some americans. people were so devastated and part. neutralized by the war, it is difficult to imagine what their feelings must have been at the time. >> here is the american truth. parading triumphantly through paris. it took a while for the americans to come back home. it wasn't until 1919 that they had enough troop transportation to get them back to the u.s. welcomedch every city the troops back,. >> let's end where we begin. the troops are coming home. what is america's reaction to what happened? >> it is interesting you bring that up. it is a joy to see the troops come over. newspapers are posting special editions. slowly as the troops come home, a lot of them don't want to talk about the war. some of them saw such horrible fighting, they don't want to talk about it. they don't -- they want to get back into civilian society. slowly the americans stored to forget about the war. even as they are trying to think about it, you have other things going on. you have the volstead act, with provision. --

they hire african-american and mexican-american staff to lead the charge. one project director in houston was an unknown immunity activist named barbara gordon. this is happening all over the state.longtime veteran activists of the school rights and labor struggles of the city become the leadership of the coalition on the ground and they engage in a massive effort for block workers to educate them and to spread the coalition's message of economic justice, political power and racial inequality on the ground. they're successful in doing it. they carry johnson and yarborough to victory in 1964. they exert that power, they fail to repeal the full tax which is one of their main goals but they do see in transforming state and especially local politics, remapping local politics so we have these deep dark central cities surrounded by red servers. it happened at this moment when the city got organized. i go into why it ultimately declined and we can talk about it later. i want to jump back a moment and rest up and get time for questions. the history of the democrati

the american people hear him loud and clear. he is his own man, independent, strong, boundless energy and optimism. i like to say, president donald trump is distinctly american, and he is already fighting every day to put our country and our people first. president trump has charged head first into the fray. tomorrow actually marks the end of our first week in the white house. he's already signed historic executive orders on obamacare, on trade, the keystone and dakota pipelines, rolling back regulations, starting to build that border wall, enforcing the laws of this country, sanctity of life and more. just this week, this pro-life president reinstated the mexico city policy banning public funding of abortion in american foreign aid. [applause] mr. pence: and as another pro-life american, i couldn't be more proud to stand with him. if there's a problem the white house can fix, rest assured, president trump and i are going to roll our sleeves up and act swiftly to solve it. the american people expect nothing less. our challenges

the american people can count on that. [applause] we are goingnce: to show the american people the republican party has the principles and the policies that will make america great again. we know from history that we have the solutions for the country's problems. the answer has been the same era power of the free , marketplace, the arsenal of democracy, limited and constitutional government, build on personal responsibility, and above all else, a deep and abiding faith in the goodness of the american people. my friends, this is our moment. and we got this far because president donald trump marshalled a movement unlike any movement in american history. [applause] vice pres. pence: i saw it. i saw it as i traveled around the country. i would attend rallies with him where tens of thousands would come out. or i'd speak at rallies of my own were literally hundreds of americans -- [laughter] vice pres. pence: -- would come out to hear me campaign on his behalf. i want to tell you, they came out because president trump is the rea

so it's african american, asian american, hispanic american, latin american, native american. i don't know, you have irish americans, they're white. you have polish americans. no, no, that didn't become on a box. and this is a joke for americans, understand that. so as an american, they understand this. on the boxes there is no irish american, there is only white, but there is african american, and there is asian american, do you get what i'm saying? so that's the whole point of thejoke. the point i was trying to make is there was a shift amongst the black american community to start calling themselves african american. they didn't want a definition by default, ie you were not white, so therefore you were black. they wanted to have a hyphenated identity that linked them with the continent of their ancestors, and therefore when you say, "oh, they're not really african, they're playing along," you cannot disconnect what you say from this debate that's really, you know, captured the imagination of the african american, black american community. and also, the point i want to make

flag is committed to stopping the deformation of the american people, the american nation and the american culture. flag is not a think tank. flag is a battle tank. flag it's all about changing the culture and changing the media narrative, by using the tactics of the left back against them. that's how we win. that's how we reverse the tide. flag is an educational nonprofit, we we go into as many elementary, middle and high schools as we possibly can talking to kids about what makes america special. what makes america different, why is the constitution the best political document ever written? what what would the world look like today had it not been for american leadership in the 20th century? what would the world look like in the future if there was no america? what all has the united states given the world? why has it been in nonparallel force for good in this world? please and gentlemen, we seek to counter the army of anti-american activist masquerading as teachers that are deliberately. [applause] trying to raise a generation of american haters. flag is also immediate response on. the

to the american people -- made this vow to the american people. i can say that, as we look at these statements that were made, these are not statements that have come true. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. yarmuth: mr. chairman, i now yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, the distinguished ranking member of the energy and commerce committee, mr. pallone. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. pallone: i want to thank mr. yarmuth. you know, i've listened to every republican who spoke during this budget debate and i'm convinced they will repeal the a.c.a. and run. they'll never -- there will never be a replacement, because they don't have the votes for it. the republicans are ideologues. they don't believe we should regulate insurance companies or help people pay for their premiums, so they can never support a replacement plan that would do these things. the a.c.a. is a market-based plan

in time, these brave men and women will come to be known as the american patriots. ♪ americans, men and women from all walks of life and every corner of the world, bound by the promise of liberty. but before the revolution, there are no americans, only british subjects, colonists without a nation of their own. but behind every nation stands its people. and beyond every legend lies the truth. >> when people think of the origins of the american revolution, they generally point to the financial conflict, taxation without representation. but beyond the economics, the revolution is a class war. the british view the american colonists as an inferior group of people. this means that the american revolution is about much more than political or financial independence. it's a fight to achieve the american identity. >> the struggle for an american identity begins in boston as colonists, tired of being oppressed by an empire that sees them only as a source of revenue, begin to take action. two of the first men to fight back against british tyranny are sam adams and john hancock, who start by avoidi

and americans, mr. president, are just now waking up to learn about the bait-and-switch scheme that has been perpetrated on them. for more than six years, republicans in this senate and in the house of representatives have said repeatedly that they would repeal obamacare but replace it. replace it with something, they said, that will be much better. and now we know, as the clock ticks down, that that has been a farce. there is no republican replacement bill to provide the kind of coverage and benefits of the affordable care act, and the consequences of that failure are going to be devastating for the country. let's take a moment to look at the human toll. first, there are the 22 million americans who previously had no health insurance before the affordable care act but are now covered through the health care exchanges and through expanded medicaid. these are people who've been denied access to coverage because they had preexisting conditions or their kids had preexisting conditions, whether it was asthm

john: is the american dream still alive? it is hard to be optimistic walking around this conference because so many people here are promoting buying gold and savings like sleep that night knowing your assets are safe. they have a point because politicians keep promising people free stuff and so much more than taxpayers could never find that these paper dollars your someday may be worth pennies the fed was created the dollar lost 96% of its value proposal i've bought gold and silver. i know they will hold their value more than pieces of paper. cept so far i have lost money on my investments. how many of you have invested in gold? [applause] unless you bought it way back you have not done so well so when will inflation explode? it is still low. who knows these predictions are risky and has to explode some time because there's not enough money. but the pessimism about america's future is a bad bet even two-day people steady signal sent text books but he taught although the american economy approaches so the growth the plan the

workers and american families. we must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies, and destroying our jobs. protection will lead to great prosperity and strength. i will fight for you with every breath in my body, and i will never, ever let you down. [ applause ] america will start winning again. winning like never before. we will bring back our jobs. we will bring back our borders. we will bring back our wealth. and we will bring back our dreams. [ applause ] we will build new roads and highways and bridges and airports and tunnels and railways all across our wonderful nation. we will get our people off of welfare and back to work rebuilding our country with american hands and american labor. [ applause ] we will follow two simple rules. buy american a hire american. [ applause ] we will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world, but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first. we do n

republicans have always been the party of american industry and the american worker. we must embrace that heritage. rebuilding this country with american goods and american labor and we started, believe me, over the last couple months -- i would like to say i did about as much as anybody or more in terms of getting industry to start coming back to our country before i took office. we have a lot of great news with ford and general motors and fiat chrysler. so many others, we have a lot of great news. lockheed is adding a lot of additional people. boeing -- we have a lot of positive things happening and it's really going to start bursting. you are going to be seeing it very soon. we want to get our people off of welfare and back to work. so important. [applause] president trump: it's out of control. we believe the world's best country ought to have the world's best infrastructure. it is what our people deserve and it is what we will ensure they get. our infrastructure is in serious trouble. we will build new roads and highways and tunnels and airports and railways acros

not the american people, not the republicans. we didn't cause this problem, but we're now determined to provide relief. we're determined to live up to our promise to the american people and repeal this failed law. so starting today we will begin repairing the damage by passing the legislative tools necessary to repeal obamacare and begin to transition to more sensible health care solutions. we just laid down the obamacare repeal budget resolution this week. we'll take it up soon. but repeal is only the first step. it clears the path for a replacement that costs less and works better than what we have now. once repeal is enacted, there will be a stable transition period to a patient-centered health care system that gives americans access to quality, affordable care. we plan to take on this challenge in manageable pieces, not with another 2,700-page bill. that was one of obamacare's initial mistakes and one we do not intend to repeat. now, some of our friends across the aisle have mused publicly about their role in this process. i

he said hire american and buy american. that doesn't sound like somebody in favor of free trade of any kind whether it's free trade or foreign trade involving other countries. she's come to the yiet wiunited with a message she would like to sell, which is britain and the u.s. should go ahead and promote free trade and promote an idea of a rules based global order. trump has said clearly he doesn't believe in any of that anymore and he's willing to throw much of it overboard. as for the rest of europe, this is a fundamental stumbling block. that's how the system, the system of rules based international world order, that's made them prosperous. that's made them safety and they would like to continue it. this seems to be in direct conflict with what trump says he wants. >> when when he come back i'll ask what he makes of the ban on many muslim majority countries and the policy of extreme vetting, when we come back. my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the s

american manufacturing, american services, americans first. whether it's china or any other country, that's going to be the priority. but with respect to china alone, it's huge marketplace for american workers and small businesses. you look at the commitment that al alibaba made, talking about access to small businesses. it's important that individuals who of my a craft or a product they're working at home at or maybe it's a small business, have the opportunity to access those marketplaces that at one point might be too far for them to reach, but through the technology that we have available to us now. and he's going to continue to fight, whether it's the chinese market or other places around the globe for market access. but again, the guiding principle is always going to be the american worker, the american manufacturing. yes. >> reporter: dan housley from whtv, boston. the idea that the president wants to work with people, how long will he keep trying when he's not helped by the other side, before he says i'll just work with the people that

the american citizen does. and it costs on an average, as chairman goodlatte brought up, $15,000 per u.s. household. can that money -- could that be better used to offset the cost of a college education? or maybe the staggering cost of health care due to the affordable care act? let me give you a real-life illustration from my district. a couple of years ago, a constituent, a dairy farmer, was targeted by an incredibly vague broad -- vague, broad woe tulls. the e.p.a. sued and won -- woe tulls. the e.p.a. sued and -- wotus. the e.p.a. sued and won the case because of the vagueness of this rule and determination in the court. it cost my constituent over $200,000 in fines and court costs for natural depression in his pasture that the e.p.a. determined could qualify as navigable waters. the rule states that any water or any land that becomes seasonably wet is affected. i live in florida. we get 54 inches of rain a year. that's my whole state of florida. this is down right outrageous. this is just one example of th

we will rebuild the infrastructure and do with american workers and american resources. the buy american scene was a major part of the inaugural address. this is clearly a n of the inaugural address. this is clearly an immediate action and extension of a promise he made to the american people. we sorely need these infrastructure jobs and without improvements to our transportation systems, the united states could lose more than 2.5 millionjobs by 2025. creating jobs and boosting wages is the president's top priority and this has been made clear over the past 36 hours that this is an area where he is taking immediate action. 0ne o'clock the president was speaking with the indian prime minister and we will have a read out as soon as thatis we will have a read out as soon as that is available. this afternoon the president will hold a bipartisan meeting with key senate leadership including majority and majority leaders to discuss his nomination for associate justice of the united states supreme court. he intends to have a decision by the end of the week. and an announcement e

the american people deserve better. last week the senate started considering the obamacare repeal resolution and we're continuing that process this week. this resolution will provide us with the tools that we need to repeal the law and then committees will get to work on the actual repeal bills. and then we'll work step by step to replace obamacare with real health care reform that focuses on personalized patient-centered care. mr. president, one massive problem with obamacare is the fact that it puts washington in charge of health care decisions that should be made at a much lower level. any obamacare reform the republicans pass will focus on fixing this. we're going to move control from washington and give it back to states and the individuals. health care issues don't have one size fits all solutions. it's time to stop acting like they do. states should have the power to innovate and embrace health care solutions that work for the individuals and the employers in their states. individuals should be able to make healt

i think as a country we shall focus to buy american. >> by american made products to put other americans to work. >> scott paul says absolutely a puts americans to work. president for the alliance of american a manufacturing. hopes whole but some say by american campaigns are stupid. it doesn't raise american wages. >> that doesn't make sense. then i give somebody a job. >> but they buy things from the americans but do they held the americans which create jobs in american wages. john: by allowing free trade everybody gets the best price period we can specialize then we let the world specialize what they do best. john: i would say most economists say free trade wythes just about all but. >> no question but i will suggest another point of view that by american recirculates money in our own economy to give people additional opportunities. if something is bought and the profits head back to china in some cases their own by the chinese government and who knows what they will do with it. john: i know what my money to go to the state owns communists company. >> but what do they do? they cannot

the american people see right through it. chris: okay. >> this is a week,i just sat down with the trancic team in washington yesterday. we have named 20 out of 21 of cabinet officials, probably have all of them named before inauguration day. the character that the men and women that the president elect has assembled, hundreds and hundreds of interviews and conversations he himself has had should be deeply inspire to go millions of americans. they know when he raises his right hand on that inaugural platform this coming friday that he's going to be ready on day one to keep promises to the american people and turn this country around. chris: let me ask you about this. we have three minutes left and i'm going ask you three questions so let's get them in all in. obamacare, the president elect says he wants to see repeal and replace basically at the same time, here he is in the press conference. >> it'll be repeal and replace. it will be essentially simultaneously, it will be various segments, you understand, but will most likely

i believe the verdict of the american people has been that obamacare has failed the american people. i would just ask our democratic colleagues to look at the fact that they passed it originally with 60 votes. now they are at 48. now, we have all been in the majority and the minority if you have been around here for very long, but i think there are -- there is -- obamacare is one of the big reasons our democratic colleagues find themselves currently in the minority. as one of our colleagues put it this morning, if we can't do better than obamacare, we might as well look for another line of work. what we owe the american people, i believe, is coverage that they choose at a price they can afford. and of course that's just the beginning. under president obama's leadership, his administration has imposed thousands of rules and regulations running up the price tag of hundreds of billions of dollars that have put a stranglehold on the american economy. many of these are job-killing regulations that make it harder for small businesses, which are the very life is abou is lifebl- lifeblood of

he was an american breed. during world war ii, general george patton said, and i paraphrase, while we mourn the loss of such men, we should thank god that such men ever lived. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. farenthold, for five minutes. mr. farenthold: thank you, mr. speaker. january is human trafficking awareness month. and i'd like to highlight a great organization that's fighting to end this modern day slavery. the new life refugee ministries is working to bring an end to domestic sex trafficking of children. in 2015 in my hometown of corpus christi, texas, we had 29 cases of child sex trafficking. the youngest victim was only 8 years old. founder and executive director moore has been working since 2010 to build a home for survivors so they'll have a safe place to heal, a safe place to transition back into a healthy lifestyle. this all volunteer organization has cleared land, laid a road, pou

republicans have always been the party of american industry and the american worker. we must embrace that heritage. started, believe me. monthse last couple of in terms of getting industry in terms of coming back to our country. we have a lot of positive things happening. it is really going to start bursting out. you will start seeing it soon. we want to get our people off of welfare and back to work. that is so important. it is out of control. [applause] pres. trump: we believe that the world's best country ought to have the world's best infrastructure. it is what our people deserve and what they ensure we get. we will build new roads, highways, tunnels, and airports across the nation. we will fix our existing product before we build anything brand-new. we have to fix what we have. we will fix it first. the thing i do best in life is built. we will fix it first because we have a lot of things that are in bad shape. we will rebuild our military and take care of our great veterans. [applause] pres. trump: thank you. working hard with the veterans. we are going to do so

any interest is about american liberty and the need to perpetuate american liberty. one of the offshoots, one of the benefits that would come would be bringing about change to cuba. even the worst detractor of the bill, we're all about the same thing which is how do you bring about more in the way of human freedom to that country and the 11 million people who make up that country. i think that allowing americans to go there and to, again, tell folks about, no, what you're hearing from the -- from your state-run radio station or television station is not the truth, here's what's really going on, is part and parcel to bringing about a change in cuba. it's part and parcel to eliminate egg the excuses used by the communist regime there. it's part and parcel to continuing a theme of engagement we've employed for more than a hundred years and most of all it's part and parcel to maintaining the fragile notion of american liberty which always needs to be protected. if something has encroached on american liberty that's not about a tangible result in the here and now it needs

he said he's going to bring back prosperity for all americans and create jobs for all americans. the democratic party has nothing to say as witnessed in the last election. outside of new york and california, donald trump won the popular vote as well. it's crazy with the left is doing to what was once a reasonably successful major party. >> i don't agree with you there. howie: that's twice, leslie. >> definitely has to be fixed. i can't get out of my mind, lou and can't wrap my head around the fact that our president-elect once mocked a disabled reporter. he has made disgusting any song tonight and sexist remarks. these are images people here in california -- lou: i wish the rest of us mere mortals could even repair to the standard the left has set for us all. i have to tell you, we are all -- nearly everybody i know is basically human has made mistakes. has said things they would take back. has done things they would rather do over. >> has he? >> i agree with you. but i don't see him with an apoly. lou: we are talking about immense potential for all americans and we have a leader

throughout american history, americans have worried about immigrants, feared immigrants, sometimes even hated immigrants, the dutch were very antienglish. they thought that teng lish would ruin america and the police they had created. the english were very antiirish. later on, the ones discriminated against for catholicism becomehe antisemites. and so on and so forth up to antimuslim sentiment today. and people's antisentiments were too conservative or too radical. sometimes people complained that immigrants takes our jobs, other times, many times new yorkers w complained that immigrants were a secret army plotting to destroy america.op that's something that we've heard throughout america's history and throughout new york's history. the other theme of the book, final theme is that immigrants today really aren't any different in an important sense than previous generations of immigrants. we tend to think that today's immigrants aren't like myou grandparents but in almost every sense, in almost every way, immigrants are just like our w immigrant grandparents or great grandparents or even,

we're all americans. we're not black americans, white americans, indian americans and on and on. i believe that if we can have this country and this leadership can start mending the division between the blacks, the whites, the asians and so on and so forth, there would be a good possibility we could actually start working as an american people again, as being americans, we are what we are as far as race, creed and color. the thing of it is, though, is when people in the streets start looking at each other, they see just americans, not seeing who they are and what their denominations are. host: ok. let's hear president trump say what he believes his inauguration will be remembered for. [video clip] president trump: january 20, 017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. the forgotten men and women of this country will be forgotten no longer. everyone is listening to you now. you can by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement, the likes of which the world has never seen efore. at the center of this movement is a crucial c

each generation of americans must define what it means to be an american. on behalf of our nation, i salute my predecessor, president bush, for his half century of service to america. [applause] president clinton: and i thank the millions of men and women whose steadfastness and sacrifice triumphed over depression, fascism, and communism. today, a generation raised in the shadows of the cold war assumes new responsibilities in a world warmed by the sunshine of freedom but threatened still by ancient hatreds and new plagues. raised in unrivaled prosperity, we inherit an economy that is still the world's strongest but is weakened by business failures, stagnant wages, increasing inequality, and deep divisions among our own people. when george washington first took the oath i have just sworn to uphold, news traveled slowly across the land by horseback and across the ocean by boat. now, the sights and sounds of this ceremony are broadcast instantaneously to billions around the world. communications and commerce are global. investment is mobile. technology is alm

it was african-americans bringing a unique vision to the possibility of what american democracy might look like. vernon jordan:howard, it was the west point of the civil rights movement. and the lawyers got that commitment to use this law, for the benefit of black people, and the ultimate benefit of white people. narrator :but training a group of qualified african-american lawyers was not enough. in a hostile legal environment houston needed a plan - a strategy. juan williams: houston had started to work with the naacp to look at exactly what was the best strategic approach to blowing apart, destroying the segregation structure in the country. narrat or:the most significant obstacle in houston's way was the 1896 plessy vs ferguson supreme court decision which sanctioned the separation of african-americans on trains as long as they were provided equal accommodations. the plessy doctrine of "separate but equal" quickly spread throughout southern life in direct violation of the 14th amendment to the constitution. roger wilkins: until you got rid of that interpretation that the constituti

of american counties, mr. president, have one option -- one option. tell me that's not a monopoly. this is not the health care reform that the american people were looking for. republicans are committed to replacing obamacare with real health care reform that focuses on personalized patient-centered care. one massive problem with obamacare is the fact that it puts washington in charge of health care decisions that should be made at a much lower level. any obamacare reform that republicans pass will folk kwhrus on fixing this -- focus on fixing this. health care issues don't have one-size-fits-all solutions. it's time to stop acting like they do. states should have the power to innovate and embrace health care insurance that works for their employers and their state. individuals should be able to make health care decisions in consultation with their doctors, not with washington, d.c. another thing we are going to focus on is breaking down the obamacare barriers that artificially restricted choice. as i said ear

were repealed, 1.2 million americans with serious mental disorders and 2.8 million americans with substance abuse disorders would lose some or all of their coverage. four million people, four million people losing treatment that is allowing them to get help and move on with their lives. and be productive citizens like we all want to be, and as we all want to have available to our family members. think of all the millions more that could again be in a situation of not being able to afford insurance once relabeled with a preexisting condition. the opioid treatment gap, the gap between the number of people who seek services and those who can find or afford it, would increase by 50% if the a.c.a. is repealed. 50% more people unable to find or afford services. and we just had major debates on the floor, passed grant funding to help with this very serious issue. but why in the world should we say that for a critical part of health care affecting every family, one out of five americans, that it will be only around grants and not a part of our comprehensive health care system? what happens now? gr

-- the hopes the american people. our first responsibility is to secure the nation, embodied in the oath we take to support and defend. we must be strong and smart in defending our land, defeating terrorists, and advancing our ofal interests in the world promise and peril. america's actions must always be equal to america's values, honoring our constitution, and respecting our men and women in uniform. another responsibility is to our economyre and opportunity for hard-working families. we in this congress must focus on job creation and growing paychecks every day, for everyone, and everywhere in our country. [applause] ruralelosi: from the heartland, the cities, and the suburbs, we must ensure that those who do their part have the opportunity to buy a home, address the aspirations of their children, and retire dignity. is alsoresponsibility to secure our democracy. our founders pledged their sacred honor to create a democracy, a government of the many, not a government of the money. our sacred trust is to keep that c

the safety of the american people and the security of american homeland continue to be the president's top priority. his outreach to these leaders is a critical step in turning the page on the failed foreign policies of the past eight years. notably, he did all this in the face of extreme obstructionism from democrats in the senate who are holding up 17 of his deputy or agency leads that require senate confirmation. in contrast, ten days into his term, president obama only had seven people in these positions awaiting confirmation. president bush had all but four confirmed. if senate democrats think that vote remembers going to be okay with them continuing business as usual dragging their heels in confirming qualified nominees they sorely misunderstood the message this november this. truth s these cabinet member are unbelievably qualified and will all be confirmed by the senate. democrats know this. so it's time to stop playing political games with the core functions of our government. this morning the office of the u.s. trade representative sent 12 letters officially notifying the nati

they were american citizens. because of this anti-chinese feeling and the law against chinese laborer and the fact in 1882, the law stipulated that hereafter no chinese is allowed naturalization to u.s. citizenship. this has been the biggest cloud in all of american -- chinese-american society. >> yu family prospered. >> it shows that my grandfather and his colleagues, were on equal footing with the white businessman. >> finally. >> yes. walter haas and associates were jewish and they may have felt persecution as well. they were born in san francisco just like my grandfather. they shared a bond of being on the outside of society and having to struggle extra hard to get ahead. and he walter haas talked about how to improve trade in china. >> as she points out, chinatown would evolve into a unique community. >> it serves it's a lot of restaurants in chinatown. >> talk about grand avenue. >> this is the most picturesque and visited about the community. they are built by the people who survived the earthquake and wan

if every american has an opportunity to pursue the american dream, this must end. that's why policy reform such as the raines act, are so important. under this vital legislation, any major rules from a federal agency will require congressional approval. this is a great step to end the regulation nation. we in the people's house must continue to work together to make life easier for the american people, not more difficult. in the 115th congress, we must and we will work with the incoming administration to roll back excessive and unnecessary regulation so that american families and businesses not only survive but can once again thrive. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pallone: mr. speaker, americans today have better health coverage and health care thanks to the affordable care act. the a.c.a. has expanded and protected coverage fo

lewis is an american hero. he is the most heroic person to serve in this house maybe ever and don't forget this is an attack on him for doing what he calls good trouble. when the civil rights law said african-americans couldn't vote, he went to selma and he marched and he was beaten and he was arrested. and he led his democrats on the floor when we tried to find a way to get a vote through regular order on no fly, no buy if you were a terrorist on the terrorist list, you could not get a gun. john lewis is trying to protect america once again and taking to the floor of this house in protest. this is wrong. i support john lewis. i applaud you for taking your ethics proposal and ditching it. it was the wrong option and the wrong things to do. this is too. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas reserves? mr. sessions: continue to, thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: mr. speaker

them from leased prison into american society. mr. speaker, perhaps mr. obama's most egregious broken to all americans is when , barack obama, do solemnly swear that i will xecute the office of president of the united states faithfully and will to the best of my preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. he has shown complete and open contempt for the onstitution. stoked racial tensions in america and in the process painted a deadly target noble men s of the and women in blue who risk their ves every day to protect the innocent citizens of this nation. arack obama consistently subjected americans to condescending lectures. oppose obamacare we didn't want people to have health insurance. f we opposed wasteful stimulus spend, we hated school teachers and firemen. if we opposed the nuclear deal we were compared to terrorists sponsoring iranian mullahs. believed in god and exercised our second amendment bitter. if we didn't believe in open, unsecured borders and vetting came into this country we were un-americ

looking to see administrationng has it say and will do for african-americans, for asian americans, ispanic when it comes to ras relations -- race relations whether on the economic or civil raoeuights si whether they will push forward reauthorizing parts of the voting rights act. to seedy will be looking what they do because this was not a huge topic for them during that he's n but now the president of all america we will be looking to see what the on nistration has to say these issues. host: there is ruth from ilmington, north carolina, independent line. caller: good morning. the topic g about ecause i feel as though the questi question, first question wasn't the idea ofctly and legacy of race relations under obama obama, president obama's legacy, that we focus too much also on that issue of race and prejudice. and i feel as though the last about economics .as very much on target i attempted to get on in the i was going tond nd i called on the line that did not feel that race relations improved. but i do know that there has change has and the happened as you mentioned, jesse, because peopl

buy american and hire american. applause we will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world. but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first. we do not seek to impose our way of life on anybody. but rather to let it shine as an example we will shine. for everyone to follow. we will reinforce old alliances and form new ones. and unite the civilised world against the radical, islamic terrorism. which will we eradicate completely from the face of the earth. applause when america is united, america is totally u nstoppa ble.

over 43 million americans living in poverty, one in five american families without somebody in the labor force. not one person. one in six adult men ages 18-34, they are either incarcerated or out of the labor force. president president obama will e accumulated more debt than all the other presidents combined. it will be almost $20 trillion which means, in the past eight years, he has amassed $9.3 trillion in debt. a guy that once said $9 trillion in debt? that is irresponsible. that is unpatriotic. his assault on the business community, now get this. the estimated cost of regulation under obama. look at that number. a staggering 873 billion. dollars. in epa regulations alone, they have been finalized under president obama, that checks in at almost 3,000. then of course, there is jobs. he is always bragging about how many he has created but facts are facts. in the past eight years, america has lost over 300,000 manufacturing jobs into the president won't tell you that last year, america had a global trade deficit of over $732 billion. that of course as is health ca, his signature legisla

by american, and higher american. we will follow two simple rules. by american, and higheramerican. we will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world. but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first. we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine, as an example. we will shine for everyone to follow. we will reinforce old alliances and form new ones, and unite the civilised world against radical islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth. at the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the united states of america. and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other. when you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice. the bible tells us how good and pleasa nt the bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when god's people live together in unity. we must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity. when america is united, america is t

he was a proud american. but he would be sad and ashamed based onon anyone religion or race or national origin. that kind of ban and discrimination are not only anti-immigrant, anti-refugee, anti-muslim, it is anti-american. so we need to fight, be strong, and this movement is capturing america. and it shoulding because this is a threat not just do one religion or one race, it is a threat to all of us. thank you for being here tonight. speaker pelosi and i am happy to introduce my colleague now. i am from the great state of oregon. oregon stands for liberty. oregon stands for justice. lady liberty. give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses. isn't that what america is all about? that the widows of the soldiers coming to america [indiscernible] -- trump, pull down that ban! crowd chanting "tearr down that ban"] say a few words? >> thank you. conversation] ofouncer: the nomination senator jeff sessions to be the next attorney general gets a vote in the judiciary committee today. a.m.an see it live at 9:

lane in simple american tax dollars should go toward american-made products that support american jobs. and invest in rebuilding main streets, main streets in cleveland in across the country from seattle to new york. it would help us complete big-ticket projects. the bridge connecting mitch mcconnell stay with mine in cincinnati. carries four percent of gdp every day. it is a brace has almost 60 years old. one fourth of americans who rent their homes, spend more than half of their income on housing. in cities like my hometown of cleveland. too many struggle to recover from the foreclosures crisis. imagine have your income is and housing and how precarious your life is. one piece of bad luck, you lose your home, kids change schools. everything turned upside down. there is an urgent need for affordable housing. to rehabilitate more than a million old homes contaminated with lead like the homes in my neighborhood in the city of cleveland. it would help communities with abandon homes. an update sewer and water infrastructure. all reasons that this is so important. >> thank you sherrod brow

a nobody can find those americans. there were not americans that have more choices and there were not more competitions or millions of americans that have low-cost in fact just the opposite would be the case. in missouri where i live a number have pulled out of the extremes totally. and 97 of them coming you have one marketplace one choice, one no in sure offering insurance.is wb there's only one place to get that level. it would be like one shoe storee in town and they all cost toouy much. you have to pay a penalty for not finding shoes that were available at that one location. you have to at least a drive to another community and look for shoes but that's not the case. 97 places, 97 counties. they have only individual exchange no counties that have competition. there are two companies offering insurance. so there is a competitor. some have more than two companies offering insurance and now 97 have one company and the promise was to bend the costur curve. extend that the wrong way. it went up, it didn't go down. and o

i'm a mexican-american. actually i mexican sicilian american. but his efforts to water down mexican nests in american context is absurd. with the largest population of immigrants in the united states. americans as mexican defender i'm also for latin, whilst for specificity as well and not apologizing for being a mexica. i want to confess the book is highly autobiographical. there are some parts about what i suffered through in the book. it's called seductive hallucinations of the mexican in america. these seductive hallucinations are delightful because they are memorable and they are memorable because there are delightful. we are caught in that circuit. i think with the book does is try to exercise 160 years of cultural history. for anyone who likes hollywood, i think they will enjoy the book. my sister worked in hollywood. i am a big media, mass media fan. i'm not ethnic studies professor that attacks hollywood as the big evil person. it's not a black and white book. it's a book by an english professor who was basically raised by a television s

to help americans balance work and family life. and to drain the swamp of big money from our campaigns. all of these provisions of president-elect trump has pledged and we will seek common ground. but we will stand our ground wherever in good conscience we must. if there is an attempt to destroy the guarantee of medicare, harm medicare social security, or the affordable care act, democrats will stand ur ground. if there is an assault on clean air and clean water, on civil rights, women's rights, or lgbt rights, if dreamers and their immigrant families face a nightmare of deportation, democrats will stand our round. and if there is an attempt to silence our voices for commonsense gun violence prevention, with gabby giffords here in the chamber as our witness, democrats will stand ur ground. many of us just celebrated christmas. the birth of christ. and sharing in our humanity god enabled us to participate in divinity. y -- his this spark is acknowledged in every faith and tradition in recognizing the spark in others, we reaffirm it

and hire american. if every country would drop that rule, who would buy american exports. you served as a republican senator in the reagan era. does this strike you as a sharp break from republicanism, reaganism? >> i think it's a total break from reaganism. president reagan talked about open trade and free trade and engaging the world, not retreating from it. it just returned from saudi arabia and i found some of the leadership was enthusiastic about mr. trump, president trump because they want him and believe he'll take a harder line toward iran and isis. on the other hand, they are apprehensive that he may have the u.s. embassy moved from tel aviv to jerusal rurusalem and f taking action in protest. there's mixed reaction right now. my fear also is that we're picking enemies. we're drawing red lines. one around north korea. one around china but not one around russia. i think it's going to be quite a four years of disarray. >> mike, how does this strike you? >> i think he's laying the basis for a rede

it was protectionist, by american, higher american. if everyone else in the world follows that formula, the chinese only buy chinese and -- charlie: the pipeline, only using american steel, any worker ever worried about losing their jobs said, "right on." they are thinking about the fact that we have got somebody who is standing up and wants to see american products. richard: absolutely, and in the short run, that will work. in the long run, millions of american jobs are export dependent. many of these jobs will disappear anyhow because of technology and artificial intelligence and robotics. driverless vehicles. basically, trade is being scapegoated. it is raising doubts about our reliability and we are not going to save jobs, not going to help american workers, not going to help american consumers if we shut our borders to trade. we are also not going to help ourselves with mexico. one of the reasons the last few years we have had a net outflow of people going from the united states to mexico is because of nafta. nafta, this agreement