host: g.k. butterfield is a cosponsor a $15 minimum wage, the legislation in the house. what is the status of the legislation? guest: it is working its way to and i believe $15 per hour is not enough but it is a level i am willing to vote for. anyone who works in this country should make at least $15 per hour. some states have already gone to $15 per hour. host: what would be more appropriate, higher than $15? guest: we need to index it towards inflation and we need to do the math and calculations and see where the minimum wage would have been if the $7.25 was tied to inflation. it would be more than $15 per hour. host: are you hearing from the business community in your district that the minimum wage will hurt them? guest: it is not an immediate increase, it is phased in over five years and most businesses i know have business plans and they have plans for things like this. businesses know that they have to pay a minimum of $15 an hour in five years. they can plan accordingly. and if the business can't afford to pay $15 per hour, maybe they need to look at themselves an

. >> at the table now g.k. , butterfield, democrat of north carolina, member of the energy and commerce committee representing the first district in north carolina. good morning to you. we asked you to come on to talk about the poverty line in the u.s. because we have been , reading about changes by the trump administration and we wanted your reaction. can you explain, what is the first poverty line and what does it mean? guest: the census bureau defines what is poverty in our country. and it generally bases it on a familyfo

our guest will be g.k. butterfield. we will be right back. ♪ >> i am a white male and i am prejudiced. talk something i was not -- taught, but something i learned. i don't like to be forced to like people. i like to be led to like people through example and what can i do to change to be a better american? >> that was a remarkable moment. i did not realized until i stepped off the set because there were more calls after that and we had to keep rolling, how powerful it was. there was something in his voice that touched me. it was so authentic as he searches for the words to say something to a national audience that most of us will not admit in our own homes. i am prejudiced. >> heather mcgee, the head of demos was a guest on "washington journal" in august 2016 when gary called. she talked about that conversation and her follow-up. >> part of the reason for that is you remember, this was august. we had this racially charged summer with donald trump's campaign with black lives matter and police shootings and tragic events

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davis: first, i want to thank representative burgess and representative g.k. butterfield, both whom have been very helpful in putting together this amendment. the davis-burgess-butterfield bipartisan amendment would increase the funding to the account of the national center of birth defects, development, disabilities, and disabilities by $2 million and decreases the administration account in the office of the secretary of health and human services by $2 million. currently under this account, there's no money allocated for the public health approach to blood disorders program for sickle cell disease. increasing funding would support the c.d.c.'s sickle cell disease surveillance program to better identify affected individuals, to understand their health outcomes, and to evaluate strategies to prevent complications and risk factors that affect individuals living with this devastating disease. the $2 million funding for the davis-burgess-butterfield amendment would assist in establishing a grant program for states, representing a majority of the sickle cell diseas

and then north carolina democratic congressman g.k. butterfield talks about the trump administration's plan to change how poverty is determined. and be sure to watch "washington journal" thursday and friday following the first democratic presidential candidate's debate of the 2020 race. join the conversation both mornings with your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. >> on wednesday a hearing on the office of special counsel's recommendation that president trump fire white house counselor kellyanne conway for numerous alleged violations of the hatch act. that's a federal law that limits certain political activities by executive branch employees. the hearing will be held by the house oversight and reform committee live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. and later, the annual congressional baseball game between republicans and democrats. the event raises money each year for washington, d.c., area charities. our live coverage will begin 20 minutes before the first pitch at 6:45 p.m. eastern on c-span2. you can also watch online at c