalized by democratic and republican administrations these longstanding violations for this reason were ignored by the democr

panetta comes in of course as a long congressional.he knew everybody who was firing the guns at us and was able to kind of get them to steer the barrels in another direction. he had a lot of political savvy and executive experience from being chief of staff. a good and timely appointment for restoring the agency to a better luster. and lastly mike pompeo. here is where he's kind of like a unique restore. he's not trying to restore the agency's reputation with the public but with the white house. it's kind of going in the other direction. when he resigned and i could finally talk about him in this analysis i was kind of thinking where would he fit? i went back and was looking at some of the things he did at the agency and for foreign policy in such. yes some people said he was kind of an operator because he was very policy oriented and all of that. i did not see that fitting terribly well. he did not do a lot of reforming and reorganizing and such but then i got to thinking, what about restoring in a different context? not with public a

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whitsett in michigan says she is unapologetic and won't be silenced after democrats in the 13th congressional district censured her earlier today after she met with the president in the white house last week. the representative met with president trump and thanked him for pandemic response. she also cited hydroxychloroquine for helping her beat covid-19. her doctor confirms the treatment helped. whitsett tells fox news since that meeting last week michigan's governor has now been unpleasant towards her, but she says she is going to continue to speak out because, quote, black bodies are piling up in

candidate especially since he is way behind in his district and has no chance of maintaining his congressional seat, he almost always votes for the do-nothing dems anyway, i

the republican congressman from the 16th congressional district does us from his home. congressman, how are you feeling? >> you know, i have feeling much, much better. normalk i am back to my health, which is usually excellent. quite a trip. one of those things i totally did not expect. did not see it coming. in the middle of march, i started to feel a bit funny. but this time of year around pennsylvania, you start to think, it could be the flu, for any four or 48 hours, i will be ok. but it got a little bit worse. -- about the 26th, i got tested and i was positive. that is when the journey really began. for a good week there, i was really ill, under the weather. it is not something that i have ever experienced before, much more severe than any other flu i ever had before. lost about 30 pounds during the time period. it took quite it told what i am back -- it took quite a toll, but i am back on my feet now. i am waiting a few weeks before public,ack to the although with the social distancing, i think we will all be taking extra special care now to make sure we are follo

. >> see and judge with the c-span congressional directory. it is all the information you need to connect with your u.s. senator or representative. order your copy online today at c-span store.org. committee met on capitol hill to consider a resolution that would establish a committee in response to the coronavirus pandemic. a vote on the measure expected today on the house floor. order. first of all i think when the first actions of the committee is we are going to take over the roles and means committee to make this a rules committee but first let me say that i appreciate, wanted to say this from the beginning i appreciate the flexibility of our ranking member mr. cole. i'm incredibly proud of how we have worked together here in this congress. we have examined a lot of things in the committee and no matter how politically alike we are doing things in the constructive when and i look forward to working with you mr. cole in a bipartisan effort that was announced today and we will examine how congress can better adapt to the emergencies of the

infected with it and you know the size of the congressional floor, the fact that more members did not pick it up makes me think i got it when i got home. >> percentagewise, where would you put yourself tonight in terms of how you feel? >> 100%. the biggest problem is i am not used to not being out with people or getting up and going to work in the morning. her,y poor wife, god love she pushed me to get the test. she has been so patient with me and i think her patience is starting to run out. we need to get you out of the house because you are no good around the house. you are just moving from mood -- from room to room. i'm on the phone a lot. i keep talking to our staff. we have a conference call every morning. i am 100%. ready to go. but i am waiting to get through this time period. i am most worried about giving the virus to someone. you're obviously in a state that is shut down by governor wolf, do you have any sense on when some sort of normalcy will resume in terms of restarting the economy in pennsylvania and across the northeast? >> there is a disparity across the country. when

now we find out the chairman of jonathan kenlock the chairman of the 13th congressional district writes this: at the end of the day we have political systems. we have political parties and political parties exist for a reason. and she has been reprimanded. reprimanded for saluting the president, your reaction, geraldo? >> i think it's horrifying.

globe which is the forerunner of the congressional record and it's all mine everything is online.nd i got into reading debates and i realized how little the debates had been exploited. so a lot of rich material comes in here. >> you do most of your research online? >> no. the congressional globe is online which is a great resource and hundreds of thousands of pages and it's pretty brutal to read an eight-point type than to sit in the library reading this and then to do some research and as a great selection wonderful stuff. and thaddeus stevens through lancaster pennsylvania to the historical society just flung their doors open i spent days and days and various other places. >> it was interesting you seem to imply that it was the war that cleaned out the congress that allowed for her that decision-making would it have happened without that? >> but the southerners left on one hand. and andrew johnson he was the only one that remained that's a large part what he was picked so they were union us. so the first and only time in american history congress was dominated to be deeply influ

globe which is the forerunner of the congressional record and it's all mine everything is online. i got into reading debates and i realized how little the debates had been exploited. so a lot of rich material comes in here. >> you do most of your research online? >> no. the congressional globe is online which is a great resource and hundreds of thousands of pages and it's pretty brutal to read an eight-point type than to sit in the library reading this and then to do some research and as a great selection wonderful stuff. and thaddeus stevens through lancaster pennsylvania to the historical society just flung their doors open i spent days and days and various other places. >> it was interesting you seem to imply that it was the war that cleaned out the congress that allowed for her that decision-making would it have happened without that? >> but the southerners left on one hand. and andrew johnson he was the only one that remained that's a large part what he was picked so they were union us. so the first and only time in american history congress was dominated to be deeply influen

that tweet was from a former republican congressional candidate who said fauci is now saying that had trump listened to the medical experts earlier, he could have saved more lives fauci was telling people on february 29th there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the u.s. at large. time to #firefauci the president added his own message to that tweet. it said, sorry, fake news. it's all on tape i banned china long before

she's the chair of the congressional black caucus.gresswoman, many feel that the first bill, the $2 trillion, did not really address a lot of the problems in our communities of color. the black community specifically. and that we hope that this one corrects it. i've been in meetings, as you know, and conference calls and all with business leaders and faith leaders and people on the ground. and i've said one thing, if you think i'm angry, you should talk to the chair of the black caucus karen bass because -- >> that's right. >> she's -- you're more angry than i was. where are we with all of this? >> well, first of all, i definitely think we made a step forward. and we made a step forward by including the testing in, and i just have to tell you, too, that that testing would not have been there if it hadn't been for the advocacy of the democrats in general, but the congressional black caucus and specifically representative barbara lee. we had to fight for it. we know there is a disproportional death rate, but we really only have anecdota