Thank you for telling viewers a little bit about yourself. Thank you very much. Appreciate it congressman, you started working when you were eight years old. Why . Doing . Re you okay. I started i was a lot of thege and young people being out in the to work in thego tobacco field. O i worked in the fields picking up leaves. In cco was king at one time Gaston County where i grew up. So, you know, it was a dollar a day. I mean, i was big money for me at the time. When i look at my Social Security card its interesting to see how long its been since ive been working. Day. Dollar a dollar a day. After that, did you continue through your time . I worked in tobacco fields until around the anal of 14 age of 14 or 15 but i was and doctor tobacco high her than always knew the people that farmers ng in, the big coming in. Because of that, they gave big groceries out k to the car. Enjoyed working at Colonial Grocery store. That was a big achievement for me. You said you were tall for your age. Did you play sports . It was one of the greatest ccolades that i had was in california. When did you begin your Public Service . My Public Service in 1982. Coached basketball for six university. I was going into private business and had to put in five run for ore i could office. It just so happened we a was created that the had filed a lawsuit in a t because it was rural area and there was no africanamerican in the district. For the ght i was up challenge. I felt like i had grew up in a that where right behind you is your for Florida Senate 2000, is that right . Yes. What were you thinking when you said will work for your vote . I was driving down the street one day and i saw people on the i will work for food so it just really i started thinking about it over and over and rolled down my window and the guy a dollar. I took a marker and said i will work for your vote. So if i put it on every major intersection in talledega that i your vote and people it. Lly seemed to like my theme. S i took it through Florida State niversity all up and down the aisle and stood on the outside. It was my trademark that ill work for your vote. Thumbs up. O as a result, after i wanted to stick with me forever, i into a dumpster and thats why it got a little had it framed i so i wanted to bring it to washington with me. Work for your vote. Tips. Gave me they thought i would work for food and said let me give you a dollar or something. I appreciate you guys. I want to try to help you but hey didnt read the sign so esult i was saying thank you very much for your contribution. When you lost whether it was basketball game or lost your chance for an opportunity on the u. S. House seat, what o you tell yourself about defeat . What does it teach you. Well, ive been serving for was defeated ever and when i got defeated, you lot it really taught me a about life. If you get knocked down, you got to be able to get back up. Take here. I i wanted to get back up and do it again. You know. And so i tried it again and i lost again. Know. But i kept the dream alive. Learnedm was that i had in ninth grade about all the things that had happened with lincoln. Felt i could identify with him. I didnt know how it was going to evolve or anything like that but i was not satisfied. Get into the action one more time. Just like playing basketball and you lose a tight game. Remember losing to u. C. L. A. In 1972. Ou want to get another shot at it. I was ready to go. I got another shot. I learned from the mistakes and the losses that i had before. It better. Do you know, how to reach out more. People. I was working to see a thousand people a day. Know. Successful. Be you make that commitment i wanted to make that commitment successful. I mean, i really wanted to win. Know. And thats what it was all about. Know. I thought that people could feel what i was feeling. Know. That they could trust me and id work hard on their behalf and so thats what i did and im thrilled and happy to to the opportunity represent people in the 5th district. Nal congressman, thank you for your time. Thank you very much. Tonight on the communicator, organ reid, executive director of the App Association which represents some 5,000 app concern on n their immigration policy and other issues and what its members hope from congress and the trump administration. R. Reed is interviewed by politico. So it was among the members of the Tech Community that speak out against aspects of president trumps recent immigration order. I was wanting you to talk a reasoning about the mind that. From our perspective, the executive order was not done in a way that allowed for legal mmigration of people into the country in a way that wasnt to see that the order was changed to allow have been in the United States who have been building amazing applications to come in. 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