FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. LINSEY? >> RACHEL SCOTT, FROM THE CAPITAL FOR US. THANKS, RACHEL. FOR MORE ON THE DRAMA SURROUNDING OMAR'S OUSTING WE ARE JOINED NOW BY DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN CHANTAL BROWN OF OHIO. CONGRESSWOMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS AS IS REPRESENTATIVE OMAR. I JUST GET YOUR REACTION FROM THE REMOVAL FROM THE FOREIGNERS FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. >> I WANT TO SAY THAT I STAND WITH REPRESENTATIVE OMAR IN WHAT -- RETALIATORY, VENGEFUL AND RACIST VOTE TO REMOVE HER FROM THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. SINCE WORKING WITH HER, I HAVE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO KNOW OMAR AND I UNDERSTAND THAT HER SERVICE IN CONGRESS TO THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IS VERY VALUABLE. SHE HAS BROUGHT A UNIQUE VOICE AND PERSPECTIVE, AND THE FACT THAT SHE IS A WAR SURVIVOR, A REFUGEE, AND THE FIRST AFRICAN BORN RANKING MEMBER OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA, GLOBAL HEALTH, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION. SO, FOR THEM TO DO THIS, IT JUST ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT LEADER JEFFRIES POINTED OUT IS THE DOUBLE STANDARD, THE HYPOCRISY AND THEIR SHAMELESSNESS. >> AHEAD OF THE PARTY LINE VOT, CONGRESSWOMAN ILHAN OMAR ASKED IF ANYONE WAS SURPRISED THAT SHE WAS BEING TARGETED, SAYING, WHEN YOU PUSH POWER, POWER PUSHES BACK. WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS MEANS FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS CONGRESS AND HOW THE PARTIES WILL BE ABLE TO INTERACT? >> WELL, LET ME SAY THIS. I AM STILL HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN FIND BIPARTISAN SOLUTIONS. BUT WHEN YOU START OUT WITH A CONGRESS THAT IS CHAOTIC AND CONFUSION BASED -- ON CHAOS AND CONFUSION -- WITH THE REPUBLICANS HOLDING THE MAJORITY, IT WAS VERY LITTLE HOPE. BUT I AM AN OPTIMISTIC PERSON. I THINK THAT IT IS JUST DEMONSTRATING, AGAIN, THEIR INABILITY TO ACTUALLY PRESENT REAL LEGISLATION AND PERFORMATIVE POLITICS OF THE DAY. THIS IS NOTHING BUT A MERE DISTRACTION. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONGRESS NOW A FULL MONTH. AND WE HAVE YET TO SEE ANY LEGISLATION THAT FOCUSES ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE IN AMERICA AND OHIO'S 11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, SPECIFICALLY WHERE I REPRESENT. SO, I HOPE WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND FOCUS ON REAL ISSUES LIKE JOBS AND JUSTICE AND STOP THE NONSENSE AND GET BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF DOING THE WORK FOR THE PEOPLE. >> HE SAID THAT YOU THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY RETALIATION. WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU EXPECTED, THAT YOU SAW COMING? >> I THINK WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THEY HAVE ALLOWED MEMBERS WHO HAVE THREATENED THE LIVES OF THEIR OWN COLLEAGUES, WHO HAVE PLAYED OUT MURDERS VIA CARTOONS AND WHO HAVE SAT AND HAD DINNER WITH WHITE NATIONALISTS, NOTHING COMES AS A SURPRISE TO US. BUT THIS WAS TO BE EXPECTED. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS UNPRODUCTIVE. THIS IS A VERY POOR USE OF TIME AND RESOURCES. AND WE CAME TO WORK, DAY ONE, UNIFIED AND READY TO DO THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE, HANDLING THE PEOPLE'S BUSINESS, TALKING ABOUT ISSUES, PROTECTING MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY. THOSE HAVE BEEN THE PRIORITIES OF THE DEMOCRAT. IT'S DEFENDING AND DELIVERING RESULTS FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT CONTINUES TO BE DEMOCRATIC PRIORITY. AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES CAN GUNNAR WE CAN GET SOME REAL WORK ON. >> JUST MORE QUESTION ON THAT, AND THEN I WANT TO MOVE ON. REPRESENTATIVE ILHAN OMAR HAD APOLOGIZED FOR COMMENTS THAT HE HAS MADE IN THE PAST. DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANY REPERCUSSION FOR THOSE COMMENTS? OR, WHEN SHE APOLOGIZED, THAT THE REPUBLICANS SHOULD HAVE MOVED ON? >> AS A CHRISTIAN, HE WHO GOES WITHOUT SAYING, LET THEM CAST THE FIRST STONE. SHE DID APOLOGIZE. AND THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT AS IT RELATES TO MY COLLEAGUE, ILHAN OMAR, IS THAT 90% OF THE JEWISH HOUSE MEMBERS VOTED TO KEEP HER ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS. SO, I THINK THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES AS IT RELATES TO HER ABILITY TO PERFORM AS WELL AS OTHERS ABILITY TO FORGIVE AND ALLOW GRACE, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. YOU >> ARE RECENTLY APPOINTED TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC COMPETITION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA. AND WE HAVE SOME LATE BREAKING NEWS INVOLVING A CHINESE SPY BALLOON DETECTED OVER THE U.S.. AND YOUR REACTION TO THIS? AND HOW SIGNIFICANT IT MIGHT B? >> IT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT. AND THE TIMING COULD NOT BE MORE SENSITIVE, AS WE ESTABLISH THIS COMMITTEE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF AMERICAN ECONOMY AND PRIORITIZING IT, REGARDLESS OF PARTY LINES. SO, I AM VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BIPARTISAN COLLABORATION TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC INTERESTS AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES AFFECTING OUR GLOBAL SECURITY. >>