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Members to go over to the white house for individual meetings, but as a congressional black caucus, there was just no interest and the will wasn't there to go over to the white house to meet with president trump. >> and you mention the policy document you left with the white house. give us a sense of, a quick summary of some of the most important policy items that were in that agenda item, that agenda document. >> we talked about hbcus, talked about health care, talked about cdbg, how to restore inner-city communities, talked about summer jobs, how they improve the high school graduation rate ...

>> they're show boating and shorting out their constituents that they committed to represent by not coming to meet with the president. it is obvious they had no intention of ever sitting with the president. in fact, they called the invitation a social gathering which nowhere in my letter did it say it was social. that goes to show you they're not serious. >> how do you respond. >> if they read the policy document or other substantive letters we sent them, also we looked at their budget. if you want to know what someone is thinking, look at the budget they propose. they propose cutting everythi...

Country. well, we didn't get a response to the 130 page document. we didn't get a response to the subsequent 8 letters we sent, and have yet to meet with any of the cabinet secretaries. we didn't think it would be a substantive meeting, especially with 49 people. and if you want to have any questions about how or what we feel, go refer to the document we left you with. we're not here for photo ops, we're not here for anything except to advocate for our constituency, and we think we did that by communicating with him, meeting with him the first time, leaving him a substantive policy document. >...

What else fed into this result? >> a couple of things. theresa may put forward a program for government, her policy document and there was a key policy in that about paying for elderly care that she reversed because of the unpopular reaction within days. it made her look really weak. she was saying she was offering strong government. she looked weak from the start. the terror attacks played a big part. theresa may was responsible for britain's security not just as prime minister but for six years before that as homeland security secretary. and people were so angry that these terrorists slipped...

Benefits all of us. we don't have a voice at the table if we can't help influence where the emphasis is going to be and that's not in our best interests, i don't believe. >> what do you make of president trump's silence on this issue so far in his administration? >> well, i think that's a good thing. i'm afraid that this is the one area -- the budget really is the policy document. that tells you what people really think and what they care about and where they're really going. that troubles me deeply. a 31% cut, the deep cuts in noaa and across the administration, the government and science and...