is go, go, go. and i'm good with that. i think we're here to serve my district in my hometown. but then that also makes sure that we do what i like to call. i work for chuck grassley. grassley coming in as, i think maybe half of iowa did at one point. but we take the morning flight out on a monday and we get back on a thursday because that's where we do best work back in the district serving community and the folks that elected us and trying as best as possible to be a dad and a good husband. what is senator grassley to you? so, senator taught me hard work. definitely. he taught me thriftiness of iowans, but he also talked about being a pragmatic. you don't get to be the senior senator in the country without recognizing that there's things bigger than your ego. and so going into it with a humble heart and that's really what we're trying to emulate now is there's a lot of that are important to iowa families from, you know, going to the grocery store to filling up the minivan, to getting crops in the field. you've got to be in the district listening to folks. and senator grassley, does his

famous 99 county tour where he visits every county in the state, we do the same in the third district, but we just do it every quarter versus every year. so all 21 counties getting out to see everybody. and i think that's the best way, not just to keep a humble servant's heart, but also to hear what's important to the so we can be the best possible for lawmakers about their upbringing, careers and political philosophy. >> democrat jasmine crockett represents the 30th congressional district in texas and she's one of nearly 80 new members of the 118th congress. she told us about an experience with racism in coolidge that grew her to a career in public service and about her professional life. >> i'm a practicing lawyer. so i've been license to the practice in the state of texas, arkansas and federal court in the last 16 years. i know when most people think of lawyers, think about is this a

person going to the courtroom? i was a courtroom lawyer. civil rights work for those enthusiastic watching as the big brutality police cases have happened. i've usually represented usually the members of someone who was killed. also accused capital murderers in additions to doing what we call personal injury work. so basically if somebody is in a car accident and they need to sue an insurance company. i'm the go that -- girl that goes to work for the insurance company. >> you've been going that for 16 years? >> licensed and practicing for 16 years. >> how does that prepare you about coming to congress? >> it's the law that drove me to want the write legislation. i was the girl that would walk in and say this doesn't make sense, how can i fix this? living in a state with 30 million people, 254 counties as

large as texas, you think about it, i'm working on one courtroom and one case. i need to fix this for everybody. that is what led me to run for state legislature, where i served one term and then i ran for congress. i didn't think lawmakers understood how these laws were affected everyday people and i wanted to go in and basically let them know this is what happens when you do this. i thought it would be valued in the texas house. not necessarily. and are there was a former ambassador who talked to me when there came an opportunity to run for congress and he said, listen, you stay in texas and you really want get very much done, not what you want to get done for your con still owenscy. you'll be in a deeply red situation. a red house, red senate and a

red governor's mansion. you have opportunities on the federal level. even if you go into the minority, we know that things actually change on the federal level and that's where you could be a champion for your community. and i thought about that and he was right so i decided that this really was a good opportunity. >> was there something or someone in your early years, maybe as a child that triggered that interest in civil right? >> honestly, no. my parents were weren't the marching type of focus at all. it was my real life experiences. some of the scary things i've seen and some of the conversations i've had to had are washington some mothers that really made me say i need to do this. the very first time they even, i guess, thought about it was -- i was in college. i attended college in memphis,

tennessee. and i was a victim of a series of hate crimes. and so it was the first time in my might have that i'd ever experienced racism so i definitely understand those that think that racism doesn't exist because if it's note a part of your reality, it's easy to say that it doesn't exist so here it was, i'd gone to a number of schools where i was in the significant minority. i never really felt that way. i just had my friends. we weren't caught up on color, so to speak and when i got to college, in memphis of all playses, i never really thought about racism there either and there was some idiot or series of idiots, not sure. never figured out who the culprits were but they started keying our vehicles with the n-word. they put together what looked

like jack the ripper letters and put them into our on-campus mailboxes and there was a lawyer from the cock religion firm that was -- cochren firm that was brought in to investigate and it was the first time i thought man, who helps people in these things? it was the comfort level i got to see her and to know that she was there to be my champion and that definitely initially pecked my interest. by the time i got to law school and they told me i could actually great -- make money, i thought great, i forgot. through a series of experiences and growing i did some soul searching about why did you ever want to be a lawyer? it too long me back to that moment of when i felt so helpless and vulnerable and

discriminate against just because of the way i was born that made me know i need to get back to my roots as to why i wanted this work. >> and why you're here today? >> absolutely. how can i make the world a better place for those who come behind me? i'm here because of those will willing to risk their lives from the initial voting act that was signed into law by a texten, lyndon b. johnson. texas has a rich history of doing decent stuff when we look back. it's unfortunate that so many of the monumental things we -- in this country were born in it's -- texas and unfortunately it's that's is trying to take us back to a time before then. even roe v. wade. henry wade was the district

attorney in dallas, texas. it was argued by a classmate of my predecessor yesterday -- eddie bernice johnson. and on that be house floor, this green young woman who was still in her 20's only a month into her service on the texas legislature gets a call from the supreme court so texas is why equip had reproductive rights in the first place. texas is the reason why some of the jim row rights were put into placity texas has led the way in what i consider to be a candidacy throughout this country when it came to rowing back productive rights for women's health, and getting to the ballot box. i think it's time for texans to rise up and show who the real

tex is. >> did your predecessor give you any advice? >> oh, my gosh, tons. the one thing that she said because she did call me and ask me to run for this seat, was that she wanted someone with experience. and there's over a 40-year gap difference in our age and people kept saying she's a little different from you. and i'm thinking there's a few generations' difference but the one thing that she said was always keep the people first. focus on the people and that's just who i am. she wanted someone who had experience but also should be had a heart for the people. so those are really the two things that mange up who i am as a lawmaker. those are the things i'll continue to carry with me and if for some reason this job becomes something different from that

and starts to turn my heart, that's when i know that it's time for me to go. >> let's end on a lighter note. some of your colleagues have said you have a profession somewhere and that's singing. so if you don't mind -- >> oh, no, no. >> favorite song and maybe sing a little bit of it? >> no, i'm not going to do that part. i don't know if i have a favorite song but m.i.a. texan. i always loved beyonce and one of her songs has been a theme for a number of my exchanges and even right now and that's "lemonade." i tell them i've been given a few lemons but we're going to make this a lemonade special and as democrats we're going to turn this thing around but i am the child of the preacher so i am always singing in the gospel part. you're req your daddy breaches so i know how to blend in with other