Representative Ted Lieu has intensified his criticism of President Donald Trump, raising questions about the president’s health and repeated medical evaluations. Lieu pointed to several public appearances where he alleged Trump appeared to fall asleep, including Cabinet meetings, White House events, and other high-profile gatherings. He questioned why the president continues to undergo cognitive and medical testing despite White House assurances that Trump remains in excellent health. The remarks have reignited debate over presidential fitness, transparency, and the disclosure of medical information, adding another flashpoint to an already heated political environment in Washington.
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00:00After weeks of delay and missing Trump's own deadline, Republicans are finally putting the reckless reconciliation bill on the House
00:08floor.
00:08And let's talk about what's in it.
00:11$70 billion in a blank check for ICE and Border Patrol with no strings attached.
00:17This comes after Republicans already cut health care, food assistance, and they've already given ICE $140 billion in their big
00:28ugly bill.
00:30On top of that, this doesn't do a single thing to help Americans with their daily costs of living crisis
00:37that the Republican policies have exacerbated along the way.
00:44Right now, Americans are struggling to fill up their gas tanks, buy groceries for their families, and afford health insurance.
00:50Yet instead of addressing any of these concerns, Republicans are pouring your hard-earned tax dollars into an agency that
00:58has brutalized and terrorized communities and even killed American citizens.
01:03Republican leadership likes to talk a lot about common sense, but where is the common sense in giving this federal
01:10agency essentially unlimited funds without a single reform in place?
01:16All the American people have asked, all Democrats have asked, is let's ensure that ICE conducts themselves like a local
01:23law enforcement agency with accountability and oversight and rules and common sense.
01:29This isn't a radical or extreme idea.
01:32It's what the American people have asked for.
01:34I look forward to seeing how our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are going to vote.
01:38David Valadao, Gabe Evans, Marianette Miller-Meeks, Ryan McKenzie, are going to be forced to explain their votes to waste
01:47tax dollars while failing to lower the costs that families are facing.
01:52And unlike Republicans, Democrats are actually delivering on things that matter most to Americans.
01:57We did it again last week when we passed another discharge petition, the fifth discharge petition through the House, and
02:05we're going to pass a sixth one this week.
02:08While Republicans fail the American people in the majority, Democrats are stepping up in the minority.
02:14If this is how we conduct ourselves and what we can accomplish now, just think what we can do when
02:20we are in the majority.
02:21Vice Chair Ted Lieu.
02:23Thank you, Chairman Aguilar.
02:25The President of the United States is not well.
02:29We can see it with our own eyes.
02:31He has tremendous difficulty staying awake on the job.
02:35Donald Trump has repeatedly fallen asleep at multiple cabinet meetings, at multiple White House events, at a Memorial Day ceremony,
02:45and most recently, at a very loud and raucous New York Knicks-San Antonio Spurs game last night.
02:52The White House needs to come clean to the American people.
02:56They need to explain why Donald Trump keeps going to the hospital and why they keep giving him cognitive tests.
03:03The American people deserve the truth.
03:05The truth is not something we're getting from the Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins.
03:14We now have a screw worm outbreak in multiple states, including Texas and New Mexico.
03:21This is a parasite that can cause devastating losses to cattle, raising beef prices.
03:28The United States had eradicated this parasite for many, many, many years.
03:34And one reason is because we had federal funding for monitoring programs that, unfortunately, the Trump administration and the Doge
03:44folks cut.
03:45And what we learned from Doge is that it was a massive failure.
03:49The people working on it were clueless, naive, arrogant, and lazy.
03:55They made no effort to find out about the programs they were cutting, and they cut the very programs designed
04:01to prevent screw worm outbreaks.
04:03And now we have the Secretary of Agriculture blaming it on the Biden administration.
04:08If she cannot accept responsibility, then she needs to resign.
04:14And the life cycle of a screw worm is about 14 to 54 days, depending on temperature and humidity.
04:20The Trump administration has been in office for over 500 days.
04:23This is on the Trump administration.
04:27They need to own up to it, and they need to apologize.
04:31Questions?
04:33Scott?
04:34Mr. Aguilar, are you concerned that the lies being espoused about California's voting and vote tagulation is specifically designed for
04:43November 4th, 5th, and 6th, when the House majority could rest on California's vote count?
04:48It's been pretty clear to all of us that Republicans are laying the groundwork to do anything, and they will
04:55say anything to hold power.
04:58That's what this is about, the redistricting efforts that they undertook in Texas, their advocacy to dilute Black representation in
05:08eliminating the VRA.
05:09They will do anything to add seats here in Congress.
05:14And what they are doing is they are laying the groundwork to challenge the lawful count of ballots this November.
05:23But I didn't hear these Republicans talking about that when Ken Calvert overtook Will Rollins after the 2020 election, after
05:33I think it was seven or eight days it took to count before Ken Calvert had the votes to overtake
05:38Will Rollins.
05:39The vice chair and I at the time said, well, you know, whatever the vote count is, is what we
05:45will respect.
05:46I just don't understand why Republicans can't bring themselves to say that.
05:50This is an accurate vote count.
05:52We're just waiting to count all the ballots.
05:54We're trusting local and state professionals, which the American people trust to count their ballots.
05:59They do not trust Donald Trump to count their ballots.
06:02Let's let local officials count the ballots, and then we'll respect the vote.
06:08So I'm glad you called it lies, because they are lies.
06:13The former Attorney General of the United States, Bill Barr, said to Donald Trump's face that the election conspiracy theories
06:19were, quote, bullshit.
06:22And in California, I asked people to simply listen to the words of the Republican nominee for governor, Steve Hilton,
06:29who said that they've been vigilant and they've seen no cause to intervene in the counting of these votes.
06:37And as the chairman said, we just need to wait for other votes to be counted.
06:42And the best analogy is, think of this as, let's say, a football game or NBA game.
06:49Election night on California is sort of like a snapshot at halftime.
06:52And then you got about another 40, 50 percent of the mail-in ballots and other ballots to be counted.
06:57So the score at halftime is different than the score at the end of the game.
07:02Doesn't mean there's fraud.
07:03It just means the game was completed.
07:05And that's what we're seeing right now.
07:07We're completing the vote count.
07:09And then we're going to see who wins and who loses.
07:14Bradley?
07:15I understand that the AI commission is not against the trade-in for the multi-AI bill.
07:19Is that the position of all of them out of leadership?
07:22And is leadership working with Congressman Trinihan to rework the bill?
07:26I'll let the vice chair speak for leadership as a member of the committee.
07:31Sure.
07:33So I've been working on this issue for a long time, and I welcome a lot more members to get
07:39engaged.
07:39I think it's terrific that other members are getting engaged.
07:42This is a very big and difficult issue.
07:45The proposed framework that came out last week, the commission determined that it was not something
07:53that would work because there's a lot of issues it does not cover.
07:57The commission only speaks for itself.
08:00And so it's the three commission members.
08:02It does not speak for the rest of the caucus, the rest of leadership.
08:07Nick, then Michael.
08:08I had a question for Mr. Liu, actually.
08:11These are my favorite questions, Nick.
08:14With the AI commission, when might we expect to see some sort of framework, product, idea coming up?
08:23Sure.
08:23So we're going to continue doing the many meetings that we're doing and meeting with stakeholders
08:28in the civil rights community, the labor community, the AI safety community, academia,
08:35civil society, industry, as well as members of the caucus.
08:39And that's continuing.
08:41And by the end of the year, we'll have a framework to propose to Leader Jeffries for when Democrats
08:47are in control next year.
08:50Michael.
08:50So, sticking with Mr. Liu and AI, Congresswoman Trehan said that while she respects the work
09:00that the commission is doing, this is an issue that requires urgency, and that's why she decided
09:05to work with Congressmen over the next year on the issue.
09:08Have you had an opportunity to speak with her about kind of the urgency that she is referring
09:14to, and I know that you've worked with Congressman Overnote closely on this issue, as well as
09:20you both were co-chairs of the bipartisan task force last Congress.
09:24Can you just kind of speak to the relationship that you have with those two particular members
09:28as you all try to look for a path forward on this particular issue?
09:32Shortly after OpenAI released ChatGPT to the world, I wrote an op-ed in the New York Times
09:39that was titled, essentially, AI freaks me out.
09:42I am well aware of the urgency.
09:43Many people are well aware of the urgency.
09:46So, it's not lost on the people working on this issue that we need to urgently get something
09:50done.
09:51It also turns out that in Congress, you have to build a consensus.
09:54You actually have to get groups and members of Congress and organizations to support what
10:01you're trying to do.
10:02The particular framework that was released last week got intense pushback from the civil
10:06rights community, the labor community, AI safety folks.
10:10And so, you know, if we're going to get something done, we need to build consensus and build a
10:15coalition, and that's the first step that needs to happen.
10:20Max.
10:49To answer your question, no, the vice chair
10:51chair and I are not running for any other office.
10:53I appreciate your concern and your asking and your sense of our well-being and our political
10:58future, Max.
10:58So, thank you for that.
11:01I think, you know, I think each of them are different, honestly.
11:04I do think it's fair to say that voters are frustrated.
11:07They're frustrated with both parties.
11:10And, you know, part of that is driven by the rising cost of living crisis that they're
11:15in, and they're taking it out on whoever they can take it out on.
11:20Our belief, and based on the data we're seeing, is they're taking it out on House Republicans
11:25now and into November.
11:27But it's not lost on us that they're frustrated and they're concerned and they're taking it
11:32out on everybody.
11:34What we need to do, and what Democrats are focused on, is we need to do everything we
11:38can to address the cost of living crisis that people are facing.
11:41Let's give them comfort for them and their family, and let's make some promises to them
11:47and commit to do that and then do it.
11:50And then we can ask them how they feel about our job performance.
11:53That's what we want to do.
11:55Unfortunately, this Republican majority is only concerned about making Donald Trump happy.
12:01And many of the things that make Donald Trump happy are driving up the costs that people
12:06face.
12:06And so they're doing this to themselves.
12:08You know, Randy Feenstra and Dusty and Chip, they have no one to thank more than Donald
12:15Trump.
12:15And some of the others who have been successful in primaries probably have Donald Trump to
12:20thank about it, too.
12:21So, you know, their fortunes are set to the guy at the top, and he's hurting Americans,
12:28and I think that's what we're seeing.
12:32Oh, thank you.
12:33I wanted to ask about 20-7.
12:35If Democrats do retake the House, what would you say are your top three priorities for the
12:39Congress?
12:40Well, what we have said loud and clear is addressed in the cost of living crisis that people are
12:46facing.
12:46We have Leader Jeffries put together the working groups to talk about, take a deeper dive on
12:54these issues.
12:54That will frame what become our top priorities from a messaging perspective, but then also
12:59from a governing perspective.
13:00And we have been clear to stamp out the culture of corruption, fix health care, lower the cost
13:07that people face, cost of goods, cost of child care and elder care, lower the cost of housing.
13:15Those are the things that Democrats are concerned about, and so it's tough to say one, two, and
13:21three.
13:21We treat them all as like one A, one B, and one C. But that is the mix.
13:27That is a suite of policy solutions that we think is going to drive down the cost that
13:33people face.
13:34I left out gas and utilities as well.
13:37All of those are front and center in the experience that Americans are having, and that's what our
13:42focus will be.
13:47That sounds like a lot of the legislative priorities.
13:50Can you talk a little bit about your top investigative priorities?
13:53And then I also wanted to see if Congressman Liu actually might be able to talk a little
13:57bit, going back to AI once again.
13:59Are there any specific concerns that you're able to detail within the proposal, bipartisan
14:05proposal that was put forward?
14:07When you mentioned that there are some reasons that you didn't think it was a good starting
14:11point, what are those reasons?
14:13On the oversight and accountability piece, we've talked about this before.
14:18We have to lead with an affirmative message, make commitments, develop legislation and the
14:23policy that will help make people's lives better.
14:26We cannot be, we also have to lean into accountability and oversight.
14:32This administration gives us a lot of opportunities to exercise our accountability and oversight
14:38functions.
14:39We are, what is very top of mind, what Americans are going through.
14:44And there are a lot of Americans who are concerned about the grift at 1600 Pennsylvania, how Donald
14:51Trump is enriching him and his family members, the actions that cabinet secretaries are taking.
14:56All of this deserves the energy and the thought of what ranking member Raskin and ranking member
15:03Garcia will put forward.
15:05They will be two important people in driving the oversight and accountability agenda that
15:12Democrats face.
15:14And that's what we're going to do.
15:15But we don't have the luxury of just saying we're going to focus on one thing.
15:19This country is in a cost of living crisis and Donald Trump and his administration are exacerbating
15:24it.
15:25We will focus on all of that.
15:27Sure.
15:30The commission released a statement saying that we believe the framework did not meet
15:34the enormity of the moment.
15:36So we stand by that statement and I'll just direct you to what various organizations have
15:42issued.
15:43So you can look at statements from the AFL-CIO, the Association of Flight Attendants, the American
15:49Federation of Teachers, ACLU, public citizen, various AI safety groups, and the American Association
15:56for Justice.
16:00The feelings are very clear about the Bill Pulte appointment among Democrats here on the
16:05Hill.
16:06I'm just wondering if you can address the concerns from a lot of members about failure to renew
16:11FISA in the context of we've got an active war with Iran right now.
16:16We've got all these events leading up to 250 in July and the World Cup, which begins very
16:22soon, all of which are pretty massive security endeavors in and of themselves.
16:28FISA is incredibly important.
16:30We've talked about that before.
16:31It is the primary collection function that goes in the president's daily briefing.
16:37I respect that.
16:38I respect the intelligence officials who are carrying out the work to develop all of that
16:43material to keep Americans safe.
16:45You can honor the intelligence officials and uplift the work that they're doing and have
16:52respect for the work that they're doing and say what the president is proposing to lead
16:58DNI is terrible.
16:59And he is unqualified.
17:01And the statute indicates that someone has to have background in national security.
17:09And so Bill Pulte does not meet that threshold.
17:13And I would disagree with you because you said Democrats push back against Pulte.
17:17I mean, some of the quotes I've read, this is bipartisan, that people are saying he doesn't
17:23meet the criteria to hold this position.
17:25He is there for one reason and one reason only.
17:28He will do whatever Donald Trump tells him to do.
17:31And is that someone you want sitting shotgun with Kash Patel to look at secrets and to ensure
17:38the collection to protect our national security?
17:42That's not what I'm comfortable with.
17:44And so that's the posture we're in.
17:46But Donald Trump is the only one who can get himself out of this mess.
17:49And Leader Thune has basically said that.
17:52And we'll see.
17:53You know, I know Speaker Johnson is, you know, the White House genuflecting and trying to
17:58figure out what the president wants today.
17:59And we'll see what comes out of that.
18:02Thanks, Chairman.
18:03Is there, follow up on that, is there anything short of Bill Pulte being out as the acting
18:09DNI that could get impressed to guess on FISA 702?
18:13If you were to nominate somebody different that has qualifications and intelligence experience
18:19and the Senate starts moving on that, would that be something that would get you guys to
18:24consider something with reform?
18:26It's definitely a start.
18:27It's definitely a start.
18:28Look, pull back, Bill Pulte, allow the individuals who were there within their line of succession
18:36to perform in the acting roles as they were previously to this appointment, and then nominate
18:42someone who actually has national security or defense background and allow the Senate
18:47to do their business with advice and consent.
18:51So that's the path out of this.
18:53But you can't just put Bill Pulte in there and tell us, pair him with Kash Patel, and we're good.
19:01We have a working program.
19:02That's just not, nobody in America thinks that that's a working program.
19:04But Pulte would remain in the interim while the Senate's working on confirming somebody
19:09else, or does he have to be out of that?
19:12Look, we'll see.
19:14That's a hypothetical.
19:16We're not there yet.
19:16Let's see what the president says about this.
19:19But Democrats both respect the work that the intelligence officials perform, and we understand
19:25the importance of FISA, and we don't trust Bill Pulte in this position.
19:31I think you can have all of those positions at the same time.
19:36I have a question on the World Cup, and I don't know if you've seen that several people coming
19:43up from abroad from the World Cup have been night entry, and they've been investing in
19:46extra outputs of entry.
19:47And I was wondering, what do you make of that?
19:49And do you think, do you have any concerns that, you know, we haven't even seen the mass
19:54of people arrive yet?
19:55Do you have any concerns about what we might be seeing in the next few weeks?
19:57We've also talked to tourism and travel and tourism industry folks, and some of the data
20:05that they shared indicated that people were more likely to go to Canada and Mexico, World
20:11Cup matches, than the U.S.
20:13I hope that doesn't transpire.
20:15And I hope that the games are a success for everyone, for the players, for everyone viewing,
20:21for the safety and security of people who go to the games.
20:24But clearly, the Trump administration and their behavior and the punitive way in which
20:31they look at immigration policy is clouding their performance when it comes to giving visas.
20:39There was a Somali referee who was denied entry into the U.S.
20:44I mean, that is, it's shameful.
20:48I mean, and this is, and we're supposed to be, this is supposed to be, you know, a huge
20:53world event that comes before the Olympics, where we're going to have even more athletes
20:59and even more visitors come to the country.
21:02So I think this just shows, again, at the ineptness of Donald Trump and the administration
21:10in actually carrying on basic governmental functions.
21:15And we ask, like, why don't you trust them with FISO?
21:18Why don't you trust them with these things?
21:20They can't do basic things.
21:22They can't do the easy things.
21:23So how would we expect them to be able to guide us and lead us and build consensus on big
21:31things when they can't even do the most basic things?
21:34It's shameful, but that's exactly what this administration does.
21:37Thank you so much.
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