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00:00:00DEMOCRACY HUB HERE AT C-SPAN. ULTIMATELY THE VOTERS HAVE THE
00:00:04FINAL SAY AND EVEN IN THESE REDISTRICTED SEATS, WHAT
00:00:07REPUBLICANS HAVE FOUND OUT IS WHEN THE ENVIRONMENT IS TOO
00:00:11DIFFICULT, WHEN THERE ARE FACTORS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL
00:00:15THAT ARE SPIRALING, EVEN SEATS THAT HAVE BEEN REDRAWN LIKE ALL
00:00:19THOSE SEATS WE TALKED ABOUT IN TEXAS, LIKE THOSE IN NORTH CAROLINA, LIKE THOSE SEATS IN
00:00:23FLORIDA, IT DOESN'T GUARANTEE A
00:00:26VICTORY, AND THAT'S TAKEAWAY NUMBER THREE. JOHN: JACOB, IT HAS BEEN A
00:00:30PLEASURE. PEDRO, THAT'S WHY WE LET JACOB COOK WHEN HE IS HERE IN THE
00:00:33DEMOCRACY HUB.
00:00:37HOST: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AT THE HUB. REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
00:00:41THIS IS JUST COMING IN FROM CBS THIS MORNING.
00:00:44A STORY THERE SAYING THAT
00:00:46PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN ASKING
00:00:51WHETHER DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH SHOULD STAY ON THE JOB
00:00:54FOLLOWING THE REPUBLICANS' CATASTROPHIC LOSS.
00:00:57ACCORDING TO SOURCES, SOME WHITE HOUSE AIDES HAVE PREDICTED SOME
00:01:01OF THE BLAME WILL BE TRAINED ON ADMIRAL BRAD COOPER, HEAD OF THE
00:01:05CENTRAL COMMAND AND CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, BOTH
00:01:09WHO PLAYED BIG ROLES WITH GUIDANCE ON THE IRAN WAR AND
00:01:12OTHER SOURCES SAY THAT THE
00:01:16PRESIDENT HASN'T DECIDED TO REPLACE HEGSETH SO A DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE THERE.
00:01:19AS WE PROMISED TO YOU, WE GO TO HAKEEM JEFFRIES FOR COMMENTS ON
00:01:23LAST NIGHT'S ELECTION.
00:01:26>> I AM THE CHAIR OF THE DCCC.
00:01:31SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE TODAY. ALL CYCLE I HAVE REPEATED OVER
00:01:35AND OVER A VERY SIMPLE
00:01:39ARITHMETIC PROBLEM, TO TAKE BACK THE MAJORITY, WE NEEDED TO NET
00:01:43THREE SEATS.
00:01:45AND WE HIT THAT MARK AND THEN SOME.
00:01:48THIS HISTORIC VICTORY WAS
00:01:49RESOUNDING AND IMPRESSIVE IN ITS
00:01:53DEPTH AND BREADTH. WE SAW DEMOCRATS SWEEP ALL THE
00:01:56COMPETITIVE SEATS IN
00:01:58PENNSYLVANIA, IOWA, TEXAS,
00:02:01CALIFORNIA, WISCONSIN, AND NEW JERSEY. I AM HOPEFUL WE CAN SWEEP THE
00:02:05COMPETITIVE SEATS IN ARIZONA AND
00:02:08NEVADA AS WELL AS MORE RESULTS COME IN. WE HAVE HAD WINS THAT MANY
00:02:12OUTSIDE OBSERVERS AND EXPERTS THOUGHT WERE LONG SHOTS, LIKE IN
00:02:16KENTUCKY, OHIO, AND EVEN ONE IN INDIANA.
00:02:20OH, AND WE GOT EVERY SINGLE ONE
00:02:25OF THE HARRIS WON SEATS THAT
00:02:27WERE HELD BY REPUBLICANS, EVEN
00:02:29ONE THAT SOME SAID WAS NOT BEATABLE.
00:02:33WELL, IT TURNS OUT THEY WERE. AND I KNOW THERE IS ONE NEW
00:02:37YORKER HERE WHO IS ESPECIALLY HAPPY WITH THAT ONE.
00:02:41IN THIS ELECTION, WE BEAT BACK
00:02:43EVERY REPUBLICAN'S SCHEME TO RIG
00:02:45THE MIDTERMS, FROM THEIR EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND LEGAL
00:02:49MANEUVERS TO ATTACK VOTE BY
00:02:51MAIL, CHANGE CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS, INTIMIDATE LOCAL ELECTION
00:02:55OFFICIALS, AND EVEN THROW LEGAL
00:02:57VOTERS OFF THE VOTING ROLLS.
00:03:01AND EVERY SINGLE REDISTRICTED
00:03:04FRONTLINER WILL RETURN TO CONGRESS.
00:03:08SIMPLY PUT, THEIR GERRYMANDERING
00:03:11SCHEME ABSOLUTELY BACKFIRED AND IT SHOULD SEND A STRONG MESSAGE
00:03:14TO ANY REPUBLICAN THINKING OF
00:03:17PURSUING ANY MORE GERRYMANDERS NEXT YEAR.
00:03:20THEY DO SO AT THEIR OWN PERIL BECAUSE IT'S CLEAR THAT THE
00:03:24AMERICAN PEOPLE HATE IT WHEN POLITICIANS TRY TO PICK THEIR
00:03:28VOTERS. DRIVING THIS BACKLASH WERE BLACK
00:03:31VOTERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH, REJECTING THE CYNICAL
00:03:35EFFORTS BY REPUBLICANS TO DILUTE THEIR POLITICAL POWER AND THEIR
00:03:39VOICE. WE WARNED REPUBLICANS THEIR ATTACKS ON BLACK VOTERS WOULD
00:03:43BACKFIRE, AND WE SAW IT LAST
00:03:45NIGHT IN PLACES LIKE ALABAMA AND
00:03:49NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE THEY OVERWHELMINGLY TURNED OUT TO
00:03:53ELECT DEMOCRATS. REPUBLICANS ALSO TOOK LATINO
00:03:56VOTERS FOR GRANTED.
00:03:58FOR THIS HUBRIS, WE WITNESSED A
00:04:00REJECTION OF REPUBLICANS BY
00:04:02LATINOS AT HISTORIC LEVELS,
00:04:05ERASING ANY IMAGINARY GAINS THEY HOPED THEY WOULD GET IN THEIR
00:04:08GERRYMANDERS OF TEXAS AND FLORIDA, AND DESPITE HOW LARGE
00:04:11OUR VICTORY WAS LAST NIGHT, WE
00:04:14ARE NOT DONE. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND
00:04:17WEEKS, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT EVERY LEGAL VOTE IS COUNTED
00:04:21UNTIL EVERY RACE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS SETTER IS FIED
00:04:25ENSURING THE OUTCOME IS DETERMINED ONLY BY THE WILL OF
00:04:28THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AS IT SHOULD BE.
00:04:31I AM CONFIDENT BY THEN WE WILL
00:04:33GAIN EVEN MORE SEATS THAN WE HAVE CALLED TODAY, EACH AND
00:04:36EVERY ONE WILL BE AN ESSENTIAL
00:04:38PART OF ENSURING WE HAVE THE
00:04:41LARGEST POSSIBLE GOVERNING MAJORITY.
00:04:44OUR VICTORY IS NOT JUST IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE OF HOW MANY
00:04:46SEATS WE GAINED, ALTHOUGH WE DID
00:04:49GAIN A LOT. WHAT WAS INCREDIBLE ABOUT LAST
00:04:53NIGHT WAS HOW FAR WE REACHED
00:04:54INTO DEEP RED TERRITORY.
00:04:57AS OF THIS MORNING, 254 RACES
00:05:00HAVE BEEN CALLED IN OUR FAVOR.
00:05:03WE WILL AT LEAST GET TO 255 WITH
00:05:0635 RACES TOO CLOSE TO CALL OR
00:05:10OUTSTANDING. WE WON IN AT LEAST 21 DISTRICTS
00:05:13THAT DONALD TRUMP WON BY DOUBLE DIGITS OR MORE.
00:05:17THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
00:05:21FURTHERMORE, THE DCCC INVESTED
00:05:23IN 35 RACES THAT HAVE FLIPPED
00:05:25FROM RED TO BLUE SO FAR,
00:05:28PROVIDING THAT OUR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND LASER FOCUSED
00:05:31DECISIONS ON WHERE TO EXPAND THE MAP FROM THE START OF THE CYCLE
00:05:34PAID OFF. THESE RESULTS ILLUSTRATE ACROSS
00:05:38THE BOARD HOW READY THE AMERICAN
00:05:39PEOPLE ARE FOR CHANGE, HOW TIRED
00:05:42THEY ARE OF THE BROKEN PROMISES FROM REPUBLICANS.
00:05:45VOTERS SEPTEMBER A MESSAGE THAT THEY ARE EAGER FOR A CONGRESS
00:05:48THAT WILL AGAIN BE AN
00:05:51INDEPENDENT AND CO-EQUAL BRANCH
00:05:53OF GOVERNMENT, ASSERTING OUR OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY AND
00:05:56EXERCISING THE POWER OF THE PURSE TO PUT A MEANINGFUL CHECK
00:05:59ON THIS ADMINISTRATION, AND
00:06:02WHILE THE REBUKE AGAINST TWO YEARS OF REPUBLICAN RULE WAS
00:06:05CLEAR ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY,
00:06:07MAKE NO MISTAKE.
00:06:09WE WON THE MAJORITY, DISTRICT BY
00:06:12DISTRICT, BECAUSE OF OUR AMAZING CANDIDATES.
00:06:15OUR CANDIDATES WERE THE SECRET TO OUR SUCCESS AND AS I HAVE
00:06:19SAID OVER AND OVER, THEY ARE OUR SECRET SAUCE.
00:06:23WHILE THEY ALL SHARE A PASSION TO SERVE, THEY ARE ALL VERY
00:06:27UNIQUE. THERE WERE NO COOKIE CUTTER CANDIDATES. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS
00:06:31DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THEIR DISTRICTS IN THEIR OWN WAY.
00:06:35WE HAD FIREFIGHTERS, MINISTERS,
00:06:38MAYORS, VETERANS, TEACHERS,
00:06:41FARMERS, PROSECUTORS, UNION LEADERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT,
00:06:45DOCTORS, JOURNALISTS, AND EVEN A
00:06:47GRAMMY AWARD WINNING MUSICIAN.
00:06:50THEY WERE ALL ABLE TO TRANSCEND PARTISAN POLITICS IN PART
00:06:54BECAUSE THEY ARE DEEPLY ROOTED
00:06:56IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO
00:06:58BECAUSE THEY ARE DRIVEN BY A
00:07:00GENUINE DESIRE TO REPRESENT
00:07:02EVERY PERSON IN THEIR DISTRICT.
00:07:05DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND INDEPENDENTS.
00:07:08THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE JOB
00:07:11TITLE IS REPRESENTATIVE, NOT RUBBER STAMP.
00:07:14IN THE 120TH CONGRESS UNDER THE
00:07:18LEADERSHIP OF SPEAKER HAKEEM JEFFRIES, WE WILL WASTE NO TIME
00:07:21IN GETTING TO WORK AND PURSUING
00:07:25AN AFFORDABILITY AGENDA, ROOTING OUT THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION
00:07:28THAT HAS FESTERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THESE PAST TWO YEARS.
00:07:31I AM SO HONORED TO BE HERE WITH THIS INCREDIBLE TEAM OF PEOPLE
00:07:35WHO HAVE LED THE WAY, BUT NO ONE
00:07:37MORE SO THAN OUR LEADER, THE
00:07:40FUTURE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE,
00:07:43HAKEEM JEFFRIES.
00:07:46>> GOOD AFTERNOON. WHAT AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO
00:07:48BE HERE WITH ALL OF MY
00:07:51DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES IN
00:07:53LEADERSHIP, RIGHT AFTER THIS
00:07:57STUNNING REBUKE OF MAGA
00:07:59EXTREMISM AND A GREAT NIGHT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:08:03I AM SO THANKFUL FOR SUSAN, HER
00:08:07EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP AND
00:08:09STEWARDSHIP AS OUR FIELD GENERAL
00:08:12FOR THE DCCC, HAS BROUGHT US TO
00:08:17THIS MOMENT. ONE OF THE FIRST DECISIONS THAT
00:08:20I HAD TO MAKE AS THE NEWLY
00:08:22ELECTED HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER
00:08:25WAS TO ASK SUSAN TO SERVE AS THE
00:08:28CHAIR OF THE DCCC.
00:08:30I AM GLAD THAT I ASKED, AND I AM
00:08:33EVEN MORE THANKFUL THAT SHE ACCEPTED.
00:08:36SHE'S DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB
00:08:39AND WE ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE.
00:08:42MIKE JOHNSON WAS CORRECT.
00:08:46THE POLLS WERE WRONG.
00:08:49IT WASN'T SIMPLY A BLUE WAVE.
00:08:51IT WAS AN AMERICAN SEUN IS AMI.
00:08:56TSUNAMI. HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE DECISIVELY
00:08:59TAKEN BACK CONTROL OF THE
00:09:04CONGRESS.
00:09:04WE WILL WIN AT LEAST 255 SEATS,
00:09:10IF NOT MORE, ONCE EVERY VOTE HAS
00:09:15BEEN TALLIED.
00:09:17IT'S A HISTORIC MAJORITY IN THE
00:09:2121ST CENTURY. DEMOCRATS HAVE TAKEN BACK CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
00:09:25DEMOCRATS HAVE WON GOVERNORSHIPS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:09:28WE HAVE FLIPPED LEGISLATIVE
00:09:31CHAMBERS IN THE NORTH, IN THE SOUTH, IN THE EAST, IN THE WEST,
00:09:34AND IN THE MIDWEST.
00:09:36THERE WAS A GREAT VICTORY FOR
00:09:39THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:09:42THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN
00:09:45THE ECONOMY OVER EXTREMISM.
00:09:48THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN
00:09:51HOPE OVER HATRED.
00:09:53THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN
00:09:56COMMON SENSE OVER CORRUPTION,
00:10:01CHAOS, AND CRUELTY.
00:10:03THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN
00:10:08HOUSE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY
00:10:09WANT TO SEE A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN
00:10:13DIRECTION, AND THAT'S EXACTLY
00:10:14WHAT HOUSE DEMOCRATS WILL
00:10:17DELIVER BEGINNING ON DAY ONE.
00:10:20WE PROMISE TO FIGHT FOR AN AFFORDABLE AMERICA AND THAT'S
00:10:24EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL DO.
00:10:26AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING
00:10:29ALL OF THESE EXTRAORDINARY,
00:10:33PATRIOTIC CANDIDATES WHO FLIPPED
00:10:36SEATS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
00:10:38AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING
00:10:41BACK OUR EXTRAORDINARY
00:10:46BATTLEGROUND INCUMBENTS. EVERY SING ISLE ONE -- SINGLE
00:10:49ONE OF WHOM PREVAILED, UNLIKE
00:10:54ANYTHING WE HAVE EVER REALLY
00:10:56SEEN IN A MIDTERM ELECTION.
00:11:00IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY.
00:11:02WE ARE HUMBLED BY THE OUTCOME,
00:11:05AND WE KNOW WE HAVE TO UNDERTAKE
00:11:10WITH THE SERIOUSNESS OF PURPOSE
00:11:12A RELENTLESS EFFORT TO MAKE LIFE
00:11:16MORE AFFORDABLE. FOR EVERYDAY AMERICANS, FOR
00:11:20WORKING CLASS AMERICANS, FOR MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS, AND FOR
00:11:24ALL THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO BE PART
00:11:27OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
00:11:29WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT HARD FOR
00:11:32EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN, WHEREVER
00:11:37YOU MAY RESIDE. WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT HARD FOR
00:11:40SMALL TOWN AMERICA. WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT HARD FOR RURAL AMERICA.
00:11:43WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT HARD FOR URBAN AMERICA. WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT HARD FOR
00:11:46THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA. WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT HARD FOR
00:11:50BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES ALL
00:11:54THROUGHOUT AMERICA. THIS IS A VICTORY FOR THE
00:11:57AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND WE SHOULD
00:12:00NEVER DOUBT THE RESILL IS YENS,
00:12:04THE CHARACTER -- RESILIENCE, THE
00:12:06CHARACTER, THE COURAGE, AND THE
00:12:09CONVICTION OF THE AMERICAN
00:12:10PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
00:12:15IT IS NOW MY HONOR TO YIELD TO
00:12:17ONE OF MY REALLY GOOD FRIENDS
00:12:19AND A CLASSMATE OF MINE.
00:12:22WE CAME INTO CONGRESS TOGETHER.
00:12:24WE SERVED ON THIS LEADERSHIP
00:12:28JOURNEY TOGETHER. SHE'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS
00:12:31WHY IN THE MINORITY DEMOCRATS
00:12:33HAVE CONSISTENTLY GOVERNED AS IF WE WERE IN THE MAJORITY AND WE
00:12:37ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.
00:12:39SO I YIELD TO THE NEXT MAJORITY
00:12:44LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND SOMEONE WHO
00:12:47WILL BE THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER
00:12:51SERVE IN THAT POSITION IN OUR
00:12:57250-YEAR JOURNEY.
00:12:58THE HONORABLE CATHERINE CLARK.
00:13:02>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, MY GOODNESS.
00:13:06THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND IN THE
00:13:09WORDS OF THE GREAT DOLLY PARTON,
00:13:11IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD FIGHT,
00:13:14BUT I SEE A BRAND-NEW DAY
00:13:18DAWNING. I WANT TO START BY THANKING OUR
00:13:21INCREDIBLE LEADER, OUR NEXT SPEAKER, HAKEEM JEFFRIES, FOR
00:13:25ALL THAT HE HAS DONE.
00:13:29THE LEADERSHIP OF SUSAN DEL BENE
00:13:32AT THE DCCC IS NOTHING SHORT OF
00:13:35EXTRAORDINARY AND I AM SO PROUD
00:13:37TO STAND HERE AND MAKE HISTORY
00:13:39WITH OUR NEXT MAJORITY WHIP,
00:13:43PETE AGUILAR, AND OUR NEXT
00:13:45DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS CHAIR, TED LU
00:13:48AND TO ALL OF OUR CANDIDATES,
00:13:51MEMBERS, STAFF AND SUPPORTERS,
00:13:53WHO FOUGHT LONG AND HARD FOR
00:13:56THIS BRAND-NEW DAY, WE SAW SO
00:13:58MANY IMAGES OF HOPE YESTERDAY.
00:14:03PEOPLE OF ALL AGES COMING TO THE
00:14:05POLLS, CROWDS CELEBRATING, BUT
00:14:07THERE'S ONE IMAGE THAT HAS STUCK WITH ME.
00:14:12IT'S THE VIDEO OF THE MEMORIAL
00:14:16TO ALEX PRETTI AND RENEE GOOD.
00:14:19IT IS COVERED WITH "I VOTED"
00:14:24STICKERS, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WENT TO THAT MEMORIAL
00:14:27AND PUT THAT STICKER THERE.
00:14:32EACH ONE PLACED BY AN AMERICAN
00:14:34WHO TURNED OUT AND CAST THEIR
00:14:37BALLOT IN THE ULTIMATE ACT OF HOPE.
00:14:41THE ULTIMATE ACT OF FAITH IN OUR
00:14:45DEMOCRACY. PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING TO
00:14:48SURVIVE. NOT ONLY FIGHTING TO SURVIVE
00:14:52UNDER THE BRUTALITY AND TERROR OF I.C.E. BUT FIGHTING TO
00:14:56SURVIVE UNDER THE CRUSHING
00:14:58WEIGHT OF A BROKEN ECONOMY.
00:15:01FIGHTING TO SURVIVE CUTS TO
00:15:04THEIR HEALTH CARE OR CUTS TO
00:15:06THEIR SNAP BENEFITS OR THE HIKE
00:15:08THEY'RE SEEING IN THEIR RENT AND
00:15:11MORTGAGE AND UTILITY COSTS.
00:15:13FIGHTING TO SURVIVE THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN
00:15:17TO THEIR FAMILY TOMORROW.
00:15:20THAT'S WHO THIS MAJORITY IS
00:15:22GOING TO FIGHT FOR.
00:15:25THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DIDN'T JUST
00:15:27REJECT THE FAILURES AND BROKEN
00:15:29PROMISES OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.
00:15:32THEY DIDN'T JUST VOTE FOR DAMAGE
00:15:37CONTROL. THEY HAVE ENTRUSTED A DEMOCRATIC
00:15:40CONGRESS TO LEAD US FORWARD TO
00:15:43SOMETHING BETTER, TO MAKE THEIR
00:15:45LIVES EASIER.
00:15:47THEY WANT A SYSTEM THAT
00:15:50PRIORITIZES THE WORKING CLASS
00:15:51OVER THE BILLIONAIRE CLASS, AN
00:15:54ECONOMY THAT REWARDS HARD WORK
00:15:57AGAIN, AND A GOVERNMENT WHERE
00:15:59THE PEOPLE'S VOICE IS THE ONE
00:16:02THAT COUNTS.
00:16:03A COUNTRY WORTHY OF OUR
00:16:07CHILDREN, AND THAT IS THE WORK
00:16:09THAT WE ARE GOING TO START TODAY.
00:16:13AND I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE A
00:16:15PARTNER IN ALL OF THIS IN OUR
00:16:20OUTSTANDING NEXT MAJORITY WHIP,
00:16:22PETE AGUILAR.
00:16:27>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:16:31FUTURE LEADER CLARK, IT SOUNDS GOOD.
00:16:34CATHERINE HAS BEEN JUST A SUPERSTAR WITHIN OUR CAUCUS AND
00:16:38I LOOK FORWARD TO HER LEADERSHIP AS MAJORITY LEADER, GOVERNING
00:16:42AND GUIDING THE FLOOR ACTIVITIES.
00:16:45THANK YOU TO FUTURE SPEAKER
00:16:47JEFFRIES FOR THE WORK, THE
00:16:49DETERMINATION, THE FOCUS, THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AND THE
00:16:52AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
00:16:54FORWARD TO HIS LEADERSHIP AHEAD
00:16:58AND JANUARY 3 CANNOT COME SOON
00:17:02ENOUGH.
00:17:02SO SUSAN, JULIE, THE ENTIRE DCCC
00:17:06TEAM HERE IN THIS BUILDING, WILL
00:17:09AND BROOKE AND EVERYBODY WHO WORKS IN THIS BUILDING HAVE JUST
00:17:12POURED THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE.
00:17:16THEY BELIEVED THIS WAS POSSIBLE WHEN OTHERS DIDN'T.
00:17:20THEY HAD A ROAD MAP AND A GAME PLAN AND WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR
00:17:23THEIR LEADERSHIP AND WE ARE SO
00:17:25THANKFUL THAT SUSAN IS IN THIS
00:17:28POSITION AND THAT SHE HAS BEEN OUR ABSOLUTE ROCK AND FIELD
00:17:32GENERAL AS LEADER JEFFRIES SAYS. LAST NIGHT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
00:17:36SENT A VERY CLEAR MESSAGE. THEY HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND THEY'RE
00:17:40READY FOR CHANGE.
00:17:46THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH OF TRUMP'S BROKE BE PROMISES.
00:17:49THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH OF INDLESS WARS AND RAMPANT CORRUPTION.
00:17:52DEMOCRATS PROMISED A NEW PATH
00:17:54FORWARD AND LAST NIGHT THE
00:17:57VOTERS DELIVERED A MANDATE FOR IT.
00:18:00WHILE REPUBLICANS HAVE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS DRIVING UP
00:18:03PRICES, DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR AN AFFORDABLE
00:18:06AMERICA FOR EVERYONE.
00:18:21THE REAL WINNERS ARE THE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO SHOWED
00:18:23UP AND MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD. THE VICTORY BELONGS TO THOSE WHO
00:18:27WANT A FAIR ECONOMY, WHO WANT
00:18:31HARD WORK AND KNOW THAT HARD WORK MEANS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY
00:18:34A HOME, TO RAISE A FAMILY AND TO GET AHEAD.
00:18:38WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY
00:18:40ABOUT GOING BROKE WHEN THEY GET SICK.
00:18:44AND WHO WANT TO RETIRE IN DIGNITY AND BUILD A BETTER
00:18:46FUTURE FOR THEIR KIDS.
00:18:54TIRED OF THE CHAOS AND CRUELTY COMING OUT OF CORRUPTION. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
00:18:59DEMOCRATS BUILD COALITIONS
00:19:01AROUND ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST.
00:19:03WE LISTEN TO VOTERS, WE COMPETED
00:19:07IN EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTRY AND WE LEFT IT ALL ON THE FIELD.
00:19:10EVEN AS REALLIES TRIED TO RIG ELECTIONS IN THEIR FAVOR,
00:19:12DEMOCRATS WERE GIVEN A CLEAR
00:19:15MANDATE BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:19:18FROM THE RIO GRANDE TO ALABAMA
00:19:20TO WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, TO
00:19:23MAKE LIFE MORE AFFORDABLE. NOW IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO
00:19:27EARN THE TRUST OF THESE VOTERS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:19:30THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GAVE US THIS MAJORITY.
00:19:34WE WILL DELIVER THE CHANGE THAT THEY VOTED FOR AND WE LOOK
00:19:37FORWARD TO GETTING TO WORK. IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE MY
00:19:41CLASSMATE, MY FRIEND, THE VICE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS,
00:19:44THE FUTURE CHAIR OF THE
00:19:47DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, TED LU.
00:19:53>> IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH SPEAKER JEFFRIES,
00:19:56MAJORITY-ELECT CLARK, WHIP-ELECT
00:19:59AGUILAR AND OUR AMAZING,
00:20:01INCREDIBLE FIELD GENERAL, SUSAN DEL BENE.
00:20:05LAST NIGHT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SENT A CLEAR AND UNMISTAKABLE
00:20:09REPUDIATION OF THE MAGA AGENDA
00:20:11OF DONALD TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS.
00:20:14THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE AMERICAN
00:20:17PEOPLE SAW GAS PRICES
00:20:19SKYROCKETING, HEALTH CARE COSTS
00:20:22EXPLODING, THE RISKS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GETTING
00:20:24OUT OF CONTROL, AND WHAT WAS THE
00:20:27RESPONSE FROM TRUMP REPUBLICANS?
00:20:30PUTTING HIS NAME ON STUFF, FROM
00:20:33PASSPORTS TO COINS TO BUILDINGS.
00:20:36WHAT WAS DONALD TRUMP DOING THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION?
00:20:39HE WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE
00:20:41LINCOLN MEMORIAL REGRETTING -- REFLECTING POOL TALKING ABOUT
00:20:44HOW THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE NAME OF THE POOL WHICH HE MESSED UP
00:20:47TO THE TRUMP REFLECTING POOL.
00:20:50THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SAID ENOUGH. STOP THE INSANITY.
00:20:54STOP THE CORRUPTION AND FOCUS ON
00:20:57LOWERING PRICES AND UNDER THE
00:21:00LEADERSHIP OF THIS AMAZING LEADERSHIP TEAM, DEMOCRATS
00:21:03LISTENED AND THAT'S WHY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FLIPPED THE
00:21:06HOUSE AND FLIPPED THE SENATE. WHEN DEMOCRATS ARE IN CONTROL,
00:21:09WE WILL FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY. WE WILL PASS A BILL TO REVERSE
00:21:12THE LARGEST MEDICAID CUT IN U.S.
00:21:15HISTORY ENACTED BY REPUBLICANS. WE WILL PASS A BILL TO RESTORE
00:21:19THE A.C.A. TAX CREDITS. WE WILL PASS A BILL TO STOP THE
00:21:23STUPID TRUMP TARIFFS, JACKING UP PRICES ON AMERICANS AND WE WILL
00:21:26PASS A BILL TO STOP THE IRAN WAR.
00:21:30ON THIS SUBJECT OF NATIONAL SECURITY, I WANT TO NOTE THAT AS
00:21:33A VETERAN MYSELF, WE ARE ALL
00:21:37SUPER EXCITED WITH INCREDIBLY LARGE NUMBER OF DEMOCRATS WHO
00:21:39HAPPEN TO BE VETERANS WHO FLIPPED SEATS LAST NIGHT ON
00:21:43TRACK TO BE WELL OVER 10.
00:21:51DEMOCRATS ARE LISTENING. I URGE TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS
00:21:54TO DO THE SAME.
00:21:56>> THANK YOU, TED. THANK YOU, SUSAN.
00:21:59THANK YOU, CATHERINE.
00:22:01THANK YOU, PETE.
00:22:06QUESTIONS? >> WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR
00:22:09PRIORITIES ON DAY ONE --
00:22:17[INDISCERNIBLE] >> WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED
00:22:18RELENTLESSLY ON DEALING WITH THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS AND DRIVING
00:22:21DOWN THE HIGH COST OF LIVING. WE MADE A PROMISE TO THE COUNTRY
00:22:25THAT WE WOULD FIGHT FOR AN AFFORDABLE AMERICA AND WE INTEND
00:22:29TO KEEP IT. WE NEED TO REVERSE THE MEDICAID CUTS.
00:22:32WE NEED TO EXTEND THE AFFORDABLE
00:22:36CARE ACT TAX CREDITS. WE NEED TO END THIS COSTLY WAR
00:22:40OF CHOICE THAT HAS SKYROCKETED GAS PRICES ALL ACROSS THE
00:22:44COUNTRY AND WE NEED TO STOP THE TRUMP TARIFFS THAT HAVE
00:22:48INCREASED COSTS ON EVERYDAY AMERICANS BY THOUSANDS OF
00:22:51DOLLARS. >> ARE YOU AND CHUCK SHEUM O-RENA THE SAME PAGE -- SCHUMER
00:22:56ON THE SAME PAGE?
00:22:57WHEN IT COMES TO
00:23:01INVESTIGATING -- YOU MENTIONED HEGSETH. ARE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE LIST?
00:23:04>> IS PETE HEGSETH STILL AROUND? QUESTIONS?
00:23:08>> WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT
00:23:11TRUMP AND HOW DO YOU ENVISION WORKING WITH SOMEONE THAT YOU
00:23:14YOURSELF CALLED THE DUMBEST PERSON EVER TO HOLD THAT OFFICE AND YOU ARE FACING CALLS WITHIN
00:23:18YOUR OWN CAUCUS TO IMPEACH HIM SM. >> I HAVEN'T HAD A SINGLE MEMBER
00:23:22OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
00:23:24TALK TO ME ABOUT IMPEACHMENT.
00:23:27WE HAVE BEEN RELENTLESSLY
00:23:28FOCUSED ON AFFORDABILITY AND ON
00:23:33ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE THE HOUSE
00:23:35IS A SEPARATE AND CO-EQUAL
00:23:38BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE DON'T WORK FOR DONALD TRUMP.
00:23:41WE DON'T WORK FOR J.D. VANCE. WE DON'T WORK FOR THE SUPREME COURT.
00:23:43WE WORK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:23:46THE DAYS OF
00:23:50AND THE DAYS OF THE HOUSE OF
00:23:52REPRESENTATIVES OPERATING LIKE A
00:23:55WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ARE OVER.
00:23:58HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO
00:24:00LEAVE A CONGRESS THAT DOES SERVE
00:24:04AS A CHECK AND BALANCE ON AN OUT-OF-CONTROL EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
00:24:09I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
00:24:14LEADERS SCHUMER HAS NOT HEARD FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP.
00:24:17I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC
00:24:20CAUCUS WHEN WE CONVENE EARLY NEXT WEEK.
00:24:24I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO CHUCK SCHUMER AND SENATE
00:24:27DEMOCRATS WHEN WE CONVENE NEXT
00:24:28WEEK AND CHARTING A PATH FORWARD
00:24:33TO BRING ABOUT THE TYPE OF DRAMATIC CHANGE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE CLEARLY DEMANDING.
00:24:38>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO TRUMP?
00:24:44REP. JEFFRIES: ANYONE ELSE?
00:24:48>> YOU SAID THIS MORNING ON
00:24:55TWITTER THAT THE [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:24:58I WONDER IF YOU COULD ADJUST THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENTS, AND ALSO
00:25:02ADJUST THE FAILURE OF REPUBLICAN
00:25:07ANTI-TRANSGENDER RHETORIC? REP. JEFFRIES: I WANT TO SAY
00:25:11ABOUT THE DESANTIS DUMMY-MANDER
00:25:15IN A MOMENT. >> WE HAD RESOUNDING WINS.
00:25:20JARED MOSKOWITZ. KATHY CASTOR.
00:25:24DARREN SOTO. THEY TRIED TO TAKE THOSE SEATS OUT. THEY DIDN'T.
00:25:30DESPITE ALL OF THEIR ATTEMPTS TO
00:25:31RIGGED THE SYSTEM IN FLORIDA WE
00:25:35HAD AN INCREDIBLE SHOWING AND
00:25:38ALL DUE TO INCREDIBLE INCUMBENTS AND CANDIDATES RUNNING.
00:25:44REP. JEFFRIES: WE MADE CLEAR
00:25:48LAST YEAR, WHEN THIS CORRUPT
00:25:51EFFORT TO RIGGED THE MIDTERM
00:25:52ELECTIONS BY GERRYMANDERING
00:25:56CONGRESSIONAL MAPS IN RED STATES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY BEGAN,
00:25:59THAT REPUBLICANS MIGHT START
00:26:04THIS REDISTRICTING AND GERRYMANDERING BATTLE.
00:26:08DEMOCRATS WERE GOING TO FINISH IT. AND LAST NIGHT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
00:26:13WE ARE THINK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ABOVE ALL ELSE.
00:26:17WE ARE THANKFUL TO OUR
00:26:20INCREDIBLE AND COURAGEOUS BATTLEGROUND INCUMBENTS.
00:26:26WHO WERE PUT IN A POSITION WHERE
00:26:31THE REPUBLICANS, LIKE DESANTIS,
00:26:35WANTED THEM TO STEP BACK, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
00:26:38THEY CHOSE TO FIGHT BACK.
00:26:42KATHY CASTOR CHOSE TO RUN, AND
00:26:47SHE PREVAILED.
00:26:49JARED MOSKOWITZ CHOSE TO RUN, AND HE PREVAILED.
00:26:53DARREN SOTO CHOSE TO RUN.
00:26:57AND HE PREVAILED. HENRY CUELLAR CHOSE TO RUN.
00:27:04IN A REDRAWN DISTRICT, LIKE ALL OF THE OTHERS. AND HE PREVAILED.
00:27:09VINCENT GONZALEZ CHOSE TO RUN IN A REDRAWN DISTRICT. AND HE PREVAILED.
00:27:14DON DAVIS CHOSE TO RUN IN A
00:27:18REDRAWN DISTRICT, AND HE PREVAILED.
00:27:21SHOMARI FIGURES -- AND THAT WAS MY LAST STOP ON THE CAMPAIGN
00:27:24TRAIL, WITH HIM IN MONTGOMERY,
00:27:27ALABAMA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE
00:27:31CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AND IT WAS A MOVING EXPERIENCE TO IN
00:27:35THAT CAMPAIGN THERE. HE CHOSE TO RUN AND HE PREVAILED BY 10 POINTS.
00:27:40MARCY KAPTUR, THE OG.
00:27:48I SAID THAT AT ABOUT A GROUND MEETING ONCE.
00:27:51MARCY KAPTUR LOOKED AT ME, SHE SAID, WHAT IS AN OG? [LAUGHTER]
00:27:56I SAID, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, IT IS SOMETHING GOOD.
00:27:59MARCY KAPTUR, THE OG OF THE
00:28:03BATTLEGROUND MEMBERS, SHE CHOSE
00:28:05TO RUN IN A DRAMATICALLY-REDRAWN DISTRICT, AND SHE PREVAILED.
00:28:08GREG LANDSMAN CHOSE TO RUN.
00:28:13IN A REDRAWN DISTRICT, DESIGNED TO DEFEAT HIM. AND HE WON.
00:28:19IT WAS DECISIVE, COMPLETE, AND TOTAL.
00:28:22I WANT TO THANK THOSE FRONTLINE MEMBERS. I WANT TO THANK OUR CANDIDATES,
00:28:26LIKE BOBBY POLITO AND SO MANY OTHERS. WHO RAN.
00:28:31I WANT TO THANK SUSAN. AND THE D TRIPLE C.
00:28:36AND JULIE AND EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC
00:28:40CAUCUS WHO, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT REDRAWN MAP, LEAVED IT WHEN WE
00:28:44ALL SAID, THEY STARTED THIS, BUT
00:28:48WE ARE GOING TO FINISH IT. YES, WE CAN. AND YES, WE DID.
00:28:58>> ARE YOU GOING TO BE DONE WITH REDISTRICTING?
00:29:02EARLIER THIS YEAR -- WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG]
00:29:07-- [INDISCERNIBLE] ARE YOU GOING TO WAIT FOR
00:29:11REPUBLICANS TO MAKE A MOVE AND THEN RESPOND?
00:29:15REP. JEFFRIES: THEY MESS AROUND, AND NOW THEY ARE GOING TO FIND OUT.
00:29:22>> [INAUDIBLE]
00:29:27ACA SUBSIDIES, ENDING THE TARIFFS, AND ENDING THE WAR.
00:29:32FOR THOSE DAY ONE VOTES, WEEK ONE VOTES?
00:29:36TRUMP IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
00:29:39DO YOU EXPECT REPUBLICANS TO HELP YOU OUT?
00:29:41REP. JEFFRIES: WE ARE GOING TO
00:29:44HAVE A CONVERSATION AS A CAUCUS ABOUT WHAT THE AGENDA LOOKS
00:29:47LIKE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF THE GATE FAST.
00:29:50LET ME YIELD TO OUR MAJORITY
00:29:51LEADER AND MAJORITY WHIP, WHO
00:29:54ARE GOING TO PLAY AN INCREDIBLY
00:29:57IMPORTANT ROLE IN HOW IT LOOKS IN THE 128 CONGRESS.
00:30:01>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:30:05WE RAN AS AFFORDABILITY DEMOCRATS AND EVERY SINGLE CAMPAIGN HAD THAT AT ITS CENTER.
00:30:09LOWER COSTS, MAKE SURE EVERY AMERICAN HAS HEALTH CARE.
00:30:13WHEN AND WHERE THEY NEED IT, THAT THEY CAN AFFORD.
00:30:18AND HOLD THOSE WHO ARE ENRICHING
00:30:19THEMSELVES THROUGH CORRUPTION AT
00:30:23TAXPAYERS' EXPENSE, ACCOUNTABLE. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
00:30:28THE PRIORITY, THE AGENDA, WE
00:30:31CANNOT WAIT TO GET THIS BIG CAUCUS TOGETHER AND HELP SET
00:30:34THAT WITH THE SPEAKER'S VISION AND GUIDANCE.
00:30:39BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS.
00:30:41EVERY WEEK WHEN WE COME TO THE FLOOR IT IS GOING TO BE THE
00:30:45PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE
00:30:47GOING TO BE THE FOCUS OF THE WORK WE DO.
00:30:51AND THE CAMPAIGN PROMISES MADE ARE GOING TO BE PROMISES KEPT.
00:30:58>> THE NORTHSTAR FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS IS GOING TO BE
00:31:02AFFORDABILITY. WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER ON IT.
00:31:09NOT PUTTING BILLIONAIRES ABOVE WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE. NOT TAKING AWAY HEALTH CARE.
00:31:14BUT EXPANDING HEALTH CARE, EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY, LOWERING
00:31:16THE COST OF HOUSING, UTILITIES,
00:31:20LOWERING THE COSTS PEOPLE FACE. THAT IS GOING TO BE THE AGENDA.
00:31:24AS THE FUTURE SPEAKER SAID, WE ARE GOING TO USE THE NEXT FEW
00:31:26WEEKS TO HAVE STATIONS -- HAVE
00:31:30CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CAUCUS, WORK WITH COMMITTEES OF
00:31:33JURISDICTION, AND WE ARE GOING TO COME OUT AGGRESSIVELY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:31:37BUT WE ARE GOING TO LEAD WITH THIS VISION, THIS INCLUSIVE
00:31:40VISION TO LOWER THE COSTS PEOPLE FACE.
00:31:43BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO IT TOGETHER AND WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AS A GROUP AND WE ARE GOING
00:31:47TO DO IT SUCCESSFULLY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF SPEAKER JEFFRIES AND LEADER CLARK.
00:31:53>> MR. LEADER, IF I COULD RETURN TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE TOLD OUR
00:31:57OUTLET, I THINK WE WILL WORK WITH DEMOCRATS AND WE WILL GET ALONG VERY WELL WITH THEM.
00:32:01DO YOU THINK GIVEN THE DECISIVE
00:32:03NATURE OF THIS THAT THERE IS AN
00:32:07OPENING TO PERHAPS WORK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP? AND DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO SIT
00:32:11DOWN IN THE OVAL OFFICE? REP. JEFFRIES: I'M LOOKING
00:32:14FORWARD TO SITTING DOWN WITH THE RETURNING MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AND INCOMING
00:32:18MEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE
00:32:21CONSISTENTLY MADE THE POINT THAT WE ARE READY, WILLING, AND ABLE
00:32:25TO FIND BIPARTISAN COMMON GROUND WITH THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE
00:32:28AS LONG AS WE CAN BRING ABOUT MEANINGFUL CHANGE ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER.
00:32:33AND THAT BEGINS WITH DECISIVELY
00:32:37ADDRESSING THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS.
00:32:38THE COST OF LIVING IS WAY TOO
00:32:43HIGH. IT IS OUT OF CONTROL.
00:32:46THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE WORKING HARD AND PLAYING BY THE RULES,
00:32:52BUT THEY CAN'T THRIVE AND THEY CAN BARELY SURVIVE.
00:32:55PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY,
00:32:57HARD-WORKING AMERICAN TAXPAYERS, MIDDLE-CLASS TAXPAYERS,
00:33:01WORKING-CLASS TAXPAYERS WHO ARE STRESSED THE F OUT, WHENEVER
00:33:05THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
00:33:09STRESSED THE F OUT.
00:33:12WHENEVER THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE GAS STATION TO TRY AND FILL
00:33:16THEIR TANK. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND THEY
00:33:19ARE STRESSED THE F OUT WHENEVER
00:33:23THEY HAVE TO PAY THE RENT. OR THE MORTGAGE.
00:33:27AND SO, IF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE WANTS TO WORK WITH US TO
00:33:31DELIVER THE TYPE OF BOLD,
00:33:35DRAMATIC, AND DECISIVE CHANGE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
00:33:40DEMANDING, WE WILL SIT DOWN AND WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
00:33:45>> [INAUDIBLE]
00:33:50SAW DOZENS OF COMMUNITIES -- [INAUDIBLE]
00:33:53SHOULD WE EXPECT THE MAJORITY TO
00:33:58FOLLOW THROUGH WITH MORATORIUMS, PUSHING BACK?
00:33:59REP. JEFFRIES: IN ADDITION TO
00:34:03BEING THE NEXT CHAIR OF THE
00:34:04HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS AND
00:34:08ANOTHER HISTORY-MAKER IN THIS
00:34:09GROUP BEHIND ME, THE
00:34:13HIGHEST-RANKING ASIAN-AMERICAN
00:34:13EVER TO SERVE WHEN WE START THE
00:34:19120 EIGHT CONGRESS, TED LIEU, HE
00:34:21HAS ALSO LED OUR COMMISSION ON
00:34:26ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:34:32AND SO, LET ME YIELD TO THE NEXT CHAIR OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, TED LIEU.
00:34:38REP. LEE: YOU -- REP. LIEU:
00:34:47REPUBLICANS MADE THE DECISION TO LET THE AI INDUSTRY RUN WILD. THAT WAS A BAD DECISION.
00:34:51TWO THINGS WILL CHANGE NEXT TERM. WE WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON AI.
00:34:56WE WILL PASS LEGISLATION.
00:35:00SPECIFICALLY DATA CENTERS. WE SEE HUGE PUSHBACK FROM THE
00:35:04AMERICAN PEOPLE. FROM THE OUT-OF-CONTROL AI INDUSTRY.
00:35:09WE HAVE TO PUT IN SOME SENSIBLE GUARDRAILS.
00:35:12HAKEEM JEFFRIES SET UP A DEMOCRATIC AI COMMISSION.
00:35:17WE ARE WORKING ON PUTTING OUT A
00:35:19DOCUMENTS THAT WILL -- THAT YOU
00:35:22WILL SEE, THAT WILL LAY OUT SOME OF THE THINGS DEMOCRATS ARE FOCUSED ON.
00:35:28>> CAN WE EXPECT A SLOWDOWN IN THE EXPANSION OF DATA CENTERS?
00:35:32>> WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADERSHIP AND OUR ENTIRE CAUCUS.
00:35:38REP. JEFFRIES: LET ME ALSO GIVE
00:35:41A SHOUT OUT TO OUR HEROIC, LEGENDARY, AND ICONIC SPEAKER
00:35:45EMERITA. NANCY PELOSI.
00:35:48WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION YESTERDAY.
00:35:52THINK OF FOR HER. THANKFUL FOR THE LEGENDARY JIM CLYBURN.
00:35:56THANKFUL FOR OUR INCREDIBLE
00:36:00COLLEAGUE, FORMER MAJORITY LEADER STENY HOYER.
00:36:05IT IS WONDERFUL FOR ALL OF US -- TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE WITH THEM.
00:36:09AND NOW TO STAND ON THEIR SHOULDERS.
00:36:13>> THIS ELECTION IN MANY WAYS WAS ABOUT HEALTH CARE.
00:36:19I WANT TO ASK ABOUT MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:36:21A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ON THE LEFT,
00:36:28SAYING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. [INAUDIBLE] REP. JEFFRIES: AS WE TALKED
00:36:31ABOUT, WHAT I THINK WE ALL
00:36:33SUPPORT, PROGRESSIVES, NEW DAMS,
00:36:36AND BLUE DOGS, IS TO MOVE FORWARD AGGRESSIVELY TO REVERSE
00:36:40THE MEDICAID CUTS AND MOVE
00:36:41FORWARD AGGRESSIVELY TO EXTEND
00:36:46THE AFFORDABLE CARE. WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE GO
00:36:49FORWARD BEYOND THAT, THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE ESTABLISHED
00:36:54FIVE WORKING GROUPS ON AFFORDABILITY.
00:36:57ONE ON HEALTH CARE, AND THAT IS
00:37:01CO-CONVENED BY REPRESENTATIVE
00:37:04OCASIO-CORTEZ AND REPRESENTATIVE TERRI SEWELL, TO WORK ON A PATH
00:37:08FORWARD TO DECISIVELY BRING TO LIFE OUR COMMITMENT.
00:37:13THAT HERE IN AMERICA WE WANT TO
00:37:16MAKE HEALTH CARE AFFORDABLE FOR EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN.
00:37:22SO THEY CAN AFFORD TO GO SEE A DOCTOR WHEN THEY NEED ONE. YOU WILL HAVE A FAMILY
00:37:28CONVERSATION WHEN WE GET BACK, AND CERTAINLY IN THE NEW
00:37:30CONGRESS ABOUT, WHAT IS THE BEST
00:37:32WAY TO DO THAT, BEYOND WHAT WE
00:37:35KNOW WE NEED TO DO IMMEDIATELY?
00:37:38WHICH IS, FIGHT TO REVERSE THE MEDICAID CUTS AND EXTEND THE
00:37:41AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TAX CREDITS? WE ALSO HAVE ESTABLISHED
00:37:45AFFORDABILITY WORKING GROUPS ON HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY
00:37:48WORKING GROUP ON GAS AND GROCERIES. AN AFFORDABILITY WORKING GROUP
00:37:53ON GOODS AND UTILITIES AND AN
00:37:59AFFORDABILITY WORKING GROUP ON CAREGIVING.
00:38:02THESE ARE THE FIVE AREAS WHERE
00:38:05WE WILL BE HAVING CONVERSATIONS AS A HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
00:38:09FAMILY, UNITED AND COMMITTED TO
00:38:11THE GOAL OF MAKING LIFE MORE
00:38:16AFFORDABLE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. LAST QUESTION.
00:38:22>> WITH SENATE DEMOCRATS HAVING A MAJORITY IS A TIME TO DO A
00:38:27RECONCILIATION BILL, OR SHOULD SENATE DEMOCRATS -- [INAUDIBLE]
00:38:29REP. JEFFRIES: I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH
00:38:33LEADER SCHUMER.
00:38:34AND CONGRATULATIONS TO LEADER SCHUMER.
00:38:39CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENATE DEMOCRATS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE PUBLIC
00:38:43SERVANTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE
00:38:51SERVING IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE TOGETHER. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A DECISIVE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE. WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO HAVE A
00:38:54DECISIVE MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE.
00:38:56WE WILL PICK UP AT LEAST 40
00:38:59SEATS WITHOUT LOSING A SINGLE
00:39:04DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT. AND AS SUSAN INDICATED, THEY ARE
00:39:07STILL COUNTING. IN ABOUT 30 OR 35 OTHER SEATS.
00:39:14THAT IS WITH US LANDING AT
00:39:18AROUND 2:55.
00:39:22-- 255. THAT IS A STUNNING REPUDIATION
00:39:24OF MAG EXTREMISM AND AN
00:39:27INCREDIBLE VICTORY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:39:33LET ME END BY SIMPLY SAYING TO EVERYDAY AMERICANS WHO WANT US
00:39:36TO BRING ABOUT DRAMATIC CHANGE AND MAKE THEIR LIVES MORE
00:39:41AFFORDABLE, WE HEAR YOU, WE SEE
00:39:43YOU, WE FEEL YOU, AND WE ARE
00:39:46COMMITTED TO MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
00:40:07>> 2026 MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
00:40:12WINNING CONTROL OF THE U.S. HOUSE AND SENATE AND SCORING KEY
00:40:15VICTORIES IN KEY VICTORY RACE --
00:40:19VICTORIES IN KEY RACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
00:40:22TUNE INTO C-SPAN FOR CONTINUING POSTELECTION COVERAGE, WITH THE
00:40:27LATEST RESULTS, CANDIDATE REACTIONS, AND IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF WHAT COMES NEXT.
00:40:31WATCH LIVE TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M.
00:40:35ON C-SPAN, THE C-SPAN NOW APP, OR CSPAN.ORG.
00:40:38>> FRIDAY ON C-SPAN'S
00:40:44"CEASEFIRE," A BIPARTISAN DISCUSSION ON THE RESULTS OF THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
00:40:50FEATURING STEVE RICCHETTI, FORMER COUNSELOR TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, AND NUMEROUS YOUR PRO
00:40:55TEMPORE FOR NORTH CAROLINA PATRICK MCHENRY.
00:40:59THEY ARE JOINED BY CEASEFIRE HOST DASHA BURNS.
00:41:00WATCH "CEASEFIRE VITAE AT 7:00
00:41:03P.M. AND 10:00 P.M. EASTERN AND PACIFIC, ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:41:12>> IN A DIVIDED MEDIA WORLD ONE PLACE BRINGS AMERICANS TOGETHER.
00:41:14ACCORDING TO A NEW RESEARCH REPORT NEARLY 90 MILLION
00:41:18AMERICANS TURNED TO C-SPAN. AND THEY ARE ALMOST PERFECTLY BALANCED.
00:41:2228% CONSERVATIVE, 27% BURRELL OR PROGRESSIVE, 41% MODERATE.
00:41:28REPUBLICANS WATCHING DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATS WATCHING REPUBLICANS. MODERATES WATCHING ALL SIDES.
00:41:34BECAUSE C-SPAN VIEWERS WANT THE FACTS, STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE.
00:41:38OH COMMENTARY, NO AGENDA.
00:41:40JUST DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED, EVERY DAY ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS.
00:41:47PRES. TRUMP: A TERRIBLE GOLF COURSE. WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A JUDGE.
00:41:50HE WANTED TO STAY A TERRIBLE GOLF COURSE, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
00:41:55WE WILL HAVE U.S. OPENS