SO MUCH TO ALL THREE OF YOU. AND AS WE WITNESS THE VOTING TO OUST A MEMBER OF CONGRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE WATCHED SEVENTY FIVE BRAND NEW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ACTUALLY GET SWORN IN. AND IF JANUARY IN THAT VOTE FOR SPEAKER WAS ANY INDICATION, THEY ARE IN FOR A WILD RIDE. IT'S ONE OF THE YOUNGEST FRESHMAN CLASSES IN RECENT MEMORY AND IT INCLUDES DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN WILEY NICCOLr, WHO WON A TIGHT RACE AGAINST BACK CANDIDATE AND NOW REPRESENTS NORTH CAROLINA'S 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. >> CONGRESSMAN, WELCOME . >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. WHAT A WELCOME TO WASHINGTON. IT'S BEEN FOR ME HERE. >> I CAN JUST IMAGINE. AND , YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW GIG IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST, I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE HOUSE JUST OUSTING CONGRESSWOMAN OHMAR FROM THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OVER CONCERNS ABOUT HER OBJECTIVITY, PARTICULARLY AFTER HER ANTI-SEMITIC TROPES ON TWITTER, WHICH SHE HAS SINCE APOLOGIZED. >> OR WAS THIS THE RIGHT THING TO DO? I MEAN, THIS IS JUST MORE PARTISAN POLITICS. THIS IS NOT SOLVING PROBLEMS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT'S THE WORST OF PARTISAN POLITICS. AND I WAS GLAD TO JOIN WITH , YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE O'MARA TODAY IN A IN A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITISM, SEMITISM. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOLKS ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTED WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. >> AND I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH MENTIONING, TOO, THAT CONGRESSMAN SCHIFF AND CONGRESSMAN SWALWELL WERE ALSO REMOVED FROM THEIR POSTS JUST DAYS AGO. BY THIS THIS NEW REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP. AND , YOU KNOW, OMAR, WHO HERSELF HAS FACED ANTI-MUSLIM BIGOTRY SINCE TAKING OFFICE AS WELL. >> AND SHE TOLD REPORTERS LAST WEEK THAT THE MOVE TO REMOVE HER FROM THE COMMITTEE WAS PURELY PARTISAN. AND THEN SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT ONLY A POLITICAL STUNT, BUT ALSO A BLOW TO THE INTEGRITY OF OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, SHE SAYS, AND A THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? I CERTAINLY AGREE THAT IT'S PARTISAN POLITICS AND YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SCORE FOR THE VOTE. THE LAST I SAW IT WAS ALL REPUBLICANS AND ALL DEMOCRATS ON THE ON THIS VOTE . SO YOU CERTAINLY WAS NOT A BIPARTISAN CONDEMNATION AT ALL. >> THIS WAS PURELY POLITICS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT YESTERDAY. SPEAKER MCCARTHY AND ALSO PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR MEETING THAT MCCARTHY SAID WENT BETTER THAN HE THOUGHT. YOU'VE SAID THAT RAISING THE DEBT CEILING IS THE CRUCIAL STEP THAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO TAKE. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS WILL GET DONE? >> WE'VE GOT TO DO IT. YOU I THINK I'M SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO CUT SPENDING. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OUR REVENUE, TOO. BUT THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO DEAL WITH THAT IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO PAY THESE BILLS. >> WE NEED TO PAY THE BILLS. >> YOU KNOW, THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ON THE LINE HERE. SO WE NEED A CLEAN DEBT CEILING VOTE . BUT I WELCOME THAT CONVERSATION. ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE DEBT, REDUCING THE DEFICIT. THOSE ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE. >> BUT BUT DOING IT WHEN WE HOLD THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES HOSTAGE BY , YOU KNOW, THREATENING NOT TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING IS BAD FOR AMERICA. >> SO YOU WELCOME VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO YOUR DISTRICT THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS JOBS AND THE ECONOMY. >> AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL , NOT FOR A FRESHMAN LAWMAKER WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT IN THEIR DISTRICT IN THEIR VERY FIRST MONTH OF OFFICE. >> SO TELL US WHAT YOU TWO TALKED ABOUT. >> YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT MY DISTRICT NEEDS OF NORTH CAROLINA'S 13TH DISTRICT, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAD SBA ADMINISTRATOR ISABEL GUZMAN WITH US AS WELL. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OBSTACLES TO ACCESSING CAPITAL FOR MINORITY SMALL BUSINESSES. IT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION AND ONE THAT I'M VERY ENCOURAGED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS IS STARTING AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. >> SO, OF COURSE, WE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE SOME FUN PICTURES AND VIDEO OF A NUMBER OF YOU THAT BROUGHT YOUR CHILDREN TO THE HOUSE FLOOR. YOUR CHILDREN, ADELINE AND PRESCOTT, THEY GOT TO COME WITH YOU FOR THAT VOTE FOR HOUSE SPEAKER. SO HOW MANY ROUNDS OF VOTING DID THEY ACTUALLY MAKE IT THROUGH? >> AND WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT YOUR NEW GIG? >> THEY MADE IT THROUGH ONE ROUND. THAT WAS ABOUT ALL THEY COULD HANDLE. THEY DID NOT DO ALL 14 . MY MOM WAS IN THE GALLERY. >> SHE MADE IT THROUGH SIX ROUNDS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GLAD TO BE PART OF IT. >> AND IT WAS IT WAS A VERY, VERY MEMORABLE WELCOME TO WASHINGTON. >> FIRST WEEK FOR THE WHOLE NICOLE FAMILY. >> DID ANY ONE OF YOUR KIDS OR MOM OR YOUR WIFE SAY, OH, BOY, WHAT THE HECK DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? >> BUT IT WAS A PRETTY ROUGH CAMPAIGN TO GET HERE. >> SO THIS WAS THIS WAS THIS THIS PALED IN COMPARISON WITH THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ATTACK ADS. >> IT CAN BE A PRETTY, PRETTY BRUTAL PROCESS. NOW, YOU WERE A FORMER AIDE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND YOU WORKED ON HIS 2008 CAMPAIGN. WHAT DID YOU LEARN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CARRY WITH YOU NOW AS YOU REPRESENT NORTH CAROLINA? >> ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I LEARNED FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA IS THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE YOURSELF. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND HE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS ALWAYS THE SAME BACKSTAGE OFF CAMERA THAT HE WAS ON CAMERA. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS. AND HE WORKED IN A YOU KNOW, HE BUILT COALITIONS TO GET THINGS DONE. THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE TAKEN TO HEART AND DOING ALL I CAN TO WORK IN A BIPARTISAN WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WE NEED TO TACKLE IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S GOING TO TAKE 60 VOTES IN THE SENATE TO DO MAJOR LEGISLATION. AND THAT'S MY FOCUS, FIGURING OUT A WAY TO GET TO 60 VOTES IN THE SENATE AND MOVE LEGISLATION THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE THAT WE CAN GET THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN. >> ALL RIGHT. STAY TUNED. WE'LL ALL BE WATCHING. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN WILEY NICKEL OF NORTH CAROLINA, YOU