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.