WEBVTT - 10-10-25 Sloan with Greg Landsman

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<v Speaker 1>Do you want to be an American?

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<v Speaker 2>Scot Will On Friday morning, seven hundred w Alwan, we're

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<v Speaker 2>nearing the end of our second full week of shutdown theater.

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<v Speaker 2>Republicans are screaming at Democrats that they're forcing a shutdown

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<v Speaker 2>to score political points. Democrats are screaming at Republicans saying

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<v Speaker 2>they just don't want to sit down and negotiate. And

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<v Speaker 2>of course a shutdown because Republicans Democrats can't agree to

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<v Speaker 2>pass a funding bill. Republicans still need them to support

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<v Speaker 2>any resolution to spend and they're holding them hostage.

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<v Speaker 1>The result, and we have the shutdown.

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<v Speaker 2>So Greg Lansman is here, our representative, and what are

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<v Speaker 2>we paying you for?

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly? Landsman? Right now, you're not doing anything.

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<v Speaker 3>What I mean, I'm trying. I'm negotiating. We're trying to

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<v Speaker 3>negotiate with the folks. You know, I'm in the problem

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<v Speaker 3>forverish cock It. So there's a bunch of Democrats who

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<v Speaker 3>Republicans they're working through at the sticking plants. This healthcare

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<v Speaker 3>question and and and these affordable care access they're to

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<v Speaker 3>expire at the end of the year and open enrollment

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<v Speaker 3>starts in a few weeks, and you know, they're are

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<v Speaker 3>those of us who want a resolution to this now,

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<v Speaker 3>so those extensions happen, and others should say, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>reopen the government and then we'll talk about healthcare. But

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<v Speaker 3>you know that that that's the crux of this is

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<v Speaker 3>trying to get a deal done where we reopen the

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<v Speaker 3>government and protect people's health care.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I think for well a lot of us anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>who are not political kool aid drinkers to look at

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<v Speaker 2>and just throw our hands up and go, I just know,

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<v Speaker 2>you know one point that we're pointing. It's I almost stupid.

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<v Speaker 2>You're both wearing the same T shirt and that's essentially

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<v Speaker 2>with us is.

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<v Speaker 1>And we know how we are.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, So Democrats, you guys have forced the government shutdown

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<v Speaker 2>because it's the only way to bring about the negotiations

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<v Speaker 2>because you don't hold any juice, you don't have the power.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, I look at that and go, can

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<v Speaker 2>we extend it? Well, I mean it's going to cost

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<v Speaker 2>us like a trillion and a half dollars over the

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<v Speaker 2>next seven weeks to just simply kick the can down

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong and go, okay, we'll pass another continuing resolution.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's the frustrating part all of this, at least

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<v Speaker 2>the greg it's just it's continuing to add to our

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<v Speaker 2>thirty seven trillion dollar national debt, and neither side's talking

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<v Speaker 2>about that.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I think that's that's right. And the deficit

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<v Speaker 3>is a huge part of this too, right, So I

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<v Speaker 3>do take an exception with the sort of you know,

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<v Speaker 3>the forcing of the shutdown. I mean, the challenge was,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, Republicans knew they needed Democratic votes to pass

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<v Speaker 3>a budget, and they were told by Trump not to negotiate. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>in previous years, there has been bypartson negotiation since I

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<v Speaker 3>produced it, bypartson budget or continuing resolution. They did not

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<v Speaker 3>do that, and that that's what forced the shutdown. That

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<v Speaker 3>would be my argument. That's the way it played out,

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<v Speaker 3>in the way I thought it was. It would have

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<v Speaker 3>been super easy to sit down and negotiate, and had

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<v Speaker 3>their enough been told don't negotiate, I think they would have.

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<v Speaker 3>But the deficit is a huge, huge piece of this

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<v Speaker 3>fight too, because remember this all started the mess, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>several months ago with the this this massive spending and

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<v Speaker 3>tax bill that added you know, trillions of dollars to

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<v Speaker 3>the deficit, and then and then cut healthcare by over

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<v Speaker 3>trillion dollars all to pay for these tax cut, tax

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<v Speaker 3>cuts that overwhelmingly benefit folks at the top. Now, have

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<v Speaker 3>they not done that, we would not be in this

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<v Speaker 3>mess and we would not have added trillions of dollars

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<v Speaker 3>to the deficit. But I'm I'm a firm believer that

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<v Speaker 3>none of that matters. No one really cares. You do

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<v Speaker 3>not have to get in a room and sort it

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<v Speaker 3>out and in this case, reopened the government while also

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<v Speaker 3>protecting healthcare, just just because this is relevant to my

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<v Speaker 3>job as a member I represent you know, eight hundred

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<v Speaker 3>thousand constituents in our districts in southwest Ohio, thirty two

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<v Speaker 3>thousand people are going to see their healthcare beingum skyrocket

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<v Speaker 3>if we don't do something now, and fourteen thousands folks

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<v Speaker 3>here will lose their healthcare altogether. I can't. I can't

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<v Speaker 3>just punt on that, you know what I mean. I've

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<v Speaker 3>got to get that result. I got to get right,

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<v Speaker 3>and I.

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<v Speaker 2>Get the short term necessity for this, Greg Lansman. So

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that so the substantes expire and the premiums

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<v Speaker 2>for those in the Affordable Care Act, the marketplace right

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<v Speaker 2>would more than double on app goes up for like,

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<v Speaker 2>I think I saw eight hundred and almost nine hundred

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<v Speaker 2>dollars to nineteen hundred dollars a year for individuals, it's

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<v Speaker 2>like one hundred plus percent increase. I'm bad at math,

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<v Speaker 2>forgive me, but that's a hell of a lot of money,

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<v Speaker 2>right so, and that's going to hit tens of thousands

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<v Speaker 2>of people in the district. And I look at that, go, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's real money. It's going to affect real people, and

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<v Speaker 2>that is a that's a huge problem. And I guess

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<v Speaker 2>the thing is the fact that that why isn't anyone

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<v Speaker 2>just talking about how we're just extending more subsidies, like

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<v Speaker 2>it's not really affordable, We're just taking money from a

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<v Speaker 2>different pile and moving it to this pile to help

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<v Speaker 2>people out. When you look at it, you go, wow,

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<v Speaker 2>why does it cost so much for healthcare in this country?

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<v Speaker 1>Why why aren't we addressing that?

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<v Speaker 2>Is you're rather than saying, hey, we can't socialized medicine

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<v Speaker 2>like Republicans claim to, you know, you guys, they very

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<v Speaker 2>least have a plan. It's Affordable Care Act and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>patchwork Medicare, Medicaid and everything else, and it's we know

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't really work, because subsidy is just transferring more

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<v Speaker 2>money and covering up the problem. It shouldn't cost thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars per person in the United States for just

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<v Speaker 2>basic level healthcare. The other side, you know, Republicans don't

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<v Speaker 2>really have an alternative solution to the healthcare crisis here.

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<v Speaker 2>Why don't we ever address that as opposed to just

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<v Speaker 2>band aids?

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<v Speaker 3>Because it's hard, right, and politicians don't usually like to

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<v Speaker 3>do the hard work. That's that's the stuff I love

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<v Speaker 3>the most. I actually think that the healthcare complexity is

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<v Speaker 3>what the and that's one of the reasons why I

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<v Speaker 3>joined Energy and Commerce because that's where we take on

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<v Speaker 3>the healthcare fight. And ultimately this gets back to who's

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<v Speaker 3>paying for healthcare? And so for a long time, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>employers did, and most employers would cover your health care costs.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's not the case anymore. You have more and

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<v Speaker 3>more people who are working who don't get healthcare through

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<v Speaker 3>their employees, so we have to go buy it separately.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's it's just too expensive for most people based

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<v Speaker 3>on what people are earning. And so you know, the

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<v Speaker 3>question is do you want those folks to have no

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<v Speaker 3>health insurance? Which screws everybody, right, because healthcare costs go

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<v Speaker 3>up across the board. Or an't it bad to just,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, have people running around without health insurance.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you work two or three jobs and it's part time,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, the again the engine that drives American economy.

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, small business and those who went with the

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<v Speaker 2>vast material businesses employ less than two hundred people and fewer,

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<v Speaker 2>and fear of those businesses are offering healthcare mefoits because it.

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<v Speaker 1>Costs too much.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and so then there are two places that a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of folks go. I mean, you know, there's obviously Medicare,

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<v Speaker 3>there's Medicaid if you're you're working and you're not making

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<v Speaker 3>enough money to buy health insurance in the private marketplace,

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<v Speaker 3>and your employer does not give you health care, which

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<v Speaker 3>is the case for these lower wage jobs. And then

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<v Speaker 3>and then you have a lot of middle class folks

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<v Speaker 3>who are working really hard. They can't cover They can

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<v Speaker 3>pay maybe you know, five six hundred dollars a week,

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<v Speaker 3>but they can't a month, But they can't pay the

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<v Speaker 3>thousand dollars are being asked to pay. So the subsidy

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<v Speaker 3>helps to cover that and keep people ensured that helps

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<v Speaker 3>small businesses because you know somebody's helping, so they're stick

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<v Speaker 3>around and they're they're not losing employee.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, I understand that. My point.

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<v Speaker 2>My point is, Greg, it doesn't. Okay, you're just taking

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<v Speaker 2>more tax pair money and subsidizing it. And I know

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<v Speaker 2>we're in a nation of subsidies, but the point is

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's so expensive because of the system that's in

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<v Speaker 2>place right now. You said this is a hard problem.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's that hard To'll be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Hear me out for second. Okay, so you've got these

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<v Speaker 2>enhanced subsidies that were started in twenty twenty one from

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<v Speaker 2>COVID nineteen and we got them through twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 2>which I don't know. We're far moved from COVID right now.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's been a cover for a long time to say,

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<v Speaker 2>well it's COVID. Well no, it's a yeah. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>this has to do with the Inflation Reduction Act. And

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, all those things were passed like Trump's

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<v Speaker 2>doing right now with executive order. So Congress has literally

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<v Speaker 2>been rendered at gelding here in this case, because you guys,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if we're going to have executive decree in

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<v Speaker 2>an executive branch and the President just signed away an

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<v Speaker 2>executive order everything. This is what we wind up getting,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is why the government shut down because Congress

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<v Speaker 2>is kind of feckless. So I look at the failures

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<v Speaker 2>in healthcare in the market and go, you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>buy life insurance. You have a hearing complain well life

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<v Speaker 2>insurance policy. I got car insurance. I buy that on

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<v Speaker 2>the market. I have homeowners or I have renters insurance.

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<v Speaker 2>We buy stuff on the open market all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Healthcare doesn't work like that. And I think if you

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<v Speaker 2>just simply it really is it for Congress too, goes, Listen,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're an employer, you can offer healthcare benefits anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to open it up to insurance companies from

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<v Speaker 2>around the country. They're going to bid on it. It's innovative,

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<v Speaker 2>the lowest cost wins. And then all the money that

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<v Speaker 2>we spend on bureaucracy and compliance and share all that stuff,

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<v Speaker 2>all that money can go and help people who fall

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<v Speaker 2>between the cracks, who really need it.

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<v Speaker 1>And look at the gig economy.

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<v Speaker 2>So many people are stuck in jobs they hate or

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<v Speaker 2>they're underpaid because they have health care benefits. If we

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<v Speaker 2>freed people from employment and health care benefits and liberated them,

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<v Speaker 2>the economy would explode.

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<v Speaker 1>Why aren't we doing that?

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<v Speaker 2>It's the easiest thing in the world for you guys

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<v Speaker 2>to go no your business. You can't offer health insurance.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not giving me car insurance. You're not taking care

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<v Speaker 2>of my homeowners insurance. You're not by my pet insurance

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<v Speaker 2>or my renters insurance. Why are we doing little of

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<v Speaker 2>health care?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you as sure as I'm sorry? Are you making

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<v Speaker 3>an arguments for a single pair?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm out?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, here's the thing, right, So here's the thing, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's based on and there's still going to be subsidy,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, because there's people that again, but you said,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if you make the standard what eight hundred,

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<v Speaker 2>I forget what the percentage is, but a percentage your

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<v Speaker 2>income goes to healthcare costs, just like it does for

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<v Speaker 2>everything else. And if you can't meet that, the government

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<v Speaker 2>can come in and help you there, and we'll have

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<v Speaker 2>more than enough money to not only put that towards

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<v Speaker 2>the deficit, greg but also help people who really need it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good for Republicans and Democrats, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I do. I do believe that the current

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<v Speaker 3>patchwork does not work, and and and sort of taking

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<v Speaker 3>away from that is just going to create this crisis, right,

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<v Speaker 3>So that that that I agree with, which is, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>there I believe there should be a single payer or

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<v Speaker 3>at least a public option where people can buy into Medicaid,

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<v Speaker 3>which is an incredibly efficient, uh you know, healthcare system,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's got the lowest overhead. I'm not I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>a big believer that everything should be uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>for profit. Like I just don't think that these healthcare

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<v Speaker 3>companies should be running a big profit.

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<v Speaker 1>You're in the wrong country then, buddy.

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<v Speaker 3>But yes, and no, like there are certain places where

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<v Speaker 3>we don't say okay, like we say, look, we want

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<v Speaker 3>the profits or any additional resources here to go into

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<v Speaker 3>people's care. Like people should not be making you know,

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<v Speaker 3>billions and billions of dollars, you know, running these healthcare

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<v Speaker 3>companies or pharmaceutical companies when in fact you have all

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<v Speaker 3>of these people who are struggling to pay for their

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<v Speaker 3>health care. So I don't think that the current system works.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're not going to obviously we're not going to

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<v Speaker 1>say that.

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<v Speaker 3>The question is it's like, you know, this this is

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<v Speaker 3>being negotiated or worked on simultaneously with the President announcing

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<v Speaker 3>a twenty billion dollar subsidy for Argentina. Now that went

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<v Speaker 3>under the radar screen radar for most people. But like,

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<v Speaker 3>why are we sending twenty billion dollars to our Tina?

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<v Speaker 3>I mean seriously, yeah, when it could easily solve this

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<v Speaker 3>problem and reopen the government. You know, I just don't

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<v Speaker 3>get it. Like I I agree that, like, you can't

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<v Speaker 3>subsidize everything, but so far this administration has picked a

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<v Speaker 3>few things until uh, you know, maybe some additional companies

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<v Speaker 3>as really this TikTok deal and some other things. We're

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<v Speaker 3>not entirely sure and Argentina, but you can't help people

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<v Speaker 3>pay their health care. That doesn't make any sense to me. Zero.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, He's Greg Landsman, a representative here this morning with

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<v Speaker 2>slowly on seven hundred WLW.

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<v Speaker 1>How long do you perceive this?

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<v Speaker 3>Guy?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know you're kind of get inside You're

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<v Speaker 1>hearing stuff too. Is how long does this drag on?

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<v Speaker 3>At?

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<v Speaker 1>What point is enough enough? When is the point made?

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<v Speaker 3>When I mean, like at least for me, like I've

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<v Speaker 3>got to I've got to keep fighting for the healthcare

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<v Speaker 3>piece just because I've got so many constituents who are

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<v Speaker 3>going to leave for healthcare if we don't get this done.

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<v Speaker 3>I suspect that one of two things will happen. Either

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<v Speaker 3>Trump finally gets involved. I've never seen this happen where

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<v Speaker 3>the presidents are sort of unplugged, like you do need

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<v Speaker 3>the president to step in and say, okay, we're going

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<v Speaker 3>to get a deal done, and he has not done

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<v Speaker 3>that yet. They had an hour meeting in the White

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<v Speaker 3>House a couple of weeks ago. He mostly just kind

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<v Speaker 3>of listened. I don't I think he was getting caught

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<v Speaker 3>up based on my you know, understanding of the meeting,

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<v Speaker 3>like you need a president, Like if you were president

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<v Speaker 3>or I was president, we would we would lock a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of people in a room and just say get

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<v Speaker 3>a deal done. That's right, yeah, and it would get resolved.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the other option is that it's sort of you know,

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<v Speaker 3>from the bottom up, which is that there's a group.

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<v Speaker 1>Of Senators.

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<v Speaker 3>Jane Shaheen and Lisa mccowski and a few others, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>Republicans and Democrats and a group of us on the

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<v Speaker 3>House side who have been pushing this notion that you

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<v Speaker 3>have to just open things up get the he's done,

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<v Speaker 3>and maybe with some reform, capping it, for example, at

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<v Speaker 3>a certain income level, and and and then live to

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<v Speaker 3>fight another day. And if that happens, I think that

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<v Speaker 3>forces that forces in the sea.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, well here's what and and and I think, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>it may force And then in seven weeks do we

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<v Speaker 2>do this all over again?

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<v Speaker 3>No, I wouldn't. Like I'm I'm a big fan of

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<v Speaker 3>saying like, we're not doing this for like, we're not

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<v Speaker 3>going to do this every couple of weeks. So if

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<v Speaker 3>we pass a continuing resolution that also includes these healthcare

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<v Speaker 3>provisions that should be for the year, and if we

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<v Speaker 3>can get a budget done, an actual budget, great, then

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<v Speaker 3>put that on the floor and and that can.

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<v Speaker 2>Be incredibly I got an actual budget done at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>He's Representative Greg LANs.

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<v Speaker 3>Greg.

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<v Speaker 2>Before I let you go real quick, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>pivot to another issue here, and that would be the

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<v Speaker 2>peace in Israel. Hamasa President may fly this weekend to

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<v Speaker 2>the Middle East to Egypt. As a hand, it looks

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<v Speaker 2>like we've got a deal. How optimistic are you that

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<v Speaker 2>this is going to be a lasting piece based on

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<v Speaker 2>what you've seen.

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<v Speaker 3>In her I'm cautiously optimistic. I mean, you know, I

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<v Speaker 3>know the reason why I know these players. Well, I've

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<v Speaker 3>been there, you know, a con in the last thirty

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<v Speaker 3>months year, you know, two years, three years, and work

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<v Speaker 3>there for years. This is something I've cared about for decades,

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<v Speaker 3>right and working on like I desperately want there to

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<v Speaker 3>be a lasting piece. It does sound like there's a

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<v Speaker 3>deal to get the hostages home and to end the war,

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<v Speaker 3>which I have been a big proponent of. What happens

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<v Speaker 3>next is it is still a question for me, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>what happens with Tamas, because I think you have to

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<v Speaker 3>free Gaza of Hamas, both for Palestinians and for Israelis

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<v Speaker 3>and for the region, like they can't. They can't stay

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<v Speaker 3>there and continue to dig tunnels and kill innocent people

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<v Speaker 3>and and start start wars. And so this comes back

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<v Speaker 3>to this coalition of Arab countries and if if the

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<v Speaker 3>administration can lock in and dedicate more staff to that

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<v Speaker 3>coalition and formalizing that coalition so that they are there

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<v Speaker 3>as a permanent you know, uh, a permanent leadership. Uh

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<v Speaker 3>you know source right, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>That one of the so to speak, there's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 3>Then I think you have to have a big coalition,

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<v Speaker 3>particularly of Arab countries, which is how they got this

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<v Speaker 3>deal done. Right. They got this steal done because they

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<v Speaker 3>pulled this group together, which is what I spent with cops.

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<v Speaker 3>This you know, not to toot my own horn, but

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<v Speaker 3>this is this was the plan I sent to with

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<v Speaker 3>cop months ago, which is like the path to this

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<v Speaker 3>is through these airs, through the air of nations. Once

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<v Speaker 3>they declared they were done with Hamas, the door was opened.

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<v Speaker 3>That was three or four or five months ago, and uh,

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<v Speaker 3>now you've got to pull them together, which they've done

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<v Speaker 3>to get this deal done. But then you have to

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<v Speaker 3>keep them together in order to get to that lasting piece.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, my fear is as long as you have a

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<v Speaker 2>ran around, you're going to have some It may not

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<v Speaker 2>be Hamas, it maybe a host light or a different

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<v Speaker 2>group in Tyre, but you're going to that's the problem.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyway, he is a representative, Greg Lance, can you

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<v Speaker 2>go cut? Can some constituents lawns? I feel like you

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<v Speaker 2>know we're doing you're doing something for the people, Greg,

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<v Speaker 2>because the sitting around is not a good look for

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<v Speaker 2>You're an active guy coming.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm still yeah, but like I have really been and

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<v Speaker 3>like desperately trying to you know, get get something resolved here.

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<v Speaker 3>I also suspended my pay. Yeah, and and and and

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<v Speaker 3>I go back to DC next week, no matter whether,

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<v Speaker 3>no matter if the speaker calls us back, I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>back to just keep plugging along to try to get

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<v Speaker 3>this what you can do, I mean, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, hey man, I appreciate sciated friend, thanks

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<v Speaker 2>again for checking in. He is our represent Greg Landsman

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<v Speaker 2>on The Scotsland Show on seven. Half a great weekend, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>be well, appreciate it as always, although we disagreed somewhat there,

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<v Speaker 2>but that's that's actually how it should be, right without

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<v Speaker 2>screaming at each other. Yeah, I just uh, well, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of problems with this. I'm running late, and

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<v Speaker 2>we could kick as the why and how we got here.

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<v Speaker 2>And a lot of this has to do with executive

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<v Speaker 2>orders because Biden did it and then Trump said, hold

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<v Speaker 2>hold my died Coke. This is how you do executive orders,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is how we now govern. The executive order

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<v Speaker 2>in Congress does nothing, and here we go again. Slanely

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<v Speaker 2>seven hundred w