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emissions. and we'll continue u.s. aid to israel and ukraine with kathy manning. c-span's "washington journal" join in friday morning on'bn noe mobile app or c-span.org next, r hakeem jeffries speaks to reporters on efforts to pass adds 1.2 trillion government friday's midnight deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. also he talks about benjamin netanyahu addressing congress and continued support for ukraine. this is about 15 minutes. h?

>> head's up. afternoon. from the beginning of congress, the republicans made clear we'll find bipartisan ground on our colleagues on any issue wherever possible in order to take care of the business of the american people and make life better for everyday americans. we've repeatedly done it from the beginning of this congress and c it once again in order to make sure the

final six appropriation bills are passed in the house, sent over to the senate, and on a path to be signed into law by president joe biden. under no circumstances can we tolerate a government shutdown, which. have a responsibility toe sure the government is funded and the six appropriation bills do so in a way that takes care of the health, safety, education, and the economic well-being of the american people. i look forward to the bills being brought to the floor for passage tomorrow. ■. questions? reporter: you said the democrats were ready, willing and able to help pass the governow how manys

are ready to support this, could it be over 200? mr. jeffries substantial majority. reporter: can i ask you the idea of loaning ukraine money for their aid package? i know you prefer the supplemental but could this path that could actually work? mr. jeffries: i don't prefer the supplemental. the only viable path forward is the national security bipartisan and comprehensive bill that was sent over by the senate weeks ago and put it on the house floor for an up or down vote so we can provide the necessary tor democratic allies in israel, ukraine, and in the indo-pacific, and at the same time mee the n palestinian civilians who are in harm's way in gaza through no fault of their own and surge humanitarian assistance into the

region and other theaters of war across the world. we are 11th hour at this point in time and house republicans need to stop bending the to the pro-putin faction that is growing and ascendant in tir party a d the right thing in terms of the national security needs ofe. the senate bill is bipartisan, it's comprehensive and the only viable way forward.qu reporter: do you support israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressing congress and do you have concerns with the reporting leader schumer je the opportunity to speak to the democratic caucus? mr. jeffries: i've not been formally approached with respect to the prime minister speaking

to the house of representatives or a joint session of congress. and until that takes place, i don't have any comment. reporter: there's a lot of different■%bills, one talks about prohibiting the biden administration from prohibiting gas stoves, for example, what are the democrats reaction you k republicans kind of continue to push those in the bill? mr. jeffries: as far as i can tell, the of right wing policy riders have been rejected and are not part of spending agreement, including in critical areas like itme maga republican efforts to undermine reproductive freedom, destroy diversity, equity, and i programs, bully the transgender

community, or detonate the progress tt the last congress connected to combating the climate crisis. every single one of the policy right wing changes sought by extreme critical areas are gone, nowhere to be found and that's . reporter: are you surprised the way the speaker invited dr normally requiresince a joint the sign off of all lea mr. jeffries: speaker mike johnson has not raised this issue with me so there's until y have a formal conversation about his intensions. intentions. reporter: has he had conversations with you about the supplemental?

he sort of made gestures to funding that needed to come from that? he had been mr. jeffries: we continue to make the case including to speaker johnson that the national security challenges need toym with urgency and we shouldn't really be leaving town tomorrow withour democratic allies particularly as it relates to ukraine because there's a possibility that we could return in 2 1/2 weeks and the situation in ukraine has of the progress that the ukrainian people bravely have made in pushing back against russian aggression has lost. why has house republicans and large parts of the republican party become so pro-putin? because that's not the pro

american position. that's not the america first position to allow ukraine to fall. that's the putin first position. andy of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle refuse to recognize the urgent need in terms of the safety and security of the american people and the free world in particularring to stand by the stand by the ukrainian people. reporter: if i could follow up on that, there are some republicans in the house who are pro funding u a discharge petition and i was wrong this morning, 185 people have signed off on the discharge petition that would move the bill the senate passed.7@ are there any overtures to those republicans as well as some of your democrats who haven't signed that, if this is urgent and needs to get done before you leave an could change markedlies, there's

a pressure point right there. mr. jeffries: the overwhelming majority of democrats have signed the discharge petition and there really are only a handful of republicans who need to step forward and join us and we could end this issue right now. less than 20% of the house republican conference at this point in time ecessary to join house democrats, sign the discharge petition, and we can provide our democratic allies in the world with the assistance that they need to continue to defend democracy, freedom, and truth. less than of the house republican congress. so the question is, are the others all pro putin? we only need less than 20%. so even if everyone else is lost, and i don't believe that is the case that everyone

decided to follow the other side of the aisle donald pro putin position or tucker carlson's pro putin position or marjorie taylor greene's pro putin position. i know that's not the case with every single house republican. and so either speaker johnson putshe bipartisan senate bill the house floor tomorrow or we're going to have to explore immediately upon our return in april. reporter: the light is finally at the end of fy-24 appropriations. can you talk about how it feels to be at the end of this process that caused a lot of dysfunction in congress and the key focus? mr. jeffries: i'm thankful for the leadership of rosa delauro n the democratic side as well as all of the members of the

appropriations committee who has been involved in neg spending bills over the last several months. and they've done it in a thorough and a forward looking way that meets the he needs of the american people under circumstances where of course government. it's a win for the american people that we are on the verge of shutdown and meeting the needs of the american people in a way safety, education and the economic well-being. reporter: wh elections in israel, i'm curious from an inflection point on your end in leaving the house democratic caucus or coalition, would it be easier for you in this position to hold the coalition together

if someone other than netanyahu and how he's conducted the war was in israel? mr. jeffries: i appreciate the way you endeavored to i'll givee same answer as related to anything in this space. what is in front of us right now is to make sure israel is able decisively defeat hamas, which is a brutal terrorist organization, and that is necessary to be done for the good of the israeli people, palestinian people, the region, the free world, and for lasting. at the same time, we need to dot and decisively surge humanitarian assistance, food and water, into gaza so we can

alleviate the conditions that innocent palestinian civilians are confronting as a resul of w. last question? reporter: there was data released by the nontrac that says approximate 200,000 deportation cases were thrown out because d.h.s. did ne neces. is that aconcern at all and should that be addressed here? mr. jeffries: i can't address whether it's a crnat particular report. the biden administration is working hard under the circumstances that they confront and the limitation of resources that have been placed upon them to make sure that we have a secure, a■ strong and humane border. as democrats, we've made clear

repeatedly that we believe t brn system and we've got serious challenges at the border that need to be in a serious commonsense and bipartisan manner, which unfortunately is not the approach the extreme magablicane at the direction of donald trump, the republicans would rather weaponnize the politicals opposed to working with democrats in a bipartisan commone and in this country, in this congress, we need less chaos se. unfortunately, this do nothing republican congress has far too often specialized in chaos, function, and extremism, not problem solving. but we're ready, willing, and

able to work on this a serious fashion. we just need traditional republicans to join us. thank you, everyone. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024]■q reporter: did you fill out your bracket? mr. jeffries: i didn't fill one out. is that breaking news? >> treasury secretary janet yellen and white house budget director were on capitol hill testifying a 2025 budget requesd taking questions from members of the house apprriations subcommittee. you can watch the hearing tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org.

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