Lets Focus On Infrastructure News Today

Distinguishing feature of nancy pelosi, it is that she is tough as nails. and she knows what she needs to do. she knows how to count votes, she knows how to read the public sentiment, she talks about it all the time -- theres that graveling voice again -- but she understands that the time isnt right, shes not taking anything off the table and im not either. but lets just have normal hearings and find out about whats happening in the white house. but lets not derail infrastructure. we have to com...

Place. hes asking for the congress not to do its constitutional duty, to overlook whats happening at the white house in exchange for an infrastructure package? thats a nonstarter, alisyn. thats not going to work. >> this is why some of your colleagues have moved into the impeachment category. but im going to take what youre saying this morning as a "no" on impeachment. is that accurate? >> right now its a "no." i think we ought to go forward with hearings. we ought to -- transparency ought to be...

House, i dont get it. >> have you talked to speaker pelosi about your position? >> absolutely. im on the house democratic leadership team. i meet with the whole leadership team every week. and thats the exact thing i say to her. is that weve got to take all deliberate speed in having investigations, having hearings, but the animus isnt there for impeachment right now. lets focus on infrastructure and fixing the roads. you know, the average pennsylvanian spends $2,000 a year fixing their car beca...

>> but theres another i-word. im sorry to interrupt you, congressman, but theres another i-word that plays into this, and thats investigations. and as you know, the president has said he will not do infrastructure while you democrats in congress are investigating him. so are you -- does that make you think that its important to move more in one direction or another? impeachment definitely or not? >> well, you have your finger on it, alisyn. not only did the democrats in this last midterm electio...

So -- >> were familiar with that here, as well. >> well, you know, the i-word is so important. and its coming to the fore right now. the i-word is something that we all have to start talking about and that word is infrastructure. its not impeachment, its infrastructure. you talk about the democrats in the swing districts, what do we campaign on? we campaigned on better health care, more available health care, and cheaper health care. we talked about bringing down the high cost of pharmaceuticals...