Schumer on What Dems Will Run on: Broadband in Every Rural Home, Child Care for All

REPORTER First question from ░░░░░░░░ audience There has been ░░░░░░░░ of a blue wave ░░░░░░░░ Democrats winning seats in ░░░░░░░░ 2018 midterms If this ░░░░░░░░ to happen what are ░░░░░░░░ biggest obstacles Democrats must ░░░░░░░░ before that time SCHUMER ░░░░░░░░ think that our goal ░░░░░░░░ I have said this ░░░░░░░░ I think in 2016 ░░░░░░░░ didn t do enough ░░░░░░░░ this people will make ░░░░░░░░ own decisions about Donald ░░░░░░░░ and we do know ░░░░░░░░ in off year elections ░░░░░░░░ s often a referendum ░░░░░░░░ the president Right now ░░░░░░░░ popularity levels are rather ░░░░░░░░ particularly in lots of ░░░░░░░░ and districts where they ░░░░░░░░ contested races But our ░░░░░░░░ I think you cannot ░░░░░░░░ run against Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ it is the job ░░░░░░░░ we Democrats to put ░░░░░░░░ a strong cohesive economic ░░░░░░░░ of proposals aimed at ░░░░░░░░ middle class and those ░░░░░░░░ to get there There ░░░░░░░░ a lot of discontent ░░░░░░░░ America People don t ░░░░░░░░ faith in the future ░░░░░░░░ other words I read ░░░░░░░░ somewhere even at the ░░░░░░░░ of the Great Depression ░░░░░░░░ median income went much ░░░░░░░░ than it did in ░░░░░░░░ last 10 years although ░░░░░░░░ income is down in ░░░░░░░░ dollars people had more ░░░░░░░░ for the future That ░░░░░░░░ our job as Democrats ░░░░░░░░ ve always been the ░░░░░░░░ of economic advancement And ░░░░░░░░ think we may have ░░░░░░░░ some sight of that ░░░░░░░░ we proposed a whole ░░░░░░░░ of proposals three of ░░░░░░░░ actually partially got into ░░░░░░░░ budget agreement that Mitch ░░░░░░░░ I came to in ░░░░░░░░ Senate and the House ░░░░░░░░ on and that the ░░░░░░░░ signed One to help ░░░░░░░░ reduce the cost of ░░░░░░░░ loans that so many ░░░░░░░░ you will carry on ░░░░░░░░ backs Two rural broadband ░░░░░░░░ Roosevelt said in the ░░░░░░░░ that every rural home ░░░░░░░░ get electricity it was ░░░░░░░░ necessity and he set ░░░░░░░░ the REA We Democrats ░░░░░░░░ that every rural home ░░░░░░░░ have broadband and we ░░░░░░░░ endeavoring to do that ░░░░░░░░ there s an initial ░░░░░░░░ of money to start ░░░░░░░░ that in the country ░░░░░░░░ third child care These ░░░░░░░░ with so many families ░░░░░░░░ both parents work or ░░░░░░░░ parent families it s ░░░░░░░░ hard to work What ░░░░░░░░ do with the kids ░░░░░░░░ want good childcare for ░░░░░░░░ children And we ve ░░░░░░░░ than doubled the amount ░░░░░░░░ went into the bipartisan ░░░░░░░░ Act that was passed ░░░░░░░░ Lamar Alexander one of ░░░░░░░░ s good friends and ░░░░░░░░ good friends in the ░░░░░░░░ a Tennessee Republican and ░░░░░░░░ Murray Democrat of Washington ░░░░░░░░ s what we have ░░░░░░░░ focus like a laser ░░░░░░░░ It s very important ░░░░░░░░ the country as well ░░░░░░░░ for winning back the ░░░░░░░░ in the House and ░░░░░░░░