politicians working to get elected, because if you are working to get elected, you have to pay some ,ttentionwhat voters think even if all you want to do is manipulate them. you still have to pay attention to them. our federal bureaucracies are insulated from all that. they don't know what people think and they don't care what people think. again, maybe they do no more than the average american. host: that's not every civil servant. prof. ginsberg: no, not everyone. we are not talking about individuals. we are talking about the aggregate. on the aggregate, they don't think americans know very much and don't really care, and that is what makes them different from my doctor or lawyer. if i perceive that my doctor rk bmienhere about ro aa otri th whha cufj qanda.org. >> if you enjoyed this week's interview with benjamin ginsberg, here is some other programs you might like. senator tom coburn talks about his career, politics and his reasons for early retirement. comptroller general david walker discusses the mission and competence of the general category office. and david bossi, president of citi

i don't want to say her name because i don't want to bring ,ttention to her specifically but that ist is happening to me. i am an american citizen. amy: that was a call from just one person who watches or listens to democracy now! joining us now in washington is trita parsi, founder president of the national iranian american council. can you talk about this one example and then fit it into what is happening right now for the iranian american community, people in iran, and here? >> it is one of many examples, particularly sad one, but not necessarily an uncommon one. the iranian american community is mostly affected by this. out of the visas the u.s. government gave to citizens of these seven countries in 2015, 40 8% of them work iranians will step simply because of the size of the country in the size of the community in this country. it has also been disproportionately affected now. we are were stores, particularly when it comes from students who have their lives here or even worse, green card holders who have been living here for years, have american children. and now some of them,

members of congress, in touch with their senators because, believe me, people in congress paid a tepgs ttention was happening today, but we need to keep the pressure on. >> when you think about previous protest movements like against the vietnam war or the beginning of civil rights protests, there were no members of congress present for those. they came in -- they started going to vietnam war protests long after they had started. you had senators at the protest in washington. you had elizabeth warren at the protest in boston. you had senators at protests all around the country. in connecticut and elsewhere. and, so, you already have a buy-in from elected officials. >> oh, absolutely. i mean, i started my morning with the governor of virginia and the elected officials there and i just ended the evening tonight with senator cory booker from new jersey making a passioned plea about keeping up the organizing and the entire day, as you're saying, has been representation by people that serving in congress, serving at their local level, i think they see the energy and the enthusiasm. they know that wo

kevin: i have covered several trump press conferences and they always cloud up a lot of media ,ttentionout a day. heading into the conference, there was a little -- there was a lot of uncertainty, particularly regarding briefs about u.s. intel hearings and ties with russia and unanswered questions. nobody is really talking about that, now. now they are talking about his relationship with the press and these confirmation hearings. when you talk to the sources within the transition team, they feel they have cleared the hurdle of the u.s. intel questions that were heading into the hearing and to them, that is a win. tom: kevin, thank you. we will look for that interview from washington. stephen king with us, in london. he has provided years of experience on macroeconomics. update, right now on how you link stephen king economics into steve majors' call. higher yields rollover to a new regime of disinflation. stephen: what he says and i say is almost always perfectly aligned. remember is the comparison with reagan is a more interesting comparison. you look at the data of how the u.s. econom

hill: because this bill will focus attention where ttention is needed, and h.r. 78, along with the halos act that we passed in the house on tuesday, will help ensure the s.e.c. regulations do not unnecessarily impede consumer and business access to capital. i thank the chairman for the time. i appreciate mrs. wagner for her work on this bill, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from arkansas yields. the gentleman from michigan reserves. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from new york. mrs. maloney: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the following letters of opposition to h.r. 78, the consumer federation of america, americans for financial reform, the california state teachers retirement fund and the council of institutional investors. these institutions represent various groups such as investors, consumers, public pension plans, labor unions and communities of color. the chair: the gentlelady's requests will be considered under general leave. mrs. maloney: thank you. i yield four minutes to my good friend and distinguished colle