it shouldn t be what america is today. that s the closing arguments. snetd of talki instead of talking about the economy, as scott is saying, why do you think this is it? racism is going to excite your base? really? that s what you are going with? i think it s incredibly troubling, and i, as an imgra immigrant myself, my parents came here for the american dream, and i see this coming from this president, i it s troubling. is it troubling to you, scott? well, again, i would prefer the republican party to get credit for and take credit for what they promised they would do in the 16 campaign. a core pitch that trump made was that the economy dwant improving fast enough. candidates for congress and senate made this, and now it is improving, and it s doing better, and everybody knows it. i think the republicans are a little soft, frankly, on the immigration issue because it s the one core promise that they haven t filled. you know, they ve done the tax cuts, regulatory reform. judges,
administration is making progress on trade agreements secretary pompeo alluded to that in the middle of the hearing as news broke that president juncker and president trump were making some kind of announcement on trade. we talked about policies. policies firmly in place and rejection of russian activities in crimea and beyond. brian: so, mike pompeo walked in saying okay, i know problem, don t know what s going on with north korea, here we are. the russian summit has been postponed russian summit 2 to 2019. does the president believe it yes. i will cite all the examples. now do you have any questions? trade going to affect foreign policy we just solved the eu perhaps. any other questions? do you sense a political agenda, house chris coons i felt like every senator was auditioning for their base. yeah. you had a lot of people trying to make hits and grandstands at that committee hearing. it s not surprising. i m sure it happens pretty often. bottom line i thought secretary pompeo com
predicting how exactly things are going to go month to month in economic growth or unemployment rates. we know with certainty that if the actions the president proposed to congress are taken, the american jobs act, it will create jobs and create growth in our economy. that s why the president sent it to congress and said pass it. get it done. we have to do it. we have to do it now. the american people are expecting it to act to create jobs on this country. i think there s no doubt you look at the outside experts and they have ranges. some say a million and some say 2 million. it s meaningful impact in terms of number of jobs. we need to get it done now. very busy day at the white house. thanks. the deadlock in washington is also preventing progress on trade agreements. trade agreements that could create jobs. today the senate holds key votes that could clear the way for president obama to send congress three trade deals signed under