joe crowley and linda sanchez spoke with reporters about the daca legislation and theup coming debate on short-term spending. mr. crowley: good morning, everyone. i'm joe crowley, chair of the democratic caucus, i'm joined by the vice chair of the democratic caucus, linda sanchez. we are days from the government shutdown they feel only person in washington who has said it would be good to shut the government down, i believe is the president. we don't want to see it shut down. we're working to see it remains open. america needs and redeserves -- reserve -- and deserves leadership but they're not getting it from the president or from the republicans. with two days to go, our republican colleagues have been complicit in the lack of leadership that's been demonstrated by the white house and the implicit lack of leadership here in the house and the senate in getting a budget passed. that's not what the american people want thafle want to see government operating. s the third time in a short amount of space, period of time that we have had a c.r. before us once again in the short-term as of

i am joe crowley, the chair of the democratic caucus. democrats worked tirelessly to avoid this shutdown. not a single democrat wanted to see critical federal programs shut their doors or put our economy at risk. this is not how we ran government when democrats were in charge. the republicans struggled to keep doors open. they struggled in december. yesterday, they failed. they failed the american people. this trump shutdown could have been avoided. if speaker ryan or leader mcconnell would have shown an ounce of leadership, a bit of havege, none of this would happened today. we would not be here today. complicit in this republican shutdown, the government would have been open today. if they should have the effort they did it hassinger tax bill -- they did in passing their tax , government would be open today. the republicans and president trump have shown they lack the leadership skills. that they have no coverage and they lack the empathy with struggling americans today. that alone is the reason why we are shutdown. middle-class americ

what did joe crowley just tell us? republicans are hostageta kers, strident remarks coming from the chair of the democratic re—election committee. what i thought was interesting about his approach, you didn't find one area where he said we as democrats can work with this administration, here's where we can work with our colleagues in the house and it was very much setting up, we house and it was very much setting up, we are house and it was very much setting up, we are for one group and the president is for another, rather than this is a night where america can come together. but the president is taking the dreamers hostage, saying he will take away their... president obama has taken away an order that was deemed unconstitutional and the president said i'm going to give congress six months to work it out. president obama had two years where he had both sessions of congress when he could have passed this. let me bring injay newton could have passed this. let me bring in jay newton small, could have passed this. let me b

here on set with me is congressman joe crowley, a democrat from new york. we talk about the partisanship but it doesn't really infect personal relationships. you've taken a train like this in the past. the democrats have done the same thing. >> it's a time many of my colleagues look forward to. their families are on the train. it's an opportunity for them to be with the senators, in many respects, talking about last night i'm sure as well. it's a tragedy for all involved. the driver of the truck and their families and the members of the house and senate on that train and particularly the kids on the train as well, a very traumatic event, i'm sure. >> and, in fact, this is one of the aspects of washington life that is underreported outside of the capitol campus really. there aren't as many opportunities before air travel and commuting back and raising money as frequently as you all have to now. it used to be an encampment and families would be here as well and spouses had very close relationships through clubs, congressional wives clubs but now spouses clubs

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congressman joe crowley from the great state of new york. appreciate your time. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> harris: white house press briefing with white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. let's watch. >> pro-jobs, pro-worker, pro-growth economic agenda. thanks to the passage of the trump tax cuts, agent k will be now be able to expense 100 percent of the investments they make in the year they buy it investments back into the company will be 50% higher than this time last year that means millions of dollars will be invest growing their business rather than propping up the bloated government in washington. when they buy more trucks and equipment for rental fleet they hire more technicians to service them, buy more service vehicles to trap transport those techs from customer site to customer site and buy more parts from suppliers to keep rental fleet going. all this economic activity spurred by the tax bill will result in more jobs, higher wages and a brighter future. the president looks forward to spending time with. so workers who are reaping the

joe crowley. congressman, welcome back to the show. >> thank you, chuck. with you again. >> let me ask a simple question. you've got a caucus in many ways they can't stand this president and they don't like him. i know, last night they made it clear but there is only one guy that could save daca. so what do you do? >> well, i'm not sure there is only one guy that could save daca. if the president stayed out of the negotiations and lets the house and senate work, if the senate could find a way forward, i think that could help put some pressure on the house to move forward as well. and then maybe the president could step in and encourage those members of the freedom caucus or the more conservative rings of the republican caucus as part -- to help with the daca bill but it is not just one person. it will take all of us to make that happen. >> i've heard from some activists who don't want this, they don't trust this president and they don't want him to be the one that they have to go to to beg to save the dreamers. what do you tell heated activists at the town

at 11:30 eastern we plan to show you a conference with joe crowley, linda sanchez. they'll be talking about democratic priority. we'll have that live at 11:30 or when it starts on c-span. and house republicans talked about the week's agenda and the new short-term spending plan they proposed last night. mrs. mcmorris rodgers: good morning, everyone. because of the tax cuts and jobs act we continue to hear more good news across the country. americans are optimistic, they're confident they are going to see better higher paying jobs. families across the country are seeing their energy bills come down as utility companies are cutting rates. and in february, an estimated 90% of americans will see their take-home pay increase. as i travel around eastern washington and hear about families, especially those living paycheck to paycheck, this is making a big difference and making a bill dealing in minnesota's second district where congressman jason lewis is from. he just toured a home depot and was talking with some of the employees at home depot about the impact of tax reform

that, 11:30, we plan to bring awe news conference with the chair of the house democratic caucus, joe crowley, vice chair linda sanchez on democratic priorities in congress. set at 11:30. we'll have it live when it starts ahead of the house. before that part of this morning's "washington journal." . discussionndtable this morning, we're joined to talk about bipartisan legislation to reform the criminal justice system. go.ressman scott, days to your thoughts on how it plays out? guest: i think there is a consensus we will not shut it down but what gets in the bill being workedll out. i hope we can fund the government for a year. it is impossible to plan defense on a monthly basis. you need to see the long-term planning. disadvantagetrong with these monthly continued resolutions. www.c-span.org i agree with that -- i agree with that. we need an actual budget on the fence especially. i think we will get there and will not shut the government down and do something very important i believe were my home state of minutes notice, delay the device attack, a tax on sales and nonprofit. 0% growth margin

and with that, i yield to my friend joe crowley. are mr. crowley: i have never seen a rush to create web sites and hashtags to deflect blame because of their inability to govern. they control every facet of government today. they control the supreme court. everything. every level of government and can't do the most basic responsibility of government and governing. and that is to pass a budget. that is to pass a spending bill. the c.r.'s, the continuing crmple r.'s are hurting our preparedness as a nation as a military and domestically. democrats continue to stand ready to work with our republican colleagues to advance the cause of the american people. the american people expect that much and the least they can do is show they can govern but they cannot. let me turn to my colleague, ms. sanchez. it's pretty clear that a group of folks standing behind me and the american people believe this is no way to run the government. the american people expect congress to make tough choices and get its work done and democrats are committed to stay as lo

with that, i yield to my friend joe crowley. mr. crowley: never before have i seen such a rush to create websites and hashtags to deflect blame from the ruling party because of their inability to govern. it was said before they control every facet of government today. i would argue they control the supreme court. everything, every level of government. and yet they can't do the most basic responsibility of government and governing and that is to pass a budget. that is to pass a spending bill. and the c.r.'s, the continuing c.r.'s, are hurting our preparedness as a nation. militarily and domestically. the c.r.'s are hurting us. democrats continue to stand ready to work with our republican colleagues, to advance the cause of the american people. the american people expect that much. and the least they can do is show they can govern. heretofore they prove once again they cannot. with that, let me turn to my colleague from kale, ms. linda sanchez. ms. sanchez: thank you. i think it's clear that a group of folks standing behind me and the

. >> is that now a pajorative -- >> i like to be called a joe crowley democrat >> she's a joe crowleyocrat. >> i admire her work >> we will properly introduce mr. crowley in just a moment two companies to celebrate in the gop tax plan southwest and american airlines both announcing they're going to give $1,000 bonuses to employees following the tax overhaul that president trump signed into law mast month they also said they're going to be using the tax savings to buy new planes they said they will reward shareholders and increase its fleet investment with long-time partner boeing to support future growth opportunities the two major airlines are just the latest businesses to announce bonuses and pay hikes along with others, including cnbc's parent company comcast, wells fargo, and fifth third banks. >>> talking about all this, democrats thinking of ways to blunt the impact of republican tax plan in high tax states like california, new york, and new jersey to naem a few joining us right now is the gentleman to my right. we didn't properly introduce him before, but here he is new york de

at 11:30 eastern we plan to show you a conference with joe crowley, linda sanchez. they'll be talking about democratic priority. we'll have that live at 11:30 or when it starts on c-span. and house republicans talked about the week's agenda and the new short-term spending plan they proposed last night.

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. >> back to democratic saturday i'll to joe crowley in queens and parts of bronx. what did you make of the speech. >> i found it very divisive i think they agree that it's too high the new american moment but i can say that it's what russia attempted to do the president everyone should mention that throughout the speech tonight. they look at the tax bill what's your take on where we are now as things get started. >> it's had a negative impact on my district. many of my constituents will go up. that's unfortunate. but anymore fortunate is a missed opportunity. the president talks about infrastructure will get the money for that 80% will benefit on 50%. >> what else did you here tonight? >> i heard the president to extend the hostage taking as a pretense to immigration. if you add the protective status is a quarter million more. it's time to start taking hostages i negotiate a real bill. >> thank you for joining us tonight. >> moving on with senator jeff merkley. >> good to be with you. i have leonardo with me. >> let's get your reaction to speech in the area of immi

joe crowley, (d) democratic caucus chair: our republican colleagues have been complicit in the lack of leadership that's been demonstrated in the white house democrats have made their mission clear - to keep about 700- thousand so-called 'dreamers' in the country - after they were brought to the u-s illegally as children. otherwise, these daca protections expire in march.in exchange, president trump has said he needs funding for strong border security - including a wall.sarah sanders/white house press secy: the president certainly doesn't want a shutdown. and if one happens, i think you have only one place to look, and that's to the democrats. across the country - immigrant communities and their allies in places like south florida - say washington has failed millions who face deportation. <>lawmakers have until friday to come up with a solution.if they don't - republicans say they could float yet áanotherá temporary bill to fund the government short-term.it's unclear if they have the votes - even among their own ranks.sen lindsey graham/-r- south carolina: "i'm not going to vo

i talked to joe crowley, one of the leaders today. by the way, this is serious candidate. maybe not in his own words, but there are people out there pushing him for 2020. the guy who pushed barack obama to give his speech in 2004 are pushing him. so this is serendipity he was picked by the leadership. but i'll tell you, everybody likes him. in fact, i've met two politicians in my life who called me by my first name. it's very rare in politics to say just call me joe. i think it works with him. he's giving a speech, by the way, for working people. fall river technical school that's where he's going to give his speech tomorrow responding to trump. >> you said something on your broadcast tonight that got our attention. you called the sum total of today's developments, where we stand a slow motion saturday night massacre. why? >> because he's purging one person after another. trump is giving away his motive, which is really i think obstruction. he got rid of comey because comey was doing the russia investigation. and today he pushed out north carolina mccabe and clearly going

joe crowley, (d) democratic caucus chair: our republican colleagues have been complicit in the lack ofhip that's been demonstrated in the white house democrats have made their mission clear - to keep about 700- thousand so-called 'dreamers' in the country - after they were brought to the u-s illegally as children. otherwise, these daca protections expire in march.in exchange, president trump has said he needs funding for strong border security - including a wall.sarah sanders/white house press secy: the president certainly doesn't want a shutdown. and if one happens, i think you have only one place to look, and that's to the democrats. across the country - immigrant communities and their allies in places like south florida - say washington has failed millions who face deportation. <>lawmakers have until friday to come up with a solution.if they don't - republicans say they could float yet áanotherá temporary bill to fund the government short-term.it's unclear if they have the votes - even among their own ranks.sen lindsey graham/-r- south carolina: "i'm not going to vote for a

. >> back to the democratic side of the aisle to the state of new york democrat joe crowley and the democratic caucus chair what did you make of the speech? >> unfortunately not very uniting and decides the issue that it's too high. what does that mean to you? there was a failure to recognize what russia attempted to do to undermine the democratic institution what steps to take to prevent this from happening in 2018. >> you were out there on the floor in the conference as many times leading up to the final vote. what is your take on where we are now as things get started? splenic it's had a big impact on the district and that is unfortunate. they go to the wealthiest 1% and i think that is a lost opportunity. >> what else did you hear tonight? there's 8 million dreamers. there is the dream bill. >> thank you for joining us tonight. >> moving onto th on to the othr chamber with senator jeff merkley from oregon. >> it's good to be with you. i also have a dreamer from the coalition. >> let's get your reaction first particularly o in the area of immigration. >> the president chose to use gangsters

. >> i'm joined now by the fourth ranking democrat in the house, joe crowley, in the middle of the storm. congressman, i'm out here in san francisco with gene robinson who's got a question for you as well. we're trying to keep track of what you guys are up to. i know you're going to tell me the house took a step. quite frankly does it confuse you, nicest way to put it, that we're barreling towards this deadline and all day the senate hasn't done a thing? >> it certainly is disconcerting to say the least for all of us as we seem to be moving towards and closer to a shutdown. reality is, though, ari, i have never seen such a crush to the creation of websites or hash tags as i have over the past couple of days to cast dispersions and blame over who's failed here in government. clearly the republicans have control of the presidency, they have control over the house of representatives and the senate. it's their job to govern right now. the american people have given them this opportunity, and they have failed to do, they continue to fail to do so, this is the fourth time we'll be voting on a

. >> harris: i said this to joe crowley of new york. it you walk away from six years extensions, six years on chip, the entrance program for poor kids, what are you going to do if you don't get that back in a deal? how do you go to your voters, your constituents and say to them, we could have had that, but i wanted something different? they can get a deal in writing this as they could talk about this later. that seems a very simple to me. i don't think republicans are pushing it back. >> sandra: this to continue modulating longer than that. as we noted at the top of the hour, we are awaiting the president to address of the march for life. activists are gathering at the national mall as we speak, and the president is expected to deliver comments via satellite from the rose garden. as you can see, people gathering in the rose garden there. he's going to be the first president to do so in its 45 year history of this event. president trump expected to make those remarks. we will take you live when they begin. and that is that. new revelatio

. >> joe crowley. blessings from new york. i wish i was there, but i'm glad i'm here. >> congressman joyce beatty, the great state of ohio. >> lois frankel, the sunshine state of florida. [speaking spanish] >> davis, san diego, california. >> julia brownley, ventura, california. [applause] norma torres, great state of california. [applause] >> brenda lawrence from detroit, michigan. enough is enough! , adams, the great state of north carolina. [applause] val jennings, the great state of florida! >> robin kelly, the city of chicago. who rocks the world? girls! >> congresswoman terri sewell from alabama! [applause] lee, houston,son texas! wish i was there. leader pelosi: don't you love the beautiful diversity of the house democrats? minorities, and lgbt community members. oakland and berkeley, where we will stay woke. >> from the great state of oregon. >> frank pallone, new jersey. >> sandy levin from michigan. we won't let it happen again, right? >>. norcross, new jersey. mom, you are always with me. >> the free state of maryla

i'm congressman joe crowley, the chair of the democratic caucus, and i'm joined by many of the members of the democratic caucus and leaders of the house democratic caucus. democrats worked tirelessly to avoid this shutdown. not a single democrat wanted to see critical federal programs shutter their doors or put our economy at risk. this is not how we ran government when democrats were in charge. but republicans struggled in september to keep government doors open, they struggled in the december, and yesterday they failed. they failed the american people. this trump shutdown certainly could have been avoided. if at any time speaker ryan or leader mcconnell would have shown just an ounce of leadership, a bit of courage, none of this would have happened today. we wouldn't be here today. if instead of enabling and being complicit in this trump shutdown by our republican colleagues, government would be open today. if they had shown half the effort that they did in passing their tax bill, a quarter of the effort in passing a tax bill for the wealthiest 1% in this country and the richest mult

caucus chairman joe crowley put it succinctly.ion proposal, it's a ransom note. chuck schumer said what he was going to put on the bargaining table is off the table. marco rubio part of the gang of 8 a lifetime ago, has drawn criticism from an old friend over his unwillingness to get involved in hashing out a deal. >> right now the disagreement is if people think the starting point is citizenship right up front, they know that that has to come with chain migration. and hence if that's your starting point you'll never get off the launch pad. >> god forbid you actually took on something that's controversial and paid a political price. that's the altitude in d.c. right now, it's not senator rubio's no different than anybody else in that regard. to have some senators break out of that and show that there can be political rewards by doing what's right would be really helpful for our democracy. so, marco is a talented guy. he understands this issue really well. and maybe behind the scenes he's working hard. at some point his leadership

. >> joe crowley. blessings from new york.l, the sunshine state of florida. [speaking spanish] >> davis, san diego, california. >> julia brownley, ventura, california. [applause] norma torres, great state of california. [applause] >> brenda lawrence from detroit, michigan. enough is enough! , adams, the great state of north carolina. [applause] val jennings, the great state of florida! >> robin kelly, the city of chicago. who rocks the world? girls! >> congresswoman terri sewell from alabama! [applause] lee, houston,son texas! wish i was there. leader pelosi: don't you love the beautiful diversity of the house democrats? minorities, and lgbt community members. oakland and berkeley, where we will stay woke. >> from the great state of oregon. >> frank pallone, new jersey. >> sandy levin from michigan. we won't let it happen again, right? >>. norcross, new jersey. mom, you are always with me. >> the free state of maryland. judy chu oh, los angeles county, california! rick nolan, the north star state of minnesota! >> jackie spear

meanwhile have you joe crowley a democrat from new york state. democratic caucus leader he said this isn't an immigration proposal. it's a ransom note. it's interesting on the cover of i have trump ordered mueller fired but then the white house lawyer said i will quit over it down here have you got a story about people who came to the country legally, it talks about a fellow from, i believe, vietnam, who did it legally and he is steamed that there could be people who came into the country illegally and then they wind up getting a pathway to citizenship because then that will encourage more people 20 come here illegally. ainsley: heard from so many people who have done this the right way they are furious about this. most americans try to be fair and try to understand both sides of the story. democrats want one thing. republicans want something else. this is called negotiating. but what it looks like to me when you hear nancy pelosi or hear these democrats, they are whining about the crumbs, these bonuses are crumbs. they are saying well, these bon

joe. then we'll open it up for questions. mr. crowley: questions. reporter: on daca, what are -- how united is the caucus on not voting for any c.r. if there is no progress on daca? mr. crowley: democrats are united on the issue of dreamers and daca. we have been. we continue to be. we always will be. we will leave it -- it's a paramount issue for our country. the polls have indicated that overwhelmingly americans want to see a solution to this issue. want to see relief for these almost 800,000 souls. people who are american in every way but paper. they love this country and they are dedicated to the events of this country. we as a caucus are dedicated to them as well. we will know the deal when we see it. we remain optimistic that we can support it. reporter: pardon for the follow-up, in terms of the c.r., are you instructing the caucus or suggesting that they -- mr. crowley: republicans have the ability to pass the short-term c.r. they have done it on their own without democratic support or help. and if they want to have the support -- we demonstr

here is fox news contributor david bossie, commentator david crowley and the hills joe conch concha. watch this daily. it's now become every minute -- tell me where i'm wrong here -- basically every minute of every day, trump, trump, trump, they are all living in this bubble and trying to outdo each other. he's deranged, he's super, super deranged. >> the numbers support you, researchers just put out a study last month. they found that the president trump receives 5% positive coverage which is fascinating when you look at the five big indicators that he was voted in on. economy doing well. jobs doing well. isis decimated. immigration has some work to do, health care didn't work out. can't possibly come to 5%. when you compare that to the previous president he only received 20% negative coverage. trump 5% positive coverage, obama 20% negative. the economy -- the numbers are fine. that's great. i want to see reporters get out of new york and washington where they're doing all of this pontificating and talk to people in ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, and i want to see if the e

here is fox news contributor david bossie, commentator monica crowley and the hills joe concha.atch this daily.. it's now become every minute -- tell me where i'm wrong here -- basically every minute of every day, trump, trump, trump, they are all living in this bubble and trying to outdo each other. if one says he is deranged he's deranged, he's super, super , no, he is super, super deranged. >> the numbers support you, pew researchers just put out a study last month. they found that the -- i hope you're sitting down t home, president trump receives 5% positive coverage which is fascinating when you look at the five big indicators that he was voted in on. economy doing well. jobs doing well. caliphate, isis, nearlyis decimated. immigration has some work to do, health care didn't work out. can't possibly come to 5%. when you compare that to the previous president he only received 20% negative coverage.c trump 5% positive coverage, obama 20% negative. the economy -- the numbers are fine. the economy gets a little coverage. i do not want to hear about the numbers. that's great. i