But when you think of d. C. , you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right . Like washington, jefferson, lincoln. Well, guess what. Latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latintinged music] in fact, Latinx Heroes Have fought in every war for the United States for centuries. This goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. American forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by A Young Venezuelan commander named francisco de miranda. And then during the civil war, more than 20,000 hispanics served. Almost half of them were mexicanamerican, and that was only 13 years after the mexicanamerican war. Now wheres the monument for that . Huh . Huh . Huh . Now, today, nearly 20 of the u. S. Population is latin, and our numbers are growing. Our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2 of our elected officials, but the good news is, we do
More than 20,000 hispanics served. Almost half of them were mexicanamerican, and that was only 13 years after the mexicanamerican war. Now wheres the monument for that . Huh . Huh . Huh . Now, today, nearly 20 of the u. S. Population is latin, and our numbers are growing. Our voting power is growing too, and about one in ten votes are being cast by latinos, and yet we still make up less than 2 of our elected officials, but the good news is, we do have some prominent figures, like alexandria ocasiocortez, veronica escobar, Ritchie Torres, and alex padilla. And theyre in good company, because latinos make up more than 11 of d. C. s population. This city has a ton of latin influence in art, in politics, and in culture, and of course food because where theres latino culture, theres always some damn good food. So lets get some eats. Im buying. Youre welcome. [upbeat latintinged music] [upbeat electronic music] im in d. C. , so you know were gonna talk politics, and you cant do that on an em
You can see that live on cspan, and later at 2 30 p. M. Eastern marx Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and House Speaker Paul Reinhold had a News Conference at the retreat. Well bring that to you also on cspan. Sunday night on after words, former speech writer for president george w. Bush and atlantic columnist david frum with his book trumpocracy, the corruption of the american republic. Hes interviewed by Washington Post Nonfiction Book critic. Trumpocracy is a book about the study of power. Thats what the suffix means. This is the study of Donald Trumps power, how does he get it . How does he maintain it and how does he get away with if . Trumpocracy is the system of enabling, its system in the white house, the system between trump and congress, the system between trump and the media that enable him and create an audience. Its the system that involves his the republican donor elite, the traditional elements of the republican bheert have succumbed to him and above all the core g
Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin delivered the annual stability Oversight Councils report at a hearing at the Senate Banking committee on tuesday. Topics also included russian sanctions, tax reform, the debt ceiling and cryptocurrency. This is two hours and 20 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Today, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin will testify on Financial Stability Oversight Councils 2017 annual report and the operations and actions of this congress. In december of last year, issued the 2017 annual report in which it provided numerous recommendations, insights into the councils key activities and identified potentially merging threats to Financial Stability. One of the rejss urged congress to reform the Housing Finance system and boost the role of private capital in morning finance. Ive repeatedly stated that the status quo is not a viable option and reforming the Housing Finance system is one of my key priorities. Testifying before the Banking Committee last year, secreta
Is listed in the app. Is it still i will find out. One thing i want to say on a serious note. We saw something today that was a tragedy. What i want to point out, as we reflect on the difficult things that happen, the tremendous response of the capital police. The Virginia State police, members of congress for their medical knowledge, the conference decisionmaking. This is a tremendous act. [applause] make you think everyone your proud of them. We are starting off and i would like to introduce senator what i would like to do is take a second. If you all would maybe just close your eyes and remember the individuals involved in the tragedy, friends and families. Ask the lord to bless and keep them. Then i will close this up. Dear lord, we thank you so much for your many blessings. We thank you for the privilege of serving our constituents. The people of america. We pray for wisdom, we pray for discernment as we tackle challenges. We ask you lord to bless the food and nourish our body. Th