00:00What's your reaction, Congressman, to the Supreme Court allowing construction of the White House ballroom to continue?
00:05You know, I think the Supreme Court has demonstrated their inherent conflicts of interest with the president.
00:13And this is very clearly one of the starkest examples that we have seen.
00:19Hi, Congressman. Welcome back.
00:22We saw that you made some staffing changes in your office.
00:25Is this to potentially gear up for a 2028 run, potentially?
00:28I think that, you know, transitions on teams are a normal part of the job.
00:36You know, I'm so deeply and incredibly grateful to every single person that I have had the privilege of working
00:45with.
00:46And this, you know, August tends to be a natural time and the fall tends to be a natural time
00:52for transitions around the hills.
00:54So I can't speak to anything larger than that.
00:58But again, I think I've had the privilege of having some of the most incredible people serve on our team.
01:05And I'm very deeply grateful for them.
01:06What's your reaction, Congressman, to the Supreme Court allowing construction of the White House ballroom to continue?
01:12You know, I think the Supreme Court has demonstrated their inherent conflicts of interest with the president.
01:20And this is very clearly one of the starkest examples that we have seen.
01:25There is no congressional authorization for these funds to be distributed in that way.
01:31Congress holds the power of the purse.
01:33Congress, the finances of this matter and how this was this billion, multi-billion dollar project was even being paid
01:42for has never been clear from the beginning.
01:47There are enormous conflicts of interest inherent in this matter.
01:51And the Supreme Court has already ruled that they believe that the president should be able to commit crimes while
01:56he's in office.
01:57And I believe that they are complicit in the tearing up of many of the checks and balances that we
02:07see in the Constitution.
02:08Given the state of the economy, what do you make of how much it could cost?
02:12I mean, we see right now you have everyday Americans, working class Americans.
02:19They're not getting a refund on the tariffs that they were illegally charged.
02:24Their health care subsidies have run out.
02:26So small businesses and everyday Americans are paying more for health care and their prescriptions than they ever have.
02:33And we are sitting on money to be able to help everyday Americans.
02:38And instead, the president is using it on his ballroom.
02:41And so I could not think of something more insensitive and insulting to everyday working people than this choice of
02:53an expenditure.
02:54Congresswoman, do you think that Abdul El-Sayed needs to do more to disavow Hassan Piker and give up the
03:00information it's become?
03:01I do not think that a Twitch streamer is what the people of Michigan are concerning themselves on.
03:12So I think that what they want to hear all of us talk about is how we're going to make
03:18their lives more affordable.
03:21Should he moderate more?
03:22Congresswoman, General Jeffries, took a meeting with Jerry Kushner.
03:24Do you think it's productive for the leader to be making those kind of inroads with the administration?
03:28Well, I'm not sure Jared Kushner is part of this administration.
03:34You know, that's part of the challenges that we have here.
03:38Kushner holds this very bizarre role where he is wielding political influence without a political position and the accountability and
03:50public transparency that is required in such a position.
03:54You know, I think that what we really need right now is to focus on our plan for how we're
04:03going to help people's lives.
04:05I think that what we'd love to see as well with respect to Mr. Kushner is some transparency to his
04:12dealings and what he is doing with respect to his conflicts of interest with the president.
04:15Should Jeffries have taken that meeting, though?
04:18Pardon?
04:18Should Jeffries have taken that meeting with Kushner?
04:20I mean, I don't know what was discussed in that meeting.
04:25I don't know what the request was.
04:27But I think that, you know, I think that we have to be holding this administration accountable.
04:33And Jared and rather Kushner is abusing this, he is abusing his relationship to the president as his son-in
04:43-law, not as a member of the administration.
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