a lot going on. i remind myself of what john quincy adams used to do to end slavery. in the young member came up to him and said mr. president, why do you keep bringing the resolution and he said it is simple. duty is ours, results are god's. i'm going to do my duty and the results are not up to me. uncomfortable and we will see what happens. thank you for being here. appreciate it.

to remove mike johnson is house speaker. speaker jeffries: for months, america's national security interests have been put on hold and undermined by a group of extreme pro-putin republicans who are determined to stop us from standing with our allies across the world. in particular, the ukrainian people, who have fought bravely and valiantly in defense of principles like democracy, freedom and truth. the time has come for the house of representatives to act

decisively in america's national security interest. this is a churchill or chamberlain moment. we can either confront russian aggression in defense of democracy or we can allow the pro-putin extreme maga republicans to appease him. as events have shown in modern world history, appeasement of aggression gets you nowhere. when this was tried at the beginning of the events that reciprocated world war ii, it led to nothing but more than 100 million people losing their

lives, or being seriously injured, as a result of the events of the second world war. we cannot repeat that mistake. we have to make sure we stand with our democratic allies in ukraine, israel, the indo-pacific and serve humanitarian assistance to palestinian civilians who are in harm's way through no fault of their own and civilians in war zones all across the world. that is our intention to get that done over the next few days. i yield to democratic whip katherine clark. >> thank you mr. leader and for putting this moment in the historical contest that it deserves. we are in a make or break moment for ukraine, but also for the

standing of the united states. are we an ally that will come to defense of another sovereign democracy? are we going to stand up at this moment and say we stand together with ukraine and against the aggression of prudent? -- putin? we know the forces across russia , but also across the aisle here in the house of representatives that want to see putin be successful. that have been holding up this vital national security funding for months and moving the ball as they do it. moving the goalpost. so, today's the day. and we stand ready as house democrats to vote for our national security. the vote to stand with our allies and all the world -- across the world and send

the message that we stand behind our word, we stand with our allies and stand firmly for democracy. that is how we will continue to evaluate this package. that is how we will vote on this package when it comes before us. with that, i am proud to yield to our caucus chair pete aguilar. >> america must maintain its role as a leader in the free world. house democrats for months have been asking to vote on this national security supplemental, key aid to israel, ukraine, humanitarian assistance and indo-pacific priorities. it is so important that we support those efforts. speaker johnson has to tune out the extremism on his side and give us an opportunity to vote for these national security imperatives. i will yield back to the leader. speaker jeffries: questions? >> if this bill makes his way to

the floor, will house democrats work to protect his speakership? speaker jeffries: we are in the process of evaluating the substantive legislation that will be before the house. you have a caucus meeting scheduled for tomorrow at 9 a.m. we will have a conversation about the substance. we will go through the various bills before the house. once we have made a caucus-wide decision about the substance, we will talk about the process and what may lie ahead. but we don't want to put the cart before the horse. >> pending what is said in that caucus meeting, are you prepared to allow democrats to vote on the rule on the house floor but potentially in the rules committee, given speaker johnson is struggling to get votes? speaker jeffries: we haven't had that conversation is a caucus. we will have a discussion about

the substance, our national security priorities. we made clear, as katherine and pete said, that we are committed to standing with our democratic allies in doing what is necessary to that is what is at issue, because on the other side of the break's conflicts that we have talked about, whether it is the chinese communist party, iran, russia, these are enemies of democracy, freedom, and truth. these are individuals, countries whose values are anchored in autocracy and tyranny and in propaganda, so this is a heavy moment for the congress, for the country, and the free world, so we will evaluate whatever process hurdles will be in front of us through the lens of that heavy moment in the recognition

that america has to always stand on the side of values like democracy, freedom, and truth. >> [indiscernible] rep. jeffries: we have spoken regularly with president biden and the white house over the last several months in the last several days. you will know president biden convened a very important conversation with the four legislative leaders on sunday to discuss a possible path forward and we will continue to be in conversation moving forward. >> [indiscernible] rep. jeffries: you can evaluate the legislation in the same way that we evaluate the legislation. we have been clear that the issue in front of us relates to america's national security and standing with democratic allies,

and extraneous matters have no place in anything that we consider over the next few days. >> your reaction to today's impeachment trial? rep. jeffries: i will yield to pete and catherine on this as well, but what is taking place in the senate right now is nothing more than a political stunt that has nothing to do with lowering costs were everyday americans, growing the middle class, making sure that we promote safe communities all across the land, defending democracy, fighting or reproductive freedom. what is going on in the senate is that sharad --charade. there is no basis for presuming the impeachment of secretary mayorkas. this is all part of the marjorie taylor greene show, and it is

unfortunate that she is driving the agenda on so many issues as it relates to the extreme maga republicans in the house. catherine. >> i would add to that that what we are seeing in the impeachment that is now with this senate is directly related to the house gop, and as the leader said, they are operating under the direction of marjorie taylor greene and the most extreme factions of their conference. how do we know this? because when the president came together and was told that they needed immigration reform, to be tough on border security in order to pass this national security passage, the president did that and forge an agreement with the republicans, a bipartisan agreement in the senate that was rejected by the

house gop before the final text. they upset the quiet part out loud when it comes to immigration, when it comes to fixing our broken system. when it comes to making sure we are stopping the flow of fentanyl and that we have order at our border. they are not interested in solutions. they are interested in continuing this as a divisive political issue full stop. what we are seeing in the senate is an extension of that policy. >> [indiscernible] rep. jeffries: he has not asked for democratic support. we are in regular communication as is always the case every week that we are in session about the legislative agenda, and we are working through the substance.

we have made clear that until we are able to evaluate the substance of the legislation that will be before the house we are not in a position to determine how we will proceed. >> [indiscernible] what are you waiting to figure out, waiting to work through? rep. jeffries: our conversation with the house democratic caucus, because you have the leadership of the house democratic caucus chair, and we do not get ahead of our members, because on all issues, particularly ones of great significance, so we may have a perspective. we went to have that conversation as a caucus, as a family, as a team so that we can continue to emerge unified as we have been.

>> do you see an instance and when [indiscernible] rep. jeffries: we are not going to allow america's national security interests to be undermined, so figuring out the precise contours of the path forward remain in front of us, but our topline commitment is ironclad. we are going to make sure that we stand by our democratic allies in ukraine, israel, in the indo pacific, and to make sure that we secure the humanitarian assistance necessary to surge into gaza and other theaters of war throughout the globe. >> [indiscernible] rep. jeffries: i do