criticize transportation secretary for his handling o major flight delays, that same party just voted to make air travel harder and make railway less safe. republicans just put themselve on record, supporting all of that because this is their wis list this is the stuff they want in exchange for not taking th global economy during the debate over the bil on the house floor, congressma ilhan omar, democrat o minnesota, she had this to say for a long time, republican spent so much time saying they were going to address th economic anxiety families were feeling, but overnight, they jumped up a dangerous economic bill that would plug familie into economic depression joining us now is congresswoman ilhan omar congresswoman, it s great to see you. i m sorry it s often under gloomy circumstances let me just ask you, are you surprised that kevin mccarth
and the fight over women s rap rights is undoubtedly going to be a major issue in th campaign that is now barreling forward. i sat down with alexandria castilla cortez this week to talk about the threat to abortion rights, kevin mccarth and republican house, her figh to address the climate crisis, and her thoughts on a bide reelection campaign. news just broke this week o president biden is preparing t enter the 2024 presidentia race as soon as maybe next week your politics are clearly to the left of his. but you ve worked with him on range of issues. whereas exceed you expectations where it is going to do? i think president biden has very much exceeded m expectations in terms of investment in public infrastructure and what we did with the american rescue plan in really pushing, and i believe if we were able to get items like minimum wage passed the senate, i do believe tha
she communicates that mccarthy is doing her bidding and i think that this is something that is quite clear. i think that speaker mccarth is stuck between having to please the most racist and heinous elements of this party with having to maintain majority and he is choosing to side wit the extremists do you worry he will have the votes to pass his proposal i don t. and that s the political situation we are in right now. we hear from cindy maritimes in the bronx a beautiful place, by the way. they are breaking ground on an offshore development project something you secured fundin for. you have an enormous platform, of course. you have had since you wer elected. why is the climate crisi something you ve spent so much
environmental justice, gun control today, i think that what my role is right now. house speaker kevin mccarth is eyeing a vote on a proposal to raise the debt limit on cutting spending to pocketbook in order what concerns you most about the cuts being proposed an should the president, as som democrats are saying, go t mccarthy to try to strike deal i think the thing tha concerns me most is ho emboldened this party is they are so upfront about thei pro-starvation agenda. they re so upfront about their war on poor people the war on marginalized people this seems like they don t hav any impediments to that agenda i think it is important that democrats hold a ground. there should be no, no agreements until we say that social security, snap benefits medicaid, they are untouchable we have to send that message that we will not negotiate o those things that are keepin
forward? well stephanie, this is clearly an important issue, an one of the president and house republicans are focused on because, as you, said it could be an economic calamity if the u.s. defaults for the firs time on its debt that being said. is their movement? it is an interesting question. because you have kevin mccarth now putting out this bill. it is very unclear whether o not, with the enough votes to even pass this bill, democrats are from m understanding going to those vote against it in mass. because democrats of sai nothing should be tied to th debt ceiling being raised. because republicans have raise three times. they point, out under the last administration of former president trump. you also have president bide sticking to his guns and sayin that he is not going t negotiate when it comes to the debt ceiling that it should not be tied t anything that you have heard the whit house say there could be parallel negotiations going on meaning you could still have a negotiati