I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast from WNYC Studios. It's Thursday, August 5th.

Our guest is Westchester and Rockland Congressman Mondair Jones. We'll talk to the congressman

about some of the big national politics developments this week,

including centrally President Biden's decision to announce a new two-month eviction moratorium,

but only after progressives reacted so angrily to his decision to let the old eviction moratorium lapse after the U.S. Supreme Court

struck it down. Mondare Jones, who graduated Harvard Law School in 2013, is now a freshman

in a much less prestigious organization, the United States Congress. Just kidding. Okay,

not kidding. Congressman Jones, great to have you on again. Welcome

back to WNYC. Brian, it's so great to be back. I was kidding, not kidding, you know, about what it means

to be in Congress these days. What's your experience so far with how people you meet, react to your

membership in that body, as opposed to, being from Harvard law or working in

the Obama Justice Department, as you also did? More than anything, I'm proud to have grown up

in Section 8 housing and on food stamps and to be bringing that perspective of someone who understands

what it's like to struggle in this broken economy and to face housing insecurity,

which is a lens that was very helpful in my recent advocacy that turned out to be successful

in getting the president to issue a new moratorium with respect to evictions. It has been a dream

to serve the people of Westchester and Rockland

County in the United States Congress.

And I do not lose sight of the fact that it is a privilege.

It's something that's very humbling, and it's something that causes me to work very hard

every single day, along with an incredible group of people known as my staff,

who care and who share my values and who work just as hard.

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