- Well, for more now,

we're here joined byCalifornia Democrat Ro Khanna.

Congressman Khanna, welcomeback to "Faith Nation."

It's always great to have you.

You just heard Senator Manchin there,

making the red line on the Hyde Amendment,

also talking about the high price tag

on the reconciliation bill.

Your thoughts?

- We will get to a compromise.

I was in a meeting withthe president yesterday

and we said that we have tohave good faith negotiations

with Senator Manchin.

As you know, the Hyde Amendmentis the law of the land.

I don't expect thatreconciliation will repeal it,

so I think we could getto a compromise there.

- As you mentioned, you metwith the president yesterday

along with a group ofother House progressives.

Afterwards, the White Housesaid there was agreement

on what mattered most when itcomes to the key priorities

in the final legislation.

That said, does that get you any closer

to your moderate Democrat counterparts?

- It did.

I mean, what we agreed on

is that the price tag had to come down.

What we agreed on isthat we had to sit down

with Senator Manchinand negotiate something.

What some of us said isreduce the number of years

that these programs exist

and that will reallyhelp us get to consensus.

- Congressman Khanna,critics are quick to pounce,

suggesting if your caucuscan't get this done

with control of the WhiteHouse, the Senate and the House

on something with broadsupport like infrastructure,

it shows that Democratsmay not be able to govern,

potentially risking,as Abby just reported,

economic catastrophe when itcomes to the debt ceiling.

- Well, we're trying to do this

without a single Republican vote

when it comes to the debt ceiling

and I voted, when Trump was president,

to increase the debtceiling numerous times,

so it's unfortunate that no Republican

is willing to do that,

but the Democrats will get it done

and I'm confident that we willpass the president's agenda.

Again, it's a very slim majority,

50-50 Senate, only a threeseat majority in the House,

so it's difficult to do thingswithout any Republican votes,

but we're working very hard

and I'm confident we will deliver.

- Congressman, progressiveshave seemed to gain

a lot of control in thisinfrastructure debate.

Unlike before, you have aprominent seat at the table

and you have the president's ear.

Congressman, what does that say

about the control of the Democratic Party

and where it's heading?

It is becoming more progressive?

- It is and that's becausepeople like progressive policies.

They believe that every American

should have the opportunityto go to preschool.

They believe that we needchildcare help for families

that need assistance raising kids.

They believe we shouldhave free community college

so people can go getcommunity college benefits.

These are popular policiesaround the country

and that's whatprogressives have stood for.

- Congressman, I know you supported

the supplemental billthat ultimately provided

a billion dollars to fundIsrael's Iron Defense Dome system,

the opposition notably came

mostly from the progressivewing of your caucus.

That, along with a recent incident

involving Vice President Kamala Harris,

has sparked concerns aboutanti-Israeli sentiment

possibly brewing among Democrats.

I'd love to get you to weighin on your thoughts there.

- The Democratic Party still believes

that Israel is an ally.

The Iron Dome funding, which I supported,

was for defensive proposition.

It was to make sure

that when you have Hamas rockets coming in

that civilians don't get killed,

so I don't understand why anyone

wouldn't be for that defensivetechnology in Israel.

In Silicon Valley, Israel is asignificant ally economically

on innovation.

And I've been critical of settlements

and I've been critical of some policies.

I much more am with ShimonPeres or Yitzhak Rabin

than I was with Netanyahu's ideology,

but we have to recognizethat Israel is an ally

and you can be criticalof certain policies

without undermining thatfundamental alliance.

- All right, RepresentativeRo Khanna of California,

thank you so much.

It's great to have you.

- Thank you.- Thank you.