1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: What's going on in ELI from the front line most 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: intense day of strikes to the. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 2: Headline increase in oil and gas prices every hour. 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: Continue the updates on Operation Epic Fury. Check in for 5 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: the latest point accurate intelligence. Fifty five KR The Talk Station. 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: Eight o six fifty five krs The Talk Station, A 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: very Happy Wednesday, Extra Special Wednesday, what I like to 8 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 2: call my favorite hour of radio. Congressman Thomas Massey follow 9 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 2: by Judge Enita Poulatana. Welcome back, Congressom Massie. I love 10 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 2: having you on the show, sir. It's a real pleasure. 11 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: What a day to be on your show. Thanks for 12 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: having me, you. 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 2: Know, a day when there's really nothing going on to 14 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 2: talk about. How's the thing on the farm, Congressom Massis, 15 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: since you know there's no agenda items for us as 16 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:45,639 Speaker 2: a congressman, right, You. 17 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: Know, as I drove off my farm this morning in 18 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: my f two fifty, I just looked at my cattle 19 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: there loitering, enjoying the daylight, savings time or whatever the 20 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: due time change is. Yeah, they're oblivious to it. 21 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 2: Really, you know. I was joking about that the other day. 22 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: You know, a farmer, hell, they can get up whenever 23 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,559 Speaker 2: they want. And I think farmers are really in tune 24 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 2: to what needs to be done regardless of the hour 25 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 2: of the day, and that fake changes of time do 26 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 2: absolutely nothing except frustrate the vast majority of Americans. 27 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: Right, and my cattle were unfhazed, though, I'm happy to report. 28 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: But we should, we should really just change it to 29 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: one time and stick with it. Can we We can? 30 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: And you know I studied this. If you look at 31 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: the Constitution, it says that Congress is responsible for setting 32 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,040 Speaker 1: the weights and measures, and one of those things is time. 33 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: I mean, we keep time at the National Institutes of 34 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: Standards and Technology, which used to be called the Bureau 35 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: of Measurements or something. And it's a constitutional obligation of 36 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: Congress to design what time, what time it is? 37 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 2: Okay, then they can change it back. Just let's stick 38 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 2: with it. Who is it out west? Is it Montana? 39 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: Or there's a stair Zona, Arizona? Thank you least, do 40 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: they leave it at daylight savings time? To leave it 41 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 2: at just a standard time? 42 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: Standard time? Ok? Right now? The federal law allows you 43 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 1: to leave it at standard time, but not daylight saving time. 44 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: And some people get in the debate about which one 45 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: is better. But again, you just you would adjust after 46 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,839 Speaker 1: a year, there would and the schools could set their 47 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: clocks based on whatever. Uh. You know. I was in 48 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: Arizona once. I woke up and I had a plane 49 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: to catch, and I looked at my clock and the 50 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: time had changed, and I was like, oh, my gosh, 51 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: I've missed this plane. But I'll go to the airport. 52 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 1: Maybe the plane's delayed. I got to the airport and 53 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: realized that Arizona doesn't do this stupid time change, and 54 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: I made my plane say it, we give and make 55 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: your planes. 56 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 2: Well, well, they can leave time alone, since they really 57 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: don't have the magical power to actually literally move an 58 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 2: hour away or give it or taketh away. Can while 59 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 2: you're at it, can you get them to repeal the 60 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 2: laws of physics, because apparently that's a real problem with 61 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 2: cafe standards, those pesky physics laws. Congressman Thomas Massey, any 62 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,240 Speaker 2: comment of that Trump visiting the Northern Kentucky in Greater 63 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 2: Cincinnati area today. 64 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: Well, I'm glad he's visiting our area. I'm glad he's 65 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: here at a logistics facility. You know, logistics are a 66 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: big part of my congressional district. And that's why I'm 67 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 1: on the Transportation Committee, to keep the locks and dams, 68 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: you know, full of water, to keep the airport working well, 69 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: and to keep the interstates going. So I'm glad he's here. 70 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: I wonder if he'll talk about the fact that diesel's 71 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: gone up a dollar in two weeks. Yeah, and the 72 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: tariffs are hitting some of those logistics companies that you 73 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: know are importing and exporting things. 74 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: Well, I guess it's a question whether anybody poses those 75 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: rather difficult and challenging a thought. 76 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: I doubt he's going to be taking questions. I do 77 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: suspect he will try to breathe some life into my 78 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: opponent's lifeless campaign. 79 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 2: Well he did. I'm glad you brought it up, because 80 00:03:58,480 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 2: that I was gonna have to bring it up. He 81 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: didn't do orse your opponent in the primary. Just yesterday, 82 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 2: I believe he made a formal endorsement. 83 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 1: Well that's that's a tweet from four or five months ago. 84 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: He's endorsed my opponent with the same tweet three or 85 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: four times. 86 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 2: Oh, is that what happened? Because I thought he had 87 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: done an endorsement before, because obviously he has been critical 88 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: of you, Congressman Massey, who still believes in the Constitution. 89 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 1: Well, listen, I've got the endorsement of Northern Kentucky Right 90 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: to Life, I have the endorsement of Gun Owners of 91 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: America because I have an A plus rating endorsement of 92 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:32,240 Speaker 1: National Association for Gun Rights, and you know the people. 93 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,600 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. If you look at the Cincinnati Inquirer 94 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: this morning, at the cover of it, pretty interesting. It 95 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: says Massy or Trump, some Northern Kentucky Republicans choose both, 96 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: And that's true. I'm not running against Donald Trump. I'm 97 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: running against a nobody who lost a state Senate race 98 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: that they, you know, dust it off. Donald Trump says 99 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 1: he came from Central Casting. I don't think that's that's 100 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: a compliment. That's usually a pejorative. And he is a 101 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 1: poser my opponent, and I don't think the world knew 102 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,239 Speaker 1: this until yesterday. We had to go down to Shelby 103 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: County and get his voter registration cards. But my opponent 104 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 1: left the Republican Party in May of twenty sixteen. As 105 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 1: soon as Donald Trump secured the nomination for president. He 106 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: left and discussed and stayed out of the party for 107 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: five years. He only came back two days after his 108 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: own state senator resigned because he wanted to use the 109 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: party as a vehicle to get elected to the state Senate, 110 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: even though he wasn't part of the party for five years, 111 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 1: having been exiled himself in disgust over Donald Trump. He 112 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,280 Speaker 1: only came back after Joe Biden won president and beat 113 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: Donald Trump, and he lost that State Senate race. And 114 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: a lot of people don't know that. I suspect Donald 115 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 1: Trump doesn't even know that he's endorsed an never Trumper. 116 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 2: Well, you know, as my response to judging on Apoltana's 117 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 2: comment about the renewal of section seven to two on FIZA, 118 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 2: my response is because Trump previously said that would never 119 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 2: do that because they spied on him. Using that, I said, well, 120 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 2: political one eighties are all the rage these days, so 121 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 2: you got one more to add to the list. And 122 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 2: it also allows me to pivot over to the renewal 123 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 2: of Section seven zero two. Trump did say he wouldn't. 124 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 2: Now he's pushing to have it renewed, and it's on 125 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 2: fast track to get voted on really soon because it's 126 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 2: going to expire, what in about a month from now 127 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 2: or so, your I think I know your take on 128 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,080 Speaker 2: the renewal. Is it going to happen? I mean, is 129 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 2: are we at the foregone conclusion where the Fourth Amendment 130 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: really doesn't mean anything? Congressom Massy. 131 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: You know what, You could renew it with one sentence 132 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: added to it, and I would vote for it, and 133 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,359 Speaker 1: the sentence would say, get a warrant. Yeah, that's what 134 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: judicial warrant. That's the only problem. It's called FIST stands 135 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. And what they're doing is 136 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: they're spying on Americans using the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, 137 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: and the Constitution requires you to get a warrant. That's 138 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: all they gotta do to fix that bill for me 139 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: to vote for it. And you don't need a warrant 140 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 1: to spy on foreigners. I'm not saying you need a 141 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: warrant to spy on somebody who's overseas, not on American soil, 142 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: or not an American. Just if you're going after an 143 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: American who's overseas or somebody here on US soil, our 144 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: constitution requires the Fourth Amendment requires kid a warrant. 145 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,280 Speaker 2: Well under seven oh two. Well beside the American who 146 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 2: has a friend or business acquaintance in a foreign land, 147 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:30,760 Speaker 2: because communicating with that person opens up all of their 148 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 2: records to government spying without a warrant. That's listening, that's crazy. 149 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: Listen, if the Internet, if your email gets routed through 150 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: Canada or somewhere. 151 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 2: Else Internet service provider. 152 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, it goes. This stuff goes all around the world. 153 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 1: Your data mine IPN rather, Yeah, it may be cheaper 154 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: to store this stuff somewhere else in the world. And 155 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: so if your provider does that, if your iCloud is 156 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 1: somewhere else, I mean, nobody knows where their iCloud is, right, right, 157 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 1: that's the whole point of it. 158 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 2: Fortuitous that your iCloud may exist in a foreign land 159 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 2: without you knowing it, which opens up your records of 160 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 2: being spied on by our government without a warrant. I 161 00:08:09,760 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 2: just really can't believe we live in this world. 162 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 1: And listen, this will go through my committee. Well, it's 163 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: it's got joint jurisdiction and Jim Jordan and myself because 164 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 1: Jordan's the chairman, we're always fighting to say, look, this 165 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: is our jurisdiction because the other is the Intelligence Committee. 166 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: Here's the problem they are. They have jurisdiction over things 167 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: that CIA and the NSA does the outwardly facing part 168 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: of intelligence, and we have jurisdiction over FBI, the inwardly 169 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: facing part of intelligence. And so the vie of bill 170 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: is it's dual jurisdiction. But the parts that apply to 171 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: Americans go through our committee. And last time the Speaker 172 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: of the House tipped the skill I mean it failed 173 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: by one vote to fix FAISA. He tipped the scales 174 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: and gave the base bill to the Intelligence Committee, which 175 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 1: is wrong. 176 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you what. We're at a break time. 177 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,560 Speaker 2: We're gonna talk Warpowers Act. Is the clock ticking for 178 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 2: the sixty day provision of the War Powers Acts? 179 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: So see the talk station. 180 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 2: It take nineteen fifty four cares see the talk tation 181 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 2: Brian Thomason, Congressman Thomas Massee pivoting over congressmanssy Warpowers Act. 182 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 2: And please feel free to correct me and to correct 183 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 2: the record if I'm wrong. The clock I believe is ticking. 184 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 2: Donald Trump, he unifies Congress, he goes to war. There's 185 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,439 Speaker 2: no authorization for you some military force. There's no declaration 186 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 2: of war. Both of those options passed on. So it 187 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 2: seems to me like We're in a state of limbo 188 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 2: here where the sixty day clock is ticking, and after 189 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 2: sixty days, Donald Trump must withdraw the troops or get 190 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 2: a thirty day extension to do that, which I presume 191 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 2: will happen. So, if this say, sixty to ninety day 192 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 2: period passes with no additional Congressional action, does he have 193 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 2: to pull the troops out? 194 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: I believe he does under the War Powers Resolution of 195 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy three. That resolution is flawed by the way. 196 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 2: He's unconstitutional, right. 197 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: He shouldn't be there at all right now, and so 198 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: last week without congressional authorization. And let me tell you 199 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: why this is important. You know, Congress does fund the war. 200 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,199 Speaker 1: When we passed the National Defense Authorization Act, we're tacitly 201 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: funding any and every war. The problem is, our troops 202 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 1: deserve a debate among their representatives, and you know, a 203 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:44,079 Speaker 1: set of goals and a mission that's accomplishable with rules 204 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: of engagement that are reasonable. Right, don't tie their hands 205 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: behind their back, give them a mission, and then once 206 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: they achieve those objectives and milestones, let them come home 207 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: instead of getting them drug into a twenty year you 208 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,920 Speaker 1: know two days long war where you've got dads and 209 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: sons who fought in the same war. And the way 210 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 1: you avoid that is Congress has got a debate, set 211 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: the parameters of it geographically, temporarily, you know, things like that, 212 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: and then let the president wage the war. That's his authority. 213 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: But to introduce into hostilities requires Congress to act. So 214 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: last week I forced now there were other people obviously 215 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,960 Speaker 1: that forced us to a vote, but we forced Congress 216 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: to debate for two hours, and they debated the resolution 217 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: I wrote last summer, because it takes a while for 218 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: such a resolution to ripen, and they had mine was 219 00:11:44,559 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 1: already written from last summer, which we didn't force a 220 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 1: vote on because he did withdrawal from hostilities almost as 221 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: soon as it happened. And so we've debated my resolution 222 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: for two hours last week and it failed narrowly. But 223 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: you're right, according to the War Powers Resolution, which itself 224 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: is flawed, you know, the president's got to get a 225 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: positive authorization of Congress. And by the way, not only 226 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: is the War Powers Resolution of nineteen seventy three constitutionally flawed, 227 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: it doesn't mean what it used to mean because there 228 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: was a nineteen eighty three decision Chada versus I in 229 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: s that said, everything that a house in the Senate 230 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: votes on that's going to be legally binding has to 231 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: go to the president. So you can't have congressional vetos. 232 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: So even if my resolution had passed last week, it 233 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: would set up a constitutional question of whether you know, 234 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 1: Donald Trump could veto it, Yeah, whether he could veto 235 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: it or not, because when it was originally written, they 236 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: anticipated that he couldn't. And the right way I was 237 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: telling my colleagues when we're on the floor, I said, 238 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: the only right way to do this is for one 239 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: of you all who believes we should be at war 240 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: to come down here with a declaration of war and 241 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 1: then we debate that. Now, if if I thought people 242 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,319 Speaker 1: would understand and I wouldn't get attacked on now you're going, yeah, 243 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: I would introduce the declaration of war myself and vote 244 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 1: against it at the end of the debate. 245 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,320 Speaker 2: I understand that, understand that all right? When our limited time, 246 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 2: and I don't mean to cut off that particular subject matter, 247 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 2: but people are really puzzled about this one. You pointed 248 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 2: out that Congress spent a combined roughly seventeen million dollars 249 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 2: of taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment claims mate against 250 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 2: members of Congress. And there was a vote to maybe 251 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 2: release all those documents, but three hundred and fifty seven 252 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 2: Republicans and Democrats joined together bipartisan support to not allow 253 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 2: us to have access to these documents. Can you explain 254 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 2: this to my listeners Congress from Massy. 255 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, they referred it to committee, and we know what 256 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: that means. It's going to die. 257 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 2: Yes. 258 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. I was one of sixty five who voted to 259 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: expose the members of Congress. By the way, that's taxpayer funds, yes, 260 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: out their campaign funds. That's not their private checks, that's 261 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: taxpayer funds. And I exposed this slush fund two years 262 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: ago in a hearing when the Democrats were trying to 263 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: put Donald Trump in prison because he paid story Ing 264 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 1: Daniels and didn't disclose it. And I said, wait, if 265 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: you're going to start disclosing stuff, how about this slush fund. 266 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: I bet there's some of you on this dais here 267 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 1: who've used that slush fund. And you could hear a 268 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: pin drop right yep. Well it was last week. I 269 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: worked with Nancy Mace again to force these people to vote. 270 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:24,480 Speaker 1: They did not want to vote on this, and then 271 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:27,000 Speaker 1: Kentucky I can tell you. I can't tell you how 272 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: Ohio and Indiana voted, but only myself and Jamie Comer 273 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: voted to expose the slush fund. People like Andy Barr, 274 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 1: and I'll call him out because he's going to be 275 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: in my district this today. I assume with the President, 276 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 1: people like Andy Barr voted to refer it to committee, 277 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: which means to kill it. And there's a false narrative 278 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: out there that says that, oh, well, this would have 279 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 1: exposed the victim's information. Nope, that's read the bill. It's 280 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: not a long bill. It says that you're going to 281 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: redact all that and you're only going to give out 282 00:14:58,040 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: the congressman's names. 283 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 2: Well, I guess the argument is that this happened as 284 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 2: a consequence of there being a congress person, that this 285 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 2: is connected to their job in some way, shape or form. 286 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:10,640 Speaker 2: Last time I checked, sexual harassment is not part of 287 00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 2: the job description for any description for any elected official. 288 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 2: If they're going to settle something, it should have been 289 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 2: on their dime. And I personally am insulted that they 290 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 2: allocated these sc taxpayer resources to pay off their sexual 291 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 2: harassment claims who among us has that luxury. 292 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: Here's the other interesting thing. We're each given a budget 293 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: to operate our office. It doesn't even come out of 294 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: that budget. That's why we're calling it a slush fund. 295 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: There's as much money there as you want, and it 296 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 1: doesn't even cost you know, one office, you know, a 297 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 1: ream of paper to pay one of these off. There's 298 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: no trade off. It's terrible. The members of Congress who 299 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: dip into this slush fund that's paid for by you 300 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: need to be known. And we've got some issues right 301 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: now in Congress. We've got a member of Congress who 302 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: was caught having an affair with his staffer. She later 303 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: set herself on fire and dies. 304 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 2: I saw that. 305 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: That is so horrific, and the Speaker of the House 306 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 1: will not even call for him to step down or 307 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: resign because the Speaker wants to keep the slim narrow majority. 308 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: And the problem is if he does things like this, 309 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: we're going to lose the majority in the midterms. Just 310 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: like the Speaker was against releasing the Epstein files, and 311 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: the Speaker himself voted against releasing this slush fund. 312 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 2: So you can't compromise on these kinds of values. It 313 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 2: will come back to haunt you. Congressman Thomas Massey. I 314 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 2: appreciate your being principled and true to the Constitution in 315 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 2: spite of the fact that you do face the slings 316 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 2: and arrows from folks who are looking for a more 317 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:42,000 Speaker 2: expedient path that doesn't involve Constitution. You're at least someone 318 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 2: we can count on for that, and I appreciate you 319 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 2: for it. And I appreciate you coming to the morning 320 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 2: show and sharing your time with my listeners and me. 321 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: Thanks Brian. Remember you can support Donald Trump and vote 322 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: for me. Most people are there. 323 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 2: You go go wake your cows up from the time change. 324 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 2: We'll talk again real soon. Congress of Massy and Jena 325 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 2: Polton is coming up. Huge fan of yours.