WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING TO HEAR
FROM YOUR MOTHER.
CONGRESSMAN, LET ME STAY WITH
YOU FOR A MOMENT AND ASK YOU
GIVEN YOUR PROMINENT POSITION ON
THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE,
OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THE BIG TOPICS
OF CONVERSATION IS YOUR
COLLEAGUE, CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR'S
COMMENTS.
DO YOU WANT HER TO STEP OFF OF
THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE,
SIR?
>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I
WANT, MARIA.
I WANT A VERY STRONG
CONDEMNATION OF ANTI-SEMITISM TO
PASS IN THE HOUSE TODAY.
WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY.
BUT THE FACT IS THAT USING
ANTI-SEMETIC TROPES LIKE THE
DUAL LOYALTY CHARGE WHICH I TAKE
SO PERSONALLY, BOTH AS A MEMBER
OF CONGRESS AND THE SON OF A
WORLD WAR II VETERAN, THAT
LANGUAGE IS UNACCEPTABLE AND
MUST BE CONDEMNED.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT
CLEARLY.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT
SINGULARLY AND IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE DO IT TODAY.
MARIA: HOW COME THIS KEEPS
GETTING DELAYED?
I'M SCRATCHING MY HEAD A LITTLE
SAYING WELL, OBVIOUSLY
ANTI-SEMITISM IS -- SHOULD BE
CONDEMNED AND OBVIOUSLY BIGOTRY
SHOULD BE CONDEMNED.
WE NEED A RESOLUTION TO TELL US
THAT?
THIS IS PRETTY OBVIOUS, ISN'T
IT?
>> WELL, OF COURSE IT SHOULD BE
CONDEMNED AND WE --
MARIA: HOW COME IT KEEPS
GETTING DELAYED?
IT KEEPS GETTING DELAYED, RIGHT?
>> WE SHOULD CONDEMN IT EVERY
WAY WE CAN.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE ENTIRE OF
HOUSE I BELIEVE TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONDEMN THE USE
OF ANTI-SEMETIC TROPES THAT HAS
LED TO THREATS AND EXPULSION
FROM COUNTRIES AND VIOLENCE AND
DEATH AND WE NEED TO DO IT
QUICKLY.
THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE, I
AGREE WITH YOU.
IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY.
MARIA: I AGREE WITH YOU,
CONGRESSMAN.
THAT'S ALL GOOD AND FINE.
PEOPLE SAY THAT'S NOT GOING FAR
ENOUGH.
IF YOU'VE GOT A KEY MEMBER ON
YOUR COMMITTEE, CONGRESSWOMAN
OMAR, WHO IS OBVIOUSLY MAKING
ANTI-SEMETIC COMMENTS, WOULDN'T
THE BEST THING TO JUST ASK HER
TO STEP OFF OF THE COMMITTEE?
THAT'S WHAT THE REPUBLICANS DID
WITH STEVE KING, THEY RELIEVED
HIM OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.
WHY NOT RELIEVE HER OF THIS
ASSIGNMENT.
>> I THINK THE LAST TIME WE
DEALT WITH THIS, JUST WEEKS AGO,
ENTIRE HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFERED
A STRONG CONDEMNATION.
THIS TIME IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE
ENTIRE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TO DO THE SAME THING.
MARIA: THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH FOR
YOU, YOU DON'T NEED HER TO STEP
OFF FOREIGN AFFAIRS?
>> AND THAT'S IT.
THERE IS NO TOLERANCE FOR THIS
KIND OF LANGUAGE BEYOND THAT.
THERE IS NO -- WE CAN'T ACCEPT
IT.
WE CAN'T ACCEPT IT BECAUSE OF
WHAT IT DOES TO CORRRODE THE
OPERATION OF THE CEASE.
MARIA:
CORIA:
CONGA:
CONGRESS.MARIA: I GET THAT.
I AGREE WITH YOU.
WHY NOT ASK HER TO STEP OFF OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SIR?
>> I'M FOCUSED RIGHT NOW ON
DEALING NOT WITH COMMENTS THAT
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FOREIGN
AFFAIRS.
I WANT TO TODAY, MARIA, I WANT
TO CONDEMN ANTI-SEMITISM.
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT FOREIGN
POLICY.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY
TODAY.
MARIA: IT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
IF YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE AND
TRASHING ISRAEL, OBVIOUSLY THE
FIRST THING IS STEP OFF OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS BECAUSE YOU
OBJECT SURGERIESLY CAN'T --
OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BE FAIR.
>> WHEN YOU'RE USING
ANTI-SEMETIC TROPES THAT HAVE
DONE SUCH DAMAGE TO THE JEWISH
COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR
HISTORY, THE FIRST THING
RESPECTFULLY WE CONDEMN THE USE
OF THAT LANGUAGE SO IT STOPS.
WHEN YOU SUGGEST, MARIA, THE
IDEA THAT BECAUSE I AM A
SUPPORTER OF ISRAEL, THAT I HAVE
SOME DUAL LOYALTY TO ISRAEL,
THAT IS -- THAT'S ENORMOUSLY
PROBLEMATIC, NOT JUST BECAUSE
IT'S UNFAIR AND UNACCEPTABLE --
MARIA: I THINK WE'RE AGREEING
WITH EACH OTHER.
I'M WONDERING WHY YOU'RE NOT
GOING THE EXTRA STEP AND GETTING
HER OFF OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
CONGRESSMAN.
>> WELL, AS I SAID, MARIA, RIGHT
NOW LET'S DO THIS.
TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FOREIGN
POLICY AND THE IMPACTS AND WHY
STATEMENTS THAT SUGGEST THAT OUR
IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP WITH
ISRAEL IS FOUNDED ON ANYTHING
OTHER THAN THE STRONG SHARED
VALUES THAT WE HAVE, ARE
UNACCEPTABLE.
MARIA: WE WILL WATCH THAT.
VERY QUICKLY, DANIEL, FINAL
COMMENTS FROM YOU.
WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT FROM YOUR
MOTHER TODAY AS SHE TESTIFIES IN
THIS IMPORTANT HEARING?
>> I'M ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN.
MY PARENTS HAVE SEVEN KIDS.
THEY'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR ALMOST
45 YEARS AND IN TWO MONTHS MY
SISTER'S GOING TO WALK DOWN THE
AISLE.
SHE'S THE LAST ONE THAT MY DAD
HAS A CHANCE TO WALK DOWN THE
AISLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE ON MY PARENTS'
ANNIVERSARY.
AND SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT
HOW TOUGH THIS HAS BEEN FOR THE
PAST 12 YEARS FOR EVERYONE IN
OUR FAMILY AND NO FAMILY SHOULD
EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT
WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
IT'S A REMINDER.
MARIA: CONGRESSMAN TED
DEUTSCHE, DANIEL LEVINSON, OUR
PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU, DANIEL
LEVINSON, WE HOPE YOU HAVE