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Biden's economic policies are working in particular for the latinx community. "the truth is that biden's three historic and sweeping pieces of legislation stand to benefit latinos greatly. democrats need to keep touting the sweeping economic gains latinx communities are experiencing and will continue to reap thanks to biden." joining me now is democratic congressman vicente gonzalez of texas. congressman, thank you very much for coming to "the last word." you represent mcallen and points north. how's the local economy and what's on voters' minds right now? >> that's right. it's robust. unemplo...

The truth is that biden's three historic and sweeping pieces of legislation stand to benefit latinos greatly. . . democrats need to keep counting the sweeping economic gains that latinx communities are experiencing and will continue to reap, thanks to biden. >> joining me now is democratic congressman gonzales of texas, gonzalez, thank you so much for coming to the last word. how is the local economy, and what is on voters minds right now? >> that's right, it's robust, unemployment is super low in our area. covid levels have dropped dramatically, we've been through a very tough time these past...

Reminds me of what "wall street journal" reporter jeff horowitz said, he said the version of facebook we have in the united states is the best one, the safest one. there are more problems with the platform elsewhere. >> she talks about cases in mya myanmar, ethiopia, where the site is used to carry out violence against ethnic groups. i wonder if you have another ftc complaint about the graphic video the site refuses to take down. folks have been hearing about whistle-blowers, they've seen the sworn testimony before congress. we've heard about the failure to police itself for years from faceboo...

That's something we haven't realized in this country for decades. >> president biden today laying out in more detail his economic vision for the country, pushing for the richest americans to pay their fair share, to pay for investments for the middle class. the president calling for upping irs enforcement on americans making more than $400,000 a year while cutting taxes for middle class families and broadening the safety net. now the president must look to congress to pass his infrastructure and budget reconciliation bill, both of which face an uncertain future. let's bring in ashley parker, "...

Proposal to bring forward to the house in relatively short order. in the meantime, it's important the house do what it's going to do. ultimately, hopefully, they'll be a bill we can conference on. we'll pass the bills and go to conference. it's about time we solve what is obviously a broken -- fix what is obviously a broken immigration system. >> give us a sense right now. where does your group's legislation stand at this time? >> we've had an agreement. we've had an agreement once. then unfortunately, i think it's coming from the democratic leadership. a deal that we had already agreed on and...