00:00Well, let me say about the MAGA extremists, they are both deeply unserious and deeply dangerous.
00:06And renaming, so-called, renaming, I should say, Lake Ontario is a deeply unserious thing.
00:16In response to a trade war with Canada that Donald Trump started,
00:20that's going to make life more expensive for the American people, that's ridiculous.
00:25They're also deeply unserious.
00:26Donald Trump and Republicans promised that they were going to lower the high cost of living on day one.
00:35But costs haven't gone down in the United States of America.
00:39Costs have gone up, including because of the Trump tariffs,
00:45which has increased costs on everyday Americans by thousands of dollars per year.
00:54America's far too expensive right now.
00:56There are too many people in this great country, working hard and playing by the rules,
01:01can't thrive and can barely survive.
01:05That should not be the case in the United States of America.
01:09The wealthiest country in the history of the world.
01:13That's why House Democrats are fighting for an affordable America.
01:18We're fighting to lower the high cost of groceries, gas, and goods.
01:23We're fighting to make health care affordable for every single American.
01:29And we certainly will fight to hold the crooks accountable,
01:34who have unleashed unprecedented corruption on the American people.
01:41The communities that don't want data centers will end up, in his words,
01:44as, quote, backwards and poor, and that the inside data center movement is making China happy.
01:49I want to get your response to that.
01:51Do you agree that communities resisting these projects are standing in the way of American prosperity?
01:57And what do you, how do Democrats believe these communities are,
02:01what are the legitimate concerns that you heard as you travel the country about data centers?
02:06Or did they come up in your travels, just kind of level set for me?
02:09Well, data centers certainly come up wherever I may be traveling the country
02:14as part of the concern related to the affordability crisis.
02:18Donald Trump and Republicans are divorced from reality.
02:21They think that the affordability crisis is a hoax.
02:26Donald Trump and Republicans have made clear they love inflation.
02:31Donald Trump and Republicans have told the American people directly,
02:35we don't think about your personal financial situation.
02:42So the Republicans, it should come as no surprise,
02:48are pro data center without any restraints.
02:54We know this because in their one big ugly bill,
02:59House Republicans voted to preempt state and local authorities from regulating data centers at all.
03:12And every single House Republican, but one or two,
03:17voted to unleash data centers on the American people in an unfettered fashion.
03:25That's facts right there.
03:28And in that one big ugly bill,
03:31all of these very same House Republicans,
03:33including people like Mike Lawler
03:38and David Valadeo,
03:39all of them
03:42voted
03:44to give tax credits
03:48to people building massive data centers
03:53in communities across the country,
03:56particularly in rural America,
03:58without restriction.
04:01They can try to run away from their votes right now.
04:04We will not let them hide.
04:06What about Trump's comment?
04:08Well, I mean, Donald Trump
04:10and Republicans continue to insult their own voters.
04:15Right?
04:16This is not a partisan issue.
04:17Everyday Americans,
04:18whether you're in urban America,
04:20rural America,
04:21suburban America,
04:22exurban America,
04:23the heartland of America,
04:25small town America,
04:27or black and brown communities throughout America,
04:30are concerned about being overrun by data centers.
04:34And they want some restraint
04:39so that they're not overrun by the possibility
04:44of their electricity bills continuing to skyrocket
04:48and their water bills continuing to skyrocket.
04:51This is an affordability concern
04:53broadly shared by the American people.
04:55And it should come as no surprise
04:57that Donald Trump once again
04:59is dismissive
05:02of this affordability issue.
05:03Could you comment on the possible
05:07of the voting
05:08for the Lindsey Graham sanction bill
05:11in the House
05:12in the nearest weeks?
05:16I've got...
05:19What is the take of Democrat Party in the House?
05:22Yeah, we haven't had a conversation about it yet,
05:26but both chairman,
05:30soon-to-be chairman Richie Neal,
05:31and the once-and-future chairman
05:34of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
05:36Greg Meeks,
05:37have expressed strong opposition
05:40to the bill
05:41because it risks providing
05:45tariff and sanctions authority
05:47to Donald Trump and his administration
05:50that we believe they will abuse.
05:53And so I have serious concerns
05:55with the legislation.
05:56I haven't been able to evaluate it
05:58line by line yet,
06:00but I expect that
06:01the House Democratic Caucus
06:02will have a conversation about it
06:03as early as this week.
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