1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to this Week on Capitol Hill, your insider's guide 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: to the story shaping Washington and the world. I'm your host, 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: Tony Perkins. The war with Iran has now moved into 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: its third week. Secretary of Defense Pete Hexas says the 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: United States is on course to defeat and dismantle the 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,600 Speaker 1: regime's military capabilities. 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: They're one way attack drones yesterday down ninety five percent, 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: and as the world is seeing, they are exercising sheer 9 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 2: desperation in the straits of our moods. Something we're dealing with. 10 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 2: We have been dealing with it, and don't need to 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: worry about it. We're un planned to defeat, destroy, disable 12 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 2: all of their meaningful military capabilities at a pace the 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: world has never seen before. 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: will join us shortly as gas prices rise across the 16 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: United States and Iran sets its sights on disrupting the 17 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: world's oil supply. By that impact President Trump's domestic agenda. 18 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:06,000 Speaker 1: We'll talk about it with Phil Wegman, White House correspondent 19 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: for Real Clear Politics, and House Republicans gathered in Florida 20 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: this week for their annual Issues Conference where they laid 21 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: out plans heading into the midterm elections. 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 3: It's a very important time to put it simply in 23 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 3: in a very straightforward manner. Our mission, our game plan 24 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 3: is obvious, and that is that we have to defy 25 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 3: history and grow our majority, which we will do, and 26 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 3: we've got to continue saving the country. 27 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: I was House speaker Mike Johnson, he'll join us later 28 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: in the program. And is there a cultural awakening underway 29 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: in corporate America? Truest Bank is reportedly the latest Fortune 30 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: five hundred company to reject the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate 31 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 1: Equality Index and initiative that pressures corporations to adopt. 32 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 4: LGBTQ political priorities. 33 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: Jerry Boyer, former Forbes columnist and president in CEO of 34 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: Boyer Research, joins me to discuss the US Israel joint 35 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 1: operation against Iran continues into its third week. American and 36 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: Israeli strikes have targeted Iranian naval assets, military capabilities, and 37 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: key military infrastructure, but. 38 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 4: It's coming out of price. 39 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: Iran is targeting roughly a quarter of the world's oil 40 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: supply that moves through the Strait of horm moves along 41 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: the coast of Iran? Could this foreign policy objective derail 42 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: President Trump's domestic agenda? Joining me now to discuss this 43 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: and more as Real Clear Politics, White House correspondent Phil Weigman. Phil, 44 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: welcome back to this week on Capitol Hill. 45 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 4: Thank you for having me. So let's jump right into this. 46 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: The oil prices obviously rising sharply, not as high as 47 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: they were in the summer of twenty twenty two, but 48 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: nonetheless higher than they have been recently. Could this be 49 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,639 Speaker 1: a distraction for the President's mess to ajenda. 50 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 5: The juxtaposition in those two clips that you just played 51 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 5: couldn't be more stark. You have the Defense Secretary saying 52 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 5: that the situation in the Straits of Harmus is going 53 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 5: to be handled, don't worry about it, and then moments later, 54 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 5: the House Speaker noting that Republicans have to defy history 55 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 5: if they want to keep their majority and grow it. 56 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 4: These things are intimately connected. 57 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 5: One of the biggest feathers in Donald Trump's cap previously 58 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 5: was that gas prices were down. Now we see gas 59 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 5: prices rising because you can't have an argument with the 60 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 5: global commodities market. They're going to be unable to set 61 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 5: the price for a barrel of oil here that's outside 62 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 5: of the United States control. So, like you noted, it's 63 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 5: not as bad as it once was during the Biden administration. 64 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 4: But one of the key areas of relief. 65 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 5: One of the arguments that the White House will point 66 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 5: to that things were getting better was it the price 67 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 5: of gas was on its way down, and they said 68 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 5: that the price of you know, other things as well 69 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 5: was going to be less name. I think that this 70 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 5: makes it a little bit more difficult for this administration 71 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 5: when they were already facing. 72 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: An uphill battle, you know, Phil, One of the things 73 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: I've found very intriguing in this is, and I know 74 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,119 Speaker 1: you've covered the White House and the President, the President 75 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: loves to cite Poles. My very first meeting with him 76 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 1: when he was running for president back in twenty fifteen 77 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,719 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, was talking about the polls. 78 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 4: He's been dismissive. 79 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: Of the polls that show that a plurality or even 80 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: a majority of Americans are opposed to the war in Iran. 81 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 4: What do you make of that? 82 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 5: Well, as you know, Tony, she likes the polls that 83 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 5: I reinforce his message, and he's dismissive of the ones 84 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 5: that would give him caution to change course. He's a 85 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 5: bit selective there, but I think that you're heading on 86 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 5: something really interesting. One of the big differences between these 87 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 5: strikes and the global War on Terror is that this 88 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 5: administration didn't spend a ton of time making the case 89 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 5: for war with Iran. There was the hope that diplomacy 90 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 5: would take its course and there wouldn't be military action 91 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 5: wouldn't be necessary. Yes, we had a carrier striker in 92 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,640 Speaker 5: the Mediterranean, but if you look back to the state 93 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 5: of the Union, foreign policy was not the emphasis. And 94 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 5: I think that instead of making the argument to attune 95 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:23,320 Speaker 5: the public for these strikes, the calculation of the president was, 96 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 5: if we're victorious, we can make the argument on the 97 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 5: back end, and victory, you know, will forgive a multitude 98 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 5: of sins here the polling will improve. 99 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 4: That's that's an ongoing bet. 100 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:39,799 Speaker 5: But already, you know, again, as Republicans went into this year, 101 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 5: it was going to be a historic challenge for them 102 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 5: to maintain their midterms. The president's party generally takes a hit, 103 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 5: and now with an unpopular war where you know, that 104 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:55,279 Speaker 5: sort of crowds out attention on the president's domestic agenda. 105 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 5: When a lot of Americans are still concerned about, you know, 106 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 5: how do they put on the table and now how 107 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 5: do they put gas in their tanks of their cars. 108 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 5: This makes it a little bit different. Every moment spent 109 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 5: talking about Iran as a moment, not talking about the 110 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 5: state of the economy and their domestic efforts. 111 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: I mean, elections do turn on domestic issues. But there 112 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 1: clearly is a case to be made here about the 113 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: threat of Iran. 114 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 4: Is the administration making that case they. 115 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,600 Speaker 5: Feel that they are, and certainly we've heard directly from 116 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,039 Speaker 5: the President on numerous occasions the justification for the war 117 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 5: that has evolved at times that the core priorities of 118 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 5: downgrading the Iranian military, getting rid of their blistic capability, 119 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 5: sinking their navy, and you know, setting back their nuclear program. 120 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 5: That all remains, but the President has sort of muddled 121 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 5: the waters on occasion when he has gone back and 122 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,200 Speaker 5: forth with the idea of regime change. But you know, 123 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 5: I think that perhaps if this air campaign is successful 124 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 5: and stration is able to wrap this up quickly, then yeah, 125 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 5: a victory could provide them some momentum. But this is 126 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 5: the ongoing question, an ongoing question that we've been asking. 127 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 5: You know, for over a century. At this point, can 128 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 5: airpower alone be decisive? Certainly, you know in the Serbia 129 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 5: Kosovo conflict, airpower was decisive. But thus far, while the 130 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 5: Iranan regime has been crippled, there's no signs yet that 131 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 5: they've been able to accomplish all of their goals simply 132 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 5: through these strikes. 133 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: That's a very important equation because you move, if you 134 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: have to go beyond the air strikes, you move from 135 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,559 Speaker 1: a small war to a medium sized war, which becomes 136 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: very costly. And speaking of costs, obviously this is not 137 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: without a price tag. Supplemental funding is going to be necessary. 138 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: Congress has not been able to try and limit the 139 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: president's war powers. What's going to happen on the supplemental funding, Well, this. 140 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 5: War's costing about a billion dollars a day, which is 141 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 5: a drop in the bucket when you look at the 142 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 5: federal deficit. When I spoke with the president last week, 143 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 5: I gave him a call and I asked him about 144 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:10,080 Speaker 5: congressional war powers. He has no appetite for going to Congress, 145 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 5: and thus far Congress has no appetite of curbing him. 146 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 5: They've tried on Venezuela. Iran they're going to try again 147 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 5: on Cuba. I think that that it's going to break 148 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 5: down along partisan lines. That's the indication that we have. 149 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 5: But there might be an opportunity for House Democrats and 150 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 5: perhaps a handful of Republicans to slow this thing down, 151 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 5: not provide the supplemental funding, you know for the military. 152 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 5: I think about eleven billion dollars is what Speaker Mike 153 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 5: Johnson was asking for. You know, he can only afford 154 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 5: to lose a handful of votes, and maybe it'll be 155 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,239 Speaker 5: the purse strings to end up checking this administration. 156 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 4: We'll have to wait and see. The real question here, 157 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 4: you know, experts say is not whether or not the 158 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:57,920 Speaker 4: United States has enough money. 159 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 5: It's whether the United States has enough of the anti 160 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 5: air defense is the patriot and bad missiles, And certainly 161 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 5: our allies in Asia, like South Korea and Japan are 162 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 5: a little bit disturbed. 163 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 4: There's been some public boarding on this to see. 164 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 5: Those batteries move from the Pacific theater back to the 165 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 5: Middle East. 166 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 4: Phil we just have a little over a minute, laughed. 167 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: I want to get your take on the transition of 168 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: the head of the Department of Homeland Security, Christie nome Out. 169 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: We now have a senator, senator from Oklahoma, Wayne Mark 170 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:40,559 Speaker 1: Wayne Mullen. Yes, Mark Wayne Mullen. We have christ the characters. 171 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: Christine Nome is out. Mark Wayne Mullen is in your take. 172 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 5: Well, the Secretary, she flew a little close to the sun. 173 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 4: She made herself the story. 174 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 5: There were a lot of scandals, and eventually I think 175 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 5: that when she justified this more than two hundred million 176 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 5: dollar ad campaign by saying that it was done at 177 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 5: the d action to the President. 178 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 4: That was just too much. Mark Wayne Mullen. 179 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 5: Certainly, he is known by his colleagues in the Senate. 180 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 5: There's a bit of friction between himself and a few 181 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 5: Republican colleagues like Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. 182 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 4: But it seems that he is likely to be confirmed. 183 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 5: And one of the things that I'm looking for is 184 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 5: to see you once he is in charge of DHS. 185 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 5: Is he able to bring this partial government shut down 186 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 5: to a close, and also is he able to do 187 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 5: a reset with ice and sort of empower you know, 188 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 5: War Patrol Chief Tom Homan to take a more strategic approach, 189 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 5: one that differs from Christina. 190 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, there historically is a lot of difference given to 191 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: one of their own. I think his confirmation comes pretty quickly. 192 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: Phil Wagman, always great to see. Thanks so much for 193 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: joining us. 194 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 4: Thank you, sir. 195 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 1: All right, coming up next, Congressman Scott Perry joins us. 196 00:10:54,760 --> 00:11:05,560 Speaker 1: So don't go anywhere. Welcome back to this week on 197 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 1: Capitol Hill. I'm your host, Tony Perkins. Well as the 198 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: conflict whether Iran continues, the Iranian regime has begun turning 199 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: its sites on neighboring countries and the world's oral supply. 200 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: The question is now whether this short term economic pain 201 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 1: will pave the way for a more stable and secure 202 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: future for the United States and the Middle East. Join 203 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 1: me now to discuss this. And Morris, Congress and Scott 204 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: Perry of Pennsylvania. He serves on four House committees, including 205 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Permanent Select 206 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: Committee on Intelligence. He's also a retired brigadier general. He 207 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 1: represents the tenth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Congress and Perry, 208 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: welcome back to this week on Capitol Hill. 209 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 6: Thanks for joining us. Great to be with you, Tony. Yes, 210 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 6: certainly a lot going on in Iran, and I know that. Look, 211 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,319 Speaker 6: there are people that have legitimate concerns, as prices tend 212 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,680 Speaker 6: to rise during these things because of the uncertainty. 213 00:11:59,240 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 4: But I got it. 214 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 6: Think you got to put this in context. The president, 215 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 6: it was responding to forty seven years of aggression by 216 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 6: the state of Iran, forty seven years of war with America, 217 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:13,640 Speaker 6: where we have just kind of hoped that they would 218 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 6: do better talk to them, use diplomatic channels while they 219 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 6: killed Americans. The President is ending forty seven years of 220 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 6: violence and it doesn't just happen overnight. And so what 221 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 6: we can look forward to is spending a whole lot 222 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 6: less money in the Middle East protecting our interests like 223 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 6: we have been in the straits of horror, muz for 224 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 6: these forty seven years. It's just now that you're seeing 225 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 6: what Iran's potential was to every single day that caused 226 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,800 Speaker 6: insurance rates to rise, that caused costs to rise around 227 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 6: the globe, not just for the region, but right here 228 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:49,720 Speaker 6: in America too. So yes, it's going to be a 229 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 6: little painful, and there's going to be some tragedies along 230 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 6: the way, but in the end, we're all, every single 231 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 6: American and all of the world is going to be 232 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 6: in a much much better place. From a national security standpoint, 233 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 6: and certainly from an economic standpoint. 234 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: A Congressman, fair you serve on the Intelligence Committee also 235 00:13:08,920 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: Foreign Affairs Committee. 236 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 4: The evidence and this is open source. 237 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:17,000 Speaker 1: Information that Iran was had about one thousand pounds of 238 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: uranium at sixty percent. 239 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:22,319 Speaker 4: They were moving forward with. 240 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: Trying to enrich that to ninety percent weapons grade uranium. 241 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: The progress that they were making was not stalled, It 242 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: was not stopped. They were continuing to do so. I mean, 243 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: when you mentioned those forty seven years, has it really 244 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: kind of been that almost every administration's kind of kicked 245 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:41,719 Speaker 1: the can down the road. We've came to We've come 246 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: to a point where there's no more road. 247 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's exactly where we are. 248 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 6: Unfortunately, even though the President and our great military destroyed 249 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 6: their current operation back last summer, they were quickly reconstituting it, 250 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 6: having gained over a period of time the ability and 251 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 6: the infrast structure to produce their own and manufacture of 252 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 6: their own processes to refine the uranium and get it 253 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 6: to weapons grade. And so look, this is just a 254 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 6: matter of time. There were past administrations, both Republican and Democrats. 255 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,719 Speaker 6: Some did better than others that tried to deal with 256 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 6: this issue. 257 00:14:17,679 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 4: But this issue was not going away. 258 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 6: And President Trump, I've heard him rightly say, look, we 259 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 6: just can't keep going back every five or ten years 260 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 6: and dealing with them. 261 00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 4: And unfortunately, they're. 262 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 6: On the precipice of being able to deliver nuclear rounds, 263 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 6: and of course they use the other infrastructure, their traditional 264 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 6: military to safeguard that. And so we were further and 265 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 6: further getting into a position where nothing could be done, 266 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 6: and we can't as the United States of America, and 267 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 6: quite honestly, civilization allowed ourselves to be put in that 268 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 6: point where we couldn't do anything about it because Iran 269 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 6: would extort us every single day with the threat of 270 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 6: nuclear conflagration, and so that it took action, and I 271 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 6: support that action. 272 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: How significantly as we go, we're two weeks into this, now, 273 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: how significantly have we degraded Iran's missile capabilities and its 274 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: nuclear program? 275 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 6: Well, I think it's been pretty significantly. They obviously living 276 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 6: under the auspices of having bombs fall on their head 277 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 6: in these sites every single day. From the missile standpoint, 278 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 6: we probably destroyed well, I'm going to be careful not 279 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 6: to characterize a number, but a great degree of their launcher, 280 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 6: So it doesn't almost matter how many missiles you have 281 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 6: if you can't launch them. Both have to be continued 282 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 6: to be taken out. But of course they know as 283 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 6: soon as they bring a launcher oute and use it 284 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 6: to fire a missile at their neighbors that it's going 285 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 6: to be targeted. 286 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 4: That I think the next phase. 287 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 6: Of the operation is going to be cleaning up that, 288 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 6: but then working on the shores and straits of horror moves. 289 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 4: They're small water. 290 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 6: Navy, as I would call it, probably thousands of small 291 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 6: boats that are armed and likely can be remotely control 292 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 6: old to make that a dangerous, dangerous trip up the 293 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 6: straight and imperil the world's energy supply. So that's going 294 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 6: to but that can be done much more conventionally with 295 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 6: attack helicopters and UH and less expensive capabilities that we have. 296 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 6: So I think that's we're going to move into that 297 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,040 Speaker 6: next phase of the operation while we continue to clean 298 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 6: up the current phase of the operation of the bigger stuff. 299 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 6: And then of course Israel is going to be working 300 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 6: on the leadership there down to the very lowest level 301 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 6: because they have what they call UH you know, they 302 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 6: have a very different command structure from the United States 303 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 6: of America, and that has to be dealt with as well, 304 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 6: so that the Iranian people can finally take control of 305 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 6: their own country. 306 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: Congressman Perry, you're from Pennsylvania, the Keystone State. It reminds 307 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: me of the Keystone Pipeline. Does this not speak to 308 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: the need for returning to that focus on domestic policy 309 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: or domestic energy production like we had during the first 310 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: time administration? 311 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 4: Absolutely, Tony. 312 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 6: This is exactly why you don't want to be dependent 313 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 6: on foreign sources, and this is exactly why the keystale 314 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 6: XL pipeline should have been completed, but of course the 315 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 6: Left stopped it and now I don't think it will 316 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 6: ever be completed. At these moments is when this is 317 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 6: when we need to be able to rely on American 318 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 6: energy dominance, and of course our own country, people in 319 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 6: our own country have taken that off the table for us. 320 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 6: So we got to remember these lessons moving forward and 321 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:35,879 Speaker 6: set those faulty arguments aside, because the world is a 322 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 6: dangerous place and you can never fully predict what's going 323 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 6: to happen when you're going to need your own stuff, 324 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,640 Speaker 6: and right now we have it, we just can't get it. 325 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 4: Congressman. 326 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: I enjoy talking with members of Congress. You know, we 327 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: have many conversations those who best understand the foreign policy 328 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 1: of those who have served in our military and understand 329 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: the dynamics. As I mentioned at the top of this segment, 330 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 1: you retired as a brigadier general after forty years in 331 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: the uniform. How long do you think it's going to take, 332 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:10,719 Speaker 1: because you know, we can degrade their major capabilities, but 333 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: there's we're in a type of warfare that's asymmetrical. We 334 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: know that they have cells. I mean, how long do 335 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 1: you think we'll be fighting this. 336 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,399 Speaker 4: Really tony, It's hard to predict that. 337 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 6: Obviously, the major combatant equipment is going to. 338 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 4: Be able to be tallied up, and we're going to 339 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:31,320 Speaker 4: know what that is. 340 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 6: It's really the resolve of this organization that has to 341 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 6: be broken in the leadership of it, and that is unknown. 342 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 6: As long as they can move and hide these people, 343 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 6: and that they can still imperil their population, as long 344 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,120 Speaker 6: as they're available to imperil their own and intimidate their 345 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 6: own population under the force of the gun, you know 346 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 6: they're going to remain in some kind of authority. Now, 347 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,120 Speaker 6: of course, we've got concerns in our own country. These 348 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 6: people that have been ought here, who have come here, 349 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 6: who are now being actualized to attack America, and we're 350 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 6: going to have to deal with them on a one 351 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 6: by one basis. But of course, right now the funding 352 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 6: for much of that law enforcement operation has been taken 353 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 6: off the table again. 354 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 4: By my colleagues on the left side of the aisle. 355 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 1: Twenty seconds, Congressman speak to the resolve that the American 356 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: people need at this point. 357 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:27,199 Speaker 6: Well, the American people need to understand that this Islamist 358 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 6: extremism that is rooted and Iran in other places around 359 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 6: the Middle East is not going to quit it as there. 360 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 6: It is their goal, it is their mission to take 361 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 6: over the entire world, and we have to stand against that. 362 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 6: You know, centuries ago they had to go through this, 363 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 6: and unfortunately, we're going to have to stand strong and 364 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 6: remain committed for the long haul or we're going to 365 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 6: lose our lay, our way of life. 366 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: Congressman Scott Perry, thanks so much for joining us today. 367 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: All right, folks, stick with us. We're back with more 368 00:19:54,600 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back to this week on Capitol Hill. 369 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,360 Speaker 1: I'm Tony Perkins, your host. The Share of Fortune five 370 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: hundred companies that participate in the Human Rights Campaign's diversity, 371 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: equity and inclusion commitments plummeted in twenty twenty six, dropping 372 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,600 Speaker 1: by sixty five percent. True As Financial is the latest 373 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: company to pull back. Is this a cultural awakening for 374 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:31,439 Speaker 1: corporate America or just a temporary course correction due to 375 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 1: a change in the cultural wins. Joining me now to 376 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 1: discuss this is Jerry Boyer, CEO of Boyer Research. 377 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 4: Jerry, Welcome this week on Capitol Hill. Great to be 378 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 4: with you again. So this is pretty big news. 379 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:50,199 Speaker 1: HRC, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group, sixty five percent of 380 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: corporations dropping from their Corporate Equality Index. 381 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 7: What does that tell us, Well, it tells us that 382 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 7: this was not invulnerable, this force, which was inevitably going 383 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 7: to be the future. 384 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 4: Get on board. 385 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 7: This is where consumers are going, This is where shareholders 386 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 7: are going, This is where politics is going. With the 387 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 7: HRC agenda, puberty blockers, bathroom wars, bud light type branding, fiascos. 388 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:17,439 Speaker 7: You know you have to do this because all the 389 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,879 Speaker 7: other companies are doing it. It was very much a momentum, 390 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:24,199 Speaker 7: very much a herd mentality thing. This index Corporate Quality 391 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 7: Index took Corporate America by storm, and it came up 392 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 7: very quickly, and companies did it because other companies did it. 393 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 3: Well. 394 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 7: What that means is that works in reverse as well. 395 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 7: So as the bubble is bursting, we're seeing companies say well, wait, 396 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 7: as we talk to companies, we say, well, a lot 397 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 7: of the companies we've talked to this year have dropped 398 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 7: out of HRC. Oh really, oh who because it makes 399 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 7: them more likely to imitate one another. They feel more 400 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 7: comfortable moving in a herd. So it turns out that 401 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 7: HRC was not invincible. Turns out that there's a shift 402 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,919 Speaker 7: in the culture of vibe shifts some people have called it. 403 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 7: Corporate America is feeling it and respect. 404 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:05,479 Speaker 1: This is driven by the consumer and shareholders that I 405 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:10,439 Speaker 1: think that really the tipping point was the whole transgender issue, 406 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: where people began to see their children being captured. 407 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 4: By this agenda and they said enough is enough. That 408 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 4: seems to be the tipping point. Now it's affecting corporate America. 409 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,760 Speaker 4: Is that an accurate assessment? I think it is accurate. 410 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 7: I think the creation order starts itself eventually and it 411 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 7: becomes fiduciary risk at some point. So we put out 412 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 7: something in twenty twenty four at all the corporations that 413 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 7: our clients own, which is basically all the corporations saying 414 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 7: sexuality and children anything like that redline, whether it's puberty blockers, 415 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 7: whether it's groomy type content that you're seeing, you know, 416 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 7: with some of these with some of these streaming services, 417 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 7: whether it's trans ideology, anything with sex and kids mixed together. 418 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,159 Speaker 4: Parents will not stand for it. 419 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,199 Speaker 7: And eventually it's going to be lawsuits, and it's going 420 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:58,720 Speaker 7: to be backlashed. 421 00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 3: And it's going to be legislation. 422 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 4: I think that's where they went too far. So let's 423 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 4: talk about going too far. Jerry HRC Human Rights Campaign. 424 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 1: And then there's a you know, their cousin, the Southern 425 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: Poverty Law Center that was kind of an attack dog 426 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: for the left as well. Did they move the goalposts 427 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: in this process, you know, kind of wooing in corporate 428 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:23,760 Speaker 1: America with basic equality but then changing the requirements. 429 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 4: That's absolutely what they did. 430 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 7: So when these things started out, especially when the Southern 431 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 7: Poverty Law Center started out, it was about the KKK Right, 432 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:34,360 Speaker 7: it was about genuine hate groups. 433 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 3: I used to use its research on those topics. 434 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 7: And found it very useful, but they kind of got 435 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 7: into a checkbook situation where donors could essentially buy hate labeling, 436 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,359 Speaker 7: so they're going Then they went after Family Research Council, 437 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 7: went after James Dobson, went after Steve Scalise, went after 438 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 7: Charlie Kirk, and then people started shooting the people who 439 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 7: were on the hate list. The hate list became a 440 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 7: hit list, and whether they intended it or not, that's 441 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 7: how it was operating. And so political violence is something 442 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 7: that even the most woe companies don't really want to 443 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 7: have anything to do with. 444 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 1: So, Jerry, how is this momentum shift maintained? How do 445 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 1: you keep business focused on business show up? 446 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 3: Especially as shareholders. 447 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 7: I think conservatives are focused on consumer boycotts, but the 448 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 7: left really focused on shareholder engagement. So I can tell 449 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,639 Speaker 7: you when these proposals go to the ballot, we typically 450 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 7: get only two percent support, which means ninety eight percent 451 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 7: of the people who are listening to me right now, 452 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 7: conservative Christians are probably voting on the other side. When 453 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 7: we're saying HRC is too risky to be associated with 454 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 7: Southern Poverty Law Center is too risky to be associated 455 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 7: with deep fake child point is not something that credit 456 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 7: card companies should be processing payments for. Sorry, brothers and sisters, friends, 457 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 7: you're voting against us and we're still winning. We have 458 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,359 Speaker 7: to get this has to be a normal thing for 459 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 7: a Christian ministry or a church. 460 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 4: The pension plan. You are voting. 461 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 7: I'm telling you right now, you're voting, and I'm telling 462 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 7: you right now you are almost certainly voting in a 463 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 7: way that you don't even know what is happening is 464 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 7: weaponized against your worldview and your virtues. 465 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: Jerry just said about thirty seconds left. How can more 466 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 1: people find out about this? Just reach out to me. 467 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: I'm happy to take questions. 468 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 7: And if you have a financial advisor, that's usually who 469 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 7: we deal with, because a typical retail investors are going 470 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 7: to know how to deal with this. Get in the game, 471 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,919 Speaker 7: because the shareholder seasons is coming up right now is 472 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 7: the most important one we've ever had, because momentum is shifted. 473 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 7: Get off the sidelines, Get in the game. Get in 474 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 7: the game now. 475 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: All right, Jerry Boyer, thanks so much for joining us, 476 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,879 Speaker 1: and thanks for the great work that you're doing and 477 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: for yours all right, folks, stay with us, because on 478 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: the other side of the break, We're going to be 479 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:51,120 Speaker 1: joined by the House Speaker Mike Johnson as we get 480 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,479 Speaker 1: a readout on this week's gathering of Republicans down in Florida. 481 00:25:54,600 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 4: So don't go anywhere. 482 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: Welcome back to this week on Capitol Hill. I'm Tony Perkins, 483 00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: your host. 484 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 2: Well. 485 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: House Republicans gathered in Florida this week for their annual 486 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: policy retreat, where they laid out their policy priorities and 487 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:19,919 Speaker 1: legislative agenda for the months leading into the midterm election. Now, 488 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:27,400 Speaker 1: lawmakers discuss what are some potential Second Reconciliation Package elements 489 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 1: aimed at advancing Republican economic priorities while also focusing on 490 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 1: election integrity. Joining us now to talk more about this 491 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:40,200 Speaker 1: is House Speaker Mike Johnson, who represents the fourth Congressional 492 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: District of Louisiana. Richter, Speaker, Welcome back to this week 493 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: on Capitol Hill. 494 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,600 Speaker 3: Hey, Tony, great to be with you as always. 495 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,160 Speaker 1: I know you're out on the West Coast this weekend, 496 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: but you were on the East Coast earlier this week 497 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 1: leading the Republicans in their kind of discussing through their 498 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: policy priorities as well as the upcoming election. 499 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 4: So what can to share with us. 500 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm doing campaigning and fundraising through California the last 501 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:07,200 Speaker 3: part of the week. For the first part of the week, 502 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 3: we were down in Miami, as you said, and it's 503 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 3: an annual work session, an issues conference we call it 504 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 3: for the House Republicans, and it was a really productive time. 505 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 3: It was the time for us to get together. Of course, 506 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 3: the President joined us there. That was all televised live 507 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,720 Speaker 3: to sort of chart the course for the remainder of 508 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,600 Speaker 3: this legislative year, and of course not just to talk 509 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 3: policy but politics as well, because we're in, as we know, 510 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 3: an historic midterm election cycle now and we've got to 511 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 3: prepare accordingly. So look, our mission is very simple here, Tony, 512 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,479 Speaker 3: and we all know it. We're going to defy history. 513 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,640 Speaker 3: We've got to win the midterms so that we can 514 00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,159 Speaker 3: continue to save America and bring America back. That's what 515 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 3: our policies have achieved, with the Big Beautiful Bill and 516 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 3: the Working Family's tax cuts and all of the executive 517 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 3: orders we've codified and all the other important legislation we've done. 518 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 3: We've got to continue that going forward. And the reality 519 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,560 Speaker 3: is about reconciliation, which you mentioned, is that if the 520 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 3: Democrats don't want to play along, and we have a 521 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 3: suspicion that they don't want to and act more of 522 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 3: these nation changing conservative policies that are fixing everything. We 523 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 3: might have to resort to another reconciliation package, and so 524 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 3: we were discussing all. 525 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 4: That as well. 526 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 1: So let's talk reconciliation two point zero. I mean, I 527 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 1: guess this would be the big, big, big, beautiful bill. 528 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 1: Let's talk about one of the priorities that was discussed. 529 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 1: The President has made it his top priority, the Save Act. 530 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,720 Speaker 1: Is there a way to fit that into the reconciliation. 531 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,440 Speaker 3: Well, there's a lot of discussion about the Save America Act. 532 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 3: Now we've added another word because we added another provision 533 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 3: the current version of that bill, which has been passed 534 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 3: out of the House now three times, it's sitting over 535 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,479 Speaker 3: in the Senate, is that very simply requires proof of 536 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 3: citizenship to vote and a photo ID when you turn 537 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 3: out at the ballot box. These are ninety ten issues. 538 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 3: As we've discussed. Seventy percent of Democrats understand that's necessary, 539 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 3: but we can't get Democrats in the Senate to vote 540 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 3: for it. So we would love to squeeze that into 541 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 3: a reconciliation package. But the album we have. The constraint 542 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:06,840 Speaker 3: is that reconciliation is reconciling a budget, and so it's 543 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 3: normally limited to fiscal matters, appropriation, spending levels kind of thing. 544 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 3: And so the Save America Act is a policy matter, 545 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 3: and policy on its own doesn't normally fit into reconciliation. 546 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,280 Speaker 3: So there's some rules we have to work around. I 547 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 3: do think that the Senate may move very soon on 548 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 3: the Save America Act. I can tell you that Leader 549 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 3: John Thune and the Senate and every Republican in the 550 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 3: Senate agrees with that policy. The thing they're trying to 551 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,239 Speaker 3: work through is the strategy of a talking filibuster and 552 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 3: how to move that agenda forward. But over in the House, 553 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 3: with regard to reconciliation, there are a lot of things 554 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 3: we can still do. I would just change what you 555 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 3: said there. It will not be as big, but it 556 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 3: will be just as beautiful. And that is because we 557 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 3: got so much into the first one, Tony that there's 558 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 3: and we have a smaller amount of time on this one, 559 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 3: of course, that we have to find the handful of 560 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 3: issues that all Republicans agree to, remembering only have a 561 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,480 Speaker 3: one vote margin right now, so I have to get unanimity. 562 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,840 Speaker 3: So there are seven different kind of major caucuses among 563 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 3: the House Republican Conference. There's lots of different ideas and 564 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,600 Speaker 3: different districts represented, and philosophies and all the rest. And 565 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 3: I've got to find in that din diagram. I've got 566 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 3: to put it all together and find which of the 567 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 3: subset of issues every single Republican can agree to because 568 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 3: we'll need every vote. So lots of work going into this, 569 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:24,080 Speaker 3: a lot of discussions, a lot of white board exercises, 570 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 3: but I'm convinced we can get a lot of this 571 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 3: done and keep moving forward for the agenda. 572 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:30,760 Speaker 1: All right, we'll be looking for the skinny, beautiful bill 573 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,000 Speaker 1: I got real soon. I want to switch gears to 574 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 1: and I want to play a clip of a comment 575 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 1: that you made in Florida, and I want you to 576 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 1: to unpack that for our viewers and listeners. 577 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 4: Play clip number six. 578 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 3: There's a look, there's a lot of energy in the 579 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 3: country and a lot of popular sentiment that the demand 580 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 3: to impose sharia law in America is a serious problem. 581 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 3: That's what animates this, and that's that's the you know, 582 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 3: the language that people use. It's different language than I 583 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,160 Speaker 3: would use, but I think that that's a serious issue. 584 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 3: Sharia law, in the imposition of Sharia law is contrary 585 00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,160 Speaker 3: to the US Constitution. 586 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 4: This is becoming a real threat and a lot of 587 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 4: Americans are taking note of it. 588 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, they are, and it's become a controversy. And now 589 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 3: that you know, you see radical Islamic terrorism in the 590 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 3: country and the rising incidences of that and everything, the 591 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 3: conflict with Iran and all the rest. The reason that 592 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 3: Iran was destroyed as a nation politically is because they 593 00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 3: were run by an Ayatola who believed in that radical form, 594 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 3: radical meaning Paranic, you know, orthodox Islamic law, that the 595 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 3: state and the church merged together and they impose it 596 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 3: upon everyone, and in their worldview and their belief, you 597 00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 3: kill the infidel. I mean that is not consistent with 598 00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:52,440 Speaker 3: US constitution. The frame offers are our constitution. We're by 599 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 3: in large Biblical Christians, and they understood are understanding of 600 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 3: religious freedom is that everyone gets to believe in worship 601 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,840 Speaker 3: however they choose, and we we jealously guard that. Radical 602 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 3: Islam is the opposite right. They wipe you out. And 603 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 3: so those things are in conflict, and it would be 604 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 3: foolish for us not to acknowledge that. So while we 605 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 3: respect religious freedom, we also have to be on guard 606 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 3: for things like the imposition of Sharia law. I think 607 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 3: it's a very important thing for us to say and 608 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 3: to be vigilant about. 609 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 1: Miss speaker just a little over a minute left. That's 610 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,640 Speaker 1: not just your opinion. That's what the Constitution states in 611 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: terms of the responsibility of Congress to ensure. In I 612 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: think Article four, Section four, the Congress has a responsibility 613 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: to ensure a republican form of government, this small r 614 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 1: and take care of domestic tranquility. And that's part of it. 615 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 3: I mean, we are a big melting pod and legal 616 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 3: immigration as part of this, but we also assume and 617 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 3: demand that there must be assimilation from immigrants, and that 618 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 3: too is biblical. Tell me as you and I've spoken 619 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 3: about before. So we got to apply common sense to 620 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,959 Speaker 3: public policy. This doesn't mean that we hate anyone. That's 621 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 3: quite the opposite. As Biblical Christians, we love all people. 622 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 3: But we also have to stand for the rule of law, 623 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 3: and that is the charge of civil government on the 624 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:06,000 Speaker 3: Bible and under the US Constitution. 625 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: I was just reading that this morning in Deuteronomy that 626 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:12,360 Speaker 1: there would be one law for the stranger and one 627 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:17,720 Speaker 1: law for the citizen. Same law can't divide, it can't 628 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 1: create additional or special laws for other people. Speaker, always 629 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: great to see you. Thanks so much for joining us 630 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: this week as safe travels there on the West coast, 631 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:28,840 Speaker 1: and we'll see you. 632 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,440 Speaker 3: In DC next week. Yeah, I'm my friends, see soon. 633 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 4: All right. That was House Speaker Mike Johnson. 634 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is an issue that is going to grow 635 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 1: in its significance and impact upon the country as there 636 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 1: is more and more jurisdictions dealing with the threat of 637 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:47,600 Speaker 1: sharia law. 638 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 4: So we're going to continue to track it. 639 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: All right after the break, a few final thoughts on 640 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 1: the news of the week, so stay tuned for more 641 00:33:54,080 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: this week on Capitol Hill. Thanks for tuning into this 642 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:09,239 Speaker 1: week on Capitol Hill. I'm your host, Tony Perkins. Sir 643 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:12,160 Speaker 1: Edmund Burke, in a speech to the electors of Bristol 644 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 1: in seventeen seventy four, said, quote, your representative owes you 645 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 1: not his industry only, but his judgment, and he betrays 646 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 1: instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. 647 00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:24,880 Speaker 4: Quote. 648 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: Now, that may not sit well in the age of 649 00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,440 Speaker 1: polling and all the clamoring for direct democracy. But the 650 00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: reality is this, the duty of a statesman is not 651 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 1: to follow public opinion, it's to lead it. In moments 652 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,120 Speaker 1: of crisis, leaders are not called to read the polls. 653 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 1: They're called to rise above them, and that is exactly 654 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 1: what President Donald Trump has done to this. 655 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:47,920 Speaker 4: Point in the war with Iran. 656 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: Would ask about public polling, where most surveys show a plurality, 657 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,640 Speaker 1: if not a majority, opposed the war. President Trump responded, 658 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,400 Speaker 1: I don't care about the polling. That statement gained my 659 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,479 Speaker 1: attention because in almost every conversation or meeting I've had 660 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 1: with the President, he often references the polls favorable polls. Now, 661 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: I know this not as criticism, but to commend the 662 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,879 Speaker 1: President for stepping into the role of a statesman who 663 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: leads in the direction the nation needs to go, regardless 664 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:22,920 Speaker 1: of the political consequences. The stock market, very familiar territory 665 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 1: for the President, has gone a bit wobbly. Gas prices 666 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 1: have risen quickly, though they remain below the peak Americans 667 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:32,160 Speaker 1: experience in the summer of twenty twenty two, when we 668 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:35,560 Speaker 1: were paying almost five dollars a gallon. Now, some congressional 669 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 1: Republicans are also expressing concern about the possible impact on 670 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:44,360 Speaker 1: the midterm elections. Now, these are big issues in the 671 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:49,320 Speaker 1: short term. That is why most administrations confronting the Iranian 672 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,319 Speaker 1: nuclear threat sought to contain it if they could not 673 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:57,360 Speaker 1: avoid it altogether. To use a familiar phrase from American 674 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:01,120 Speaker 1: politics over the last sixty to seventy years, they simply 675 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 1: kicked the can down the road so the next administration 676 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:08,000 Speaker 1: or the next generation could deal with it. Donald Trump 677 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: concluded there was no road left now. Open sources suggest 678 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 1: Iran possessed roughly one thousand pounds of uranium arrenched to 679 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:21,720 Speaker 1: sixty percent before the launch of Operation Epic Fury. Iran 680 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: was racing to reach the ninety percent weapons grade level, 681 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:29,839 Speaker 1: enough material for roughly ten nuclear warheads, enough to hold 682 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:33,120 Speaker 1: the world hostage, if not destroy large parts of it. 683 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,759 Speaker 1: If there has been a justifiable war since World War II, 684 00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:40,200 Speaker 1: this may be it. This is not defending oil rich 685 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 1: countries made wealthy by American dependents. This is confronting a 686 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,560 Speaker 1: direct threat to our security and to that of our 687 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 1: natural ally, Israel. When the leadership of a rogue regime 688 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,879 Speaker 1: repeatedly calls America the Great Satan, vows to destroy US 689 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: and sponsors repeated terrorist acts against Americans. 690 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,760 Speaker 4: At what point should we believe them? 691 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 1: As President Donald Trump had the constitutional authority to act 692 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: based on the available facts, the wars justified, and the 693 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,200 Speaker 1: stated purpose is right peace in the Middle East and 694 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,360 Speaker 1: justice for the Iranian people. President Trump should be commended 695 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:20,200 Speaker 1: for taking the regime at its word and responding not 696 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: because it was politically popular, but because it was justified 697 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: militarily and morally, and in doing so he illustrates the 698 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:35,240 Speaker 1: very principle that Burke described two hundred and fifty years ago, 699 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:41,320 Speaker 1: a leader who governs not by the polls but by judgment, 700 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,560 Speaker 1: and that, my friends, has been this week on Capitol Hill.