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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — A New York prosecutors office on Wednesday said it was investigating the conduct of George Santos, a Republican who fabricated much of his résumé and life story

>> its not clear. so, the republican minorit leader kevin mccarthy does not have an interest in pickin this fight i think he is more worried about getting 218 votes an becoming speaker, which is a hurdle he is not quite reaching but i think the new york republicans that are in an around santos, they are much more worried and concerned about this and you can tell by th deafening silence. congressman lee zeldin, wh represents part of long island who was talked about as potential rnc chairperson, w...

There. representative-elect, i do not work for congress woman joyc beatty but i will ask you this given the cbcs history and it ability to get so much done in congress, what is your plan as you potentially look at what you will be doing with the congressional -- the quad caucus that you wor with, the asian americans that are in congress as well as the indigenous representatives who are going to be there as wel as latino and hispanics? >> great question. we already had a chance to attend a lot of...

The show here, representative-elect, that potentially you may not have a speaker in the first two o three days january 3rd you are sworn in and hanging out. you are just waiting for a leader of the house to tak control and say you could star doing your work. what do you think of tha happening? >> i mean its a rea possibility. it looks like the republican are having a real tough time o getting themselves organized even taking care of the basics its a stark contrast to the leadership the democrats...

We mentioned some very big ideas in the introduction to you, representative-elect. what is the one thing you woul love to be able to accomplis and that you are hopeful about in your first two years in congress >> it is hard to narrow it dow because the american peopl have so many needs i would love to see an expansion of the earned income tax credit and some of the child tax credit that are goin to expire at the end of next week gun reform they took a good bipartisa step last time around bu assa...

The first muslims elected to the state legislature. and joining me now is illinois state representative herself -- representative-elect, sorry, im so excited. its so good to be with you, thank you so much for joining me tonight. >> thank you so much for having me. i appreciate it. >> of course. representative-elect, now that youve had a couple of weeks to ponder, to think about what just happened, what do you contribute the success of your campaign to? >> i think it very much comes down to the f...

Through public education to go to the new mexico state university to get to a spot in this congress. and anyone else who has that dream can do the same. i think thats a message that resonates with all parties. >> representative-elect, gave that scares in the winners circle tonight. thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> coming up, one vote. we saw the stuff of movies happened last night when a democratic candidate won an election by exactly one vote ou...

This has been an incredible adventure. I had no idea of what a candidate goes through. There are so many facets to a campaign along with its many emotional ups and downs. Throughout this ordeal there were those who shared this adventure with me. I...

And that they have the ability to be healthy. and have the resources to tap into the opportunity this country has. some really thinking about the economy, and how we can make it work for every single person. >> going forward, as you move into the next air, are their committee assignments that you are thinking about already that will be important to you? >> yeah, within about what makes sense. but the end of the day a really want to be put where i can best serve my community. that serve central f...

Joins us now. representative-elect, thank you for joining us. what do you think about that question of impeachment? this based on the information that came out from the three most likely or i should say portions of those filings from the federal government public and then we also have a sealed filing from mueller. that could be very, very large in content. based on all that information would you agree that impeachment should be opened up in this new congress? >> well, good afternoon. thank you s...