>> I WANT TO WELCOME BACK TO
CHEDDAR'S NEWS. WRAP HOUSE
DEMOCRATS EXPECTED TO DO MUCH
BETTER THIS
PAST ELECTION. POLLING SHOWED A
GAIN OF BETWEEN 5 10 SEATS IN
LEADERSHIP PUBLICLY BRAGGED
ABOUT SUCH A
UNIQUE POSSIBILITY. THEY'RE NOW
POISED INSTEAD TO LOSE CLOSE TO
A DOZEN SEATS, BUT THEY ARE
STILL SENDING A HANDFUL OF NEW
MEMBERS TO WASHINGTON
FROM ALREADY DEMOCRATIC
DISTRICTS AND JOIN US NOW IS
ONE SUCH NEW MEMBER
CONGRESSWOMAN ELECT SARAH J
CUPS OF CALIFORNIA REP ELECT
REALLY GOOD TO HAVE YOU TAKE
THE TIME WELCOME HERE TO
CHEDDAR'S NEWS WRAP FOR NEWS
RAP DEBUT. I DO WANT TO START
WITH YOUR CAMPAIGN IT'S
DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO TRY AND
MOUNT A CHALLENGE FOR CONGRESS.
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT YOU
AND YOUR COLLEAGUES HAVE TO GO
THROUGH TRYING TO DO IT IN THE
MIDST OF A PANDEMIC.
I TALK TO ME ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACED
ESPECIALLY DURING THE FINAL
STRETCH, HOW DO YOU GET OUT THE
VOTE.
>> YEAH ABSOLUTELY WELL FIRST
OF ALL SO HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH
YOU FOR MY DEBUT, BUT HOPEFULLY
NOT MY LAST TIME AND YOU KNOW
MY
FAVORITE PART CAMPAIGNING IS
REALLY GETTING TO TALK TO
PEOPLE HEAR
THEIR STORY BACK THEN NOW IS
OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE DIFFICULT
DURING A PANDEMIC SO WE HAVE TO
GET CREATIVE. WE GET A LOT OF
ON BANKING. A LOT OF DOOM AND
VIRTUAL OF AND AND JUST TRYING
TO FIND A MYRIAD OF WAYS TO
REACH OUT TO PEOPLE ALREADY OUR
EYE AND WAY DOWN MUCH HARDER TO
DO AT THE PUNCHES GO AT ME
FOLKS.
>> A CONGRESSWOMAN LET YOU HAVE
SAID I THINK OF COURSE
UNDERSTANDABLY SO FOR THE VAST
MAJORITY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES
COMING INTO THE 100 17TH
CONGRESS
PRIORITY ONE ISN'T DEADLY GOING
TO BE COVID-19 RELIEF TALKING
ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT
PRIORITY IS FOR YOU YOUR
CONSTITUENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT,
BUT ALSO WHAT COMES NEXT.
WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO GET OFF
THE GROUND, LET'S SAY WITHIN
YOUR FIRST 100 DAYS OR SO AS A
MEMBER THE CONGRESS THAT SOON
TO START.
>> AND OFTEN MISTAKE THAT IN
THIS LAME-DUCK PERIOD. THE 100
16TH CONGRESS WILL BE ABLE TO
PASS SOME
FOR FAMILIES. I ACTUALLY THINK
IT'S A REAL APPLICATION
UP RESPONSE BEFORE CONGRESS TO
GO HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
WITHOUT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO WE KNOW
ARE REALLY STRUGGLING RIGHT
NOW, EVEN IF THAT HAPPENS THE
NEXT CONGRESS IS GOING TO HAVE
TO PASS A STIMULUS PACKAGE
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO
GET THIS PUBLIC HEALTH AND
ECONOMIC CRISIS UNDER CONTROL
AND MY BIG PRIORITY WITHIN THAT
WILL BE MAKING SURE THAT WE
DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF OUR OTHER
PRIORITIES LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE
AS WE'RE DOING THAT ECONOMIC 3
AND THAT RICK
PUSHING FOR FUNDING FOR CHILD
CARE AND CHILD CARE
INFRASTRUCTURE IS BECAUSE I
DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE AN
EQUITABLE RECOVERY IF WE DON'T
ADDRESS CHILD CARE.
>> REPRESENTIVE ELECT JACOBS
THERE'S BEEN QUITE SOME CHATTER
SPECIFICALLY AMONG MANY
CONSERVATIVES
THEY SAY DUE TO YOUR HOME
STATE'S HANDLING OF THIS ONCE
IN A LIFETIME PANDEMIC THEY SAY
THE RESTRICTIONS ARE TOO HIGH.
THE REGULATIONS ARE
TOO HIGH. WE'RE LEAVING
CALIFORNIA WERE PACKING UP
MOVING OUR FAMILIES THAT WE ARE
HEADING OUT
OF STATE HAS THAT BEEN THE
EVIDENCE THAT YOU'VE SEEN ON
THE GROUND AS WELL AND WHAT IS
YOUR RESPONSE TO THOSE WHO ARE
LOOKING AT CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE
POLICIES
AND SAYING THESE ARE SIMPLY TOO
RESTRICTIVE AND THIS IS NO
LONGER WHERE WE WANT TO LIVE.
>> PEOPLE CLAIM THEY'RE LEAVING
CALIFORNIA ALL THE TIME FOR ALL
KINDS OF
REASONS THERE THERE ARE SO MANY
AMAZING PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
AND SO MANY AMAZING PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO THAT I'M NOT THAT
CONCERNED AND FRANKLY I HAVE
NOT
MET ANYONE, MY CONSTITUENTS WHO
ARE ACTUALLY DOING
WE HAVE A REAL PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS AND WE KNOW AN IMPORTANT
COMPONENT OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO
IS MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE
ENGAGING SAFE HABITS
AS POSSIBLE THAT WE ARE
RESTRICTING ACTION WHEN WE NEED
TO WE
KNOW THAT IT'S WINTER AND
ESPECIALLY THIS HOLIDAY PERIOD
IS A REAL RISK HERE AND WE'RE
ALREADY SEEING CASE NUMBERS GO
UP AND I THINK IT'S COME
INCUMBENT UPON ALL OF US
LEADERS TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE WEARING
MASKS THAT THEY KNOW THE SAFEST
WAY TO DO THINGS.
AND THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR
COUNTRY SAFE, YOU KNOW WE'VE
ALREADY LOST SO MANY PEOPLE TO
THIS HORRIBLE DISEASE AND EVEN
ONE LIFE IT'S TOO MANY.
>> I DON'T ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR
CAMPAIGN AS WELL THERE ARE NO
DOUBTS AT THEIR YOU EARNED THIS
SEAT IN CONGRESS YOURSELF, IT'S
NOT EVEN THE FIRST TIME THAT
YOU'VE RUN FOR CONGRESS OF
COURSE CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU
AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES, BUT TO THE POINT OF
CAMPAIGN FINANCING YOU DID
SIGNIFICANTLY OUTRAISED YOUR
OPPONENT 4 TO ONE IF I'M
NOT MISTAKEN.
YOUR GRANDFATHER OF COURSE IS
AS MANY PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT
KNOW THE FOUNDER LONGTIME
CHAIRMAN OF QUALCOMM. THEY'VE
INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO
OUTSIDE SUPER PACS THAT BENEFIT
IN YOUR CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS
MANY OTHER DEMOCRATS. HOW DO
YOU RESPOND TO CRITICS WHO SAY
THIS IS THE SORT OF SORT OF
SYSTEM WHERE
CLEARLY STILL CANNAVALE YOUR
BIG TECH COMPANIES HAVE TOO BIG
OF A SAY IN WHO BECOMES ARE
FEDERALLY ELECTED LEADERS.
>> WELL FIRST OFF SAY WE HAVE
TO FIX OR BURY BROKEN CAMPAIGN
FINANCE SYSTEM IT'S INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT AND ACTUALLY TODAY.
THE
HOUSE DEMOCRATS REINTRODUCING
THAT FOR THE PEOPLE ACT HR ONE
THAT IS GOING TO DO A LOT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE FIX THIS VERY
BROKEN CAMPAIGN
FINANCE SYSTEM. YOU KNOW I
SUPPORT OVERTURNING CITIZENS
UNITED I SUPPORT PUBLICLY
FINANCED ELECTIONS MAKING SURE
THAT WORK
DOING THINGS THAT MAKE SMALL
DOLLAR DONATIONS AS BIG AS
POSSIBLE. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL
THAT I WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE
WITH PEOPLE IN
MY DISTRICT AND THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO GET OUR MESSAGE
DIRECTLY TO VOTERS. BUT YOU
KNOW WHAT WE SAW IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY ACTUAL WHAT WE
SAW IN HOUSE RACES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IS THAT NO AMOUNT OF
MESSAGING MATTER IS IF YOU
DON'T HAVE CANADA AND A MESSAGE
THAT HAS DEEP TIES TO THE
COMMUNITY AND THAT RESONATES
WITH VOTERS ARE OFF MIKE
BLOOMBERG WOULD BE THAT THE
PRESIDENTELECT RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT POINT IS WELL TAKEN AT
BUT TO THE ISSUE OF QUALCOMM
ANTI TRUST THAT HAS BEEN
SOMETHING CONGRESSWOMAN-ELECT
JACOBS AT THE LAST
SEVERAL CONGRESSES HAVE TAKEN
UP BOTH DEMOCRATS AND ARE YOU
IN A POSITION WHERE WE FEEL AS
IF YOU CAN BE A FAIR
INDEPENDENT ARBITER SHOULD YOU
BE ON A COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
ARE PART OF A CAUCUS,
THE NEED TO TAKE UP THESE
ANTITRUST CONCERNS SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT QUALCOMM.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND I'VE NEVER
WORKED ON AND NO ONE IN MY
FAMILY IS IN LEADERSHIP
THERE ANYMORE. AND ADD AS SOON
AS I TAKE OFFICE ALL OF MY
ASSETS WILL BE IN A BLIND
TRUST.
>> I DON'T ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR
VIEW ON ON SO-CALLED
PROGRESSIVE POLICIES MEDICARE
FOR ALL THE GREEN
NEW DEAL MUCH IS BEING
MADE AT REPRESENTIVE ELECT J
CUPS ABOUT THESE THE DIVISIONS
WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
RIGHT TO WHAT DEGREE DID THE
PHRASE DEFUND THE POLICE
JEOPARDIZE SOME MORE
CENTRIST MEMBERS AS I'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT WITH DIFFERENT
DEMOCRATS BOTH IN CONGRESS AND
IN COMING TO CONGRESS, I'M SURE
THE NUANCES OR A BIT MORE
COMPLICATED. THEN THE HEADLINES
WOULD MAKE THEM APPEAR SO HOW
DO YOU VIEW THESE DIVISIONS
WITHIN THE CAUCUS, THE YOU'RE
ABOUT TO BECOME A PART OF DO
THEY CONCERN YOU YOU DO HAVE
DIFFERENT VISIONS FOR WHAT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY REPRESENTS
TODAY.
>> YOU KNOW THEY DON'T CONCERN
ME BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY THE
KIND OF DIALOGUE THAT WE NEED
TO
BE HAVING AND HONESTLY AS AS
MUCH AS PEOPLE WANT TO
MAKE ABOUT THE YOU KNOW IN OUR
FRESHMAN CLASS
AT LEAST WE ARE ALL VERY CLEAR
REGARDLESS OF WHERE ON THE
IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM THAT WE
ALL THAT THE NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY IS MAKING SURE WE'RE
GETTING ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES
RIGHT NOW AND
THAT WE AS A PARTY KNOW THAT
WHAT WE STAND FOR IS FOR
WORKING FAMILIES AND FOR
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THAT
POTENTIALLY DIVIDE IT'S SO MUCH
LESS THAN WHAT DIVIDES US FROM
THE OTHER PARTY THAT FRANKLY IS
HOLDING HOSTAGE A LOT OF THIS
INSTANCE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
GETTING WHAT THEY WANT IN.
AREAS I THINK THAT MY CAMPAIGN
AND MY RACE CAN BE
A GOOD MODEL FOR THAT IRAN ON
MEDICARE FOR ALL AND A GREEN
NEW DEAL AND BECAUSE OF
CALIFORNIA'S TOP
2 SYSTEM IN ORDER TO WIN MY
RACE, I HAD TO ALSO REACH OUT
TO REPUBLICANS AND TO WIN
REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND WE WERE
VERY SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT
WITHOUT SELLING OUT ANY OF OUR
PROGRESSIVE
VALUES BECAUSE AT THE END OF
THE DAY RIGHT NOW IN A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC WHAT PEOPLE WANT IS TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEIR FAMILY CAN
MAKE IT IT IS TIME THAT THEIR
SMALL
BUSINESS TAX THAT THEIR LIFE
BUILDING IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT
THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK
WE CAN ALL AGREE ON.
>> YOU CAN PAIR THEIR THE
HOSTAGE TAKING OBVIOUSLY ALL
EYES NOW ON THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, YOUR PARTY HOPES TO
WIN BOTH OF THOSE SEATS.
SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL
WITH A SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
MITCH MCCONNELL, BUT THE
REALITY IS REPRESENTATIVE
ELECT. YOU KNOW YOUR DEMOCRATIC
COLLEAGUES FOR THE LAST FEW
YEARS CALLED MITCH MCCONNELL'S
GRAVEYARD, THEY SAY NO MATTER
WHAT WE DO HR ONE FOR THE
PEOPLE YOU NAME IT WE TRY IN
THE HOUSE. IT GETS REPEATEDLY
BLOCKED NOT EVEN GETTING
CONSIDERATION ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF
CAPITOL HILL KNOWING THAT THAT
COULD VERY WELL BE THE
POLITICAL CLIMATE YOU'RE ABOUT
TO ENTER HERE IN WASHINGTON
D C. HOW DO YOU MOVE FORWARD,
WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUR
CONSTITUENTS WITH REGARDS TO
HOW DIFFICULT IT MAY BE TO
ACTUALLY GET
BILLS DONE KNOWING YOU'VE GOT
LEADER MCCONNELL ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE CAPITOL.
>> I THINK THERE'S 2 THE FIRST
IS THAT WE HAVE A DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENT ELECT AND I THINK
THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE
HOUSE DEMOCRATS A LOT OF FLAT
RACE TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE
DONE THAN WE WERE ABLE TO DO
EVEN WITH THE MAJORITY, BUT
WHEN WE CAN'T CONTROL THE
SENATE AND WE CANNOT CONTROL
THE
WHITE HOUSE. I RAN ON BEING
ABLE TO WORK ACROSS THE AISLE
AND BEING WILLING TO WORK WITH
ANYONE TO GET THINGS DONE FOR
MY
CONSTITUENTS AND WE SHOW THAT
IN OUR CAMPAIGN WE WERE ABLE TO
BUILD THAT KIND OF BROAD
COALITION AND THAT'S EXACTLY
HOW I INTEND TO GOVERN.
>> DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN