and washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier, the only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. the democratic weekly address is given by california representative barbara lee, in which she celebrates black history month and talks about the democratic agenda. host: -- rep. lee: i am proud to represent the 13th district of california in congress. every february, we celebrate black history month. but this year is particularly meaningful, as it is 400 years since the first african slave arrived on the shores of america. families were separated, children were taken from their parents, and they entered into lives of bondage and unspeakable cruelty. from this painful history, african-americans have risen to and speak ason, the conscience of this country. i stand on the shoulders of ughtk leaders who fo truth to power, visionaries like james baldwin, a social critic who told the stories of disenfranchised african-americans. james baldwin used to say, i cannot believe what you say because i see what you do. we are going to have chambers on tuesday after the s

and washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier, a pediatrician and only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. "washin" continues. host: we take a look at how your money is at work in the federal government. this week, we are focusing on the future of social security, and we are drunk by mark miller, and columnist for "reuters." give us a state of social security and america? --in america? most: it remains the beneficial retirement benefit for most americans. it is ubiquitous and is something that people will rely on dream retirement. but they faced challenges. a lot of your listeners, your viewers, probably heard about clipooming 2034 financial that social security is facing. there are financial challenges that social security is facing. they are fixable and i don't think anybody should be in a panic mode about social security. host: can you start with just how social security is funded in the first place and where the revenue streams are? guest: it is self-funded through the payroll tax and split evenly between workers and emplo

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washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier, a pediatrician, and the only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> mares and advocates for gun control talk about gun violence and hate crimes in their cities. this portion features the mayors of annapolis, maryland, parkland, florida, charleston, south carolina, and pittsburgh, pennsylvania, as they share stories and recommended solutions. part of a recent meeting of the u.s. conference of mayors. >> good morning, everyone. my name is karen freeman wilson, and i am honored to serve as the chair of the criminal and social justice committee for the conference of mayors and i have the distinct privilege of leading this session on a very important topic, a very grave topic. earlier, we just had an excellent discussion in the plan in your area on what mayors can do to build inclusive and compassionate cities, and the conference center's, the conference intentions -- intentional action on helping us to do that. in this session, we are going to discuss a key factor in ensuring that

one of them is kim schrier, who is a pediatrician and the only female doctor in the congress. scheyer scheyer i am a pediatrician -- ms. schrier: i am a pediatrician through and through. i have been doing that for the past 17 years so this was a big leap to leave the practice i office. un for >> why did you? ms. schrier: well, the 2016 election was a huge turning point for me. there were a lot of things in the country that changed then, including attacks on women's reproductive rights and health care, our environment, and lots of things that really matter to children and to people with chronic illnesses. i also have type 1 diabetes. so it gives me more -- kind of an insight into what my patients and people all over my district were feeling when there were all of these efforts to appeal the affordable care act. and so i did what a lot of citizens did. i rallied and i called my congressman and went and met with his office and explained how harmful it would be for my patients, for people like me with pre-existing conditions all over the district if we repealed the affordable care

one of them is kim schrier, who is a pediatrician and the only female doctor in the congress. >> i'm a pediatrician through and through. i've been taking care of children through general pediatrician for the past 17 years. so, this is a big leap to leave the practice that i love to run for office. reporter: why did you? >> well, the 2016 election was a huge turning point for me had -- and there were a lot of things that changed, including reproductive rights, health care, our environment, and a lot of things that matter to children and people with chronic illnesses. i also have type 1 diabetes. it gives me even more of an insight into what my patients districts werey feeling when there were efforts to appeal the affordable care act. so, a lot of citizens did, and i rallied and i called my congressman and met with his office and explained how harmful it would be for my patients, for people like me with preexisting conditions all over the district if we repeal the affordable care act. and, they voted for the first trump care bill in committee, and i decided who better than a pediatrici

and washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier, a pediatrician, and the only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> dan delaney was a former u.s. representative from maryland serving from 2013 to 2019, and he is now a democratic presidential candidate, the first democrat to declare his interest in the presidency. thank you for joining us. >> thank for having me. >> what convinced you that you wanted to be president? >> i think this country is terribly divided, and we need a president who can bring us together, to start solving problems, restore a common sense of purpose for who we are as a people and focus on the people. the world is changing so fast and we're not doing the things we need to do to prepare our citizens for the future. i am a unifier, a problem solver, and i have a very clear view as to where the world is going and i knew now what we need to do for the american people. >> sometimes, pulpal identify as progressive or otherwise. where do you fall? >> i am more of a centrist. a lot of people call me a pragmatic id

and washington's eighth district, elected representative kim schrier, a pediatrician and the only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. atch it all on c-span. >> tonight on the communicators, from the state of the net conference in washington, d.c., we'll discuss internet relations and monitoring with rebecca slaughter, and the senior research fellow at the charles coke institute. >> the f.c.c. has rulemaking authority that's much more expansive than the f.t.c.'s rulemaking authority. so they can say to industry, here are the rules of the road. here's how you have to treat traffic over the internet. here's how you have to treat privacy. they had a privacy rule under title two. we just don't have the ability to do that across the board when it comes to consumer protection issues. we have much more limited rulemaking authority. and right now we have sector-specific laws that will protect some data, some of the time. but data isn't housed in sector-specific sile osaka anymore. >> people -- silos anymore. >> people mean so many different things when they talk about privacy. t

and washington's eighth district, kim schrier. a ped treegs and the only female doctor in congress. watch it all on c-span. >> some ideas on how to expand economic opportunity in the u.s. this panel from the aspen constitute includes kevin hasset and jared bernstein. >> good morning, everyone. almost to expanding economic opportunity for more americans. i'm amy. i'm the deputy director of the the group and i'm pleased to introduce our co-chair and the president emeritus of the university of north carolina. [ applause ] >> thank you. you've met amy who's the heart and soul of the group. thank you for all you do. good morning on behalf of my pal, frank palson and myself. let me welcome you to our meeting this morning. i'm personally delighted today look out in the audience to see so many familiar faces and old friends. i thank you for joining us. let me begin this morning by thanking four people who have been instrumental in the success of this effort, dan, walter, jim crown. they have provided not just phenomenal leadership but have also been enormous help in forming the aspen econom

and washington's eighth district, kim schrier, a pediatrician and only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> the body of michigan congressman john dingell is on its way to washington, d.c., where the late congressman will lie in repose at the nation's capitol prior to a memorial service tomorrow. about 60 members of congress, includin

districtn's eighth elected kim schrier, a pediatrician, the only female doctor in congress.ess, new leaders. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is molly o'toole. good morning. can you tell us where we are at currently when it comes to the negotiations over border security? aest: monday night, we had per luminary deal that emerge -- preliminary deal that emerged. $1.5 million for 55 miles of wall. there had been a major impasse over detention beds. democrats, it seems dropped their proposed cap on the number of people that immigration agencies can detain. dropped.was a lot of posturing in the last one he four hours or so. liberal democrats and the president's republican allies saying they cannot stomach this bill. once the language is hammered out, that's when we see the tensions emerge. host: what is the policy? guest: generally, when we are talking about detention beds, it's how immigration agencies measure the space they have for people to hold. debate emerged -- what it comes down to is democrats who think the immigration agencies should be focusing limited res

and washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier, a pediatrician, and the only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> dan delaney was a former u.s. representative from maryland serving from 2013 to 2019, and he is now a democratic presidential candidate, the first democrat to declare his interest in the presidency. thank you for joining us. >> thank for having me. >> what convinced yo

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and washington's eighth district elected kim schrier, a pediatrician and the only female doctor in congresss, watch it all in c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> washington journal continues. mark krikorian is back, he is the executive director for the center for immigration studies, mr. krikorian, headlines post the tentative deal to avert a shutdown. border fences,r president trump's support is uncertain. where does your support lie? guest: i don't know, the deal hasn't been finalized and we don't know the details. what it seems like happened is they agreed to a smaller amount of money for border fencing. but democrats backed away from their demands that there be reductions in the number of detention beds. and i think that's more important, the ability to detain illegal immigrants is more important than an extra 50 mile of -- 50 miles of fencing. host: why is that? a lot of people are just coming to this issue. guest: immi

washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier, a pediatrician, and the only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> mares and advocates for gun control talk about

washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier, a pediatrician and only female doctor in congress. watch it all on c-span. >> if beale street could talk received three oscar nominations for original score, best supporting actress and best adapted screenplay. sunday on q&a, we'll discuss the movie based on the 1974 james baldwin novel with a "washington post" deputy local editor monica norton. >> i thought the film was visually beautiful and the thing that really sticks with you is, just how loving and lovely the film is. >> i think his writing really does deal with love, whether it's universal love, loving one's self, love between people and society. i really think that is sort of the overarching theme. i think a lot of people probably see him because he was so passionate in fighting for the rights

washington's eighth district elected kim schrier. a pediatrician and only female doctor in congress. watch it all on c-span. >>> today the foundation for defense of democracy hosts a discussion with iran experts on the 40th anniversary of the iranian revolution. watch live today at 12:15 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. on-line at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. >>> c-span's coverage of political events continues tonight as president trump travels to el paso, texas, for a make america great rally. our live coverage on c-span 2 at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> we are joined by myesha braden of the lawyers committee for civil rights under law and jeffrey clayton to talk about the efforts to change the cash bail system in the united states. but first, jeffrey, can you explain to those who don't have experience with this system exactly what cash bail is, and how it works in america? >> absolutely. so the way bail works in america, it is really a process of release, and the question is, how do people get out of jail. the first question we a

and washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier, a pediatrician and the only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> no student leaders and safety advocates testified before the house judiciary committee on gun >> mcsherry is authorized to declare resources of the committee. will recognize myself for an opening statement. the epidemic of gun violence in this country is a national crisis and an international embarrassment. in 2017, nearly 40,000 americans lost their lives because of guns. in fact, every day in america, and average 34 people are murdered with a firearm in more than 183 people -- and more than 183 people are injured in an attack. gun deaths in most countries barely cracked triple digits annually. the united states, it is accepted as a grim reality. by comparison, in 2011, for example, the united kingdom had gun violence. to denmark, 71. portugal, one hundred 42. japan, 30. states,r, in the united almost 40,000. a study in the american journal of medicine found that compared to 22 other high income countries, the

and washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier, the only female doctor in congressw congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: each week when congress is in session, we like to take the time to look at the week ahead did we do it today with john bennett of roll call and mike lillis of "the hill." the clock is ticking on negotiations. where do they stand? guest: it looks like we are in a fine mess again. there was a lot of optimism that negotiations would continue going into the weekend and that there would be a deal has to out in time to get it through the house and senate and get it to the president's desk to avert a shut down that would happen saturday at midnight. yesterday, it seems things just fell apart. except not over the issue we thought they would fall apart over. it was all the attention over the wall and trump asking for 5.7 billion and -- 5.7 billion dollars and democrats saying nothing. and yesterday, it seemed to deteriorate over the number of detention beds, which is a totally different issue, although they h

and washington's eighth district elected is and if kim schrier. a pediatrician and the only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >> the c-span bus recently traveled to louisiana asking folks, what does it mean to be american? >> to be an american means your part of the community, that innately able to overcome any obstacles, that includes everyone the community as a whole and the country. >> to be an american really means you can do anything you put your mind to. no matter what background you come from, no matter where you are from, when you come here you can live and do anything. you can do it. you will achieve everything. that's what it's like to be an american. >> to me being american means you love this country. i mean truly love this country. just like the people, we are all broken. the country can be broken sometimes. maybe it was broken but to love it all the same. i think being american to stand for the constitution, the bill of rights, you wish to uphold them and if you don't know them, if you don'

washington's eighth district elected kim schrier, a pediatrician and only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> the new democratic ma skrorskror majority in the house is reviewing the net neutrality decision. two former fcc chairs testified before a house energy and commerce subcommittee. >> good morning. i think all members have taken their seats. i know we're getting used to where we sit right now, because we have done a little switching. i want to call the subcommittee on communications and technology to order. before we get started, i want to congratulate congressman bob latta on taking over the ranking member. bob, i look forward to working with you in this congress to address our shared interests. i would also like to introduce the new members of the committee on the majority side and welcome them to the subcommittee. they are congressman mark vici of texas, congressman donald makekan, darryn soto and tom ohalaran. we have new friends and returning favorites, including congresswoman diana dagette who is holding a hearing downstairs an

and washington's eighth district, kim schrier. a ped treegs and the only female doctor in congress.atch it all on c-span. >> some ideas on how to expand economic opportunity in the u.s. this panel from the aspen constitute includes kevin hasset and jared bernstein. >> good morning, everyone. almost to expanding economic opportunity for more americans.

washington's eighth district elected represented kim schrier, a pediatrician and the only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> there is a funeral service thursday in washington for the late john dingell who died last week at the age of 92. the former critic lawmaker was first elected to the house of representatives in 1953 and remained there for nearly 6 decades. aching him the longest serving member of congress in 19 -- in history. in honor of his service gretchen whitmer spoke about his life in 19 -- during her recent state of the state address. here's a look. >> one of those veterans and one of michigan's greatest leaders was congressman john dingell. who passed away last week at the age of 92. from his courageous service in world war ii to his model leadership over 59 years in the united states house of representatives. he devoted his life to serving the people of michigan. and he will forever be remembered as the dean of congress. but not simply for the length of his service, but for the crucial role he played in passing some of the most

and washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier, a pediatrician and the only female doctor in congress. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span.

washington's eighth district elected representative kim schrier a pediatrician and the only female doctor in doings. new congress, new leaders. watch it all on c-span. >>> here is a look at our live coverage wednesday on c-span the house is back for legislative business at noon to consider a war powers resolution that boo end u.s. military assistance to saudi-lead forces in yemen's civil war. on c-span 2 the senate returns at 10:00 a.m. eastern to continue debate on the nomination of william bar to be u.s. attorney general. and on c-span 3 representatives from t-mobile and sprint testify at a joint house subcommittee hearing about the proposed merger between the two companies. later there is another hearing on efforts to combat sexual assaults at military service academies. >>> our live coverage of the funeral for michigan congressman john dingell continues thursday morning at 10:30 eastern. a funeral mass will be held at holy trinity catholic church in washington, d.c. speakers include bill clinton, house majority leader ten gee hoyer and john boehner. watch the funeral services live on