Colorado congressman on ongoing war in Iran and funding TSA agents

WASHINGTON (CBS, KYMA) - Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation Sunday about the ongoing war in Iran.

According to Brennan, Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, spoke to Congress last week, "saying we wouldn't see an ICBM that would, in theory, be the thing that would carry a nuclear warhead right to American shores" while adding that "they wouldn't have one until 2035 if they even tried at all."

This prompted Brennan to ask Rep. Crow if he is afraid that Gabbard is wrong, to which the congressman said:

"She could be wrong, and we...obviously have to dive into the intelligence. The question has never been whether or not Iran poses a threat or a series of threats to the United States, but that's where the analysis begins, not when the analysis ends. Right? We have lots of threats. Kim Jong Un poses a threat. Putin poses a threat. We have threats around the world. The question is, what do we do about it? And right now, we've spent $20 billion in the first two weeks of this war alone, one and a half billion dollars a day. Americans are paying $300 million a day extra energy prices. The terror threat around the world against the United States and Americans is spreading. And there's no off-ramp. We have no strategy and no end-game. This is a mess by any definition, and now we have to figure out what we do from here."

During the interview, Brennan and Crow talked about funding Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents.

Brennan said, "A lot of TSA agents aren't receiving paychecks because of this Democratic-led funding shutdown" to demand a change in immigration policy.

Brennan also said the airport in Denver is asking people to donate gift cards to the TSA agents affected by the partial government shutdown.

When asked how he continues to defend the shutdown, the congressman said:

"I'm going to be really clear that this is a Republican shutdown...Just yesterday, the U.S. Senate held a vote, and Senate Democrats put up an authorization to fund everything except for ice and CBP, that's Coast Guard, that's TSA, that's cybersecurity. Every single Senate Republican voted against it. In the House, we actually have a bill, Rosa DeLauro and Hakeem Jeffries. We have a clean bill that would force a vote to open up everything, to fund everything except for ICE and CBP. Republicans are stopping it. They're not even allowing a vote on that bill. So we are ready to go. They are in control of every facet of government...They are in control of every element of government. They're in control of what we vote for and don't vote for. We are saying, let's open it back up. Let's fund Coast Guard. Let's fund FEMA. Let's fund TSA. Let's fund cybersecurity, which, by the way, we need because we just started a war with Iran, which has a huge cyber capability. We want to fund it. We're ready to fund it. We will take the votes tomorrow. They're stopping that vote. They own this shutdown."

On Monday, President Donald Trump said ICE agents were being deployed to help TSA agents at airports across the country, with border czar Tom Homan saying they would to take on tasks like securing exits and checking IDs.

To watch more of Brennan's interview with Crow, click here.