i want to ask how much has that changed in the n.r.a. from from a safety measure cation organization into this kind of lobbying giant lobbying firm on capitol hill how is that change the gun rights debate especially given the recent problems as you pointed out with the steel case with the n.r.a. and their actions yeah i think it has a huge effect on it because that's again you know again this example i brought up a great example of how the n.r.a. completely has failed in its mission to educate because there's no education as a part of that to help people to understand their role in society with those guns and to help police officers understand here's someone who legally had that right so what is your police force doing to make sure this never happens again they didn't do that in fact the n.r.a. was silent on the phalange. case and a year later dana loesch user spokeswoman came out and made a statement about it and her statement was don't kid yourself steel was committing a crime because he had marijuana in the car along with a gun like t

the n.r.a. aggressively tries to block every sensible piece of gun violence prevention proposed, even after 20 first graders were murdered with an assault rifle in their classrooms. the n.r.a. values the manufacturing and sales of mass killing machines over the innocent life of a six-year-old boy and over a community's ability to gather for a festival. the n.r.a. stokes fear and a culture of hate. the n.r.a. clinics to a definition of the second amendment that is far beyond what the framers of the constitution intended when they authored it. does anyone really believe the founding fathers who emphasized life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness put a man firing a gun over the life of a six-year-old boy? the second amendment is not a suicide pact. in addition to that, i am also asking the budget and legislative analyst's office to review the city's contracts to determine if our contractors or subsidiaries have any business with the n.r.a. whatsoever. we must use our considerable leverage to dis

influence apac and not just uses its power and influence to ensure the us has no possessions but the n.r.a. uses its power and influence to keep there from being you know laws against the guns the oil and coal industry use the power of its lobby to make sure that environmental regulations are not passed even though we're in a crisis of climate change. in a capital need deep in lobby groups a pac has plenty of company in foreign policy lobbying alone arab gulf countries like saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar all play a high stakes big money game to cultivate politicians influence them and shape media narratives usually out of the range of news cameras 8. used to be the industry standard in lobbying but the others have been catching up and there are a mistake about signs that things are changing this year 7 democratic presidential candidates stayed away from this conference as recently as 4 years ago in 2016 that would have been unthinkable the longstanding taboo that you do not criticize a pac it's now being challenged d.c.'s most powerful lobby is facing the kind of scrutiny it's never see

legislature could basically make your employment contingent upon you signing that you won't boycott the n.r.a. or planned parenthood or whatever else so it's important that we take a step back and realize that this is not about israel it's not about the sun in the middle east but it's actually about our rights as americans and that really in many ways free speech is under attack you know the process united states. a danger to free speech in what many americans call the land of the free over a conflict that lies more than 4000 miles away all those state laws written to narrow what little space there is for criticism of israel may in fact be a tangible sign evidence that for the 1st time the pro israel lobby is losing ground in this argument. and israel's critics may have found an unwitting ally in president truck he's deeply unpopular among american democrats and even moderate republicans have grown uncomfortable with his seemingly unconditional support of the netanyahu government and its policy who repeatedly asked apac officials for an interview for this program they refused had they said ye

has no possessions but the n.r.a. uses its power and influence to keep there from being you know laws against the guns the oil and coal industry use the power of its lobby to make sure that environmental regulations are not passed even though we're in a crisis of climate change. in a capitol kneedeep in lobby groups a pac has plenty of company in foreign policy lobbying alone arab gulf countries like saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar all play a high stakes big money game to cultivate politicians influence them and shape media narratives usually out of the range of news cameras 8. pac used to be the industry standard in lobbying but the others have been catching up and there are on mistake about signs that things are changing this year 7 democratic presidential candidates stayed away from this conference as recently as 4 years ago in 2016 that would have been unthinkable the longstanding taboo that you do not criticize a pac it's now being challenged d.c. is the most powerful lobby is facing the kind of scrutiny it's n

legislature could basically make your employment contingent upon you signing that you won't boycott the n.r.a. or like i planned parenthood or whatever else so it's important that we take a step back and realize that this is not about israel it's not about the sun in the middle east but it's actually about our rights as americans and there really in many ways free speech is under attack you know the cross the united states. a danger to free speech in what many americans call the land of the free over a conflict that lies more than 4000 miles away all those state laws too narrow what little space there is for criticism of israel may in fact be a tangible sign evidence that for the 1st time the pro israel lobby is losing ground in this argument. and israel's critics may have found an unwitting ally in president truck he's deeply unpopular among american democrats and even moderate republicans have grown uncomfortable with his seemingly unconditional support of the netanyahu government and its policies repeatedly. he asked apac officials for an interview for this program they refused had they sa

legislature could basically make your employment contingent upon you signing that you won't boycott the n.r.a. or like that planned parenthood or whatever else so it's important that we take a step back and realize that this is not about israel it's not about the sun in the middle east but it's actually about our rights as americans and that really in many ways free speech is under attack you know the process united states. a danger to free speech in what many americans call the land of the free over a conflict that lies more than 4000 miles away all those state laws written to narrow what little space there is for criticism of israel may in fact be a tangible sign evidence that for the 1st time the pro israel lobby is losing ground in this argument. and israel's critics may have found an unwitting ally in president trying he's deeply unpopular among american democrats and even moderate republicans have grown uncomfortable with his seemingly unconditional support of the netanyahu government and its policies repeatedly. he asked a pack officials for an interview for this program they refused h

influence and not just the uses its power and influence to ensure the us has been oppositions but the n.r.a. uses its power and influence to keep there from being you know laws against the guns the oil and coal industry use the power of its lobby to make sure that environmental regulations are not passed even though we're in a crisis of climate change. in a capital kneedeep in lobby groups apac has plenty of company in foreign policy lobbying alone arab gulf countries like saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar all play a high stakes big money game to cultivate politicians influence them and shape media narratives usually out of the range of news cameras 8. used to be the industry standard in lobbying but the others have been catching up and there are a mistake about signs that things are changing this year 7 democratic presidential candidates stayed away from this conference as recently as 4 years ago in 2016 that would have been unthinkable the longstanding taboo that you do not criticize a pac it's now being challenged d.c. is most powerful lobby is facing the kind of scrutiny it's never seen

that decision, which i am convinced was wrong and was the -- was debatable, has provided the n.r.a. with a propaganda weapon of immense power -- overturning that decision via constitutional commitment to get rid of the second amendment would do more to stymie the nra's ability to weaken political debate and block constructive gun control legislation, more than any other available option. so you have actually proposed that either the second amendment should be either eliminated or rewarded to -- "a well regulated militia being necessary to the right of a free state, the right to keep and bear arms when serving in the militia shall not be infringed." we have 300 million guns in america right now. hon. stevens: yes. frank: while i philosophically can see your argument, how is that practically going to turn the tide of what has been going on in this country for decades, as far as guns? hon. stevens: i don't know. i don't know. but no problem is insoluble. if people made up their minds that the presence of guns does more harm than good, it seems to me they would be able to work out a way

last week i extended invitation to the head of n.r.a. and-- their ideas for surface to rail transportation, and i think it would help for quasi governme government. and would you come to my office to discuss this authorization? >> absolutely, would love to. >> thank you. mr. anderson and mr. jeffries, implementation of ptc continues to be my primary focus as my colleagues. the deadline is right around the corner and while significant progress has been made, i'm still concerned about the interoperability in areas like northeast illinois. are you concerned that it will be addressed before december 31st before 2020? >> i am, as you know we've briefed your office on a few occasions and as issues come up, we address those. chicago is the center of interoperability. we're working through it and have full confidence. >> mr. anderson, you continue to be optimistic? >> yes, we have great relationship with freight railroads and our last mile for amtrak-owned track is a mile going into chicago union station and we are on schedule to have that compl