CONGRESS VOTES TO HOLD ONE EVERY
ITS OWN MARK MEADOWS IN
CONTEMPT.
LAWMAKERS HOLD COURT IN CHICAGO
FOR A HEARING ON THE CITY'S HIGH
VIOLENCE AND JOINING US TO TALK
ABOUT ALL OF THIS AND MORE ARE
CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIN KELLY A
DEMOCRAT FROM MADISON.
CONGRESSMAN MIKE QUIGLEY A
DEMOCRAT FROM CHICAGO'S NORTH
SIDE.
AND CONGRESSMAN DANNY DAVIS, A
DEMOCRAT FROM CHICAGO'S WEST
SIDE.
WE DID INVITE EVERY MEMBER OF
ILLINOIS' REPUBLICAN DELEGATION
TO JOIN US TONIGHT AND THEY
DECLINED OUR REQUEST BUT WE
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
YOU AEND ITED THE COMMITTEE
HEARING IN CHICAGO ABOUT
VIOLENCE.
CONGRESSMAN DAVIS DID YOU COME
AWAY WITH ANY CONSENSUS ON
SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM THIS
YEAR?
>> I THINK WE DID.
AND I WANT TO THANK SENATOR
DURBIN FOR HOLDING IT.
I THINK WE ALL AGREED THAT GUNS,
THE PRESENCE OF GUNS, THE
AVAILABILITY OF GUNS, THE
ABILITY FOR ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
TO ACQUIRE GUNS, THAT IF WE
COULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF GUNS
IN OUR SOCIETY, IF WE COULD STOP
THE GUN TRAFFICKING, ILLINOIS
HAS SOME GOOD LAWS.
BUT WE ARE RIGHT NEXT TO OTHER
STATES THAT YOU CAN GO AND
ACQUIRE A GUN IN INDIANA, BRING
IT BACK TO ILLINOIS.
MANY OF THE CRIMES THAT ARE
COMMITTED ESPECIALLY HOMICIDES,
IF THERE WAS NO GUN PRESENT, I
GUARANTEE YOU THAT PEOPLE WOULD
BE ALIVE AND THRIVING.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY THIS
WOULD TAKE FEDERAL ACTION THE
HOUSE HAS MASSED GUN CONTROL
MEASURES BUT THEY SEEM TO BE DOA
IN THE SENATE.
IS THERE ANY HOPE IN WASHINGTON
FOR ANY LAWS TO ADDRESS THESE
PROBLEMS?
>> YOU ARE SO CORRECT ABOUT
THAT.
WE PASSED THE UNIVERSAL
BACKGROUND TWICE AND AS YOU SAID
IT'S GO NOWHERE IN THE SENATE.
SENATOR DURBIN DID SEEM TO HAVE
HOPE WE COULD GET TRAFFICKING
AND STRAW PURCHASING POSSIBLY
PASSED WITH THIS SENATE.
I KNOW THEY WERE PASSED IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HE
SEEMED TO THINK IT WOULD PASS IN
THE SENATE BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG
PART OF THE PROBLEM TRAFFICKING
AND STRAW PURCHASING AS MY
COLLEAGUE SHARED AND THE WEAK
GUN LAWS IN WISCONSIN AND
INDIANA AND MISSISSIPPI.
TO NAME A FEW.
>> AND CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY THERE
ARE A LOT OF FOLKS BELIEVE
INCLUDING THE MAYOR AND THE
POLICE SUPERINTENDENT THE
PROBLEM AS WEAK PROSECUTION FROM
THE COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY
AND PROBLEMS OF SENTENCING AND
BAIL FROM THE JUDGES.
DID THAT COME UP AT THE HEARING?
>> IT DIDN'T COME UP IN THE
PARTS I WAS INVOLVED WITH.
I THINK IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE
APPROACH AND I'M GLAD THE
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE
INVOLVED.
BUT THIS HAS TO WORK AT THE
STATE AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL
LEVEL.
AND IF IT DOESN'T, IF THERE IS A
FAILURE BETWEEN THEM, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE.
>> CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY I WANT TO
STAY WITH YOU ON THE ISSUE OF
MARK MEADOWS A VOTE TO HOLD HIM
IN CONTEMPT FOR FAILING TO
APPEAR BEFORE THE JANUARY 6
COMMITTEE.
HE DID TURNOVER TEXT MESSAGES
FROM FOX CABLE IMPLORING THE
PRESIDENT TO GET THE RIOTERS
STOP THAT DAY.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK THE
COMMITTEE CAN LEARN?
>> EYE-OPENING THE PRESIDENT,
HIS FAMILY, MEMBERS OF THE FOX
COMMUNITY, THEY UNDERSTOOD FULLY
HOW SERIOUS THIS WAS.
OBVIOUSLY THAT DAY AND THE DAYS
AFTER Mr. McCONNELL AND
Mr. McCARTHY RECOGNIZED THE
RESPONSIBILITY LAY AT THE
PRESIDENT'S FEET FOR INSTIGATING
THE RIOT.
I THINK WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE AND HOW TO
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
>> AND BY THE WAY, THE FACT THEY
SAID THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS
GOING TO BE USED TO PROTECT THE
TRUMP PEOPLE WHO LATER ON
ATTACKED THE CAPITOL, IS
PROBABLY THE MOST DISTURBING
THING I'VE LEARNED SO FAR.
>> WE'LL SEE HOW IT AFFECTS HIS
TESTIMONY AND WHAT ELSE IS
LEARNED FROM THE COMMITTEE.
SO MUCH TO BE GLEANED.
I WANT TO MOVE TO THE ECONOMY
CONGRESSMAN DAVIS AN RECOVERY IS
MARRED BY INFLATION, 7% PRICE
INCREASE.
HOW IS THIS IMPACTING YOUR
CONSTITUENTS?
>> WELL, I MEAN JUST SAY THIS
THAT THE ECONOMY IS ON THE WAY
BACK AND I BELIEVE THAT THE
POLICIES OF THE ADMINISTRATION
ESPECIALLY TO GET MONEY IN THE
HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
SPEND EVERY DIME OF IT THAT THEY
GET, THE CHILD TAX CREDIT THE
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT
INCREASE.
EVERY BIT OF THAT MONEY IS GOING
TO GO RIGHT BACK INTO THE
ECONOMY.
AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE
IMPACT OF IT.
SO I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO
BE FINE IN TERMS OF POLICIES
THAT ARE MOVING THE ECONOMY
UPWARDS AND WE SEE A LITTLE BIT
OF AN INCREASE ONCE IN A WHILE.
BUT IF YOU'VE GOT THE RESOURCES
TO HANDLE IT, THEN YOU CAN DO
IT.
>> CONGRESSMAN YOU ARE SPEAKING
OF COURSE OF THE PRESIDENT'S
POLICY A GOAL OF THAT $2
TRILLION BUILD BACK BETTER.
LET'S HEAR WHAT THE PRESIDENT
HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
>> BUILD BACK BETTER IS NOT
GOING TO INCREASE INFLATION IT
WILL DIMINISH INFLATION.
IT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
INFLATION.
THAT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO THINK
ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE INFLATION IS UP.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN KELLY THIS IS
STILL WHERE IT'S BEEN FOR THE
LAST SEEMINGLY BETTER PART OF
THE YEAR IN THAT EVERYONE IS
WAITING TO SEE WHAT TWO MODERATE
SENATORS MANCHIN AND SINEMA WANT
TO DO ABOUT IT AND PART IS THE
CHILD TAX CREDIT WHICH EXPIRES
AS THE END OF THE YEAR.
WILL THERE BE ACTION AS A STAND
ALONE?
>> WE'RE HOPING THAT IT WILL BE
IN THE BUILD BACK BETTER ACT
WHEN IT PASSES IN THE SENATE AND
ASSUMING THAT IT'S GOING TO COME
BACK TO US BECAUSE THERE WILL BE
CHANGES BUT WE'RE HOPING THAT IS
ONE OF THE PROVISIONS THAT STAYS
WITHIN THAT ACT.
AND THAT IT IS EXTENDED.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
IT'S HELPED MANY, MANY, MANY
FAMILIES AND I'M HOPING THAT MY
COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE CAN SEE
THAT OR REALIZE THAT.
>> AND CONGRESSMAN QUIGLEY, ANY
IDEA WHY SENATOR MANCHIN HOLDS
HIS CARDS CLOSE TO THE VEST AND
WILL NOT COMMIT ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER?
>> HE HAS BEEN VERY CAUTIOUS.
I CAN'T READ HIS MIND ON THIS.
I CAN NEVER PREDICT WHAT THE
SENATE IS GOING TO DO.
I LIKE TO THINK WE CAN GET IT
DONE BEFORE CHRISTMAS BUT I'M
PESSIMISTIC AFTER HIS RECENT
REMARKS.
>> THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN PUTTING TROOPS ON
THE BORDER WITH UKRAINE.
A WROTE A LETTER TO THE
PRESIDENT SAYING THE U.S. NEEDS
TO ASSIST UKRAINE AND SANCTION
RUSSIA.
SHOULD THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA
INVADE, WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE
U.S. AND NATO RESPONSE?
>> THAT RESPONSE HAS TO BE
UNIFIED.
DEALING WITH THE THINGS THAT
MATTER MOST TO PUTIN.
THIS IS AN ECONOMY ABOUT THE
SIZE OF NEW YORK STATE.
BUT THEY HAVE GASOLINE AND THAT
IS WHAT EUROPE NEEDS.
SO HE KNOWS WINTER IS COMING
FROM A CLIMATE POINT OF VIEW AND
FROM A POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW
AND USING THAT TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT.
SO WE HAVE TO USE THAT IN THE
PIPELINE HE HOLDS SO DEAR
AGAINST HIM.
I THINK SHUTTING HIM OFF FROM
THE BANKING SYSTEM, SWIFT
PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD
MATTER TO HIM AND GOING AFTER
THE OLIGARCHS, I THINK IT'S THE
REASON HE IS CONTEMPLATING THIS
DECISION.
>> PERHAPS POSTURING FOR OTHER
INTERESTS HE HAS INCLUDING THAT
PIPELINE OUT THERE.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO
LEAVE IT FOR NOW.