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speaker of the house. here are some of those highlights. you've got a very warm welcome from the dnc. they said you were an antiabortion maga extremist. mike johnson, those were their first words. welcome to your new job. then they went on to say you were the cosponsor to institute an extreme abortion ban. we will get into detail nationwide. you want to cut social security and medicare. here is some free advice from mike johnson. that is don't get comfortable. we've been here before. this is the same exact maga extremism that the american people have already rejected and will do it again. i thought that was the warmest welcome you could want from the democratic party. >> welcome to the job. a lot of these people don't know me. if they would talk to some of my colleagues here even on the other side of the aisle that have worked for me for the seven years i have been on capitol hill they would say those things are not true. give me a chance. let me have a chance to lead and
the board meetings with that group that are required to get her a candidate endorsement. and i'm not ronnycleide, she came to office in january, she sued cosponsored a bill that would have codified roe v. wade in north carolina. and i think about that, you are quite right to quote her famous floor speech from 2015 that is very much of a pro-choice call. but as recently as late january of this year, she was a cosponsor on a road built. and within, you know, three, four months, she reverses her stance on what approved to be a critical issue because this state was very much a destination, like a very rare oasis and access for abortion within the deep south, up until july 1st.
you know, even before she switched stances, she was frustrated at not getting, for example, the endorsements of blend parenthood south atlantic. but she also did not attempt the board meetings with that group that are required to get her a candidate endorsement. and i'm not ronnycleide, she came to office in january, she sued cosponsored a bill that would have codified roe v. wade in north carolina. and i think about that, you are quite right to quote her famous floor speech from 2015 that is very much of a pro-choice call. but as recently as late january of this year, she was a cosponsor on a road built. and within, you know, three, four months, she reverses her stance on what approved to be a critical issue because this state was very much a destination, like a very rare oasis and access for abortion within the deep south, up until july 1st. >> i gotta ask, kate, in your reporting, did you get to the bottom of all this, what you highlight there? because she is a progressive,
absolutely ridiculous. money that can go to support veterans are being held up because some members of congress want to submit an amendment that's just foul, it really is. >> reporter: the chair of the house veterans committee and cosponsor of this bill couldn't find time for an interview, gave us a statement. this was from representative bost. it was congress' intent in 2016 to keep brentwood on the west l.a. campus. >> well, in 2016 congressman ted lou said his legislation is make sure all leases principally benefit veterans and their families. >> reporter: this republican bill was sponsored by lori shav ez. her smoeks person said she sponsored the bill because homeless crisis and her constituents raised this problem as one of the top issues they would like her to address. the next day she introduced another bill that includes a
how my great grandfather was a slave name coleman sharpton in israel, south carolina, i knew my grandfather. his father was a slave. and in fact the name sharpton was the name of his owners. i'm named after my peoples owners. and i think people don't really understand how close the says. because my great grandfather was a slave, my grandfather could not go to schools because of jim crow. my father had to see -- you get to my generation we have this wealth gap you talk about. because it was built up over time. and nothing was done to repair and make the catch up happened. 34 years ago the late michigan congressman john -- h.r.40 to take up the expiration of reparations out a federal level. that bill was approved by the house committee in 2021. it's cosponsor, she led, jackson saying at the time that it had the votes to count the
fine, the republican now. why did you change or abortion positions are radically? what changed? in five months, from a democrat who was spoken openly about her own abortion and reproductive rights. who supports codified roe v. wade. who's a cosponsor of a legislation listened to the state website to this day. two republican who voted to override a governmental veto for a 12-week abortion ban that only a third of voters want. what happened? we got nothing. she allows that explanation to the people for state, to the voters of the hundred and 12 district, who sent a democrat who wanted to protect abortion to the state house, a woman who just put a 12-week abortion ban on the books.
majority he with, >> -- and to so many others not the state and the country. the party wants to villainized anyone who has free thought, free judgment, has solutions, who wants to get to work to better our state. >> it is someone rescue really bad on twitter, and then they changed your party? is that what happened? state representative caught them never adjust why she -- forget everything about the democratic party, let's say she's right about that. why did she change her position on abortion. fine, you're a republican now? why did you change your abortion position so radically? what changed? in five months, from a democrat who spoke movingly about her own abortion and reproductive rights, who supports codified roe v. wade and is a cosponsor of legislation to a republican
campaign, to oppose for the restrictions of abortion. she was backed by families who work to support women candidates who are pro abortion rights. and she won that seats with 59% of the vote. then what shots of the legislature ship the filter campaign promise, by signing on as a co sponsor to a bill that would codify roe v. wade's abortion protections in the state of north carolina. in fact, on the state house's website, to this day she is still listed on the bill as a cosponsor. but in april, just five months after she was elected, as a democrat, who want to secure abortion rights. out of the blue, trisha cotham switched apartments. and that switch parties, it was that decision, and her vote that then turn the republican majority in north carolina into a supermajority. here's her incredibly roundabout non explanation for why she took such a
their day in court. it will go through like another member inside the house. santos will never be put on committee. he won't serve on committee. he will go to trial. we will find out what the outcome is. >> in america there is a presumption of innocence. there are serious charges. he will have to go through the legal process. >> this will play itself out. unfortunately, this is not the first time a member of congress from either party has been indicted. >> shameless list by name is george santos. for congressional leaders, they are trying to argue that their oversight responsibilities are to stop the exact thing that one of their sitting congressman is accused of doing, but they won't say he's got to go. >> there was a bill on the floor last week that dealt with fraud in unemployment insurance during covid. a cosponsor of the bill, george santos. he did vote yes on that bill. they are in, abby, a difficult position.
and preserve as speakership. so if the idea was to get together to talk about a deal, i'm not a believer. now, i am sorry that it has come to this point. but president biden has said that he's looking at the 14th amendment remedies and the constitution says that the death of the united states would not be question. so there's probably something, there there's wacky ideas, but the fact that the most powerful nation with the biggest economy in the world is talking about the solutions over something that at the end of the day has been completely useless, and is a really, really bad idea, that is to say the legal debt ceiling, i mean this is alison wonderland stuff. >> well, i can't let you leave without asking about a wacky idea. your colleague, george santos came back to capitol hill today after pleading guilty to 13 federal charges and he's back there as a cosponsor of a bill meant to crack down on unemployment fraud. the same crime he has been charged with. what was reception like for him