Fears the economy is heading into another recession. President obama continues to try to assure americans that things are Getting Better, which brings us to todays questions for our viewers today. Are you better off or worse off than you were eight years ago . Special lines for todays questions, if you feel like youre better off, 2027488,000. If you feel that you are worse off than eight years, 8001. If things are the same for you, call 2027488002. You can also reach us on social media, on twitter, cspan w. J. And on facebook. We start off by talking about that jobs report that was released yesterday that showed fewer jobs added to the payrolls this year this term. They break it down a little bit in the atlantic today. The job report, the atlantic writes, is out. Its a huge miss. On friday morning the Labor Department reported that the u. S. Economy added just 38,000 jobs, while the Unemployment Rate dropped 4. 7 . The Monthly Employment growth averaged 192,000 jobs added for the first
Overseas. So i really dont see this as something we should preempt the laws of the United States. 2. 5 million comments. Republicans dont care much about the comments. 2. 5 million comments that are still being evaluated, raising concerns about various aspects of this project. But here, i will say, bad legislation, good politics, we are trying to help someone get elected to the senate who is currently a member of the house, the senate is potentially moving ahead with this bill. The house, with very little notice, zidded they would bring up this bill that we have passed in one version or another eight previous times. And use of the house of representatives to promotes candidacy to the United States senate, which i think is a really a disgrace to this institution. With that, i would reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oregon reserves. Mr. Shuster its now my pressure to yield two minutes to the subcommittee chairman of railroads and pipelines, mr. De
Wherever they want, listen to whatever music, eat whatever they want, that doesnt mean they are cynically free. That is the emphasis. You have to engage in democracy. My dad used to say, if your user rights, you want to lose your rights. If you had to pick another country in the world, only if you had to, where would you find a country that would maybe do it better than us . On possiblyending holland, scandinavia, canada. I think our democracy is being depleted. It is weaker now. More concentrated power in the hands of few against many, and government snooping, corporations playing with our country, exporting jobs and industry and all the fine print that we have to sign the dotted line, the poverty is increasing. We are not competitive anymore when it comes to justice. We are not the standard. Australia has a minimum wage. If youre over 20, it is 16 and . 90. If youre under 20, disease at 13 an hour or 11 an hour and has a lower unemployment rate. By the way, you have to vote in federa
Were all the kids adopted in your family . Yes. My brother is from philadelphia and my other brother is from korea. I consider my real family. I actually dont have any desire to go back and find my roots. I would like to go to korea. It seemed like a great country. But my family is my family. So i am content with that. What is your current job . I am senior political reporter at the Huffington Post. Basically i spend most of my time reporting. But i also help said the editorial direction of the politics team. They dont have a beat here and so campaigns, congress, whatever is going on, i have an idea or scoop onto my right about that. I read somewhere where you are evil. [laughter] whats that all about . One of the most dangerous in america one of the most dangerous woman in america. That is know what about. It is from the Security Matters group. I dont remember what it was about. But if you are spending your time before the huntington post to my was at the center for mac and i was work
It was new. It was aggressive. It was a think tank but it wasnt your grandmother think tank. And so i decided to apply for an internship for the centers of American Progress and it was great. It was a lot of fun and it was pushing a Progressive Agenda in a way that i think many think thanks tanks havent been to show that progressives arent all weak. And all duds, for example, showing that religious voters can also be progressive voters. So its trying to change the onversation. So where does these ideas come from in your life . I think in part, because i grew up in a very small village, actually in upstate new york about 1,000 people, and im adopted. Im from korea and my siblings are also adopted. My one brothers africanamerican. My other brother is also from korea. My parents, however, are white. My fathers jewish. My mother grew up christian. And the rest of the town was white, christian, and conservatives. So we were an anomaly in the town. And i think sort of growing up with that pe