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A better future. a better deal is founded on strong values. that we share. strong values fueled by fresh ideas. >>chris: forgive me congressman, but that sounds like standard democratic boilerplate. give me one fresh idea that democrats are offering voters in november? >> first of all, donald trump did not win by a lot of democratic votesit was fractions of a vote . but what i think one great fresh idea is a great structure package for the american people. with the present has offered, a 2080 plan. 20 percent for the government, 80 percent for local government is not going to work. what democr...

Landing on the moon. so we really need to rebuild our infrastructure. we need to create jobs. the president will be talking about it in ohio today. brian: raj, one of the criticism too much dependence on the states, not the federal government. is it a 80/20 split? >> yeah. what he outlined a program which states and local governments which private sector folks would be involved in paying for a big chunk of the program. the reason we want that we want local officials making decisions. we want local governments, state governments with skin in the game. when you have that, they will make better d...

Katie, news editor at townhall.com. and bill mcgurn, main columnist for "the wall street journal." bill, realistic? >> it's a little realistic. look, the problem isn't can we build this stuff? there's two problems. who is going to pay for it? and can we get permission to build it from the regulatory process? so those are the areas i think where the president could have a little morning impact. you know, we need a reform of how it's done. in new york and new jersey, for example, so much of this should have been done by the local and state governments. but because of the spending problems that t...

If you don't care and you're not sure defer to the officials who do care and are sure. >> i want -- can i ask you this, scott, in the last segment database did database let me find this. >> which is excellent by the way. >> the president wants it -- this ises it sent out from an email from president trump's re-election committee saying the president wants the 2020 census to say whether people are citizens. in a another era this would be common sense. but 19 attorneys general say they will fight the president if he dares to ask. the president wants to know if you're on his side. why is his ee o...

Will fight the president if he dares to ask people if they're citizens. he wants to know if you're on his side. if it's not political, why is his re-election -- why are his re-election folks asking for it to be on the citizenship form and asking potential voters that? >> well, to look at this through the lens of a political analyst, which i am, i would say frankly this is an 80/20 issue. if you ask most americans would it be important for the government to find out the condition of citizenship of its population, most folks would say i don't know what the big trouble would be. yes, i recognize ...