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One hundred and fifty years of four peoples combined time inate washington. so they know what theyre doing when they kick the can dow n the road, giving the debt ceiling issue to the republican majority, which we started here in january . its an important issus ane for our conference to come together on because, as you said, tog ethegovernmethe government willp on running. pes, people socialye securits.y coming, ill keep cominopg. military will keep getting paid. important things will keepmikeep...

When we get to the debt ceiling issue and the appropriations process and government funding we want to try to change the equation to help american fame lalls who have been saddled with this 41-year high inflation rate. that should be what we focus on versus we cant work with you or change anything and borrow more money on the debt ceiling issue. it makes no sense. lets do common sense things. do the appropriation process, all 12 appropriation bills in 20 some years and also when we get to this -...

Organizing committees. i, mean the day-to-day functioning of congress occurs at the committee level. and you cannot put people on the appropriations committee are on the ethics committee, which theyre trying to cut, by the way, and the rules package, which is a separate scandal, once the speaker is finally selected, then i dont see how you can run on anything in 2024 that youve done. >> you, know i just want to pick up on the debt ceiling issue. that would be catastrophic if we breach the debt c...

Debts. for both parties to work together on the debt ceiling issue. which i think it is time in the right time to do it. i am not convinced hell be able to fast-track. to be better if theyre sitting down with this in the present as well figuring out both how to raise that limit is time for an adult conversation about how we long term address our financial crisis that ultimately will occur. we got to take steps longer term toward resolving that. cork subject good idea but i do not see it happenin...

Debt ceilings that we agreed to when president trump was here carried us through august. and this current debt ceiling is indeed about the future. and not about the past. so, i believe weve reached here a solution to the debt ceiling issue. thats consistent with republican views. of raising the debt ceiling for this amount, at this particular time. and allows the democrats to proudly own it, which theyre happy to do. >> congressional leaders announced the deal yesterday. and it passed the house ...

To december every year. frankly both parties have been guilty of that as long as ive been here. you know, i think it was good news last night, though very rarely do you work in a job where just keeping the business, the gamestop, open becomes a win, but considering the state of our politics, i think were on a path to get a defense bill done fairly quickly. it will include a series of other amendments. you know, the build back better piece, theres both the issue of negotiation, but also there is ...

Funding deadline. back to you. >> neil: well watch it closely. thanks, chad. lets get the read on this from ro khanna, california congressman. what do you think? you talk to members all the time. is it your sense that as it happened dozens of times over the many decades that something is cobbled together at the last second and we avoid this or push it back to a future month? >> im optimistic especially when you have senator cornyn and senator mcconnell saying they dont want to shut down governme...

Needle here? >> i think you and gary are talking about two different things, right? garys talking about the concern of the long-term debt accumulation in the country, a concern i very much share with gary, and youre referring to the short-term concerns about are they going to get through the debt ceiling issue. i honestly believe, neil, thats a concern only for the media and for the politicos that get away with making extreme statements. nobody in america really believes theyre going to default ...

Every disagreement is a crisis. when you take a step back and look at whats happening, were actually making real progress. >> reporter: the president speaking broadly there, not just about his build back better agenda but also other deadlines coming up such as the debt ceiling, all of these will make for a really, really challenging and complicated next few weeks for this white house, lindsey and kendis. >> lauren egan, thank you so much for setting us up there, well bring in pennsylvania congre...

Conversation of the politics, the gamesmanship going on particularly around this debt ceiling issue. and the fact that weve come together seven times, the last seven times to adjust this is, it is very clear that the gamesmanship and politicking is what is holding us up right now. and im not -- im not a fan of that. i dont want it to happen. regardless of which party is doing it. >> congresswoman sherese davids, democrat of kansas, thank you so much. >> thanks. steve bannon is defying the janu...