Speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists commit smithed by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez mr. Speaker a few weeks ago i was on the h. B. O. Show real time with mill maher on friday night and had a chance to talk with ann cowl ter. As you might have guest guessed i dont have my speed dial. It was several days after donald trump was running for president. When it was my turn i told mrs. Colter what they were saying about mexican immigrants would serve as a vote rergestration machine to turn g
All people accused of a federal crime plead guilty, i would have said thats because most of them did it. Thats why they plead guilty. The governments right to go after them. Now that i know more i realize thats not the case. Government has ways of making innocent people plead guilty, its unbelievable. Essentially its a plea bargain. They come to a doctor, they say they want to get a doctor. Nothing wrong. Our federal statutes are so luminous and accordion like they can find something if not for your tax return, its looking like you administer Pain Medicine . Were going to charge you with the Illegal Administration of illegal drugs. But she was in pain, im a doctor. They say i know, but you exceeded the allowable dose of pain medication and they charge you with a crime that will put you away for five years but if you plead guilty, you will get three months and you can Practice Medicine again. So whats your choice . Rule growing your entire life, be locked up for five years and destroyed
Our borders. So what we know today is that 83 , mr. President 83 of the victims in the United States are from the United States. It is not just girls at the bottom of a ship which does happen. It is girls right in our country country. Girls right in minnesota on the streets of rochester where just in the last few months we had a 12yearold girl that got a text invited to a party showed up at a mcdonalds parking lot where she was supposed to go, a guy puts her in a car takes her up to the twin cities, rapes her, takes sexually explicit pictures of her puts them on the internet. The next day shes sold on craigs list to two other men and raped. That happened in minnesota. That man has now been indicted by the u. S. Attorneys office but we have seen these cases over and over again. And people say well, why is this getting worse . Why is the Senate Debating this issue right now . Well, it is because as much as we love the internet, we also know that its provided a vehicle for this kind of ac
Guest its great to be here. Host its not just the story of a life its the story of modern american history. Did you set out to tell the story in that context or did that develop as you found out more about the background insertion themes . Guest i covered it for quite a while when i was in chicago working for the Washington Post and recognized that Michelle Obama led a remarkable life and the trajectory is fascinating and i felt that it was worth telling a story where she is at the center of her own narrative. When i am barred from the project, i wanted to figure out where she was coming from. What were the origins and that meant getting into her Family History ended to chicago history and the history that she has lived. Host chicago into being a major player almost a character in her story. Host going back there and looking at her father what was it about her parents in particular that gave her the outlook . Guest many people would say that she would say im asking myself am i making a
The certain themes that emerged . Guest no i covered obama for the Washington Post for quite a while. I was living in chicago and working for the Washington Post am i recognized Michelle Obama has led a remarkable life a trajectory which is fascinating and i felt that it was worth telling a story where she is at the center of her own narrative not just the. When i embarked on the project i very much wanted to figure out where she was coming from. This thing she was doing in the white house and what were the origins of that and that meant getting into her Family History and chicago history and the history that she had lived. Host chicagoans up being a major player in her story. Going back there and looking at the life of her father whom she called her northstar even after he had died. What was it about her parents her father in particular that gave her that outlook enter values . Guest thats right and many people will remember the 2008 campaign that she would say of her father that he i