1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:05,000 Speaker 1: My name is Nigel Jason Hammer right over there with 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: a very special guest on the hotline. 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 2: He is a Senator from here in the great state 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 2: of Indiana. Senator Jim Banks joins us. I feel like 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: a broken record here. This has been the first question 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,120 Speaker 2: to you the last couple of times you've joined our show. 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 2: But what's the latest on the government shutdown? 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 3: Well, we're day thirty seven of the shutdown now, the 9 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 3: longest government shutdown in American history. Republicans have voted fourteen 10 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 3: times to reopen the government, including another vote yesterday. Democrats 11 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 3: have voted fourteen times to keep the government shut down. 12 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 3: Of course, the big news, very relevant to Indianapolis, is 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 3: that the Secretary of Transportation has now had to cancel 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 3: over ten percent of all flights nationally. We're talking about 15 00:00:55,360 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 3: thousands of flights in Indianapolis International Airport was one of 16 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 3: the forty airports that was listed. So this is going 17 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 3: to be very disruptive for a lot of people, and 18 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:13,839 Speaker 3: I hear their frustration. I hear it loud and clear, 19 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 3: whether it's cancelation of flights or other government programs that 20 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 3: people are missing out on snap payments. You have government 21 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 3: employees who aren't being paid who live in Indiana. I 22 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 3: hear all of that loud and clear. But this is 23 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 3: a this is a Democrat shutdown. Every Republican in the 24 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 3: US Senate except for one is voted fourteen times to 25 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 3: reopen the government. And Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are 26 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 3: the ones who are who are causing this disruption of 27 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 3: these problems. We're going to keep trying until they come 28 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 3: to the table. As you guys all know, their demand 29 00:01:52,640 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 3: is another trillion dollars plus of covid era Obamacare bone 30 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 3: for people. I mean, that's what they that's what they're demanding, 31 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 3: that's what they want, and they're willing to cause the 32 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,079 Speaker 3: disruption there. There was even one, I think the last 33 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 3: time we talked we've talked about this, there was one 34 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 3: Democrat staffer on the floor of the Senate who said, 35 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 3: we're going to keep the government shut down until planes 36 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:18,959 Speaker 3: fall from the sky. 37 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 4: And guess what. 38 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 3: We had a plane crash in Louisville this week and 39 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 3: ten percent of flights canceled. Air Traffic controllers TSA agents. 40 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 3: You have some real issues that are caused by the 41 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 3: Democrats here, and it's time for them to put up 42 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,440 Speaker 3: or shut up and come to the table and reopen 43 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 3: the government. 44 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 1: I mean, just on a humanitarian novel. Forget about the 45 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 1: snap benefits. No, I don't forget about the snap benefits. 46 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: But just like like you have a high stress job 47 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: of an air traffic controller or the TSA guys, and 48 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 1: they haven't been paid for a couple of weeks now, 49 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: and it's all because of the Democrats. I couldn't just 50 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: I couldn't imagine going to work to a job that 51 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: maybe I don't like very much, Senator and saying, oh, okay, 52 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to do my job and then not get 53 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 1: a paycheck for it. This is insane. 54 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's exactly exactly right. And and it's completely unfair 55 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 3: to all of them. And you know we're about to 56 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 3: vote again on on a not not on a spending 57 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 3: bill or waiting on the There are a handful, a 58 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 3: growing handful of Democrat senators who are ready to vote 59 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 3: on something. 60 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:31,399 Speaker 4: They know they've dug themselves in a hole. 61 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 3: They want to come to the table, but the radicals 62 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 3: and their party are threatening them and telling them if you, 63 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 3: if you cooperate with Republicans and reopen the government, then 64 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 3: we're going to hold you accountable for it, and you 65 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 3: saw the results on Tuesday. I mean, you get some 66 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 3: really crazy people get elected by the Democrats who are Democrats. 67 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 3: I mean their party is drifting further and further to 68 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 3: the radical left. And you know, we had we had 69 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 3: breakfast with President Trump the Senate Republicans yesterday morning at 70 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 3: the White House, and President Trump, I think mail day 71 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 3: he said, these Democrats are kamikaze pilots. I mean they 72 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 3: want to the crash and burn this country and that's 73 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 3: what they're doing with tactics like this shutting down the 74 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 3: government now the longest government shut down in history. 75 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 2: Senator Jim Banks joining us here on the hammer In 76 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: Nigel Show. Senator, you went on with a friend of 77 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 2: our show, Will Caine recently, and you kind of made 78 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 2: a pitch to disgruntled New York businessmen. Look, if you're 79 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 2: not real happy what's about to happen the next four 80 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: years under the leadership of Mandami, you can come to Indiana, 81 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 2: to which we caught a little feedback saying, hold on, 82 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 2: we don't necessarily want those folks coming to Indiana if 83 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 2: they're going to vote for the same type of crap. 84 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on some of these folks leaving 85 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 2: New York, is there a fear that one they would 86 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 2: come to Indiana and vote the same way. 87 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 3: Well, that's that's not what I said. And uh, one 88 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 3: of your colleagues on the radio, who likes to misrepresent 89 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 3: what I say often did that, I guess. 90 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 4: A day or two ago. 91 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 3: But what I did say is if you if you 92 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 3: live in a place like New York City, not everybody 93 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 3: voted for this, ma'am DOMI. You know, I think you 94 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 3: got fifty percent of the vote. I mean, there there 95 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 3: are people there that they realize that the left wing 96 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 3: best pool, the left wing policies of New York City 97 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 3: are bad for families, bad for businesses. And those are 98 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 3: the people who are who are already voting against those policies. 99 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 3: And you know, you come to a place like Indiana. 100 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 4: But the point that I made, and you. 101 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 3: Know you can you can listen to what I said 102 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 3: on the Volcane Show, is if you want to if 103 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 3: you want to come to a place where raise a family, 104 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 3: find a good job, or bring bring a bring a business, 105 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 3: and thrive, Indiana and the Heartland is the place to do. 106 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 3: We're consistently ranked is one of the best states in 107 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 3: the country to raise a family. We have low taxes 108 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 3: and low cost of living, and you know, we have 109 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 3: a lot to be proud of in Indiana. 110 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 4: Why would we not want to. 111 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 3: Go out and sell Indiana to people who live in 112 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 3: some of these left wing suspools. So I didn't invite them. 113 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 3: I didn't invite them to come to Indiana and vote, 114 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 3: vote for Democrats, or vote for left wing policies. 115 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 4: That's not that's not at all what I said. But 116 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 4: you have a colleague at. 117 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 3: Your station that misrepresents a lot a lot of things 118 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 3: that I say because they think he's jealous of me. 119 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 3: And I've heard that he's jealous because he always wanted 120 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 3: to be elected to office too. He could never do that, 121 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 3: So he misrepresents what I say. But what I said 122 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 3: was very clear, and and I think I saw Governor 123 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 3: DeSantis say that the reason that places like New York 124 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 3: and some of these other other states Republican like California 125 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 3: and New York, the reason that they keep getting more 126 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 3: and more Democrats because all the people who are sensible 127 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 3: and believe in common sense are moving to Florida. Places 128 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:57,600 Speaker 3: like Florida right, and states like Florida are getting more 129 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,599 Speaker 3: red and I you know, Indiana, we've benefited from the 130 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 3: crazy lunatics in Illinois and Chicago. 131 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 4: They moved to They. 132 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 3: Moved a lot of those businesses that moved from Illinois 133 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 3: over the border to Indiana because they know they know 134 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 3: we have something better to offer in our state. 135 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 4: We have a lot to be proud of. 136 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 3: And I'm not gonna I'm not going to back down from, uh, 137 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:18,560 Speaker 3: from boasting about how great Indiana is. 138 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: Uh. 139 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 2: Senator tell me about the upcoming Defense Summit. I know 140 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 2: this is something near and dear to you. You are 141 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 2: somebody that has served your country. You have always been 142 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 2: a proud supporter of the men and women supporting our country. 143 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:33,559 Speaker 4: Uh. 144 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 2: What is the upcoming Defense Summit about? 145 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 4: Yeah? This is this is exciting. Our fourth year in 146 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 4: a row. 147 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 3: I started this as the Congressman for Northeast Indiana. And 148 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 3: as you guys know, Indiana is the top manufacturing state 149 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 3: in the country per capita, and we we make a 150 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 3: lot of things and a lot of things that we 151 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 3: do make our equipment and vehicles and technologies for the 152 00:07:58,840 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 3: United States Military. 153 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 4: So we whether it's Rolls Royce. 154 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 3: Making engines for the f thirty five, or the hum 155 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 3: v's that are made up in Mishawaka, or the saunabuoys 156 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 3: that are made in my hometown, Columbia City. 157 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,160 Speaker 4: For the United States Navy, a lot of the. 158 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 3: Radios and satellites and the many things that we already 159 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 3: do in Indiana is great for the military. So I 160 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 3: started this Defense Summit in Fort Wayne four years ago 161 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 3: to bring together economic development leaders, government leaders, business leaders, 162 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 3: and then invite leaders from the Pentagon and leaders from 163 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 3: Silicon Valley, the innovators that can for many of them 164 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 3: for the first time, we've never even been to Indiana before. 165 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 3: They come to our state and they realize that, you know, 166 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 3: the Silicon Valley guys in California, they're like, they come 167 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 3: to Indiana and they say this this this is a 168 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 3: place where it'th investing in. And we're going to do 169 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 3: this for the fourth time next Tuesday and Wednesday. Secretary 170 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 3: Secretary of War hegseth Is is coming. Is great friend 171 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,080 Speaker 3: and and I've been proud to support him. I'm so 172 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 3: glad he's our Secretary of War, cleaning up the Pentagon 173 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 3: after the disaster of the last four years and getting 174 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 3: the Tentagon focused on war fighting again, and he's going 175 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 3: to come to Fort Wayne and and give an update 176 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 3: and get a chance to introduce him to a lot 177 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 3: of our leaders in our states. So we have the 178 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 3: Secretary of the Navy Feelin coming, We have the number 179 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 3: two guy at Pallunteer and some other major investors and 180 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 3: defense technologies, and as we talk about what those those 181 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 3: technologies of the future are and how do we how 182 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:43,319 Speaker 3: do we compete with China and some of our adversaries. 183 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 3: I mean, Indiana's going to play a big role in 184 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 3: all of that, and I'm proud of that. I'm looking 185 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 3: forward to highlighting that next week. But also talk about 186 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 3: how do we how do we bring more jobs, How 187 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 3: do we bring the whether it's at Crane, our Crown Jewel, 188 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 3: the Navy base in Southern Indiana, or some of these 189 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 3: businesses around the state, how can we grow them and 190 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 3: create more good paying jobs. At the same time, America 191 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 3: is safe. 192 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 2: Well, Senator, please keep that ear to the ground, and 193 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,839 Speaker 2: if there's any chatter about this government shutdown ending, if 194 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 2: there's any hope by all means, please let us know 195 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:16,880 Speaker 2: and we'll have you back on. 196 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 4: Thank you, Thank you, have a good day.