mr. payne: mr. speaker, i rise this evening and i want to thank my co-anchor, robin kelly, congresswoman from illinois to be involved in this special order tonight. thanks also to the members of the congressional black caucus who are here tonight on such an important topic. i'd like to enter into the record a statement by the honorable eddie bernice johnson from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's statement will be covered under general leave. mr. payne: thank you. mr. speaker i'd like to thank the people at home that are tuning in to watch this. it's truly an honor to speak to them directly in their homes and to fight on their behalf and advance our shared priorities. that's why we're here tonight and every monday night the house is in session. to address the diverse issues affecting african-american communities throughout our nation. to let you know that we are here fighting for you every single day. mr. speaker, this month is national minority health month, a chance to evaluate the st

. >> thank you, sir, but as to your point my very, very very smart friend mr. payne, you're exactly right. wedge issue, envy, envy, envy, envy, envy. the democratic party is the party of envy about everything envy of men of white people, well-to-do people, doesn't matter the democrats are getting most of the money from rich people, almost all large contributions, very large contributions not all but almost all come from democrats. the democrats will hammer away at the problem because they're the party of privilege anyway. >> a resident to the left a mcgovern-like move and they'll all go down in flames. surely they realize that, don't they? >> well if they were smart i think they would. people were saying -- >> you're saying the liberals are dumb? >> no, i didn't say that. >> yes, you did. no, go ahead. >> what i'm saying is i actually, i agree with the first part of what ben said, electorate, to answer the question are you better off than you were eight years ago. >> let him finish. >> charlie to your point, you know -- >> you're reflecting -- >> what good investors

mr. payne: mr. speaker, i'd like to thank you, chairman dent, and the ranking member bishop for your work on this bill. and congratulations to congressman dent on the work he's done on h.r. 2029. his first bill as chairman of the committee. i admire chairman dent's and ranking member bishop's commitment to our veterans of america. they have demonstrated day to day that they are here for our people in the armed services. i would like to especially acknowledge this bill's provisions relating to the importance of early detection and treatment of colorectal cancer. the v.a. has made screening patients for this cancer a priority and i am encouraged by the steps that this bill would take to ensure that the v.a. continues to dedicate the resources and attention to this important issue which it deserves. almost every family in america including our veterans including members of congress, including people all over this nation, have been touched by cancer. my father former congressman donald payne, who served

mr. obama's head to trust them. >> you know what i like about you, adam you apologize for interrupting which was very very, very gentlemanly. >> that's adam. >> if i'm immoit i acknowledge it. full throttle. >> charles payne, to ben's point, it is the iranian's money. you can make the argument whatever deal is struck and they get the sanctions lifted it's not a bonus from us as much as it's their money back but the result will be that they have benefited enormously. >> enormously and that gets back to the point that adam made. yes it's a negotiation but we act like we have the weaker hand and that's what bothers me. >> we do have the weaker hand because we have a very weak leader even though we have an enormous military we have a very weak leader. >> i know but we don't have to have the weaker hand. put it this way, ben, i think we agree on that, if we were coming from a place of strength and honest the american people believe iran is a threat. the israeli people know iran is the threat. we know this and yet our president won't go through and negotiate the way that the people feel. >> look at this that poll says it all n america we look at this we think iran is a huge huge threat and furthermore that we'r

payne, let's go to our panel. we have matt, hillary, jim, , scottie. congratulations on the new title, also congratulations because you know the point yesterday that the topline mrs. would not be tolerated any longer and that these companies have to start getting or they would be punished. >> yes, congratulations, i think that the world is getting harder for companies to continue to just squeeze their margins and meaning that they are using technology and productivity and quite rightly they are not paying workers very well and that's one reason that wage raises are occurring. they need sales and revenues to grow. and that's one of the reasons i'm skeptical. there's a lot of sectors that i like very but overall i think the this is a spot to be cautious with because of a topline growth. charles: topline growth is an overall stipulation of the economy both globally and at home. are we talking about the economic problems? >> the weight of evidence is starting to lean that way. the question is if it's a first-quarter problem or a full year problem. as we have said, we know the first quarter was off to the start, but the third and fourth in the second quarter. charles: