mr. vargas? guest: this is not one of the issues of which we focus on at naleo. we focus on making sure all latinos are able to participate in our democracy, but this is one of the conversations the country as having. i hope that the candidates for president, but also for congress and state legislative offices and local offices, include this issue in their campaigns. what is their vision for moving the country forward? as latinos are preparing to vote, all the candidates also listen to the concerns and priorities that latino voters have as they are preparing for the november election. host: the first part in the comments was talking about the taking for granted the latino vote, particularly for the democratic candidates. is that a truism in your mind? guest: unfortunately latino voters have been taken advantage of by both political parties for years. the assumption that latinos would only vote democrat, never vote republican. the fact is latino voters overall tend to be ignored by candidates. man

mr. vargas?uest: this is not one of the issues of which we focus on at naleo. we focus on making sure all latinos are able to participate in our democracy, but this is one of the conversations the country as having. i hope that the candidates for president, but also for congress and state legislative offices and local offices, include this issue in their campaigns. what is their vision for moving the country forward? as latinos are preparing to vote, all the candidates also listen to the concerns and priorities that latino voters have as they are preparing for the november election. host: the first part in the comments was talking about the taking for granted the latino vote, particularly for the democratic candidates. is that a truism in your mind? guest: unfortunately latino voters have been taken advantage of by both political parties for years. the assumption that latinos would only vote democrat, never vote republican. the fact is latino voters overall tend to be ignored by candidates. many

mr. vargas will vote yea on the tlaib amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri seek recognition? the lay: mr. speaker, as member designated by mr. cleaver house ouri, pursuant to esolution 965, i inform the house that mr. cleaver will vote yea on the tlaib amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? jeffries: as a member designated by chairwoman eddie b johnson, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote yea on the amendment. as the member designated by mr. chairman jerry nadler, pursuant 965, i inform the ouse that chairman nadler will vote yea on the tlaib amendment. designated by ongressman jose serrano, pursuant to house resolution 965, i inform the house that congressman serrano will vote yea on the tlaib amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts recognition? ms. clark: madam speaker, as the member designated by the frankel, pursuan

mr. vargas, you are recognized for five minutes. this if mr. vargas is not present, we will move on to miss at me. you are recognized. please. unmute yourself. >> good day chairwoman and hello chairman powell, thank you so much for being with us again today and thank you for all the good work that you do. we are very appreciative. obviously we know these are difficult times that we are in, for the second time in a dozen years we are in a severe recession. i believe that in may we saw the 20 million less american americans have jobs in the three months prior. unemployment is at its highest rate since world war ii and the feds projections have that remaining in almost 10% through the end of the year. we have also discussed, to make matters worse, that situation appears far worse for lower income workers than it does for others who are making more, chairwoman powell you have alluded today and i believe yesterday, i think you said that you had been concerned about the overall deficits for the long term, but the time to address that is when the econo