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To get food. i think it's disgraceful to see that our corrections officers, federal corrections officers -- maria: well, i think everybody feels that way. >> well, if we all feel this way, i mean, if we really do feel this way, this is not just some amorphous, philosophical issue, these are real people that can't pay real bills, then we've got to get this done. that doesn't mean -- maria: have you spoken with speaker moses about this. >> small amount, yes, i have. and i've spoked about -- spoken about it in caucus, through both of those caucuses you've mentioned -- maria: if i guess what i'm a...

Retribution against fellow democratic new york congresswoman kathleen rice, blocking her bid to land a seat on the house judiciary committee after rice opposed the speaker's effort to regain the speakership. joining me now is new jersey democratic congress bank jeff van -- congressman jeff van drew. thanks so much for joining us. >> oh, it's great to be with you. thanks for having me. maria: so the blue dog coalition, i wonder the strength of the coalition today. do you feel that there is a wing of the democratic party that wants to work with the president, that actually would like to come to ...

Systems. it's both. maria: so in terms of allocating capital toward defense, is that in jeopardy in any way as you look to fund the government til september? >> that has to be an absolute priority. i mean, that's what we're talking about when we talk about border security, supporting our military, supporting, you know, our law enforcement. those are fundamentals to keeping our country and our people safe. that's got to be an absolute priority. maria: senator, let me end where i began, and that is on this plan from the president. what do you expect republicans are going to have to give on in or...

Mean -- let's all get in the room and talk about what that border security is. there are many parts along that border that a wall doesn't even work. there's rivers, etc. we have new technology out. we have drones. we have sensors. we should be using all of it, ya. maria: absolutely. >> so why do we have to close six other departments, and let's get in regular order, let's get in a room, let's all agree on border security, a package that'll truly keep us safe, and let's reopen the government. maria: i think you make a lot of good points because there are areas of the country where we don't need...

Now, donald trump has the idea, he made it a campaign promise, and he said all throughout the campaign build that wall a number of times. is that the reason that you're against the wall and your colleagues against the wall, because it was now donald trump's campaign promise? >> first of all, i've been really clear, i don't think compromise is a dirty word, and i have always said that. i do believe that we need to have a conversation about border security, and border security is a much larger topic. do i think we're political right now? i absolutely do. and i think it's ridiculous. i think that...