ASHLEY: DEFENDING PAY RAISES FOR
CONGRESS, FRESHMAN DEMOCRAT
CONGRESSWOMAN ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ CALLING OPPOSITION
S OF THIS "SUPERFICIAL
" FOX NEWS CHAD
PERGRAM BROKE THE STORY AND HE'S
LIVE ON CAPITOL HILL WITH MORE
ON THE DETAILS OF THIS
STORY, CHAD?
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THIS WEEK, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRE
THIS WEEK, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRT
THIS WEEK, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRV
THIS WEEK, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRS
THIS WEEK, IN THE HOUSE OF REPR,
THIS WEEK, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRO
THIS WEEK, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRN
THIS WEEK, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRT
THIS WEEK, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SPENDING BILL
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SPENDING BILA
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SPENDING BILD
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SPENDING BILT
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SPENDING BILE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SPENDING BILY
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SPENDING BILP
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SPENDING BILL
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SPENDING BILE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH SPENDING BILD
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THAT OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF TS
THAT OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF TC
THAT OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF TN
THAT OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF TR
THAT OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF TV
THAT OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF TR
THAT OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF TY
THAT OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF TO
THAT OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF TE
THAT OFF THE FLOOR BECAUSE OF TR
RAISING CONGRESSIONAL PAY.
IT'S AN INCREASE.
KEEP IN MIND THAT MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS, GOING BACK TO 1989
HAVE GOTTEN AN INCREASE 2.4
% IT'S PART OF FEDERAL LAW
BUT SINCE 2009 WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IS THEY HAVE FOREGONE THAT AND
THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD OPTIC, A
PROBLEM PLUS UNDER SEQUESTRATION
THESE MANDATORY SPENDING CUTS SO
THIS YEAR IN THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH SPENDING BILL THEY PUT IN
A PROVISION TO SAY LET'S GO
AHEAD, THEY GET $174,000, LET'S
FORGE AHEAD.
THAT CREATED A FIRESTORM AMONG
FRESHMAN TO PARTICULARLY
DEMOCRATIC FRESHMAN AND THEY
PULLED THAT OUT OF THE BILL SO I
ASKED ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ
JUST LAST NIGHT, I SAID WHAT DO
YOU THINK ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS WHY THIS ISSUE IS SO
TOXIC.
LISTEN.
>> THE NUMBERS ARE OBVIOUSLY
TAKEN OUT ON THIS INSTITUTION
BECAUSE IT'S AN OPTICS ISSUE.
>> RIGHT AND THAT'S MY ISSUE IS
THAT IT'S SUPERFICIAL AND IT'LL
LOOK GOOD ON ITS SURFACE, BUT IT
WILL, EVERY COST OF LIVING
ADJUSTMENT THAT GETS BYPASSED IS
VOTING TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE
TO EXPLOIT LOOPHOLES, AND LEGAL
LOOPHOLES TO KIND OF LEAN ON
OTHER WAYS TO ENRICH ONES SELF
THROUGH SERVICE.
REPORTER: I'M GOING TO READ YOU
A STATEMENT HERE FROM STENY
HOYER THE HOUSE MAJORITY
LEADER WHO SAID WE DON'T WANT
RICH PEOPLE HERE WE WANT THIS TO
BE THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE AND IF YOU
DON'T PAY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
ADEQUATELY AND YOU DON'T PAY
STAFF ADEQUATELY YOU WON'T GET
THE BEST PEOPLE AND TO HOYER'S
POINT YOU'LL ONLY HAVE RICH
PEOPLE ON CAPITOL HILL, ASHLEY.
ASHLEY: IT'S TRUE BUT FOR A
BARTENDER FROM QUEENS 174,000 A
YEAR SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD TO ME.
>> AVERAGE PEOPLE MAKE ABOUT
$57,000 A YEAR AND THAT'S THE
ARGUMENT, ABSOLUTELY BUT THAT'S
THE POINT THAT ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ IS MAKING TOO IS
YOU COME HERE FOR A COUPLE OF
YEARS AND CASH IN AND IF YOU
AREN'T PAYING A MARKET-RATE TO
KEEP MEMBERS AND STAFF HERE FOR
A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME YOU
CREATE THIS SUB-MARKET WHICH IS
WHAT SOME INTERPRET AS THE
CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON D.C.
ASHLEY: I GET YOU.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT
ANOTHER ISSUE I'M A LITTLE
CONFUSED BY BECAUSE THERE'S SO
MANY TWISTS AND TURNS BUT THE
MEASURE HAS BEEN APPROVED I
UNDERSTAND TO ENFORCE THE
SUBPOENAS AGAINST ATTORNEY
GENERAL BILL BARR AND FORMER
WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL IN RELATION
TO THE MUELLER REPORT AND
GETTING THEM TO PROVIDE AN UN
REDACTED COPY OF THE REPORT.
AM I RIGHT OR WRONG?
>> THIS IS TO GET ANOTHER
INFORMATION THEY HAD DIALED OFF
THIS IDEA OF CRIMINAL CONTENT
FOR BILLIONAIRE BECAUSE THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAS STARTING
TO COOPERATE AND PROVIDE THE
INFORMATION THERE.
THIS IS A SEPARATE TRACK DEALING
WITH BARR AND IT WAS A PART LINE
VOTE IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES JUST A COUPLE OF
MOMENTS AGO THE VOTE WAS 229-191
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS
HAPPENING IS TOMORROW IN AN
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THERE IS A
SEPARATE TRACK TO PREPARE AN
INTENT RESOLUTION FOR BARR AND
ALSO THE COMMERCE SECRETARY
WILBUR ROSS OVER THE CENSUS
QUESTION, THE CITIZENSHIP
QUESTION.
SO THERE'S MULTIPLE TRACKS ON
CAPITOL HILL PURSUING THIS AND
SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING ARE THEY
HOLDING PEOPLE IN CONTEMPT, ARE
THEY NOT, ARE THEY TRYING TO
IMPEACH ARE THEY NOT.
THIS RESOLUTION DOESN'T MENTION
CONTEMPT BY NAME AND THAT'S WHY
THERE'S BACK AND FOURTH AS TO
WHETHER IT'S CONTEMPT AND I
SPOKE WITH SOURCES LAST WEEK.
THEY CERTAINLY CALLED IT
CONTEMPT AND THEN YOU HAVE
REPUBLICANS SAYING WELL DEMOCRAT
S ARE TRYING TO MAKE
CONTEMPT WITHOUT IT BEING
CONTEMPT AND NOW DEMOCRATS ARE
FULLY CALLING IT CONTEMPT.
THIS IS SIMILAR THOUGH TO WHAT
THEY DID WITH HARRIET MIERS WHO
WAS THE BUSH WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL
AND ALSO THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF
OF STAFF, WHO WERE IN FACT HELD
IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS IN 2008.
ASHLEY: THANK GOODNESS WE HAVE
CHAD PERGRAM ON CAPITOL HILL TO
INTERPRET.