00:00Andrew. With regards to ICE more generally beyond just what we're seeing in California as an appropriations committee member, if Democrats retake the House in 2026, do you think that the appropriations process should be used to try to make some reforms at ICE based on what we've seen in the last few months?
00:21But first, what we need to do is have an appropriations process that works. Right now, House Republicans are wrapped around the axle, bending over backwards, trying to do everything that Donald Trump wants. And so they're marking up bills that are incomplete. And we're going to see that full committee markup start today, this afternoon. We just heard from Secretary Hegseth.
00:44And then 30 minutes later, we go and mark up the subcommittee bill on defense. And we'll have that in front of the full committee on Thursday. These bills are incomplete. But the second point I would say is the administration and Donald Trump have to follow the appropriations bills.
01:06Tom Cole said months ago that these were advisory. So which House Republican message are we going to get? Are appropriations bills law or are they advisory? And it's up to the administration and Article 2 to interpret.
01:24We don't know. We need to know that House Republicans believe in the appropriations process. And we will use that to make policy changes that are important with respect to funding government. That's how we've always done.
01:38And we've respected Democrats and Republicans have respected that process over the years.
01:44And when we were in control, we did make changes to appropriations bills that got to core policies that were important to us. And we'll do the same when we're in the majority next time.
