COUNTRY.
STEVE HARRIGAN, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
LELAND: ALL RIGHT, DEMOCRATIC
RESPONSE ALL OF THIS WE EARLIER
HEARD FROM REPUBLICAN, IS BEEN
JOHN ROSE, WE BRING IN NEW
JERSEY, SMITH, MEMBER OF HOUSE
AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE AND THE
BLUE DOG COALITION, NICE TO SEE
YOU, SIR.
AS ALWAYS, APPRECIATED.
YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE PROBLEM
SOLVERS COALITION AS I
UNDERSTAND IT.
PROBLEM SOLVED HERE FOR THE
PRESIDENT?
HE HAS GOT BIG AGREEMENTS FOR
MEXICO TO DO STUFF TO TRY TO
STOP THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS.
AND NO TARIFFS, WHAT IS TO
COMPLAIN ABOUT?
>> I'M NOT COMPLAINING.
IN FACT, IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT
OF AN UNUSUAL ELECTED OFFICIAL
AND UNUSUAL CONGRESSMAN THAT I
DO NOT TAKE PLEASURE WHEN
SOMEONE ELSE FAILS,
PARTICULARLY IN OUR GOVERNMENT.
BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, IF THE
PRESIDENT FAILS AT SOMETHING,
THEN WE ALL FAIL IN THE
COUNTRY.
THIS SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED OUT.
MEXICO SHOULD BE PART OF ANY
AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE.
MEXICO SHOULD BE HELPING,
MEXICO SHOULD BE PART OF THE
PROCESS.
THEY HAVE STRONG BORDERS
THEMSELVES, THEY UNDERSTAND THE
MEANING OF HAVING A BORDER AND
I THINK THE FACT THAT THEY ARE
NOW UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE
SERIOUS ABOUT IT TOO IS
HELPFUL.
THIS WHOLE IMMIGRATION
SITUATION FROM BEGINNING TO END
HAS MANY PIECES TO IT.
I BELIEVE THAT ALL OF IT COULD
BE WORKED OUT.
FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AND
UNDOCUMENTED, FOR THE DACA
FOLKS, DREAMERS, AND ALSO FOR
THE OPEN BORDERS, WE NEED TO
DEAL WITH ALL OF THESE ISSUES
AND IN A COMBINED WAY.
MOST OF ALL, WE REALLY NEED TO
HAVE A BETTER IMMIGRATION
SYSTEM.
THAT IS NOT A REPUBLICAN --
LELAND: EVERYONE AGREES THAT
THERE IS A PROBLEM,
CONGRESSMAN.
THE QUESTION, HOW TO GET THE
ANSWER AS YOU POINT OUT, YOUR
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS IS SHALL WE
SAY, UNUSUAL.
IN FACT I'VE NOT HEARD THEM
DEMOCRATS SO FAR PRAISE THE
PRESIDENT FOR HOW HE HAS DEALT
WITH THE SITUATION VIS-C-VIS
TARIFFS, MEXICO AND
IMMIGRATION.
IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WOULD YOU
SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT GO TO THE
BRINK AGAIN AND DO SUPPORT
MEXICO TO THE BRINK WITH CHINA
RIGHT NOW?
ON TARIFFS, AND TRYING TO GET A
BETTER DEAL FROM THE CHINESE AS
WELL?
>> EVERY SITUATION IS
DIFFERENT.
YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE THEM
INDIVIDUALLY.
THERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS I THINK
WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING.
SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE BLUE
DOGS, SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE
PROBLEM SOLVERS TEND TO BE MORE
MODERATE.
HE JUST CANNOT HAVE OPEN
BORDERS WHERE ANYONE CAN COME
IN ANYTIME.
I LOVE IMMIGRATION, I BELIEVE
IN IMMIGRATION.
I BELIEVE IN LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
AS FAR AS CHINA IS CONCERNED WE
DO HAVE TO PLAY HARD BECAUSE
CHINA WITHOUT QUESTION WAS TO
BE THE NUMBER ONE POWER IN THE
WORLD.
AND AS YOU KNOW, THEY
MANIPULATE THEIR MONEY AND THEY
HAVE TECHNOLOGICALLY STOLEN A
LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE.
AND THEY HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN A
FORCE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO
DEAL WITH AND I THINK THAT WE
HAVE TO SHOW THEM THAT WE ARE
PLAYING FOR REAL.
THAT WE WANT TO BE FAIR AND
WHAT WE ALWAYS SAY, FAIR AND
OPEN TRADE.
I DO NOT WANT THE UNISYS ALWAYS
GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK.
>> THE PRESIDENT SAID THE SAME
THING.
HE IS GONE CRITICISM FOR THE
DEAL MADE WITH MEXICO TO AVOID
THESE TARIFFS AND THAT THE
LANGUAGE FROM THE MEXICANS
LEAVES A LOT UNSPECIFIED IF
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE NEW AND
DRASTIC MEASURES, THEY'RE GOING
TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS BIT A
LOT OF ADJECTIVES, NOT A LOT OF
HARD FACTS AND FIGURES OTHER
THAN 6000 TROOPS TO THE BORDER.
DO YOU THINK THIS SHOWS
STRENGTH TO THE CHINESE?
DOES IT SHOW WEAKNESS AS THE
CHINA PROBLEM SORT OF DWARFS
THE MEXICO PROBLEM AS IT
RELATES TO THE ECONOMICS OF THE
COUNTRY?
>> EVERY TIME WE SHOW STRENGTH,
I THINK THAT IS ALWAYS GOOD IF
IT IS --
>> WAS A SHOWING STRENGTH OR
THE PRESIDENT CAVED?
>> NO, I MEAN I THINK IS
SHOWING STRENGTH.
AND I THINK WHETHER IT WAS A
LONG TIME AGO WHEN TEDDY
ROOSEVELT SAID SPEAK SOFTLY BUT
CARRY A BIG STICK OR JFK, WE
HAVE HAD, REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS THAT HAVE
UNDERSTOOD AT TIMES, UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA MUST SHOW
WHAT I WILL CALL INTELLIGENCE
STRENGTH.
YOU HAVE TO BE THOUGHTFUL BUT
WE HAVE TO SHOW THE STRENGTH.
THIS IS A REAL ISSUE.
CHINA AND RUSSIA ARE REAL
ISSUES IN THE WORLD AND REALLY
AND TRULY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD
AND WANT TO BE THE POWERHOUSES
OF THE WORLD.
QUITE FRANKLY I THINK IT IS
THEIT SHOULD BE.
LELAND: CONGRESSMAN, WE THANK
YOU.
WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE ON THE
AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE WE HOPE
TO GO TO THAT.
NO MATTER WHAT POLITICAL PARTY
PEOPLE ARE IN.
WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
PUTTING ON A SEAT WHILE IT IS
NICE AND SUNNY OUTSIDE.
WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE REST OF
THE DAY.