What a progressive government should focus on. Former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , Samantha Power looking at the Progressive Agenda as it relates to National Security. Democratic legislative Campaign Committee president jessica post discusses the states the committee will be targeting in the 2020 election. Liketing states pennsylvania, arizona, and texas. Hello. Good morning. Im the d. O. C. National press secretary and welcome you to our first press event. Having a room full of reporters is a milestone and attention that the we werent getting. The major driver of our driver is our president who i have the job of introducing today. She spent most of her professional career working in the legislative space. To quote a piece, they wrote, steering democratic strategy, jessica, an operative who is little known outside of campaign circles and turning the once sleepy dlcc into a juggernaut. Without taking any more of your time, i will turn it over to jessica who will share exactly how we
Welcome you to our first Major Press Conference at the d. L. C. Headquarters. Having a room full of reporters and National Coverage of an event is a milestone for us. And quite frankly its attention that the d. L. C. Wasnt getting two or three cycles ago. The major driver of our growth has been our president jessica post who i have the fantastic job of introducing today. Jessica has spent most of her professional career working in the legislative space and is a master resource on state legislatures. To quote a politico piece published last night, they wrote, steering democrat vati to win back state legislative powers jessica post, an operative who is little known outside Democratic Campaign circles and has spent the last five years turning the once sleepy d. L. C. C. Into a juggernaut. So without taking any more of your time, im going to turn it over to jessica who will share exactly how we turned the dlcc into a juggernaut and our plan to win more state legislatures in 2020. Thanks so
Cspan is light and i what where scholars are looking ahead to the democratic caucuses, which take place on february 3. Museumnt to thank the for this work and trying to develop a greater understanding of what our significant events in our states political history. I would like to thank cspan for being here today, making this accessible all over the world. Myself andan junkie i know many of you are. We appreciated them taking the time to make this a nationwide event where people from all over the country can participate and watch this discussion. Right, give them a hand. [applause] question, i will start with you. I would like to get a comment from each person on this stage. Significance of the caucuses in the nations political history and iowas political history . Have they been a good thing or bad thing for democracy . Increasingly, i thought, caucuses are great for us, they give us things to do. We meet people across the country, we need candidates, help moderate appearances. Whether
Good morning, my name is mark, director for the center for Immigration Studies and the democrats in one of their debates this summer were asked whether the taxpayer should Fund Health Care for Illegal Immigrants and all 10 participants raised their hand and said yes. Thats an arguable position, there are arguments you can make for and against that, but the first question you need to answer in this, as in any other policy proposal, is what is this going to cost . And there simply hasnt been very much interest or exploration in this question and so thats why were releasing the twopapers were releasing today and having this panel discussion, is precisely to get a sense of what it could cost us. Not definitive. These are estimates, maybe theyll be different. Other people have other estimates. Wed love to see them, but nobody really has offered some concrete examination of what the consequences for taxpayers would be of these proposals. And so today were going to be were releasing two paper
Good morning, my name is mark, mark good morning. My name is mark, executive director for the center for immigration studies, and the democrats in one of their debates this summer were asked whether the taxpayer should Fund Health Care for Illegal Immigrants and all 10 participants raised their hand and said yes. Thats an arguable position, there are arguments you can make for and against that, but the first question you need to answer in this, as in any other policy proposal, is what is this going to cost . And there simply hasnt been very much interest or exploration in this question and so thats why were releasing the twopapers were releasing today and having this panel discussion, is precisely to get a sense of what it could cost us. Not definitive. These are estimates. Maybe they will be different. Other people have other estimates. We would love to see them, but nobody really has offered some concrete examination of what the consequences for taxpayers would be of these proposals.