Transcripts For CSPAN Weekly Democratic Address 20170225

Children to college. We give back every day to this country that we love. In fact my parents are the only parents in our nations 240 year history to send not one, but two daughters to be United States congress. Mother and father saved and sacrifice to achieve the American Dream for our family. They were not handed their success. They earned it. Immigrants like my parents are working and contributing to the success of the country every day. They are starting businesses that create jobs. Caring for children and aging parents, and serving in the military. They harvest and prepare the food we eat. And the grants are woven into the fabric of our country because we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. Recently we have seen the president used fear. Fear of muslims and immigrants as a tool to promote his misguided and poorly developed policy. Undermineut not only american values, but also jeopardize our safety and harm the economy. Democrats agreed that removing violent criminals should be the priority, but tearing families apart through mass deportation does not make the country safer and waste our precious resources. Banning refugees who have been vetted waste resources. Building useless walls instead of fixing roads and bridges waste resources. We cannot let the politics of fear and suspicion distract us from priorities. Democrats want to make the country work for all americans. We believe in making america greater by fighting for an Economic Growth that benefits everyone. Is simple, keep america safe, keep america working, and keep america moving forward. I know that so many of you share the same priorities. Ofr the past month millions americans are getting involved and taking their action in their community. Seen organized to menstruation in cities all across the country. Men and women from every walk of lifes coming together to stand up and speak out against a hateful and divisive agenda. Theyre sending a clear message, we will resist, we will persist. Lawyers witheer laptops that led to the fight against the president s reckless muslim ban. It was a group of entrepreneurial women who organized a march in washington with crowd surpassing the inauguration. President lincoln said that public sentiment is everything because in this country it is the people who have the ultimate power. I beg you, keep flexing your power. The fight we are in right now is not a fight over politics, it is a fight for the future of our country. We are in this fight together. Commitment tour the success of working men and women all across the nation, stay with us in the fight. Do not give up hope. Do not give into anger and fear. Do not stop fighting for what you think is best for the country. If we keep up the fight, we will in. Together win. Together, we make the country better. Thank you and god bless thee in the United States of america. Tonight, Dave Horowitz outlines the priorities the white house should focus on in his. Book. In his book. An isfear is republicans will go off in their own direction. I worried about the congress. I worried about people who do not understand. People in the Republican Leadership who do not understand. That is sunday at 6 45 eastern, a bit armitage provides a history of civil wars in his book civil wars a history in ideas. Something awful about it. It is conducted within a common political unit. Because both sides of the same time absolutely our firm and absolutely deny this common unit. Go to book tv. Org for the complete schedule. Sunday night on afterwards the focus was to try to get justice for trayvon. All of these obstacles were placed in our path. What parent do you know that has a 17yearold that if something happens to them, they wouldnt want answers. Since it has been thrust on us, we understand there is a bigger picture. There is something more important than just the death of our son. The are of their lives out there that were trying to impact. On the fifth anniversary of the death of Trayvon Martin, his parents, sabrina and tracy talk about their sons life and death plus their experience with the judicial system in their book. They are interviewed by wesley lowery, washington posts national reporter. Removed, what do you think of the legacy of your sons life and death and of the activism birthed . You look at the dream defenders thek lives matter livesives matter black matter, what comes to mind . First of all, we definitely think of trayvon as a young man who galvanized his country. I think the name Trayvon Martin represents not just who he was, but all young black and brown boys and some girls as well that have been killed and nobody has been held accountable. Sunday night at 9 00 eastern on afterwards after words. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979 cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. This week on the communicators we want to introduce you to one of the newest members from silicon valley. Mrs. Ro khanna. This is ro khanna. Ro khanna we are in the heart of silicon valley. It is one of the only majority Asian American districts in the nation. It is one of the most diverse districts. We have a huge caucasian