
Local Congressmembers on Israel Aid, Speaker Race
Clip: 10/23/2023 | 10m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
The House Speaker's job remains vacant as Congress is set to take up major debates.
After 20 days, there is still no Speaker of the House. The delay comes as Congress is set to debate aid to Israel. U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson and U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez take on those topics.
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Local Congressmembers on Israel Aid, Speaker Race
Clip: 10/23/2023 | 10m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
After 20 days, there is still no Speaker of the House. The delay comes as Congress is set to debate aid to Israel. U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson and U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez take on those topics.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> THEY 20 AND STILL NO U.S. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
THIS COMES AS CONGRESS IS SET TO DEBATE AID TO ISRAEL AS THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND GAZA DRAGS ON.
AND CHICAGO ELECTED OFFICIALS SEEK HELP FOR THE MIGRANT CRISIS.
MEANWHILE, TO EVANSTON NATIVES HELD HOSTAGE AND FREED BY HAMAS LATE LAST WEEK ARE EXPECTED HOME POSSIBLY SOMETIME THIS WEEK.
AND JOINING US, OUR CONGRESSMAN JONATHAN JACKSON, ALSO DEMOCRAT OF ILLINOIS'S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF THE CITY'S SOUTH SIDE AND SOUTH SUBURBS AND DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN AREAS OF ILLINOIS'S 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF THE CITY'S NORTH SIDE.
AND NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS.
WE ALSO INVITED ALL THE REPUBLICANS IN ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
NONE ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION AS ALWAYS.
WE'RE GLAD THAT THE 2 OF YOU ARE HERE WITH US.
CONGRESSMAN JACKSON, I WANT TO START WITH THE CONDITION OF THE 2, A FORMER ARE COMING HOME TO EVANS.
AT SOME POINT, JUDITH AND NATALIE RUN ON.
DO WE KNOW THEIR CONDITION AND WHEN THEY MIGHT BE ARRIVING BACK IN CHICAGO.
>> I DO NOT HAVE ANY ADVANCE INFORMATION THEIR CONDITION, BUT THIS IS A MOMENT.
THERE ARE CELEBRATING.
ALSO SAY A VERY SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WORK CURTIS, A MAGENTA THAT WAS NOW TAKING ON MOVEMENTS AND INFORMATION PEOPLE SAW AROUND THE WORLD.
JAMES ACCOUNTS, HE'S A STORE.
THE OTHER DAY CANCER KOSKI HAS BEEN A FEARLESS PROPONENT CHAMPION FOR PEACE.
AND I FOR CERTAIN THAT THIS STRATEGICALLY DONE TO HELP THOSE PEAS, EVERY KID'S GAME FURTHER INROADS INTO TRYING TO CHRISSY'S FOR HIM TO EXPAND THE PEACE PROCESS.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I CAN GRADUALLY FOR ALL OF HER WORK, SHE'S SHE'S AROUND THE BUILDING, THE MOST PART OF THE WORLD, LIVING IN PEACE LEFT THINK THOSE ARE OBVIOUS LEE IN CONGRESS WANT TO CAUSE KEYS DISTRICT.
WE DON'T KNOW THE RATIONALE FOR WHY HAMAS RELEASED THESE 2 REPORTS WHERE THEY'VE RELEASED A FEW MORE TODAY AND WHY THEY'RE STILL HOLDING OTHERS.
BUT I WANT TO MOVE CONGRESSWOMAN DAILY RAMIREZ.
>> THIS COMES AMID THIS RISE IN HATE CRIMES AGAINST THE MOST AMERICAN COMMUNITY AGAINST THE JEWISH AMERICAN COMMUNITY, VIOLENT RHETORIC.
IS THERE ANYTHING AT THAT CAN BE DONE IN CONGRESS AT LEAST, BY EXAMPLE, TO TRY AND TAMP THIS DOWN?
>> YES, I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES.
LOCATION HOMELAND SECURITY, A COMMITTEE WHERE, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF OUR MEMBERS RESPONSIBILITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE SAFETY OF EVERY PERSON LIVING IN OUR HOMELAND.
BUT WE HAVE COLLEAGUES OF OURS LIKE MARJORIE TAYLOR, GREENE WHO CALL SOME OF MY SQUAD WHO SAYS THAT MUSLIMS SHOULD NOT SERVE IN CONGRESS AND GOES THAT KIND RED MEAT.
>> IT'S DANGEROUS AND WERE SEEN WHAT IT'S IN THE UPTAKE OF HIS ON THE FULL THAT ATTACKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN JUST HERE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND THE LAST WEEK OR SO.
SO A NUMBER OF ARE WORKING ON SOME POTENTIAL LEGISLATION.
MANY AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS BEING VERY CAREFUL WITH WHAT THEY SAY AND HOW THEY USE THE BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THE UPTICK IN VIOLENCE WHEN WE CONTINUE TO USE ANTI-SEMITE.
IT IS ON THE WHOLE THEY WAGE.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS CONFLICT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WE SHOULD TOLERATE IT.
>> CONGRESS MEMBERS HAVE AN INFLUENCE HERE, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANY LEGISLATION CAN BE CONSIDERED UNTIL THERE IS AN ACTUAL SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, CONGRESSMAN JACKSON THEM NO SHORTER THAN 9 GOP CANDIDATES NOW LOOKING TO RUN IN THE WAKE OF JIM JORDAN'S FAILURE.
IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY CONSENSUS THAT GETS TO 17 REPUBLICAN VOTES THIS WEEK AT ALL?
>> WE HOPE SO.
WE'RE PRIVY TO WHAT GOES ON IN THEIR IN THIS BUILDING AND REPAIRING TODAY.
THE WAYS AND ROOM 6 OUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES WILL GO INTO CONFERENCE AND SO WE WILL FIND OUT SHORTLY.
>> DAILY RAMIREZ, DO YOU HEAR ANYTHING FROM THE REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME KIND OF UNITY SPEAKER?
I KNOW DEMOCRATS REALLY WANT TO PUSH THEIR LEADER, HAKEEM JEFFRIES IS ARE THERE 5 REPUBLICANS THAT WOULD GO ALONG WITH A PLAN LIKE THAT?
>> I THINK THAT THERE ARE A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES.
YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.
SOT IS COLLEAGUES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN BY DONE.
PLUS DISTRICTS PERHAPS STATES LIKE NEW YORK AND OTHERS WHO ARE GETTING SICK AND TIRED OF THE BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU SEEN THE LEVEL OF BULLYING WE'VE SEEN IN THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME REAL SERIOUS CONVERSATION OF BUILDING BIPARTISAN LEADERSHIP AROUND THE SPEAKER COULD LOOK LIKE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING CLOSER AND OF A SUDDEN YOU SAW EVERYTHING THROUGH THIS AND THE I THINK NOW ENTERING WEEK 4.
IT IS A SHAME WE WALKED OUT OF THE WEEK.
4 KNOWING THAT WE HAVE LESS THAN WEEKS TO BE ABLE TO PASS APPROPRIATIONS TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN, THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE OF 5, 6, 7, REPUBLICANS WHO UNDERSTAND FORGET LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING ELECTED, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT ONLY WORSEN OF ACTUALLY WORK WITH BUT THAT THEY ACTUALLY PUT THE PEOPLE BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES THAT YOU SEE AND IT COULD GET ANOTHER NEED FOR SPEAKER THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO PUSH 105 BILLION DOLLAR AID PACKAGE FOR ISRAEL.
>> UKRAINE, ANOTHER CRISIS.
LET'S LET'S JUST AND PRESIDENT BIDEN A REMARK ABOUT THIS.
YOU KNOW, 0.
>> MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO PROTECT THEIR PEOPLE TODAY AND ALWAYS.
THE SECURITY PACKAGE I'M SENDING TO CONGRESS AND ASKING CONGRESS TO IS AN UNPRECEDENTED COMMITMENT ISRAEL'S SECURITY THAT WILL SHARPEN.
ISRAEL'S QUALITATIVE MILITARY EDGE, WHICH WE'VE COMMITTED TO.
>> CONGRESSMAN JACKSON SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ELEMENTS OF BOTH PARTIES THAT ARE VERY WARY OF SENDING MORE AID, ESPECIALLY TO UKRAINE, BUT PERHAPS ALSO THE ISSUES ARE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THAT PACKAGE.
>> YES, THERE IS.
CURRENTLY WITH FORECAST IS THAT A TERM WAR UKRAINE AND THIS RULE BEACH, INTO ONE OF APPROPRIATION SPENDING UP A CUSHION.
THERE WILL BE SOME CHALLENGES THEY KNOW WHO NO MISTAKE ABOUT THERE'S A GROWING SENSE URGENCY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR DISTRICTS THAT HOME RIGHT NOW THERE'S RISING HOMELESSNESS.
WE HAVE A IMMIGRATION ISSUE IS GOING TO BE VERY SEVERE.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN TENTS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND IT'S GETTING DOWN TO 30 DEGREES AT NIGHT, WHICH IS GOING CREATE SOME PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING OUTSIDE ON THE GROUND IN A TENT.
PEOPLE THAT AREN'T EVEN USED TO THIS WEATHER BALLOON THAT PEOPLE LIKE US THAT ARE FROM THIS REGION THAT ARE USED TO THE WEATHER WE IS THAT THOSE CITED 30 DEGREE WEATHER.
THIS IS GOING TO BRING ON THE WILL BRING ON LEBRON QAEDA'S OTHER PUT PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO IT'S ALSO GOING TO A HEALTH HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE FOR CONSTITUENTS.
WE MUST STOP AS I'VE WRITTEN A LETTER OFF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ALSO OUT TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY AND OFTEN PARTNER OF JUSTICE.
I'M ASKING HIM TO INVESTIGATE GOVERNOR GREG WITH A U.S.
SECTION 13.
24 OF US COAL ON HUMAN SMUGGLING ON CHARLES SMUGGLING.
YOU CANNOT MOVE PEOPLE AROUND THE UNITED STATES MINORS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 INTO THAT ARE COMING SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT UNDER CUT THE LINE.
IMMIGRATION IS A TIME TO TRY TO GET GOING.
INVESTIGATION INTO TEXAS GOVERNOR ABBOTT WHO HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING UP MIGRANTS ARE CAUSING THE CURRENT CRISIS.
CONGRESSWOMAN RAMIREZ, TO THAT END IN BRIGHTON PARK.
>> THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG MEETING ABOUT BUILDING IS WINTERIZED IN THAT COMMUNITY.
>> IS IS THIS A PLAN YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF YOU SEE ANY OTHER RELIEF FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO THAT'S BASICALLY BEGGING FOR MONEY, BEGGING FOR HELP HERE >> WELL, I THINK JUST ACTUAL CONGRESS INJECTIONS SAYING IN ADDITION TO MONEY FOR ISRAEL, HOPEFULLY A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
HE MANAGED RUN IT FOR GAZA.
UKRAINE AND TAIWAN IS ALSO SOME MONEY AROUND BORDER.
I'M TRYING TO GIVE DETAILS OF SOME OF ITEMS THAT THEY PUT INTO IT.
BUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER AND SUPPORT.
THERE'S 1.4 BILLION DOLLARS FOR EMERGENCY SHELTER SUPPORT.
WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT TO COME TO SANCTION STATES.
CITIES LIKE CHICAGO.
THE REALITY IS THAT WE NEED A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF SAFETY OF HOUSING HERE.
AS CONGRESSMAN JACKSON IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
BUT I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE AND SECURITY AND IDENTIFY BRICKS AND MORTAR PROPERTIES THAT WERE WORKING WITH AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SAFE QUALITY HOUSING FOR PEOPLE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDING ADEQUATE PERIOD FUNDING TO DO SOME.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU'RE TRYING TO GET SOME INCREASED FUNDING HERE INTO THAT AID PACKAGE TO COME TO CHICAGO, CONGRESSMAN JACKSON IS THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN CHICAGO LEADERS BE CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SEE SOME RELIEF?
>> WAS CERTAINLY PUSHING FOR CONGRESS MIRROR THAT.
I REALLY RESENT A LIGHT ON THE BASELINE STARTED BY 1.0, 4 BILLION DOLLARS PUSH FOR 5 EVEN 10 BILLION DOLLARS.
THIS IS TO DO WITH THE OLD BILLS OF THE CITY'S ANNOUNCEMENT.
BUT LET ME REMIND YOU, CHICAGO, THE SANCTUARY BUT ILLINOIS, THE SANCTUARY STATE, WE NEED TO SHARE THIS THIS CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO HELP REPOPULATE SOME OF OUR CITIES AND TOWNS THAT HAVE SHRINKING POPULATION.
THE STATE OUGHT TO DO MORE TO ABSORB.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WISCONSIN, I MEAN, IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THEIR STATUS STEPPED IN A MAJOR WAY.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD NOT JUST SOME OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO.
WE HAVE MANY GREAT SMALL TOWNS ACROSS THE STATE THAT CAN ALSO ASSIST.
AND WE SHOULD ALSO LEAN ON THEM.
THIS IS A STATE VERY IMPORTANT TO POINT IN THAT CITY COUNCILORS HAVE CALLED ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR HELP.
ALL.
>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.
WE THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.
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