ACTUALLY, Background checks should be conducted every other year on EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS. I want to know how some of these people get so rich so quickly.
The answer is lobbying and stocks. (Which they do have to disclose, and information about both can be found online.) Tim Waltz was one of the poorest people to run for Vice President, and Jasmine Crocket has been vocal about how being required to have a place of residence in one's home state and DC is prohibitively expensive - making it harder for people who aren't already rich to get into politics.
@@emmakane6848 Do you HONESTLY believe Nancy Pelosi was forthcoming about her investments ? Also you have to be a FOOL to think that the information we get from the Government is completely true. All you have to do is look at the JOBS REPORT, INFLATION PERCENTAGES, CRIME PERCENTAGES, etc. etc. THIS Government has been making fools out of us for years, and frankly I'M SICK OF IT. You may not appreciate the difference until "THE SWAMP" has been drained completely.
@@emmakane6848 Indeed. As we provide a residence for the President and VP, we should consider providing housing for Congress (I'm talking basic dorm style here, not the Hilton) especially for incoming freshmen.
As a nurse I have my fingerprints on file and a background check, White House appointments should be held to a higher standard and DEFINITELY have an FBI background check!
As a volunteer for the Salvation Army I had a security check and got finger printed.... maybe Canada goes to extreme but even if a parent offers to be a volunteer on school kids outings they need a background check which I agree with. You never know who is lurking in the shadows. if these people do not want checks then they are hiding something, simple as that!!
Don’t be so FOOLISH. The majority of these ppl are from the federal gov. If they didn’t do checks how would they know about investigations from 8 yrs ago and no one was charged. This is a skeem they it all about slowing trump down so moves can’t be made. It’s corruption. If u believe these people u know about 10% of what’s really going on in the world. Wake up.
My daughter just got hired with Homeland Security and had to go through an extensive background check. Members of higher up appointments with Presidential office should absolutely be checked out thoroughly.
The DOJ / FBI has been politicized by the Dem cabal and has been criminally hostile toward Pres Trump and Republicans. Under the current leadership of the highly partisan Garland and Wray they are untrustworthy.
The Democrats must push a bill through immediately stating that all a appointed cabinet position MUST have an extensive background check. It also MUST state that NO ONE not even the President is allowed to wave the procedure. Biden and ALL the rest of the Democrats must do this immediately.
Just to be able to go through airport security faster, I had to pay and get cleared, I'm safe. Those running this Country should have a tougher time getting cleared. Why don't we expect that?
The intentions are different. Job background checks are to protect the employer and employees. Pres Trump has already done such background checks for his nominees, all of which have been previously background checked for prior high positions. Dem Rep Lieu's legislation has the intention of enabling today's corrupt, politicized FBI to cause delays and interfere with the nomination / confirmation process and short-circuit Pres Trump's constitutional powers. This would be a continuation of the Dem cabal and the corrupt DOJ / FBI exceeding their legal and/or constitutional authority in order to "Get Trump".
As a former school bus driver, I had to be fingerprinted and undergo background checks. But none for the people in the president's cabinet? That's insane! Truly crazy.
For hecks sakes you have a background check to get hired in ANY Government job.......how could the top ones be exempt......they should all be clean!!! No it will not get passed thru Congress......they are too 'small cat'.
I guess the same way the top judges in the United States don't have to obey the same ethics regulations as their subordinates. Rules for thee, not for me.
Even If the FBI says the person is unqualified Trump does not care. He still will nominate that person. And the Senate will do nothing because they are cowards.😢
"But I believe that for us, Biden is a preferable choice for Russia." Putin...."Please tell Putin I'll have more flexibility after the election." Obama aka Putin's puppies 😂
@@GoUSA2929 And you believe him? Funny how american Conservatives believe everything Putin says, never thinking he might have ill intentions for Americans. Just like Trump did in Helsinki 2018 when he said that he trusts Putin over his own american intelligence!
@@GoUSA2929 You just did it again, believing everything Putin says. And you ramble a little bit, you could try to stay a little more focused on what you want to say, you sound like Trump
@@GoUSA2929And Putin would NEVER GASLIGHT or MISLEAD AMERICANS...😂. Obama never said he believed Putin RATHER THAN American intelligence...in front of the entire WORLD! TRUMP IS A TRAITOR.
How about none of them get sworn in until they are vetted and they have signed the ethics document. Just don’t let them in until they do the right thing!
Why is the right pushing back against the traditional ethics agreement. I have to agree to honor my employee handbook or I don't have a job. Winner or loser the new administration members are employees, our employees.
Longtime respect for Congressman Lieu... Thank you! Most major businesses require both a background check and drug test. At least the ones where I worked .
That man routinely smears his political opposition with whatever he can, whenever he can. At a congressional hearing, he tried to smear Candace Owen's by playing a small clip of her talking about Hitler, intentionally trying to make it appear that Candace was defending Hitler. She then pointed out that what he did was exactly what the media does every single day to Trump, other Republicans in the government, and right-wing people in general. When she stated the fact that the Democrat party treats black Americans as if they are stupid, Jerry Nadler banged his gavel and interjected that the witness isn't allowed to disparage sitting members of Congress, she said "That's not what I said. That's not what I said at all. You weren't listening." Jerry Nadler just shrugged his shoulders and threw his hands up in the air to basically say "Who cares?" These are the despicable people you support and celebrate. The truth means nothing to them, precedent means nothing to them, and the law means nothing to them. Why do we even need a new bill to vet appointees if there is already a vetting process? Why should we trust the FBI anymore after they spied on a political campaign and it's members, put undercover agents in Catholic churches to spy on people for simply being religious, and referred to parents voicing their concerns and anger at school board meetings as domestic extremists? Do you not remember the Democrats trying to cover up the S.A. of a teenage girl by a boy that identified as transgender in Virginia, only to send him to another school where he S.A.'d another girl a month later? I remember her father trying to speak out at the school board meeting about it where a bunch of police jumped him from behind and smashed his face into the floor, busting him up pretty good.
For the first time a president elect wants to bypass the constitutional requirement that the Senate approve appointments. He also wants to bypass FBI investigation of his appointees like he did with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Trump knows his appointees are crooks.
@@sr2291I don't like this. You should have to have a background check. What is this going to look like to other citizens if they don't get checked,something is fishy
*Doing* the background check means nothing unless there's consequences. If someone can't pass the background check, *they need to be barred* from federal employment in the top jobs. *That's the important bit* - cos last time, Trump just gave out clearances over the objections of the intelligence communities. That's the bit you need to legislate! Force the checks, then *bar the employment* for certain jobs, and include a generic 'Presidential Advisor' role as well, so that they don't get to just 'hang out' in the WH. In fact, you could bar them from WH or Executive Office access, without a guide or security escort! It wouldn't be foolproof, lots of Fox anchors got called for advice last time Trump was in office, but it's something.
Agree, but that would require a constitutional amendment. (requires 2/3 of each house AND ratified by 38 states. No time.) The founders dealt with this by requiring that the Senate vet people.
@neutrino78x really? It would require an amendment in the Constitution? Why? Can't they just pass a bill that says every candidate for a Senate Confirmable position must have a completed background check prior to the Senate confirmation vote and if the background check is 'failed' or if a security clearance is denied, the Senate is required by law to refuse confirmation.
@margomargao2004 So unfair to everyday citizens. Even Trumps taxes should be checked. He's always getting audited. Like Al Capone, they could finally get him for tax evasion & fraud. 🤞
And the luggage thief wasn't embarrassing. Not to mention the activist judges. So many of President magoos picks knew nothing of the departments they head.
@@dobaku447wanna compare credentials on Biden picks compared to dumps? Like, that political hack Amy Barrett, who has NOT ONCE, ever heard a case, but yet she is on the SC.
Such trivial spouts of what "should" happen are meaningless! To some (MAGA) letting the president appoint anybody and everybody is, clearly, common sense. To others it is the opposite. You stated nothing of opinion or value. To have your comment be of value to one side or the other you must clarify what "common sense" means! Right now you have shown your support for absolutely NOTHING! Take a stand or just read comments....
If you want to run for national office or receive an appointive position, you should have to pass a full-field background investigation prior to being able to be appointed or run for office. Being deemed to be suitable for access to national security information because you won an election needs to end. The permanent election cycle allows ample time for candidates to be investigated. I was a career federal employee who could not begin my job until after I passed the background check, and maintaining that clearance was a condition of my employment. Once you are cleared, it is easier to maintain a clearance. You just go through the update every five years, though there is an ongoing requirement to report changes in your financial situation or if you get married, among other things.
In the navy, I had to get a background check to even qualify to take a posting in aviation administration from undesignated. So, for anyone seeking higher offices above that, what's the problem?
What are they hiding? Between my almost complete hearing loss. My husband's almost complete blindness and my mother's inability to speak due to a stroke...another words, deaf, dumb and blind. It's obvious to us. It's money and power grabs.
People try to not even hire a babysitter or daycare giver without a background check, so people in these positions need the mother of all background checks. Hello??
Agree! FBI background investigations is and should be a must for all White House appointees and staff members... Trump's family members should have been a red flag from the first Trump administration... That includes his now close friends Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy too!
The federal government spent hundreds of millions of our dollars to “fight misinformation,” Only to create more misinformation. DOGE will not tolerate this nonsense!!!!!!
Ted Lieu continues to be an exemplary public servant. 🙌🏼 Alex Witt is an undervalued reporter. I stopped watching msnbc a long while back and completely forgot about Alex Witt. She is excellent and deserves a more prominent spot in the lineup.
I wanted to drive for Uber, naturally they checked my driving record but refused me because of a misdemeanor charge back in the early 80's. Differently they should have FBI background checks.
Every government job, (and in my case I worked at a university) from the janitor to the president of a university are required to have and pass a background check.
There is only one reason Trump does not want background checks. He knows his Cabinet picks would not pass these checks. In fact most would not pass a background check to work at a school.
If trump cant pass a background check , the the heck is he doing as president elect.. someone collect all these messages against trump and show Biden what we all want.
Democrats please devise a new way of putting guard rails on Trump. He has shown astronomically numerous times that he is going to disregard or lawyer his way out of following the rules or law for that matter. It’s time to lawfully be creative beyond committees that end n where. You have to try something new!
what do mean guard rails on Trump. Under what authority? He is the president of the United States of American. You are literally and openly invoking your fellow democrats to commit a crime. "obstruction of official proceedings" You democrats are criminal.. WOW .. I would be surprised if we find out how many democrats might be involved in all those assassination attempts.. Democrats you beginning to behave less like a political party and more like a criminal organization... Unbelievable. If it wasnot for republican not rushing to drastic measure . If what was not for republican believing in equal right for all partys. , If Republicans were as half as corrupt as democrats and abusing law enforcement institution. All democrats would locked up.. Do you guys listen to yourselves. We republican will never abuse these institution.. But there has to be accountability of the abuse of power and overreach by the democrats.. cause you guys havenot learned from losing the elections and you doesnot not seem interested at all in course correcting
He will also wants to reduce the veterans disability payments. They are going to look at body parts and what they’re getting for certain parts of being injured or permanently damage and they’re gonna reduce their Social Security disability payments. All veterans out there. I currently have Social Security disability.
ACTUALLY, Background checks should be conducted every other year on EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS. I want to know how some of these people get so rich so quickly.
The answer is lobbying and stocks. (Which they do have to disclose, and information about both can be found online.) Tim Waltz was one of the poorest people to run for Vice President, and Jasmine Crocket has been vocal about how being required to have a place of residence in one's home state and DC is prohibitively expensive - making it harder for people who aren't already rich to get into politics.
@@emmakane6848 Do you HONESTLY believe Nancy Pelosi was forthcoming about her investments ? Also you have to be a FOOL to think that the information we get from the Government is completely true. All you have to do is look at the JOBS REPORT, INFLATION PERCENTAGES, CRIME PERCENTAGES, etc. etc. THIS Government has been making fools out of us for years, and frankly I'M SICK OF IT. You may not appreciate the difference until "THE SWAMP" has been drained completely.
@@emmakane6848 Indeed. As we provide a residence for the President and VP, we should consider providing housing for Congress (I'm talking basic dorm style here, not the Hilton) especially for incoming freshmen.
Yup🎉
A background check isn't going to tell you how someone got rich, you goober😂😂😂. Stay off internet, or at minimum...don't type.
Shouldn't the president have an FBI check???
Before becoming a candidate I would hope.
DJT’s🥵 highly accredited criminal vitae, wouldn’t qualify him a door greeter position at Walmart, for Christ sake‼️😮
He should have a sanity check.
Absolutely but as we know already trump doesn't follow any rules of law he straight up SUCKS
He wouldn’t even get a security clearance
As a nurse I have my fingerprints on file and a background check, White House appointments should be held to a higher standard and DEFINITELY have an FBI background check!
As a teacher, I was fingerprinted and our state police did a background check.
there's only one reason why they don't because most of them are unfortunately very crooked.
As a volunteer for the Salvation Army I had a security check and got finger printed.... maybe Canada goes to extreme but even if a parent offers to be a volunteer on school kids outings they need a background check which I agree with. You never know who is lurking in the shadows. if these people do not want checks then they are hiding something, simple as that!!
I was fingerprinted for daycare work. We need this for those seeking the highest echelon of power in this country.
I agree!
Regular citizens have to go through a FBI background check to get a guard card for all phases of Security Guards
Don’t be so FOOLISH. The majority of these ppl are from the federal gov. If they didn’t do checks how would they know about investigations from 8 yrs ago and no one was charged. This is a skeem they it all about slowing trump down so moves can’t be made. It’s corruption. If u believe these people u know about 10% of what’s really going on in the world. Wake up.
My daughter just got hired with Homeland Security and had to go through an extensive background check. Members of higher up appointments with Presidential office should absolutely be checked out thoroughly.
lol .. fake force .. we saw how Homeland security actually functions 😂 what scam get rid of homeland fake force ..
Why wasn't Trump checked? There is enough recorded about his comment behaviors in business and with the likes of Jeffrey Epstein as long back as 1992.
The sad part about this whole situation Trump never should have been able to run for the president @@JoeWilliam-p3w
A criminal will never want law enforcement in it's business.
The DOJ / FBI has been politicized by the Dem cabal and has been criminally hostile toward Pres Trump and Republicans. Under the current leadership of the highly partisan Garland and Wray they are untrustworthy.
Like the DOJ!
@@byronyoung4302
Hannity with Koppel.
Priceless.
@@g0679 show me the man, I'll show you the crime
Just like dump boy
The Democrats must push a bill through immediately stating that all a appointed cabinet position MUST have an extensive background check. It also MUST state that NO ONE not even the President is allowed to wave the procedure. Biden and ALL the rest of the Democrats must do this immediately.
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REQUIRE: FBI Bankground Checks & Clearance. REQUIRE IT, DO IT NOW.
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Democrats destroyed the country
So what do we do when Hunter's fails? He's been receiving intelligence briefings already.
Hunter isn’t a politician. FBI checks are for people holding political office. How dumb are you?
@TuesdayAfternoon-tm9vc he sits in on intelligence briefings and meetings. How are you not paying attention to what's happening now?
Just to be able to go through airport security faster, I had to pay and get cleared, I'm safe. Those running this Country should have a tougher time getting cleared. Why don't we expect that?
They do background checks on most jobs now
Ya ?
That is not what this obstructionist legislation about.
Tulsi Gabbard apparently doesnt need one.
You do have to pass a criminal background check just too work in the grocery store! But not too work in the Whitehouse???
The intentions are different. Job background checks are to protect the employer and employees. Pres Trump has already done such background checks for his nominees, all of which have been previously background checked for prior high positions.
Dem Rep Lieu's legislation has the intention of enabling today's corrupt, politicized FBI to cause delays and interfere with the nomination / confirmation process and short-circuit Pres Trump's constitutional powers.
This would be a continuation of the Dem cabal and the corrupt DOJ / FBI exceeding their legal and/or constitutional authority in order to "Get Trump".
My personal care attendants have to pass a complex background check. The government should most definitely be held to this standard!
I'm an after-school garden club teacher and I had to have my fingerprints on file with the FBI
So your saying it's just a waste of tax payer funds
Anyone who works with children usually gets checked out. Not to the extent of National Security, so no it is not a waste of money.
Requiring FBI checks for all government employees and presidents should be a given
As a former school bus driver, I had to be fingerprinted and undergo background checks. But none for the people in the president's cabinet? That's insane! Truly crazy.
For hecks sakes you have a background check to get hired in ANY Government job.......how could the top ones be exempt......they should all be clean!!! No it will not get passed thru Congress......they are too 'small cat'.
Thanks to Biden you don’t get a background check to cross our border
Funny how lefties didn’t have a problem with this when Joe and Obama were making THEIR appointments.
I guess the same way the top judges in the United States don't have to obey the same ethics regulations as their subordinates. Rules for thee, not for me.
Even If the FBI says the person is unqualified Trump does not care. He still will nominate that person. And the Senate will do nothing because they are cowards.😢
@@karinmartinazimmer2463 Cowardly sycophants.
The criminal seems only to be appointing criminals and Russian assets
"But I believe that for us, Biden is a preferable choice for Russia." Putin...."Please tell Putin I'll have more flexibility after the election." Obama aka Putin's puppies 😂
@@GoUSA2929 And you believe him? Funny how american Conservatives believe everything Putin says, never thinking he might have ill intentions for Americans. Just like Trump did in Helsinki 2018 when he said that he trusts Putin over his own american intelligence!
@mick136 do you believe Obama?? Funny you didn't mention on Obama...let me know if you need me to post when Putin endorsed Kamala. 😂
@@GoUSA2929 You just did it again, believing everything Putin says.
And you ramble a little bit, you could try to stay a little more focused on what you want to say, you sound like Trump
@@GoUSA2929And Putin would NEVER GASLIGHT or MISLEAD AMERICANS...😂. Obama never said he believed Putin RATHER THAN American intelligence...in front of the entire WORLD! TRUMP IS A TRAITOR.
Thanks for standing up for ethics Ted Lieu. We Need it.
How about none of them get sworn in until they are vetted and they have signed the ethics document. Just don’t let them in until they do the right thing!
You don't have any power to do that, you would have had to WIN to actually make that possible, but you are a loser.
@@Kathy-d1g how about nobody crosses our border until they are vetted? Yall were good with no vetting there right?
Why is the right pushing back against the traditional ethics agreement. I have to agree to honor my employee handbook or I don't have a job. Winner or loser the new administration members are employees, our employees.
@@byronyoung4302 SHUT UP " SPARKY " !!!
@byronyoung4302 just gonna leave this right here. To prove my point.
Longtime respect for Congressman Lieu... Thank you! Most major businesses require both a background check and drug test. At least the ones where I worked .
That man routinely smears his political opposition with whatever he can, whenever he can. At a congressional hearing, he tried to smear Candace Owen's by playing a small clip of her talking about Hitler, intentionally trying to make it appear that Candace was defending Hitler. She then pointed out that what he did was exactly what the media does every single day to Trump, other Republicans in the government, and right-wing people in general.
When she stated the fact that the Democrat party treats black Americans as if they are stupid, Jerry Nadler banged his gavel and interjected that the witness isn't allowed to disparage sitting members of Congress, she said "That's not what I said. That's not what I said at all. You weren't listening." Jerry Nadler just shrugged his shoulders and threw his hands up in the air to basically say "Who cares?"
These are the despicable people you support and celebrate. The truth means nothing to them, precedent means nothing to them, and the law means nothing to them. Why do we even need a new bill to vet appointees if there is already a vetting process?
Why should we trust the FBI anymore after they spied on a political campaign and it's members, put undercover agents in Catholic churches to spy on people for simply being religious, and referred to parents voicing their concerns and anger at school board meetings as domestic extremists? Do you not remember the Democrats trying to cover up the S.A. of a teenage girl by a boy that identified as transgender in Virginia, only to send him to another school where he S.A.'d another girl a month later?
I remember her father trying to speak out at the school board meeting about it where a bunch of police jumped him from behind and smashed his face into the floor, busting him up pretty good.
Presidents should be investigated before being allowed to run.
Absolutely everyone who works on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, goes through a thorough background check. Everyone!
I sure do hope this passes. Why have we waited until the last possible minute to do this?
For the first time a president elect wants to bypass the constitutional requirement that the Senate approve appointments. He also wants to bypass FBI investigation of his appointees like he did with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Trump knows his appointees are crooks.
Call your REPS & SENATORS! tell them to PASS this bill NOW
Ive had to have clearance and background checks for jobs outside of the government
I had to have a full background check to live in a Tax Credit Apartment.
@@sr2291I don't like this. You should have to have a background check.
What is this going to look like to other citizens if they don't get checked,something is fishy
They do background checks to get into Low Income Senior Housing.
@@KARMABELLA24 myself as well worked for a heat detector co.
*Doing* the background check means nothing unless there's consequences.
If someone can't pass the background check, *they need to be barred* from federal employment in the top jobs. *That's the important bit* - cos last time, Trump just gave out clearances over the objections of the intelligence communities.
That's the bit you need to legislate! Force the checks, then *bar the employment* for certain jobs, and include a generic 'Presidential Advisor' role as well, so that they don't get to just 'hang out' in the WH.
In fact, you could bar them from WH or Executive Office access, without a guide or security escort!
It wouldn't be foolproof, lots of Fox anchors got called for advice last time Trump was in office, but it's something.
As we now know for certain the so called intelligence agencies are compromised, which is about to get corrected.
Agree, but that would require a constitutional amendment. (requires 2/3 of each house AND ratified by 38 states. No time.)
The founders dealt with this by requiring that the Senate vet people.
@neutrino78x really? It would require an amendment in the Constitution?
Why?
Can't they just pass a bill that says every candidate for a Senate Confirmable position must have a completed background check prior to the Senate confirmation vote and if the background check is 'failed' or if a security clearance is denied, the Senate is required by law to refuse confirmation.
Jared Kushner
AIPAC approved.
And Ivanka.
Criminal family simply.
3 Billion From The Saudis?? ?🤔
@subtlesuplex2394 funny how he and Ivanka had the $ to pay any of daddy's fees and never showed in court...
I doubt anyone within 500 feet of Trump would pass a background check.
Good point, although perhaps they'd pass a Russian background check!
@holyngrace7806 tulsi did 😆
@@NickPorter-ui7st And there will be retribution for what the dems did against her
@@winstonsmith6607 oh no please don't hurt us 😆
@@NickPorter-ui7st No worries. You're safe in PoIand, non-American.
The absolutely INSANE thing about this is TRUMP WOULD NOT PASS THE FBI CHECK!!!!!!!
MSNBC is the National Enquirer of the "news" media. Entertaining but not to be taken seriously.
Totally agree
Nope,and he the president am very disappointed in the American people
Trump can't pass a background check
A sure failure. That's why he fails to even show his medical test, even after he gave his word at his rally. A crying shame.
You could aways shave your head
@margomargao2004 So unfair to everyday citizens. Even Trumps taxes should be checked. He's always getting audited. Like Al Capone, they could finally get him for tax evasion & fraud. 🤞
@@ricksomeone8166
Hannity can appear with Koppel. Again.
Trump and his cabinet picks are an embarrassment to this Country!
And the luggage thief wasn't embarrassing. Not to mention the activist judges. So many of President magoos picks knew nothing of the departments they head.
@@dobaku447wanna compare credentials on Biden picks compared to dumps? Like, that political hack Amy Barrett, who has NOT ONCE, ever heard a case, but yet she is on the SC.
Biden lost, lost big. Him and Comula are done.
Americans obviously wouldnt approve of whomever you would rather see in Trumps cabinet
You voted for a communist, named Iamala. It can’t get any lower than that.
They're awesome 😊
Common sense legislation.
Win the House and Senate.
@@reason6835 Yes, Dems will have to win the House and Senate before we can have rational legislation.
@@reason6835
Donald kissed Vladimir’s shoe in Helsinki.
Sean Hannity asked, “Am I bad for America?”
Such trivial spouts of what "should" happen are meaningless! To some (MAGA) letting the president appoint anybody and everybody is, clearly, common sense. To others it is the opposite. You stated nothing of opinion or value. To have your comment be of value to one side or the other you must clarify what "common sense" means! Right now you have shown your support for absolutely NOTHING! Take a stand or just read comments....
If you want to run for national office or receive an appointive position, you should have to pass a full-field background investigation prior to being able to be appointed or run for office. Being deemed to be suitable for access to national security information because you won an election needs to end. The permanent election cycle allows ample time for candidates to be investigated.
I was a career federal employee who could not begin my job until after I passed the background check, and maintaining that clearance was a condition of my employment. Once you are cleared, it is easier to maintain a clearance. You just go through the update every five years, though there is an ongoing requirement to report changes in your financial situation or if you get married, among other things.
In the navy, I had to get a background check to even qualify to take a posting in aviation administration from undesignated.
So, for anyone seeking higher offices above that, what's the problem?
What are they hiding? Between my almost complete hearing loss. My husband's almost complete blindness and my mother's inability to speak due to a stroke...another words, deaf, dumb and blind. It's obvious to us. It's money and power grabs.
Thank you for this legislation!
Yesss AMEN 🙏
Why wasn't it required before?
A TRAITOR has the top job.
TRAITOR TRUMP!!🤣🤣
I guess I'm stupid. I thought that was the law already ! 🤔
Sorry so upset cant hardly talk or write.I just cant stand to see what trump has done and doing to people.
People try to not even hire a babysitter or daycare giver without a background check, so people in these positions need the mother of all background checks. Hello??
" ... anyone specific to check . . .?" Yup, anyone that Rumpy likes and backs!
Yesss ABSOLUTELY
Eat excrement, tosser.
The Whole Bloody Lot - Top to bottom, No exceptions.
Agree! FBI background investigations is and should be a must for all White House appointees and staff members... Trump's family members should have been a red flag from the first Trump administration... That includes his now close friends Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy too!
Love Lieu! Real humility and a desire to serve his country.
It should just be Mandatory Period to all ! For conflict of interest or corruption most of these people would not be able to work at McDonald’s !
Trump should be vetted First
Wish you success for all these proceedings. For Hegseth, he shall never come into that position.
Why didn’t they do this 4 years ago
🤔
Because they actually did do background checks; Trump’s the first who has tried to block it.
He isn't hiding anything. He simply doesn't care if these people are nat sec risks. He wants loyalty to him, not America.
I think Dems were right. We do need to get rid of the fillabuster and pack the courts.
i agree
Me too
The federal government spent hundreds of millions of our dollars to “fight misinformation,” Only to create more misinformation.
DOGE will not tolerate this nonsense!!!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂
Your melt down is inspiring 😂😂😂😂.
Everybody should go thru a FBI check period.
Ted Lieu continues to be an exemplary public servant. 🙌🏼
Alex Witt is an undervalued reporter. I stopped watching msnbc a long while back and completely forgot about Alex Witt. She is excellent and deserves a more prominent spot in the lineup.
I wanted to drive for Uber, naturally they checked my driving record but refused me because of a misdemeanor charge back in the early 80's. Differently they should have FBI background checks.
What are the reasons they don't want background checks is a requirement for a position is to be a criminal
The fact they don't want them tells you everything you need to know about these criminals
The majority need background check from fbl
Trump Wants To Bypass The Vetting Because He Knows These Clowns He Picked Won't Pass Pahaaa!!🤣🤣
Every government job, (and in my case I worked at a university) from the janitor to the president of a university are required to have and pass a background check.
Go get them Ted!!! We all know they lie!!! Show me the proof!!!!!!
I used to paint all the houses on the Base McGuire Air Force Base and we were required background checks big time for that.
There is only one reason Trump does not want background checks. He knows his Cabinet picks would not pass these checks. In fact most would not pass a background check to work at a school.
he knows the fed is corrupted. once house has been cleaned at fbi then go for it. before that no deal
Or to work at Walmart. 🙄
Everyone should go through background checks for any job!
Just remove trump n vance by any means
Then Johnson would be potus 😮 😮
I'm sure they will.
What about FBI clearance on the president?
If trump cant pass a background check , the the heck is he doing as president elect.. someone collect all these messages against trump and show Biden what we all want.
They aren't hiding anything. It's public brother.
Yea! Go to! Get the laundry washed. And common sense indeed. Enough of Trump's whims! Kudos to Rep. Lieu!
Good!
Democrats please devise a new way of putting guard rails on Trump. He has shown astronomically numerous times that he is going to disregard or lawyer his way out of following the rules or law for that matter. It’s time to lawfully be creative beyond committees that end n where. You have to try something new!
Elections are our guardrails.
Democrats have ZERO POWER. the Democratic party is dead. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂
@@reason6835 hahaha...so this time elections were not stolen 🤣🤣🤣
what do mean guard rails on Trump. Under what authority? He is the president of the United States of American. You are literally and openly invoking your fellow democrats to commit a crime. "obstruction of official proceedings" You democrats are criminal.. WOW .. I would be surprised if we find out how many democrats might be involved in all those assassination attempts.. Democrats you beginning to behave less like a political party and more like a criminal organization... Unbelievable. If it wasnot for republican not rushing to drastic measure . If what was not for republican believing in equal right for all partys. , If Republicans were as half as corrupt as democrats and abusing law enforcement institution. All democrats would locked up.. Do you guys listen to yourselves. We republican will never abuse these institution.. But there has to be accountability of the abuse of power and overreach by the democrats.. cause you guys havenot learned from losing the elections and you doesnot not seem interested at all in course correcting
@@margomargao2004Nope. Too big to rig this time Dems!
Every candidate should be vetted!!!
Great points Rep. Lieu. I hope you keep talking! Thanks.
Can't get a place to live without back ground cheak.
He will also wants to reduce the veterans disability payments. They are going to look at body parts and what they’re getting for certain parts of being injured or permanently damage and they’re gonna reduce their Social Security disability payments. All veterans out there. I currently have Social Security disability.
Lies
Seriously?? Hope not!!
Pay attention MAzGA garbage! You’re getting what you voted for! Did you not pay attention to what your hero was saying?
He is not getting confirmed!
If trump was a regular citizen, he couldn't pass a background check to get a job at Mikkie Dee's. Sok though, they don't run them for fryer cooks...
TDS
@johnlench3109 I bet you say that to all the girls!
He’s not e regular citizen. He’s the president elect.
Why were background checks not done on Trump? Before 2016 he was well known as a disreputable character and there was also the Stormy Daniel case???
Trump wouldn't pass a background check, how the heck can he be president. 😡
GOOD! keep him to the standards!
Lieu you are one of the very best !!!
I want to know how trump ever passed a background check,and,who vetted trump?
I agree with Ted Lieu.
To drive taxi or drive Army bus on military bases requires an FBI check, so the highest jobs in yhe country should require them as well
Used to have a friend who was a bud boy and dishwasher at the white House and he needed a fbi background check just to wash dishes in 70s and 80s
TRUMP 2024 🎉🎉🎉🎉 CRY HARDER
Even uber required background checks on its drivers
"The 2024 election was so close ... the Democrats only BARELY lost everything!"
MSDNC
They haven't lost the fight, Trump will never be any more successful than he was in his first term.
ALL RED .....BARLEY ANY BLUE....CHECK THE MAP BRO!!!!
ITS CALLED A LAND SLIDE....REPUBLICANS ALWAYS WIN THE MOST LAND!
The bumblecrats really do need to get better at shamelessly lying or they will have tough times ahead. Now excuse me while I go eat a dog.
@@MedinaCliff ignorant
trump works for the ultra-rich, not you guys, bro!
Sounds like a smart idea, if you have nothing to hide, it shouldn’t be a problem
😂😂😂 democrat still trying to.sabotage trump administration.. to get one of thier spy in ...
Trump's sabotaging his own administration, Democrats will emerge much stronger in the mid-terms as a result.
Yeh, by not wanting criminals. Are you a fascist, traitor, bot, stupid or a combination of all 4
GOP simping for child molesters.
They are definitely hiding much.
How about we do a background check on the FBI
They have to pass a background check already.
Paging Pam Bondi.
@@mikelayton3810 And yet they're so corrupt ???
@@emmanueldaniel8872 And where did you hear that - Fox News or trump himselef. Find better sources.
@@Localyokle Do you think trump was the only person that bribed Bondi?
No background check No job.
Keep crying democrats. We're mining salt over here 😭
who is crying Maga nut ?
You win an autographed pair of Sean Hannity knee pads.
And a copy of his high school diploma.
Thank you Rep Lieu. His picks have serious flaws.
Good Bye "msnbc" You will NOT be missed
I hope they are doing one on Trump too
We know he won’t pass!
White house deserve beautiful women .
For what?? To attract Putin.
Thank you for this bill!!! As you say, common sense!! What are they hiding?!!
Joy reid got fired 😂
Register and vote them ALL out.
Heard that Joe Rogan is going to take over maddows show...sounds like a winner
Sounds like he'll still be feeding worms to his audience in the fear factory.
@@mikecaetano nope...has more audience than all mainstream news
What should be top of the list is his lack of experience and extremist views.
👍 👍 👍
WHY DO YOU NEED A BILL TO DO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ANYWAY?!.
The FBI is what needs investigating