00:00I mean, listen, what happens in the Senate, that's a whole other chamber.
00:05You know, obviously leadership is determined by its own membership.
00:10But of course, I think that this is a sentiment that is seen in a lot of places.
00:15So how the Senate navigates that, that's up to their decision, and we're here on the house.
00:20But you're from New York City, I mean, this is the senator from your home city here.
00:25I mean, to not endorse him outright, I mean, is that speaking against New York?
00:29You're saying, OK?
00:30No, no.
00:30I mean, listen, I think that Senator Schumer is out there making his case.
00:37And you have a wide diversity of members of the Senate.
00:40We dealt with the same thing here with Speaker Pelosi.
00:43There were members who, you know, voted or not.
00:47And I think that it's up to whoever's running to run their whip operation.
00:52Senator Schumer has been leader for many years.
00:54He's served in the Senate for many years.
00:55I think he's capable.
00:56Too long?
00:56Are you still considering running against him?
00:58Pardon.
00:59Guys, I gotta go.
01:01We have to go.
01:02We have to go.
01:02I think the thing that's important here is the last thing that people want to hear from
01:09me or any other politician here is about the next election.
01:12And what they actually want to hear from us is about what we are going to do with the electoral
01:17results they just gave us on Tuesday.
01:19So I think people are less concerned about the horse race and they want to know what are the
01:23investigations we're going to be starting?
01:25What is the legislation that we're going to be starting?
01:27What are we going to do about the ACA subsidy cliff and the Medicaid cliff that's coming
01:31in January?
01:32That's what people want to hear about with what we're going to do with the power that
01:35they just gave us as opposed to being exhausted and talking about an election.
01:46I'm not aware of any of the conversations that the mayor is having with respect to the 2028.
01:53That's on his own.
01:54President Trump told 60 Minutes that his immigration policies went too far.
01:58What do you make of that statement?
02:00President Trump and what voters have recognized on Tuesday is that President Trump says one
02:06thing and he does another.
02:08He said that he wasn't going to get us into new wars.
02:10He said he was going to lower prices.
02:12He got us into Iran and then he shot up prices across the board.
02:16It's the same thing here where he is now going on television saying that immigration went
02:20too far while also in the same week appointing Stephen Miller, a neo-Nazi and the architect
02:27of the most brutal, of the absolute most brutal immigration policies that are dragging people
02:33out by their ankles and mothers in the streets to be his chief of staff at the White House.
02:40Who is essentially the person that will be dictating and has the most power and influence over
02:44the decisions that the President makes.
02:46So President Trump can go on television and say whatever it is that he wants to say.
02:49The American people are watching what he does.
02:51And what he has done is made a decision after a historic midterm election that was a rebuke
02:56of his immigration policies and make this decision in appointing Stephen Miller to affirm
03:02and uplift the worst and most cruel ICE policies that they have to offer.
03:09And so the fact of the matter is I think that Stephen Miller as Chief of Staff is completely
03:14untenable and unacceptable to the American people and it's in direct contradiction to what the
03:19President is saying.
03:20Congresswoman, do you have any advice for the incoming class?
03:24Oh man, I mean I've had lots of conversations with incoming members and I've tried to give
03:28them as much insight and advice as they seek.
03:32But I think right now in this moment, if I'm an incoming member of Congress, the main thing
03:37I would say is just soak up every minute and enjoy it.
03:41Your first week here on the Capitol, you know, they really roll out the red carpet for you
03:45and your family and go out and take the tours and soak it in.
03:51Maybe, you know, keep a journal.
03:53I didn't do that and I wish I did.
03:55So, but really in this moment, do that and spend time with your community because January
04:00things start getting very busy.
04:02And how does it feel to be a veteran?
04:04How does it feel to be like an old school veteran?
04:06It feels very good to be for other members what I wish I had in that position.
04:11And so it feels great.
04:13More than a million people have signed a petition asking Democrats to not elect
04:18Leader Jeffries as the Speaker.
04:21Will that carry weight with the caucus come January?
04:23Well listen, I think that everything and the input of everyday people is tremendously important
04:28to all of us as elected officials.
04:30Our job is to take in what constituents are telling us.
04:34I laid out in an Instagram live last night exactly how this process works.
04:39And one of those things that I shared is that the way that the ballot and the actual speaker
04:45selection process functions is not a yes or no question, but a, like when you show up
04:51to your own ballot box, you have to select a name.
04:53And so with all of that being said, I think that we also, these types of campaigns have to
05:00be framed in an affirmation of being any gay candidate.
05:04Are there any areas that you would be willing to work with the Republican administration
05:07to see any fall that's for bipartisan children in the next two years?
05:10I do.
05:11I have, in fact, I've very proudly worked with Republicans and we've gotten legislation pretty
05:18far in some areas that hasn't quite crossed the finish line, but that's not due to the White
05:24House.
05:24So, for example, I have AI deepfake pornography bans called the Defiance Act.
05:32We have unanimous support in the Senate across parties.
05:36We have overwhelming support.
05:38Here, it was really just Jim Jordan that was blocking survivors of this kind of sexual abuse
05:44from seeking justice.
05:45And so, my hope is that in a Democratic majority, we will be able to pass that.
05:50And I do believe and hope, especially given the First Lady's efforts on this matter, that
05:56we'll be able to tackle AI deepfake pornography.
05:58I also do a tremendous amount of work on maternal health and maternal mortality.
06:03And I've also had some success there with Republicans.
06:07So, I do think there are some areas, and my hope is on healthcare, when Republicans see,
06:15both at the ballot box on the last Tuesday, but also in the way that this bears out, their
06:20horrific trillion dollars in cuts to Medicaid and to shooting up the cost of private insurance,
06:26that maybe the President will reassess some of the provisions in BBB, and maybe we'd be
06:33willing to negotiate off this cliff.
06:36And I think the CR could be an opportunity for that, but I think that there are other areas
06:40where we can stop the worst from happening when it comes to the healthcare buzzsaw that
06:47they have set up.
06:52You seem optimistic, but I am curious, after the President kind of sounded or gave out
07:02mixed messages, one, talking about working with Democrats, but then hiring Stephen Miller
07:10as his chief of staff.
07:12Did you become less optimistic at that point, or are you still hopeful that the administration
07:17will be willing to cross the line?
07:19I mean, I don't know how long Stephen Miller is going to be in that job, to be quite frank
07:24with you.
07:24I know he was just put in, but there's a lot of people that are put in and don't last.
07:29And, frankly, I don't see how Stephen Miller can sustain any amount of input and decision-making.
07:38I think it's actually a very dangerous point that we're at in our country because he is
07:44so unstable.
07:45And for him to be the primary advisor to the President, I think actually puts our entire
07:51nation in a very risky and volatile place.
07:55And my hope is that the President can find someone who serves him better.
07:58Did you take him seriously when he talked about immigration the other day, the President?
08:04I don't, with this President, I don't listen to words, I look at actions.
08:08With the new Congress, what kind of oversight do you like to see on Elon Musk?
08:11Well, I mean, we tried to issue a subpoena several years ago.
08:17I mean, I think there's so much in terms of Elon's involvement in Doge.
08:22I want to know about Social Security numbers, people's private information being leaked to
08:28AI, to AI CEOs and unauthorized access to some of people's most personal and sensitive information.
08:36I think there's a ton of information and events out there that can be investigated.
