though he has been isolating, he has been doing a lot of work as well, wolf. we wish him a speedy recovery. m.j. lee at the white house, thank you very much. joining us now, democratic congressman ro khanna of california. he s the deputy whip of the congressional progressive caucus. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. as you know, the white house is trying to downplay the risk of a recession here in the united states. is that the right message when according to recent cnn polling, 64% of americans believe the u.s. is already in a recession? wolf, the blunt truth is no one can predict exactly what s going to happen with the future economy. but i can tell you what we can do to lessen the chances of a recession. first, we need to make more stuff in america. and produce here. that would help in lowering prices and less likely to have fed take drastic interest rate actions, and second, we could lower prices by passing prescription drug reform, by having an export ban on
acknowledgment of that reality. the white house has been down this road with senator manchin quite a few times now, so they understand that continuing to wait is really no longer a viable option on this particular issue. they ve told their allies on capitol hill to move forward on other priorities, specifically on prescription drug reform, and also on obamacare subsidies. on climate, the white house put out a statement after manchin basically put the brakes on it, and said, we will do what we can from the executive side. so look, i think you would be naive to think there was anybody in washington who wasn t at least a little bit skeptical that joe manchin would be the one to broker a major climate change legislation in washington in this particular political environment. but they gave it a try. it s not going to happen right now with the majorities where they are. they do need to do something on some other fronts, and biden, by
this either felt somewhat or very concerned about food and consumer goods. also in that poll, have president biden s policies and good for the economy? the majority said they have made things worse. cavan, they feel it and they re blaming the white house. they certainly feel it, and that s why we were conversations before the last couple of weeks, i think the number one issue that will drive them is the economy and that s why use in the white house released a puppet game, billy tackle this issue, talking about some of the root causes and focusing on some legislative fixes that the administration can pursue when it comes to, like i said, solving the baby food shortage crisis a few weeks ago, the price gouging legislation at the property or republicans in congress and not to. we re looking at prescription drug reform that would rival the cost of health care. these are all solutions that democrats are focusing on over the next 117 days before these
noneconomic problems, it s poor government leadership. gianno there s not a lot salvageable from the democrats on that right now because for now, they control everything in washington. it isn t, just to slightly push back on what richard said, donald trump was trying to push the prescription drug reform. democrats and the pharmaceutical companies were pushing back on that. democrats won t work on that particular issue. i ll tell you, it is not much salvageable. i know according to cnn at least that republicans have an 80-year advantage in terms of their. [indiscernible] super majority in congress in some way, shape or form. those are good things, i think, for the american people, but at the same time as a conservative, i must always caution my fellow conservatives that if you, in fact, do take back the majority, then we need to have something actually offered to the american people and don t fumble the bag
coming across his plate, because he is the president and the buck stops with him. it makes it difficult for him to have a message going forward. job number one for democrats over the next several months is figuring out, what do we do? can we do anything? jonathan chate wrote, the headline of this is, is the democratic party giving up he writes, they are going to lose control of congress without passing significant social reforms, coasting into november as if the plan might work out is foolhardy. democrats should act as if their party is on a course for disaster because it is. he names a few things. tariffs that he says can alleviate inflation. prescription drug reform. anything? is anything going to happen? you know, i have talked to a number of house democrats privately. they tell me things they are talking about is louhow badly t are going to lose.