Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) Discusses Child Migrants at El Paso CBP Facility, Emergency Funding Aid Bill for Migrants
REP. MATT CARTWRIGHT (D-PA): In addition to funding the $4.5 billion supplemental, we also have to enact what we already did in the state and foreign ops appropriations bill, and that is provide assistance to the three countries where these people are coming from, so they can beef up their security. I mean, these people are fleeing horrible, violent conditions in these countries. And for a relatively cheap price -- I mean, if you want to talk about --</s>KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: The president doesn't agree with you.</s>BOLDUAN: The president doesn't want to do that.</s>CARTWRIGHT: Well, I know he doesn't. The math is pretty simple. You can spend $50 billion or $75 billion on a wall or you can spend half of one billion to beef up security --</s>BOLDUAN: So why -- CARTWRIGHT -- so that these places are livable and they're not streaming up to America.</s>BOLDUAN: Right now, in terms of what Congress, what you, the House, is going to do, are you confident that the House is going to pass a bill today that will get overwhelming support by Democrats?</s>CARTWRIGHT: I am. I think it will pass. I think the speaker has listened to the different voices in the caucus and I think we may see some Republican votes as well.</s>BOLDUAN: On that, Jan Schakowsky said last night that you all, you have to pass something this week because, if not, HHS and that office within HHS is running out of funding to care for these migrant children. If the House passes, the Senate passes, and then you have to figure it out amongst yourselves, however the Senate and House figure it out, and it doesn't happen this week, is it on you, not the White House now, if you guys can't get it done?</s>CARTWRIGHT: There's pressure. Here in the United States Congress, people like to leave things to the last minute. I've notice that since I've started working here, Kate. And sometimes you do, at least, at binds like this. But it's absolutely vital. Everybody feels it, Democrats and Republicans, that we have to fund this supplemental. We have to get to a yes ASAP. Because when they're out of money, those situations like what you just described, they will happen more and more and more. We have to stop that. We have to be the grown-ups in the room and come to a resolution.</s>BOLDUAN: What do you say to a House Democrat right now who says they're no on the big right now because they're not going to give another dime to this administration?</s>CARTWRIGHT: Yes, I think that's a distinct minority, Kate. You're always going to have that. And they're messaging. We have never stifled minority voices like that in the Democratic caucus and I don't think we ever should.</s>BOLDUAN: Congressman, thanks for coming in.</s>CARTWRIGHT: My pleasure, Kate.</s>BOLDUAN: Let's see what happens today in the House. Let's see what happens this week with this vote. Coming up, Chicago police are releasing hours of new video from the Jussie Smollett investigation. One video shows the actor with a noose around his neck. The noose that he talked about in his first call to police and how that whole thing unraveled. That is next.