YOU.

>> REPORTING LIVE FROM EDGEWATER, JOANNA HERNANDEZ.

I WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU.

>>> NOW TO PARIS WITH NEWS ON THE DEBT CEILING BILL.

>> BRANDIS, AFTER WHAT HAS LOOKED LIKE A GAME OF CHICKEN, THE HOUSE HAS PASSED THE DEAL TO AVERT THE U.S. DEFAULTING ON ITS DEBT.

>> I WANTED TO MAKE HISTORY.

I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING NO OTHER CONGRESS HAS DONE.

WE WOULD LITERALLY TURN THE SHIP.

TONIGHT WE ALL MADE HISTORY.

>> THAT OF COURSE IS HOUSE SPEAKER KEVIN McCARTHY.

THE CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE SAYS THAT IT WILL PAY $1.5 TRILLION OVER 10 YEARS.

STILL, IT IS NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE, AND NOW IT IS ON TO THE SENATE.

THE SENATE HAS NOT INDICATED WHAT WILL DO AS THE COUNTRY SITS MERE DAYS AWAY FROM ECONOMIC CALAMITY.

JOINING US IS CONGRESSMAN BRAD SCHNEIDER, CONGRESSMAN SEAN KASTEN, AND CONGRESSWOMAN DELIA RAMIREZ.

WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO HOUSE MEMBERS BUT THEY DECLINED.

WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE TONIGHT AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE!

REPRESENTATIVE RAMIREZ, I WILL START WITH YOU.

>> WE WERE CLEAR WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE RESULTS OF 69 VOTES FROM DEMOCRATS, AND IT WAS CLEAR HOW MANY -- WHEN I GOT ELECTED I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR WORK REQUIREMENTS AND I CERTAINLY AM NOT GOING TO DO THAT NOW.

AS OF SEPTEMBER 1st WE HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING THE RENT.

IT SET THE PRECEDENT THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR US WHEN WE HAVE A SPEAKER AS DERANGED AS SPEAKER McCARTHY IS.

SO I GO BACK TO THIS DISTRICT THAT I REPRESENT, AND SEMI-PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THEIR 50s, THEY NOW HAVE TO CONSIDER THIS BECAUSE OF THE UNFORTUNATE REPUBLICAN HOSTAGE OVER OUR DEBT NEGOTIATIONS.

>> THEY WERE CONSIDERING CUTS TO SNAP BENEFITS AND THAT STUDENTS REPAY LOANS WITHOUT HAVING A BREAK FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS.

HOW COME?

>> WELL, THE STAKES, WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM LIKE THIS.

I HAVE HAD TO PULL A SHIRT OUT OF A DIRTY CLOTHES HAMPER JUST TO HAVE SOME CLOTHES ON.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $6 TRILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH $31 TRILLION OF THE FEDERAL ONGOING DEBT OFF THE BACK OF THE POOR.

THE U.S. HAS THE UNIQUE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE FINANCIAL RESERVE FOR THE GLOBE.

THIS HAS IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE.

I HAD TO SUPPORT RAISING THE DEBT LIMIT FIRST AMID THIS ONGOING BATTLE.

THIS IS GOING TO SPEED UP THINGS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

42 MILLION WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE NOW AFFECTED BY THE STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM.

THIS WAS AN ATTACK ON THE PORT.

THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEIR POCKETS PICKED.

NOW AS INFLATION RISES, WE DON'T WANT POOR PEOPLE TO TAKE ANY OF THE SHARDS.

I VOTED BECAUSE I WANT AMERICA TO KEEP ITS POWER AS A RESERVE CURRENCY.

IF WE DID NOT HAVE THAT, WE WOULD HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER AVALANCHE OF PROBLEMS.

>> SO BOTH OF YOU VOTED AS WELL.

IT IS NOW IN THE SENATE AND YOU HAD SOME SENATORS TALKING ABOUT INCREASING DEFENSE SPENDING.

SO CONGRESSMAN KASTEN, IF THEY CHANGE IT UP AND IT COMES BACK TO THE HOUSE, THEN WHAT?

>> I THINK PROCEDURALLY THAT IS UNLIKELY TO HAPPEN.

ALL OF US HAVE SOME THINGS WE DID NOT LIKE ABOUT THIS BILL.

WE ARE SURPRISED THAT WE EVEN HAD TO DO THIS BILL.

THE PROPOSAL WAS VERY POPULAR.

BUT I THINK THAT WHILE THE SENATE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AMENDMENTS, THEY GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT MAKES IT HIGHLY UNLIKELY.

I THINK ANYBODY TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY THE FACT THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT PAY ITS BILLS.

THERE IS SIMPLY NO TIME FOR THE SENATE TO ADJUST THIS.

IF WE HAVE TO, WE WILL.

>> THERE ARE RUMORS THAT PERHAPS THE SENATE COULD PASS THIS BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

CONGRESSMAN SCHNEIDER, OBVIOUSLY NOT DEFAULTING ON U.S. DEBT GIVES EVERYONE A SIGH OF RELIEF, BUT IS THERE ANYTHING IN THIS BILL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT IS GOING TO BE A POSITIVE?

>> FIRST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION.

THE POSITION OF TRYING TO EXTRACT CONCESSIONS TO AVOID A DEFAULT.

IT WAS NOT JUST THE RESERVE CURRENCY.

WE WOULD HAVE SEEN A SPIKE IN INTEREST RATES NOT JUST FOR THE COUNTRY BUT FOR HOMEOWNERS.

WE WOULD HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT FOR SENIORS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN DID, THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.

HE PROTECTED SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE, MEDICAID.

THEY SAID 78,000 PEOPLE WILL GET SNAP BENEFITS UNDER THE TERMS NEGOTIATED.

THAT DOES NOT NEGATE THE FACT THAT OTHERS WILL LOSE THESE BENEFITS.

YOU HAVE WOMEN OVER 50, MAINLY BLACK WOMEN, WHO ARE AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR BENEFITS.

SO WE DEFEND IT A LOT.

WE DO AN ADMIRABLE JOB PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICAID.

REPUBLICANS HAVE MADE A LOT OF UNFORTUNATE DEMANDS, AND AS MY COLLEAGUES SAID, WE PASSED BECAUSE WE HAD TO, NOT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE THESE CHANGES.

SO NOW WE LIVE ANOTHER DAY AND TRY TO WORK HARDER FOR THE PEOPLE WE REPRESENT.

>> IS THERE ANY WAY DOWN THE ROAD TO RESTORE SOME OF THESE BENEFITS?

>> I THINK THE TRUTH IS GOING TO COME OUT.

THERE IS NO DENYING THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM THAT McCARTHY IS LEADING THE NATION INTO.

WE HAVE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

WE HAVE EXPORTED TOO MANY OF OUR JOBS.

WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT $800 BILLION ON DEFENSE.

WE WENT TO WAR UNDER THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND WE HAD TAX CUTS.

UNDER THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY WE HAD TAX CUTS.

WE NEED TO INCREASE TAXES TO INCREASE REVENUE.

>> NOW CONGRESSMAN RAMIREZ, WE HEARD THIS ONE BEFORE AND I HAD TO GET TO THE ISSUE OF IMMIGRATION HERE.

THE CITY JUST PASSED $51 MILLION TO HELP WITH RECENT MIGRANT ARRIVALS BUT EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS A STOPGAP.

THE COUNTY, CITY AND STATE ARE ALL ASKING FOR MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WILL MORE MONEY BE ON THE WAY?

>> $350 MILLION , UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY RECEIVED ABOUT $9 MILLION OF THE $200 MILLION REQUEST.

THE REALITY IS THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE RECEIVING PARITY IN FUNDING FROM HOMELAND SECURITY TO PROVIDE THE FUNDS.

$450 MILLION SHOULD'VE BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THE COMING WEEKS.

MANY OF US HAVE SIGNED A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY, WHICH I SERVE ON AS THE ONLY STATE OF ILLINOIS NUMBER.

BUT WE WANT CITIES LIKE CHICAGO AND STATES LIKE ILLINOIS TO BE USING THEIR RESOURCES.

>> THE OTHER THING THAT I KEEP HEARING FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS IS THAT THEY WANT A WAY FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO LIFT WORK REQUIREMENTS WHILE THEY WAIT FOR THEIR ASYLUM CLAIMS.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ON THAT FRONT?

>> WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN IN TRYING TO GET MORE RESOURCES BACK TO THE STATES.

I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT CHICAGO IS A CITY OF IMMIGRANTS AND A TRANSPORTATION HUB.

I THINK ALL OF US KNOW THAT THE FOLKS WHO COME TO THESE COMMUNITIES COME HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO WORK AND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO CONTRIBUTE.

I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE PACIFIC CIVIL WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO FEDERALLY, BUT I WILL LET MY COLLEAGUES WEIGH IN ON THAT.

>> GO AHEAD CAN'T, CONGRESSMAN.

>> WE HAVE SENT LETTERS AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SAME THINGS THAT FOLKS IN NEW YORK ARE SAYING.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WAIVE THE 150 DAY MARK BEFORE THEY CAN BEGIN TO WORK.

WHEN THEY ARE COMING HERE THEY WANT TO WORK RIGHT AWAY.

IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO GET PERMANENT HOUSING.

WE ARE TALKING WITH HOMELAND SECURITY ABOUT THAT.

WE THINK THIS WILL HAVE TO BE AN EXECUTIVE ACTION FROM THE PRESIDENCY , AND WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOME TENSION AROUND PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 10 YEARS WHO ARE ALSO ASKING FOR WORK AUTHORIZATION.

>> WE SEE THAT PLAYING OUT ALL OVER THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

>> I THINK WHAT THIS IS ILLUSTRATING IS THAT WE NEED COOPERATION.

WE HAVE NEEDED IT FOR DECADES.

CONGRESS NEEDS TO ACT TO ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES FROM ASYLUM TO THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE TRY TO DO.

WHEN I FIRST CAME TO CONGRESS 10 YEARS AGO, THIS WAS A CONCERN.

UNTIL IT HAPPENED, IT IS ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE PRESIDENT TO TAKE ACTION.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM IS NEEDED.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING ALL OF YOU TALKED ABOUT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

JUST NOT ENOUGH