Transcripts For CSPAN3 Politics And Public Policy Today 2015

Secure. We have to do that. The American People, we dont trust the government in washington, d. C. To actually do what they are saying. We see what is happening on the border right now and seat rules and laws already in place are not being obeyed, and so when donald trump talks the way he is talking and says these things, people appreciate that because they understand he is saying, yes, there is a real problem that were facing in this country with illegal immigration, and we have to solve this problem. A little more from the mammoth poll, donald trump leading in all demographics, and the poll here is very conservative, and tea party supporters, 36 , does that sound right to you . I would say so yes. By gender, 37 among men and 23 among women. There was a piece the other day that said the tea party is still trying to determine whether donald trump is its cup of tea and a play on words there. What is your broad thinking about donald trump at this point and your level of support for him . What i see from our supporters around the country is they are looking at donald trump, and they have looked at they hear what he is saying and they like what he is saying a lot, and they also look at senator ted cruz and they see what he is saying and he stood up and fought in washington and we appreciate that track record. I have also heard a lot from our supporters about ben carson and Carly Fiorina. With each of the candidates, they have something good to say and they all have something that say i looked into this and i am checking these different aspects out. I would say the tea par see supporters are looking for the entire field and looking at the track record and working to determine who would be the next the best next president. Lets go to john. John is calling from l. A. The democratic line. Hello, john. Caller good morning. Morning. Caller thank goodness for cspan. I would like to ask ms. Martin why the tea party suddenly came into existence when barack obama was elected president . Also, does she think trump is right about his birth . I would say first about president obamas birth, he has said and shown birth certificates that he was born in hawaii, so i believe what the president says in this instance. As far as why did the Tea Party Come into existence in 2009, what happened is we saw that there were the Bank Bailouts in 2008, and we saw t. A. R. P. Happening in 2008, and the stimulus bill then passing in 2009, and we are very concerned as we are watching government spend more and more and more money and our neighbors were losing their homes and across the country we saw people go into bankruptcy and lose homes, and all of the big businesses being bailed out and the stimulus and the t. A. R. P. Program, we felt it was time to stop, that our country at the time was several trillion in debt, and we wanted the out of control Government Spending to stop. You bring up fiscal matters. The leading democrat on the house side, he thinks the tea party could be forcing a Government Shutdown in the future. He says that he is saying this years course of events leads up to 2014. He says once again you hear people like boehner and mcconnell say we are not going to let this happen and we heard that before and at the end of the day the Tea Party Folks have a lot of power, and does the tea party want a Government Shutdown . I think we never want to see just a Government Shutdown, but what we want to see is that congress is fighting for what we believe in and they are working to get our spending under control, and so that is thats been very important to us. We also wanted to see back in 2013 the entire government continue to function and be funded, but we wanted to see that the Obamacare Program not be funded and what we wanted was for the entire government to be funded without obamacare being funded. As we lead up to what will happen as we hit the october 1st fiscal deadline, we will see there will be a lot of really bad deals made and probably a really big massive spending bill and thats what happens every single Time Congress works best under a deadline and they make very, very bad deals. You will see the tea Party Standing up and calling out what is happening and holding our elected officials accountable. And do you think the growth of our government is out of our control now . Even the rinos are growing it . Solutions from the tea party . You can see from Tea Party Patriots perspective, we held both parties accountable for spending. I would say, yes, its out of control at the moment. Is it going to always be . I think thats up to us as american citizens. Are we going to allow our government to do this . We are part of the government process and part of the governing process and we have to hold our elected officials accountable and elect people that will work to get us to a debtfree future, and we have to get involved in elections, but then after the elections we have to stay involved and make sure they keep their promises. Debby calling in columbus. Good morning, debby. Caller good morning. My question is, does not the country realize if we dont get our border secure that were not safe . Im not talking about just about one race of people, and i am talking about many races coming across the border. America, first of all, should be safe, so yes, i think we should do something about the borders. And the second thing i have is we dont hear a lot about bobby jindal. I have listened to him and he is really a smart guy and he doesnt get to move up or talk a lot, and maybe he doesnt have a lot of money, i dont know, but i understand why people like donald trump. He says what none of us have guts enough to say. And we really all feel that way, or most of us, i think, feel that what donald trump is saying is for americas best, and yes, he says it in a very raw and crass way of saying things and he needs to tone down his rhetoric a little bit, and other than that i dont think hes a bad guy but just an american like everybody else saying we have to get our country back, and i think bobby jindal is a very good guy and you dont hear very much about him at all. Well see what happens when it comes to bobby jindal and how he does in the upcoming debates and if he can wind up having some sort of a surge after the debates in a couple weeks, and as far as donald trump goes and the rhetoric that he is saying, i think you are absolutely right, a lot of what he is saying is what people across the country want to hear, and when he says things people dont want to hear, they have respect that he is willing to stand up and saying, he is not worrying about being politically correct, he is worrying about our country, and i think the citizens around the country appreciate that, and its not something glossed over, and thats something we hear way too often from politicians. So i think that thats one reason why donald trump is doing well right now. 20 minutes left or so with our guest, and we have been talking a little bit about iran this morning and cruz, trump to hold antiiran deal rally in d. C. , and tea party among the sponsors. Will you still hold the rally . Yes, next wednesday on september 9th on the west lawn of the capital. What is the purpose . The purpose first is to make sure our elected officials understand that we do not want this iran deal to pass. Its not a good deal. It is very, very concerning to us as Tea Party Patriots for a few reasons. The very first reason and the reason we got involved is it should be treated as a treaty and its not being treated as a treaty, so thats why we got involved because we stand for constitutionally limited government. But that ship has sailed. We looked into the details of it and we heard about the side deals that have come out and the secret deals that have come out, and iran is going to be able to inspect one of their military sites themselves and americans are never going to be allowed to do the inspections, and iran will get to have a 24day period to get everything in order before any inspection happens, and they dont happen 24 7 at anytime and we have to give iran a 24day notice before inspections occur and then the money that will be released from the sanctions is going to get to Fund Terrorism, and even the secretary of state kerry has not said that that would not happen, he cannot guarantee that it wont go to Fund Terrorism. This is a bad deal. Its a bad deal for america and we need to make sure our elected officials understand we dont want it to happen and the votes have not been casts yet. Somebody said this is the best path to avoid a war with iran . I think that what we have to focus on is the fact that the people in iran still want to see americans dead and they are going to wind up having a Nuclear Weapon at the end of this deal, and were not going to be able to insure that they dont even have one during the time of this deal, and with the money that is going to be released, it will Fund Terrorism and the terrorists want to also see us dead. This is very concerning to me. I dont want my children in a world when they graduate from college facing a world where iran is armed with Nuclear Weapons. Caller the thing that concerned me yesterday was the other republican candidates are going to sign this pledge. Donald trump is a demagogue. We have had demagogues in the 1930s that blamed our problems on jews and demagogues when i was a teenager, and now we have donald trump, all of our problems are caused by illegal aliens. When is the guest or some member of the Republican Party or some member of the press going to stand up and say exactly what donald trump is . He is appealing to the instincts of certain parts of the American People and somebody has to have the courage to stand up and say enough and call him out for who he is. Are you still there . Yes. Who do you think that person is going to be . Caller i fear there is no one, because we have no one in the press who has the prestige or courage to do what merrill did, and whether it be senator mccain or governor romney or whoever who will stand up and call this man out, and we have a lack of courage. Thank you. Calling out donald trump . People have attempted to call out donald trump, and i think that one thing that has made donald trump appeal to even more americans, for instance, is macys pulling their sponsorship from him. He says, okay, i will still say what i am going to say because this is what i am happening right now, and i am willing to put my money on the line and i am going to continue to say what i think is right. Thats what people are hearing when they hear donald trump right now. They are looking at him and saying, well, he is saying what he believes and he is not letting people bully him around, and they appreciated that. Next call, wes, sunset beach, north carolina. Caller good morning, ms. Martin. I have a couple of questions and a statement or two if you will give me a second. My first statement is keep up the good fight. I support the tea party 100 . My first question would be, do you foresee having any rallies in either the sunset beach excuse me, myrtle beach or the wilmington, north carolina, area anytime soon . My statement is i support donald trump. While he may be a little abrasive, he is not business as usual and thats very appealing to me. My last question, and thank you for taking my call is, i am also interested in dr. Ben carson, Carly Fiorina and ted cruz and i want to know what is the tea partys opinion of those three candidates. Thank you very much and have a nice holiday there. Thank you, wes, and thank you for your support. As far as an event in myrtle beach goes, first come up to washington, d. C. Next week on wednesday and join us on the west lawn of the capitol has we oppose the iran look clear deal. I dont know off the top of my head what will be happening in myrtle beach over the next few months but in january theres the statewide Tea Party Convention in myrtle beach again. As far as the other candidates, you said you liked donald trump and you are also interested in ben carson and Carly Fiorina and ted cruz. I am hear talking from Tea Party Patriots, and when we finish with our focus on the iran deal and the super pac will be gearing up again as we look to evaluate each of the candidates and we show the positives and negatives of each of the candidates compared to our core values and the issues and the solutions that we care about to our supporters to let them take a look at that and determine whether Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund will be making an endorsement. So take a look at our website on the Citizens Fund for more details on that in the next few weeks. We need to evaluate the candidates on all of the issues we care about. Remind us of the issues. Are there many you will focus on . We have several issues we will focus on, and the issues, whether we make an endorsement or not, these are the issues we care about and we want to see all of the candidates kha championing. We are focused on things that can be done by account 1st of 2017, and we are almost to october 1st 2015, and we see Congress Making deals because thats what happens before the new fiscal year. What can they do with a new president and congress after they are in office in 2017. We want to see obamacare repealed. We want to see our borders secure. We want to see a balanced budget with a penny plan which i discussed a while ago, and its balanced the budget by simply spending one penny less out of every dollar, and we want to make sure we have the biometric visa system in place and we are using that, and we have a few other items, the yellow card project, and we are looking at how we can expend personal freedom and have a debtfree future. Tea Party Patriots claim theyre for the constitution. I think what we are looking at when it comes to the iran deal is that it should have been it should have gone through congress as a treaty and thats why we got involved in it to begin with. Its not being treated as a treaty, and it may very well go into place and pass because of a minority support from Congress Rather than a super majority support out of the senate. Thats why we got involved with it at Tea Party Patriots. This is the first time we have ever been involved in an issue that expands beyond mostly domestic economic issues. This is the first time we got involved with anything to do with foreign policy. Lets go to prescott, arizona. Caller before i get to the body of my comment, i want to say anybody that calls up and de wants to replace government, what do you want to replace it with . I teach a class in propaganda at the local college, yes, how did the tea party get formed . Theres something on line called the billionaires tea party. This is the trick to put corporate interests out and have the people advocate it by saturating the airways, and while voting against your own interests. That was how fox news was created. Murdoch created a network where working class people would go hard to the right. What is limited government . What that means is sell off all public assets, including our National Park to industry, and states rights, and states by themselves are far weaker and can be taken over which they are doing one legislature at a time. Individual rights, what that means is you can die at the bridge that you live under. These Koch Brothers are i dont even know what to call them. I call them the rich brats, you know. These people are in the extraction business. They confuse success for merit. They dont give a damn. I want to point these things out. Pay tr i will do my best to comment on those. I never said that i want to end government. So if you are saying thats something i said, thats simply incorrect. I want to get Government Back to the size and scope it should be. We want to see us have a debtfree future and a balanced budget. Right now we are 19 trillion in debt. I said the way to get to that is to implement the penny plan, which would simply spend one penny less out of every dollar the government spends. If we do that, we will have a balanced budget within five years. Thats not ending government and its nothing that is too radical, either. Its spending one penny less than every dollar spent. If i had to do that in my household i would find a way to do that. As far as wow, i dont remember Everything Else you said. I would like to say i responded to a rant from cnbc and it was on the floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange about the stimulus package, so it was not on fox news and it was on cnbc, and he said our Founding Fathers would be turning over in their graves and we should have a Tea Party Like they did, and we started tweeting about it and got on a Conference Call the next day and a week later we had tea parties and when we got on the Conference Call, there was 20 of us. We organized through twitter. I knew one other person on that call and only from online communications. So it was a spontaneous movement. It was because of what rick san telesaid on cnn. We have a caller on the line for independents. Caller ms. Martin, using your logic, why do we need your organization to tell us the obvious . If you can read, can you open a history book and find out what has been going on in this country. For you to tell us the obvious and draw a very good salary doing it seems almost against your message you put out there. Secondly about the immigration, i am from california, and i am mexican american, and this is something from the 60s that started, if you are aware of that program, and the reason we have an influx of American People<\/a>, we dont trust the government in washington, d. C. To actually do what they are saying. We see what is happening on the border right now and seat rules and laws already in place are not being obeyed, and so when donald trump talks the way he is talking and says these things, people appreciate that because they understand he is saying, yes, there is a real problem that were facing in this country with illegal immigration, and we have to solve this problem. A little more from the mammoth poll, donald trump leading in all demographics, and the poll here is very conservative, and tea party supporters, 36 , does that sound right to you . I would say so yes. By gender, 37 among men and 23 among women. There was a piece the other day that said the tea party is still trying to determine whether donald trump is its cup of tea and a play on words there. What is your broad thinking about donald trump at this point and your level of support for him . What i see from our supporters around the country is they are looking at donald trump, and they have looked at they hear what he is saying and they like what he is saying a lot, and they also look at senator ted cruz and they see what he is saying and he stood up and fought in washington and we appreciate that track record. I have also heard a lot from our supporters about ben carson and Carly Fiorina<\/a>. With each of the candidates, they have something good to say and they all have something that say i looked into this and i am checking these different aspects out. I would say the tea par see supporters are looking for the entire field and looking at the track record and working to determine who would be the next the best next president. Lets go to john. John is calling from l. A. The democratic line. Hello, john. Caller good morning. Morning. Caller thank goodness for cspan. I would like to ask ms. Martin why the tea party suddenly came into existence when barack obama was elected president . Also, does she think trump is right about his birth . I would say first about president obamas birth, he has said and shown birth certificates that he was born in hawaii, so i believe what the president says in this instance. As far as why did the Tea Party Come<\/a> into existence in 2009, what happened is we saw that there were the Bank Bailouts<\/a> in 2008, and we saw t. A. R. P. Happening in 2008, and the stimulus bill then passing in 2009, and we are very concerned as we are watching government spend more and more and more money and our neighbors were losing their homes and across the country we saw people go into bankruptcy and lose homes, and all of the big businesses being bailed out and the stimulus and the t. A. R. P. Program, we felt it was time to stop, that our country at the time was several trillion in debt, and we wanted the out of control Government Spending<\/a> to stop. You bring up fiscal matters. The leading democrat on the house side, he thinks the tea party could be forcing a Government Shutdown<\/a> in the future. He says that he is saying this years course of events leads up to 2014. He says once again you hear people like boehner and mcconnell say we are not going to let this happen and we heard that before and at the end of the day the Tea Party Folks<\/a> have a lot of power, and does the tea party want a Government Shutdown<\/a> . I think we never want to see just a Government Shutdown<\/a>, but what we want to see is that congress is fighting for what we believe in and they are working to get our spending under control, and so that is thats been very important to us. We also wanted to see back in 2013 the entire government continue to function and be funded, but we wanted to see that the Obamacare Program<\/a> not be funded and what we wanted was for the entire government to be funded without obamacare being funded. As we lead up to what will happen as we hit the october 1st fiscal deadline, we will see there will be a lot of really bad deals made and probably a really big massive spending bill and thats what happens every single Time Congress<\/a> works best under a deadline and they make very, very bad deals. You will see the tea Party Standing<\/a> up and calling out what is happening and holding our elected officials accountable. And do you think the growth of our government is out of our control now . Even the rinos are growing it . Solutions from the tea party . You can see from Tea Party Patriots<\/a> perspective, we held both parties accountable for spending. I would say, yes, its out of control at the moment. Is it going to always be . I think thats up to us as american citizens. Are we going to allow our government to do this . We are part of the government process and part of the governing process and we have to hold our elected officials accountable and elect people that will work to get us to a debtfree future, and we have to get involved in elections, but then after the elections we have to stay involved and make sure they keep their promises. Debby calling in columbus. Good morning, debby. Caller good morning. My question is, does not the country realize if we dont get our border secure that were not safe . Im not talking about just about one race of people, and i am talking about many races coming across the border. America, first of all, should be safe, so yes, i think we should do something about the borders. And the second thing i have is we dont hear a lot about bobby jindal. I have listened to him and he is really a smart guy and he doesnt get to move up or talk a lot, and maybe he doesnt have a lot of money, i dont know, but i understand why people like donald trump. He says what none of us have guts enough to say. And we really all feel that way, or most of us, i think, feel that what donald trump is saying is for americas best, and yes, he says it in a very raw and crass way of saying things and he needs to tone down his rhetoric a little bit, and other than that i dont think hes a bad guy but just an american like everybody else saying we have to get our country back, and i think bobby jindal is a very good guy and you dont hear very much about him at all. Well see what happens when it comes to bobby jindal and how he does in the upcoming debates and if he can wind up having some sort of a surge after the debates in a couple weeks, and as far as donald trump goes and the rhetoric that he is saying, i think you are absolutely right, a lot of what he is saying is what people across the country want to hear, and when he says things people dont want to hear, they have respect that he is willing to stand up and saying, he is not worrying about being politically correct, he is worrying about our country, and i think the citizens around the country appreciate that, and its not something glossed over, and thats something we hear way too often from politicians. So i think that thats one reason why donald trump is doing well right now. 20 minutes left or so with our guest, and we have been talking a little bit about iran this morning and cruz, trump to hold antiiran deal rally in d. C. , and tea party among the sponsors. Will you still hold the rally . Yes, next wednesday on september 9th on the west lawn of the capital. What is the purpose . The purpose first is to make sure our elected officials understand that we do not want this iran deal to pass. Its not a good deal. It is very, very concerning to us as Tea Party Patriots<\/a> for a few reasons. The very first reason and the reason we got involved is it should be treated as a treaty and its not being treated as a treaty, so thats why we got involved because we stand for constitutionally limited government. But that ship has sailed. We looked into the details of it and we heard about the side deals that have come out and the secret deals that have come out, and iran is going to be able to inspect one of their military sites themselves and americans are never going to be allowed to do the inspections, and iran will get to have a 24day period to get everything in order before any inspection happens, and they dont happen 24 7 at anytime and we have to give iran a 24day notice before inspections occur and then the money that will be released from the sanctions is going to get to Fund Terrorism<\/a>, and even the secretary of state kerry has not said that that would not happen, he cannot guarantee that it wont go to Fund Terrorism<\/a>. This is a bad deal. Its a bad deal for america and we need to make sure our elected officials understand we dont want it to happen and the votes have not been casts yet. Somebody said this is the best path to avoid a war with iran . I think that what we have to focus on is the fact that the people in iran still want to see americans dead and they are going to wind up having a Nuclear Weapon<\/a> at the end of this deal, and were not going to be able to insure that they dont even have one during the time of this deal, and with the money that is going to be released, it will Fund Terrorism<\/a> and the terrorists want to also see us dead. This is very concerning to me. I dont want my children in a world when they graduate from college facing a world where iran is armed with Nuclear Weapon<\/a>s. Caller the thing that concerned me yesterday was the other republican candidates are going to sign this pledge. Donald trump is a demagogue. We have had demagogues in the 1930s that blamed our problems on jews and demagogues when i was a teenager, and now we have donald trump, all of our problems are caused by illegal aliens. When is the guest or some member of the Republican Party<\/a> or some member of the press going to stand up and say exactly what donald trump is . He is appealing to the instincts of certain parts of the American People<\/a> and somebody has to have the courage to stand up and say enough and call him out for who he is. Are you still there . Yes. Who do you think that person is going to be . Caller i fear there is no one, because we have no one in the press who has the prestige or courage to do what merrill did, and whether it be senator mccain or governor romney or whoever who will stand up and call this man out, and we have a lack of courage. Thank you. Calling out donald trump . People have attempted to call out donald trump, and i think that one thing that has made donald trump appeal to even more americans, for instance, is macys pulling their sponsorship from him. He says, okay, i will still say what i am going to say because this is what i am happening right now, and i am willing to put my money on the line and i am going to continue to say what i think is right. Thats what people are hearing when they hear donald trump right now. They are looking at him and saying, well, he is saying what he believes and he is not letting people bully him around, and they appreciated that. Next call, wes, sunset beach, north carolina. Caller good morning, ms. Martin. I have a couple of questions and a statement or two if you will give me a second. My first statement is keep up the good fight. I support the tea party 100 . My first question would be, do you foresee having any rallies in either the sunset beach excuse me, myrtle beach or the wilmington, north carolina, area anytime soon . My statement is i support donald trump. While he may be a little abrasive, he is not business as usual and thats very appealing to me. My last question, and thank you for taking my call is, i am also interested in dr. Ben carson, Carly Fiorina<\/a> and ted cruz and i want to know what is the tea partys opinion of those three candidates. Thank you very much and have a nice holiday there. Thank you, wes, and thank you for your support. As far as an event in myrtle beach goes, first come up to washington, d. C. Next week on wednesday and join us on the west lawn of the capitol has we oppose the iran look clear deal. I dont know off the top of my head what will be happening in myrtle beach over the next few months but in january theres the statewide Tea Party Convention<\/a> in myrtle beach again. As far as the other candidates, you said you liked donald trump and you are also interested in ben carson and Carly Fiorina<\/a> and ted cruz. I am hear talking from Tea Party Patriots<\/a>, and when we finish with our focus on the iran deal and the super pac will be gearing up again as we look to evaluate each of the candidates and we show the positives and negatives of each of the candidates compared to our core values and the issues and the solutions that we care about to our supporters to let them take a look at that and determine whether Tea Party Patriots<\/a> Citizens Fund<\/a> will be making an endorsement. So take a look at our website on the Citizens Fund<\/a> for more details on that in the next few weeks. We need to evaluate the candidates on all of the issues we care about. Remind us of the issues. Are there many you will focus on . We have several issues we will focus on, and the issues, whether we make an endorsement or not, these are the issues we care about and we want to see all of the candidates kha championing. We are focused on things that can be done by account 1st of 2017, and we are almost to october 1st 2015, and we see Congress Making<\/a> deals because thats what happens before the new fiscal year. What can they do with a new president and congress after they are in office in 2017. We want to see obamacare repealed. We want to see our borders secure. We want to see a balanced budget with a penny plan which i discussed a while ago, and its balanced the budget by simply spending one penny less out of every dollar, and we want to make sure we have the biometric visa system in place and we are using that, and we have a few other items, the yellow card project, and we are looking at how we can expend personal freedom and have a debtfree future. Tea Party Patriots<\/a> claim theyre for the constitution. I think what we are looking at when it comes to the iran deal is that it should have been it should have gone through congress as a treaty and thats why we got involved in it to begin with. Its not being treated as a treaty, and it may very well go into place and pass because of a minority support from Congress Rather<\/a> than a super majority support out of the senate. Thats why we got involved with it at Tea Party Patriots<\/a>. This is the first time we have ever been involved in an issue that expands beyond mostly domestic economic issues. This is the first time we got involved with anything to do with foreign policy. Lets go to prescott, arizona. Caller before i get to the body of my comment, i want to say anybody that calls up and de wants to replace government, what do you want to replace it with . I teach a class in propaganda at the local college, yes, how did the tea party get formed . Theres something on line called the billionaires tea party. This is the trick to put corporate interests out and have the people advocate it by saturating the airways, and while voting against your own interests. That was how fox news was created. Murdoch created a network where working class people would go hard to the right. What is limited government . What that means is sell off all public assets, including our National Park<\/a> to industry, and states rights, and states by themselves are far weaker and can be taken over which they are doing one legislature at a time. Individual rights, what that means is you can die at the bridge that you live under. These Koch Brothers<\/a> are i dont even know what to call them. I call them the rich brats, you know. These people are in the extraction business. They confuse success for merit. They dont give a damn. I want to point these things out. Pay tr i will do my best to comment on those. I never said that i want to end government. So if you are saying thats something i said, thats simply incorrect. I want to get Government Back<\/a> to the size and scope it should be. We want to see us have a debtfree future and a balanced budget. Right now we are 19 trillion in debt. I said the way to get to that is to implement the penny plan, which would simply spend one penny less out of every dollar the government spends. If we do that, we will have a balanced budget within five years. Thats not ending government and its nothing that is too radical, either. Its spending one penny less than every dollar spent. If i had to do that in my household i would find a way to do that. As far as wow, i dont remember Everything Else<\/a> you said. I would like to say i responded to a rant from cnbc and it was on the floor of the Chicago Stock Exchange<\/a> about the stimulus package, so it was not on fox news and it was on cnbc, and he said our Founding Fathers<\/a> would be turning over in their graves and we should have a Tea Party Like<\/a> they did, and we started tweeting about it and got on a Conference Call<\/a> the next day and a week later we had tea parties and when we got on the Conference Call<\/a>, there was 20 of us. We organized through twitter. I knew one other person on that call and only from online communications. So it was a spontaneous movement. It was because of what rick san telesaid on cnn. We have a caller on the line for independents. Caller ms. Martin, using your logic, why do we need your organization to tell us the obvious . If you can read, can you open a history book and find out what has been going on in this country. For you to tell us the obvious and draw a very good salary doing it seems almost against your message you put out there. Secondly about the immigration, i am from california, and i am mexican american, and this is something from the 60s that started, if you are aware of that program, and the reason we have an influx of American Workers<\/a> is because of the agriculture business, and this is something that we started and we have to pay for and we are paying for it by having immigration now being part of the fabric of this country, whether you like it or not, you are not going to be in the majority in a very short time. Theres going to be a whole different people are going to look a whole lot different than you and thats something you have to accept. Thank you for that and perhaps read a little bit and you will find out why things are the way they are. Thanks for calling. I certainly hope a lot of americans do read and stay informed on what is happening in our government. Organizations like my organization, Tea Party Patriots<\/a>, are organizations like the guest before me, we are involved in what we are doing because we want to take action, not just read and passively Pay Attention<\/a> to what is happening in the world around us but take action in what we see. Thats why grassroots organizations like Tea Party Patriots<\/a> or others, thats why we do what we do. Good morning. Good morning, art. Caller i have a question for you. Are you concerned for having a limited government, limited in power and scope, and thats the essence of the article 5 Convention State<\/a> movement and i am wonder if the Tea Party Patriots<\/a> have endorsed the article 5 convention of state, which is our founders way of reigning in a government . I love the book liberty amendments what he lays out there, amending process is a very good process. I personally like what it says. Now, you have to Pay Attention<\/a> to the fact that just because this is what i like personally, that doesnt mean what Tea Party Patriots<\/a> are supporting, and we have done live debates and others online through the web and town halls, and our supporters are still divided on the issue. I am not saying they think its a bad idea, but they still are not completely 100 sure. What we have done at Tea Party Patriots<\/a>, we continue to provide information about it and encourage people to get involved in the other organizations working on this. I know my former cofounder is involved with convention of the states, so thats a place where you could go to get information and be more active specifically on that. I encourage us all to work not just in focusing on what is happening in washington, d. C. And at the federal level, but also to continue to work at our state level to push for amendments to the constitution so if we get the opportunity to have our states ratified, we will be able to do that. Lets get in another caugll two. Walter from new orleans. Good morning. Caller my question is about the basic way the tea party was organized. It was organized as a political organizati organization, and i think the irs, when they were doing what we as citizens assigned them to do, to establish when we have a an organization that is politically connected applying for taxfree status, and there is one other thing, cspan just recently, sirius radio, they dropped cspan and they were on the 120 on the sirius Radio Station<\/a> dial, and now theres a Fox News Organization<\/a> there. The last and remaining question for this young lady, the republicans constantly talk about securing the border. Does anybody know how much we invest every year to secure the border right now, to take steps to make our borders strong . How much are they willing to spend supposedly to secure that complete border . Thank you. I think you will answer one of the questions. Go ahead, first. How this movement got started and how Tea Party Patriots<\/a> specifically got started. I responded to a rant on cnbc about the tea party not about the Tea Party Movement<\/a> but the stimulus package and he was complaining about the stimulus package and he said the Founding Fathers<\/a> would be turning over in their grave like they did, and we got on the Conference Call<\/a>, and we hang up the phone thinking we would have eight to ten tea parties around the country and as it turned out we had 48 tea parties around the country and we had 30,000 people in attendance, maybe 35,000 people in attendance and we have grown from there. The way we got started, we stood up and said we were concerned about the spending in the government and protesting using our First Amendment<\/a> rights and then we understood if we were collecting money and spending money we were going to have to set up some sort of structure with the irs so we could report what we are doing and thats what was legally required to do and we have no problem living in those particular laws, and as we did that, unlike other organizations, other organizations with the word Tea Party Patriots<\/a> in their name were targeted and our process when we were applying for the 501 status, it took my organization over three years, and we got a phone call from the irs to our attorney the day before i testified before congress saying we would be granted our status. That is not living within the law. Thats not the way the law is written and its not the way the regulations are written and its wrong and its lawless. The irs ultimately will be held accountable for this. We were moved from 120 up to 455. It happened in august, so only newer sirius radio can receive this, so if you lost this, you can listen to cspan. Org radio. This is a decision by sirius and not by us. You may want to give them a call as well to find out more information. We have one last call. Loretta from casilla, mississippi. Did i say that right . Yes. Go ahead. Caller i heard about donald trump say if israel did attack iran that we are obligated to help iran, is that true . I am unaware of that aspect of it. We saw that story yesterday. No way of knowing if thats true from this table right now. Why do you bring it up . Caller i just seen it on another channel, you know, and i was wondering, you know, because i didnt hear it before, and also i was calling about the you have to pay for cable to get fox news, and with the other stations, cbs and nbc and abc, you can be low income and think the way they do, and my aunt on the immigration thing, an illegal tried to break into her house in mississippi and she had to call the police, you know. So its real. Its in the United States<\/a>. Also, i wanted to call and tell about absolute power with the government, you know, my native american family, my grandfather was marched on the trail of tears and there is power and it can hurt people. Final thought from our guest this morning . If you want information about what Tea Party Patriots<\/a> did regarding immigration, you can check out our website, borderstates. We are going to be in washington next week on wednesday on september 9th at 1 00 on the west lawn of the capitol. Senator ted cruz and donald trump will be joining us, and glenn beck is going to be there, and we are rolling out more and more speakers each and every day. Come and join us and be part of this and make sure that our congressman and senators before they cast their votes understand we as american citizens are gravely concerned about the iran deal. Thanks for your time this friday morning. Thank you. We have a little more than 30 minutes left in the friday edition of the journal. We will talk about the trade deal that recently passed. What that is all about, and our best will be the reporter with politico, adam. Well be right back. A signature feature of booktv is there all day coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country, with top nonfiction authors. Here is our schedule. Beginning this weekend, we are live from the 15th annual ouronal book festival from nations capital. The september, we are in new york with the brooklyn book festival, celebrating its 10th year. 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That assumes that you can train everybody to do everything in the same way. I am licensed to practice in two states, and i would not trust myself to do a routine divorce. Sunday on cspans q a. , washington journal continues. Host were talking trade now and our guest is trade reporter for politico, and its adam pizzuti. Thank you for joining us this morning. Thank you for having me. The trance pacific trade deal, and we have not talked about it for a little while on the program. Remind us on what the trade bill is all about. Right. This is a 12nation trade deal, the u. S. , japan, mexico, canada, malaysia and other countries, they have been negotiating the trade deal for over five years now. The talks really accelerated over the last year and a half, and japan joined, and they are at the point where they are really trying to close the deal. The last round of talks they had was at the end of july in hawaii. I guess there was a hope they could close the deal there, but it ended up getting tripped up on sticky issues and had to go back to their capitals and reassess the situations they were in, and so this has been a longterm issue, and its something the Obama Administration<\/a> has been pushing for a long time and its been one of the president s top economic priorities while he has been in office. As we move forward, what currently are the top two or three of those stickiest issues . This is going to be the they are calling it the trade deal of the 21st century, so they will address the issues like, you know, allowing data to flow between countries unhindered without barriers, and dealing with disciplines on stateowned companies, stateowned businesses, which has been a big issue in asia with china having much of the economy run by the government. But in the end, it just the sticky issues have been the issues that have always dogged the end of trade talks which is straightup Market Access<\/a> issues on some of the most sensitive sort of agricultural goods that countries trade and dairy is one of them. You have new zealand which is a dairy exporter in the talks and they want to get the best deal possible for their dairy producers. Dairy is a quarter of their expor exports, the dairy they do produce, and its a sparsely populated country and so they are an exporting powerhouse and the deal doesnt mean anything to them. On the other end you have the u. S. , which is looking at how to balance imports of Dairy Products<\/a> versus exports and on the other end of that you have canada which is a very closed market and they are struggling with how they can open their markets. Dairy is one of the issues, and australia is one of the issues, and they want to export sugar to the u. S. , and they have a strict program to regulate imports of sugar, and protect sugar farmers here. Those have been the issues, and then automobiles which have been sensitive with trade, and when you have japan involved in the talks its a whole different ball game. They have been struggling over how to write the rules that would allow countries like japan to take advantage of all the tariff benefits they could get in the deal. And one of the headlines, a wall street journal headline. Where is congress on this deal . How does it feel about the deal at this point . It passed what is known as trade authority not too long ago and it was a tied vote and that gave the administration the authority to negotiate the deal and to fast track the deal eventually through congress. Basically they can negotiate a deal and sign it and send it to congress, and congress cannot amend it, and basically they can just vote it up or down, and thats just sort of, i think, proponents of the trade deal see that as an issue, something that needs to be done because when you have countries like japan and others making sensitive concessions, they want assurances that what they agree to at the table on the final day of meetings is going to stick and that congress is not going to reopen the deal, so that was passed recently, and that kind of set the, you know, i think the administration is looking at that vote as a template for when the actual trade deal goes back to congress, and congress will have to vote to approve this trade deal, and, you know, they saw that, you know, they can use that vote as sort of a template for getting the trade deal passed as well. With that background, lets go to our first call from megan from ventura, california. A republican caller. Caller i would like to speak about homelessness, actually. Homelessness, people that are homeless, and what is our country doing about that, and there are so many people can you link that at all to what we are talking about . Caller i believe it is. Because theres no more cattle and theres no more trade, and there is no more anything. The planet is being destroyed, basically. Okay. Lets hear from our guest. Homelessness . I think that on a certain side of the argument of trade there has been a argument that trade deals, you know, accelerate environmental degradation, and lead to a loss of jobs which can lead to homelessness here domestically among workers, so thats been something that opponents of the trade deal have argued, and its something that needs to be addressed as well, and how do you do a trade deal in a way that makes countries maintain high standards for protecting the environment, and pay workers fair wages and make sure people can organize under labor unions, all because if you raise the standard in all countries, it will not affect the standards that we have here in the u. S. When it comes to labor environments. So yes, i guess if you look at the issue of homelessness, you know, there can be a link, i guess, drawn and we have a democratic caller on the line. Hey, bruce. Caller how are you doing . Well. Caller what i would like to point out to the American People<\/a> is this trade deal is the only thing the Republican Party<\/a> agrees with this president on. One other thing, before george bush left office they deleted millions of emails and they deleted torture videos. Thank you. Anything you want to say there . Well, hes right to point out that this is one of the few areas where republicans and congress have sided with the president , and he did rely on them immensely to get the trade Promotion Authority<\/a> bill through. So that is correct. There are a few things that republicans and congress and the Democratic White House<\/a> agree on, and trade has been one of them. One country we did not talk about is china. China is not part of this period of talks. Why isnt china involved . China has never been involved in this. I think theres a thought that this is sort of seen as a way to Counter China<\/a> economically in the region and strategically. You know, that narrative has kind of changed over the years. I think originally people saw this as a containment strategy, and i think more and more now kind of the narrative is shifting to, you know, this is really china is really wanting to be part of the Global Economy<\/a> and want to become a consumerdriven economy, and they dont want to be an export driven economy, and if you have a certain standard of rules and trade, trade rules in this deal, its going to persuade china to also engage at that level. On tuesday of this week we had a china expert on from Johns Hopkins<\/a> university. He talked about concerns china may be having over the discussions. Take a look. If japan joins the tpp and we have the other Nine Countries<\/a> sorry, the other 11 countries, all join tpp you have a pretty massive trade block which is all around china and china, by not being included at least initially in the tpp tends to suffer trade losses as a result, so the chinese are obviously watching this with hawkish eyes and nervous about tpp. Maybe nervous, he says . I am not an economists so i cant say how their economy would be affected longterm by this deal, but they are a major player in this region, and, you know, you can argue that their trade with japan, with countries in Southeast Asia<\/a> is much higher than what the u. S. Trades with those countries. Their economies are becoming more and more integrated, so you cant argue that china would be nervous and you have the u. S. Over here, and some people would argue driving this whole thing towards their interests, but china itself is also pursuing its own initiatives in the region, regional trade deals with there is one called the regional conference of Economic Partnership<\/a> with a bunch of countries in Southeast Asia<\/a>, and china has deals a deal pending with australia right now, and i think thats sort of politically hanged up on something, and also new zealand. Lets hear from maria, a independent. Good morning. Caller i would like your guest to answer some questions if he could. The first one is how does he think malaysia was raised from a tier 3 to tier 2 nation despite of the slavery and prostitution and mass graves, and president obama was playing golf with the Prime Minister<\/a> from malaysia, and our country is suffering so i think the american citizens should march into washington and do a citizens arrest because they are fought doing what is right for the country. Malaysia has been an interesting country in this deal and they have turmoil back in their country. The trafficking issue came up basically in the context of getting this fasttrack bill through congress. Senator menendez introduced an amendment that would bar any agreements to be fasttracked if they included countries that are on the tier 3 of the state departments report, and its seen as a pretty good standard, you or was, i guess, according to some people now, for changing trafficking. Getting countries to respond. Malaysia was graduated to tier two which dropped them out of that amendment and basically kind of untangled what could have been a pretty complicated thing. Some people saw that as politically motivated. Senator mendez and senator corker and others are looking at investigating why, you know, why that decision was made. Was it made just to uncomplicate things and get this deal done . Was there actual meaningful change made in malaysia to prevent the trafficking problems that are there . So were going to probably see more on that in the coming weeks and months. Heres a tweet. How will the tpp affect the tech sector of our economy . Can you help us with that . I think youre going to see probably tariffs reduce on tech products. Youll see services, tech services, the ability of companies to go into countries and do more without facing barriers. The tech sector is big in these countries. A lot of these asian countries, manufacturing. So you know thats going to be probably the basic benefit but also youre going to see and its all going to sort of come out when the deal is done, but were probably going to see how they dealt with this issue of Data Transfer<\/a> and data flows which are critical for all businesses. We move on to pennsylvania for john. John is on the democratic line. Caller good morning. I was just wondering your guests opinion on donald trump saying something about ford and nabisco possibly moving to mexico. I was just wondering what his opinion was on this and how it would affect our people here as far as jobs. I know there was a jobs report out that said there was, what, 173,000 jobs created, but, you know, i was just wondering how this would affect us if these two Major Companies<\/a> would decide to, you know, move. Lets hear from our guest. We understand. Thank you. Im not familiar with that statement, but mexico is a part of the north American Free<\/a> trade agreement, which was concluded in the 90s. And as a result of that, you did see Companies Move<\/a> operations to mexico to take advantage of, i guess you could see, cheaper labor costs. I dont know i guess its anyones guess whether that would happen under tpp. Opponents of the deal would say yes that companies are going to move operations to areas where theres lower labor costs, mexico included. But with mexico youve sort of maybe already seen that migration under nafta, and under tpp, because thats already occurred under nafta, i guess you could argue that may not happen as extensively under tpp. But there are 11 other countries in the deal, and you could see companies shift operations to other asiapacific countries. Rick from napa, idaho is on the line. Republican caller. Good morning. Caller good morning, cspan. Great day to have you. Adam, im a retired marine. Ive got a question for you. Touched off on the subject of nafta. When clinton enacted nafta, it was called nafta. Org. In the lower lefthand corner it announced job losses in america. With this upcoming agreement what are the protections for americans in keeping their jobs here in america . And the other part of the picture i started researching is no one ever considered transportation costs. Shipping costs, fuel, airline costs is fuel, to another country, back to america and more shipping costs are also attached to that. Now are americans going to be protected from losing their jobs if this trade agreement goes through . You can ask the administration and they will tell you they are negotiating this deal in a way that would raise all these standards. Telling vietnam to raise your labor standards to a certain extent that would mitigate in some way the transfer of jobs to that market. Same with the environment rules. Under specific chapters of the agreement, there are also going to be safeguards, i think. Under the automobile rules, i think the u. S. Is negotiating whats called a sauveguard which would prevent a surge of automobiles to come in from japan, therefore, displacing u. S. Workers and u. S. Auto workers. Theres some specific things and then there are broader thing s like overall rules, standards being raised. The truth is there are winners and losers in trade deals. Not everyone is a win are. Not everyone is a loser. I think the numbers on job losses, theres so many factors that go into calculating that. It will be hard to tell probably for a number of years how to directly link the effects of this trade deal with the rise or fall of overall jobs in this country. Where are business or manufacturing groups and also labor groups, where do they stand right now on tpp . Well, business manufacturing groups are very much for this deal. Theyve been push, this, lobbying this deal very hard over the years. Labor has been on the exact opposite side. I think its basic generally known the labor unions will come out against this deal but the aflcio has reserved actually taking any specific stand on it until they say they see the deal. But labor, they do argue this is going to lead to more job losses and depressed wages, and that this is not a huge change to trade policy. So those two sides have been pretty much diametrically opposed. We had the aflcio president on the Network Within<\/a> the last couple of days. A short piece from him talking about tpp. It will cost jobs and it will cause a lot of unemployment and dislocation. And it will allow china to participate and get all the benefits of tpp by sending their products to other countries. China can make 70 of a product, send it to another country that makes 25 of the product, and that product will get the benefits as if it were made in the tpp countries. Big win for china, he says. Some people are argue that china could use this as a back door. Thats been argued in the textile sector and manufacturing. The chinese parts, components will go into these countries in the tpp. Theyll go into products that are shipped among the tpp countries and those products will have no tariffs. If you go down the line, chinese manufacturers could benefit from this. Time for a few more calls for our guest. Carol, thank you for waiting. Youre on the independent line. Caller i was wondering if you could explain about these quote unquote tribunals that ive heard about. Why would they be secret, and could a foreign country or Foreign Corporation<\/a> sue a local government for enacting a law that maybe was detrimental to this countrys Profit Margins<\/a> . Sure. Thanks for the question. I think what youre thinking about is the investor state dispute settlement process. And this has been a part of a lot of trade deals that have been negotiated. Most trade deals the u. S. Has negotiated. It gives companies the ability to challenge a government if they feel like regulations, laws are causing some sort of damage to their business and they are entitled to monetary benefits. They call them secret tribunals because these cases are heard by a panel of sort of private sector, people that are picked on a rotating basis to man these tribunals. And theyre not in the Court Systems<\/a> of the respective countries. Its something called extra judicial sort of forum. And thats opponents of this feel that companies can abuse this process and challenge Public Health<\/a> regulations and things like that. The other side would obviously argue differently that theyre just protecting their rights as businesses to operate and invest in these countries. Our guest is trade reporter for politico, and adam behsudi covered trade policy for u. S. Inside trade focusing on new zealand and malaysia and other places around the world. Also worked in ashville, north carolina, covering crime and the police. And at american university. We have a call from randy from smock, pennsylvania. What part of the state is smock in . Caller southwestern pennsylvania. Got it. Go ahead, please. Caller first of all, i dont believe in free trade. I believe in fair trade. And my question is, how is it possible to have fair trade with the tpp when five of the members are third world countries . Chile, mexico, peru, malaysia, vietnam. Vietnams gdp is 5,000. Ours is 53,000. Please explain. Thats been one of the major criticisms of trade in general. You have a wealthy country and a country like vietnam with very low wages. How do you bring the two countries kind of how do you bring ekwquilibrium to that . Obviously theres an argument to be made that if you are making a couple dollars, 60 cents an hour in vietnam, you know, a company is going to want to produce there because its going to be much cheaper. So, i mean, thats sort of the big argument, and the administration is, like i said, making this case that this is going to be the most advanced trade deal. And by engaging these countries, youre going to raise their standards and get them to be more on the level of the developed countried. If theyre part of the Global Economy<\/a>. I guess thats going to take time. On the other side id argue the damages are going to be felt before the benefits. And so i think thats just the constant struggle when you negotiate these trade deals. Lets hear from don is los cruces, mexico. Caller good morning. When the Affordable Care<\/a> act was passed, it ran over 1,000 pages, and republicans were critical when pelosi implied that you have to read it in order to understand whats in it. In the tpp, it runs over 2,000 pages. So my question is, how many republicans will read this bill in total . How many of them will understand it . And does the general public have access to what is in this bill . Thank you. Thanks for the question. I think youre right. Basically the deal right now is being negotiated behind closed doors. The argument is that the governments say they cant get the best deal possible if theyre putting their positions out in the public sphere. I think thats erked a lot of people here. Especially opponents of the deal who say if were going to sign this and vote for this, we need to know whats in it. The administration has given members of congress the ability to access the text under certain conditions. They can go in and read whats being negotiated. But they cant they have to abide by certain rules. They cant share or take copies of the next but they can go in for their own understanding and read the text. It will be made public. Most likely shortly after they conclude. And there are rules written within the fast track bill that mandate certain links of time that the trade deal is put into the public sphere and opened for debate before Congress Acts<\/a> on it. So thats been a longstanding criticism is transparency in this deal. Theres arguments on both sides to be made for how transparent and how untransparent the problem is. What else can you tell us about timing for this legislation . I think theyre going to try to obviously countries are going to close this deal as soon as possible. The u. S. The big one. I think the president wants to seal this deal. The original plan was to try to get everything done and to congress and voted on before the end of this year. Not getting it into 2016 with the president ial election. I think that ship has sailed at this point. They are probably going to have to meet again, you know, i think, obviously this month would be the next logical time window. Trade ministers will have to come together again and try to close a deal. If they close a deal, it sets off sort of a series of timing events, according to the fast track bill. At the least, theres going to be 90 days in which the trade deal has to kind of sit there, be analyzed by the international the itc and it has to be open for the public. Youre looking at early to maybe first quarter, early Second Quarter<\/a> of next year when congress can take this up. Our guest has been adam behsudi, trade reporter for polit coe. Thanks for your time and update on tpp. We very much appreciate it. Thanks for having me. Washington journal continues. Joining us from chicago is anna who is executive director of moveon. Org. Good morning. Good morning. I want to start with iran. Weve learned that the president , the white house has secured enough votes starting in the senate to keep this treaty alive and avoid it being defeated. Whats your groups reaction to that . So this is an historic victory. And our move on members worked their hearts out to help defend it and help secure this effort. Its a good diplomatic agreement that will help keep americans safe and prevent iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon<\/a>. The alternative is putting us on a path to another openended war of choice in the middle east, which is a devastate, terrible outcome and an avoidable outcome. The majority of the American Public<\/a> supports it. Good deal, the public supports it and the alternative is war. Move on members have been working for multiple months. Looking back theres a track record here of over a decade of moveon members working to prevent and then stop dumb, devastating destructive wars like the iraq war and now the possibility of a war with iran. Weve been working in particular over the past two months to encourage democrats in congress to come out strongly supporting this breakthrough historic deal. Weve been telling people that well hold them accountable, telling our elected officials well hold them accountable if they oppose this deal. We had hundreds of events organize ed by constituents arod the country in city squares all across the country. Weve seen the results of that work. Youve had 34th senator, senator mikulski came out saying shed support this deal. That means the deal will survive. But though fight is not over. We need to see every single democratic senator and undecided member of the house as well come out and say theyll support this deal because if ideally wed love to keep a bad bill killing diplomacy off the president s desk altogether. At the least we need to see every member of the Democratic Caucus<\/a> come out supporting this deal for how good it is and that their constituents, their voters and their democratic progressive base will hold them accountable if they vote to kill diplomacy and to put us on a path to war. Our guest is in chicago. Executive director of moveon. Org. Were starting with iran but well delve into president ial politics and other issues. Our guest just talked about moveon. Orgs work involving the iran deal. Were reminded of this headline. Moveon aims to withhold 10 million in contributions from dems who oppose the iran deal. Also a tweet by moveon. Org. Its a van in new york. And it has looks like senator menendez and senator schumer, two folks who did not support the deal. Most likely to start a war it says there. Tell us more about your effort, anna. First, this donor strike we helped organize was wildly successful. We hit 10 million early on. That number climbed to 40 million. That small donors and other more substantial donors to the Democratic Party<\/a> promised to withhold if Democratic Senators<\/a> and representatives succeeded in undermining the president s breakthrough diplomatic agreement with iran. We dont need another devastating, costly and avoidable war in the middle east. Weve been through that and seen that movie before. We know how it ends. So democratic voters, progressive activists in the party were saying very clearly and strongly, if you put us on a path to war, well hold you accountable. Wither actions, with our doanations, with our volunteer hours and support. So that donor strike you mentioned really has been heard in washington because even from small donors, people who can only write a check for 25 or whatever it is, that money adds up, and members of Congress Need<\/a> that grassroots support. The schumer mobile, so Chuck Schumer<\/a> wants to be the next leader of democrats in the senate. If he wants to be if he wants to obtain that leadership position, he needs to lead. Leading right now means supporting and enabling this breakthrough deal with iran to prevent iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon<\/a>. This is a deal that experts, retired generals, our friends and allies from around the world believe is a good deal and the best option available. When Chuck Schumer<\/a> came out and announced he was going to vote against the deal, our members were furious and heartbroken. This is not what we expect from someone who seeks leadership in the Democratic Party<\/a>. One of our tactics has been to take out a mobile billboard in new york city. Weve been driving it around for a week. Weve had an amazing response. Launched it with a rally with 100 people. Individuals coming off the street and taking selfies with it. Its been a really visible way of putting our money where our mouth is. If you stand against diplomacy and put us on a path to war, we will hold you accountable and this is what accountability looks like. Hi, richard. Caller how are you doing . Yes, im i am going to get on that moveon. Org. Id look to republicun for pres. I lost everything because of that downturn. Nobody told me not to buy a house. And i watched in 2009, jim kramer said i sold all my property in 2006. I heard marco rubio saying i sold my house in 2007. Why would he sell his house in 2007 if he didnt know there was going to be a crash . All these insiders have all the money. All these people have all the money, and they dont want to pay taxes. Thats why they want a Smaller Government<\/a> because they dont want to pay taxes. All the inside information. Now they dont want to pay taxes. Nobody ever told me about the stock market. I was in business 25 years. I had thousands of customers. Nobody ever told me about the stock market. Lets hear from anna. Thank you for your call. I would pull out a couple of things. Im sorry about some of the struggles youve faced. Its not just you. There are millions of americans who lost their homes whose livelihood took a huge hit, lost big chunks of their 401 k and more in the economic downturn in 2008 and 09. Thats a broader problem in our economy that we need to face looking forward. We have historic levels of inequality. Corporations that paying their fair share to make that right. As we get into the discussion into the 2016 election, what all of us what to see, not just on the left but on the right as well, candidates for president and all of our elected officials talking about what theyre going to do to make our economy work for everyone. If you work hard, you should be able to have a decent life. People who are fighting for a minimum wage increase, that means that when we talk about breaking up the big banks or imposing a transaction tax on Financial Transactions<\/a> and making sure that wall street is held accountable, those are all the things we need to make sure are coming up in the context of the 2016 Election Debate<\/a> and the policies we need to be pushing for from all offer elected officials. I think making the economy more fair is one of the great causes of our toime. I want to show you some of the recent poll numbers on the democratic side. Hillary clinton at 45 and Bernie Sanders<\/a> at 22 . They also put joe biden into this picture at 18 . What do you make of the current numbers on the democrat iic sid and whats missing in terms of a person or type of dialogue . Tell us more. So i think this is still an open race on the democratic side in the primary for president. A lot can happen between now and november. Its important that we have a real series of debates to debate the issues affecting our country, that we really get to have a real open conversation about the challenges we face as a nation. That can happen. Thats one of the reasons you have in a democracy an open debate leading up to the presidency. And a real contest of ideas. I think in terms of the polling numbers, its still an open race. We look forward to seeing a robust, vigorous debate this fall and spring to talk about what we need as a cannot. Moveon, i think, people may remember, we ran a Vigorous Campaign<\/a> in late last year and into this year calling on senator Elizabeth Warren<\/a> to enter the fray, bring her voice into the 2016 president ial mx. That didnt happen. Hasnt happened. We are encouraged to see all the candidates are beginning to talk about real issues. You saw even just this week or last week that Hillary Clinton<\/a> and mart be omalley anders sigt would close the revolving door between wall street banks and government by eliminating the golden parachute some banks give, these huge bonuses some banks give to outgoing members of their staff before they enter government. Thats a soon that caign that c are listening. We need to make the economy more fair and address big machine on campai campaigns. We need to heed the movement for black lives. Its making important arguments about black peoples experience in america today. And we need to support diplomacy rather than get into other openended wars abroad. These are issues animating the grassroots base of the Democratic Party<\/a>. We need to hear from all of the candidates on where they stand on those issues. Republican michael. Youre on with anna. Shes in chicago. Caller hi. I was just wondering, the democrat and president and hillary comparing republicans to terrorists, and now sounds like shes putting the democrat in the senate on blast for not going with the deal. Can people not just cc ,q their own views . Why do you have to put them down like that if they are democrats or republicans. Thank you for the question. Generally, i dont want to put anyone down. I appreciate you asking for civility and respectful conversation that takes into account different views. The way i see it, were in a moment where theres a really important policy choice facing elected officials in our government. Theres going to be a vote in less than two weeks in both the house and the senate where our elected officials will decide whether to support or undermine a breakthrough diplomatic agreement with iran that will prevent iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon<\/a>. Its an historic win for those who want to see our country engaging with the world in a pragmatic way, but a way that leads with muscular diplomacy, rather than costly, avoidable wars. This is a massive decision. Hugely consequential for members of the Armed Services<\/a> and those who want to see investment at home in our eroding inn fra structure, in human needs and things we need to be investing in here in the United States<\/a> as well as around the world. Its a big decision. When i say weve been Holding Democratic<\/a> members of congress accountable, i mean that that were holding them politically accountable. We want to see them make a decision that secures peace and security for the next generation. If they vote to put us on a path to war, well respectfully, civilly but strongly call them out and deny them our future support. Thank you for your question. Back to politics. You spoke earlier of the need for a debate on the issues among the democrats. Wanted to show you a clip. Youve probably seen it already. Martin omalley, the former Maryland Governor<\/a> at the dnc meeting last week in minneapolis. He and others have taken issue with the setup for the democratic debates. I want to show you this clip and then get your response. Heres governor omalley. While the republicans put their backward idea forward before an audience of more than 20 million americans, we put our forward thinking ideas on the back burner. As if were trying to hide them from the air waves. Think about it. The republicans stand before the nation. They malign our president s record of achievements. They denigrate women and immigrant families. They double down on trickle down and tell their false story. And we respond with crickets. Tumbleweeds. Cynical move to delay and limit our own party debates. Four debates. Four debates . Four debates. Four debates and four debates only we are told. Not asked before voters in our earliest states mack their decision. This is totally unprecedented. This sort of rigged process has never been attempted before. Where did it come from . To what end . For what purpose . What national or Party Interest<\/a> does this decree serve . How does this help us tell the story of the last eight years of democratic progress . How does this promote our democratic ideas from making wages go up and Household Incomes<\/a> go up again instead of down . How does this help us make our case to the American People<\/a> . One debate in iowa . Thats it . One debate in New Hampshire<\/a> . Thats all we can afford . The New Hampshire<\/a> debate is cynically wedged in the high point of Holiday Shopping<\/a> season so as few people watch it as possible. Is this how the Democratic Party<\/a> selects its nominee . Are we becoming something less . Something else . What happened to the tradition of open debates and a 50state strategy . Anna called today a rigged process. What do you make of what the governor had to say. We need more debates. Four debates is not enough. Views on the economy, climate change, movement for black lives, immigration reform, what we can do to protect and extend womens rights. On all the range of issues. Diplomacy. Four debates is a very small amount of time to air the candidates policy agendas, to hear from them who they would appoint. We need to hear a lot more than four debates worth from the candidates to get a great sense of where theyll take the country. I thinker members would want to see more time, more debates in a more Robust Exchange<\/a> of views to see anyone contending for our Nations Highest Office<\/a> will move a Progressive Agenda<\/a> and taker country forward. One tweet. Michael writes, define fair share. Everyone knows what it is, but no one can describe it. Can you help . Good question. Thank you for it. A fair share, i used that in the context of building a more fair economy. Theres a simple way to think about this. If you work hard, can you provide for your family . Thats very simple. When you look at someone who is working a minimum wage fast footd job or two minimum wage jobs juggling hectic scheduling, lastminute demands, that is all too often right now not a way to support your family. So that i would argue that that worker, hard working american supporting a family in many cases is not getting their fair share. You have billionaires at the top making a killing, doing better than theyve done in generations, doing better than they themselves, than people like Warren Buffett<\/a> say they need to be doing. Warren buffett often talks about his effective tax rate is lower than his secretarys. The fair share of that secretarys is not there. So thats what i mean when i say fair share. The vision of building an inclusive, effective economy is something people on the left and right could agree we need. And the solutions youre hearing from the Republican Party<\/a> are nonsense. More of the same trickledown bogus stuff that hasnt worked for generations. We need to see that robust conversation coming back to 2016. We need to hear from all the candidates about what theyre going to do to make our economy work for everyone and what theyll do to combat the corrupting influence of big money in our politics, which is a problem not just for building a fair economy but for everything we care about. Merchantville, new jersey, democratic caller. Caller how are you doing . Id like to state one big problem in this country is america has become the big reality show. All of these republicans or politicians, democrats, they all to me all from the same cloth as far as im concerned. Greed runs this country. Capitalism runs this country. War runs this country. Anything that creates the dollar runs this country. Any of those that see that they can benefit from that, that is where those people are going to lean to. The American People<\/a>, the American People<\/a> have become cell phone drones, video heads, consumers. Nothing but program consumers because frg that you see and everything that you hear is about buy, buy, buy, buy. So everyones focus cant be on whats really important. Those who are serious, the politicians, people who are serious or marginalized or demonized. And to be insignificant or somehow create like Hillary Clinton<\/a>, create this benghazi thing to cover up what she truly stands for. Unfortunately, its not going to get any better. Its going to get worse. I dont care who we put in this office, in this country because its already set. Nothing is going to change. Its only going to get worse. Thank you for outlining how you see many of the challenges we face as the country. I want to offer an optimistic note. Late last night moveon members began contributing to a humanitarian crisis that is happening halfway around the world. This is an example of how even in the darkest days when it seems our culture is in its darkest spot who sees donald trump as a viable candidate. Hes not a viable politician that should be seeking our Nations Highest Office<\/a>. Even in those moments, americans are fundamentally decent. People are fundamentally decent. They want to make a future that works for all of us thats sustainable, where we all take care of each other and make the best of our time on this earth. You pay have seen these heartbreaking photos of a 3yearold boy whose drowned body washed up on a turkish beach. These were the saddest photos youve ever seen. In response theres been this global moment of conscience and people are contributing to support the millions of Syrian Refugees<\/a> that have been streaming out of their country seeking refuge in places like europe. Moveon members yesterday began mobilizing. I expect us to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to support those families. Even when things get dark and depressing and we think our economy is down the tubes and all these daunting challenges facing us, people have the ability to organize together to make things better. Thats what moveon is about. We organize together. And together we make Amazing Things<\/a> happen. We support Refugee Families<\/a> in need. Weve organized and protected an historic breakthrough diplomatic deal that was negotiated by the Obama Administration<\/a>, which is going to prevent a war. Thats profoundly inspiring to me. The president s achievements over the last year as hes stepped into a progressive posture include putting us on a path to keep our air clean by enforcing the Clean Air Act<\/a> and it includes asserting the rights of millions of undocumented immigrants and calling for a path to allow them to stay here. There have been so many inspiring victories by regular americans organizing together for progressive change. When it seems dark, i know why. But we can organize together and make things light. Thank you again. Lets hear from jack in providence, rhode island. Are you there . Caller i sure am. First, how are you doing . First of all, the iranian deal, you know, this lady here has given a lot of baloney. Its not going to stop iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon<\/a>. Its going to slow them down. Secondly, he couldnt get it through as a treaty which would need twothirds vote like when reagan got the treaty done with the soviet union. He had wide support in the congress. That was a real good agreement. Thirdly and most importantly, my Business Partner<\/a> on some deals is an iranian. His name is babek. And i use him to negotiate on the Real Estate Development<\/a> because then we partner up. He runs rings around them all, hands down. That guy is brilliant. So this is baloney. Its going to slow them down, and one other point. Im no fan of israel overall, but one other point, israel will never allow iran to get a Nuclear Weapon<\/a>. Once their intelligence operatives deems they are close, that Israeli Government<\/a> either a progressive government or the likud will do something for sure. All it will do is slow them down. It doesnt stop anything. Take care. Anna, response . Heres the thing about the diplomatic deal which weve successfully defend and will continue to call on members of congress to come out in support of the deal because every vote counts. Even though we know the deal will be defend and move forward it still matterses that every member of congress be called to support it. Heres the thing. The alternative to this deal is a path to war with iran. No one should want that. Weve seen how that story ends with theu rack war. This deal is verifiable, there are mechanisms in place, security cameras, inspectors, its the strongest regime of inspections and verification that weve ever seen. When the deal was announced after years of hard work between the United States<\/a>, five other world powers and a flock of negotiators and Nuclear Nonproliferation<\/a> experts and others. When the deal was announced, many of those same experts said we cant believe how good this deal is. We cant believe how good it is and how much it is going to, in fact, prevent iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon<\/a>. If this deal was undermined, the rest of the community is not going to keep sanctions in place. Its either the u. S. Taking to war with iran or this excellent verifiable, breakthrough. Its not a tough choice. Its an easy choice. Of course we should stay off a path of war with iran. In the estimation of not just me but the American People<\/a>, our global experts, retired generals, folks who know best say this is a good deal, and we need to do everything we can to defend it. We have about 15 minutes left with our guest, anna galland who is in chicago. Executive director of moveon. Org. Recently in the Washington Post<\/a> a headline. Democrats dilemma cant live without Hillary Clinton<\/a>. Cant win with her. What goes through your mind . As i said earlier, the 2016 president ial process is a wideopen process right now. We need to have a vigorous, healthy, open debate about what kind of policies will move our country forward. Whats going to move us forward to make the economy more fair . Whats going to move us forward to get big money out of politics . Whats going to move us forward to combat, to move us forward as urgently as we must to combat catastrophic climate change. Whats going to build the civil rights of all americans . How are we going to defend Womens Health<\/a> and human rights in a moment where planned parenthood is needlessly under attack from republicans who want to defund it. What are we going to do to mover country forward. How are we going to defend d diplomacy. How are we going to secure a better life for africanamericans who are disproportionately affected by a range of policies in an adverse way. So on all these fronts, we need a vigorous, open debate. We need to hear from multiple candidates about where they stand. Thats the debate i hope we can have this fall. I look forward to having moveon members, the 8 million mo yoion members who are the progressive conscience for this country. I look forward to having moveon members engage with all the candidates to better understand where they stand and draw out their proposals for how theyll take our country forward. Are the candidates doing enough regarding africanamerican and latino, to bring in their support . Are they saying, pledging to do the right things . What do you think of the field . I think youre seeing one of the most inspiring Civil Rights Movement<\/a>s in our history happening right now. The movement for black lives in particular has been organizing and calling out for justice in cases where youre seeing people shot and killed by police. This is the police that are supposed to protect people are in many local cases that have come to life involved in fatal incidents of shooting. Thats a real problem and that movement of grassroots activists is right to be calling on elected officials, including and candidates, including in the Democratic Party<\/a> and asking what they are going to do to reform the worst Police Practices<\/a> around the country. We need to continue to hear from all the candidates about concretely, what will they do to say the names of individuals who are killed in Police Custody<\/a> or killed in encounters with police and what will they do to prevent these injustices from happening in the future. Jose, democratic caller. Good morning. Caller good morning. Good morning. Caller im call iing straig to anna. Im a spanish american, and i want her to tell me to be civilized when she starts calling somebody else a clown. I always vote democrat, but i will never vote again democrat. Shes talking about the accomplishments to support the present administration. Putting almost half the American People<\/a> on food stamps . You call that accomplishment . I want your answer. Thanks, jose. Thank you, jose for your question. I referred earlier to donald trump, and one reason that im so dismayed to see someone like that considered as even a possibility in the context of our president ial debate is that this is someone who has called essentially painted all mexicans in america as rapists and murderers. This is someone who regularly demeans women in the most offensive possible terms. This is someone who is notorious for hosting a show where he gets to scream youre fired at people. This is not a serious candidate for our highest office. So my critique there is both on style but also on substance. We need far better from our elected officials for office. I look forward to hearing from more serious candidates in the month ahead. To his point about the number on food stamps . If you look around the country, youll see millions of hardworking americans who are too often struggling to meet ends meet. Our social welfare net is not strong compared to our peer cann countries around the world. If anything, the equivalent of food stamps for giant corporations and billionaires and a tiny safety net for individual americans. We need to aim our frustration in a different direction than towards people who are just scraping by with two or three jobs trying to make ends meet. Hi, don. Caller good morning. I really appreciate the cspan show. Great show. And for ms. Galland, you do speak a lot of rehetoric in wha youve been talking about. You can come on there, look in the tv and talk about iran and its such a good deal . Lets get the facts straight. You go down the road 10, 15 years from now, when its all said and done, theyll end up with a nuclear bomb, period. I have my whole family has served this country. I have an uncle that served in world war, served over in japan and came home with a plate in his head and you stand there and talk your rhetoric . We are going to end up in a war with iran, whether people like it or not. And lets face another fact. Wars have been in the middle east for thousands of years. And if you think this is going to stop wars in the middle east, you have another thing coming. And if you trust iran, give me a break. Every break that we have tried to give iran, they have reneged, they have lied continually, and to this day, they keep the ayatollah still says death to america. Now having said that, how can you believe that we can trust that country, and i do know people that the people themselves, i know a few of them from iran, and ive talked to them. The people themselves, they are nice. They are good people. But who runs that country . Its not the people. Its their government. That was don from michigan there. Anna of moveon. Org, several callers continuing to press you on comments about iran. Go ahead and respond to that caller. Thank you for your call and for your familys military service. I, too, have family members who have served in the armed forces. I want to say two things. One, this diplomatic deal, the alternative to it, make no mistake is that we will be on a path to war with iran. We will be on a path to an unnecessary, avoidable, u. S. War in the middle east with a stronger country than iraq was. Weve seen how an endeavor like the iraq war ended. Its an avoidable, preventable, would be a devastating war. If we have a good option to stay off that path we should take that option. Thats what this diplomatic deal represents. The second point is you talked about trusting the iranian officials and how thats a terrible mistake. Everyone who negotiated this deal would agree with you. Dont trust. Verify. This deal has some of the most stringent, the strongest me mechanisms weve ever seen in an International Accord<\/a> to monitor and verify the iranian governments compliance with its terms. It will prevent iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon<\/a>. And if it failed, well have to go back to what were doing now, which is sanctions. But lets try something first that could move us forward rather than deciding well, lets just go to war. Weve done that before. Weve seen how it ends. And in the interest of our Service Members<\/a> and veterans, many of whom showed up as part of moveon a National Days<\/a> of action and said we know what Armed Service<\/a> looks like. We want to avoid a preventable and unnecessary war. Lets embrace this diplomatic deal. Embrace a diplomacy first foreign policy, which is smart and muscular and part of advancing our interests in the world rather than saying, sure, lets just go to war with iran. It wouldnt be quick and easy. It would be devastating to the lives of Many Americans<\/a> and those ark broad. We have ohio on the line. Caller i appreciate it. I want to tell you this historic fact. Can you hear me, please . Yes. Go ahead. Caller number one, this young lady talk about accountability. Accountability go both ways. Obama when he was senator has no courage to vote against iraq war. Senator kerry said no. Senator fein gold who is jewish, he vote against the war. Talk about accountability and threatening the number two, im a middle eastern. And my cousin is a scholar, muslim brotherhood. Iran is menace. Obama doing like a chamberlain. What doesnt make difference if they are by lion or 100 white coyotes. Iran is run by medieval preachers causing all problems in syria, lebanon and iraq. And military iranian are too much inferior. Obama want iraq to have lots of arabs and the war in iraq was a just war. The problem, they did not break it evenly between sunni and shia. Let me tell you one thing. Im an agnostic. There is no love left for obama. I talk to syria every day. This lady talking out of her has. Obama is an insult. And eisenhower kicked israel d and iran need to be bumped. Iran is nothing but menace. You know what they say . The evil will win when good man do nothing. Im fully behind the man from rhode island. Im muslim and have no problem with israel. The jews in israel are realist i ic. All my friend jews. Im a retired professor. I have a problem with iran fanatics. Obama put red line. Shes talking sympathy. My daughter lives there. She should talk two years ago when assad gassed people and obama put red line in the sand. That was frank from ohio. Anna in chicago, your reaction. You obviously have a lot of regional expertise, and i appreciate your call. One factual point, president obama rose to power through the Democratic Party<\/a> with support from moveon members in part because of his strong opposition to the iraq war. I dont know what vote youre talking about, but he was a strong opponent of the iraq war at the time he was running for a office. He has helped bring american troops home. We need to remain vigilant we dont get dragged back into a u. S. Ground war in iraq. Thats just one point. On iran, i think everyone agrees on one thing, which is that iran is no u. S. Ally. And that it is involved in a tremendous amount of activity that is problematic to u. S. Interests. Thats true. Now lets think of the question, should iran obtain a Nuclear Weapon<\/a> . This deal will prevent iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon<\/a>. If you are concerned about what iran is doing now, imagine when they are armed with a Nuclear Weapon<\/a>. This is a strong deal with verifiable mechanisms to keep iran accountable to its word. We should be supporting it with everything weve got. Moveon members have been vigorously organizing to support this good deal for our security, for the security of the Global Community<\/a> and for our children and grandchildren. Time for another call or two. Lets go to greensboro, north carolina. Democratic caller. Good morning. Caller good morning. Fur first of all, i wanted to say that people seem to be calling in and forgetting other countries were part of this deal. The last person forgot that france, england and germany were parts of that deal. What i also wanted to say is that i think the democrats really need to get out and vote for the congressional elections. This president supports most of those platforms that youve talked about, but theres so many things that republicans obstructed that he was not able to get through. As long as that congress is there, no matter which president , democrat president that you put in, if they continue to struck like that. This president really had to govern and get accomplished a lot by executive order just because he couldnt get things done. They had decided theyd obstrct human from d him from day one. What is it going to take for democrats to Win Back Congress<\/a> . I just thinking back one second. I appreciate what the caller said. Totally agree. To Win Back Congress<\/a>, its going to take a fired up base of progressives that believe we can push our country in the right direction. We have work to do as grassroots organizers and activists to engage a broad swath of voters. We need to do that heading into the next election. What we need from our elected officials is bold leadership. Making college making it possible for all americans to attend College Without<\/a> racking up huge amounts of debt. Doing more to head off catastrophic climate change. Advancing the civil rights of all americans. Embracing diplomacy abroad. Getting millions of undocumented americans on a path to citizenship so they can come out of the shadows. These policies fire us up. Gives me coming to believe in. Makes me want to go out there and volunteer and vote. So to win the next congressional elections, the grassroots base needs to get out there and mobilize and we need our elected officials to keep fighting for us. Like many of the champions in congress are doing and the president is doing with this iran diplomatic deal. We need to rally to their side when they do. Independent caller, good morning. Caller good morning. I have three comments. Thank you, anna, for appearing today. And the first has to do with the Obama Administration<\/a>. I feel that their policies are shortsided. For one example, the obama care. You know, everybody is supposed to have health insurance, but then the workweek gets cut. And i feel like with the planned parenthood issue and the black lives matter, we have to look at history and see who planned parent hood. She, clearly had different motives. And lastly, when we talk about jobs and equally, why cant we ever talk about the Federal Reserve<\/a> . The Federal Reserve<\/a> controls the money supply and, therefore, controls the standard of living. So lets stop beating around the bush and go to the source. We need to repeal the Federal Reserve<\/a> act of 1933, and we need to restore the currency issuance policy back to our government, not to an independent agency made up of foreign entities that nobody knows who they are. Thanks. Final thought from our guest . Thanks for your question. I would just say on some of the issues you mentioned, we clearly disagree, i think, but members as a community are progressive americans around the country, were working to make this country live up to its full potential in helping make the economy more fair and getting big money out of politics and Holding Elected Officials<\/a> responsible and building Civil Rights Movement<\/a> in this country, in fighting for diplomacy as weve had this amazing accomplishment in the last week. Were fighting on all fronts. Were fighting together to make this country more stainable. I invite you to join us on moveon. Org. Thank you for having the conversation. Its part or our democracy. Thank you so much. Shes executive director of mo moveon. Org. Thank you. We have a full and interesting weekend of labor day programming. With congress returning next week to take up the iran nuclear agreement, well show you a Senate Hearing<\/a> on lifting sanctions against iran. State and Treasure Department<\/a> officials will testify on the implications of lifting sanctions on iran. Thats saturday at noon eastern time here on cspan. On book tv, on tomorrow, going until 7 00, live coverage of the 15th annual National Book<\/a> festival. In addition to live event coverage of authors and book discussions, youll have the chance to talk to many authors during our live call ins including david mccolluogh and others. The entire days action will air tomorrow at midnight. And monday, at 8 00 p. M. On American History<\/a> tv on cspan3, David Rubenstein<\/a> talks about what he calls patriotic given related to two documents he purchased. A magna carta and a copy of the declaration of independence. You can find more Schedule Information<\/a> at our website, cspan. Org. Next, Minority Access<\/a> to Higher Education<\/a>, closing the achievement gap, and improving Graduation Rates<\/a> for latinos and African Americans<\/a>. Education expect officials, and the heads of nonprofit organizations provide recommendations to the committee on civil rights. Were back on the record this afternoon for our third panel. And i dont know how many of the panelists were here earlier. I repeat for the sake of housekeeping how were going to keep track of your presentationings. Each of you will have an opportunity to speak for seven minutes. That will be time by the series of light is green, you go, yellow you have two minutes to wrap up. And then red ill ask you to stop so we can then get to the next speaker and have an opportunity for the commissioners to ask you questions. Our first, i want to introduce our panelists and then ill wear you in. Our first panelist is from the Cato Institute<\/a> for economic freedom. Our second is with the brookings institute. Our third panelist is from the campaign for college opportunity, and our fourth and final panelist is from the american counsel of trustees and alumni. Ill ask each of you to raise your right hand and swear or affirm that the information you are about to provide us is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. Is that correct . Yes. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me to speak with you. Im the director of the center for educational. A Public Policy<\/a> research organization. My comments are my own and do not represent any position of the institute. I want to start by saying that all people are individuals. No sum of any person is his or her race or ethnicity and ive not done Previous Research<\/a> on achievement gaps but i am familiar with them from researching the effects of contributors to student performance. My areas of focus have been federal policy, Higher Education<\/a> and social capital. Importantly, low income African Americans<\/a> at least as of a 2002 bureau paper do not necessarily attend at lower rates than low income white students. From 1969 to 199 7, sec black were generally more likely to enroll in college than whites. And by the end, white enrollment exceeded black. That said krarks its unclear the trend. And while it may have been cuffly consistent with whites, the schools in which blacks enrolled have tended to be in lower quality. Perhaps due in part to access. There may be departies in completion. According to work by cam bern, the students are more than twice as likely as black or hispanics to finish college. It was published in 1990. And based on only six metropolitan areas. Success in colleges is connected to preparation and success before college and National Assessment<\/a> of educational progress showing shrinking but not disappearing Nonhispanic White<\/a> gaps when scores are broken down. There are many factors underlying achievement that need to be addressed. One may be ined kwat resources. Research suggestions this is unlikely to be a major problem due to weak correlations between spending and outcomes and spending and resources for black and white students is equalized. Perhaps the cultural issues play, meaning generally speaking, held, generally held group valleys and orientations. One area where theres no distinction is all that believed education is important. This does not translate into equal enrollment. Part of this is lower academic outcomes. African American Families<\/a> are more likely to be making it more difficult for children to get regular high quality interactions with adults, cob deucive to maximum emotional and cognitive developments. A potential proclivity stemming is a sense among African Americans<\/a> that education is important but societal structures make success difficult, potentially dampening motivation. Possibly supporting this are gains from the late 1970s to 1990 cha that may be partially attributable to a civil rights environment. Feelings main, however, and given high profile cases of possibly egregious police mixed condu conduct. Egregious police misconduct. Very good. As well as stubborn economic gaps between blacks and white, they could grow. Theres also a difference in the way parents interact with their children n in particular large differences in the volume of words to which children are exposed and the quality of interactions. And also parents enforce the expectations of their class rather than pushing their kids toward analytic thoughts. That said, everything is affected the children in middle class parenting seems to have an affect. Theres also a correlation with African American<\/a> parents who use less than desirable parenting practices. It appears the overall culture of. This is likely tied much more to se kre than to race. Numerous studies find positive effects because its more likely to be present in such schools as well as social networks that enable people to get information about colleges. 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