bills, makes no economic sense. it is like saying it is about paying for the burger you ate, not about paying for the burger you might eat down the road. i could not offset it better myself, but let s take a quick further. what does debt ceiling mean when people hear that? it is exactly what you said, if we don t do it, if congress doesn t do it, is their constitutional responsibility to do this? then we default. what does that mean? that means that chaos and the business industry, we lose all the economic success that you just laid out, so we can t play with that. we can t even flirt with playing with that. it would mean no less than the health of the global economy. so what the president has said, privately and publicly, is do your job, congress. do what you ve done 78 times since 1960, passage at limit. we want to do it without conditions, and we don t want
photography. he should be alive today and the congressional black caucus is resolved to make sure we make action in this congress. as you stated, you talked with the family. i was on the line with the family when you talked to the father and mother. all they want is justice and to make sure this doesn t happen again. you invited them to be guests and certainly win make sure they will be in washington available to do that. that brings me to this new poll from nbc news looking at seven different policy ideas, the new congress could consider. how they track with the american people right now. the most popular ideas, 80% favor a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. 75% won a harder line against china. 72% think they should increase
housing. we stand firmly against those cuts. not only have people paid into medicare and social security, but they are essential to peoples quality of life. whether that is for health care or for retirement security or the ability to have a home over their heads. we are going to fight hard in this congress, under the leadership of leader hakeem jeffries and house democrats, to protect the needs of workers and american families. house speaker kevin mccarthy said today that he will be meeting with president biden on wednesday to discuss, quote, reasonable and responsible way to cut federal spending two house republicans. those cuts in exchange for the clean debt ceiling increase, democrats and the white house have been seeking in order to avoid a default. democrats want an increase
border security. the least popular items, only 31% support cuts to the defense budget. only 26% favor legislation further restricting abortion. and those numbers in mind, congressman, what should this congress give priority to? the issues that matter to the american people. those include protecting fundamental rights like a woman s right to make her own health care decision, the right to make sure that we have the right to vote in this country without suppression. making sure that we are protecting immigrant rights and workers rights. ensuring that we protect the right of the workplace. that is just fundamental. the other side of the aisle has made it clear that their goal is to cut medicare, social security, veterans benefits,
right now, the breath of brutal video footage of the police encounter that ended in the death of tyre nichols has created a situation too big for the nation and its lawmakers to ignore. in washington, a congressional conversation around policing reform may be getting a shot. the congressional black caucus today calling for a meeting with president biden to discuss policing reform. as activists like myself are wondering whether nichols would still be alive if the last congress had passed legislation that emerged after george floyd s murder. and in memphis for the five officers now facing second degree murder charges in the killing enough tyre nichols.