joining me now is the chairman of the house democratic caucus joe crowley. congressman, great to see you on the show. thank you for taking the time. my pleasure. thanks for having me on. so let s start with what happened this week in virginia. of course, ralph northam winning by a much wider margin but also the house of delegates races, a lot of unexpected places. what do you read into what happened? how would you caution democrats about getting too excited about it or do you think i mean, in so much as they should keep in mind that there are still a lot of divisions that you guys have to deal with or what is your view of what happened? i think people are always afraid of people getting too ahead of their skis. i think in this case, we want the enthusiasm to develop within
he s all about and pull that curtain back and the people he s exploited throughout the years to get to where he is, that really speaks volumes and someone who is not only running against president trump, but as a future for america. and talking about the positive, what america s potential is in infrastructure and providing making sure that everyone has a quality education and everyone has access to health care. that s the kind of person that we re looking for. it s a combination of being able to expose the true donald trump and at the same time set forth an agenda that is a positive agenda, a growth agenda for america. congressman joe crowley, thank you. a story that in any other news cycle would be getting more attention but it isn t because so much of what is going on. our segment undercovered is up next.
white house advisors and the g.o.p. leadership on capitol hill that s prompting concerns that republican support could end up splintering as it did on health care. joining us now, joe crowley, chairman of the house democratic conference. it s been more than 30 years since we ve had major tax reform in this country, is now the time to do it? first let me say how great it is to have steve scalise back. he addressed the congress and democrats and re-pelicans a light, we are also pleased to have our friend back with us. it s been a wonderful day so fa far. i think when it comes to the issue of tax reform, there is agreement that the tax code is broken. how we approach fixing it is the issue and right now, i have to say democrats have not been involved in any of the negotiations going on. you cannot do this in a partisan way, it must be done in a
tax states on the individual side. there also some of the most populated states and the most integral infrastructure in the united states. it takes a lot to maintain some of these states as well. i do think it s important to note that those taxes go to serve these higher people in those states, exxon about helping the wealthy. the emphasis first is on reducing that rate from 39.6% of the wealthy to 35%. thatn enormous tax break for the althy. we don t know how it affects the working mennd women at home and queens and bronx, new york. jon: it would apparently allow this proposal to set a higher tax rate of a chooses. republican commerce want to that, it s impossible. jon: congressman joe crowley. appreciate it, thank you.
does your sleep aid leave you groggy? switch to drug-free midnite®. its specially formulated to work with the body s sleep mechanism to promote natural sleep. try midnite® tonight. we are following breaking news. the fate of some 800,000 so-called dreamers in this country is now in question and in the hands of congress. attorney general, jeff sessions announcing the end to the daca program, as it s called. it was put in place by president obama through executive order that protects young, undocumented immigrants brought here to the country illegally by their parents and protects them from deportation. joining me now, joe crowley. congressman, i appreciate you coming in. i hope you had a chance to hear the words of attorney general,