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was lit in last night's state of the union address and later he took questions on the port in gaza that was announced the u.s. would be building for assistance and the status of funding for ukraine. this is about 15 minutes. mr. jeffries: good morning, everyone. smokin' joe biden was on fire during the state of the union address. he was lit. he delivered a compelling vision for the american maga extremism. questions? reporter: one of the more notable parts of the speech is when biden discussed laken's death and said he murdered him as an illegal and people weren't happy with that term. mr. jeffries: president comprehn

for fixing our prone immigration system and addressing the challenges at the border. he also acknowledged the naturer and of course emphasized the need more generall to keep our communities safe. reporter: for a follow-up, there members of the caucus upset with the language. mr. jeffries: president biden delivered a speech very well ginning, middle and end. reporter: two dinkive things, the tiktok legislation is going on next week and where do you stand? and two you have a photo of■) santos on the post beside you, what do you make of the fact he's back on the scene on capitol hill and

running? mr. jeffries: with respect to the tiktok legislation, there was a strongly■oah bipartisan ve that is impressive in nature in any instance but particularly as it relates to s social media space which hasn't always been easy for democrats and republicans to find common ground. i look forward to having a conversation with frank pallone as well as lead democrat on the legislation about the way forward in advance of floor consideration. reporter: in regard to the news just before that.mr. jeffries: o address my favorite topic. kind of an extraordinary thing that this guy won't go away.

it's iicative ■■p# the reality there's a clear choice in terms of what the american people face between democrats andpublicans,n that president biden laid out to move america forward and build an economy that's healthy and that puts working families, middle class families, and those aspire to be part of the middle class first as compared to the extreme maga republicans who want to turn back the clock. and stick us with massive tax cuts for the wealthy, the well off, and the well con marjorie taylor greene and george santos are running the house republican conference.

and at this point it's marjorie taylor greene on the inside and santos on the outside, but clearly he's trying âto come back. now, here's the choice the american people are going to facer the next few months.te no. team reasonable versus team dysfunction. and team get stuff done versus team extreme. team biden versus team marjorie taylor greene and george santos, and th choice for the american people. i was wondering what was happening on this side of the room. reporter: something that wasn't mentioned was the farm bill and

after re-authorization this year. will you set back again? mr. jeffries: it's my hope we'll be able to get the farm bill done by the end of the fiscal year and/or the calendar year and democrats, as we have been committed in other areas, will continue to find bipartisan common ground with our republican colleagues. as i said, any issue wherever possible better for the american people, the farm bill has always been bipartisan and as long as the extreme maga republicans in the house recognize that can't govet democratic support. every single thing that's happened in this congress that meaningfully impacts the american people in a positive way has been because house democrats have provided a majority of the votes necessary

to get things done. and that of course will be the case as it relates to the farm bill. i'll stick on this side. reporter: there are some infighting over earmarks in the government funding package. i believe you have some of your own. what do you make of the backlash earmarks received. mr. jeffries: community funded projects are an important part of enabling members of congress on both sides of the aisle to identify priorities related to the expenditure of taxpayer dollars and that authority rests with the congress, not anybody else, according to the constitution. the congss. and so i do thinking it's important in a very modest way, which is the case community funded projects that

are heavily vetted to make sure that they are equitable and effective and efficient expenditures of taxpayer resources that it's a part of the appropriations process that is bipartisan and advances the ball for the american people. reporter: on ukraine some republicans have floated the idea of making a loan guarantee to get the funds they need to carry out the war. is that something democrats would consider if it meant getting ukraine aid sooner than waiting for speaker johnson to br the senate supplemental which clearly is not going to happen? mr. jeffries: the only way forward with respect to meeting the national security needs of the american people is for house republicans to put the bipartisan national security comprehensive bill sent over from the senate on the floor for

an up or down vote. and everybody in the house knows that were that to happen there would be 300 votes or more in support of the bipartisan comprehensive national security bill so we could meet the needs of our allies, our democratic allies in ukraine and israel and the indo-pacific and also surge humanitarian assistance, palestinians, civilians in■7[o harm's way through no fault of their own and also civilians in theaters of war across the country. the bipartisan comprehensive senate passed national security bill is the only we need an up or down vote. it's time for the house republicans to support the national security nd break from the pro putin maga extremists in their party.

reporter: given the decorum last night, is there real bipartisanship for the next election in this congress? mr. jeffries: we'll continue to find bipartisan ground, exercising common sense whenever and wherever possible with our republican colleagues on any issue and we've done that repeatedly from the very beginning of this congress with respect to avoiding a catastrophic default in our nation's debt and funding the government and repeatedly keeping it open and avoiding a shutdown,tp■ passing the nationl defense authorization act, securing $16 billion in assistance for devastated by exe weather events. passing tax legislati that includes low income housing tax credit and enhanced child tax credit and most recently prov majority of votes

necessary to get the first six appropriation bills over the finish line. we are going to continue to govern in a common sense way and we're just asking our republican colleagues to stop the political stunt. that was an embarrassment last night. a complete embarrassment. marjorie taylor greene who is basically running the house republican conference shows up in campaign paraphernalia and these people want to lecture joe biden because he delivered a strong and forceful speech that made them uncomfortable because he exposed their lives and shamelessness? we haveef■b■ó one message for ee maga republicans who want to lecture us about decorum. get lost. you're a joke. exhibit a, marjorie taylor greene. exhibit b, george santos. reporter: i wasack to me. i wanted to ask you with

president biden's announcement he had, and he talked about it■n the coast of gaza. can you talk to me about the significance of having that, bea growing concern for many within your own family. mr. jeffries: it was an important announcement to make sure we can insert humanitarian assistance in gaza in order to address the clear needs of the paleiay in the theater of war through no fault of their own as president biden articulated. there are three pressing things that need to be accomplished in the context of the war between israel and hamas. israel, as president biden articulated, has unequivocal right to defend itself against hamas, a brutal terrorist organization that inflicted unspeakable atrocities

on 10/7. at the same time, we need to make sure that we get the hostages out and surge humanitarian assistance into gaza. the announcement with respect to establishing a pier that will facilitate surging humanitarian assistance should be welcomed by everyone. because no one should be able to accept the suffering that seen. in israel and now the casualties and the conditions that civilians are dealing with, and as president biden appropriately pointed out, bahamas could■ care less about its own citizens. and that's a very challenging

situation and there's a clear need for the united states to step in in the way that president biden has articulateed reporter: if i'm not mistaken, s version of ukraine as it occurs today, and a couple days ago he mentioned there might be one more crack in the changes that might need tots to try to win oe democratic members for that measure. have you spoken with him what the changes would be in order to win other members on your side of the aisle. mr. jeffries: presen clear in te union address we need to make sure we are surging humanitarian assistance in theaters of war across the world. and there's not a dime of humanitarian assistance in the legislation that's been introduced by representative fitzpatrick. so that's a nonstarter for the

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