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Home. this tax bill gives incentives for people to continue to locate jobs and put hours overseas, not bring it home. there are workers in michigan very worried about their pensions, their pensions are threatened to be cut. they are no longer sure of a safe environment and for many of the workers in michigan, their wages have stayed stagnant. we will see what the tax bill does and whether the workers really feel it or not. >> the president is telling the "new york times" in his improperty you th...

Democrats as we head into 2018 f. democrats do retake the house, would you support a move to impeach mr. trump? >> i, you know, i think a lot of these questions are gotcha questions. im working hard for democrats to take the house back. its a long way between now and then. we need to be talking about, which we are, the economic issues. i think thats what will drive the real issues, who is delivering for working men and women. before any impeachment process is started, there needs to be cause, fa...

Doesnt work. its failing. we have pensions we are responsible for. how do we fund it going forward? this has nothing to do with amazon. everything to do with the post office thats been a ten, 15 year problem for government. >> he wrote about amazon in a tweet. mayor? how do you see it? >> thanks. nice try, brian. it would just be nice out of all of that, beyond public policy over twitter, if the president could actually work on some things that truly matter. to the american people. like unemploy...

Most of those i met, 35 inç the 35,000 in the country, most ares doing are extraordinary, not for fame or fortune, not for a pat on the back. fam t. or not for their pensions, because they believe in this country. however, if youre trying to find out how investigation is progressing, what is -- whyre certain people are being investigated and others, you have to find out whos doing the investigating, and upon further review, we are finding disturbing things that are beinç unmasked >. >> james ...

You can deal with on other issues? >> weve got no choice. we cant say, i dont like somebody -- i mean, i can find substance and will. we need to remind him that what global warming is doing is causing very severe weather patterns. so ie, you get these kind of freezing temperatures that were seeing across the country, 17 below in michigan. but its not just working with the president. were working with the administration, his cabinet, and were working with the house and the senate. and i do believ...

Infrastructure for that country and on pensions and number of other issues. its not about messaging but delivering for american people. part of last years election was american people are tired of the partisan bickering. they want to see us get something done. i think what you saw last year and still will see this november is anger. and anger at everyone who is not caring about them and delivering for them. >> there are no republican or democratic potholes. have a happy new year congresswoman. >...

Every time i have done debates on the tax bill, everybody says this is a big tax cut for the rich. very, very rich people in high tax states will see a fairly big increase in their tax burden. ive always believed, and i think donald trump agrees, it is not fair for people in low tax states like utah or new hampshire or texas or florida to pay more tax at the federal level to subsidize the gigantic public employee pensions in states like california and new york. they happen to also be blue states...

That we would lose virginia. its an indication of people supported us. >> julie: americans obviously vote with their wallets. theyre going to look at their money, look at their 401ks are pensions and say how my doing now that i was about a year ago? they are going to look at the stock market which has been booming. those who were unemployed a year ago who are now employed are going to be looking at those paychecks. they didnt have one a year ago. how do democrats compete against that? >> they ca...

If thats what the president has on his agenda? >> i hope that his number one issue is doing something about the promises that hes made. weve got to extend the budget and do things about pensions and about daca and about health care promises made to susan collins. but then, as we move into what we need to do, weve been needing to do something about infrastructure for decades. weve got an aging infrastructure with potholes and highways that arent working and bridges that are in trouble. we need to...

Going to see an increase in taxes at some point. >> areas from now. years from now. well after the midterms. so could this cover republicans through the midterms? >> well have to see what the real world is next year. well have to talk about issues that deliver for working men and women. but theyre still waiting to see something happen on trade. ive got to tell you, the number of people in my district that are scared to death about their pensions, its a lot of things. its good they got $1,000, bu...