joining us now is congressman jim mcgovern. the represents the second district of massachusetts, senior member of the house agriculture committee. what kind of agriculture and farming takes place in the second district? we have all kinds. we have over 2000 farms. dairy farms, farmers to grow vegetables. apple orchards. you name it. a lot of people don't appreciate agriculture is a large part of the massachusetts economy, but it is. we have small and medium-sized farms but they are essential to the economy. i am proud to support them. host: what is happening at those farms and orchards amidst the tariffs dispute between the president and various trade partners? guest: it is around the country. farmers are besides themselves. they don't know what the hell president is doing. these tariffs are adversely impacting our economy and our agricultural economy. the president is now talking about $12 billion bailout. he created this problem. we want to help our farmers, but maybe a better trade policy might be more appropriate than having

joining us now is congressman jim mcgovern. represents the second district of massachusetts, senior member of the house agriculture committee. what kind of agriculture and farming takes place in the second district? we have all kinds. we have over 2000 farms. dairy farms, farmers to grow vegetables. apple orchards. you name it. a lot of people don't appreciate agriculture is a large part of the massachusetts economy, but it is. we have small and medium-sized farms but they are essential to the economy. i am proud to support them. host: what is happening at those farms and orchards amidst the tariffs dispute between the president and various trade partners? guest: it is around the country. farmers are besides themselves. they don't know what the hell president is doing. these tariffs are adversely impacting our economy and our agricultural economy. the president is now talking about $12 billion bailout. he created this problem. we want to help our farmers, but maybe a better trade policy might be more appropriate than having to

minutes ago on the floor of the house of representatives, another democratic lawmaker, congressman jim mcgovernm massachusetts urged his republican colleagues to stage an intervention with president trump because this democratic congressman says he doesn't think the president can be trusted to do the right thing, dana. >> dana: that is harsh. i think subpoenaing the interpreter is probably a no-go and i would probably think the white house would vehemently oppose that. let me ask you something else. what is the president threatening the e.u. about today? >> it's over trade. he's threatening major punishment if trade negotiations next week here in washington go sideways. >> if we don't negotiate something fair, then we have tremendous retribution. >> that was one of the highlights from the cabinet meeting that happened earlier at the briefing with sarah sanders. the other big item on the agenda here at the white house today. we expect it to begin any minute, dana. >> dana: we'll come back when it does. thanks, peter. the black gold gushing in texas putting the lone star state on track for a majo

thank leader nancy pelosi, assistant democratic leader jim clyburn, representatives barbara lee, jim mcgovern, jared huffman, of course the members of the michigan delegation, including sandy levin, brenda lawrence, debbie dingell. i want to thank them all for visiting flint. i appreciate all of my colleagues who have come to flint to visit with families and especially grateful congress passed much-needed help for this community as it struggles to overcome this water crisis. today there's progress in flint thanks to this body. nearly 7,000 of those dangerous lead pipes have been replaced so far, using the federal funds we provided. the recovery does continue. the flint water crisis has faded from the national headlines. this congressional delegation is a reminder that the crisis isn't over. that visit was an opportunity for us to hear directly from families that there's still much to be done. but what happened in flint is not some anomaly. it's a warning to the rest of the country that we have to do more to rebuild america's critical infrastructure. otherwise we run the risk of having more fl

the two ofline, you point out jim mcgovern did not get an amendment to restore money for the election assistance commission, this in the wake of the indictments of the 2016 election hacking. that?people surprised by >> would not be surprised on the republican side. democrats would not be surprised. the issue became timley. the issue affects national news. this is a perfect example of that. democrats were looking to bef u -- to beef up grants programs. there is no reason to allocate something that would not go to them for republicans. it is not too surprising is that not make it, but it ties in to the timeliness. >> understanding there are different tracks, where do the -- >> that could, as soon as next week. that hasn't been confirmed by the leader yet. that remains to be seen. on the senate side and have taken a much more bipartisan approach to the spending bills. they have had to avoid as many policy riderss as they can. conflicts.et up >> thanks for the update. .> they look at what is live wednesday. continues work on the financial services spending package. debate a2, the senate j

joining us now is congressman jim mcgovern. the represents the second district of massachusetts, senior member of the house agriculture committee. what kind of agriculture and farming takes place in the second district? we have all kinds. we have over 2000 farms. dairy farms, farmers to grow vegetables. apple orchards. you name it. a lot of people don't appreciate agriculture is a large part of the massachusetts economy, but it is. we have small and medium-sized

joining us now is congressman jim mcgovern. the represents the second district of massachusetts, senior member of the house agriculture committee. what kind of agriculture and farming takes place in the second district? we have all kinds. we have over 2000 farms. dairy farms, farmers to grow vegetables. apple orchards. you name it. a lot of people don't appreciate agriculture is a large part of the massachusetts economy, but it is. we have small and medium-sized farms but they are essential to the economy. i am proud to support