WEBVTT - 10-10-25 Sloan with Greg Landsman

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<v Speaker 1>Don't want to be an American shots on Friday morning,

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred w all that mean we're nearing the end

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<v Speaker 1>of our second full week of shutdown theater. Republicans are

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<v Speaker 1>screaming at Democrats that they're forcing a shutdown to score

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<v Speaker 1>political points. Democrats are screaming at Republicans saying they just

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to sit down and negotiate. And of course

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<v Speaker 1>a shutdown because Republicans Democrats can't agree to pass a

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<v Speaker 1>funding bill. Republicans still need them to support any resolution

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<v Speaker 1>to spend and they're holding them hostage.

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<v Speaker 2>The result and we have the shutdown.

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<v Speaker 1>So Greg Lansman is here, our representative, and what are

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<v Speaker 1>we paying you for?

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<v Speaker 2>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>for overs Caucus that there's a bunch of Democrats who

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<v Speaker 3>Republicans are working through at the sticking point as this

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<v Speaker 3>healthcare question and and and these Affortable Care Acts of

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<v Speaker 3>these they're that to expire at the end of the

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<v Speaker 3>year and open enrollment starts in a few weeks, and

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<v Speaker 3>you know, they're those of us who want a resolution

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<v Speaker 3>to this now, so those extensions happen, and others should say,

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I think for well a lot of us anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>who are not political kool aid drinkers to look at

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<v Speaker 1>and just throw our hands up and go, I just know,

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<v Speaker 1>you know one point that we're point. It's i'most stupid.

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<v Speaker 1>You're both wearing the same T shirt and that's essentially

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<v Speaker 1>what this is.

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<v Speaker 2>And we know how we are.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So Democrats, you guys, you forced the government shutdown

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<v Speaker 1>because it's the only way to bring about the negotiations

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<v Speaker 1>because you don't hold any juice, you don't have the power.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, I look at that and go, can't

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<v Speaker 1>we extend it? Well, I mean it's going to cost

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<v Speaker 1>us like a trillion and a half dollars over the

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<v Speaker 1>next seven weeks to just simply kick the can down

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong and go, okay, we'll pass another continuing resolution.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the frustrating part all of this at least there.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just it's continuing to add to our thirty seven

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<v Speaker 1>trillion dollar national debt, and neither side's talking about that.

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 3>the forcing of the shutdown.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, the challenge was, you know, Republicans.

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<v Speaker 3>Knew they needed Democratic votes to pass a budget, and

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

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

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<v Speaker 3>it by Parson budget.

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<v Speaker 4>Or continuing resolution.

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<v Speaker 3>They did not do that, and that that's what forced

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<v Speaker 3>the shutdown.

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<v Speaker 4>That would be my argument.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the way it played out, and in the way

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<v Speaker 3>I said it was. It would have been super easy

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<v Speaker 3>to sit down and negotiate, and had their enough been

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<v Speaker 3>told don't negotiate, I think they would have. But the

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<v Speaker 3>deficit is a huge shoe piece of this fight too,

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 3>all to pay for these tax cut, tax cuts that

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<v Speaker 3>overwhelmingly benefit folks at the top. Now, have they not

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

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<v Speaker 3>we would not have added trillions of dollars to the deficit.

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<v Speaker 3>But I'm a firm believer that none of that matters.

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<v Speaker 4>No one really cares.

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<v Speaker 3>You do not have to get in a room and

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<v Speaker 3>sort it out and in this case, reopened the government

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<v Speaker 3>while also protecting healthcare. And just just because this is

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<v Speaker 3>relevant to my job as a member, I represent, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>eight hundred thousand constituents in our districts in southwest Ohio,

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<v Speaker 3>thirty two thousand people are going to see their healthcare

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

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<v Speaker 3>thousands folks here will lose their healthcare all together.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't. I can't just punt on that, you know

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<v Speaker 4>what I mean. I guess I've got to get that result.

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<v Speaker 4>I got to get and I.

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<v Speaker 1>Get the short term necessity for this, Greg Lansman. So

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that so the substantes expire and the premiums

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<v Speaker 1>for those in the Affordable Care Act, the marketplace right

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<v Speaker 1>would more than double on app goes up for like

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<v Speaker 1>I think I saw eight hundred and almost nine hundred

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<v Speaker 1>dollars to nineteen hundred dollars a year for individuals. It's

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<v Speaker 1>like one hundred plus percent increase. I'm bad at math,

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<v Speaker 1>forgive me, but that's a hell of a lot of money,

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<v Speaker 1>right so, and that's going to hit tens of thousands

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<v Speaker 1>of people in the district. And I look at that, go, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>that's real money. It's going to affect real people, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is a that's a huge problem. And I guess

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<v Speaker 1>the thing is the fact that that why isn't anyone

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<v Speaker 1>just talking about how we're just extending more subsidies, like

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<v Speaker 1>it's not really affordable. We're just taking money from a

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<v Speaker 1>different pile and moving it to this pile to help

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<v Speaker 1>people out. When you look at it, you go, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>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 issue rather than saying, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>we can't socialized medicine like Republicans climate you know, you guys,

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<v Speaker 1>they very least have a plan. It's the Affordable Care Act,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, patchwork Medicare and Medicaid and everything else,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's we know that doesn't really work because subsidy

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<v Speaker 1>is just transferring more money and covering up the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>It shouldn't cost thirteen thousand dollars per person in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States for just basic level healthcare. The other side,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Republicans don't really have an alternative solution to

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<v Speaker 1>the healthcare crisis here. Why why don't we ever address

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<v Speaker 1>that as opposed to just 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 you 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 just gets back to who's

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<v Speaker 3>paying for health care. And so for a long time,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, employers did, and most employers would cover your

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<v Speaker 3>health care costs. And that's not the case anymore. You

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<v Speaker 3>have more and more people who are working who don't

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<v Speaker 3>get healthcare through their employees, 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 health care costs

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

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<v Speaker 3>just you know, have people you know running around without

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<v Speaker 3>health insurance.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you work two or three jobs and it's part time.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, the again the engine that drives American economy.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, small business and those who went with the

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<v Speaker 1>vast majory of businesses employ less than two hundred people

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<v Speaker 1>and fewer, and fear of those businesses are offering health

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<v Speaker 1>care mefods simply because it 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

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<v Speaker 3>Medicare medicate 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, right.

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<v Speaker 2>I understand that.

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<v Speaker 4>My point.

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<v Speaker 1>My point is, Greg, it doesn't okay, you're just taking

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<v Speaker 1>more tax payer money and subsidizing it. And I know

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<v Speaker 1>we're in a nation of substies, but the point is

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's so expensive because of the system that's in

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<v Speaker 1>place right now. You said this is a hard problem.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's that hard To'll be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Hear me out for a set. Okay, So you've got

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<v Speaker 1>these enhanced subsidies that were started in twenty twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>from COVID nineteen and we got on through twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>which I don't know. We're far moved from COVID right now.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's been a cover for a long time to say,

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<v Speaker 1>well it's COVID.

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<v Speaker 2>Well no, it's a you know.

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<v Speaker 1>This has to do with the Inflation Reduction Act. And

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, all those things were pasted like Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>doing right now with executive order. So Congress has literally

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<v Speaker 1>been rendered at gelding here in this case because you guys,

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<v Speaker 1>you know if we're going to have executive decree, an

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<v Speaker 1>executive branch and the president just sign away an executive

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<v Speaker 1>order everything, this is what we wind up getting. And

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<v Speaker 1>this is why the government shut down because Congress is

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<v Speaker 1>kind of feckless. So I look at the failures in

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<v Speaker 1>healthcare in the market and go, you know, I buy

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<v Speaker 1>life insurance. You have here can well life insurance policy.

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<v Speaker 1>I got car insurance. I buy that on the market.

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<v Speaker 1>I have homeowners or I have renters insurance. We buy

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<v Speaker 1>stuff on the open market all the time. Healthcare doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>work like that. And I think if you just simply

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<v Speaker 1>it really is it for Congress Doo goes. Listen, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're an employer, you can't offer health care benefits anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to open it up to insurance companies from

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<v Speaker 1>around the country. They're going to bid on it. It's innovative,

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<v Speaker 1>the lowest cost wins. And then all the money that

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<v Speaker 1>we spend on bureaucracy and compliance and share all that stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>all that money can go and help people who fall

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<v Speaker 1>between the cracks, who really need it.

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<v Speaker 2>And look at the gig economy.

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<v Speaker 1>So many people are stuck in jobs they hate or

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<v Speaker 1>they're underpaid because they have health care benefits. If we

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<v Speaker 1>freed people from employment and health care benefits and liberated them,

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<v Speaker 1>the economy would explode. Why aren't we doing that? It's

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<v Speaker 1>the easiest thing in the world for you guys to go. No,

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<v Speaker 1>you're a business. You can't offer health insurance. You're not

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<v Speaker 1>giving me car insurance. You're not taking care of my

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<v Speaker 1>homeowners insurance. You're not by my pet insurance or my

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<v Speaker 1>renters insurance. Why are we doing those.

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<v Speaker 4>With health care? Are you as sure as I'm sorry?

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<v Speaker 4>Are you making an arguments for a single pair?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm out.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, here's the thing, right, So here's the thing, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's based on and there's still going to be subsidy,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, because there's people that again you said, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you make the standard what eight hundred, I forget

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<v Speaker 1>what the percentage is, but a percentage your income goes

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<v Speaker 1>to health care costs, just like it does for everything else.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you can't meet that, the government can come

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<v Speaker 1>in and help you there, and we'll have more than

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<v Speaker 1>enough money to not only put that towards the deficit

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<v Speaker 1>greg but also help people who really need it. That's

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<v Speaker 1>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>passwork 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>I believe there should be a single payer or at

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<v Speaker 3>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.

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<v Speaker 4>Be uh, you know, for profit.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I just don't think that these healthcare companies should

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<v Speaker 3>be running big profit.

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<v Speaker 2>Well you're 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.

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<v Speaker 4>Like people should not be.

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<v Speaker 3>Making you know, billions and billions of dollars, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>running these healthcare companies or pharmaceutical companies when in fact

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<v Speaker 3>you have all of these people who are struggling to

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<v Speaker 3>pay for their health care. So I don't think that

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<v Speaker 3>the current system works.

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<v Speaker 4>But we're not going to obviously we're not going to

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<v Speaker 4>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, you know, radar for most people.

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<v Speaker 3>But like, why are we sending twenty billion dollars to

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

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<v Speaker 3>this problem and reopen the government. You know, I just

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<v Speaker 3>don't get it, Like I I I agree that, like,

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<v Speaker 3>you can't subsidize everything, but so far this administration has

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<v Speaker 3>picked a few things until uh, you know, maybe some

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<v Speaker 3>additional companies as really this TikTok deal and some other

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<v Speaker 3>things We're not entirely sure and Argentina, but you can't

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<v Speaker 3>help people pay their health care.

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<v Speaker 4>That doesn't make any sense to me. Zero.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, He's Greg Landsman, a representative here this morning with

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<v Speaker 1>slowly on seven hundred WLW. How long do you perceive this, 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 4>At?

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<v Speaker 2>What point is enough enough? When is the point made?

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<v Speaker 4>When? I mean, like at least for me.

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

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<v Speaker 3>the healthcare piece, just because I've got so many constituents

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<v Speaker 3>who are gonna weak for healthcare if we don't get

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 3>caught 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.

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<v Speaker 4>That's right, yes, 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 2>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>Republican Democrats and a group of us on the House

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

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<v Speaker 3>to just open things up, get the steps 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 1>Well, well here's what and and I think, okay, it

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<v Speaker 1>may force And then in seven weeks do we do

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<v Speaker 1>this all over again?

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<v Speaker 4>No, I wouldn't.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I'm I'm a big fan of saying like, we're

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<v Speaker 3>not doing this for like, we're not going to do

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<v Speaker 3>this every couple of weeks. So if we pass a

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<v Speaker 3>continuing resolution that also includes these healthcare provisions that should

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<v Speaker 3>be for the year, and if we can get a

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<v Speaker 3>budget done, an actual budget, great, then put that on

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

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<v Speaker 1>Be incredibly I got an actual budget done at this point,

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<v Speaker 1>he's Representative Greg LANs. Greg, Before I let you go

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<v Speaker 1>real quick, I want to pivot to another issue here,

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<v Speaker 1>and that would be the peace in Israel. Hamasa President

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<v Speaker 1>may fly this weekend to the Middle East of Egypt

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<v Speaker 1>as a hammer.

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<v Speaker 2>Looks like we've got a deal.

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<v Speaker 1>How optimistic are you that this is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a lasting piece based on what you've seen in.

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

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

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<v Speaker 3>there you know a time in the last thirty months, yere,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, two years, three years, and work there for years.

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<v Speaker 3>This is something I've cared about for decades, right and

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<v Speaker 3>working on like I desperately want there to be a

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<v Speaker 3>lasting piece.

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<v Speaker 4>It does sound like there's a deal to.

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<v Speaker 3>Get the hostages home and to end the war, which

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

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<v Speaker 3>is it's still a question for me, you know, what

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

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

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<v Speaker 3>for the region. Like they can't they can't stay there

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

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

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<v Speaker 3>coalition of Arab countries and if if the administration can

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

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

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

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<v Speaker 3>source right, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>That one of so to speak, there's gonna be a

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<v Speaker 2>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 to steal done because they

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

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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 air through the air of nations. Once

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

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<v Speaker 3>That was three or four or five months to go.

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

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<v Speaker 3>they've done to get this deal done. But then you

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<v Speaker 3>have to keep them together in order to get to

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<v Speaker 3>that lasting piece.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>My fear is as long as you have a ran around,

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to have some It may not be Hamas

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe a hostile light or a different group in Tyree,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're going to that's the problem.

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<v Speaker 4>Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So anyway, he is a representative, Greg Lance, Can you

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<v Speaker 1>go cuff? Can some constituents lawns? I feel like you

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<v Speaker 1>know we're doing You're doing something for the people, Greg,

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<v Speaker 1>because the sitting around is not a good look for

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<v Speaker 1>You're an active.

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<v Speaker 3>Guy coming I am still yeah, but like I have

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<v Speaker 3>really been and like desperately trying to you know, get

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<v Speaker 3>get something resolved here.

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<v Speaker 4>I also suspended my pay Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>And and and and I go back to DC next

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<v Speaker 3>week no matter whether, no matter if the speaker calls

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<v Speaker 3>us back, I'm going back to just keep plugging along

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<v Speaker 3>to try to get this in.

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<v Speaker 4>What you can do, I mean, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, hey man, I appreciated friend, thanks again

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<v Speaker 1>for checking in. He is our represent Greg Landsman on

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<v Speaker 1>the Scotsland Show on seven. Have a great weekend, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>be well, appreciate it as always. Although we disagreed somewhat there,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's that's actually how it should be, right without

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<v Speaker 1>screaming at each other. Yeah, I just uh, well, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of problems with this. I'm running late, and

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<v Speaker 1>we could kick as to why and how we got here.

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<v Speaker 1>And a lot of this has to do with executive

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<v Speaker 1>orders because Biden did it and then Trump said, hold my,

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<v Speaker 1>hold my diet coke. This is how you do executive orders,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is how we now govern. The executive order

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<v Speaker 1>in Congress does nothing, And here we go again. Slanely

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred w