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guest: i imagine we will start getting election. host: and california also had some primaries. your takeaways from that. guest: yes, we had was the senao replace feinstein. i've endorsed and he had a really strong showing last night. so, they want to be premature but it does look like schiff be. host: are you concerned about president biden's low approval rateings? it's looking from polls that former president trump is ahead in key swing states. guest: no, as youka start to get to general elections, you will see this two different visions of america.

there's still a lot that we had to accomplish to get us where we ne t the united states of america. host: if you would like to join the conversation, you can do so now on 202-748-8000, 202-748-8001 and 202-748-8002. let' funding. there's a deadline on friday and another deadline march 22 which ully be even more challenging. what are the chances of the government's going to shut down? guest: yeah, i certainly think we're going to vote today on the first sixnment funding. you will see the majority of republicans and the majority of democrats vote in v]e positive for the first six bill. the second six bills are tougher, a little bit more contentious. but i think we'll get it done.

those come up by march 22. so we will get those in as well. host: you say that you're expecting a strong ben johnson by partisanshowing, do you thinl be a backlash? guest: i don't think so. host: earlier this week, the vice president called six-week e between real and hamas -- israel and hamas. you favor that deal? do you favor calling for a cease-fire? guest: that would be a good obviously, we would want to get hostages released as well. and we've got crisis in gaza

going on right now. they have a lack of food and water. we'vt quickly as possible to avert that ka fast fully and hopefully we can negotiate a deal. host: this is nbc news with its headline. administration officials watered ■do kamala harris's speech before delivery. her office denies having watered down that speech. do you worry about ambivalence when it comes to israel? guest: no. i don't think there's been ambivalence. he moved the assets to the

region. our mission is very clear. we have to contain this conflict and make sure it doesn't spread into a beard regional conflict because the president has been very -- at some point, we've got to figure out what's the path rw■hard here and that's where the administration is going right now. y you think that more taxpayer money should go to ukraine and what are the prospects of that actually happening? taking place in ukraine in vladimir putin decided to invade ukraine. i think now is not the time to back off. we've seen our european allies step up with additional funding to suprtime for us as congress and the administration to stand with the people of ukraine who are fighting for their freedom

and a place where you can negotiate and end this conflict. but now is not the time to back off. host: i want to show you what tommy tuberville said, the republican of alabama abo u.s. aid to ukraine he said this. iav't voted for any moneyse i kw they cin. donald trump will stop it when he gets in. he knows there's no winning for ukraine. he can work a deal with putin. what's youre that? guest: my reaction to that is donald trump probably can work a deal with putin. that really betrays the ukrainian people. that puts europe at -- i don't have any confidence in donald trump because i've watched him in the four years that he'se ans to vladimir putin. vladimir putin is a dictator. he decided to was not looking fr conflict. now is the time for us to stand for freedom, for democracy, for peace. that is whatheas stood for.

let's stand with our european allies and support the ukrainian people and let's get this to a point where we can negotiate and end this conflict. host: so from reuters that the german minister wants to use proceeds from frozen russian assets for ukraine. is that a possibility that we can use some of the money that we've o international community has frozen and to use that for ukraine aid? guest: it is a possibility. it's not something that's been talked each of the legislation that actually would support using the frozen assets to support host: emanuel macron in france has faced some backlash because he discussed the idea of sending western troops to ukraine in a conference back in february. what are your thoughts on that? guest: i mean right now, the ukrainian people and the

ukrainian troops have been fighting. obviously, they need weaponry, our support. they need ammunition and the likes. but they've■?■;this war and defn territory. if we continue to support them, they'll be able to be■# fight ad push the russian troops back a little bit. so that's how i would look at it at this particular moment in has been enough oversight on the funding that has already been sent to ukraine as to how it's been used and h efftive it's been? guest: we look at this and look lookat how the war is being analyzed. let's get the funding, let's cap the security supplemental. you'll see more advice and more oversight. legitimately, members of congress are beginning to ask what is the long-termstand thaty

coming out of afghanistan, iraq and so forth. but now is not theack out of th. now is the time for us to set to a place where we can negotiate from a place of strength. host: let's go to calls now.t wn georgia. democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. host: go right ahead. caller: my question is about the immigration bill killed. do you see any hope that we would get an immigration bill passed this year? guest: it is difficult and i be a challenge.g to contie that was a very good bill, it's

not perfect but it is a start. i would certainly hope we had a chance to vote on that in the house. right now, i don't feelmistic tr bill will see the light of day. i do think the president will nd things that he can do. and again, i hope we could come together as democrats and republicans and then more long term, think about what this lik. host: talk to ron next in florida, independent line. hi, ron. caller: good.ow are my question to the representative would be, i've been to california several times and it's alarming to see the amount of homeless camps and homeless people in supposedly the golden state of our country. my question is, is if the american government, if their idea of ensuring domestic tranquility is allowing more

people in the country than we have houses for, how is that ensuring domestic tranquility and helping homeless americans find a place if you keep bringing more people in when we know there isn't enough houses? that's my question and thank you very much for it. guest: thanks. that's a legitimate question. i would separate that and look at because if you ask me, i think the border crisis will continue to get worse. you see security collapse and you'll see more folks coming to our southern border. so we've got to come up with a long-term solution for that. on the homeless issue, i agree with you. my hometown is sacramento. and we've got a tremendous problem in the city of sacramento. i think we've got to do something in a compassionate way to get folks off of the streetsr

jobs that ended up on the street or someone that had those issues. caller: good morning there,sacr. i still do have a house in sacramento. and we got a lot of crime going on in sacramento. we have homeless. limits.ple should have term you guys are not doing your job. i'm sorry to say that. but i look you don't talk about the nuclear weapons that iran is obtaining. have seven nukes by the end of the year. and all you guys want to do is spend my grandkids' money and me

harder on everybody. and i thank you very much for taking the time. guest: a couple of things. again, i think we do have to address homelessness. some of that -- what we're seeing about drugs mental illness. we've got to get folks off the streets and help treat them there. i've spent a lot of time thinking about how dangero on te committee and you do think about what's happening in north korea. you've got a hot war going ont(, and we are trying to contain a war in the middle east so it doesn't spread into the regional conflict and we're trying to prevent a war in asia. the world is with at a crossroads.■p and unfortunately&- a lot of tht

burden falls in the iowa state unitedstates of america. we have the asian nations are starting to step up to take a bigger role in asian security. and we've got to■! make sure ths conflict in the middle east doesn't spread. so there's a lot going on in the world.' caller: what are your thoughts congress. i know under democratic leadership, y'all didn't -- the bipartisan legislation, covid stimulus. and should we expect the next congress is going to be dominated b affairs what are some of the domestic priorities that we need to expect in 2025? guest: a lot of that depends on the of the next congress

is. that said, an ideal world from 2025, we would hopefully be wrapping up the russian invasion of ukraine and looking for a path forward to start winding that down. that's why this is a c can get that place where we can negotiate a peace. i would hope that fairly soon, you do get a temporary cease-fire in the middle east and gaza. there's still that opportunity lo a longer term solution that would ensure israeli security but also looking for a path forward palestinian people. and then domestically, we still have a lot of work to do. there's still a lot of families that are recovering from the our young people, the mental health issues and etc. so there's still a lot of work to do to rebuild our country. and the prior caller didn't

talk about the -- i am someone who worries about what we're going to leave our kids and grandkids. we really have to start addressing how we look at government funding. host: david is next. california, independent line. caller: first of all, i would like to let you know the government's not doing their job. the border was secure wh t was in there. this was created on purpose and i don't know why. but i just feel it's wrong what you people are doing and another thing limits you guys should have term limits, point blank. guest: thank you for that. the border crisis has changed a little bit. i've been down to the border and when you think about what we would see with folks coming across the border two dad ago, it was economic migrants, folks that were working, going back and forth to mexico. you see a lot of folks coming up from south america.

and that's a real difference than what you saw a decade ago. they will tell you that. we have to come up with a long-term solution. we're going to see more and more into the southern border. europe's been seeing it for the last decade with refugees and migrants coming■ó■ europe. that is because climate change, crime insecurity. i understand why people want to come to america. we have to c long-term solution or it's going to continue a challenge. host: mimi in georgia, democrat. caller: it's just me? host: yes, it's you. caller: good morning, mimi. good morning, congressman. i want to say that■- i support sending aid to israel and ukraine. but i think it should be predicated on those two

countries keeping within the laws that all of us have to abide by. there are definitely some things that israel has been doing which are just heinous and i think that we have a to demand that they're going to treat the palestinians as human beings and allow them to have access to food and water and medicine and all those things that they need in order to a group of people. that's what happened in ukraine whenesident biden went over to ukraine and said we need to fire this prosecutor. he wasn't doing his job. he wasupposed to be prosecuting corrupt companies and instead, he was getting pai.

so, i would like to see that you y we support israel and people ukraine in the first place and what should be our plans going forward in terms making sure that our support is going to support the democratic country instead of one that behaving in a way -- host: ok. we'll get a response, mimi. guest:i, thank you for the comments. it tears our heart see the innocent lives lost after october 7. so i'm a strong supporter of the nation of israel and will continue to support israel. but i agree with you that we've got to get immediately humanitarian aid in there. people are starving. people don't have their medications.

and i think that's what you heard the vice president talking about a few days a let's get that necessary aid in there. and then let's see if we can negotiate a solution that allows israeli people to feel secure that october 7 condition happen again but also take us down that path where the palestinian people can find some peace and dignity in their lives as well. host: do you think there should be conditions on u.s. aid to israel and, you kno talked about the end-state, a two-state solution. guest: yeah, you're seeing a lot of us push back on the netanyahu government. territory.e really saying is that would be a constant state of war. is that really your vision of the future? that isn't what our policy is as

the united states of america. host: suzy, independent line, chicago. good morning. caller: hi. i'm an independent under the first time. i just can't -- i can't vote fos literally just words on paper. the reason we're having a housing crisis and the reason i was in chicago and not my life in california is the percentage of bigs that own the low cost housing or housing $500,000 has increased like, i don't know, i can't be right, but it's like 80% over the last eight years or something. because what happened in l.a.? there's just no enforcement of the actual laws with them. th're talking about --re no appetite for it. you know? guest: i think you're making a fair point. recession, you saw a lot of private equity

companies come in and buy up a lot of the housing stock. and now they've turned that housing stock into legitimately, that's something that we should look at. and that is part of why there's so few houses on the( market ad why rents are going up. that's a legitimate question. nobody's breaking the law here but should we look at how private the housing stock and, you know, again, that's something that we can debate in congress and think host: freddie's next, a republican. morning. caller: i keep hearing people say trump is a putin. putin told trump■d that he was going to invade ukraine. he sent nuclear destroyers in battleships to the black

sea. biden comes in and he takes them out. trump close down the pipeline. joe biden told him open it up. joe biden told him a minor inclusion of ukraine would be fine and we will talk about it later. so we know who -- is.■qix the border, trump had 91 connective orders. biden erased every one of them. so, if you want to fix the border, use trump's policies. host: we'll get a response on those two things. much more sympathetic to vladimir putin than president biden has been. and again, i think we saw president biden immediately after the russian invasion step

up support for the people of ukraine. general -- were just rolling -- the ukrainian people have fought admirably. i have been to ukraine and again, they're doing what they can. they did not seek this conflict. vladimir putin chose to in an u. i think peace, freedom, democracy living folks as the united states of should stand with the people of ukraine. host: he also talked about the border and the reversal of the cutive orders by president biden. what are your thoughts on bringing those executive orders back? guest: you'll see some executive orders coming back. you can't just shut down the border. but you increase security? down there?e more border i think there is a crisis there and i think a lot of democrats

would like to see legislation. i would rather we as democrats and republicans to come together and put together a longer term solution. host: stephen, laverne, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you both for taking time to answer my question and maybe just a in following the early results of our proposition 1, i'm very hopeful that it passes. it seems to me during times like this when we're trying to address the severity and the dynamic around the homeless mentally ill population, some recent statistics that i happen to see on -- ive it was the news program. it looks like maybe 30% or 40% of our homeless population in addition to problems of homelessness have serious mental health issues that deserve

treatment and some stable i find it difficult and do understand that not everyone wants these facilities in their backyard. it is past time that especially we here in california who tends to lead in these kinds of issues and take the stand, finance, support the situation. let's show america and the rest of the world what compassion, the real serious treatment could help the population. thank you for taking my call. guest: i think that is exactly how we have to think about the homeless.

many folks sleep onqi!o the strt in camps. the amount of homeless on homeless crime -- we have to get these folks off of the street. we will not be able to build enough housing to get everyone housed. can you get■■÷ street? you have to have social workers, others that could figure out how did this person end up on the street? was it untreated mental illness? you actually have to help folks rebuild their lives. having those wraparoundhat is te thing to do. host: thi came up a couple of times. what is your stance on term limits? guest: i'm in my sixth term right now.

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