done in the past. we can do those to investigate corporate waste and corporate greed, so many things that are actually yelling american people. instead, we re using these to continue on with republicans kind of shadow boxing with the biden administration. it is a real travesty. i had to ask you, congresswoman, before we go, about some news from your home state. you previously served in the pennsylvania state house. on tuesday, democrats, they took the majority of that chamber for the first time in eight dozen years after a lot of several weeks, i should say, people waiting to see that happen. talk to us about what this means for pennsylvania s and what we can expect from a democratic-controlled chamber? yeah, this is so exciting. obviously, there was a lot of anticipation about this, particularly as we came out of november races where we did not expect to have success, right? success at the state level. this is the first time in a decade that we will have a
politicians of the opposition party? absolutely, i think we see it, and we will continue to see it with oversight. we see it with the weaponization of governments select committee. these are all opportunities for them to kind of use government, to use taxpayer dollars, to actually weaponize government against political enemies against people who are standing in their way. they re using these committees, which are part of our legislative process, part of our government. they re using them as campaigns and really to kind of go about their campaigning. all of what i am hearing, mind you, they cost money. we re doing these at the expense of actual hearings that we could do to investigate civil rights abuses, like we ve done in the past. we can do those to investigate corporate waste and corporate greed, so many things that are actually yelling american people. instead, we re using these to continue on with republicans kind of shadow boxing with the biden administration. it is a real tr
continue to hit on that. and also worth noing as you played there, 2024 hanging over this trip. it is home to two declared candidates, former president trump and one potential candidate, governor ron desantis. there s a little shadow boxing going on here in florida that you ll see from the president. at the same time, the president s handling of classified documents is under new scrutiny. that investigation by the special counsel also in that interview that he did with pbs s judy woodruff, the president was asked about those classified documents and take a listen to what he had to say. one of the things that happened is that what was not done well is as they packed up my offices to move them, they didn t do the kind of job that should have been done to thoroughly through every single piece of literature that s there. but i just thought the
the chinese economy is hugely into supply chain obviously of all types of things from furniture to bikes to chips. and you can t coupling is a long, long process. but that tension you hope solves. frankly, it will be a much bigger hit to the world if something really went wrong. i think that s what pushes people back in the room to make sure something doesn t go wrong. but it s been interesting over the last few years watching this sort of shadow boxing going on between the two countries. from a pure economic perspective, the best thing is to have free trade and goods move and people being able to buy tvs at low rates. but the reality is as you have two countries that are, you know, competing to be the world s dominant power. en that wiland that will be interesting. your level of concern, you ve been ceo for a really long time. is it the highest it s ever
cut. house republicans say they might refuse to confirm the spending that is already basically agreed to and then ened to crash the global economy but not raising the roof on the debt. you ve heard about all of this before. they re demanding vague and large spending cuts without defining them. republicans won t say what they want. that s not a dnc attack i m showing you. it s just the new york times reporting accurately on the problem in this shadow boxing. let me tell you this too night. we have experts here. jake ohm durie here and a house republican with a lot of experience who says there s a better way through this than burning the house down. you have to understand something. we can as a nation try to make sure we have open and transparent debates about democracy. you heard me report before that there are plenty of americans who think certain things are too