The 114th Congress Gavels in tomorrow at noon eastern. Well see the swearing in of members and the election for house speaker. Watch the house live on cspan, and the senate live on cspan 2. And with the new congress youll have the best access the most extensive coverage anywhere. Track the g. O. P. As it leads on capitol hill and have your say as events unfold on tv, radio, and the web. This sunday on q a author talks about the film the birth of the nation. Its depiction of former slaves after the civil war ask the effort biz africanamerican civil rights advocate and newspaper publisher to prevent the movies release. Part two of the movie some is after the war exreconstruction, is the heart of the protest in the sense that this is where the blacks are just appalled by the portrayal of freed slaves. This is a scene showing what happens when you give former slaves the right to vote the right to be elected, the right to govern. Its a scene in the South Carolina legislature where their fir
Years peterson being picked up the neighbors or family members picked up. So that plays out one way or as access to Reproductive Health care in the Africanamerican Community plays out a very different way. We take children away from African American single mothers. That is an aspect. In service of the society that is headed by one group and others are kept in places. That is the interrelationship piece. It is harder to grasp. The lived experience. All right. I said i would talk for 15 minutes. I will count on you to not let me ramble too much. So that is what i want to talk about today what does the minimum wage have to do with reproductive rights and justice. So justice. So i think the easiest answer, of course, is it is a womens issue. Reproductive rights and justice is an Economic Justice issue. Unpack. Unpack and explain why we get to that. Two thirds of minimumwage workers in. And the Progressive Community that has become a mantra. Democrats and the Progressive Community have been
With areas injuries, 1 trillion to the National Debt, and the country was still in chaos. It has to be driven by forces in the middle east. The president s coalition, including major arab muslim countries, is the right move. We should not be sending americas brave men and women in their two die without their commitment. Contrary to what he said, didnt our president say iraq was no longer in chaos, that things were accomplished, and that is why we could pull out the troops a year or two ago . The president said at some point iraq has to accept responsibility. When we tried to keep some forces on the ground the Iraqi Government under maliki would not agree. Iraqiant be tried in they were not agree. It was president george w. Bush that negotiated the end date in iraq. Think about that. Left american soldiers on the ground subject country ifn the they executed military duties. Most americans thought that was a bad idea, except my opponent. It was a bad idea to withdraw all troops. I believ
Time as well. I want to begin as the freshman republican president. You you expect this funding issue to be a contentious debate . Do you foresee any possibility that dhs funding could be forestalled. I think it will be a contentious debate. I think what the president did was poorly designed. The republicans in both the house and the senate will react to it. Whether it in setup in some sort of Agency Shutdown down as opposed to government shutdown, i help not. I hope we can work through the issue and make sure we can be find defund the parts of the executive order that the present has issued. And move on, and make sure the other functions of the government are funded, the transition as smooth. The issue really is immigration. He expect both sides to come together on an immigration bill that would resend the executive order . That would be my hope. Im not sure that that will happen in the next couple of mmonths. It is my hope that congress will pass a Guest Worker Program beef , up Bord
Congressman ken buck. Thank you. Joining after questioning is emma and sean, i appreciate your time as well. I want to begin as the beginning freshman republican you expect this funding issue to be a contentious debate . D50 any possibility that funding could be stalled i think it will be a contentious debate. I think what the president did was poorly designed. Whether it ends up in some sort agency shut down, i hope not. I hope we can work through the issue and make sure we defined the parts of the executive order that the present has issued. And move on, and make sure the other functions of the government are funded, the transition as smooth. The issue really is immigration. He expect both sides to come together on an immigration bill that would resend the executive order . Tthat would be my hope. Im not sure that that will happen in the next couple of mmonths. It is my guess that a guest worker program, beef up border security, and move forward in a way that the American People are