keith ellison. >> i think we are ready. welcome, everyone. it is a pleasure to be here. i'm the president of the alliance for justice and i would say, to netroots is like coming home. it is great to be here every of. i see some old faces and a lot of new faces, which is wonderful. i would say after the events of the past two weeks here in our france,and yesterday in it is really good to be among friends today. thank you all for being here. we have an amazing group of speakers so i will get right to it. thank adam.d to adam, where are you? netroots the board of and used to be the chair. he's a big booster of this panel so i am very grateful to you. bys panel is organized alliance for justice as well as the center for american progress. and again, we are just privileged to be here with such an amazing group of panelists. with a vacancy on the supreme court and we all know there is a vacancy on the supreme court, we are really at a tipping point in our history and the coming years will swing the court dramatically in one direc

thank you. >> now we have hungers when keith ellison from minnesota. >> rep. ellison: thank you mr.hairman, it is great to be back in the town i was born in anger up for 22 years. i am a minneapolis congressman, but i went to school here, went to grad school at wayne state. it is always great to be here with my colleagues, and my family members. family members, my brothers live here. our core job is to listen, and today we did some listening. we listen to chief craig and community leaders and young people. we even had a tremendous spoken word presentation that was insightful. and, formulate policy with our local, state, and community leaders to help our country really evolve. toernment in general has have restraints. we could make every city in america safe, but that would mean you would have to kick in everybody's door and stop everyone you wanted to. but we do not have a government. we want governments to be accountable. and we are trying to balance safety and freedom, and it is not easy. we will continue to listen and continue to help evolve the relationship so it is symbiotic an

joining me now is keith ellison who was the first muslim-american elected to congress.ressman, thank you very much. your reaction to what has transpired since we all watched the khans on the stage in philadelphia. >> well, it just goes to show that, you know, america is really full of really good people, you know, the khans, how touching. i mean, i literally had tears rolling down my face when i saw mr. khan and his wife so lovingly talk about their son. and you know, i have like lots of friends like the khans who just every day, you know, they just a sacrifice so much to make this country a better place. and you know, you contrast that with what the republican nominee says, you know, if he would have had his way, they wouldn't be in the country. it's just really, really disturbing. and i guess, you know, i want to say thank you to people like john mccain and even mitch mcconnell and even mike pence who have said that this is over the line. you cannot go in with your criticism and defamation on a gold star family. you can't do it. and the fact that they're muslim does n

keith ellison. >> i think we are ready. welcome, everyone. it is a pleasure to be here. i'm the president of the alliance for justice and i would say, to netroots is like coming home. it is great to be here every of. i see some old faces and a lot of new faces, which is wonderful. i would say after

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congresswoman robin kelly and sheriff -- congressman reichert and keith ellison, who is here, and othermembers who were not able to be here. i always think that you want solutions, so let me quit the quickly say to you that this was one of the most powerful discussions on police-community relations that i have had the privilege of being in and would hope that without our police working group being every city and hamlet in america that we would engage in these kinds of discussions. in time of tragedy, in times of danger, when you dial that 911, you are looking for law enforcement to come. you are looking for them, holding up your hand to be rescued. and so it is important to note that we need law enforcement, and it is important to note to law enforcement members out there, to the families out there, the community wants policing, and they want a safe and secure neighborhood. we need to get away from this general statement that law enforcement is disliked in our communities. that is not true. but i think what is important is to note the fact that police -community relations are important

i am delighted to introduce , whoessman keith ellison represents the fifth congressional district ofinnesota in the united states house of representatives. he has done it since 2007. ofgressman ellis' philosophy inclusiveness is evident in his top congressional priorities, promoting peace, chris parity for working families, environmental sustainability, and civil and human rights. he is one of america's leading progressive voices. we will hear from him now. rep. ellison: how are you doing? i like it. i like it. a friendly conversation. that may be very candid. some of us who have been supporting bernie sanders, i'm supporting hillary clinton now, but we spent a lot of time working for bernie sanders. people might debate what is unity with integrity? i will tell you with one word. issues. we can come together on the issues, it doesn't matter who is carrying the standards. it is the issues. what issue was more important than the supreme court appointment? that is like a top thing. all of you guys who really believe that people ought to be able to marry who they want, that the supreme c

goodlatte: now we have congressman keith ellison from minnesota. mr. ellison: thank you, mr. chairman. i went to university high school and seven mile, i went to wayne state, and it is always great to , there with my colleagues house, but also with my family members, my parents live here, my brother. it is wonderful to be here. congress -- i think our core job is to listen, and we listen to chief craig, we listen to community leaders, we listen to young people, and we had even a tremendous spoken word presentation that i really thought was insightful and important. and we will go to some other cities, and we will continue to listen and then formulate policy partnerssive federal with our local, state, and community leaders to form good policy to help our country really evolve. mean by that is every country in the world has law enforcement, and their job is to protect the community. but in america, we have a democracy, which means law enforcement and government in general has to have restraint. government has to have restraint. we could make every city in america safe, but that

keith ellison is one of america's leading progressive voices. we will hear from him now. rep.llison: thanks a lot, nan. [applause] how are you doing, netroots? i like it. a familyis conversation, so that me be very candid with you. some of us who have been supporting bernie sanders, now we are supporting hillary clinton, but we spent a lot of time and energy working hard for bernie sanders. people might debate, what is the basis of unity with integrity? i'm going to tell you in one word. the issues. if we can come together around the issues, to a certain extent it really doesn't matter who is carrying the standard. but it's the issues. important is more than the supreme court appointments? that is a top-flight thing. reallyof you guys who believe that people ought to be able to marry who they want to, that the supreme court ought to make the electorate decide who will be president, and i will get into that little more. all of you who believe those things really need to put your organizing and doorknocking shoes on. not because of whose name might be on the ballot, but because

minnesota's keith ellison has a new podcast called "we the podcast," where he talks about spotlightingcted," what he calls america's housing crisis. createditter trend was called "swalwelling." one fan wonders if a politic travels and does not take a lling," of them "swalwe did the even travel at all? return from his vacation, and josh earnest continues with his white house briefings. he will be live today at 12:30. enterpriserican institute today will host it is of some of the people most enactment of the 1996 welfare law. former missouri senator jim talent. we have live coverage starting at 3:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> today marks the 20th anniversary of the 1996 welfare law. congress --publican passed by a republican congress and signed by president bill clinton. at the debate. >> the current welfare system has failed the families it is intended to serve. >> i do not know many people who want to millie -- humiliate themselves, standing in line, waiting for a whale chair -- waiting for a welfare check. there are cheats and junkies out there. there is no question. but a lot of th

minnesota, keith ellison, congressman from minnesota. those are some of the tweets in several states. if you want to follow what members are up to in the august recess, [video clip] , http://twitter.com/cspanwj. chronicling his tour around the state of new jersey. today,ary in new jersey but he is continuing to post some of the video of his tour across new jersey, this time joined by robert menendez. >> standing on my block in newark, new jersey, getting ready to recommence our 21 counties in eight days after a great workout. here with bob menendez and our u.s. surgeon general to talk about our opioid crisis. thank you for being here in new jersey. >> pleased to be here. >> [indiscernible] >> just to make it clear, every state and our country is affected by this crisis. .very community the prescription opioid egg but to make people to heroin use and contribute into the spread of hiv and hepatitis c. many doctors may not recognize the connection between their opioid prescribing practices and the epidemic we are seeing. want to thank you a

joining me now minnesota congressman keith ellison, the first muslim elected to congress.ur former house colleague mike pence, how he handled that situation in nevada. he seemed to lower the temperature in that room. >> well, you know, mike pence is right to say that captain khan is an american hero. that absolutely correct. and i think that the whole country needs to be reminded of it, especially those people booing that mother who was speaking up for respecting our service members. i think her son is -- if i heard her properly -- it was a little difficult to hear her. i think also that it's not enough to say captain khan is a hi hero at this point. that would have been the right thing to say last week. now that his running mate has disparaged this family, i think it's time for him to mention trump and distance himself from trump. again, i commend mitch mcconnell for saying that captain khan is a hero. but we're saying this -- they're saying this within the context of their republican nominee disparaging this family. so i mean, i think the republican party is at a moral f

proud member of the democrats, hate israel contingent, along with her colleague across the river, keith ellisonand another of other luminaries, my other favorite being this quack in seattle, mcdermott. she has a safe seat and i'm sure she will be reelected. host: why is that issue important to you, as far as voting for her? caller: voting against her, sir. host: against her, sorry. caller: she is an anti-semi. the democrats are in love with anti-semites and i detest anti-semites. host: amy from freeport new york. caller: i will be probably for my representative, louise slaughter. she is one of the few people in congress who actually has a degree in science, microbiology, as well as public health. she is well-educated. she has years of experience. she is in her 80's. i also really like her stance on reproductive rights. last election cycle, when some politicians were talking about what or what is not legitimate statementmade a that, what do they expect women to do, get a receipt? it put in stark relief what women go through. women a good advocate for and all people and i'm proud to have her repr