we don't have a national agenda or a jack kemp who i know you were a big fan of. we don't have anyone speaking with a voice. >> unfortunately you have liberal policies that have promoted this. lou: is talk about the problem than the cause not the solution. >> but when conservative candidates talk about jobs and education reform stop throwing money at the problem and the school choice there are solutions to make them appeal to the community to say this is how we get you out of poverty with a better ambiance. lou: i don't ask this to a new you but is there an example of an american city in which you have just said it has worked in the last half century? i cannot think of one. >> but school choice? isn't that a pretty good example? lou: but i thought she was talking better programmatic solutions. >> is -- it is. >> everyone who comes out to advocate for school choice could board. lou: how caird anyone in this country resist discipline in schools when the children are shot down in the streets not just baltimore. how can people resist the idea when children's lives are

when you look at jack kemp in the 1980s in the 1990s, he went into the black community and he was talkingting progressive policies and replacing those with an activist role of government but in the other direction, reducing disk, trying to get black businesses going and started and supporting entrepreneurship so that the blacks who wanted to start their own businesses have the support and the structure of the government by backing off. >> you consider yourself a progressive, is that right? >> for sure. >> why is monica wrong? because i happen to agree with her on this. >> i think that there are parts of what she says the that her right but i think that we also have to look at what has happened? part of this is immigration, that society wasn't fully integrated from an education standpoint, and how we make sure that that is not what happen. charles: a wisconsin prosecutor announcing whether a police officer is going to be charged with killing an unarmed biracial man. the protest have been peaceful. the indictments have been seen as a victory. what should they be done for political purposes?

i first real job was with congress been jack kemp. that was a great job for me, i was a legislative assistant. i was writing a brief call the legislative digest on capitol hill that the republican congressman use as a summary of each bill that comes out. i was one of the people that wrote that brief, a great way to get exposed to the issues. it was great to work for jack, who would later boomerang back to me. under president bush. frederick: why did you make this decision to stop talking to members of congress and start talking like other people and acting like other people? packing your car and moving to california? >> i sort of completed all my goals. in washington, i worked in the office of management's and budgets. i work at the cabinet department, i felt like i did everything to do. i wanted to head for the sunshine and fun. i have been in washington for 11 years. i figured, it is interesting washington and los angeles are very similar towns in some anyways. each one is about networking, you are the only as good as the last job.

i run the jack kemp foundation. thank you for having this and you-all for your perspectives. given that the topic is jobs and policy and the economy and, yes culture matters, but in terms of public policy, government is not exactly a leader on the culture front. what policies can you specifically say these -- here's the lowest hanging fruit that democrats and republicans can get on board with and -- you may not be surprised that i'm partial to true enterprise zones which from my perspective have been nullized into empowerment seasons which aren't all bad, but they're not enterprise zones which really unleash the aspiration that we want young men in our society and young women to have. so enterprise zones being an example. what are some of the other -- >> we'll have kathie and then michael. and we're looking for low hanging fruit were there are potential for bipartisan consensus. >> so some will be low-hanging and some will be bipartisan. >> whatever that means. >> the first thing we need to do is think carefully about -- and i think you'll like this too, this process of accid

. >> i run the jack kemp foundation. thank you for having this and your perspective. given that the topics is jobs and policy and the economy and yes, culture matters, but in terms of public policy the government is not exactly a leader on the cultural front. what policies can you specifically say that this is the lowest hanging fruit that democrats and republicans could get on the board with? i'm partial to true enterprise enterprise zones which from my perspective have been bastardized into empowerment zones. which are not all bad. but they are enterprise zones that do not unleash the aspirations that we want young men in our society and young women to have. >> kathy and michael. we're looking for low hanging fruit where there is a potential for bipartisan consensus. kathyrn: so some will be low hanging and some will be bipartisan. whatever that means. we need to think carefully of this process of accidental family formation. we could have all the planning in the world and at the bottom, to say there is a lack of a headbedrock is an understatement. we need to figure

the theeter was the site of the 1996 vice presidental debate between al gore and jack kemp, and they hosted the nationally televised republican presidential primary debate known as the very first youtube debate, for having americans for the first time submit questions via youtube individual heo clips. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing the mahaffey theater celebrating a venue that today anchors a growing and vibrant pinellas county community. most porm it celebrates the remarkable human spirit, creativity of so many performers, and the dedication and commitment of the greater st. petersburg community. thank you mr. speaker. i yield back. . 8. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, for five minutes. mr. kildee: thank you, mr. speaker. and i come to the floor of the house of representatives again to introduce and talk to this body and to the american people about my constituent amir. amir is an american. he is a united states marine. he is a brother. he is a son. he's a michiganner. he grew up in my hometown of fl

jack kemp. look at the current candidates. rand paul has made some good sounds, but seems to be backing away from his libertarian traditions in recent months. it is terribly discouraging. i can understand the outrage that people have been feeling for so many generations. host: steve that current crop of republican candidates, many of them will be at the south carolina freedom summit. we will be taking our viewers live there after today's program on the "washington journal." you can also catch it on c-span radio. it is being sponsored by citizens united and south carolina congressman jeff duncan . for more on the justice department probe that was launched yesterday, the justice department released a fact sheet noting that the beginning of the obama administration, the civil rights division open 22 investigations. the first five fiscal years of the administration, the department open twice as many investigations as were open in the previous five fiscal years. there are currently nine open investigations, including in ferguson, m

every time i've tried to talk about the needs of the country, about the needs for affordable homes jack kemp's idea and the idea developing here, every time i've tried to talk president -- about the need for minimum wage, the need for daycare centers embracing ideas on both sides of the aisle, the media have not been interested in that. they wanted to ask me about petty personal finances. you need somebody else. the so i want to give you that back. and we'll have a caucus on tuesday. and then i will offer to resign from the house some time before the end of june. let that be a total payment for the anger and hostility we feel towards each other. let's not try to get even with each other. republicans, please don't get it in your heads you need to get somebody else because of john tower. democrats, please don't feel that you need to get somebody on the other side because of me. we ought to be more mature than that. let's restore to this institution the rightful priorities of what's good for this country and let's all work to this try to achieve them. the nation has important business and it can'

. >> like your mentor, jack kemp, you're doing great work on the inner city and poverty.thank you for joining us. >>> 13 minutes. up next, country music's hottest act. their biggest fan, darius rucker. 1,000 horses, they perform smoke next. please sing alone at home. sometimes the present looked bright. sometimes romantic. there were tears in my eyes. and tears in my eyes. and so many little things that we learned were really the biggest things. through it all, we saved and had a retirement plan. and someone who listened and helped us along the way. because we always knew that someday the future would be the present. every someday needs a plan. talk with us about your retirement today. >>> they are one of country's hottest acts. they are set to go on tour with country music superstar darius rucker. joining us to perform their hit smoke in just a minute is 1,000 horses. the band that is called one to watch. let me ask you this, when you play smoke, did you realize what a hit it would be? it's number one on the charts. >> it's crazy. we knew it was a special song. we cut it