Rep. Adam Schiff On Decline In Public Confidence Of Supreme Court | The View

>> Whoopi: WE'RE BACK WITH REPRESENTATIVE ADAM SCHIFF, AND SARA HAS THE FIRST QUESTION. >> Sara: YES, CONGRESSMAN. AS WE MENTIONED IN THE LAST SEGMENT, YOU'VE ANNOUNCED THAT YOU'RE RUNNING FOR SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN'S SEAT WHEN SHE RETIRES IN 2024. WHY DO YOU WANT THE SENATE JOB VERSUS CONTINUING TO SERVE IN THE HOUSE? >> WELL, I THINK I COULD BE EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE SENATE. NOT ONLY

IN DEFENDING OUR DEMOCRACY, BUT ALSO FIGHTING FOR AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. I THINK PART OF THE REASON OUR DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN IN TROUBLE IS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO GET BY IN THE COUNTRY. IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE AREN'T WORKING. THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLERE WORKING, BUT JUST NOT MAKING ENOUGH TO GET BY. IN CALIFORNIA PARTICULARLY -- IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE A HOUSING

CRISIS WHICH PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING. WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH HOMELESSNESS, AND I THINK IN THE SENATE, I CAN ATTACK THOSE PROBLEMS WITH EVEN GREATER EFFECTIVENESS. I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN THE HOUSE, BUT I THINK THE SENATE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS GIVEN THAT THE HOUSE IS KIND OF A BASKCAETCASES WHERE THINGS WILL GET DONE. I HAVE A

RECORD IN CALIFORNIA, AND I WANT TO DO IT IN THE SENATE. >> Alyssa: CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED ABOUT SENATOR FFEINSTEINS FITNESS TO REMAIN IN OFFICE. THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW WHERE SHE SEEMED TO BE UNAWARE SHE WAS GONE AT ALL. DO YOU STILL HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN HER ABILITY TO DO THE JOB OR WOULD SHE BETTER SERVE THE 39 MILLION CALIFORNIANS SHE REPRESENTS BY RESIGNING? >> Joy:

RETIRING. >> MY VIEW WILL BE A MINORITY ONE ON YOUR PROGRAM. I'VE HEARD THE DISCUSSION YOU HAVE HAD IN THE PAST AND I APPRECIATE IT. I THINK THAT THE PROBLEM IF SENATOR FEINSTEIN WERE TO LEAVE OFFICE TOMORROW IS THAT REPUBLICANS ARE NOT GOING TO FILL THAT SEAT ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T ALLOW A TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT. EVEN SOME OF HER CLOSEST

FRIENDS WOULDN'T SECEDE TO HER WISHES, AND I DON'T THINK THEY WILL ALLOW A PROGRESSIVE SENATOR TO SIT IN THAT SEAT. THE ONLY WAY PRESIDENT BIDEN IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO FILL THESE VACANCIES IN THE JUDICIARY IS IF SENATOR FEINSTEIN IS THERE. ON LEGISLATION, SHE WANTS TO BRING OPEN SPACE. THEY'RE WORKING AND SUCCEEDING. HER OFFICE WORKED FOR YEARS TO DOUBLE THE OPEN SPACE IN THE SANTA

MONICA MOUNTAINS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS, AND THEY'RE GETTING THE JOB DONE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SHE BE THERE. >> Sunny: WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT, CONGRESSMAN, BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU QUICKLY. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE REPORTING THAT JUSTICE ALITO TOOK A TRIP FROM A MEGADONOR THAT HAD TIES TO SUPREME COURT CASES. IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE NEWS OR CLARENCE THOMAS' ENTANGLEMENT WILL

LEAD TO REFORM. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE EROSION OF THE CONFIDENCE IN THE SUPREME COURT? >> I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT, AND WHILE I AGREE WITH YOU, IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE COURT TO ADOPT ITS OWN CODE OF ETHICS, THEY'RE NOT DOING IT, AND I WOULD HAVE CONGRESS IMPOSE IT IF THEY WON'T. MORE THAN THAT, I THINK WE NEED TERM LIMITS FOR JUSTICES, AND I'M

ONE OF THE LEAD AUTHORS OF THE BILL IN THE HOUSE TO DO THAT ALONG WITH HANK JOHNSON AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. AND THAT IS MITCH McCONNELL AND DONALD TRUMP STACKED THE COURT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO ENLARGE IT, BUT THEY STACKED IT BY WITHHOLDING AN APPOINTMENT FROM BARACK OBAMA, AND THEN JAMMING ONE DOWN THE COUNTRY IN DIRECT AND HYPOCRITICAL CONTRADICTION IN THE LATTER DAYS OF DONALD

TRUMP, AND THAT STACKED THE COURT AND UNLESS WE'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT FOR ANOTHER GENERATION, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND TO ME, THAT MEANS EXPAND THE COURT. >> Whoopi: WELL, REP SCHIFF, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, NEXT TIME YOU'RE IN THE CITY, COME SIT WITH US. IT'S