nationalism that was positive and not oppressive to another. american nationalism and it was there is no american nationalism. that landed on the shores. yes there is. american nationalism has nothing to do with race, it s not blood and soil, it s about our shared ideals, our constitution, our flag, our beliefs. i know what you want it to be. it s called patriotism. but angela, to you on this now. it is a loaded term. and was it the right one to use? so what i think is so important, chris, is so often as we do in these great debates, i think it s critical that we define it. i am a kid, as a point of privilege, i had a set of encyclopedias, they were orange, a set of encyclopedias that i loved to read. i pulled the encyclopedia definition of concentration
from central america, making statements that our border is closed to everyone has had the effect of ratcheting up the number of folks at the border. he s been making the situation more difficult for dhs, his own administration, to respond to. fair point. but he doesn t control the pursestrings, you could argue he does somewhat, and he doesn t want to use that declaration to this point to help with the actual accommodation issues down there but you can. and i don t understand why the democrats don t see opportunity in this. he is the harsh guy when it comes to the border. you heard him tonight. build the fence, keep them out, throw them out, get i.c.e. harshness. that s his sale. what about heart? i don t understand why the democrats haven t taken the opportunity to say, here s more money. if you re going to use it for the kids, we don t want them sick or dying on our watch. here. i think it s difficult to trust that this president will do what the money is appropriated for and we v
a point of privilege. since my character was slandered by mr. cohen who said that i never we never had challenged mueller until the came after the administration, when he knows how tough i went after fbi director mueller. he s been here when i went after mueller, while bush was president, he knows i have been after him the gentlemen because of the damage he did and what he stated about me is a lie. and i need the record to properly reflect that. the gentlemen s comment is duly noted. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california, miss bass, for five minutes. thank you, mr. chairman. according to an august 17th fbi assessment entitled black identity extremists likely
i ll look forward to looking at those facts because somewhere in this mix we have alternative facts. well, just i think these are right, i can tell you that. well, i think mine are right. mr. chairman, point of privilege to respond? yes, sir. on this point, no alternative facts. the republicans in last year s reconciliation bill cut taxes for one group of people. they cut taxes for the most fortunate in the country. that s a matter of public record. it s not an alternative factor or universe. people making $200,000 and up got their taxes cut. that was in the reconciliation bill of the republicans last year. well, let s see who s next here. i don t agree with that, but we ll see who s next. senator grassley oh, cassidy. i didn t see you. senator cassidy and then senator
but still a big guy. and he went after people. and let me just play that and get your take on this. he went on the offense. question is, have you ever smoked marijuana? have you ever smoked marijuana? [ overlapping speakers ] hold it. have you ever smoked marijuana? the question is simple. a yes or a no. have you smoked marijuana? point of privilege. the answer i guess is yes. the answer is yes, i guess. counselor ford? i would like everyone else to stand up who s trying smoking marijuana. councilor ford? don t come across that you re holier than thou, okay? because you aren t. every one of you are not. order. order. [ overlapping speakers ] councilor ford.