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New york in the 23rd district. collins was in the 27th district, still is. should he resign? >> well, you know, that's obviously up to chris and his family, to go through these difficult decisions that they're going to have to face. and these are serious allegations, and i recognize the seriousness of these allegations. and ultimately, that decision needs to rest with him and his family. >> so, you know, it was and it remains legal for a sitting u.s. member of congress to sit on the board of a publicly traded company, to profit from that position. that's what he was doing. and a lot of america...

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They take pleasure in torturing people and making statements with peoples bodies and their remains. the president added this. >> there's a move to get rid of i.c.e. because i.c.e. is tough. if you don't have to have people doing their job, you are going to have crime like you've never seen it. it's incredible, the democrats want open borders, which is basically saying, we want open borders, we want crime. >> shannon: there many people saying that that doesn't fully encompass their policy on the border, but the president seems to be speaking to people you're talking about, average americans who...

Corporate america do it. >> but the shareholders it's important to understand 2/3 of americans own stock. a lot of people have pensions invested in the stack market so it's good for whereverybody whee market goes up. but do wages go up in i'll be honest about the economic question if the was all republican votes. if the economy goes flat like it was under obama and people don't see a big improvement -- >> hold on. it was a slow zbloth pretty flat. >> no. it was not flat under president obama. >> 1% average growth or so. and people, look, average americans, you have to admit -- this is bipartis...

Deliver for. >> right, stephanie. the president, house speaker ryan and everybody else who backed the tax reform bill made big promises about what american workerings would see in their paychecks and they were specific. remember, they promised 4,000 to $9,000 more for an average american household per year. so the hill has already crunched some numbers and the reality is not coming in anywhere close to that. to the administration's credit, i will say americans did say the progress. if you multiply that by 52 weeks for a year, that's only 323 extra dollars in american's pockets. nowhere near th...