00:00It's Stephen Miller who you've commented on. Do you think he can be a viable partner for Democrats?
00:04No.
00:07Is there anyone in the administration who you think can be a good legislative partner?
00:12Stephen Miller is a stone-cold racist. His track record speaks for itself.
00:18Regarding NVIDIA, will Democrats seek to restrict chip exports to China and would you support using the NDAA to do
00:24so?
00:24There are provisions currently in the Senate version of the NDAA that will restrict chip access to China that I
00:34strongly support.
00:35And I think we're going to work hard to make sure that those provisions make it into the final version
00:42of the National Defense Authorization Act.
00:46You mentioned that no more money should be going through the deportation machine, but so much of ICE is already
00:52funded through 2029.
00:53So what can the Congress do next year to kind of maybe shift those funds around, or what could you
00:59do about that?
01:00We're going to have to take a look at the one big ugly bill, which was a disaster for the
01:07American people.
01:08The largest cut to Medicaid in American history, a $186 billion cut to nutritional assistance,
01:16literally ripping food away from the mouths of hungry children, veterans, and seniors.
01:21ICE was given a $75 billion slush fund so that mass agents could brutalize and kill American citizens
01:33and violently target law-abiding immigrant communities.
01:36That's unacceptable.
01:38And all of this was done in order to provide massive tax breaks to billionaire MAGA donors.
01:48It certainly is the case that we need to do everything we can to reverse all of those harmful provisions,
01:58including the assault on the clean energy economy and the clean energy tax credits that was also a part of
02:06their one big ugly bill.
02:07So we need to reverse all of those provisions and reallocate funding in a way that actually is designed to
02:15make life more affordable
02:17for working-class families, middle-class families, and everyday Americans.
02:25On debt limit, Republicans have suggested they want to address the debt limit during Wayne Dump.
02:31Is that something Democrats will work with them on, and are you looking for any specific concessions?
02:35It's not a conversation that Speaker Johnson has brought up directly to me yet,
02:41and we'll see what they have to say about it in the days to come.
02:47Thank you, Mr. Leader.
02:48So what's your message to Democratic voters who, I know you've seen it,
02:53or they say they don't want you to be the House Speaker.
02:56They've even called their Democratic representatives, asking them not to vote for you,
03:00given ties to AIPAC and all the things you've seen.
03:03What's your message to them?
03:05We're going to work hard to secure the 218 votes that are necessary.
03:13It's in the hands of the caucus right now.
03:16We'll have a conversation as a caucus next Wednesday when the leadership elections begin.
03:23And then we're going to continue from that point to work as hard as we can
03:27to improve the high quality of life that the American people deserve,
03:33but do not have right now in this veiled economy,
03:38and execute on all of the things that we've talked about over the last two years,
03:44such as the affordability agenda, the accountability agenda,
03:49and bringing American values to life.
03:54There was some reporting leading up to the election that, you know,
03:58that Jared Kushner encouraged you to talk to Susie Wiles
04:00to make a relationship with the White House Chief and staff.
04:03There's, of course, no more Susie Wiles.
04:04It's Stephen Miller, who you've commented on.
04:06Do you think he can be a viable partner for Democrats?
04:09No.
04:12Is there anyone in the administration who you think can be a good legislative partner?
04:17Stephen Miller is a stone-cold racist.
04:20His track record speaks for itself,
04:22and I've got zero interest in working with that kind of individual.
04:30Peter Jeffress, have you decided whether...
04:32Directionally, we're a little bit off right now.
04:34So, yeah, we can go here, then I'll go to you.
04:36Sure, sure.
04:37When it comes to the sort of deal-making that the president was discussing,
04:41have you reached out to him to talk about what the terms of that would be?
04:44No.
04:45Have you decided whether to keep the China Select Committee in the next Congress
04:48or to create an AI special committee or select committee?
04:52We'll meet with some of the current top Democrats
04:57on all of the relevant committees on Wednesday morning,
05:00and we'll have a conversation about their thoughts
05:04in terms of what the work ahead of us can look like,
05:07both as it relates to foreign affairs
05:09and certainly as it relates to AI safety,
05:12where we have to act swiftly and decisively
05:15and, in my view, not wait until the new Congress,
05:19we should act as quickly as we can in this Congress.
05:25Are Democrats all united on rolling back the Trump tariffs?
05:28In the past, Democrats have supported some tariffs,
05:31and would it be all the tariffs or just some of them?
05:34We're going to work on the tariff issue in the new Congress
05:38quickly and aggressively.
05:40It appears as though our majority is going to exceed 260 members or so.
05:51That is a historic majority,
05:53and what unites everyone in that majority,
05:56whether they are progressives, new Dems, or blue dogs,
06:00is a shared commitment to making life more affordable
06:03for the American people,
06:05and that would include on dealing with the tariff issue,
06:10which has clearly increased costs on everyday Americans,
06:14particularly as it relates to groceries and goods,
06:18by thousands of dollars per year.
06:21The Trump tariffs are deeply unpopular.
06:23The American people know that the tariffs have been
06:27one of the reasons why toxic Republican policies
06:33have made their life more expensive.
