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Featuring: Cesar Blanco, Democratic | Texas Senate, District 29

A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf.

Published February 24, 2017 | Video Starts at 14:35

Instead of lots of equipment and boots on the ground, which is very costly, the majority of the trafficking occurs at our ports. And I think We need to invest money in modernizing our ports with technologies that detect not only human trafficking, but smuggling of drugs and contraband. We're not working smarter. We're throwing a lot of money. And frankly, President Trump ran on border security and deportations and was frankly, anti Latino. And I think a lot of it's political. (14:35–14:44)

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Advocates for investment in port technology to detect trafficking and smuggling.

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“Last session I voted against the budget because I didn't think that it fulfilled the needs of our state in terms of public education, higher…”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 08:03-08:17
“We've got increasing population, we've got oil and gas tax that haven't been producing.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 08:27-08:35
“I'd cut border security.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 09:39-09:42
“We still don't have information from DPS that indicates that we have a huge surge of immigrants coming across the country.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 09:52-10:00
“Border studies have shown that there's been a drastic decrease [in immigration].”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 09:59-10:05
“We don't have any indication or information that any terrorists have come across the border.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 10:09-10:15
“It sends a message throughout the country that Texas is not safe.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 10:22-10:27
“The majority of the trafficking occurs at our ports.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 14:30-14:35
“President Trump ran on border security and deportations and was frankly, anti Latino.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 14:52-15:01
“The budget doesn't indicate that [Republicans in control will foot the bill for border security].”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 15:35-15:38
“I don't [think the rating system accounts for these inputs] and I agree with Brooks Assessment.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 18:23-27:06
“Our system finances is inadequate.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 18:35-18:39
“We keep taking a band aid approach to funding our public school system.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 18:38-18:43
“We need to look at funding full day pre K.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 18:52-18:55
“We've got money in the rainy day fund that we can invest for better outcomes.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 19:04-19:11
“I think that we should have that the strong political will to, to dip into the general revenue to make these investments.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 19:37-19:47
“The state can do better. It's our responsibility to do that.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 21:59-22:04
“In El Paso, we just had two large bond elections for our ISDs.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 22:06-22:12
“It goes back to the local property taxpayer to make sure that they're making their investments in the local community.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 22:16-22:23
“The state legislature has a responsibility to [provide for the general diffusion of knowledge].”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 22:29-22:32
“I voted against A through F last session.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 23:26-23:29
“I don't want...the stigma of your school being an F school.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 23:30-23:38
“It goes back to what teachers and principals and superintendents are doing with the little that they have.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 23:45-23:51
“These are all factors that impact educational outcomes that I think we need to address and figure into our accountability system.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 27:23-27:32
“We've got rural communities that will negatively be impacted by [vouchers].”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 30:43-30:48
“We're taking money away again from the system of public schools.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 31:00-31:05
“I don't want vouchers going to private schools when we haven't even addressed the issue with our public schools.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 31:07-31:16
“A lot of charter schools don't have robust programs [for special education kids].”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 32:01-32:10
“They all end up in public schools.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 32:22-32:24
“Texas is one of the largest contributors into the [Medicaid] system and we're not getting that return.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 36:02-36:07
“We've seen governors, Republican governors in states such as New Mexico with Susannah Martinez. We've seen Governor Jan Brewer in Arizona…”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 36:07-36:21
“We have the Texas association of Business through a study through St. Edwards University that indicated that [the bathroom bill] would…”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 39:16-39:27
“The study also indicates that we would lose hundreds of thousands of jobs.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 39:44-39:48
“It's a hateful bill. At minimum, it's discriminatory. It doesn't do anything for our state.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 39:48-39:56
“African Americans and Mexicans weren't able to use white restrooms at one point. We've moved beyond that. Why are we going back?”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 40:45-40:54
“This country is founded on acceptance of immigrants.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 46:49-46:56
“Immigrants from all over the world have made this country the great country that it is.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 47:01-47:07
“The first casualty in the Iraq war was an immigrant, right? Didn't even have his citizenship.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 47:22-47:28
“Immigrants contribute immensely to our economy.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 47:29-47:33
“There's this draft memo going now from the Trump administration, Department of Homeland Security to Department of Homeland Security about…”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 47:38-47:51
“I think we need comprehensive immigration reform.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 48:01-48:05
“The sheep shearers out there in Ozona, Texas, have folks that come in from Mexico that have a skill set that they can't find in the United…”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 48:11-48:23
“I think if you are a violent criminal, you should be deported.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 48:56-49:01
“We must be careful with racial profiling and things like that.”
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“The vast majority of [El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce business owners] wanted to raise a minimum wage between $7 and 15.”
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“It prohibits them from keeping quality people. They want to make sure that they can pay their folks a fair wage and keep them.”
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“If we expanded Medicaid, 72,000 veterans in the state of Texas would have health insurance, have coverage if we expanded Medicaid.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 59:35-59:46
“Very poor VA healthcare system in El Paso. We've got one of the worst in the systems.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 1:00:08-1:00:13
“We need to, I think, overhaul the VA healthcare system.”
A Conversation with Reps. César Blanco & Brooks Landgraf. | Uploaded February 24, 2017 | 1:00:27-1:00:31