WEBVTT - French Hill, Republican Representative from Arkansas Talks 2024 Election

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<v Speaker 1>Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio news. We go to the

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<v Speaker 1>grace of Arkansas in Frenchhill, taking out fifty nine percent.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it is the vote against a good candidate,

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<v Speaker 1>he joins us now in victory Frenchshill of the second

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<v Speaker 1>Congressional district in Arkansas. Frenchchill. This nation, whatever their persuasion,

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<v Speaker 1>yearns for the grace of Marcus Jones in French Kill.

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<v Speaker 1>Where you have an election, you get a good result,

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<v Speaker 1>you call up Marcus Jones, he calls you up, You

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<v Speaker 1>say thank you, and we move on with our civics

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<v Speaker 1>and our nation. Can we get that in a second

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<v Speaker 1>Trump term?

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<v Speaker 2>Morn and Paul Morning Tom. I hope so, Tom, because

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<v Speaker 2>we won the popular vote for the first time as

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<v Speaker 2>Republican since two thousand and four, and obviously a substantial

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<v Speaker 2>and possibly growing electoral college victory. And if the election holds,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll have a significant Republican majority in the Senate, and

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<v Speaker 2>I believe we'll end up with maybe somewhere between two

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<v Speaker 2>undred and twenty two and two hundred and twenty six

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<v Speaker 2>seats in the House. We have turned in twenty today,

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<v Speaker 2>so not a big majority over the two hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>eighteen needed to control the House. But I think that

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<v Speaker 2>sends a message let's try to work together and let's

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<v Speaker 2>produce results for the American people. Let's not squander that

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<v Speaker 2>popular electoral college victory and Republican majorities in the House

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<v Speaker 2>and Senate.

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<v Speaker 3>Congressman, what would be or what do you think the

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<v Speaker 3>parties to do list should be at this point? Given

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<v Speaker 3>it the Republicans now control the White House, the Senate,

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<v Speaker 3>and potentially the House. What would to do to the

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<v Speaker 3>switch it to look like?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there's so much undone Paul, This isn't where

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<v Speaker 2>I would start, but I think it's essential politically, and

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<v Speaker 2>that's that we need to have legislated solutions that both

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<v Speaker 2>parties can vote for that will secure the border and

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<v Speaker 2>reform our immigration system. We keep walking up to the

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<v Speaker 2>edge of doing it, but not doing it. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think that could be important in that maybe we could

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<v Speaker 2>perform the green card system. We could have encouragement for

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<v Speaker 2>people who want to move here and start a business.

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<v Speaker 2>We could take care of the many, many people in

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<v Speaker 2>this country legally awaiting a green card who've been here

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<v Speaker 2>for years to work. Anyway, you get my point. I

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<v Speaker 2>think that's an issue that's easily skipped over the important

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<v Speaker 2>issues for the Trump administration going into its first one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred days, besides confirming their leaders are using budget reconciliation

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<v Speaker 2>to try to continue to bring federal spending down from

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<v Speaker 2>the pandemic avalanche of spending, and pick and choose among

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<v Speaker 2>the tax cuts that are expiring in twenty twenty five

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<v Speaker 2>as to what to keep, and then finally work together

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<v Speaker 2>with recent Supreme Court cases that have limited federal agency

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<v Speaker 2>discretion under the so called Chevron deference to get in

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<v Speaker 2>Congress working on a regulatory budget a regulatory agenda.

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<v Speaker 1>Part of the French Shill charm is you had to

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<v Speaker 1>meet a payroll. You ran a bank in Arkansas or

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<v Speaker 1>two or three, I can't remember the details. French shill.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got a banking industry in America in a jump condition.

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<v Speaker 1>JP Morgan is up three standard deviations, up twenty dollars

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<v Speaker 1>off of trend. Few others, the more brokerage type, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>banking type, Gold and Sachs, Morgan, Stanley Paul doing just

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<v Speaker 1>as well. But you know, I guess that's good for America.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you going to see frendshill here? How can we

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<v Speaker 1>get more growthiness with our debt and deficit off of

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<v Speaker 1>a run rate at two point eight percent, Do we

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<v Speaker 1>really want a boom economy?

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<v Speaker 2>French Shill, I think we want a sustainable fiscal situation

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<v Speaker 2>tom and we don't have that running of six or

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<v Speaker 2>seven percent deficit the g on an annual basis. That's

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<v Speaker 2>just not sustainable and we need to have some consensus

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<v Speaker 2>and it's going to take by partisan leadership to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope President Trump will set that tone. Neither Vice

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<v Speaker 2>President Harris nor former President Trump when they were campaigning,

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<v Speaker 2>talk much about the budget deficit, in fact, maybe the opposite.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's important to set that standard. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't have to try to go immediately to balance, but

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<v Speaker 2>it's can we put our current financing needs of the

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<v Speaker 2>country on a more sustainable footing? And I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>true in the regulatory budget as well. I think that

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<v Speaker 2>will be positive for economic growth and for a healthy

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<v Speaker 2>financial system.

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<v Speaker 3>And French, I mean, I think a lot of people.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, the polls show that the American people want

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<v Speaker 3>Congress to deal with the deficits and the national debt,

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<v Speaker 3>but the political will just has never seem to be there.

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<v Speaker 3>What's needed to shift that narrative. Do you think, well,

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<v Speaker 3>it's such.

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<v Speaker 2>A good point. You know, the House Budget Committee last

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<v Speaker 2>year Republicans control the House, but it voted thirty to zero,

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<v Speaker 2>so it had all the Democrats and all the Republicans

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<v Speaker 2>voting on the idea of a debt commission. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>sure that's the right approach because I think it's too broad.

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<v Speaker 2>I would really propose that we tackle something like social

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<v Speaker 2>security reform for the out years to assure seniors in

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<v Speaker 2>the out years that they'll be a solid social security system,

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<v Speaker 2>and do what Reagan and Tip O'Neil did. Tip O'Neil

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<v Speaker 2>was the Democratic Speaker in the early eighties, Reagan in

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<v Speaker 2>his first term. They appointed Alan Greenspan to chair a

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<v Speaker 2>commission with an up or down vote in Congress, like

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<v Speaker 2>the Base Closing Commission of the late eighties. Here's some reforms,

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<v Speaker 2>here's the way to make social security sustainable. And if

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<v Speaker 2>we tackle it like that, that puts us on a

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<v Speaker 2>more sustainable financial footing, assure seniors in the futures about

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<v Speaker 2>the value and capabilities of social security. And I would

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<v Speaker 2>remind people, no one lost their election in nineteen eighty

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<v Speaker 2>four when they voted for that. In fact Reagan got

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<v Speaker 2>a landslide Frenchill.

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<v Speaker 1>Last night, the FAM was gathered around watching the broadcast.

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<v Speaker 1>We were chowing down the Tyson razorback nuggets. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>they were going down like nothing. A congressman in one

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<v Speaker 1>of the cherubs said, how I told him that Frenchhill

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<v Speaker 1>would be on the show, very excited about it. And

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<v Speaker 1>they said, how did Bill Clinton get elected governor in Arkansas?

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<v Speaker 1>How did Bill Clinton at thirty two years old Frenchhill

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<v Speaker 1>grabbed sixty three percent of the vote in republican conservative Arkansas?

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<v Speaker 1>How did that happen?

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<v Speaker 2>Well back when he did that, it was democratically conservative Arkansas.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a super majority of the legislature. County judges,

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<v Speaker 2>elected officials were all Democrats in the seventies and early eighties,

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<v Speaker 2>but they were centrists, what you might call blue dog Democrats.

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<v Speaker 2>And Clinton put himself at the front of their parade

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<v Speaker 2>of a forward looking, pro growth blue dog.

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<v Speaker 1>Can the Democrats your opponent? Can they get back to

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<v Speaker 1>a blue dog attitude?

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<v Speaker 2>They could, but they haven't so far. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>see this every year for the decade I've served in

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<v Speaker 2>the House. They doubled down on what I call a

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<v Speaker 2>center left progressivism that you find maybe in Brooklyn, but

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<v Speaker 2>you don't find in Conway, Arkansas. And they try to

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<v Speaker 2>run on it and it hadn't worked for them yet.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm looking here at what's going on, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Paul, I think the Razorbacks sort of, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they sort of have a buy here, like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>raising eleventh in the SEC. It's tough, they need more.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the team to watch is Vanderbilt. The last

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<v Speaker 2>time Vanderbilt beat Alabama was an eighty four. You got

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<v Speaker 2>a Reagan landslide. Vanderbilt beat Alabama last year for the

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<v Speaker 2>first time in four decades, and we get this popular

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<v Speaker 2>vote at electoral college vote for Trump. It's too much.

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<v Speaker 1>Take a note in the Is anybody awake in the

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<v Speaker 1>control room? Next time? Friendshill, we got to get Damien

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<v Speaker 1>Sasauran to have a Vanderbilt moment. Congressman, thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations to your party for a stunning election victory. It

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<v Speaker 1>seems across America