going to try to do something on the legal immigration front, he is going to appear with senators perdue and tom cotton of arkansas to announce the raise act. it's a move toward a merit-based system for green card applicants. the president will say that only one in 15 immigrants currently comes here, because of the skills that the united states does not prioritize ultra high skilled immigrants and we need an immigration system that meets the current needs of our workforce and encourages innovation. the president talked about this very thing at that campaign rally in youngstown iowa last week. listen here. >> we want people that work really hard in our country. we don't want people to come into our country and immediately go on welfare and stay there for the rest of their lives. we're not going to take it. >> this legislation will now prioritize highly skilled people from outside of this country when it comes to the green card application process. it might even go so far as to stipulate that people have to have offers of jobs here in the united states before they can even apply for a gree

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perdue: mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that the committee on the judiciary be discharged. the presiding officer: the senate's in a quorum call. mr. perdue: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. perdue: i ask unanimous consent that the committee on the judiciary be discharged from s. 65 and the senate proceed to its consideration. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: a bill to amend united states code to provide for penalties for the sale of any purple heart awarded to a member of the armed forces. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection, the committee is discharged, and the the senate will proceed. mr. perdue: i ask unanimous consent that the perdue substitute be considered and agreed to, the amendment be considered and passed and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there object objection? without objection, so or

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republican co-sponsors, senators tom cotton of arkansas and david perdue of georgia. president trump: this legislation will not only theore our competitive edge 21st century, but restore the sacred bond of trust between america and d its citizens. this legislation demonstrates our compassion are struggling american families who deserve an immigration system that puts their needs first, and puts america first. amy: the raise act would dramaticalally limit t the numbf immigrants allowed into the u.s. to reunite with family members. the plan was blasted by democrats and some publicans, -- and opposed by some republicans, includingng sen. lindsey graham, who said it would hurt agriculture, tourism and service industries. the anne frank center for mutual respect tweeted, quote, "the statue of liberty weeps as she watches trump flush america's moral leadership down the toilet."

merit-based immigration system called the most significant reform in half a century senators cotten and perduerm american immigration system for the economy or raise back in february. donald trump gave it his standing approval in the roosevelt room yesterday. >> the raise acts will increase wages and save taxpayers billions and billions of dollars. it will do this by changing the way the united states issues green cards to nationals from other countries. >> it would cut the number of green cards in half, 1 million a year to 500,000 x 2027. a skills-based system like canada or australia making america more competitive, raise wages for american workers and create jobs. >> there is no doubt people who come here who are unskilled or low skilled impact the wages of americans whether their ancestors came over on the mayflower or they just took the oath of citizenship they are competing for those jobs. >> nancy pelosi saying, quote, from the start donald trump has pushed a hateful anti-immigrant agenda that instills fear in our communities, weakens hour nation and dishonors our values. the bill faces

and david perdue of georgia would make the system based on merit and skills, instead of family connects. >> great to be here today to unveil legislation that would represent most significant reform to our immigration system in a half century. i campaigned to create a merit-based immigration system, that protects u.s. workers and tax payers, that is why we're here today today, merit-based. >> legislation proposing to slash number of green cards issues by half. from a million to 500,000 a year. and also eliminate diversity visa lottery system, and limit permanent residence status for refugees to 50,000 a year, again a reduction of about a half. as expected, left wing national media reacting with hysteria, and it led to a contentionic change between white house senior policy adviser miller and cnn's acosta. >> this motion of they have to learn english before they get to united states, are we going to bring people from great britain and australia. >> jim, i am shocked at you're statement, you think that only people from great britain and australia would know english. it is it reveals your c

proposals for the federal budget and friday a profile of interview with agriculture secretary sonny perdue. >> my political history, i tell people when i was born in 1946, they step democrat on your birth certificate. i made a political decision called truth in advertising in 1998 to change parties and became a republican at that point. >> follow that by a conversation with devcon founder jeff moss. >> there were no jobs for any of us. only people doing security were people in the military so this

secretary perdue: i think it is very difficult today to be raised all of history, is that section of our history is regrettable, and in many ways, i what it is very difficult we see happening, what we see happening in charlottesville, trying to sterilize history to a point that i think is not helpful. i think these relationships we need to have just just like georgia. i think it ought to be about the future, not about the past. we are who we are. georgia has come a long way in that period of time. i think we need to recognize those and move forward together. as the first republican governor of georgia since reconstruction, i managed about a $20 billion budget. at one time, over 60% of that budget was administered by african-americans. not many people would think about that from the first republican governor, but we had a very good, qualified people in those positions, from our , department of corrections. my first executive council was an african-american man from who went to be president of auburn university and now supreme court justice. that was the georgia that was the modern geo

senator perdue, to you first.hen you hear that, those sound like the precepts, the principles behind it sounds noncontroversial. they sound pretty basic. you guys work in politics. i know you have polled this. what's the public opinion of those ideas? >> well, this is the big learning here in washington that people out there in the rest of the country get this. 72% believe it should be the primary worker plus their nuclear family or less. 18% thought it ought to be just a nuclear -- or just the worker. so people out there in the real world get this. it's pro-worker. it's pro-growth. and it's been proven to work in canada and australia. >> tucker: what's interesting, senator cotton, when you say this bill is pro-worker, our current arrangement seems anti-worker. if you look at the effect on wages, working class people in the country since 1965 when the kennedy act became law, they have gone down and remained stagnant. do you think there is a connection between mass immigration and low wages? >> no doubt, tucker. i

perdue.0 products no antibiotics ever. we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. for example, thyme. it's part of our 100% veggie diet and helps support their immune system. perdue. over 200 products no antibiotics ever. >> also happening today, you can enter to win two free tickets to the liberty medal ceremony at the national constitution center. senator john mccain will be the recipient of this year's liberty medal. joe biden will present mccain with that medal. 6abc is the broadcast partner of the ceremony. >>> the palm beach county sheriff's office released the toxicology report from tiger woods dui arrest in florida. officers found the golfer asleep at the wheel in may. the report shows woods had pain anxiety and sleep medications in his system as well as thc, the active ingredient in marijuana. woods is pleading guilty to reckless driving and entered a dui first offender program last week. >> new this morning a wisconsin man accidentally fi

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perdue.products no antibiotics ever. we take some unexpected extra steps to raise healthy chickens with no antibiotics ever. for example, thyme. it's part of our 100% veggie diet and helps support their immune system. perdue. over 200 products no antibiotics ever. >>> "action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers. cecily tynan and jim gardner. >>> it is tuesday night and the big story on "action news" is sexual assault in a popular montgomery county park. police rush to the scene after a 19-year-old woman was assaulted while running shortly before 11:00 this morning. now the search is on for her attackers. lets go live to the crime scene and "action news" reporter, christie aleto. what is the latest there? >> reporter: the park is shut down to the public as police investigate what exactly happened inside and a lot of joggers say there is a lot of foot traffic in the area there are parts of the trail that are isolated. >> call the police, there were two people running

perdu: where i was born, they stamped democrat on your birth certificate. i made a choice in 1988 to change parties and became a republican at that point in time. announcer: followed by a conversation with black hat and devcon founder. >> the only people doing security were maybe people in the military or banks. so, this was really a hobby. as the internet grew and there were jobs and people were putting things online and there was money at risk, all of a sudden hackers started getting jobs in security. announcer: next, from today's washington journal, johns hopkins medical university russell spence, later, another professor on efforts to remove federal statues. joining us from baltimore, maryland, is lester spence.

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