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Speaker 1: Welcome back, Congressman David Taylor, thank you for indulging me. Well,

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Speaker 1: I got that out of my system and let my

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Speaker 1: listeners know. Welcome back in Happy New Year, sir. It's

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Speaker 1: a pleasure to have you on as always.

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Speaker 2: Going to be with you, Brian. I hope you had

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Speaker 2: a great Christmas in New Year's you know.

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Speaker 1: I did, And I was so optimistic and hopeful that

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty six was just going to start off, you know,

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Speaker 1: great and smiles and grins and Lord almighty, we've had

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Speaker 1: like six months worth of a news cycle in the

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Speaker 1: first couple or first week and a half. Let's start

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Speaker 1: with the most recent news cycle story dominating the headlines,

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Speaker 1: the ice shooting in Minneapolis. I mean, I guess the idea,

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Speaker 1: listen to what law enforcement has to say. Even if

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Speaker 1: you disagree with the concept of law enforcement, if you

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Speaker 1: don't screw around and try to run them over, nothing

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Speaker 1: bad will happen to you. Boiling it down to its

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Speaker 1: minimum terms there, Congressman, what's your reaction to what's going

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was a falling situation, and the reaction to

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Speaker 2: the situation maybe even worse than the incident. In the

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Speaker 2: long run. Obviously, the Left has been emboldening their lunatic

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Speaker 2: base from for months now to take to the streets

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Speaker 2: and in many different regards, but especially when when ice

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Speaker 2: or ICE agents are there, you know, making care of

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Speaker 2: their their mandated constitutional duties, and our people like the

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Speaker 2: mayor of Minneapolis and the governor of Minnesota are out

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Speaker 2: unbelievably appalling. The mayor saying that he instantly says it's

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Speaker 2: it's not self defense when the video certainly makes it

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Speaker 2: look to me like, uh, it very much was self defense.

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Speaker 2: And then the governor follows that up with we're going

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Speaker 2: made me sick to my stomach. Uh to hear those comments. Uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, just I'd like to say I'm shocked. I

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Speaker 2: to Congress, which is all that many days ago, every

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Speaker 2: Democratic leader that approached a microphone has suggested some form

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Speaker 1: Well, they got what I think they were looking for.

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Speaker 1: They got the martyr they wanted. It's the George Floyd

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Speaker 1: in connection with the ICE situation, much in the same

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Speaker 1: way it was, you know, George Floyd to start this

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Speaker 1: whole Black Lives Matter and anti defund the police process,

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Speaker 1: storm the streets. Ignore some of the underlying facts, most

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Speaker 1: notably that this woman was ignoring the direction directives of

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Speaker 1: an intentional act.

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Speaker 2: I don't anyway, No, absolutely, well, you know two things

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Speaker 2: on that these ICE agents have heard these constant calls

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Speaker 2: officers involved in the shooting had previously been dragged by

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Speaker 2: a car. They know that these folks that are coming

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Speaker 2: And from a coldly political calculus, as you were referring to,

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Speaker 2: Democrats know that the American public wants ICE to be

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's the real motivation behind the nonsense they

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know, it just troubles me that, you know,

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Speaker 1: getting rid of demonstrably horrific human beings. This has nothing

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Speaker 1: it was done by the Somali community. If we criticize

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Speaker 2: Congressman, Well, I think the bulk of the public agrees

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Speaker 2: And they have hearing, yes today with some of the

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Speaker 1: Well, I was a little I was taken aback when

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Speaker 1: I heard the top of the our news before the

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Speaker 1: that popped up instantaneously. Congressman Davidson earlier in the program,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no question, we know what's being taught in some

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Speaker 2: anxious to be a part of that mass that started

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Speaker 2: his life in danger. It's really sad to see, but

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Speaker 2: it's not unexpected.

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Speaker 1: It is sad to see. And then the organizations that have,

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Speaker 1: you have all these Marxist organizations again collectively joining to

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Speaker 1: conclusion I can reach. Including the Palestinian youth movement. What

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Speaker 2: Right, Well, it's kind of funny, but it's not funny.

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Speaker 2: But something I've seen here in watching DC. You'll see

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Speaker 2: their feet for where they're going next. They're just professional

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Speaker 1: And that goes back to my point earlier is like,

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Speaker 1: these left winging IDL or left winging organizations and their

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Speaker 1: And a bunch of people were spond everybody has jobs.

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Speaker 1: The conservatives has had jobs. Now the professional protesters. Your point,

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Speaker 1: it's which sign am I carrying today? Someone's paying me.

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Speaker 1: I'll just grab the side. We'll continue with Congressman David Taylor,

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Speaker 1: It's a new year and it's a new conversation with

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Speaker 1: Congressman David Taylor, who is kind enough to join the

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Speaker 1: morning show and inform my listeners and me about what's

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Speaker 1: going on on a variety of different topics. So moving over,

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Speaker 1: we've had quite a few really seriously tragic highway accidents

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Speaker 1: involving commercial driver's licensed drivers. These big semis get behind

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Speaker 1: guess as a response to that is that your motivation

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Speaker 2: Absolutely plays a role, Brian. For sure, trucking's a big

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Speaker 2: issue in every district, but you know, at our district,

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Speaker 2: maybe more so than some. We've the Kenworth factories in

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Speaker 2: and of course we talked a little bit about Connor's

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Speaker 2: Law last time I was on with you, which addresses

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Speaker 2: a CDL issue you were talking about. But meeting with

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Speaker 2: my staff one day, I said, you know, well, we

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Speaker 2: should probably join the trucking Caucus. There's a caucus out

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Speaker 2: here for literally everything, which is great, but come to

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Speaker 2: talked to my friend Shamari Figures, represented from Alabama. We're

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Speaker 2: On a somewhat said note, with one of our original members,

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Speaker 2: Dougla Malfa of California, unfortunately just passed away, but he

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Speaker 2: in many ways. We weremiss not to mention that, but

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Speaker 2: there are all kinds of trucking related issues from EPA

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Speaker 2: We've sponsored two bills regarding the English proficiency and this

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Speaker 2: is sort of a small trucking issue, but there's a

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Speaker 2: That tow truck operator has to break that truck down

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Speaker 2: the length requirement linked and weight requirements set everybody's hair

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Speaker 2: careful dealing with that. But we just sponsored a bill

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Speaker 2: that said you can pull it to the next safe exit,

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Speaker 2: ultimately truckers more prosperous.

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Speaker 1: Wow, before we put it over to the Royal Health

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Speaker 1: Transfer Transformation Program and some money and love you bring

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Speaker 1: them back to the state of Ohio, Can I just

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Speaker 1: ask you out a lot, is there any opposition to

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Speaker 1: that that that that English language requirement if you're going

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Speaker 1: someone articulated opposition to that?

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Speaker 2: Generally, Brian, nothing's been articulated. My concern I expected by

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Speaker 1: For it, but I'm I would hope.

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Speaker 2: somehow this will tangentially affect that and they may just

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Speaker 1: At the same time, Well, we will keep our hop

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Speaker 1: It was ward of the state of Ohio as a

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Speaker 2: Well, it took a lot of people's efforts, Brian, I

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Speaker 2: Big Beautiful Bill. The second District has the worst health

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Speaker 2: in their hands at that point, they did incredible work.

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Speaker 2: Especially want to tip my hat to Senator Hustad who

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Speaker 2: really did excellent work to make Ohio's outcome in that

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Speaker 2: They did a great show. We did everything we could

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Speaker 2: hard work happened over there. But yeah, we'll get two

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Speaker 1: That's wonderful. Congressman, it is pleasure always. As always, they

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Speaker 1: have you on. Congressman David Taylor. I look forward to

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Speaker 1: our further conversations and counter your twenty twenty six and

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Speaker 1: again a very happy new year to you. I appreciate

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Speaker 1: the work that you're doing on behalf of the Highlands

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Speaker 1: and the country generally speaking. Keep up the great work

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Speaker 1: and until our next conversation, best of health to you

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Speaker 1: and your family.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, my friend saying to you and yours.

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Speaker 1: Thank you much. Stay around and I heard me the aviation.

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