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host: ok, mary, in fort washington, maryland. mary pointing to the children again these arrests, again, expose, they write here, what state and local officials say is a major shortcoming in i.c.e. procedures for dealing with children. as parent who is are caught up in immigration while at work were un able to pick up their children from school, daycare centers and elsewhere leaving some of them deserted and scared where is "the washington post" here. here's some reaction from democratic from new york. there is no world in which it is right, ok or acceptable for a child to be left alone and crying for help. right now, countless children in mississippi are coming home from school to find parents missing, homes empty, loved ones gone. helen is on the line from maryland. good morning. caller: good morning. i am calling in reference to the raid. i was in alabama.
host: ok, mary, in fort washington, maryland. mary pointing to the children again these arrests, again, expose, they write here, what state and local officials say is a major shortcoming in i.c.e. procedures for dealing with children. as parent who is are caught up in immigration while at work were un able to pick up their children from school, daycare centers and elsewhere leaving some of them deserted and scared where is "the washington post" here. here's some reaction from...
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i live in maryland. i'm in the small business office. i've heard there is a record number of new registrations for small businesses. i wanted to say it is good to hear, refreshing to hear the truth right now being discussed in the overall health of small business in this country. thank you. brad: this is where, you know more than half the jobs are , created and where the economic opportunity is for folks. especially after the recession people realized they needed to , go into business for themselves. either as an independent contractor or start their own business with employees. it is a significant driver for the economy. our numbers for the last two years have been phenomenal. our monthly economic index is looked at by the fed every month, it is looked at by wall street by banks. , they quote the numbers. we have been charting the economy quarterly and monthly since the early 1970's. and they are showing record high areas in lots of areas. i appreciate we are hearing first-hand from an owner in maryland who is seeing the positive growth
i live in maryland. i'm in the small business office. i've heard there is a record number of new registrations for small businesses. i wanted to say it is good to hear, refreshing to hear the truth right now being discussed in the overall health of small business in this country. thank you. brad: this is where, you know more than half the jobs are , created and where the economic opportunity is for folks. especially after the recession people realized they needed to , go into business for...
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i recently graduated in southern maryland. if you recognize my school, on march 20, 2018, 16-year-old jaylen was shot and killed. our entire community was traumatized. i'm here to represent the young people across america who have had their lives ripped apart by gun violence. i'm here today to represent the young people who want change. i am here to tell senator mcconnell it's time to take immediate action on gun violence. we need a clean version of a 42. we need a grant system for laws, we need funding for the cdc to do their jobs and research gun violence. at this point, there are two options. either the senate votes on this life-saving legislation or we vote out those who stand in our way. gun violence is a national crisis. and the senate needs to start acting like it. thank you. rep. hoyer: thank you jackson who is a leader of march for our lives. want to introduce congressman donald payne of new jersey. thank you foryne: your leadership in bringing us here today. good morning. as the congressman from newark, new jersey, i
i recently graduated in southern maryland. if you recognize my school, on march 20, 2018, 16-year-old jaylen was shot and killed. our entire community was traumatized. i'm here to represent the young people across america who have had their lives ripped apart by gun violence. i'm here today to represent the young people who want change. i am here to tell senator mcconnell it's time to take immediate action on gun violence. we need a clean version of a 42. we need a grant system for laws, we...
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aaron in maryland up next. done,: what america has it has drained its savings , one point $5 trillion in lottery ticket with a bowl of credit cards and we need a roof over the house. infrastructure. we have turned into a systemype capitalistic with banks as the loan sharks are the pharmaceutical companies are the cartels and the insurance companies are the protection racket. we are doomed. host: rick in nashville tennessee, optimistic about the economy. caller: i'm very optimistic. 40 years ago i moved to nashville, tennessee. i've lived in l.a., all over the country and i've never seen a state. in tennessee you go to memphis, areville, knoxville, they democrat mayors. but the state is a republican state. when i lived in nashville there were two skyscrapers downtown and they were 30 stories tall. you come now and there 15 skyscrapers downtown. give to the last caller, those buildings are basically banks and insurance companies downtown, but i was always raised you can't fight city hall , but let me tell you som
aaron in maryland up next. done,: what america has it has drained its savings , one point $5 trillion in lottery ticket with a bowl of credit cards and we need a roof over the house. infrastructure. we have turned into a systemype capitalistic with banks as the loan sharks are the pharmaceutical companies are the cartels and the insurance companies are the protection racket. we are doomed. host: rick in nashville tennessee, optimistic about the economy. caller: i'm very optimistic. 40 years ago...
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maryland --lf from marcel from maryland. e verification and tax id. they don't have a tax id. how do you reconcile those? guest: good question. the number he is talking about looks like a social security number but it's an individual tax id number. i-ten is the shorthand. is for the people not americans or residents of the united states. basically foreigners of bank accounts here. what happened is the irs started issuing them to illegal immigrants. there are a lot of instances where an illegal immigrant will give the fake or stolen social security number to his employer, but they will file a tax return with the irs using the real number the irs gave them. who most illegal immigrants are because they have their tax returns, which have two different numbers. instead of somebody with legitimate numbers where they are the same. if you enter a tax id number into e-verify, it will read flag you. that is not a social security number. and using a tax id number to file taxes are illegal immigrants by definition in almost every case because the numbers for people who are not working, do
maryland --lf from marcel from maryland. e verification and tax id. they don't have a tax id. how do you reconcile those? guest: good question. the number he is talking about looks like a social security number but it's an individual tax id number. i-ten is the shorthand. is for the people not americans or residents of the united states. basically foreigners of bank accounts here. what happened is the irs started issuing them to illegal immigrants. there are a lot of instances where an illegal...
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democrat from the state of maryland and chairman of the house committee on oversight and government reform. before i get into the formal introduction, we will introduce to head to table and a couple of housekeeping rules. the latter first, if you do have a question, those of you in the ballroom, you have your cards on the table so please write them down and pass them up front. and we will try to ask as many of them as time permits. also, if you have a mobile device,, please silence your cell phones. we encourage the youth of twitter and other social media to follow along and pose questions, but we would rather not have that accompanied by the usual beeps, sounding like r2-d2 from star wars. i would like to introduce the head table. from my left, mike smith, a member of the national press club headliners team and volunteer at the academy in baltimore. hold your applause until the entire group has been introduced. those listening on the radio or watching on television, if there are applause or other expressions of approval or disapproval, we hope not the latter, it is a reminder that the gen
democrat from the state of maryland and chairman of the house committee on oversight and government reform. before i get into the formal introduction, we will introduce to head to table and a couple of housekeeping rules. the latter first, if you do have a question, those of you in the ballroom, you have your cards on the table so please write them down and pass them up front. and we will try to ask as many of them as time permits. also, if you have a mobile device,, please silence your cell...
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hyattsville, maryland. regret. -- democrat. caller: i have -- i have concerns for e-verify and tax id. some people have a --, not a tax id, how do you reconcile those two? guest: it is called -- the number he is talking about looks like a social security number, but it is called an individual tax id number. whoas designed for people are not americans, not residents of the united states, but have to pay taxes. basically, foreigners who have bank accounts here. what happened is, the irs started issuing them to illegal immigrants. there are a lot of instances where an illegal immigrant will give the fake or stolen social security number to his employer. but, they will then file a tax return with the irs using the real number that the irs gave them. knows whos actually most illegal immigrants are because they have their tax returns which have two different numbers. instead of 70 who has legitimate somebody who has legitimate information. people working using a tax id number to file taxes are illegal immigrants by definition almost
hyattsville, maryland. regret. -- democrat. caller: i have -- i have concerns for e-verify and tax id. some people have a --, not a tax id, how do you reconcile those two? guest: it is called -- the number he is talking about looks like a social security number, but it is called an individual tax id number. whoas designed for people are not americans, not residents of the united states, but have to pay taxes. basically, foreigners who have bank accounts here. what happened is, the irs started...
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we welcome our headliner, congressman elijah cummings, democrat from the state of maryland, chairman of the house committee of oversight and government reform. before i get into the formal introduction, we will introduce the head table. a couple of housekeeping rules. the latter first. if you do have a question for the chairman, those of you in the ballroom, you have your cards on the table. please write them down and pass them up front. we will try to ask as many of them as time permits and so forth. also if you have a mobile device and you have slipped in there in the past few minutes and didn't hear my earlier warnings, before we went live, please silence your cell phones. the use of twitter and other social media to follow along and even to host questions for today's headliner lunch at, but we would rather not have that accompanied by the usual -- s and r2-d2 sounds from beeps and r2-d2 sounds from "star wars." now i would like to introduce our head table. on my left, mike smith member of , a the national press club headliners team and volunteer at the new era academy in baltimor
we welcome our headliner, congressman elijah cummings, democrat from the state of maryland, chairman of the house committee of oversight and government reform. before i get into the formal introduction, we will introduce the head table. a couple of housekeeping rules. the latter first. if you do have a question for the chairman, those of you in the ballroom, you have your cards on the table. please write them down and pass them up front. we will try to ask as many of them as time permits and so...
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joseph is next in silver spring, maryland. caller: thank you for taking my call. my own experience was really not that bad. . came here 8 years ago i needed money to survive. i did not get benefits. i don't think people really understand the trump bill. i voted for trump. us whentrying to tell apply legally -- if they are going to rely on benefits, you are going to use that as a consideration to demand -- people don't understand what the bill is. from nigeria originally. the people that do that are the people that really need help. if somebody -- [inaudible] the people that really need the benefits, let them get the benefits. since i have been in this country, i have been by myself. to leave your family and come to a country and leave your culture -- it is because you need something, you need something better. .e are trying to survive trying to deny people benefits i might have good tried to get a job for five dollars, seven dollars. today i have a masters degree with a lot of student loans. marylandt is joseph in talking about his experience, a people have as wel
joseph is next in silver spring, maryland. caller: thank you for taking my call. my own experience was really not that bad. . came here 8 years ago i needed money to survive. i did not get benefits. i don't think people really understand the trump bill. i voted for trump. us whentrying to tell apply legally -- if they are going to rely on benefits, you are going to use that as a consideration to demand -- people don't understand what the bill is. from nigeria originally. the people that do that...
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elias is on in maryland. independence. caller: quick comment. behind the market, it is a little long. companies pass without any kind bribe. the only solution would be keeping the free market the way it is now. not know why it doesn't make sense. that took a lot of time to review this kind of drug. that is ok. it is third world countries. case, we can preserve the free market. [indiscernible] guest: so, the reality is that -- you mentioned the companies set prices however they want. they cannot. they negotiate prices. when a company is fortunate enough to have a new drug approved that patients are waiting for, they go to the insurers and say we have a new drug. this is what it does. where are you willing to pay? a negotiation occurs. if that was the case, we would be paying $1 million for every prescription. there are negotiations and the price can be high for a while and it belongs to society for a long time at a low price. that is not the answer. it is not also the answer that it will impact drugs from playing countries. .hat is not safe it to
elias is on in maryland. independence. caller: quick comment. behind the market, it is a little long. companies pass without any kind bribe. the only solution would be keeping the free market the way it is now. not know why it doesn't make sense. that took a lot of time to review this kind of drug. that is ok. it is third world countries. case, we can preserve the free market. [indiscernible] guest: so, the reality is that -- you mentioned the companies set prices however they want. they...
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bolton is a native of baltimore maryland. he graduated from yale university with his bachelors in 1970 and graduated from yell law yale law 1974 -- school in 1974. ofving in the department justice, and united states agency for international development. in 2005, bolton was appointed by george w. bush as united states ambassador to the united nations. he also served as senior vice president and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute as well as contributor to fox news. bolton recognizes the importance and fundamental need for strong natural -- strong national defense and promoting democracy around the world. he resides with his wife and daughters in bethesda, maryland. we are honored to have such an esteemed conservative speaker with us tonight. join me in welcoming the honorable john bolton. [applause] mr. bolton: thank you very much. thank you. thank you. it is great to be here tonight and i appreciate the opportunity to be with you. the conference agenda sounds fantastic and i can tell you as member myself, if we
bolton is a native of baltimore maryland. he graduated from yale university with his bachelors in 1970 and graduated from yell law yale law 1974 -- school in 1974. ofving in the department justice, and united states agency for international development. in 2005, bolton was appointed by george w. bush as united states ambassador to the united nations. he also served as senior vice president and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute as well as contributor to fox news. bolton...
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host: host: let's talk to frank out of maryland on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. youuld like to comment -- to comment on my strategy. i had to retire early. i have a small pension that isn't enough, so what i have been doing is taking my savings that i'm earning, .15%, and living on my savings and putting off taking social security, which earns me about 7% per year, as opposed to 1.15% per year. it i -- is that a good strategy? guest: i'm sure the washington post would like me to say i shouldn't be offering financial advice because i'm not a financial advisor, but many years ago, i used to be in the investment in visor e -- advisory profession, and i will holdhat if you are able to off taking social security another year or so, i would do that. my recommendation to you is shop around. .15% account and there are a lot of accounts that pay better. off the top of my head, american express, a couple of online banks is offering it, hsbc, one of the foreign banks have been offering a rate above 2%. i would shop around on my savings account. host: l
host: host: let's talk to frank out of maryland on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. youuld like to comment -- to comment on my strategy. i had to retire early. i have a small pension that isn't enough, so what i have been doing is taking my savings that i'm earning, .15%, and living on my savings and putting off taking social security, which earns me about 7% per year, as opposed to 1.15% per year. it i -- is that a good strategy? guest: i'm sure the washington post...
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bolton is a native of baltimore, maryland. he graduated from yale with his bachelors in 1970 and graduated from yale law school in 1974. he has dedicated his life to public service, serving in key roles for the united states department of justice, department of state and u.s. agency for international development. in 2005, bolton was appointed by george w. bush as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. he served as the senior vice president and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, as well as a contributor to fox news. bolton recognizes the importance for strong national defense and for america's role as a global power in promoting democracy around the world. he resides lives with his wife -- resides with his wife and daughter in bethesda, maryland. we are honored to have the esteemed speaker with us tonight. join me in welcoming the honorable john bolton. [applause] advisor bolton: thank you very much. [applause] thank you.ton: it is great to be here tonight and i really appreciate the opportunity to be with
bolton is a native of baltimore, maryland. he graduated from yale with his bachelors in 1970 and graduated from yale law school in 1974. he has dedicated his life to public service, serving in key roles for the united states department of justice, department of state and u.s. agency for international development. in 2005, bolton was appointed by george w. bush as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. he served as the senior vice president and senior fellow at the american enterprise...
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host: let's hear from steve in maryland. you are on with the inspector general's office with health and human services. go ahead. thank you for giving my call. am i allowed to give a shout out to. host: go ahead with your question if you don't mind. tookr: i had hospice that good care of my wife in her final phases and that was because of the training that was done with st. mary's county and with the volunteers and staff are they took real good care. i liked about it was it was a comfortable setting and almost like being in your own house. what i appreciated is after my wife asked away, they offered grievance sessions for the spouse, and that was very beneficial. i wanted to give a shout out to saint mary county hospice program. guest: i am sorry for your loss and i am so glad to hear about your good experience with hospice and i am glad that you raised that. it is an important point that many patients and loved ones have very good experiences with hospice care. we are not looking to scare anyone away from hospice care. it i
host: let's hear from steve in maryland. you are on with the inspector general's office with health and human services. go ahead. thank you for giving my call. am i allowed to give a shout out to. host: go ahead with your question if you don't mind. tookr: i had hospice that good care of my wife in her final phases and that was because of the training that was done with st. mary's county and with the volunteers and staff are they took real good care. i liked about it was it was a comfortable...
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host: on the republican line from maryland, john. caller: it seems like the left wants to vilify shareholders when in fact one of the greatest things about our economy is the ability to invest. whether it is the 529 and education, the 401k in retirement or investments. this is where we could see a lot of equity brought across african-american, white, asian, hispanic, if those populations invested in the long haul over the market which is a dynamic aspect of the u.s. economy all people rise with those boats and we have seen that. the left wants to vilify shareholders and say they are most of the people are good people that invest for the long haul and i'm sired -- tired of the vilification of shareholders. >> one thing i want to deal with again, big over corporations have been getting more profitable, who are these big corporations? because companies don't live forever we are going to -- if you have benefits to find pensions chances are it will be at -- we have gone to these contribution defined pensions, where does this money go? it
host: on the republican line from maryland, john. caller: it seems like the left wants to vilify shareholders when in fact one of the greatest things about our economy is the ability to invest. whether it is the 529 and education, the 401k in retirement or investments. this is where we could see a lot of equity brought across african-american, white, asian, hispanic, if those populations invested in the long haul over the market which is a dynamic aspect of the u.s. economy all people rise with...
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caller: maryland. host: maryland. i apologize. caller: my top issue is not on the agendas of democrats or republicans. my top issue is i have a question for congress. i would like to know if there on the americans, -- which protects the elderly. my question is how can a county commissioner get away with not abiding by that law when it was a supreme court decision? host: you are going to have to educate our viewers on the background of your concern so they can understand where you are coming from. can you do that? caller: yes. i am dealing with folks that live in a park. it has become a community with cottages. there is going to be actuallytely 70 people evicted by the county commissioners because when they bought their home 33 years ago, which their law has been on the books for 33 years and never enforced. however, they are using that law to put out veterans, disabled, and elderly out of a park when theye land, bought, they bought recreational land. by there never told settlement. this land is out -- 6 years outnd of the -- 6 mon
caller: maryland. host: maryland. i apologize. caller: my top issue is not on the agendas of democrats or republicans. my top issue is i have a question for congress. i would like to know if there on the americans, -- which protects the elderly. my question is how can a county commissioner get away with not abiding by that law when it was a supreme court decision? host: you are going to have to educate our viewers on the background of your concern so they can understand where you are coming...
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economy and campaign 2020 with a university of maryland economics professor, and indie green with the center for american progress. lori davison will be on to talk about tax policy. watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern monday morning. join the discussion. susan: this week on "newsmakers," steven law joins us, the president of the senate leadership fund. we also have the chief congressional correspondent with the washington examiner, and the chief congressional correspondent with the associated press. let me begin with explaining to our viewers, what is your group, how much you plan to spend in the 2020 race, and where do you plan to spend that money. steven: i represent a senate leadership fund and one nation, two organizations involved in politics and policy, focused on the senate. in 2018, we raised and spent about $190 million.
economy and campaign 2020 with a university of maryland economics professor, and indie green with the center for american progress. lori davison will be on to talk about tax policy. watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern monday morning. join the discussion. susan: this week on "newsmakers," steven law joins us, the president of the senate leadership fund. we also have the chief congressional correspondent with the washington examiner, and the chief congressional...
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professor at university of maryland. thanks for joining us. give a snapshot of the economy what does it portend as it pertains to issues running for reelection's and becoming president of the u.s. mr. green, your mr. green: this first. economy has been performing very well for the top and working americans are barely scraping by. they have peanuts here and there. the overwhelming benefits of the economy, particularly last couple of years have gone to the very top. it is an economy that sees an increasing amount of risk. we have financial deregulation going on and we see a growing concentration of monopoly power and tariffs on consumer goods. cash being handed back to the largest agrobusinesses that are squeezing family farmers. it is not an economy that is working for working families. i think that ordinary people are feeling that. mr morici: the economy is doing well compared to recent history. it is growing at a reasonable pace. the gains at the bottom have been more robust than in the recent past and that is good. the basic problems of trum
professor at university of maryland. thanks for joining us. give a snapshot of the economy what does it portend as it pertains to issues running for reelection's and becoming president of the u.s. mr. green, your mr. green: this first. economy has been performing very well for the top and working americans are barely scraping by. they have peanuts here and there. the overwhelming benefits of the economy, particularly last couple of years have gone to the very top. it is an economy that sees an...
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two weeks ago, a bill was introduced by democrat senator chris value-of maryland and republican senator -- value holen -- van holland -- van hollen and a republican senator, when we as taxpayers contribute to a science that leads to a new drug, that we get prices that are affordable for that drug. this is critically important, you know. we have these wonderful, incredible drugs coming to market. therapies that are being priced at anywhere from $400,000 to more than $2 million. there are 400 clinical trials under way right now for new cell and gene therapies. if they come to market each at $1 million, we're going to break the bank. we're going to break families' banks and we're going to break our country's bank. host: our guest with us here to talk about the cost of prescription drugs and if you have questions for him, you can call on the line, if you live in the eastern and central time zones, it's 202-748-8000. if you look in the mountain and pacific, it's 202-748-8001. you can always post on our twitter feed @cspan wj and make your thoughts there as well for david mitchell. as far as
two weeks ago, a bill was introduced by democrat senator chris value-of maryland and republican senator -- value holen -- van holland -- van hollen and a republican senator, when we as taxpayers contribute to a science that leads to a new drug, that we get prices that are affordable for that drug. this is critically important, you know. we have these wonderful, incredible drugs coming to market. therapies that are being priced at anywhere from $400,000 to more than $2 million. there are 400...
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i am a pharmacist and i teach at the university of maryland. that tell your audience people have access to medication experts. the pharmacist is it just there to help you get your prescriptions, fill your prescriptions, they are there to help you get ones you can afford it. you can get the drug companies to come down on some of the pricing. it will help you with your medicare part d. some people will try to do that. other people can talk to their pharmacist who knows what they are taking right now and trying whiche them an idea medicare plan. host: since we have an expert on viewers whenll our you have a prescription that is very expensive, once the first thing you should ask a pharmacist? youer: the first thing should have is a description -- discussion with the provider. famous surgeon general said medications don't work well when people don't take them. are writing a prescription that the patient can't afford, that's the critical conversation that needs to happen in the office. host: what you were saying is before you leave the doctor, you s
i am a pharmacist and i teach at the university of maryland. that tell your audience people have access to medication experts. the pharmacist is it just there to help you get your prescriptions, fill your prescriptions, they are there to help you get ones you can afford it. you can get the drug companies to come down on some of the pricing. it will help you with your medicare part d. some people will try to do that. other people can talk to their pharmacist who knows what they are taking right...
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as we go to matt in baltimore, maryland. go ahead, please. caller: i want to thank you for putting me on. i am so fascinated by mr. b alexander's presentation. -- by ms. newbie y-alexander's presentation. was really important, for example, congressman ellison's great, great-grandfather was a free black who operated a subsidy manufacturing that promoted slavery by manufacturing cotton picking machines. i'm sorry, i am -- the cotton gin. he produced over 1000 of them, which made slavery economical for growing cotton, which was dying in the united states and would have had a huge impact on the ending of slavery. further, if you stress that more, i believe it would give an black population of how understanding of how universal slavery was and there was not the hatred that is promoted by the people that are trying to divide us as a country. host: thank you for the call, matt. what isell, you know, very interesting is that tobacco -- the tobacco industry, um, dominated, um, even through the 20th century in virginia and north carolina, as well as in
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let's go to cliff in maryland. we are asking folks whether they support or oppose congressional action on gun control. what do you say? caller: good morning. to all the people out there listening to our conversations this morning, especially the lawmakers, i would like to tell you all that there is no law that can be made that a criminal or crazy person will respect. effectws only law-abiding citizens. the dayton shooter was a maniacal leftist who killed those people engage in dayton for the express purpose of trying to give these communists they ammunition they need for their disarmament agenda. that is what it is. it is a disarmament agenda. this country is not new zealand. you try to take guns from people in this country, you will get shot. people will die. there will be revolution and blood in the streets. i hope we can avoid that. host: marie, what would you like to say this morning? caller: good morning. i want to say, i am sorry about the ones that did get killed, but it is not going to get -- when he gets t
let's go to cliff in maryland. we are asking folks whether they support or oppose congressional action on gun control. what do you say? caller: good morning. to all the people out there listening to our conversations this morning, especially the lawmakers, i would like to tell you all that there is no law that can be made that a criminal or crazy person will respect. effectws only law-abiding citizens. the dayton shooter was a maniacal leftist who killed those people engage in dayton for the...
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the maryland democratic party --th of congressman sam is the washington bureau chief at cnn. he is rushing over here. we will introduce him when the time comes. reporter -- bob weiner and the national press club member who organized today's luncheon. thank you, bob. washington corridor -- reporter at the new -- the new york post. reporter atuse bloomberg news. we welcome our headliner, congressman elijah, democrat from the state of maryland, has oversight and government reform. his remarks come in the wake of president trump off his comments about his district, he called baltimore "a disgusting rat in rodent infested mess and the worst in america." will alsogs investigate and the trump administration, the prescription drug industries price practices. 13th in thehis house, he is been an advocate for health care, the fight against -- a leader in the fight against drug abuse, and assistance to lower income americans. bob weiner, members --adliners, cochairs, and was executive director bill, and many other staff members of the press club, who i think for helping to put together t
the maryland democratic party --th of congressman sam is the washington bureau chief at cnn. he is rushing over here. we will introduce him when the time comes. reporter -- bob weiner and the national press club member who organized today's luncheon. thank you, bob. washington corridor -- reporter at the new -- the new york post. reporter atuse bloomberg news. we welcome our headliner, congressman elijah, democrat from the state of maryland, has oversight and government reform. his remarks come...
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i'm answering to the guy from maryland first of all. we do disagree with donald trump because he promised to release his taxes he's told a lot of lies. you know he's done a lot of things that we disagree with. he's divided country and he has shooting, butpaso whenever they made a speech, he pushes immigration speaks nd as far as he from his heart. it's obviously hate. thomas in ohio. >> hello? >> go ahead, tom? i'm wonder why, how the democrat s against plan to fight the supreme one god himself. e placed trump in the position he's in and 2020 he'll win by a landslide. tom.ank you, david in phoenix, arizona. >> good afternoon. how are you today? >> i'm wonderful. i'm on this side of the dirt, so to continue to make an effect. remind people that it's not just trump on the right verses all the democrats on the left. centrist democrat that has orked diligently with republicans. independents and democrats to urther her ideal, and i hope the rest of the country would filling the fabric of our country back together. us.truth is all of republic
i'm answering to the guy from maryland first of all. we do disagree with donald trump because he promised to release his taxes he's told a lot of lies. you know he's done a lot of things that we disagree with. he's divided country and he has shooting, butpaso whenever they made a speech, he pushes immigration speaks nd as far as he from his heart. it's obviously hate. thomas in ohio. >> hello? >> go ahead, tom? i'm wonder why, how the democrat s against plan to fight the supreme one...
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and as a proud marylander, we are here to say we believe in baltimore. in cities like baltimore. we believe in elijah cummings. attacks.lieve in those those attacks are mean-spirited, racially-motivated, and people say, sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me, when you use divisive words, it should not come as a surprise when people put those hate-fueled words into action. i know that because i ran a civil rights division and i saw the increase in hate crimes. bar at the top, this is what we are fighting for. i am darn proud of these values, and we will put these into action. that is how we won in michigan. we won in wisconsin. we won in 2018 and we will do this again. i cannot tell you how excited i am to be partnering tonight with cnn. makingto thank them for this debate of remarkable success. they have put on a successful show. this is a remarkable theater, and if you want updates on our upcoming dates, text word "debate" to 43367. that is "debate" to the number 43367. enjoy the debate and make sure you get out and vote. thank you. [applause]
and as a proud marylander, we are here to say we believe in baltimore. in cities like baltimore. we believe in elijah cummings. attacks.lieve in those those attacks are mean-spirited, racially-motivated, and people say, sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me, when you use divisive words, it should not come as a surprise when people put those hate-fueled words into action. i know that because i ran a civil rights division and i saw the increase in hate crimes. bar at...
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host: from bladensburg, maryland. matt, go ahead. caller: okay. i appreciate if you give me as much time as you gave the person before this last woman because i feel like i have something to offer and i feel there are a lot of people who don't know what they are saying. the one person you cut off was the gentleman on disability about 5 calls ago and i think he was right on target. i am on medicare and medicaid. first of all, no health care covers dental, that i know. medicare doesn't, medicaid doesn't. the woman that said her daughter had diabetes -- medicaid is a supplement, it doesn't cover that. for, i pay a dollar prescriptions like that gentleman said. i have not had to wait, that is the biggest myth republicans tell you. i have not had to wait read i have had three major surgeries and one of them i had at hopkins . one of them i had at georgetown university, which is an excellent hospital and i did not have to wait at all. i did not go to see some which dr.. this is all republican jargon. don't believe this stuff. let me finish. i don't pay
host: from bladensburg, maryland. matt, go ahead. caller: okay. i appreciate if you give me as much time as you gave the person before this last woman because i feel like i have something to offer and i feel there are a lot of people who don't know what they are saying. the one person you cut off was the gentleman on disability about 5 calls ago and i think he was right on target. i am on medicare and medicaid. first of all, no health care covers dental, that i know. medicare doesn't, medicaid...
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maya rockeymoore cummings, chair of the maryland democratic party and spouse of congressman elijah cummings. lori russo, president of stanton communications and co-chair of the national press club's headliners team. >> sam is on his way, breaking news. jeff: as always, sam feist is the washington bureau chief at cnn. he is rushing over here. we will introduce him when the time comes. alayna treene, white house reporter at axios. bob weiner, president of weiner public news and the national press club member who organized today's luncheon. thank you, bob. jennifer cummings, daughter of the congressman. nikki schwab, washington reporter at the new york post. and jennifer jacobs, white house reporter at bloomberg news. [applause] jeff: we welcome our headliner, congressman elijah cummings, democrat from the state of maryland, chairman of the house and houseon oversight reform. his remarks come in the wake of president trump's comments about his district, which he called baltimore "a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess" and "worst in america." mr. cummings will also address the committee's i
maya rockeymoore cummings, chair of the maryland democratic party and spouse of congressman elijah cummings. lori russo, president of stanton communications and co-chair of the national press club's headliners team. >> sam is on his way, breaking news. jeff: as always, sam feist is the washington bureau chief at cnn. he is rushing over here. we will introduce him when the time comes. alayna treene, white house reporter at axios. bob weiner, president of weiner public news and the national...
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host: we will go to pamela in maryland. caller: good morning. i think we really need to address the elephant in the room. on allhould be a ban high-capacity magazines and military -- military style weapons that give high kill rates in a short amount of time. bazookas, own grenades in defense of the second amendment. we should not be allowed to own these type of guns. there should be a serial number every gunnumber on manufactured, just like on cars. every car has an individualized should haveguns that. there should be a tax on ammunition sold. there is no reason anyone needs to own a gun in a civilized society to shoot people. perverting the second amendment, it does not give you the right to own military style weapons and weapons of mass destruction. becausehers would say the second amendment does not specify what type of gun involved, why should you go after the ones you listed? caller: there is no place in a civilized society for military style weapons. their intent is for a high rate of kill and for use in war, not for use hunting deer. that
host: we will go to pamela in maryland. caller: good morning. i think we really need to address the elephant in the room. on allhould be a ban high-capacity magazines and military -- military style weapons that give high kill rates in a short amount of time. bazookas, own grenades in defense of the second amendment. we should not be allowed to own these type of guns. there should be a serial number every gunnumber on manufactured, just like on cars. every car has an individualized should...
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jeffrey is next, beltsville, maryland. caller: i have a thing to say. i think everybody is forgetting about what the bible say. god told noah he would not destroy the world, man would destroy the world. we have a president sitting in the white house and all he thinks about is giving people power over the epa and the environment to do what they want to build things like they did in south dakota to build a pipeline, whatever. now they want to build other things other places. the world is going to have a big problem with climate change. look at the arctic, it is melting. look at alaska. not even that far from me, annapolis, maryland. now the land is getting covered with water. let's get our brains together. we know climate change is for real, but all this president has in mind is greed. he did not want obama to do anything about climate change. to told us man is going destroy the world, not him, but man and we see it every day. look what happened to the amazon. host: that is jeffrey in maryland. actionsthe president's this week when it comes to alaska. pre
jeffrey is next, beltsville, maryland. caller: i have a thing to say. i think everybody is forgetting about what the bible say. god told noah he would not destroy the world, man would destroy the world. we have a president sitting in the white house and all he thinks about is giving people power over the epa and the environment to do what they want to build things like they did in south dakota to build a pipeline, whatever. now they want to build other things other places. the world is going to...
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host: columbia, maryland. caller: surprise, surprise. another d.c. think tank guy is telling us we can't have nice things. not a wage that anybody can survive on in most places across america. we are trying to get away from folks have tore patch together two or three jobs to survive. the last point is about health care when it comes to small businesses. a is very difficult to get policy as a small business owner . medicare for all would take that stress off of small business owners where health care is provided to everyone has a right. you think about america being great. i think about how he responded to wars in times of need. the military stepped up. a big part of military service for doctors and nurses who aided veterans coming home and while they were out on the battlefield . we need to have that same mentality in terms of honoring doctors and nurses and bringing them up and having medicare for all being part of the fabric of america. to say way is part of -- the military is part of the fabric of america. guest: we have been pulling on health car
host: columbia, maryland. caller: surprise, surprise. another d.c. think tank guy is telling us we can't have nice things. not a wage that anybody can survive on in most places across america. we are trying to get away from folks have tore patch together two or three jobs to survive. the last point is about health care when it comes to small businesses. a is very difficult to get policy as a small business owner . medicare for all would take that stress off of small business owners where health...
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. >> since you are from maryland, would you agree -- ? >> more from the fair with author and activist, marianne williamson. iowa caucuses set for february 3, the first nominating contest in the nation for the party s presidential primaries. this is just over 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so -- this is an expert in area experience. i am very aware, particularly as a woman that we cannot do this everywhere. i am very aware, as a woman, that if i set a fraction of the things i sometimes say and critique of our government and our governmental policy that there are countries where i might be taken off to prison, even tortured. i'm not only very aware of the profound right we have to say what we think but at this point in history, we need to remember that we also have profound responsibility to say what we think. i am running for president because i think some things need to be said and the things i set is what to be everyone is saying. politics itself is not a conduit for the energies we need t
. >> since you are from maryland, would you agree -- ? >> more from the fair with author and activist, marianne williamson. iowa caucuses set for february 3, the first nominating contest in the nation for the party s presidential primaries. this is just over 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so -- this is an expert in area experience. i am very aware, particularly as a woman that we cannot do this everywhere. i am very aware, as a...
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plaintiffs iner north carolina and maryland filed suit challenging their congressional10 redistricting maps as unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering is. gerrymanders. democratsted against where the maryland litigation claimed the republican redistricting map discriminated against republicans. as far back as 1962 in the reapportionment case baker versus carr, the supreme court held that a political question was a case that lacked a judicially discoverable and manageable standard for resolving the issue at hand. in ill versus whitford where the plaintiffs from wisconsin were determined to lacked standing in other partisan gerrymandering case, the court emphasized that ever since baker, the unresolved question in partisan gerrymandering cases was whether such cases involved a legal right resolvable according to legal principles or was instead a political question that had to be resolved elsewhere. davisgh in cases such as versus band mayor, the court suggested that cracking and packing voters from opposing parties into districts might raise a partisan gerrymandering claim as the majori
plaintiffs iner north carolina and maryland filed suit challenging their congressional10 redistricting maps as unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering is. gerrymanders. democratsted against where the maryland litigation claimed the republican redistricting map discriminated against republicans. as far back as 1962 in the reapportionment case baker versus carr, the supreme court held that a political question was a case that lacked a judicially discoverable and manageable standard for resolving...
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this is william in waldorf, maryland. your on with adam andrzejweski from openthebooks.com. caller: thank you for having me on. thank you both. i listen to c-span every day. i want to know the data that you collected? thet also referencing federal contractors, stick contractors and local government that also do work and their salaries? ofit also giving the numbers how many contractors are doing the jobs per people that are in that state, that local monistic polity -- municipality in the nation? guest: excellent question. here is what our database is comprised of. at the federal level, we have all federal spending since 2000. that is comprised of contracts, grants, loans, farm subsidies, direct limits and insurance subsidies. we have nearly all federal employment in terms of salaries and bonuses, when disclosed since 2007. at the state level, in 49 out of 50 states, we are only missing california and we have restyled that information at the request of the california state checkbook. in 49 states, we have the checkbook. had theng, we republican comptroller begin the process of
this is william in waldorf, maryland. your on with adam andrzejweski from openthebooks.com. caller: thank you for having me on. thank you both. i listen to c-span every day. i want to know the data that you collected? thet also referencing federal contractors, stick contractors and local government that also do work and their salaries? ofit also giving the numbers how many contractors are doing the jobs per people that are in that state, that local monistic polity -- municipality in the nation?...
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maryland --lf from marcel from maryland. e verification and tax id. they don't have a tax id. how do you reconcile those? guest: good question. the number he is talking about looks like a social security number but it's an individual tax id number. i-ten is the shorthand. is for the people not americans or residents of the united states. basically foreigners of bank accounts here. what happened is the irs started issuing them to illegal immigrants. there are a lot of instances where an illegal immigrant will give the fake or stolen social security number to his employer, but they will file a tax return with the irs using the real number the irs gave them. who most illegal immigrants are because they have their tax returns, which have two different numbers. instead of somebody with legitimate numbers where they are the same. if you enter a tax id number into e-verify, it will read flag you. that is not a social security number. and using a tax id number to file taxes are illegal immigrants by definition in almost every case because the numbers for people who are not working, do
maryland --lf from marcel from maryland. e verification and tax id. they don't have a tax id. how do you reconcile those? guest: good question. the number he is talking about looks like a social security number but it's an individual tax id number. i-ten is the shorthand. is for the people not americans or residents of the united states. basically foreigners of bank accounts here. what happened is the irs started issuing them to illegal immigrants. there are a lot of instances where an illegal...
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host: democrats line in greenbelt, maryland heard what did you think? like yesterday, -- my point is the reason donald trump is having a lot of approl. people should be able to come in but they should be checked. mexico,dy comes in from guatemala or wherever, they should be screened and checked before coming into our country. host: thank you for calling and thank you for listening on c-span radio. rob is joining us from new york on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i love the show. i think tulsi gabbard is the only candidate who makes any sense at all. she is anti-stupid war that gets us nothing. media won'thow the let her speak. that the othert nine people were trending on twitter and tulsi gabbard was not, even though she clearly won the debate. is trying toer interfere in the 2020 election, and that should be looked into, as well. host: rick is joining us on the independent line from ohio. old and iam 62 years grew up in detroit. then, we were the greatest civilization man had ever seen. created as the guys who came back from
host: democrats line in greenbelt, maryland heard what did you think? like yesterday, -- my point is the reason donald trump is having a lot of approl. people should be able to come in but they should be checked. mexico,dy comes in from guatemala or wherever, they should be screened and checked before coming into our country. host: thank you for calling and thank you for listening on c-span radio. rob is joining us from new york on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i...
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maryland,en park, robert, republican -- brooklyn park, maryland, robert, republican. tariffe we do not have a on automobiles coming in from china? that was exempt but we need a high terrace on auto the autos coming in because it has devastated the automotive industry in the u.s. havevented the car and we foreign cars with no tariffs. why were they exempt? host: how much do you get into trade policy? guest: i do not know the answer to your question. host: jesse in connecticut, democrat. good morning. caller: i grew up in the shadow of world war ii where the united nations was seen as one organization that could broker peace among the major powers of the world in a time of devastation. i wonder, mark, how you think lost that place in the world and how you think it may get it back. guest: thanks, jesse. i do not know if it has fully lost that place in the world. it is important to take a step back and reflect on the events that created the united nations in 1945. of the holocaust and devastation of world war ii and the bombing of hiroshima nagasaki. these global events t
maryland,en park, robert, republican -- brooklyn park, maryland, robert, republican. tariffe we do not have a on automobiles coming in from china? that was exempt but we need a high terrace on auto the autos coming in because it has devastated the automotive industry in the u.s. havevented the car and we foreign cars with no tariffs. why were they exempt? host: how much do you get into trade policy? guest: i do not know the answer to your question. host: jesse in connecticut, democrat. good...
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i also teach at the university of maryland as an adjunct. one interesting thing that is happened since trump is election is the opposite of what you might be thinking is happening. election is what you think might be happening. we have had a bump up of enrollment at the university of maryland. and they have had to hire more adjuncts to teach more classes. a certain number of young people have become very energized is the way i was reading about watergate in 1974. that is very interesting. now do they get jobs? i worry about that. i certainly do. but the ones i've taught in the last year have been very engaged and very excited about the profession. jim moran: that is terrific. i'm not about to say thank god for trump. but that is encouraging news. tamar hallerman: i'd like to open up her questions. we have a microphone going around in the back. it is identify you. that would be great. >> i'm a communications member of the national press club and a former journalist. i've enjoyed the perspective of the politicians. but i think there's another
i also teach at the university of maryland as an adjunct. one interesting thing that is happened since trump is election is the opposite of what you might be thinking is happening. election is what you think might be happening. we have had a bump up of enrollment at the university of maryland. and they have had to hire more adjuncts to teach more classes. a certain number of young people have become very energized is the way i was reading about watergate in 1974. that is very interesting. now...
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i go to the university of maryland in college park, and i am thinking about getting kids when i'm a little bit older, you know, little bit more settled down. one of the things i think about is what to teach my kids, and another aspect, and i wanted to ask this to you, did you or heidi learn things from your kids? did your values get enhanced from having children? sen. cruz: that's a great question. look, absolutely. having kids is an awesome, wonderful experience. our girls are totally different. they are -- katherine is sweet. she's loving. she's just like her mom. caroline, god love her, is just like her dad, which means she is spirited. she can say all sorts of things. i'll give an example, all right 2018 i'm running for election against beto o'rourke. who? a guy named beto o'rourke. [laughter] sen. cruz: so we're doing one of the debates, the first debate, and it ended with -- each of you say something nice about each other, and o'rourke says, you know, ted seems to be a really good father and husband, and that's a good thing. so that was nice. i appreciated that. i came back and said,
i go to the university of maryland in college park, and i am thinking about getting kids when i'm a little bit older, you know, little bit more settled down. one of the things i think about is what to teach my kids, and another aspect, and i wanted to ask this to you, did you or heidi learn things from your kids? did your values get enhanced from having children? sen. cruz: that's a great question. look, absolutely. having kids is an awesome, wonderful experience. our girls are totally...
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host: let's hear from steve in maryland. bliss fromwith erin the department of health and human services. i allowed to give a shout out to specific hospice? host: go ahead with your question, if you don't mind. caller: i want to mention st. mary's hospice. wifetook good care of my and her final days because of the training that is done with st. mary's county and with the volunteers and with the staff, they took real good care. it was a very come double setting, almost like being -- comfortable setting, almost like being in your own house. they offered grievance sessions for the spouse. that was very, very beneficial. i wanted to give a shout out to st. mary's county hospice program. guest: i'm sorry for your loss. i'm so glad to hear about your good experience with hospice. i'm glad you raised that. it is an important point. many patients and their loved ones have very good experiences with hospice care. we are not looking to scare anyone away from hospice care. it's an important benefit that brings comfort to many patients
host: let's hear from steve in maryland. bliss fromwith erin the department of health and human services. i allowed to give a shout out to specific hospice? host: go ahead with your question, if you don't mind. caller: i want to mention st. mary's hospice. wifetook good care of my and her final days because of the training that is done with st. mary's county and with the volunteers and with the staff, they took real good care. it was a very come double setting, almost like being -- comfortable...
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host: greenbelt, maryland, what did you think? caller: good morning. , joe biden made a salient point. you see donald trump having a lot of approval because of the border. people should be coming, but they should really check. the border should not be free. if anybody is coming from mexico or wherever, they should be screened and checked before coming to our country. host: thanks for calling and thanks for listening on c-span radio. from portning us crane, new york. independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i love this show. i think tulsa gabbert is the only candidate that makes any sense. she is antiwar -- not antiwar, but anti-stupid war that gets us nothing. i cannot see why the media will not let her speak. the other nine people were trending on twitter and tulsa gabbert was not even though she clearly won the debate. i think twitter is trying to interfere in the election and that should be looked into. host: we will go to rick joining us next on the independent line from ohio. good morning. caller: i am 62 years o
host: greenbelt, maryland, what did you think? caller: good morning. , joe biden made a salient point. you see donald trump having a lot of approval because of the border. people should be coming, but they should really check. the border should not be free. if anybody is coming from mexico or wherever, they should be screened and checked before coming to our country. host: thanks for calling and thanks for listening on c-span radio. from portning us crane, new york. independent line. good...