Host welcome back to washington journal. Re by democratic district. Ative Emanuel Cleaver he is also a Ranking Member on the Financial Services subcommittee on housing and ranc congressman, welcome to the program. Guest good to be with you thank you. Host want to start with the International Criminal requesting arrest warrants for amasnd is really Prime Minister netanyahu. Your reaction to that . Guest there is a level of false equivalency here that enters into our political lexicon, much too often then i would prefer. By that i mean, where we are now is come israel obviously is trying to weed out. However, the casualties of civilians has m high for me. And millions of othebut to suggl is doing is equivalent what ma has and continues to do, is a levelncy that is intolerable. They probably are doing some damage to the relationship between israel and the rest of the world when tt and say, there is no difference between israel and hamas. That is an insult to people of decency all over the world. That is not to say that israel has not done some things that would rathert done, but itvale to hamas. Host re House Republicans are considering putting a bill on the floor. The speaker had said somethabous week. What is your reaction to that . Guest im not sure i know exactly what they are going to put on the floor. Quite often they put god she legislation on the floor. In otherds, ey are not looking for a solution in terms of the legislation. People on this issue and get some in trouble back home. If ty te i a way that is compatible with their home district. They are not going anywhere. I have seen that over my 19 years it comes to the point, because the people at home dont know. When intduce a piece of legislation, the chances of a passing legislation like this, is almostus the people at home do not know that, so ambers take advantage of their own constituencies by putting up fake legislation. I hope this will not be, because this is a real issue and we ought to address it. The United States ought to stand behind the administration and our ally, israel. That they have gone t fwe a noty from israel. Host the question is, what should be done . In the hill is reporting that senator Lindsey Graham says in this article, he is quoted in this article as vowing sanctions against against them. Do you agree with him . Guest no. It is one step too far into the world of ridiculous ideas. It is not really call for another. International court m people in the western world. I doot tnk we can continue by attacking them. Host we will be taking your calls. Democratic representative of missouri is here. You can give us a call. For independent callers, you can call 202 7488002. We also have a line you can text 202 7488003. I wanted tk you about this reporting byrs that says israel that to broaden the sweep among heavy fighting views on a ceasefire and conditional military aid for israel . Gu i think we need a ceasefire. There is only one hostage that has been taken, but we do not hstil alive. In situations like that, that is your brother, cousin, son. Im trying to see is through the of progeny. I think we havebecarel going ine it will give hamas another opportunity to try to paint is as there will be casualties. There will be children. It will not help our internationalmahost what abouto israel . Guest it is down to the point where they are in jeopardy. Now we see in europe. When we holdback vital military equipment happens. The russians have made all kinds progress, a nation that they claim to be part of russia, be careful. Not, but wee i do not think there is any way or anything that would justify the threat. E bit concerned. We have some bombs that wo evet0 yards. Host you are a member of the Congressional Congress and a former chair of it. Abouthe administrations accomplishments blac americans. What dcs the biden administrations accomplishment . Amount of money they have put into colleges and universities. I know that its going to create a higher number. I think it is a good deal. I think they have done things, but there are also concerns about the economy. Infrastructure things, like that. It is impactful for africanamericans. The older parts of are where the africanamericans are going to reside in big numbers. When you talk about infrastructure, the oldest infrastructure will be right there. That will impact the whole community. Make no mistake. Host there is